Chapter 524: The East-West Gap
60+30+10 made Chamberlain's reputation spread all over the global sports world overnight, especially in the Chinese world, and countless sports fans were spreading Chamberlain's feat of creating Zào, Lenovo, Mengniu and other companies jointly launched an advertising offensive with Chamberlain as the protagonist in China, and a few days later, Chamberlain's large-scale advertising appeared in every city in the entire Chinese mainland.
"Z won 60+30+10? Holy, really? Isn't someone spreading fake news on a forum? -- The first reaction of countless office workers when they watch the news after work.
"Is this beast still human? What, the Timberwolves lost sixty points? Damn, I didn't pay attention, I only watched Chamberlain go during the game. That unlucky boy, but this is normal, Chamberlain won 60+30, and it is not too much for that bad team to lose 60. Countless fans were surprised when they couldn't finish watching the game and checked the score.
Dog flutter website hot post: "It's time to discuss Chamberlain's historical status, Asia's No. 1 center is ironclad, how does his status compare to the ancient giants?" Personally, I think he's the No. 1 center in NBA history, Russell, you say? Eight crowns are hairy? Horry still has seven crowns, does it work? Can he surpass Jordan? Besides, we are still young, less than twenty, and eight crowns are not much of a problem. ”
NBA Iron Bar: "As far as the current table is concerned, Chamberlain is already a well-deserved first person in the NBA, LeBron can't compare to him in terms of number or ability to lead the team, as for Kobe? Sorry, we live in Chamberlain's time. ”
Comi: "Brothers of Jamiemeka, let's make peace and go to Black Chamberlain together, the fans of this girl are too arrogant." ”
Jamie: "Okay, let's unite in the future, I'm going to call the brothers Black Chamberlain—, brothers?" Brothers? Where have you gone? , have you become a fan of Chamberlain? This group of traitors, workers, thieves, spies, and spies must not die well - what? Seal me to the little dark room? I'm hehe, you look shitty, do you know who Lao Tzu is? Lao Tzu has commanded Zhan for many years - I have something to say, don't seal my number, this is my big number......"
Amy: "Shut up, our little Ai is Z's eldest brother, of course we have to support Z, then we should also discuss it, Xiao Ai's championship this year can't run, how should Xiao Ai's status change after winning the championship?" ”
All of a sudden, sports fans around the world, including those who don't like basketball, were talking about Chamberlain's miracle, which had an impact even more than Kobe Bryant's 81 points against the Raptors.
In fact, this is not surprising, it is true that Kobe Bryant's influence is huge, but in 2005 and 2006, it was the worst time for his popularity, when he was a house leak and rained overnight, and he had the notoriety of forcing O'Neal away, and after O'Neal left, the Lakers' record plummeted, and the worst thing was that Kobe Bryant was still involved in the Eagle County incident and failed to come out.
Although the league did not suppress Kobe Bryant at that time, it did not praise him, but set the target on James. And Kobe's advertisers were busy terminating the contract with him at that time, and they didn't take the opportunity to promote his image, so that although the influence of 81 points is also very large, it is not as good as Chamberlain's 60+30+10 this time.
This is the first triple-double in league history, 60 points is not high, Jordan has cut 62 against the Green Shirts in the playoffs, 30 rebounds is not high, Welter's 50 rebounds are still on the books, and 12 rebounds are not a record of blocks, but Chamberlain has achieved these three achievements at the same time, so the gimmick is more sufficient.
In particular, the Warriors slaughtered the Timberwolves by more than 50 points in this game, nailing this team directly to the shame post.
Chamberlain's advertisers desperately promoted, and Carvalo spent a lot of money to advertise Chamberlain and the champion brand in major media, needless to say, the next day's news channel mentioned this matter, and it took 2 minutes to introduce Chamberlain's achievements in the NBA, and mentioned that the national leaders unanimously praised him as a 'good Chinese boy'.
Not only that, even the NBA is promoting this matter, Stern's globalization strategy has encountered a bottleneck, he lacks a person who can further promote the league around the world, Kobe Bryant is very good, but first, the honor is stained, and secondly, after all, he is older, and James is not bad, the problem is that James likes such things as five-step layups too much, in addition, James's appearance and image are not very good, Stern does not want global sports fans to think that the NBA is a world of rough men.
Chamberlain was born at this time, giving him an excellent choice: 1, Chamberlain is Chinese, the NBA has great potential in the Chinese world, he is not an American, and can be used to export to the world; 2. Chamberlain was young, not yet 20 years old, how much did he achieve? 3, Chamberlain is capable, needless to say, he won the best defensive player in his rookie season and almost brought the team directly to the finals; 4, Chamberlain is handsome, unlike other giants who are tall and disabled, Chamberlain is an enlarged version of a handsome guy; 5, the name is loud: his marriage to Taylor is still being hyped by entertainment reporters. On top of that, he has a good reputation, is also the principal of a school, and is passionate about charitable activities......
Such a person is brain-dead if he doesn't push Stern, he pushes not an ordinary push, after playing the Timberwolves, the Warriors' opponent is the Trail Blazers, Oden has just announced his comeback, and the 07 two-man contest is a super gimmick, and now fans across the United States are still looking forward to Auden the Great to come out and suppress Chamberlain's limelight, this game TNT will be broadcast live across the United States, and the main highlight is the contest between Chamberlain and Oden.
