Chapter 48: Hard-hitting
Nelson Sr. did what he said, Chamberlain sat on the bench for a whole quarter, and the old man kept sending troops throughout the second quarter, but he just didn't let Chamberlain play.
Chamberlain was like a tiger trapped in a cage, he watched his comrades gallop across the court, fighting with their opponents as hard as they could, and from time to time they were knocked down, pulled and tripped up, as if there was a fire burning in his heart, and his eyes were bloodshot and red as early as halfway through the section.
At the end of the first half, the Warriors, who were missing Chamberlain and Davis, who were two big players in offense and defense, unexpectedly maintained their lead over the Jazz, with the score at 60:58, and the Warriors entered the locker room with a two-point lead as Deron missed a long shot before halftime.
All this is thanks to the three referees, who increased the scale of blowing penalties, Ellis, Azubuuk, Jackson, Barnes and others are extremely good at breaking through, so they used this rule to rush in and get a lot of free throws.
Ellis had another chance to set a scoring record in this game, and at the end of the first half, he scored 24 points, and as long as he worked hard in the second half, it seemed that there was no problem in scoring 40+.
But this situation is also to think about it, it is still very difficult for Ellis to do this, he is not a tireless robot, a first half of the non-stop breakout, his physical strength has been seriously depleted.
But there is one person who is still full of physical strength, and that is Chamberlain.
Returning from the second half, Chamberlain was sent to the court by old Nelson, like a hungry tiger who had removed his shackles, Chamberlain roared suddenly the moment he stepped on the court, he twisted his arms to do a movement that a bodybuilder often does, and suddenly the two chest muscles bulged high in front of his chest like a shield, and the muscles on his arms were even more exaggerated, as if they were cast from copper and iron.
Seeing this, Biedrins, who was out of breath, pouted and said, "This guy is such a!" ”
It was still the Jazz's ball, Boozer followed along, Delon sat on the bench, and Sloan's eyes were fixed on Chamberlain, as if he was going to dismember him.
After the opening, Brewer organized the attack, he is two meters tall, and his skills are more versatile, and he is a two-way position. Of course, this also means that he is a two-way position, and Brewer is similar to many of the NBA's so-called all-around players, who are less than half a bottle and wander around, and they can play several positions, but they can't play a shocking game in each position.
After Chamberlain came on the court, the Warriors strengthened their defense, Brewer first planned to cross Boozer, but Chamberlain went around the front to defend Boozer, the height gap between the two was huge, Chamberlain was in front of a card position, and Boozer's whole person was shrouded.
There was no way, Brewer could only attack on his own, he used his height advantage to beat Azubuuk, and after knocking into the opponent, he jumped up with the ball in both hands.
Chamberlain jumped in front of Brussel from a long distance, which was exactly the trap of the latter, seeing Chamberlain leave Boozer, Bruhl jumped in the air and quickly threw the ball directly over Boozer's head.
As a result, he underestimated Chamberlain's bounce and arm span, the ball flew a little low, and Chamberlain snatched the ball out of the air and threw it directly into the frontcourt.
Azubuuk sprinted down quickly, got the ball in his hands and strode into the box, where he was pulled by Gordon Girisek behind him and sent the ball into the hoop with a hard-handed one-handed throw.
The first-half deficit was equalised, and Azubuke then scored a penalty to put the lead in front of his opponents.
Without DeLong, Boozer is the core of the Jazz on the court, he does not hesitate to mention the high post to ask for the ball, and he really can't get a good position against Chamberlain on the inside.
Chamberlain bent his legs slightly, locked Boozer in his arms with his arms, Boozer carried Chamberlain's chest with his shoulder, he took a tentative step forward, and then took his right foot violently, and pushed Chamberlain back, after rushing forward two steps, Boozer's shoulders flung back, and the whole person instantly completed the turn like a spinning top.
Boozer's turn was a stroke of genius, at this time he had entered the top arc of the penalty area, and in such a turn he completely stepped into the penalty area, and Chamberlain was left behind by him.
Shaking off Chamberlain, Boozer seized the hard-won opportunity to rush to the basket quickly, jumped up and threw the ball towards the hoop.
"Boom!" With a muffled sound, the ball that flew to the rebound was nailed to the rebound by a big hand, and Chamberlain's strong lower abdomen hit Boozer's back, pushing him directly off the court.
After sealing the ball on the rebound, Chamberlain landed and jumped, just grabbed the falling basketball in his hand, Boozer stood up in embarrassment, Chamberlain passed the ball to Ellis on the periphery, Brewer expected him to pass the ball like this, and suddenly rushed out and grabbed the ball in his hand.
This made Chamberlain a little depressed, he didn't expect such a good counterattack opportunity to be turned into a mistake by himself, he is now beginning to pay attention to the opponent's IQ, few people who can enter the NBA are stupid, everything about him is becoming transparent, opponents are groping for his abilities and characteristics, and cracking it in a targeted manner.
Stealing Chamberlain's pass, if it was Delong, it must be to reorganize the team's attack, but Brewer didn't do it, this guy seemed to kill Matt's possession, played with the ball, and rushed to Chamberlain.
Chamberlain was a little distracted at this moment, are you fucking called courage or brain-dead? Are you planning to ride Lao Tzu head-on? Even the fucking Kobe Bryant didn't dare to do this, what kind of chicken feather are you?
