231. Opener, MVP
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Without Duncan, Chamberlain felt that the penalty area suddenly became widened, and even the air he breathed became relaxed and comfortable. However, the Spurs players on the court were not so happy. They just happened to find that their penalty area suddenly became a barrier to iron, and it was still a wall of iron.
Without Duncan, Parker, who just got FMVP last season, naturally became the core of the team. With the help of Kent Thomas' screen, he made a layup. Chamberlain rushed up from the side and slapped his throwing shot out of the court.
The Warriors took advantage of the Spurs' counterattack without anyone launching a counterattack. Billups kept rushing to the basket and fed Chamberlain continuously. Both scored 2 points on two attacks. Then West forced Ginobili to fail to attack and pass the ball. However, the Argentinian had a problem that he was prone to make mistakes when he was too passionate. This time he directly passed the ball to the referee's face.
It wasn't said that the ball belonged to the Warriors. If Popovich hadn't rushed up to defend himself, the referee would have wanted to give Ginobili a technical foul: they thought this guy was revenge, and they just blew Duncan a malicious foul.
Ginobili was so aggrieved that he didn't dare to go up and explain because his English was a bit bad. Once, the unlucky Papens Eagle went to chat with the referee, but the poor English was decided by the referee who was a little stuttering (Brandt) and he gave him a technical foul.
The Warriors once again narrowed the score difference. After the Spurs lost Duncan, they couldn't play with the defense, so they kept attacking, which just fell into the Warriors' arms. On the attack end, they were not afraid of any opponents!
At the end of the first half, the Spurs remained ahead, and with three-pointers from Parker and Ginobili, they led the Warriors with a high score of 61-54.
After the second half, Duncan still sat on the bench and did not play because Parkers performed well enough. But the Spurs began to get into trouble. The gap was very big with Duncan and without Duncan. When the outside feels hot, the gap can be concealed. When they lose their feel in the third quarter, the problem arises.
Chamberlain scored 4 points in a row in the inside, and then thanked both sides for their consecutive mistakes - Ellis, who was substitute, turned around and transferred the ball outside the court. Parker dribbled the ball and broke through. Without anyone defending, he dribbled the ball and smashed the line. Billups seized the opportunity of chaos and made a long shot and scored a three-pointer. In this way, the two sides tied at 61.
Parker gritted his teeth and rushed to the basket and finally won the opportunity. Harrington's poor defense turned into a foul. What's amazing is that the French sports car lost both free throws. The Spurs did not score in the first 6 minutes, but the Warriors did not seize the opportunity. The ring seemed to be suddenly locked by God. Both teams were smacking irons, and for a moment, the sound of irons smacking in the At&T center was smacking.
Popovich couldn't stand it first, so he asked to pause him and change Duncan.
As soon as Duncan came on the court, Evans followed him and smiled at Shifo and said, "Sorry, Tim, I misunderstood just now. Can you forgive me?"
Duncan glanced at him coldly, but Shi Buddha was kind-hearted after all, so he said in a muffled voice: "You are unintentional, I will kill you next time."
Evans smiled in surprise and said, "Did you forgive me?"
Duncan nodded reluctantly, but Evans smiled and hugged Duncan. The audience burst into warm applause, moved by the friendship on the field. But Chamberlain next to him clearly heard that when Duncan and Evans hugged each other, Evans said: "Tim, be careful of your anus, my thick and hard feel, my friend wants you to have a broken anus and a ass hurt!"
Chamberlain almost burst into tears after hearing this. Duncan also knew that he was fooled by this honest-looking black guy. He was so angry that he widened his eyes, which made Chamberlain couldn't help but admire Evans. Only Evans could do it in NBA.
Duncan wanted to take revenge and beat Evans on his back and turned to a mid-range shot. Evans couldn't defend him, but when he jumped up and shot, the ball flew out but encountered Chamberlain's sniper. He slapped the racket out of the court and gave him a big hat again.
Then the Spurs missed the attack, Billups assisted Ellis to make a mid-range shot, and Duncan finally launched a counterattack. He made a mid-range shot from the wing to help the Spurs break the scoring drought, but at this time the Spurs were already behind the Warriors 63-65.
The shooting percentage of the two teams has not improved, but Chamberlain has an advantage at the basket on the Warriors. Kent Thomas is not his opponent at all. He first grabbed the frontcourt rebound and scored a layup, and then hit Thomas on his back and turned around to make an opponent foul to get two free throw opportunities, and they all hit. When Billups stole Parker and assisted Ellis in an assisted empty basket, the Spurs would be behind the Warriors with a big score of 63-71.
Popovich shouted a timeout with a severe face. He re-adapted the tactics and replaced Oberto off the court. Billups, the Warriors, took a break and Louis was on the court. Parker got rid of Billups' entanglement. Facing Louis with the same attribute, he made a layup with Ginobili's cover, and then broke through again to attract Chamberlain to make up for defense and then passed the ball to Duncan. Duncan turned and made a layup.
Chamberlain's volcanic attribute erupted. Louis made a quick break and passed the ball at the bottom line. When Harrington was slid, he happened to pass the ball. As a result, Chamberlain happened to pass by. After taking the ball, facing Parker's steal, he flashed in his mind and dribbled in a crotch. After passing Parker, he changed direction again when facing Duncan, and rushed to the basket and dunked.
The offense is extremely beautiful, and this is not the end. Duncan missed a jump shot, Harrington took the rebound, Ellis missed a long shot, Chamberlain jumped from behind Duncan and grabbed the ball first, and forced Duncan to make a makeover, smashing the ball into the ring, so the one who controls the situation becomes the Warriors.
