Chapter 181: Injuries and Illnesses

As Chamberlain and James continued to collide, the two teams launched an offensive attack, the Cavaliers felt hot, the Warriors played resolutely, the two sides went back and forth, and at the end of the first quarter played a high score of 34:30, and the Warriors trailed by four points.

In the last two minutes of the first quarter, the head coaches of the two teams invariably changed to the bench lineup, compared with the opponent, the depth of the Warriors' bench has been commendable, but today did not take advantage, the Cavaliers are not easy to deal with, the sophomore Gibson is like a sharp knife, leading the Cavaliers to the Warriors' turf.

It is not only the little emperor who was ruined by the All-Star MVP who hates Chamberlain, but also his royal guard Gibson, this guy has played against Chamberlain in the All-Star Rookie Challenge not long ago, and the show that originally belonged to them was ruined by the twin stars of Chamberlain and Durant, Gibson played well in the sophomore team, and if they win, then the MVP of the Rookie Challenge may belong to him.

So, for Gibson, today is also a battle for revenge.

The elder Nelson clearly didn't want to lose the game, so he deployed a new tactic on the tactical board, and after the start of the second quarter, the main lineup of Chamberlain, Billups and Ellis, who had just been sitting on the bench for a few minutes, came back into play.

West, who has played bravely recently, sat on the bench and was eager to try, James and Gibson's unbridled scoring made him red, and he was looking forward to being able to teach these guys a lesson, but Nelson Sr. didn't look at him, and he obviously didn't trust him very much in this kind of key game.

This made West extremely frustrated, but it was normal, after all, the Warriors still have Azubuike, Barnes, Belinelli and a bunch of strong men on the bench, and these people are all people who can play shooting guards.

The Cavaliers' lineup changed slightly, and the playmaking guard was replaced by Daniel Gibson, a great point guard with strong scoring ability, speed and talent, a wide field of vision, and a pull-up jump shot that always kills opponents.

Now on the Cavaliers, Gibson is James' best helper, and Cavaliers' head coach Brown has positioned him similarly to Ginobili to the Spurs, generally starting very little, but responsible for coming off the bench to charge, Gibson has been doing a good job at this.

Seeing Chamberlain, Gibson was in good spirits, he quickly advanced to the frontcourt, faced Billups' defense, hesitated and passed the ball to James.

"It's your fan, man, you have to be kind to him." Chamberlain yelled at Billups at the Big Benca position that Gibson's most admired NBA player was Billups, but the two were not destined to be the same type, and the latter was stronger than he could match.

Billups smiled and said meaningfully, "Of course I'll treat him well." ”

James slowly slapped the ball, his eyes scanning the front court like a knife, looking for an opportunity to break through. Jackson was scared, and he suffered a lot in the first quarter when the two were facing off, but he was already the best man in the Warriors to limit James.

Szczebiak stepped forward to cover, James lifted the ball and took a step back when his teammate came up, and Jackson immediately followed without hesitation.

However, James's retreat was not to open up the distance to shoot, but to create a cushion for the charge, and he took two steps back before accelerating suddenly, 'rumbling' forward like a high-speed tank in full force.

Jackson stepped back, Szzebiak blocked him, and James rushed vigorously to the inside, and there was a smooth road ahead.

Chamberlain was entangled by Big Ben, the latter used his terrifyingly strong upper limbs to frantically entangle him, in a vain attempt to jam him behind him, Chamberlain was unwilling to be stuck and naturally resisted, two men as strong as iron warriors began to compete in the narrow forbidden area, and for a while muscles collided with muscles, bones and bones, and the wind and clouds in the forbidden area.

Although Big Ben is no longer the invincible shield of steel as he gets older, his foundation is still there, and he is still one of the few monsters in the NBA.

Someone did the work for Chamberlain.

As soon as the little emperor saw that Chamberlain, who was the biggest threat to him, was still tearing with Ben Wallace, he gave up the mid-range shot, continued to accelerate the impact on the penalty area, and put away the ball to dunk directly.

Ellis on the flank saw that James was so arrogant, and he knew that he had been standing next to him, but the little emperor didn't even look at him, and directly decided to end the attack with a dunk, which angered him.

Aunt can bear it, Uncle Ellis can't bear it, Ellis saw James put away the ball and wanted to go to the basket, gritted his teeth and was ruthless, he pounced with red eyes, and reached out to grab James's arms, he knew very well that he couldn't block James's dunk, so it would be a foul, anyway, he couldn't make the little emperor feel better.

