Chapter 551 Battle of Tianwang Mountain

   Chapter 551 The Battle of Tianwang Mountain

   On the sidelines, Phil Jackson saw Old K enter the basket and immediately recalled the memory of Old K pushing and crushing in the Bulls’ penalty area in the previous three finals.

However, now his team is not a Bull without a strong inside line. The big shark can completely contain most of the energy of the old K, and the law of K also limits the most ferocious sideways play of the old K. Now the Knicks are in the penalty area. Old K is wild.

   “Double-team him!”

   He immediately shouted at the court, his tone was extremely determined.

   “Pass it in!”

   Not far away, Harris was a little nervous, but still firmly supported Pharaoh’s play to get into the basket.

   is now 10 points behind. If Old K can play a world under the basket, it will be a blow to the morale of the Knicks. With the strength of the Lakers, it is entirely possible to pull it back.

  Wang Tiejun and O’Neill are two giant beasts fighting hand-to-hand in the restricted area. The former wants to keep the latter behind, and the latter wants to go around. Between the collision of muscles, a lot of physical energy is wasted.

  At the last moment of the attacking three seconds, with more powerful basic strength, Pharaoh stuck O’Neal behind him and succeeded in taking a position at the basket, when Mark Price passed the ball in.

The moment    catches the ball, the offense restarts in three seconds.

  The moment he received the ball, he put his hands together, squatted down, and prepared to get up. As long as he adjusted the direction of his feet a little, he could get up and attack.

   At this time, the Knicks’ backup power forward Terry Caris, backup forward Jeremy Corsey, Jordan and others had already rushed to Pharaoh’s side, forming a four-person double-team against him.

   There are six arms blocked on his head on three sides on the left and right, and O’Neal is frantically defending at the back. The space around him has been completely blocked, and he risks passing the ball and is likely to be broken.

   The next moment, the squatting Pharaoh stepped back with his left foot and inserted it between O’Neal’s legs, and then Tieshan leaned on the back arch.

   “Boom!”

   Between the feet, the six forces instantly became one. As the upper body slammed into O’Neal’s body with ferocity, a heavy crash sounded.

Comparing the basic strength of the two, Pharaoh is as high as level 98, plus Tieshanjiao has a bonus of up to 10%, which definitely exceeds the level of 100. According to his estimation, O’Neal is at most level 95, how can he withstand it? ?

  Without O’Neal, the other three are rookies to Pharaoh, and he wants to eat them under the basket.

The right foot did not move with the support foot, the left foot swung, and suddenly turned around. He forcibly completed the direction adjustment under the siege of the three people. .

“Snapped!”

   Facing Old K who was jumping, Cummings slapped him down, hitting his left arm, but his strength could not stop Old Wang from getting up.

“boom!”

   In the next instant, Pharaoh broke through the blockade of the three and smashed the ball into the basket between his hands.

   “Di!”

   The referee’s whistle also rang.

“yeah!”

   On the Lakers side, from the players on the court to the bench, to the 3,000 away fans, to the entire Los Angeles, as far as the huge country on the other side of the Pacific Ocean, where tens of thousands of people gathered on Fengshen Street, countless fans cheered instantly.

“ah!”

   Picked four from the basket, and Pharaoh, who succeeded in the strong attack, was also extremely excited and shouted at Jordan and the others.

  “Whoa…”

  O’Neal, Jordan and others were breathing constantly, not only physical exhaustion, but also huge psychological pressure, which made them feel a great sense of exhaustion.

   In addition to being tired, there is also a sense of daze, including Jordan, they don’t know how to prevent old K.

   In fact, Jordan’s sense of daze is even stronger, because he is the only one who has lost one, two and three against Old K in the finals, but his willpower is as strong as iron, so he did not show it.

   On the sidelines, Phil Jackson, who resolutely double-teamed old K, was shocked.

   The four-player team, and O’Neal, the only behemoth that can compete with Old K, still can’t stop Old K’s strong attack under the basket, which makes him feel a huge sense of powerlessness in his heart.

   He thought that O’Neal could contain most of Old K’s energy, and with the surrounding of others, he could limit Old K’s basket attack.

