NBA Backer King Chapter 178

  Chapter 178 Congratulations, you almost defended me with only three people this time!

"Continuously switching defenses, constantly making up defenses, finally let the Bulls complete the double-team. They played a suffocating perimeter defense. Tonight's Bulls, their fighting spirit is extremely strong, which is first reflected from the defensive end." Bill Walton exclaimed.

   "Yes, it wouldn't be surprising if the Bulls win the game tonight," John Hanks said.

In the CCTV live broadcast booth, Zhang Heshi sighed: "Compared with the two teams, the Bulls are obviously in better condition. They are more focused and devoted to the game. The players of the Suns are half a beat slower, and their running positions are not very active. It can't go on like this.

   The Bulls' perimeter line is stronger than the Suns' perimeter line. Now we need to find a way to restore the connection between the outside line and the inside line. Wang Tiejun tried to get in place at the basket several times, but he just couldn't get the ball! "

   "Then what should we do?" Sun Zhenping asked anxiously.

   "Play a dozen more pick-and-rolls and use frequent moves to pull the Bulls' defense. There will always be opportunities." Zhang Lili said.

   But in this game, the Suns did not find a rhythm until halftime, with as many as 9 mistakes in the halftime, and the Bulls with 7 steals in the halftime.

  38:54, the Bulls led by as many as 16 points at halftime.

   That is, the Suns can still maintain an advantage in rebounding, otherwise the point difference will be even greater.

  Wang Tiejun played 7 minutes in the first quarter and was substituted because he couldn't get the ball in it and wasted his energy.

In the second quarter, he only played 9 minutes, and Jordan and Pippen played the full first half of the first half, continuing to implement suffocating defense against the Suns' perimeter. He still didn't have many opportunities inside.

   In the 16 minutes of the halftime, he got the ball 6 times in total, was fouled twice, made 3 of 4 shots, 3 of 5 free throws, and scored 9 points and 7 rebounds.

  Although he didn't play much, his physical energy consumption was not small. He would be in position in almost every attacking round, which consumed a lot of physical energy in vain.

  Barkley made as many as 3 turnovers in the double-team, played 21 minutes in the half, made 5 of 14 shots, and the shooting rate was only 35.7%, plus 2 of 2 free throws, and got 12 points and 8 rebounds.

  The Suns returned to the locker room, because they played very boring, were not in good shape, and were under a lot of pressure. The physical energy of the players was exhausted, and no one spoke, only the sound of gasps one after another.

   "Paul, what about the second half?" Assistant coach Lewis asked nervously.

   Westphal's face was very ugly. Not only was the player in poor condition, but he also didn't come up with good tactics tactically.

   After thinking about it, he said: "Play another quarter, if there is a chance to pull it back, continue to play, if not, you can only give up."

   "OK." Lewis nodded.

   "How to solve Jordan's defense?" This is the biggest headache for Westphal now.

   Jordan shifted to guard Kevin Johnson. He was 8 centimeters taller than the latter, with a wingspan of at least 20 centimeters, and the tonnage was 15 kilograms heavier.

   In terms of flexibility and mobility, he is not weaker than Kevin Johnson at all, his jumping is much stronger than the latter, and his defensive ability is the top of the league. Kevin Johnson has been completely locked.

   If you don't free Kevin Johnson from Jordan's defense, let alone this game, the following games will not be easy to play.

   In the end, he could only resort to a multi-use pick-and-roll approach.

   Pick-and-roll, there are outside pick-and-rolls, but this does not form a dislocation advantage, and the Bulls have a Pippen outside, the same top perimeter defense expert, so you can't use outside pick-and-rolls, you must use inside to do pick-and-rolls.

  Old K is no good. Without the ability to shoot in the long range, Barkley can only be used.

   Halftime is over, the game begins, and the Bulls attack.

"boom!"

   Came back from a break and felt a little colder. In the first half, Jordan made 8 of 13 shots and 7 of 7 free throws. Jordan, who had scored 23 points, missed a goal.

  Wang Tiejun grabbed the rebound, saw that Dan Marley was going down quickly, one step ahead of Jordan, and hurriedly threw the ball over.

However, when Dan Marley received the ball, Jordan had already caught up. He was afraid of the opponent's defense. He didn't dare to take a shot against the opponent's defense. .

