In the NBA, there was an ordinary-looking, temperament is not noble African strong man, when he stands still, no one will pay attention to him, but when he moves, fully into the defense, people will have to pay attention to him, because his performance is too eye-catching, the big hat that covers the sky, the very provocative shaking of fingers and the hoarse voice of "no, no, no", so that each player's jealousy of him has increased by one point, of course, there are also players who despise this strong man. For example, Kobe Bryant and Jordan both want to put the ball directly in front of him into the basket, but the final result is a hat. This African man is the "African mountain" Dicken Bermutombo.
Mutombo was born in Kinshasa, Congo, a backward place, so backward that there is no accurate record of people's ages, which makes Mutombo not know what year he was born and how old he is this year. In such a backward place, a man wants to get ahead, no specialty is not OK, and God takes good care of the Mutombo family, Mutombo was extremely tall when he was a child, very outstanding among the people, often considered to be adults, and Mutombo's physical fitness is also explosive, although he is big, but not slow at all, although tall, but stable under his feet, fast bounce, from the perspective of basketball, Mutombo's body is too suitable for playing center, so Mutombo later came to the United States, and later landed in the NBA, Became a generation of superstars.
Mutombo's defense is the most commendable, so what about Mutombo's defense? Defense is nothing more than single defense and co-defense. Mutombo is the majority when he is single, facing the core of the opponent's interior line, Mutombo is 2.18 meters tall, standing under the basket is difficult to see the basket, and Mutombo's shoulders are not very wide, which makes Mutombo's arm longer. When Mutombo faces the opponent's singles, he will not jump easily, the center of gravity is also low, the legs are wide, increase his defensive area, supplemented by tough confrontations, try to envelop the opponent, when the opponent shoots, use the long arm to give interference, in the single defense, Mutombo's performance has always been excellent, offensive master Olajuwang said of Mutombo", "His defense will make him famous. He ruled the paint and his defense was one of the best I've ever seen. ”
When defending under the basket squat pit, it reflects Mutombo's super strong blocking ability and extremely fast bounce speed, his presence, so that teammates can safely rush the opponent to the basket, because of this, you will see such a scene, a player passed the defensive player in front of him, into the inner line, but met Mutombo, shot in a panic, and Mutombo calmly dropped the cap, the next time in the attack, the offensive player will do some fake action, but the general fake action can not be mobilized at all Mutombo, or will be a big hat, If you are stunned to directly challenge Mutombo, the end will generally be more miserable, or "Peter Pan" Kobe bryant once wanted to dunk in front of Mutombo, but was directly hated off by Mutombo, Jordan also wanted to use his own stagnant to play an aerial relay, but Mutombo put his hand in front of the basket, ruthless hat dropped Jordan's shot.
After Mutombo played dominance under the basket, many people would not have brainless shots when they saw Mutombo, but this could not stop Mutombo from capping, each mutombo could still cap a few, and then shake his fingers, saying "no, no, no", the action of shaking his fingers would be blown at first, but later, the NBA allowed Mutombo to shake his fingers, and this action became Mutombo's classic action, plus a simple "no, no, no", which became the most cruel garbage in Reggie Miller's mouth.
In addition to being able to block, Mutombo can also grab the board, Mutombo can grab the board, but not by virtue of his own high horse, that is also technical content, Mutombo's card position is very good, good at using the card position to grab a position for himself, and then use his long arm to take the ball down, firmly control the ball, and then launch an attack for his teammates, Mutombo's super card position ability, not only allows him to protect rebounds, but also allows him to grab rebounds in the front court, stir up the opponent's interior line, and get one more offensive opportunity.
Strong defensive ability, strong blocking ability, strong rebounding ability, is Mutombo's field label, and Mutombo with these three abilities, 4 times elected the best defensive player, 3 times won the block king, 2 times won the rebounding king, became the representative of defensive center, but also the ceiling of defensive center. Although Mutombo is a defensive center, Mutombo is not without offensive ability at all, and Mutombo still has some scoring skills.
Mutombo's low-post singles move is to hook the hand with his back, take the ball twice, then turn to the basket and use the hook hand to score the ball, although it does not look smooth, but it can score. In addition to this move, Mutombo's scoring comes mostly from chance balls, assists from teammates, second layups under the basket, fouls caused by rebounds, which allow Mutombo to average ten points per game and take a double-double. Mutombo in the NBA for 18 years, he witnessed Jordan's three consecutive championships, Olajuwon's two consecutive championships, the Lakers' three consecutive championships, although the league is full of people, but Mutombo stands in the league, into the new century, can be described as the evergreen tree of the NBA League. Mutombo's 18-year NBA career is not mediocre, but very magnificent, after many big scenes, as the protagonist of the story.
