Chapter 956: Wrath of the King
Chamberlain's violent dunk was no longer detonating the audience, the audience was quiet for more than ten seconds, and both the fans and the DJ looked at the glass shards on the floor in a daze, dumbfounded!
The lone basketball hoop had only one frame left, and it was crumbling......
Time seemed to freeze at this moment, Chamberlain stood expressionlessly under the basket, surrounded by the depressed Okafor, Ariza and others, a little farther away, Paul looked at Chamberlain's back in distraction, as if looking up at a high mountain.
The game had to be suspended, the referee blew the whistle, and as soon as the poignant whistle sounded, the quiet stadium suddenly became full of people.
Not only in the stadium, but also in the restaurant and in the bar, the fans reacted in this way.
Carter, Curry and others rushed to Chamberlain, clustered around him and yelled, old Nelson kept shaking his head, he held his son's hand, the two deserved to be father and son, the reaction at this moment was exactly the same, they all shook their heads, and they wanted to eat the same shake of their heads.
The DJ's hoarse voice then rang out: "Incredible, incredible, incredible!" Superman shreds the rebound! Superman has gone berserk at the stadium! The league has to think about it, will rebounds have to be made of steel plates in the future? ”
Chamberlain walked off the court under the push of Carter and others, and he kept turning his head in Paul's direction, with a terrible aggression in his eyes.
Paul smiled bitterly, what bad luck, shouldn't have angered this monster!
Then he remembered that it would be nice if he could partner with Chamberlain! However, this is not possible, and Paul's smile is even more bitter at the thought of this.
The Hornets staff cleaned the court as quickly as they could, and then used a forklift to bring in another basketball hoop, and it was already twenty minutes after it was set up, during which the fans kept screaming and screaming.
The war started again, and the two sides were still doing their best, but the attention of the fans had left the stadium, and they kept discussing the terrible dunk with their relatives and friends who were watching the game together, and the screams and roars rang out from time to time, and the fans were not easy to discuss hotly.
Early in the second quarter, Chamberlain was the Warriors' leading scorer, scoring the first nine points of the second quarter to lead the team to a double-digit 44-34 lead.
The Hornets weren't crushed by Chamberlain's dunk, and under Paul's command, the team that had risen rapidly this season began to show their formidable fighting power.
Peja, who came off the bench, received two passes from Paul in a row, hit two three-pointers in a row, and scored six points in a row.
Chamberlain grabbed the rebound and scored two more points, but then Paul and David West combined for a 6-0 surge to tie the score to 42-48.
At the critical moment, a veteran like Carter was reliable, he broke through to the basket to pick up a score, and then steal Paul's pass in defense, the Warriors played a fast break, Curry and Carter completed the strategy, the latter feinted to pass the ball to Curry at the last moment, and Curry hit 2 points to stabilize the situation of the Warriors.
Paul continued to rampage, Curry's defense did not play much role for him, he crossed and changed direction and rushed to the basket to make 2+1 on Chamberlain's body, but Chamberlain immediately took revenge, and scored 4 points in a row on the offensive end, and taught Peja a big hat on the defensive end, and the Warriors opened up the gap again with 57-47.
After halftime, the Warriors continued to lead the Hornets with a score of 62-51, and Chamberlain, who scored 28 points, was like a killer, leaving the Hornets helpless.
At halftime, in the locker room, Chamberlain and others got a preliminary verdict about West, things are not very bad, West just hit the back when he landed, there was no terrible situation of muscle tearing, as long as there is a truce, you can continue to play.
This made Chamberlain and his party feel a lot more at ease, but West himself didn't care, he was sprayed with a layer of liquid on his back, and he was lying on a recliner shirtless, looking a little comfortable.
"Get me a yogurt, I've had a bad stomach lately." West was still in the mood to call the team doctors, but the team doctors were not waiters, none of them were in charge, and they were all discussing how to carry out follow-up treatment.
Seeing this, West was furious and said, "If you don't help me get it, then I'll buy it myself." ”
Chamberlain rolled his eyes and scolded, "Shut your mouth, Delonti, you're going to lie here for me, and if you dare to move, I'll collapse you!" ”
West snorted twice, his eyes rolled, he looked at Chamberlain and asked with interest, "Z, I heard you smashed the rebound?" Is it true? Damn, smash the rebound! Did you really dunk the rebound? I didn't watch the game, don't lie to me, I remember Z tried to dunk rebounds in practice matches before and it didn't work...... Hey, hey, don't go......"
Old Nelson waved his hand to signal everyone to get ready to play, and Iverson sighed: "Since this kid can still chirp, it means that there is nothing wrong with his body." ”
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Warriors launched another offensive wave, and Curry hit a three-pointer after Chamberlain's hook shot, and the Warriors led again at 68-53 to reach 15 points.
Paul's assist helped his teammates gradually regain their offensive form, and Peja and Thornton combined for six straight points to compete with the Warriors.
Also getting better and better was Okafor, who even jumped up early in the third quarter to grab a frontcourt rebound, and then tried to dunk over Chamberlain's head.
Chamberlain almost blew up his lungs, and what he didn't say must cover you!
As a result, Okafor came prepared this time, and Chamberlain failed to block successfully, but also pulled him down with a foul and didn't let him dunk.
Although fouled, Okafor scored his eighth point of the game on 2-of-2 free throws, and the Warriors still led 73-61.
