Chapter 185: Offensive Talent
The starting lineup of the Warriors is Chamberlain + Harrington + Jackson + Azubuke + Billups, Ellis's injury gave Azubuike the opportunity to start, West originally thought that this opportunity belonged to him, but the old Nelson finally gave his proud disciple Azubuike, which made him sullen.
Azubuk is a hundred times better than West in the team, including Oxlade-Chamberlain, who is the best with West, also likes him, so no one feels sorry for West, they are all happy for Azubuuk, and sincerely wish him to play well and make up for the vacancy left by Ellis.
West sat alone on the bench, looking at the jubilant Azubuk and Petrus and others circling around him sullenly, he said to himself: "What a clown, I beat you many times during the team game, and you still dare to start in front of me?" Well, start the starter, do you think that's a good thing, your opponent today is Iverson, wait to be taught a lesson by him, boy! ”
He felt like he'd been back in the days when the Celtics and the SuperSonics were like that, nobody cared how he felt, and to his teammates, he was an alternative.
"Why do I smell a sour smell?" A voice rang out beside West, and he looked back in exasperation to see Chamberlain and Jackson standing behind him with their arms crossed.
But Jackson didn't look at West, he glared at Chamberlain and asked, "You said you smell sour?" What's going on, man, this is a stadium and not a garbage dump, how can there be a sour smell? You must have a sniff, if I were you I would check it in the hospital, olfactory is a sign of a brain tumor, I have a brother who has this disease, this guy thinks his house is a garbage dump all day long......"
Chamberlain sighed and said helplessly: "Okay Boss Jack, I think the purpose of your change of topic is to comfort West, if that's the case, then you've succeeded, otherwise I can only say one thing to you, what you said is not funny at all." ”
Seeing that there were still people who cared about him, West's heart was a little warm, but Jackson still chased after Chamberlain and asked, "Then what do you mean when you say you smell sour?" ”
Chamberlain rolled his eyes and said: "Because we have an old saying in Chinese culture, it is called that if you can't eat grapes, grapes are sour, there is no doubt that West's words just now are like this." ”
"Grapes, how did our topic come to the same as grapes again?" Jackson was confused.
West laughed, he punched Chamberlain, and said dissatisfiedly, "Don't laugh at me, Z, you know I want to help you." ”
Chamberlain patted him on the shoulder and whispered, "Don't worry about your playing time, man, you have a chance......"
"Opportunity?" West questioned this with a wry smile.
Chamberlain snapped his fingers and said, "Get ready to compete for the title of Sixth Man of the Year, I think that Argentine from San Antonio is a threat to you." ”
Of course, he is talking about Ginobili, who has played a major role in the Spurs this season, leading the Spurs' bench bandits many times to recover the lost points of the main team, and has become the top scoring guard in the West.
The starting lineup of the Nuggets is Camby + Nene + Anthony + JR-Smith + Iverson, Carl George still let Smith start after all, as analyzed above, if this kid is polished, it is definitely a new scoring bomb, and he can kill countless opponents.
However, if it is not used properly, then his bomb will kill his teammates.
Camby and Chamberlain jumped the ball, the latter was looking at Iverson, and after the two sides stood on the halfway line, he first turned back to say hello to the AI next to him, and smiled: "Hey man, are you having fun with the All-Stars?" ”
Iverson also laughed and said, "It's not bad, but you know, I just want to enjoy the finals right now." ”
It's not easy, because the Nuggets' configuration is not luxurious in the West, they are strong in offense and weak in defense, and their ability is very uneven, simply put, the offensive players are super bad defensively, and the defensive players are super bad offensively, and the worst thing is that they are not the top in the league whether they are offensive or defensive.
But now instead of thinking about the Nuggets' situation, Chamberlain should worry about himself, because he fell behind in the jump ball, and the ball was slapped to Anthony by Camby.
Anthony immediately threw it forward after getting the ball, Chamberlain turned his head to see that there was no one in front of him, which made him a little puzzled, what happened to Anthony, this kid, did he go out this morning and forgot to eat brain fragments? Mistakes at the beginning are not the habit of NBA-level stars.
But Billups's face changed, and he shouted, "Stop him......"
He only had time to spit out two words, and then Chamberlain felt a strong wind blow around him, and a snow-white figure flashed before his eyes, and then turned into a sharp arrow in the No. 3 jersey that chased the ball wildly and rushed into the three-point line with lightning speed.
Azubuke was used to guard Iverson, and naturally his speed would not be bad, and the old Nelson chose this kid to start not because the two had a good relationship, but because he knew Azubuk well enough to know that he was qualified to take on this important role.
