Chapter 296 This is more exciting than jumping off a building
86:80, Bulls attack.
With Kukoc out of the game, the Bulls' ability to draw inside has been reduced by half. Perdo is a standard role player, with a little mid-range shooting, but basically a creature that can't live without the basket.
Kerry hasn't come up yet. Luke Longley, like Perdo, can't live without the paint area and will die if he leaves. So now the Bulls have no way to play inside and open up the tactics. The two big human shields gather in the penalty area to fight Wang Tiejun.
Hand-to-hand combat.
Naturally, the penalty area is crowded and there are no openings at all, so the outside line cannot penetrate, and the Bulls can only shoot from the outside.
"Bang!"
Most of Jordan's previous attempts were breakthroughs, but now he can't break through and misses a shot from the outside.
Wang Tiejun struggled to use his back to hold up Luke Longley outside, and his right elbow got stuck, pushing against Perdo on the top side. Green took the opportunity to grab the backcourt rebound.
"Quick attack!"
Su Qun shouted loudly.
When they saw the basketball hit the basket, the Suns' three perimeter players were ready to counterattack, but unfortunately, the Bulls' two big human shields blocked Green's quick pass under the basket, and the Suns' quick counterattack failed.
When Kevin Johnson came back to take the ball and was about to advance, Jordan immediately jumped in front of him and began to defend tightly. The defensive intensity far exceeded the previous two quarters, and was even stronger than the first quarter.
Jordan knew that the Lightning was difficult to deal with, and his defensive effect was not good in the first quarter. But now in the final quarter, he must spare no effort in physical fitness, increase his defensive intensity again, and force his opponent to make mistakes.
Drexler and Wes Riperson responded immediately, but Pippen and BJ also increased their defensive intensity, and Kevin Johnson couldn't find a chance to pass the ball for a while.
In this way, the two sides started a battle in the Suns' backcourt.
"The Bulls are starting to press the whole court!" Albert roared excitedly.
"Yes, now is the time for a decisive battle. Every possession is very important. It is very likely that the final victory or defeat will be determined by a certain possession now." Kevin Harlan laughed.
"here."
When Wang Tiejun ran under the center line, he saw some difficulty in advancing from the backcourt, so he quickly stopped and shouted.
"Crack!"
Kevin Johnson quickly passed the ball, but at this moment, Jordan quickly stepped in, intercepted the ball, then quickly turned around and rushed to the basket with the ball.
"Damn it!" Lightning was furious, turned around and chased after him.
When the offense and defense transitioned, everyone else on both sides also turned around and rushed into the Bulls' basket.
"Bang!"
Jordan carried Kevin Johnson to the basket, shook the latter with a fake move, then got up a second time, scored a goal, and also caused a foul on the Lightning's thug.
"Lingning is a little bit rude. Just let him hit the ball and return it. There is no need for a foul. It will give you an extra point." Zhang Liji shook his head.
"It's urgent, the lightning is urgent." Su Qun said.
"Jordan, Mutombo bet you that you can't make a free throw with your eyes closed. Now do you have the guts to try?" Standing behind the sideline of the paint area, Lao Wang suddenly said.
"Damn it, do you think I'm an idiot?" Jordan cursed.
It was the finals now, it was the finals, and he was not in the mood to take free throws with his eyes closed. If he missed the free throw, he might lose this point in the end.
"No idea." Lao Wang said.
"snort!"
Jordan snorted coldly, "If you don't have the guts, you don't have the guts. If you have the guts, you can just take the penalty with your eyes closed later. I guarantee you will have a lot of free throw opportunities later."
"brush!"
After making an extra free throw, Jordan scored two plus one, 86:83, and the Bulls were still three points behind.
Suns offense.
The Bulls once again implemented a full-court press. They did not exert force in the second and third quarters and waited for the final quarter to exert force. They have the physical reserves.
However, this time the Suns were prepared and did not let the Bulls succeed. Through quick ball transfer, Parson finally pushed the ball into the frontcourt, and then Kevin Johnson came over to pick and roll and took over the ball again.
The Bulls' two major insiders really can't come out of the penalty area this time. There is a three-second limit on the offensive end, but not on the defensive end. They can stay in there until the end of the game.
AC Green pulled to the right blocking area, and Perdo only followed to the right sideline of the paint area and did not go out. He took two steps. You want to pass or not, and you like to shoot or not.
