Chapter 110: The Great Gladiatorial Battle in the Forbidden Zone
The task of defending Davis was given to another Davis, Ricky Davis, who was of similar height and weight, and if they met together, it would be considered a Mars collision with the Earth.
Ricky Davis' golden career was with the Cavaliers, and in the early seasons of the 21st century, he was the boss of that team, averaging 20+5+5 per game, which is absolutely dazzling among guards, even in the current NBA, it is an All-Star level existence.
However, considering that this guy has a bad record of brushing data, then his data also has to be put under question.
Ricky Davis has two things in his career that are more famous, one is at the last moment against the Jazz, Davis, who has already scored 20+10+9, in order to get a triple-double record, when he grabbed the ninth rebound, he found that the game was about to end, so he threw the basketball to his home rebound, and grabbed another one to ten rebounds.
At that time, the Jazz head coach Sloan who was standing on the court was shocked, and the old fans probably won't forget the weird scene at that time, seeing the wind and clouds and the magician Big Bird Flying Emperor fight for many years, he has long practiced pampering and humiliation, and the old Mr. Sloan, who has not changed his face and cheeky mentality, opened his mouth wide and his eyes were dull, and he was directly messed up by Davis.
Another thing Ricky Davis is known for is his big mouth, when the Cavaliers were the No. 1 pick in 2003 and drafted LeBron James, the current emperor in the league. After learning about the team's selection, Davis, who was the Cavaliers' locker room leader at the time, happily told reporters, saying, "The team finally found me a decent helper." ”
After this sentence was published, the league was stunned again, is this guy showing the lower limit? However, it is not easy to refresh the lower limit of IQ again and again. How good does Davis feel like he is to pick the core of the Cavaliers' team as a helper?
Sure enough, shortly after the little emperor landed in Cleveland, Ricky Davis was traded by the Cavaliers.
In fact, if Ricky Davis could calm down and be the deputy of the little emperor, then the Cavaliers may have the strength to impact the championship, and with him on the outside to help the little emperor charge, the Cavaliers only need to strengthen the interior to become a strong team in the league.
The two Davis faced each other to attack and defend, and seeing that their teammates couldn't play alone, Ellis came up to answer it, and as soon as he got the ball, Wade came up. Wade didn't defend the former Warriors core Davis, but kept an eye on Ellis, wary of the latter's attacking power.
Wade can put a lot of pressure on his opponents, he is strong, fast, conscious, and has a pair of fast hands, and he can be stealed if he is not careful. But Ellis was not afraid at all, and he took a swift step and rushed forward, like a sharp arrow off the string.
Whether Davis or Ellis, they are excellent guards, but today's protagonists are not them, but O'Neal and Chamberlain, who are fighting on the inside, this game is seen as the handover ceremony of the league's first center, O'Neal wins, then the league inside still belongs to these old guys, Chamberlain wins, that means it's time to change the helm of the league.
Although Ellis had a strong desire to attack, he did not hesitate to hand the ball over when he saw Chamberlain pushing away O'Neal to gain the advantage of the card position.
Oxlade-Chamberlain got the ball, and as soon as he turned around, he saw O'Neill with open arms staring at him in the box.
Today's O'Neill is tall and tall, and his fat flesh is even more oppressive, and the whole person looks like a wall of flesh, he leans down slightly, and roars like a fighting beast: "Come on, rookie, come and eat Shaq's big hat." ”
Chamberlain, like a young lion about to storm the old lion king, straightened up and grabbed the ball with one hand, first scanned around, and saw Haslem eyeing the flank, he hesitated and threw his hand to pass the ball.
O'Neill quickly sensed Chamberlain's scruples, waved his hand at Haslem, and shouted, "Man, you're out of the way, it's between me and this kid!" ”
In the duel between the knights, O'Neill regained his peak pride at this moment, although he was old, although he had entered the end of his career, he still refused the help of others in the face of Chamberlain's challenge, and wanted to complete the battle with him himself.
In 1992, when O'Neal first entered the NBA, his predecessors Olajuwon, Patrick Ewing, Karl Malone and David Robinson played against him just like that. This is a confrontation between the king's center and has nothing to do with other minor characters.
One-on-one, Chamberlain recalled what Thurmond had taught him on weekdays, leaning sideways against O'Neill's chest, muscles all over his body tensed, and slowly but surely pushed inward.
He slapped the ball rhythmically with his right hand and reached forward with his left arm to cover the ball and hit O'Neal.
One step, two steps, O'Neill's face was heavy, and he slowly retreated, not because he couldn't bear Chamberlain's strength, but because years of experience told him that he needed to retain his strength to guard against Chamberlain's change of formation. With enough energy to spare, O'Neill opened his mouth and began to spew trash talk: "Is this all your strength?" I have to say that you are too bad, rookie, my grandmother's strength is greater than yours, you are like a girl, you arch into my arms all the time, is it a lack of maternal love? ”
"Lao Tzu is going to you!" Chamberlain suddenly strengthened the impact force, he replied with a hideous face, and in the shortest possible time, he burst out of all the force in his body, and frantically hit the inside line, knocking O'Neill away and putting away the ball and rising from the ground, roaring angrily and turning around to be a tomahawk split.
