NBA Backer King Chapter 549

   Chapter 549 Three-point cold arrow

   After breakfast, the Lakers held a tactical meeting.

   Leading two to one, the atmosphere of this tactical meeting was good and relaxed.

   In contrast, the Knicks' tactical meeting was a bit serious and dull.

  Phil Jackson said at the meeting that to increase the time of rotating players and get more rest time for the main players, this requires more contributions from the bench players.

   Several veterans came for the championship, and immediately said that there was no problem, and they were willing to make every effort for the team.

Phil Jackson also formulated tactics for Ellis. Ellis is the only main force among the veterans. Although he is almost 38 years old, he has the most strength. Once he finds the touch and gets a chance, he also has a certain explosive score. ability.

   "G4 is a game that we must not lose, absolutely must not lose." Phil Jackson finally emphasized.

In the G3 game, he told Jordan and O'Neal that if the G3 game was lost, the series would probably be lost, and that was just what he said to motivate the two, but now, what he said is true, everyone Understand, if the Knicks can't tie 2-2 and let the Lakers get match point, with the strength of the Lakers, then everything will be a foregone conclusion.

Knicks owner James Dolan also attended the meeting, but didn't say anything. After the meeting ended, he stopped head coach Phil Jackson and asked, "Phil, tell me, how sure are you in G4? "

  Phil Jackson said cautiously: "Boss, play the finals with a strong team like the Lakers, and now is the peak period of old K, no one has much confidence to win the Lakers.

   I know the old K too well, but I don't know how much energy the old K will burst out and how destructive it will be to us. "

Dolan was a little disappointed, but he just bought the team and made it to the finals. He was still satisfied and encouraged: "Phil, you tell Michael, after this season, no matter what the result is, stay, the league will immediately The luxury tax system will be implemented, I am not short of money, I will invest a lot for the team, and I will also give him a big contract worthy of him."

   "That's great." Phil Jackson laughed, who doesn't like a boss who is rich and willing to invest?

  The G4 battle is No. 8. There are two days of rest in the middle, which is very important for both sides. These two days give the players a chance to recover their strength.

   On the morning of the 6th, ESPN adjusted the chances of winning the two teams again. The Lakers increased from 45% to 51% again, and the Knicks decreased from 55% to 49%.

  After breakfast, Lao Wang did not stay in the hotel, but went to the martial arts hall with his wife and son.

  The current environment of the martial arts hall is good, where drinking tea, playing cards, and chatting with brothers can relax the body and spirit.

   There was also a large group of Da Yao, Kobe and Da Meng who went with them. They all had lunch in the martial arts hall, chatted and bragged together, and set up two tables of mahjong, and they had a good time.

   Dazhi has been together for so long, and there have been obvious changes. The communication ability has been enhanced, and he can also take the initiative to communicate with Dameng Lightning and the others. The change is bigger than the one season in the king.

  It goes without saying that Dayao and Laohu were mixed with Big Dream Barkley and the others last year.

   is Liu Wei, Liu Jihua and Du Feng, who are also familiar with this large group of stars.

Lao Wang is more important to Liu Wei and Liu Jihua. The national team has him inside. Two years later, in the 2000 Olympic Games, Dayao can also use it. With Dazhi, the national team has several good power forward teammates. There is no shortage of small forwards, and there is Lao Hu at the second position, so there is a shortage of good point guards.

   In the 1996 Olympics, the national team was only a point guard, and suffered a big loss. He hoped to develop a useful point guard.

   To this end, he asked Lightning to pass on the treasures to Liu Wei and Liu Jihua, and asked Pippen to teach them to defend.

In the afternoon, Pharaoh received a phone interview from a reporter and asked him what he thought about the adjustment of ESPN's chances of winning the championship. He said: "I advise ESPN not to move around, as a professional media, you must be aware of your professionalism. Confidence, but I don't see ESPN's confidence.

   It is unprofessional to change the data at will for the sake of winning or losing one or two games. Every change is a denial of the judgment you just made. "

   His words made ESPN the target of ridicule after being reported by the media on the 7th.

