Chapter 221: Ending Violence (Asking for Comments, Asking for Guidance)
The one-shot chance that Nelson Sr. had been waiting for had finally appeared, albeit a little early, which he didn't expect, and he thought the Jazz could hold out much longer, after all, this is a notoriously playoff powerhouse. Oxlade-Chamberlain had only been on the pitch for two minutes, and they began to mess up.
Perhaps, as speculated before the game, the Jazz are now suffering from Z-phobia, as long as Chamberlain plays, but what kind of combat power can be shown, it will make the Jazz team loud and strong.
Although the Warriors had the advantage, Nelson Sr. called a timeout and put Billups and Ellis on the court together, and the interior partner Chamberlain became Harrington instead of Evans.
Sloan foresaw this, and he also came up with the strongest lineup he could use, Oku, Boozer, Kirilenko, CJ Myers and Delon, and the Jazz five will be on the field at the same time.
It is still the Warriors' possession, at the beginning of the game, Billups planned Chamberlain and Ellis to rampage in the Jazz restricted area at the same time, Ellis scurried around in the restricted area like a loach, Chamberlain covered him out of the vacant position, Billups's pass was delivered immediately, and Ellis broke through to score a layup when he got the ball.
Immediately afterwards, Billups and Jackson wrapped Delon together, Kirilenko took the ball to organize the offense, but his organizational ability was a little lame, and the Jazz players could only take care of their own running, he encountered Billups' fast hand as soon as he passed, and after the steal, the Warriors broke fast, Billups and Chamberlain launched a blocking and pick-and-roll cooperation, and the latter rushed into the interior and dunked successfully.
In the desperation of the Jazz fans, Boozer and Delon stepped up, the latter gritting his teeth against Billups' pressing defense, hitting the opponent twice in a row, suddenly turning around to complete the change of direction, breaking through the attraction bag and passing the ball to Boozer.
After receiving the ball, Boozer used his strong explosive power to step into the penalty area in a second, jumped high with the ball in one hand, and shouted to dunk violently.
But there was a Chamberlain in front of him, and Chamberlain jumped up without hesitation, the two big men looked at each other angrily, Boozer waved his arm heavily to dunk it, and Chamberlain slapped the ball in Boozer's hand with precision.
There was only a thunderous sound, and the sturdy ball was sandwiched between two big hands and almost burst, and then it was Chamberlain's strength that dominated the result, Boozer even took the ball and was blown out of the air, Billups rushed up to pick up the ball and shouted "Follow me" and shot out like an arrow.
Delon panicked, subconsciously reached out and grabbed Billups's arm and pulled him back, seeing this scene Sloane couldn't help but cover his eyes with his hands: his disciples have been completely messed up, this is in the backcourt, Billups has to cross the whole court if he wants to break fast, and Delung's foul is completely in vain.
Then Deron also reacted, watching Billups proudly go to serve outside the midfield, he scolded in frustration, Sloan shook his head helplessly with his arms crossed, he remembered the former black and white double brake combination, Malone and Stockton's cooperation once made him famous throughout the nineties of the last century, if it weren't for the super bulls led by **** Jordan, he should have won two consecutive championships.
Once, seeing Jordan retire, Sloan was once ambitious, and he wanted to recreate black and white, but now it seems that this idea is a joke!
Boozer is not Malone, and everyone knows that at the time of the draft, but Sloan has always had high expectations for Deron who wants to be the No. 2 player in Stockton. Unfortunately, now it seems that all this is a dream.
Delon is more physically fit than Stockton, taller, stronger, and better jumping, although the traverse is a little slow and not fast, but is the difficulty Stockton fast and traverse excellent? Once, when he saw Delon for the first time, Sloan was so excited that he thought he had seen a second Stockton, a stronger version of Stockton.
Although Deron is far worse than Stockton in terms of offensive and defensive skills, Sloan doesn't care, Stockton was not the assist and steal king and second best team regular when he first joined the league. In a sense, Deron has the potential to be better than Stockton.
But Deron is not Stockton after all, and his potential is imprisoned by himself, and he can never become a great star like Stockton.
Stockton has one flaw or another, but there is one thing that sets him apart from other players of his generation, and that is calm, almost cold, and even the cold-blooded killer of his time, Reggie Miller, has to admit that this is a guy who can stay calm at all times.
Delon is obviously far behind at this point, mental nature and emotional intelligence are innate, in Sloan's eyes, this thing is innate, and Delon has lost too much than Stockton on these two points.
Seeing Deron reach out and grab Billups, in a corner of the Energy Center court, a middle-aged man wearing sunglasses and a half-worn T-shirt sighed inexplicably, he looked up at the energy center court, there were several jerseys hanging on it, one jersey was snow-white, with a huge '12' embroidered with blue silk thread on it, and on the back of the jersey was the Jazz iceberg logo and a name, John Stockton!
