Chapter 866 The king of the tiebreaker and the reward
Tang Qian was so deep that he didn't believe Bill Russell's words. He just felt that this game was definitely won.
But he still underestimated the Green Army a little, or overestimated the "ability card".
A very simple example, Chamberlain scored 60+ points in 32 games in his career, 6 of which were scored under Russell's defense. However, the winning rate is not so good. So, who told you that he scored 50+ points in a single game?
Can scoring a goal guarantee the team's absolute victory? At the beginning, Tang Qian still had some "retention" and didn't want to consume this 50+ scoring opportunity too quickly. But when the game reached the middle of the second quarter, Tang Qian
I felt something was wrong.
The score difference is getting wider and wider, reaching as much as 15 points.
If he doesn't stand up, this game will probably be a hard fight later on.
So Tang Qian scored 20 points in the first half of the quarter, not only helping the San Francisco Warriors close the score difference, but also leading the Boston Celtics by 1 point 59-58. But this did not discourage the Green Soldiers!
Led by Bill Russell's defense and Sam Jones' scoring, the Warriors were overwhelmed with points as soon as they came back in the third quarter. In this game, the Green Army's defensive intensity was obviously much stronger than before. Especially their
The team is best at overall defense, which makes the players of the San Francisco Warriors play in a mess. You have to understand that this San Francisco Warriors team, except Chamberlain, does not have a few players that are worthy of attention. Millions of people
Not to mention that this team has several Hall of Fame players and a lot of All-Stars. In fact, this does not take into account the age change at all. Can the rookie Kobe Bryant and the Kobe Bryant in the last few years of his career also be regarded as super giants?
Can he be considered a superstar? Is O'Neal at the end of his career still the "big shark" he was back then?
No, no, no, Kenny Hills was an All-Star twice in his career. That was in the 1950s. His peak was with the Knicks. Now he comes to the San Francisco Warriors, which averages 3.3+1.8+0.8 per game this season.
, can this also be called an All-Star? Nate Thurmond is a future Hall of Fame player, but this season is his rookie season. He can only average about 7+10+1 per game, which is far from his peak.
It was too far away. He was just a qualified starter, not an All-Star player. Tom Mecheri was an All-Star last year, but this was the peak of his entire career. Then he declined steadily and never reached the past.
The data he was selected into the All-Star team in 2016 is only 13.5+7.7+1.9 this season. It is too reluctant to say that he is an All-Star.
Therefore, the real player who is still at his peak is last season's assist leader, Guy Rogers. He is an All-Star this season and will be selected as an All-Star twice in the future. But he has a big problem.
, that is, his offensive ability is too poor, and his shooting percentage is too low. His average of 11+4+7 per game this season is not worthy of the All-Star and his future Hall of Fame status. To be honest, he
His career resume is really not very good, that is, he was able to sneak in because there were few players in the past. Compared to his teammate Nate Thurmond, he is considered a marginal figure in the Hall of Fame.
Or you can say that his real personal peak is not now, but a few years later, when 18+10 will be a decent strong point guard. Of course, his career peak of 18.6 points took 19.9 shots. This ability,
There is no one left.
Generally speaking, there are too few hard goods on hand.
Calculating it this way, although from a God's perspective there are three Hall of Fame players and multiple All-Stars, most of them are either old or young. Even Guy Rogers, who was at his peak that season, had average statistics.
Unfortunately, his offensive ability is not very useful, so he cannot help "Tang Qian" in terms of scoring.
As fellow Hall of Fame players, Tang Qian thought to himself, how could he be so far behind Bill Russell?
This is not fair at all.
First of all, season data and status are not on the same level.
Havlicek is not an All-Star yet. He is only in the second year of his career, and he can already produce 19.9+5.4+3.0. This scoring ability is much better than some so-called All-Stars. Moreover,
He is also an offensive and defensive player. This is even more rare.
Therefore, once the Green Army exerts its strength and becomes really serious, it will immediately put endless pressure on the San Francisco Warriors.
First of all, the biggest problem is that the score cannot be opened.
In this game, "Cardinal" Auerbach obviously learned the lesson from the previous game. He began to reduce the double-teaming and encirclement of No. 13 of the San Francisco Warriors. To block the remaining points, at most two people would defend him.
The other points are beginning to put pressure on other positions, forcing them to be inefficient and make mistakes.
