Chapter 499 Unstoppable!(1/2)
11:15, Knicks attack.
"Bang!"
Just now, Kobe looked at him with his nostrils, so Jordan wanted to throw another three-pointer, but the ball hit the basket due to Kobe's hard defense.
Lao Wang protected the backcourt rebound and the Lakers attacked.
"O'Neal has now successfully lost weight and his physical fitness should be stronger, but he seems unwilling to invest more energy in fighting for offensive rebounds." Su Qun said.
"If O'Neal's physical fitness is strong enough to put in a lot of energy and fight for offensive rebounds, then he will be really scary and can really compete with the Tiejun." Zhang Lili said seriously.
At this time, Lao Wang came to the low post on the left wing and started to get the ball.
Kobe held the ball to the top of the arc, saw Wang asking for the ball, and quickly passed it to Mullin on the left three-point line.
After Mullin's transfer, the ball flew towards Lao Wang.
Before Mullin could pass the ball, Oakley on the weak side had already entered the paint area. As soon as the ball was released, he immediately accelerated towards the low post on the left wing. The direction was to block the bottom line and prevent Lao Wang from slipping. In two steps, he would
Complete weak side double teaming.
Similarly, Jordan, who was guarding Kobe Bryant from a high position, immediately moved downwards, intending to block the direction of Wang's upward turn and rush into the paint area, and perform a three-and-one.
It's not that he doesn't implement Phil Jackson's defensive tactics, but it emphasizes flank double-teaming. Now he is at the free throw line, very close to Old K. As long as Old K turns upward, he can complete the double-team in one step, so
A double-team was decisively implemented.
"Crack!"
Lao Wang's left elbow was stuck against O'Neal. As soon as he received the ball with his right hand, Jordan rushed to his side and hit his ball with his big hand.
His right hand moved backwards to avoid Jordan's action of stealing the ball. At this time, Oakley arrived behind him and he was already trapped in a three-man double-team.
Facing upward, his front, rear, and left sides were all blocked, leaving only the space on his right side.
"Be careful!" Su Qun shouted urgently.
"Quickly pass!" Zhang Lili shouted urgently.
"What a fast double-teaming speed!" Luo Lin exclaimed in the ESPN live broadcast booth.
On the field, at this moment, Wang Tiejun suddenly made a retreat, retreated to the right, and escaped from the three-man double-team.
This step back not only allowed him to get rid of the three-man double team, but also changed his face from upward to facing the basket. It also made him further away from the basket, more than four meters.
The next moment, the step started, and while dribbling, there was a "squeak" under his feet, and like a steel gun, he hit the paint area along the baseline.
At the same time, he also made a blocking movement, with his right elbow pointing outside to prevent Oakley from destroying his breakthrough with the ball.
Oakley wanted to take a step down, but was half a beat too late. Wang Tiejun's stride was so fierce and fast that when he wanted to move, he was already at his side. Old K's right elbow just brushed him, and he was gone.
He staggered and was almost knocked over.
"Come in!" Su Qun opened his eyes and shouted excitedly.
"Bang!"
The next moment, Wang Tiejun jumped up and dunked hard with one hand. The Knicks basket was exploded and the huge basket was shaken.
"yeah!"
The Great Western Forum Arena was like an erupting volcano, with cheers soaring into the sky and thousands of people jumping for joy.
“KKKKKKK…”
The on-site commentator kept shouting excitedly and roared: "This is Old K, our King of the Lakers. He is unstoppable, unstoppable! He will definitely lead us back to the top!"
"Tell me, can they stop me? Can they stop me?"
On the field, Lao Wang was so excited that he succeeded that he fell to the ground, turned around and roared towards the media box behind the baseline and the fans.
"Can't stop it! Can't stop it! Can't stop it..."
The fans on this side immediately shouted in unison, and then the whole stadium sounded a unified shout.
"ah!"
A group of cheerleaders behind the baseline screamed with excitement. Their hormones were bursting and they wanted to go up and knock down Lao Wang.
"Kachakacha..."
In the media gallery, dozens of reporters clicked their shutters excitedly, with only one target in mind: Wang Tiejun.
"Why can old K become so powerful?"
O'Neal's heart was filled with disappointment and shock. Three people double-teamed him, forcing Old K to retreat outwards. He still couldn't stop Old K's attack, and it wasn't a jump shot, but a direct attack on the basket. The blow to him was too much.
It was so intense that his morale was rapidly collapsing.
"..."
Jordan stared at Lao Wang, the shock in his heart was beyond words. He never expected that Lao K would become so strong in just one offseason.
