On December 8, at 8 o'clock, both sides announced the starting lineup.
Lakers: Wang Tiejun, Danny Fortson, Richmond, Kobe Bryant, Mark Price
Trail Blazers: Olajuwon, Duncan, Gary Trent, Yinsey Leder, Damon Stoudemire
CCTV will broadcast the game live. Today is Wednesday in China, and the five sets cannot be plugged in. The second set of CCTV will be arranged for live broadcast.
Zhang Lili said: "The Trail Blazers' lineup is really strong! That is to say, Duncan is a rookie. He is the same as Old K in the Suns. His rookie contract is too cheap, and he has performed as a superstar, giving the team enough space to build the lineup.
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But three years later, he will definitely sign a billion-dollar contract. By then, the dream will definitely be gone, and the Blazers' lineup will not be so strong."
"Unless I pick up a rookie K or a rookie Duncan." Su Qun said with a smile.
"Haha... you are lucky once, but twice?" Zhang Liji said with a smile.
Su Qun said: "The Suns really got lucky twice, but they gave up this time with Duncan."
Zhang Lili was stunned for a moment, nodded helplessly, and then analyzed: "Not to mention the strength of the Trail Blazers inside, although the offense of the back line Del and Little Flying Squirrel is good, their defense is average, and the offensive efficiency of these two people is also average.
, the hit rate is only about 42.5%."
"So the Lakers still have a chance." Su Qun said.
Nodding, Zhang Lili continued: "Small forward Gary Trent was the 11th pick in the first round of 1995, but his potential is average and his offensive efficiency is okay, reaching 50%, but his defense is too poor and he is a squishy player.
He was seriously injured twice this year and his playing time is limited. I estimate that if there is a chance, the Trail Blazers will trade him, otherwise they will lose him."
Su Qun analyzed: "Director Zhang, the Blazers' perimeter defense is not good, so the Lakers should strengthen some perimeter offense today?"
Zhang Lili said: "We must attack from the outside. Don't expect Tiejun to carry all the attacks by himself. If there is no attack from the outside, the opponents will all go in to double-team Tiejun. No matter how strong they are, they will not be able to attack. Therefore, we must attack from the outside in order to defend our country."
Release pressure inside and share defense.
However, the outside attack must be efficient in order to effectively share the pressure for the inside line. Blindly wasting shots will only allow the opponent to double-team the inside line unscrupulously.
You see, the Tiejun's usual requirement for Kobe is to make reasonable shots, not to waste shots, but to be efficient. Kobe has done a good job. He is only in his second year, and his shooting percentage this season can reach 46.1%, which is very good.
It’s efficient.”
Su Qun nodded and said: "The outside attack must be reasonable and efficient, that's it."
Zhang Lili added: "After the outside line is opened, Tiejun will also have to take a lot of shots inside. Only his high-quality low-post offense can allow the Lakers to truly defeat the Trail Blazers."
At this time, Trail Blazers owner Paul Allen quietly walked into the court with his assistant and bodyguard wearing a small hat and sat behind the Trail Blazers bench.
In order to watch this game, he specially flew over from New York on a private plane.
At half past eight, the game officially started.
At this time, in the Chicago hotel, Jordan, O'Neal and other teammates sat down together, preparing to watch the game.
They are on an away trip, coming from Philadelphia, and will challenge Jordan's old team, the Bulls, tomorrow.
Regarding the game between the Trail Blazers and the Lakers, Jordan attached great importance to it and specially called O'Neal and other teammates over to watch the game.
Live in the Rose Garden, Lao Wang and Duncan jumped the ball, and the Lakers attacked.
He slowly ran towards the basket, and Duncan came to guard him. He didn't defend against him, nor did he go forward, but guarded from the side.
When he came to the basket, Duncan immediately stuck to his right side, wrapped one arm around his right arm, and raised one hand high in front of him to prevent outside passes.
In this way, his dominant right hand is locked, and the path to the low post on the left wing is also blocked. Then the big dream on the right wing is outside the right waist, only two steps away from the basket, and can help defend at any time.
Double-team the basket.
Danny Fortson's long-range shooting ability is not enough, he does not have a three-pointer, but he can shoot two-pointers from far away. If he misses the shot, his shooting rate will be hard to say.
Now he is one step inside the three-point line, trying to pull Dameng further.
