Chapter 78: The First Confrontation of Lifelong Enemies
Carsimo had to call a timeout with a blushing face, the Warriors' onslaught was really tough, and there was already a wail on the supersonic bench.
Chamberlain walked past the rostrum, wiped the sweat pouring down his face and asked the statisticians with a smile, "Man, am I qualified to be his opponent?" ”
The statisticians sneered awkwardly, leaving a line of data in front of them: Chamberlain, who is at the core, is better than Durant in every way.
Unless the outside line is as good as Jordan, it is more cost-effective to choose a player to be the core of the team.
The word dominance has always been for interior players, excellent interior players.
After the timeout, Nelson Sr. didn't make any changes to the lineup, while Carsimo was re-introduced, West was replaced, Damian Wilkins returned, and he replaced Durant as a small forward, who was completely freed up and returned to his best position as a shooting guard.
West sat on the bench with an unhappy face, watching his teammates re-enter the court, while he himself could only sit below, and his already hideous face was even more angry for a while.
Carsimo was determined to limit Chamberlain, and the strong Wilkinson was substituted, so he naturally wanted to assist Collison and Wilcox to deal with Chamberlain.
Old Nelson frowned and shook his head, he really didn't understand what kind of head the supersonic uniform team was, and he would choose such an idiot as Carsimo as the head coach. Wilcox + Collison + Wilkinson + Green + Durant, the average height of the team is more than two meters and five, and Durant and Green are all small forwards, who will be the organizational guard?
However, Carsimo is also full of confidence in this arrangement: as far as the supersonic organizational guards are concerned, if they can organize such as West, they want to work hard if they don't organize, and the remaining organizational guards have the ability to organize? It's better to let Durant dribble the ball, at least he has a better vision and a better view of the big picture.
In other words, Durant now not only has unlimited fire, but also has the right to distribute the ball.
Carsimo's arrangement is not a mess without bright spots, he disrupts the deployment of the old Nelson in this way, Durant is in the position of organizing guard, and if he wants to defend him, there is no suitable person on the Warriors' guard bench: he is not as tall as him, he will burst into a sieve than him, and he is faster than him is not as tall as him, and he is helpless in the face of his dry pull-up jumper.
Durant took the ball to the front court in an orderly manner, he slowly cruised on the three-point line, Louis knew that he could not defend the opponent's projection, so he simply gritted his teeth and stomped his foot, taking advantage of Durant's inattention to his own opportunity, he suddenly pounced and wanted to poke the ball in the opponent's hand.
With heavy shoulders and twisted waist, Durant's left hand that controlled the basketball shook quickly, and the ball hit the floor and landed successfully on his right hand. Then he stepped out of the way, shook off Louis and ran out of the space, jumping up with a gentle swing of his wrist......
Barnes has been staring at Durant like a hungry wolf for a long time, he was waiting for Durant's opportunity to make a move, and when the latter jumped up, he immediately rushed up, raised his big hand and waved it down, aiming at Durant's cheek, not at all.
Durant is still a rookie after all, he has a big heart, but it is impossible not to be afraid of injury, Barnes's menacing block made him can't help but shake his wrist, the shooting posture was suddenly distorted, and the basketball hit the rebound with a stiff arc, and he didn't even touch the hoop.
Chamberlain turned around and knocked away from Collison next to him, scooping the ball into his arms, and Wilcox could only stare dryly.
There is a huge height gap between Luis and Durant, and no matter how flexible the latter is, he is also a player of the same height, and in the face of Luis, who is only 1.86 meters, Durant does not perform well on the defensive end. Luis is not stupid, he knows where the advantage lies, and with the ball is to rush to the front, raising the speed to the peak.
While running with the ball, Luis either stopped or changed direction, shook off Durant twice in a row, and raised his hand to give the ball to Chamberlain.
Seeing Chamberlain take the ball, Wilcox and Collison subconsciously wanted to wrap up, Petrus was empty, and Chamberlain hurriedly transferred the ball.
Petrus made a jumper, and when unguarded, his shooting was quite accurate.
Carsimo waved from the bottom of the pitch and signaled his players not to dwell on the sluggish defensive end and to attack.
Wilkins covered Durant, who broke through and passed the ball back, Wilkins got the ball and passed it to Green, who was ambushed outside the three-point line, Green jumped decisively and made a long shot in the face of the hurried defense Barnes.
Green, who came off the bench, has not yet warmed up, especially the shot outside the three-point line is not what he is good at, and it is another rebound!
Seeing the basketball leave Green's hand, Chamberlain's eyes flashed, and he immediately judged the landing point of the ball, shifted horizontally, and then jumped up, and he grabbed the rebound in his hand again.
The DJ couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly, and said with a little frustration: "Basketball seems to have become the illegitimate child of Californians, as long as that rookie beckons, it will run over, and no matter how hard others try, it can't help, this is really damned!" ”
Chamberlain's successive rebounds made the good-tempered Durant a little unbearable, and once again the offense and defense switched, Durant, Wilcox, Collison and Green all rushed inside, but Wilkins hit a jumper in the face of Ellis, and the four could only run backwards stupidly.
