22. Point Forward
The starters chatted with the three commentators for a while, and the Spurs' starting players have already made their debut.
The Spurs are now in the limelight in the league. They won the championship again last season, and they swept their opponent Cleveland Cavaliers 4-0 in the finals, returning with an absolute advantage, winning the championship three times in five years. Although they have not established a dynasty, they have become the veritable strongest team in the league.
The Spurs this season are definitely ambitious. They want to break the team's fate that they can only win the championship in odd years. This season is for the championship, and they will have to win a double championship in any case. However, they definitely have the confidence. With the arrival of Duncan's peak, Parker and Ginobili's gradual maturity, and the team's tactics are becoming more and more perfect. If they win the championship again this season, fans will definitely not mind.
But old Nelson would definitely mind. Seeing his disciple Popovich win four championships and he was empty-handed, it must be nonsense to say that the old man has no knots in his heart.
Therefore, when Chamberlain and others were about to play, the old man walked up quickly and said viciously: "If you lose this game, promise God that I will make you live worse than death in the whole November!"
The Spurs' lineup has not changed much from last season. The center is Fabricele Oberto, the power forward is naturally Tim Duncan, the small forward is Bowen, the shooting guard is Michael Finley, and the organization guard is Tony Parker.
The Warriors' center is Bidlings, the power forward is Chamberlain, the small forward is Azubuke, the shooting guard is Ellis, and the organization guard is Davis.
The players on both sides stood in the midfield, and Chamberlain moved to the opposite side of Duncan.
It's a coincidence that both teams are power forwards to jump the ball, which is strange, but it is normal in the NBA. In basketball games, people who jump the ball are not necessarily the centers of the two teams, but generally make the fastest bounce, the best bounce, and the highest-height person jumps. Oberto is 2.08 meters tall and weighs 111 kilograms. He is a powerful inside blue collar, and Duncan is more suitable for jumping the ball.
Biderlins is a jumping man, but he can't jump Chamberlain any more, let alone him, even Duncan didn't jump Chamberlain. The referee threw the ball into the air, and the Chamberlain Rockets flew into the sky and threw the ball to Davis with a slap.
The referee blew the whistle at the beginning of the game, and three commentators on the scene began to comment on the game. Barnett spoke first, introduced the starting lineup of both sides and said: "Our new guy Super Z grabbed the ball. This is a young man with extremely good jumping, height and wingspan. When we see him, we can't help but think of China's Dongfeng Intercontinental Missile. Apart from that terrible thing, I think there is nothing else in the world of the yellow race that can be compared with him..."
Davis bowed and rushed through the half. Parker looked at him vigilantly from about half a step away. Bowen glanced at the two of them and shouted: "Pack, don't be so close to him. This guy won't make a long shot. Just guard against his breakthrough!"
This was so hurtful. Davis was furious and his anger was extremely close to MAX. But Parker really took a step back, and he was a big step away from him. Davis's mind was hot, and he put away the ball and waved a three-pointer and shot it out.
Seeing this scene, Old Nelson immediately rolled his eyes. This is why Davis has a top-notch body among the organizational guards but has never been able to become a top-ranking point guard. He is too prone to be passionate. The point guard needs to keep his head calm at all times. Looking at the super point guards in history, whether it is Magic Johnson, Smiling Assassin Thomason or Stockton, they are all famous cold-blooded killers. The physical fitness of these three people is not as good as Davis, but their lethality is ten streets beyond him.
The "bang" sounded crisp, and the basketball undoubtedly made a blacksmith. Davis's long shot was indeed not reliable.
Oberto is a good blue-collar worker with strong strength and strong body. He was specially sent by Popovich to guard Chamberlain. As soon as Davis' ball fell on the ring, he immediately stuck Chamberlain.
A huge force hit Oberto's back from behind, as if a huge wave was slamming against him. Oberto was staggering and was hit out. Chamberlain roared and rose up in the sky, clamped Duncan who was jumping up beside him with his right hand, and pulled the ball down with his left hand.
The fans of the audience were thunderous, and the three commentators sucked in a cold air. Barry said in a state of emotion: "Damn it, this little bastard has such strong strength and bounce. Damn, his damn rebound is so domineering. No wonder someone called him Chamberlain II!"
Barry is a man who has played in the same field as Wilt Chamberlain. He is still scared of the latter's horror, especially his control over rebounds.
Chamberlain grabbed the rebound, grabbed the ball with one hand and made a striking gesture and was about to jump. Oberto, who had turned back, subconsciously jumped up to block the block. However, Chamberlain just shot and pulled down the ball and threw it to Ellis, who was ambushing the bottom line.
Ellis' three-pointers were much more reliable than Davis. Finley was attracted by the inside fight and did not guard Ellis for a while. The latter jumped up quickly and quickly scored three-pointers.
