NBA Backer King Chapter 296

  Chapter 296 The Bull broke his arm inside

  After Kevin Johnson crossed the center line, Jordan immediately posted it, and through constant pressing, he was forced to wander around on the outside, and there was no way to get close to the top of the arc easily.

However, because the glider and Lei Gong were greatly separated on the two wings and did not give Pippen and BJ the opportunity to double-team, Jordan could not get the support of his teammates. With Kevin Johnson's strength, he could not completely lock up, only Can try to block its and low passing direction.

  Under this kind of defense, Wang Tiejun didn't get the ball in his first basket, so he had to leave first, turn outside, turn around and enter the basket for the second time.

   The ball went to Drexler at this point, and Pippen posted it immediately, preferring to let the opponent rush in rather than give him a shot or pass to the low post.

  The glider turned around and broke through, and it did protrude Pippen, but took a step in and was stuck by Pippen again.

  Pippen sticks to the right side of the glider, which is the upper side, and then squeezes the opponent with his body while interfering with its breakthrough, pushing toward the bottom line.

"Snapped!"

  The glider had a bad break with the ball, and came to a ground pass. He wanted to pass it to Wang Tiejun below, but was caught by the quick-responding Pippen.

   "The Bulls' perimeter defense has taken another level, and now it's full force, and the glider's ball breakthrough failed." Kevin Harlan shouted loudly.

"boom!"

  Jordan quickly got down, received Pippen's pass, and sent a tomahawk-style dunk, which detonated the audience.

  10:8, the Suns attack.

"The Bulls don't have any better defensive tactics, so they can only continue to strengthen their perimeter defense, and the Suns have a very strong ability to pull off the perimeter. The Bulls have no chance to double-team on the perimeter, so they can only rely on single defense. This is a huge drain on defenders and can How long will it last? I watch halftime at most." Albert analyzed.

Kevin Harlan nodded and said: "Yes, the Suns side gliders and Lei Gong have three-pointers, Green also has a long shot, they are enough to pull Pippen and BJ. Although this time is blocked, but this defensive intensity It's not sustainable, and it's impossible to prevent it every time.”

  Albert said: "That is to say, an accidental success does not determine the overall situation."

  The Sun attacked, Wang Tiejun entered the basket without receiving the ball, and received a pass from the glider when he pulled to the low post on the left wing.

   At this time, the glider that had just passed the ball suddenly started, dropped Pippen, and started to cut inside. The angle of the cut was the left waist position, above Wang Tiejun and Kerry.

  Wang Tiejun passed the ball in his hand, and the glider took one step into the paint area after catching the ball, and took off.

   Kukoc on the weak side quickly returned to defend the basket, the glider changed the dunk to a throw, and the ball flew over Kukoc's palm and slid to the basket.

"boom!"

  Unfortunately, the basketball smashed into the basket when it was a little off.

   The next moment, Kukoc and Kerry, who was defending the basket, took off at the same time to grab the defensive rebound. Outside them, a giant beast also took off and grabbed the offensive rebound at the same time.

"mine!"

  Wang Tiejun relied on his body height and good bouncing to jump out of the two and knock the ball off their heads.

The moment he landed, he grabbed the basketball with one hand in his left hand, took off twice, and when he was still 1.5 meters away from the basket and there were two major defensive inside lines in front of him, he brazenly launched a strong attack under the basket.

The right arm was stuck outside, blocking Kukoc from the outside, and his body also dived forward and directly hit Clifford Robinson. Smash with the ball.

"boom!"

   With the loud explosion of the basket, Clifford Robinson collapsed, and Kukoc stumbled back when he landed.

"yeah!"

   On the bench of the Suns, hundreds of away balls, the entire Phoenix and Arizona, the other side of the Pacific Ocean, and Fengshen Street also burst into countless cheers.

   "yeeeeeees!"

   Groom Albert roared with excitement: "This is the most powerful attack at the basket. Old K treats defenders as nothing. He is showing his powerful dominance to the world!"

"I have to say that Old K is the greatest basketball ruler in active service! May I ask the most powerful centers in the active league, Da Meng, Admiral, King Kong, and Shark, what are your opinions?" Kai Ven Haran asked excitedly.

  Fortunately, he was not a live commentator, so his voice could not reach Dameng's ears, otherwise they would be gasping for breath.

   On the sidelines, Wilt Chamberlain said to Jabbar on the right: "Kareem, his static talent is excellent, but his athletic talent can only be said to be average. This storm did not show any quality."

"NONONO, Wilt, just now he showed his strong aerial confrontation ability, he can use one hand to settle a defender in the air, and then use his body to sink another defender. This ability is apart from O'Neal's behemoth, you I don't have either." Kareem laughed.

