Chapter 182: Crazy Attack
Ellis's injury gave Chamberlain a new perspective on the game, not to retreat, but to move forward!
If he could have shaken off Big Ben's entanglement just now to defend James, instead of Ellis, this would not have happened.
But things have already happened, and regret will not help, and Chamberlain braces himself and prepares for a new round of attacks by the knights.
There is no doubt that the Cavaliers will make the most of their advantage, and Ellis' departure from the court with an injury is good news for them, as he is the Warriors' starting point guard, and the absence of his outside line is one less musket.
James hit two free throws, Billups advanced with the ball, West was extremely aggressive, he was like a jackal out of the gate, every gap was the flesh and bone in his eyes, and after arriving in the frontcourt, he ran wildly, rushing left and right, making Billy Thomas, who defended him, extremely embarrassed.
West gave the Warriors the energy they needed, and Billups didn't play alone, and when he saw that Ilgoskas and Wallace were still wrapping up Chamberlain, he passed the ball to West, who came up to pick him up.
After holding the ball, West looked inside, and as soon as his calf bent, he suddenly activated, like a wind-up electric rabbit, and quickly rushed into the encirclement of the Cavaliers.
Billy Thomas struggled to cope with West's breakthrough based purely on speed, he is a veteran, and he can make a place in the strong Cavaliers team, relying on experience and composure, and physical strength and physical fitness happen to be his shortcomings.
In the first two steps after West's start, Thomas could barely cope, but when West fully activated the acceleration mode, he could only follow behind and eat fart.
Fortunately, the Cavaliers also have a defensive fierce man on the outside, which is naturally James. James didn't dwell too much with Harrington, he gave Thomas a look and the latter completed the switch, and West flicked his wrist after facing the little emperor, and the basketball fell into the box through a gap.
In the penalty area, Chamberlain was fighting with Wallace for the card position, the ball hit the ground and jumped, he grabbed the ball, turned to face the former defensive overlord of the penalty area, his face was fearless, and he began to hit it with his shoulder against Big Ben's 'clang'.
Wallace's face was contorted like a demon, and his muscles rose high as steel, struggling to keep Chamberlain out of the box.
After four or five hits in a row, Chamberlain was about to turn around as soon as he twisted, and Wallace hurriedly shifted sideways, but Chamberlain pulled back and jumped straight to his feet, smashing the board before Ilgoskas stepped forward to trap it. Wallace reacted quickly enough, but he only had time to tug Chamberlain on the arm and instead ate a foul.
Chamberlain made free throws, he stood on the free throw line and stared at the hoop seriously, his legs bent and his body center of gravity dropped slightly, and then he didn't stand up straight, he pushed the ball out of the hoop with a flick of his wrist.
The moment the ball was pushed out of the cage, Chamberlain's bent legs suddenly straightened, as if his legs had become springs, and he also flew up after the ball flew, and after the basketball hit the hoop and bounced, he landed just on the ground, Big Ben and Big Z hurriedly occupied the space under the basket, but the basketball bounced out and was just fished out by Chamberlain outside.
Self-punishment and self-grabbing! Chamberlain is now happy with this move, and some people in the NBA have learned from him to play this hand, but they have not succeeded, and every time it is a free throw violation, because no one has such strong insight and such terrifying physical fitness as him, and he jumped and landed at the moment when the basketball touched the hoop.
Snatching the rebound, Chamberlain stepped to the basket, grabbed the basketball arm with his right hand and raised it high, his strong body seemed to be a missile ready to launch, and it flew up immediately after ignition, and Ilgoskas and Big Ben didn't have time to react, and when they turned around, they saw a snow-white jersey flying in front of them, and they were violently buckled!
Chamberlain's scoring streak was a shot in the arm for the Warriors players, and his self-grabbing rebound and self-dunk seemed to blow the horn of attack, and the Warriors' morale was greatly boosted.
After James got the ball again, his life was not good, Petrus himself was close to deal with him, and Harrington was waiting for him on the flank, and as long as James dared to break through, he would have to meet the two defensive giants.
Seeing that the boss was in trouble, as a guard with a knife in front of the palace, Gibson hurried up to help the boss share the pressure, James passed the ball, West suddenly pounced from behind like a vicious dog, although he failed to steal the ball, but it scared Gibson and James enough, this kid is too positive, right?
Gibson's attacking rhythm was disrupted, and he made a couple of feints without shaking off West before passing the ball to Ilgoskas.
Big Z finally got the opportunity to attack, he took advantage of his height advantage to face Chamberlain sideways, arched his body to the basket, arched out the gap, and then grabbed the ball with one hand, stretched out his arm and waved his hand smoothly, and came to a small hook under the basket.
