Chapter 511: Spelling ability
This scene seems familiar.
During the 1993-94 season, O'Neal and David Robinson competed for the scoring champion, and there was such a scene.
At that time, David Robinson and O'Neal scored closer, and O'Neal only led by 0.06 points.
Because the average score was too close, the Spurs frantically shot Robinson in the last game that was irrelevant to the outcome.
As a result, Robinson made 26 of 41 shots in that game, scoring 71 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 blocks.
This means that if O'Neal wants to win the scoring champion back, he must score at least 68 points in the last game.
In the end, O'Neal only scored 32 points the next day, and unfortunately lost the scoring champion.
This has also become the most magical scoring battle in NBA history.
And now, history is about to repeat itself.
"Dang, just take action, we will keep feeding you the ball."
Evans spoke in the Pelicans' locker room.
Several starters of the Pelicans, Davis is cute, Holiday is not talkative, and Amino is also humble. Apart from Tang Tian, the one who can speak is Evans.
Evans spoke, not only the starter, but other players nodded one after another.
Most of them took Tang Tian's Ferrari. In this kind of scoring king, they had no reason not to pass the ball to Tang Tian.
And because the outcome doesn't matter, Williams will not have any objection to their actions.
At the same time in Oklahoma City, Brooks anxiously brought the players together.
Westbrook's injury has healed for about 100 years, but he won't be able to play in the last game to be on the safe side.
"Passing more to Kevin during the game."
Brooks used the head coach's rights to make a request to the Thunder players.
He didn't say it very bluntly, but the players all knew that Durant would definitely win the scoring champion.
The players nodded one after another. Although they didn't want to help Durant from the bottom of their hearts, they still had to listen to the coach's words.
Reggie Jackson pursed his mouth. His score in the second half of the season was obviously not as good as before, all because Durant grabbed the scoring champion.
It seems that he has to find an opportunity to talk to Brooks about his positioning in the team.
"Guys, Kevin needs this scoring champion."
When Brooks left, Westbrook pulled the team members and said.
The concept of his opening is completely different from Brooks' opening.
Brooks is the order, and Westbrook is the request.
Westbrook socialite is unparalleled in popularity on the team. He spoke, even Jackson is willing to give this face.
Durant had no words. It was natural for him to score this score, and Westbrook, as a brother, should also speak for him.
On the last game day, other games have ended one after another, and the Pelicans and the Thunder will also be played one after another.
The two games were just 2 hours apart, which means that Durant basically had to act according to Tang Tian's expression.
In short, one principle is that he must get 10+ more scores than Tang Tian.
The two of them have already confirmed that they will score points in the last game.
But their opponents obviously won't give this opportunity.
The Bulls arrived in Oklahoma City a day early and the team conducted open training.
After the training, in addition to head coach Thibodeau, Butler and Ruhr Deng also became the key interview subjects of the reporters.
Because they will play against Durant in the last game.
Deng is relatively humble and basically says some polite words in the interview.
But Butler wasn't that polite.
Except for Tang Tian and Thibodeau, he would not take anyone else seriously.
"Yes, I will defend with all my might. We need this victory. I will devote myself to his defense in the game."
When the reporter asked Butler how he would defend, he almost didn't hesitate.
"We all know Durant is going to compete for the scoring champion this year."
The reporter may have felt that Butler didn't realize this and reminded him.
"Does it have anything to do with me?"
Butler's answer left the reporter speechless.
This really has nothing to do with Butler.
"No, it's related."
But Butler suddenly denied his words.
Just as the reporter was puzzled and thought he was going to change his mind, Butler spoke again.
"We don't play. If we want to win the game, we have to limit his score, so we have to do our best to limit his score."
The reporter smiled bitterly after hearing this.
Well, Butler had never intended to give Durant a face at all, but instead reiterated his determination.
After Butler accepted the interview, he went on to practice on his own.
He now thinks that reporter has a problem with his brain.
Not to mention that the Bulls need this victory, as far as he and Tang Tian are concerned, he will not be able to let Durant win this scoring champion.
Those who have no selfishness are not humans.
At the same time, in Los Angeles, the Lakers, who are at home, are ready to play against the Pelicans.
Like the Bulls, they are determined to win this game.
However, it is slightly different from the Bulls, or Butler. The team's head coach and the team's boss Kobe have different attitudes towards the scoring champion.
"We don't care about this, we care about team victory."
D'Antoni's answer was quite straightforward.
Compared to D'Antoni, Kobe's answer is very intriguing.
"What we need is this victory. If Don scored 70 points and we could still win, I would rather he scored 70 points."
Kobe's personality is simply unavailable to his eyes, but Tang Tian is the only exception.
Tang Tian helped him twice, and he couldn't argue with Tang Tian like Butler.
Popularity may seem like no pain or itch in the NBA, but sometimes it can play a key role.
And what he said is indeed correct. The Lakers are still coached by D'Antoni, just playing fast, so it is wrong to make them think about how to defend Tang Tian.
What they will do is get more points than their opponents and then win the game.
But no matter what the members of the two teams say, the Bulls and Lakers are determined to win the final game.
On April 17, the Pelicans and Lakers played first at the Staples Center in Los Angeles.
The scene was full, and the focus of the whole world was on this game.
In addition to the three TNT giants in charge of the commentary, Zhang Weiping and Su Qun also appeared on the scene for broadcasting.
If Tang Tian can score high scores in this game, it will be the first time in NBA history that a yellow man has won the scoring champion.
They must witness this extraordinary moment on the spot, and may also go to interview them as soon as possible after the game.
"Today, the Pelicans will give Tang Tian the ball and let him shoot hard. That is the most reasonable way of playing."
Chapter completed!