Chapter 19: The league's second center?
"Drop"
As the referee's whistle blew and the basketball was tossed high, Beasley and the Mavericks' Eric Dampier jumped up for it at the same time!
This is the Hawks' first regular season home game against the Dallas Mavericks in the NBA2007-2008 season, and Beasley was put in the starting position because of his excellent performance in the preseason and the fact that the Hawks did lack a strong and powerful interior liner!
Dampier, who entered the NBA in 96, naturally could not be the opponent of the spring man Beasley on the jump ball, although Dampier was 2.11 meters tall, the ball was still the first to be dialed by Beasley's bounce height of more than half of Dampier's head, and Joe Johnson organized an offense after picking up the ball!
Beasley stood up on the inside as soon as he came up and asked Joe Johnson for the ball, Beasley has been exercising with Barkley some time ago, not only in terms of ball skills, but also in the mentality of playing!
"MD, this rookie is so skilled, not at all like a rookie who has just entered the NBA, just like an old fritter who has been in the NBA for many years!" Dampier was stuck behind Beasley hard, and he secretly complained in his heart.
Speaking of Dampier, people will show an inexplicable sense of joy, thinking that he is the second center in the league, except for the big shark, he is the strongest! Although Dampier likes to talk big and has a more impetuous personality, he does have the third bench press power in the league, in addition to O'Neal and Big Ben, but now there is another one that is Michael Beasley. Dampier can get that high salary (73 million in 7 years), and the Mavericks are not interested in his 12.3-point scoring that year, but on his defense.
Joe Johnson saw Beasley in good position and passed the ball to Beasley's hand with a single hit!
After Beasley received the ball, he directly chose to play a low back single, and Beasley arched to Dampier behind him!
"A rookie is really a rookie, and with this kind of strength, he can hit the second center in the league!" Dampier felt the faint power coming from behind him, and couldn't help but tease.
Just now, Dampier and Beaslica felt the power that surpassed him, but from the current back singles, the strength of this little guy is too far away from himself, it seems that he is too careful, he is the third strongman in the league, how could he lose to a fledgling rookie!
As soon as he finished speaking, Beasley suddenly smiled at the corner of his mouth, and then increased the force of the impact to the maximum, and Dampier was still immersed in the small victory just now, and he was hit by Beasley and took a step back without reacting, and Beasley jumped up directly to the basket is a two-handed slam dunk!
"Old bird, you're a little more powerful in your mouth!" Beasley said with a smile
"Rookie, you're just going to play yin!" Dampier said, but he was surprised in his heart, this rookie was so cunning, with such a small power at the beginning, and after he relaxed his vigilance, he actually came like this, what a hateful rookie!
The Mavericks attacked, and the ball was in the hands of Jason Kidd, the triple-double king in Kidd's current league, and his vision was quite broad! The triple-double includes rebounds, and you must know that the point guard can make a double on the rebound, and that is definitely the James in the point guard.
With his strong body, Kidd completely crushed Tyronn Lue, broke through directly to the inside line, and in the face of Josh Smith, Kidd faked a true pass and gave it to King Nuo, who hit it with his soft touch!
Beasley received the ball on the inside, still choosing to play with his back to himself, this time Dampier did not underestimate Beasley as before, but took this hateful rookie quite seriously!
Beasley also hit Dampier lightly and heavily, Dampier was very cautious, no matter whether the power from Beasley was big or small, Dampier didn't dare to relax!
Beasley gently hit Dampier and passed the ball to Josh Smith who ran out of the open space with a beautiful back pass, and after Josh Smith received the ball, he immediately smashed it to the basket, how could King Nort be the opponent of this kind of spring man!
Tomahawk-style slam dunk, I have to say that Josh's dunk is very ornamental, not only Josh's bounce height is enough, but also Josh's arms are long enough, giving people a glimpse of it!
The head coach of the Mavericks saw that Dampier was actually won by the other party twice, and looked at Dampier with a little annoyance, Dampier was already going downhill last season, if it weren't for his defensive and rebounding skills, he would have been pressed on the bench a long time ago!
Seeing the cold eyes from the coach, Dampier was also panicked!
"Rookie, it's all your fault!" Dampier attributed this to Beasley, and this is how some people dare not take their resentment out of the strong when they are bullied by someone stronger than themselves, but blame it on the weak! But is Beasley weakling?
Facing Josh's defense, King Nuo first hit Josh twice with his back, and then showed King Nuo's trump card trick Golden Rooster Independence!
When a 2.13-meter big man shoots with a backward lean, how can people defend, although Josh struggles to jump, he still can't stop the goal of the king!