There really is no one who can understand Brewer's thoughts, he actually launched a dunk from the front of Chamberlain!
There was no doubt that Chamberlain jumped up and hit Brewer back with a sturdy cover from the front, just as Boozer had just gotten up from the floor when Brewer fell again......
Seeing this scene, in TNT's studio, the ace commentator Buckley was amused, and he grinned: "Guys, I remembered the joke my son told me, it goes like this, there is a hunter - a hunter from Utah, and that guy goes hunting in the mountains......"
As Barkley's partner and rival, Kenny Smith interrupted him and laughed: "Charles, my old fellow, you're starting again, where are the mountains in Utah where to hunt?" ”
Barkley ignored him and said to himself: "When that guy got to the mountains, he ran into a bear, and the two sides had a big fight, and the bear overturned the hunter and exploded his chrysanthemum." A week later, the hunter was not willing to be humiliated, he changed his shotgun to an AK47, and went hunting in the mountains again, only to meet the bear again, and the chrysanthemum was blown off again. Another week later, the hunter replaced the AK47 with a Gatling and went to the mountains, only to run into the bear again, and guess what? ”
Smith asked, "What did it say?" ”
Barkley laughed and said, "Bear said, are you here to hunt or to find?" I have the same question now, does Brewer want to score or do he want to be hatted by Chamberlain? ”
There was joy in the studio, as well as joy on the Warriors' bench.
Chamberlain sent two big hats in a row, and the Jazz were immediately annoyed, and Ellis and Azubuike converted the blocks into points to further open the score.
Sloan could only call a timeout, and the team's morale was lost by Chamberlain's two big hats, and if he didn't call a timeout, he was afraid that the players would raise their hands and surrender. However, this old man is worthy of being born in the army, and he is really a little tenacious, he didn't even replace Delong on the field, and he still played in the original lineup.
Playing again, the Jazz's offense was more resolute, and Boozer was no longer trapped inside, but occupied the horn area with Millsap left and right.
Although Boozer has a problem with his character, his skills and physical fitness are well-deserved core of the team, despite being blocked by Chamberlain, he is not afraid, attacking again to ask for the ball in his hand, and hitting Chamberlain sideways hard, still taking the lead in attacking.
Chamberlain consciously stepped back step by step, and he retreated very slowly, as if he really couldn't stop Boozer's strong hit. Boozer made three quick side pushes in quick succession, took a step back with the ball, and opened up to make a jumper.
"Look for death!" Chamberlain screamed in his heart, and jumped up with his feet on the floor.
Boozer waited for Chamberlain to jump up, and went directly to Chamberlain's armpit with the ball, and actually cheated a foul.
Two free throws and two hits, Boozer smiled proudly: "Rookie, playing is not just brute force, but also brains!" ”
Azubuuk took the ball to the frontcourt, Chamberlain stuck Boozer for the ball, and after getting the ball, he pulled his arm, and just like Boozer just now, he hit the opponent hard inside.
It was as if a tank was attacking the enemy's line, and Chamberlain's shoulder 'clanged' into Boozer, whose face was flushed, and he couldn't stop Chamberlain's impact, and he hit the basket in a row.
Under the basket, Chamberlain grabbed the ball and was about to jump up with one arm to dunk, Boozer, who had been knocked back before, saw this scene and jumped up suddenly.
But after Boozer jumped up, he was stunned to find that Chamberlain did not dunk, but leisurely put away the ball, and when he began to fall, he turned around lightly and cautiously made a board under the basket.
Seeing this scene Sloan panicked inexplicably, Chamberlain's turn to play the board showed his excellent ball intelligence and flexibility, this guy is not at all what the media reported on the offensive end can only defend the offensive end, his offensive skills may be rough, but definitely effective.
More effectively, Chamberlain, who failed to play in the second quarter, accumulated a lot of physical energy, and this quarter dominated both offensive and defensive ends.
Boozer's pass was stealed by Barnes, Chamberlain rushed forward quickly and followed to the frontcourt, Azubuuk stabilized his figure from the flank, threw the ball directly to the hoop, Chamberlain crashed into Millsap, who was in the way, and received the ball and came to a hearty dunk.
Millsap hit Jackson with his back and missed a jumper, Chamberlain grabbed the rebound and passed it to Ellis through Jackson, the Warriors broke fast again, Chamberlain received the ball under the basket and singled Boozer to attract Millsap's bag, and transferred the ball to Jackson for the first time, the latter missed the jump shot, Chamberlain grabbed the rebound under the two-man bag, passed to Jackson again, Jackson shot again, hit!
Boozer and Millsap watched Chamberlain pick up rebounds vigorously, their bodies trembled, but they couldn't help it, both of them were shorter than Chamberlain, their bodies were not as strong as him, their bounces were not as good as him, and they didn't have his flexibility, how could they compete with him to grab rebounds?
Chamberlain is very interested in rebounding, and he grabs rebounds not simply by hard grabbing, but more by quickly analyzing the direction of rebounds and then getting stuck.
There is a slang saying in the NBA that whoever controls the rebound controls the victory, and when Sloan saw Chamberlain dominate the rebounding ball, he finally couldn't sit still, waved his big hand, called a timeout, and replaced Deron on the court.