Chapter 499 Powerful face basket attack!
Chapter 499 Powerful face basket attack!
6:6, the Lakers attack.
This time, Pharaoh is really not ready to fight. He is attacking in front of him, and this time he is not very active in his position.
Although he is stronger now, he can’t do it with one hit and five. One person really can’t carry a team to the championship, so he must activate his teammates.
Outside, Richmond ran hard, actively looking for the pick-and-roll, using Teilon Hill on the right wing to get rid of Jordan’s pursuit, and received the ball from Mary Price, then immediately turned over and made a jumper.
At this time, Oakley quickly switched defenses and pounced with his teeth and claws, which was a ferocious block.
His cap doesn’t look like a cap, that is, it’s aimed directly at people. If you dare to shoot, you will be knocked over!
Richmond was affected by Oakley’s fierce defense, gave way back, the ball was short, smashed the basket and rebounded, and was taken by the turned Jordan, and the Knicks attacked.
“ball!”
O’Neal asks for the ball again.
He hadn’t thrown a single ball in, all of which were scored by Jordan, and Old K also swept all the Lakers’ points, holding back his anger.
This season is considered his strongest, he has successfully lost weight, his skills are mature, his experience is also rich, and his physical fitness is at its peak. How could he tolerate losing to Jordan and Old K? Gotta do it head on.
The left wing is low and he receives the ball.
At this time, Jordan cut in, he faked a pass, attracted Pharaoh’s attention, and then suddenly turned around and slipped the bottom quickly and dribbled the ball into the paint.
With O’Neal’s agility and movement speed, as long as he doesn’t keep up with the rhythm for half a beat, it’s too late for Pharaoh to chase and defend.
“boom!”
jumped up, and the entire basket was pulled down under the heavy clasping of both hands.
“Oh!”
O’Neal roared excitedly, the depression in his chest dissipated.
“O’Neal is indeed Old K’s only opponent.” In the ESPN live broadcast booth, Rollin admired the authentic.
“With the performance of the old K this season, O’Neal can only say that he can compete with the old K to a certain extent, and his dominance is not as good as the old K.” Oldman said.
“But he has successfully lost weight and his physical fitness will be better. He should be able to make more contributions this season. I think the distance between him and the old K has narrowed a lot.” Rollin said.
Oldman nodded and said, “Of course.”
Rollin added: “Now 8:6, the Knicks are leading, O’Neal plus Jordan really have a chance to beat the old K.”
Oldman laughed: “The key is that because of O’Neal’s presence and Ellis, a deadly shooter, Jordan avoided being double-teamed on the flank.
When the three of them form a triangle, they will have the most powerful offensive firepower. Singles will be the best way for them to score points, and this is also the way Jordan is best at attacking. ”
Rollin said with a smile: “Jordan was invincible in singles back then, so he had the anti-isolation singles rule. Because old K’s sideways play was too brutal, there were also K-laws. Now because of O’Neal, Jordan can be considered a singles addiction. .”
At this time, the Lakers attacked, and Pharaoh still did not have a strong position to ask for the ball.
The Knicks didn’t double-team him either. Now he faces a problem, that is, he can’t create open opportunities for his teammates. This is also an important problem that must be faced when playing O’Neal.
Although his physical fitness is 102, he is not a robot. He has to put a lot of energy into defense and rebounding. He must take a break, especially against a team like the Knicks that is even stronger than the Lakers. Physical distribution is very important.
As the core of the perimeter, Richmond took the ball to attack again.
Old K came to the Lakers with him and played an eye-catching and luxurious performance, which has conquered the Lakers fans, and his performance was a mess, which put a lot of pressure on him, and now he strives to perform.
It’s just bad luck, the first game against the Jazz, the second against the old club, and the third game against Jordan, his performance has never been able to improve.
Old K can still create space for him in the first two games, but this time is gone, he can only rely on himself.
After catching the ball, he made continuous moves, trying to get rid of Jordan’s defense, but he was always entangled and couldn’t really get rid of it.
He pulled to the top of the arc again, trying to get rid of Jordan with Mark Price’s pick-and-roll, but he didn’t get it.
