Chapter 459 Offensive with defense
At this time, the Bulls attacked again, and the Suns were still pressing.
Bull fans also seemed to feel the defensive pressure from the Suns, and the atmosphere was tense.
Lightning did not hesitate to press Harper with physical strength, forcing Harper to be unable to advance, so he had to choose to transfer the ball again. But Kidd also entangled Jordan, he had to transfer to Pippen.
Pippen caught the ball in the backcourt and was blocked by Horry, who was not bad on defense and didn’t push well.
“Defend them. I want them to see. They are not the only ones who can defend. Today we will fight with them for a whole game to kill them.” Wang Tiejun’s roar sounded from the basket.
“Shhh!”
Countless Bulls fans were furious when they saw the arrogant old K, and immediately booed everywhere.
“Damn fans!”
Lao Wang glanced at the auditorium disdainfully, he was not afraid of being heard, the noise was too loud, and he scolded.
At this time, Jordan finally got rid of Kidd, took the ball from the left wing and advanced to the frontcourt.
Kidd chased after him desperately, taking a slow step, but was still thrown off. Jordan smashed the ball from the left wing to the paint area.
At the same time, Rick Schmitz pulled out and wanted to pull Old K out, but Old K only stayed in the left waist position and didn’t move, and Kidd switched to Schmitz.
Jordan didn’t pass the ball to Schmitz who got the dislocation opportunity. For this ball, he had to single out Old K.
“bring it on!”
At this moment, Wang Tiejun’s attention was highly concentrated.
He was mentally prepared to prevent breakthroughs or throws. No matter what technical moves Jordan made, it was the same. He would rather let his opponent shoot one outside than let Jordan rush in for a dunk.
“Boom!”
Jordan got in front of Pharaoh. Between dribblings, he made a sudden stop and turned around, suddenly turned around again, and slipped down.
As he thought about it, his continuous movements should have shaken Old K’s center of gravity. Now that Old K can’t keep up, he should be able to kill him smoothly.
However, when he turned around and slipped to the bottom, he found that Old K had already retreated and was in front of him again.
“bring it on!”
Old Wang let out a loud roar.
“Squeak!”
Jordan made an emergency stop, then got up and made a jumper with a back angle.
“Hoo!”
With the sound of the wind, Pharaoh quickly took half a step up, his body burst into flames, and his huge palm sealed the basketball.
“So high!”
Jordan leaned back 30 degrees and found that he still couldn’t escape the big hand of old K. He couldn’t see the basket, so he stopped in the air for a while. When the angle between his body and the floor reached 45 degrees, when his feet were about to approach When he hit the floor, he shook his hand and threw the ball.
At this time, in fact, he still couldn’t see the basket, the space in front was completely blocked by the old K, and he only shot by feeling.
“Snapped!”
As soon as the ball was released, as Old K’s body quickly pressed up, he grabbed it with a big hand, and the ball was directly caught from the sky.
“Shet!” Jordan, who was sitting on the ground, cursed.
“Ugh!”
At this time, countless Bulls fans saw that Jordan was blocked by the old K for the second time, and it was still a cap, and they could not help but lament.
“ah!”
On the bench of the Suns, more than 2,000 away fans immediately roared excitedly.
Without the suppression of the boos of the home fans, their cheers were particularly loud this time.
But it lasted for three seconds before being booed by the home fans who reacted.
In the CCTV live broadcast, Su Qun roared again: “I can’t believe it, Old K once again blocked Jordan’s fallback jumper, and his defense will explode again today!”
At this time, Kidd was about to go down to the frontcourt, Pharaoh passed the ball, the former received the ball, and rushed to the basket with all his strength.
Harper returned to defense from the middle and caught up this time, but after Kidd hit the basket, he did not shoot, but gave Lightning, he blocked Harper with his body, Lightning rushed down from the front, caught the ball and laid up, Hit a ball.