However, he immediately saw the old K who was breathing heavily, his eyes lit up, and he immediately shouted at Jordan: “Michael, Shaq, don’t be frightened by him, he’s very tired, he can’t play this kind of offense a few times. , if he dares to go in again, continue to double-team him.”

   His words didn’t cover anything, and he shouted out in front of the Lakers, revealing a strong self-confidence in his heart.

“good.”

  Jordan glanced at the old K next to him, panting worse than him, his eyes lit up.

  O’Neal and others did the same, seeing the way Old K was breathing, they felt hopeful.

   “What’s so special!”

  Pharaoh glanced at Phil Jackson on the sidelines, this guy who likes to whistle hooligans has some eyesight!

  From the regular season to the present, with the huge consumption of physical energy, now using Tieshan with all his strength to deal with giant beasts like O’Neal is indeed emptying out the little physical reserves left, and he can’t use this technique more.

  Tieshan’s attack is an instant full-body force, which consumes a lot of energy. An attack may consume ten times the physical energy of a hook attack, especially if you want to knock off someone like O’Neal, you have to do your best and consume even more.

   But his level 105 stamina isn’t that bad, he’ll be able to recover a little bit of blood, and then he’ll do O’Neal again.

   The next penalty was added. He was breathing heavily and missed the penalty. At 28:35, the Lakers were still 7 points behind.

   Knicks offense.

  O’Neal was not convinced. He was just hit by the old K at the basket. He was going to enter the basket and return another.

  The two giant beasts fought hand-to-hand in the restricted area again, attracting everyone’s attention.

But to O’Neal’s disappointment, he failed in the position. His strength was no match for Old K, and his confrontation skills were far inferior to Old K’s. He was almost knocked to the ground by Old K’s sudden withdrawal. out of the paint area.

   At this time, Jordan broke through with the ball and led Richmond into the paint area, forcing Pharaoh to return to the basket and O’Neal also took the opportunity to enter the paint area.

  Pharaoh blocked a step in front of the basket. At this time, Jordan broke the ball and gave it to O’Neal on the left, who received the ball violently.

“boom!”

  Pharaoh turned sideways to block with one hand and missed the shot. O’Neal dunked with both hands, sinking the Lakers’ basket.

   “The combination of internal and external dual-core superstars is so difficult to guard against. Old K can only choose to guard against one, and another opportunity will come out.” Bill Walton praised.

   Barkley said with a smile: “If the Lakers want to truly defend against O’Neal and Jordan, they must have a top perimeter defensive player who can limit Michael’s breakthroughs.

But his ability is too strong, you can keep up with him, he has pull-up jumpers, and ends the offense with his best mid-range shot, you can’t keep up with him, he smashes in with the ball and cooperates with O’Neal, old K is completely alone. Couldn’t resist.

   Unless Fordson on the weak side can get back to the basket in time, block Michael first, and join forces with Old K, then there will be a chance to guard Michael. ”

   “Michael can still score the ball, and when Old K goes to defend Michael, he may not be able to return to defend O’Neal in time. What’s more, Michael can also score the ball to Fordson’s people, which can also create space.” Bill Walton shook his head.

  Kenny Smith laughed: “Simply put, the combination of Shaq and Michael is almost impossible to limit, we can only say try to reduce their efficiency as much as possible.

   The Lakers have won two games against the Knicks, but neither has ever won a game by limiting their offense. ”

  Barkley nodded and said: “The two games the Lakers won, they only won by playing better offense, so if the Lakers want to continue to win, they have to make the offense better.

  Defense is a foundation. Without defense, there will be no championship, but if there is no offense, there will also be no championship.

   However, the offense of the Lakers today is not smooth, if there is no change, I think this game is a bit hanging. ”

  Kenny Smith said: “The Lakers did have some problems with their offense today, but the main thing is that the Knicks played very well offense today.”

With the efforts of all the Lakers players, the G4 battle entered the most anxious state of stalemate. After the first three quarters, the Knicks led by 8 points. The Lakers could not narrow the point difference, but they held the score tightly and retained the comeback. of hope.

Wang Tiejun only rested for more than two minutes in the second quarter, and there was no rest after that. He made a lot of shots in the second and third quarters. He made 11 of 20 shots, with a shooting rate of 55%, 7 of 12 free throws, and scored 29 points and 12 in the third quarter. The data of rebounds, 8 assists, 5 turnovers, 4 blocks and 4 fouls.