In the 1991 draft, the Nuggets selected Mutombo with the number four pick in his hand, and in Denver, Mutombo began his NBA career. By this time the Nuggets were no longer brilliant, and they were far away from the playoffs and struggling in the mire. The loneliness of the team allows Mutombo to have a lot of room to play, so that Mutombo can average 12.2 shots per game at the offensive end, at the end of the season, Mutombo can average 16.6 points per game, and the number of shots is quite a lot, mutombo has a good scoring data, but at the same time exposed the shortcomings of his poor offensive skills, since then, no team can make Mutombo average more than 10 shots per game, Mutombo is also at this time, to find the positioning, to a defensive foothold, to be a defensive center.
In the rookie season, Mutombo averaged 16.6 points, 12.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists and 3 blocks per game, rebounding ability, blocking ability are very prominent, although there are shortcomings, but the strengths are very strong, the Nuggets also regard Mutombo as a cornerstone of the team's revival. After another mediocre season, Mutombo ushered in his third season in the NBA, in this season, the Nuggets under the tutelage of Dan Russell, with a different momentum than before, they will still lose the game, but in the game, the pressure on the opponent is greater, and they release their youthful vitality.
Mutombo is also more terrifying under the basket, four blocks in the season, at least 5 blocks in the game reached 30 games, at the end of the season, Mutombo averaged 12 points, 11.8 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 4.1 blocks per game, helping the Nuggets to reach the playoffs as the eighth in the West, this is Mutombo's first playoff, with excitement and nervousness, Mutombo stepped onto the playoffs.
In the first two games, the Nuggets lost, Mutombo's performance was not as good as expected, and the "law" of the eighth loss of the West to the first place in the West seemed to be about to work again. But in the third game, Mutombo eased up, he played the performance that people expected him, contributed 19 points, 13 rebounds, 3 assists and 6 blocks, and flipped the First Supersonics of the West to the ground, in the fourth game, Mutombo contributed 10 points, 16 rebounds, 3 assists and 8 blocks, and won another win, in the fifth game, Mutombo contributed 8 points, 15 rebounds and 8 blocks, leading the team to win, these three games, Mutombo's block made the supersonic cap timid, the Nuggets also lost two games first, winning three consecutive games, Defeated the First Supersonics of the West by a score of 3-2 to advance to the next round.
The news was explosive at the time, because in the previous decades, the First in the West had not lost to the Eighth In the West, and this time Mutombo led the Eighth In the West to beat the First Western Conference, creating the first "Black Eight" in NBA history, and the history of the eighth place in the West and the First Place in the West opened a new page, and after the final whistle, Mutombo lay happily on the ground, holding the ball, laughing.
After the first round, the Nuggets against the Jazz led by Carl Malone and Stockton, the first two games, the Nuggets lost again, in the third game, Mutombo contributed 20 points, 13 rebounds and 6 blocks, trying to pull back a game, but unfortunately, this game the Nuggets did not win, the big score was 0-3 behind, in the fourth game, standing on the edge of the cliff, the Nuggets once again broke out their youthful vitality, Mutombo contributed 7 points, 11 rebounds, 6 blocks and 1 steal, the Nuggets won a small victory, in the fifth game, Mutombo 7 points, 7 rebounds, 7 blocks, 1 assist and 1 steal , to help the Nuggets win another game.
In the sixth game, the Jazz wanted to end the series on the road, the Jazz's three main players KalMaron, Honasek and Stockton played very well, but Mutombo was super god in this game, cutting 23 points, 12 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 steals and 5 blocks, messing up the Jazz's interior line, and taking away the victory, so that the Nuggets won three games in a row again, dragging the series into the rush seven, grabbing seven, Mutombo still played bravely, contributing 12 points, 17 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, but this time the Jazz cracked the Nuggets' offense, In the end, the Nuggets lost the series and stopped in the second round.
Mutombo's first playoff trip came to an end, and although the result was somewhat regrettable, the process was very exciting, two consecutive three innings, one changing history, and one forcing the Jazz into a corner, making people enjoy watching. It is precisely because the process is exciting enough that this playoff trip has become a must-mention part of Mutombo's career. Mutombo's relationship with the Nuggets ended in the summer of '96, and with reluctance and nostalgia, Mutombo joined the Hawks as a free agent and became a member of the Hawks.
