Chapter 30: Beyond Chamberlain (Part 2)
At the start of overtime, the Spurs were as steady as ever, with the first ball circulating in the hands of five players, and it was Parker's throw-in that finally scored the ball. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
The Lakers continued to play seven seconds of offense, and after Zhang Guan and Gasol blocked and dismantled, they threw a three-pointer directly while the defenders had not rushed up, and they really threw it in.
"84 points! Zhang Guan surpassed Kobe Bryant and scored the second place in history in a single game! The commentator sighed: "I thought that Zhang Guan had no chance to go further, but I didn't expect that there would be overtime!" Duncan's 0.4-second shot saved the Spurs, but it also gave Zhang Guan a good chance to break the record! ”
On January 22, 2006, the Lakers played against the Raptors at home, and Kobe Bryant scored 81 points on 28-of-46 shots and 18-of-20 free throws in this game.
And now, Zhang Guan has surpassed Kobe, and there is only one peak left in front of him: Chamberlain's 100 points!
"At present, Zhang Guan is only 16 points away from Chamberlain's 100 points, do you think Zhang Guan is likely to surpass Chamberlain?"
"Beyond Chamberlain? How is that possible? Oh, I'm not saying that Zhang Guan's scoring ability is not good, but Zhang Guan doesn't have that much time, don't forget that this is only overtime, the whole overtime is only 5 minutes, and now that a round has been played, the rest of the time has to score 16 points? Unless the Lakers give all their shooting opportunities to Zhang Guan! ”
However, the situation really made this person right, the Lakers really put all the offensive power in the hands of Zhang Guan, including Gasol, they focused on defense.
In fact, for the Lakers, their physical exertion is also very serious, but if they defend and respond, the effect is still very good, but if they attack, I am afraid they don't have so much energy.
D'Antoni's tactics originally required the players to run and the basketball to be quick to argue, which not only created scoring opportunities, but also caused a lot of physical consumption for the players. In the playoffs, the intensity of the game is much greater than that of the regular season, and the physical exertion of the players will also be great. D'Antoni's team was fierce in the regular season and never made it further in the playoffs.
It's just that this year's D'Antoni is very lucky, he has such a super scorer as Zhang Guan.
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"Zhang Guan, stop-and-go jump shot! Entered! 91 points! There are still 9 points missing! The commentator looked at the time, and he suddenly found that with Zhang Guan's offensive efficiency, it didn't seem to be very difficult to score 9 points in the remaining more than a minute.
In the past two rounds, the Spurs have continued to expand their defense outward, leaving Duncan alone under the basket, which is obviously guarding against the Lakers' three-point shots.
It's a consensus in the NBA that you can't die with a three-point shot, at least until the Warriors won the championship, and the coaches of the teams thought so. Especially since the Celtics triumvirate won the championship, the triumvirate model has become the standard for championship teams, and the success of the Miami Heat confirms this. So in this era, if the team wants to win the championship, the purpose of the team must be to recruit three All-Stars and form a big three.
However, in this game, Popovich had doubts about this consensus, because he found that his team was really about to be killed by three-point shots!
And Zhang Guan also interspersed two mid-range jumpers, saying that it was a mid-range two-pointer, but in fact it was almost a "long two-point", this kind of long-distance two-point shot was quite popular ten years ago, and many stars relied on this kind of step-back long two-point to eat. After two or three years, however, the two-point run was considered the least offensive way to score.
For Zhang Guan, it is also very good to use this scoring method once in a while, for example, he has now scored 91 points, and he is still 9 points away from the 100-point mark.
On the sidelines, Popovich, as a coach, was already sweating profusely like the players.
Popovich has always been confident in his own tactics and in the Spurs' defense, but today he found that there was a player on the court that the Spurs couldn't defend at all. Long-range three-point shots, mid-range jump shots, and close-range impact baskets, Zhang Guan is simply proficient in all offensive means, and the shooting percentage is still very good, which makes the Spurs good at targeted defense at a loss. The so-called targeted defense must be to prepare a certain offensive means, but when the opponent's offensive means are very comprehensive, the targeted defense becomes "hole defense".
"From the beginning of the third quarter of the game to the present, Zhang Guan has not rested, he has been playing for almost 50 minutes, don't you feel tired? God, get that guy tired! Thinking of this, Popovich suddenly laughed self-deprecatingly.
"In the NBA, praying to God is probably the only way for a coach to face a superstar who is overperforming!" This phrase suddenly flashed through Popovich's mind.