The middle-aged man smiled melancholy, his gaze seemed to penetrate the barrier of the sunglasses and lenses to the jersey, and for a moment, the emotion on his face was sad.
Glancing at the jersey nostalgically, the middle-aged man shook his head and stood up from his seat, he bowed his head and walked out of the audience, an old fan happened to turn his head, looking at the middle-aged man's lonely back, he couldn't help but shout: "God, it's John Stockton?!" ”
His exclamation attracted the attention of the people around him, and after hearing his words clearly, everyone stood up and looked around: "Who?" Buddy? Who is it? John Stockton? How did he end up here? Even if he comes, he's still a VIP? Did you read the wrong be? ”
Everyone was arguing, and the middle-aged man with sunglasses had already disappeared into the eyes of the old fans through the bustling fans.
"I bet it's definitely John Stockton!" The old fan muttered, "I'll never forget his back, it was here that I saw the Chicagoans win the championship twice and John's back twice......
Stockton, the eternal soul of Jazz, has played for this team for 19 seasons in his career, and has never had the heart of a seconder, he won nine consecutive assist titles in this ordinary arena, handed out the most assists in NBA history, became the person with the most steals in NBA history, and became the person who represented a team in NBA history for the most games......
There are so many records that Stockton has put his soul into this team, and in the whole of Salt Lake City, there may be people who don't know who Mayor Stockton is, but there will be no one who doesn't know who Stockton is.
The news of Stockton's appearance on the stadium spread to the surrounding for the first time, and countless fans stood up to look for the superstar who once brought infinite glory to this stadium.
Jazz fans are looking for spiritual sustenance, the Warriors on the court are getting braver and braver, and the Jazz are more scrambling, under the command of Billups, the Warriors' running position is in an orderly manner, Ellis, Jackson and Harrington shot one after another, fortunately, there are also people on the Jazz side who are not to be outdone, Oku hit a three-pointer, and Kirilenko hit the basket to cause Chamberlain to foul, temporarily dragging the score.
However, judging from the situation on the court, veteran fans and experts can see the general trend of the game, and the Warriors are in the driver's seat, which is especially clear to veteran fans, because their Jazz team was killed twice by the Bulls at the end of the last century. And last season, although the Warriors and Jazz fought seven games, the initiative on the court at that time was controlled by one team, but it was the Jazz who held the initiative at that time.
The Jazz struggled to chase the score, the Warriors used the killer, Billups' jump shot helped the Warriors start to break through, and Chamberlain hit Oku with his back to help and played a 2+1. And then, Chamberlain continued to hit the Jazz's interior line and caused Boozer and Oku to foul again, and he scored 6 points in a row on 3 of 4 free throws, and the Jazz couldn't bear it.
Facing the Warriors' 9-0 small ****, in the face of the score that was re-opened, Delong hit the inside line desperately, like a fighter carrying an explosives bag.
But then the warrior became a martyr, and the forbidden area guarded by Chamberlain could not allow such a small man to go wild? He sent Delon and the ball off the court with a big hat, and the third quarter ended with the Warriors leading by as many as 15 points at 85-70!
One minute into the fourth quarter, Delon was substituted, announcing that coach Sloan had given up on the series.
Billups, West and Jackson formed an outside line to completely overwhelm the Jazz's guards, and the Warriors continued to extend their lead at 91-75 with 8:18 left before the end of the game.
Boozer then scored three points with free throws, but it was a drop in the bucket, Chamberlain made a layup, a hook shot, Billups helped Harrington hit a three-pointer, and the Warriors, who saw the dawn of victory, went more and more crazy, extending the lead to 24 points in one fell swoop, and with less than four minutes before the end of the game, the Jazz were already doomed.
Nelson Sr. replaced Chamberlain and West, and they were all substitutes, and there was no doubt that he was preparing for a tough second round game, and their next opponent was not a parallel team like the Jazz, but the defending champion Spurs!
The departure of the main players also represents the arrival of garbage time, with Chamberlain and Billups talking and laughing on the bench.
At this time, the desperate Jazz fans suddenly exploded, they experienced too many negative emotions today, the team's ineffectiveness, the sudden appearance and disappearance of Stockton, the former defeated Warriors became so brave, and the anger in the hearts of the lost Jazz fans piled up in a row, and finally erupted like a volcano.
The fan in the Warriors jersey was the first to be attacked, and the little fan who was supporting Chamberlain was knocked to the ground with a punch from a strong man, who roared while beating the child: "Shout again, shout again, why don't you cheer for that damn Chamberlain?" ”
The street painter roared and scuffled with the big man, and the skirmish quickly turned into a fan cluff, with red-eyed Jazz fans knocking Warriors fans to the ground, and the scene was chaotic for a while.
Chamberlain was shocked, he opened his mouth wide and looked at the chaotic court in disbelief, he didn't know what to do at this time, but when he saw the teenager who was trampled under the feet of the Jazz fans, his brain suddenly heated, and he rushed forward despite the roar of old Nelson.