Chapter 891 The real test
Chapter 891 The real test
In the fifth game of the series, the two teams returned to Seattle, the Supersonics' home key arena.
Just like Li Weisi said before, you always have to pay back when you come out to hang out.
When the Warriors' bus drove to the street outside the hotel, the entire hotel was surrounded by supersonic fans.
When they saw the Warriors bus, everyone yelled at the Warriors bus with righteous indignation, and at the same time held up slogans such as "Scumbag" and "Thief", turning this place into a demonstration scene.
Although the Warriors players had considered this issue before coming to Seattle and imagined that they would be retaliated by the opponent, when they saw this scene, they were still shocked by the beautiful scenery in front of them.
Just when everyone was looking at each other, not knowing how to solve it, Frank picked up his mobile phone and dialed a number.
Soon, after talking for a few minutes, Frank hung up the phone and said to the driver, "Turn around! Let's change places!"
Soon after more than half an hour, the Warriors' bus appeared in front of a villa in a wealthy area.
Looking at the big villa in front of them, everyone in the Warriors except Li Weisi showed envious expressions, and they even glanced at Frank from time to time.
"Don't look, this building is indeed my property. Of course, considering the number of players is still large, I also borrowed the house next to it."
"The building next to it..." Hearing Frank's words, everyone turned their eyes to the next door of the villa, thinking that this thing can still be borrowed, who did you borrow it from?
However, Frank seemed to see through everyone's thinking, and explained directly: "That house belongs to Paul Allen. He is from Seattle, so he has a lot of real estate. This one was bought with me."
Hearing what Frank said, everyone obediently shut their mouths.
Although all the people present were rich, they had to be compared with others. Obviously, compared with Frank, they were poor and had nothing.
The two villas allowed the players to stay, but the coaching staff, team doctor and other members could not stay there. Therefore, Frank arranged for everyone to stay in the hotel except for Nelson, which was considered to attract firepower for the players.
In this way, half an hour later, the bus showed up at the originally reserved hotel. Since the windows of the bus were covered with curtains, the onlookers outside did not know who was sitting in the bus and how many people were there.
But when they saw the bus, they still ignited a raging fire, and they used words to output the bus.
To be honest, when they saw the bus leaving before, they were very worried that the Warriors would change hotels, and they had already started asking around which hotel to change to.
However, when it was learned that the hotels in the city had not received any information from the Warriors, and the bus returned, the fans obviously thought that the Warriors players were still here, so they started making noise.
As the saying goes, "acting to the end", the bus did not stop at the hotel entrance, but drove directly into the underground parking lot, avoiding any exposure.
In this way, the fans were also noisy all night outside the hotel, and they even had three shifts, and some people changed shifts during the day, and continued to make noise until the evening before the start of the game.
It's a pity that the fans who work so hard don't know that these people who have been harmed don't need assistants, trainers, team doctors, etc. on the field, while the main players enjoy the big villa and sleep soundly .
So, before the start of the game, when the two sides met, the Supersonics players wondered why the Warriors players were so radiant and looked so energetic after staying up all night.
In this way, relying on Frank's financial ability, the Warriors solved the interference outside the court and could devote their energy and heart to the game.
However, despite this, they still encountered strong resistance from the Sonics in this game.
Of course, this is also understandable. After all, the Supersonic team is not weak. Coupled with the blessing of the home court momentum, the Supersonic team's resistance is naturally tenacious.
Although in the first quarter, the Warriors took advantage of their unpreparedness and took advantage of the opponent's carelessness, they managed to take a slight lead at 21:17, but in the second quarter, the Supersonics, who came back to their senses, successfully counterattacked the Warriors.
It has to be said that in this quarter, the offensive efficiency of the Sonics team was extremely high. Perkins, Payton and Hawkins combined to hit 5 three-pointers.
Although this number is not big, but for the Sonics, this has almost exceeded their usual three-pointers in a whole game.
Not only that, but their defense has also regained its form, which caused the Warriors a headache. In this way, they returned the Warriors 32:23 in a single quarter and successfully overtook the Warriors by 5 points.
After entering the second half, the match between the two teams escalated again. Payton, who only rested for 2 minutes in the first half, did not rest at all throughout the second half.
In this way, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, Payton's layup caused Cassel to foul, "2+1" was scored, and he made a free throw, successfully expanding the point difference to 10 points.
This is a dangerous signal. The 10-point difference almost put the Warriors into a passive situation. In this case, Nelson also ignored the regular rotation time and immediately replaced Li Weisi. He wanted to see if he could It's all done in one battle, and the whole round of the series is ended in this game.
And Li Weisi did not live up to his expectations. After returning to the court, the Warriors immediately started chasing points, especially Li Weisi, who hit consecutive difficult goals, almost making the Supersonic defender doubt his life.
If it weren't for the fact that the Sonics often have people who can fight back, otherwise it would only take three or four minutes for the Warriors to completely wipe out the point difference.
But even so, at the last moment of the game, under the leadership of Li Weisi, the Warriors still chased the point difference to only 2 points.
At the critical moment, Payton also showed his superstar demeanor. After using his back-up singles to attract double-teams, the ball was given to Schramf, who cut in and created an open space. The latter hit the winning one in the drift Recording shots helped the Sonics expand the point difference to 4 points.
And as the Warriors finally missed a three-pointer by Li Weisi, Kemp protected the backcourt rebound, and the SuperSonics finally escaped at home and won a game, chasing the series to 2:3.
However, the next sixth game is the key to test them, because they will return to San Francisco on May 5, where is their real test.
Whether the No. [-] in the Western Conference stops in the Western Conference semifinals, or successfully brings the entire series back to Seattle, and finally creates a miracle, depends on that battle!
(End of this chapter)