Under the pressure of Jordan, he can only give the ball to Mullin on the left wing, and then go to the pick-and-roll for Mullin.
Mullin faked a real pass, passed it back to Richmond behind him, and immediately moved a step laterally to make a pick-and-roll, blocking the wanting to pounce and Jordan, when Richmond shot behind him.
“brush!”
The water splashed, and the three-pointer was scored.
“Richmond finally opened, and the ball was very difficult to play. It was only by pulling from the right wing to the left wing that I found an opportunity. Fortunately, I was patient and did not force a shot.” Zhang Lili sighed.
“Jordan’s defense is still too strong, it’s not easy to score on his head.” Su Qun nodded.
8:9, Knicks offense.
“ball!”
O’Neal asked for the ball again, and after taking the ball, it shook continuously, and then a shark turned around and wanted to dash in.
Unfortunately, Pharaoh’s retreat was too fast, so he stood in the defensive position first and blocked him.
“here!”
Jordan, who was cutting in at this time, shouted.
O’Neal hurriedly passed the ball, Jordan received the ball, Richmond had caught up, but Jordan still jumped up, Richmond jumped up, and the two flew to the basket together.
“Ugh!”
Richmond sighed inwardly. After flying for a while, he began to fall, and Jordan was still high. He didn’t defend the ball. The talent of staying in the air is not as good as others.
Jordan flew in front of the hoop, and when Richmond fell, he was also falling, but half a beat slower, which was half a beat, giving him a chance to shoot and pick the ball toward the hoop before landing. .
“Snapped!”
But at this moment, Pharaoh, who was back to defend the basket, grabbed the rising basketball with a big hand.
“Beautiful! Old K completed a wonderful cap, he blocked Michael Jordan!” The on-site commentator roared extremely excitedly.
“Counterattack!”
Another live commentator shouted loudly.
“Damn, I forgot there was old K!” Jordan scolded secretly, and hurriedly turned around to defend.
The Lakers did not play fast breaks, only Mullin and Mark Price outside, both veterans in their thirties, did not have the confidence to play fast breaks.
“Richmond contributed to this defense. If it weren’t for him, Old K might not be able to defend against Jordan’s attack.” Su Qun laughed.
Zhang Lili nodded and said: “Indeed, if it wasn’t for him, Jordan’s offense would have been faster, and he would have completed the dunk directly, or used a faster half-dunk. At that time, the Iron Army’s defense should have been slower.”
took two balls, and this time Pharaoh once again had a strong position to get the ball.
The left wing was low, suddenly took a step out, and directly faced the basket after receiving a pass from Mullin, making a frontal attack on O’Neal.
“come on!”
O’Neal slapped his hand vigorously and shouted fiercely.
Old Wang snorted coldly, and started to attack.
“Behind!”
At this moment, he heard the screeching sound of the shoes rubbing from behind, and the anxious cry of Mullin.
“Jordan?”
He turned sharply, his right hand holding the ball raised high.
At this time, Jordan just jumped to his side, and O’Neal immediately jumped to his side, and the two formed a double-team against him.
“Whoosh!”
With shaking hands, the ball flew to Mullin.
“Oops!”
Jordan regretted it and shouldn’t have come down to double-team.
At this time, Chris Mullin caught the ball, and Charlie Ward at the top of the arc rushed over, but there was still a distance, he took off calmly, and the basketball flew to the basket.
While observing the path of the basketball and judging where the rebound of the rebound would land, Pharaoh bypassed O’Neal and ran to the basket, preparing to grab the offensive rebound.
“brush!”
Just entered the paint area, just in time for the basketball to brush the basket down.
“Beautiful scoring! Beautiful 3-pointer! Old K’s scoring is still as accurate, and God’s left-hand shot is still as accurate!” the live commentator roared excitedly.
8:12, the Knicks trailed by 4 points and called a timeout after serving.
Phil Jackson did not change his defensive tactics, he emphasized the original defensive tactics, saying: “Listen, we have to trust Shaq’s defense, don’t double-team on the flanks, then his passing will cost us a lot. .
