Chapter 144: Those Days, Those Competitions

The All-Star Game is on Feb. 17 Western Time, but starting Feb. 14, teams will no longer have games scheduled, and the players will have a short break to have a fantastic All-Star weekend.

For Chamberlain, this weekend is very important, because the Chinese belief is that on the 17th West Coast time, he will be reunited with his parents and relatives. Seriously, Chamberlain was not very excited about being selected as an All-Star this time, and he could only watch the NBA in front of the TV before, and he desperately wanted to go to the game.

Now that he has played so many games in the NBA, the majestic NBA arena is nothing new to him, but the venue is a little bigger, there are more onlookers, and the others seem to be no different from street courts, right?

Chinese New Year is different, for their modest family, for San Francisco's Chinatown, it's a big event of the year.

Chamberlain still has a headache now, because he entered the NBA and performed so bravely, his father, mother, grandfather and grandfather were overjoyed, the family has been poor for decades, and there is no status in Chinatown at all, and he lives like a dog.

Chamberlain's father had already told him that the family had bought thousands of dollars for firecrackers alone, and that when the time came for him to move from the east end of Chinatown to the west end, he would have to go home and show off to the neighbors and relatives who looked down on them.

But the All-Star Game Chamberlain has to play, first of all, the Western All-Star has been short of people this year, the unlucky Kobe Bryant and Chamberlain were invited to play the All-Star not long ago, but it was only a few days, his finger was contusion again, and after the examination, the doctor told him to have surgery, so this time the All-Star, he could only sit under the court and watch the game.

Secondly, this All-Star is really important to Chamberlain, because Vaccarro told him that the first signed boot that the championship team made for him was going to be launched during the All-Star period, and he was going to wear these shoes to fight at the All-Star Game, and he also made a series of promotional means, all of which needed Chamberlain's cooperation.

This All-Star Game Chamberlain was quite busy, and family and private affairs were not left behind. Li Qun told him that one of her cousins was coming to Boston to go to school, this kid is a die-hard NBA fan, and his favorite is Garnett, who will also come to watch the game, and in addition, the Warriors' first game after the All-Star break is to play against the Celtics a second time, and he will stay to watch the game.

Chamberlain, who is still just a big boy, is a little scrambling, and he has to continue to play, after playing the Lakers, he still has five games to play before the All-Star Weekend, and the schedule is not undense.

On Feb. 5, the Warriors moved to Chicago to challenge the Flyers' old club, the Bulls dynasty he single-handedly built. There is an old saying in China, called the iron battalion and flowing soldiers, and there is an old saying, called once a son of heaven and a courtier, rich but three generations, these are very suitable for the NBA, the Bulls who once blocked the gods, after Jordan left, quickly degenerated into the league's fish belly, this season's Bulls performance is particularly bad, iron determined to compete for the champion in 08 years, and is currently at the top of the competition.

However, a team like the Bulls has a characteristic, that is, they are good at creating miracles, this kind of fish belly team is any kind of opponent who dares to lose, and when it loses, it makes people feel that even if they go to China's big CBA, it is the bottom of the life. But if you are strong, it can also go against the sky, and what kind of strong team can win regardless of your name in the league.

The reason why this situation occurs is that the fish belly team often does not have specific tactics, and their only tactic is probably chaotic fighting. And the backing of their miracles comes from their abundant physical strength, this kind of team is bent on rotten, and the players are messing around on the field, and their physical strength is very abundant.

The Warriors were unlucky today, as they ran into a furious Bulls. At the beginning of the first quarter, Nocioni and Dujon each hit a three-pointer, and the Bulls, who were playing at home, gave their opponents a dismount. The Warriors missed two shots in the opening game, and then Billups came with a long-range three-pointer and Chamberlain's strong basket to catch up.

But then, Duhon broke out, he hit four consecutive shots, and rewrote the score to 23-15 with a terrifying three-pointer, and the Bulls suppressed the Warriors with firepower in this quarter, and beat Chamberlain and others dizzy. Chamberlain, who can dominate the interior line, was also depressed, and Ben Wallace, who had not been angry for half a season, suddenly broke out in front of him, showing the power of the best defensive player at the peak, and Chamberlain, who carried it, complained bitterly.

In the final moments, Bulls rookie Noah made a dunk that helped their team take a nearly 10-point lead at 32-23.

In the second quarter, Smith scored four straight points at the beginning, and the Bulls stretched the margin to double digits, 36-23. The Warriors had to call a timeout to adjust, after which their offense got back on track. In the last four minutes of the quarter, the Warriors launched a 7-0 shockwave, and Chamberlain had a wonderful 2+1 performance, shaking Ben Wallace to hang Lore Deng to complete a dunk, so that the Warriors chased the score to 47-50 at the end of the first half.

In the third quarter, just when the Warriors thought they were going to continue the second quarter and finish off their opponents, a stalemate arose, and the Warriors opened the game with a signature scoring climax, shooting 8-of-10 from the field to put the team up 65-60. However, the Bulls then stepped up their offense on the inside, and seven of their worst nine points in the quarter came from free throws, and the first three quarters were hard to score, and the score was entangled to 77-77.

