The whistle blows and the game is over.

There was no need for a post-game hug or encouragement, as Paul injured West and Chamberlain and left the Hornets with the shame of a dunk, and the main players of both sides looked at each other and turned to walk towards the players' tunnel.

At the post-game press conference, Chamberlain was once again the protagonist, and reporters asked him how he smashed the rebound.

Chamberlain was not in the mood and said simply: "When your family is hurt and cannot be punished justly, you will be ruled by anger like me, and anger is a person's most powerful weapon." ”

Then he added: "I'm glad that this time I used the power of my anger to destroy the basketball hoop, not people. ”

Hearing his addition, Paul and Monty Williams on the Hornets' side shuddered, and they were also glad that Chamberlain smashed the rebound, not destroyed Paul.

Paul's health has always been a big problem, and he has been playing and stopping last season, leading the Hornets to decline, and if he continues to be injured this season, the Hornets will never be able to fly again.

The next day, major sports media reported the amazing scene of Chamberlain's smashing of the rebound: "Angry God of War destroys the basketball hoop, no one here is out of the bear, please be careful" - California Sports News "God leaves the court, death comes later" - "Slam Dunk" ......

The media then interviewed other players, and O'Neal, who had previously smashed the rebound, was naturally the first to bear the brunt.

The big shark is old, and finally he is not so reluctant to admit defeat, and he continued to travel east to Boston in the summer, forming a veteran army with Garnett and a gang of old guys, and he told reporters: "Compared to a quadruple-double, I don't think it's a hard thing to accept to dunk rebounds, and I've dunked rebounds, so I know how difficult it is, but like I said, I think it's harder to have a quadruple-double, and it's hard to have a triple-double with a big one." ”

With 55 points, 26 rebounds, and 11 blocks, Chamberlain still had such a number left in this game, but for most people, a big triple-double is not as shocking as a smashing rebound.

When these reports came out, Chamberlain had returned to Oakland with the Warriors and had a half-day rest as usual, and Chamberlain and others participated in the team training game in the afternoon, at which time their team had a new face, the newly traded Tabbit.

Tabit is not inferior in height to Chamberlain, his arm span is not much worse, he is also very athletic, and of course, his strength and confrontation are much worse.

Nelson Jr. is in charge of training Tabitt, and now he can't play games, according to NBA regulations, players who are traded from the NBDL are required to have a one-week observation period, and the physical test report has not yet been released.

Looking at the way Tabit was running on the court, Nelson Sr. laughed and said, "This guy really looks like a good horse, looking at his speed, it's really amazing, if someone told me last year that a trade exception can get a top show, I must think that guy is crazy." ”

"He's not very good, is he? The Grizzlies aren't fools, I watched his game tapes," Hill said, shaking his head, "or rather, boss, you're bullish on his potential?" ”

Old Nelson looked at the immature Thabit and said with emotion: "At a glance, this kid looks like Z four years ago, and the two of them are very similar in some places." ”

In fact, the old Nelson is not optimistic about Tabit, his physical essence is very good, but the technique is too rough, don't think that the defense only relies on the physical element, in fact, the interior defense is a delicate kung fu work, look at the top interior defense masters, all of them are thoughtful people in life.

Old Nelson doesn't think that Tabit can grow into the next Chamberlain, people who think this way must be crazy, Tabit can have at most one-fifth of Chamberlain even if it is pig feed, then old Nelson is thankful, but he can gamble with a useless trading exception, he is still happy.

Seeing Chamberlain, Tabit hurriedly stretched out his hand to say hello, Chamberlain walked over and patted him on the shoulder, and said, "Do a good job, boy, follow me, see how I do it and then you do the same, go and give those bitches of the media and blind experts a little color." ”

Tabit is having a hard time right now, he's being ridiculed by pundits and journalists, and since last season, he's going to be mocked for not playing a game, and that's what the NBA is, and if you can't show what you're capable of, it's going to be a laughing stock.

Hearing Chamberlain's words, Tabitt nodded and said, "Boss Z, I will work hard, I will definitely work hard!" ”

Chamberlain smiled: "That's fine, you have enough potential, as long as you are willing to work hard, then soon you can shock the whole league." ”

The whole Union was indeed shocked, but not because of Thabit's expression, but because of a new round of collective bargaining began, and a new round of shutdown crisis came.

The NBA is a business league, and the owners and players are the objects of mutual use, so although the two sides usually show brotherly and compassionate attitude to the media, once it comes to the conflict of interest, they immediately tear off the smirk on their faces and start a-for-tat lawsuit.

And for a major league like the NBA, which involves a lot of people, if it is a lawsuit because of a dispute, it is not a matter of one or two days, so the shutdown happened.

In other words, the two sides will stop the game because of differences of opinion.

