Chapter 545 Kobe Old K, we are not short of shooting guards, you don’t want to

   Chapter 545 Kobe: Old K, we have no shortage of shooting guards, so why don’t you go around the corner?

“For the Lakers, this game is very crucial. If they lose and they are down one to two, then there are two road games to go, and the Knicks are fully capable of winning another home game, so that they can win three to one or three to two. The big score to get to the finals match point, so this game is a game the Lakers can’t lose.”

  In the TNT live broadcast booth, Bill Walton analyzed it seriously.

  Kenny Smith said: “I don’t know how old K will play. His performance in the last game can’t be said to be bad.”

  Bill Walton nodded and said: “Old K’s data in the game, obtained from any other player, including the three super centers and Jordan, is also an excellent data.

  There are actually many reasons for the Lakers to lose the game, but they only lost five points, the disadvantage is not big, if they can overcome the Knicks’ home factor today, the hope of winning the game is not small. ”

  Barkley said: “The two teams’ bench lineup is still stronger than the Lakers. The first two games proved this. The Lakers played more minutes and scored more off the bench.

   But in terms of the main lineup, I think the Knicks are better. O’Neal and Jordan’s cooperation is quite good. Jordan’s breakthrough tactics and inside cut tactics are very powerful, and he passed a lot of good **** to O’Neal. They played very stable in the two games, which is the key to the Knicks winning. where.

   As for the Lakers, Richmond was not efficient enough in the last game, and his performance was not stable enough. Jordan’s defense was quite tight to him, so that he and old K could not play the same cooperation as Jordan and O’Neal. This is a problem that the Lakers need to solve. ”

Bill Walton nodded and said: “Yes, the Lakers’ internal and external dual cores are not as good as the Knicks’ internal and external dual cores. The key is that Jordan’s defense can limit Richmond, and Richmond’s restrictions on Jordan are not enough. ”

   In the CCTV live broadcast booth, Su Qun asked: “Director Zhang, who do you think has a better chance of winning the championship?”

   Zhang Lili didn’t need to think about it, he has been studying these issues, and immediately said: “The media now thinks the Knicks are more likely for two main reasons.

   First, Jordan and O’Neal have better internal and external coordination, Jordan’s ability is more powerful, he can attract double teams, and create open opportunities for teammates.

   And Richmond is limited by Jordan’s defense, and the cooperation with the Iron Army is less, and there is no way to attract double teams.

  The second is that the Knicks have three home games next, and the chance to get the match point first is greater.

   But my opinion is different, as long as the Lakers stick to it, they will have the same physical advantage in five positions with a stronger rotation as they did in the first two rounds of the series, thus dragging down the Knicks. ”

   At a quarter to eight, the two teams started.

   As the visiting team, the Lakers were booed at Madison Square Garden.

Many people watching football at Madison Square Garden are social elites, and they are not even fans of the Knicks. Because of the high pressure in the workplace, the main purpose of coming here to watch football is to vent the pressure and boo when their home team is not playing well. , Not to mention the visiting team.

When   Pharaoh came out, he received the biggest boos.

   “If we win the championship here, will they cheer for us?” Looking at the fans booing him hard, this question suddenly popped up in his mind.

   “Hey, Alan.”

   “Hey, Kobe.”

   Kobe saw Iverson sitting in the front row and went over to say hello.

  Iverson is in a bad mood. It has been two seasons and he has not tasted the playoffs yet, but Kobe Bryant has reached the finals in a row and won a championship.

   As the agent said, he became the leader of the team, with superstar data, and his personal performance far surpassed Kobe, but the team record was completely incomparable to Kobe.

  Fortunately, Kobe is not the leader of the team, he just hitched a ride with the old K, which made him not feel too lost. He still has a lot of opportunities to catch up. Sooner or later, he will win the championship as the team leader.

   “Hey, old K.”

   At this moment, he saw Old K walking over and hurriedly greeted him.

   “Alan, when will you come and help me?” Pharaoh said casually.

  “…”

   Iverson was stunned, he had to admit that he was really moved by the recruitment of the first active player in the league.

   “Old K, we have no shortage of shooting guards, so don’t you go to and fro?” Kobe stared fiercely at Pharaoh and said.

“Ha ha…”

  Pharaoh laughed twice, motioned Kobe to follow, and went to warm up.

