Chapter 1001: Sweeping You Away
After halftime adjustments, the Celtics' defense shrank in the third quarter, and Garnett also did a good job defending Chamberlain, rewarding Chamberlain with a hot pot at the beginning.
The Celtics went on a 12-4 run to tie the score to 51-48.
The Warriors struggled to find an effective offensive way to break down the Celtics' iron-clad defense, and Pierce's back-to-back mid-range shots made the Warriors' wing wolves unbearable, and Chamberlain had to withdraw to strengthen the team's defensive intensity on the wing, only for Garnett to start scoring again in the restricted area.
In this way, at the end of the third quarter, the Green Shirts completed an 8-0 offensive wave and shook off the Warriors in the score to take a 62-58 lead.
The game between the two teams was really bloody, it was simply a bayonet, and the defense was interpreted to the extreme.
This is the first time this season that the Warriors have scored more than 60 points in three quarters!
In the final quarter, Chamberlain knew that if he continued to play like this, the team would be finished.
Although the Warriors have two championships, to be honest, they have not experienced as many tough battles as the Green Shirts, so if this entanglement continues until the last minute, it must be the Warriors who collapse.
The Green Shirts also understood this, so after the opening, they put all their strength on the defensive end, and the five men quickly moved to tacitly change the defense and flexibly complement the defense, making the Warriors' offense extremely dry.
Chamberlain simply started an inside hand-to-hand fight, he rushed back like a bulldozer after asking for the ball, O'Neal Jr. couldn't bear it at all, and Garnett's defense also lacked strength, Chamberlain was like a prehistoric beast, stunned to win the dunk against the two former top insiders!
Chamberlain's inside hand-to-hand scoring drove the morale of the Warriors, West hit the hoop again and again, and staged 2+1 twice in a row, and then Ibaka covered Pierce's breakthrough layup, West held the ball to complete the fast-break counterattack, passed the ball to Carter in the front court, Mr. UFO flew into the air, and the dunk was successful!
The Warriors came full play, and then Chamberlain scored five straight points to extend the lead, and the Warriors completed a 14-4 offensive surge to take a 72-66 lead.
With this momentum, Chamberlain made a series of shots, Garnett was exhausted, and O'Neal and Big Baby were unable to defend Chamberlain, so under the leadership of Chamberlain, the score was instantly pulled away, and the Green Shirts finally did not hold on to the last five minutes, and the Warriors won 93-81.
After this game, Chamberlain's jersey was soaked with sweat, and he scored 40 points alone, completely convincing the green shirts.
In the end, Chamberlain was about to leave the field, but Pierce suddenly walked up and grabbed him, and said helplessly: "Okay, Z, I have to admit now, some of the things we said before are nonsense, your dominance is the strongest in the active service, come on, boy, you will make this era full of legends!" ”
A little farther away, a sweaty Garnett shrugged his shoulders at Chamberlain and gave him a thumbs up.
Chamberlain laughed all at once, he hugged Pierce, and said with a smile: "You guys did a great job too, guys, let's see you in the finals!" Except for you, no one else in the East is qualified to be our opponent, and if you don't meet in the Finals, then the other Eastern teams, we can sweep them! ”
Chamberlain didn't mean to boast about the Celtics, and today they did make the Warriors very wolf.
In addition, two days later, they flew from Boston to Chicago to prove Chamberlain's words on the Bulls, another powerhouse in the East.
The Bulls are a real powerhouse, even if compared to the Green Shirts.
Before the start of this season, Rose shouted the grand statement of competing for MVP, and after the start of the season, people were surprised to find that the Bulls leader was true, Rose's personal ability and decision-making power have been further sublimated, and his strong performance in the game also made the Bulls' record soar.
Rose's all-around play has allowed him to score at least 2,000 points and 600 assists in a single season, an achievement that only three people have accomplished in the last 30 years, the previous two being Jordan and James. If Chamberlain wasn't really too violent, then Rose might have won the MVP.
Speaking of which, Chamberlain really ruined the dreams of several people, which is the same as Jordan, Jordan is even more ruthless, directly making countless heroes in the nineties bend their waists.
In addition to Rose, the Bulls made additions last summer on top of their original roster, which is the key to their strong performance this season.
Boozer is an All-Star-caliber power forward who quickly integrated into the team after returning from injury. The Chicago signings of Asik and Kurt Thomas have cemented their interior strength, both of whom are the dare and dare type, and they need exactly that kind of meat shield for the Bulls, who emphasize defense.
Role players such as Korver, Brewer, Bogans and CJ Watson have also played their part in enriching the Bulls' plays, and most of the Bulls' rotation this season has been created last summer.
The Bulls are where they are today not only because they have a large group of talented players, but also because they have a star-star head coach and defensive genius Thibodeau.
Under the construction of Thibodeau, the Bulls have become an iron-blooded division, they advocate defense, outstanding execution, strong cohesion, in the first season as a head coach to build the team so perfect, Thibodeau is indeed one of the most successful rookie coaches in history, as early as the 92-93 season, the new head coach Westphaal led the Suns to 62 wins and brought the team to the Finals, and this time Thiberdeau is also expected to create a miracle.
With a great head coach and a great group of players, the Bulls have become the league's most balanced team this season, averaging 98 per game. 6 points, but conceded only 91 points per game. 3 points, with a score ratio of +7. 3。
The Bulls are on par with the Celtics, tied for second place in the league, and it's the balance of offense and defense that has allowed the Bulls to maintain their consistency as always.
At present, the Bulls are in the top three in the East with the Green Shirts and the Heat, and they are expected to break the 60-win mark this season, and they have swept all the way into March, until they have met the Warriors.
In the face of the menacing Warriors, the Bulls responded calmly, putting on the strongest and most effective lineup of Kent Thomas, Boozer, Lore Deng, Rose and CJ Myers.