When the NBA faced its first shutdown in 1964, the status of the players' union was not recognized because the players' interests were not protected, and the then president of the players' union, Haiinthorne, called on the players to boycott the game as a means to put pressure on the NBA officials.

An hour before the All-Star Game began, several stars announced their withdrawal from the game and refused to participate in the rest of the game.

Walton Kennedy, then NBA commissioner, panicked by the boycott's strike, and he agreed to negotiate with the players' union after the All-Star break, which led to the All-Star Game taking place. Negotiations between labor and management ensued, and the NBA officially recognized the status of the players' union, and the players won the protection of their interests.

The first shutdown was temporary, because of the NBA's concession, the matter was quickly resolved, which was also related to the general environment at the time, when the NBA was still very small, there were not many teams, not many players, not many fans, not much money, and the confrontation between the league and the players was just a small dispute.

Later, when the NBA completed its merger with the ABA in 1976, the forest grew bigger, there were more birds, and things became troublesome.

At that time, the league stipulated that players who did not graduate from college could not enter the NBA, and ABA player Spencer Haywood was considered ineligible to play in the NBA by NBA officials because he dropped out of school, and considered Heywood's contract invalid.

After the news broke, Paul Silas, then president of the players' union, saw it as a discriminatory act, and the players' union called for players to demonstrate and take the NBA to court on the other. The court ruled that Hywood had the right to play in the NBA, and labor and management eventually reached an agreement to allow players from poor families to enter the NBA early.

In 1994, the third collective bargaining began, in which the management demanded a hard wage cap and restrictions on rookie contracts.

In order to avoid a shortening of the season, labor and management temporarily compromised, and then let the 1994-1995 season go smoothly. At the end of the season, the NBA announced the closure of the museum, and after another verbal war between labor and management, a new collective bargaining agreement was reached. Both sides took a step back, the hard salary cap was not adopted, and player contracts were restricted.

At that time, the collective bargaining was actually just a compromise between the league and the players for the common good, and the fundamental conflict between the two sides was not resolved, so in March 1998, the NBA labor and management sides began new negotiations on a collective bargaining agreement.

In this round of collective bargaining, the bosses wanted to adjust the league's salary cap system and the salary cap for players, but the players' union was adamant about the bosses' plan and wanted to increase the salary level of those who were paid the base salary.

Negotiations eventually broke down and the league began to shut down, the worst public relations crisis in NBA history, which lasted from July 1, 1998 to January 20, 1999, which led to only 50 games played by each team in the 1998-1999 season.

In addition, this labor negotiation has also led fans to have a very bad impression of the NBA - the NBA is a business.

With the second game in December, West was unable to play due to injury threats, so Chamberlain had to take on more responsibility.

In this regard, Chamberlain said that it doesn't matter, because since the start of the game, the Warriors have strong firepower on the outside, and to be honest, he has not started to exert his strength.

"This game is quite important, because there will be a child to watch the game, and you have to show your goodness." Old Nelson said with a smile before the game.

This is also a public good, and it has something to do with the preseason signing of sick young player Larry Byrne.

Oct. 14 was the birthday of a kid named Christian, and the young fan celebrated his birthday in a very special way, not asking his parents to prepare a birthday party for him, but asking to be able to catch a glimpse of the preseason game between the Warriors and Grizzlies on his birthday, because he is a die-hard fan of Chamberlain and West.

Christian's parents acceded to the child's request and offered him a rare ticket close to the halfway line of the pitch, and the child was delighted to learn that he was in such a good position.

But in the end, because of Larry Byrne, the preseason order was adjusted, and the Warriors played a game against the Clippers at home before going to China to play overseas, instead of playing overseas games first and returning home to play preseason games on the 14th.

In this way, on Christian's birthday, he naturally couldn't see the game, and he cried a lot for it.

Later, Christian's mother saw that her son was so sad, so she wrote a letter to the Warriors, and introduced their family situation, she was unemployed at home, her husband was a welder, and the family situation was very bad, and it took a long time to buy such a precious ticket in order to meet the child's wishes.

The Warriors pay attention to their impression in the minds of fans, and after receiving the letter from Christian's mother, the internal staff of the external liaison office immediately forwarded the letter to the general manager Nelson Sr., and after discussing with Chamberlain and Richard, Nelson Sr. decided to make up for Christian, and they will arrange for Christian to sit on the bench to watch the game in the next game, and also give their whole family a set of Christmas War family tickets.

Before the game, Christian's parents took him to the arena, and naturally they were also the focus of reporters' interviews, and the child's mother told the media: "I didn't expect things to take such a turn, it's unbelievable, I thought the Warriors would give our kids an autograph, but they not only invited us to watch the game, but also arranged a job for me, and we can't be more grateful." ”

Christian's father also smiled and said, "Since getting the Warriors' reply, my kids have been excited all night and we can go to Los Angeles to watch the Christmas game, is there anything better than that?" ”