Chapter 1015: Return, Overlord
For the first time, the Oracle Arena fell silent in the playoffs, with fans covering their mouths and looking in panic at the Warriors' bench, where Chamberlain sat on the ice while the team doctor whispered to Nelson Sr. about the news that fans cared about but was destined to not get an answer.
I don't know who led it, but a voice suddenly sounded: "God bless our king!" ”
The voice became louder and louder, and in the absence of a conductor, the voice sounded rhythmically and swept the audience.
God bless our King!
Chamberlain sat on the bench and raised his right hand, he stretched out his index and middle fingers in a V gesture, and the smile on his face was as confident as ever.
The game continued, and Curry, who came off the bench, was responsible for free throws, and hit free throws to start the game 7-2.
Although the game was still on the field, the fans' attention was not on it at all, and they were intently yelling and cheering and blessing Chamberlain, and Chamberlain was moved by that pious appearance.
This is the city hero!
Chamberlain went off the court, Evans came off the bench, and the Warriors' interior defense dropped the grade.
Gasol Jr. used the height to hit Ibaka, and Randolph took the opportunity to respond, so that the Grizzlies could easily get a chance under the basket, and Randolph scored a backhand dunk and an aerial relay dunk in 40 seconds, and the Grizzlies began to close the gap.
Chamberlain's downplay made the rhythm of the Warriors suddenly mess up a lot, West habitually wanted to play inside, but the ball passed to Ibaka was almost stealed by Tony Allen, the Warriors were stuck with the ball, and it was almost a 24-second violation, and in the end Curry shot from afar, but this was a bomb ball, and when he got the ball, there were less than two seconds left in the offensive time, and he could only throw it out casually, and God decided whether it could go in.
After that, West broke through on his own, and he went all the way into the box, and the final shot went wrong when Saul Jr. came out from the flank and gave him a big hat.
The Grizzlies made a fuss about the interior, Randolph was the main offense, he used his interior offensive firepower to the fullest, Evans was sent to defend him, and Randolph used his nimble footwork to break through and score two points again.
The Grizzlies launched a counterattack, and they played in unison, playing quite pleasantly, and suddenly stretched the score to 17-10.
And that didn't stop there, time continued to pass by, and by the last minute and a half of the first quarter, the Grizzlies had a nearly double-digit lead at 25-16.
At this moment, the Grizzlies fans were excited, and many people watched the game excitedly, they couldn't believe it, God wouldn't help like this, right? Could it be that Chamberlain is going to be injured and can't come back again, and then they stage a counterattack?
As it turned out, their idea was a little too idealistic, Chamberlain wasn't there, and the Warriors still had a West.
Mad Dog licked his lips, he controlled the ball and ran across the half court, looking inside, just when Conley guessed his intentions, he pulled his feet and rushed forward, fast as the wind, Conley turned back to defend, but West had already thrown him off and rushed directly into the inside.
West's impact was so fast that Gasol Jr. and Randolph were only halfway up the defense, and he had already scored with a throw.
After that, the Grizzlies attacked, Randolph hit a shot, Evans grabbed the rebound and passed to West, Mad Dog rushed forward again, he passed the ball to Curry, and then ran around with Conley, and again got the ball in the free throw area.
With the ball in his hand, West changed direction in a row and came up with a butterfly step, and then stopped for a jump shot, and it was another two points!
scored four points in a row, West seemed to be excited, Conley passed the ball to Guy, West was as fast as lightning, broke the ball off, and then grabbed the ball and ran wildly to start a fast break, the Grizzlies pressed all the outside, but they couldn't catch up with West, and finally Tony Allen approached West from behind when he rushed into the restricted area.
West rose to his feet, Tony Allen blocked back, and Mad Dog unexpectedly leaned back and crashed into Tony Allen, and then threw his hand at it!
The basketball falls into the hoop and the referee's whistle blows!
2+1!
At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors trailed the Grizzlies 23-25, and both sides were eager to attack but the shooting rate was not high.
Chamberlain scored the opening seven points, while West scored the final seven.
In the second quarter, Chamberlain, still sitting on the bench with ice cubes, stood up at the beginning and said: "Old Don, I'm completely fine, now my ankle doesn't hurt at all, let me go on the court and teach these bear cubs a lesson!" ”
Old Nelson waved his hand domineeringly and shouted: "Sit down, Z, continue to apply your ice pack, your next task is to apply ice packs!" ”
Chamberlain laughed and cried, and he explained: "My ankles are made of copper and iron......
"Fuck off, is Lao Tzu the head coach or are you the head coach?" Old Nelson asked with a gloomy face.
Chamberlain had no choice but to sit back on the bench with his face covered with a towel, and despite covering his face with a towel, he could still hear the fans' sighs of disappointment.
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Grizzlies had the ball, West and Curry looked at each other, and the faces of the two couldn't help but smile. Although they didn't speak, they both understood what each other meant: Z is not here, so let's carry the team.
The Warriors soared from the outside, the Grizzlies missed the shot, West immediately pushed through the breakthrough, he went all the way from the three-point line to the restricted area, and the headband on his head was crooked, but at the last second, he threw the ball out of the three-point line, Curry jumped up and shot after receiving the ball, and the hand speed was so fast that people couldn't see it clearly, and directly cut down three points!
The Warriors took the lead, and after that, West made another contribution, he grabbed the rebound that Mayo couldn't shoot from a distance, ran wildly with the ball, and came to a full-court dragon, after rushing to the frontcourt, Mayo and Guy who were back to the Grizzlies were waiting for him to make a layup on the inside, but West jumped up decisively outside the three-point line and shot a three-point shot!