He once scoffed at this phrase, if prayer works, then what do you want a coach to do? Why don't you get a priest from the church and open the light for the players! But just now, Popovich began to pray.
"I really can't help it! Now, I can only trust my players! Popovich let out a long sigh as he looked at Duncan, his longest-serving disciple and most trusted companion.
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Zhang Guan suddenly got off to a start, sticking to Leonard and rushing into the three-second zone. Although Leonard tried hard to defend, the difference in speed made him always half a beat slower and unable to keep up with Zhang Guan's rhythm.
Almost at the same moment, the Spurs' assistant defense also rushed over, but the speed of this assistant defense player was not enough to affect Zhang Guan, who flashed and had already rushed to the Spurs' basket.
There, there was the Spurs' last line of defense, the number "21", which had stopped Zhang Guan's path.
Duncan had already judged the course of Zhang Guan's advance, but he knew that he might not be able to jump.
For a 38-year-old veteran, he was about to be unable to jump, and he still played 40 minutes after the playoffs.
But if you don't jump, just standing there, I'm afraid you can't stop Zhang Guan's layup, Duncan believes that with Zhang Guan's physical fitness, riding and dunking himself is a normal phenomenon.
"Foul, only foul! With less than a minute left in the game, the foul was worth it! If Zhang Guan doesn't score a penalty, then he earns it! Thinking of this, Duncan directly slapped Zhang Guan with his big hand, even if he couldn't touch the ball, he had to fan Zhang Guan's arm and break his layup.
"It's Duncan!" Zhang Guan knew he was facing one of the toughest interior players in the league, and then he saw Duncan lunge towards him.
"Duncan, can't you even jump? He's old, maybe ten years ago, he could have stopped me, but now it's impossible. Wait, no, he's here for a foul! Zhang Guan instantly understood this.
"Hah!" Zhang Guan let out a loud shout, and he raised his arm hard, and at the same time, Duncan's hand also pressed against Zhang Guan's arm.
This layup turned into a contest of strength. Zhang Guan tried his best to maintain the layup position, and Duncan also pressed all the strength of his body to stop Zhang Guan.
"Beep!" The referee's whistle blew at this point, and he blew Duncan for a foul.
However, neither player on the pitch stopped, as if they hadn't heard the whistle. Zhang Guan continued to complete the next move, and Duncan, an old fritter, knew that since he had been whistled for a foul, he had to commit a foul to the end, and Zhang Guan must not be allowed to score this goal.
"Fight!" Zhang Guan gritted his teeth, he knew that under this kind of competition, he couldn't talk about any feeling, even if he made a layup, he might not be able to score, so he changed his action and decided to dunk directly.
"He wants to dunk directly! Don't even think about it! Duncan also sensed Zhang Guan's intentions, he knew that he had already spelled a foul, and if Zhang Guan scored the ball again, wouldn't it be two plus one!
Duncan, however, suddenly felt as if his feet were off the ground.
"What's going on? I clearly didn't jump! Why did your feet get off the ground? ”
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However, in the eyes of others, Zhang Guan had already jumped and flew, and Duncan was hanging on Zhang Guan's body and was pulled into the air.
"OMG! Zhang Guan pulled Duncan up stiffly! ”
"There's a Duncan on him, does he still want to dunk?"
"Boom!" Zhang Guan just let Duncan hang on him, and then smashed the basketball into the basket with both hands.
"Whew! Oh! Oh! Even the home fans couldn't help but let out exclamations.
"The ball is in! It was definitely the best goal of the day! My God, with a Duncan on him, did the dunk! How much power does this have to be, and can O'Neill do it back then? ”
Duncan even used fouls, but still couldn't stop Zhang Guan's dunk, and it seems that today's Spurs team is completely unable to limit Zhang Guan's scoring.
"96 points, Zhang Guan's 96th points! And it's a two-plus-one, and if the penalty is also hit, Zhang Guan will score 97 points! At that time, Zhang Guan only needed one three-point shot to surpass Chamberlain's 100 points! A three-point shot, with Zhang Guan's feel today, maybe the next offense can do it. ”
"100 points in a single game, I thought that even in another 100 years, no one would be able to break this record, but I didn't expect that I might be lucky enough to witness this miraculous moment today! Maybe today, we can witness with our own eyes that a being beyond Chamberlain appears in front of us! ”
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The second chapter is delivered, and there is a third chapter later.