Chapter 462 Three points for success and three points for defeat
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"brush!"
After the timeout, Lao Wang felt great on free throws in the final quarter and hit another extra free throw. At 92:84, the Suns led by 8 points and the Bulls attacked.
"Old K has already scored 49 points, and today he has a solid 50+. This is also his fourth 50+ in a single game in the finals." Zhang Liji said happily.
"Bang!"
Jordan tried another three-pointer, but still missed. Wang Tiejun controlled the backcourt rebounds and the Suns attacked.
"It has declined. Michael's touch has begun to decline. He made 9 of 19 three-pointers and a shooting percentage of 47.3%. It was 60% in the first quarter. Now he has to decide whether to continue shooting three-pointers or use his usual mid-range shot?" Magic
Master Johnson asked.
Larry Bird calmly analyzed: "47.3% of three-pointers are equivalent to 71% of two-pointers. This is worthy of continuing to shoot three-pointers.
But if the touch continues to decline and the Suns continue to focus on the basket, the Bulls may lose the chance to win."
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar looked serious and said: "Jordan must make a decision. This finals is too important to him, and only he can make the decision."
Wang Tiejun hit several balls in a row and wanted to take a break. This time he did not enter the basket again.
"Pull away!"
Kobe took the ball on the right wing and waved with one hand, trying to beat Cole alone.
After his teammates pulled away, he turned sideways and started to hit Cole.
"Peng!"
As Iron Mountain started to hit, Cole was knocked back.
Kobe took the opportunity to turn around and rush in, and before Rodman's defense, he stopped two steps inside the three-point line and shot a jumper.
"Bang!"
The rebound hit the basket, the rebound was caught by Luke Longley, and the Bulls attacked.
"Oh, here's the opportunity. There's an open space. Kobe's relying on the ball is already good, but unfortunately his shooting stability is still a little bit worse." Su Qun said regretfully.
"You still have to practice. Kobe is too young, his skills are not mature, and his stability is not enough." Zhang Lili said.
At this time, Jordan advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, at the 45-degree position of the three-point line on the right wing. The Suns switched defense, and Kobe stood in front of him.
"You're going to lose. If you lose one, two, or three, Old K will definitely defeat you." Kobe's trash-talking ability was average, but he could occasionally excel.
"asshole!"
Jordan had a murderous look in his eyes and suddenly jumped up one step beyond the three-point line.
"What?"
Kobe didn't expect Jordan to take a shot from such a distance, so he didn't react. His eyes were defensive and he could only watch the opponent take a super long three-pointer.
The orange-red basketball flew toward the basket and drew a beautiful arc in the air.
"Get in!"
Jordan stared at the thrown basketball and shouted sternly with great confidence.
"brush!"
Before he finished speaking, the basketball was hollowed into the basket and instantly splashed with white water.
"yeah!"
The United Center was like crazy, as if the Bulls had won the championship, countless fans were shouting and cheering wildly.
"Rookie, you almost guarded me." Amidst the huge noise, Jordan yelled at Kobe.
Kobe was so angry that his face was red and his little face was as tight as black iron.
"The last quarter was all three-pointers, 2 of 4, 10 of 20 three-pointers, 45 points. Jordan was really scary tonight." Seeing this ball, Su Qun felt like a needle was pricking his eyeballs, and there was a feeling.
A tingling sensation.
Zhang Liyi sighed: "It should be stimulated by various pressures, which unleashed all his potential. His status as the number one player in active service was snatched away, and it even involved the evaluation of the number one number one in history in the future. Then the Bulls management wanted to trade him. These things
It's all pressure on him. If he wants to resolve these pressures, he can only defeat the Suns and the Iron Army.
I see, tonight may be the strongest performance in his entire career. He may not be able to perform like this in the future. The strongest performance in his career, he is over 34 years old, like this
Great performance, truly a god.”
Su Qun smiled and said, "It's a pity that I met old K."
