Chapter 150 The Night of Conferred God(1/2)
The fans at the scene have been reluctant to leave for a long time, and now their emotions are extremely complicated. On the one hand, their home team was so bloodbathed, which is definitely a shame in the history of the Warriors.
As a result, the Warriors already hold two of the top five single-game point differential records in NBA history.
And tonight's terrifying 75-point difference is also the first time in history that a 70+ point difference has occurred in a game.
In addition to the terrifying point difference record, David Taillon's 68 points, 24 rebounds and 11 blocks tonight also shocked everyone.
How many years has it been since this kind of data appeared in the NBA?
Although O'Neal's 60+20 was impressive, after all, he did not have double figures in blocks like David. In the past few years, Olajuwon had blocked triple-doubles from time to time, but in those games, Olajuwon blocked triple-doubles in points and rebounds.
No Davido.
Dameng's two more representative blocked shot triple-doubles were 38 points, 17 rebounds and 12 blocks, and 24 points, 21 rebounds and 12 blocks respectively. Obviously, there is no comparison with David's 60+20+10 super triple-double tonight.
In addition, David's high score of 68 points tonight also ranks among the top ten in NBA single-game scoring history. The only five players ahead of David are Chamberlain, Skywalker Thompson, Baylor, Admiral and Jordan.
It can be said that tonight is not only the night for the entire Grizzlies team, but also the night for David Taillon. After this stop, David can be said to have a certain amount of capital to compare with O'Neal.
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To say that the current David can match O'Neal, it must not have reached that point. After all, the data between these two people before was that O'Neal completely defeated David. When will David get a comparable result in a head-to-head confrontation with O'Neal?
Data, only then can we say that David can match O'Neal.
Warriors fans were able to witness this game that could go down in history, and of course they were a little excited. It would be perfect if the opponent was not their home team, the Warriors.
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"Remember what I said at the University of Pittsburgh?" Jiang Dongbing took the hands of David and Jackson and said sadly.
Jackson nodded quickly, "Remember, coach, you said at that time that we would become the top stars in the NBA."
"Coach, I have never doubted anything you said. Facts have proved that my judgment is correct. You are really omniscient and omnipotent." Jackson said with great joy.
Seeing his old brother David score such a statistic, Jackson could not hide his joy.
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After the game, Skiles took the Grizzlies' core players to the press conference, while Jiang Dongbing was waiting in the locker room with the Grizzlies generals.
"Our strength is indeed far inferior to the Grizzlies."
"Our performance tonight was also extremely poor, and we were beaten by the Grizzlies with such a point difference."
"Jiang Dongbing is a person who doesn't play by common sense. As far as I know, the Warriors don't have any grudges against the Grizzlies. Jiang Dongbing and I have never had any personal grudges. This makes me really unclear about why the Grizzlies
They would target our Warriors like this, even if it was garbage time, they did not try to continue to widen the point difference."
At the Warriors post-game press conference, Skiles said to the media reporters in the audience quite dissatisfied.
Whoever it was, must be feeling unhappy right now, that is, Skiles's temper is pretty good? If it were someone with Larry Bird's temperament? I'm afraid he would have already yelled at Jiang Dongbing by now.
No? Bird will definitely not save his anger after the game? He will definitely start angrily yelling at Jiang Dongbing from across the court during the game.
After the head coach finished speaking, Jamison and Hughes, the two Warriors leaders, also spoke.
"I admit that there is a big gap between our strength and the Grizzlies. But what the Grizzlies did? It was a bit too much. It was too bullying." Jamison complained.
Hughes said: "I hope Jiang Dongbing can give us an explanation."
The media reporters in the audience also felt a little sorry for the unfortunate Warriors. Logically speaking, Jiang Dongbing is not the kind of ignorant person? What if he wants to brutally abuse the weak team? He had countless opportunities last season and this season.
But Jiang Dongbing has never done anything to brutally abuse a weak team before. He usually gives up when the situation is good. When the game enters garbage time, Jiang Dongbing will try his best to give the opponent some opportunities to chase points, and will never kill them all.
No one expected that the Grizzlies would do something like this tonight, and the Warriors immediately became the unlucky ones.
Now the reporters are looking forward to the Grizzlies press conference soon. They will definitely ask Jiang Dongbing? What happened to make Jiang Dongbing so desperate?
Twenty minutes later? Jiang Dongbing appeared at the press conference with Jackson and David.
"What? They actually want me to give them an explanation?" Jiang Dongbing asked with shock on his face.
"Is there any explanation for this? Now that the entire league is targeting us, the Grizzlies, can't we, the Grizzlies, fight back?"
"You said the Warriors are not targeting us? Then they usually average more than ten three-pointers per game. How many times did they take tonight? Forty times? Fifty times? Isn't this targeting the Grizzlies?"
"Since you want to target us, you must be prepared to pay the price!" Jiang Dongbing said slowly.
The reporters in the audience finally figured it out. It turned out that this was what happened. To say that the Warriors were targeting the Grizzlies was actually correct. After all, the Warriors usually did not shoot three-pointers. After encountering the Grizzlies, they suddenly shot three-pointers.
If it has improved so much, it must be aimed at the Grizzlies.
Since someone has been targeted, it is normal for the Grizzlies to fight back like this.
"I would like to solemnly remind you that our Grizzlies don't let you shoot three-pointers, but if you want to mess around, don't blame me for not reminding you, be prepared to be bloodbathed by us!"
"Especially for a team like the Warriors, which is terrible at three-pointers, they need to think carefully about it. Why do you think you can kill us Grizzlies with three-pointers?"
