Chapter 190: Hard But Great
The configuration of a team like the Nuggets is too problematic, their offense and defense are too individualized, and Iverson and Anthony's defense is too poor, so they are destined to not be able to play defensive battles; And the offense of the two main players is too poor, and without a good point guard like Kidd or Nash, they can't play a pure offensive battle.
For this team to win, they have to pray that the opponent has holes in the defence, and in addition to their hands.
The Nuggets were hot in the first half, with Iverson and Anthony shooting high percentages and Smith hitting several shots.
But in the second half, as Anthony and Iverson fell in strength, their shooting percentage was problematic. This is because any team attaches so much importance to interior construction, and having a good interior line will help them too much offensively and defensively.
At the end of the first half, the Nuggets still led the Warriors by five points, but their lead was wiped out after two minutes of the third quarter, and the Warriors began to take the lead after two minutes of play.
Chamberlain responded to two consecutive assists, West and Billups each hit a three-pointer, and then Chamberlain and Billups blocked and hit a mid-range shot, and the Warriors' flowing offense quickly stopped the Nuggets, and the coach had to call a timeout for five minutes in the third quarter.
After the timeout, the Warriors were more ferocious, Chamberlain first sent a hot pot cap to his idol Iverson, and then the offense caused Camby to foul and hit both free throws, so that the Nuggets' offense was completely killed, and the Warriors played a dream 10-0 start in the third quarter.
Iverson's running shot ended the Nuggets' five-and-a-half-point scoring drought, and Chamberlain scored four consecutive points to continue to instigate the Warriors' offense, and after a 13-3 offensive climax, the Warriors left the Nuggets far behind in the entire third quarter with 27-10.
Fortunately, the Nuggets are not the kind of soft persimmons that can be kneaded, and then Iverson's breakthrough and Anthony's mid-range shot completed a 7-0 small climax to chase the score to 17-27, seeing this, Chamberlain immediately attacked inside and colored, and the whole game was under the control of the Nuggets, and the third quarter ended with a small climax of 10-5 after the most reluctant, and achieved an absolute lead of 37-17 in this quarter.
The Nuggets' backwardness became double digits, but the team with Iverson has absolute resilience, if the average team might have given up the game, but the Nuggets did not, under the leadership of Iverson, the soldiers have become more and more courageous, which is in line with a black proverb: a lion led by a sheep will become a sheep, and a sheep led by a lion will become a lion.
In the fourth quarter, Iverson pulled to the three-point line at the beginning and hit a shot, which is rare, and Iverson's three-point shot is notoriously convulsive. Then when defending, Camby elbowed Chamberlain, who was not a soft persimmon, and immediately returned an elbow blow, directly knocking Camby to the ground.
The two men each received a technical foul, Anthony's three-pointer continued to chase the Nuggets, and the Warriors' offensive efficiency was declining, with only Billups scoring two free throws in the space of three minutes, and the elder Nelson called a timeout as he redeployed the lineup.
After a timeout, Chamberlain received a pass from West and scored a dunk that Nuggets veteran Eduardo Nahura made a contribution to, and he actually blocked Chamberlain's turnaround jumper and hit two consecutive basket shots.
Nahura has average physical fitness, does not jump high, does not run fast, and can survive in the NBA, relying on a hard work that is not afraid of death. He often defends the opponent's most ferocious interior player, is a coolie, and rebounding in the front court is his forte.
George Carr had sent him on the pitch out of necessity, but he was overjoyed to see that it had worked wonders.
What made him even happier was that later, the Nuggets' offense also began to improve, and he beat the Warriors to a small 9-2 spurt.
Chamberlain scored four points in a row to stabilize the Warriors, but then Anthony scored at the free throw line, and after West's departure, Smith's nerve knife finally began to work, and his three-pointer was unrelenting, and the team regained control of the situation under the concerted efforts of the Nuggets soldiers.
Jackson's offense was a little frizzy, and the Nuggets chased 4 points after he received an offensive foul, but Billups on the Warriors' side also took the initiative to shoot back, and even threw free throws to fight back, and the Nuggets who were strangled on the inside were difficult to do, although they recovered a lot on the score, but from the point of view of form, it was still just as bad.
The Nuggets missed two consecutive offensive misses, and Billups and Jackson made the game less controversial, and the Warriors still led by double digits 92-82 with five minutes to go to the final game.
However, the Warriors' offense after that had a little problem, after Chamberlain went off the court, their interior lost their advantage, Iverson and Anthony continued to attack the Warriors' interior, in addition to the two quarters of rest Nene also began to exert strength, Nene continued to attack the interior, and scored 5 points with free throws, and the Nuggets regained the score.
Not to be outdone, Billups and West combined to score four more points, the game entered a white heat, the Nuggets' counterattack immediately appeared, Anthony hit the basket and dunked, Iverson scored 5 points in a row, seeing that the Nuggets momentum was about to rise, Jackson assisted Billups to throw three points to shoot back, the Nuggets called a timeout, and George redeployed his tactics in the last three minutes.
After the timeout, the Nuggets launched a full-court pressing, but at this time Chamberlain came back, this kind of pinch attack did not stop the Warriors' offense at all, Chamberlain scored consecutive points on the heads of Martin and Nene, and the point difference hovered around 10 points, Anthony dunked and was fouled by Chamberlain and hit both free throws, and the Nuggets didn't even have the confidence to shoot, so they could only rely on the core to fight under the basket.
