Chapter 479: Unwanted Honor
The Mavericks and Warriors are in the same West, and the Warriors have maintained absolute dominance over the Mavericks in the history of previous meetings between the two sides. That advantage lasted into the 21st century, and with Cuban in charge of the Mavericks, the Warriors began to suffer. But that lasted only until 2006, when Nelson Sr., the godfather who single-handedly built the Dallas empire, came to the Warriors, and they began to gain the upper hand in the battle again.
After Chamberlain came to the Warriors, the two sides played three games last season, and the Warriors won all of them, and Chamberlain's toughness made Nowitzki unable to fight against him without help. The Mavericks' hatred for the Warriors is one-sided, in fact, the Warriors have never taken the Mavericks seriously since they got Chamberlain, and they don't even care about the Spurs.
Duncan and Nowitzki are a thing of the past, and Chamberlain is the new dominant player in the league, which is the unanimous view of Warriors fans, even Mavericks fans sometimes have to admit it.
But today Nowitzki gave these people a slap in the face, in the second quarter he and Kidd, Howard formed a three-way combination, the three of them teamed up to kill the Quartet, the first half of the second quarter was the three of them with Diop and Terry in the crushing of the outside of the Warriors, even if Billups returned to the court in the middle of the game, the situation did not improve.
Chamberlain returned to the court after an eight-minute break, and shortly after coming on the court he scored a layup on a breakaway from West. Taking advantage of Chamberlain's morale on the court, Billups stole Kidd's pass to assist West's fast break, but then Nowitzki's jumper failed, the Warriors' attack failed, Nowitzki jumped again but missed the ball, but Diop suddenly grabbed the offensive rebound and hit a three-point shot in the face of Evans.
In Howard's back-to-back shot, Chamberlain blocked Nowitzki's shot and was blown to interfere with the ball, and with the last minute of the counterattack, the Mavericks maintained their lead over the Warriors after the first half, 58-48, and the Warriors trailed by 10 points, which is rare in recent games.
After halftime, the Warriors players in the locker room were a little disturbed, and Ibaka scolded: "That German is so disgusting, he always lifts his feet, I will be kicked as long as I get close, why doesn't he stick two knives in his body?" When the time comes, whoever comes close will be cut! ”
"Good idea, damn it, I'm going to stick a knife in the second half." Barnes said.
West rolled his eyes and said, "We don't have a pocket for our jersey, where did you hide the knife?" ”
"He'll hide in his crotch!" Jackson smirked.
"Be careful to cut the balls, then your beautiful wife will be replaced." Iverson also said with a smile.
Barnes was upset and yelled, "Just kidding, don't mention your family, okay?" You see, you all talk trash well, but how can you be so civilized on the court? And the Dallas people have to be hard, you see you are so soft, how can you win? ”
"Who's soft? I'm harder than diamonds! Jackson said irritably, "Sit down, Mark, it's our brothers who are working the court, all you have to do is cheer us on......"
Barnes had a hot temper, and when he heard this, he immediately roared angrily: "What do you mean? The team is behind and you're putting the blame on us? If you can't play well, let's get off the court, I'm ready anyway! ”
Morrow and Curry also wanted to say that we were ready, but when they saw that the atmosphere in the locker room was not right, they immediately shrank their heads and whispered about what video games to play at night.
Hill winked at Billups, he couldn't say anything when he first arrived, Billups had been here for a season after all. Billups also noticed the problem, he quickly got up and played the round and said: "Hey, hey, brothers, it's a little too much, it's a little too much to say this, my brothers, everyone is working hard, everyone is trying to dedicate their strength, whether it's on the court or on the bench." Who are we? We are the Golden State Gangsters who are forever united! ”
Chamberlain interjected, wiping the sweat that was constantly oozing: "Don't argue, guys, I have to admit that I didn't do a good job in the first half, the responsibility is mainly on my head, I handled several balls very badly, you forgive me, okay?" ”
Chamberlain took all the responsibility on his head and put his posture so low, and Billups played a round, Jackson, Barnes and others were of course embarrassed to quarrel again, their relationship was very good, but they won all the way and ended up playing so badly today, everyone had a fire brewing in their hearts.
The group was panting with their heads down, old Nelson holding his arms and not speaking, and Chamberlain went up and kicked Jackson lightly and then glanced at Barnes. Jackson stretched out his fist and handed it to Barnes, grinning, "Sorry, bro, I just talked nonsense......"
Barnes smashed it with a fist, and said with a nonchalant smile on his face, "What are you doing here, Boss Jack, you don't think I really hate you in my heart, do you?" ”
Jackson Ha Da laughed and said, "Forgive you for not daring!" ”
"It depends on your performance, if you don't have a treat tonight, then you see if I dare." Barnes grabbed Jackson's neck and said fiercely.
The locker room atmosphere was re-cheerful, and it was only then that Nelson Sr. stepped forward to readjust his tactics and let Chamberlain feign a strong attack on the inside and actually distribute the ball to the outside. Later, after the break, the Mavericks crew came up to remind them that they were ready for the game.
Chamberlain was just about to leave, old Nelson gave him a look, Billups immediately pulled him and pretended to have something to discuss, and the others walked out of the locker room with a smile, leaving old Nelson and the two of them behind.
"What's the matter?" Chamberlain asked, he knew that the old Nelson might have something to advise, thinking that the old man was unhappy because of the noise just now, and he was afraid that the old man would trade players again in anger, so he hurriedly explained to them, "It may have been a little bad just now, but the boss you know that everyone is working hard for a goal, and this situation has occurred because they want to win too much......"
