Chapter 972 - Teach by example
In the second quarter, Chamberlain was directly pressed to the bench by Nelson Sr., and he didn't need to play, this time it was the real Second Army - center Thabitt, power forward Evans, small forward Paul George, playmaking guard West, and scoring guard Curry.
Xiao Si didn't play either, he missed a good opportunity to score points when Chamberlain was away, which made him sigh a lot, but he was embarrassed to ask to play when he found Chamberlain as a substitute, right?
Xiao Si step, Gallinari and Filton became the core.
A proud disciple of Mike D'Antoni in New York, Gallinari is the Knicks' number one heavy gun on the outside.
This season, he also gave quite good results, averaging 15 per game. 1 point 4. 9 rebounds 1. 7 assists, all of which are almost three times as many as in his rookie season, and he can actually average 2 per game. 3 three-pointers, and 186 three-pointers were scored throughout the season, ranking second in the league, second only to Junzi Lei, and can be called the No. 1 heavy gunner in the Eastern Conference.
But to see Gallinari as a super goalscorer like Ray Allen, or even as a "Bird's successor", is to clearly overestimate the Italian lad.
Although Gallinari has ferocious three-point shooting, he is not shooting high, with only 38 last season. 1%, and in his rookie season, he shot a whopping 44. 4 percent, and this season, his three-point shooting percentage is even worse at 36 percent.
Originally, according to the Knicks' expectations - yes, anticipation, the Knicks liked to anticipate, and on the good side - Small's deposit could have opened up more space for Gallinari, but the Italian shooter clearly didn't take advantage of the opportunity.
The center who came off the bench was Turiaf, and against Thabit, Turiaf showed genius offensive efficiency - he made two wonderful passes as soon as he came on the court, Douglas and Stoudemire each made a three-pointer!
The Knicks were about to narrow the gap to single digits, West broke out and scored 6 points in a row, George also hit the basket and staged a 2+1, and the Warriors relied on this wave of 9-3 small climax to consolidate the lead.
The Knicks are passive, and the fans have become impatient, and it's okay to say that they were beaten out of by the Warriors First Army led by Chamberlain, and the fans can accept it, how long the road to reconstruction is, and they can't eat hot tofu in a hurry, but they are still beaten by the second team, what is this?
As a result, boos and words such as '****', 'garbage', and 'hen' frequently appeared in the mouths of fans, and it was their home team that was scolded, which was really hateful.
The Warriors' offense is getting more and more fluent, West and Curry form a golden backcourt, West breaks through to the basket, Curry shoots from a distance, relying on these two moves, the two lead the team to take advantage of the situation to expand the difference to more than 20 points.
The Knicks ran out of options, and D'Antoni hurriedly replaced Smalls on the court.
After coming on the court, Xiao Si was also very powerful, and he scored 5 points in a row to break the Knicks' scoring drought of nearly 4 minutes.
On the Warriors' side, the main players sat on the watch platform and began to discuss things that had nothing to do with the game.
"What do you have to do after the game? Let's go to a striptease bar in Phoenix? The dancers here are like the weather here, it's hot. β
"You fools with brains, aren't you tired of the game? I had to go back to Oakland because I got an invitation to go to Los Angeles for a boxing fight. β
"What boxing match? Boxing? Are you going to learn boxing? I'm damn, bring me along, see who dares to stare at our team in the future, we all practice boxing, and when the time comes, everyone will go together, and he can't take care of himself! β
", it's not boxing, I don't know exactly what it is, there may be our Chinese kung fu, yes, Bruce Lee's kung fu, a beat, a beat, a beat!"
"So awesome? And Kung Fu? What's going on? β
"Do you know the Shaolin Temple? This time a master of the Shaolin Temple is going to sweep the United States, hehe, you American fighters are going to be unlucky, damn, now we Chinese want to let you know who is the strongest, I am sweeping basketball, and another one is sweeping the boxing world, raise your eyebrows! β
"Shut the fuck up, call me a timeout, what the fuck is this **** thing? Z, Stephen, Aaron, you all get over here and arrange tactics! Old Nelson yelled at Chamberlain and the others.
