Chapter 49: Troubles

The general trend has gone, this is the situation that the Jazz team faced in the entire second half, Sloan still didn't know enough about Chamberlain, the old Nelson was right, and held Chamberlain on the bench for a whole section, Chamberlain was like a tiger, and the Jazz team's interior line was blown up with the ferocity of the autumn wind sweeping the leaves.

When Sloan saw that something was wrong and sent Deron on the field, it was too late, the run-in time between Delon and Boozer was still short, and the two did not have the tacit understanding between Stockton and Malone.

By the fourth quarter, the Warriors had taken a double-digit lead at 78-68, and for the next six minutes, the Warriors were playing harder and harder — that's the kind of team that's the kind of team that plays the tailwind and is a brave man when they have an absolute advantage on the court.

In the first six minutes of the fourth quarter, the Warriors played the most hearty offense of the season, except for Chamberlain, each of them frequently fired on the outside, and it was particularly accurate, and it rained three-point rain all over the court, whether it was Azubuke, Ellis or Barnes Jackson, all of them hit long-range shots.

Those six minutes were the six minutes that decided the victory, and the Warriors extended the score to 96-74 in one fell swoop, directly turning the last six minutes of the fourth quarter into garbage time.

Sloan is a veteran coach who is used to seeing wins and losses, but the team was beaten so miserably in just six minutes, which was still beyond his expectations, and the Jazz did not let people play such crazy offense when they met the Bulls led by Jordan.

Unable to return to the sky, seeing that the Warriors were getting more and more crazy, he called a timeout, withdrew the main force, and sent a pure substitute to practice.

The old Nelson also replaced the main force, Jackson and others were unwilling, they are now feeling hot, and it is not impossible to go up and score a record-breaking score. However, the old man is stubborn, he doesn't want to irritate the Jazz too much, and he needs to know that there are several rogue teams in the Roads League, in addition to his Warriors, Sloan's Jazz team is also prominent.

At the end of the game, the Warriors took away the victory with the sighs and sighs of 20,000 fans in the stadium, and the final score was 110-95, and the Warriors won by 15 points, which was a small revenge for last season's playoff loss.

Chamberlain's stats were still dazzling, with 12 points, 20 rebounds, six blocks, and four assists. Among them, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Warriors attacked ferociously, and Boozer specifically made Chamberlain foul, but he made two free throws and two hits, directly slapping the Jazz's slashing Z tactics into the crotch.

This shows how invincible the Warriors' offense was in the first half of the fourth quarter.

Winning last season's arch-rival Jazz, the Warriors' sense of accomplishment outweighed winning the opener, and for them, beating the Lakers justifies the name, and without O'Neal's Lakers, what's so scary? Although the current Kobe Bryant is a top-notch scoring machine, no matter how ferocious the outside line is, there is nothing to fear.

The Warriors continued to be Ellis' top scorer, scoring 28 points on 9-of-19 shooting, including 7-of-7 free throws.

In any case, the most important game since the start of the season is over, and the old Nelson still takes Chamberlain to the press conference, and in Davis's absence, Chamberlain is the core of the team.

In fact, without Davis, the Warriors' life is still very sad, if it weren't for Chamberlain's strong rise on the defensive end, then the Warriors may have become a garbage team now, without the Warriors, the old Nelson's small-ball tactics can't be played at all, he is now changing formations on the spot, and winning depends on the players' good performance.

Five wins in a row is the Warriors' best start to the 21st century, and the next game is a tough one, and that's when they will really test their ability to take on the league's No. 1 hegemon, the Green Shirts, the Celtics!

Five months ago, if someone regarded the Celtics as a strong rival, it could only be said that this team had no ambition, after Auerbach, the Green Shirts have long lost the domineering spirit of eight consecutive championships, they have been silent for many years, relying only on a Pearson to live and not die, this team does not say that it is a great result to enter the finals, and it is a great result to make the playoffs.

That all changed about four months ago, when the Celtics and the Seattle SuperSonics closed a deal on June 28. The Celtics got Ray Allen, Glen Davis, while the SuperSonics got Szzczebiak, Delonte West, Jeff Green, and a future second-round pick.

For the SuperSonics, the deal is stupid, Ray Allen is their star of the game, and without Gentleman Ray, the team immediately fell to the top of the list. Moreover, even if you don't talk about Gentleman Ray, Glenn Davis is also an interior potential rookie.

However, the SuperSonics are a must-have move, because this team has long wanted to tear down and rebuild, and having the top pick gives them a chance. In the draft, the SuperSonics took a tough attitude to select Kevin Durant, who coincided with Ray Allen's position, and then sending away Ray became a top priority.

The Celtics have long coveted Junzi Lei, because before that, Wolf King Garnett has repeatedly said that he will not go to Boston, but to a team with the best chance of winning the championship, such as the Lakers who lost O'Neal.