Here Luke Langley is also standing on the left sideline of the paint area, blocking Wang Tiejun's way to the basket like a mountain of meat.
At this time, Kevin Johnson avoided Jordan's blockade and passed the ball in, not to Green.
At this critical moment, he only trusted Wang Tiejun.
After Wang Tiejun caught the ball, the next moment he made a bold move with his feet. When his left foot approached Luke Longley, he paused with both feet. The six forces merged into one, and the ferocious Tieshan attack began.
"Bang!"
With a muffled grunt, the 132-kg Luke Longley was knocked backwards, his feet loosened, and he stepped back a little.
He quickly stabilized his center of gravity, opened his mouth, took a quick breath, and then held it in tightly, when the second blow came.
"Bang!"
Extremely violent power burst out instantly, and the invisible power spread from the outside to the inside, and then from the inside to the outside. Luke Langley felt that his eyeballs were about to explode.
After taking two steps, he fell down with a bang.
"call!"
The next moment, a giant beast flew over him.
On the right side of the basket, Perdo is running towards the basket.
He has suffered heavy losses from Wang Tiejun many times before, but his value is here. He can only bite the bullet and push for it. If he doesn't push for it at the critical moment, he will have no value in the Bulls. Those who have no value are only qualified to be abandoned.
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Wang Tiejun stepped up from Luke Longley and flew towards Perdo under the basket.
He held the ball high with one hand in his right hand, and when his body reached the highest point, he dived downwards. At the same time, he slashed downwards with his right arm, like a giant axe.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Beep!"
As the referee blew the whistle, Perdo was knocked over in the air, and the Bulls' basket was blown over again.
The huge United Center, countless Bulls fans, followed by an exclamation, and then fell into silence. Now there are only the cheers of a few away fans, the cheers of the Suns bench, and those on the sidelines.
Star cheers.
"yeah!"
Kevin Johnson and others excitedly rushed to the basket.
"yeah!"
On the Suns bench, hundreds of away fans, in Phoenix, and across the Pacific, countless people cheered at this moment.
Wang Tiejun stood under the basket, raising his right fist high, surrounded by Lightning and others who were cheering.
On his forehead, Perdo had just given him an elbow, which made him cry, but it did not damage his ferocity and violence at this moment.
"Kacha kacha..."
After the bottom line, all media cameras were flashing crazily.
At the TNT commentary booth, Albert praised: "I want to say that the old K just now is a combination of Rainman Kemp and Shaquille O'Neal, full of violence and terror."
Kevin Harlan said excitedly: "Yes, he is not afraid of any confrontation. Anyone who tries to resist him will fall at his feet."
In the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Liyi praised a few words and then calmly analyzed: "The Bulls are ridiculously strong on the outside, and the Suns are terrible on the inside. When these two teams meet, there is no direct connection between each other's strengths.
Collisions are all about the strongest crushing. Use your strong points to crush the opponent's weaknesses. It's really hard to predict who will win in the end and who will lose unless you fight until the last minute."
Su Qun said excitedly: "I believe the final winner must be Lao K and the Suns."
"I hope so too." Zhang Liji nodded and said with a smile.
88:83, the Suns lead by 5 points.
"Bang!"
Wang missed the extra free throw, Perdo grabbed the backcourt rebound, and the Bulls attacked.
Pippen passed Person and went straight to the paint area. There was no way to get in. Four strong men were crowded inside. He had to do it himself or pass the ball to Jordan on the weak side.
However, the Glider defended very well this time and did not let Jordan run out of the open space. No one else had a chance. When he reached outside the paint area with the ball, he had no choice but to do it himself.
"Bang!"
But at this time, Wes Riperson was chasing him. Under his influence, Pippen missed the shot and the ball hit the basket.
"Crack!"
Lao Wang grabbed the backcourt rebound.
In the TNT commentary box, Albert said seriously: "Kerry is still on the bench, I don't know if he can still play, Kukoc was directly reimbursed, and the two main insiders did not play, which has a great impact on the Bulls.
The result is that the inside line cannot be pulled out, and the outside line cannot break in, and the offensive efficiency will be reduced. At the same time, Old K strengthens the offense at the basket and improves the Suns' offensive efficiency. It drops one by one and rises. If this continues, it will be difficult for the Bulls to come back.
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In addition, they are all under the basket, so K has a greater advantage in rebounding now. He was also pulled out in front, and his rebounding control is not so strong. The Suns have a greater advantage now than in the first three quarters."