The Knicks took advantage of the opportunity to launch a counteroffensive climax, and after the second quarter, the score gap was reduced to 12 points.
In the second half, the Knicks played significantly tougher, taking advantage of the baseline air cut and the power advantage of Xiao Si against Tabit to frequently score in the penalty area, setting off a wave of 9-4 small climax at the beginning.
Now the old Nelson hurt even more, he finally understood that Tabit did not have the potential to become the second generation of Chamberlain, and it was not for nothing that the Grizzlies threw him into the NBDL, except for height and arm span, Tabit had nothing, and he was very bad on the court, like a goose with a dull head, stunned, which made old Nelson unacceptable.
The old man's temper is so hot, even Sloan, Larry Brown, these old monsters have to bow down when they see it, and when they see Xiao Si playing a Chamberlain-style number jΓΉ on Tabit, the old man waits for him to get off the field and sprays: "Damn, what were you doing on the inside just now?" Are you asleep in it? Don't tell me that you are a ****** lady, the reserve you stood in the forbidden area just now really opened my eyes, should I change a skirt for you, and you go on the stage to dance directly with the cheerleading girl? β
"Be tough, foreign boy, can you be tougher? Your height, your fists, your qiΔ, the guy across from you is riding on you to and pee, don't you want to reply to him for something? Give him a punch and he'll tear him off if he dares to dunk in front of you, don't act like a like a coward......"
Chamberlain coughed twice, glanced at old Nelson and said, "Old man, ahem, the lesson of Larry Brown and Milicic, ahem, you have to remember." β
Milicic is the leader of the 2003 class, and as we all know, the 2003 class is known as the four golden generations in NBA history, and it can be seen that this guy has potential and strength.
The elder Nelson knew Milicic's potential best, when he took the risk of being banned and secretly went to Greece to watch him play, only to be suspended for two games.
In the scouts' notebooks at the time, he was described almost perfectly: height 2. 16 meters, weighing 111 kilograms, can shoot with both left and right hands, has strong explosiveness on the inside, is good at ball control, can almost play organizational guards, and is very accurate on the outside three-point shot......
Later, Milicic entered the NBA trial, and the Pistons general manager Dumas personally presided over the test against him, and as a result, he watched while typing on a small computer, muttering, "I Γ, I Γ......" and the final comment was "This guy is a genius, only 17 years old, 17 years old, damn it." β
At that year's draft, many NBA teams coveted Milicic, including the Jazz and Mavericks. Jazz scout Dahl has said that if he had the No. 1 draft pick in his hands, he would not hesitate to choose Milicic over LeBron James.
And a foreign player can become the leader of the elite class in 2003, you can see how optimistic he was at that time, you must know that behind him is Anthony, a genius who is promoted in the American basketball world and is on a par with James, a man who has just won the NCAA MOP!
Milicic played very well in the Greek league, and under the circumstances, it was not a failure or an upset to be selected as the leader, coupled with his young age and strong plasticity, his prospects in the NBA were very impressive, but it was the Pistons who selected him, and the head coach of the Pistons team was Larry Brown.
Due to the strong lineup of the Pistons and the solid position of the top five main players, it is difficult for Milicic to do anything as a substitute.
While Brown always said that he would benefit greatly from such a situation, in reality, Milicic only made 96 appearances in more than two years with the Pistons, with a measly five minutes at a time, and most of that time was in garbage time when the Pistons had already sealed the win, so some compared him to "Cardinal" Auerbach's cigar that was lit at the time of the win, and gave him the nickname "Human Victory Cigar".
In his two-and-a-half-season with Motor City, he averaged a measly 5 per game. 7 minutes of playing time, contributing 1. 5 points vs. 1. 2 rebounds.
And, in such a short playing time, as long as he makes any mistakes, he will be scolded by Brown, an 18-year-old foreign teenager, in the United States, surrounded by Ben Wallace, Gerard Wallace and other grumpy villains, and above his head is the old Brown, who is known for his perversion of treating newcomers, if he can still play, then there is a ghost!