The Grizzlies were stunned by his confident and stubborn long-range shot, especially when they saw the basketball fall into the hoop accurately, and they turned their heads around.
After that, the two sides began to entangle, and the scores were like dogs' teeth, climbing each other.
The Grizzlies scored a goal, and the Warriors immediately responded with a shot, and the Warriors hit it, and the Grizzlies bit the score again.
And just like that, with 2:31 left in the game, the Warriors led 42-39, but then missed back-to-back shots before Curry hit a shot with 3 seconds left in the quarter.
The last 3 seconds of the quarter were very dramatic, Mayo controlled the last shot, jumped and shot before halftime, Curry was in charge of defense, couldn't dodge, and was whistled for a foul.
As a result, Mayo got three free throws and made three of three free throws.
And when he grabbed the rebound on the free throw, West gave Randolph next to him an elbow, and the referee immediately rushed up and gave him a technical foul - West almost vomited blood, because although he swung his elbow, it was because he rushed to the basket to grab the rebound, he was carrying the big forward Randolph, and he must have to set up his elbow, otherwise he would not be able to stand under the basket.
But now is not the time to be reasonable, everyone is worried that the mad dog will go berserk, and that will be too bad, and he may even get sent off for another technical foul!
As a result, West actually smiled and trotted back a few steps, directly avoiding the referee.
In doing so, he won the admiration of the fans, and even Reggie Miller in the ESPN live broadcast room praised: "Delonti seems to control his feelings, did he find a way to control his feelings?" If that's the case, then the Warriors will be terrible! ”
West was fouled and Randolph hit a free throw, giving the Grizzlies four straight points from the free throw line and extending their advantage to an incredible 53-44 lead in the first half.
In this way, at the end of the first half, the Grizzlies' lead was close to double digits, and at this point the Warriors fans couldn't sit still, while the Grizzlies fans were proud.
In the second half, when the players from both sides came on the field, the Oracle Arena suddenly fell silent again, because Chamberlain threw off his training uniform, revealing his No. 0 jersey and appeared on the stage!
After a brief silence, there was a volcanic eruption!
The DJ tore at the top of his voice and roared, "KING, RETURN, SUPER-ZZZZZZ!" ”
"We want Z! We want our overlord! ”
"Z, you're the strongest! Sweep the bears! ”
"Raise your sword of kings and slaughter these bears!"
Chamberlain confidently stepped onto the pitch, he trotted a few steps, felt that his ankle had nothing to do with it, and a smile appeared on his face, a dangerous smile.
The Grizzlies' ball possession, as soon as Chamberlain came on the court, suddenly changed.
With the ball roaming around the perimeter, there was no better option for him, so he passed the ball to Randolph.
Randolph was an old ball, and he knew that he couldn't do it against the wind, so he threw it into the middle. As a result, he underestimated Chamberlain's determination to take revenge and the rape of his body, turned around and made a move, and his head and face were covered with a demon-like shadow, and the shadow hung over his head, and he waved his hand to press the ball down.
The next transition between attack and defense, Jamison ran on the wing to get the ball, and he tried to make a breakaway move, but Guy was unmoved. At this time, Chamberlain ran out of the interior and blocked Guy's side, and Jamison seized the opportunity to step away and wave his arm to jump.
The basketball flew out, but with a beautiful arc fell in the hoop and turned around twice and then turned out, Gasol Jr. pushed away Carter under the basket and raised his head to grab the rebound, Randolph and Guy also squeezed under the basket together, the two of them left and right, so that Gasol Jr. in the middle occupied all the way to grab rebounds.
After helping Jamison keep Guy out, Oxlade-Chamberlain turned and rushed into the box, and although Randolph was in front of him, he still put his feet on the floor when the ball bounced towards them, and the rocket took off.
The basketball bounced back, and Randolph raised his arms to catch the ball, but it was above his head, and Chamberlain's right arm was raised high and with a wave of one hand, he grabbed the ball in his hand!
This is not the end, grabbing the ball with one hand, Chamberlain rode Randolph, stretched his upper body as far as he could, and smashed his arm to the hoop!
"Boom!" A violent bang, a violent buckle.
The cheers of the audience rang out like thunder, and after Chamberlain came back, he immediately grabbed the momentum with a block and a violent dunk!
That's the power of superstars!
Returning in the third quarter, Chamberlain repeatedly dunked under the basket, and the Warriors gained momentum, and the Warriors scored 7 points in a row and chased the score back at once.
The Grizzlies did not collapse on this, in fact, they still had a score advantage, and then, Chamberlain scored 3 points with free throws, and then he and West came to an aerial relay layup, Carter hit a three-point shot, and as soon as the third quarter began, the Warriors played a wave of 17-4, and the Grizzlies were directly beaten and suspended.
At the end of the third quarter, the Warriors took a six-point lead at 78-72.
At the start of the fourth quarter, the Grizzlies showed their toughness, and Mayo and Guy hit back-to-back three-pointers in the fourth quarter to tie the score at 78-80.
The two teams went head-to-head and still played hard.
With 3:33 left in the game, Guy hit a pull-up jumper in front of Jamison, and the Warriors immediately returned the color, and Chamberlain and West worked together tacitly, and after the latter threw the ball up, Chamberlain hit it from the middle and jumped up in the air to dunk.
Fifteen seconds later, Chamberlain blocked Gay's breakaway dunk and West countered with a layup that galloped all the way to the frontcourt and the Warriors began to solidify their advantage.
The two teams fought until the last second, and 40 seconds before the end, Randolph hit two consecutive shots, and the Grizzlies still bit the score, and the Warriors only led by five points at 100-95.
At the last moment, the Grizzlies must have played foul tactics to bet on three points, and the fate of both sides has come to the first crossroads.