Chapter 39: The King of Rebounds
Chamberlain, who seemed to be possessed by a mad god, dominated the third quarter, but not on the offensive end, where he mainly relied on dunks, but his awareness was good, and the elder Nelson let him organize on the inside, and he could always use his wide vision to give the ball to the open man.
The tactics failed, and Van Gundy could only send Howard on the court again in a fit of rage, so the two sides met again. And in order to restrain Chamberlain, he also sent Howard's assistant and bodyguard, Adona Foyer.
Fayer is not well-known among Chinese fans, but for the Warriors, this man has a special meaning, especially in this game. Because at the beginning of the season, Foyer was abandoned by the team,
Nicknamed 'Uncle Fuyer', Duncan's classmate, Foyer was also drafted in the 1997 draft with a high pick, finishing eighth in the first round by the Golden State Warriors and then playing for the team for a decade. However, because the contract was too large and did not fit the Warriors' fast offensive and defensive system, he was bought by the Warriors this summer and subsequently joined the Orlando Magic.
Adona Foyer's NBA career was anything but impressive, but it was remarkable, and although he was only a coolie center on the court, he was a leader off the court. After the Magic signed him, they directly made him the team's locker room leader, this man has a steel and iron backbone, and the defense is extremely strong, but because of his age, he is very slow to move.
In fact, if he could, the old Nelson really didn't want to give up Uncle Fu, the veteran has been healthy, and last season he played 82 games, and the results were not very good, with 9 in each game. 4 minutes of time can contribute 1. 9 points and 2. 5 rebounds, and the best block can only have 0. 6 pcs. But watching Uncle Fu run hard, defend desperately, and occasionally dunk or two tomahawks, old Nelson really can't have any complaints about him.
It's just that the league is a business, and although the old Nelson has a strong say in the Warriors, he doesn't have the final say in everything, after all, Mullin is the general manager.
For Uncle Fu, the Warriors players have a different taste in their hearts, the departure of Foyer and Richardson in the summer, Jackson and others still can't let go of the team, if it weren't for the coming of Chamberlain, who is very angry with them, then they would definitely have to cause some trouble in the team.
In the fourth quarter, Foyer came on, and the score was 88:90, and the Warriors pulled back a 10-point deficit in the third quarter, which is already extremely remarkable.
Seeing Foyer, Jackson and the others went up to greet warmly even though they were in the enemy camp: "Uncle Fu, happy birthday, I'm sorry I couldn't give you a birthday gift." ”
Foyer recently turned 33 years old, and the veteran has vaguely plans to retire, and his main task with the Magic team is not to play, but to be Howard's sparring partner and locker room leader.
Foyer smiled heroically, patted Jackson on the shoulder and said, "Seeing you bunnies still jumping is the best gift for me!" ”
Before the start of the game, Jackson introduced Foyer and Chamberlain, and Chamberlain was also full of curiosity about the veteran, because compared to other players in the league, Foyer is somewhat legendary. Unlike most NBA players who spend their spare time either gambling or picking up girls, Foyer enjoys writing poetry, is a political activist, and writes book reviews for the prestigious magazine HOOP-Magazine.
As early as 2001, he founded a "democratic association," a nonpartisan student organization dedicated to eliminating political and ideological apathy in American universities, and he was more pro-China, believing that the United States and China, the two major countries in the world, should have closer relations and share the responsibility of leading the world forward.
In 2005, Foyer founded the Kerosene Lamp Foundation, which is dedicated to serving underprivileged children.
Now there are rumors that Foyle may be selected for the World Sports Humanitarian Hall of Fame, which is remarkable that only eight players in the NBA have been selected before him.
The two sides said hello, the game started again, the ball belonged to the Warriors, and Ellis, who returned again, and Belinelli formed the outside line of the Warriors, who had excellent long-range shooting ability, and received an assist from Jackson at the beginning of the game and hit a long-range shot from the bottom corner three-point line.
Nelson Jr. was a little anxious, and when he saw that his teammates didn't have any good opportunities, he forced Belinelli to shoot a jumper in the left wing service area.
The basketball spun around in the hoop and flew out, Howard, Foyer and Chamberlain gathered with Jackson to fight inside, Foyer was so experienced that instead of fighting for the rebound, he stuck Jackson and pushed Chamberlain with his arm, ruining the best time for him to jump and allowing Howard to grab the rebound.
Successfully got the ball, Howard didn't recognize the situation in front of him, grabbed the ball and then jumped up to make a violent dunk.
Now Foyer was powerless, no one interfered, Chamberlain finally had a good chance to jump, he and Howard face to face, the latter jumped he shouted angrily, and then flew into the air, facing the ball between his hands in the face of the monster, his right five fingers were open, fiercely pressed on the basketball, and the ball flew out of the hands of the monster!
"Bang dang!" With a loud bang, Howard grabbed the hoop with both hands, but unfortunately the ball was covered and flew away, otherwise he could have staged a powerful two-handed heavy dunk.
Compared with Uncle Fu, who moves slowly, Jackson is much faster, as soon as he reached out and scooped the ball into his arms, he threw it when he found Ellis.