On the Warriors' side, Chamberlain led the team, with Ibaka, Jamison, West, and Curry playing.
At the beginning of the first quarter, the two sides launched a wave of offense, Chamberlain jumped the ball to win, West rushed forward with the ball, although the Bulls are good at defense, but their defense is exquisite in team cooperation, compared to containment, the Green Shirts are not half a star.
The Warriors used a quick offense to make it impossible for the Bulls to cooperate to form a defensive position, and Chamberlain responded in the middle, passing the ball to Curry and breaking through the offense.
The Bulls aren't just good at defense, but they are also extremely efficient offensively because they have a talented guard like Rose.
Boozer withdrew inside, Chamberlain was lured away, and when he seized the opportunity, Rose rushed to the basket like an arrow and dunked it.
Rose looks quiet and quiet, but once he plays the ball, he transforms into a mad tiger, quite a bit of immobile like a mountain, aggression like fire, his speed like the wind, and his Xu like a forest.
However, the Warriors have a great advantage on the inside, whether Thomas or Boozer, as an insider, they have a fatal shortcoming, that is, the height is not enough!
So, Chamberlain seized on this loophole, and he frequently made jump shots or hooks, which left Thomas and Boozer helpless and unable to defend at all.
With less than four and a half minutes to go into the first quarter, the Bulls, who were missing inside, could only rely on outside offense to score points, and the score fell behind 12-15.
Boozer then hit a jumper, but the Bulls suddenly fell into a scoring drought that lasted more than three minutes, and West scored six points to help the Warriors extend their lead.
Rose is really growing up fast, West can't even guard him, of course, it may be that he sees Chamberlain become excited - now in the MVP rankings, Chamberlain is first, and Rose is second.
Rose scored 14 points in the entire first quarter, and he, Boozer, and Lore Deng took all of the Bulls' scores, and at the end of the first quarter, the Bulls trailed the Warriors by one point at 24-25.
In the second quarter, the old Nelson arranged tactics for Chamberlain to go inside to attract the bag, and the Warriors were slow and then fast - first slowly organized, and then Chamberlain took the ball and feint to attract the Warriors inside the bag, and then he quickly distributed the ball, at this time the Warriors' offense immediately accelerated, and Carter or West ended the offense from the outside.
In this way, the Warriors extended their lead to 7 points in just two minutes, but the Bulls bench led by Brewer and Asik suddenly made a strong effort to set off a wave of 12-2 offensive climax to overtake the Warriors by 3 points, which made the Bulls fans cheer.
Chamberlain re-entered the game, and as soon as he came on the court, he pressed Asik to a violent dunk, who had no choice but to reach out for a foul, and Chamberlain hit a three-pointer to tie the score.
The Bulls quickly changed the main lineup, but after changing the main lineup, the Warriors overtook the score again.
In this way, the Warriors began to exert their strength.
Returning from the timeout, Chamberlain supported the team's frontcourt offense like a pillar on the inside, his nimble running position shook off Boozer's defense, West passed the ball to him, Chamberlain flew up under the basket, and knocked Boozer to a violent dunk.
Then, Ibaka took advantage of Chamberlain's opportunity to take Boozer out of the restricted area, turned abruptly and rushed into the basket, and also came with a violent dunk.
At the end of the quarter, Curry's long-range shot set off a 7-0 offensive surge, and his three-point shot matched Jamison's mid-range shot, and the Bulls were scrambling, so that the Warriors led by eight points at 58-50 at the end of the second quarter.
The Bulls' offense was noticeably halted in the third quarter, and the Warriors seized the opportunity when Chamberlain jumped up and shot a three-pointer in the high post.
Chamberlain's high post allowed the Bulls to pull the line out so that they were suddenly empty, and West broke through like a fox and scored two points on a layup.
Then, it was another offense, Rose made a dribbling error, and after West's steal, he came to a defensive fast break that ran through Changhong, all the way to the inside, and flew directly from the top of the arc of the restricted area to the hoop for a violent dunk.
Asik, who came off the bench, grabbed consecutive offensive rebounds and missed shots, and on the last shot, Chamberlain seized the opportunity to give him a big hat, and the ball was thrown directly off the court and into the audience, which shocked the Bulls fans at the scene.
This is Chamberlain, this is the destructive Chamberlain!
After that, the Bulls served, Boozer seized the opportunity to score, but Curry immediately responded with a three-point shot, and Carter followed with a two-point jumper, and the Warriors' lead became more and more obvious.
At the critical moment, Rose assisted Boozer to score under the basket, and then he and Myers combined with a jumper to score four points in a row.
Attacking again, Rose still wanted to score, broke through to the basket and threw a shot, Chamberlain rushed up from the flank and slapped the ball away.
Blair grabbed the ball, he passed it to West, and the Warriors responded quickly with another fast-break counterattack to score two points.
In the final moments, Chamberlain hit a two-point buzzer, and after three quarters, the Warriors led the Bulls by a full 15 points, 85-70.
In the fourth quarter, the Bulls tried to make an opening counterattack, but they couldn't get rid of the Warriors' tight defense, Chamberlain scored four straight points, and Carter then hit a three-point shot to curb the Bulls' counterattack hopes.
In this way, the Warriors' lead reached a terrifying 20 points, and the elder Nelson replaced all the main players in the middle and sent the bench to fight the Bulls.
In the last 2 minutes of the game, Jeremy Lin and Rose began to fight, and the two guards broke through again and again, each of which had a score, but the hole dug in front of the Bulls was too big, and finally lost, and it was 90-108, a full loss of 18 points!
If it weren't for the Green Shirts in the Finals, we would have swept the other Eastern Conference teams! The Warriors proved this with facts, and it was not false at all.