   “Old K, don’t recruit people, why don’t you recruit Michael Jordan? I tell you, sooner or later I will become one of the four quarterbacks…”

   Kobe followed behind and muttered, and the trouble of being long-winded and broken-mouthed again.

  Iverson watched the two play with envy in his heart. When will he touch the floor of the finals? Old K’s solicitation just now doesn’t seem to be serious, it should be just a courtesy, right?

   “Victory! Victory! Victory…”

  The game is about to start. Before the players go on the court, under the leadership of Jordan, the Knicks are doing the final mobilization.

   “Champion! Champ! Champ…”

   The Lakers are more direct. Just like Wang Tiejun’s character, he led the team to directly shout out their goals for this season, which is also the biggest goal and wish of several veterans in their careers.

   At eight o’clock, the game officially started.

“Snapped!”

  O’Neal took the ball away first, and the Knicks attacked.

  O’Neal moved to the basket, Wang Tiejun immediately blocked.

  The former turns left and right, but the latter’s plum blossom step is more subtle, and it is often blocked from the outside, and the hard top is even more impossible.

   On the left-wing three-point line, Jordan passed the ball and then ran to the left bottom corner.

  According to the triangle tactics, if O’Neal fails in a single play, he can run to the bottom corner to receive the pass, or directly stick to the bottom line and slip to the bottom to cooperate with O’Neal.

At the top of the arc, Charlie Ward immediately moved to the left wing, and while preparing to catch the ball, he took Kobe away from the high position and widened the distance between his assist defense and the basket, otherwise Kobe would go down from the high position and complete the double-team defense faster. quick.

O’Neal received the ball and immediately started to single against Pharaoh. After arching twice, it didn’t work. He couldn’t get in. The shark turned around immediately. Turn around and take off, ready to hit a frontal hook.

   But just as O’Neal took off and shot, Pharaoh, who had just retreated a step, made a swift step and pounced.

“not good!”

  O’Neal’s shot was already on the line, and he bit the bullet and hit a frontal hook.

“mine.”

  The ball was just shot, Pharaoh’s right arm was light and relaxed, and he grabbed the ball directly with his big hand.

   “Oh, old K confiscated O’Neal’s ball.” Barker roared excitedly in the TNT live broadcast booth.

   “Squeak!”

Immediately after the block, Kobe took a step in the three-point line on the left wing. Kobe reacted too quickly. He kicked his foot hard. In the rubbing sound of the sneakers, he immediately started to go down quickly and ran forward. Charlie Ward turned around and chased the defense. , already a step slower.

   “Whoosh!”

  Pharaoh blocked O’Neal with his right elbow and threw the ball with his left hand, and the ball flew straight to Kobe.

“boom!”

He took the ball from his right wing and reached the three-point line. Kobe sliced ​​the paint area diagonally, with his left elbow against Charlie Ward, who was chasing on the left, and took off with the ball in his right waist. One-handed tomahawk dunk. , blew up the Knicks’ basket.

   “Shark, you pass the ball well, you can change your nickname and call it a big passer. You are our sixth man on the court.” The old dynasty spewed trash talk at O’Neal.

   “You can also change your nickname, Big Trash Can.” O’Neal said angrily.

   “You can call me a big shot blocker, I specialize in blocking big passers.” Pharaoh laughed.

   The knife was fatal, O’Neal said that he lost his trash talk, turned his head angrily, and ignored the hateful old K.

   Knicks offense.

   Jordan broke through from the left wing with the ball, Kobe came down from a high position to defend, Fox on the right wing quickly defended the top of the arc, and Fordson from the low right wing ran up, ready to defend Ellis.

   “Whoosh!”

  Jordan saw an opportunity, and Fordson’s defense wasn’t fast enough. He immediately scored the ball and passed it to Dale Ellis from beyond the three-point line on the right wing.

   At this time, both Fortson, who was on defense, and Rick Fox, who was returning to defense, were a step behind.

“brush!”

   Ellis got an empty spot and shot a three-pointer very calmly, with a splash of water and a sword piercing his heart.

   “The Knicks are still the old one, based on triangle tactics. O’Neal contained the old K’s defense in the low post, cooperated with Jordan’s sudden point tactics, and scored the ball in time.” Kenny Smith said.

   Bill Walton said: “But it’s very effective, Michael Jordan rushed in to attract double teams, and O’Neal was holding down the old K, and there must be vacancies in other positions.