"You don't overestimate your capabilities!" Jiang Dongbing finally gave the Warriors a comment that made them extremely angry.
However, Jiang Dongbing is indeed qualified to make such an evaluation. As the head coach of the Grizzlies, he is about to lead the team to the best record in NBA history. He is qualified to evaluate any team.
After the press conference, all the media reporters in the audience left in droves. So many shocking things happened tonight, and they will definitely make headlines tomorrow.
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That night, in the NBA president's office, both president Stern and vice president Xiao Hua were present.
"Adam, what do you think of the Grizzlies game tonight?" Stern asked Silver.
"Mr. Stern, I also think Jiang Dongbing has gone too far. If he does this, it will affect the unity of our alliance and create hatred that should not exist. The Grizzlies and Warriors will definitely become mortal enemies in the future.
"Xiao Hua replied after pondering for a moment.
Stern laughed directly, "Young man, your ideas are still too simple."
"As a business league, we are never afraid of mortal enemies. The reason why the NCAA has so many fans is because they have so many mortal enemies. This is the most exciting thing for fans."
"Our NBA is still far behind in this regard. Also, do you really think the Grizzlies will regard the Warriors as their mortal enemies? Do the elephants regard the ants as their enemies?"
Xiao Hua nodded quickly, "What Mr. Stern said makes sense, but what I thought was too simple."
"Not only are you looking at it too simply, but you are also looking at it too shallowly. I think what Jiang Dongbing did tonight is not a bad thing. I don't mean to create an enemy relationship with the Warriors." Stern smiled again.
Xiao Hua was a little confused and looked at Stern with doubtful eyes.
"In recent league games, I believe you have also noticed that the number of three-pointers taken by each team is increasing?"
Xiao Hua nodded. This is indeed the case. Many teams are improving their three-point shooting, but the improvement was more obvious when playing against the Grizzlies.
Originally, the Grizzlies were the only team in the league that took more than 30 three-pointers per game. Now there are many teams averaging more than 20 three-pointers per game. Although not as many as the Grizzlies, they are still better than them.
There were a lot more in previous seasons.
Especially against the Grizzlies, many teams' three-point attempts soared to 40 or 50 times, which is really amazing.
However, Xiao Hua didn't understand why Stern would care about this, and quietly waited for Stern to continue.
"Three-pointers are a double-edged sword for the team, and they are also a double-edged sword for our league."
"If there are too few three-pointers, it's not good. Both sides will play too clumsily, and it's easy for a team like the Spurs to have an unpleasant style of play."
"And if there are too many three-pointers, do you think the fans will be willing to watch it? What they come to watch is not the three-point contest. What fans want to see more is the fierce breakthroughs and dunks."
"Now that Jiang Dongbing has shown his attitude towards the Warriors, he will surely effectively suppress the trend of the league's three-pointers and prevent each team from madly increasing their three-point shots," Stern said slowly.
Xiao Hua nodded, he directly understood what Stern meant, "Mr. Stern, I understand."
"It's still the balanced policy you mentioned. No matter what, you can't go too far."
"Take the shark-cutting tactic as an example. If you do it once, the fans will find it very fresh and interesting. But if it happens too many times, the fans will definitely not be able to stand it. This is why you asked me to contact the Grizzlies and Lakers to ban them.
Reasons for using shark-killing tactics.”
Stern laughed and said, "Yes, it would be great if you could understand the true meaning of this balance."
That is to say, Stern did not understand Chinese characters, otherwise he would definitely have taught Xiao Hua such simple and easy-to-understand idioms as things must eventually decline.
As his successor, Stern has now begun to focus on training Xiao Hua and instilled in him many ideas for running the league. However, it is difficult to say whether Xiao Hua can correctly use these ideas in the future.
What Xiao Hua said about contacting the Lakers and Grizzlies to ban the use of shark-cutting tactics is indeed the case. The reason is that Stern does not want the disappointing shark-cutting tactics to appear in the playoffs.
Tickets for the playoffs are so expensive, especially the Lakers' playoff tickets. Better seats cost hundreds of dollars. You don't pay so much to watch O'Neal and Big Ben have a free throw battle.
So Stern simply stepped forward and contacted the two teams. Of course, they couldn't directly ban the two teams from using the shark. They just asked them to pay attention to the impact, not to cut at every turn, and to grasp the timing.
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Jiang Dongbing led his team to a bloodbath against the Warriors, which gave other teams in the league a lot of deterrents. Those teams that want to use three-pointers to gain advantage from the Grizzlies have to start thinking about it.
If you are not careful, you may be beaten to death by the Grizzlies, and your team will be completely nailed on the pillar of shame in history. It is really not worthwhile just to show your face to win against the Grizzlies.
You must know that even with crazy three-pointers, it is not that easy to beat the Grizzlies. Now only the Bucks have succeeded, and they are not playing the Grizzlies with a full core lineup.
It can be said that even if a three-point tactic is used, the chance of winning against the Grizzlies is very low.
However, the chance of being brutally beaten by the Grizzlies is much higher. After weighing the pros and cons, many teams decided not to touch the butt of the Grizzlies, lest it look ugly.
The Grizzlies next game is against the Chicago Bulls.
Bulls head coach Tim Floyd is very smart. They originally averaged about fifteen three-pointers per game this season, but against the Grizzlies, they simply reduced it to only eight.
Jiang Dongbing also reciprocated the favor. This game did not make the Bulls lose too badly. In the end, they only won by eight points, allowing the Bulls to save face.
To be continued...