Chapter 543 First win in the finals

   Chapter 543 First victory in the finals

“boom!”

  Richmond hits the ball through the gap and gets the ball out.

  Pharaoh received the ball, Jordan emerged from behind, O’Neal in front of him also turned around immediately, and Charlie Ward also rushed in front of him, only Oakley was blocked by O’Neal, unable to form a four-person double-team.

   “Crap!” Su Qun exclaimed again.

   At this moment, Pharaoh suddenly stood up, raised his hands holding the ball, and made a forcible rise.

   This time, he swayed the three people who were pinching him. In the next instant, he closed his body and squatted his knees, and jumped to the left back.

This withdrawal freed him from the three-team double-team, from the left front of the basket to the left side of the basket, two meters away from the basket. , like a mad tiger, leaping towards the basket.

“not good!”

  After Pharaoh retreated, Jordan and O’Neal immediately turned towards the bottom line, and then only felt a strong wind blowing, and a huge golden figure flew past their eyes.

“Oops!”

   Oakley, who was behind O’Neal, saw a giant beast rushing towards him, and knew that he was in trouble.

   But his height is not enough to see.

   “Boom!”

   Oakley turned over in response to the heavy crash.

“boom!”

   The next moment, under the one-arm dunk, the Knicks’ basket was blown to the ground.

   “Boom!”

  The Great Western Forum Arena was completely boiling. After the three-team double team completed the dunk, all the Lakers fans fell into a hormonal situation and fell into the worship of Pharaoh.

   “King! King! King…”

   In the huge shouts of countless fans, the Lakers’ home court momentum was in full swing, directly soaring to an extreme height.

   “Yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa Oakley tried to stop old K, but he was too ignorant, so old K gave him the cruelest lesson, he hit Oakley, haha!”

   “Old K, the king of our Lakers, he single-handedly blew up the Knicks, O’Neal, Jordan, and Oakley. The three of them joined forces and couldn’t stop his dunks.”

   The roars of the two live commentators continued to sound.

On the TNT live broadcast, Bill Walton said with a shocked face: “I’m not shocked that old K can go one-on-three. When he played against the Bulls, he did four-one-five-five under the basket. At that time, he was a great restricted area sweeper. or, any opponent must prostrate at his feet.

   I was shocked that his pace was amazing, it was amazing how he could get him out of a triple-teamed team! ”

Kenny Smith continued: “Yes, the general step back is to step back, but his step is different, he can step backward diagonally, and there is no warning in advance, the defender can’t react at all, the pace It can’t be adjusted either. Just now, neither Shaquille O’Neal nor Jordan had adjusted it in time.

   Then I think this kind of step back, if used by perimeter players, will also be very effective. When you step back, there are multiple directions to choose from, and the chances of the defender making a bad judgment increase dramatically. ”

   On the court, Kobe was a little itchy. He is now practicing the basketball version of his basketball version of the plum blossom move, but he has not yet practiced it.

  If he has practiced the club step well, old K’s step back can also be used, and then he can create his signature technical step back jump shot.

   On the court, Oakley was injured. When he was knocked over and fell to the ground, his right foot was bruised and O’Neal helped him off the court.

   The Knicks replaced the backup forward, minimum salary veteran Jeremy Corsey.

  Oakley’s end caused the Knicks to lose a defensive player and some rebounding energy.

  Phil Jackson rebuilt the triangle offense in the Knicks, with Jordan, O’Neal, Oakley as the triangle, and now with Oakley gone, the triangle has lost a corner.

However, the game is still in focus. The Knicks have a solid lineup. The veteran Corsey can also provide a certain amount of energy. There are also two basic salary veterans in Terry Porter and Terry Cummings who can rotate. The inside has not collapsed. .

  O’Neal and Jordan frequently played inside and outside line coordination, attacked frantically, and worked **** the defensive end, trying to bite the score.

   But the loss of Oakley was something veterans like Corsey couldn’t make up for. After he left the game, Pharaoh and Fortson jointly controlled the rebound, giving the Lakers an advantage in ball possession and more shots.

