643 A good start (support it)
At the end of the game, Chamberlain and James went to hug, who always did perfectly in this kind of official matter, he hugged Chamberlain, he hugged Iverson, he hugged Billups, he hugged West, he hugged Curry, and everyone hugged.
"LeBron's demeanor convinced me," Blair sighed. "I thought I had a very unpleasant time with him during the game, and he would not pay attention to me after the game.
Billups curled his lips and said to him: "Don't make a conclusion about someone so early. If you think LeBron really doesn't care about us, then you can go and ask him for an autograph. He will give you a blame. Didn't you see him hugging with everyone? Didn't you notice that there is an order for him to hug?"
Hill said: "Changsey, you've thought too much." But he added, "But I have a little bit of my opinion like you. LeBron definitely wants to kill us now because we ruined his new season debut."
But although James lost, the outside world gave him enough praise, or in other words, his evaluation of the Cavaliers is still good:
"AN" happened to release a new issue of the magazine, which analyzed the Cavaliers' lineup and was highly optimistic. They believed that James and O'Neal were perfect matches. Although O'Neal was a little old, the league's inside strength is not good now, and the Sharks still have combat effectiveness. The key is that he and James are now in line with each other and are very suitable for positional battles.
The Cleveland Honesty People reported: "Although the Warriors won the first game, the Cavaliers did not lose because they lacked the starting center and one of the two core players. In addition, the strongest point of the Warriors is their center. If Shaq is there, then Chamberlain would definitely not win if he won 3206."
Yes, Chamberlain scored 3 points, 2 rebounds and 6 blocks in a very good way. He played 40 minutes in the game, which was desperate for efficiency.
The New York Sports Daily praised Chamberlain: "It's really great. If the first two seasons were just his warm-up after entering the NHAO, then for him, the main game has begun. Dear NHAI players, are you ready to fight with such a big guy?"
The California News is worthy of being a mother-in-law newspaper, and its support for Chamberlain is even stronger: "As a conscientious, moral and responsible media, we sincerely remind all players, please buy insurance before the game with the Warriors, buy insurance for being hit and disability on the outside, and buy ankle breakage insurance for the inside, oh, here we recommend a very good insurance company, that is, 'Golden State St. Privilege Insurance Co., Ltd., a century-old enterprise, absolutely reliable."
The local Golden State Bay newspaper in San Francisco did not mention Chamberlain much, mainly because it was a bit fucked. Last season, the fans all vomited. They decided to take the wrong move and began to study Chamberlain's teammates. This time they were targeted by Blair:
"I have to say, this is a very good guy. He is full of potential. After contacting him, you will be conquered by the positive energy that is always emitting. As far as we know, he is one of the hardest-working and hardest guys in the team. He is an absolute stadium mouse. Of course, his efforts paid off. Yesterday he was the one who performed the most outstandingly. Although he only scored 7 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, and 2 blocks, in his 2 minutes of defending LeBron James, he allowed his opponent to only score 13 points, 4 rebounds, and 2 assists. What a good defense."
The media in Cleveland and Ohio State should not always push the blame to O'Neal's absence. If James performed better, the Cavaliers would not lose so many points. In this game, James played 43 minutes, with 9 shots and only 28 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists. Perhaps, fans should be satisfied with this data, after all, it is a quasi-triple double, but it must be considered that James has put all his strength to play, and the referee also helped him in the third quarter, otherwise the data will definitely be even more ugly today.
On the other hand, on the Warriors, West scored 18 points, 6 rebounds, 2 steals, Iverson had 6 points, 4 assists, Billups had 10 points, 1 assists, Ibaka had 10 points, 7 rebounds, and blocks. Gibson, the second best performance in the Cavaliers, who scored 2l points, but considering his 6-point B three-pointer B shot, his performance is actually the best for the Cavaliers, at least the efficiency and pPR values are the highest.
The San Antonio Basketball Newspaper, which is inconsistent, gave a relatively objective report: "James did not play tough enough and did not show the momentum of the first player in the East and the first small forward in the active service. If it weren't for Daniel Gibson's rescue, they would have suffered a crushing defeat and a massacre today. It would be incorrect to attribute these reasons to O'Neal. The Cavaliers staged a good show in "Lost Continent" in Oakland. Unfortunately, they failed to save themselves, but were completely lost under the attack of alien opponents..."
"Lost Continent" is a comedy blockbuster released in June 209, claiming to have invested more than 100 million yuan. The movie is adapted from a TV series of the same name from the 1970s. It tells the story of scientist Rick and his assistants Will and Holly, who were drifting on the river in Colorado, and then came to an unknown world full of dinosaurs and other strange creatures. The movie was overwhelmed with publicity, but after it came out, the box office and reputation were both badly defeated. The New York Times said directly that Rick, Will and Hawley might as well get lost in the Lost Continent directly.
This game is indeed very popular. In addition to the opening game, the battle between James and Chamberlain, the two stars that the league is highly praised, and the violent conflicts that occurred repeatedly in the game, and more importantly, the problem of fake falls. The double falls between Marbury and Valaijo were so shocking. It is said that Stern was stunned after watching this video.