Because he found that in this series, the Warriors' No. 13 didn't have much desire to attack and didn't have many attacks, so there was no need to waste troops on defense. Anyway, wait until Chamberlain has a lot of intention to take the initiative to attack.
Tang Qian was still struggling to score. In order to prevent the score difference from widening, he scored another 20 points in the third quarter. The current score has reached 40 points. The score is 85-87, Green Army
Only 2 points ahead of the San Francisco Warriors.
But now Tang Qian's crisis has arisen. He only has 10 points of "quota" to use. Once used up, his super efficiency and stability in scoring will be wiped out. In fact, this game is simply because
It's not in the real space, so Tang Qian didn't "miss the shot on purpose" at all. But even so, it still played like this. You should know what level the rest of the Warriors played tonight.
Later in the third quarter, the Green Army had already started a "cruel defense", which was to treat Warriors players with various small and rough moves. Of course, this is a foul in the regular season, but in the playoffs, it is not the case. Even "Tang Qian"
Being defended like this feels a bit "suffocating" because the defense is too strong and even too dirty.
Sometimes in order to defend himself, he used various elbow strikes, pushes, popliteal fossa, waist attacks, etc. Later, Chamberlain suffered a series of problems due to dental surgery, and finally suffered from heart failure. The reason was that he played in the barbaric era of the league.
, even as strong as him, he is not completely immune.
The petty actions of this era are simply outrageous.
No wonder so many old players feel that it is too comfortable to play now. There is a difference between a barbaric court and a civilized court.
However, this still cannot stop "Tang Qian". After all, as long as his shot is not blocked, the shot will not fail. Unfortunately, the silver score card also has an end, when his teammates are not very good.
Under the circumstances, it is impossible for one person to turn the tide and achieve a high chance of winning. Therefore, not long into the fourth quarter, Tang Qian used up the "50 points" quota, and then fell into an "extremely difficult period of scoring."
Physical problems also make it difficult for him to make greater contributions on the scoring end.
"Demigod descends to earth", the defensive end is fine, but the offense is powerless.
Just like that, his teammates on the outside couldn't open up, and he started to hit the iron continuously inside, and the game soon became one-sided. In the end, the San Francisco Warriors lost to the Boston Celtics by nearly 20 points. In the last quarter, they only scored
It's a pitiful 10 points. You must know that in the 21st century, it is rare for a team to score 10 points in a single quarter, let alone the faster-paced 1960s.
In this game, under such "inexplicable" circumstances, the Bostonians tied the game at home with a score of 3-3.
Even if Tang Qian scored an astonishing 53 points, 28 rebounds, 8 blocks, 2 assists and 1 steal in this game, it was of no use. Because if he didn't win, he would lose. He couldn't get anything in this space.
The data is meaningless.
This defeat disappointed all San Francisco fans, the team owners as well, and even more so the Warriors players.
Why? The answer is that no one wants to play Game 7 with this Boston team!
Because... this Celtics, this Celtics led by Bill Russell, probably not many people have studied deeply. He is actually the real king of the NBA's tiebreaker! What's the situation? Tell it and you may
I don’t believe it, but Bill Russell played for the Celtics for 13 years, won a total of 11 championships, and played 10 tiebreakers! Then, you know the final result of these 10 tiebreaks is
What?
It's not a winning rate of 80% or 90%, but... 100%!
This means that Bill Russell has never failed in this legendary Green Army's tiebreaker for one day!
Never! Not a single game! All tie-breaks! Win!!!
This damn thing means that this legendary Green Army is a talented team that can play in desperate situations! No one in history can match it!
This is why "Cardinal" Auerbach said before that as long as they win tonight, the championship will belong to the Green Army! This is not because he is confused and missed a game, but for the "tiebreak"
", he felt in his heart that the Green Army would win.
Without super strong historical achievements as support, as support, he dares to say this?
Of course Tang Qian and the entire Warriors team knew this, so after losing G6 in the finals, all the pressure returned to them.
Especially since they don't have the home court advantage and have to go to Boston's Garden Arena for Game 7 of the Finals, which makes the road to the championship full of haze and disadvantages. After the defeat, "Cardinal" Auerbach was like
As if the Green Army had already won this season's NBA championship ring, they "boldly said" at the post-game press conference:
Boston is the eternal champion! Chamberlain and the Warriors are both very strong. I hope they can challenge us again this time next year!
bless them!
It seems that there are no dirty words, but in fact, this is naked contempt and humiliation in the words!
