151. And the flower blooms
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From the beginning of the big score lead to the backward at the end of the half, the second-grade team used a refreshing attack to teach the younger brothers of the first-grade team a lesson, a class called the sacred and inviolable style of the seniors.
The first-grade team's fighting style obviously made head coach Chicks very unhappy. He was ready to lose in the first grade, but his team first took the lead and then was beaten crazy. This kind of experience of rising first and then suppressing can even get angry.
So, Chamberlain, the core of the first grade, came on the court again. But before he went on the court, Chicks grabbed him and said cautiously: "z, the team needs you now, but this is the All-Star. Just be happy, have a little fun..."
He believes that with Chamberlain's ability, even if he just plays, he can still play with the second-grade old birds.
Players from both sides were on the court, and Roy was the team in the second grade. When he and Chamberlain passed by, he smiled and said, "Man, you are going to lose this game. I don't want to bully you too much, because you are rookies. I like to respect the elderly and love the young, but the gap in strength between us is too big, even if we want to lose, we can't lose."
Chamberlain nodded with a solemn expression and said seriously: "Very good, man, I'm still worried that you will admit defeat when you see me on the field. Since that's the case, let's all show their sabers and let's see if each other's blood is bright red."
Aldridge looked at Chamberlain's solemn expression, and he smiled at Roy fuckingly, "Isn't this guy serious?"
Roy smiled playfully and said, "So what? I'm afraid of the bayonet?"
"Two lunatics!" Aldridge muttered in a low voice.
When Chamberlain served at the beginning of the game, he didn't even watch Conley serve directly, and then ran to the frontcourt. The basketball passed the ball several times in the hands of the outside player but couldn't find a suitable attack. Chamberlain was ready to attack the penalty area, but at this moment, Roy was about to pass the ball, stood outside the three-point line and shot from a long time.
Hit!
Roy looked at Durant in surprise, and then broke through into the penalty area, shook Chamberlain and took a basket.
Durant dribbled the ball through half the game. He glanced at Gibson, who was defending him, staggered his feet and swung his shoulders suddenly, and dribbled the ball with his right hand to the three-point line. Gibson retreated, and at this time Roy also retreated, with one step away from the three-point line, jumped up directly, and trembled his hand and shot from a long time.
"Swish!" The basketball hit the Nets, and the sound was so wonderful.
Chamberlain happily slapped Durant and shouted, "Damn it, why are your hands so hot? I gave you a nickname called 'Teppanyaki'. What about this nickname?"
Yi Jianlian was also on the court. Chicks knew what the Chinese fans at the scene wanted to see. He ran past the two of them and interrupted with a smile: "I think Kevin should be called a microwave. He can always roast his opponent anytime and anywhere."
Durant nodded thoughtfully and said, "Microwave? This nickname is good."
As if to prove that he deserves this nickname, then switched offense and defense. Chamberlain grabbed the rebound and handed it to Durant, shouting: "Man, come another one to let those old birds see the power of the microwave."
Durant grinned, he slowly swam outside the three-point line with the ball, his slender body swaying like a willow branch in the wind. Gibson stared at him tightly. The two looked at each other for two or three seconds. Durant's shoulder suddenly leaned forward to the right vigorously.
Gibson remembered his opponent's long shot before, and did not dare to retreat. Instead, he stepped forward and pressed against Durant. The latter twisted his body, like a loach in the swamp, and pressed against Gibson and rushed in. Gibson was shocked and had to retreat quickly.
However, the gap between the two's explosive power and stride was too big. Roy took a step and threw away Gibson directly. He moved horizontally and jumped up immediately. His body stretched out melodiously in the air, his wrist shaking gently, and the basketball flew out roaring.
Hit again!
Roy winked, Guy pushed Gibson away and stared at him.
But Durant's touch became warmer. Although he performed well in the first half, he was still warming up. Now it was his turn to start performing.
Roy missed a long shot, Chamberlain took the rebound and drove the ball forward by himself. Durant quickly ran in the frontcourt. When Chamberlain arrived at the frontcourt, he suddenly stood up and blocked Guy. He waved his hand and gave the ball to Durant who was running past him.
