Chapter 458 The strongest response tit-for-tat full-court pressing

   June 8th, G4 match day.

   This morning, little Colangelo brought two team doctors, Aaron Nelson and Andrew John, to Wang Tiejun’s room to examine him.

   In fact, there is nothing wrong with Pharaoh’s situation, but the finals are too important, so the management attaches great importance to any problems that arise with him.

   After some inspection, it is determined that there is no problem, and you can play in the G4 battle.

Little Colangelo took out several thick-looking ankle braces, handed them to Lao Wang, and said, “Old K, this is a new type of ankle brace, which has a strong fixation effect on the ankle joint. I stayed overnight. Come on, you change it.”

  Pharaoh tried it, and it was really good, so he put it on.

   In the afternoon, the team pulled to the United Center Arena for adaptive training.

   Several coaches carefully observed Wang Tiejun’s state and felt that there was no problem, but little Nelson insisted on reducing some playing time.

Danny Anji didn’t dare, in the face of the bull’s crazy counterattack, as long as the old K’s leg was not broken, he could only choose to **** the old K, and decided to continue to let the old king play the whole court, but he could let the old king reduce the basket. storm.

  Although the offensive efficiency will be reduced in this way, as long as Pharaoh stands on the field, it is the most powerful threat. Even if he does not move, he can contain a lot of defensive attention of the bulls and reduce the offensive efficiency of the bulls.

   Several teaching assistants finally agreed with his decision, and then discussed with Little Colangelo, who also agreed out of various considerations.

   The next few people called Pharaoh to the sidelines and communicated with him. Pharaoh thinks there is no problem. Now his left ankle does not feel any discomfort, and the feeling of tightness is very light, not even an injury.

   After six o’clock, the Suns had dinner, and on the way back to the locker room, they met the Bulls.

   “Jordan, the Bulls don’t want you anymore, come to the sun, let’s win ten consecutive championships together.” Pharaoh shouted.

  Jordan glared at Pharaoh and said disdainfully, “I can still play 20+ in ten years. You’re probably going to be in bed.”

   “Damn, dare to curse me to be paralyzed?”

   cursed secretly, and Old Wang said angrily: “Old guy, congratulations on becoming a bargaining chip.”

“Humph!”

  Anger flashed in Jordan’s eyes, and he snorted angrily. He only hated that he couldn’t beat the **** old K. He could only grit his teeth and walked over quickly.

  The game started at 8 o’clock. Before 7 o’clock, the United Center was already full of people. No matter how much the air-conditioning was turned on, it couldn’t handle the crowd. The temperature was still very high. As soon as we entered, sweat came.

   At 7:30, both sides announced the starting lineup, and at the same time came off the bench to warm up.

  Sun: Wang Tiejun, Rasheed Wallace, Robert Horry, Kidd, Kevin Johnson

   Bulls: Rick Schmitz, Rodman, Pippen, Jordan, Ron Harper

   In the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Reasonably analyzed: “The G4 battle is too important. Whoever wins will win the championship. The Suns must strive to win this game, and it will be difficult if they lose.”

  Suqun nodded solemnly and said, “Yes, if the Suns win, it means they get match point three-to-one, and the championship will surely be won.

   The Bulls can tie the big score 2-2. It is very hopeful that they will take advantage of the home game to win the G5 game and get the match point first with a big score of 3-2, so this game is very important. ”

  On the ABC live booth, Magic Johnson analyzed: “The night before yesterday, the Bulls used meat shields and foul tactics on Old K, so it is likely to be the same today, and maybe it can achieve good results.”

   “Yes, old K is injured, and the Suns are basically finished.” Abdul-Jabbar agreed.

Larry Bird rolled his eyes at the Lakers’ humming two generals and said: “Old K’s injury is not obvious, the Suns have announced it, and I contacted Old K, and he also said that there is no injury, So tonight you can ignore the injury factor of old K.”

   Magic Johnson laughed and said: “I think Old K should have concealed the injury and didn’t want to affect the morale of the Suns. We can conclude from the performance of G3 against Old K that he has a high probability of having an injury.”