In the fourth quarter, the difference between the two sides was within 6 points, and at the last 2:55, Jackson hit a three-pointer, and the score became 98-99. As a result, Thomas responded with a jumper, and Billups' big heart began to roar, and he hit another shot, and the suspense continued. Later, the Warriors sent the strongest lineup, and the Bulls finally couldn't stand it.

Big Ben is no longer young after all, his defensive power against Chamberlain in the fourth quarter was greatly reduced, and the fellow rookie Noah Lai and Chamberlain confronted, but they were defeated, and Chamberlain dominated the basket in the last minute, Billups made a series of wonderful passes, and he scored 8 points in a row to help the Warriors take away this hard-fought victory with 110:105.

There was no doubt that it was a nervous game for the Warriors, and even if they won in the end, the Warriors still had a lot of worries that they didn't expect, and even more of a game was still to come, and a day later, they went back-to-back to Sacramento, where the Kings fought.

Previously, the Kings had a 22-23 record and were only fourth even in the Pacific region, but the Kings played well in a game the day before yesterday, ending their 10-game winning streak with a 117-104 win over the Jazz at home.

But the Warriors are not afraid of them, because they are also brothers in the Pacific region, and the Warriors are second in the Pacific, behind the Lakers, who have just become the leaders of the league.

After the start of the first quarter, Martin opened the game with anger and rushed to the basket, and Ellis's defense was as soft as noodles, and he could only wave his hands and pull people. With two free throws and two hits, the Kings took the lead, but then the Warriors began to control the game, and Chamberlain singled Mickey Moore to make two consecutive attacks.

Ellis hit an unreasonable long-range shot, and the Warriors hit a 14-4 mini-spurt to quickly establish the lead. But then, the King's revenge began, Martin hit a three-pointer, and then Bibby played a trick to stun Billups and made a layup himself. Fortunately, the Warriors also played well, Jackson hit a jumper, and before the end of the first quarter, Barnes scored four more points in a row, so that at the end of the first quarter, the Warriors led 28-19.

After the start of the second quarter of the game, the two teams launched an attack, John Sommons scored 4 points in a row, Billups scored two consecutive layups, Artest forced the basket to cause Chamberlain to foul, two free throws and two points, Sommers stole Jackson's pass and made a layup again to add two points, and then the King went crazy, and the two sides tied at 37 after the worst, at this time the role of Billups was shown, he made a stable three-point shot, helping the Warriors stabilize the situation, and then Chamberlain retaliated against Artest and played a 2+1. Further ensured the Warriors' lead.

After the start of the third quarter, the two sides still clung to the score, Artest scored a layup, Steve Jackson hit a two-point shot, Bibby hit a three-pointer, and the two sides tied the game at 62. Martin hit a layup, Harrington hit a two-pointer, and the scores alternated between double-doubles, and before the end of the third quarter, Jackson hit a three-pointer and Ellis made a layup, and at the end of the third quarter, the two sides were tied at 78.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Quincy Duby hit a two-point shot, and then both sides hit all seven shots, and Steve Jackson's madness exploded, hitting two consecutive three-pointers to give the Warriors an 87-81 lead over the Kings. After that, Ellis was in a position to do it again, scoring nine points on consecutive free throws to extend the Warriors' advantage.

But the Kings were not willing to lose at home, and then replaced all the main forces, Bibby and Artest teamed up to contribute 7 points, and at the critical moment, Billups injured his shoulder when saving a wrong ball, and had to withdraw from the game after the worst.

Bibby took advantage of the vacancy in the Warriors' No. 1 spot and went crazy to force a three-point shot from the outside, hitting two of the four shots, and with 15 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Kings finally approached the Warriors 98-100.

The Warriors possessed the ball, Chamberlain suddenly became a lot more mature after Billups left, he didn't get agitated, but played the inside with the ball himself, backed by Mickey Moore's defense, he attracted Artest, and then grabbed the ball to pass to Jackson.

Artest was shocked and hurriedly returned to defense, at this time, Chamberlain pulled back the ball to be passed, turned around and jumped to make a feint, deceived Moore and then carried the opponent to a violent dunk, playing a key 2+1, and more importantly, in the back, Chamberlain missed a free throw and grabbed the rebound himself.

One of the most controversial decisions of the game came when the referee ruled that Chamberlain had violated the rebound and that the latter had left the free throw area before the hoop had even taken possession of the rim and awarded the ball to the Kings.

The last 4. Seven seconds later, Artest hit Miller's serve and hit a jumper from beyond the three-point line, hitting his first and most important three-pointer of the game.

The Warriors served again, and the Kings fouled the game, but they didn't have a good chance of running into Ellis, who hit two free throws to wipe out the Kings' worst hopes of winning.

The Warriors didn't care about the outcome of the game, and as soon as the game was over, they all went into the locker room and waited for the results of the examination on Billups' injury.