Zhang Lili was startled, then suddenly nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, time is also fate and luck. If he hadn't met old K, he might not be able to perform like this."
Suns offense.
The advance was very slow, with the three perimeter players supporting each other in the backcourt, and Lao Wang walking forward slowly. Only Rashid Wallis entered the frontcourt first.
The Bulls did not press the whole court. It seemed that Wang's reverse pressure in the first half made the Bulls understand that they could not beat the Suns if they tried hard physically. So in the second half, the two sides formed a tacit understanding. If you don't push me, I won't either.
Force you.
This time, Wang Tiejun went to the basket again.
"It's coming again!"
Seeing that huge figure entering the paint area, countless Bulls fans shrank their eyes whether they were on the scene or in front of the TV. They felt an invincible momentum from that huge figure.
"Old K is here again!" Su Qun shouted excitedly.
"ball!"
The explosive roar suddenly sounded, shocking all the Bulls fans who heard it and instantly making all the Suns fans excited.
"Old K is so domineering!" Hong Jingbao sighed.
"Whoosh!"
Kidd passed the ball to Kobe first. Kobe caught the ball with both hands without stopping, took a step to the side, avoided the defender and threw the ball directly towards the basket.
"Crack!"
Wang Tiejun received the ball with his back to Luke Longley, turned sideways, and used his left elbow to push the latter. However, he did not attack immediately, but paused. When Rodman rushed towards him, his body suddenly rose up. Luke Longley did not
Before reacting, hold the ball in your right hand and dunk.
"Bang!"
As the rim exploded, the fans of the home team were secretly stunned, while the fans of the away team were jubilant. Two completely opposite atmospheres appeared in the United Center at the same time, like ice and fire, incompatible with each other and glaring at each other.
"drop!"
The referee pointed at Luke Longley, making a gesture of blocking foul, accumulating six fouls, immediately leaving the game, and adding a penalty kick.
Luke Longley raised his right hand helplessly, high-fived Jordan and others who came over, and then walked off the court quietly.
Phil Jackson shook his head in disappointment and helplessness. In the G3 game, he used the human shield + foul tactic successfully, but it had no effect today. Old K was very excited today and scored two plus one consecutively, which made him feel powerless.
Before taking the free throw, he called a timeout.
"Another two plus one! Luke Longley didn't jump to defend in time under the basket, and the sixth foul came out." Su Qun shouted excitedly.
"The meat shield worked in the last game, but not today. The Iron Army handled it very well. Coach Phil Jackson probably won't send the meat shield on the field again. But Rick Schmitz also committed four fouls, but the Bulls are going to let the big bug go next.
Should we defend against the Iron Army or against Schmitz? This is actually not a problem, because they can't defend against both of them. One has no resistance, no tonnage and no strength, and the other has no tonnage, strength and height. The Iron Army will attack them with stones.
Egg." Zhang Li said with a smile.
"It's 94:87 now, the Suns are still ahead by 7 points, and there is an extra penalty." Su Qun said with a smile.
Zhang Lijia smiled and said: "The Tiejun scored 51 points, 50+ points in the fourth finals, plus the 50 points per game in the 1995 finals. He is truly the first person in the history of the finals. This will help him compete for the top spot in history in the future."
One person's position.
He played a devastating attack at the basket in the final quarter, making 5 of 5 shots. Plus this time, four of the five attacks resulted in two-plus-one scores. Whether it was offense or lethality, it was too strong! It was indeed too strong!
If I say he is the number one center in NBA history, I don’t think I am praising him."
"He is." Su Qun said excitedly.
Zhang Lili added: "Perhaps his current shortcoming is that his career is too short. After all, it is only five seasons."
In the ABC live broadcast booth, I seemed to have heard what Zhang Su and the others said, and Magic Johnson and the others were also talking about similar issues.
This question was first raised by the legendary super center Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. He said with emotion: "In the past five seasons, whether it was the regular season, the playoffs, or even the three finals, Old K's performance has been too strong.