Durant made a big stride and rushed out of the three-point line. As soon as he stepped out of the three-point line, he immediately turned around and jumped up, almost without aiming, and he just swung his hand to make a three-pointer!
Hit again!
The fans of the audience were immediately excited, and more than 20,000 people stood up in unison, as if there was a jungle suddenly in the stadium.
He made four consecutive hits and three three-pointers. Even Durant was as calm as he was, he became excited. He punched his chest hard and shouted wildly: "It's impossible to stop it, it's impossible to stop it. ****, come on, welcome Mr. Durant's favor!"
Roy was not willing to be outdone, so he shot from a distance again and also hit a three-pointer.
But an exciting scene happened later. Durant dribbled the ball and rushed to the frontcourt. He suddenly braked one step away from the three-point line, facing Guy's close-fitting defense. He jumped decisively and made another three-pointer!
Seeing Durant so accurate, Reggie Miller, who had just entered the espn, couldn't help but stick out his tongue. He looked at Durant with a spirit and said in a daze: "What a versatile guy. As long as he can stay healthy, he will be the best sharpshooter in the league in the future, and he is also a Bird-like big shooter! He is unstoppable, and his future is unlimited!"
If fans think this is the end, they guessed it wrong, the first-grade miracle child is staged.
After Roy made another mid-range shot, Durant still chose to shoot far, but this time he missed the ball and fell out after two rounds in the ring. However, Chamberlain had already gotten the position at the basket and waved his hand to take the rebound.
The defending Chamberlain is the Raptors's beloved Bagnani's handsome No. 1 pick. He pestered Chamberlain from behind, bluffing his mouth, looking very shocking.
But in fact, Chamberlain never had to waste his energy on how to get over him with such a light defense. He was very determined to deal with such a player, knocked him away and scored a dunk!
What he thought about was how to do it. Chamberlain leaned back with his strong upper limbs, and his big elbow as hard as iron **** Bagnani's lower abdomen, and then he easily got the space for layups.
"This is just the All-Star Game. Do you think this savage guy is the final?" Bagnani said angrily, rubbing his lower abdomen. He had seen such an eye-opener player, and he was all fucking entertainment. Why are you doing so seriously?
Roy patted Bagnani on the shoulder, not knowing whether it was comfort or intimidation, and he said, "Man, I know this guy very well. He does know that this is the All-Star Game. If this is the finals, he would not give the elbow to your lower abdomen, but to your head. Do you think he would let his opponent live for so long in the finals?"
Bagnani shook his head disdainfully, but he didn't believe it. Isn't this nonsense?
The successive long shots made Durant's confidence greatly. The second-year team is now playing Roy, and both sides have begun to play an offensive battle. Green has always defended Roy, but the defense effect is not good. The latter's storm-like offense is really hard to defend.
Durant and Green's teammates, who were familiar with his teammates' abilities, took the initiative to step forward and said, "I'll guard against him."
Seeing Durant bent down and stood in front of him, Roy smiled slightly and said, "Do you want to fight alone with me, rookie?" He blinked his eyes, shook his shoulder violently, and patted the ball with his left hand and was about to kill Durant.
Durant didn't move, just staring at Roy's eyes, so what if he rushed over? There was Chamberlain behind him, and he didn't believe Roy would cause trouble to face Chamberlain's defense.
But Durant guessed wrongly. Roy, who is already a top scoring machine, is not afraid to fight anyone. Although Chamberlain has a good defense, Roy doesn't believe that the opponent can block every move he takes. Seeing that Durant is unmoved by his actions, Roy directly implemented the fake moves into a real attack, and passed him with the ball and people.
He strode through Durant, who was passing by in the blink of an eye. Aldridge was familiar with his friend's characteristics. When Roy shook his shoulders, he stuck Chamberlain and made an unmanned pick-and-roll. Roy used this pick-and-roll to pass Chamberlain and rushed directly to the basket.
However, Roy knew Chamberlain's speed and explosive power, so although he rushed in, he did not take action directly like before. Sure enough, Chamberlain turned around and bypassed Aldridge and followed Roy tightly from behind.
