At the beginning of the second half, both teams started playing with their main players.
SuperSonics' main center Michael Cage came on the court, and Paul Westphal told point guard Johnson: "Kevin, Cage can't guard Old K, so we should hit him at that point."
"Okay, coach." Kevin Johnson nodded.
When the Suns attacked, Wang Tiejun took a low position on the left wing. Michael Cage did not move forward, but defended.
The defensive strategy given to him by head coach George Karl is to retreat and defend, and put Old K into the basket. When the time comes, the Rainmen will double-team, but when they put it in, they must try their best to withstand it and not let Old K get up.
Hurry up and buy time for Rainman's assistance.
The others pulled away and the ball was passed in. Wang Tiejun grabbed the ball with one hand and glanced sideways at Cage, who was half a step away from him.
"Baby, stay away from me, won't I be able to hit you? You're so naive, you're looking for death!"
A real iron mountain support, of course, requires a certain amount of space to exert force. When the support is completely close to the body, the force exerted is limited after all.
So now that Cage is guarding him like this, it actually gives him room to exert his strength.
"Bang!"
While leaning over to dribble, he took a small step inward and stood in the paint area, not very fast.
At the same time, Michael Cage, who was only a hundred centimeters tall, did not hold back and took half a step back, keeping the same distance from him.
"Bang!"
He dribbled the ball inward again, still at an unhurried pace, and Cage also stepped back according to the original rhythm.
But this time, as soon as his feet landed on the ground, the muscles of his lower limbs, including the toe muscles, were all experiencing high-frequency tremors.
The next moment, with a bang, he dribbled the ball again, and all the muscle groups in his lower limbs that were experiencing high-frequency tremors exploded instantly. The bear step accelerated instantly, and he caught up with Cage who was retreating.
This time, he completely broke the rhythm of the previous two times and started faster, making Cage unable to react.
"Bang!"
Amidst the sound of heavy muscle impact, Cage, who had not yet regained his balance, let out a cry of pain, and his body was knocked away again.
But this time, he was even thrown away, hit the floor, rolled his eyes, and fainted.
This is not a foul, because Cage has not yet completely stood in the defensive position, and Wang Tiejun's back hit did not involve any shoulder or elbow movements, so this is a normal collision and the whistle did not sound.
"oh!"
The moment Cage was knocked away, a huge exclamation erupted from the scene, like a tsunami.
"It's so scary to beat!"
During the ESPN live broadcast, Winston Rollin exclaimed.
The next moment, Wang Tiejun grabbed the ball in his hands, turned around, strode forward, and flew towards Rain Man who was returning to defend the basket.
When Yu Ren saw Cage being knocked away again, he was a little confused. He didn't grasp the rhythm well and hit Wang Tiejun's right forearm, and the whistle sounded.
"Bang!"
The next moment, the sound of exploding baskets sounded in his ears.
"This is a collision with the defender, he committed a foul!"
On the sidelines, SuperSonics coach George Karl roared excitedly toward the home court and the scorer's table.
"Damn it!"
Rain Man was angry, this was his third foul.
Fouls are also a major reason that limits his performance. He can't always control them.
"Michael?"
Sonics players gathered around Cage on the floor and shouted.
Someone on the other side was injured and fainted. Barkley and the others did not celebrate wildly. They only came over and high-fived Wang Tiejun.
Soon, Michael Cage was carried off. When he reached the sidelines, he was already conscious, but it was obvious that he could no longer fight and was sent directly to the hospital.
In fact, only Wang Tiejun knew that his iron mountain support was not fully activated at all. Otherwise, with Cage's small body and old bones, he might have broken a row of ribs.
The Sonics are in trouble because no one can match up with Wang Tiejun in the low post, and the height and tonnage are completely mismatched.
George Karl didn't want Rainman to defend Wang Tiejun. Although Rainman was extremely athletic and very strong, K's low-post back attack was too lethal. Rainman's tonnage was almost 20 kilograms lighter. He didn't want Rainman to get injured.
In desperation, he arranged the tactics of shrinking defense and assisting in double-teaming, asking the small forward to release the Suns' third position, and try to complete the double-team when Wang Tiejun received the ball.
In the ESPN live broadcast, Carter Oldman said: "Old K is really good at low post play. Super centers like Dameng are difficult to guard, forcing Robinson to use brown sugar defense. They can only defend in the
They scored more points on the offensive end, and it looked like they were beating Old K on the statistics, but in fact, they were beaten by Old K in 2010 consecutively, which was already a loss of face."