In contrast, Richmond’s breakthrough ability has degraded a lot. Under Jordan’s defense, his breakthrough tactics are not very good, so he can’t play the kind of internal and external dual-core cooperation of O’Neal and Jordan with Old K. tactics. ”

  Barkley said: “Michael’s vision is not bad, he sees the open space where Ellis is suspended. He is the Knicks’ offensive launch point, an active offensive axis, and he can form a triangle with all four other guys.

   Just now he could not only pass to Ellis, but also to Oakley, who was let go by Fortson. He formed a triangle with Ellis and Oakley, and the ball could be transferred quickly in this triangle. ”

  2:3, the Lakers attacked.

  Pharaoh encountered the same problem as O’Neal, that is, under O’Neal’s defense, it is difficult to get into the basket and take a position.

   tried it, his pace was better, but O’Neal was also very flexible. After barely getting rid of O’Neal, he stood close to the basket, but at this time O’Neal took a defensive approach, and he had nothing to do behind him.

O’Neal has the tonnage, strength and flexibility. He can’t push him like other defenders, he can’t get the space under the basket to catch the ball, and he faces Oakley’s double-team, so he has to be honest. On the ground, he is in a low position on the left wing.

“Snapped!”

Facing up to catch the ball, out of the corner of his left eye, he saw Oakley on the weak side coming over. Pharaoh suddenly slipped, and after shaking off O’Neal, he picked up Shake again. Between dribbles, he scored with the ball paint area.

O’Neal’s defense did not retreat to the bottom line, because Oakley’s help defense route came along the bottom line. He couldn’t grab the position of his teammates. Immediately, he moved laterally and blocked in front of the old K.

A second ago, when Oakley was assisting on the weak side, Rick Fox, who was active on the right wing, suddenly bypassed Ellis and cut inside the paint area, and Fordson, who was emptied by Oakley, immediately blocked him. Ellis in pursuit.

“boom!”

At the moment when the ball was pulled up, Pharaoh pushed it casually, and the ball hit the ground between O’Neal’s legs. After the rebound, it was caught by Fox who was cut in.

“Oops!”

  O’Neal only felt the wind in his crotch, his legs were clamped, and there was an empty space. He turned around and saw that Fordson had made a successful layup.

   Zhang Lili said: “Beautiful! When Oakley is on the weak side of the defense, the Lakers can play more weak-side cutting tactics, don’t wait for the pass outside, and it is more efficient to cut in.

   In the last game, the weak side cut too little, and they all stood outside waiting for the Tiejun to score the ball, and they missed a shot, wasting a lot of opportunities. ”

  Suqun nodded and said: “G2 vs. Lao K was double-teamed from the beginning. He did score a lot, but he only got four assists in the whole game. I hope this game will be improved.”

   On the sidelines, Phil Jackson made a gesture, which meant sticking to the original tactics, telling the court to continue to firmly double-team Wang Tiejun.

   Oakley passed by at this time, and he hurriedly ran to the front court, shouting: “Charles, when the old K scores, you must return to the basket quickly.”

   “OK.”

   Oakley nodded.

  4:3, the Lakers lead away, and the Knicks attack.

  Jordan held the ball and didn’t break through. After passing it to O’Neal, he ran to the left bottom corner.

He is not a young man anymore. He is fully committed to both offense and defense, and he also has a strong grasp of rebounding and organization. In terms of physical consumption, he even surpassed when he was in the Bulls in the Knicks, so he can’t blindly play sudden points tactics. Time to rest, and O’Neal to rotate the main attack.

  O’Neal caught the ball, and the top defense Pharaoh immediately spit out trash talk: “Don’t pass the ball, you can single against me, I won’t be called a double team, that’s what only a guy called a big flush toilet can do.”

   “It’s the big sewer.” O’Neal corrected angrily.

  Pharaoh is speechless, Shark, did you get the point wrong?

“Snapped!”

   In anger, the big shark made a ruthless back arch, who knew that Pharaoh, who was on the top defense, instantly evacuated, his feet were chaotic, and the ball was out of control, and Pharaoh took the opportunity to steal it.

   “Haha, the shark made a mistake.” Barkley laughed.

   “In round defense, Old K is obviously stronger than Sharks.” Bill Walton laughed.

   “The offense is the same, the Sharks should be a weakened version of the old K.” Kenny Smith said.

