Section 108 The Magician's Performance (Part 1)
Compared with the gorgeousness of the Lakers, the Clippers in the same city seem to always play a miserable role. From Manning to Lamond Murray, to the famous Nigerian No. 1 pick Michael Olovokandi, and later Odom, after nearly 20 years of reconstruction, they have not yet escaped the quagmire of struggling for the playoffs. The 28-54-year record in the 28-54 season makes their reconstruction seem to have a long way to go!
The game against the Clippers is the second game of the Supersonics this season and their first home game. It is November 6th, which is the third day of the game against the Hawks.[]
The attendance rate of the Supersonic Key Center Stadium is close to 90%. The 5 wins and 2 losses in the preseason, and the brilliant victory in the first game of the regular season made many fans interested in watching the game on site. Chamberlain never thought that he would usher in such a moment so soon. From the start of the game, a group of fans wearing Seattle No. 0 jerseys were crazy about Chamberlain's American name, cham
Lain's call comes one after another!
Just as Chamberlain was immersed in this cheer, the players from both sides began to appear! Clippers lineup: Captain Elton Brand, the No. 1 pick in the draft in 1999, the core of the Bulls' reconstruction, one of the most traditional power forwards in the league, excellent low-post singles and accurate mid-range jump shot made Brand look very similar to Carl Malone when he was young. The small forward was Brand's good friend - Cory Mageti, the Clippers' second scorer. Center Carman did not recover due to injury, and the famous beast Chris Wilcox was replaced by him. Point guard Marco Jaric, the shooting guard was "Mosquito" Kry Kittles, a talented player eroded by injuries. The Nets ace shooting guard, and another three-pointer shooter of the Golden Generation of the NBA96!
Mo Ning missed the ball again. He was no longer as explosive as two years ago. He watched the basketball powerlessly by Chris Wilcox.
Jaric carefully maintained the basketball and dribbled the ball patiently for halftime. During this period, Ridno kept harassing him, as if the tail was placed beside him. Ridno frequently put pressure on Jaric. As soon as the halftime, Jaric, who had lost a large space for the event, handed over the basketball to Margeti and asked him to organize the offense!
As a good friend, the tacit understanding is naturally unquestionable. When Mageti, who was catching the ball, suddenly broke through to the right, and Lewis took the opportunity to fill the position. However, when Mageti's shoulders sank, Lewis could no longer stop him.
Chamberlain, who was near the free throw line, had long noticed every move here. Seeing that something was wrong, he rushed forward like lightning. At the moment when he was about to approach, Magety stopped suddenly and pulled back with the ball in his right hand. Faced with this situation, Chamberlain, who thought the opponent was going to shoot, habitually raised his hands.
At this time, an orange shadow flashed from the corner of Chamberlain's eyes and hit the floor on the left side of his body, and rebounded to Brand's hand just in time. Mo Ning, veteran Mo Ning, once again played a role of wiping his butt, blocking Brand's body holding the ball.
Morning's defense made Brand unable to turn around smoothly. When he hesitated for a while and chose the subsequent action, Chamberlain had already completed the return defense and stood firmly in front of Brand. Morning and Chamberlain double-teamed Brand!
Brand is only 204 cm tall. Under the joint pressure of Chamberlain and Morning, he was unable to jump or turn around, and even his vision was blocked. He intercepted the ball. When Brand tried every means to create a glimmer of opportunity to observe his teammates, Chamberlain's hand was on the somewhat distracted basketball controlled by Brand!
Mo Ning reached out and grabbed the ball that was popped on the floor and caught it in his arms. At this time, no one on the court could react. Chamberlain was almost gone. He dodged the angered Brand's counter-robbery. Mo Ning threw the basketball to Chamberlain who had crossed the center line with his backhand!
Mageti's return to defense was very fast, but the height disadvantage could not be compensated. Chamberlain, who received the ball, took three steps and jumped head-on, and raised his knees against Mageti's chest with one hand!
The inside line has always been the biggest weakness of the Supersonics. They like to float outside from height to short, and rarely allow fans to appreciate such a tough dunk. In the first home court of the new season, the perfect cooperation between the two newcomers, the fans' long-lost meeting gifts were given to the key center, which made the atmosphere that had not cooled down on the scene even more cheering and thunderous!
After the dunk, Chamberlain quickly fell to the floor, shook his arm, and waved his hand to the cheering fans. Unlike the depression in the Spurs, Chamberlain, who had not yet played his full strength in Seattle, got the cheers given to him by the fans here, no less than the cheers of the fans in the Spurs finals! With the appropriate tactics, Chamberlain, who appreciated his head coach, supported his fans, and was a little disappointed and missed the Bobcats, suddenly believed in his original choice!
The Clippers attacked again. Just after halfway through Jaric's possession, Brand held Chamberlain in the inside and asked for the ball. The boss always had such privileges. Regardless of whether it was reasonable or not, Jaric still handed the ball to Brand!
In order to regain the lost face, Brand had to play singles with his back when receiving the ball. Tough! Brand's obvious intention gave Chamberlain time to prepare in advance. Brand, who sat hard behind his back and didn't think Chamberlain's thin body would cause any obstacles to him, felt as if he had hit a plate.
The unsuccessful follow-up action, the power of rebounding from behind, made Brand make a fatal mistake, and he smashed the basketball in his foot!
The basketball was bouncing on the floor. Mo Ning, who was concentrating on trying to make up for Chamberlain's defense, first reacted. Before Brand, who wanted to re-control the basketball, he took a side shot of the basketball, wiped Brand's body, and gave it to Chamberlain!
He made an OK gesture to the fans. Under the surprise gaze, Chamberlain did not pass the ball. He followed the Clippers who were hurriedly returning to defense and dribbled the ball alone to the opponent's half!
The Clippers' defense was very timely this time, and the Supersonics' outside line did not have a good chance to catch the ball. With 50 dribbling support, she was encouraged by the cheers of fans, Chamberlain, who was determined to make his debut perfect, made such a seemingly nonsensical choice!
Just as Mourning said, regardless of tactics or cooperation, the performances of new stars representing the team's future potential, regardless of whether it is reasonable or not, are what fans are willing to see and the head coach is willing to see!
While Chamberlain was directing his teammates to run their positions in a decent manner, the fans clamored louder, and Mike Milan on the sidelines also slapped himself with a smile!
ps: One more update section, congratulations to Xiaoyao’s earliest book friend, the messy cloud, for coming out of the mountain again!
Chapter completed!