“Beautiful, the Suns played another defensive counterattack. Old K sent big caps on the defensive end in a row, and Jordan’s fallback jumper, which was all caps, was really great! Now the score is 6:7, the Suns only One point behind.” Su Qun exclaimed excitedly.
“The playoffs also have to look at defense, and even more so in the finals. The Suns strengthen their defense, which is the right move. In terms of age, the average age of the Bulls is higher than that of the Bulls, and the Bulls can’t actually fight for consumption.” Zhang Lili said happily.
At this point the Bulls serve and call a timeout.
Back on the bench this time, the atmosphere of the Suns was much better, there was talk and laughter.
Only D’Antoni has some regrets. He thought he had a chance. He didn’t expect the Suns to pass a wave of defense that he didn’t like. Old K passed two big caps and pulled the scene back.
Assistant coach Lewis said at this time: “I think the defensive intensity of the Bulls will be lower in the future. Their physical fitness is not as good as ours, that is, Jordan is very strong, Pippen and Harper’s physical fitness are both average, we are better than them. .”
Danny Angie nodded, glanced at Lightning, and asked, “Kevin, come down and take a breath, and let Kobe play.”
“OK.”
Kevin Johnson nodded, agreeing with the coach’s proposal.
“Don’t worry, Lightning, I’ll stare Jordan.” Kobe excitedly stood up and shouted.
“Let him cut 30+ off your head?” Lightning laughed slyly.
Kobe said anxiously: “Didn’t he cut 30+50+ on your head?”
“Damn rookie, are you looking for a beating?” Lightning laughed angrily.
“Ha ha…”
Old Wang laughed while waiting.
“The atmosphere on the Suns bench is not bad. It seems to be a joke. This is a good phenomenon.” Zhang Lili laughed.
“It means that the players have relaxed and are no longer so nervous.” Su Qun said.
Soon, the timeout ended and both sides played again.
“Michael, they got that rookie who likes to yell at you.” Pippen pointed to the Suns with his chin.
Jordan glanced at Kobe and said coldly: “There are too many people who like to scream with me, not a rookie. However, it seems that I have not taught this rookie enough lessons.”
Pippen smiled, so many years of experience told him that this rookie would be sad today, and any guy who provokes Michael will not end well.
But at this time, he saw Wang Tiejun, damn, this may be the only exception, provoking Michael has never lost.
At this time, Wang Tiejun looked at Jordan, pointed a big hand, and said to Kobe: “Remember, your only task today is to entangle him and let him see the defense of our Suns.”
“Don’t worry, old K, he will leave it to me, and I will stare at him.” As always, Kobe roared with confidence, and then ran to Jordan.
The Bulls serve from the sideline and Rodman serves.
Jordan was entangled by Kobe, who was a little slower, but this was not a straight sprint, so he couldn’t get rid of Kobe for a while.
At this time, Harper suddenly made a reverse run, got rid of Kidd, and caught Rodman’s serve, but was immediately targeted by Kidd.
Jordan finally got rid of Kobe a step, received a pass from Harper on the right-wing three-point line, and then shot a three-pointer against Kobe.
“brush!”
The ball flew to the basket and pierced the net.
Jordan didn’t even look at Kobe, and only stared at Wang Tiejun under the basket with cold eyes.
“Kobe, three points.”
Wang Tiejun ignored Jordan’s eyes and only shouted to Kobe.
“I know.” Kobe said angrily.
He didn’t want Jordan to cut 30+ off his head. The words of old K stimulated him.
“3-of-5, Jordan’s second three-pointer, and 2-for-2 from three-pointers. Don’t let him make a three-pointer today. It’s really troublesome if he makes a three-pointer.” Zhang Lili was a little bad. Feeling, immediately reminded.
Su Qun said: “The Suns have made three mistakes. Fortunately, the old K sent two big caps, and they both got the ball. The ball is not too bad. However, the old K has not scored yet, which is rare. .”
6:10, the Suns attack, Rasheed Wallace serves on the bottom line.
“Hey, the Bulls didn’t press the whole court this time?” Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was surprised at the ABC live broadcast booth.
