Chapter 387: Best of the First Week

In the Warriors locker room, the players are preparing for the game against the Pistons, and at the same time they are talking and laughing together, Ellis's leg injury is not yet healed, and he is suspended by the team, so although he also came to the locker room, I don't know if it was because of the trade rumors, his mood was a little low, and he lowered his head and played the handheld.

An ad is being shown on TV, featuring the little emperor LeBron James and the number one beauty in Russian sports, Maria Sharapova. Sharapova smiled like a flower, and she made a bet with James to see who had more mileage in January 2008, if Sharapova lost, she would be a water girl for James on the sidelines of the NBA, and if James lost, he would be Sharapova's caddy.

Watching the TV commercials, Chamberlain was a little depressed, he picked up his slippers and smashed them at the TV, exclaiming, "What the fuck is this?" LeBron, why can't this guy play well and flirt with this little? Do you still deliver water girls and milk? ”

Everyone saw that Chamberlain was in a bad mood, so they didn't speak, except for Jackson who gloated and said, 'Those bastards in Detroit are going to be out of luck.'"

The atmosphere in the dressing room froze for a moment, and that's when Billups stepped up and the veteran's role began to show, and he smiled and said to Chamberlain: "Hi Z, do you remember the bet between Kenny Smith and that big mouth at Barkley last season?" How about it, are you interested in changing the way you play? ”

As soon as Billups said this, the atmosphere in the locker room suddenly changed, several people laughed, and Jackson shouted: "Yes, Z, change the way you play, you have this ability, we are going to let that dead fat man marry a damn sow!" ”

Barkley and Jackson have always been at odds, as the former has repeatedly mocked the latter's looks during live broadcasts across the United States.

Barkley is also miserable enough now, not only are Billups and the Warriors players remembering his bet with Smith, but fans are also constantly mentioning this old thing.

Last season, he and Smith made a bet during the live broadcast in the United States, betting that Chamberlain would not become a center who relies on skill to score, just the kind of ordinary body flow inside, but now although Chamberlain often performs violent dunks, he is more often scoring with hook hands, mid-range shots, and even the range is pulled to the three-point line, so that Barkley is miserable, and the bet is to marry a sow.

Billups stirred up the topic and the players came alive, first advising Chamberlain, giving him advice on how to change the attacking tactics, and then planning how to deal with Barkley when the time came, and Ibaka both offered to find him a female donkey from Africa.

When it was time to play the Pistons, the atmosphere was much better, and it was no different from before. The elder Nelson saw all of this in his eyes and was even more determined not to trade Billups.

This time the Warriors' opponent is the Pistons, who have won their last two games and still maintain the strength of the Eastern Conference powerhouse. But everyone knows that from the moment Ben Wallace left Chicago, the Pistons and Tigers became a term in NBA history, and when Billups was sent to the Warriors, the Pistons were no longer a powerhouse in the East.

Last season, the Pistons were deeply pitted by Davis, and they sent Billups in exchange for Davis, originally wanting to rebuild the mountains and rivers and build a completely different team around the new core, but this summer, when the Los Angeles Clippers handed over a contract with a maximum salary, Davis immediately ran to Los Angeles - maybe the Pistons can also give him a big contract, but how can the drunken Los Angeles be comparable to the Pistons in the City of Workers?

When Billups was traded to get Davis, whose contract was about to expire, the Pistons had the idea of cultivating Stark as the new backcourt core, but Davis played well in the Pistons, and his furious iron blood coincided with the concept of the Pistons, so that the Pistons had the idea of building a team around Davis.

As a result, Davis didn't give them this opportunity at all and ran away......

The Pistons are embarrassed now, Billups is gone, Davis is gone, although they have money in their hands, they have not signed big-name stars, so the team is left with a bunch of rags, and it quickly changed from an Eastern powerhouse to an Eastern fish belly.

The Pistons started so strongly this season, in fact, it may not be without a kind of venting mind, don't you all say that we are no longer a strong team in the East? Didn't you say we're going to be belly fish this season? Then we're going to show you that our Pistons are still a championship-level team!

The Pistons won back-to-back games against the Nets and Bobcats, and now all they have to do is win against the Warriors and confirm their status as a powerhouse in the East, but the Warriors gave them a head-on blow from the opening time.

At the opening whistle, Chamberlain plucked the ball from Rashid's head, and Billups himself held the ball and forced Starkey to make a layup - Buddha also has fire, Billups has always been calm and calm, and has a strong sense of the overall situation, but as long as he faces Starkey, he will turn into a berserker, in a sense, it is because of Starkey himself that he left the Pistons.

Then Starkey led the team ****, Rashid took Chamberlain away, Starkey broke through to the basket, but Billups mercilessly gave him a big hat, and sneered: "You really think of yourself as a boss, buddy?" Do you think you're Aaron Iverson? Still breaking through in front of me, are you a detroit tease? ”

West picked up the ball and fast-breaking, and the Pistons' defense used to be the best in the league, but with the departure of Ben Wallace and Billups, the two defensive cores of the perimeter line, their defensive quality deteriorated severely, and West used a change of direction to make a quick stop to shake off Hamilton and score a layup, and the Warriors opened the game with a 4-0 lead.

