Chapter 890
Chapter 890
The Supersonics Payton missed a mid-range jumper, Rodman protected the rebound, and then, as if basketball was hot, it was handed over to Li Weisi immediately.
No way, I actually got to the free throw line a lot tonight. Although his free throw percentage tonight was not bad, 8 of 5 shots, but such free throws still made him feel disgusted. If there is a chance, I will definitely not give it.
In fact, the Supersonics have no intention of fouling the Warriors at this time. In fact, there is still time at this time. More than 7 minutes are enough to change any ending, but for the Supersonics, the difference of 20 points is completely meaningless. An insurmountable moat made the Supersonic completely lose the confidence to catch up.
In this game, the Sonics played a good quarter. From the second quarter, Li Weisi broke out, and at the end of the half, the Warriors had already led by 4 points.
But after entering the second half, the Sonics thought they would hit bottom and rebound, but unexpectedly, their performance did not completely bottom out. The third quarter was worse than the second quarter, and they scored 18 points in the third quarter. In the fourth quarter of the game, this quarter has been played for half a quarter, and the Sonics only scored 4 points, which is not as good as the third quarter!
As a lagging side, how does such a performance allow the Sonics to chase points?
Sure enough, turning around, Li Weisi assisted Divac and made a mid-range shot. Coach Carl decisively called a timeout. At this time, the game had lost the meaning of persistence. The confidence of the Supersonic players had already been destroyed.
During this timeout, the coaches of both sides had a tacit understanding to replace the starters of both sides. The last half of the fourth quarter was completely reduced to garbage time.
In the end, the score was fixed at 96:76, and the Warriors beat the Sonics by 20 points at home.
The victory in this game not only helped the Warriors successfully lead the series with a big score of 2:1, but also won the home court advantage for the Warriors.
The most critical point is that the Warriors also completely got rid of the team's dull atmosphere since the playoffs through this game.
Since the start of this season's playoffs, it has been difficult for the Warriors to feel elated. Long-term problems, such as: the decline in the overall strength of the team, the pressure on the record, and the pursuit of the championship, are full of internal and external problems. Like a heavy burden, the entire Warriors team can't breathe.
In this state, after successfully defeating the Jazz in the five-game tiebreaker, they got the right to breathe for a day, but soon after facing the Supersonics' first defeat, the Warriors once again fell into a very suffocating water.
Now, after this hearty victory, not only has the Warriors team completely unloaded their burdens, but it has also allowed the Warriors to finally occupy a dominant position in the playoffs and get rid of their long-term status as a chaser .
Li Weisi is undoubtedly still the hero tonight. He scored 30 points and 28 assists in 11 minutes. Almost none of his defensive goals were completed, and what's worse, his own offense had problems.
After the end of the third game, the fourth game of the two teams was unexpectedly arranged to be back-to-back, which was held on the 12th.
This is mainly due to problems with TV broadcasting and the competition system. In this round of the series, the two teams actually encountered a rare situation of back-to-back playoffs.
In fact, not only did this happen to the Sonics-Warriors series, but the other three series also encountered this problem.
Although this is slightly unfair to the Supersonics in the away game, especially the Warriors fans even ran outside the hotel where the Supersonics lived, held concerts in the middle of the night, drank and cheered, and almost broke the hearts of the Supersonics players.
On the second day of the game, the Sonics players appeared on the court with a pair of dark circles under their eyes, and everyone revealed a murderous look, which seemed to almost eat up the Warriors players and fans.
Payton even said indignantly to Li Weisi during the warm-up session before the game: "It's really you! West, you guys are here!"
Since Peyton's face was relatively dark, his dark circles could not be seen at all, but his ferocious appearance still startled Li Weisi.
"What?" Li Weisi didn't know.
"Hmph, I know what you did, I'm here to tell you, don't resort to such despicable means, you can defeat us, and I will make you pay for it!" After finishing speaking, Peyton turned and left angrily.
"What's wrong with him?" Li Weisi asked Huo Li beside him with a puzzled expression.
"Don't you know? Last night our fans ran outside their hotel to make noises. It was already on the morning news." Horry said to Li Weisi vividly.
"How can this be?" Li Weisi frowned and said.
"What's wrong with this, it's just a routine operation. Besides, isn't this very good? They are not in good shape, so it is not just good for us to win the game tonight?" Horry said happily.
"We can completely beat them head-on. There is no need for such a small move. What's more, our fans can do it, and their fans can do it too. I am afraid that our away games will not be better than theirs in the future."
"This..." Hearing Li Weisi's analysis, Huo Li couldn't help but frowned.
Horry couldn't help shivering at the thought of what he would face on the morning TV report in the away game.
Of course, although Li Weisi and others will worry about the future away games, the more important thing is tonight's game.
After the pre-match warm-up, the two teams officially started tonight's game.
Sure enough, as everyone imagined, it was originally back to back, and they didn't have a good rest last night. As a result, the Supersonic players performed extremely poorly after the opening game. The basket seemed to cover them, and they couldn't make any shots.
On the other hand, the Warriors, under the leadership of Li Weisi, played smoothly. It seemed that the two teams were not on the same level at all. In this way, the Warriors played against the Supersonics at 32:16 in the first quarter, and they will be normal in almost one quarter. The suspense of the game was gone.
Although the Sonics slowly regained their form as the game progressed, it is obviously almost impossible to fill such a big hole.
In this way, by the end of the third quarter, the point difference had reached 28 points. With such a large point difference, even if the Warriors did not score, the Supersonics might not be able to score so many points in one quarter.
Therefore, even if Coach Carl doesn't want to, he can only choose to give up and replace the tired players. They who haven't got enough rest are most likely to be injured on the court at this time. Instead of dying, it's better to recharge their batteries and see if they can You can't turn the tables and create miracles.
In this way, in the fourth game of the series, the Warriors made another victory at home with 118:83, rewriting the big score of the series to 3:1. For the Warriors, the situation is not small or medium, but very good.
(End of this chapter)