   “36 points, plus a 50% hit rate, really does not meet the usual performance of old K in the finals.” Abdul-Jabbar agreed.

   “36 points is pretty good, well, that’s the Finals,” Larry Bird said.

   “No no no, although the data in the last game is not bad, but we want to compare the old K, not others. In fact, the old K has lost his dominance in the last game.” Magic Johnson insisted.

   Abdul-Jabbar continued: “I think it is also, it must be the injury that affected the performance of the old K, then the same situation may occur in this game.

  When the old K can’t hit more than 60% of the hit rate, his dominance drops sharply, and the Suns will lose its power.

   And the Suns are facing Jordan’s Bull, a bull who is crazy to counterattack, and will never miss this opportunity. ”

   Larry Bird smiled wryly, these two guys desperately lowered the evaluation of old K, what was the idea? Do you think that if you say a few words here, the old king will not work, and the Suns will trade the old king? Or wait for the new owner of the Suns to take office, expecting the new owner to sell the old K?

   At this time, the starting lineup came.

   The visiting team was greeted by endless boos.

   Amid the overwhelming boos, after Pharaoh came out, he gathered all his teammates, formed a group, and shouted loudly:

   “Today we still have to face a terrifying away game, but we have to kill them. With our strength, it is a matter of course to kill the Bulls.

  You can still trust me today, hand me the ball and wait outside for my score. ”

   “Kill the bull!”

  The Suns shouted in unison against the boos that filled the sky.

   “Boom!”

   At this moment, the home team came out, and the boos turned into thunderous cheers. When Jordan finally came out, the cry of “Michael” resounded throughout the world.

   “Kill the sun! Kill the sun! Kill the sun…”

   After more than ten seconds, a unified voice sounded from the United Center Arena, and huge pressure fell on the Suns again.

   “It’s no exaggeration to say that the United Center was really the most terrifying home stadium in the 1990s.” In the media booth behind the bottom line, a reporter from the Tokyo Daily sighed loudly in the ear of his companion.

   “Hopefully Mr. K can beat Jordan again, that means we can also beat the United States.” The photographer next to the reporter said with anticipation and excitement.

   “Hopefully.” The reporter nodded.

   At eight o’clock, the game officially started.

   Jump ball, Suns attack.

  Without a meat shield, Wang Tiejun went straight to the basket to get the ball.

   But the perimeter was blocked by the Bulls, and Jordan bet on Kidd in front of him and completely blocked the latter’s passing line to the basket.

   Seeing that Kidd could not pass the ball in, Pharaoh could only leave the paint area first.

   “The night before yesterday, Kidd made a total of 7 turnovers, 6 of which were caused by Jordan.” Zhang Lili said.

   “Today Jordan seems to be possessed by a murderer. Kidd is under a lot of pressure!” Su Qun said.

“Jordan, the first player in active duty, the first player in history, the pressure of one loss, two losses and three losses, plus the anger generated by being traded by the parent team, under the double pressure, he is desperate, how much energy can he burst out? ?” Zhang Li said.

   At this time, the ball was transferred to the Lightning’s hands, and Harper also played a suffocating defense, blocking the passing line between the Lightning and Pharaoh.

   At this time, Rasheed Wallace mentioned the right-wing three-point line to do a pick-and-roll for the Lightning, who took the opportunity to break through with the ball.

   Seeing the lightning break, Pharaoh immediately entered the paint again, and Rick Schmitz couldn’t stop him.

  Lightning just broke into the three-point line, saw Pharaoh entering the paint, and immediately passed the ball.

“Snapped!”

   But right here, Rodman, who was switching, reached out and broke the ball.

   “Damn!”

  Lightning hurriedly counterattacked on the spot, but unfortunately after the big bug grabbed the ball, he immediately raised the ball high and threw it to Jordan who was turning at the top of the arc.

   Kidd chased the defense desperately, and when Jordan was advancing with the ball, he barely chased a level and couldn’t pass it.

   He tried to interfere, but Jordan was very good at protecting the ball and still moved forward quickly.

“boom!”

