Chapter 198: A Man's Redemption (I)
On April 9, 1978, George "The Iceman" Gervin set a BA record for 33 points in 12 minutes in one game. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 infoOn December 14, 2004, this record, which had been held for nearly 30 years, was finally broken by Kobe Bryant in a desperate situation, and his opponent SuperSonic, seemed destined to be set in the pillar of shame!
"Kobe Bryant!"
The black DJ at Staples Arena makes an initial low and gradually high-pitched sound, like a self-chiming clock in the silent night sky before dawn, waking the people here from a dreamlike scene.
"Kobe, Kobe, Kobe, Kobe, Kobe, Kobe....."
Witnessing the birth of legends, the faithful Zijin hugging pumps, acquaintances or unacquaintances, hugging each other in twos and threes, obliviously calling the names of their heroes.
The shouts gradually converged into a vast torrent, surging down from the trapezoidal stands, and in the midst of it, the supersonic man was like a fishing boat, and the fisherman who did not return when the storm came, seemed flustered and confused.
"Smack!"
As the helmsman of the fishing boat that was about to be overturned, McMillan slapped his hands twice, focusing the attention of his lost lovers on himself.
Then he said in a relaxed tone that forced himself to composure: "The game is not over, boys, it has a full 12 minutes, which allows us to do a lot of things, such as winning the final victory, you know that now we are still two points ahead of them, don't underestimate the insignificant two points, which shows that we have done better than them so far, basketball has always been a five-man sport, Bryant is magical, but we will not lose to him, right? Answer me, boys!"
Among the many compliments that describe McMillan's coaching, it is easy to find adjectives such as being good at commanding, allowing players to maximize their potential, having a unique eye, and having an excellent ability to regulate the mentality of the players, but this time he failed, his voice has paused for more than ten seconds, and his players are still avoiding the inquiry of his eyes. Today's Kobe Bryant makes them feel invincible.
"Are you kidding, Nate (correcting Nate McMillan, I was wrong) -- We're the league's number one and the longest winning streak of the new season, and I never thought we'd lose to that belly. ”
No words pale in the face of miracles, and Chamberlain, who saw Ray Allen's lack of reaction, followed by McMillan's words to encourage his teammates, still did not make any change in the team's demoralized spirit. The scene was cold again, leaving Chamberlain and McMillan looking at each other.
"Bring victory back to Seattle!"
Like the thunder that sounded on the flat ground, Chamberlain, who was flushed, was cheering and thundering, and let out an unwilling roar at his dazed teammates.
"Get on the field!"
At the urging of the referee, Chamberlain yelled again, reminding his dejected teammates to turn around first, and walk towards the stadium that was like the entrance to hell at this moment, stepping on the neat drum beat that was not for him. With the huge zero jersey on his back, he raised his left hand diagonally behind his back, towards the bench behind him, in the direction of McMillan, and made a firm "V" gesture!
"Zhang is challenging Kobe, he's challenging Kobe Bryant, who is setting a record. ”
Bryant stood on the field and looked at Ray Allen mockingly, only the next moment his vision was obscured by another figure. It was Chamberlain, step by step towards the Lakers' halfcourt, Chamberlain looked at Kobe's gaze, and tapped his left thumb on the hot heart.
Chamberlain's move was discovered by the sharp-eyed Buckley on the commentary seat, who had always been loveless to the outside line, just like Magellan who had just landed in the New World, excitedly telling this amazing truth into the microphone. Perhaps at this time, he was the only one who believed that Chamberlain could do something.
"What an arrogant rookie, does he think he can score 35 points?"
Doug, who also noticed this, laughed exaggeratedly.
Chamberlain opened his hand to ask for the ball on the inside, and Odom was very fierce at this time, and he used his body to hold Chamberlain tightly. At this time, the situation was that all the Lakers' defense was in place, and Chamberlain, who was bent on hitting this shot, did not think about anything other than scoring, and used his left elbow to resist Odom after receiving the ball, and turned around and cut inside.
At the moment when Chamberlain resisted Odom, Odom hurriedly retreated half a step back and blocked Chamberlain's inner cut. The focused Odom defense is actually okay, although it is not as terrible as Garnett and Duncan, but his super good physical fitness allows him to move his feet very accurately when facing an opponent like Chamberlain, who is not dominant in strength
What happened next can be seen as a standard interior offensive and defensive confrontation. At the moment when Odom's center of gravity shook, Chamberlain's body pulled back flexibly, Odom quickly retracted his center of gravity and re-pasted it, Chamberlain took a single step inward with his shoulders sideways, Odonne shook a little, and immediately steadied his footing, at this time Mime shook off Mourning and fiercely flanked forward.
In a flash of lightning, Chamberlain pushed the ball in the direction of Mourning, feigned a pass to make Mime brake sharply and hesitate, and then retracted the basketball like lightning, took a diagonal step back, and feint to shoot to lift Odom's center of gravity, when Odom raised his hands high and prepared to block, Chamberlain turned a beautiful side and turned behind Odom, suddenly changed direction to take the ball and walked in an arc, and rushed diagonally to the left side of Mime, who reacted.
Sudden stop, turn, jump, butt recoil, Chamberlain's rapid completion of this series of actions, did not leave any chance for Mime to react, the next second he just wanted to block, was Chamberlain's butt sat on the chest, Chamberlain's one-handed split buckle was completed, and he also staggered to the ground on the floor.
Backbite!
The referee's whistle blew, not who fouled, but the end of the third quarter of the game, the score of the quarter, which was finally fixed at 8783, and the SuperSonics led the Lakers by 4 points.
“Come on, baby, let's fall in the enemy's body.”
Seeing Chamberlain fall, Barkley looked at his back with glittering eyes, and silently thought to himself, "Go forward, baby, let's fall on the corpses of our enemies." )
In those eventful years in the past, when there was little hope of victory, Barkley said to his coach a phrase that has been passed down to this day: "Don't replace me, I have more time to rest after I die!"
Strong people always have a heart and soul in common.