This move was Yao Ming's famous stunt, and Chamberlain was very envious of it, but his strength was too great, and every time he hooked his hand, he would hook the ball out of the court.
However, his bounce is also very good, Big Z's shot is safe enough, but it is still not enough, Chamberlain soared into the sky, and the basketball was slapped by his big hand before it flew to the highest point, and he was slapped down, and he was directly out of the three-point line.
Billups ran towards the basketball and was about to pick it up, but a figure was more active than him, and West pushed him away and grabbed the ball, leaned over and ran to the frontcourt.
This made Billups laugh and cry, and he yelled after him, "I'm your teammate, boy, I'm your teammate!" ”
James returned to the defense in time, West rushed to the three-point line and looked back at Billups who was yelling there, James thought he was going to pass the ball, and immediately changed the focus of the defense and let go of West to pounce on Billups, who knew that although West glanced at this teammate, he had no intention of passing the ball at all, and dunked in front of James.
To the annoyance of the little emperor, he miscalculated, so his attention was on Billups, and he could only watch West's arrogant dunk in front of him.
The Warriors' defensive counterattack ignited the enthusiasm of the fans at Oracle Arena, and the deafening cheers rang out from all directions, almost tearing the ceiling of the court.
Chamberlain and West high-fived in celebration, and James, with a strained face, asked Gibson for the ball at halftime to go it alone.
This is where some experts attack James, who is undoubtedly capable and has a very unselfish style of play, but he is a small forward, or a scoring guard, but he has never been defined as a playmaker, so he should not do the work of organization, even if he has a wide field of vision and can always send a wonderful pass, because if he is a small forward who holds the ball and organizes the offense, then what do you let the team really play?
The strange thing about the Cavaliers is that they know that James needs to have the ball in his hand to play the most effective role, and he likes to hold the ball to organize the offense, but they have signed a lot of organizational guards, not to mention Gibson who is now standing on the court, but there are still three organizational guards on the bench: Damon Jones, Eric Snow, and Devin Brown.
Or is the Cavaliers uniform trying to suggest that James should let go of the ball in this way? However, this strategy of theirs is so stinky that it might as well be effective in person.
As soon as James got the ball, Petrus went up to defend closely, he was strong, and his strength has always been his advantage, James could only use speed and explosiveness to hit him, but there was a faster Harrington waiting on the side.
Cavaliers coach Brown was in a hurry off the court, yelling 'LeBron ball, ball split, LeBron', old Nelson was extremely disdainful of him, and didn't understand how this kind of person could become the head coach of the NBA, this guy would only play the main lineup and didn't pay much attention to some potential talents on the bench.
It's not that Nelson Sr. is biased against him, in the eyes of the old man, there is a big man with a lot of potential on the bench, Vallejo from the South American Pampas.
James wanted to show his toughness, but the little emperor chose the wrong opponent, his current opponent is a group of warriors, his determination is to find trouble for himself, and when he starts, Petrus and Harrington began to pester him by any means, more than Big Ben and Ilgoskas wrapped up Chamberlain.
James was in a hurry, and only then did he think of passing, but as soon as he put away the ball, a figure pounced, West!
James hurriedly took the ball back again, and West's appearance just now was too abrupt, almost scaring the little emperor's soul. However, although he avoided West's steal, he couldn't avoid Petrus's big hand, James took the ball back, and Petrus immediately grabbed it unceremoniously.
Petrus himself dribbled the ball forward, the Cavaliers defended quickly, the fast break could not be played, Chamberlain followed up from the middle, Petrus passed the ball to Billups, the latter feigned a breakthrough and then distributed the ball to Chamberlain in the middle, Chamberlain charged all the way, and after receiving the ball, the speed did not decrease, and he killed the blue bottom.
Big Z and Big Ben didn't have time to organize the defense, Gibson happened to be under the basket, watching Chamberlain pounce on him with the ball, he wanted to grit his teeth to stop him, but then he remembered the hapless Ellis, and after a quick trade-off between losing points and injury, he decisively gave way to the basket.
Without hindrance, Chamberlain dunked well.
was chased by the Warriors for 8 points in a row, James was anxious, and now their lead is gone, and they are also 4 points ahead by the opponent, but he is in a hurry, and someone is more anxious than him.
Gibson also wanted to complete the revenge on Chamberlain, so after dribbling to the frontcourt, he first passed the ball to Big Ben, and then the latter passed the ball back and received the ball again, he did not hesitate to shoot far outside the three-point line, ignoring the eyes of the boss James.
West was always so aggressive defensively, and although he couldn't block Gibson, his interference turned the latter's revenge ball into a tie, and then Chamberlain jumped up and turned the tie into their rebound.