The two sides then engaged in a tug-of-war, and although Paul hit two consecutive three-pointers in the last minute, the Warriors still led 82-77 into the final quarter, and Chamberlain had already picked up 42 points, 18 rebounds, eight blocks, and a triple-double was close at hand.
In the second half of the third quarter, relying on Paul's brave play, the Hornets chased the score to within five points, which was already a very dangerous situation.
Hornets fans looked at the court expectantly, waiting for Paul to lead them to a comeback, and if the team could win on a comeback, it would not be a very embarrassing thing to be smashed by Chamberlain.
However, how can a qiē be that simple!
Today, the Warriors' outside play was mediocre, and the shooting rate in the third quarter was terrible, so in the fourth quarter, Chamberlain simply took over the ball by himself, and the personal attack mode was turned on!
The first ball of the fourth quarter was for the Warriors, Chamberlain and Iverson cut back into the restricted area, got the ball and flew up and dunked.
Paul was unmoved, he feinted into the box, but then distributed the ball to David West, who immediately defended Oxlade-Chamberlain as soon as he received the ball.
Dealing with David West's technical flow, Chamberlain has a way, he blocks the opponent with his broad body, and the elbow of his right arm silently rests on the opponent's lower back, and then exerts force, as soon as David West moves, he gives him a hard blow with an iron elbow.
In order to get rid of Chamberlain's defense, David West wanted to use his teammates to help, but at this time, the Hornets were too busy to take care of themselves, how to help him?
So he took advantage of his good sense of movement, shook his body quickly, confused Chamberlain, and then turned clockwise and took two steps forward, jumped up quickly, and threw his hand like a defender.
As soon as the ball left David West's hand, an arm roared like a golden dragon out of the sea, and his big hand covered the basketball from top to bottom like a fishing net, and slammed the ball down!
Chamberlain's No. 0 jersey flew like a battle flag, and the cheers of the fans rose and fell like a wave, boosting the morale and morale of the Warriors to a new level.
Taking advantage of this momentum, the Warriors launched a strong attack, and wave after wave of attack frenzy was launched.
Carter grabbed the ball blocked by Chamberlain, Iverson turned around and ran quickly, the two super scoring machines who had dominated the first five-year guard dispute in the 21st century teamed up for a fast break, Carter passed the ball to Iverson, Iverson rushed to the basket and threw the ball above his head, a burly figure roared up, received the ball and smashed it down, a violent dunk!
Paul passed the ball to Thorton, who got the ball and missed a pull-up jumper, Ibaka picked up the rebound, Iverson organized a positional battle, Chamberlain attacked in the low post, Okafor and Aaron Gray wrapped Chamberlain, at this time Ibaka stepped forward to respond, and Gray hesitated when he saw this.
The master made a move, and the winner was decided in one second, Chamberlain seized this gap, immediately turned around and forcibly squeezed into the basket, and made a violent dunk after jumping.
Monty Williams was in a hurry, but he didn't dare to call a timeout because he was running out of timeouts and the team wasn't much behind at the moment.
Paul then came to a flank breakaway throw to score two points, and Monty Williams breathed a sigh of relief, and it looked like the Hornets were feeling good again.
In fact, it's an illusion.
The Warriors attacked, Chamberlain forced the ball on the inside, still facing Okafor and Gray's bag, Chamberlain turned suddenly, his body kept shaking from side to side, knocking the two guys who were holding him staggered, and finally made an easy shot and scored two points.
Paul commanded his teammates to come up to cover him, and Chamberlain followed on the flank, and at the moment Paul jumped, he suddenly attacked, and once again sent a big hat to win the tenth block of the game!
Iverson flexibly rushed in and won the ball, Chamberlain and others hurriedly ran forward, the Warriors played a fast break, the front court played four to three, Chamberlain also attracted the bag, Carter seized the opportunity to cut into the basket and jumped fiercely and dunked.
At this moment, Monty Williams couldn't sit still, and quickly called a timeout, arranging tactics and substitutions, but he has no better choice now!
Paul hasn't played until now, he's the one who has played the most minutes, no way, the Hornets face the Warriors, if there is no Paul, it will be beaten into a sieve.
After the timeout, Paul made a lightning shot to the basket, but then, Carter and Iverson connected in the high post, broke through the position several times, and Iverson made a pull-up jump shot to score.
The Hornets were in a mess, Paul made a mistake in passing, Iverson grabbed the ball and passed it to Carter, Carter planned a fast break and rushed into the interior with Chamberlain, seeing this, Okafor could only foul Chamberlain and pull Chamberlain down, which was also his sixth foul and had to leave the court.
Chamberlain hit both free throws, and in this way, the offensive wave has reached 15-4.
David West, who came back from the bench, made a wing jumper to help the Hornets stabilize the decline, and Paul hit another three-pointer, but the margin was still in double digits and time was running out.
Even more lethal, Curry came on in place of Iverson, hitting a three-pointer as soon as he came on the court, and the Warriors stretched the deficit to 15 points.
After a few minutes of tug-of-war between the two sides, Chamberlain's invincibility on the inside and Curry's outside shot made the Hornets have no hope of winning, and Paul's body has run out, his white jersey is soaked, and sweat is falling from his cheeks, like a bent little snake.
In the last two minutes of the game, Nelson Sr. replaced Chamberlain, the Warriors sent a full bench lineup, and Monty Williams also replaced Paul, who insisted on the whole game, and the game was over.