  Although O’Neal is good at rebounding, he is not as good as Pharaoh or even Fortson. In addition, his physical energy consumption is too high, and he does not invest enough in rebounding, and gradually he invests less in defense.

   And with O’Neal’s physical exhaustion, when the Lakers took control of the rebounding, the advantage was getting bigger and bigger.

  The last three minutes left in the last quarter, 95:102, the Lakers widened the difference to 7 points.

At this time, O’Neal could no longer move. No matter how strong Jordan was, he was also a 35-year-old veteran. He devoted himself to both offense and defense, and he couldn’t move. At the last minute, he no longer devoted himself to rebounding and defense. attack.

   At this time, the physical advantages of the eight Lakers rotation players were displayed, so that the suspense of the game was not left to the last moment, and the Knicks were taken away with the last wave of offense, 99:111, and won the G1 battle.

  “Di!!”

   As the whistle sounded at the end of the game, the Great Western Forum Arena cheered.

“Ugh!”

   Phil Jackson sighed and lost again.

  The sweat-drenched Jordan put his hands on his knees, gasped with his mouth open, and the sweat from his chin flowed down in a line, and quickly accumulated.

   Under the basket, O’Neal sat directly on the floor, his head lowered weakly, and he was also panting like a cow.

  Pharaoh himself was exhausted, and he was also panting like a cow. His physical energy consumption was more than that of O’Neal and Jordan, but his physical fitness was better, and he could barely hold his spine straight and stand like a mountain.

   “Old K, we won!”

   Kobe and Richmond ran over, and all the teammates on the bench, the Lakers began to celebrate the victory tonight.

In the TNT live broadcast booth, Bill Walton said with the statistics table: “Michael Jordan played a total of 43 minutes, 15 of 27 shots, 55.5% shooting, including 3 of 7 three-pointers, 7 of 7 free throws, and shot down. With 40 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists, 3 steals, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls, he scored 32 points in the first three quarters and 8 points in the final quarter. He performed very well.

  O’Neal played for 42 minutes, scoring 22 points in the first three quarters and 7 points in the final quarter. He made 12 of 23 shots, 52.2% from the field, and 5 of 8 free throws. He scored 29 points, 9 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 blocks, 3 turnovers and 4 fouls.

The two of them teamed up and cooperated quite well, but under the defense of the old K, O’Neal’s offensive efficiency did not play a higher efficiency than the regular season, which is a pity, if he can be like Jordan, play a higher efficiency than the regular season , the better chance of winning the Lakers. ”

  Kenny Smith also held a statistics sheet and said: “The Knicks’ dual-core data is not bad, and the efficiency is decent, especially Jordan is very efficient, the two teamed up to score 69 points, the performance is very terrifying.

   The Knicks team has a total of 99 points. The two of them jointly contributed 69.7% of the points, and their shots accounted for 61%. Obviously, their combined efficiency is higher than others. ”

Speaking of which, he shook the statistics table in his hand and said excitedly: “But Old K’s performance was even better. He played the full 48 minutes, 30 points in the first three quarters, 5 of 8 shots in the final quarter, and 2 of 4 free throws. In the single quarter, he scored 12 points and defeated the powerful Knicks in one fell swoop.

   A total of 14 of 23 shots, 60.9%, 14 of 20 penalties, 70%, efficiently scored 42 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 4 blocks, 3 turnovers and 4 fouls.

The Lakers’ perimeter core Richmond scored 16 points in the first three quarters and 5 points in the final quarter. He made 8 of 18 shots, 3 of 7 three-pointers, plus 21 points from the free throw, with a shooting percentage of 44.4%. Not bad, he is also one of the important reasons why the Lakers win. ”

Bill Walton nodded and said: “The Lakers combined for 63 points and the Knicks combined for 69 points, but the Lakers scored 63 points with only 41 shots, while the Knicks scored 69 with 50 shots. Obviously, the Lakers scored 69 points. Dual cores are more efficient.

   In addition, the Lakers grabbed a total of 49 rebounds, and the Knicks ended up with an injury to Oakley. O’Neal was exhausted, causing the rebounding to get out of control, and only grabbed a total of 42 rebounds.

