Who was the last player to score 30+ points in an NBA game at the age of 38?
Barkley, who had really thought about it in his mind, almost said Kareem Abdul-Jabbar's name, but after noticing the smirk on Smith's face, Barkley immediately reacted.
This bad guy was not asking himself a question. He was clearly taking the opportunity to blame himself.
yes! The 38-year-old Jordan can score 30+ in a single game, while the 38-year-old Barkley only deserves to sit in the commentary box and talk about his game.
Rubbing his ribs, which were still aching, Buckley felt depressed.
But tonight, Barkley is by no means the only one feeling depressed.
On the Knicks' bench, Van Gundy was frowning at one moment and gnashing his teeth at the other.
On the Wizards side, you may not believe it, but Wang Shuo is asking three Mikes where the late-night snacks in New York are better.
Because Mike Malone is an authentic old New York, he immediately patted his chest and said that he must invite his brothers to have a good meal tonight.
On the sidelines, Wang Shuo had to wait a while before he could have that good meal. But on the court, Jordan's performance tonight has already made the Qiao honeys hooked, it's more enjoyable than eating dumplings during the Chinese New Year!
Who said that the new era ship does not have his Michael Jordan position?
In the low position, twisting and turning and shaking his shoulders, with the support of that amazing waist, Michael Jordan led the audience with a "dream dance move" that would make most centers in the league shed tears. There were bursts of cheers from the fans at the scene.
Wang Shuo now feels more and more that in his memory, the reason why Wizard Joe was criticized was because Jordan's former mentor Doug Collins misjudged the advantages and disadvantages of the elderly Jordan in his tactical choices, resulting in Jordan's failure to perform. Showing his absolute technical superiority.
If, in the NBA, Kobe was so elegant even when he was hitting the iron, then Michael Jordan was just like a man who was just strolling around and taking it easy.
unprecedented.
This is the only feeling watching Michael Jordan play in person.
"How many points do you think Michael can score tonight?" Wang Shuo looked at his three assistant coaches and asked.
"I feel like I can score 40 points," D'Antoni replied.
Malone and Brown did not object to D'Antoni's answer. Only Wang Shuo smiled slightly and said, "Believe me, he can score 50 points tonight."
The three Mikes felt that Wang Shuo was talking nonsense, but Wang Shuo knew that even though the Wizard Joe in his memory performed mediocrely, he set multiple new NBA records and scored 51 points in a single game.
Since Van Gundy likes to take the blame for his players, the Knicks have not been discouraged so far tonight.
Therefore, in Wang Shuo's view, this also indirectly increases the possibility of Jordan creating a miracle tonight.
Because in the NBA, sometimes if you want to improve your statistics, you have to ask your opponent to cooperate.
On the court, Boss Joe, who was in high spirits, once again created a classic shot.
While grabbing the basketball from Gasol with one hand, he first hid behind him, and then made a fake move to the left side of his body with his eyes.
At this moment, even Jordan's old rival, Houston, thought Jordan wanted to pass the ball from behind, so he slid ahead and blocked Jordan's passing line.
However, in the next second, Jordan took the basketball out from behind and raised it above his head.
Introduction, it is the legendary three-threat with one hand!
Swish——!
How could the Qiao Mi people who saw this scene say anything at the scene or in front of the TV?
You can question Jordan's character.
But don't doubt his skills.
The house was filled with flowers and three thousand guests were drunk, and fifty states were stunned by one goal.
In Wang Shuo's original time and space, many people said that because there was no social network, Jordan's skills were artificially exaggerated. However, those who said this forgot that in that era when there were only print media, the sport of basketball could be Fire coming out of the circle is such an incredible thing.
"Is this his 33rd point?" Wang Shuo turned to look at the three Mikes and said.
In front of the TV, as the third quarter of the game progressed, the fans' biggest concern changed from Jordan's physical condition to when Wang Shuo would replace Jordan.
"Please, you are the best, greatest head coach in the world, please let Michael Jordan play a little longer!"
At the scene, Knicks fans, who were very concerned about this, began to chant Wang Shuo's name.
This group of New York gentlemen who were extremely angry because Wang Shuo replaced Jordan prematurely in the first quarter of the game, do they still have the arrogance they had before?
"It's so exciting to be a coach." After secretly enjoying himself for a while, Wang Shuo deliberately walked to the technical stage.
As a result, the fans at the scene were frightened.
"No, please don't do that!"
"I'll kneel down for you, okay? Please don't replace Michael!"
But how did these naive fans know that although Wang Shuo was going to replace someone, he was not replacing Jordan.
In the third quarter of the game, Wang Shuo first replaced Jefferson and Jackson in the middle of the game to continue to maintain the athletic ability of his side's wings.
Then, in the second half of the game, Haywood and Lu were replaced as coaches to assist Jordan.