Winston Rollin laughed and said: "General teams cannot defend Old K alone and can only use double-teaming tactics. In the first few home games of the Suns, Old K encountered double teams and his performance was not good.
, there were a lot of mistakes and fouls.
Of course, in those home games, the Suns' tactical response was not good. They just sat and watched Old K being double-teamed, and others did not have enough supporting and running positions. But Old K probably wanted to prove himself and was good at distributing the ball.
not good."
At this time, the game restarted, Comrade Wang made a free throw, the SuperSonics attacked, and Payton missed a shot.
"Old K, pay attention to the ball." Paul Westphal reminded loudly.
"Whoosh!"
In the low post on the left wing, Wang Tiejun just stepped into the paint area and was double-teamed. He didn't want to take a free throw, so he could only choose to distribute the ball to Ceballos on the left wing three-point line.
Ceballos caught the ball and there was no defender within two steps of him. He took a calm look at the basket before shooting a three-pointer.
"Bang!"
The ball actually missed.
Five or six people were crowded together in the paint area, and everyone was pushing and squeezing each other. There was not enough room to move and take off. The importance of height and power tonnage under the basket was highlighted at this time.
Fortunately, the landing point was nearby. Lao Wang held a SuperSonics player with one hand and barely jumped a foot high.
The rain man next to him jumped higher, but he couldn't take off with all his strength. His wingspan and height were still a little different, so his height was about the same as Wang Tiejun's.
The two collided with each other in the air. Rainman was nearly the same size and was knocked apart at once.
"Crack!"
Lao Wang grabbed the rebound.
The moment he landed, he was surrounded by many enemies, one on the left, one on the right, and the Rain Man in front of him. He immediately squatted down and smashed the ball with both hands.
"here!"
"here!"
Buckley and several others were shouting.
But he was half-crouching, so there was no chance to observe Barkley's position. Even Barkley, who was also under the basket, couldn't see it because of the angle.
"Um!"
With a muffled sound in his throat, the iron mountain lever started.
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"
After three consecutive short attacks, two of the three defenders were knocked over. Rain Man also staggered back and almost fell down.
"..."
The home fans were stunned.
"Bang!"
With a two-handed dunk, the SuperSonics basket was sunk by more than a foot.
"Hoo ho ho..."
After falling to the ground, Comrade Lao Wang was panting heavily.
The physical energy consumption is too great. This kind of continuous exertion in a short period of time relies on beating, and the anaerobic burst is completely held in a breath-holding state. It is just like running a hundred meters. The blood sugar concentration in the body drops sharply, and the blood volume is consumed.
Big cut.
In the next period of time, he began to regain his health and had to rest for a minute or two.
He is helpless. This kind of offense is no different from playing a cannon and lying down for half a month. There are sequelae of the explosion, but O'Neal is stronger. With his explosive power, speed, and skills at the basket, he can eat the defender raw, and he is a tough eater.
Although his low post steps are combined with the bear step, his steps at the basket are not good enough. Next time he should combine them with a martial arts step.
Two minutes later, he felt that he had almost recovered his health and began to take a seat.
This time, he is no longer in the low post on the left wing, but directly goes to the basket.
No one in the SuperSonics can compete with him in terms of height and weight. Now he is facing forward Derek McKay, who is 206 centimeters tall and weighs only 93 kilograms. Standing in front of him is like a bean sprout.
"Pay attention to the defense!"
As soon as George Karl saw Wang Tiejun enter the basket, he immediately clenched his fists and shouted.
His style is like this, he is very passionate and often yells loudly from the sidelines, so he has a nickname, Crazy Carl.
Rainman quickly dropped Barkley and ran towards the basket, but he had already been brought to the right wing by Barkley's spacing tactics. If he was not under the basket, how could he still have time?
When Kevin Johnson saw Wang Tiejun running towards the paint area, he directly lobbed the ball in.
"Bang!"
After an alley-oop dunk, the SuperSonics basket was blown up.
Looking back, Rainman wanted to retaliate. After pulling to the right wing, he tried to bypass Barkley and enter the paint area, but was blocked and had no chance.
At this time, Ricky Pierce made a three-pointer and hit a goal.
"Rain Man, change defense!"
