Chapter 374: Top Point Guard
If anyone is still telling Chamberlain that Beasley should be the top pick in the 2008 draft, Chamberlain must smack him ten big mouths and laugh at him to his heart's content - is there a better candidate to be the top pick than Ross this time? As it stands, no.
Coming back from a timeout, West's breakaway dunk announced the return of the mad dog that terrified opponents last season, and then Rose's moment came again.
Rose dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, passed the ball to Gooden, Gooden turned and feints and then layup, Chamberlain simply jumped up and blocked him. The ball fell to the floor, a ghostly figure floated by, Rose grabbed the ball and stepped directly under the basket to hit the board and hit.
Billups missed three points, Seforrosa grabbed the rebound, Rose broke through with the ball, Thomas covered, Rose shook off Billups and did not continue to break through in the face of Evans, but directly stepped back, jumped shot, and hit!
The Warriors began to mess in the wind, and the Bulls fans were on the verge of crying with excitement, and Rose scored 11 points just over the halfway point of the first quarter, which was the rhythm of Jordan's possession.
However, what is interesting is that the old Nelson is not interested in Rose's excellent performance, and there are players who played such statistics at the beginning, it stands to reason that the old man should be like thunder, but today is very abnormal, he actually sat on the bench and laughed.
"What is he laughing at?" Kendall Gill, one of the Bulls' commentators, asked in surprise, as Gill is a CSN Chicago commentator and a former NBA player who was invited by the Bulls to be a commentator.
His partner is named Tim Doyle, although this gentleman is called a commentator, in fact, he is average in eloquence, and the more famous is to report statistics, such as 'Jordan scored two more points', 'Rodman grabbed the rebound' and so on, for Jill's inquiry, Doyle shrugged his shoulders and said he couldn't understand, and guessed later: "Maybe he's crazy?" Leave him alone, man, that old man has always been a madman. ”
The words of the two commentators made the fans in front of the TV roll their eyes, the Bulls' commentators are well-known in the league, which has been like this since the eighties and nineties of the last century, but at that time, the Bulls had Jordan, Pippen, Rodman, the game was exciting, and no one listened to the commentators, and the Bulls did not pay attention to the commentator lineup, for them at that time, the commentators were deaf ears, just decorations.
Later, with Jordan's retirement, the strength of the Bulls plummeted, and it doesn't matter if there is a commentator at this time, anyway, the team played so badly, even if there is a great commentator, how many people will watch their ball?
In fact, at the end of the day, the Bulls uniform team just wants to save money.
Many teams value the strength of the commentator lineup, because for the NBA, the commentator is also part of the game, and the clever "double reed" or "triple reed" can pique the interest of fans and add a touch of color to the game, while the boring commentary makes people drowsy, such as Doyle and Gill are the representatives of the latter, the former is represented by the Clippers' Ralph Rohrer and Michael Smith and the Celtics' Mike Gorman and Tom Haysom.
The Warriors commentary duo is Bob Fitzgerald and Jim Barnett, who are only in the upper middle of the NBA's commentators, but they are still much better than the Bulls commentators.
Meanwhile, cameras from multiple television stations captured the enigmatic smile of Nelson Sr., including ESPN's commentary duo Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley — a game that ESPN broadcast nationwide because it was the opener.
Smith asked the same question, what was old Nelson laughing at?
Barkley didn't think about it, he said: "He's proud, although our champion Lang has no problem scoring, but he needs to know that he is a playmaking guard, and he is not good enough to organize the offense, although the score is about the same now, but the Warriors' rhythm is very organized, both offensive and defensive Chauncey Billups are very smooth." What about Champion Lang? He's too obsessed with scoring on his own, you know, he's a playmaker and not a scoring guard, their quantile is Lore Deng, and Rohr Deng, who hasn't scored a point so far! ”
Smith didn't always work against Barkley, the two of them were based on the low atmosphere of the game, and now the game is so hot, there is no need to add to it, he cooperated with Barkley and said: "I see, but we can't blame Mr. Zhuanglang, because we know that the best thing at the University of Memphis is the DDM tactic, which can maximize Rose's instigation of teammates, but the tactics themselves don't need an organizational ambassador to drive." ”
Barkley shook his head and said: "The assist is more about using his own breakthrough points, which is a bit like Iverson, but it's not a good sign because he is too obsessed with breaking and attacking the box, which is easy for defenders to damage their bodies." He needs to learn from Kidd and how he moves his teammates. Or rather, he doesn't need to go far and wide, even if he doesn't learn Kidd, he can learn Billups well. ”
Barkley's words fell, Billups waved outside the three-point line to signal Evans to come out to cover himself, Evans ran out, West quickly followed, the two staggered to form a misalignment, Thomas who defended Evans became facing West, and Rohrdeng was blocked by Evans.
The opportunity was fleeting, as soon as the dislocation appeared, Billups immediately passed the ball, West got the ball and faced Thomas and broke through at an accelerated speed, Thomas retreated, West changed direction and broke through from the side, and hit the penalty area in a row.
Gooden was stuck behind Chamberlain, completely creating an open opportunity for West, who didn't hesitate to go in for another powerful dunk.