  Shrugged, Chamberlain laughed: "I don't need it at all. I want to score, and no one can stop me."

  Jabbar smiled and didn't answer, but he didn't take it seriously.

Because of the dominance of the playoffs, Old K has proved in only three seasons that he is stronger than Chamberlain in the playoffs. If Chamberlain has the dominance of Old K in the playoffs, he will never take only two championship.

  Old K's low post skills are not to be mentioned, it is unique to the league, and in terms of his physical advantages, it is not so common.

  Old K's physical advantage lies in the powerful combination of strength, tonnage and athletic ability. Through this advantage, coupled with his unique low post back-playing technique, he can almost eat any opponent in the low post.

   With this advantage, Old K can swept a large number of superstar centers. Throughout the nearly 50-year history of the league, only the other giant O'Neal can compete with Old K in the low post.

   Of course, he only thinks that he is only in the low post. If he leaves the low post, the two low post behemoths, Old K and O'Neal, will lose their dominance.

  For example, he can solve the battle with a hook on the three-point line, but killing Old K and O'Neal, they also do not have this ability.

In the first quarter, they didn't have much time to defend their opponents. After the Bulls opened the inside line, it was difficult for the Suns to really prevent Jordan's weak-side breakthrough. Similarly, it was difficult for the Bulls to block the Suns' internal and external connections. The low post was blown up by Wang Tiejun. scum.

  The defense of both sides is not good, but the offensive end is very efficient, just like a confrontation.

  Because the fight was very anxious, the two sides did not dare to withdraw the main force easily, and a bad score would be pulled away, so both sides rarely made substitutions in the first quarter.

   After the first quarter, at 39:32, the Suns led by 7 points away.

   Jordan played the full quarter, making 6 of 8 shots, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 16 points.

   In 8 offenses, 4 breakthroughs were scored, and the remaining 4 hits from mid-range shots were very efficient.

Wang Tiejun played the whole quarter, the main attack in the whole quarter, the strong attack to the basket, 7 dunks, 1 hook at the basket, and 2 throws at the basket Time hit 25 points, breaking his career single-quarter scoring record, playoff single-quarter record, and finals single-quarter scoring record.

  His super dominance at the basket exposed the weakness of the Bulls' weak inside defense.

   Relying on his extremely strong and efficient basket attack, with Jordan's high efficiency, the Suns were able to lead, but they were only ahead by 7 points, and the point difference was not too big.

   After the first quarter, even if the Bulls' defensive strength in the interior is weak, his physical energy is also consumed a lot.

  TNT live broadcast, Kevin Harlan said with a smile: "Congratulations, Mr. K, with 25 points in a single quarter, you tied the historical record of 25 points in a single quarter by the smiling assassin Isiah Thomas in the 1988 finals."

Albert said with admiration: "The Bulls surrounded and suppressed Old K at the basket throughout the quarter. There were four double-teams, two triple-teams, four double-teams, and seven double-teams. He scored all of them. Without a single mistake, its strong offensive ability can only be compared to another behemoth."

Kevin Harlan immediately said: "But now I'm worried about his physical fitness, whether he can last until the end of the game. According to this style of play, even if the physical fitness of Chamberlain is strange, he will not be able to persist, not to mention this is a series. ."

Albert nodded and said: "In the next game, he should reduce the attack at the basket. But we must also see that the Bulls' defense can't always maintain this intensity, and their siege to the old K under the basket. It will definitely ease.”

Kevin Harlan hurriedly said: "Yes, I agree with this. First, the Bulls' double-teaming at the basket is useless, and secondly, Old K's strong play has also caused great damage to them. It's unbearable to keep defending."

Albert suddenly laughed: "Old K's killing of the bull is not only a foul, but also a direct physical blow. Kerry and Kukoc have been knocked over many times, and they may be injured and unable to get up at any time. Later, they didn't dare to get close to Old K's double-team, which is the proof.

   In addition to this, the old K hit the bulls psychologically.

  Kevin, didn't you see, the morale of the Bulls players is not high, and the home atmosphere of the United Center is not too intense, they were hit by the old K's basket storm again and again. "

  Kevin Harlan laughed and said, "Indeed, today's United Center is not worthy of the title of the league's most terrifying home stadium in the 1990s."

   On the Suns bench, Westphal replaced last year's rookie rookie Westperson after repeated consideration.

Posen's three-pointers are very good, reaching 43.6% in the regular season and 37.8% in the playoffs. His performance is not worse than that of Dan Marley. Although the finals are under a lot of pressure, he thinks that he can use it. Dan Marley's physical fitness cannot last field, must also be replaced.

   No. 1, he is not going to make substitutions.

