Chapter 451 Jordan’s first shot missed
“Do you want to change a meat shield?”
Seeing old K walking to the free throw line, Phil Jackson’s mind was spinning fast on the sidelines.
Put on the meat shield, is it Rodman or Rick Schmitz?
When the former comes down, there will be no rebounding and no one who can defend Rasheed Wallace, so it definitely won’t work.
Change Schmitz down, and there will be no scoring points in the inside line, and it will not work.
“Wait a minute, Michael is also scoring frantically, and Old K has played so many offenses, he will definitely take a break, and there will be no problems on the field for the time being.”
Old K’s crazy score put him in a dilemma. In the end, he chose to wait a little longer and let the game play for a while.
“boom!”
At this time, Pharaoh made a free throw, and the ball got too long. The ball smashed into the basket and bounced off the board, and was then caught by Rodman.
“2 of 3 free throws, this is the first shot that Old K missed tonight.” Su Qun said with a pity.
“Jordan, get off, so fast!” Zhang Lili exclaimed in surprise.
In the frontcourt of the Bulls, Jordan received a pass from Rodman, but Kidd still took a step away from him and couldn’t keep up with his speed.
“damn it!”
Kidd is a little frustrated, his speed is really not slow, but he can’t keep up with an old guy.
“brush!”
In order to save energy, Jordan did not dunk this time, but ended the offense with a layup.
“yeah!”
More than two thousand away Bulls fans burst into great cheers.
“Shhh!”
Then more than 17,000 home fans immediately suppressed it with thunderous boos. Not only the players on both sides were fighting, but the fans on both sides were also fighting.
A live commentator shook his head and sighed: “Michael Jordan has scored 18 points on 8 of 8 shots, 100% hit rate, it’s really a god-like performance!”
“But we also have old K, he will definitely play a stronger performance.” Another live commentator said excitedly.
In the CCTV live broadcast booth, Zhang Lili shook his head and said, “The Suns didn’t make a timely substitution. The response of the coaching staff was not slow or slow, but unqualified.
You didn’t guard against someone’s fast break even once, and you didn’t change someone with a faster speed. What are you waiting for? The lineup and tactics are completely unreasonable.
Although the dual-control tactics can break the Bulls’ blockade on the outside, but if you go to Kobe, the Bulls can’t block the outside. Kobe’s ball-handling and ball-holding abilities are still good, and against Harper, there is no physical disadvantage. The current defense Should be stronger than lightning. ”
Su Qun really wanted to say, Director Zhang, Kobe couldn’t catch up with Jordan, but he didn’t dare to say it.
20:16, the Bulls lead by 4 points, the Suns attack.
is still a steady and steady positional battle. In response to Jordan, Wang Tiejun once again entered the basket strongly and continued to put pressure on the Bulls.
He just wants to compress the Bulls’ defense indefinitely by tyrannizing and hitting the basket again and again, and exert strong psychological pressure on the Bulls until they can’t bear it.
As for Jordan’s offense, he believed that with the decline in physical fitness, that guy would definitely not be able to go on like this.
And his own physical fitness, slowing down the rhythm of the offense, coupled with the bulls’ two inside lines, can’t form a huge physical consumption on him, the bulls have been using Rick Schmitz to defend him, this player has no ability to confront and never fights with him. When confrontation arises, his physical strength should be able to persevere.
Seeing the old K entering the basket again, Phil Jackson shrank his eyes.
He knew that sooner or later he would have to change to a meat shield, because if he fought like this, the old K’s physical strength would not be consumed much.
“Whoosh!”
Seeing that Old K entered the paint area from the free throw line, Kidd, who had just passed the center line, did not pass in directly, because Jordan was in front of him, but suddenly made a cross and gave the ball to the corresponding Lightning, who stopped and kept going. Now, pass directly to the basket.
“Snapped!”
The passing distance was a bit long. When Pharaoh received the ball with Rick Schmitz on his right elbow, Rodman once again threw himself to him from a low position on the right wing and completed a double-team on him.
But how could two bugs hold down a giant beast?
Boom!
The giant beast rose into the sky, and the next moment, with a bang, the bull’s basket was banged again.
“what!”
More than 17,000 Suns fans roared wildly.
“The unstoppable Sun King, he will lead us to glory, he will lead us to shine on the whole alliance…”
The extremely excited roar of the on-site commentator made the fans’ shouts rise from wave to wave, and the roof of the stadium was almost lifted.
Rodman and Schmitz stood under the basket, looking helplessly at the giant beast in front of them, and could only turn around and leave.
“Jordan performed like a **** today, but the old K is also invincible, and he also performed like a god. The two active players, the old one doesn’t want to retire, and the new one wants to take the top position, they are too powerful!” Magician Johnson shook his head in admiration.
Larry Bird said solemnly: “Jordan wants to win this game, he has to work harder and keep his offense longer.”
“Larry, do you see something?” Kareem asked.
