The starting lineup of the Warriors is, Chamberlain + Ibaka + Jackson + Billups + Iverson, which is almost their regular starting lineup, and the old Nelson is fully committed to developing Ibaka, who has not grown very quickly, but is very stable, which makes Morrow and Curry envious, because the Warriors guard line is overcrowded, and the forward is very short.

The starting lineup of the Mavericks is center Dampier, power forward Nowitzki, small forward Josh Howard, playmaking guard Jason Kidd, and scoring guard Devin George.

Chamberlain stood on the halfway line, Iverson walked over with a solemn face, patted his ass and said, "Man, you have to be careful today and show all your strength!" ”

Seeing Iverson so serious, Chamberlain was startled and asked, "What's the matter, do you have a grudge against the Dallas?" ”

Iverson shook his head and said, "No, because this game is important to you!" Do you know who is across from you? Second center in the league! So today is a contest between the first center and the second center, you have to be careful, don't be let go by him, otherwise your position will be in danger! ”

Hearing his words, Billups and the others laughed loudly, and Dampier gritted his teeth with a black face, but he didn't dare to get angry, after all, the person who sarcastically mocked him was Iverson, the number one thorn in the league, and he was afraid of being beaten.

There are two allusions in Iverson's words, the first is the well-known 'I am the second center in the league', the Mavericks were actually bent on signing O'Neal, but the Lakers gave a higher contract, a better roster, and Dallas could not be compared with a big city like Los Angeles, so O'Neal stayed with the Lakers. The Mavericks relented and signed Dampier in 2004, when Yao Ming also got a rookie contract and Howard was just a rookie, and the Mavericks gave Dampier a big contract, second only to O'Neal in the center. At this moment, Dampier was stunned, and said proudly in front of reporters: "I am the second center in the West, at least in terms of salary!" ”

This is not too much, after all, Dampier said that from the perspective of salary, only O'Neal is indeed higher than him in the West, and although O'Neal Jr., Big Ben and Big Z are strong, they are players in the East. But time flies, two years later, in 2006, the big sharks traveled east to Miami, and Dampier was so excited when he got the news that he patted his chest and began to boast: "Man, from now on I'm the No. 1 center in the West, and I'm also the No. 2 center in the league!" ”

Dampier is actually very shrewd, when he said this, Big Ben, Big Z and O'Neal Jr. were either injured or their strength declined, what he didn't expect was that Yao Ming took O'Neal's gun and dominated the Western interior line, and he didn't expect Howard to gain weight and then go all the way to become a regular on the league's No. 1 team.

Chamberlain glanced at Dampier teasingly, the latter glared back at him angrily, looking full of urine, seeing this, Chamberlain said carefully: "Second center, you must save some face for me later, don't up." ”

Dampier was so angry that he jumped the ball with all his strength, but even if he did, he couldn't compare to Chamberlain, who easily flicked the ball to Billups.

Needless to say, Kidd's defensive prowess was named to the league's All-Defensive Team every year from 1999 to 2007, including four times in the first team and five times in the second team, and he is known for his physical entanglement. He has good timing and is very good at tackles, which is also the basis of his fast attack.

At his peak, Kidd was not only a master of man-to-man defense, but also a perfect team defender, adept at using help to break up the opposition's offense and quickly transition between offense and defense. Billups' defense is praised, but Kidd is fiercer than him, and Kidd can even defend Kobe, Durant, James, Wade and other super scoring guards, except for Payton, no point guard in NBA history can surpass him.

Billups was in a calm state of mind, and instead of playing against Kidd to prove himself, he saw that the opponent was tightly wound and passed the ball to Iverson.

Iverson faced the little-known Devin George, who had average defensive fundamentals, could have a very swinging hat, and would be eaten by the opponent very easily, and it also had to do with his state, in the words of head coach Phil Jackson during his time with the Lakers, that is, 'this guy's ability to fluctuate like a wave in the Atlantic'.

Iverson wanted to break through him like a play, but instead of doing so, he passed the ball to Chamberlain, and the first ball was given to the boss to play, and Iverson is now more and more at peace.

Chamberlain got the ball, Dampier was behind him, and Jackson bared his teeth and yelled, "Be careful, Z, be careful that he knocks you over!" ”

In the 2006 playoffs, when the Mavericks and Spurs met in the Western Conference Finals, Parker played bravely that year, and his breakthrough caused a lot of headaches for opponents. Dampier expressed disdain for this before the game, telling reporters: "If that French kid dares to come to our inner line, I will let him go without mercy!" ”

At that time, Nelson Sr. as the head coach really wanted to take him to the hospital to check his IQ, but Dampier was fined 25,000 by the league, and in the later games, Parker frequently hit their interior line, and he didn't see Dampier really take him down.

With the ball at his waist in both hands, Chamberlain leaned over to face Dampier and tried to probe for it.

Dampier is really good at defense, and the Mavericks gave him a salary of 75 million for seven years not because of his offensive ability of averaging 10 points per game, but because of his defensive level. His height, long arms, solid positioning, and excellent anticipation make him a good rebounder.

In a one-on-one low-post defense, Dampier can use his strong strength and relatively flexible footwork to prevent the conversations of most centers in the league, even if Yao Ming, O'Neal and other excellent strong centers have suffered a lot under him. However, he doesn't have particularly good explosiveness and bounce, and his footwork is relatively nimble compared to Yao Ming and the elderly O'Neal, and if he runs into Duncan, Garnett, or now Chamberlain, he's a calf.

