185. Offensive talent
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The Warriors' starting lineup is Chamberlain + Harrington + Jackson + Azubuke + Billups. Ellis' injury gave Azubuke the chance to start. West originally thought that this opportunity belonged to him, but Old Nelson finally gave his proud disciple Azubuke, which made him feel depressed.
Azubuke is a hundred times more popular in the team than West, including Chamberlain, the best with West, who also likes him, so no one regrets West. They are all happy for Azubuke and sincerely wish him to play well and make up for the vacancy that Ellis left.
West sat alone on the bench, looking at the joyful Azubuk and Pitrus who were spinning around him and were depressed. He said to himself: "What a clown. I beat you many times during the team game. Do you still dare to start in front of me? Well, start the start. Do you think this is a good thing? Today your opponent is Iverson, wait for him to teach you a lesson, boy!"
He felt like he was back when he was with the Celtics and the Supersonics, and that was the case at that time. No one cared about his feelings, and to his teammates, he was an alternative.
"Why did I smell a sour smell?" A voice rang beside West, and he turned around in anger and saw Chamberlain and Jackson standing behind him with his arms around him.
But Jackson didn't look at West. He stared at Chamberlain and asked, "You said you smelled sour? What's going on, man, this is the stadium, but the stadium is not a garbage dump, how can it smell sour? You must have smelled. If I were you, I would have checked it in the hospital. Smelling is a sign of a brain tumor. I have a brother who has this disease. This guy thinks his home is a garbage dump all day long..."
Chamberlain sighed and said helplessly: "Okay, Boss Jack, I think your purpose of changing the topic is to comfort West. If so, you will succeed. Otherwise, I can only say one thing to you, and what you said is not funny at all."
Seeing that someone cared about him, West felt a little warm, but Jackson still chased Chamberlainso and asked, "What do you mean when you smell the sour smell?"
Chamberlain rolled his eyes and said, "Because there is an old saying in our Chinese culture that if you can't eat grapes, you will say that grapes are sour. There is no doubt that West just said this."
"Grape, why are our topics connected to grapes again?" Jackson was confused.
West laughed, he punched Chamberlain and said dissatisfiedly: "Don't laugh at me, z, you know I want to help you."
Chamberlain patted his shoulder and whispered: "Don't worry about your appearance time, man, you have a chance..."
"Opportunity?" West questioned it with a wry smile.
Chamberlain snapped his fingers and said, "Prepare to compete for the honor of the best sixth man, I think that the Argentinian in San Antonio is a threat to you."
Of course he is talking about Ginobili. This season he has played a major role in the Spurs. He has led the Spurs' bench bandits many times to recover the lost points of the main player and has become the top shooting guard in the West. Many head coaches are optimistic about him and believe that his scoring ability is not inferior to Kobe.
The Nuggets' starting lineup is Camby + Nene + Anthony + jr - Smith + Iverson. Carl George finally let Smith start. As analyzed above, if this kid is polished out, it will definitely be a new scoring bomb, and he can kill countless opponents.
But if it is not used properly, then his bomb will kill his teammates.
Camby and Chamberlain jumped the ball. After the latter looked at Iverson, the two sides stood at the midfield line, he turned around and greeted Ai next to him, and smiled and said, "Hi, man, is the All-Star fun?"
Iverson laughed, and said, "It's not bad, but you know, I just want to enjoy the finals now."
This is not easy, because the Nuggets' configuration is not luxurious in the West. They have strong offense and weak defense, and their abilities are very unbalanced. Simply put, offensive players have poor defense, while defensive players have poor offense. The worst thing is that they are not in the top spot in the league, whether they are offense or defense.
But now instead of considering the Nuggets' situation, Chamberlain might as well worry about himself, because he was behind when he was jumping, and the ball was snapped by Camby to Anthony.
After Anthony got the ball, he immediately threw it forward. Chamberlain turned his head and found that there was no one in front of him. This made him a little confused. What happened to Anthony? He forgot to eat brain-destroyers when he went out this morning? He made a mistake at the beginning. This is not the habit of NBA-level stars.
But Billups's face changed and he shouted: "Stop him..."
He had only had time to spit out two words, and then Chamberlain felt a strong wind blowing around him. A snow-white figure flashed from his eyes, and then turned into a sharp arrow wearing a No. 3 jersey and rushed out, rushing into the three-point line with a speed of lightning.
Azubuk was used to guard Iverson, so his speed would not be bad. Moreover, Old Nelson chose this kid to start because of the good relationship between the two, but because he knew Azubuk enough and knew that he was qualified to take on this important task.