Seeing this, Roy took a deep breath, stomped his feet hard on the floor and flew up. When he jumped up, he did not stretch his body, but curled up his body, stretched out his long arms, glided all the way into the basket with the ball, and threw the ball with his backhand.
Just as Roy took off, Chamberlain's legs also tensed, but when he saw Roy put the ball into his lower abdomen instead of making a layup, he gave up on the jump and took another step. He jumped high until Roy's gliding began to fall.
The basketball shot and happened to enter Chamberlain's blocked vision. Chamberlain did not hesitate at all, raised his right hand and slapped the ball on the floor.
Durant, who followed behind, picked up the ball and rushed out quickly. There was no one in the frontcourt. He took off in the penalty area in two steps, making a violent turn and dunk.
"Do you still dare to come?" Chamberlain shouted at Roy with a fist.
Roy shrugged and walked to the backcourt with Chamberlain to wait for the serve. He was even more proud. How could he bear such provocation from Chamberlain?
Seeing Roy come up to ask for the ball, Famar, who had just appeared as a substitute Gibson, casually threw the ball to Roy's head and completed the serve, lowered his head and ran to the frontcourt.
As soon as the ball flew, Roy secretly called out in his heart. Of course he knew who was following him. It was a lunatic who was even much better than him.
Sure enough, the ball flew and before it could fall, a big hand slapped it lightly at the bottom of it, and the basketball immediately changed its direction of progress. He jumped up twice in a row and took the ball into his hand. Chamberlain looked at Roy who was defending him and Aldridge who came up from behind, and raised the corner of his mouth slightly, and suddenly threw the ball towards the rebound.
Chamberlain drew a big circle like a top. He walked around Roy, stood in the inside line and quickly blocked him. Then Chamberlain took two big steps, and heard him roaring, and stomped his feet on the floor and flew up like a rocket soaring into the sky.
With both hands, Chamberlain thrust his lower abdomen forward, his arms clamped the ball back, and his powerful legs bent back at the same time. His whole person turned into a blast of bent bow and shot towards the ring.
"Boom!" A thunderous sound spread throughout the audience. Hanging on the ring, Chamberlain pulled the ring back hard, as if he wanted to pull the basketball hoop down, and he tried his best to ravage the orange ring.
"mvp!mvp!..." A louder than thunder appeared in the court. The shouting was loud and lasting, like a tsunami, sweeping across the entire court.
Chamberlain raised his right arm and glanced proudly at the audience, only a little taller than Roy, but he was looking at him with an absolute look down - as if he was standing on a mountain.
I am mvp!
The two consecutive attacks were disrupted, the key was that the score was once again pulled to double digits by the opponent, and the second-year players had no intention of continuing to fight.
Looking at his absent-minded teammates and then looking at his high-spirited opponent, Roy felt that the game was really boring. Since the start of the game, the second-year team has been relying on him to attack. When he appears, the ball will be handed over to him, and then others start watching the show. This feeling that he once liked very much now makes him feel disgusted. We are a whole!
Durant's crazy shooting continued. He and Chamberlain performed in turn. After the latter made a shocking dunk, the former began to shoot wildly again. Until the end of the game, he made a total of eight three-pointers in the second half, directly breaking the half-time three-point record of the All-Star Rookie Challenge!
There is a gap between the two, the first-grade team is getting braver and braver. With two minutes left in the game, they directly enter garbage time. At 128:112, it is impossible for the second-grade team to recover 16 points in less than two points, especially when they lose their fighting spirit.
The game ended, and the final score was 140:128. The first-grade team won. This was the first time the first-grade team defeated the second-grade team since 2002. After five years, the rookies defeated their senior brothers and won the victory championship.
All-Star Rookie host Mark Jaynes walked to the middle of the stadium with a smile. All the players, both the main players and the substitutes, stood behind him, waiting for him to preside over the award ceremony. Chamberlain and Durant stood side by side, and the limelight was unmatched.
