Chapter 898 The next opponent
Chapter 898 The next opponent
No one expected that in this highly competitive and influential game, the final winner would be an unknown little guy of the Warriors.
Since joining the Warriors in 92, Robert Horry has been playing as Rodman's substitute. Although, during this period, because of Rodman's injury, he made a starter, but it has been tepid for several years. Fame is only spread among Warriors fans.
In everyone's impression, he is a backup power forward with decent defense and three-point space. He has no independent offensive ability and is mediocre in other aspects. But there is something impressive about him. , It seems that there is really no, there is no way, the Warriors have too many eye-catching players.
However, this time, just through this goal, this three-pointer with a big heart, Horry has gained more fans around the world than the sum of his previous four years.
Of course, although Horry was the one who made the shot, but to say who is the one who decides the victory of this game, it has to be Li Weisi who assisted Horry.
He made 25 of 15 shots and 11 of 8 three-pointers. He scored 47 points, 7 assists, 5 rebounds and 2 steals. Such crazy statistics made Payton, who just won the best defensive player this season, lose face. After all, he was the one defending Li Weisi all over the court.
In fact, Payton's performance in this game is also very good. He played 48 minutes and made 17 of 11 shots in the game. He made 6 of 4 three-pointers and scored 31 points, 6 assists, 5 rebounds and 5 steals. It can be said that he is well deserved. For the head of the supersonic star.
But it's a pity that he was facing Li Weisi, and the two were directly facing each other, and both were the stars of the two teams, which inevitably made people compare the two of them together.
In addition to Li Weisi, only Richmond scored more than 20 points for the Warriors. Although he was very strong tonight, he still scored 21 points. In addition, Divac and Cassel also scored in double figures.
On the Supersonic side, apart from Payton, the only people who scored in double figures were Kemp and Hawkins.
其中坎普14投9中，得到24分13篮板，霍金斯10投5中得到12分，其他人得分均未上双。
In any case, with the end of this game, the entire series is also over. The Warriors eliminated the No. 4 Sonics in the Western Conference 2:[-], and once again completed the next gram.
Next, they will meet their next opponent, the Houston Rockets, two days later.
In another semifinal in the Western Conference, the Rockets, with the Big Three, did not show the dominance fans expected before the game against the Spurs.
At the beginning of the entire series, the Rockets, relying on the strength of the Big Three, insisted on winning the Spurs two games in a row at the Spurs' home court.
As soon as the results came out, everyone said that this round of the series had ended early, and neither of the two home courts had been defended. The strongest point of the team, David Robinson, had no advantage in front of Olajuwon. How could he win? ball?
However, the Spurs did not give up. After coming to Houston, their team was united, and 4 of them scored 20 points. Although the Rockets scored 81 points from the Big Three tonight, the Spurs still defeated the Rockets 107:102. Back to a game.
Not only that, but in the fourth game of the series, the Spurs actually went one step further and directly won a big victory with 103:81.
However, in the fifth battle of Tianwangshan, Olajuwon was like a god descending from the earth. Not only did David Robinson blow up on both ends of the offense and defense, but even his teammates Barkley and Drexler became characters. players.
全场出战44分钟，30投19中，得到42分9篮板8助攻，完全打爆了对手，带领火箭以111:90大胜马刺。
With a big victory, the Rockets returned to the home court again. In the sixth game, they fought fiercely with the Spurs to the end, and finally defeated the Spurs 100:95.
In this way, the entire series eliminated the Spurs 4:2, and once again joined the Warriors in the Western Conference Finals.
However, this time, Olajuwon has more helpers, and the strength of the Rockets has been improved. On the other hand, the Warriors, without Mullin, the overall strength of the team has also declined significantly compared to last year.
Last year, the two teams experienced seven battles. With Li Weisi's last shot, the Warriors finally escaped and defeated the Rockets. It can be said that this round of the series is even more difficult than the Warriors' finals.
It can be said that last year's Rockets were the strongest opponent the Warriors encountered in the playoffs.
And this season, the strengths of the two teams are changing, and the Rockets still have home court advantage. It can be said that at this time, it is difficult for anyone else to be optimistic about the Warriors except for Warriors fans.
In addition to the two-round series in the Western Conference, two teams in the Eastern Conference Finals have also been born. They are the Chicago Bulls and the Orlando Magic.
Unlike the fierce competition in the two semifinals in the West, the two strong teams in the two games in the East won very simply and neatly.
As the favorite Bulls to win the championship, no one thinks they will stop in the semifinals, but people think that the Knicks will at least cause some troubles for the Bulls if they don't say they beat the Bulls, right?
However, when this round of the series started, the performance of the Knicks was not satisfactory.
Especially compared with Jordan, Ewing's performance is too ordinary, it can be said that he was rubbed on the ground by Jordan.
In this way, in Chicago, the Bulls won two games in a row at home and went to Madison Square Garden in New York with a 2:0 lead.
There, the Knicks, relying on the magical performance of Starks, successfully pulled back with 102:99 through overtime.
But that's all. In the fourth game, after a defensive battle, the Bulls successfully defeated the Knicks 94:91 and won the match point.
After returning to Chicago, the Bulls did not give the Knicks another chance, and finally won another game 94:81, eliminating the Knicks with a total score of 4:1.
And another series, the game between the Magic and the Eagles, is also not as intense as the game in the West.
Due to the absence of Reggie Miller's injury, the Eagles finally entered the semi-finals fortunately, but the strength of the Eagles is obviously not enough to continue to shine on this stage.
Facing the Magic team led by the twin stars, the Eagles had almost no power to fight back, and they were directly beaten 3:0. Until the fourth game, the Eagles relied on O'Neal's injury and Steve Smith's outbreak to score With 35 points, it was only at 104:99 that he made a comeback.
But in the fifth game, the Magic did not give the Eagles another chance, and they defeated the Eagles 96:88 cleanly, also eliminated the Eagles 4:1, and joined the Bulls in the Eastern Conference Finals.
So far, the lists for the Eastern and Western finals have been released, and more intense competition is about to start.
(End of this chapter)