He is one of the few superstars whose performance in the playoffs is better than that of the regular season, and his performance in the finals is better than that of the playoffs.
In fact, he has become the number one center in active service since he averaged 50 points per game in the 1995 Finals. I think you won’t object to this, right?"
Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were startled. What did they object to? The only thing they objected to was probably Big Dream, right?
Magic Johnson said: "Among all the centers currently in service, only Dameng among the three super centers defeated Old K in the Western Conference Finals last year, reached the finals and won the championship. Dameng also has various honors and his statistics are not bad.
, there are several 5*5 data, and only he is more or less qualified to oppose the old K to become the number one center in active service.
Larry Bird nodded and said: "Ewing and David Robinson want a championship without a championship, want an MVP without an MVP, and they don't even have the qualifications to oppose it."
"Shet, have I ever objected? Don't step on me just to flatter old K, okay?" At Ewing's house, he thought in his heart very depressedly.
In San Antonio, David Robinson is even more depressed.
The team failed to win the No. 1 pick despite a bad team. His dream of winning a championship with the Spurs has died, and now he has been publicly stepped on by Larry Bird. He is as depressing as he wants.
At this time, Larry Bird continued: "But is Dameng really qualified to object? No, not only no, Dameng himself should think that Old K is the number one center currently in service.
The reason is very simple. Many media now believe that Old K is the number one active player. Almost all media believe that Old K and Jordan coexist as the number one active player. At least no media thinks that Old K is not worthy of being the number one active player.
He is the number one active player, and of course he is also the number one active center."
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said: "But what I want to say is not the number one center in active service. He has long been the number one center in active service. What I want to say is, the number one center in history."
Larry Bird and Magic Johnson were startled. They felt very surprised. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the all-time scoring leader and a great super center, but he was talking about this issue? He actually thought that old K was the number one center in history? They couldn't help but feel very proud of Peyton Kareem.
His broad-mindedness cannot be matched by the likes of Chamberlain.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar smiled and said: "Comparing myself, I am the historical scoring leader. Do I have the qualifications to compare with old K?"
"certainly."
Larry Bird and Magic Johnson nodded at the same time.
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar smiled proudly, he indeed has the qualifications, 18 seasons, was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1995, 6 championships, two FMVPs, 6 MVPs, the historical scoring champion, and countless other honors.
"Gene Era"
The issue discussed by the three people immediately aroused great interest among fans, and countless people in front of the TV began to discuss this issue.
Similarly, in China, countless people were very excited because of Zhang Lili's words.
At this time the timeout ends and the game restarts.
The Bulls replaced Rick Schmitz and teamed up with Rodman in the paint.
At halftime of the Suns, Lao Wang took the extra penalty.
"Bang!"
Unfortunately, this penalty seemed to be due to poor touch due to the timeout and the penalty was not made.
94:87, the Suns lead, the Bulls attack.
At this time, the final quarter was less than half-way through, and there were still seven minutes left.
"Bang!"
Jordan once again shot a three-pointer over Kobe and missed.
"He will vote again."
Su Qun said with certainty, his voice was a little trembling, which meant that he was very nervous now. Even if Jordan missed the ball, one can imagine how much pressure Jordan's three-pointer today put on him.
He is under so much pressure as a commentator, let alone the Suns players on the court.
"call!"
Seeing Jordan miss the shot and Old K controlling the rebound, Kidd, Kobe and others breathed a sigh of relief.
"Attack, let's crush the bull."
Wang Tiejun's powerful roar sounded in the United Center.
These words, like countless invisible big hands, instantly grasped the hearts of all the Bull people, making them unable to breathe and grasping their mentality as if they were about to explode in an instant.
"Attack! Attack! Attack..."
Kobe Bryant and other players roared loudly on the court, and more than 2,000 visiting team fans on the bench, as well as many celebrities in the front row, responded one after another.
Magic Johnson lamented: "In the past, those Hollywood stars at the United Center would only cheer for Jordan, but now things have changed!"