  Jordan sprinted over the top of the arc, and two steps later, he flew half-step at the free throw line, tomahawk-style dunk, and smashed the ball into the basket.

   “Boom!”

   The United Center is like an erupting volcano, and the atmosphere of the home court is about to ignite.

   “The Suns have to withstand the pressure!” Su Qun said urgently.

   “Steady! Steady…” Danny Ainge yelled from the sidelines, and he was sweating profusely as soon as the game started.

   It was just that his voice could not be heard on the court at all, because the voice of the home fans was too loud. When Kidd moved forward, the cheers of the Bulls fans only paused for a while, and immediately changed to thunderous boos.

   This kind of booing, accompanied by every touch of the ball by the Suns players, seriously affected their mentality and strength.

   Another mistake, Kidd passed the ball to Pharaoh, under the influence of Jordan, it went off and flew directly to the bottom line.

“Oh!”

  The Suns made a mistake, and the Bulls fans immediately burst into cheers.

   “Hohohoho…”

  Lightning and others felt a tremendous amount of pressure, pressing on their bodies and hearts like a real entity, making them breathless.

   “Bulls, the momentum is too strong today. If the Suns can’t stand it, they may be pulled back by the Bulls!” Magic Johnson sat in the live broadcast booth and felt a lot of pressure.

“This is Jordan’s influence in this city. The fans’ anger at the management is now vented on the Suns. The Suns have a lot of strength, and now they can play half of it, which is very good. But half of the strength, It is absolutely impossible to beat the Bulls, and the Suns may not be able to beat the Bulls with 80 to 90 percent of their strength,” Abdul-Jabbar said.

   “Now the old K has to stand up and solve the problem.” Larry Bird said.

“brush!”

   At this time, the Bulls attacked. Jordan quickly advanced to the front court with the ball, and suddenly made a pull-up jumper outside the left-wing three-point line, hitting a three-pointer.

   “0:5, the Suns have to be careful!” Zhang Lili was a little anxious.

   “Full court press!”

   At this moment, Su Qun suddenly shouted loudly.

   In the backcourt, Lightning just received the ball, Harper made a fierce pressing, forcing him to take a step back, and at this time Pippen rushed over and formed a pincer attack on him.

   Kidd hurriedly ran over to respond, Jordan let it go on purpose, but at the moment when the lightning passed, he stepped in, snapped and broke the ball.

   “Ouch!” Zhang Lili lost his voice.

“brush!”

   At this time, Jordan assisted Pippen, who made a layup.

   “Boom!”

The    United Center was another frantic cheer.

   “0:7, the Suns haven’t scored a point, they should call a timeout to interrupt the momentum of the Bulls.” Zhang Lili reminded repeatedly.

   “The Bulls’ perimeter defense is too strong. Just like the previous two games, they have to give the Suns a blow!” Su Qun said anxiously.

   At this time, the Suns served, and Danny Ainge called a timeout.

  The players returned to the bench and started wiping sweat and drinking water one by one. They were very tired, but in fact, the game had just started, and the Suns had not scored a single point.

  Danny Angie was very anxious, but he was also very panicked, and he couldn’t think of any tricks, but he just explained that everyone should stabilize and carry the bulls’ pressure first.

  D’Antoni couldn’t help it. He hadn’t spoken for a long time. At this time, he said: “The way to break the press is very simple. Speed ​​up the rhythm of offense and defense, speed up the transfer of the ball, and complete the advance before the Bulls’ defense line is formed…”

   “What do you say?” Danny Angie grabbed a life-saving straw.

When   D’Antoni heard it, he said excitedly: “Quickly send a quick pass, old K mentioned the high position, and the backcourt was too hard, so give it to old K directly.”

   Danny Angie thought for a moment and nodded.

D’Antoni added: “After the old K got the ball, Rasheed Wallace can immediately cut to the basket and complete the high and low coordination with the old K. Rodman’s height is not enough, as long as the ball is passed to the basket, the spray The success rate at the basket is very high.”

   “Yes.” Danny Angie nodded.

   After hearing this, Wang Tiejun also felt that there was no problem. This kind of tactical cooperation has been played before.