Wilkins' hit didn't help, Chamberlain guarded the inside for the ball, and Collison and Wilcox hurried up to cover it. Seeing this scene, Carsimo couldn't help but cover his face, he couldn't figure out what was stuffed in the minds of these two people, the bag for Chamberlain only needed to stop him from grabbing rebounds on the defensive end, and on the offensive end, this guy could not only dunk or dunk, but a Wilcox could also handle him.
The offense can't contain Chamberlain, because in the previous games, he has been a lot of assists on the stat sheet, and his ability to respond has been recognized by the head coaches of the other 29 teams, and he must not let go of people with mid-range shooting ability in order to contain him.
The reason Nelson Sr. equipped Chamberlain with these gunners was to wait for him to draw the pack and then respond to the pass.
That's what Chamberlain did, and Petrus was open again to receive the ball and hit another jumper.
The Warriors' offense began to play more and more smoothly, seeing that Durant wanted to organize an attack with the ball, Nelson Sr. suddenly whistled, and Louis and Barnes, who had been cruising behind, were like two hunting dogs, wrapping Durant from the left and right wings.
Although Durant's movement and flexibility are excellent, after all, the center of gravity is too high and the control of the ball is not enough.
Luis and Barnes went up to force the ball, Durant could only scramble to put the ball away and choose to pass, Ellis made a steal, and immediately broke fast after getting the ball, only Durant had time to defend, and the others had already arrived in the frontcourt.
Three-on-one and the defender was still Durant, an offensive machine, and it didn't work too hard, Ellis and Barnes came to exchange balls, and the latter easily hit the board and sent the ball into the hoop.
Losing the ball with his own hands and being shot by the opponent on the defensive end, Durant chose to go it alone to clear his shame, he waved his hand, Wilkins and others withdrew from the inside, except for Wilcox who pestered Chamberlain in the restricted area to cover Durant.
Barnes pushed away Louis to mark Durant personally, and the court rang out with a neat shout of 'DEFENDS', which left Chamberlain dumbfounded, whose home stadium is it? How much more do Seattle fans have to hate the SuperSonics to cheer on their opponents?
Durant bent over as if a bamboo pole had been bent, and he rhythmically slapped the basketball, scanning his surroundings nonchalantly out of the corner of his eye. Barnes curled up his knees, Durant picked up speed, and the ball hit the floor twice as fast in half a second, whirlwind towards Barnes' left wing.
Barnes snorted softly, his knee moved his body to the left, Durant's left foot touched the floor and immediately moved horizontally to his left front, and with a flick of his wrist, the ball hit the floor from his crotch to his left hand, and his right foot took a step to the left front, so the gap in position came out, and his body was parallel to Barnes when he took a step.
"Shit!" Barnes gritted his teeth and roared, his arms opened to slightly block Durant for half a second, and his feet moved nimbly, moving sideways like lightning for half a step, and blocked in front of Durant again.
At this moment, while Barnes was moving sideways, Durant, who had already broken through, seemed to have expected it, his thick knee twisted vigorously, his right shoulder leaned forward and his left shoulder pulled back, and his thin body spun half a circle like a windmill, and turned half a circle against Barnes's chest again.
After a turn, Durant re-faced the hoop and his shoulder knocked out of Barnes, who was completely out of position. Using this reaction force, Durant was able to turn faster and successfully shook off Barnes into the free throw area.
Chamberlain pushed away Wilcox, who was stuck to him like kraft candy, he took a step forward and leaned over slightly, staring at Durant who had stepped into the interior with his arms outstretched, like a lion staring at the jackal that had broken into his territory.
He knew that Durant was coming for him, and it was not difficult for him to break through Barnes, and the defensive line that Durant really wanted to break through was him Chamberlain!
With both feet on the fury of wind and thunder, Durant rushed into the restricted area with lightning speed, and Chamberlain did not retreat but took a step forward at a very fast speed, and directly met Durant. This shocked onlookers, Durant's breakthrough ability is absolutely top-notch, isn't Chamberlain looking for a draw when he goes up like this?
But to everyone's surprise, Durant, who was fast, did not choose to burst into the basket, but abruptly stopped his body and stepped back when he started again. Chamberlain took that step forward just as Durant was about to stop.
What Durant originally wanted to do was to pretend to break through and force Chamberlain to retreat, and then he used his best step back to score in front of Chamberlain, but Chamberlain actually saw through his intentions and stepped forward to defend him, which disrupted Durant's plan and made him confused for a while.
It was difficult to get out of the box and get in again, Durant made several changes in a row, but Chamberlain's speed and agility were not much worse than him, and he was firmly blocked. In the end, there was no way, Durant slammed his shoulder forward, twisted his waist and jumped up, raised his hand and threw the ball in his hand as fast as he could.
Durant can knock Barnes away, but how can he knock Chamberlain? The moment the ball was shot, he knew that it was going to be over, and the ball had just flown up before it had time to reach the highest point, and a big hand appeared on the way it flew and pressed it down!