  This position is too critical, the backup point guard Perry is not good enough, he can only let the Lightning continue to play, and let him rest for a few minutes in the third quarter.

  Fortunately, in the first quarter, Kevin Johnson didn't attack or break through much. He was responsible for passing the ball to Old K and playing defensive counterattacks. There was no major problem in terms of physical fitness.

  The third position, the glider is also old, the second quarter has to rest for some time, he replaced Robert Horry.

   Inside, AC Green and Vayman Tisdale partnered, and let Old K rest for two or three minutes first.

  After Danny Manning was reimbursed, in addition to Tisdale's bench, Robert Horry often came off the 4th position, barely able to rotate.

   Five starters, three were changed, and two were temporarily left on top. After the old K went up, Green came down to rest.

  The Bulls also made large-scale substitutions.

   Center is Luke Longley, power forward is Corey Blunt, small forward is Roh Happer, and guard is Jordan and Steve Kerr.

   Five starts, four were replaced, and only one Jordan was left to support the scene.

  Phil Jackson didn't expect anything from the bench lineup. He only hoped that the bench lineup would complete the task without being widened.

   He still has confidence in this point, because the Suns' bench lineup is also average.

  The two sides played two or three minutes with the substitute lineup, and the difference was still four points, and then the two sides began to make substitutions.

  Jordan also had a blast in the first quarter. In addition to the consumption of the defensive end, he didn't play much at the beginning of the second quarter. With Pippen on the court, he came off the court to rest.

   It seems that there is a tacit understanding. The main players of both sides in the second quarter did not do their best even if they were on the court, so this quarter ended flat, halftime ended, 62:57, the Suns were still ahead by 5 points away.

   "The second half should be more lively. I guess both sides want to widen the point difference in the third quarter to lay a foundation for the final quarter." Zhang rationally analyzed.

Su Qun said: "Old K rested for two minutes in the first half, and he played the most time. He also rested for four minutes after the Lightning, and others had more rest time. In the second half, the Suns' physical fitness should be no problem, only the old K. I don't know if I can hold on to it."

Zhang Lili said: "Although he played for ten minutes in the second quarter, he didn't attack much, so he played two second offenses, grabbed rebounds, defended and responded to the ball. There should be no problem. Bulls are not mosaics. Those teams with strong inside lines, his physical consumption should not be as good as the Western Conference finals."

   After 15 minutes, the third quarter begins.

   In this quarter, Westphal's idea is still to fight a stalemate, leaving the outcome to the fourth quarter.

   He gave Wang Tiejun a chance to score the ball, not to attack too much under the basket, save some physical energy, and attack in the final quarter.

   The reason for this decision is that he believes that the Bulls are weak inside, and Old K can concentrate a blow at the distal end to directly defeat the Bulls.

  If he starts to exert his strength in the third quarter, the old K may not have enough physical strength in the distal quarter, and he may be succeeded by the bulls instead.

   Of course, the main lineup is in a stalemate, and it is different from the bench. It is necessary to play high-quality offense and defense with all its strength, but the old K's shots need to be reduced.

   As it happens, Phil Jackson's idea is similar. Jordan only rested for 3 minutes in the first half, and he scored 27 points in the first half. He is not going to let Jordan play more in the third quarter.

   Invariably, the decisive battle was placed in the fourth quarter, and the third quarter continued to be rotated with a half-main and half-substitute lineup.

   After the third quarter, at 84:80, the Bulls were 4 points behind.

  Wang Tiejun scored 25 points in the first quarter, scored 6 points with a penalty in the final quarter, scored 6 points in the third quarter, and scored 37 points in the third quarter.

   This score has set a new record for his single-game scoring in the playoffs and finals, and he still has a quarter to continue to create new highs.

   Jordan scored 27 points in the half, and scored 34 points in the third quarter.

"The Bulls played quite hard today. Since the beginning of the game, they have not taken the lead. The leaders of both sides, Old K and Jordan, were accumulating energy in the second and third quarters, and there should be a fight in the last quarter." On the TNT commentary stand, Al Bert said solemnly.

  Kevin Harlan exclaimed excitedly at this time: "It's great! Just received the report of the ratings, this game has set a new high in ratings, and up to 34 million people in the United States have watched this game."

  Albert said with a smile: "This shows that the match between the Air Jordan and the restricted area sweeper Old K is very attractive! But I believe that the ratings in the final quarter will reach a new high."

   Kevin Harlan laughed: "It's a pity that they are not in the same position, otherwise it would be more attractive."

  Albert joked: "You can let Jordan play the old K in the low post. That is the position he used to go to. I don't think the old K will be called a double team."

   "Haha..." Kevin Harlan laughed.

   On the Bulls bench, Kerry was pale, sweaty, very bad, and looked a little dazed.

