942 Li Gui meets Li Kui
In the first quarter, the Warriors gave the Magic the home court a warning, and played three times to support them, leading the score directly with 322 and double-digits.
In the live broadcast room of TNT, Miller was eager to try and said: "Who can stop this Warriors now? Damn, are they still lacking shooters? I really want to come back and try it out now."
Van Gundy also scratched his bald head in distress and said, "How many points did you get? It seems that there is less than ten in the first quarter? This is the terrible thing about this team. As the core, Chamberlain has not had a chance to perform yet, and his opponent has been defeated by them - look at Carter and Jamison, look at their performance in the Warriors, you would never have imagined that both of them were 65 years old together."
At the beginning of the second quarter, Chamberlain sat on the bench and he could rest, although he didn't want to rest.
"I just ran a few laps, Lao Tang, my muscles are full of energy now," Chamberlain said with some distress.
Old Nelson didn't care and said, "You have to rest now, not to accumulate physical strength, but to avoid injury. Have you not seen it? We haven't found a suitable substitute for you..."
Chamberlain stopped talking. The warriors are now very fierce, like a big sword that cuts a horse. The blade pointed at it, and the person who blocks it was invincible.
But everyone knows that Chamberlain is the blade of this knife. No matter how good Carter, West, Curry, and Ibaka perform, they are just regarded as scraps.
Just as Carter said after the last game, he said: "As long as he is still there, even if he has been sitting on the bench for 47 minutes, you will have a very good heart, not afraid of confrontation, not afraid of mistakes, and not worry about failure. All you have to do on the court is to play your best, because you have a teammate of the king of basketball sitting off the court. This mentality can be better if you play alone. I have never played the ball as relaxed as I am now, and I have never played the ball."
Everyone who plays basketball knows that for players, physical fitness and skills are not the most important thing, the most important thing is fighting spirit and confidence. As long as Chamberlain is not injured, he can bring these things to his teammates.
Taking advantage of Chamberlain's absence, Howard's confidence has risen. He has indeed made a lot of progress in the summer. Evans at the basket can't stand him at all. Howard combined his strength and footsteps, not as flawless as Chamberlain, but it is enough to deal with a second-tier player like Evans.
After seven minutes in the second quarter, the Magic began to chase the score, narrowing the gap to 6 points.
Seeing this, Old Nelson waved his hand to push Chamberlain up in the grief and angry eyes of Magic fans, and he led Blair, George, Curry and Iverson.
The Warriors had the ball, and Chamberlain made a strong play in the inside, and then passed the ball to George at mid-range.
George got the ball, and he first faded Richardson and passed the ball quickly to Curry. He turned sideways around Richardson and rushed towards Chamberlain's inside line. Chamberlain helped him get the position, and Curry passed it back again. George was like a loach, twisting three times and two twists and running out of the open position, and turned around and the lob ball easily scored two points.
Old Nelson held his arms and smiled. George's offense was unreliable, but this guy was particularly good at one move, which was to cooperate with the big center and use the cover of his teammates to find offensive opportunities. This is something that West and Curry, the scoring geniuses, are not as good as those of the scoring geniuses.
In this way, George can be regarded as Chamberlain's best partner.
The Warriors are making great progress. As the head coach, Old Nelson is naturally very happy, but as the general manager, he feels a lot of difficulties, such as how to maintain his current lineup.
West and Curry are both guys who have to earn an annual salary of more than tens of millions. If George also grows to the level the team expects, it will definitely be a level of an annual salary of tens of millions. In this way, the team will not be able to afford so many high-paying superstars.
Magic offense, Lewis missed a jump shot, Howard fought for the frontcourt rebound, but the basketball bounced out of the wing, and Chamberlain was more mobile than Howard. He turned the direction in time and grabbed it with a wave of his arm, and threw it to Iverson.
If it was the peak era - even if it was not needed, as long as it was in the past few years, Iverson would mercilessly use a sharp fast attack to end the attack.
But now it is not possible. Iverson's speed is getting slower and slower. In 209, he signed a three-year contract with the Warriors. It is very likely that he will retire after finishing this contract.
Many Warriors fans sighed, "The best era has not met the best person. In two thousand years, if Chamberlain or Mutombo assisted Iverson, can the 76ers overcome the invincible Purple Gold Legion that was at that time?
Iverson organized a positional battle. He kept dribbling under his crotch outside the three-point line. The basketball jumped lightly between his left and right hands, like an orange elf.
The Magic's point guard was replaced by Chris Duhon, a defender with solid basic skills. He spread his arms and stood one step away from Iverson to guard his defense.
Iverson kept teleporting the ball between his left and right hands. He glanced at the inside line, took the ball from his left hand and took a step sideways. Du Hong moved and immediately followed. After Iverson took two steps, he stuck Du Hong and suddenly dribbled behind the ball. He retreated back, stopped and jumped quickly and took a quick shot.
Howard turned around and stuck Chamberlain to grab the rebound, but Chamberlain jumped up behind him. The players off the court immediately covered their eyes, Howard was fooled
Iverson is not shooting, but passing
Chamberlain's legs spread apart almost rode on Howard's shoulders. He raised his hands and grabbed the ball, and finally handed it to his right hand. He swung his arm forward and smashed the ball fiercely into the ring.
