Chapter 169: The Confrontation of Fate
If you thought West would end his show with a seven-point streak in the second quarter, you'd be wrong.
Indeed, West's madness caused the Green Shirts to pay attention to him, and Junzi Lei no longer underestimated him, but took out all his strength, and showed the strength to defend against the fateful enemies such as Kobe and Carter.
But if you don't understand the power of hatred, you don't know what a terrible guy West is at this time.
Even with Ray Allen's special care, West is insane, and he's like a trapped beast. If he has a chance, he will break through and shoot, and if he doesn't have a chance, he will go crazy to destroy, he is like a hungry wolf chained, the chain locks his claws, he bites off his claws, and then, continue to attack!
"Damn, don't offend this paranoia too much!" Watching West tear off Ray Allen, who jumped up for the layup after the breakaway, in a brutal posture, Chamberlain was dumbfounded and said this to Jackson.
Barnes and Ellis on the bench got together and discussed: ", brother, have I offended this madman?" I just ignore him, right? ”
Ellis looked at him with pity and said, "No, Mark, you rotten thing has a bad mouth, you have sarcastically mocked this guy, I bet you will die in the future!" ”
West played five minutes and scored 12 points, two rebounds, three steals, and four fouls!
He didn't care about his stamina and foul limits, just like the previous analogy, he was a trapped beast, it seemed that he was going to be substituted in the next second and never had a chance to play again, he used his physical strength wantonly, and disrupted the ironclad defense of the Greenshirts with his brilliant onslaught.
And when defending Ray Allen, he still did a good job, doing his best to defend the opponent, if he was indeed shaken off or the opponent ran out of the open space to shoot, he did not hesitate to foul, West committed four fouls, all on Ray Allen!
Encountering this kind of thing, even if he has a good temper like a gentleman, Ray can't stand it, he becomes excited, and starts chattering to the referee, but no one cares, West's knife-like eyes pierced Ray Allen's body, and there was a mocking sneer on his face, which made Ray Allen's performance greatly unsubstantial.
Rivers had to call a timeout, and the advantage they gained in the first quarter was no longer a point, in addition to falling behind by 5 points, that is, in the five minutes that West was on the floor, the Warriors played a 15-point counterattack against the opponent, an excellent counterattack!
When the Warriors players left the court, a group of people on the bench stood up and high-fived each other, Chamberlain walked off the court with a big smile on his arm and West, and the good-natured Azubuke was the first to get up and extend his palm to West, but the latter kept a tight face and did not respond.
Azubuuk was a little embarrassed, but Chamberlain grabbed West's palm and smashed it into Azubuuk's hand, and he shouted: "Oh my God, Delondi, you bastard, you play big?" You're going to play big cards to your teammates? I'll break the news to reporters! ”
West smiled unnaturally as he whispered, "I'll just do what I have to do." ”
Old Nelson also welcomed the players who came off the court, and he slapped West's ass and whispered in his ear: "Well done, you have exceeded everyone's expectations, and you have also given all the guys who underestimated you a big slap, I wonder if you can continue like this?" ”
West nodded vigorously, refusing to coach that is what a fool would do, he is a madman, but not a fool.
A madman and a fool are not the same thing.
Old Nelson drew thick black lines on the tactical board, roaring like a tyrant, "...... They're going to send those three damn old guys out with them, but so what? Are they invincible? Shit! They're old men like me, they should retire and go fishing, and they can't even pull a sardine the size of a palm......"
The Warriors' players laughed, and as soon as Chamberlain looked down at West as he turned his head to look behind him, he turned back in surprise to see a black guy in a green shirt listening not far away, this guy was none other than Posey.
Posey is known for his excellent hearing, often running to the bench to eavesdrop on his opponent's tactics, which is known in the NBA.
Chamberlain went to chase away Percy, who sat down in his chair like a dogskin plaster and refused to leave, muttering, "What if I take a rest here?" You're too wide a rookie! ”
West rushed up directly, baring his teeth and roaring fiercely, "Do you want to die, old man?" Get out of here! ”
Chamberlain can only drag West back,, this brother is too hot-tempered, and it was really wise for Nelson Sr. to bring him to the Warriors, he was going to rebuild a bad boy army.
Nelson Sr. made minor changes to the lineup, and Billups was rested. Rivers made a wide range of adjustments to the Green Shirts' lineup, and the old Nelson guessed wrong, the Green Shirts' Big Three did not play at the same time, and Ray Allen went off the court and replaced another Allen, Tony Allen.