   "If the ball is replaced by Jordan, no matter who the defender is, there is no reason not to play one-on-one. One-on-one is the fairest way to reflect one's strength." Zhang Lili laughed.

  In the positional battle, Wang Tiejun entered the low post, Barkley came up to the top of the arc to make a pick-and-roll, and Kevin Johnson, who was holding the ball, took the opportunity to get rid of Jordan.

   At this time, Wang Tiejun had already entered the basket and pushed the Bulls' backup center Viperdo to the left to occupy the position under the basket.

   "Whoosh!"

   As soon as he got rid of Jordan, Kevin Johnson saw that there was a chance at the basket, so he didn't rush in any more.

"Snapped!"

  Wang Tiejun carried Perdo with his left elbow and received the ball with his right hand.

   "Boom!"

   In the next instant, an iron mountain knocked Perdo away with a punch, and got up before Grant jumped to his side.

"boom!"

   "Di!"

   smashed the basket with one hand, two points were effective, and also won a thug foul by Peldo.

   His previous Tieshan relying on him didn't just knock people over with all his strength as before, which would consume more physical energy, but just knocked away, giving him the opportunity and space to get up.

   It was precisely because he was not knocked over that Perdo had the opportunity to foul.

   "Pick-and-roll?"

In front of the Bulls bench, Phil Jackson squinted his eyes thoughtfully, then inserted his two tail fingers into his mouth, and blew hard, the rogue whistle sounded immediately, attracting the attention of the players on the field, standing on the center line waiting for the free throw Jordan Immediately ran over.

   "Pay attention to the pick-and-roll switch, they want to liberate the No. 1 position, don't let them succeed." Phil Jackson told the opportunity face-to-face and said with ears.

   "OK."

  Jordan nodded and ran back.

"boom!"

  The ball smashed into the basket, Wang Tiejun added a penalty

  41:54, the Suns were still 13 points behind and the Bulls attacked.

  Pippen broke through with the ball and crossed Jordan on the right wing, who made a jumper and hit a ball.

   "The sun can't defend against the bulls. If you keep fighting like this, even if you can score points, you will have no hope of chasing points! The hole dug in front is too big." Zhang Lili sighed.

   At this time, the Suns were attacking, and Barkley came up to pick and roll, and Kevin Johnson used the wall to break through.

Perdeau was originally a top defense, but suddenly turned around, disrupted Wang Tiejun's rhythm, and missed Kevin Johnson's passing opportunity. At this time, Grant switched to the defense, and he could only go to the left wing and leave the paint area. .

   But as soon as he got to the left wing, he was defended by Pippen. At this time, Jordan caught up and was double-teamed. He could only protect the ball with both hands and could no longer dribble.

"give me!"

  Wang Tiejun had already returned to the low position on the left wing, and shouted loudly from the side.

"boom!"

   Kevin Johnson, whose vision was blocked, hurriedly hit the ground and passed the ball from Jordan's feet.

  Jordan took a handful and didn't catch it, and quickly turned around and rushed in front of Wang Tiejun, completing the front and rear double-teaming with Perdo.

At this time, Pippen was also in place. The three people were double-teamed and formed, sticking to Wang Tiejun, and pressing him constantly, not giving him the slightest space. At the same time, six arms were pressed on top of his head, preventing him from both shooting and passing the ball. .

   "Iron Army, drive them away!"

   In the CCTV live broadcast booth, Zhang Lili suddenly shouted loudly.

   Three people are double-teamed. At this moment, there is no teammate to help Wang Tiejun, but he did not give up, trapped beasts are still fighting, let alone people?

   He leaned over to fit the ball in his arms, bowed his horse slightly, didn't move his right foot, stepped back slightly with his left foot, his feet slammed down, his waist and abdomen twisted, and the six forces became one.

   "Boom!"

   There is absolutely no room for exertion. The tonnage of Perdo behind him is 110 kg. The upper body is only slightly tilted back by the bump, and his feet do not move.

   But this is less than fifteen centimeters back, and he won a little space for him to exert his strength. The next moment, the second iron mountain broke out by hitting.

   The left foot stepped forward again, inserted between Jordan's legs, and the six forces instantly became one.

   "Boom!"

   The Jordan in front of him was only 198 cm and withdrew.

"opened!

   Zhang Lian roared excitedly.

"what?"

   At this moment, including Jordan, who was knocked away, immediately flashed the image of the four-to-one basket in the last game.