   Also, the Lakers’ bench players scored more points, scoring a total of 24 points, while all the Knicks’ bench players scored only 16 points, an 8-point gap. ”

  Kenny Smith said: “So the rebounding is not as good as the Lakers, the offensive efficiency is not as good as the Lakers, and the substitutes are not as good as the Lakers, so it is not surprising that the Knicks lost the game.”

   “Like the Jazz and the Trail Blazers, the first three energy-savings bit the Lakers, and even the Knicks were able to lead in the third quarter, but collapsed at the end.”

   Bill Wharton finally shook his head and said regretfully.

In the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Lili praised Wang Tiejun’s free throws, saying: “Today Tiejun faced being cut, not only did he perform very well in free throws, but also maintained his state. If he was affected by the attacking tactics, the result of this game would be It’s really hard to say.”

  Suqun was a little worried and said: “But this kind of free throw feel is definitely not sustainable and difficult to replicate. The Knicks should also be aware of this, so it is very likely that they will continue to cut old K in the next game.”

   “That doesn’t matter, at most it’s fine to cut back. The Lakers didn’t cut back today, that’s because the Tiejun’s free throws not only didn’t hurt, but also took advantage of them, so there’s no need to cut back.” Lao Zhang said with a smile.

   “Indeed.” Su Qun nodded and smiled.

  On the field, Pharaoh was being interviewed on the spot.

   But he was not alone, Kobe was also surrounded by many media reporters, and today he became famous.

   Not far away, Barkley grinned and ran to comfort Jordan, who was about to leave, and shouted, “Hey, Michael, you chose the wrong partner. Seeing that Old K’s efficiency is far better than O’Neal, you should come to the Lakers.”

   In the face of the taunting, Jordan was so angry that he vomited blood and had the heart to kill Barkley. He said coldly, “Charles, we will no longer be friends in the future.” After he finished speaking, he turned around and left.

  Barkley then reacted, his ridicule was too much, he quickly grabbed Jordan and remedied: “NONO, Michael, I mean, I mean…”

   His eyeballs turned a few times, but they didn’t come back.

“Humph!”

  Jordan opened Barkley’s hand and walked into the tunnel.

   “It’s over, Charles, you offended him to death.” The glider came over and joked.

  Barkley said regretfully: “I just wanted to make a joke to comfort him, but, but I didn’t grasp the balance. Well, I’ll go and apologize to him.”

   He followed and ran into the tunnel, apparently after Jordan.

   said goodbye to the fans, and sent away his family and friends. Pharaoh returned to the locker room, very tired, so he took a medicinal bath first.

   Kobe and Richmond are also soaking in medicinal baths, and several veterans have been taking care of their bodies in order to maintain their state.

   “Kobe, how many points did you get today?” Pharaoh asked casually.

   Kobe smiled proudly: “6 of 11 shots, 54.5% shooting, 2 of 4 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, 16 points, 3 rebounds, 4 assists and 1 steal.”

   “Four more turnovers, two interceptions by Jordan, and two pass errors,” added Mark Price.

   Kobe glared at Price and shouted, “Mark, I know your language is functioning properly, and so do other people. You don’t need to speak to prove it.”

“Ha ha…”

  Pharaoh and others couldn’t help laughing.

  Mark Price glared at Kobe, and shook his head helplessly and laughed.

   “Kobe is really famous today. He was surrounded by many reporters for an interview just now.” Richmond laughed.

  Chris Mullin raised his right hand, made an OK gesture, and smiled: “You can make Jordan your background, Kobe, you are really famous. Tell us, why did you do that at the time?”

   Kobe said with a smile: “He’s not happy that I dunked O’Neal for the old K, but so what? I’m not afraid of him, I just want to do it, I firmly believe that I can hit that ball.”

   Old Wang nodded in relief and accepted Kobe as an apprentice. It is really useful now. Apart from trying to grab his position all day long, I can finally help him.

  This game ended with a victory for the Lakers, which also changed the media’s speculation about the championship.