The enthusiastic cheers of fans sounded in the Oracle Arena, and Ellis' long-range three-pointer began to be replayed on the big screen, but the layman watched the excitement and the expert looked at the way. Seeing Chamberlain's support just now, Old Nelson's eyes lit up. He muttered softly: "Ballot forward, ball control power forward!"
Chamberlain took an offensive rebound in person. Duncan, a person with a indifferent temperament, was also a little depressed. When he entered the penalty area, he reached out to pass the ball. Chamberlain immediately got stuck and shouted loudly: "Come on, San Antonio bitches, come and play grandpa alone. Grandpa invites you to big hot pot, delicious big hot pot!"
Duncan said nothing. He grabbed the ball with both hands and turned to face Chamberlain. His upper body shook twice quickly, and raised his hand to make a mid-range shot from the wing.
Flanking mid-range shots are Duncan's specialty. Although he can't make a 100-point shot, it's still okay to make 7 or 8 shots in ten shots.
Chamberlain did not jump up rashly. He subconsciously determined that this was a fake move, so he took a step back and raised his right hand and covered Duncan's head.
Parker rushed into the penalty area by the bottom line. Duncan did a fake move. Seeing that Chamberlain was not fooled, he bent his body and drove the ball from him to the inside.
Chamberlain suddenly posted it up, and two seven-foot-long men collided with a "boom".
Duncan's power is also extremely outstanding in the entire league. Except for O'Neal and Ben Wallace, the two perverts, everyone else is behind him. However, from today on, there is a Chamberlain in front of him. Duncan hits with all his strength and does not knock Chamberlain away, but just knocks him back half a step!
What a terrifying power this was, Popovich's face turned gloomy.
However, Duncan had no intention of attacking. He took advantage of the reaction of the collision of the two, quickly dribbled around Chamberlain and turned around, and suddenly walked behind Chamberlain. Then he did not greedy for me, but handed the ball to Parker who had just entered the penalty area, and at the same time, he stuck Davis who was chasing Parker with his body.
Parker immediately jumped up and threw the ball into the basket accurately.
Chamberlain served quickly but did not hand it over to Davis, but threw it to Ellis who ran through the half, shouting: "Little cutie, give the Spurs a warning!"
After receiving the ball, Ellis seemed to have pressed the acceleration key and kept rushing forward with his head in his mouth. Finley was old after all, and he couldn't keep up with a sports car-level defender like Ellis. Parker could catch up, but the two were too far apart at the beginning.
After a few big strides into the inside, Ellis jumped up and threw the ball on the ring, and his body fell to the floor uncontrollably. There was no way, Parker had already caught up from behind. If he adjusted his body's balance, he would be caught up by Parker, so the fast attack would be meaningless.
The Warriors' offense ended in just four seconds. The fans' sports G-spot was hit. The young Warriors fans screamed and jumped, and the scene was crazy.
Old Nelson waved his fist hard, pointing at Chamberlain who had just run halfway through, suddenly raised his thumbs with both hands, nodded heavily and shouted: "Beautiful job, Z!"
The Warriors' offense this time was really beautiful. If nothing unexpected happened, he was the number one top ten goals in the game today. No one expected that Chamberlain, a theoretical attacker, would command such a wonderful attack, and it was twice in a row!
This is not surprising. Chamberlain's football quotient is definitely high enough, otherwise he would not have become a new basketball player in San Francisco in primary and secondary school. He had just played in the NBA last game and had many concerns. He was inevitably restricted in his performance. However, as the saying goes, he was familiar with it twice, and today he let it go.
Parker dribbled the ball through the half, and Finley came up to meet the support. The latter got the ball and faced Ellis' defense. He simply changed directions from two bodies and rushed to the inside line quickly.
Chamberlain was stuck with Duncan. He didn't dare to let go of Shifo behind him to defend Finley, but if he didn't do anything, Finley would definitely score a layup. Finally, he gritted his teeth and took a step out.
Finley waited for this moment. As soon as Chamberlain left Duncan, he immediately threw the ball over. When Duncan got the ball, Chamberlain was immediately proud. He guessed that this would be the result. He didn't really let go of Duncan completely just now. After Finley passed the ball, he immediately turned to defend Duncan.
But, what about the ball?
Chamberlain was shocked to find that Duncan had no ball in his hand. At this time, he heard Ellis' scream and immediately looked back. Finley, who was just rushing to the inside, retreated from the three-point line again. After Duncan got the ball, he immediately passed it back to him. Finley received the ball, but there was not a single person around him. Ellis was still watching the show from a distance!
With a long shot, Finley steadily scored three-pointers.
Chamberlain was helpless for a moment. If he hadn't been just a newcomer, he would have sighed to the sky: I'm not afraid of a god-like opponent, but I'm afraid of a pig-like teammate!
Chapter completed!