However, before Dameng came on the field, he specifically learned about his information. Although he did not dare to completely let go, he did take two steps. He stayed outside the right waist of the paint area and turned around to double-team the basket.
Under the basket, Lao Wang raised his left hand, asking for the ball, and he wanted the ball very firmly.
This action immediately excited all the media reporters behind the line.
They all know that as long as the ball is passed in and Old K has not received the ball, Dameng's double-team will be completed in advance. How will Old K play?
Their fingers were trembling, ready to press the shutter at any time.
Of course, Mark Price, who was ready, did not hesitate, immediately took a step back, and then passed the ball from the little flying squirrel's head to the basket.
The 178-centimeter little flying squirrel has very good jumping ability. It jumped up and reached out to fish for it, but it was empty.
At the same time, Dameng immediately turned around, took a big step, and his hands were almost on Lao Wang's body. With another step, he was completely close to his body, completing the early double-team.
At this time, the ball is still in the sky, and the melee fighting below has begun.
Duncan clung to Lao Wang and exerted all his strength. Not only did he want to clamp Lao Wang's right arm to prevent him from moving, but he also pushed Lao Wang hard to make him lose his position.
The same goes for Dameng. As soon as he reaches Lao Wang, he immediately goes around and completely blocks his receiving route.
"Kachakacha..."
At this moment, the media behind the baseline began to press the shutter frantically. They did not want to lose any wonderful opportunities and wanted to freeze all those moments.
At this moment, Lao Wang suddenly took a step forward, and all his strength burst out, forcing Duncan to move forward half a step, and at the same time, he squeezed out Da Meng who wanted to go around.
This step is a demonstration of his level 107 confrontation ability. He uses steps to move his body to produce instant explosive power, thereby taking his confrontation ability to a higher level.
With his absolutely superior confrontation ability, Duncan lost his center of gravity, Dameng's center of gravity also lost, and he gained space.
"Crack!"
The next moment, when the ball was falling, he jumped to catch the ball. After landing, he was double-teamed again.
But this couldn't stop him. The moment he landed, he squatted down to exert force. Without moving his right foot, he adjusted his left foot slightly. He changed from carrying the basket to sideways, with Da Meng in front and Duncan behind him.
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The next moment, the bear step started, and his left foot moved backwards, inserting into Duncan's feet. He let out a deep cry, his whole body suddenly grew long, and an extremely ferocious Iron Mountain Back erupted.
"Peng!"
Duncan groaned, and in an instant, his upper body was knocked backwards sharply.
He, who has never experienced iron mountain support, simply cannot imagine how someone's back arch can be so strong? No wonder the alliance introduced K's Law for old K.
The next moment, when Duncan fell to the floor, Lao Wang relied on the reaction force to stand firm, then held the ball in both hands, and his body rose up.
"Damn it!"
Dameng went up to stop him, but was knocked away.
"Bang!"
As the fierce explosion of the basket sounded, Duncan also fell to the floor, and the Rose Garden also screamed in surprise, and then fell into silence.
"yeah!"
For the Lakers, there was immediate cheering on and off the court.
"Old K, you are great!"
Richmond rushed over and shouted excitedly.
"Believe me, I can deal with them."
The excited Wang Tiejun shouted loudly: "Brothers, let us kill the Trail Blazers together and give them a defeat."
"Kill the Trail Blazers!" Kobe, Fordson and others shouted in unison, pumping their fists.
"The Lakers are playing at the home court of the Trail Blazers, but they are playing like they are at home, haha!" Zhang Lili laughed happily.
Lao Wang turned around, stared at Duncan who was pulled up by Dameng, a ferocious smile appeared on his face, and spat out trash talk: "Rookie, welcome to the NBA."
Duncan's expression moved and immediately returned to its original dullness. As a psychology degree holder, he was not affected by this trash talk.
However, he was hit hard by Lao Wang's fierce back arch, and he was a little breathless.
But I was unconvinced. Old K was powerful, but he was also powerful.
"Old K, don't bully the rookie." Dameng pushed Lao Wang away.
"well!"
Looking at this scene just now, Paul Allen sighed with regret.
Although he acquired Dameng and Duncan through over-the-counter transactions, and Duncan's performance also shocked him. The whole league is envious of the Trail Blazers' luck, but to be honest, what he wants most, like Jerry Buss, is
Still old K.
2:0, Trail Blazers attack.
Duncan gasped and came to the low post on the left wing, but he did not ask for the ball. He was hit so hard that his whole chest felt a little sore and numb, and he needed to slow down.