“The Suns have Kobe and Kidd, both of whom have good ball-handling abilities. The Bulls don’t have much effect in pressing the whole court. After the Suns get used to it, they will waste their physical energy by playing again. “Magic Johnson said.
At this time, Kidd carefully advanced the ball to the half court. Jordan was in front of him and defended and retreated. Although he did not press frantically, he did not allow him to speed up the advance. It was bound to be a push.
At halftime, Jordan’s defensive intensity suddenly increased. He didn’t even let him get close to the three-point line. He moved continuously, and Jordan also kept up with his rhythm.
At this moment, Wang Tiejun, who was in the low position on the left wing, started, and suddenly forced Rick Schmitz, who looked a little weak, to enter the paint area.
Kidd, of course, saw the old K’s action, so when the old K just squeezed the defender, he immediately began to act.
“Boom! Boom!”
During the dribble, he suddenly turned around and passed the ball to Horry on the left wing with his back to Jordan, but in the next instant, he turned around again after feinting a shot. Hold Jordan, pull the ball off the floor with the right hand, pass the ball with one hand, and the ball flies to the high altitude to the left of the basket with precision.
This is a lob, and the passing distance is close to ten meters. Such a long distance will definitely leave time for the opponent to double-team Old K.
As soon as he shot the ball, he saw that the big bug, which was pulled out by the sprayer, had turned back and rushed into the paint area, and Pippen on the left wing also rushed to the old K.
The Bulls double-teamed Old K, so after passing the ball, he immediately stepped back, fearing that Jordan would hit a fast break when attacking and defending.
Wang Tiejun stepped into the paint area one step, the ball hadn’t arrived yet, and when he came to the basket, the ball slipped from the sky, and at this time, Rick Schmitz behind him and the big bug on the opposite side had already double-teamed him. , the three of them took off at the same time and competed for the pass.
The big bug has a lot of small movements. When he took off, his little hand secretly tugged at Pharaoh’s jersey.
But Pharaoh also intentionally sought aerial confrontation, and when he took off, he deliberately bumped into a big bug in the air.
This is his weapon against the worm when he is grabbing a rebound. His tonnage and confrontation ability are far greater than that of the worm. Once an aerial confrontation occurs, the worm is not his opponent at all, so as long as the two grab the rebound at the same time, he has a better chance of grabbing the hand. big.
However, he was dragged by the big bug, and he didn’t jump up completely. After hitting the big bug, his hand only hit the ball in the sky and didn’t catch it.
As for Schmitz, although he has a height of 224 centimeters, it is a flow on the floor, he can’t jump up at all, and he is in the back without touching the ball.
“Give me down.”
Pharaoh took off again immediately after landing, and he also knew that Rodman’s ability to take off twice was stronger than him, so this time, he still sought aerial confrontation.
“damn it!”
Rodman did jump faster. He thought he could get the ball this time, but as soon as he jumped up, he was rubbed by Old K, and his body swayed in the air, grabbing some air.
“Snapped!”
After Pharaoh knocked off the big bug, he grabbed the ball with both hands and did not adjust it after landing. He immediately took off three times and smashed the basket.
Pippen also arrived at this time. He, Rodman and Schmitz took off almost at the same time, clamped Wang Tiejun from above and from the left and right sides, and put six arms on Wang Tiejun’s body, trying to hold him down.
“Boom!”
Wang Tiejun’s huge tonnage, supported by a powerful explosive force, formed a huge upward impact, instantly smashed the cage built by the three, and rushed into the sky.
“boom!”
At the same time as the violent explosion of the basket sounded, Pippen, Big Bug, and Schmitz were like being split open by a giant axe.
“Di!”
At the same time as the basket was fried, the referee’s whistle sounded.
“yeah!”
The fans who came to the away game are the most **** fans. At the moment of the explosion, they raised their arms from their seats and burst into their greatest cheers.
Courtside, on the Suns bench, a large group of stars, Cheng Long, Dayao, etc., all cheered and excited.