As a result, he underestimated the kinetic energy brought out by the impact of the little emperor and his own strength, the two bodies crossed and met in the air, Ellis reached out and scratched in James's arms, and the other party staggered in the air, and he himself was even more uncomfortable, and was directly knocked out of the air by the oblique stab.

The little emperor was almost dragged down, and after landing on the ground, he staggered several steps to stand firm, and Ellis was even worse, flying directly into the press box under the basket.

The referee blew the whistle quickly and Ellis fouled, there was no doubt about it, but Chamberlain was pleased with his performance and smiled and said to Billups: "In our culture, there is a saying 'willing to take the emperor off the horse', which is the best way to describe Ellis. ”

The two of them laughed and stepped forward to pull Ellis up, but when they got to the basket, they found that something was wrong, Ellis shrank on the floor with a painful face, his hands reversed to protect his waist, beads of sweat rolled down his cheeks, and quickly formed a small puddle on the floor.

Chamberlain's face changed suddenly, he was just about to go to La Ellis, Billups pulled him, turned around and shouted: "Team doctor, call the team doctor quickly, damn it, Monta may be injured, hurry up!" Hurry up! Hurry up! ”

Old Nelson saw that Ellis had been lying on the floor and couldn't get up, so he decisively called a timeout, and then the team doctor, who had been waiting with the team, finally came to play and quickly ran over to check Ellis's physical condition.

Chamberlain and the others were anxiously surrounding them, and James hesitated for a moment and stepped forward to ask, "What's wrong, is there anything you need help with?" ”

Jackson exclaimed angrily, "You help a bird?" Now you're happy, but Monta is probably hurt! ”

Chamberlain glared at Jackson sternly, interrupted him and said, "Boss Jack, this matter has little to do with LeBron and them, we should be hostile to them, but not in this matter." ”

Ellis's injury does not have much to do with James, although he is directly responsible, his dunk has been completely rushed just now, as long as people who are not confused know that there is no need to block it, but Ellis was stubborn at this time and chose to collide with LeBron.

James knew that the Warriors players were in a bad mood right now, so he didn't say anything more, shrugged his shoulders and made a gesture of helplessness before returning to his bench.

The team doctor gave Ellis a simple diagnosis, and then found someone to bring a stretcher, fixed Ellis's waist, lifted him, and left the court directly.

"Man, is Monta okay?" Chamberlain asked the team doctor with a fluke mentality.

The team doctor looked solemn and said: "Whether there is anything wrong or not can be concluded after a detailed examination, but it is certain that he will not be able to play in this game." ”

Hearing this, the Warriors were full of mourning, and the old Nelson's brows were tightly furrowed, almost killing a fly, and the injury of his players was definitely a disaster for him, especially since this person was still the most capable outside scorer under his hands. He didn't have time to mourn the incident, though, because there was still a mess on the pitch for him to deal with, and there was only ten seconds left for the timeout.

Now the top priority is to fill the hole left by Ellis, the old Nelson set his sights on the defenders around him, Azubuuk hurriedly geared up, Belinelli also held his head high and made a majestic appearance, Chamberlain's words made the two wilt: "BOSS, I think Delonte should be played at this time, because we have been playing too dull and need to go crazy." ”

Old Nelson pondered for a moment, the three referees had already urged him, and after the last moment, he made up his mind and waved his hand: "Okay, Dronte West, you go up and give these bitches of Cleveland rednecks a little color!" ”

West wasn't enthusiastic about Ellis' injury before, in fact, in the entire Warriors, he only has two friends, one is Chamberlain, and the other two are 'half friends', that is, Jackson and Evans. Therefore, Ellis's injury is not bad news for him, he just pays attention to this matter purely in the mood of ordinary teammates.

It's been a big change for West, and he'd only gloated if he had been injured by teammates, especially the shooting guards who competed with him for playing time, during his previous days with the Celtics and Supersonics.

In addition to replacing Ellis with West, Nelson Sr. also made changes to the lineup, with Petrus and Harrington coming on at the same time, and they will form a forward group of the Warriors, and the two will be tasked with clamping down the little emperor together, handing over to Chamberlain on the inside and Billups and West on the outside.

The little emperor made two free throws, and the home team did not have the right to call a timeout during the away team's free throws according to NBA regulations, but today it was Ellis who was injured, which was an exception.

Two free throws and two hits, today the little emperor feels hot, from the first quarter to the present, his shot has only missed once, and all the others hit, and the horror of the high hit rate.