   “Kenny, if you say that, the Sharks won’t be happy. The Sharks are still the only super center in the league that can compete with the old K,” Bill Walton reminded.

   “But I think it’s true. Even if the sharks can compete, it’s just a fight. In the matchup between the two, Old K clearly has the upper hand.” Kenny Smith insisted.

   “I agree with Kenny.” As an old teammate in Houston, Barkley immediately expressed his support for Smith.

Bill Walton thought for a while and said: “In terms of physical fitness, although the Sharks have improved, it is clear that Old K is stronger. Old K should be the most physically powerful person in the entire league, and it should be no worse than Chamberlain. This is Sharks. Where, he can’t provide the full range of contributions all the time like the old K.”

“In terms of technology, the old K is also better. The rebounding, hooking, defense and other skills are the old K’s stronger. The assisting ability of the old K is even stronger than O’Neal. He has a certain organizational ability, whether it is in the The Suns or the Lakers are the starting point of the offense, and O’Neal is not,” Barkley said.

   In the 5th minute of the first quarter, the Knicks attacked and Phil Jackson called a timeout. The score at this time was 13:10, and the Knicks were 3 points behind at home.

   O’Neal made 1 of 3 shots, ate a cap from Pharaoh, made 1 of 2 free throws, and scored 3 points, 1 rebound and 1 turnover.

   Jordan made 2 of 4 shots without free throws and scored 4 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist.

   In addition, Ellis hit a three-pointer, and the other two did not score.

For the Lakers, Kobe made two fast breaks, made all 2 shots, and scored 4 points. Fox made two successful cuts and also scored 4 points. Richmond made 1 of 2 shots and hit a three-pointer. He played a secondary attack and got 2 points.

  Although the Knicks are behind by 3 points, they have the ball in their hands and are not really behind. Why Phil Jackson called a timeout because of a tactical problem.

   Within 5 minutes, after Pharaoh attracted Oakley’s double team, the Lakers played consecutive in-cut tactics, assisted Fox twice, and launched a fast break after the transition in the backcourt and assisted Kobe twice.

Phil Jackson stood in front of the bench with a very serious expression: “Within 5 minutes, although Old K only shot once and only scored 2 points, he sent 4 assists, 1 block, and 1 steal, and grabbed 3 One rebound, one offensive rebound, and one O’Neal turnover, our own offense was good, but it didn’t limit the Lakers’ offense, which is absolutely not acceptable, we have to make changes.”

Jordan looked serious: “We limited Old K’s offense very well in the last game. Although he still hit 60%, his shot was limited by our success, and he obviously didn’t focus on it today. Attack the top.”

  Phil Jackson nodded and said to Oakley: “Charles, I told you just now that you should pay attention to the opponent’s backcut when helping defend. Fox has already backcut twice.”

   “I know.” Oakley said with a dark face.

  Phil Jackson said: “In addition, our fast break defense was not well done. Kobe went down quickly, and Charlie couldn’t defend. Michael, don’t sink to the bottom corner after you pass the ball. How about swapping positions with Charlie?”

   Having said this, he stopped and waited for Jordan’s response.

   Because letting Jordan stay outside to guard against the Lakers’ fast break, Jordan’s physical energy consumption will be even greater, and he knows that this approach is actually wrong.

Jordan obviously thought of this. Although he wanted to say that he could, he knew that he could not, and his physical fitness was limited. Now his work on the court has reached the physical limit. Will face a crash, so no answer.

Phil Jackson saw that Jordan didn’t answer, he understood what the other party meant, and changed his mouth to say to Charlie Ward: “Charlie, I believe in your defensive ability and attitude, you can guard against Kobe’s fast break, right? In the transition from offense to defense. At that moment, you need to react faster, Kobe is in a defensive position at that time, and you have a chance to block him on the outside.”

   “Coach, you can trust me.”

  What else can Charlie Ward say, let him say, coach, I can’t do it, you can make a substitution.

  Phil Jackson then told O’Neal and Oakley to stop old K’s fast pass and not let him start a fast break when the offense and defense were transitioning.

   He thought for a while and said to Oakley: “Charles, old K is not very eager to attack today, you should pay attention to your weak side help defense, leaving room for returning to the basket.

  You can try to lay a trap for the Lakers. When the old K points the ball to the back-cut player, you can reach the defensive position as soon as possible. ”

   (end of this chapter)