Chapter 534: The King's Battle
The stimulation of MVP made Chamberlain very excited at the beginning, of course, this is also related to the experience of the past period of time, although the old Nelson has been urging him to grow, but in the last 20 games, he tried his best to restrain Chamberlain, so that he continued to show weakness to the outside world, and resolutely did not allow him to be as unscrupulous as when he played the Timberwolves, just like a rogue who abstinence for a month, Chamberlain got the right to fire today, and immediately turned into a demon king.
Jump shots, blocks, hooks, dunks, backcourt rebounds, frontcourt rebounds...... In the first quarter, Chamberlain was omnipotent, and after he scored the team's first 7 points alone, he began to focus on defense again, blocking a throw from Xiao Mo and stealing a point from James.
Iverson, Billups and others were in the same good shape, although James repeatedly made strong shots, but under the siege of the Warriors, they did not play well in the first half of the first quarter, and were beaten by the Warriors to start a 20-12 game.
The Warriors' sudden outburst stunned the Cavaliers, is this second in the West? How is it a bit like the second in NBA history? The Warriors' offensive success rate is very high, whether it is Chamberlain's shot or someone else's offense, they have a bit of a never-ending taste, and the Cavaliers players killed are quite a bit of a shameless feeling.
Brown immediately called a timeout, and the Cavaliers adjusted their tactics, of course, the team's tactics are very simple, that is, just play around James, but sometimes let James play alone, sometimes let James respond, and sometimes let him organize.
Barkley grinned and mocked Brown: "I see, guys, his tactical board is clean, he didn't write anything on it at all!" My guess is that there's only one sentence in Coach Brown's playbook, let LBJ decide how to play! ”
Smith agreed, but he was tasked with arguing with Barkley, so he said good things for the Cavaliers: "Charles, you know, when you have a player like LeBron on the team, the tactical arrangement is very simple, you can just revolve around him, it's normal. It's like if you have Z, you don't have to study what Princeton is and what to block and what briefs to attack. ”
Barkley glanced at Smith and retorted, "You're making excuses for your laziness and incompetence, or let's make a bet, I'm sure the old Nelson guy must have devised at least a hundred effective tactics for the Warriors, not just around Chamberlain." ”
This is obvious, in the past March and April, the Warriors' tactics were very appropriate, many times the offense was to change the core, Iverson has become the Warriors' No. 2 attacker, West is the No. 3, sometimes the core is even Curry or Evans, all in all, the old Nelson is playing very high.
Smith knows this better than Barkley, he was a shooting coach with the Warriors, but Barkley's defiant gaze made him unhappy, so he deliberately said: "Then bet, I never lost anyway, I mean when I bet with you, I think Coach Brown has more tactics than Coach Nelson, because he has too many fools under him, and Coach Nelson has a Billups." ”
Barkley was overjoyed, and exclaimed, "Then let's take a gamble, and the bet is up to me to decide who loses this summer and who will marry the she-donkey." ”
Smith had a sudden smile on his face, and he pointed at Barkley and smiled, "Very well, Charles, when did you become so cunning?" It's a shame that I don't bet with you! Prepare for your wedding with the she-donkey! God can't change that. ”
Seeing that the other party didn't answer, Barkley was very annoyed, fuck, he was too anxious, he should have set a trap.
Brown's new tactics are complicated, but they can be summed up very simply, which is to have Big Z, Big Ben, Szzerbiak and Little Mo cover James together and give him a chance to get inside and shoot.
Yes, Brown finally replaced the big book that he looked down on more and more, because Vallejo's help defense was as soft as Italian macaroni, and the big Z was going crazy, and he couldn't get Vallejo's strong support in the confrontation with Oxlade-Chamberlain.
This tactic was useful because it was executed by James, the MVP candidate this season, who used his teammates to cover and shoot in succession, and changed the game in just five minutes, leading the team to narrow the gap to four points. But Chamberlain immediately used a "2+1" to press the line, and then in the 10th minute, the old Nelson finally replaced West.
As soon as West came on the court, he held the ball and came to a full-court dragon, after Chamberlain served to him, he gritted his teeth and ran wildly, Szzebiak was thrown out of the sky by him, and watched West play and dunked violently.
"It's fucking cool! , it's like I just slept with Wei Shengmei two days ago two days before I was abstinent, and it was so cool! Ice Flower Twin Heavens! West laughed at Chamberlain, who was taken aback and said, "You started so quickly and slept with Xiao Wei?" ”
West realized that he had slipped his mouth, and he immediately shut up.
James was quite satisfied with his teammates before, Big Z was the absolute second center in the East, Big Ben could help him enough on the defensive end, Xiao Mo's breakthrough was unpredictable, and Gibson's three-point accuracy was like a sniper rifle, but today he was not satisfied, because the group of birdmen on the opposite side was too powerful, and the outside line of the Warriors was a group of wolves!
Jackson defended James to the limit of what he could, sticking to James at all times, so that although the latter scored 14 points in the first quarter, he paid the price of sweating profusely and attrition at an unprecedented rate.
In the second quarter, the two sides changed their benches in a big way, and the old Nelson sent Evans to help Chamberlain defend the restricted area on the inside.