In the low post on the right wing, Dameng relies on Danny Fortson to get the ball.
His official height is 213 centimeters, but in fact he is only 208 centimeters. This is because he originally did not want to play power forward but wanted to play center, so he was 5 centimeters too tall.
However, even though he is only 208 centimeters, he is still taller than Danny Fordson. Coupled with his wingspan advantage, it is completely a big fight against a small one.
Although Fordson tried his best to resist and wanted to interfere with Dameng through strong confrontation, Dameng itself was known for his strong confrontation ability and was not afraid of his attack at all.
After Dameng successfully caught the ball, he simply swayed up and down, and found that Fordson behind him had not been completely shaken away. He swung up and down again. This time, Fordson failed to hold on and fell directly. Then
He turned around and rushed into the paint area, and met Lao Wang who was returning to defend the basket.
"This road is blocked."
Lao Wang roared, blocking the front of Dameng like a mountain, waving his hands, blocking the passing space between Dameng and Duncan behind him.
However, Dameng hit the ground and passed the ball behind Lao Wang.
"squeak!"
With his feet exerting force, Lao Wang made a quick retreat.
This retreat is not an ordinary retreat, but a retreat among the three plum blossom walking steps.
Keep your left toe on the ground while exerting force, lift your heel slightly, and use your left toe as the axis. With the exertion of your whole body, while twisting your waist and abdomen, your right foot quickly draws an arc on the floor, toward the basket.
As soon as he retreated, his back suddenly changed from facing Duncan (left wing) to facing Duncan.
At this time, Duncan was about to catch the ball. Lao Wang immediately stepped forward with his left foot and kicked off with his back foot. Then the two of them jumped one after another, the former dunked and the latter blocked the shot.
"Crack!"
Using both hands to block the shot, Wang Tiejun successfully blocked Duncan's dunk and grabbed the ball directly with both hands.
To be honest, Lao Wang felt that Duncan's jumping ability was average and probably not as good as his own. His dunk height was limited, and it was not difficult to block shots. He was not as powerful as Rain Man Shawn Kemp's dunk.
"oh!"
Seeing that Duncan, his top pick, was blocked, the Rose Garden let out another exclamation.
"Old K!"
Kobe had already turned around and shouted loudly as he got off quickly.
"Whoosh!"
Throwing with both hands, Lao Wang passed the ball.
"Crack!"
Kobe caught the ball with both hands, and his hands felt a little painful. He couldn't help but cursed secretly: "Old K, have you eaten too much to exert so much strength?"
The Trail Blazers returned to defense quickly from the outside, especially the flying squirrel. He returned to defense from the middle and reached the basket first.
But Kobe came from the left wing with the ball. Without any hesitation, he took off directly from the left waist and came towards him.
"Shet!"
The little flying squirrel yelled loudly, was this bullying him for his lack of height?
He was scolded, and his body reacted very quickly, quickly retreating to the baseline to make room for the basket.
"Bang!"
The next moment, Kobe dunked with one hand, and the tomahawk hit the Blazers' basket with a bang.
"It's so beautiful! The Tiejun played their strongest offensive and defensive performance at the beginning. They just knocked over Duncan on the offensive end, broke through the double team and completed a dunk. They defended against two on the defensive end and blocked Duncan, and then directly
Initiated a fast break to assist Kobe Bryant to score. The Lakers are now leading 4:0. If they continue to play like this, they will have a chance to win tonight." Zhang Lili said excitedly.
"In one offensive and defensive round, Lao K scored 2 points, 1 block and 1 assist, and this was considered a shot. I was very excited to play today!" Su Qun said excitedly.
"It's no wonder he's not excited, this game is very important." Zhang Li said with a smile.
"Tim, be careful, old K is the shot blocker." Dameng reminded on the court.
"I know." Duncan nodded, his mood not seeming to be affected.
Dameng actually has some admiration for Duncan, a rookie partner. He was hit repeatedly by Old K, but he was not psychologically affected at all. As expected, he studied psychology.
In fact, Duncan is used to being blocked. He likes and is good at attacking at the basket, so the chance of being blocked is very high. It's nothing to take a block from Old K. He won't be surprised if he gets another one later.
The Trail Blazers attacked and Duncan began to take position in the low post on the left wing.
But Lao Wang would not easily let Duncan stay in his position, and immediately defended from behind, imposing a strong confrontation.
