Chapter 6: The Sorrowful Robinson

In the playoffs, the Spurs faced the Jazz team with the Utah double brakes, and Carl Malone, one of the two evils, was also a calling figure at the time, David Robinson vs. Carl Malone, I thought that the two would play like Robinson and Barkley again, who would have thought that Robinson, who was almost invincible in the regular season, was treated as a little sheep by Malone in the playoffs, and after four games, the Spurs were eliminated by the Jazz 1:3, Robinson averaged only 20.0 points and 10.0 rebounds per game, shooting 41.1%, And Malone's data is 29.3 points, 12.3 rebounds and 48.2% shooting percentage, the team's backbone is such a disparity in performance, the Spurs' defeat is normal, the Spurs originally wanted to use Rodman to defend Malone, but in all fairness, Rodman is really not Malone's opponent, an average of 8.3 points and 16.0 rebounds per game is good enough, but it still can't climb the mountain of Malone. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. biqUgE。 info

In the 1994 NBA draft, the Spurs selected Bill Colley with the 22nd pick in the first round, and then sent him to the Pistons, replacing him with the old Sean Elliott, who spent a year in the Pistons last year Elliott was found to have kidney lesions, which led to a significant decline in his status and technical and tactical level in the Pistons, so the Pistons sold Elliott at such a low price, however, the latter got a new life after returning to the Spurs, and regained the feeling of the super guard who played next to Robinson, played 81 games in the regular season, Averaging 18.1 points per game, David Robinson averaged 27.6 points, 10.8 rebounds and 3.2 blocks per game, winning this season's regular season MVP, which is also the only regular season MVP in David Robinson's career, Avery Johnson started 82 games, averaging 13.4 points and 8.2 assists per game, Dennis Rodman was hit by injuries at the beginning of the season, but after returning from injury, averaging 7.1 points and 16.8 rebounds per game still proves that the super rebounding king is back with full blood, Willie Anderson was completely marginalized and left the team after the season.

Anderson is also leaving with Terry Cummings and Dalle Ellis, who signed a three-year, $4 million contract with the Nuggets.

Cummings, who averaged only 6.8 points per game this year, was traded to the Bucks after the end of the season, and currently ranks 13th in team history with 5,181 points for the Spurs, Willie Anderson ranks 12th with 5,946 points for the Spurs, Cummings is 11th in team history with 2,523 rebounds, and Willie Anderson is 9th in team history with 1,874 assists.

This season, the Spurs won a team record of 62 wins and 20 losses, and the head coach is the newly appointed Bob Hill, Hill, regardless of the technical level, is more elegant in personality, to put it bluntly, it is soft, good at pouring chicken soup, and fully delegating power to players, this kind of governance can make Robinson, who has a similar personality, swear allegiance, but it can't suppress a bastard like Rodman, which also led to the complete collapse of the Spurs' playoffs, and the opponent in the first round of the playoffs is the Denver Nuggets, The Nuggets, who are in a rebuilding period, are clearly no match for the Spurs, and after three games, the Spurs swept through the tournament and not even a single player on the team has averaged more than 35 minutes per game. Spurs veteran Dalle Ellis averaged just 12.0 points per game in this series.

Beyond the Nuggets, the Spurs welcomed the Los Angeles Lakers, the Lakers at this time are actually in a rebuilding period, and it is not easy for them to play this position this season, the boss of the team is Nick Van Exel, the grandfather of "X-J-B-D", with Elden Campbell and Verratti Divac, as well as Ceballos and Eddie Jones, this is all their background.

In the first two games, the Spurs won the victory without accident, Robinson scored 33 points, 11 rebounds and 5 blocks and 22 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists and 5 blocks, and the Lakers won the game in the third game with the combined play of Van Exel and Ceballos, but in the fourth game, the Spurs Robinson scored 26 points and 22 rebounds to lead the team to win again, although in the sixth game the Lakers stubbornly pulled back a city, but in the sixth game, the Spurs did not give the Lakers any chance, 4:2 eliminated the Lakers. Robinson played against the sky in this series, averaging 30.0 points, 15.7 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 3.7 blocks per game, and on the stage of the Western Conference finals, the Spurs met the Houston Rockets led by Olajuwon.