However, just three days after the deal was completed, on July 31, 2007, the Minnesota Timberwolves and Boston Celtics completed the deal, with the Celtics sending Al Jefferson, Gerard Green, Theo Ratliffe, Ryan Gomez, Sebastian Telfer, two future first-round picks, and some cash for Kevin Garnett.

It was these two trades that brought a Defensive Player of the Year, a super shooting guard to the Boston Celtics, a team that had been dormant for years, and undoubtedly a championship with an all-time trident.

Kevin Garnett has racked up his accolades in the snow of Minnesota, while his team has been eliminated in the playoffs. Perhaps it was the perseverance of the Wolf King that moved the heavens, and he also got a chance to prove himself. Seven for one, unique in history, Wolves can't refuse such a bargaining chip, but in the short term, it is the Bostonian who earned it.

By the way, the combination of these three superstars is not a huddle, and it is not Ray Allen's own request to go to the Green Shirts first, the gentlemanly star guard who does not mind assisting the young Durant in the supersonic throne.

Moreover, whether it is Ray Allen or Garnett, they are now at the end of their careers, and the NBA has always had the rule that old stars team up to win championships, from the time Wilt Chamberlain left the 76ers to join the Lakers, Barkley and Drexler defected to Olajuwon, Glove Payton and Postman Malone left for California, and so on, there are countless examples before Garnett and Junzi Lei, they can only be regarded as Xiao Cao.

In the end, the departure of Junzilei and Garnett brought far more benefits to the parent team than they paid, and the two teams that were ready to rebuild got a lot of potential rookies and future draft picks because of this deal, and in the end, both teams completed the rebuild, this deal, can be called a win-win-win.

The Celtics have been aggressive since the start of the season, and like the Warriors, they are now on a five-game winning streak, and they are the only two teams in the league to be unbeaten and tied for the top spot in the league.

This encounter is naturally seen as a race for the top spot in the league, and for the Warriors, this is an opportunity to test whether they are a real strong team, and for Chamberlain, the conversation with Garnett will be an opportunity for him to prove that he has become the league's top interior player.

All the fans were looking forward to the game, so no one paid attention to the result of the Warriors' big win over the arch-rivals Jazz, and the news media unanimously focused on the battle for the top spot in the league between the Warriors and the Celtics two days later.

Of course, the contest between Chamberlain and Garnett is also a big attraction. Now in the defensive player efficiency list, rebounding leaderboard and block list, Chamberlain is ranked first, Garnett is second, and he is suppressed by a rookie, which is unbearable for the arrogant wolf king.

But even if he is as strong as the wolf king, he doesn't dare to say clearly that he can clean up Chamberlain, the battle with Duncan, the battle with Howard, and the battle with Boozer, Chamberlain has the upper hand, and these three are already the top inside line in the league.

When Garnett was interviewed by reporters, talking about the game with Chamberlain, the wolf king said cautiously: "Z is an excellent defensive show, and his sense of rebounding surprised me, if it is a one-on-one, then I don't think Z will be my opponent, I believe I can defend him, prevent every attack he makes, he can also guard me, but it is impossible to guard every attack of mine."

But we're going to have a game next up, a battle between five guys, and Z can give his teammates more energy than I do, and I'm going to try to limit his rebounding and try to steal as many rebounds as possible. ”

The reporter is a group of people who have no wind and want to set off a three-foot wave, and Garnett's modest answer, after their modification, has changed, and the content is very different from his answer:

"Super Rookie Incarnates the King of the Forbidden Zone, Green Army Leader Frankly Says He Can't Limit" - "California Sports News"

"Next Stop: Chamberlain's defensive ability scares Garnett" - Sports Today

"The afterlife is terrifying, the old wolf king dare not match" - "San Francisco Candid Man"

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Of course, there are still relatively few media outlets touting Chamberlain with Garnett's words, and more of them have proposed a literal translation of Chamberlain, and Garnett is still the protagonist in it:

"The Celtics will beat the Warriors, Garnett is confident that he can beat Chamberlain" - The Philadelphia Sentinel

"Heads-up must win, Garnett underestimates Chamberlain's offensive ability" - "Massachusetts Sports News"

"A rookie is a rookie after all, and a superstar is always a superstar" - Utah State Sports Evening News

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This battle for the first place in the league has attracted the attention of a large number of fans and media, and Chamberlain, as the biggest surprise of the Golden State Warriors, has naturally received more attention. But Chamberlain doesn't enjoy this fame at all, because he has played five games in the NBA since the last game, and according to the agreement with Samael, he has now lost Wilt Chamberlain's ability.

Chamberlain was convinced of this, because just after playing the Jazz, he was horrified to find that his body was slowly becoming weaker, getting closer and closer to the previous gigantism after walking difficult!

However, the next game is about to start, and he is still the protagonist in it!