Under the double-team of David Robinson and Willie Anderson, Wang Tiejun broke out and knocked over Anderson.
Anderson was just a swingman. He was 201 centimeters tall but only weighed 86 kilograms. With such a tonnage, he was knocked up when he was close to him. He thought he had been in a car accident.
Wang Tiejun took the opportunity to turn around and slip to the bottom, and when Robinson retreated, he took a step and quickly turned his movement into a hit. "Bang!
Under the attack of the iron mountain as fierce as the waves, David Robinson fell to the ground again.
He is the smallest among the major super centers. If he encounters Wang Tiejun, who is larger and more powerful, he will have no ability to compete as long as he is hit.
Especially when Tieshan was in the bear step state, he could switch between moving and relying on attack at will. The suddenness was very strong, and he was caught off guard.
"Bang!"
He flew towards the basket and the American West Arena exploded again.
The Spurs called a timeout, and Anderson was injured and couldn't get up.
"Dennis, you let AC Green go and assist K in the low post. Others must make up defense in time and don't let Green get a big open space.
Spurs coach John Lucas had no way to restrain Wang Tiejun, a low-post beast, and could only resort to double-teaming.
He believed that with Dameng's main defense and Rodman's assisting defense, he should be able to restrain Old K.
Rodman's defense is good, which is one of the important reasons why the team traded him. In addition to rebounding, they also like his defense.
After Rodman heard the coach's words, he did not speak, but raised his hand to comb his short hair that was dyed green.
This is the first time he has dyed his hair. He is in a bad mood now. His wife cheated on his former teammate. He tried to commit suicide but did not dare to commit suicide. His mood has not recovered yet.
"Dennis, what are you doing?"
Three minutes later, John Lucas angrily yelled at Rodman and called a timeout.
He asked Rodman to double-team Old K, which was also one of the purposes of the team's trade, but Rodman seemed reluctant to double-team Wang Tiejun. Even if he had the chance, he would not pass by to watch the fun.
Therefore, while defending alone, David Robinson was knocked over by Wang Tiejun twice in a row, and received his second foul in the first quarter. He was extremely embarrassed. It could be said that he was eaten alive by the old K. He had no ability at all on the defensive end.
Looks like a super center.
This happened twice in just three minutes, which made him very annoyed.
David Robinson also had a problem with Rodman. He returned to the bench and ignored Rodman. Of course, Rodman ignored him.
"Dennis, you're already in the paint, why don't you go to the basket and double-team K?" John Lucas asked.
Rodman didn't even look at the coach, nor at David Robinson, who was staring at him. But this time he spoke, and out of his mouth came a sentence that could make Robinson angry to death:
"He is a super center. Doesn't he have the ability to deal with Old K? No, he must deal with Old K by himself. He is not a child. I will not get involved in this kind of thing. I am not his coolie.'
John Lucas's mouth opened wide. You are nothing if not a coolie. The purpose of trading you is to help David, not to let you make sarcastic remarks.
David Robinson almost vomited blood. Did he find an uncle for him?
Next, the helpless John Lucas had no choice but to change his defensive tactics again, adopting the method of killing the elephant with too many ants, allowing the outside to participate in double-teaming, and surrounded and suppressed Wang Tiejun in the low post.
"This is the role and value of a low-post monster. His low-post attack will greatly compress the opponent's defense and force the opponent to double-team the basket, thus creating open opportunities for outside teammates." John Hanks laughed.
Bill Walton nodded and said: "Yes, such a low-post monster can single-handedly force opponents to change their defensive tactics, which is something that outside players cannot do.
Of course, the outside players I am talking about do not include Michael Jordan. He even forced the league to introduce anti-isolation singles rules through his own abilities. He is an exception.
John Hanks smiled: "Bill, I agree with you. Except for Jordan, other outside players, even a outside superstar who averages 20 per game, cannot really change the opponent's defensive tactics, because the opponent only needs to find An outside superstar who can also average 20 points per game can solve his threat.
But behemoths like Old K and O'Neal can truly force their opponents to change their defensive tactics on their own.
In the end, 98:109, the Suns defeated the Spurs in this game.
Wang Tiejun made 10 of 16 shots, a shooting percentage of 62.5%, and 7 of 13 free throws. He scored 27 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists, 4 blocks, 2 turnovers, and 3 fouls.
Opponent David Robinson made 13 of 30 shots, a 43.3% shooting rate, and 4 of 4 free throws, still scored 30 points.
His shooting rate is not bad, because most of them are jump shots, and this shooting rate is even higher than his mid-range shooting rate. This is because Wang Tiejun's defensive strategy is to prevent breakthroughs but not shots, and he does not return to defense quickly enough. Gave him some open looks.
In addition to scoring, Robinson only got 8 rebounds and not a single offensive rebound. Today he was too far away from the basket.
Rodman was pretty good. He grabbed 25 rebounds in a single game, including 7 offensive rebounds. He made 0 of 1 shots. After missing the first ball, he stopped taking shots, so he didn't score a point. The statistics are very strange.
But in terms of total rebounds, the Suns were still better than the Spurs, grabbing a total of 46 rebounds while the Spurs only had 42.
