Chapter 75 Who is Chamberlain?
At 7:30, the starting lineups of both sides were announced.
Suns: Wang Tiejun, Barkley, Cedric Ceballos, Dan Majerle, Kevin Johnson
Spurs: David Robinson, Sean Elliott, Darle Ellis, J.R. Reid, Vinny DeNagro
The game was broadcast live nationwide by ESPN, with commentators being Viston Rollins and Carter Oldman, who had previously broadcast the last game between the Suns and the Magic.
Vince Rollin said: “From entering the league to today, K has played more than ten games, but he has played against two super centers, Ewing and Hakeem O’Neal, who has a good chance of becoming the fourth super center, and Alonzo Mourning, who is very competitive.
Not to mention the Ewing game, where his playing time was too short, but in the next three games, his performance was completely worth the contract the Suns gave him.”
Carter Oldman went on to say: “His best performance was against Dream, which means that even a super center like Dream with top defensive ability cannot completely defend him in a one-on-one situation.
Well, if you have a super center, that's great because no matter how many points he can score, the super center will score more points over his head.
But if you don’t have a super center, then you have to choose whether to double him and leave other guys open.”
Vince Rollin said: "So now the Suns' tactics have become more and more singles, and K gets a lot of shots in a short period of time.
Especially in the two games after he had the hook attack near the basket, his shooting number has reached the second or third place in the team, which is incredible for a rookie. It can be seen that the Suns value him very much and are training him comprehensively in terms of tactical position, shooting, ball possession, etc. ”
Carter Oldman said with a smile: "So far, O'Neal is firmly ranked first in the rookie rankings. His rookie season was a superstar performance, while Mourning is half a step behind. Old K is not qualified to be on par with the two of them yet. He still needs to continue to improve.
On offense, even with a hook shot near the basket, his offensive methods and choices are too monotonous. Once he is double-teamed, he has no way to attack and can only choose to pass the ball.
There is nothing wrong with passing the ball, and he can still help the team. However, once the critical moment comes, he is the closest person to the basket, and when he is needed to score, he cannot help the team.
Defensively, he also performed averagely. He wasted his defensive height. His defensive skills and defensive experience were not very good. He was completely unable to defend against opponents with speed and agility. His assisting defense ability was also poor, and he did not even show any assisting defense ability. "
"And then there are the technical players, which is also the type that is difficult for him to defend because he has too little game experience," added Viston Rollin.
Carter Oldman added: "So although he scored 20+10 on Dream, he let Dream score 33 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists. In fact, he was beaten by Dream on both offense and defense. If the Suns didn't have a superstar like Barkley, the Suns would have lost the game.
And tonight, he will face David Robinson, a super center who has a better scoring ability than the Dream. I think K will be in trouble. "
"Yes, big trouble."
Vince Rollin said: “But generally speaking, K still performs well when facing these super centers.
After all, even O'Neal was at a clear disadvantage when facing these three super centers. K was knocked down three times by Dream in one game, and O'Neal was also knocked down once."
Carter Oldman suddenly laughed and said, "I want to know now whether the Spurs will choose to let Robinson defend K single-handedly like the Mosaic. If he defends single-handedly, can K score 20+10 on the Admiral's head?"
"Will David Robinson allow his teammates to double-team K? How is that possible? It's impossible. He's a super center. The other way around is probably the same."
Winston Rawling immediately shook his head and laughed.
At this time, in the player tunnel, the starting players of both teams were preparing to play.
"Hey, Dan."
"Hey, Dale, how are you?"
"Not bad. Dan, you have a great lineup this year!"
"Yeah, we picked up a big one, haha!"
Dan Marley walked up and greeted Dale Ellis , and the two had a good relationship.
Daryl Ellis was very strong. In 1989, he averaged 25.8 points per game. He also ranked first in the league in three-point shooting percentage that year, at 47%.
However, Ellis was not very lucky. Despite his All-Star stats, he was not selected as an All-Star.
Barkley was also greeting David Robinson, who glanced at Wang Tiejun, who was about the same height as him but a size bigger and stronger, and asked, "Charles, you should make him lose weight. He moves too slowly."
"Really? We'll consider it." Barkley said with a smile.
Although the two of them were talking and smiling, their relationship was not good. The Suns just swept the Spurs in the playoffs a few months ago, so it would be strange if their relationship was good. They greeted each other as soon as they met. It showed that both of them had good personalities. Barkley liked making friends, and David Robinson was also a humble person.
Barkley disagreed with Robinson's suggestion to lose weight. If K lost weight, what would his strongest technique, low-post back-to-the-basket, be of any use? He thought Robinson's suggestion was malicious.
"Rookie, why don't you say hello to me? As a rookie, you have to learn to respect your seniors." The admiral said to Wang Tiejun with a smile.
"I don't think we can be friends off the court, but as opponents, tonight either you beat me or I beat you, so forget about the greetings, we will meet on the court soon." Wang Tiejun said.
David Robinson was startled. Barkley beside him had already burst into laughter. He glared at Barkley unhappily, then immediately dropped his humble face and said to Wang Tiejun with a stern face: "Damn rookie, I will score 50 points on you tonight."
"As long as you have the ability to score 100 points on me, I can only give you a thumbs up." Wang Tiejun said without caring at all.
"100 points? Do you think he's a pervert like Chamberlain? The rules have changed now. The three-second zone has been expanded. It's impossible to score 100 points."
Barkley said unhappily.
Comrade Lao Wang was stunned and quickly said, "No, is there really someone who scored 100 points? I mean in a single game."
"I'm talking about a single game. Chamberlain scored 100 points in a single game. Don't you know that?" Barkley said with contempt, glancing at Comrade Lao Wang.
Are the other two teams also so ignorant?
Lao Wang was stunned and muttered, "What the hell, what the hell... Who is Chamberlain?"
100, for him, it feels like a mountain to look up to.
"Let's go, let's go on stage. I'll let you meet Chamberlain, the killer of thousands of people." Barkley smiled and pulled Lao Wang.
Then the visiting team came out and the Suns received huge boos. The Spurs fans did not welcome them.
After warming up, Wang Tiejun just sat on the bench when his eyes blurred and the system came out.
"Host, score 20+10 on David Robinson and you will be rewarded with 300 points."
"The reward is not as good as a big dream, but I'm afraid it can't be completed."
He knows that he is still far inferior to those three super centers and has a huge gap with O'Neal. Although he scored 20+10 against Dream last time, he may not be able to get the same data against Robinson.
It's not that Robinson is better than Dream. In fact, Dream is better regarded than Robinson in the league. But when he played against Dream, he used a hook shot for the first time, and Dream was not prepared. Now if he goes back to play against Dream again, he probably won't have much chance to score 20+10 again.
