388 Best of the First Week
In the Warriors locker room, the players were preparing for a game with the Pistons, chatting and laughing together. Ellis' leg injury has not healed yet and is under the ban on the team. So although he also came to the locker room, he was in a low mood because of the transaction rumors. He lowered his head and kept playing with the handheld.
An advertisement is being played on TV. The protagonist of the advertisement is the little emperor LeBron James and Sharapova, the number one beauty in Russian sports. Sharapova was seen smiling like a flower. She and James made a bet to see who had more running miles in 1 month in 2016. If Sharapova loses, she will be a water girl for James on the side of the NHA field. If James loses, he will be Sharapova's caddie.
Watching the TV commercial, Chamberlain was a little depressed. He picked up his slippers and smashed it at the TV, shouting: "What the hell is this? LeBron doesn't play well and flirt with this little girl? Are he still giving water to girls and milk?"
Everyone saw that Chamberlain was in a bad mood and stopped talking. Only Jackson gloated and said, "The bastards in Detroit are going to be in trouble."
The atmosphere in the locker room suddenly showed a freezing point. At this time, Billups stood up and the role of the veteran began to show. He smiled and said to Chamberlain: "Hey, do you still remember the bet between Kenny Smith and Barkley last season? How about it, are you interested in changing your playing style?"
As soon as Billups said this, the atmosphere in the locker room changed suddenly, and several people laughed. Jackson shouted: "Yes, change the style of playing, you have this ability, we want that fat man to marry a damn sow."
Barkley and Jackson have always been at odds because the former laughed at the latter's appearance many times during live broadcasts across the United States.
Barkley is also miserable now. Not only Billups and the Warriors players remember his bet with Smith, but fans are also constantly mentioning this old story.
Last season, he and Smith bet during the live broadcast across the United States that Chamberlain would not become a center who relies on skills to score, but just an ordinary body flow inside. As a result, although Chamberlain often dunks now, he often uses hooks, mid-range shots to score, and even hits the three-point line. In this way, Barkley is in trouble, and the bet is to marry a sow.
Billups raised this topic and the players became active. They first gave Chamberlain advice and suggested how to change the offensive methods, and then planned how to rectify Barkley at that time. Ibaka proposed to find him a female donkey from Africa.
When it comes to the game against the Pistons, the team atmosphere has improved greatly, and there is no difference from before. Old Nelson takes all this in his eyes and becomes more determined to not trade Billups.
The Warriors' opponent this time is the Pistons. They have won the past two games and still maintained the strength of the Eastern Conference powerhouses. But everyone knows that from the moment Ben Wallace leaves Chicago, the Pistons Tigers Company has become a term in the long history of the NHA. When Billups is sent to the Warriors, the Pistons are no longer a strong team in the Eastern Conference.
The Pistons were tricked by Davis last season. They sent Billups away for Davis. They originally wanted to reorganize the mountains and rivers and build a completely different team around the new core. As a result, this summer, when the Los Angeles Clippers handed over a maximum salary contract, Davis immediately ran to Los Angeles - maybe the Pistons could also give him a considerable contract, but how could the drunken and lantern-loving Los Angeles be comparable to the Workers City Pistons?
It was not an irreparable loss after leaving Davis. When he traded Billups to get the contract expired, the Pistons carried out with the idea of cultivating Stark to be a new core of the backcourt. However, Davis played well with the Pistons. His violent and iron blood coincided with the Pistons' concept, so the Pistons had the idea of building a team around Davis.
As a result, Davis didn't give them this opportunity at all and ran away...
The Pistons are now solid, Billups are gone, and Davis is gone. Although they have money, they have not signed big-name stars, so the team is left with a bunch of rags, and they quickly turn from Eastern powerhouses to Eastern fish bottoms.
The Pistons started so strongly this season, but they may not have no intention of venting their venting. Didn’t you all say that we are no longer a strong Eastern Conference team? Didn’t you say that we are going to be the bottom of the game this season? Then we have to show you that our Pistons are still a championship-level team.
The Pistons beat the Nets and the Bobcats in a row. Now all they have to do is to beat the Warriors and confirm their identity as a strong Eastern Conference team, but the Warriors gave them a head-on blow after the opening game.
The opening whistle sounded, Chamberlain took the ball from Rashid's head, Billups took the ball and took Stucky's layup by himself - Fo also has a fire, Billups has always been calm and calm, with a strong overall view, but as long as he faces Stucky, he will turn into a Berserker. In a sense, it is precisely because of Stucky himself who left the Pistons.
Then Starkey led the team to counterattack, Rashid took Chamberlain away, and Starkey broke through and made a layup. As a result, Billups gave him a big hat mercilessly and sneered: "You really treat yourself as the boss? Do you think you are Allen Iverson? You are still breaking through in front of me, are you the funny guy in Detroit?"
West picked up the ball and fast break. The Pistons' defense was first in the league, but with Ben Wallace and Billups, two defensive cores from inside and outside, leaving the team, their defense quality dropped seriously. West used a change of direction and accelerated stop to get a layup after the fast break, and the Warriors took the lead at 40.
