Hornacek moved without the ball. After receiving the ball, he shot from the right center. Dan Marley blocked the ball in his face. The ball deflected a little, hit the basket and hit the board, and bounced out.
Wang Tiejun stood firmly under the basket and protected the backcourt rebound. Dan Malley quickly came down and received a long pass from the former and then completed a dunk.
4:0, the Suns lead.
Head coach Paul Westphal nodded. He was very satisfied with Wang Tiejun's backcourt rebounding and ability to initiate fast breaks, and his passing and receiving skills were also good.
Playing against the Magic, Wang Tiejun had 8 rebounds, including 7 backcourt rebounds.
But he also knows that Wang Tiejun is limited by his mobility, and the area for rebounding is not large. The most secure area is the basket. As long as he stays in position, no one can squeeze him. The entire paint area is okay, and the paint is out.
District, it won’t work.
Philadelphia offense.
Andrew Long pulled out of the paint and to the left wing.
His playing style is too soft, his offensive position is outside, and he has a bit of a mid-range shot. As a center, he has only made 1.6 free throws in his career, which shows how resistant he is to confrontation.
Wang Tiejun followed the defense, took two steps, and stayed on the left line of the paint area.
However, Philadelphia's offense was not handed over to Andrew Long. Point guard Jose Hawkins broke through and made a jump shot. Under Kevin Johnson's defense, he still failed to hit the shot.
Wang Tiejun returned to the basket in time, but the rebound was taken by the faster Barkley.
Solar attack, positional warfare.
Andrew Long did not engage in confrontation at all this time and just went forward. Wang Tiejun was not polite and went directly to the basket, struggled to push the former away from the basket, and then asked for the ball from the top of the key.
Kevin Johnson also showed some respect and lobbed the ball in again.
He jumped slightly and grabbed the ball with one hand. At this time, Andrew Long had turned around and stood between him and the basket.
But he didn't hesitate, he hit high, jumped with all his strength, and dunked hard with both hands.
Since joining the Suns, the team's trainer has been strict with him. After catching the ball under the basket, he must not put the ball down and try not to dribble. He began to develop this habit.
"Bang!"
Amidst the violent slamming of the basket, Andrew Long fell down after being dunked, and the Philadelphia basket was sunk by more than a foot, as if it was about to collapse.
"Beep!"
Amid the exclamations of the fans, the referee's whistle sounded, pointing at Andrew Long and making a foul gesture as a thug.
"Old K, well done!"
The excited Barkley ran up and did a chest-bumping celebration with Wang Tiejun.
"Oh...oh..."
Pulled by his teammates, Andrew Lang gasped and climbed up, and immediately walked away from Wang Tiejun. He thought he was fighting a giant beast. As a person who doesn't like confrontation, he felt it was too dangerous.
In the live commentary box, this brutal dunk made Roma and Venus look at each other.
After being stunned for a long time, Roma explained: "The Chinese coolie completed a dunk with no technical content. Yes, a fool can do it like him under the basket..."
Having said this, he glanced at Venus, hoping that his partner would continue what he said. The latter also hesitated and said, "I bet that he will miss the extra penalty."
"Whoa!"
The water splashes.
Wang Tiejun laughed excitedly and actually made a free throw. This made him happier than completing a dunk.
"Well, that's luck."
As soon as he finished speaking, he was slapped in the face, and the commentator Venus said a little awkwardly.
"Kevin, strengthen the offense under the basket."
On the sidelines, head coach Paul Westphal shouted excitedly to guard Johnson.
"OK." Kevin Johnson nodded.
Looking back, Jeff Hornacek made a three-pointer and hit a goal. 7:3, Philadelphia was still 4 points behind.
When the Suns attacked, Barkley was faster and entered the paint area first.
Wang Tiejun wandered in the low post on the left wing and did not enter the basket immediately. This not only avoided wasting offensive time in the three-second zone, but also avoided squeezing Barkley's space for movement.
At this time, Kevin Johnson reached the top of the key with the ball and made a gesture of pulling away.
In addition to stretching the outside line, Barkley also immediately pulled to the right wing, taking away the opponent's power forward Tim Perry.
At the same time, Wang Tiejun immediately followed the tactical requirements and entered the basket.
"Andrew, hold on to that rookie, don't let him in."
At this time, Fred Carter, the rookie head coach of the Philadelphia Digital Team, waved his fist and shouted loudly on the sidelines.
Andrew Long, who didn't like confrontation, could only adopt top defense and gave up the defensive method of going around.
One meter into the paint area and one step away from the basket, Wang Tiejun immediately turned around, leaned his back against the defender, and opened his hand to ask for the ball at the top of the key.
Kevin Johnson passed the ball down, and after he caught the ball with his right hand, there was probably less than one second and a half left in the attack time.
If it were O'Neal, so close to the basket, a quick shark would turn around and directly dunk or throw a hook shot to end the offense.