   No. 8, G4 match day.

   Knicks: O'Neal, Oakley, Dale Ellis, Jordan, Charlie Ward

  Lakers: Wang Tiejun, Danny Fortson, Rick Fox, Richmond, Kobe

  TNT live broadcast, Barkley said with a smile: "This game, the Lakers can still afford to lose, at most a draw, but the Knicks absolutely can't afford to lose.

  If the Knicks lose again, Old K has said that he hopes to win the championship at Madison Square Garden. If the Lakers get match point, Old K is likely to break out completely in the G5 battle and complete his idea of ​​winning the championship on the road. "

   "Battle of life and death." Kenny Smith immediately agreed.

   "But if the Lakers lose, they will lose the chance to get match point, and they will be very passive." Bill Walton said.

   "So in this game, both sides will definitely do their best, and there will be no reservations. In terms of physical consumption, there will be no reservations." Barkley said.

   The other two nodded in agreement.

   Eight, jump ball, Lakers offense.

In the last game, Pharaoh mainly focused on passing from the very beginning. He got 9 assists in the whole game and tasted the sweetness. This time he also wanted to do it again, so he did not play the first ball by himself. Seeing that Oakley was double-teamed, he immediately gave the ball to Fox, who was cutting on the weak side.

   On the right wing, Fordson played the pick-and-roll for Fox, who took the opportunity to cut Oakley, caught the ball on the right waist in the paint area, and then went into the paint area.

   At this moment, Oakley made an emergency stop and returned to defense, and Charlie Ward, who was defending Kobe in a high position, also turned around and pounced, forming a double-team on Fox.

   At the same time, O'Neal turned around and blocked Old K, preventing him from going in to meet Fox.

"Snapped!"

  Oakley steals the ball fiercely and slaps Fox on the right hand holding the ball. The latter gasps and the ball falls and is taken away by Ward.

  Jordan took the opportunity to counterattack on the outside, caught the ball and made a layup.

   He didn't choose to dunk because he wanted to save every bit of energy.

   Lakers offense.

   This time, Pharaoh decided to come by himself, let's talk about it first.

   The left wing was low, received the ball, and O'Neal, who was on top of the defense, suddenly took a half step back. Did he want to let him go to the basket?

   He was also rude. Between dribbles, he stepped into the paint.

   With his movements, the Knicks' defense line shrank a step inward.

   Then O'Neal took another small step back, and he stepped on the circle of the reasonable collision zone.

   At this time, O'Neal suddenly came up and held him tightly, a pair of thick arms almost hugged him, preventing him from having a chance to get up.

   At the same time, the Knicks' defensive formation quickly accelerated and contracted and began to double-team the basket. Pharaoh only fought with O'Neal for half a second before being dumped by the Knicks.

  O'Neal topped the defense, Jordan was behind him, Oakley was on the lower side of his left hand, and Charlie Ward was on the upper side. The Knicks were four-teamed him, and only one veteran, Ellis, didn't come in.

These dumplings are not the dumplings that were used to beat the bull. The dumpling skins at that time were not thick. In the dumpling skins now, there is a giant beast like O'Neill, which is very thick and restricted by the K-law. He wants to break the dumpling skin. It's too hard.

   "Lying wipe!"

Suddenly someone grabbed a handful of his right armpit, and the hairs were pulled away a few times, either Jordan or Charlie Ward. This got him, his arm was stiff, and his hand suddenly loosened, and then Jordan took the plane. Take the ball away.

   "Whoosh!"

  As soon as the ball was in hand, Jordan passed to Ellis.

   This is the Knicks tactic, put the old K into the paint area, use the Jordan law of the Bad Boys to double-team the old K in a narrower area, and then switch from offense to defense and play fast break.

   The reason for putting Old K in the paint is to use the three-second offense rule, plus double-teaming, to force him to shoot as soon as possible, thereby reducing the hit rate.

   Ellis caught the ball and fast-forwarded, and when he ran to the left-wing three-point line, Fox caught up. After all, he is almost 38 years old, and his speed is not good.