In fact, he is not too worried about the Lightning and Kidd’s problems in the backcourt. It’s just that the opponents are too aggressive in the opening game, and the home court is too aggressive, causing some problems with the performance of his teammates. He was caught off guard. The depth of the game, this problem should be resolved soon, the Bulls have not been able to lock the Lightning them.

   The most important thing now is to score points to stabilize morale.

   At this point, the timeout ends and the game resumes, with the Suns serving from the front court sideline.

  Rasheed Wallace was ready to serve, and the United Center was still full of boos from fans.

“ball.”

  Wang Tiejun stood in the low position on the left wing, shouting loudly, knowing that the trolls would definitely not hear, and at the same time beckoning for the ball.

   “Whoosh!”

The    spray saw Pharaoh’s gesture, and the ball flew from the top of the insect’s head to the lower left wing.

   In the next instant, both Pippen and Jordan rushed towards Wang Tiejun.

When Pharaoh caught the ball, he was double-teamed by three people, but at this time he saw Kidd cutting into the paint area from the free throw line, and immediately passed the ball from the foot of Schmitz. .

“brush!”

   Kidd stepped up after catching the ball and put the ball into the basket.

   “Hoo!”

   As soon as this goal was scored, the Suns finally breathed a sigh of relief and finally scored.

   Bulls attack.

   The boos at the scene had stopped, and it was quiet.

   “Kevin, the whole court is pressing.”

   Old Wang shouted loudly in the backcourt.

   He is really angry. He wants to respond to the Bulls. You can press the whole court, and we can do the same.

   The coaching staff on the sidelines did not stop him either. To be honest, none of them had more prestige in the Suns than Wang Tiejun. Pharaoh had the position and actual power to change tactics on the court, but he rarely did that.

  Lightning did not hesitate, and immediately began to strengthen the defense against Harper, who was holding the ball, and started to press.

  Harper chose to transfer the ball to Jordan, who was collaborating, and Kidd also pressed Jordan with the highest intensity.

   “Old K is going to fight against the bull.” Su Qun became a little excited.

   “Defense against defense, it’s going to cost you a lot. In fact, the Suns’ perimeter is younger. Although the Lightning is old, isn’t it Kobe? The Suns cost more to fight.” Zhang Lili nodded.

  The Suns suddenly pressed on the court. Although the Bulls did not make mistakes, they also affected the Bulls’ offense. It took almost seven seconds to advance through the frontcourt.

  In the frontcourt, the Suns’ defense was stronger, and the Bulls’ ball transfer was also affected.

   On the right wing, Jordan just punched Kidd, and was immediately blocked by Rasheed Wallace. He turned around, hit his back, turned again, and made a turnaround jumper.

“Snapped!”

  Wang Tiejun threw himself out from the basket and slapped the ball into the sky.

   “Shhh!”

   The shocking boos sounded immediately, and the cheers from the more than 2,000 away fans and the Suns bench were suppressed to the point where they could hardly be heard.

“Oh!”

  Jabbar exclaimed and shouted in disbelief: “Jordan’s fallback jumper was actually blocked by old K?”

   “Down.”

  On the court, Pharaoh took off a second time and took the ball off Jordan’s head.

   “Old K!”

   At this time, Jordan was bumped, Kidd had turned around, and stretched out his hand for the ball.

   “Whoosh!”

  Pharaoh threw both hands, and the ball flew straight into Kidd’s hands.

Kidd launched a fast break, Jordan desperately chased behind him, but he was two steps behind at the start and failed to catch up. Harper, who was defending from the middle, was not as fast as Kidd, but also one step slower. In the end, Kidd made a layup. ball.

   “Beautiful! Old K has yet to perform on the offensive end, but he has already stood up on the defensive end. It is really great to be able to block Michael’s fallback jumper outside the paint area!” Larry Bird said excitedly.

   “4:7, Kidd scored four points in a row and performed well.” Magic Johnson laughed.

   “As long as someone on the outside of the Suns can stand up, it will definitely reduce a lot of pressure on the old K.” Abdul-Jabbar said.