These two people, one is Jordan's junior, who is very happy to block Jordan's position, and the other is a "top dribbling guard" who knows who to pass the ball to. Replacing them is obviously because Wang Shuo is not satisfied with Jordan just Score points on the field.
"That's Michael's ninth rebound of the night!"
"This is Michael's 41st point tonight! Oh my god, he really broke the 40-point mark!"
On TNT TV station, Barkley's face turned ashen as he listened to Smith's report of data as if he was reporting the name of a dish.
As the saying goes, I am afraid that my brothers will have a hard time, and I am even more afraid of my brothers driving a Land Rover.
As Jordan's cousin, Charles Barkley's mood at this moment can be described as mixed.
In the third quarter of the game, Jordan scored 21 points in a single quarter.
You know, in this era where every goal scored is a threat, the value of 20+ points in a single quarter is even higher than some 50-point games.
Because even Michael Jordan, including today, has only scored 20+ points in a single quarter four times in his career.
On the one hand, this is because although Jordan's critical hit rate is high, his critical hit rate is still slightly lower than that of his little fan Kobe.
On the other hand, it's because in Jordan's playing days, limited by the old salary cap issue, the Bulls were unable to equip him with more role players so that he could use his skills in the game like tonight. During the period of physical advantage, fight against the opponent's period of physical disadvantage.
In fact, the "Zen Master" had already noticed this back then, otherwise he would not have let Jordan rest for half a quarter in every fourth quarter of the game.
At the end of the first three quarters, the score between the two teams was 94 to 77.
In the entire third quarter, the Wizards allowed the Knicks to score 30 points. It can be imagined how well Wang Shuo protected Jordan.
After all, with such a top wing teammate, you can still lose so many points in a single quarter against Van Gundy's team...
I don’t know if the future deputy GOAT will cry after reading it, or if he will want to learn from it.
After the break, in the fourth quarter, Wang Shuo still left Jordan on the court.
If it were an ordinary game, it would be obvious that he wanted to improve Jordan's statistics.
But tonight, Wang Shuo was able to blame the New York fans at the scene after the game.
Who said we were adding data to Jordan?
We are clearly doing this to take care of the fans’ emotions!
Before the start of the fourth quarter, Wang Shuo was interviewed by the host again.
"What do you want to say about Michael Jordan's performance tonight?" the host asked.
"There's nothing to say, because he is Michael Jordan, not one of those players who can only be a commentator at the age of 38." Wang Shuo replied.
"But before tonight's game starts, everyone is still worried about Michael's physical condition." The host asked.
"That's true. To be honest, I didn't expect him to play so well tonight. I think it must be the encouragement given to him by the fans that made him surpass himself and beat time in this game." Wang Shuo clicked. After nodding, he said.
Unlike Japanese sports described in Japanese anime that emphasize the spirit, American sports mostly focus on talent and technology. In fact, American sports have always paid great attention to spiritual attributes.
Fans at the scene and in front of the TV were very satisfied with Wang Shuo's answer.
But on the court, due to the decline in physical fitness, Danzi fell into a vicious cycle of continuous ironing.
No idea.
After all, it is the first game after returning.
Therefore, even if Jordan's recovery this summer is better than the same period in history in Wang Shuo's memory, he will still have to take time to adjust and adapt.
Wang Shuo didn't want Jordan's first comeback game to be criticized for being anticlimactic, so he immediately called a timeout to give Jordan a rest.
"Next, whenever you feel tired, tell me and I will use my timeout to give you a rest." Wang Shuo said to Jordan during the timeout.
Hearing this, the three Mikes never expected that timeout could be used in this way.
After the timeout, the game continued and the Wizards had the ball.
Jordan finally ended his scoring drought with a signature fadeaway.
Back when they were on defense, the Wizards players were united as one, and except for Jordan, they were all fighting desperately.
This was Wang Shuo's request to the players at the end of the third quarter.
This kind of tackle looks fierce on the surface, but in an NBA game, it has flaws everywhere.
Wang Shuo deliberately exposed his own weaknesses to the Knicks in order to force Van Gundy's team to speed up and win more rounds.
But this time, Van Gundy was completely confused.
Because in Van Gundy's view, the Wizards seem to be the lagging team at this moment.
Wang Shuo and his wizards definitely opened Van Gundy's eyes tonight.
On the court, after the Knicks scored, the Wizards attacked, and Jordan hit another iron.
So in the next round, Wang Shuo ran to the technical table again and applied for a timeout.
After the timeout, I recharged for two minutes. I felt like I could still compete with Jordan for another five hundred years and hit a mid-range pull-up.
Madison Square Garden immediately cheered "MVP, MVP" for him.
It's the Knicks' turn to attack.
Sprewell dodged Artest's tackle and went straight to the basket to score the ball.
101 to 85.
Hamilton, who wields the ball and runs desperately just to give his idol the best singles environment, is definitely a model of star-chasing tonight.
So far in this game, Hamilton has only taken 5 shots in total.
Without Jordan's true love, it would never be possible to reach this point.