Chamberlain and West high-fived, and Rose wiped the sweat from his face and continued to push forward with his head shut. At this moment, Thibodeau couldn't help it and shouted: "Derek, pay attention to the organization, pay attention to the energy of the team!" ”
Rose is a good boy, Thibodeau said this, he immediately chose to listen, but organization is not his strong point, he wanted to continue to break through, but out of respect for the head coach, he hesitated and passed the ball to Lore Deng honestly.
Finally got the ball, at this moment Lore Deng wanted to cry first, had nothing to say, and shot a jumper!
'Stick', the iron is struck.
Chamberlain picked up the rebound and threw it to Billups, who advanced quickly, Chamberlain went directly into the box from the middle, Billups looked at Chamberlain, the Bulls players were shocked and pounced on Chamberlain, but at this time Billups turned around and hung the ball under the basket, and a strong figure had been waiting in it for a long time.
Evans received the ball, turned around and jumped with the ball in one hand, and then turned his arm vigorously to make a big windmill dunk.
The Warriors regained the lead when Gooden hit a mid-range shot to close the score, and then the Warriors' offense began to pick up the tempo, Billups passed the ball to West, who subconsciously went down after holding the ball, and after Lore Deng held him and forced him to slow down, Rose rushed up from behind and stealed the ball.
The Bulls attacked quickly, the Warriors defended fast enough, but Rose stubbornly broke through and threw it, Chamberlain didn't give him face this time, he was waiting in front of him, although Rose threw the ball high, but it was useless, Chamberlain jumped higher and slapped the ball down.
Billups snatched the ball, and the Bulls, worried about his fast attack, stepped back like a tidal wave. Seeing this, Billups waved his hand, and the Warriors players slowly ran down.
Oxlain grabbed a position in the penalty area, Billups passed the ball and immediately ran forward, Rose wanted to follow, but Billups made a look at Evans when he passed the ball, and the latter blocked Rose. Thomas can only change defenses, but he is so stupid, how can he block the slippery Billups?
Although he could have abused Gooden, Chamberlain didn't, and when Billups ran out of space, he passed the ball back, and Billups received the ball and jumped off with ease to send it into the hoop.
"Wow, the Warriors' offense is so easy, and I'm a fan of Billups because he always makes complex games simple." Barkley said with a big grin, and Smith smiled slightly and said, "I agree with you, the Warriors' offense is easy, but I don't think it's Billups' credit, it's Z's credit." ”
"How can it be the credit of Z?" Barkley retorted unconvinced, "Billups ran out of space, Billups hit the shot, Z just passed the ball back, and then the fool didn't pass the ball back." ”
Barkley is the least convincing person in the NBA, not because he has any preconceptions about the latter, but because he can't convince Chamberlain, because last season he made a bet with Smith that if Chamberlain developed offensive skills other than basketball, then he would marry a female donkey!
The commentators on the court were-for-tat, and the court was also full of turmoil, the two sides began to score alternately, Hinrich came off the bench and hit a three-point shot from a distance to ease the situation on the court, and Curry, who came on as a substitute for Billups, also hit a three-point shot in front of Rose. Rose broke through again, and Curry was called by Nelson Sr. when he came on the court, and he didn't go up to press the opponent like Billups, but followed Rose all the way back, pestering him and making him uncomfortable.
Rose missed a layup, Chamberlain picked up the rebound and passed to Curry, Rose was like an electric rabbit with infinite physical strength, he jumped up and wanted to steal, seeing this, Curry was short to avoid Rose holding the ball and breaking fast, Rose chased behind, the two young talents exchanged all the way to the restricted area, Curry suddenly slowed down and passed, turned back and gave the ball to Ibaka in the free throw area.
Ibaka got the ball and jumped to shoot, which was his first ball in the NBA, and he was a little nervous so he shot a soft ball on his wrist.
The Bulls fans were just about to laugh, when a domineering figure came up from the flank, only to see Chamberlain jump more than a dozen feet away from the hoop, fly over like a glider to catch the ball that fell under the hoop, and then dunk the ball into the hoop with both arms turned back.
There wasn't much time left in the first quarter, 22-20, and the Warriors led by two points with one and a half minutes remaining.
Rose still broke through with the ball, this time he was entangled by Curry again, Rose was fast, Curry was not slow, especially Chamberlain shocked him on the inside, so that he couldn't speed up at will - he had to leave three points ready to deal with Chamberlain's defense at any time.
Curry pestered Rose to make a layup, Champion had to pass the ball, West had been waiting for this moment, as soon as the ball left Champion Lang's hand, he jumped up like a mad dog and pushed the ball out directly, Ibaka picked up the ball, Seforrosa went over to grab it, Ibaka firmly waved an elbow to push Seforrosa away.
Barkley and Smith were surprised by this scene: "This guy is very tough." ”
Curry took the ball, he planned a fast break, but after arriving in the frontcourt, there was still a step away from the three-point line, facing Rose, who had retreated to the three-point line, and a jump on the knee was a super long three-pointer.
Rose turned around in surprise and watched in amazement as the ball fell into the hoop.
The Bulls were a bit chaotic at the end of the game, and the Warriors went on a 7-2 run to lead 29-22 into the second quarter at the end of the first quarter.