Chapter 20: The Starters
Chamberlain walked to the locker room with Li Qun, and he said a little embarrassed: "I'm sorry, I didn't expect this to happen." ”
In contrast, Li Qun was more generous, and she chuckled: "What are you sorry for?" I should thank you, if it weren't for you, I wouldn't have been able to come in for an interview today. Besides, it doesn't matter if they misunderstand, anyway, my family is in China, and they won't know about it, but it will have a big impact on you, right? ”
Chamberlain shrugged and said, "I don't have a girlfriend yet......
Li Qun's big eyes flickered, and he smiled slyly: "Are you hinting at something?" ”
Chamberlain shrugged again and said, "But I have a wife." ”
Li Qun's eyes widened in surprise, her ruddy cherry lips opened slightly, and Chamberlain found that she was very beautiful and intellectual when she was surprised, so he stopped teasing her and continued: "My wife is a basketball. ”
By this time, the three of them had already walked to the Warriors' locker room, and Chamberlain said to the cameraman before opening the door: "Don't take pictures in there later, I'll tell them that you will shoot later." ”
The photographer smiled and said I know, and Chamberlain opened the door and walked in.
The group in the locker room were all wearing only ball pants and were doing routine bragging. Seeing Chamberlain and Li Qun coming in, Biedrins stroked his unkempt hairstyle, jumped up and said to Li Qun with a shy face: "Hello beauty, my name is Andre Biedrins, and my nickname is 'Handsome Guy'......"
"Laobi, if you don't disappear from my face within three seconds, I won't guard Duncan today, it's up to you!" Chamberlain said slowly.
Hearing this, Biderings said nothing, and honestly went back to his locker and sat down. It's up to him to defend Duncan? Are you kidding? Since entering the NBA in 2004, he has been tortured by Duncan, and now that Chamberlain has finally come to the front line of defense, how can he find trouble again?
In fact, although Biderins is thin but not weak, his strength is still quite large, but this considerable size also depends on who he compares with, compared with Bynum and Brown, his strength is not strong, and if you want to compare with Duncan, it can be abused out of.
A series of honest bearded Davis stepped forward and said to Li Qun with a serious face: "Hello, girl, I'm Byron Davis, the captain of Z, it's a pleasure to meet you, if you need help in the NBA in the future, just ask, you are Z's girlfriend, that's our brother and daughter-in-law, isn't it?" He looked back and roared.
"Must drop!"
"Z is my brother, and his daughter-in-law is my daughter-in-law!"
"Daughter-in-law, write down my phone number, call if you have a problem!"
Li Qun shook his head with a smile and said with a smile: "I heard before that NBA players are very money-heavy, and there are constant disputes between each other. I came to our locker room today to find out, rumors are rumors, it must not be enough to believe, I have never seen you such a united team, you are a real TEAM! ”
The Warriors players immediately cheered, and Azubuke gave Chamberlain a hand, saying: "Your daughter-in-law is very good at talking, and you kid is lucky to have such a beautiful and talkative daughter-in-law." ”
Chamberlain sighed and said, "We are just ordinary friends, do you believe it?" ”
Azubuk frowned, shook his head, and said, "You don't treat us as brothers, do you?" Why don't you tell the truth at this time? ”
Old Nelson soon walked in, and when he saw Li Qun with a press card on his chest and a videographer with a camera on his chest, he frowned and said, "I'm sorry, it's not time for a routine interview......
Davis hurriedly said to the old man: "BOSS, this is Z's girlfriend, who came to see our game." ”
Old Nelson suddenly realized, and immediately stretched out his hand and nodded: "I'm Donald Alvid Nelson, you are the same as Z, just call me BOSS, of course, you can also call me Old Don, that's what my daughter calls me, Ha Luha." ”
Chamberlain patted his forehead, fucking it was yellow mud falling into the crotch of his pants, it was not shit and shit was shit.
Old Nelson gave Chamberlain quite face, he called the logistics director Sadra, pointed to Li Qun and said: "Arrange the best interview space for them, and allow them to walk around the whole venue." ”
Sadra motioned for the two to go out with him, but Harrington at the door blocked the door and shouted, "Kiss one, kiss one, don't go out without kissing!" ”
The others followed with the yelling: "Kiss one! Kiss one! Kiss one! ”
Li Qun also felt that the problem was tricky now, Chamberlain looked at her for help, he didn't care, Li Qun was a big beauty, not to mention kissing one, he was also willing to have a shot, but could he be willing to be a girl?
In the face of everyone's coaxing, Li Qun smiled slightly, and said crisply: "That's it, after the game tonight, I will invite you to eat an authentic Chinese dinner, which will be regarded as a celebration banquet for winning the last game, and Lao Zhang and I will listen to you at that time, okay?" ”
When a group of people heard that someone was invited to dinner, they screamed happily, most of the people present were millionaires, they didn't care about the meal, they cared about feelings.
Quietly, Li Qun pushed aside the agitation of the group and walked out of the locker room unharmed.
Old Nelson gave Chamberlain a thumbs up and said, "You are not only beautiful, but also infinitely intelligent, well done, Z, you have found a good girlfriend!" ”
Chamberlain smiled bitterly and said, "I don't think about this now, I only think about how to kill the San Antonio people later!" He gritted his teeth when he said the last sentence, "Tim Duncan, I'm not going to make him feel good today!" ”
In a word, Chamberlain diverted the subject from himself, and it turned out that he was also infinitely wise.