"In four games, Old K averaged 41 minutes, 25.7 points, 12.5 points, 6.2 assists, 0.7 steals, 2.6 blocks, 2.1 turnovers and 3 fouls. Old K performed like a superstar. Of course, in the playoffs and finals, he has already It shows the strength of a top player, and his performance this season is not surprising." John Hanks said in the ABC live broadcast.
Bill Walton nodded and said: "Old K has obviously increased his support tasks this season. He received a total of 25 assists in the game and averaged 6.25 assists per game. His performance is more versatile than in his rookie season.'
John Hanks nodded and said: "He has to increase his support, because Barkley is gone, and other people's scoring tasks are heavier: but his style of play consumes too much physical energy, so it is not easy for him to increase his shots too much. And we can't let everyone just watch him take shots, so helping his teammates score is the best way.
The Suns now use traditional center tactics, and the club will be the first to look for him, plus the offense after grabbing rebounds, he has many opportunities to assist."
Bill Walton continued: "We also saw that today he did not enter the basket many times, making room for Ceballos to break through, so Ceballos scored 20 points.'
John Hanks said: "But I noticed one thing. Bill, Old K actually made 5 throws near the basket today and hit 3 of them."
"Yes, he has reduced the number of strong attacks at the basket, and the offensive efficiency at the basket has dropped a bit, but the physical consumption has been reduced, which is actually the right choice. This means that he has another offensive method that he is good at, and it is even harder to defend.
"Bill Walton laughed.
"On the defensive end, his performance was also pretty good. He forced David Robinson to shoot jumpers all the time, and his shooting percentage was 20 percentage points lower than him. This gap is too big." John Hanks laughed.
"His individual defense has always been good, and it is at a passing level. If he adopts the correct defensive strategy, plus luck, and the opponent's touch is not overwhelming, Mr. General's touch today is average and can only be regarded as passing. Then his defensive effect
It will be better." Bill Walton laughed.
At the scene, some media interviewed Rodman.
"Big Chong, I saw you had some kind of argument with coach Lucas on the bench. Can you tell me about it?" the reporter asked.
Rodman shrugged his shoulders and said nonchalantly: "Of course."
"That's great!" the reporter said excitedly.
Rodman said: "The thing is simple, he asked me to help guard K, but I don't think it was the right decision.
I'm the Spurs' best defensive player, but there won't be any head coach, and I'm talking about head coaches like Chuck Daly and Phinney Jackson, who won't ask their team's best defensive player to play in the first half.
I have to defend the opponent's strongest offensive player. Why? Because if I was asked to defend Old K, I would immediately get fouled constantly and I would not be able to last until the second half.
The most critical thing is the second half, so the best players are usually assigned to defend the opponent's best offensive players in the second half. Good head coaches will do this.
Yes, I refused his rude request.’
The reporter had a dull look on his face. "Dear insect, you are so awesome!"
"With four consecutive victories, the Suns have shown their sharpness. The almighty old K leads the team to the championship!"
"The Suns exploded, started with four consecutive wins, and are aiming for the championship!'
Many media were originally not optimistic about the Suns, but now they have turned their guns and started singing praises for the Suns. Wang Tiejun also received a lot of praise.
However, some media calmly analyzed the Suns and believed that it is still difficult for the Suns to defend their title.
Bill Walton, who had just commented on the Suns game, said in an interview with the media, "Old K's performance at the beginning of this season is really good, especially averaging 2.6 blocks per game, and his single defense ability has improved.
But we have to note that simple block data cannot fully reflect a player's defensive efficiency.
Old K's help defense is still not very good. He hardly participates in weak side help defense. His ability to protect the basket also needs to be improved. He cannot prevent the breakthrough of speedy outsiders. I think his defensive end will still be his weakness.
My advice to him is to make up for this weakness as soon as possible, then his strength will be sublimated, and being selected as an All-Star is not a dream.
Wang Tiejun saw Bill Walton's interview and agreed with his view of himself. His defense indeed needs to be improved.
However, among the five categories of defense, single defense, assist defense, blocks, steals, and rebounds, only rebounding can be improved through training and improvement through system training cards. The other four items cannot be improved and can only be improved through normal team training and games.
The speed is a bit slow.
Now that his athleticism has improved, his defensive ability actually has the potential to improve, but it still takes time.
And to be honest, he always attacks the strong and defends the weak. He focuses on attacking and neglecting defense from the bottom of his heart, and is unwilling to invest more energy on the defensive end. No matter how good his physical fitness is, due to the limitations of his playing style, his physical fitness is never enough, and he is unable to do anything on the offensive end.
You have to save a little. If you strengthen the defense, the offensive end will be even weaker.
This is also the reason why the team introduced Thorpe and Green, both of whom are pretty good defensively.
Having said that, although he has a good start to the new season, he is not the one who attracts the most attention from the media and fans. This refers to the fifth position, excluding players in other positions. Jordan's gorgeous outside stars are the ones.
The guy who really attracts attention. At the fifth position, the most popular player in the new season is Shaquille O'Neal.