Hearing Chamberlain's words, old Nelson fell silent, and he looked at Tabit, the poor boy was looking at him with fear, obviously a lot taller than old Nelson, but he was bending over and looking up at him pitifully, so that there was a strange scene, a ridiculous and pitiful scene.
Nelson Sr. is not Brown's pervert after all, and no one can expect Brown to be kind to a rookie who won't bring him victory, but Nelson Sr. is different, and he has no pressure to win because he has Chamberlain.
Sighing, old Nelson patted Tabit on the shoulder and said, "Okay, I was a little wrong just now, kid, you have to be tougher, including in the face of my accusations, if my accusations are made out of nothing, then you should fight for reason." Go take a break, let Z play, and see how he cleans up that idiot on the other side. β
Chamberlain also patted Tabit on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Learn from me, rookie, you can defend the team sky when I am off the court in the future." β
Waiting for Chamberlain to play, old Nelson looked at his son Little Nelson and said in a low voice: "Milicic, it's really a pity, I really like that kid, once." β
Little Nelson said helplessly: "Yes, if he had gone to Mavericks, I'm afraid there would have been no such thing as us leaving Texas." β
At the end of the timeout, the Warriors returned to the court and counterattacked with Chamberlain as the core, and Chamberlain did not live up to the expectations of the players, he scored 4 points in a row as soon as he came on the court, and hit the basket with Xiaosi strongly.
The Knicks had no choice but to replace Turyaf to defend Chamberlain, in this regard, the Knicks thought that Chamberlain would use his footwork and flexibility to deal with Turyaf, but when he got the ball again, Chamberlain showed a tougher attitude and frantically pushed to the basket, Turyaf was caught off guard and was beaten a 2+1.
Standing at the free throw line, Chamberlain looked at Tabit on the bench and gave him a thumbs up. Tabit bit his lip with his teeth and nodded his finger vigorously, he knew that this was Chamberlain teaching him a lesson.
In the face of Chamberlain, the offensive confidence that the Knicks had built up before collapsed again, and Filton slyly rushed into the interior with the help of Turiaf's cover and threw a shot, and Chamberlain slapped the ball down.
Iverson launched a counterattack, he took the ball and rushed to the front court with a fast break, and then faced Fields' defense with a pull-up jumper, and he hit a baseline jumper and then completed a brilliant layup to bring the margin back to 20 points.
The Knicks' offense was helpless, Xiao Si asked for the ball, Chamberlain personally came up to mark, fortunately, Xiao Bawang also had two brushes, he scored two points with a frontal feint hook layup, and after that, Chamberlain on the opposite side broke out and scored 6 points in a row, and Xiao Si beat the wolf bèi.
After the third quarter, the Warriors' lead was still above 20 points, and the Knicks fans suddenly despaired, and they didn't wait any longer and left the court directly.
In the final quarter, Chamberlain hit a three-pointer on Turyaf as soon as he came up, and Filton responded with a shot, but in the next round, he was stealed by West, and the Warriors scored a fast break, and D'Antoni had to call a timeout again.
There was no suspense left in the game, although there were still ten minutes left to change the outcome of the match.
Chamberlain sat on the bench again, and it was still Tabit who played.
West and Curry played together and then took over the Warriors' offense, and the two sides went back and forth, and the margin remained around 20 points.
With four minutes left in the game, the Knicks began to fight back violently, setting off a 10-2 mini-climax, chasing only 13 points. At the critical moment, Xiao Si still wanted to slip the bottom line to make a violent dunk, but as a result, Tabit, who had no expression in the audience, roared angrily, attacked from the front, and slapped the ball raised by Xiao Si, giving him a firm big hat!
George grabbed the ball under the cap, he passed to West, and the Warriors came to a fast attack counterattack, scoring two points again to stretch the score gap to 15 points, so that the game was over, and the Knicks also replaced Xiao Si and other main players, and D'Antoni had no intention of continuing to chase points.