In three quarters, even if he didn't have a top defense on the defensive end, he was tortured enough by the old K's giant beast. After a while, he couldn't fight.

  Phil Jackson stood in front of Robinson with a heavy heart.

Without Kerry, you can't play if you open up your tactics. Old K sits at the basket on the defensive end. Not to mention the strengthening of defense, the Suns' backcourt rebounding control will be strengthened. The Bulls and the Suns were able to maintain a balance in rebounding before. There are only two shorts in the third quarter, thanks to the opening tactics, but I am afraid it will suffer some losses in the final quarter.

  After a short rest, the last quarter opened, and both sides sent almost all the main forces.

   On the side of the Suns, Dan Marley did not play, and backup shooting guard Wes Liposon played.

On the Bulls side, Clifford Robinson didn't play and went to Luke Longley.

   This season, the Bulls have hoarded several centers for the two giants, Old K and O'Neal. In addition to Kerry, there are also Viperdo, Bill Wennington, and Luke Longley.

   By the end of the quarter, Phil Jackson couldn't care about the ugly tactics of the meat shield. Kerry was knocked over five times by the old K in the three quarters, and he had several injuries, so he could only use the meat shield to go up.

  Suns offense.

  Wang Tiejun rested for three minutes in the third quarter and five minutes in the third quarter. There were not many offenses in the first two quarters. Now there is no problem with physical fitness.

  Luke Longley took the top defense. He turned and rushed in, but the ball outside did not pass in in time, so he had to leave the paint first.

   As long as there is a turn outside, after Luke Longley follows, Pharaoh turns around again and rushes to the basket again.

  This time, the ball passed through the glider's hand.

   Kukoc double-teamed the basket from the right wing. Wang Tiejun took off to catch the ball. The former pushed him secretly, giving him no chance to make an alley. After landing, Luke Langley caught up to the basket and formed a double-team.

   But will that stop him? cannot.

   "Boom! Boom!"

   In less than a second, Luke Longley was knocked away, and Kukoc was knocked over directly to the basket by two ferocious consecutive hits.

"boom!"

   The next moment, the basket roared violently.

   "yeees!"

Albert shouted excitedly: "At the beginning of the last quarter, Old K reproduced his strongest attack at the basket. This is the fifth time Kukoc has been knocked over in a double-team basket. I dare to speculate that if this As things went on, he could imagine what happened to the Postman."

   Kevin Harlan pointed at the screen at this time and shouted anxiously: "Look, he really has a problem."

   Layup, Kukoc clutched his chest and couldn't get up. He coughed and gasped, but he didn't dare to breathe recklessly, because there were bursts of tingling pain in his chest.

   He knew it was over, the rib should have been broken, and the bull was going to be in big trouble.

"damn it!"

   glanced at Kukoc, then glared at Wang Tiejun, Jordan scolded fiercely.

   Off the field, Phil Jackson had a dense layer of fine sweat on his forehead. After asking the team doctor to go up, he turned to look at the bench, considered for three seconds, and called out Viperdo.

  One meat shield is not enough, then use two, and you will be squeezed to death, leaving you with no space in the basket.

   "Listen, if old K shoots, he'll be fouled and sent to a free throw immediately. Tell Luke Longley what I mean, and you two will do it together."

   When Perdeau came on, he warned.

   Kukoc came off the court. Under the preliminary medical examination, the team doctor judged that the third rib of the left chest was fractured, and the season was reimbursed.

   This is a big blow to the Bulls. The main power forward was injured in the first game of the finals. The Bulls will be greatly affected by both tactics and lineup.

On the TNT commentary booth, Albert read: "Luke Longley, 218 cm tall, 26 years old this year, young and strong, now he has increased to 132 kg, he has enough tonnage, but his absolute strength is not as good as old K, athletic ability. Even worse.

  Vilperdo, 30 years old, 213 cm, now has a tonnage of 120 kg, an increase of 10 kg. He couldn't be called a meat shield before, but now he looks a little bit like. However, with his strength and tonnage, he couldn't stop Old K.

   Coach Phil Jackson let them play with two meat shields and play the double-tower tactic? I think they may not be able to stop the old K, right? "

Kevin Harlan said: "He has no good way. Any head coach can't do anything in the face of the low-position terrifying behemoth Old K. Everything has to be tried. What if it works? The Bulls' defense is so weak in the paint, and Old K is so efficient at the rim, it's good to cut him."

Albert nodded quickly and said: "It makes sense, Old K was 100% shooting at the basket in the first quarter, but his free throws were only 60% of the time, and it would be profitable to cut him at the basket. It's four quarters, and Phil Jackson has someone in his hands, so he's not afraid of fouling."

   (end of this chapter)

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