In five seasons with the Nuggets, Mutombo won three block kings, one of the best defensive players, and was named to the best defensive team second team. After coming to the Eagles, Mutombo is still playing diligently, the defensive end of the game is not reduced, but getting stronger and stronger, the best defensive player in the 96-97 season, the best defensive player in the 97-98 season is Mutombo, the rebounding king in the 99-00, 00-01 season is also won by Mutombo, and the Eagles Mutombo has reached the peak of his career and is the most defensive Mutombo.
Despite Mutombo's personal ability, the Hawks did not win much in the playoffs, and when the Hawks gradually declined, the Hawks sent Mutombo to the 76ers in the second half of the 00-01 season, and in this season, Mutombo won the best defensive player for the fourth time, and after arriving at the 76ers, helped the team achieve a record of 15 wins and 11 losses, successfully breaking into the playoffs. Mutombo joined the 76ers, giving the 76ers an inside pillar, and Mutombo also got good teammates like Iverson, who excelled in the playoffs and was a savior many times.
In the fourth game of the first round, facing the old opponent Pacers, the 76ers tried to end the battle in the fourth game, but the Pacers were full of resilience and did not want to leave, the game entered the last five minutes, the two sides alternated the lead, 1 minute 28 seconds, pacers player McKay grabbed the offensive rebound, scored this goal They will expand the point difference to 3 points, but Mutombo waved the cap off, back, Mutombo scored two points, surpassed the score, and finally the 76ers narrowly beat the opponent with a 3-point advantage and successfully advanced. In the second round against the Raptors, Mutombo also played well, the key moment is still online, in the seventh, Mutombo contributed 10 points, 17 rebounds (9 frontcourt rebounds) 2 steals and 1 block, helping the team to a narrow victory of 1 point and advance to the Eastern Conference Finals.
In the Eastern Conference Finals, facing the Bucks with average internal strength, Mutombo gave the team strong support, grabbing seven, Mutombo contributed 23 points, 19 rebounds, 2 assists, 7 blocks and 1 steal, helping the team to win a big victory over the opponent and advance to the Finals. The first game of the finals is the most memorable game in Iverson's career, and Mutombo contributed a lot in this game, after playing the whole game, contributing 12 points, 16 rebounds and 5 blocks, is the player who gives Iverson the most support, but it is a pity that Mutombo encountered the sharks at the peak, although he tried his best to defend, he still could not prevent O'Neal, and the 76ers were also defeated by the Lakers and did not win the championship.
Although he did not win the championship, Mutombo performed very well on this playoff trip, there was no stealth in key games, he could always help the team, he failed to surpass god, but he could do everything he could. This Trip to the Finals was Mutombo's final performance in the playoffs, and a few years later, as he grew older and injured, he didn't shine again in the playoffs.
After the Nets, Knicks, 04-05 season, the 38-year-old Mutombo came to the Rockets, it was at this time, Chinese fans began to know Mutombo, but at this time Mutombo has long lost the style of the year, although his occasional big hat still makes us exclaim, shaking his fingers and shouting "no" makes us feel very stylish, but I think at the beginning, he is much more powerful than this.
In the rocket five seasons, Mutombo's data performance has dropped a lot than before, but Mutombo's spirit of playing hard and giving everything for the team is remembered by fans, and he is also the rocket in the "Yao Mai" era, the most admirable veteran. In the 08-09 season, the 42-year-old Mutombo also created a history, that is, the oldest player in the history of the NBA to win double-doubles, in the playoffs, Mutombo still burned his residual heat, but unfortunately in the second game, Mutombo was hit by Auden's knee, the season was reimbursed, in the summer of 2009, Mutombo announced his retirement, ending his 18-year NBA career.
Mutombo never makes you exclaim on the offensive end, but he can definitely make you cheer for his defense, as a defensive center, Mutombo's perception of the game is also very good, if you are lucky, you catch up with his 10 times a single block game, you will not only be addicted, but also feel that the block is so simple, in fact, it is not simple to block, but Mutombo is too strong, the NBA has a lot of defensive centers, but can play a role like Mutombo, play for 18 years, every year, In addition to Jabbar, only Mutombo is left with so many honors.
After Mutombo retired, the Eagles and Nuggets retired the Mutombo jersey, and in 15 years, Mutombo was inducted into the Hall of Fame, which added the last stroke to Mutombo's NBA career. Now that Mutombo is 54 years old, I wish him good health and a happy life.