   Zhang Lili said: “Under the Knicks’ full double-team, the Tiejun can still play with such efficiency. It is already trying his best. It’s just that he made too many mistakes under the double-team, 5 times, which is terrible.”

Su Qun said: “O’Neal scored 20 points and shot 54%, which is similar to the old K. Jordan scored 24 points and shot 56%, which is slightly higher than the old K. The two of them joined forces and played really well today. Makes the Lakers unstoppable, so efficient.”

   At the beginning of the final quarter, the Knicks resumed their entire main lineup.

   Lakers offense.

  Under the desperate siege of the Lakers, Pharaoh also forcibly played some basket attacks, but the physical consumption was too great, and now his physical strength is somewhat insufficient, he threw a hook outside, and the ball smashed into the basket.

Looking back, Ellis, who hit three three-pointers in the first quarter, didn’t make many shots later, which made the Lakers relax their vigilance against him. At this time, he used Oakley’s pick-and-roll to get rid of Chris Mullin again. A three-pointer.

“Be careful, Ellis only played 19 minutes tonight, plus this shot was 5-for-8, 4-for-6 from three-pointers, and all three-pointers were air pull shots. This is a typical open killer. Giving him an empty seat is very fatal.” Zhang Lili said anxiously.

  The Lakers attacked, Kobe missed a single shot, and the Knicks grabbed a rebound.

   Jordan went to the right wing this time and attacked with the ball. Ellis did a pick-and-roll for him at the three-point line, and he took the opportunity to break through with the ball.

   But he only took a step forward and made a quick stop at the three-point line.

   At this moment, in addition to Richmond, who was on the point, Chris Mullin, who was defending Ellis, also rushed over to double-team.

   But at this moment, Jordan actually passed the ball to Ellis behind him, and then made a pick-and-roll for Ellis himself, entangled Chris Mullin who was about to return to defense.

“Oops!”

   Mullin hurriedly got rid of Jordan, it was too late, Ellis had already jumped one step away.

   “Not good! Be careful, it’s another three points.” Su Qun said anxiously.

“brush!”

  When the water rose, the whole Madison Square Garden burst into cheers.

   Seeing this three-pointer, Del Harris stayed on the sidelines, speechless.

“Alas, the fifth three-pointer! This veteran played 6 minutes in the first quarter and then sat on the bench and didn’t come up. After playing for a few minutes in the second and third quarters, the Lakers strengthened their defense against him. , There are not many shots, and as soon as he comes up, he throws two three-pointers one after another, and the Lakers are uncomfortable!” Su Qun sighed.

   “75:87, the gap is now 12 points. If you can’t catch up in the first half, the game will be troublesome.” Zhang Lili shook his head.

   “If it’s 2-2, the Knicks will have a home game next. The Lakers must win the G5 game. If the Knicks get it, it will be really troublesome.” Su Qun said.

   Zhang made a reasonable analysis: “If the Knicks get match point first when they are behind 1-2, then the morale will definitely become very high, and the morale of the Lakers will take a considerable blow.”

   Next, Pharaoh led his team to chase after him and came back with 6 points in 7 minutes. With more than three minutes left in the game, he was only 6 points behind.

  The Knicks attacked. Jordan broke through on the left wing with the ball and hit the left waist of the paint area. After attracting the Lakers’ defensive attention, he suddenly scored the ball.

   He didn’t give O’Neal a step away, but passed to the bottom corner of the right wing.

On the right wing, when Jordan broke through with the ball just now, and when Chris Mullin’s defensive attention was distracted by Jordan, Ellis suddenly started and ran quickly to the bottom corner to the right. Mullin started half a beat slower and hurriedly chased after him. go.

“Snapped!”

After Ellis caught the ball with both hands, he made a very calm move to get up, and then Mullin, who was chasing down from the upper side, jumped up immediately. The former was short to collect the ball. When Mullin flew out of the baseline, he got up again. , his eyes were as cold as a killer, and he calmly shot a three-pointer.

“brush!”

  The water splashed and the three-pointer hit.

   Ellis hit the ball and was already very excited. He kept waving his fists, yelling and roaring at the audience. All the players on the Knicks field, including Jordan, ran towards him.