"Boom!" With a muffled sound, the jumping Chamberlain was like a wild goose with an arrow, his body staggered and writhed in the air, and he almost fell after landing, and the ball in his hand had already flown off, and in front of him, O'Neill looked proud, and his fat body shook like a tide, exuding a strong desire to conquer.
Haslem snatched the ball, and Chamberlain was a little incredulous for a while, he attacked and dunked so violently, and was actually dropped by this old guy's hat? He ate a big hat at the beginning?
"Retreat, Z, retreat!" Jackson saw that Chamberlain was a little slow to react, so he hurriedly shouted.
Wade showed his strength with the Flash in this attack, Haslem passed the ball out, and when he received the ball, he started and accelerated directly, like an Aston Martin supercar, rushing to the front court at a galloping speed.
Ellis and Davis went up to intercept him, only to be left behind by Wade, who had the ball in hand, who went straight to the basket to complete the layup, and the first two could only eat his exhaust from behind, sighing in despair.
The American Airlines arena resounded with the cheers of the fans, O'Neill looked at Chamberlain defiantly, hooked his fingers and shouted: "This is the first center?" When did the league fall to the level of you and be the first center? Come into Daddy's arms and let Daddy Shaq give you another big hat! ”
Jackson saw that Chamberlain was unhappy, and when he ran past him, he persuaded: "It's okay, Z, don't go to heart, you're only eighteen years old, Shaq is thirty-eight years old, you have enough time to clean him up." ”
Chamberlain didn't speak, and went inside again to fight for the card position with O'Neal, and this time O'Neill didn't fight with him like before, but stuck behind him, allowing him to easily get the ball.
Throughout the whole time, Chamberlain remained silent, and he held the ball again, still with his back to O'Neill, pushing his opponent with his back as before. After two steps in a row, he slammed into the ball and pulled back. O'Neill's massive body seemed to have been hit by a tank and had to take a step back.
The opportunity arose, Chamberlain already had a chance to shoot, but he didn't do it, but made a feint with his shoulder, and then his shoulder fell and twisted, and his long legs stepped out one after another, cutting O'Neal's body like a fish to the basket.
O'Neill has been accumulating strength and waiting for this time, although Chamberlain's breakthrough was fast, but it did not completely get rid of him, the penalty area was only so small, O'Neill just chased back two steps, and followed Chamberlain, and his huge body still shrouded Chamberlain.
Seeing that he burst into the basket, Chamberlain suddenly waved his arm to jam O'Neal, took the ball and turned quickly, like a spinning top, around O'Neal, from the left penalty area to the right penalty area, so that with his back to O'Neal and facing the basket, Chamberlain achieved the best offensive position.
Without hesitation, Chamberlain put away the ball and raised his arm to dunk, O'Neal was out of position, he was shocked, and he couldn't turn around completely, and jumped up on the side of Chamberlain. When the shark jumped, it was empty, and there was no sign of Chamberlain.
Fooled! O'Neal groaned in his heart, and Chamberlain jumped up just as he began to fall, with a slight flick of his wrist, and the basketball flew up and hit the rebound, then bounced into the hoop.
"Nice offense!" Old Nelson's eyes lit up when he saw Chamberlain's performance, and he couldn't help but exclaim, "Winnie's training is very successful, Z is doing a good job, look at the scene just now, how exciting, like a young leopard hunting fat reindeer?" ”
Nelson Jr. and a couple of assistant coaches were also very excited, and Chamberlain's attack was completely skillful, although it was still a little sluggish, but it was already showing signs of a strong attacker in the box.
Chamberlain's offensive skills have always been his shortcomings, but under O'Neill's strong pressure, he finally rebounded like a spring, and began to transform the attack skills he learned into actual combat skills.
Chamberlain's face was solemn, and after the score, he immediately ran to the frontcourt, and he knew that after the switch between attack and defense, O'Neal would personally lead the attack. O'Neal had just taught him a lesson on the defensive end, and then he slapped him back, and with the shark's careful eye, this attack must have been to toss him hard.
As he expected, the previous scene of Chamberlain deceiving himself with a feint completely angered O'Neal, making the shark feel embarrassed, and after Wade came with the ball, he immediately stuck Chamberlain with his huge body, ****** sat back, and reached out to ask for the ball.
Wade's personality is still very honest and magnanimous, he saw that his teammates wanted the ball and the inside line only needed the Shark and Chamberlain, so he simply dribbled under his crotch, raised his hand and threw the ball above O'Neal's head.
O'Neal wanted to hold the ball in one fell swoop, but when Wade passed, his back suddenly loosened, and Chamberlain, who had been stuck behind him, took a step forward like lightning, jumped in front of him, and stole the basketball that was flying in the air.
If the previous scene of Chamberlain shaking off the shark with a feint only made him angry, then this steal from him in front of him made him angry.