Chapter 167: The Burning Green Shirts
Rondo stepped back, his slender arms stretched out, just in time to block Billups' path.
Billups turned a blind eye, his body pulled out and still ran forward, Rondo wanted to catch up, but as soon as his body retreated, he was blocked, and a steely figure appeared behind him, Chamberlain's eyes were as strong as a knife, and he blocked Rondo to death.
Like a whirlwind, Billups entered the penalty area, and looked at Garnett, who came up with his teeth and claws, he put away the ball and took three steps to continue to rush towards the penalty area, while letting out a high-pitched scream from his mouth.
With Billups' whistling, Chamberlain's eyes widened as if he was undefeated, he broke through the green shirts' block and rushed to the basket, Billups passed the ball in front of him, Chamberlain took the ball and stepped forward and then jumped up, grabbed the ball with one arm and one hand, and smashed the ball into the hoop with a loud bang.
Garnett's eyes were calm, he sneered at Chamberlain, and said, "The kid is good, it seems that he has made a lot of progress recently." ”
Chamberlain made a knife gesture with Garnett's hand on his neck, and the roar of the Oracle Stadium sounded in the sky, his rebelliousness, his might, his uninhibitedness, all this conquered the proud Golden State fans.
Pierce asked for the ball against Jackson, Billups defended Rondo tightly, and the young Green Army's fourth big man was very immature in the face of the new AMVP, but fortunately, Gentleman Ray answered on the outside, and the ball spun in his hand and finally fell into Pierce's hands.
When Pierce got the ball, Jackson immediately sensed the pressure on the defense, and the opponent hit his lower abdomen with a strong and powerful butt, Jackson didn't dare to get too close, Pierce's breakthrough was as famous as his back play, and he could only take a step back.
He made the right choice, and Pierce swerved abruptly after two hits, and stepped over Jackson's body in one step. Fortunately, Jackson is not a vegetarian either, and he is still entangled, Garnett rushed out of the penalty area, Chamberlain did not dare to let go of the inside, Evans followed, and followed Garnett to the high position.
Pierce changed hands and changed direction, his body still rushed forward, Jackson was blocked by Garnett, so Pierce got a chance to break through, Evans was shocked, he didn't care to continue to add Nate, turned around and waved his arm to envelop Pierce, at this moment, Garnett raised his arm.
Pierce passes the ball and Garnett makes a jumper in front of Jackson for a pinpoint two-pointer.
"Rookie, it's best for you to guard against me!" Garnett looked at Chamberlain defiantly.
Chamberlain pursed his lips as he picked up the ball and threw it to Billups, rushing forward as fast as he could. The Big Three are all over thirty years old, and their physical strength is their only shortcoming now, and the others are all at the peak of experience, skill and even fighting spirit.
Billups passed the ball to Chamberlain, Garnett stared very tightly, Chamberlain could only pass the ball to Ellis, who turned around and threw the ball in a row, the ball bounced out of the hoop, Garnett turned around and grabbed the rebound, Chamberlain moved quickly, but he didn't catch a single hair.
Garnett took the rebound and turned around, he didn't pass the ball at the first time, but rushed forward with the ball himself, Pierce and Gentleman Ray followed up on the wings, the three of them were in a trident position, and quickly rushed to the frontcourt, at which time Garnett passed the ball to Pierce, but he still cut forward from the middle.
The Big Three all attacked, Chamberlain was still behind because he didn't get the lead because he was fighting for the rebound, and the Warriors' defense was quickly shattered, and they entangled Pierce who held the ball to block Garnett at all costs, but Junzi Lei was empty.
Ray Allen breaks through and makes a pick-and-roll.
Chamberlain frowned, he knew that the problem with this defense was that he had a problem, so he waved for the ball, sat under the basket and pressed his shoulders against Garnett's chest, and squeezed in as fiercely as a bulldozer.
Parsons came up to help defend, Chamberlain put away the ball and passed it to Evans, Evans got the ball and slapped his eyes on the ground to look directly at the hoop to jump and dunk, but Pierce rushed up quickly, waved his hand fiercely between Evans' hands, and simply snatched the ball.
"Damn it!" Chamberlain scolded anxiously, Pierce slowly rushed forward with the ball, and when he reached the three-point line, there was still a step outside the three-point line and suddenly rose from the ground, Jackson didn't expect that he would shoot straight in this situation, and there was still a full step away from the three-point line!
The basketball crossed a perfect arc like a rainbow in the air, and with the sound of the wind breaking through the air, it drilled into the hoop.
Evans looked at Chamberlain with an ugly face, and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry......" The repeated defeats made the latter a little anxious, interrupting him and shouting: "Why do you have to shoot the ball?" You dunk it directly! ”
Billups patted Chamberlain's buttocks, and he smiled and said to Evans, "What stupid things to say, man, you're doing a good job, who doesn't have a hot-headed time?" I know you want to have a violent dunk to help Z humiliate Kevin, but that's not easy, I want me to say, you should go and see Kevin, don't let that guy score easily. ”
Chamberlain also calmed down, his attitude just now was indeed very wrong, and Bilops's demeanor was more like a leading brother.
However, he has an advantage, that is, he can correct his mistakes, and when Evans serves, he goes up to catch the ball, and at the same time apologizes: "I'm sorry, brother, I'm in a hurry......"
Evans smiled innocently and interrupted him: "I understand your feelings, Z, you did a good job, I didn't do well just now." ”
"Don't talk nonsense, brothers, cheer up, let's teach these Boston clowns a good lesson!" Billups walked forward with the ball and laughed.