Among the four centers at that time, this was the first duel between David Robinson and Olajuwon in the playoffs, and it was also the only duel between the two in the playoffs in their careers, both of them were good offensive players in their respective positions and defensive backbones in their respective teams, Olajuwon has the big ass that David Robinson dreamed of, so Olajuwon has stronger interior singles ability, and David Robinson has Olajuwon has been practicing but can't practice any mid-range shooting, At the same time, Robinson and Olajuwon are so similar, both of them are giants with a height of more than 210 (Robinson 216 cm, Olajuwon 213 cm) but their coordination, agility, and explosiveness are all equal, and the duel between the two can be described as a needle to a wheat!

In the first game, the Spurs lost to the Rockets 93-94, the hero of the Rockets in this game was not Olajuwon or Draxler, but Mario Aley, who gave Barkley the "kiss of death" in the Western Conference semifinals, came off the bench to score 16 points, every time the Spurs chased points, it was always Avery who stood up to pull the score, Olajuwon scored 27 points, 8 rebounds, 6 of 6 and 5 blocks in this game, Drexler scored 25 points and 12 pulls, and Spurs Elliott scored 24 points on 9 of 16 shots, David Robinson scored 21 points on just 5-of-17 shooting, Avery Johnson had 18 points and nine assists, and Dennis Rodman had four points and 20 rebounds.

In the second game, the two centers had excellent performances, Olajuwon scored 41 points and 16 rebounds, while Robinson scored 32 points and 12 rebounds on 10-of-18 shooting, all gave the Rockets a chance to fight back quickly, so Rodman scolded Robinson for being a after the game.

Rodman scolded Robinson so much for a reason, not only because of this performance on the court, the NBA became more and more influential in the mid-nineties, and signed a lucrative agreement transfer contract, which made the salary of NBA players skyrocket, and contracts worth tens of millions were everywhere, but Rodman did not catch up with the good times, and signed a 5-year contract worth $11 million with the Pistons at the end of his rookie contract in 1991, with an average annual salary of only 2 million, you must know that Rodman entered the NBA at the age of 25, This contract is basically a peak contract, so Rodman wants to abolish the original contract and sign a new big contract, such an unreasonable request Rodman knows that the Spurs will not agree, so he found Robinson and hopes that Robinson will say something to himself, after all, Robinson is the boss of the team, and his words will definitely carry weight, so there is such a scenario-

Rodman: "Brother, listen to me%¥#%¥%¥%¥%............&&...... Look at it. ”

Robinson: "Huh. ”

Rodman stepped forward and said, "Brother, don't you understand, I'll say it again......#%&......*#¥...... Did you understand this time? ”

Robinson: "Hehehe. ”

Rodman: "Why, I haven't understood it yet, so you see&¥&...... (*%…… ¥, what's going on? ”

Robinson: "Hehehe, heh. ”

Rodman: "Hehe, you're paralyzed! ”

So Rodman went directly to Spurs general manager Popovich and said,

"Old man, Lao Tzu has to raise his salary, do you think this will work##¥......%&......&¥%...... And ...... like this."

"Get out!"

After this incident, Rodman gritted his teeth and must let the Spurs know his value, so he directly rejected head coach Bob Hill's tactical request to help him defend Olajuwon, sitting on a small bench, eating small melon seeds, and watching Robinson being beaten by Olajuwon without helping, in contrast, the Rockets do not have this locker room contradiction, in terms of singles ability, Olajuwon and Robinson can't prevent anyone, but the Rockets only use Olajuwon to defend Robinson's inside back play, And using Robert Hawley to defend Robinson's mid-range shots, from time to time the two of them also offer pinch shots, Robinson has fewer inside back shots, so Olajuwon has more physical strength to overturn Robinson.