Azubuke was very attentive and kept his eyes on Iverson in front of him, so when the latter started, he immediately chased after him.
But the elder Nelson still overestimated Azubuuk's ability, although he tried to catch up with Iverson, but the latter suddenly changed direction in the middle of the march, Azubuke was immediately thrown away, Iverson rushed into the box and made a backhand layup, it took less than four seconds, this time the offense was over, and Chamberlain just ran into the three-point line.
"That's fucking fast." Chamberlain couldn't help but sigh, he had watched countless videos of Iverson's games, and studied him carefully, in addition, in the All-Star game, he also played alongside Iverson, before he thought he was familiar enough with Iverson, but when he actually played against him, he found that this guy's ability was still beyond his guess.
Speed, Iverson's speed is too fast, Chamberlain can't imagine what kind of speed Iverson was when he was young, you must know that he is 32 years old this year.
Chamberlain was lucky to meet the last shift of Iverson's peak, and from next season, the era of AI will begin to come to an end, and the little man who is fearless, who overcomes obstacles, who has dominated the NBA outside for ten years, is starting to get old.
Billups knows what the Warriors should do now, and he tries to keep the tempo very slow, because he knows that opponents are used to fast-paced games, and as long as they slow down the tempo, then they will be anxious, and then they will make mistakes, and they will have a chance after the worst.
But Azubuke didn't think so, Iverson's opening layup was too arrogant, he felt that he couldn't stand it, when Billups passed the ball to him to slow down his rhythm, he quickly came to the crotch dribble, his body swayed rhythmically like a willow in the wind, and the soles of his feet started to rush out.
Iverson may seem thin, but his body contains endless energy, which is inversely proportional to his image. West also has this trait, this guy looks dry and thin, but he even dared to ride Chamberlain in the team training game and put this idea into practice, and almost succeeded several times.
Azubuk forcibly rushed forward, seemingly intending to use his body to crush Iverson, who was thinner than him, but he picked the wrong object, and the AI did not get out of the way or retreat, but directly pushed up, and the two collided together, and when I hit, Iverson quickly reached out and accurately pulled the ball down.
Because of inertia, Azubuuk's body still rushed forward, Iverson picked up the ball, and his figure immediately turned into a sharp arrow and rushed forward with a roar.
Billups hurried back to defend, Smith followed, and the three of them rushed forward like arrows, and it was Iverson who was in possession at the front, which showed how fast he was.
Iverson noticed Billups' follow-up with his peripheral vision, but he had no scruples, the speed of the charge was the same as always, Billups didn't dare to try his best to catch up, he was worried that Iverson would pass the ball back to Smith behind, he also knew Smith, this kid was a physical monster, and receiving the ball was definitely a violent dunk.
But if Iverson was so willing to share the ball, he would have won the championship a long time ago, and of course, that Iverson is not an AI who has conquered fans around the world.
Iverson ignored Billups behind him, jumped into the restricted area and made a layup, Billups relieved himself and knew that he couldn't pass the ball, but at this time he wanted to block it too late, so he reached out and pulled him down, pulling Iverson down and paying the price of a foul.
The ball staggered in the air, and bounced out of the hoop after hitting the hoop, Smith followed up from behind, and received the rebounded ball viciously to a violent dunk, but unfortunately the foul was in front, and the referee's whistle had sounded The ball was not counted, otherwise it would have been a wonderful offense.
Smith's face was dazed, Iverson should have passed the ball just now, but he was a junior, and he couldn't say anything in front of Iverson.
Iverson hit two free throws, he only scored in the way he thought was right, as for the opinions of his teammates, he didn't care, when he was a rookie, he dared to face Starkerhouse, who was the boss of the 76ers at the time, let alone a sophomore rookie?
Billups stepped up the offense, he passed the ball to Chamberlain, who was not busy attacking in the face of Camby's defense, but tried to do so, but Nene immediately came up to wrap up, Chamberlain distributed the ball to Harrington, Harrington seized the opportunity to jump and shoot, the ball bounced on the hoop and was snatched by Nene.
Iverson wanted to pass the ball, he didn't speed up as soon as he got the ball this time, but ran slowly first, only to accelerate to the peak again at the moment of rushing through the halfcourt, Azubuk hurriedly followed the retreat defense, both of them rushed into the three-point line at great speed, and then Iverson slowed down suddenly, Azubuke gritted his teeth and tried to stabilize his body, but then Iverson accelerated again, and rushed past him.
"I'm a believer!" Chamberlain was a little upset by Iverson's play, he played against Kobe, Pierce, and Maddy, but he had never been so embarrassed, Iverson hit a pull-up jumper!
6-0, a score that made him want to roar.