839 Angry Shark
O'Neal's brave performance at the basket greatly boosted the spirit of Cleveland fans. As soon as the game started, the Sharks were full of aggressiveness, and he showed his strength and body shape advantages to the fullest.
On the offensive end, O'Neal's tough dunk, on the defensive end, and with his guard, even Chamberlain has to avoid his forward temporarily.
Chamberlain was secretly shocked as he watched O'Neal push Evans out of one-handed dunk.
This is his first time meeting O'Neal in the Finals. He has heard before that O'Neal is very lazy. He doesn't play in the preseason, and he plays lazily in the regular season. He will take it seriously in the playoffs. Only in the finals can he show 100% attention.
There is no doubt that O'Neal took out 200% of his skills this time, and the result was that the Warriors were irresistible for a while.
Chamberlain wanted to change defense several times to deal with O'Neal. He was confident that he could solve this old guy, but Old Nelson did not allow it. He asked Chamberlain to accumulate strength to fight back. The important task of dealing with O'Neal was Evans.
However, after this attack, Chamberlain couldn't help but go up and whisper to Evans, saying, "Brother, how about it? Do we want to change it for the time being?"
Evans wiped his sweat and gasped, "I'm fine, don't worry, I can still withstand it."
Chamberlain patted Evans on the shoulder, and the latter was still scared and said, "This big guy is almost forty years old, and he has such dominance. I really don't know how Allen led the team to fight him ten years ago."
Evans just needs to vent, no matter who is ravaged at the beginning, and he also feels resentful. After venting, he comforted Chamberlain and said, "To be honest, Shaq is really old. At the beginning, he pushed me like a dirt shovel. It's so scary. Now, I'm facing him with food and accommodation. I bet that it only takes five minutes and he will be pinned down by me."
Obviously, there is no shortage of fans who know how to be aware of the game. Seeing O'Neal fall into a tough battle at the beginning, some fans united and shouted: "Shake, keep your physical strength, Shake, play the whole game."
O'Neal's mood had become extremely fanatical. Hearing the fans' worrying roars, when he attacked again, James broke through from the left wing, and he knocked away Jackson and suddenly broke out into a road that went straight to the basket.
Chamberlain made up the defense immediately, and his shock defense played a role. James was a little hesitant when facing his defense and no longer insisted on pushing towards the basket.
At this moment, O'Neal, who was in the penalty area by Evanscar, suddenly shouted loudly, pushed Evans arrogantly, and went right-wing strike to the basket from the position close to the bottom line.
James' eyes lit up and he waved his hand and passed the ball into the basket.
O'Neal stretched out his left hand like a flycatcher, and grabbed the ball into his hand. After that, his fat body suddenly rotated half a circle, and changed from back to opposite the ring to facing the ring. He shouted again. He thrust his waist and jumped up like a spring, and held the ball with his right hand to stretch towards the basket.
Evans tried hard to jump up, waving his arms to block it, while O'Neal grabbed the ball with his right hand and drew a small and half circle over his head. The left hand waiting on it closed hard, and grabbed the ball in his hands with a click.
Then, he suddenly thrust his body, and his whole body was unbelievably raised one point higher. His huge body pressed down on Evans. He almost rushed to the ring with such overwhelming momentum, waved his arms and dunked.
With a loud "boom", O'Neal grabbed the ring with both hands and shook it. Evans was knocked down by inertia, and the basketball hoop began to shake, looking extremely powerful.
"Ho roo" the fans screamed immediately, and the excited Cavaliers fans were almost rushing to the stadium.
"Shaqy is pretty, I want to give you a baby"
"Brack his head, get out of Cleveland"
"Kill him, kill him, kill him, kill him"
Finally, the howlings of the fans gathered together: "Kill him, kill him, kill him, kill him"
O'Neal was also extremely excited. He twisted his dance steps happily under the basket, spread his hands and twisted his waist and abdomen, and once again put on the classic overlord steps.
Iverson on the bench couldn't help but smile as he looked at the familiar scene. In the 2011 Finals, O'Neal crushed Mutombo. The African mountain that won the best defensive player that season turned into a piece of gravel under his bombardment, causing the 76ers to collapse in a full-scale collapse.
Time passed quickly, ten years later, he had gone from a team of leaders and absolute core to a substitute, and O'Neal seemed to have the dominance of ten years ago.
However, Iverson didn't believe that O'Neal really had the dominance of ten years ago.
He is also an old guy, and he is more familiar with the energy in the body of an old player than the fans.
In this game, Old Nelson arranged for Iverson to be substitute, and he had to do so. In the last game to eliminate the Lakers, Iverson dominated the second half, and it seemed that the peak was coming again. In fact, it consumed a lot of his energy to do all this.
In Iverson's eyes, O'Neal was like a candle burning to the end, and the light he emitted was a rebirth.
Chamberlain looked at O'Neal coldly, and the latter patted his chest and shouted at him: "Rookie, the first center? Well, this is the first center, are you very lucky. He was born in a good era. If it were twenty years ago, a stupid guy like you would not even have the chance to enter the league."
Chamberlain didn't say anything, he pulled Evans up and served Billups and ran down silently.
Billups dribbled to the high position, and Chamberlain went up to help him pick-and-roll. After the two reversed, Billups broke away from Gibson's entanglement and went to the inside.
The real backer of this tactic is Chamberlain. James has a high ball quotient. He understands this, so he made a defense change with Jamison, and he personally pushed Chamberlain.
