the rest, only noise

Chapter 1266 I don't know that person

"I'm playing the most interesting game in my life." Ralph Sampson accepted NBC's pre-match interview, expressing satisfaction with his current situation.

At the same time, he also praised his teammates.

He called Karl Malone one of the best power forwards ever and said Grant Hill would be an MVP-caliber player before the turn of the millennium.

Hearing Sampson's praise of Malone, Louis felt that he was still too conservative.

If he is Sampson, he will definitely blow Malone into the number one active power forward to disgust Manning.

It can be seen that Sampson still misses some old love, but it also shows that he still needs to grow up.He has to understand that some people are not worthy of you as human beings.

Before the start of the game, Sampson came over to chat with Louie and Bird.

"Larry, is Los Angeles more comfortable than Boston?" Sampson asked with a smile.

Bird said flatly, "Everything is the same to me."

"Don't listen to the rubbish nonsense, if it's the same everywhere, he won't have to move to Florida after retirement." Louis looked at Sampson's physical condition and felt that he had returned to his youth. "It seems that you have a good time under Chuck."

Sampson spoke highly of Chuck Daly: "Coach Daly understands me very well, and he knows how to play to my strengths."

Louie believes Sampson didn't say that because Daly was his coach.

数据可以说明一些事——36岁的桑普森赛季至今全勤，场均出场32分钟，得到24分9.4篮板5.8助攻1.9盖帽。

From the data point of view, his scoring and assists have slightly improved compared to the Heat period.

But his three hit rates are appalling 61%, 43%, and 85%.

As a core center who doesn't eat much, he shoots 61% from the field and 43% from the three-point range. His free throw percentage, which has been hovering around 80% in the early years, has also increased to 85%. It really corresponds to that sentence. Apart from age, nothing can stop Mr. One.

What's more, Sampson's outstanding performance did not affect Karl Malone's performance.

This top player who took the initiative to choose to hug his thigh is not well known to fans due to the lack of competitiveness of the Jazz over the years and the fact that he is located in Utah.

Malone is the only player ever asked by a fan "Why did you make the Dream Team".

At the end of this story, Malone asked the opponent's home address and which team the opponent was a fan of. Then when he went to the local game, he took the initiative to send tickets to the fan's family and scored 48+10 to lead the team to win.

If this kind of story happened to Wilson and Jordan, their management team would publicize it to the world.

But in Utah, the Malone anecdote just added a few new fans.

After coming to the Celtics, everything was different. As the strongest player of the Celtics, Malone showed commendable stability. With an average of 28 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists per game, Sampson took on most of the pressure.

Suddenly two towering trees came to the team. While enjoying the shade, Grant Hill also averaged 18 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists per game.

This is the reason why the Celtics can strive for the top this season.

Relying on the Big Three model of two old and one new, the Celtics currently rank third in the East with a performance of 19 wins and 7 losses, second only to the Knicks who are in the early stages of internal explosion and the strong rise of the Magic.

Before the game, the mood on both sides was mild.

It's just that the fans in the forum are very unfriendly. They regard the Celtics as their sworn enemies and green as an unlucky color.

Many Hollywood stars came to the forum.

Jerry Buss and several children sat in the big box and talked about business with the rich.

Jerry West has PTSD for Green and Green Kai. In this high-profile Christmas game, he only dared to hide in the underground parking lot and listen to the game through the radio.

Apparently, the city feels differently about green and green Kai.

Then, the starters from both sides came on the field.

Lakers: Barros, Liu Yuqing, Wilson, Barkley, Garnett.

Celtics: Price, Shandon Anderson (SF/SG), Hill, Malone, Sampson.

Before the jump ball, Garnett said to Sampson: "Ralph, you won last time, tonight, buddy must win back!"

"This goal is a bit big for you. Why don't you set a small goal first, and don't let the six fouls leave the field?" Sampson joked.

Garnett didn't win the war of words and lost the jump ball.

Sampson flicks the ball to Price with ease.