George Karl shouted.
The Sun attacked, Wang Tiejun came to the low position on the left wing, and Rainman stood beside him.
"Can you guard against me?"
Lao Wang spat out a trash talk, and then when Rainman opened his mouth to spat back, he suddenly started up and jumped into the paint area with a quick step.
But he was still half a beat slower due to Rainman's movement speed, the defender's speed, and his weight of just over 100 kilograms, and still blocked him and failed to get into the basket.
However, he reacted and blocked Rain Man behind him, asking for the ball with his back to the basket.
It's just that Payton guarded Kevin Johnson and the ball failed to come in, so he had to withdraw from the paint area again.
Barkley found a chance, but failed to make a shot. Rainman grabbed the rebound and the SuperSonics attacked.
Rainman came to the right wing and defeated Wang Tiejun alone.
He faced the basket again and wanted to use a cross step to change direction and break through.
But this time, Lao Wang was prepared and reacted faster. After taking a step back, he turned around, followed Rain Man as he entered the paint area with the ball, and then used his body to push Rain Man away.
His tonnage and strength are greater than Barkley's, and he has a height advantage. Rainman cannot compete with him at all. He loses his center of gravity as soon as he touches it. He is in the rhythm of a three-step layup. After three steps, the ball is still in his hand.
If he doesn't get up, he will jump and take action.
"Beep!"
The referee blew the whistle, there was a walking violation, and the ball was exchanged.
"Old K, your defense is good." Buckley shouted with a smile.
"That's right, my defense has improved a lot recently." Lao Wang immediately boasted to himself.
In the following time, Rainman was restrained by Wang Tiejun, and the Suns' offense was biased towards Barkley and the outside.
On the defensive end, Comrade Lao Wang can't guard Rainman in most cases. Fortunately, the SuperSonics' offense is very balanced and Rainman doesn't take many shots.
At the last minute and thirty seconds of the final quarter, 94:93, the Suns led by 1 point away from home, and the SuperSonics attacked.
The Suns took a timeout and arranged defensive and offensive tactics.
The last attack was given to Barkley, and the last offensive tactic was formulated for him, with the cooperation of others.
The timeout ends and the game restarts.
Supersonic movement, continuous movement interspersed, including Rainman's two inside players are running.
This gave the Suns a headache, because now they were playing man-to-man defense. How could Comrade Wang keep up with Rain Man? He was thrown away.
Rainman got an open opportunity on the right wing, the ball came into his hands, and he made a mid-range shot.
94:95, the Suns attack, there are 12 seconds left in the attack time.
According to the tactical requirements of the arrangement, Wang Tiejun prepared to take a strong position in the low post on the left wing to attract the defensive attention and create opportunities for Barkley on the right wing.
However, this time, Rainman actually ran to Barkley's side, and Derek McKay came to Lao Wang's side. At the critical moment, the SuperSonics decided that Barkley would make the final attack.
Seeing this, Lao Wang took the initiative and immediately pushed away Derek McKay, rushed toward the basket and reached for the ball at the top of the key.
At the top of the arc, Kevin Johnson saw this situation, pushed his hands forward, and then retracted them.
Payton, who was paying full attention, was fooled and was shaken.
The next moment, Johnson pushed forward again and the ball flew from Payton's head to the basket.
At the critical moment, he ignored the coach's tactical arrangement and gave the ball to Wang Tiejun, who was in a better position.
The first reason for doing this is that Paul Westphal's status in the Suns is not very high, because he is a rookie and has not yet established prestige.
Then, although Barkley is a superstar, he has just arrived with the Suns. Kevin Johnson himself is also an All-Star star and one of the team leaders. His status in the team is not lower than Barkley's.
Finally, Kevin Johnson also has a very good relationship with Wang Tiejun. Wang Tiejun helped him reset his shoulder, which to some extent helped him a lot in his later career. He owed Lao Wang a favor.
Lao Wang took one step away from the basket and caught the ball. Derek McKay directly wrapped himself around him and wrapped his arms around his waist.
At this time, there is almost certainly no whistle. Unless the opponent is punched directly, ordinary foul actions will be ignored, so the referees also ignored McKay's action and let the players decide the final victory or defeat.
Lao Wang was dragging McKay with him, and at this moment the Rainman and SuperSonics substitute small forward Eddie Johnson also rushed to his side, forming a three-team.