Van Gundy had to call a timeout, and he shouted to Howard: "Dwight, aggressive, you have to show aggressive confidence, where is your confidence? You are Dwight Howard, Superman Howard, you are the No. 1 pick in 204, the starting center of the Eastern Conference Stars. Your opponent is not a nemesis, Superman should be invincible."
Howard was indeed scared by Chamberlain. No matter how much he wanted to win before every game, as long as he really met Chamberlain on the court, he would become hesitant and confused.
This is not something that cannot be understood. Twenty years ago, Admiral Robinson was strong for a lifetime, but every time he hits the big shark O'Neal, he will perform abnormally.
By the same token, Patrick Ewing, the King of the Knicks, is known as the number one center in the East, and he is even more unbearable when encountering his old rival Olajuwon. Now Howard is trapped in the nightmare between Robinson and Ewing.
After the timeout, the Magic saw that the inside could not be opened, so they attacked from the outside. Redick jumped hard against Curry's defense, and a three-pointer came.
Seeing this scene, some fans shouted to Howard heartily: "Who is Superman? BH (Dwight Howard) or (Redick)?"
The Warriors will destroy the enemy to the end. This means that the NHA has no friendship at all, just to use all means to destroy the opponent.
When Old Nelson saw Howard could not withstand Chamberlain anymore, he asked to attack the inside with all his might.
Howard was about to get the ball in the penalty area, so he turned around and faced the ring, bent down and dribbled several times in a row.
The Warcraft adjusted his pace and retreated nervously. Chamberlain paused gently with his right hand, then suddenly changed direction and swung the ball to the left, took over the ball with his left hand and rushed to the basket.
Howard stepped back, Chamberlain took a big step forward with his left foot, turning the straight-faced ring into the side-facing ring, and pushed the ball inward for two consecutive steps, then stomped his feet and jumped up sideways, grabbed the ball with his right hand and shook his wrist gently, and a small hook came close.
The basketball fell into the basketball circle well, and the fans booed louder and louder, but everyone knew that the fans booed not Chamberlain, but Howard.
Magic attack, Van Gundy frowned like two caterpillars, and the wrinkles on his forehead could kill the crab. He waved his hand and said sternly: "Cross the cross and the attack from me."
He saw that Chamberlain is now a nightmare in Howard's heart. If he cannot defeat Chamberlain head-on, it will be difficult for Howard's confidence to recover from the past.
Lewis, who had originally launched the attack, passed the ball to Howard, who was inside. The Warcraft also turned around and faced the ring. Chamberlain pressed forward and raised his arms high to block Howard.
Howard looked up at Chamberlain's hands, and in a daze, he seemed to see the shepherd of Rocky Mountain. He looked at the basket ring not far away with a little frustrated, and felt at a loss.
Van Gundy kept shouting about attacking and attacking. Howard made a few fake moves without cheating Chamberlain, and then cut across and turned around to shoot.
Chamberlain followed Howard closely. As soon as the monster attacked, he jumped up and held his hand high like a fly swattering and hitting it.
Miller patted Van Gundy on the shoulder and said, "Man, you'd better call your brother. It's wrong for him to do this. Obviously, Dwight can't stand the heavy pressure anymore. He shouldn't destroy Dwight anymore, but ask someone to help him attack together to build confidence."
Van Gundy sighed depressedly, Miller said: "Believe me, I must do this. In the past, when he was in the Supersonics, Birdman polished Jermaine O'Neal. At the beginning, he never let Jermaine get Garnett or Duncan one-on-one, but let us help him, and slowly, he can get his opponent by himself."
"Yes, Dwight is like a baby just walking now. What he needs is not a whip, but a handrail." Van Gundy said disappointedly.
The Magic's defense is quite good. They retreat quickly, but the Warriors still chose to attack quickly.
Curry grabbed the ball and passed it to Iverson. Now Iverson didn't keep it, rushing forward like a flash of lightning. Du Hong followed behind in a mess, and did not complete the action several times because he found that Iverson in front was too fast. If he completed the action of reaching for a steal, Iverson would throw him away.
After rushing to the inside, Iverson passed the ball to Curry who was following behind him. Curry took the ball and stopped it slightly, then threw the ball towards the rebound.
Chamberlain soared from the back, but Howard performed much better on the defensive end than on the offensive end. He followed Chamberlain, slapped it on, destroyed the cooperation in one go, and directly threw the ball out of the court.
"Yu" Howard fisted hard after landing, and the muscles on his face trembled, with indescribable ferociousness.
"This poor child has been suppressed for too long." Old Nelson said pity, then waved his hand and shouted at Chamberlain, "The attack is tougher. If someone blocks your way, then knock him away."
It was still the Warriors' ball. Blair served the ball, Curry went out to catch the ball, and he rushed forward immediately after getting the ball, swinging his shoulders several times, making Redick's defense in danger. Fortunately, the Magic's defense was still very strict, Du Hong completed the backup defense the moment Curry broke through, and Redick moved to Iverson.
Curry put the ball away and passed it to Chamberlain. The latter got the ball and leaned hard. He had one. After sitting in, Howard couldn't bear to eat and so he took a step back half a step after sitting back.
Chamberlain turned around and raised his hand to jump shot. Howard jumped up as soon as he put his toes. Chamberlain pulled the ball back and dribbled down the basket, rushed to the basket, and jumped up with a dunk with both hands.
Everything is that simple
Chapter completed!