Chapter 939 - It's That Simple
In the first quarter, the Warriors gave the Magic at home a dismount, beating them three times to take a 32-22 lead by double digits.
In TNT's live broadcast room, Miller was eager to try, saying, "Who can stop this Warriors team now?" Damn, are they still short of shooters? I'd love to go back and give it a try now! ”
Van Gundy also scratched his bald head in distress and said, "How many points did Z get?" The first verse seems to be less than ten? That's what's scary about this team, Chamberlain, who is the core, hasn't had a chance to show his way yet, and the opponent has already been defeated by them - look at Carter and Jamison, look at their table on the Warriors, you would never think that both of them are sixty-five years old combined! ”
At the beginning of the second quarter, Chamberlain was on the bench and he could already rest, even if he didn't want to.
"I've only run a few laps, old Tang, I'm full of energy in my muscles right now!" Chamberlain said with some distress.
Old Nelson didn't care, and said: "You have to rest now if you can, not to accumulate body, but to avoid injury!" Don't you see that we haven't found a suitable replacement for you yet......"
Chamberlain stopped talking, and the current warriors are very strong, like a big knife that cuts horses, the blade is pointed, and the blocker is invincible!
But everyone knows that Chamberlain is the blade of this knife, and the others, no matter how good Carter, West, Curry, and Ibaka are, are only regarded as leftovers.
As Carter said after the last game, he said: "As long as Z is still there, even if he has been on the bench for 47 minutes, you will have a very good heart, not afraid of confrontation, not afraid of mistakes, not afraid of failure, all you have to do on the court is to play to the fullest, because you have a teammate who is the king of basketball sitting on the court." This mentality can make a person play better, I have never played as relaxed as I do now, never! ”
Anyone who plays basketball knows that for a player, physical fitness and technique are not the most important thing, the most important thing is fighting spirit and confidence, and Chamberlain can bring these things to his teammates as long as he does not get injured.
Taking advantage of Chamberlain's absence, Howard's confidence has risen, he has indeed improved a lot in the summer, Evans under the basket can't carry him at all, Howard combines strength and footwork, not as flawless as Chamberlain, but enough to deal with a second-tier player like Evans.
Seven minutes into the second quarter, the Magic began to chase the score and narrowed the deficit to five points.
Seeing this, the elder Nelson pushed Chamberlain up with a wave of his hand under the sad and indignant eyes of the Magic fans, and he led Blair, George, Curry and Iverson.
The Warriors had the ball, Chamberlain made a strong gesture on the inside, and then distributed the ball to George in the middle distance.
George got the ball, he shook Richardson first and quickly passed the ball to Curry, and he bypassed Richardson sideways and rushed to the inside line where Chamberlain was, Chamberlain helped him get in position, Curry passed back again, George was like a loach, three twists and two twists ran out of the vacant position, and the reflexive drop ball easily won two points.
Old Nelson crossed his arms and smiled, George's offense was very unreliable, but this guy was particularly good at one move, that is, with the big center, with the help of teammates' cover to find offensive opportunities, which is incomparable to the two scoring geniuses of West and Curry.
In this way, George can be seen as Chamberlain's best partner.
The Warriors are advancing all the way, and the old Nelson is naturally very happy as the head coach, but as the general manager, he has a lot of difficulties in his heart, for example, how to maintain the current lineup.
West and Curry are both guys who want to get an annual salary of more than 10 million, and if George also grows to the height that the team expects, it must also be at the level of 10 million annual salary, so that the team can't afford to support so many high-paid superstars.
The Magic attacked, Lewis missed the jumper, Howard fought hard to grab the rebound, but the basketball bounced out of the wing, Chamberlain was more mobile than Howard, and he turned the direction in time and grabbed it with a wave of the long arm and threw it to Iverson.
If it were the peak era - not even the peak era, as long as it was a few years ago, Iverson would have put a sharp fast break to end the offense without mercy.
But not anymore, Iverson's pace is getting slower and slower, and in 2009 he signed a three-year contract with the Warriors, and it is likely that he will retire after this contract.
Many Warriors fans sighed, the best times did not meet the best people, two thousand years, if it was Chamberlain who assisted Iverson instead of Mutombo, then could the 76ers crush the invincible Purple and Gold at that time?
Iverson organized positional battles, constantly dribbling under his crotch from beyond the three-point line, and the basketball bouncing lightly between his left and right hands, like an orange elf.
The Magic's point guard was replaced by Chris Duhon, a solid defender who stood a step away from Iverson with his arms outstretched.
Iverson kept transmitting the ball between his left and right hands, he glanced inside, took the ball from his crotch with his left hand and took a sudden sideways step, Dujon moved sideways and immediately followed, and Iverson took two steps and got stuck Dujon suddenly came to a back dribble, his footsteps retreated, and he made a quick stop jump shot.
Howard turned around and stuck Chamberlain and was about to grab the rebound, but Chamberlain jumped up behind him, and the players off the court immediately covered their eyes, and Howard was tricked!
Iverson is not shooting, but passing!
Chamberlain's legs spread wide and almost on Howard's shoulders, his hands held high to grasp the ball, and finally handed it to his right hand, and his arm slammed forward fiercely, smashing the ball into the hoop.