The moment after    knocked Jordan aside, Wang Tiejun didn't have time to take a breath, and he beat him twice in a row, making his face red.

   At this time, he swung his left foot again, took a big step outwards, and rushed out of the three-team team before Jordan and Perdeau were attached again.

  Pippen on the right side secretly pulled his right arm, but was not strong enough to hold it.

   Without dribbling, he stepped out, and the three people who were double-teamed all fell behind him.

   Barkley was at the basket at this time, but he didn't pass the ball, but after a step, he jumped directly towards the basket.

   Barkley, who stretched out his hands to catch the ball, quickly flashed down.

"boom!"

   Under the one-handed dunk, the Bulls' basket was exploded.

"yeah!"

   Two thousand away fans stood up one after another, raising their arms and shouting wildly.

   "Hoohooho..."

   jumped off the floor, Pharaoh couldn't stop gasping.

   "Brother, you did a great job, you **** them again, they can't stop you!" The excited Barkley hugged him and yelled.

   "Hey, No. 23..." Pharaoh shouted at the black-faced Jordan after he was relieved.

   "click, click..."

   The media booth behind the bottom line is frantically pressing the shutter.

   Dozens of microphones closest to Wang Tiejun and Jordan stretched out like dark gun barrels.

   Several reporters in the front row even stretched their arms directly into the field, and the bottom referee hurried over to stop them.

  Jordan's eyes sharpened, what did this **** rookie have to say?

  Wang Tiejun took another breath, and then continued: "Congratulations, you have made progress this time, and you almost stopped me with only three people."

   "Puff!"

   Not only Barkley laughs and squirts this time, but many of those media directly laugh and squirt after the bottom line.

   "Shhh!"

  The Bulls fans behind the media booth booed Wang Tiejun in dissatisfaction.

   More than a dozen cheerleaders standing there also rolled their eyes at Pharaoh in dissatisfaction, and some even quietly raised their middle fingers at him.

   "Damn boy!"

  Jordan was so angry that he vomited blood, cursed fiercely, turned and ran to the front court.

   "You almost stopped me with just three people? Hahaha..."

   On the live broadcast of ABC TV, Bill Walton couldn't help laughing after getting the news from the reporter below.

  John Hanks laughed and said, "No wonder Michael's face is so ugly. If it were me, I might vomit blood on the spot."

   "What do you mean? Haha..." Bill Walton laughed even more.

   "Damn, can't the Bulls' inside defense be stronger? Every time they are collectively blown up by the old K."

   "If you can't defend against double-teaming, don't double-team. I don't want to hear the phrase 'the four of you almost defended me' again."

   "I was installed by old K again, haha!"

   "I'm a Bulls fan, but please, next time you double-team, don't play with five people."

   Countless American fans heard this trash talk on ABC's live broadcast, angry, angry, happy, mocking, and so on.

   After this blow, the morale of the Bulls has declined, while the morale of the Suns has risen.

   After the third quarter, at 68:76, the Suns pulled back 8 points and trailed by 8 points.

  Wang Tiejun made 3 of 5 shots and 4 of 6 free throws in the second quarter, scoring 10 points and 3 rebounds.

   5 shots were made, and it was a second offense at the basket. Four of them were nearly two-point hooks and two hits.

   He got the ball ten times, the Bulls fouled him under the basket, made a lot of free throws, and the hit rate was okay, more than 60%.

   In the CCTV live broadcast booth, Zhang Lili smiled and said: "The Suns have been controlling the rebounds tonight. If it weren't for this advantage, they would have been blown up by the Bulls. Now they are 8 points behind, and they still have a chance to come back in the final quarter."

  Sun Zhenping said: "Wang Tiejun played 28 minutes in the third quarter. He made 6 of 9 shots, 7 of 11 free throws, and scored 19 points and 10 rebounds. Coach Zhang, tonight his 20+10 data is stable."

   "That's definitely no problem, but if you can't win, the data is useless, and empty chopping is the most annoying." Zhang Lili laughed.

   On the ABC live broadcast, John Hanks laughed: "The Bulls are too weak inside. Old K will hit 20+10 again tonight, and the finals performance is stronger than the previous three series."

   Bill Walton laughed: "Whether it's the Lakers, the Spurs, or the SuperSonics, their inside line is stronger than the Bulls, so it's not surprising that Old K performed better in the finals."