   The next day, ESPN adjusted the chance of winning the championship again. The Lakers rose from 51% to 55%, while the Knicks dropped to 45%.

   “ESPN is like the grass on the wall, swaying in the wind.” Pharaoh joked about this.

   On this day, the entire Knicks team hid in the hotel and did not show up.

  Oakley’s right foot is injured. The problem is not very serious, but there is some pain and swelling. Western medicine can’t do anything except spray some medicine and take painkillers, which may affect the next game.

  Jordan took out his own money for the championship. He bought Oakley a member of the K-era private club overnight, and then hired the best Chinese medicine doctor. He used medicated oil massage, acupuncture, and cupping to treat Oakley’s injury.

   After one night of treatment, there are no major problems, the pain is not so obvious, the redness and swelling have disappeared, and it should not affect the G2 battle of No. 3.

  In the morning, after breakfast, Phil Jackson and the coaching staff, as well as Jordan and O’Neal, etc., discussed tactical issues together.

   The main question is how to defend against Old K’s offense. For the Knicks, this is very clear. If they cannot defend against Old K’s offense, they will lose more and win less.

  Phil Jackson analyzed: “Let him make 8 of 11 shots in the first half, with a hit rate of more than 70%. Our defense against him in the first half was a failure.

   He went 1-for-4 in the third quarter, and Shaq and Charles teamed up to defend a few times, reducing his offensive efficiency and proving that we can guard him too.

   He made 5 of 8 shots in the final quarter, hitting 62.5%, slightly higher than the full-court shooting rate of 60.9%, and did not reach the terrifying efficiency of the first half.

   Judging from the situation in the second half, as his fitness decreased and his efficiency decreased, it proved that we could guard him.

   The key is that his physical strength is too strong, even if we can reduce his efficiency in the second half, but overall, he can still play a deadly offensive efficiency. ”

  Jordan went on to say: “Old K’s shooting percentage is 60.9% today, which is not very high compared to his previous efficiency.

   In the second half, no, it actually started after adjusting the defensive strategy in the second quarter, and his offensive efficiency was limited by us.

   In the next series, we have to execute the correct defensive tactics from the first quarter, and I believe we can win it back. ”

Others nodded, Jordan said it was really good, in the finals between the Bulls and the Suns, the old K always hit 70% to 80% of the shooting rate, which is despairing. Today’s shooting rate is no longer inhuman efficiency. .

   Jordan’s efficiency is high enough today, only more than five percentage points lower than the old K, and his performance is not worse than the old K.

   At this time, Phil Jackson said: “Today we lost, lost the rebound, lost the defense against the old K, and still lost a little bit. The free throw of the old K was amazing yesterday!”

   Jordan and O’Neal nodded at the same time, and the latter said unconvincingly: “Old K has a bad luck, 70% of his free throws, he will never be able to shoot so accurately in his next life.”

   This sentence also made everyone nod.

  Phil Jackson said: “But we can no longer use the hacking tactics in the next game. Once it is effective, I am afraid that the Lakers will immediately cut back.”

  O’Neal was stunned, nodded quickly and said, “Don’t cut old K, we have to defeat him head-on.”

  Jordan said: “Shaq, it would be good if you were a few percentage points more efficient today. You had an average feel today and missed some shots.”

O’Neal touched the back of his head. Today, he and Jordan played well together. After Jordan rushed in, he attracted Old K’s defense. He had a lot of open space opportunities. Jordan also gave him the ball, but Old K’s return. The defense was very fast. He missed a lot of his nearly two-point shots. If he made a few more shots, he might have won the Lakers.

Phil Jackson nodded. If O’Neal has the mid-range shooting ability of the three super centers, he can pull the old K out of the paint, not too much, just pull it out of the sideline and delay the old K’s return by half a second. Anti-speed, such a combination of O’Neal and Michael can definitely blow up the Lakers.

He thought of the pick-and-roll strategy. Instead of pulling out, Oakley did a pick-and-roll for O’Neal and let O’Neal enter the basket to single against Fordson or Teelon Hill. There is a threat, you can try it next time.

   (end of this chapter)