An invincible behemoth who can play in the low post unexpectedly has powerful face-to-basket skills. The current old K is not a combination of Dameng and O'Neal, but a combination of these two and David Robinson.
He is invincible with his back and unstoppable with his face facing the basket. How can he defeat this beast?
Before he knew it, the psychological shadow on Old K had become bigger and stronger.
But Jordan is Jordan after all, the person with the strongest will in the league. After a brief period of weakness, his infinite fighting spirit rekindled, and he shouted to O'Neal and other teammates on the court: "Cheer up, everyone, this is
A battle, a battle we cannot lose, if we beat him, we will be the champions."
Astonishingly, he has regarded this game as the future finals. If he cannot beat the Lakers in the regular season, how will he beat the Lakers in the finals in the future?
"Championship?"
O'Neal's scalp went numb, thinking that Old K already had three championships in hand and he still had nothing to gain, and he felt huge unwillingness and anger in his heart. With Jordan's encouragement, his morale began to return.
At this time, the Knicks served and then called a timeout. Phil Jackson needed to interrupt the Lakers' momentum and restore the morale of his players.
"This Knicks is indeed Jordan's team, and his leadership skills are saving his team at critical moments. It is not easy for Old K to win this game."
On the sidelines, Lakers legend and current Clippers general manager Elgin Baylor, who was watching the game, said to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar next to him.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said solemnly: "You are right, Elgin, our offensive and defensive system has not been established yet. Richmond's performance is a bit struggling. The only internal and external dual-core is the old K. This allows the Knicks to arbitrarily package
Clamp old K.
And the tacit cooperation between O'Neal and Jordan, coupled with the role of the triangle tactic, makes it difficult for us to double-team either of them."
Baylor said: "Now we only need to see whether Old K's single defense ability can really suppress O'Neal's offense. I don't think O'Neal can guard Old K, so if Old K can suppress O'Neal's offense, the Lakers will beat the Knicks."
hope."
"He can do it," Jabbar said.
On the Knicks bench, Jordan said seriously to O'Neal next to him: "Shaq, for your dignity and your professional achievements, give everything you have to fight with Old K.
If you can't defeat him, you are not even qualified to be his stepping stone. You will be just a foil to his era of giant beasts, a wave that disappears in an instant and no one cares about.
Remember, if you don’t work hard, you will be just a foil for him. The era of giant beasts will belong to him alone. Without you, you will be nothing but a sidekick."
This sentence is not to scare O'Neal, because it is him who became the stepping stone. Old K has stepped on him to win three championships and became the first active player.
"Hang on?"
O'Neal was sweating profusely, panting like an ox, eyes wide open, staring fixedly at a certain point on the floor in front of him.
He absolutely cannot accept the result that he is just a foil in the era of giant beasts, because he has always been proud of being a part of the era of giant beasts. He is one of the two giant beasts, and this era also belongs to him, not Old K alone.
of.
But now Jordan's words make him realize that he is just a sidekick in this era of behemoths.
Reluctance and anger arose in my heart, growing stronger and stronger. With the violent rise and fall of my chest, I could no longer suppress it.
"I won't let him do it. This is my era too. He can't take away what belongs to me." In grief and anger, he suddenly twisted and screamed at Jordan.
"That's exactly what I hope." Jordan gritted his teeth and said.
"Fight!"
When the timeout ended, Jordan suddenly stood up, threw down the towel in his hand, and shouted at all his teammates.
Phil Jackson laughed. Michael Jordan's willpower and leadership have never let him down. This game has just begun.
He lost three times with the Bulls, but with the Knicks, he believes he won't lose.
"The momentum is very strong!"
Next door, Lao Wang turned his head and stared at Knicks.
The game was indeed as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Kim Baylor said. Even though Wang Tiejun was unstoppable, he still couldn't fight one against five, and the Lakers still gradually fell into a tough battle.
Jordan and O'Neal were on the same wing, attracting each other's defense, preventing the Lakers from double-teaming on the wings, and they gained a lot of singles opportunities.
Neither Richmond, nor Kobe, nor Rick Fox could guard against Jordan's singles.
At the same time, Jordan also spared no effort in physical strength. On the defensive end, with his strong one-on-one defense ability, he prevented Richmond and Kobe from becoming two blacksmiths.
In the low post, O'Neal also exploded with all his strength on both offense and defense. With one hundred percent strength, he exploded with one hundred and twenty strength.
Although he couldn't guard against Lao Wang's offense, Lao Wang had to do his best every time he attacked, which consumed a huge amount of physical energy. Coupled with the Knicks' full double-teaming, his offensive efficiency was suppressed.
To be continued...