Kevin Harlan nodded and said: "The Bulls have only one way now, continue to press the whole court, close the Suns' perimeter mistakes, and play more defensive counterattacks."
While the two were discussing, the Bulls were already implementing Kevin Harlan's suggestion, forcing the Suns to continuously move the ball through a full-court press.
Both Lightning and Glider were experienced and strong players, and with the support of Grant and Person, the Bulls' attempt was not allowed to come true. Through three passes, the ball was advanced to the frontcourt.
If it were an ordinary team, in this kind of full-court press situation, even if they barely advance to the frontcourt, they would be in disarray, but the Suns did not.
As soon as the ball reached the frontcourt, it fell into the hands of rookie Person outside the three-point line on the right wing, and BJ defended it.
Wang Tiejun was originally under the basket, but when he saw Person on the right receiving the ball, and as the three seconds of the attack were approaching, he immediately ran to the right elbow area.
Person, who had just received the ball, saw his movement and without hesitation, threw the ball over before BJ could defend him.
Lao Wang grabbed the ball with one hand and Luke Longley blocked it from behind.
But in the next moment, he suddenly turned left, and while dribbling, he took a step past Luke Longley and went straight to the basket.
Wang Tiejun stepped into the paint area, looked at Perdo under the basket, and twitched the corner of his mouth with a very cruel smile.
It's hard to beat the Bulls. Jordan and Pippen are really good, but he can't control the perimeter and has nowhere to use his strength. Even if Jordan and Pippen burst in, he doesn't dare to stretch his hands randomly to avoid too many fouls, but he can destroy them with his
The inside approach is to win this series.
After destroying all the Bulls' inside players, can Jordan and Pippen still fly into the sky?
He has a whole series to do this, destroy the Bulls in the most brutal way, step on this extremely powerful Bull to ascend to the championship throne, and create an era that belongs to him.
Under the basket, Perdo was entangled with Green. When he saw Old K rushing over like a wolf, his heart trembled.
Facing Perdo under the basket, Wang Tiejun took a step forward and rose up, flying a distance of 1.5 meters in the air like a giant beast.
"Bang!"
The next moment, under a one-armed tomahawk dunk, with a violent explosion of the basket, Perdo fell down and was knocked over to the basket again.
"yeees!"
Albert shouted excitedly and roared: "This is the most powerful tomahawk chop. Old K is a large version of Rain Man. He has brought violence and beast style to the extreme! He is doing it step by step
No one can pick off the inside line that destroyed the Bulls!"
Kevin Harlan roared excitedly: "Is this the fate of the Bulls? Kerry has not yet recovered from the violence of Old K, Kukoc is reimbursed, and now it is the turn of Perdo and Luke Longley. Who can compete with him now?
Shall I take a bet and see which of them will be destroyed by Old K first?"
"Hoo ho ho..."
On the floor, Perdo was breathing heavily, his mind going blank.
"Will, are you okay?"
Luke Longley asked, leaning down and stretching out his hands.
Jordan also ran over. Seeing the miserable state of his teammates inside, he also felt sad. Old K is a beast. Does he want to kill someone? If he continues to fight like this, the finals are not over. There are still a few people around him.
Can it be used?
Thinking of this, he glared hard at Wang Tiejun next to him.
"What are you looking at?"
Lao Wang next to him glared at Jordan.
He was also panting. This kind of violent attack consumes a lot of energy. After one attack, he had to rest and catch his breath.
In the CCTV commentary box, Zhang Lili was excited, but also a little worried. Because of this fierce frontal collision, the defender was easily injured, but Wang Tiejun was also easily injured.
He knew that Wang Tiejun had practiced Tieshan Kou, but injuries were sometimes a matter of probability. One movement would result in injury.
In fact, Wang Tiejun also has someone to rely on. This kind of mid-air collision tests the upper body's resistance to injury. His upper body's injury resistance may have already exceeded 100, but his lower limbs' injury resistance is much worse, which drags down the overall injury resistance.
disease level, so you are not afraid of such strong confrontation.
One minute later, taking advantage of the dead ball, Phil Jackson replaced Perdo, letting him take a breath first, and replaced him with Bill Wennington.
Wennington is 213 centimeters tall. Like Perdo, he is a role player and a fringe member of the team. He only has some playing time in garbage time and also serves as a human shield.