“Shhh!”
While the home fans were shocked, they immediately booed loudly in an attempt to suppress the Suns’ momentum and boost their own morale.
“Ow!”
When fell to the ground, Wang Tiejun couldn’t be more excited, he raised his fist and roared at Kobe and other teammates who rushed over.
After this ball, the momentum of the Suns rose wildly and could not be suppressed.
“Oh, bad time, damn, we fell three people.” A live commentator said angrily.
“Old K under the basket is really an irresistible beast.” Another on-site commentator sighed.
“awesome!”
After cheering, Su Qun said excitedly: “This is the first goal of the old K. The dunks of the three defenders hit the basket, which is very morale.”
“It can be seen from this ball that although the alliance has restricted the iron army’s ability to play in series, he still has the ability to sweep the penalty area.” Zhang Lili said excitedly.
“One-on-three, one-ball dunk over three defenders, Old K is too violent and ferocious under the basket!”
“After five seasons, it turns out that the Bulls can’t double-team Old K at the basket, because even if they go up five, they will be killed by Old K.”
“It’s been a season since the introduction of the K-law, and the old K has not played like this in a season. Congratulations to the restricted area sweeper for reappearing in the NBA!”
On the ABC live broadcast, the three of Magic Johnson were sighing.
On the sidelines, O’Neal said to Barkley next to him: “I can do the same, but I don’t have a teammate as strong as old K.”
Barkley said disdainfully: “Shark, recognize the reality, in this Suns team, which old K teammate is stronger than Alan Houston and Oakley?
None of them are All-Stars this year. Even the stars are not strong enough. At most, they are high-quality role players. The Lightning is getting old. The Knicks lost to the Bulls because of your insufficient contribution on defense and rebounding. ”
O’Neal lamented in his heart. He also wanted to improve his physical fitness. Although he felt physically stronger this year, it was not enough to support him to play as well as old K on both ends of offense and defense.
At this time, he made up his mind to lose weight in the next offseason. His weight has now reached 145 kg. If it is controlled at 135 kg, which is the same tonnage as the old K, then his physical fitness will definitely not be better than the old K. K is bad, and then you can compete with the old K.
The disintegration of the Bulls is a foregone conclusion. Next season, apart from the Pacers, there is no other team in the East that can stop the Knicks. He will attack the finals for the first time.
At this time, Pharaoh was about to make a free throw, and the Bulls called a timeout.
Because Rodman was injured by Pharaoh, he asked for a rest. Another purpose was to interrupt the morale of the Suns who took advantage of this attack.
After the timeout, Phil Jackson was replaced by Luke Longley.
“Twin towers? Then the Suns can speed up the offensive and defensive rhythm appropriately, and can definitely form a local advantage of playing more and playing less.” Magic Johnson said.
Jabbar nodded and said: “Yes, whether it is Luke Longley or Rick Schmitz, their mobility is very poor. Compared with the old K, they are the difference between a tractor and a heavy truck.”
Wang Tiejun executed an extra penalty, and after the hit, at 9:10, the Suns were still one point behind.
The Bulls attack, Luke Longley is ready to serve on the baseline.
“Continue to press the court.”
Wang Tiejun shouted loudly: “They can start, but we have the final say in the end.”
For a few seasons, he was really annoyed because the Bulls were too strong on the perimeter and kept playing all-court presses against them.
Now the Suns’ perimeter defense is also good, they play dual-control tactics, and they have the advantage of age, so after the Bulls stop pressing the whole court, he will force the Bulls. Let’s see what they do?
“Yes.”
The Suns players responded with a bang.
Kobe was so excited that he immediately turned into candy and stuck tightly to Jordan’s body.
Kidd was also running after Harper, not letting go.
Horry did the same, chasing Pippen hard.
“The Suns are too strong. They actually counterattacked the full-court pressing tactics on the road. Haha, is this going to drive the Bulls crazy?” Zhang Lili laughed excitedly.