At the same time, due to the time difference between the east and west of the United States, Kobe, who was supposed to be warming up on the court and preparing to play against the Trail Blazers later, also ran all the way back to the locker room and turned on the TV in the locker room.
At this moment, looking at Jordan's data on the TV screen, Kobe was extremely excited.
His eyes were fixed on the TV, for fear of missing even a single detail.
His little hands were on his knees, and he was bent over, wanting to stick his head into the TV, as if that would make him closer to Michael Jordan.
Live in New York, there are obviously still 7 minutes left in the fourth quarter, but at this moment, where can you see fans sitting and watching the game?
"Michael Jordan pierced the sky like the brightest star among the stars!"
On the court, after the Knicks were once again forced by the Wizards to speed up the offense, the Wizards attacked, and this time, Boss Joe also took the initiative to switch to face-to-face mode.
It's not that Boss Joe doesn't want to continue to play in the low post, but these past few times, as long as Jordan sits in the low post, Knicks players will come over and flank him like crazy.
In competitive sports, there is never any adult beauty.
In this era, there is only life and death.
From the outside, Jordan took one step into the three-point line and then pulled out.
For countless moments in the past, this unsolvable offensive method has been Jordan's specialty.
When——!
But the basket seemed to remind Jordan that you were no longer at your peak, ruthlessly rejecting the "old gangster"'s shot.
Fortunately, Gasol grabbed the offensive rebound for Jordan before Spencer.
Jordan followed up and added more.
"47 points! This is Michael Jordan's 47th point in this game! Will he score 50 points in his comeback debut?"
In the history of the NBA, there has never been a player who can score 50+ points in a single game in the regular season after the age of 38.
In Wang Shuo's previous life, apart from Jordan, only Jamal Crawford, who is currently sitting on the bench, has done this in the future.
Knicks offense.
If Wang Shuo didn't have auditory hallucinations, when Jackson was holding the ball in the top arc to control the rhythm, he could have sworn with his chest that he definitely heard the boos coming from the scene.
Why is the "Holy Land of Basketball" "sacred"?
At the scene, at the moment when Houston missed the pull-up, Jordan "picked up" the rebound for the Wizards once again set off the entire arena.
As we all know, when the ambient decibel exceeds 140, people will lose hearing in a short period of time.
At this moment, the scene was shaking.
In front of the TV, Jordan fans from all over the world were also chanting the same name feverishly.
Michael Jordan!
The only eternal legend in the NBA, in his loyal New York, after passing his old rival Alan Houston with a senior crossover, he scored his 49th point in the game!
On TNT TV, Kenny Smith said with excitement: "Girls and gentlemen, we are only one last ball away from history!"
Only legend, beyond legend.
Only Jordan can surpass Jordan!
After this attack and defense, Houston, who was almost broken by the Knicks fans at the scene, has completely lost his temper.
And even Sprewell, who had a strong desire to attack before, has no intention of asking for the ball in singles anymore.
Obviously, no one wants to be Jordan's backdrop.
But tonight, the Knicks are Jordan's best backdrop!
At the top of the arc, Jackson saw this and simply threw a three-pointer, hastily finishing the attack.
Coming back, Jordan took the initiative to ask for the ball and dribbled it through half the court.
When the other Wizards players saw this, what kind of tactics did they run? Just pull away from the four and watch Jordan play in singles.
On the sidelines, on the Wizards' bench, all players were ready to rush onto the court at any time.
Wang Shuo also took a deep breath.
Facts have proved that no matter in his past life or in this life, he likes to watch the stars score.
On the court, Michael Jordan dribbled the ball to the offensive zone.
He passed Houston with a shake of his shoulder, then drove straight in, killing the Knicks inside!
In the future, he will definitely be criticized by archaeological fans for being ignorant, but at this moment, Spencer and Thomas, who are extremely professional in Wang Shuo's eyes, blocked Jordan's path forward.
But the inertia retained from playing when he was young has made Jordan throw himself into the sky.
However, how can the elderly version of Jordan overcome that damn gravity?
Sticking out his tongue, Jordan knew that he had no retreat. Before he was about to lose his center of gravity, Jordan used a "fish leap" posture to grab the only chance to take action!
If you want to ask Wang Shuo, what is the biggest difference between the NBA in this era and before he time traveled.
Maybe it’s because of the stubbornness of “replacing me after I die”!
Jordan reached and threw the ball toward the basket before falling to the floor.
And the next second, Kenny Smith's highly recognizable voice spread throughout the fifty states of the United States. Qiao Mi from all over the United States shed tears of excitement!
"Ladies and gentlemen, let us formally welcome...
NBA's tenth scoring champion!
Five-time NBA regular season MVP!
The best defensive player in the NBA!
Fourteen-time NBA All-Star!
Six-time NBA Finals MVP! (The honors and various records here are approximately 10,000 words)
Returning to the NBA stage he loves most! "
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