Larry Bird raised his finger to the scene and said, “Look, Jordan can’t hold the momentum of the home team with such a performance. Once his performance declines and he can’t maintain a 100% hit rate, what will happen here? I can guarantee it. , when he misses the first ball, the momentum of the home team will go up like crazy.”
“So when will Jordan miss his first shot?” Magic Johnson asked solemnly.
This question has also aroused the curiosity and anticipation of countless fans in front of the TV.
At this time, the Bulls served, and when they reached the frontcourt, Phil Jackson unexpectedly called a timeout.
“Phil, why is it called a timeout?” Jordan asked after sitting down, not understanding.
“Michael, I won’t stop you from attacking today, but tell me, when are you going to stop?” Phil Jackson asked seriously.
Jordan stared at Phil Jackson, he knew Jackson didn’t like him taking all the offense, but he wanted to do it himself today, he only trusted himself today, not anyone.
The two of you stared at me, I stared at you, no one said a word, the atmosphere on the Bulls bench suddenly became serious, and no one dared to speak.
A few seconds later, seeing Jordan staring at him instead of answering, Phil Jackson quickly explained: “I’m not trying to stop you from attacking, but to solve defense problems. If you attack alone, then Rick Schmitz’s It’s not very useful, I’m going to use a meat shield to guard against old K, which will consume his physical energy, so I need to know when you plan to stop.”
Jordan nodded and said, “No need to change, I’m a little tired.”
Next, Phil Jackson laid out offensive tactics, with Jordan as a check, and Pippen and Rick Schmitz in charge of the offense.
“Kevin, do you want to take a break?”
On the Suns side, Danny Ainge was asking about the Lightning.
At this time, it was the 6th minute of the first quarter, and it was only halfway through the quarter, but he could see that Lightning seemed to be struggling a little and was not in good shape.
Lightning also nodded helplessly. There was a problem with his physical energy reserve, and the consumed physical energy did not recover in time.
Danny Ainge glanced at the bench, and Wilkins and Chapman were refreshed and looked at the head coach.
At this time, Kobe next to the water dispenser was so anxious that he couldn’t sit still. He was so anxious to look directly at Old K that he almost took the initiative to fight.
After he made a big shot in the last game, he was put on the bench by Old K and never played again. This is the finals. As Old K’s successor, how can he sit on the bench all the time?
At this moment, he saw Old K leaning out his upper body, looked at him, then glanced at Danny Angie, and gave him another wink.
“This is?”
His heart skipped a beat, Old K asked me to… take the initiative to fight? No matter what, let me take the initiative to fight as old K.
The next moment, he jumped up from his seat and shouted: “Coach, let me go, I can prevent Jordan’s fast down, I can keep up with his rhythm, and my help defense is faster. ”
“The rookie volunteered to fight?” Everyone was startled.
“Damn rookie!”
Wilkins and Chapman, two veterans, cursed at the same time.
This is the finals, they have never played before, and they really want to play.
Danny Ainge was also startled. In the last game, he let Kobe go up, but Kobe was thrown down by Old K because of a wave shot. He didn’t dare to let Kobe go up this time.
He looked at Old K and asked, “Old K, what do you think?”
“Let him try.”
Pharaoh nodded, stared at Kobe and said, “But if you dare to make waves again, there will be no chance for this finals.”
He really didn’t want Wilkins and Chapman on the main lineup. These two veterans have no defense and no speed. It would be a tragedy to face Jordan, so he just gave Kobe a wink.
“I definitely won’t.” Kobe quickly raised his hand to assure.
Danny Ainge immediately warned: “Well, Kobe, the main task after you go up is defense, responsible for defending Harper, especially assisting Jordan, you must move fast. In addition, you must play fast break, defend against fast break, and fight in position. hit without the ball…”
Both Wilkins and Chapman were a little disappointed, but it was okay. After all, if they went up now, they would be facing the Bulls’ main lineup, especially if they were facing Jordan. With their weak defense, they would definitely They were overwhelmed, so it’s best to go up when they’re still on the bench, when the pressure on defense will be much less.
The timeout ends, the game begins, and the Bulls attack.
“Oh, the Suns have finally replaced Kobe, so that makes sense!” Zhang Lili laughed.
Because of Pharaoh, he has a good relationship with Kobe and would like to see Kobe get more opportunities.
“When Jordan is going down, you have to react first. Your speed should not be as fast as him, understand?” When playing, Pharaoh told Kobe.
“Understood, I’ll stare at him, I’m no slower than him.” Kobe nodded and said confidently.
Pharaoh looked helplessly at the ceiling, God, there is a rookie who talks big, you should take him back.
At this time, the Bulls serve from the front sideline, and Rick Schmitz serves.
Jordan kept running, but he couldn’t get rid of Kidd for a while, so he could only resort to pick-and-roll.
Kidd’s speed is really fast, even in the entire history of the league, his 100-meter sprint speed should be able to rank in the top ten, and the return run is also good, in this non-straight sprint return movement, plus some pulling action , he followed the former.
