Entering December, although the weather is getting colder and colder, the competition is getting hotter and hotter.

According to the rules of the NBA, the first month of the season is just for everyone to test each other, most teams use this month to find the state and understand the opponent, and do not play seriously, especially the slow-burning old strong teams like the Spurs and Pistons, they are used to making late efforts, and the more they get to the playoffs, the more vigorous they are.

After the trial, each team has an understanding of the opponent and begins to deal with it through various means, whether it is to develop rookies to become surprise recruits, or to strengthen the team's roster through trades, the Warriors and Supersonics are practitioners of the former method, and the Lakers are the latter. But no matter what means are used, each team has only one goal, and that is to become stronger.

Not only is the team planning to become stronger, the players are also strengthening themselves, the new season has begun, the problems on their bodies have been exposed, and the players have begun to hire trainers to conduct special training for themselves, of course, this is the privilege of big-name stars, and it is enough for rookies and fish belly to keep up with the team's training rhythm.

The Warriors' first opponent in December was the old rival Spurs, this time on a trip to San Antonio. The last time the two teams met, the Spurs not only lost but also lost, and the team's outside defense expert Bowen was brought down, and this encounter can be described as a revenge battle.

It wasn't until he arrived in San Antonio that Chamberlain realized how bad his impression was in the minds of the local fans, and since he came out, the boos have been incessant. Because of the success of the Spurs, the NBA took perfect root in the small city of San Antonio, and blossomed.

Duncan gives fans the impression of being honest and honest, in addition to being cute and stupid, if you really think so, then you are fooled, a cute and stupid player can't grow into a generation of superstars in the cruel jungle of survival of the fittest in the NBA, in fact, this guy is also quite vindictive, and Chamberlain, who suppressed him in the last game, has undoubtedly become a thorn in his side now.

It can be said that Chamberlain stepped on Duncan's position, and although he performed well against the Lakers in the first game, his opponents at that time were Bynum and Kwame Brown. In the second game, he scored 10+20 against Duncan, which really made him famous, and he also managed to limit and suppress Duncan in the confrontation, which is an absolute shame for an All-Star.

So, from the very beginning of the game, Duncan, who was accustomed to slow heat, came up with all the means to deal with Chamberlain.

In Chamberlain's view, the confrontation on the inside line was a collision between muscles and a contest between fighting spirits, but at the beginning of today, Duncan gave him a lesson, Shi Buddha got the ball on the wing and turned around and jumped, and the ball hit the corner of the square frame of the hoop and fell into the Nets happily.

Ellis was entangled by Bowen for the first time, and this game against Popovich changed the lineup, and Ginobili, who had been firmly on the bench, was put in the starting lineup, and attacked the Warriors hoop with Parker, and it worked well, opening the game with a small 11-4 climax for the Warriors.

In the face of the cheers and ridicule of the fans, the Warriors' players couldn't hold it, Chamberlain covered Ellis, who broke through to Chamberlain, and in the face of Duncan's follow-up, Chamberlain came to a two-handed dunk without hesitation, giving Shi Buddha a shot back.

Looking back, Shi Buddha once again performed a mid-distance board stunt, Chamberlain entered the penalty area in order to make up for the defense, and Duncan scored two points with the board.

The Spurs have always been slow to play and like to stifle their enemies with defense, and their tactics are similar to boiling frogs in warm water, knocking out opponents without them knowing. But today it was different, and today Popovich seemed to be trying to show Nelson Sr. his attacking quality, and the rain hit Basho as soon as he started.

In the first quarter, the Warriors were caught off guard by the Spurs, Parker, Duncan and Ginobili completed the connection, and the three of them launched a fierce attack on the Warriors at the core, while Oberto and Bowen hid in the corner from time to time and made two black hands, which directly stunned the Warriors.

The Spurs scored 32 points in the first quarter, while the Warriors scored just 16 points to give them a double-digit lead.

Taking advantage of the gap between the two quarters, the elder Nelson put forward his life, and in the second quarter, the Warriors' offense and defense finally improved, Ellis and Azubuuk each threw in a three-pointer in the opening game, Ginobili snaked through to the basket to shoot, and Chamberlain, who was back to the defense, came with a big hat. Switching offense and defense, Chamberlain cut in from the middle line, got the ball and caused Oberto to foul, two free throws and two free throws, telling the opponent that he was no longer the rookie who made bad free throws.

Duncan's performance is still strong, in the penalty area of various singles Chamberlain, the latter's defense is of course no problem, even if Duncan wants to break him is not easy, the problem is that Duncan's attack is really sharp, Chamberlain has to do his best to prevent him, so he has no energy to help his teammates wipe their butts, and the power of assisting defense and supplementing defense is greatly reduced.

Parker and Ginobili made all kinds of breakthroughs and shots in various open positions, and Chamberlain's eyes were red when they saw it, and the old Nelson simply gave the green light and let the Warriors carry out small-ball tactics that had not been carried out for a long time, so the Warriors' running and bombing began.

This is where Oxlade-Chamberlain's shortcomings lie, he can only be a deterrent when he enters the penalty area, he is too far away from the penalty area, and his mid-range shot is very inaccurate, and he is not a threat in the eyes of his opponents. Even when the Warriors were in positional battles, his threat began to wane, with Oberto and Duncan teaming up to trap him outside the box and wreak havoc on his destructive power.

After the battle, the Warriors showed their firepower, Ellis, Jackson and Azubuuk formed a three-pole musket on the outside, and even the bench Petrus, Barnes and Harrington were able to attack with ease, so that the Warriors could catch up with the first-quarter deficit at the end of the first half, and the Spurs could only lead by five points at 65-60.

