With the loss of Rich, the Warriors became the singles Warriors of last season, and they could only rely on the individual ability of the stars to score, except for Byron Davis, Stephen Jackson, and Monta Ellis, the presence of others on the court was extremely low.

The elder Nelson once again realized the importance of Rich.

Every team has a tactical core, a spiritual leader. Of course, it's naturally better for the tactical core and the spiritual leader to be one.

At the Warriors, two captains, Stephen Jackson and Matt Barnes, are the undisputed spiritual leaders of the Warriors, locker room leaders. The style of play is tough and righteous, and when morale falls to a low point, the spirit of the whole team is revived.

The Warriors' success in Black Eight last season was not unrelated to Stephen Jackson's spiritual leadership.

But who is at the heart of the Warriors' tactics?

Last season, it was Byron Davis, but the team's results were only barely in the playoffs, and it started the season with a losing streak.

After seven consecutive days of road trips, the Warriors' tactics have been very different from last season, starting from the Mavericks, Nelson Sr.'s tactics have gradually shifted to Li Zhi.

Now that Li Zhi is injured and retired, the Warriors have no offensive hub in an instant, and no one controls the rhythm.

Controlling the rhythm is Li Zhi's innate talent, and it has nothing to do with the system. Some people are born like a magnetic field, and when they appear, everything around them will change because of them.

Li Zhi may not be the most talkative person in the team, but he is indeed changing the situation on the field with his actions.

Since Li Zhi broke the rookie single-game scoring record, 59 points has become Li Zhi's label, as long as Li Zhi is on the court, he will attract the opponent's defense.

……

The regular season continued, and the Warriors lost to the Rockets on November 30, and the "Yao Mai Combination" was unstoppable, and Maddie Yao Ming combined to score 50 points.

The long-awaited derby battle in China was not staged, and Li Zhizai could only watch Yao Ming from the sidelines.

In any case, the domestic fans are jubilant, whether it is the Warriors or the Rockets, it is now the home team of the Chinese, and everyone is happy that team wins.

After the game, Li Zhi specially invited Yao Ming to have a meal, also Chinese, and was a national team teammate for ten years in his previous life, Li Zhi's friendship with Yao Ming is not deep.

Yao Ming showed his trademark smile and told Li Zhi: "Next year's Olympics, everyone wants you to go back." ”

Li Zhi didn't think about it, and immediately agreed: "Okay!" ”

Yao Ming smiled, smiling happily.

One word, one word, is enough.

……

After the loss to the Rockets, the Warriors ushered in a big victory.

On December 3, the Warriors beat the SuperSonics 109-96 on the road. seems to be dissatisfied with Li Zhi's avoidance, Durant scored 23 points, 3 assists and 3 rebounds in this game, and after the game, he deliberately ran over to give Li Zhi a hug.

But it wasn't a kind hug, Durant smiled and said, "You didn't play this time, I'll definitely score on top of your head in the next game!" ”

This is the next battle book.

The current Li Zhi does not intimidate Durant at all, and accepts Durant's challenge with a smile on the surface, but in fact, he is already thinking about how to abuse Durant in the next game.

Sample, the next game will give you a taste of the power of 86 defensive ability points.

The big win over the supersonic seemed to run out of luck for the Warriors, and then the Warriors began a losing streak, a losing streak without warning.

The Warriors are still the same Warriors, even without Li Zhi, the whole team is still high-spirited, but they just can't win.

The Warriors lost to the Magic, Bucks, Heat, Lakers, Spurs, and Trail Blazers one after another, suffering a miserable 8-game losing streak, with a record of 14-7 and a winning rate of only 33.3%, ranking tenth in the East.

The only bright spot for the Warriors was Belinelli.

In Lee's absence, he was given a number of opportunities to perform, as a substitute for Montaelis and Byron Davis, with extremely accurate three-point shooting, scoring goals whenever he got open spots, and standing on the outside to open up space and attract defenses.

But the fly in the ointment is that Belinelli's defense is mediocre, with insufficient confrontation and bounce, and often becomes a defensive colander.

Belinelli has already begun to show his three-point temperament, and his hands are warm and he can even dominate a game with a long-range shot. In the game with the Lakers, Belinelli hit three three-pointers in a row at a critical moment to help the Warriors stop the bleeding.

Li Zhi was "asked for leave", and he didn't even have to go to the stadium for away games, because he announced that he was injured, so he had to stay in Auckland to train alone.

After learning that Li Zhi was injured, Avril had already come to Oakland to take care of Li Zhi for several days in a row, and the two could hear Reynolds next door scolding all day long: "Dog man and woman." ”

Avril asked Rich, "Why doesn't Renault find a girlfriend?" ”

Li Zhi did not tell Avril about the tragic experience of Renault in her previous life, but only said that she did not know.

In fact, Li Zhi knows, but there are some things that can't be said.

As the only son of the head of Lehman Corporation and a top financial family in the United States, Renault's marriage is not up to him.

It may be that Avril's arrival brought good luck to Li Zhi, who finally passed the [regular season training camp] - Kobe Bryant's 61-point challenge.

The rewards are generous, including 1 free attribute point and a spirit badge.

Golden Moments: Better-than-usual performances in key matches. Key games refer to against rivals, playoffs, old clubs.

In addition to training, what Li Zhi has to do is to cultivate a relationship with Avril, Li Zhi wants Avril to move to Oakland, but Avril refuses, saying that he will think about it for a while.

Li Zhi didn't know what Avril was investigating, or was he worried about his own problems? Li Zhi couldn't figure it out.

couldn't figure it out, Li Zhi simply gave up and enjoyed the two-person world with Avril in peace.

……

While Lee was recovering from injury, the Warriors welcomed their new teammate, Jamal Crawford.

Crawford has averaged nearly 40 minutes for the Knicks this season, with 20.6 points, 5 assists and 2.1 rebounds.

Now the Warriors are basically playing nearly 40 minutes, and Barnes often plays 45 minutes, and now there is another Crawford, and Nelson seems to be going further and further on the road to the main force.

On the first day of Crawford's report, Li Zhi made a hot pot at home to entertain him, exchanged feelings, and completed the task given to Li Zhi by the old coach - to persuade Crawford to play as a substitute.

In the old coach's view, Crawford can shoot suddenly, has comprehensive skills, and basically has no shortcomings except for bad defensive points, which is perfectly suitable for the Warriors' current bombardment tactics.

But the Warriors now have chemistry in the starting lineup, and he wants Crawford to take on the role of sixth man and be a sharp knife on the Warriors' bench like Montaelis last season.

To Li Zhi's surprise, after Li Zhi conveyed the old handsome's meaning to Crawford in a daze, Crawford agreed without thinking about it.

Crawford is a self-aware man who also likes to substitute and is guaranteed to play no less than 30 minutes, so why not?