After improving his pace in the low post, his confrontation is no longer just a confrontation of absolute strength, but also increases the use of strength, and is not just a matter of stubbornness.
Under the use of steps, the huge resistance force is like waves, either pushing up or offloading, or one wave after another, or virtual or real, which makes Duncan unable to stand at all, like a small boat in the sea.
This is the first time in the new season that he has defended like this with all his strength. He has never defended like this when playing O'Neal. Because he believes that the most likely opponent in the finals this season is the Knicks, so he is holding back.
But he won't hold back when it comes to beating Duncan. He's not an ordinary rookie. If he loses tonight's game, the media doesn't know how they will treat him badly.
"Why are you so strong?"
The first time he faced off against Old K, Duncan had no experience and was very surprised. Facing the first active player, it was so difficult to take the position just once?
His strength was not used at all. When he was carrying it with all his strength, he was suddenly relieved. When he was not carrying it, his strength suddenly increased. He felt like he was standing in the sea under a Category 12 typhoon.
I can't stand still at all and can only drift with the tide.
"Is Old K's single defense getting stronger?"
Da Meng on the right wing has also been paying attention to this side, and was very surprised when he saw Lao Wang's defense.
At this moment, when Duncan was trying to hold on with all his strength, Lao Wang suddenly took a step back. Duncan leaned his upper body back, and his feet failed to keep up, and he fell directly on his butt.
"oh!"
Trail Blazers fans exclaimed.
Duncan's psychological quality is really strong. Even when he was knocked down, he showed no expression on his face. He got up and left the paint area, took a step outside, and reached the two-point area, where he took the position.
Lao Wang took a step back and did not go up to defend. He could not drive Duncan too far. If he followed Duncan out, he would not be able to return to the basket in time, and Dameng would be in trouble.
Although he took a step away, he was still within arm's length, and the defense against Duncan was still extremely tight.
At this time, the little flying squirrel broke through with the ball from the top of the arc. Mark Price was old and couldn't keep up with his feet. He ran into the paint like a mouse.
As the little flying squirrel broke through, Lao Wang was forced to take a step back to the basket. He faced upwards, staring at the little flying squirrel coming in, and at the same time looking at Duncan.
"squeak!"
The little flying squirrel is very smart. When he sees Old K returning to defend the basket, he will not attack the basket. Instead, he will suddenly stop two steps away from the basket.
"squeak!"
Already prepared, Lao Wang immediately exerted force with his feet and pounced forward.
"A throw or a pass?"
When he rushed forward, he noticed Duncan moving towards the paint area from the corner of his right eye.
At this moment, the little flying squirrel had jumped up, jumping very high. He immediately jumped up with all his strength, stretching his right arm as much as possible, and trying his best to block the space in front of his opponent with his big hands.
Regardless of whether the little flying squirrel is shooting or passing, with his defensive height, he can prevent the little flying squirrel from suffering. If he is shooting, the hit rate will not be very high. If he is passing, he must lob the ball, and if he lobs the ball, he
There will be a chance to turn around and return to defense.
"So high!"
Little Flying Squirrel was amazed in his heart, and with a flick of his wrists, he threw the ball high, past Old K's hand, and towards the basket.
He originally wanted to hit one himself, but Old K's block forced him to switch to a pass.
"It's a pass!"
Su Qun shouted urgently.
At this time, Duncan entered the paint area, rushed to the basket, and stared at the basketball passed by the little flying squirrel.
The next moment, Lao Wang landed, made a squeak, turned around urgently, started again, and returned to the basket. At this time, Duncan jumped up to catch the ball with both hands, and smashed it violently. He immediately slapped it.
"Crack!"
Duncan hit Pharaoh's hand with the ball and was blocked again.
"oh!"
Our top pick was blocked for the second time, and the Rose Garden exclaimed again.
"Nice hat!" Su Qun shouted excitedly.
Duncan landed, and the ball happened to fall on his head. He got it and the game continued.
"here."
Dameng's voice sounded, and a figure appeared directly in front of the basket and behind Lao Wang.
Duncan quickly passed the ball, but at this moment, Lao Wang in the middle reacted quickly and swatted it down, hitting the ball. Then the basketball rebounded and was caught by him with both hands, completing a steal.
"Old K stole the ball, Kobe was on the pass, and Old K passed the ball..." Su Qun shouted excitedly.
