Chapter 693 The Achilles' heel
Chapter 693 The Achilles' heel
"Drexler drives past Mullin, he lays up, no, cuts off, Rodman makes a steal, and the Warriors come back.
Li Weisi came to the frontcourt with the ball, passed the ball without looking at anyone, beautiful, Richmond dunked with one hand! "Stockton's explanation was very exciting.
The one who was more excited than him was Cunningham beside him. He followed Stockton and said, "That's right, West's pass just now was really beautiful!"
Uh, that's not what I said...
Stockton glanced at Cunningham, and swallowed back the words on his lips.
Soon, he focused his attention on the court again. The situation at this time was not good for the Blazers. After the Warriors hit the ball, after the start, the Warriors had already beaten the Blazers by 18:5, and they were almost about to beat the Blazers. Desperate.
It has to be said that although the Warriors have not played a game for a week, the game state has been maintained very well, even better than the Blazers who have been playing.
Facing the Warriors shrinking the inside line, the Blazers happened to be inaccurate in shooting from the outside line, which caused the Blazers' offense to miss repeatedly, which made the Warriors' offense extremely smooth and counterattacks frequently.
Prior to this, Adelman also called a timeout, hoping to allow the team to recover, but after returning to the first round of the game, another mistake occurred, and the Warriors seized the opportunity to counterattack successfully.
This state so that Adelman can only shake his head on the sidelines.
At present, the Blazers' offense has fallen into a dilemma. If they want to attack the inside as usual, the Warriors' formation is very tight, and Duckworth can't take advantage of Malone alone.
As for the defensive flaws specially exposed by the Warriors, the Blazers just couldn't make shots from the outside. Even Terry Porter, the team's strongest shooting ability, still couldn't make shots.
As a last resort, even if the Warriors defended heavily inside, Drexler and Kersey could only face the scalp and kill inside with the basketball on their shoulders.
In this way, the hit rate can be imagined.
In this way, the Blazers trailed the Warriors by 27 points at 33:6 in the first quarter.
The reason why the Blazers were able to catch up with the point difference was mainly because after entering the rotation, Danny Ainge of the Blazers stood up and scored 5 points in a row, which greatly eased the Blazers' offensive dilemma.
It was also because of Danny Angie's performance that the Blazers recovered some points.
In the second quarter, the Blazers' offense finally returned to normal. Although Porter still couldn't make a shot, after the first quarter's fight, Drexler's touch returned inexplicably, and he actually made a hit from the outside. A three-pointer.
It was this three-pointer that made the Warriors doubt whether to continue to shrink their defense, which led to a loophole in the previous defensive formation, and was caught by the Blazers and scored consecutively.
Fortunately, during this period of time, the Warriors' offense did not have the same problems as their defense. With more points, they still maintained their lead over the Blazers.
However, at the end of halftime, the Blazers had narrowed it down to only 3 points.
During the half-time break, Paul Allen, the Blazer sitting in the frontcourt, repeatedly made provocative moves to Frank. Obviously he was very satisfied with his team's performance.
It's just that Frank completely ignored Allen's provocation.
He is well aware of Allen's thoughts. After all, he was once a rookie boss and would be happy for the team's victory.
It's just that with the passage of time, as he has a deeper understanding of basketball, he has become more and more able to see the real situation of the game, which is different from Allen, a layman.
Therefore, Frank is not worried at all about the Warriors being caught up. In his opinion, it is only a matter of time before the Warriors win.
However, after entering the second half, the Blazers continued to attack unabated, and finally overtook the score at 4 minutes and 33 seconds into the third quarter.
Fortunately, the Warriors regained the lead soon, but the two sides basically returned to the same starting line. In the first quarter, they led by up to 15 points, but they were suddenly chased back by the Blazers.
However, all this finally changed after entering the fourth quarter.
The change occurred when there were more than 8 minutes left before the end of the game. The Warriors and Trail Blazers successively replaced all their starters.
However, after switching back, the Blazers suddenly misfired offensively, and Drexler and Kersey, who had performed well before, also misfired.
This can make the Blazers fall into despair.
Before the misfire, the Blazers led the Warriors by 2 points, but when the Blazers made the next attack, the score had reached 113:100. The Warriors beat the Blazers 15:0, directly killing all the suspense of the game.
At this time, there are 3 minutes and 43 seconds left before the end of the game. In theory, it can still be recovered, but that is only in theory.
After that, the Blazers' scoring slowly returned to the right track, but the point difference could not be narrowed any more, and the point difference was always maintained at more than 10 points.
"Although the time for this game is not over, but as far as the result of the game is concerned, it is over." Cunningham said to Stockton before the end of the game.
"Billy, in your opinion, why did the Blazers lose so badly? They were clearly in balance when they entered the fourth quarter?"
"That's just performance, Dick. In fact, the Blazers have always had a fatal weakness, and this weakness will also restrict the Blazers from winning the championship."
"Oh? What weakness?" Stockton asked curiously.
"That's star level!"
"Star level?"
"Yes, when two teams compete on the field, you can only send up to five players at the same time, and having a higher-level star has a far greater impact on the game than football!" Cunningham Stern way.
"So, you're saying that Drexler isn't strong enough? Are you afraid you'll be insulted by 'glider' fans?" Stockton joked.
"No matter what they say about me, what I say is the truth. Just think about it, why can't even make the top five in the MVP list despite leading the team to the No. [-] record in the Western Conference? Jordan and Jordan are often able to carry the team, but Drexler is difficult? It is because he has technical shortcomings, he is not the kind of star who has no solution, so the biggest weakness of the Blazers is Drake. Sile is not strong enough!"
Hearing Cunningham's words, Stockton fell silent. It is undeniable that although Cunningham sat crookedly when he spoke, in terms of the game itself, he was right.
This game fully demonstrated the characteristics of the two teams. Both the Warriors and the Trail Blazers encountered the most difficult times, and Li Weisi's performance was obviously better than that of Drexler.
Perhaps, as Cunningham said, the biggest problem with the Blazers' inability to win the championship is that Drexler is not strong enough!
Especially in this day and age!
(End of this chapter)