Basketball's best forward and guard

Chapter 304 224 [The God of Basketball]

In fact, as Charles Barkley expected, after the intermission, the entire Thunder team seemed to have changed to a different team. The expressions on the faces of every player were very serious. special place.

The most special thing is that as soon as they came up in the third quarter, they quickly exploded with amazing energy on both ends of the offense and defense.

During the period of time when both Bayonet and Cameron Anthony were resting on the Dallas Lone Ranger side, under the leadership of Russell Westbrook, the Thunder team unexpectedly blasted a wave of 11:0, and instantly narrowed the point difference to 10. point.

That made Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle impatient, and after a quick timeout, the Bayonets and Carmelo Anthony returned to the court.

I have to admit that when the Bayonet and Carmelo Anthony returned to the court, the Thunder's ferocious offensive momentum was quickly curbed.

Although the bayonet did not continue the fiery touch of the first two quarters, he still scored a total of 18 points in the next three or four quarters.

Therefore, when the game ended, the Bayonet scored a game-high 56 points.

And 56 points is also the highest score in a single game so far in the playoffs this season.

Of course, the 56 points scored by the bayonet in this game tonight, even if it is placed on the single-game scoring list of the playoffs in nba history, is enough to be among the best, overwhelming many superstars.

In the history of the nba, when people talk about various historical records, they can't always get around a person's name.

This man is Michael Jordan.

Yes, Michael Jordan tops the list of scoring points in a single playoff game in NBA history, and his 63 points in a single game are still unbeatable.

More than 30 years ago, it was the battle of the gods after the god of basketball entered the NBA. He wrote the heroic song of the lone hero, challenged the Celtics, the strongest in the league at that time, and faced the luxury team full of superstars. Rush, although Jordan lost the game in the end, but as he himself said, he gained a lot from it.As many great people have expressed after their success, the road to success has never been smooth sailing.

On April 1986, 4, American time, I returned to the Boston Garden Arena to review the greatest individual performance in the history of the NBA playoffs. It was Michael Jordan's second season in the league. He was only 20 years old. Sai suffered the most serious injury in his career-a broken left foot. For this reason, he only played 23 games in the regular season, and the Bulls only achieved a record of 18 wins and 30 losses.Fortunately, the league was very divided that season, and the Bulls still entered the playoffs as the eighth in the Eastern Conference.

The Celtics were the regular season champions in the 1985-86 season, with a record of 67 wins and 15 losses.The top star of the Celtics, Larry Bird, completed the regular season MVP three times in a row that season.The Celtics met the Bulls in the first round of the playoffs, which was recognized as a matchup without suspense, but Jordan made this matchup suspenseful, and it was recorded in history.

Jordan scored 49 points in the first round of the contest between the two sides, which is already remarkable, but the Bulls still lost to the Celtics 104 to 123.Only then did the second battle begin, and Jordan started a stronger fighting mode.

"He kept hitting jumpers and scoring inside. We almost used everyone to defend him," said the great Bird, who was also impressed by Jordan.In that game, Jordan made 22 of 12 jump shots, 14 of 8 breakthrough shots, and 5 of 2 other shooting methods.

The Celtics defended Jordan most of the time with two defensive masters, Dennis Johnson and Danny Ainge.However, they couldn't prevent Jordan who was crazy. The "Flying Man" scored 23 points in the face of Dennis Johnson's defense and 19 points in the face of Ainge's defense.The Celtics also used defense switching and double-teaming. Jordan scored 6 points against McHale's defense, 4 points against Bird, and 4 points against Bill Walton and Parish.

The only time Jordan didn't score in open play against one defense was now Dallas Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle, who missed a shot. "He made one difficult goal after another, and we couldn't stop him," Bird said helplessly.

In this game, Jordan made 41 of 22 shots, did not take a three-pointer, and made 21 of 19 free throws. He scored 63 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals and 2 blocks.The game went through two overtimes, and the Bulls finally lost 131 to 135.However, Jordan's great personal performance made Bird involuntarily say the famous saying that was widely extolled by later generations: "I think God incarnated into Michael Jordan." Bird also added: "He is the NBA Most feared player, today at the Boston Garden, in a nationally televised game, in the playoffs, with one of the greatest performances of all time."

Jordan's 63 points broke Elgin Baylor's single-game playoff scoring record of 61.The "Chicago Tribune" that year described Jordan's crazy scoring of 63 points in the packed Boston Garden arena, which was the greatest performance on earth.The "Boston Globe" used the headline "The show belongs to Michael Jordan, but the Celtics won in double overtime" when reporting.The local newspapers of the two teams have different focuses, but they all affirmed Jordan's great performance in their reports.

What many people don't know is that Bird Bird also said a harsh word back then. Given that Jordan scored 49 points in the first game and 63 points in the second game, will Jordan score 77 points in the third game? "He's not going to score 77 on Tuesday (game time of Game 77), and if he does score 19, then I'll just retire," Bird said.Fortunately, Jordan failed to continue his hot scoring style in the third game. He scored a quasi-triple-double of 10 points, 9 rebounds and [-] assists, and Bird didn't need to retire early.

"So, guys, I have to remind everyone that it is also the second season of entering the league. From the perspective of all the rising stars in the nba for so many years, only the bayonet is farther away from the god of basketball. 56 points vs. 63 points, this in itself Just a great matchup that spanned multiple seasons."

Shaq O'Neal was completely impressed. Like Charles Barkley, starting from tonight's game, he was completely surrounded by bayonets.

"So, if someone suddenly asks me, from the perspective of the current league, who has the opportunity to reach the height of Michael Jordan, I will tell him without hesitation, this person can only talk about the bayonet, because starting from certain fields, the second-year The bayonet of the rookie has been bettered by the original Michael Jordan, for example, in the O'Brien Cup, the bayonet is already attacking his second O'Brien Cup during his second-year rookie period."

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