   “Damn, 7 of 10 shots, 6 of 8 3-pointers, 20 points, this veteran didn’t do much in the first three games, tonight is a complete explosion.” Zhang Lili sighed.

   “It’s 9 points again, I finally got a little closer, and it’s almost double digits again.” Su Qun said with a bitter expression.

   “The important thing is that there is no time.” Zhang Lili shook his head.

   Under the basket, Pharaoh was panting, knowing that the game was going to be difficult.

   But he has not given up, 9 points, not a point difference that makes people desperate.

  The Lakers attacked and called a timeout.

  Harris let Pharaoh enter the basket to attract a double-team, then scored the ball and made a three-pointer from the outside.

   There is no problem with this tactic, the Lakers can shoot a lot of three-pointers from the outside.

   It’s just that the Lakers’ three-pointers were not good today, but they made 4 of 14 shots, and the shooting rate was less than 30%, so they didn’t shoot three-pointers much in the final quarter.

   “Remember, never give them an open three-pointer. Charles, you still have two fouls. If Old K is going to play hard at the basket, go in and use them to stop his offense.”

   On the Lakers side, Phil Jackson arranged defensive tactics.

   The timeout ends and the game begins.

   Lao Wang mustered up his courage and moved to the basket.

  O’Neill also did his last bit of physical strength and desperately resisted the old king.

   However, both of them have about the same physical strength, and the strength of confrontation is far less than when they are full of physical strength.

   Finally got stuck on O’Neal and was about to get to the position at the basket. When Kobe passed the ball in, he found that the Knicks didn’t have many people to double-team him. Except for O’Neal, only Oakley on the right wing rushed over.

  Why, he didn’t have time to think about it, and immediately started to attack the basket after catching the ball.

   Up to now, he has no physical strength to rely on Iron Mountain, and immediately hit a side hook after catching the ball.

  Oakley didn’t have a chance to foul. One step slow, O’Neal jumped and didn’t get a shot. With a bang, the basketball hit the basket and then fell into it.

   “7 points, guard the next goal and score another goal, there is still a chance to tie the 5-point gap.” Su Qun shouted excitedly.

   On the sidelines, head coach Harris sighed. The Knicks’ defensive tactics changed at the last moment and gave up the double-team against Old K, which made his three-point chase tactics impossible.

   Knicks offense.

  Jordan held the ball on the left wing, made a fake shot, made two steps into the three-pointer, and then made a pull-up jumper, and the basketball flew into the basket with precision.

  Pharaoh wanted to make up for it, but was blocked by O’Neal. He had no chance and could only watch Jordan make his move.

   “Oh, it’s 9 points again, there’s no time.” Su Qun sighed.

   “95 seconds, 9 points, the Knicks won’t give the Lakers a chance to shoot a three-pointer.” Zhang Lili also shook his head.

   In the end, the Lakers still did not pull back and lost by 7 points.

   At the last minute, the Knicks did not let their guard down. Jordan took over the game at the last moment and did not lose the final victory.

  Pharaoh scored 39 points and scored 10 points in the final quarter, but he was unable to lead the team to victory.

  O’Neal scored 26 points, Jordan scored 32 points, and veteran Ellis scored 20 points to help the Knicks tie the big score.

Barkley said after the game: “Two to two, the Knicks won the second home, followed by the third home, with the advantage of the home, the Knicks had better win the third home, match point In hand, there is a chance to beat the Lakers.

   Otherwise, if we lose the third home game, let the Lakers get match point on the road, and Old K will return to the home court, it will not be polite. It is very difficult for the Knicks to win the championship on the road. ”

   “Charles, you are friends with old K and Michael, who do you prefer to win the championship?” Bill Walton asked.

  Barkley laughed: “Bill, this question is a wrong proposition, winning the championship only depends on strength.”

  Bill Wharton laughed, nodded and said: “It is true that I asked the wrong question, then I will ask again, who do you prefer to win the championship? Who do you prefer to win the championship?”

   Buckley laughed: “From the perspective of friendship, Michael and I have been friends for many years, but old K is my brother.”

  He stopped talking here, this sentence is enough to express his meaning.

   “Golden thighs too, right?” Bill Walton murmured.

   (end of this chapter)