   "Squeak!"

   At this moment, he made an emergency stop, and Fox rushed over. When he made an emergency stop, he was already one step away.

"brush!"

  Ellis took off calmly and hit a hollow three-pointer.

   "Oh, the Knicks made two steals in a row and played two fast-break counterattacks. The Lakers should be careful, the Knicks really fought hard today." Su Qun exclaimed.

   Zhang Lili reminded: "Tiejun should be careful here. Once he encounters a double-team, he should shoot the ball quickly. I believe that with Tiejun's vision and passing ability, he can make the Knicks pay a huge price."

   "What the hell, trapeze, did you do it?" Pharaoh asked, staring at Jordan.

"What's up?"

  Jordan looked weird. He saw Ward's little move just now, but he didn't expect that Ward would dare to pluck old K's hair. This was considered plucking from a tiger's butt.

   "You?"

   Old Wang glared at Charlie Ward.

  Charlie Ward spread his hands, shrugged his shoulders, and looked blank.

   Lao Wang could only give up, threatening: "Pull my hair again, take off my pants and spank."

  Charlie Ward's face twitched, he turned around quickly, and raised his trousers secretly.

In the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Lili reminded again: "Tie Jun has to be careful, because of the restrictions of K-law, his ability to break double teams has been severely weakened, and he must shoot the ball in time. The hit rate is good.

   However, I judge that the purpose of the Knicks' multi-team team is to force the Tiejun to score the ball or shoot in the near two-point range. The last thing the opponent of the Tiejun wants to see is that he hits the basket. "

   "Fortunately, Old K's nearly two-point efficiency is high enough." Su Qun nodded.

  The Lakers attack again.

  Pharaoh asked for the ball again. After catching the ball, O'Neal stepped back half a step and did not fight him hand-to-hand.

   And at this time, he also noticed that the Knicks' defensive formation shrank again.

   The next moment, he followed O'Neal's retreat and stepped into the paint area.

O'Neal took another half step back, he took another half step, and stepped on the line of the reasonable collision zone. Just when the Knicks' defensive contraction suddenly accelerated, when O'Neal came up to stick him, he jumped up and his left elbow was stuck. , the right hand hits a sideways hook.

  O'Neal took off and defended, but he couldn't block Pharaoh's sideways hook.

"brush!"

   Hollow into the basket, Pharaoh hit a nearly two-point hook.

Today the Knicks double-teamed him. They didn't want him to hit the basket. In this case, he could only play an extra two-point offense. This ball feels okay and is just right. The situation today.

   Knicks offense.

  On the right wing, Oakley was in action, suddenly ran to the three-point line, blocked Fox's side, Ellis got the opportunity, immediately moved to the top of the arc, and stretched out his hands for the ball.

  Charlie Ward made preparations long ago, passed the ball quickly, Ellis caught the ball and made a jumper, made an open shot, and made a three-pointer.

"Deadly three-point shooter Dale Ellis, the second three-pointer, be careful, his three-pointer shooting rate is as high as 42.3% in the first three rounds. Today, the Knicks clearly want to hit him more." Zhang Lili reminded anxiously.

   On the sidelines, Harris shouted at Fox: "Rick, pay attention to the pick-and-roll, don't let him get open again."

He was a little annoyed. He defended Ellis well in the first three games. Today, he made two 3-pointers in the opening game. The first 3-pointer was a fast break. The defense didn't work out.

   "0K."

   Fox nodded quickly.

  2:8, the Lakers attacked.

"boom!"

  Pharaoh made another hook. This time he missed, and Oakley, who came to help defend, got the rebound.

   Knicks offense.

  Oakley and Ellis did a pick-and-roll on the right wing again, attracting the attention of the Lakers' defense, Jordan took the opportunity to run without the ball on the left wing and cut inside the paint area.

  Charlie Ward passed the ball, not to the right wing, to Jordan, who took a step outside the paint and entered the paint.