In the previous life, Nuo Tianwang blocked the Heat Big Three, and in the playoffs that year, Nuo Tianwang entered the "Superstar Moment", which was completely a god file to kill God, Buddha blocked and killed Buddha, no one in the league could stop it, and Nuo Tianwang relied on the Golden Rooster to independently take the championship into his arms!
Beasley was also speechless when he saw King Nor's jump shot, and it was he who could prevent such a trick!
After Beasley got in the inside position, the ball was passed to Beasley's hand, because this time the card position was more deeply related to the card, Beasley directly chose to be strong and face Dampier is a violent dunk!
Dampier was ridden under the crotch by Beasley, and when Beasley fell from the basket, Dampier was very annoyed and pushed Beasley out of the baseline!
At this time, Beasley hurriedly stood up, like an angry lion, impulsive in front of Dampier, and pushed Dampier hard, Dampier was suddenly pushed back, and Dampier was pushed near the free throw line from the three-second zone!
There was a commotion at the scene, at which point the referee's whistle blew and a technical foul was blown on Beasley and Dampier at the same time!
And the fans at the scene were very excited, this rookie was so brave, completely in the same rhythm as the big book back then!
Beasley didn't complain about the technical foul after receiving it, but the anger in his heart burned! To deal with this kind of bully and fear of the hard, you must be harder than him to be able to subdue him!
Josh Smith faced the defense of the Nortian King, missed the shot, Beasley jumped up like a cheetah, half a head higher than Dampier who jumped at the same time as him and took off the ball, Beasley did not choose a second attack but passed to Josh Smith, Josh Smith saw the ball in his hand, hesitated for a moment, and immediately threw it again!
The same iron, but this time it was still grabbed by Beasley, and Dampier's bullet speed was far from that of Beasley! At this time, the good-tempered Nuo Tianwang couldn't stand it, this Dampier was actually picked up by a rookie on the head in a row! Therefore, the king also joined the ranks of the rebounds, waiting for the next Josh iron!
Beasley still passed the ball to Josh Smith, although Josh was grateful, but he didn't dare to shoot again, and now the team's boss Joe Johnson looked at him with a black face, and Josh threw the ball to Joe Johnson near the three-point line.
Three points of hollow into the net, the sound of splashing!
"Joe Johnson!" After the goal, the DJ on the scene stretched Joe Johnson's name!
But in fact, the source of all this came from Beasley's three frontcourt rebounds in a row!
Nuo Tianwang saw that the opponent started with a very strong momentum, if it continues like this, this game will be more auspicious and less auspicious, and Nuo Tianwang Golden Rooster will score independently!
And just abused Dampier on the rebound, but the breath in his heart still didn't ease, Beasley wanted to continue to abuse Dampier on the rebound!
Beasley chooses to play with his back on the inside, but as long as his teammates have space, Beasley will pass out, but today the Hawks' hand is quite poor, no matter how well Beasley's ball is passed, but it is to hear the sound of continuous iron, but because of Beasley's rebounding machine, the Hawks have too many opportunities for secondary offense, otherwise the Hawks will collapse in the first half!
was replaced by the coach 2 minutes before the first half, and although Dampier was unhappy after going down, he was relieved in his heart!
"Finally I don't have to see that rookie flying over my head, no, I should be on my head!" Dampier said secretly in his heart
Although Beasley's point is very ferocious, but it can't parry the overall strength of the Mavericks, Kidd with his broad vision to drive the team's offense, and once you can't open the scene, just pass the ball to the Nuo Tianwang, the shocking feel of the Nuo Tianwang, 7 of 8 shots in the first half, including 2 three-pointers for a total of 16 points, it seems that this game Nuo Tianwang opened the "Superstar Moment", in the face of the experienced Nuo Tianwang, Josh Smith is also difficult to take advantage of on the offensive end, Although Josh's physical fitness was a few streets away from the Notty King, the Notch King only scored 4 points in the entire first half of the game!
At the end of the first half, the Hawks trailed the Mavericks by 8 points at 40:48, and Beasley's stats appeared on the big screen!
"I went, Beasley actually grabbed 12 rebounds in the first half, including 8 frontcourt rebounds, this guy completely treats the frontcourt rebounds as his own backcourt rebounds!" The fans at the scene discussed it with each other
"yes, this guy is completely the second Moses Malone!"
"Beasley's offense is also quite good, he has scored 12 points in the first half!"
"Indeed, Dampier's defense is also the upper level in the league, and to score so many points on Dampier shows Beasley's offensive ability!"
The audience is talking about Beasley, the super rookie in this league!
"This kid actually stepped into "Superstar Moment" with half a foot because of a little anger, and it seems that his field is rebounding!" Who could this man be if he wasn't Barkley! At this time, Barkley was sitting in the audience, watching the performance of his beloved disciple!