While Billups' encouragement has lifted the Warriors' players up, the Big Three are so strong that they can't be solved by attitude alone. After all, there are three All-Stars, and Garnett and Pierce are both starters, and when the three of them start to give it their all, the Warriors have to follow suit.
The Big Three cooperate tacitly, and the Warriors can't defend against it.
Evans tried hard to defend Garnett, but the Wolves were proficient in a variety of attacks, the range extended from the restricted area to the three-point line, Pierce broke through quickly and ruthlessly, Chamberlain did not dare to leave the restricted area, he chased the Wolves for a while, the inside line was vacant, and Pierce immediately rushed to the basket and dunked.
Jackson's defense was a mess by Pierce's impact, his defense was iron-blooded and tough, but Pierce's physical fitness was much stronger than him, that is, he ate him hard, and he was bitter when he was beaten.
On top of that, no one on the Warriors' side can guard against Ray Allen, who is not simply a shooter, he can shoot from the ground, he can shoot from distance, he can break through, he can dunk, and Ellis's defense is like a sieve to the scoring machine who once worked with Kobe Bryant.
In the opening five minutes, Nelson Sr. switched lineups, replacing Ellis with Barnes. It was a helpless move, Ellis was strong in attack, but his defense was so poor that he was embarrassed almost every time he faced Ray Allen, and Chamberlain was now so focused on defending Garnett that he was unable to help defend at all.
After Barnes came on the court, the Warriors' defense finally improved, but the question arises again, what about the offense?
Billups has strong offensive ability, which is strong in organization, and if he is allowed to score, then the Warriors will directly raise the white flag. Chamberlain's offensive level is also good, but that was relative to the beginning of the season, and now facing Garnett's strict defense, if Chamberlain can score wantonly, then he would have been among the league's superstars.
Garnett was a strong entanglement with Chamberlain, he didn't care about Evans, the paleness of that guy's attack was helpless, and Parsons was enough to block him.
The Warriors' offense and defense have been suppressed by the Green Shirts, and the Celtics have become more and more crazy.
Rondo simply gave up on organizing the attack, he passed the ball to Garnett after passing the half, and then ran around vigorously, his run was not a blind run, but consciously helped Junzi Ray and Pierce to cover, so that the latter two runs became effective runs.
Evans defends Garnett, and Chamberlain sits inside. The wolf king looked at Evans, who was dark, and patted the ball leisurely: "Boy, I can break your ankle, do you believe it or not?" ”
Evans didn't speak, just bent slightly over to stare at Garnett.
Garnett shrugged and smiled: "Okay, seeing that you are so serious about defense, today I will show mercy and show the strongest me in front of you, I am going to break through you, break through from your right side......"
As soon as the words fell, Garnett skillfully slapped the ball, took two steps with his long legs, and rushed forward against Evans's right side. Evans struggled to swing his arm and retreat to the back of his right, when Garnett stepped out with his left leg and hit the ball from his crotch to his right hand, then retracted his left leg and stepped again, a sharp change of direction passed him from the left side of Evans's torso.
Chamberlain gritted his teeth and waited for Garnett, but the Wolves did not continue to run forward, rushed out of the open space and made a pull-up jump shot, and sent the ball into the hoop with a flick of his wrist.
Looking at Evans, whose face was getting darker and darker, Garnett smiled very proudly: "Do you really believe me when I said to break through from your right side?" Do you understand that soldiers are not tired of cheating? I really don't know how you can get into the NBA with such a stupid head. ”
Chamberlain worked hard to learn to be a good big brother, so he wanted Evans to have a chance to get revenge after turning around, and went to great lengths to rush into the box with Garnett, attract Parsons' bag and distribute the ball to Evans.
As soon as the ball threw out a hand and leaned out from behind him to steal the ball, Rondo smiled coldly, leaving a sentence of 'I knew you would do this, fool' and ran forward quickly.
As the first quarter drew to a close, the Green Shirts played almost the entire first quarter, but it paid off, with the Warriors trailing by eight points at 28-36 and still in the Green Shirts' possession.
Sure enough, Garnett singled Evans again, this time he squeezed in with his back, and the rapid shaking of his shoulder tricked Evans into taking a step around and throwing a shot, Chamberlain jumped up to interfere without touching the ball, and the ball fell off the board and fell into the hands of Parsons, who easily scored two points with a backhand layup.
In this way, the situation for the Green Shirts has completely opened up, their five starters have scored and blossomed in an all-round way, the Warriors are overwhelmed, their offense is hindered, and a super offensive player is urgently needed to step up.
At this time, it is time to need a superstar, but the problem is that the Warriors do not have a superstar-level offensive machine in the true sense, Chamberlain is the No. 1 NBA superstar on the defensive end, but the offensive end, especially the independent scoring project, the Warriors are very short of people, there is an Ellis, and a big sieve, it is useless for him to play at this time, and he can score as much as Ray Allen?
At the end of the first quarter, the elder Nelson looked at the double-digit point difference and his eyebrows furrowed, his eyes swept vigorously on the bench, as if the devil's machine gun was drowning the great Red Army position. was stared at by old Nelson, and everyone lowered their heads in disdain, isn't it looking for death at this time? Although they want revenge, but without diamonds, who would dare to take on porcelain?
Some people dare, some people face the devil's machine gun, and they keep their heads held high, and their eyes are murderous!