Chapter 617
Chapter 617
Starks obviously couldn't bear Payton's provocation, so he just did it with the ball, which is nothing to say.
Since the start of this season, Starks has definitely been called a wonderful flower in the Warriors.
When he's playing well, you love him to death. When he's playing badly, you can't wait to shoot him 35 times in 13 seconds.
Such a player who switches between ghost mode with one button not only challenges the heartbeat of the fans, but also tests Nelson's blood pressure.
Just like now, after Payton was frustrated in singles, he did not immediately choose to pass the ball to his teammates, but directly chose to shoot against Payton's hand.
The result is conceivable, Starks, who is not sure, just made a three-point shot, which made the fans unable to bear to look directly.
As for Starks' performance, Peyton laughed without any concealment, and Starks' forehead bulged with veins in anger, but luckily he couldn't see it because of his darker complexion.
Of course, it's not all bad for Starks to shoot three shots, at least it didn't let the Supersonics launch a counterattack, so that the Warriors could calmly return to defense.
It's just that after landing, it didn't stop the Sonics' offensive. Among other things, just the pick-and-roll between Payton and Kemp, the Warriors' substitutes couldn't match up.
Although Payton is known for his defense, his offense is also not bad. Whether it is dribbling, shooting or assists, they are all top-notch in the league.
Although Starks really tried to defend, it is still quite difficult to completely prevent Payton, especially the pick-and-roll between Payton and Kemp.
After Payton made a mid-range hit, it was the Warriors' turn to attack again. Starks didn't learn the lesson of the previous round at all and challenged Payton directly again.
It’s just that his hand feeling wasn’t very good today. Facing Payton, he missed another shot. This time, he didn’t make another three-point shot. The Supersonics grabbed the rebound. The Supersonics counterattacked quickly. During the fast break, Payton found Barros, who was going down quickly, made an easy layup.
In just a few short rounds, the Warriors immediately went from leading by 1 point to trailing by 5 points. Annoyed, Nelson quickly replaced Starks, fearing that he would stay on the court for a second longer.
But Starks, who was replaced, was not satisfied with Nelson's substitution. He looked like I was right, but the world was wrong, and he sat on the sideline sulking.
However, Payton did not intend to let Starks go. After an attack was successful, Payton, who was running back leisurely, came to Starks, ticked his fingers and said, "Come on!" !Keep hitting me! How do you hit me off the bench?"
I have to say that Peyton's appearance is really cheap, and the angry Starks has no place to vent except throwing towels.
Although Cole, who was replaced, is not as defensive as Starks and can't play any beautiful offensive highs, but he can't play indiscriminately, and his ability to seize opportunities is particularly good, which can make the team's situation not worse .
And Kerr is also considered to be up to date, performing quite well on the court, and even threw in a three-pointer, hitting everything he can play.
In this way, this wave of supersonic attack finally stopped, but the point difference has already reached double digits.
The substitutes are not as good as others. This is unimaginable for the Warriors in the past two years. At that time, it was a good thing for the Warriors not to expand the score. How could they be beaten like this?
It can be seen that the departure of the players in the summer has still affected the Warriors' bench strength, making them no longer have the status of a bench that once disdained the league.
After the return of the starting lineup, the situation of the game still has not changed decently. The Warriors are struggling to catch up, but the Sonics are also not bad, especially McDaniel, who has almost missed every shot.
In this way, at the end of the half, the Warriors trailed the Sonics by 55 points 62:7.
Entering the second half, the two teams were still inseparable, especially Payton, who had been provoked by Starks in the second quarter, seemed to have found his form, and performed extremely well on both ends of the offense and defense.
I have to praise Payton here. Since he took over the ball from Streiter, the overall offensive of the Sonics has improved several levels.
Compared to Streiter, who only has a single muscle and only eyes on the basket, Payton is obviously more suitable to be a point guard, and he is more than a grade higher than Streiter in sorting out the team's offense.
Therefore, in the second half, the Sonics formed the Payton organization, and McDaniel and Streiter ended up withstood the Warriors' counterattack. The two teams tied at 26 in the third quarter.
Going into the fourth quarter with a seven-point deficit, Starks was brought back into the game at the start of the quarter, as he repeatedly assured Nelson that he would play well.
Thinking that Starks had a good game before, he decided to give him a chance.
Unexpectedly, Starks ran after Payton like a wild horse after playing.
Sure enough, Nelson was still too naive to believe Starks' nonsense. Within 2 minutes of playing, the point difference returned to double digits. Nelson quickly replaced Starks and played less than 10 minutes. He actually scored 8 points on 0 of 2 shots, which is really unbearable to look at.
However, through this incident, Nelson also understood Starks' instruction manual, which is to see his state of the game, and must use his eyes instead of listening to him, because his words are all lies Damn it!
Returning to the court with a 10-point difference, Li Weisi has no intention of giving up.
Facing Streiter's defense, Li Weisi took the ball very resolutely and hit two ultra-long three-pointers in a row, which made the Supersonics look pale.
Seeing that the Warriors were about to take off, Coach Jones replaced Straiter with a 191cm tall Quintin Daly at a critical moment, and asked Payton to defend Li Weisi, which finally prevented Li Weisi from continuing to shoot like this. go down.
Finally meeting Li Weisi made Payton very excited. He didn't dare to relax in the slightest, for fear of repeating the same mistakes in the summer training camp.
It's just that some things can't be solved with hard work.
Faced with Payton's aggressive defense, Li Weisi had experienced it early in the training camp, so he responded calmly. The ball didn't even call a pick-and-roll, and directly made a small change of direction to forcefully break through Payton.
However, Payton is still much better than Straiter. Faced with Li Weisi's breakthrough, Payton has a good sense of defensive space. He always sticks around Li Weisi and does not give him a chance to shoot.
Seeing this, Li Weisi assumed a throwing posture. After attracting Derek McKay's defensive attention, he deflected the ball slightly to the side of the basket. Rodman jumped high and caught the ball in the air with both hands , Dunk the ball into the basket.
Maybe Rodman's dunk is not as handsome as Kemp, but it doesn't matter, no matter what kind of dunk, he is two points.
With this goal, the Warriors chased the score to only 2 points.
(End of this chapter)