Old Nelson took out the tactical board and began to arrange the tactics, he drew black lines on the tactical board, and then said solemnly: "This game is our first home game, more than 20,000 fans are waiting for us to win, so we have to win today!" In this way, our tactic today is NellieBall! ”
'Nellie' means weak, and 'NellieBall' has a unique meaning in the basketball world, which is the famous 'small ball tactics'.
If one big or four small focuses on fast attack and quick defense, then the small ball tactic is super fast attack and super fast retreat, this tactic focuses on completing the shot in "7 seconds or less", and disrupting the opponent's defense with a sharp scalpel-like attack.
NellieBall is synonymous with Kombat Whirlwind, which can make a team go from weak to strong, and the style of play is pleasing to the eye. However, this tactic was determined not to win the championship and could only earn money at the box office.
Nelson Sr. has spent his whole life perfecting this tactic to make it both nice and useful, and today against Popovich, he used this tactic just to show all the doubters who doubted the tactic that he could still beat the championship team with this tactic!
Popovich and Nelson Sr. had a complicated relationship, and they were both mentors and friends. Popovich first debuted with Nelson Sr. to learn tactics, and at that time he was the latter's assistant coach, learning defensive tactics from him.
Later, Popovich went to the Spurs to start a sect and chose David? Robinson and Tim? Duncan, the two super interior lines, resolutely executed the tactics of defense first, and gradually became a regular in the championship, and the Spurs' law of winning championships in odd-numbered years is enough to prove his strength.
For those who don't know NellieBall's tactics, it's no surprise that they like to describe the Warriors' fast break as running all over the court, as it seems to be. Whether the opponent scores or not, the Warriors will run, Byron? Davis or someone else is pushing forward at high speed with the ball, and the rest of his teammates are close behind, and the opponent doesn't know where the focus of the Warriors' offense is.
But those who really know the know that every Golden State Warrior stands in a carefully selected designated position after a chaotic run: if the opponent spreads the defense, Davis or Ellis will attack the inside, and if the opponent is eyeing the ball handler, there will be opportunities on the outside.
Run, drop and shoot, that's the essence of NellieBall, and Nelson Sr. insisted that if the NellieBall tactics were really executed perfectly, the team could definitely win the championship, and the reason why teams that played small ball tactics couldn't win the championship was because they didn't have the right players to execute it. The execution of this tactic requires a few all-round players and at least one interior player with superior defense, remember, extraordinary defense.
The Warriors have such a bunch of people right now, Ellis, Barnes, Harrington, Stephen? Jackson, along with Petrus and Azubuuk, are all-round players who can handle the ball, shoot from the ground up, and dunk through the ball. For a long time, Nelson Sr. was short of a super defensive expert, and now, Chamberlain is here.
"Z, Laobi, Azubuke, Davis, Ellis, you five are going to start!" Nelson Sr. released the starting lineup, which was not surprising to the Warriors players, Chamberlain has proved with his performance in the team game that he is worthy of starting the game, and the old Nelson pressed him to the bench in the last game, which is already an explanation for these old players.
Petrus didn't care at all about Chamberlain squeezing out his starting position, because he wasn't a starter in the first place, he was banned because Jackson, who was supposed to start, and he got into the starting lineup.
Li Qun just now was not just to slap these people's sycophants, the current Warriors are indeed a rare team team in the NBA, but today they are facing the most famous team team in the league, the San Antonio Spurs!
Compared to the two teams, the Spurs are like a machine, everyone works hard for the machine to work, and no matter what they do, they are orderly and follow the rules. The Warriors, on the other hand, are wolves, fierce, unscrupulous, and wild.
First, the visiting players came out, and as soon as the Spurs players appeared, the boos rang out, and when the boos were at their loudest, it proved that their appearance was coming to an end - the one who was booed the most was Duncan. Then the home team came out, and this time Oxlade-Chamberlain didn't have to be the first to go out, and although it was only one game, he had already proven that he was good enough to be the core player of this team.
However, because of seniority, Chamberlain still made the sixth appearance from the bottom, and generally speaking, the starting five players are the last five to play.
This time was completely different from the previous time at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, when Chamberlain appeared, the DJ roared in a passionate voice: "Next, my dear brothers and sisters, stand up to your bodies, stretch out your palms, and let us welcome you with the warmth of a volcano - the toughest big man in the Golden State, the Titans from Hell, the young Mr. Triple-Double, the Miracle Maker, the Crazy Barbarian Warrior - the talented center from St. Lawrence High School, Chamberlain, Chamberlain, Chamberlain!!, Chamberlain ”
Chamberlain hit his strong chest and ran out of the players' tunnel, the fans on both sides went crazy when they saw him, desperately reaching out to high-five him, Chamberlain spread his arms as much as possible to contact the fans, and after getting on the court, he quickly found the Spurs bench, and then walked out of a punch hammer motion at Duncan.
His provocative action once again aroused the cheers of the audience.
Duncan didn't care, he rolled his eyelids and looked at Chamberlain, indifferent. At this time, a reporter next to him asked: "Duncan, do you have anything to say about Chamberlain's provocation?" ”
Duncan turned his head slowly and asked with a blank expression, "Chamberlain, who is that?" ”