We need to strengthen the team on the weak side. Charles and Teilon Hill have average offensive ability and have a short range. They need to help defend the strong side and the basket in time. ”
After the time-out ended, the two teams resumed play.
There were no substitutions on the Knicks side. The Lakers replaced three players. Kobe, Rick Fox, and Danny Fortson came on the court, playing No. 1, No. 3, and No. 4 respectively. The No. 2 was Richmond.
“Rick, you have to pay attention to assisting Jordan.” Del Harris said to Fox before playing.
In this bench lineup, the three perimeter defenses are all good. He feels that he can strengthen the defense intensity on the perimeter and limit Jordan’s efficiency.
Zhang Lili said with a smile: “Actually, the Lakers’ lineup is pretty good. Mullin and Price played fake starters. They didn’t play more minutes than Fox and Kobe, and Fordson played a lot of time. The rotation is still not good. weak.”
“It’s just a lack of running-in.” Su Qun said with a smile.
“Michael, come on.” Bryant ran to Jordan’s side when he got on the court, actively defending the Knicks’ perimeter.
“Boy, you are looking for abuse.” Jordan glanced at Kobe and said.
At this time, Jordan was serving the ball from the sideline in the frontcourt. Jordan suddenly pulled out, swayed after receiving the ball, and then suddenly jumped on Kobe, hit the three-point line in two steps, and then made an emergency stop and shot.
“brush!”
The water splashed and the three-pointer hit.
“Oh, there is no defender in front of him, I think he can even hit 100 shots from the three-point line.” Zhang Lili exclaimed.
“How will Kobe respond?” Su Qun asked with a smile.
“One-on-one.” Zhang Lili laughed.
Sure enough, as soon as he got to the frontcourt, Kobe, who was playing the point guard, made a gesture of pulling away, and he wanted to single against Jordan.
His enthusiasm for attacking with the ball is getting higher and higher now, because from the previous two games, Old K actually didn’t suppress his attack, which surprised him very much.
“By hitting!”
Seeing Kobe leaning sideways in front of him and approaching him with his feet, Jordan knew what the kid was thinking and immediately raised his vigilance.
It wasn’t that he looked at Kobe Bryant highly, it was because the old K’s playing was too famous, and his bull suffered under the old K’s relying on playing. Even if Kobe came to use this technology now, he couldn’t help but pay attention to it. .
At the moment when Kobe launched the relying hit, he took a step back, but he didn’t expect to be able to completely evacuate, and he was still bumped.
This time, his center of gravity in retreat had a tendency to accelerate instantly, and his center of gravity was lost.
Of course, the magnitude was not large, and he regained his center of gravity immediately.
But at this moment, Kobe had already seized the opportunity to take off and made a three-pointer, and he had no time to make defensive moves.
“Go in!”
Watching the ball fly to the basket, Kobe shouted in his heart.
“brush!”
The water splashed, the three-pointer.
“ah!”
Kobe roared excitedly, then raised his chin and glanced at Jordan with his nostrils.
“Clap clap clap…”
The Great Western Forum Arena also burst into applause. Seeing Kobe hit Jordan with a three-pointer, the Lakers fans were even more impressed with Kobe.
“pretty!”
Zhang Lili said with admiration: “In the past two seasons, I can see not only the shadow of the Iron Army from Kobe, but also Jordan’s personality. Coupled with his potential, he must have the opportunity to become a superstar.”
“I just don’t know when he will be able to take over the old king’s position. Now that the old king is getting stronger and stronger, I can’t see any hope. I’m worried for him.” Su Qun laughed teasingly.
“Haha…” The two laughed.
They are very familiar with Kobe. Kobe used to shout day by day to take over the position of the Sun King, and now he is clamoring to take over the position of the King of the Lakers. His ambitions are undisguised, which not only makes them appreciate it, but also feel that Kobe is the king of the Lakers. Wishes are hard to come true.
Old K is only five years older than Kobe. Judging from his current physical condition, there are few injuries. Now that he has changed his style of play, the confrontation will be reduced, and the wear and tear of his body will also be reduced. No one knows how long the peak period is. , They think Kobe can really survive the old K.
(end of this chapter)