  Pharaoh was also paying attention to the right wing. When Jordan cut in from behind, he was ready to make up for defense. O'Neal started the confrontation at the right time. After a delay of half a second, it was too late, and Jordan killed him in front of him.

"brush!"

   One-handed layup and hit a ball.

  2:10, the Lakers attacked, and then called a timeout.

   "The Lakers' offensive and defensive tactics all failed, and they were a little out of shape today!" Barkley said.

   "In the key battle, including the coaching staff, the Lakers' state has not been adjusted." Bill Walton said.

Kenny Smith said: "The main reason is that the Knicks' previous offensive and defensive tactics were more unexpected. They suddenly double-teamed the old K, and then developed a three-point strategy for the veteran Ellis, and they played twice. attack."

   Buckley nodded and said, "Old K, as a leader, has to stand up now. This is his responsibility."

  The suspension came back, and the Lakers attacked.

   This time, after receiving the ball, Pharaoh directly stepped back half-step to face the basket, put his hands together, and made a three-threat preparation.

  O'Neal, who was about to retreat, hurriedly followed half a step, but still took half a step to break through the main defense.

  The Knicks' defense on the outside also immediately shrank a step. Jordan on the left-wing three-point line was only two meters away from Pharaoh. With one big step, he was within reach.

"Be careful!"

   Richmond's voice sounded in Pharaoh's face.

   "Jordan?"

   He reacted immediately.

   At this time, with the sharp friction of the sneakers, there was wind behind him, a black shadow appeared on the right side, and a big hand reached out to the basketball in his hands.

"boom!"

   He immediately sank his hands down, dodging Jordan's chip, and the basketball went through his crotch, hit the floor, and bounced out.

   This is a pass to Richmond, and he doesn't know the specific position of his teammates, so the power of the ground-hitting pass is not large, and the speed of the ball is not fast.

   After he passed the ball, he immediately started a rapid stride, one step past O'Neal in front, and cut into the paint area. O'Neal turned to pursue defense, already a step behind.

   was more than a step crooked, Richmond moved to catch the ball, and Jordan had already pounced.

"So fast!"

   He was amazed at Jordan's speed of returning to defense. The trapeze was trying his best.

"boom!"

Between    dribbles, he took a step to the left corner to get out of Jordan's defense, and then made a three-pointer.

"boom!"

   was a little shorter, and the basketball bounced off the basket.

   The Pharaoh, who cut into the basket ahead of time, stretched out his arms and stuck O'Neal behind him. As his body rose, he caught the ball with his big hand and pressed forward. With a bang, he completed a make-up dunk.

   "Beautiful! Old K's scoring is very good, and the cut without the ball after passing the ball is very timely. This requires a good sense of offensive rebounding and secondary attack." Su Qun praised.

  4:10, Knicks offense.

  Jordan broke through with the ball on the left wing, which was the first time he had the ball in a positional battle since the start of the night.

   Using O'Neal's cover, he successfully entered the paint area, met Fordson's basket defense, and played a lever.

   Just as he flashed past Fordson's block and was about to pick a second basket, a pair of big hands directly pressed the ball on the backboard and grabbed it.

   "Old K?!"

   He looked back and saw that it was Comrade Lao Wang.

   When Jordan went in, because Fordson returned to the defense in time, Comrade Pharaoh did not return to the basket for the first time, but trailed in, hit a time difference, and just blocked the shot.

  4:10, the Lakers attacked.

   Kobe pulled to the right-wing three-point line and singled against Charlie Ward. Tieshan leaned on his side, knocked over the undersized opponent directly, and then hit an open three-pointer.

   This is the second time he knocked over Charlie Ward. When he knocked over for the first time in G1, he failed to hit an open ball. This time, he did not miss a chance.

   "Kobe will practice for another two years. I'm afraid his singles ability will not be inferior to Michael's." Phil Jackson's eyes shrank when he saw this scene.

   From Kobe's singles, he saw Kobe's potential on the outside, especially when Kobe was dislocated to play the opponent's point guard, he had a great advantage.

   (end of this chapter)

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