After Allen came on the field, he followed West's side, and he said viciously: "Little madman, you don't have a chance, I will torture you to make you crazy!" ”
"Fake, your mother!" West responded to the former teammate with a middle finger.
Having said that, West has never been more serious than ever, he and Tony Allen have been teammates, and the two have been entangled endlessly in the team game, he knows this guy's ability, this guy's defense, very strong!
In fact, at Boston, Tony Allen is a pretty favourite because he always gives his best on the court, always works both ends of the floor, and does everything he can to take down opponents, which he is the same as West.
There are countless similarities between Aaron and West, both grew up fooling around on the streets as children, the former grew up in Chicago surrounded by fox friends, many of them went to jail, and when Aaron went to college, no school was even willing to give him a scholarship. Eventually, Oklahoma offered him a scholarship, and in his senior year, he became the best player in the Big 12 League, and led the team to the "Final Four", and in 2004, Allen entered the NBA Draft after graduation, and was selected by the Boston Celtics at No. 25 overall.
The two could have become sympathetic friends, but as fate would have it, the two eventually parted ways, and each confrontation took pleasure in torturing each other, which is why the Greenshirts had to send West away after the worst of their time.
Before forming the Big Three, Tony Allen was the number two hero for the Green Shirts.
Before the end of the 2005~2006 season, Tony Allen got rid of injuries and criminal disputes, and successfully caught up with the last game, in some games he played the scoring guard position that he was not used to, but he cooperated well with the whole team, enough to deal with the team before the playoffs when everyone was a little absent-minded, but everyone was still suspicious of him at the time.
Entering its second season, the Celtics suffered the worst injury wave in several years, all the main lineup except for Al Jefferson was hung up, and the absence of Paul Pierce made the whole team lose most of its offensive tactics.
The team was in a difficult situation of not being able to attack, and Tony Allen appeared at this time and single-handedly propped up most of the Celtics' attacking duties, he became strong and unstoppable, slicing through the opposing defense at will, dribbling and shooting were significantly better than before, and he was no longer the player who was scolded by Rivers and was a little irritated and close to the brink of going berserk, and became confident.
At this time, who is the second best player in the Celtics, more and more people are saying, I think I should go with Tony Allen.
Tony Allen is only 6-foot-4 tall, he is similar to Wade, strong and fast, loves to attack the basket, and is ferocious and persistent. He can play and defend both guard and small forward positions on the court, and is the team's best backcourt single defender.
Compared with his template Cory, Toney's offense is as concise, there is no more fancy ball control, the pursuit of attacking the collision of the basket body, and as the outside projection becomes more and more accurate, Tony has become a more complete offensive weapon.
But what really made him famous was his defense, which was terrifyingly strong.
If you pick the best individual defense player on the outside of the league, it will not be Bowen, Battier, Kobe Bryant, Wade and other All-Defensive Team regulars, but Tony Allen. He has excellent defensive awareness, lateral movement and power are above average, and he is very good at disrupting the rhythm of his attacking players.
That's why Rivers put him on the pitch and the team entrusted him with a big responsibility.
On the Warriors' side, Billups went off, but instead of being substituted, Luis was sent on, but Ellis. The responsibility of organizing the offense was handed over to West, a two-way player who was known for his ability to play point guard in high school.
West's organizational ability and Billups are not on the same level, he knows this, so he doesn't pretend to play any tactical arrangement, but starts as soon as he gets the ball, and starts playing run and shoot with his teammates.
His breakthrough was like a sharp axe in the hands of a giant, opening and closing, and in the face of Allen's defense, he flicked his shoulder, stepped forward with his left leg and followed with the ball with his left hand, rushing forward like the wind.
Aaron smiled coldly, and twisted his hip bone and body hard, directly blocking the way of West's breakthrough. West knew he was going to do this, and when he took a step, he pulled his right shoulder forward and hit Allen's chest, and then twisted his waist to complete the turn, and the ball was skillfully handed to his right hand, and he continued to rush forward without slowing down.
This could not shake off Allen, who moved nimbly and still blocked West, but he only moved one step sideways before he could move, and Chamberlain came up to block him.
West seized the opportunity to run forward as fast as he could, Garnett leaned forward to block him slightly, and then turned to defend Chamberlain, while Allen took advantage of the opportunity to bypass Chamberlain and still block West's side.
Once again, two fatalistic enemies met.