Coming back in the second half, the Spurs suddenly changed their style, no longer continuing to attack and play as they did in the first half, but began to play their best positional battles, Duncan, Oberto, Finley, Bowen and Ginobili all launched a forced defense against the opponent, using kraft-like one-man marking tactics to deal with the Warriors who had just started to play.

Old Nelson's eyes were blazing, like an old vulture, he sat on the bench and watched the panicked and sluggish performance of his generals, and slowly frowned and called a timeout. After all, it was the one who had brought Popovich, and Old Nelson immediately understood the intention of the chief disciple, and his response was very simple, wasn't it one-on-one? Well, no matter what else, whoever gets the ball will shoot, and Chamberlain and Evans will sit together on the inside and do their best to protect the rebound.

Then, a scene that shocked San Antonio fans happened: Jackson missed a long shot, Chamberlain grabbed the rebound in the front court and threw it to Ellis, Ellis jumped up and shot under Bowen's close defense but still missed, Chamberlain stuck Duncan and was grabbed by Evans to grab the rebound, Evans dunked straight, Finley fouled and pulled him down.

Chamberlain and Evans stood together on the inside, and the rebounding ball became exclusive to the Warriors, the rebounding ratio between the two sides in the first half was 30:26, which was basically not a big difference, but in the second half, the rebounding ball became a terrifying 36:18, and the Warriors scored eighteen more rebounds than the Spurs.

Unfortunately, the Spurs won the last game, and the GDP combination combined to score 75 points, the Spurs scored 106 points as a team, while the Warriors scored 101 points, losing by a narrow margin of five points. For Warriors and Chamberlain fans, the biggest attraction of this game was Chamberlain's rebounding performance, he got a total of 28 rebounds in front of Duncan, including 16 frontcourt rebounds!

The NBA has had rebounds since its inception, but at that time, there was no distinction between frontcourt rebounds and backcourt rebounds, it was a rebound, and all rebounding records were ruled by one person, that is, Wilt Chamberlain, who was as strong as Bill Russell, the Lord of the Rings, and could only be overshadowed in the face of Zhang Dashuai in front of the record.

After the statistical record of frontcourt rebounds appeared, Moses Malone came to the front of the stage, he is a well-deserved frontcourt rebounding king, with a career total of more than 17,000 rebounds, including more than 7,000 frontcourt rebounds. However, the single-game frontcourt rebounding champion is the big worm Rodman, who once scored 15 frontcourt rebounds in one game.

All of this is a thing of the past today, when Chamberlain broke the record that had been frozen for more than 15 years with a massive 16 rebounds.

Despite the Warriors' defeat, Chamberlain was still the man who attracted the most media attention in the game, and Popovich won with more bitterness on his face.

For true fans, the game was a tactical battle, with Popovich and Nelson Sr. starring, and the twin star coaches constantly adjusted their tactics and staged a super fierce tactical confrontation blockbuster against Maimang. Who wins? Judging from the results, it is Popovich, but the old Nelson is still glorious despite the defeat, because Popovich has been running in with GDP for five years, and Duncan has been running in for ten years, and he is like a finger to the team, but what about old Nelson? Chamberlain had only been with him for a month!

Old Nelson has enough tactics to restrain Popovich, but he can't use them, and he doesn't care about these tactical effects now, all games are a goal, to cultivate Chamberlain, let Chamberlain grow, now he is sharpening his sword, everyone knows that once Chamberlain's sword is polished out of the sheath, it will sweep Liuhe, unmatched!

If you compare NBA players to swords, Chamberlain has already shown his potential, he is the Qiankun cosmic forward who once accompanied Qin Shi Huang to sweep the world!

The Warriors' offense is still at Chamberlain's point, and after he practiced free throws, NBA coaches found another way to deal with him, which was to push him out of the box at all costs, and then get more than five meters away from the hoop and his offensive ability would be cut by at least half.

Chamberlain broke Rodman's frontcourt rebounding record in his rookie season, which made Warriors fans ecstatic, and it can be predicted that the Warriors' good days are coming.

Major media and newspapers focused on this wonderful game, "Sports Weekly", "Basketball News", ESPN Basketball Channel, and TNT Basketball Live Room all broadcast and analyzed the game for the first time, and Chamberlain was praised.

However, some experts questioned Chamberlain, believing that he was not worth the loss by grabbing the frontcourt rebounds, because it delayed the Warriors' defensive opportunities. This is not what the experts say, most centers in the NBA are to protect the backcourt rebounds regardless of the frontcourt rebounds, pick them up if they have them, and pull them down if they don't, because indeed, if they are busy fighting for frontcourt rebounds, once they can't grab the rebounds, it is easy to be counterattacked by the opponent.

The Warriors' game was seized by many pundits, who cited several successful defensive counter-attacks by the Spurs, all of which were caused by Chamberlain's failure to deploy in the restricted area in advance. Chamberlain did not defend himself, he knew that he had said that there was nothing to say, and only victory would silence these people who picked bones in the eggs.

More people are optimistic about Chamberlain, because in the previous Warriors, they simply did not have the slightest way to deal with this kind of defensive counterattack. Chamberlain came, and they occasionally missed one or two defensive counter-attacks, and before Chamberlain came, opponents often used defensive counter-attacks to humiliate them.

Amid the tumultuous praise and doubts, the Warriors left San Antonio and needed to prepare for their next opponent, the Detroit Pistons.