But at this moment, Jordan ran to the top of the arc, Kobe and Harper were there, Harper suddenly made a pick-and-roll, blocked Kidd, and he took the opportunity to immediately reach for the ball.
At this moment, Kobe made the decision to switch defense and pounced on Jordan from the side and rear.
“Whoosh!”
Schmitz threw both hands and the ball flew to Jordan.
Jordan took off immediately after receiving the ball and made a three-pointer.
Kobe jumped up from the left back and flew to block.
“Snapped!”
Jordan’s ball was just shot, and Kobe was slapped directly out of the court.
“What?” Jordan’s eyes widened.
Of course he knew that Kobe’s rookie was behind him, but he didn’t expect the rookie to switch defenses so fast, he made a mistake!
Jordan himself was a little depressed, and the other Bulls players were the same. I didn’t expect that Jordan, who they regarded as a god, was actually blocked by a rookie when he performed like a god.
They didn’t notice that because of this capping, their momentum was so strong that they stopped at once.
“Jordan missed his first shot?”
“Jordan was blocked by a rookie from the Suns?”
At this moment, all over the United States, fans in front of countless TV sets are either disappointed or surprised.
“yeah!”
As Kobe Bryant successfully blocked Jordan, the audience immediately boiled, and the momentum of the home field skyrocketed instantly, as if the scorching sun was blazing, it was invincible.
Jordan went crazy today. He made 8 of 8 shots. They had long been looking forward to successfully defending against the next Jordan’s offense. Now the rookie blocked Jordan, but they were so happy that they immediately cheered.
Jordan’s attacks have created tremendous psychological pressure on them, and with this cover, their psychological pressure is like being lifted off a cover in an instant, giving them the feeling that they have been pressed underwater for too long. , and now I can finally get to the surface and breathe a sigh of relief.
“ah!”
In addition to them, all the Suns players also roared excitedly.
Jordan played too crazy today and put too much pressure on them, and now they finally have a chance to resolve them.
Including Kobe himself, he shouted at Jordan even more excitedly, and then shouted at the old king inside: “Did you see, old K, I have guarded him, you can’t lack me, only I can help you .”
“Don’t get carried away, you have to stare at him.”
The noise of the fans at the scene was so loud that Pharaoh couldn’t hear anything, but looking at Kobe’s appearance, he knew that the kid was very proud, and immediately rushed over and yelled at Kobe’s ear.
“Got it, let go!”
Feeling that his ear was about to fall off, Kobe quickly knocked off Pharaoh’s hand.
“Haha, look, I just said I’m going to replace Kobe, the defensive end is immediate!” Zhang Lili laughed.
“That’s right.” Su Qun smiled.
Magic Johnson laughed: “I didn’t expect Jordan to miss the first shot today and was guarded by a rookie. If there is only one goal in the game tonight, then Kobe’s credit is very big.”
Larry Bird said with a smile: “There is always a time when I miss a hand, and I didn’t expect it to be thrown into Kobe’s hands. This may be Kobe’s revenge. When they played against each other for the first time, Michael taught Kobe a good lesson. ”
“Haha, it should be.” Kareem laughed.
On the court, Jordan stared at Kobe with murderous eyes.
“One-on-one, I can prevent you and kill you.” Kobe came up with a sentence that made Jordan want to hit someone.
“As expected, you are the apprentice of Old K. You are as arrogant as him!” Jordan spit out a sentence between his teeth.
“My master is not crazy. He has beaten you twice. It’s in the finals. One loss, two losses and three losses. With my help, he will do what he says this time.” Kobe raised his chin and said.
“Damn rookie, go away!”
What Jordan hated the most was one loss, two losses and three losses. He scolded him, pushed Kobe, and walked up two steps to get the ball.
“You are my idol, but I actually think you are unworthy now, because you always lose to my master…” Kobe hurriedly followed, wrapped around Jordan, and kept talking trash in his mouth.
“Ha ha…”
Old Wang heard funny not far away and couldn’t help laughing.
“Whoosh!”
Because Kobe took the initiative to defend Jordan and was very tight, Rodman, who served, gave the ball to Schmitz in the high post.
Schmitz caught the ball with both hands and threw it in Jordan’s direction.
Rasheed Wallace was fooled. He looked towards Jordan and saw that there was no ball. He turned around in a hurry, and Schmitz jumped up in front of him.
“not good!”
His feint shook Rasheed Wallace, and Schmitz was secretly delighted, but just as he jumped up, before the ball could be released, he saw a huge figure rushing up like a hungry tiger.
“Old K?”
That kind of ferocious aura shocked him, if it hit him, wouldn’t it be broken?
While his mind was shaking, the arrow was on the string, and his ball could only continue to shoot.
“Snapped!”
In the next moment, Pharaoh grabbed with one hand and directly grabbed the basketball he just shot in his hand. The huge body flew past Schmitz, and the sound of the wind made the opponent feel suffocated.
“Oh hoo!”
At the moment when grabbed the cap, the audience cheered with joy.
“Quick Break!”
The roar of the on-site commentator sounded instantly.