Van Gundy had to call a timeout, and he shouted at Howard, "Dwight, aggressive!" You have to play aggressively! Faith, where is your faith?! You're Dwight Howard, Superman Howard! You're the 2004 No. 1 pick, the starting center for the Eastern Conference Stars! Your opponent is not a nemesis, Superman should be invincible! ”
Howard was indeed scared by Chamberlain, no matter how much he wanted to win before every game, but as long as he actually ran into Chamberlain on the court, he would become hesitant and hesitant.
It's not something that can't be understood, twenty years ago, in the era of the four centers, Admiral Robinson was a fierce man, but every time he played magic and ran into the big shark O'Neal, he would play abnormally.
In the same way, the king of the Knicks, Patrick Ewing, is known as the No. 1 center in the East, and it is even more unbearable to meet his old rival Olajuwon, and now Howard is caught in the nightmare of Robinson and Ewing.
After the pause, the Magic saw that the inside line could not be opened, so they attacked from the outside, and Redick jumped up and shot in the face of Curry's defense, and was stunned to come up with a **** three-pointer.
Seeing this scene, some fans shouted to Howard heartbreakingly: "Who is Superman? DH (Dwight Howard) or JJ (Reddick)?! ”
The Warriors' side will destroy to the end, this is the NBA, there is no emotion to talk about, it is to use all means to destroy the opponent.
The elder Nelson saw that Howard couldn't carry Chamberlain anymore, and instead asked for an all-out onslaught on the inside.
Howard was in the restricted area to get the ball, he turned to face the hoop, bent down and dribbled a few crotch dribbles in a row.
The monster adjusted his pace back a little nervously, Chamberlain received the ball with his right hand and paused slightly, then suddenly changed direction and threw the ball on the left side, and his left hand took over the ball and rushed to the basket.
Howard stepped back, Chamberlain took a big step with his left foot, changed the straight face to the hoop to the side-to-side hoop, and pushed Howard in two steps in a row, then jumped sideways with both feet, grabbed the ball with his right hand and shook his wrist softly, and a small hook came at close range.
The basketball fell into the hoop obediently, and the fans booed more and more, but everyone knew that the fans were not booing Chamberlain, but Howard.
Magic attack, Big Van Gundy's two thick eyebrows were wrinkled like two caterpillars, and the wrinkles on his forehead could kill crabs, he waved his big hand and said sharply: "Cross!" Inside! Assault me! ”
He saw that the current Chamberlain was a nightmare in Howard's heart, and if he couldn't defeat Chamberlain head-on, it would be difficult for Howard's confidence to recover.
Lewis, who was originally attacking, passed the ball to Howard on the inside, and the monster also turned to face the hoop, and Chamberlain pressed forward and raised his arms in front of Howard.
Howard looked up at Chamberlain's hands, as if he had seen the shepherd of Rocky Mountain, and he looked at the hoop not far away with some frustration, and he actually felt at a loss.
Big Van Gundy shouted 'offense' on the court, and Howard made a few feints without fooling Chamberlain, so he turned and shot sideways.
Chamberlain had been following Howard, and as soon as the beast struck, he jumped up and pressed down with his big hand raised like a fly swatting a fly.
Miller patted Van Gundy Jr. on the shoulder and said, "Man, you'd better call your brother, it's not right for him to do this, obviously, Dwight can't stand the weight of Z anymore, he shouldn't destroy Dwight again, but find someone to help him attack together to build self-confidence." ”
Little Van Gundy sighed depressedly, and Miller said: "Believe me, you must do this, when I was on the SuperSonics before, Birdman was polished Jermaine O'Neal like this." In the beginning, he never asked Jermaine to take care of Garnett or Duncan one-on-one, but asked us to help him, and slowly, he was able to take care of the opponent on his own. ”
"Yes, Dwight is like a baby just walking now, and he needs not a whip, but a handrail." Little Van Gundy said disappointedly.
The Magic's defense is still relatively good, and they retreat quickly, but the Warriors still chose the fast break.
Curry grabbed the ball and passed it to Iverson, and then Iverson didn't keep it, rushing forward like a bolt of lightning, Dujon followed behind him, and he didn't finish the action several times, because he found that Iverson in front of him was too fast, and if he completed the action of reaching out and stealing, Iverson would get rid of him.
Rushing to the inside in a row, Iverson passed the ball to Curry, who followed behind him, Curry got the ball and stopped slightly, and then threw the ball to the rebound.
Chamberlain rose from behind, but Howard on the defensive end was much better than on the offensive end, he followed Chamberlain, slapped it, destroyed the coordination at once, and directly capped the ball out of the court.
"!" After Howard landed on the ground, he threw a fist fiercely, and the muscles on his face trembled slightly, with an indescribable hideousness.
"This poor boy has been depressed for too long." Old Nelson said pitifully, then waved his hand and yelled at Chamberlain, "Attack tougher, if someone is in your way, then hit him!" ”
It's still the Warriors' possession, Blair serves, Curry goes out to catch the ball, he immediately rushes forward when he gets the ball, and shakes his shoulders several times to change direction, making Redick's defense precarious, but fortunately, the Magic defense is still very rigorous, Dujon completed the defense at the moment Curry broke through, and Redick moved to Iverson's side.
Curry put away the ball and passed it to Chamberlain, who got the ball and leaned back hard, but he had a ******, and when he sat inside, Howard's strength was a little unbearable, so he took a half step back.
Chamberlain turned around and raised his hand to jump, Howard jumped up as soon as he stepped on his toes, and Chamberlain pulled back the ball at this time and dribbled lightly to the basket, rushed to the basket, and jumped up with a two-handed dunk.
It's that simple!