What does it mean to hope to challenge again next year? Challenge??? This word is used here, what does it mean? Need more explanation??? Auerbach's gesture made the Boston fans hooked and shouted domineering, here in San Francisco
, it was like "losing one's voice". From the head coach to the media, there was not much counterattack.
Before his momentum even started, he was completely suppressed by his opponent.
The Boston Celtics were invincible in that era. It was not a fluke. They have won ten tiebreakers in history. Is this still possible?
As strong as Qiao Shen, it's not like he has never failed in the tiebreaker of the series.
This pressure also made Tang Qian feel a great sense of heaviness.
After all, he is different from these people. He is gambling with his life. If he loses, he will be completely "worse than dead".
After the G6 game, Tang Qian rarely slept well. Normally, he would have meetings with Zhou Jie with his pillow on his face. During the team training in the morning, he was not as focused as usual.
Head coach Alex Hannum saw this scene, but no matter how he tried to arouse the team's emotions, it all ended in vain. Because the opponent's tie-break history was too "luxurious", even if it was only 63-
In the 1964 season, they also "won all seven games", which was no different from their winning rate a few years later.
If you say you don't have any pressure, that's nonsense. Sitting on the computer and staying out of things, standing and talking doesn't hurt your back.
As long as you are truly involved in the matter, it is considered good that you have not surrendered in advance.
However, Tang Qian recovered quickly. At least his mental state was much stronger than when he lost yesterday. Of course, you can also understand that if you don't cheer up, you won't be able to do it. If you lose, he will be the whole team.
The most unlucky one.
To describe it as a lonely ghost is not an exaggeration.
As for whether the "different space" really "keeps its word", Tang Qian has almost no doubt.
As long as you lose, then you will definitely...
Under this kind of pressure, Tang Qian had no choice but to cheer up and deal with his frustration, and then he took the initiative to approach head coach Alex Hannum and said: "Sir, I think G7 must change. We can't win if we play this way.
"
"Do you have any good suggestions? Wilt?" Alex Hannum asked, because at the moment, he was actually at his wits end and couldn't think of any solution.
Since Tang Qian took the initiative to come to him, he had ideas and assumptions in advance, so he blurted out: "To reduce peripheral shots, we must reduce them significantly. The Green Army's overall defense is too strong, and I think our perimeter,
There is no stable basket at all. Playing like this will only hinder the offense." "Reducing perimeter shooting? They have Bill Russell among them. Wilt, you know Russell's defensive power very well, right?
It will be even more difficult if you go inside. They are not you." After Alex Hannam finished speaking, Tang Qian continued: "I know Bill is very strong, but this is the only way."
"What do you mean?" Alex Hannam asked with a slight frown.
"I think only through a lot of casualties can the Green Army be hurt." Tang Qian said with a gambling look in his eyes: "It's best to send off their main players, so that we have a big chance."
Opportunity."
"Penalty? Isn't this too whimsical? How many times will this require inside kills?"
"The more, the better." Tang Qian seemed determined to do this: "I will also try my best to help. Besides, killing a lot of people can also disrupt their offensive and defensive rhythms. This is a killing two birds with one stone."
"It's a good idea, but killing people like this is a chore. Who is willing to risk injury to play ball?"
This era is different from the later ones. NBA players sometimes also do other things. It is common for them to go out to work during the offseason and do other things. Bob Cousy asked for $10,000 back then, and the "Cardinal" didn't even have it.
Yes, I only paid 9,000 in the end. Elgin Baylor’s annual salary in the first period of time with the Lakers was only 20,000 U.S. dollars. At that time, the per capita income in the United States was 4,500 U.S. dollars. It seems like a lot, but this is youth rice, and Baylor is like
How many such popular superstar alliances are there?
In the 1960s, only Chamberlain and Russell had an annual salary of 100,000. The other stars had an annual salary of 10,000 to 30,000, not to mention role players, who earned several thousand dollars a year. Therefore, in the San Francisco Warriors, many people
During the offseason, you need to work a second job. Therefore, no one wants to get injured at this time.
After all, everyone has to live, right?
But Tang Qian's words shocked Alex Hannum. The former said: "I will sell my New York nightclub 'Little Paradise' and all the income will be equally distributed among the rest of the team.
As long as we win this game and win the championship."
Tang Qian said: "Even if you ask me to spend another 1 million, I will do it!"
Anyway, I left after the fight, so it wasn’t my real loss!
Therefore, I dare to offer any price!!!
Bill Russell, do you dare???ah???
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