Old Nelson interrupted him with a wave of his hand and said, "I know, Z, you don't need to say much. Your relationship is fine, I'm well aware, but what I'm going to say is that your mentality is wrong, the team record of 16 consecutive wins has changed you, you forget your responsibilities and goals, tell me, Z, what are your goals? ”
Chamberlain subconsciously said: "Victory, continuous victory...... Oh no, we're aiming for the championship! ”
Hearing this, a smile suddenly appeared on Nelson's face, and he patted Chamberlain on the shoulder and said, "That's right, young man, your goal should be the championship." But now? I don't see that, in my eyes, your goal is just a winning streak! ”
Billups nodded and said, "I understand, BOSS, honor is a good thing, but sometimes it can be a bad thing, we have been blinded by honor now and forgotten what we are pursuing, so,"
He paused and did not speak, but Chamberlain understood what he meant.
Old Nelson had no scruples, he waved his hand, and said: "Don't do anything deliberately, let him go with the flow, it's better to lose this game, the mountain of winning streaks has overwhelmed some people." ”
The two looked at each other and nodded, the golden pair of Chamberlain and Billups in the third quarter had already sent out, looking like they were going to fight with the Mavericks to the end, the Warriors players were murderous, and Jackson roared: "For the sake of the streak, for the sake of victory, we must kill the Dallas!" ”
But the Mavericks taught them a lesson from the start, with Kidd's pass to Terry paired with a three-point shot. The Warriors' big three Chamberlain, Iverson, and Billups appeared on the court at the same time, and under the command of Billups, the Warriors players handed the ball to Chamberlain after successive passes, and Chamberlain attracted the bag and distributed the ball to Iverson outside the three-point line.
Nelson Sr. had arranged this tactic in the locker room before, so Iverson didn't think much about it, and immediately shot from three-point range, but the result was missed.
Dampier, who re-appeared on the stage, didn't care about grabbing rebounds and went to Chamberlain first, but the latter didn't care, and he didn't jump at all or pretended.
Dampier was overjoyed when he picked up the rebound, and he whispered to Nowitzki, "Boss, I've discovered a secret!" ”
Nowitzki ran for an empty seat and casually asked, "What's the secret?" ”
Dampier smiled mysteriously, nodded his finger like Sherlock Holmes in the movie, and said, "Chamberlain has no physical strength anymore!" ”
Fuck off, Chamberlain just doesn't have the physical strength to beat you into shit, Nowitzki roared in his heart, but the rest of the story seems to be true, Chamberlain didn't specifically target Nowitzki, but handed him over to Jackson.
Nowitzki played Jackson, who was inferior in height and weight, and he turned around and made consecutive shooting feints, and after the opponent fouled, he made two free throws and two free throws, and the Mavericks were completely in control of the situation on the court.
The Warriors played very tough, Jackson was ashamed and brave, and then found that the opponent's defense had no loopholes and even Chamberlain couldn't shoot easily, he took the initiative to pass the ball, like a wild horse to the inside, Howard's defense was knocked away by him, Nowitzki's supplementary defense was used by him to change direction, and after the most Jackson hit the restricted area for a layup, as a result, Dampier deployed the final line of defense, and the two collided together, and the referee blew Jackson's offensive foul.
Hearing this penalty, Jackson jumped up with red eyes, seeing this, Chamberlain hurriedly hugged him, old Nelson took advantage of Chamberlain's opportunity to grab the rebound and called a timeout, and then replaced Jackson with Barnes, who was very unwilling and roared vigorously: "BOSS, I'm fine, believe me, I can definitely kill those bitches!" ”
Looking at Jackson, who was like a mad tiger, Chamberlain felt a little guilty, he touched his nose and said, "We seem to have become politicians, damn it, I hate this feeling." ”
Billups slapped Chamberlain, he looked at the score in amazement and said: "No, we didn't give up the game, but it was really hard to play today, the boss was right, we are now disoriented by glory, if we continue to win on a winning streak, we won't even have the strength to play in the playoffs!" ”
If the old Nelson used Jackson to play power forward, it is understandable - after all, in the 2006-07 season he had many games arranged like this, but when Barnes changed the game, the lineup was weird: Chamberlain, Barnes, Billups, West, Iverson, even one big and four small are not so small, right?
However, the Warriors' offensive ability suddenly came up, Iverson's breakaway tore through the Mavericks' defense, and Billups passed the ball to West, who hit a step-back jumper. But this kind of defense is very problematic, Chamberlain demolished the east wall to make up for the west wall, and the most leaked Dampier, who finally had a chance to dunk, he got the ball and looked left and right to make sure that Chamberlain was still entangled with Nowitzki on the three-point line, so he was relieved to dunk.
"It's not easy!" Dampier sighed in his heart.
The absolute superiority made the Mavericks see the hope of winning, and the cheers of the fans came and went, and the Mavericks did not dare to relax but were more motivated, and this contrast made the situation of the Warriors even worse.
Terry hit an easy pull-up jumper, Nowitzki received a wonderful pass from Kidd and scored a jumper, Kidd broke through to score a layup, and even Kidd started to score, which was a little wrong. However, Nelson Sr. sat firmly on the Diaoyutai and did not call a timeout at all, but fortunately, Chamberlain hit a one-handed layup in an extremely difficult situation, and the Warriors broke the long-term scoring drought.
Kidd passed Nowitzki again, the German tank rumbled into the Warriors' jurisdiction, Chamberlain hurried to make up for the defense, seeing this, Nowitzki immediately passed the ball to Dampier, the second center was full of pride, holding the ball high above his head, didn't say, dunk!
"Boom!" With a muffled sound, Dampier flew out of the sky directly, and it was the ball in his hand that flew out of the air earlier, and Dampier looked back at the god-like Chamberlain with a painful face:, aren't you physically exhausted? Why are you still so able to jump and fly?!