Chamberlain brought Evans, West, Morrow and Curry, Jackson could finally take a break, and the elder Nelson gave him an appreciative look and praised: "Well done, Stephen, but you can be tougher, LBJ is very violent, but I can feel that he is a soft egg!" You can be tougher and let him taste what your fists are like! ”
Jackson gasped, "No problem, boss, but you've got to let me rest first, damn it, my lungs are about to be vomited." ”
The defender of James was replaced by West, and the height difference between the two was close to 10 centimeters, and James laughed when he saw West, who was half a head shorter, coming to defend himself. West wasn't stupid, he certainly knew what James' smile meant, and he immediately stuck it with the ball in his hand.
James tried to crush his opponent, but he felt a lot of resistance when he pushed it with his shoulder, and West's strength surprised him a little.
It's normal, old Nelson is smiling with his arms crossed, West is gaining weight now, he's practicing according to Trumpet James's template now.
James is bent on creating the image of the all-round god of war, he did not force it, passed the ball to Xiao Mo first, and he believes that his teammates have a way to deal with Curry, a rookie.
But he looked down on his teammate who was good at singles and underestimated the rookie Curry, who had been learning to defend with Jackson and Barnes, the two outside giants, Xiao Mo did several feints in a row and did not get rid of his defense, and Chamberlain was eyeing the ball from behind, so he had to pass the ball back to James.
The little emperor gets the ball on the top arc of the three-point line, and since his teammates can't open the situation, let him come! He let out a loud shout, stepped forward and pulled out, raised the ball over his head and made a shooting pose, which was a feint, and then he withdrew the ball and lowered his weight to slam the ball forward.
This set of movements is very coherent, even if West has been waiting intently and still being shaken, James seized the opportunity to jump forward and take a step directly to open the distance, and then stepped out in two steps in succession, rushing to the outside of the three-second zone to put away the ball and plan to take three steps.
Once James' three moves are fought, almost no one can contain them, and Chamberlain is also difficult, he is so strong.
But West put an end to his killer blow, and as James began to take off like a bomber, West, who came up from behind, grabbed him by the chest and pulled him down.
James was helpless, and in vain threw the ball to the rebound and was pulled to the ground, the referee's whistle blew, and the defense fouled.
West's face was full of indifference, and he talked and laughed with Chamberlain: "How is it, I did a good job, right?" Rest assured, having me score in this guy definitely don't want to score lightly. ”
James is angry, Nima, you don't play cards according to the routine, who wouldn't foul?
Barkley said a fair word: "The upcoming playoffs saved LeBron, I bet that if I wasn't worried about being banned in the playoffs, the mad dog wouldn't have rushed to his chest now, but directly pulled him by the neck and gave him a choke!" ”
Smith said incredulously, "That's crazy, Charles, you're talking nonsense!" ”
Barkley sneered: "Look at the mad dog's eyes, and when you play it back later, you notice where his eyes are looking at that time!" That guy definitely wants to take down LBJ, I'm too familiar with guys like him, Isaiah Thomas, Joe Dumas, they're all the same guys! Mad Dog shouldn't go to the Warriors, if he goes to the Pistons, then Detroit will be glorious again in his hands! ”
The Pistons are the league's notoriously bad boy legion, and they were the No. in the East for the first seven years of the twenty-first century. 1, blocking James for four years, but unfortunately, with the disbandment of the Five Tigers, they are no longer as strong as they used to be, and this season is even only eighth in the East.
James hit two free throws, and when he turned around, West began to take revenge, he actually broke through James face-to-face, and asked the little emperor to dunk.
"This madman!" Barkley gasped, "But I like it!" ”
West supported James's chest with his left arm and stretched forward with his right arm to slam him, the little emperor's block was half a step slower, and West smashed the ball into the hoop like lightning.
It's a pity that he was too anxious, there was a problem with the landing point of the basket, and after being thrown on the inside of the basket, the 'boom' muffled sound actually rebounded again!
"Mine!" A roar rang out, and Chamberlain, who had left the box to give Westertro a chance to break through, strode in, and he almost jumped up and pulled the ball into his hands. Big Ben's defensive experience was on display at this moment, and instead of going up to fight Chamberlain, he waited for him to hit the ground and reach for his ball.
What is it called? Yellow finch is behind!
Not only Da Ben, but also Big Z, the two of them are the same cunning and cunning.
Chamberlain was caught between the two like a trapped beast, but this did not make him afraid, but inspired his bravery, he first used his ass to carry the fiercer and more ruthless Ben, and then used his shoulders to push up the tall and arm-long but unstable center of gravity Big Z, so that in an instant he broke the other party's carefully set bag.
"Give me death!" Chamberlain roared and raised his right arm with the ball in one hand, he flew up with wings like a roc in the posture of Lady Liberty, James landed and blocked Chamberlain from the front, but the latter didn't care, his eyes were angry, he pressed him from the front, and dunked the ball into the hoop!
"Wow, this guy is violent!" Barkley laughed, "Who was the last time you saw such a violent guy?" By the way, it's Sean Kemp the Rain Man! The two were really similar when they were young. ”
After Chamberlain landed on the ground, he gave James a provocative look, and the little emperor was domineering, turned around and stretched out his hand and shouted: "Give me the ball, I'll teach him a lesson!" ”