   The two were talking, and it was time to play.

  The Bulls sent backup center Scott Williams, and Danny Ainge replaced Ceballos on the Suns side.

   Coach Westphal has decided that he will give it his all tonight, with an 8-point gap, he has no reason to give up.

   "Old K, are you okay?" Barkley asked concernedly when he was on the court.

   "If it's a man, there's nothing that can't be done." After a two-minute rest, Old Wang was still panting slightly, but with a big breath.

  Actually, he is already very tired. Today's physical energy consumption is very huge, and the calf muscles are already tensed, as are the keys.

   In the first half, the Bulls dispatched several inside line substitutes to consume his physical strength in turn, and every time he was a top defense at the expense of physical strength.

   In the third quarter, the Bulls began to double-team him, and his physical energy consumption was even greater.

  At the end of the day, in fact, his physical strength is running out.

   "Watch my points," he said, leaning over to Barkley.

   "OK."

  Buckley nodded quickly, from this sentence, he knew that old K couldn't move.

   "Do you want to change your defensive tactics?"

   "No change, old K is obviously lacking in physical fitness. My tactics are very successful and I will continue to double-team Barkley."

   On the sidelines, in front of the Bulls bench, Phil Jackson was observing Wang Tiejun and Barkley through his glasses.

   His defensive tactics were very successful today. Barkley made 7 of 20 shots in three quarters and 3 of 4 free throws. He has only scored 17 points and hit only 35% of the shots.

   He then directed at Scott Williams, who was walking on the court: "Scott, you are defending old K alone, and you must do your best."

   Then he said to Jordan and Grant who were looking at them: "Continue the original defensive tactics."

  Jordan and others nodded and rushed onto the court.

   The final game officially started, at 68:76, the Suns attacked.

  Pharaoh entered the low post on the left wing, and Scott Williams topped the defense.

The two are one big and one small. Williams is only 208 cm and 105 kg, which is a big circle. It is impossible to carry it, but he still adopts the top defense that requires the most strength and tonnage. This is because the bull judges that the old king is not physically fit. , in this way, further consumes his physical energy.

  The Bulls still mainly double-teamed Barkley. This tactic was successful. Barkley played very inefficiently tonight.

   Therefore, because Pharaoh was out of physical strength, Westphal arranged a low-position coping strategy, that is, the ball first found Pharaoh, and he attracted defenses and created open space opportunities for his teammates.

The main idea of ​​   is to liberate Barkley through this tactic.

   Entering the distal quarter, Jordan and Pippen's physical fitness is naturally not enough, and the defensive intensity inevitably declines. It is impossible to maintain the terrifying ultrhigh-intensity defense in the first three quarters tonight.

   In fact, with such an ultrhigh-intensity defense, it is very good to be able to persist in the half court. They have persisted for one more period.

   So now Kevin Johnson feels a lot less pressure and passes the ball quickly.

   As soon as the ball arrived in Pharaoh's hands, he held Williams with his left hand, and held the ball with his right hand and raised it high.

   "No double team?"

  Pippen didn't come down, and there was no weak-side help. After his physical fitness declined, the Bulls gave up double-teaming him?

   In the next moment, he suddenly turned up and stepped into the paint area with his right foot 70 cm. Even though his left arm was pulled by Williams, it did not prevent him from getting up and hitting a frontal hook.

   This time, he didn't use the iron mountain to rely on, and he had no strength.

   But there is no double team. He is a marginal player like Williams in the low post, and a guy who is a size smaller than him is still confident.

   "Di!"

  The referee's whistle blew as the ball flew towards the basket.

   "Sigh!"

  The basketball was hollowed into the basket, and the referee pointed his finger at Williams, making a pull foul and an extra penalty.

   "Scott, either let him shoot, or let him not shoot, choose one, don't make such a stupid choice again."

  Jordan strode over to Williams and roared.

Williams is only 25 years old, an undrafted player. This is his third season. He had few opportunities to play in the first two seasons, and only increased some opportunities this season. After three seasons, he was scolded by Jordan countless times. Now After being scolded by Jordan, he nodded again and again, and didn't even dare to speak.

   Next, Wang Tiejun missed an extra penalty, Grant grabbed a backcourt rebound, 70:76, ​​the Bulls attacked.

   (end of this chapter)

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