Chamberlain didn't go to the city and place with Dampier to calculate the gains and losses, he got the ball and turned around and stepped forward, Dampier was most afraid of this kind of basket breakthrough, he quickly opened his arms and retreated, panicked like an old hen that had touched an eagle.

Nowitzki came up to wrap the clamp, Chamberlain slapped the ball with his right hand, his body tilted and took two steps in a row, and then he turned around against Dampier, and at the same time he opened his legs, his left hand received the ball and quickly hit the ground and passed back to his right hand again, his body twisted like a twist, and continued to move sideways to the right side of the body like a twist!

Dampier and Nowitzki were thrown away by him at the same time, and both saw him turn around thinking he was going to break through from the left wing, but Chamberlain came to a guard-like turn and changed hands, throwing off Nowitzki and passing Dampier, Chamberlain raised his arm to form an equiangular triangle from the ball, the paint area and the hoop, and flicked his wrist to bounce the ball into the hoop.

"This is the second center? I can't see it defensively. Chamberlain yelled at Jackson and asked, "Are you fooling me?" ”

Jackson rolled his eyes and responded as he ran, ", Z, that layup you just made was a AI trick!" You can make such a breakthrough, even if God comes, he can't prevent you! ”

This is not a compliment to Chamberlain, his crotch dribble and change of direction after the breakthrough just now is so beautiful, and now his attack is still being replayed on the big screen, and many fans are fascinated by it.

Kidd doesn't care, he is a person who has seen big scenes, he has competed with the Flying Emperor back then, can he take Chamberlain a rookie in his eyes? He held the ball smoothly through the half, and Billups dangled in front of him with small steps, constantly reaching for tackles and annoying Kidd.

Kidd defensively is good, Billups is top-notch, and unlike most point guards, Billups is characterized by quick eyesight, ruthlessness, hard-heartedness, and cunning. Many of the league's guards have suffered from him in the game, especially Parker. The 2005 Parker was in full swing before the Finals, but in the Finals, Parker was beaten back to his original form under the defense of Billups, and under the watchful eyes of the whole world, he made a series of mistakes, and his shots were repeatedly missed, and he only occasionally relied on a few layups to save some face.

Parker certainly can't match Kidder, but when it comes to offense, the former is a few streets better than the latter. Kidd couldn't break through head-on under Billups' defense, so he organized his teammates to rotate and run, he was old-eyed, Nowitzki used Howard's cover to get rid of Ibaka and completed the pass the moment, Nowitzki turned around with the ball and shot, hit!

What Chamberlain envied the most was Nowitzki's mid-range shooting ability, which was too accurate, and if he could be so accurate, why the hell would he stay in the penalty area and be a bull.

Billups held the ball and stayed at the top of the three-point line to organize the offense, and after having Kidd, the Mavericks defense improved several notches under his command, Iverson broke through and encountered a trap, and after passing the ball to Chamberlain, he also ran into a pack, Billups raised his eyebrows, Jackson covered him and ran out of the open space, and when he saw that there was not much time, Billups threw his hand and shot, and the result was iron.

Dampier roared into the air, his right arm raised high like an iron palm, just about to make a magnificent one-handed grasp of the ball, but one arm on his flank stretched out faster, Chamberlain was stuck behind Dampier so he jumped a step slower, but he first touched the ball with his fingers, and then poked the ball hard to make it fly again.

Dampier watched as the ball that was supposed to fly back up and fly higher and higher, and watched as he began to fall and the kid next to him jumped up again and grabbed the ball that should have belonged to him.

Grabbed the rebound Chamberlain landed, Dampier came up to stop him, he turned around the moment he landed, this was to avoid Nowitzki who came up, and then he supported Dampier with his right arm to break through sideways, and his left hand skillfully slapped the ball with his legs quickly crossed, slipped the bottom line to the right wing basket, and then put away the ball and raised his arms high to shoot a shot, shook Dampier and then moved a step from under the basket to the left wing, and the accurate basket hit the board to send the ball into the hoop.

I don't know how many Warriors fans raised their beer glasses in front of the TV, and I don't know how many other fans cried bitterly - the most painful was none other than Barkley, Chamberlain's two offenses were purely based on skill and footwork, which was really fantastic, and it was completely the performance of the top center in history.

Jackson, Iverson and the others were also shocked, Billups shook his head and said to Kidd: "God really shouldn't have created a guy like Z, Jason, you must ensure that you can win the championship this season, because this is your last chance, from next season, Z will grow to a point where you don't even have the heart to resist, God can prove it!" ”

Kidd's expression was neither happy nor sad, in fact, his heart had already begun to bleed, God, you are spicy next door, Lao Tzu did not hesitate to deign to come to the Mavericks as the second leader for the championship last season, Nima didn't come for nothing, right?

Angry, Kidd decided to attack, Billups followed him from the flank all the way to the inside, Chamberlain came out of the box to block, and saw Kidd pass the ball to Dampier inside with a blink of an eye.

The second center was even more angry, and as soon as he saw Chamberlain running out of the box and Kidd passing the ball to him, he yelled 'come on' and jumped up and dunked.

"Don't!" Kidd's screams rang out, and the terrible tune was unbearable for the Warriors players.

"Bang!" There was a muffled sound, and Chamberlain, who didn't turn around at all, jumped up and slapped the ball out of the cap.