The Pistons value Starkey so much, so they can only say that their uniform group was covered in eyes by shit. Starkey is good, but it is definitely not the cornerstone of Paul, Deron's team building. His organizational ability is too poor. His teammates are very confused in running positions under his command. After commanding, he chose to break through by himself. This time it was Chamberlain's lesson, and he rushed up from the wing with a big hat and sent the ball out of the court.
Did Rashid make a three-pointer and the Pistons opened the situation. At this time, the Warriors had already led by B2, and then turned around and Chamberlain hit Rashid with his back from the basket and turned around and hit a hook. He turned around and smiled at Rashid and said, "East Power? Well? Is this the Eastern Power?"
The roaring Tianzun was so angry that his eyes were almost glaring out. Jackson was even happier and muttered: "There is a guy named Rashid. He only likes to eat and eat. As a result, he has diarrhea every day..."
Without Billups' impact on the Pistons is fatal. However, in the second half of last season, Davis showed off his energy for a big contract. He used his strong personal ability to cover up the importance of Billups to the Pistons. Now that even Davis is running away, the Pistons are in chaos. When playing a smooth-wind account, this is still not obvious. When encountering a strong team like the Warriors, the Pistons' problems surfaced.
Starkey's commander probably didn't even know what was going on. Billups beat him one after another at the beginning, and broke through and pushed back to force him. In the first quarter of the Warriors, Billups scored 6 points and had a very high desire to attack. This was the first time he showed that he was no worse than the top shooting guard after coming to the Warriors.
At the end of the first quarter, the Warriors almost played directly with the Pistons at 320. Even so, Billups could not vent his anger. When he left the field, he passed by the Pistons and saw that the Pistons general manager Joe Dumas also came to the scene. He roared: "You said I can't run even if I'm old, right? You all think I'm dying when I'm old, and should be lying on the hospital bed and waiting to die, right? Look clearly, I've never missed a team game after leaving the Pistons!"
Originally, Billups and Dumas were good friends, but the Pistons did not inform him at all when they traded Davis. He still learned through the media that he was abandoned by the team, which hurt too much for Billups, who is affectionate.
In the second quarter, Billups no longer scored, and he began to concentrate on organizing the team's offense and defense. Chamberlain was stuck in the penalty area, and Billups either had a lob or a pass, constantly sent the ball to Chamberlain's hands. Facing Rashid's defense, Chamberlain was fully fired, and he turned over and jumped shots and hooked the basket. Of course, the first step was to use his strength to knock the thin Rashid away.
Seeing that Chamberlain was unstoppable in the penalty area, the Pistons' new coach Michael Cory had no choice but to send former No. 1 pick Kwame Brown. Kwame Brown's defense is actually the top player among the NHA big guys. Whether he faces super insiders like Duncan or Sir, his performance on the defensive end is remarkable.
Chamberlain also had experience in playing against Brown. He pulled out first, and Brown ran out with him, then found an opportunity to turn around and run back immediately, using his speed, flexibility and explosive power to throw Brown away. Billups would always send the ball in in time. All Chamberlain had to do was to choose to use a dunk or a layup to score.
After the first half, the Pistons were beaten into a sieve by the Warriors and were behind by a big score of 366. Old Nelson didn't want to do things too well, so he replaced Chamberlain and others with the main players, allowing Ibaka, Curry and Morro to play the game.
Even so, the Pistons' life is not easy. The three rookies finally had the opportunity to perform, especially Moro. This is the first time he officially played in the NHA regular season. In the second half, he broke into the penalty area with the ball at the beginning and made a dunk. Then he cooperated with Ibaka in pick-and-roll, and the attacks were successful. His fast break and breakthrough were like thunder and lightning. His opponent often scored points when he was neglected.
The Pistons were completely defeated. Old Nelson couldn't keep them even if they wanted to save some face - they were all rookies and you still lost like this. What do you want me to do?
At the end of the game, the Pistons hurriedly left the court without anyone's face, while the Oracle Arena became a sea of cheering. The Warriors slaughtered their opponents with a big score of 11579. Chamberlain played for 2 minutes, scoring 2 points, 15 rebounds and 6 blocks. Billups played for 2 minutes, scoring 2 points, 9 assists and - steals.
Morrow finally stopped wandering. He performed well in the minutes of appearance, scoring 19 points and 4 rebounds. You should know that his opponent is not the substitute of the Pistons, but their main force. Even so, he still performs well, which has established confidence and given him confidence.
After this game, the first week of the NHA regular season ended, and the best of the first week was also released.
The best week in the Eastern Conference is the increasingly strong Little Emperor. James scored a NH high-average - B7 points, B assists and 6 rebounds, and an average of 4l minutes per game. This is the 14th time in James' career that he won this honor, the first of this season. He won this honor three times in the 2070B season, twice in the 2UU07 season, five times in the 20506 season, and three times in the 20406 season.
The best week in the Western Conference is Chamberlain. Although the Warriors lost a game and the Lakers maintained a complete victory, as Warriors columnist Dern said: "When you see a person who can average 3 points, 17 rebounds, and 66 blocks per game, he can't help but choose him as the best player, and he averages only -6 minutes of playing time. If he plays for 48 minutes, his average score may be 6 points."
Chapter completed!