If it's a big dream, it's very simple for him to shake the defender with his dream footwork and then have a hundred ways to put the ball into the basket.
If it were other super centers, they would all have their own methods.
But his finishing ability near the basket is too poor, so there is only one way to continue to play with his back, continue to push horizontally to the basket, and then dunk to end the offense.
With a three-second limit on attacking, he only had one chance to rely on the ball.
At this moment, he exploded with all his strength.
"Bang!"
While dribbling, his feet suddenly stopped, his force rose from the ground, and his waist and abdominal core muscles twisted. The six forces suddenly merged into one, turning into a huge hitting force, using the left shoulder and back as the attack point, and hit the ball.
On top of Andrew Lang's chest.
"Well!"
Under the instant violent crushing, Andrew Lang's chest was crushed. The air in his chest was sharply compressed, and a scream was passively emitted from his throat.
And his body fell down in response, falling heavily to the floor.
At this time, the basketball bounced off the floor. Wang Tiejun grabbed it with his big hand, turned around, strode over Andrew Long's body, and then rose up.
"Bang!"
During the one-handed dunk, the entire basket trembled suddenly, as if it had been greatly frightened.
"oh!"
The whole audience screamed in surprise, and then fell into dead silence.
All Philadelphia fans' eyes were fixed on the giant beast hanging above the basket. The powerful sense of oppression came from that giant beast. The invisible pressure pressed on their hearts and made them breathless.
"Old K, one day, you will become our super center." On the court, Barkley excitedly rushed over and shouted.
"Rookie, you will still catch my pass, get ready." Kevin Johnson also shouted excitedly.
Wang Tiejun raised his chest and raised his head, "looking down" at Philadelphia's home court. A surge of confidence rose in his heart that could not be suppressed.
Playing against a center like Andrew Long is a completely different feeling than playing against O'Neal.
Against O'Neal, apart from containing O'Neal and consuming his physical energy, he had no advantage. He was defeated on both offense and defense.
Even though he reduced the opponent's efficiency and helped the team a lot, he actually felt a great sense of frustration inside.
This kind of frustration comes from O'Neal's crushing of his talent, and the difference in data is too big.
But against a blue-collar center like Andrew, he feels that he has the advantage in the low post. Even if his other skills are not good, just relying on one hand in the low post is enough to deal with such a blue-collar center.
This advantage immediately gave him the confidence to stand in the NBA.
At Wang Tiejun's feet, Andrew Lang was breathing painfully. He felt that his right chest had been collapsed, and there was a vague smell of blood in his breath.
With the help of teammate Tim Perry, he stood up and immediately made a substitution signal to the bench. He was dying.
"Shet!"
Head coach Fred Carter cursed angrily, called for a timeout, then turned and stared at the bench, wondering who to send on the field.
Of all the insiders on the digital team, from the main force to the substitutes, center Andrew Long has the largest tonnage. He can't even hold up that beast a few times. Who among the others can hold it up? And what he needs now is a man who can.
Carrying the human shield of that giant beast.
In the live commentary box, the two commentators swallowed dryly, but were speechless.
Rome was speechless for a long time before saying: "I have to admit, his back-up play is too brutal, really too cruel! No wonder No. 1 pick O'Neal can't withstand his back-up play."
"It seems that O'Neal immediately had a truce after fighting him. It must be that his body was exhausted too much!"
Venus nodded, and then added: "As far as I know, in the history of the league, for decades, there has never been a super center who has played with him in the back."
Rohm nodded and said: "Even the rookie No. 1 pick Shaquille O'Neal, who just debuted this season, does not have such a violent and brutal back.
But in fact, his back-up play only has great strength and low technical content."
"Yes, yes, no skills."
Venus quickly agreed, thought for a while and then said: "We need to trade a human shield to come in. All our insiders look too thin in front of him."
"Yes, I think so too." Rom nodded.
The digital team finally sent in Almon Gilliam, a substitute inside man, who can play in the fourth and fifth positions. He is 206 centimeters tall and has a tonnage of only 105 kilograms.
Gilliam is not a small person. He is nicknamed the Hammer. He was the second overall pick of the Suns in 1987. The same year as David Robinson and Pippen, he has explosive athletic ability. In his rookie season, he scored 158, scoring ability and rebounding.
He was both good and a star player, but he was seriously injured in his third season and only played 16 games. His performance and potential, as well as his player value, declined severely, so he was traded to the Hornets.
In the 1990/91 season, he was traded to Philadelphia again. Last season, he partnered with Barkley in the post and once again played 178 quasi-All-Star statistics as the main center. Unfortunately, due to injuries this season, he entered the substitute lineup. His playing time and performance
All at a huge discount.
In fact, if there were no injuries, he would definitely become an All-Star, but it is a pity that recurring injuries ruined him.
What was even more frightening was that in 2011, he died suddenly in an amateur match.
"Hey, Almon."
The timeout ended, the game started, Gilliam came on the court, and Barkley came over with a smile and extended his hand.