Later, Louis hit the basket and caused Duncan to foul, and he made both free throws to help the team lead the opponent 81-72 to close to double-digit numbers at the end of the third quarter.
After the fourth quarter started, Chamberlain had to temporarily go to the bench to rest for a while. The Spurs seized the opportunity to attack the basket. Duncan played a back-to-back singles handsomely. Evans had no choice but to reach out for a foul and pulled him down. Duncan made two free throws.
Seeing this, he only rested on the bench for a minute, and Chamberlain was on the court again. His sudden appearance suddenly disrupted the rhythm of the game. The Spurs were a little confused about the opponent's tactics for a while. The team kept hitting irons. After resting here, Billups began to show off his power and scored three-pointers directly.
Parker's physical strength was a little too late, and his emergency stop jump shot missed again. West grabbed the rebound and made a quick break layup. The Warriors firmly controlled the situation and pushed the Spurs into the abyss of failure step by step. When Chamberlain scored with a hooked hand at the basket, the Spurs were beaten miserably, and they lagged behind the Warriors with an unprecedented score difference of 75-92.
But the players of both teams were a little exhausted. After that, both sides made consecutive misses. Chamberlain missed the basket. Seeing this, Old Nelson had to replace him with the court again - this is a series, not a knockout match!
Without Chamberlain, the Warriors' penalty area immediately turned into a sea. Parker made a layup, Duncan seized the opportunity to score continuously, the Spurs began to chase points, and no one in the Warriors could limit Duncan who was doing his best. Shifo made a high mid-range shot and cut into the basket. Ginobili broke through and passed the ball to him, and he knocked out Harrington and easily completed the layup.
West hit the basket and was blocked by Duncan, but the Mad Dogs Boy had nothing else, just a big heart full of energy. He grabbed the ball again and threw it again. He caught Duncan off guard and finally helped the team score two points, so that the Warriors kept leading the Spurs 96-91.
Old Nelson couldn't let the situation continue. This was the Spurs' home court and everything was possible, so Chamberlain appeared.
Everything was different after the rest. Chamberlain took the initiative to attack and caused Oberto to foul. After one of two free throws, he grabbed the offensive rebound by himself and dunked straight in the penalty area.
Then Billups made a mid-range shot, and the Warriors dominated the order on the court. The Spurs tried to disrupt the Warriors' rhythm several times. Unfortunately, the one who controls the Warriors now is not Davis, who is good at fighting in chaos, but Billups, who is from the Iron Army Pistons. Billups steadily controls the rhythm and keeps the team leading the way.
In the last moment, Ginobili received Parker's pass and made a three-pointer, but it was too late. In the end, the Spurs lost to the Warriors 96-102.
The Warriors got a good start, and this was the opponent's home court. After the game, Chamberlain took off his jersey and threw it hard to celebrate the victory. West, Billups and others also looked happy.
Chamberlain performed extremely well in this game. He scored 30 points, 18 rebounds and 6 blocks on 13 of 23 shots, while Duncan had 25 points, 12 rebounds and 2 blocks on the side. No matter which point, Chamberlain had the advantage.
This ending made Texas media shudder: "Who can deal with this little monster in the inside in the future? Can you really have to wait for the Portland super center to recover from health?"
The Trail Blazers failed to make the playoffs this season, and No. 1 pick Oden is still recovering from his injury, but it is not a bad thing that he doesn't play. At least he gave the Warriors opponent a fantasy. Fantasy Oden's strength is comparable to Chamberlain, and they are waiting, waiting for the day when Oden returns and fights Chamberlain.
The Eastern Conference team is more tragic: There is a Chamberlain in the West that makes them unable to bear it. If Oden is also a super center of this level, what will the Eastern Conference eat in the future?
Another thing that made Eastern Conference teams and fans feel frustrated, that is, the MVP selection has been released, and there is still nothing in the Eastern Conference:
Half an hour after the Warriors and Spurs match ended, the Los Angeles Times took the lead in reporting the information on its official website. Kobe became the regular season MVP of this season, and Pan won the first MVP in his life.
Then in the early morning of May 7, the NBA officially announced the selection results of the 2007-08 regular season Most Valuable Player (MVP). The Lakers boss Kobe Bryant was elected as he wished. In the selection, Kobe got 82 first votes, with a total score of 1,105 points. Chris Paul of the Hornets ranked second, and Chamberlain relied on his brave performance in the playoffs and won the Tanhua Show with a high score of 670 points. You should know that he is only a little over 19 years old this year!
This season, Kobe averaged 28.3 points per game, ranking second in the league in scoring list. His shooting percentage reached 45.9%, free throw percentage was 84%, and three-point shooting percentage was 36.1%. He also averaged 6.3 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 1.8 steals per game.
Under Kobe's leadership, the Lakers won 15 more games than last year. What's even more commendable is that the Lakers also won the 19th Pacific Division championship in the team's history. Of course, the achievement of all these achievements is more appropriate in another way: that is, under Kobe's leadership, with the help of Paul Gasol...
Although he has been playing in the league for 11 years, Kobe, who is 6-foot-6, has never been involved in the regular season MVP. This time he was elected this time. Kobe is the youngest 20,000-pointer in NBA history, and is the 16th player with a total score of 21,000 points and a total assist of 4,000. This season, Kobe has been elected as the Western Conference Player of the Week three times (January 14, March 3, April 7), and twice (February and April).
Chapter completed!