In the third game, Spurs coach Bob Hill adjusted his tactics to keep Robinson away from the restricted area, reduce the number of Robinson's inside back plays, and use more mid-range shots to solve the battle, although this is a bit dishonorable for Robinson, but the effect is indeed very good, Robinson scored 29 points on 10-of-15 shooting, 9 rebounds, and only 1 turnover, Elliott scored 21 points, Avery Johnson scored 20 points and 13 assists, and Rodman got 1 point and 14 rebounds in the game, The Spurs had just six turnovers in the game, less than the Rockets' nine, so the Spurs beat the Rockets 107-102. Olajuwon finished with 43 points, 11 rebounds, four assists and five blocks on 19-of-32 shooting, while Drexler finished with 21 points, nine rebounds and six assists.

After adjusting the tactics, the Spurs who tasted the sweetness were still the tactics of the last game, Robinson took 20 points, 16 rebounds and 5 blocks, and the number of turnovers was still only 1, the Spurs scored six double-doubles and directly hit the Rockets with a score of 103:81, Rodman scored 12 points and 19 rebounds, including 12 rebounds in the front court, yes, the reason why the Rockets lost this game is no longer a turnover, but rebounds, the Spurs' total number of rebounds is 64, while the Rockets only have 39, With such a poor number of rebounds, it is naturally extremely difficult for the Rockets to win, and Olajuwon did not play well in this game and scored 20 points and 14 rebounds on 9-of-24 shooting.

In the first four games, the score of the two teams was 2:2.

In the fifth game, the Rockets also adjusted their tactics, that is, to press, except for Robinson, who held the ball, everyone else gave strong defensive pressure, and the ball had to be singled to Robinson, and he missed and made a mistake in the return pass, causing the Rockets to counterattack, and the normal game fell into the rhythm of the first two games, coupled with the Rockets' backup point guard Sam Cassel broke out, and the whole court scored 30 points and 12 assists, and the Spurs lost to the Rockets 90:111, Olajuwon scored 42 points, 9 rebounds, 8 assists and 5 blocks, while Robinson only had 22 points, 12 rebounds and 7 turnovers!

The sixth game became the last game of the series, the Spurs lost 95:100 to the opponent, thus being eliminated by the Rockets 2:4, Olajuwon once again hit 39 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists and 5 blocks, Robinson only had 19 points and 10 rebounds, and the number of turnovers was as high as 6, Avery Johnson scored a double-double of 19 points and 10 assists, Elliott scored 18 points, and Rodman scored 14 points and 17 rebounds.

I believe that many people have watched a small video about Olajuwon singles Robinson, Olajuwon shook Robinson twice in a row under the basket and then easily made a layup, many people rely on such a short video of a few seconds to think that Olajuwon beating Robinson is like a monkey, the same, there are many people who only watched the six games of this year's finals, and they believe that Robinson is really like a monkey in front of Olajuwon, in fact, this concept is extremely one-sided, first of all, the two superstars throughout their careers, The playoffs have only played each other once, the template data is too small, let's collect the regular season data of the two people, the two have played against each other a total of 47 times in their careers, Robinson has won 31 of them and has an absolute advantage, averaging 20.1 points, 11.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 2.1 steals, 3.1 blocks, 3.2 turnovers, and a shooting rate of 48%, And Olajuwon averaged 23.5 points, 11.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.9 steals, 3.6 blocks, 3.1 turnovers, and a shooting rate of 46.1% per game. Thus forgetting that this season is his MVP year, forgetting that he has never been absent since entering the NBA, the All-Star and All-Star honors for six consecutive years, forgetting that he has won the honor of the former scoring champion, rebounding king, and blocking king, forgetting that he was once elected as the league's best defensive player, and forgetting that this year is actually Robinson's most awesome year in terms of statistics.

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