Billups subconsciously passed the ball back, James quickly and quickly stole the ball in his hand, shouting and leading the team to counterattack.
Chamberlain was shocked and could only return to defense. The quick-dai Arena once again shouted wildly: "EMp"
Listening to the cheers and praises of the fans, James was full of energy and walked straight to the middle.
After strode to the penalty area, James got up and dunked, and a huge force passed from behind to his whole body. Then the sounds of fans taking a cold air gathered together, as if a huge air pump appeared in the stadium.
James raised the ball on his head with both hands, pressed it on the ball with a big slap, pulled his arm back, and strangled the dunk that was about to be shot.
The little emperor was torn to the point of being unable to stand firmly by this force. He staggered and landed, and turned around and saw Chamberlain's overbearing figure appearing behind him.
The Cavaliers' fans looked like earthy. They saw with their own eyes how the ball was knocked off. James's impact was fierce, his speed was fast, and his strength was strong. However, under Chamberlain's pursuit, all this turned into nothingness.
Chamberlain was chasing James from behind, but he actually caught up with him.
O'Neal hasn't crossed the midfield line yet, and they are all centers. Why is the speed gap so big?
However, the Cavaliers did feel like they were playing today. Just as Barkley commented, this team is good at playing with a good match. As long as they play well at the start, the players will perform more and more fiercely.
After Chamberlain blocked the block, a thin figure followed him up like a ghost, picked up the ball that blocked the block and made a light layup, and sent the ball into the ring.
After the short and thin Gibson made a layup, he looked up at Chamberlain and then lowered his head to run towards the backcourt.
Cavaliers fans screamed again: "Cavs, champion"
146. In the first four minutes, the Warriors only scored 6 points. As long as the opponent scored another goal, they would be behind double digits. This is a scene that has never been seen in the playoffs.
Old Nelson called a timeout, and he looked at O'Neal, who was panting with a bright look. After Evans got out of the game, he said: "Good, you did a good job, the shark can no longer swim. Then, let's carry out the second stage of tactics..."
"Super Counterattack?" West was shocked and looked expectant.
Old Nelson shook his head and said coldly: "No, now it is not the time to fight back, the big shark just can't swim anymore, he is not dead yet. All we have to do is to use the shark catch fork to completely kill him."
"In the rest of the first quarter, as long as O'Neal gets the ball and wants to play a single, Evans will foul him and send him to the free throw line. Now he has no physical strength. We not only have to make him physically tired, but also mentally crazy and exhausted. In this way, he is truly no threat."
After Old Nelson arranged the defense against O'Neal, he arranged several offensive rotation tactics. Billups was replaced. His previous organization did not work. He replaced Iverson and used speed and experience to attack the opponent.
Billups sat back on the bench with a little depressed displeasure. Hill quietly pulled him and asked, "Changxi, what's going on?"
He saw that Billups was not in shape. Not only in this game, but also in the last two games against the Lakers, his performance was also lacking, especially in the last game, when he was at a disadvantage against Fisher. If Iverson hadn't rushed on the outside, the Warriors' outside line might have collapsed before.
Billups smiled reluctantly and replied to Hill, "Nothing, man, just a little out of shape."
After Iverson came on the court, he looked at O'Neal with sweaty face and smiled: "Hey, Sharks, we met again in the finals."
O'Neal grinned and shouted: "The answer, as long as I'm here, you can't win the championship."
Iverson shrugged and pointed at Chamberlain and said, "Go and tell him that he is the head of the family. It's useless to tell me, let alone you can't stop me."
After the words came, Iverson was like a fierce evil spirit coming out of the Nine Nether Hell, and his body suddenly twisted, "Ba Pa Pa Pa Pa, changed direction three times in a row, and Gibson was a little dazzled. He stepped forward and went straight to the inside line, and rushed straight to O'Neal.
The shark showed a hideous sneer on his face, raised his arms and defended. At the same time, Chamberlain flexibly entered the penalty area and landed directly.
Iverson passed the ball to Chamberlain, and O'Neal's expression changed drastically. He turned around and wanted to stop Chamberlain, but his speed was too slow, so he ran a step back. Chamberlain had already turned over and put the ball into the ring with one wrist.
Sneak into the night with the wind, moistening things silently.
Chamberlain's layup is easy and elegant, and has a kind of light beauty.
But O'Neal couldn't see it and sneered: "No. 1 center? Haha, is this how the first center scores?"
Chamberlain did not fight back, but just smiled, completely different from the hotness at the beginning. O'Neal was very proud. He felt that he had defeated Chamberlain. This kid was like the soft-boys who used to speak loudly and then beat him up and were already afraid of him.
Stimulated by this excited mood, O'Neal was very confident and cheered up at the basket, stuck Evans to ask for the ball again.
The Cavaliers' team building idea this year is actually very correct. They bought O'Neal, a big guy in the penalty area, to confront Chamberlain, and at the same time, they also exchanged for Jamison.
Last season, Jamison was one of the best inside players in front of Chamberlain. He was flexible and cunning, able to make a spike and shoot at a long range of three-pointers, which can restrain Chamberlain well, prevent him from going to the penalty area to double-team O'Neal or assist in defense.
This is also the reason why O'Neal frequently raged under the basket from the beginning.
This time, Jamison once again brought Chamberlain out of the penalty area, allowing O'Neal to face Evans alone.
Chapter completed!