Stern specially convened a meeting of the uniform group, and a resolution was passed at the meeting, that is, Chamberlain can change his jersey in this game, he used to be No. 0, and now he can change to No. 100 - 60 + 30 + 10, the numbers are arranged like this, but there is only one game, he still has to wear back to No. 0 after playing the Trail Blazers, the league stipulates that the jersey number cannot be two digits or less, and this time '60 + 30 + 10' is just a special case.
The Timberwolves are more miserable, they have become the laughing stock of the league, and McHale has become a joke in the joke, other head coaches take warning, you must not stimulate Chamberlain in the future, it doesn't matter if you lose, there is no general who always wins and is undefeated, but it is too miserable to lose like this, right? In the next few decades, as long as someone mentions Chamberlain's 60+30+10, some people will remember that the opponent at that time was the Timberwolves, and the Timberwolves at that time were slaughtered by more than 50 points, and who was the coach who dominated the Timberwolves at that time? McHale!
As McHale's predecessor, Lord of the Rings Bill Russell lamented when he mentioned this incident: "McHale is actually a good boy, I don't know why he is obsessed with offending Z, all in all, he needs to keep this lesson in mind, good coaches rely on tactics to defeat opponents, not mouths, it seems that he has been learning from Auerbach for so long, and he has not learned this skill." ”
McHale remembered this lesson, but it was useless, and the Minnesota Mobile Sports News broke the news that the Timberwolves' uniform team decided to let McHale go out of class, and this guy has been messing around since he became the Timberwolves, and they finally can't stand it anymore.
Judging from the news in the next few days, the news is quite credible, because the Timberwolves are approaching Van Gundy Jr., who is idle at home after being fired by the Rockets, and this fiasco has him in mind, and they want to build a strong defensive team, and Van Gundy Jr. is undoubtedly a strong man in this regard.
McHale was sighing that the Warriors were on the line, and when they returned to Oakland, the Trail Blazers came to kill them.
This season's Trail Blazers have played well, with Roy and Aldridge starting to play a powerful role, and Fernandez is a new generation of musketeers on the outside, who have changed the impression of the fish belly team in the past few seasons, and now they are in the top eight in the league and are competing with the Thunder for the right to qualify for the playoffs.
This season, the scene of the East being weak and the West is strong has become more and more obvious, which can be seen from the All-Stars, compared to the stars in the West, those people in the East can also be regarded as All-Stars? The West is to pick out another set of lineups, I am afraid that they are all more luxurious than them.
The competition in the West is cruel and unprecedented, the boss Lakers, the second brother Warriors, needless to say, there are five All-Star players in the two teams, and three of them are starters in the West, and these two teams will definitely enter the playoffs. The third is currently the Mavericks, with Nowitzki and Kidd working together to be huge, and the fourth is the Hornets led by Super Paul.
The fifth-place Spurs are an old powerhouse, and they are the best at reaching the second half of the All-Star season, and the team is not to say that this team is strong, this year is still an odd number, and they are still the favorites to win the championship. The sixth Jazz team is also in the limelight now, the chubby cheek Delon is unwilling to give up the crown of the new generation of first point guard, and the blood of the fight with Paul is dripping, he also has Boozer, Oku, Kirilenko These strong helpers, plus the prestige of the iron handsome Sloan, the Jazz is still a strong team in the league.
The seventh is the Suns, Nash and Xiaosi are still at their peak, but O'Neal has brought them a huge drag, and the two sides really can't play chemistry together, it is said that the Suns are seeking the team to trade O'Neal, and they want to take advantage of the glory of Nash and Xiaosi.
The competition for eighth place is very fierce, with the Thunder team with three young Durant, Westbrook, and Jordan Jr., the Nuggets team coached by Melon, and the Trail Blazers, the opponent of the Warriors this time.
And the competition in the East is much simpler, the teams led by Howard, James, Wade, and Pierce are still strong teams, except for these four teams, the others are over. That's why Ray Allen and Garnett went from the west to the east, and without them, the east would be unwatchable.
Relying on the current lineup, ESPN and TNT have both predicted that the championship in the next 5-8 seasons will not fall to the east, but will only be monopolized by the west. In order to increase the spectacle of the All-Star and playoffs, fans are already calling for a change in the rules to select from the whole league regardless of the East and West, and the top 16 teams will enter the playoffs!
The Trail Blazers warmly welcomed the change, as they currently have a ninth record in the West and 12th in the league, just one win away from the Thunder, who are eighth in the West, and they really don't have much chance in the West, and the Trail Blazers are desperate to change their situation and make the playoffs to announce the team's rise.
The Trail Blazers are too hard, in fact, they can rise completely, just look at the Thunder. The Trail Blazers have been very successful in the past few seasons, they sent away Randolph, Crawford, a bunch of rotten bastards and hooligans, in exchange for honest and practical role players, and the core was selected by them through the draft, Roy and Aldridge have used their strength to prove how correct the Trail Blazers' choice is, and Fernandez has also become a bench bandit, but unfortunately the most important part of the fuck has gone wrong, that is, the carefully selected champion Lang Oden is abolished.
If Oden stays healthy and plays the expected ability, that is, the current level of Chamberlain, think about it, Chamberlain + Roy + Aldridge, such a combination will rule the next seventy or eighty years, Roy has a good personality, Aldridge is also a low-key person, and Oden's temper is no problem, once the combination of these three people is completed, it will definitely sweep the invincible opponent in the league, even if Chamberlain has the help of Billups and Iverson, he is still not an opponent.
Iverson has entered the end of his prime, and Billups can't play for a few years, so the Warriors have carefully cultivated Ibaka, Curry, and Morrow to help Chamberlain.