Larry Bird shook his head and said: "You don't want to think about the influence of K Martial Arts School. They have a closer relationship with old K now and have actual interests in it, and it is not a monetary benefit, but the products of K Martial Arts School are real
It’s good for their bodies.”
Wang Tiejun slowly ran to the frontcourt and accelerated towards the basket.
The moment Wang Tiejun entered the paint area, countless Bulls people saw that huge figure entering the basket again, and when they were unable to stop it, and then thought about the fact that the score was gradually widening, they felt a desperate and miserable mentality, and couldn't help but feel angry.
However, it was born.
"Bang!"
After scoring another goal, Wang Tiejun gasped and looked down at Rodman at his feet, with a sneer at the corner of his mouth.
Just now Schmitz moved forward to defend, but this big insect was so confused that he actually tried to defend him from behind, overestimating his own capabilities.
But now his physical energy seems to be exhausted. The continuous attacks make him gasp for breath. He is also holding on desperately to squeeze out his physical potential.
With the help of Schmitz, the big insect climbed up with difficulty. He seemed to have been hit by an armored rhinoceros just now, which made him dizzy.
96:87, the Suns lead by 9 points, the Bulls attack.
"Bang!"
Jordan still paranoidly shot a three-pointer, but still missed.
"I missed two shots in a row. I made 2 of 6 shots in the last quarter. Michael's three-point shooting touch is no longer good. If he misses again, there will be no suspense in this game. Michael should probably return to the area he was originally good at and try his breakthrough.
Scores and mid-range shots." Magic Johnson shook his head.
Larry Bird said: "Forget about the breakthrough, can he still make a sudden move at this time? Let's try a mid-range shot. You can try a pull-up jump shot.
But Old K was too strong. In the final quarter, he made 6 of 6 shots and 3 of 4 free throws. He scored 15 points in the first half of the quarter. The efficiency was so high that it was really terrifying. It would be almost impossible for Jordan to beat Old K with a mid-range shot, unless
He can make 10 out of 10 shots from now on."
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar also shook his head and said: "Jordan scored 6 points on 2 of 6 shots. Where is Old K? In terms of scoring ability and efficiency at critical moments, Old K has clearly got the upper hand. Jordan should change his ways immediately, so there is still a chance."
In the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Lijia said: "I seem to have seen the result of this game. Jordan is no longer able to win this game back."
Su Qun was startled and sighed: "Although I am very happy that Old K can win this game, Jordan also played a god-level performance. It would be a pity if he loses this game!"
"It is indeed a pity, but there can only be one winner. This is the cruelty of competitive sports."
Zhang Lili sighed and said: "Today, Jordan's three-pointers were soaring and he hit 10 three-pointers. He is really strong."
"15 of 31 shots, 48.4% shooting, 10 of 22 three-pointers, 45.4%, equivalent to 68.2% of two-pointers, converting three-pointers into two-pointers, overall shooting percentage
It reached 64.5%, which is a very high efficiency. He scored 45 points. Unfortunately, he ran into old K."
When Su Qun said this, he read Wang Tiejun's statistics and said: "Old K has made 22 of 26 shots so far, with a shooting percentage of 84.6%, and 9 of 13 free throws, with a shooting percentage of 69.2%, and scored 53 points.
Although the difference in scoring between the two is not big, the gap in efficiency is still huge. Speaking of which, I really admire old K. When Jordan shot 64.5%, he actually shot 84.6."
"This shows how powerless the Bulls' inside line is under the attack of the Iron Army."
When Zhang Lili said this, he suddenly said with emotion: "Jordan tonight can be said to be a three-point success and a three-point failure."
"Success is three points, and failure is three points?"
Su Qun was startled and couldn't help but nodded and said: "Indeed, Jordan broke out with three-pointers in the first three quarters. When Old K played a super performance, he just relied on three-pointers to tie the Suns. Unfortunately,
I failed in the final quarter and missed consecutive three-pointers. Success is a three-pointer and defeat is a three-pointer."