His original weight was 115 kilograms. In order to serve as a human shield, he is now 130 kilograms. He gained weight at the request of the Bulls coaching staff.
The score is 92:85, the Bulls attack.
Jordan played Drexler with his back on the left wing. There was no space inside, so he had to play outside. He turned around and shot a fadeaway jumper. He hit a mid-range shot and the Bulls regained two points.
Looking back, they pressed for full court again, and this time they were rewarded. Rookie Parson made a mistake when receiving the ball, and BJ knocked the ball away. The Bulls launched a defensive counterattack, and Pippen got to the basket and dunked.
At 92:89, the Bulls scored six points in a row and were still 3 points behind.
Westphal did not call a timeout, but turned around and called Dan Marley, saying to him: "Dan, get ready, your main task is to meet Kevin, be careful, don't make mistakes."
"Don't worry, coach." Dan Marley nodded.
At this time, Wang Tiejun rushed to the basket and used more powerful force to trap Luke Longley behind him. He got the ball under the basket, but was cut by Wennington who came to double-team him. Taking advantage of the dead ball opportunity, the Suns quickly replaced him.
Person.
At the free throw line, seeing Kevin Johnson coming over and looking like he had something to say, Wang Tiejun leaned over to listen. The former warned in his ear: "Old K, if they want to kill you, move faster, run as much as possible, and get away."
They catch the ball and take another shot."
"Understood." Lao Wang nodded.
Next, there were free throws. The first shot was made, but the second shot was missed. Luke Longley protected the backcourt rebound and the Bulls attacked.
On the left wing, Pippen got the ball and Dan Marley faced off. After an unfavorable breakthrough, he passed the ball to Jordan on the right wing. The glider defended desperately. Green below was about to double-team. Jordan had no chance and passed the ball back to BJ at the top of the key.
"Bang!"
bj took a three-point shot and failed to hit under Kevin Johnson's defense.
"mine!"
Wang Tiejun protected the backcourt rebound and the Suns attacked.
AC Green pulled out, Wennington took two steps and stayed low on the right side of the paint area, ready to double-team the basket at any time.
Kevin Johnson was forced to move continuously by Jordan, and the passing route to Lao Wang was blocked. He could only pass the ball to Green who was open.
Green caught the ball, Wennington rushed to defend him, and he made a jump shot.
"brush!"
The water splashed and the two-pointer hit.
Looking back, Pippen hit a jumper.
95:91, the Bulls trailed by 4 points, and the Suns attacked.
"Old K!"
The Bulls were still pressing the whole court. Kevin Johnson was slow to advance in the backcourt. He got rid of it twice, but was blocked by Jordan again. The Glider and Thunder were also closely watched, but at this time he saw Old K
He ran to the left elbow area, shouted quickly, and threw the ball over.
This was a long pass that was more than fifteen meters long, giving Wang Tiejun time to react. When he heard the shout, he turned around quickly, saw the ball coming, and quickly opened his hand to catch the ball.
Luke Longley, who was staring at him at this time, quickly blocked him from behind, but he turned around and directly passed Luke Longley. While dribbling, he strode from the free throw line into the paint area.
"I can't guard against it!"
On the sidelines, Phil Jackson frowned.
Luke Langley's mobility is inferior to that of Old K. Once he leaves the narrow basket area, he cannot guard Old K at all and has no chance to cut him down.
On the right wing, Wennington quickly returned to defend the basket.
At this time, Wang Tiejun took a step into the paint area, grabbed the ball with his right hand, and then stepped forward violently. He raised his right arm high like a tomahawk, facing the basket and Wennington who took off to block the shot, and struck hard at Wennington.
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"It's coming again!"
At this moment, whether at the scene or in front of the TV, countless Bulls fans lamented in their hearts.
Their minds have even automatically simulated the scene that will occur in the next moment: Wennington is knocked over, and Old K completes another violent dunk.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
"Beep!"
Wennington was knocked over instantly, and a violent explosion of the basket sounded almost at the same time. Oh, and there was also the referee's whistle.
"..."
There were no exclamations from the nearly 20,000 home fans at the United Center, and they were very silent, because they had seen such a scene countless times tonight.
"yeah!"
Only hundreds of away fans, the Suns' bench, and the stars on the sidelines began to cheer and applaud heartily.
"It's so exciting! This is more exciting than me jumping off a building." Chenglong applauded and thought to himself.