Azubuk was very focused and was staring at Iverson in front of him, so when the latter started, he immediately chased after him.
But old Nelson still overestimated Azubuk's ability. Although he tried hard to catch up with Iverson, the latter suddenly changed direction while moving. Azubuk was immediately thrown away. Iverson rushed into the penalty area and made a layup with a backhand. It took less than four seconds. This attack was over, and Chamberlain had just run into the three-point line.
"The fucking speed is so fast." Chamberlain couldn't help but sigh. He had watched countless videos of Iverson's game and carefully studied him. In addition, he had also fought side by side with Iverson in the All-Star arena. Before that, he thought he was familiar with Iverson enough, but when he really fought with him, he found that this guy's ability was still beyond his guess.
Speed, Iverson's speed is too fast, Chamberlain can't imagine what speed Iverson was like when he was young, you have to know that he is 32 years old this year.
Chamberlain was very lucky that he met the last team at Iverson's peak. From next season, the era of Ai will begin to end. The fearless, the one who has overcome all obstacles and ruled the outside of the NBA for ten years has begun to grow old.
Billups knew what the Warriors should do now, and he tried to keep the pace very slow because he knew that his opponents were used to fast-paced games. As long as they slowed down the pace, they would be anxious and make mistakes, and finally they would have a chance.
But Azubuk didn't think so. Iverson's layup just now was too arrogant. He felt that he could not bear it. When Billups passed the ball to him and wanted him to slow down the rhythm, he quickly dribbled the ball under his crotch, swaying rhythmically like a willow in the wind, and he started to rush out as soon as he raised his soles.
Iverson seems to be thin, but his body contains endless energy, which is inversely proportional to his image. West also has this characteristic. This guy looks thin, but he even dares to deduct Chamberlain in the team's training match and put this idea into practice, and he almost succeeded several times.
Azubuk forced forward, as if he was going to use his body to crush Iverson, who was thinner than him, but he picked the wrong person. Ai did not move out of the way, nor did he retreat, but directly pushed up. The two people collided, and when they collided, Iverson quickly reached out and accurately took the ball down.
Because of inertia, Azubuk's body still rushed forward. Iverson picked up the ball, and his figure immediately turned into a sharp arrow and rushed forward roaring.
Billups hurried back to defense, and Smith followed. The three of them ran forward like arrows. The one who ran in front was Iverson who was holding the ball. This shows how fast he was.
Iverson noticed Billups' follow-up with his eyes, but he had no scruples and the charge speed was as always. Billups did not dare to try his best to catch up. He was worried that Iverson would pass the ball back to Smith behind him. He also knew Smith. This kid was a body monster and it would definitely be a dunk when he received the ball.
However, if Iverson was so willing to share the ball, he would have won the championship long ago. Of course, Iverson like that would not have conquered the Ai of fans around the world.
Iverson ignored Billups behind him and jumped into the penalty area and made a layup. Billups felt relieved and knew that he would not pass the ball. However, it was too late for him to stop him, so he reached out to pull him, pulled Iverson down, and paid the price of a foul.
The ball staggered in the air and finally hit the ring and bounced out. Smith followed up from behind and received the ball that rebounded and made a fierce dunk. Unfortunately, the foul was in front of the referee's whistle, and the ball was already ringing. The ball was not counted, otherwise it would have been a really wonderful attack.
Smith looked unhappy. Iverson should have passed the ball just now, but he was a junior and couldn't say anything in front of Iverson.
Iverson made two free throws, and he only scored in the way he thought was right. As for his teammates' opinions, he didn't care. When he was a rookie, he dared to face Starkhouse, the then boss of the 76ers, let alone a second-year rookie?
Billups strengthened the offense and passed the ball to Chamberlain. The latter was not busy with the attack in the defense of Camby, but tried it. As a result, Nene immediately came to double-team, Chamberlain passed the ball to Harrington. Harrington seized the opportunity of the open position and jumped into the ball. The ball bounced on the ring and was snatched by Nene.
Iverson wanted to pass the ball. This time he didn't speed up immediately as soon as he got the ball. Instead, he ran slowly first, but accelerated to the peak again at the moment of rushing through the half. Azubuk hurriedly retreated and defended. Both of them rushed into the three-point line at a high speed. Then Iverson suddenly slowed down. Azubuk gritted his teeth and tried to stabilize his body. As a result, Iverson accelerated again and rushed past him.
"I believe it!" Chamberlain was a little angry because of Iverson's performance. He had fought with Kobe, Pierce, and McGrady, etc., but he had never been so embarrassed. Iverson made a jump shot with a sudden stop!
Chapter completed!