The Pistons value Stucky so much, it can only be said that their uniform group is blinded by shit, Starkey is good, but it is by no means the cornerstone of the team building like Paul and Delon, his organizational skills are too poor, his teammates are running very chaotic under his command, and he chooses to break through after commanding, this time it was Chamberlain who taught him a lesson, and the wing rushed up with a big hat to send the ball off the court.

It wasn't until Rashid hit a three-point shot that the Pistons opened the game, and at this time the Warriors were already leading 8-2, and then turned around, Chamberlain hit Rashid with a back basket and turned around and hit a hook shot, and he looked back at Rashid and smiled: "Eastern powerhouse? Well? This is the Eastern Powerhouse? ”

Roaring Tianzun was so angry that his eyes were about to pop out, Jackson was even happier, and muttered in his mouth: "There is a guy named Rashid, he is a picky eater and only likes porridge, but he is diarrhea every day when he......"

Without Billups, the impact on the Pistons is fatal, but in the second half of last season, Davis took out the strength to eat milk for a big contract, and he used his strong personal ability to cover up the importance of Billups to the Pistons, and now even Davis is running, and the Pistons are in chaos.

Starkey's command estimates that even he doesn't know what's going on, Billups singled him out one after another at the beginning, and it was a breakthrough and a back push, the Warriors started the first quarter, Billups scored 16 points, and the desire to attack was very high, this is the first time he has shown his scoring ability since coming to the Warriors that he is not inferior to a top scoring guard.

At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors almost beat the Pistons directly 35-20, and even then Billups couldn't vent the evil anger in his heart, he passed by the Pistons when he got off the court, and saw that Pistons general manager Joe Dumas was also on the scene, so he roared: "You said I can't run anymore, don't you?" You all think I'm dying of old age, and I should lie in a hospital bed and wait to die, don't you? You see, I've never missed a game since I left the Pistons!"

Originally, Billups and Dumas were good friends, but the Pistons didn't notify him when they traded him for Davis, and he still learned through the media that he was abandoned by the team, which hurt the emotional Billups too much.

In the second quarter, Billups no longer scored, he began to concentrate on organizing the team's offense and defense, Chamberlain stuck in the penalty area, Billups or hanging or dividing the ball, constantly sending the ball to Chamberlain's hands, in the face of Rashid's defense, Chamberlain was full of firepower, he turned over and jumped and hooked under the basket, of course, the first step was to hit away the thin Rashid.

Seeing Chamberlain unstoppable in the restricted area, Pistons' new head coach Michael Corey had no choice but to send the former champion Kwame Brown. Kwame Brown's defense is actually the top presence among the NBA big men, and he has a remarkable performance on the defensive end whether he is facing super interior players such as Duncan or Smalls.

Chamberlain also has a way of playing Brown, he pulls out first, Brown runs out with him, and then finds an opportunity to immediately turn around and run back, using his speed, flexibility and explosiveness to shake off Brown, Billups will always send the ball in time, Chamberlain has to do all he has to do is choose whether to score with a dunk or a layup.

At the end of the first half, the Pistons were beaten into a sieve by the Warriors and fell behind with a score of 38-65.

Even so, the Pistons are not having a good time, and the three rookies finally have the opportunity to perform, especially Morrow, this is the first time he has officially fought in the NBA regular season, in the second half, he burst into the restricted area with the ball at the beginning of the second half to dunk, and then he and Ibaka blocked and dismantled, and the attack was successful, his fast break and breakthrough were like thunder and lightning, and the opponent often scored as soon as he was negligent.

The Pistons were completely defeated, and the old Nelson couldn't save some face for them if he wanted to play - it's all rookies and you still lose like this, what do you want me to do?

At the end of the game, the Pistons hurried out of the court with no face, and the Oracle Arena turned into a sea of cheers, the Warriors slaughtered their opponents 115-79, Chamberlain played 22 minutes, chipped in 26 points, 15 rebounds and six blocks, and Billups played 28 minutes, scoring 28 points, nine assists and three steals.

Morrow finally stopped hesitating, he played 24 minutes and played well, cutting down 19 points and 4 rebounds, knowing that his opponent was not a substitute for the Pistons, but their main team, and even then he played well, which gave him confidence and gave him confidence.

After this game, the first week of the NBA regular season is over, and the first weekly best is also hot.

The Eastern Conference Weekly Champion is getting stronger and stronger, with James averaging a new NBA high of 33 per game. Seven points, eight assists and six rebounds, shooting 60 percent from the field and averaging 41 minutes per game. It was the 14th time in James' career and the first of the season that James had won the honor. He won the honour three times in 2007-08, twice in 2006-07, five times in 2005-06 and three times in 2004-05.

The Western Conference's Weekly Champion was Chamberlain, and although the Warriors lost one game and the Lakers won all, as Warriors columnist Denn put it, "When you see a guy averaging 32 points per game, 17." 3 rebounds, 6. With six blocks, you can't help but pick him as the best player of the kind, and he only averages 36 minutes per game, and if he were allowed to play the full 48 minutes, he would probably average 50 points per game. ”

Deen once again hurt the fragile hearts of Pistons fans, because he meant that Chamberlain went down early in Game 3, and if he had played the full 48 minutes in that game, he might not have been able to break Wilt Chamberlain's 100-point record, but it would be okay to score a 70 or even 80 points.