Judging from the data, both of them performed unprovocably tonight. Chamberlain scored 22 points, 24 rebounds, 10 assists and 8 blocks, setting two records in a row, that is, the rookie challenge, one rebound record, and the other block record. In addition, he became the first player to win 20+20+10+5 in the rookie game.
Durant scored, the guy scored 46 points by himself, and there were 8 assists. Chamberlain's 22 points, six assists were given by Durant.
Jaynes asked Chamberlain to stand in the middle. He didn't even speak. As soon as he put the microphone to his mouth, more than 20,000 fans at the scene cheered at the same time:
"Mvp, Chamberlain!mvp, Chamberlain!mvp, Chamberlain!"
Chamberlain stood in the middle of the players with a smile, waved to the fans on the scene, thanking them for their support.
Until the fans cheered less, Jayne smiled and shook his head and said, "Wow, wow, it seems that this award ceremony has no suspense at all, right? It seems that everyone knows who is the best guy in the audience, right?"
"Mvp, Chamberlain!mvp, Chamberlain!mvp, Chamberlain!" The cheers sounded like a tide again, and Chamberlain's No. 1 jersey flew vigorously in the hands of the fans.
"This is a wonderful performance. First of all, we have to thank every young man who performed hard on the court. They did a great job. To be honest, they brought us a visual feast, a blast from the eyes to the brain!" Jaynes said, "But there is a person who performed so well. With him, our attention was even attracted by him. This is really a great thing. Who is this person?"
"mvp, Chamberlain!mvp, Chamberlain!mvp, Chamberlain!" As Jaynes said, the roar that had once resounded throughout the entire arena rang again.
"Yes, this person is..." Jaynes turned around and looked at Chamberlain suddenly blinked, raised his arm and shouted, "This person is Kevin Durant, a super scorer from the Seattle Supersonics!"
The atmosphere suddenly became cold, the fans on the scene were stunned, Chamberlain was also stunned, and Durant was of course even more dumbfounded. In fact, it was not unreasonable for Durant to win the MVP. He got the highest score in the game and had a lot of assists. However, compared to Chamberlain's historical 20+20+10+8, it was still a little dimmer from the data.
Moreover, Chamberlain was leading the game in the game, and anyone can see that Durant performed well, but he was just scoring simply. Except for the three-pointer, he had no advantage over Chamberlain's other performances, and Chamberlain's dunk ignited the atmosphere of the whole game several times.
Jaynes laughed at everyone's dumbfounded look. He pulled Chamberlain and then shouted: "This is a rare exciting game. Dear friends, there are two young people who performed as well today. We cannot make a choice, so please allow me to continue talking - this mvp is Kevin Durant from the Supersonics and super-z from the Warriors!"
After hearing this, the fans burst into warm cheers again. Indeed, both Chamberlain and Durant's performance were impeccable, and they also had some guesses about the result of the blooming of two flowers.
Jaynes held Chamberlain's hand and continued, "I'm very sorry, z, I just gave you a chance, haha, but if you are unhappy, you can come and hit me. Congratulations, man, you are the protagonist of this game, one of the two protagonists, congratulations on winning this precious trophy. I think today's scene will be remembered forever in your memory, right? Chamberlain, do you have anything to say now? As the first non-American player to win this award." Jaynes handed the microphone to Chamberlain.
Chamberlain took the microphone, took a deep breath and hugged Durant, then smiled and said, "I have to thank these teammates, Kevin Durant, Yi Jianlian, Al Horford, Scola, Conley, Green, Moon, Navarro..."
He embraced every teammate deeply, "They gave me the greatest help, beyond national borders and race, thank them."
"And my opponents, without them, I can't play this game either. Brand Roy, I have an opponent, my eternal friend." Chamberlain pointed at Roy, who responded to an American military salute with a smile.
Roy's data is also excellent, with 42 points, 12 rebounds, and 7 assists. However, his teammates are too CBA today, and it can be said that Chamberlain deployed the defense line at the beginning was too effective.
Chamberlain and Durant raised the trophy in their hands together, and Jaynes asked, "Do you have anything else to say?"
Chapter completed!