This shark weighed 125 kilograms when it entered the league last year. It is said that the tonnage has exceeded 130 kilograms. Is this true? This is what some media said, and there is no official official information.
Anyway, O'Neal is now a lot fatter and bigger than last season.
In the first four games of the game, the shark averaged 33.5 points, 13.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists, 0.9 steals, 2.9 blocks, 2.7 turnovers and 3.5 fouls. If he had not only scored 19 points in the fourth game, his scoring average would be higher.
In his second season, he began to show absolute dominance at the basket.
The fourth super center, this is how most media currently evaluate him.
Although Wang Tiejun's assist data is much better than O'Neal's, his scoring is far behind, and his evaluation on the defensive end is far inferior to O'Neal's, so his current overall evaluation is also far inferior to O'Neal's.
But his evaluation is already on par with Mourning.
Mourning continued his excellent performance this season, with 21.5 points, 10 rebounds, 1.4 assists, 0.5 steals and 3.1 blocks. Especially his iron-blooded performance on the defensive end gave him a lot of extra points. Although he lagged behind Wang Tiejun in scoring and rebound assists, he also got
Fair reviews.
Of course, compared with Wang Tiejun, his bonus points are that he is a native American, and as an NCAA star player, he will naturally be liked by more American fans.
But the most talked-about person today was not O'Neal, him, or Jordan, but Rodman.
The news that Rodman refused to double team with David Robinson made Hua Da Chong become a hot topic in the media.
He was also surprised that Rodman didn't double-team him last night even though he was right next to him. He once thought that the big insect was sleepwalking, but now he knows that it turns out that the big insect is a person with a bottom line. This kind of person is better than an admiral.
He is worthy of respect. Next time you have a chance, hit him lightly.
After playing the Spurs, the Suns' next game is an away game. They will play Mosaic on the 13th and have two days of rest at home.
This game received a lot of attention from the media. The league also arranged a live broadcast across the United States, and CCTV also chose to broadcast the game live. With two days left in the game, many media began to hype the game.
Mosaic also played four games, and also won all four games, full of momentum. This was still the running-in period between Barkley and Dameng, and their strength was not fully utilized.
Most of the media's predictions of the outcome of this game are biased towards the mosaic of the two superstars.
At noon on the 11th, his cousin Liu Changfeng prepared lunch according to his request. He could only barely eat it, which was much worse than Zhang Lili's original cooking skills. He didn't care, as long as he could eat it.
Now that the conditions are so good, I think back when the family's conditions were difficult, if he wanted to eat a meal of meat, his two sisters and his parents would have to tighten their belts to save some rations and give him a meal in exchange.
"Brother Changfeng, can you take the driver's license test? You can drive that pickup truck, so just use it to practice. When Brother Zhang is free, ask him to take you with him," he said.
"Hey, okay."
Liu Changfeng was startled and nodded quickly.
At this time, Colangelo was still preparing to adjust the lineup. He had never been satisfied with Ceballos, even though Ceballos performed well this season and averaged 18.8 points per game in the first few games.
The reason is that Ceballos does not have long-range shooting ability, and breakthrough is his strength. Therefore, he must rely on Old K to give up the space under the basket to give him room to play, thus limiting Old K's performance.
Head coaches Paul and Westphal are not satisfied either. They limited Ceballos' shots last season. This season, they have no choice but to limit K's offense at the basket, activate Ceballos' breakthroughs, and increase the team's
offensive firepower.
When a team has a giant under the basket, it is not good news for players who mainly focus on outside breakthroughs. Unless this player has breakthrough jumpers in addition to breakthrough layups, otherwise he will be directly eliminated.
waste.
As for Ceballos, his breakthrough and pull-up jump shooting ability is average. This is the main reason why he is not taken seriously by the Suns. After Ceballos's contract ended last time, he was given a contract with an annual salary of 200, but
It's only one year. This is Ceballos's second contract with the Suns. If he doesn't trade him this season and doesn't give him a contract next year, he will be released directly.
Now the team has a person who can replace him, and that is Robert Horry.
Horry is currently the first substitute at position 3 and the second substitute at position 4. He wants to make Horry the starter at position 3. Horry was the Mosaics' starting small forward last season.
He knew that this young man was practicing three-point shooting, which was an ability the team needed, but Ceballos did not have the talent for long-range shooting.
At three o'clock in the afternoon on the 12th, the Suns arrived in Houston.
Barkley treated himself to a Turkish barbecue restaurant and invited his old teammates from last season to have a gathering.
He also deliberately wore the championship ring he had only received a few days ago.
"This meat is delicious!'
Before entering the barbecue restaurant, Wang Tiejun and others smelled the aroma of barbecue and their mouths watered.
"Is this beef or pork?" Kevin Johnson asked.
He doesn't want to eat pork. The media said that his condition will decline a lot this season, so he is not convinced and has not rested during the offseason. Now he has to control his diet.
"It should be beef, or mutton and chicken. Turks seem to be idiots and don't eat pork." Lao Wang said. At this time, Buckley walked out and shouted: "Hey, brothers,
Long time no see, are you okay?" "Charles, did that old gangster Dameng bully you? Tell me and I will beat him up for you." Lao Wang shouted.