Chapter 893 Keeping Hope
Chapter 893 Keeping Hope
Richmond used off-the-ball running to successfully get rid of Hawkins who was defending him. After coming to the penalty area, facing Kemp's supplementary defense, Richmond did not choose to make a hard attack, but directly stopped in the middle distance Back jumper.
Although Kemp jumped high and tried his best to block the shot, there was still no way to block Richmond's shot.
However, despite all this being perfect, Richmond was not satisfied with the final result, and the basketball bounced out of the front of the basket.
Because the basketball bounced far away, the rebound was caught by Kemp, and the Warriors' offense returned without success again.
Richmond's attack is actually the normal state of the Warriors tonight. The shooting rate is appallingly low. Except for Li Weisi, it is difficult for others to put the basketball into the basket smoothly.
In fact, it's not just this game. In the entire series, the number of times other players played well is only one game.
After the Sonics received the rebound, they immediately launched a fast break.
Different from the previous games, the Supersonics launched a lot of counterattacks in the first quarter tonight. Instead of blindly lowering the rhythm as before, they skillfully combined speed and speed. This change in speed brought The effect is extraordinary, and the coolness is naturally not the same.
The Supersonics' fast break was very fast, and they came to the frontcourt almost before the Warriors were fully settled.
Facing the crowded defenders in front of him, Payton was not prepared to find teammates like before, such as Kemp, who was in a better position, but directly chose to force himself.
"Didi..." In the crowd, he felt countless palms hitting him. Although the final layup was destroyed, he successfully caused a foul by the Warriors and walked to the free throw line.
With two free throws, Payton has scored 9 points tonight, and the Sonics also led the Warriors by 16:7 to 9 points.
For a long time, Kemp has been the scoring leader of the Sonics, and Payton has played more of a role as a team organizer, but this is obviously not the case tonight.
Payton has shown a strong desire to attack since the beginning of the game. Coupled with his good touch, his offense is extremely fierce. Such a dismissal is not a glove, it is clearly Jordan!
Although Payton is a non-mainstream style of play, it has to be said that the effect is very good. Facing the red line with a point difference approaching 10 points, the Warriors must have someone to stand up.
Obviously, at this time, someone did stand up.
On the offensive end, the defense that Li Weisi faces cannot be said to be layered defense, it is also chasing and intercepting, which hardly gives Li Weisi any shooting space, even when he is off the ball.
In this case, seeing that running alone could no longer create opportunities, Li Weisi took the initiative to come to a place one step away from the three-point line and asked Divac for the ball.
Although Payton still refused to give a single step at this time, it is impossible for Payton to completely prevent Li Weisi from receiving the ball in such a vast field.
After Li Weisi got the ball, Payton began to press unrestrictedly, almost as if he was going to eat Li Weisi.
Faced with Peyton's rough treatment, Li Weisi was like a weak grass, being ruthlessly destroyed by the wind and rain. It seemed that the basketball might be lost at any time.
However, these are all illusions. At this critical moment, Li Weisi suddenly turned around and almost knocked Payton, who was exhausted with all his strength, as if he had punched the air.
After getting rid of Payton, Li Weisi didn't kill directly, because he knew that the Sonics had already woven a net in the restricted area, waiting for him to get in.
Therefore, he deliberately waited until Peyton reacted and chased him, and he immediately stepped back to throw Peyton away again, and then directly chose a three-point shot.
I have to say that Li Weisi's touch tonight was really good. Although he only took 3 shots in the first quarter due to the double-team problem, he hit 2 goals, and this 4th shot also did not disappoint his touch. The trajectory of the basketball was extremely precise, and it fell headlong into the basket. At 10:16, Li Weisi successfully gave the Warriors a respite.
However, it is obviously not a good way to let Li Weisi play like this from the first quarter. Of the 10 points scored by the Warriors at the beginning, Li Weisi scored 8 points alone.
With 2 minutes left in the first quarter, Li Weisi, who had already scored 11 points, was finally replaced. At this time, the Warriors had chased the score to 15:20, and the point difference came to 5 points.
However, after Li Weisi left the field, the Warriors' scoring stagnated again and was scored by the Supersonics. In the entire 2 minutes, only Kukoc scored 2 points for a successful layup, and the others got nothing.
In this way, by the end of the first quarter, the score of the two teams came to 17:26, and the Warriors fell behind by 9 points again.
Shortly after the start of the second quarter, McMillan of the Supersonics successfully assisted Sam Perkins, hit a long two-pointer, added 2 points for the Supersonics, and at the same time completely opened the point difference to double digits.
Without Li Weisi, it can be seen that the rest of the Warriors have become unable to play, and even the bench that the Warriors have always been proud of is quite ugly.
Of course, this is also related to the increased rotation time of the Sonics.
Payton of the Supersonics also took a 2-minute break in the first quarter when the team took the lead and Li Weisi was off the field, while Kemp asked him to take a 2-minute break at the beginning of the second quarter. Obviously, Looking at this trend, basically in the second half, they did not have more rest time.
However, this seems to be working very well so far. The double-digit point difference in the first quarter is finally a breakthrough.
Nelson was naturally dissatisfied with this result, but he did not directly choose to bring Li Weisi up at this time, and wanted to wait and see.
But at this time, Payton and Schramf of the Sonics each hit another goal, but the Warriors still had no score, and the point difference immediately came to 15 points.
Seeing this situation, Nelson no longer held back, and immediately replaced Li Weisi on the field. Obviously, only Li Weisi could save the Warriors at this time.
Not long after Li Weisi returned to the court, he successfully got rid of Payton's defense with the help of a pick-and-roll and got a chance to shoot.
But with such a chance, Li Weisi immediately chose to make a shot. This kind of shot was very hasty, and it seemed that he didn't even finish his shooting.
However, after the basketball bounced off the rim and flew up, it fell into it stubbornly, and Li Weisi could still make it.
In the next round, the Warriors seized the opportunity of the Supersonics' missed shot and launched a fast break. Li Weisi made another layup and successfully narrowed the point difference to 10 points again.
Li Weisi has been keeping a glimmer of hope for the team's victory.
(End of this chapter)