"drink!"
He took a short breath, then held it in. With a muffled groan, he shook his whole body violently. Derek McKay on his body was suddenly thrown away like a severed tail, but his hands were still tight.
Grabbing his jersey.
"Stab it!"
His jersey was torn.
"Bang!"
In the next moment, he gained a little space, and with the first hit, he directly knocked over Derek McKay.
"Crack!"
Rainman slapped Lao Wang hard on the hand.
But his hands completely smashed the severely deformed basketball, and the ball did not fall.
Just as Rain Man was about to hit him a second time, Lao Wang's second hit came, hitting him with his chest.
"Well!"
Yuren groaned and sat down under the basket.
At this time, SuperSonics small forward Eddie Johnson, like Derek McKay just now, hugged Lao Wang's waist from behind.
"No time!"
Wang Tiejun groaned, stepped forward with his feet, stepped in front of Rain Man, and then took off with all his strength.
At this moment, every cell in his body was exploding desperately. In an anaerobic state, a large amount of glycogen was decomposed instantly.
The next moment, he stood up from the ground with a small forward weighing 98 kilograms on his back.
"Shet!"
Rain Man was so frightened that he rolled aside for fear of being trampled to death.
"Bang!"
With the violent sound of the basket being smashed, the huge basket suddenly sank and collapsed.
"Damn it!"
After one roll, he found that the basket frame had collapsed. Rainman hurriedly rolled and climbed, then rolled forward again and finally left the range of the basket frame.
"oh!"
Countless fans stood up and looked at the collapsed basket with expressions of disbelief on their faces.
"oh!"
Likewise, countless fans across the United States widened their eyes when they saw this scene.
"Oh oh oh, behemoth! Behemoth! This is a real behemoth! This is the latest basket adopted by the league, and it was just replaced at the SuperSonics home court, but now it collapsed and was conquered at the last second.
Caesar collapsed..."
In the ESPN live broadcast booth, Winston Rollin stood up from his chair and looked the same as other fans, with a face full of surprise.
"With the tonnage of Old K and the force of smashing the basket, plus the weight of a defender, it is expected that the basket frame will collapse."
Carter Oldman seemed to have expected it. He was not as surprised as his partner. He smiled and said:
"This is the second time that Old K has smashed the basket frame. He is telling the league in his best way, no matter what if you change the basket frame, I can still knock it over.
Haha, yes, he once again made everyone remember him, and his attention in the United States is increasing rapidly."
"So is this goal a buzzer beater?" Rollin asked.
"There should be a few tenths of a second left, so it's a near-final victory. However, now that the basket has fallen, do you want to continue?" Oldman didn't know what the referee would do. It seemed like this was the first time this happened.
"Hoo ho ho..."
Standing under the collapsed basket, surrounded by teammates who rushed up to yell at him, Lao Wang was panting with his hands on his knees, and there was a small pool of sweat on the floor.
He looked down at the basket connected to the basket frame at his feet, and cursed in his mind: "Damn it, it can't be broken like this. It seems that I really won't be able to get the basket in the future."
"Damn it, even after fighting Julia for 3,000 rounds, I haven't breathed like this. Have you been weak recently? I need to ask dad to make a prescription to replenish it!"
While panting, he thought wildly.
With 0.6 seconds left, the referee quickly decided, because the Sonics had no timeout, to take away the basket frame first and not replace it, then serve the ball from the baseline to complete the final attack.
Seattle got Rain Man to serve, Ricky Pierce caught the ball in the backcourt, and then hit a long shot over Dan Mulley's head.
Dan Malley took off with all his strength to block the shot. Pierce raised his hand and the ball went through a high arc and landed in the paint.
At the end of the game, although they lost, the fans in the audience seemed to be in a good mood. They felt that tonight's game was very enjoyable and worthy of their tickets.
Wang Tiejun played 34 minutes and made 9 of 11 shots, which was extremely efficient. In addition, he made 3 of 6 free throws and scored 21 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block, 1 turnover and 3 fouls.
He attacked a lot at the basket and scored several goals with several players on his back. Although he only played 34 minutes, he consumed a lot of physical energy.
But those few strong hits were instant bursts. Overall, because his confrontation tonight was not fierce and no one in the Sonics could really compete with him, the overall physical energy consumption was not very large.
After the game, I sat on the bench for two minutes and recovered.