The Celtics were classic in the first round. Sampson took the ball in a high position and Malone put up the pick-and-roll.

The magic of inside pick-and-rolls happens frequently in Celtics games.

Moreover, most teams have nothing to do when encountering this trick.

Sampson can attack with the ball, and he has a long stride, one step can be compared to the two steps of ordinary players. As long as you give him space to dribble the ball, the basket in front of him is like the sea.

Therefore, Louis' order before the game was that when encountering a pick-and-roll, Garnett directly opened up Sampson to shoot.

Cannot switch defenses.

Because if Barkley switches defenses, with his height, Sampson's shooting in front of him is as difficult as throwing the ball into the swimming pool from the second floor.

Now that he was emptied, Sampson was naturally impolite, and shot as soon as he received the ball.

"Shh!"

2 is better than 0
"As the statistics show, Ralph's shooting percentage is 70% on this kind of ball." Budenholzer suggested to Louis, "We have to find a way to make up for Chuck's defensive shortcomings."

Louis can only think of one way, and that is to replace Barkley.

However, even if Barkley is replaced, the Lakers don't have enough athletic long men to deal with the Celtics' high-post pick-and-roll tactics.

However, how many teams can come up with such defensive talent?

In Louis' impression, only the Yusanjia (Re, Ni, and Kai) had this condition.

After all, the landlord's family has surplus food.

"I know." Louie responded, and glanced at Ben Wallace who was sitting next to Kobe.

Louie has no doubts about Ben's defensive ability, but his size is a real flaw.

Especially when encountering an old monster like Sampson who doesn't fight his lower body at all, if he sees a center less than two meters defending him, he will probably become the peak Bob McAdoo on the spot and his scalp will be numb.

"DB, give dude a chance!" Garnett yelled as he ran through half court.

Barros hates the waywardness of high school players, and if Garnett can't give him a convincing reason to pass the ball, he won't be used to it.

Next, Garnett used a strong move to get Barros to pass the ball.

He stuck Sampson in the post.

He has already occupied a favorable position, and only needs a pass from his teammates.

Barros's ball was passed in an instant.

Garnett held the ball, folded his legs, and lifted the ball over the top. Suddenly there was an Olajuwon-style shaking from side to side, which made Sampson's judgment go wrong.

At this time, Liu Yuqing cut in through the back door from the bottom corner on the other side, just in time to be seen by Garnett who turned to face the basket.

Garnett himself is not a person who is greedy for scoring. Seeing that Liu Yuqing has a better chance, he made a wonderful pass and assisted Liu Yuqing to score a layup.

"Awwhhhhh!!!" Garnett followed Liu Yuqing and ran back, "How's the pass buddy?"

Liu Yuqing said plainly, "It's not like you can pass the ball."

Garnett just made a good pass, and he was floating, and he wanted to rely on off-ball defense to kill Sampson.

The easy position in the low post just now caused Garnett to misjudge Sampson's strength.

At this time, the Celtics advanced the ball to the frontcourt.

Price lobs Sampson.

Sampson easily pushes past Garnett and catches the ball with one hand. At the same time, Shandon Anderson runs towards the baseline. Liu Yuqing wants to chase, but hits Malone's screen. It is impossible for Barkley to catch up with Anderson anyway.

Sampson was clearly looking at Hill's position, but he seemed to have a full-view perspective, and passed from a high position into the air-cutting Anderson's hands like a tragedy master.

Anderson scored a layup.

"Ralph has this skill?" In Don Nelson's impression, Sampson is a giant tower with the ability to attack the ball, but he is also a traditional core center.

At least, when the Lakers played against the Celtics last time, his support was not so freehand and calm.

However, from the beginning to the present, the ability he has shown has become farther and farther away from the traditional word.

As Sampson's old teammate, Bird also said: "I am getting more and more unfamiliar with Ralph now. He plays like a young Bill Walton."

"Coach Lu, what do you think?"

"Don't ask me," said Louie. "I don't know that man. He's not Ralph."

(End of this chapter)