Ellis took the ball to the front court, and the Magic's defense was fast enough, he saw that he had no chance, so he could only stop, everyone thought he was going to organize an attack, including Brian Cook, who was defending him, and relaxed his defense.
In this way, the Warriors opened up the difference.
In fact, it makes sense for the Warriors to give up Uncle Fu, Van Gundy replaced Uncle Fu on the court to help Howard jam Chamberlain and clamp his performance on both offensive and defensive ends, but Uncle Fu's play slowed down the team's tempo, and Nelson Jr. is a commodity who will not control the rhythm, so the Magic's attack is fast and slow, and the rhythm is messed up.
The Warriors are still as fast as ever, with three-pointers, pull-up jumpers, aerial relays, and fast-break dunks, and the team built by Nelson Sr. has always been able to play efficient games in the fourth quarter, and this one is no exception.
Ten minutes after entering the finals, the Warriors played more and more crazy, Jackson faced the big brother Foyer without mercy, and gave him a big hat when the latter turned and jumped, and the Warriors broke fast again, Barnes made a layup and caused Howard to foul and hit one of two free throws.
Barnes missed his second free throw, and Chamberlain grabbed the offensive rebound and crashed away from Howard, giving him a two-handed dunk in front of him.
At the beginning, the Warriors played an 8:0 offensive climax, and the players of the Magic team suddenly became anxious, and the more anxious they became, the more chaotic they became, Nelson Jr. began to do it brutally, he forced Belinelli, Barnes seized the opportunity to go up and wrap him up and steal him, and the Warriors successfully attacked the hoop again, forcing Van Gundy to call a timeout.
After the pause, Howard executed Van Gundy's tactics and asked his teammates to pull away from him to single Chamberlain on the inside, he stepped forward with heavy shoulders, turned around Chamberlain in a chic way, cut into the restricted area and dribbled a shot, deceived the chasing Chamberlain, raised his hand and planned to play a basket, but Chamberlain simply pulled him down.
"Lao Tzu's free throws are rotten, I don't believe you can be any better." Chamberlain smirked, "By the way, I only have four fouls now, and there are two more chances, that is, I can pull you two more times!" ”
Howard stood at the free-throw line with a black face, and there was no suspense, and he missed both free throws.
Chamberlain received a rebound again, looked at Howard playfully and smiled: "Mr. Rebounding Wang, I have 20 rebounds now, what about you?" ”
Before the start of this season, Howard had made a big statement in front of the media, saying that this season he was going to be the rebounding king and the best defensive player. However, he has been doing well so far, with 15 and 17 rebounds in the first two games, and there are no less games in this game, 14 so far, but far worse than Chamberlain.
The two have to thank both teams for their previous poor shooting tactics, which allowed them to grab so many rebounds.
Ellis shot again, and the inaction of the Magic defense in the first half today gave him a feel, and once this scoring machine has a feel, the result is terrible, and Ellis didn't miss a shot at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and this time he still hit.
On the subsequent offense, Lewis finally gave the Magic a blow by hitting a jumper from one step inside the three-point line. This score stimulated the Magic players, who saw the hope of chasing points, and attacked again, Jackson missed the hook under the basket, Howard grabbed the rebound, the Magic fast break, and Nelson Jr. made a three-step layup to cut two more points.
But that was the end of their good fortune, as Ellis broke through to Oxlade-Chamberlain and assisted the latter for a one-handed dunk. After that, the Magic was in a hurry to chase the score, but the more chaotic the game became, there were two mistakes in succession, and the team won with their own hands.
At the end of the game, the Warriors defeated the opponent 122-105 on the road, Howard's face was gloomy, and the team's three-game losing streak certainly didn't feel good, but he didn't play a little trick, and after the game, he hugged Chamberlain and said in his ear: "Rookie, see you in the next game, I'll clean you up in Oakland!" ”
Chamberlain laughed, "I got 22 rebounds and 15 points, what about you?" ”
Howard looked ugly, muttered 'shit' and turned away, he only scored 12 points and 16 rebounds in this game, both lower than Chamberlain, and to make matters worse, Chamberlain cut six blocks, one of which was face-to-face to him, and he only had three blocks.
Judging from the data, Howard, the champion of a generation, suffered a heavy defeat to Chamberlain, which was difficult for Orlando fans to accept.
Chamberlain's top rebounder was of course the highest, and the top scorer was Ellis, who broke his own scoring record by scoring 42 points on 17-of-32 shooting from the field with a high shooting percentage of over 50 percent, and as soon as the game was over, the Warriors' birdies yelled for him to be treated.
Ellis was full of pride, as if he had become Kobe, and he made a strong promise, eating and drinking and going to the bar to pick up girls, saying that he must make his teammates feel good.
Chamberlain was surrounded by reporters from the court, and one reporter asked, "May I ask why you got so many rebounds, can you share them with us?" ”
Chamberlain said with affection: "Here I want to thank my teammates and my opponents......"
Then, under the expectant gaze of all the players, he changed his words and said, "Thanks to their shitty shooting, which generated so many rebounds, this gave me the opportunity to become the rebounding king." ”
"Damn the dog can't change eating shit, so I know that this bastard won't say good things about us." Harrington scolded angrily, in order to protect him, he only played six minutes in this game, which made him very unhappy.