After a minute and a half, the Warriors' lead was still close to double digits, and Chamberlain thought that the Nuggets were going to surrender at this time, but Iverson began his solo performance with a resolute look in his eyes, he first magically blocked West's fast break, and then turned around to lead the team to the fast break and rushed into the interior to score two points.
Chamberlain's basket dunk was pulled down by Martin, he was a little anxious, but missed two free throws, turned back to Iverson took the ball, and directly played a 2+1 to make the game suspenseful again, and worse, Jackson was dissatisfied with Martin's rough action to help Chamberlain get a technical foul.
The Nuggets chased the score to within two points, and there were still more than forty seconds left, and the Pepsi Center was like a boiling pressure cooker, which had become loud and quiet, and after receiving Chamberlain's pass from Billups, he slammed the dunk again, and now as long as he saw Chamberlain's figure in the Pepsi Center, he felt chilled.
IVERSON DID HIS BEST IN ONE GAME, HE PERFORMED HIS FAMOUS CROSS-OVER AT THE LAST MOMENT TO SHAKE BILLUPS AND WEST IN A ROW, CHAMBERLAIN COULDN'T DEFEND AND COULD ONLY STOP HIM WHEN HE BROKE THROUGH TO THE BASKET, THE NUGGETS HOME FANS BOOED, IVERSON ONLY HIT ONE OF TWO FREE THROWS, AND THE MOST CRITICAL THING WAS THAT THE SECOND FREE THROW WAS MISSED, AND CHAMBERLAIN TOOK THE REBOUND.
In the final moments, Chamberlain showed his big heart again, and he made a decisive shot from beyond the three-point line to hit his first and only three-pointer of the game.
With only more than ten seconds, the Warriors' lead became six points, and the Nuggets adopted foul tactics at the end, but they still couldn't stop the Warriors from winning, and finally lost 102-110.
The result of this game was a big regret for TNT and ESPN, there is no doubt that it was a wonderful game, and it could even be said to be the best performance in the league in March, both sides did their best, everyone gave their all, although the Nuggets lost the worst, it was definitely a defeat, if this game can be broadcast live nationwide, the ratings will be absolutely overwhelming.
AFTER THE GAME, THE VIDEO OF THE GAME WAS TRANSMITTED TO YOU-TU-BE, AND THEN IT SPARKED A VIEWING FRENZY.
Chamberlain scored 30 points on 12-of-20 shooting, he walked to the free throw line many times, and brought out the power of a super center, in addition to cutting 22 rebounds, he once again got a 30+20 statistic, not only that, he also had an excellent performance of 7 blocks, and now he is averaging 6 per game. Four blocks lead the way in the block charts, and Garnett is second in second place with 3. 2, exactly half of his.
Billups had 16 points and 18 assists, although Paul now topped the assist list with 11. 5, but since coming to the Warriors, he has averaged 14 assists per game, so it is very likely that he will be able to win the assist title next season.
Iverson, who scored a game-high 38 points, was especially heroic in the fourth quarter, scoring 18 points to single-handedly dominate the Nuggets' counterattack, and without him, the Nuggets would have surrendered.
After the game, he unabashedly expressed his admiration for Iverson in the face of reporters, hoping that the latter would be willing to come to the Warriors, and he promised that as long as Iverson came to the Warriors, he would definitely be willing to serve AI as the team boss and be willing to be the second to assist him.
Kobe Bryant was very angry when he saw the news, isn't this kid looking for a draw? What is Lao Tzu inferior to the AI kid, why is he willing to serve AI as the boss but not be the second under him?
For the Nuggets, the loss of this game was nothing, and the next day, a bad news hit Denver City, that is, their main power forward, Nene who scored 16 points and 12 rebounds in the previous game, was diagnosed with testicular cancer!
Although testicular cancer is currently the malignant solid tumor with the highest clinical cure rate, even patients with testicular cancer who have metastasized, have a high chance of clinical cure with surgery and a combination of radiotherapy and chemotherapy. But it's still unmitigated news for the Nuggets, as it means that Nene will miss the rest of the season and may not be able to return early next season.
For Iverson, who is hell-bent on competing for the championship, this is really bad news!
This is also bad news for Nene who has not yet given birth, and the incidence of testicular cancer is young adults, although the cure rate is high, but it has a great impact on the social family. The treatment process of testicular tumor requires resection of the affected side****, and subsequent retroperitoneal lymph node dissection surgery, radiotherapy or chemotherapy and other treatments will bring corresponding adverse reactions, which may affect the patient's reproductive function, such as retroperitoneal lymph node dissection may cause ejaculation disorders, intestinal adhesions, and chemotherapy may bring pulmonary fibrosis. Overall, chemotherapy and radiation therapy can reduce fertility by about 30%, with radiation therapy having the greatest impact.
When the Warriors got the news, they hadn't left Denver, and Chamberlain and others hurried to visit Nene and sympathize with him. On the hospital bed, Nene couldn't see the appearance of killing on the court yesterday, he cried with a sad face, and almost cried in the face of the comfort of Chamberlain and others: I haven't given birth yet.
Iverson is also going to cry, fucking the Nuggets' probability of winning the championship this season is low, Nene is absent for the rest of the game, and their interior is only left with defense, so in the West surrounded by tigers and wolves, it is doubtful whether the team can make the playoffs.