Fake falls have always been a joke in NHAR spoons. This problem has existed for decades. Ranbir, Divac, Miller, Stockton started out with famous players. Now, fake falls have become a must-have for every star at home. It is a regular skill for robbers to kill people. One of Bowen's tasks when he comes to the Warriors is to train them to fake falls. For the NHA, this is a chronic disease and is becoming a serious disease that affects the healthy development of this sports event. When fake falls are in trouble, who will try to improve his skills?
Valecho's appearance pushed the false falls into the forefront. He was very good at playing this edge ball and was the darling of the referee's whistle. His exaggerated performance allowed him to ensure that he would fall down as soon as he was hit and he would definitely be knocked down. Even if the referee touched him, he would probably fall backwards exaggeratedly.
Because his fake falls reached a super realistic level, when he fell, the referee's whistle sounded, which caused strong dissatisfaction among many opponents. This time, Chamberlain got angry and took the initiative to step forward to sue the problem at the league headquarters, asking the referees to come up with a solution.
But the referees were helpless. Crawford stood up to respond to the doubts of the players and reporters. He said: "Although we have discussed some of the players' controversial actions at the referee meeting, when you see someone knocked down by an opponent more than once on the court, you will unconsciously blew the whistle in your mouth. Don't treat us as robots. We are also flesh and blood, and we have emotions. Obviously, some people are using our feelings."
"Sometimes such a penalty can cause controversy. Fake falls are bad and very angering, but we were standing next to us at that time. We saw someone hitting a guy like Valejo. They fell down after being hit, so we had to blow the whistle, and it wasn't OK to blow it." Another famous referee, Dick Bavita, said helplessly.
Of course, the reason why Valaijo's problem is extra serious is that he has superb acting skills. He has fallen twice or three times a season, and he has to fall two or three times a game. Yao Ming has suffered losses from Valaijo's performance many times. The most recent one was on February last year. Yao Ming led the Rockets to challenge the Cavaliers away. Valaijo's home advantage has used his fake fallen performance to the extreme. Yao Ming, who has taken Valaijo's many fake fallen losses before, fell into the foul trap again, and committed 6 fouls.
Taking advantage of this public opinion boom in the whole alliance, Yao Ming complained a little, of course, and did not change his humorous character: "At first I thought that fake falls were invented by Europeans, but I didn't know where it came from until I met a friend of Valaijo."
Vujasic was even more concerned about this issue. He even held a press conference by himself, calling on the players to resist fake falls together, and asked the league to change the system and punish fake falls heavily. It is not a big deal for the handsome Soviet guy. He is a person who has suffered a fatal fall. At most, others have fouls on their backs. He directly broke his feet by Valejo's fake falls.
Things have to start from last year, 2026. At that time, the Cavaliers challenged the Lakers away. James missed a layup. Valaijo followed up to compete for the frontcourt rebound. The Frenchman Turiav, who was still playing in the Lakers at that time, had a little physical contact with Valaijo. So the Brazilian seemed to be hit by the French Leclerc tank and immediately turned backward to perform a fake fall. But he accidentally stepped on Ujasic's foot, causing a serious sprain in his left ankle and missed four weeks of game.
No one took the lead before, and it was not too good to be a fool to fall anyone's butt. This time, the new prince of Chamberlain came forward, and a group of people immediately jumped out and took advantage of Valaijo. In this way, Valaijo showed up for a while and became the star with the most recent appearances in the NHA.
The league finally paid attention to this matter. Adam Xiaohua personally convened a referee meeting and discussed relevant countermeasures. So, a new era has arrived. After the "Jordan Law" and "O'Neal Law" were released, the "Valejo Rules" also came out.
The main content of the "Valecho Rules" is that when a player is knocked to the ground causes controversy, the referee can use video replay at any time to re-determine the penalty. The vice president and future president of the referee and discipline and future president Adam Xiaohua told reporters: "The performance of the fake fallers is very realistic, and the referees cannot immediately determine whether they are fake falls. So to a certain extent, the fake fallers are fooling the referees. We need to solve this problem, but this cannot be hasty. Fortunately, technology has helped us. As long as we view the game video, we believe that the referees can make fair punishments."
The result of this satisfies the players. Of course, some people are very depressed, such as Valejo and Ginobili, who are masters of fake falls, and they can't fall now.
The formulation of the "Valejo Rules" was not a result of one day or two. Before that, the Warriors conducted their first away expedition of the season. They flew to Memphis to fight the Grizzlies in the cold far north.
After summer trading and draft reinforcements in recent seasons, the Grizzlies suddenly transformed from a bottom-up to a strong man, from a silk to a tall, rich and handsome man, but the Warriors didn't care. They just beat the Eastern Conference boss last season for more than ten points. If it weren't for the face-taking coaches such as Chamberlain, Iverson, West, etc., it would be a matter of minutes to win 2 points.
The Warriors are full of morale and full of confidence. The fans were already scared to see the team not strengthening the summer, but the Cavaliers' fate gave them confidence. The fans directly posted a challenge book on the official website: Who is the next opponent? Stand out and die.
Chapter completed!