In the Bulls' frontcourt, Cartwright was positioned low on the left wing, with Wang Tiejun defending.
Cartwright has a stable shooting ability, but he is not a center like Rony Seikali who can reach the three-point line. He only has two-point shots and a certain amount of two-point shots. He is not a threat any further.
Therefore, Wang Tiejun's defensive position is still at the edge of the paint area and he can return to the basket in time.
At the same time, Cartwright is old and will only play once if he has a good second offensive opportunity. Generally, he does not take any shots, so his defensive tasks are mainly to help defend and protect the basket, as well as protect backcourt rebounds.
"Damn Chinese rubes!"
On the left wing three-point line, Pippen stared at Wang Tiejun inside, with a cold light in his eyes.
Just now, he was pointed at the nose and threatened by this rookie. He lost all face. He wanted to get it back on the court.
In fact, he comes from a family in the southern United States that is poorer than Wang Tiejun's family. He has a large group of brothers above him, ten or twelve. He can't even count how many there are, but it is a large group of brothers.
Ordinarily, given his background, there should be no discrimination against Wang Tiejun, who is also from a proletarian background, but he is discriminating against Wang Tiejun because racial discrimination is more severe in the south of the United States than in the north. Under the influence of the environment, he has also been infected with this custom.
I am like charcoal, and I despise others as black.
That rookie dunks like Jordan?
No, he even wanted to dunk Wang Tiejun and then step over him, completely humiliating this damn Chinaman.
Well, he was still influenced by Wang Tiejun dunking on Ewing and then stepping over Ewing's head, otherwise he wouldn't have had this idea.
Pippen is the Bulls' organizational small forward. The ball is now in his hands. With a feint, he directly breaks through Ceballos and heads towards the paint area with the ball.
In his senior year of high school, his height was only 1.75 centimeters, and he always played point guard. Then in his sophomore year, he grew 15 centimeters, and then he switched to small forward, but he still has the skills of a point guard.
With flexibility and speed, this is also his ability to play the organization small forward.
"So fast!"
When Wang Tiejun saw Bulls No. 33 coming with the ball, he was surprised. This guy with the same number as him was so fast?
He wanted to take a step laterally to cover, but Pippen slowed down and he instinctively stopped for a moment. But the next moment, Pippen, who had just slowed down, accelerated again and then rushed past him into the paint.
Barkley knew that Wang Tiejun was not moving fast enough to prevent Pippen from breaking through with the ball, so he helped defend the basket from the weak side.
Pippen suddenly jumped up as he reached the basket with the ball.
He has a pair of big hands, which is a key quality for becoming a superstar. At this time, he held the ball in one hand with his right hand and made a throwing motion.
"Coming!"
Barkley saw it and immediately jumped to block the shot.
But Pippen, who was jumping in the air, didn't take a shot. Instead, he suddenly threw a one-handed throw to the right wing, and the ball flew over Barkley's head.
"Michael?"
Buckley knew it was bad.
Sure enough, Jordan had already run down from the three-point line on the right wing and reached the gap left by Barkley after returning to defend the basket. Dan Malley had been thrown away by him, and he caught the ball and made a pull-up jump shot.
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"Whoa!"
The water splashed and he hit two points, very easily.
"Chinese, are you doing a wooden show? The acting is good, it looks like it!" Pippen threw a trash talk to Wang Tiejun before returning to defense.
"Boy, where were you watching my performance when I was shooting? Remember to buy a ticket, don't let me go to you in vain."
Similarly, on the other side, Jordan retreated and gave Dan Mulley a trash talk.
Encountering two trash talk masters, Wang Tiejun and Dan Malley were so angry that their noses twisted.
"Oh, Pippen's sharp breakthrough point shot, Jordan's picturesque pull-up jump shot, we should find a way to cut off the connection between the strong and weak sides of the Bulls and let them fight on their own."
the on-site commentator shouted loudly.
But he knew that, even though he said that, if the connection between Pippen and Jordan could be cut off so easily, the Bulls would not win two championships.
"Look, Dortmund man, this is Old K's defense. Maybe he can only prevent the breakthrough of a wooden stake, and a snail is faster than him."
At the TNT live broadcast, Letem joked.
"Oh, man, how many centers in this league can guard Scottie Pippen's ball-handling drive?" Dort laughed.
"The last time the Magic played the Bulls, even though they lost the game, O'Neal prevented Pippen from breaking into the paint many times. He is also a rookie." Letem laughed.
"You compare Old K with O'Neal? God, O'Neal has shown the strength of a super center now. If there is a fourth super center, I bet that 80% of them will be him. And my evaluation of Old K's potential is accurate.
A first-class center, there is no comparison." Dort insisted.
"Okay, I guess you are right." Letem smiled.
Arriving in the frontcourt, Wang Tiejun squeezed towards the basket again.
"Bang!"
Cartwright wanted to hang on Lao Wang again, but was knocked away by the latter's timely close-fitting iron mountain support.
"here."
Wang Tiejun took this opportunity to enter the basket, shouted loudly, and opened his hand to ask for the ball from the top of the arc.
Kevin Johnson was about to break through, and when he saw an opportunity appearing inside, he quickly pushed with one hand, hit the ground pass, and passed the ball in.
However, after a beat, when Wang Tiejun received the ball under the basket, Cartwright and Cobra Grant, who was quickly assisting in defense, had already rushed to his side and completed the encirclement.
He grabbed the ball tightly with his big hands, like two big iron pliers. Cartwright slapped it on the ball, but it didn't knock it off.
"Old K, knock them away!"
The commentator stared at the basket and yelled.
"Open it for me!"
The next moment, Wang Tiejun let out a deep shout, and Tieshan continued to use his strength.
Leaning to the left, Cartwright grunted and staggered back.
Leaning to his right, Grant screamed in pain and was knocked over. After falling to the ground, he continued to slide, and the double-team under the basket exploded.
This kind of back-up play in a double-team under the basket, because there is some space to exert force, the power of the back-up play is far greater than that of the back-up play, especially the second time back-up play, because Cartwright has been knocked away, which has a very big impact.
There was no room for force, so the second blow was extremely powerful. Grant, whose tonnage was less than 100 kilograms, was knocked over directly.
"It's open!"
The on-site commentator roared excitedly.
"oh!"
The terrifying battle under the basket made the fans in the audience scream in surprise.
"Bang!"
The next moment, the giant beast soared into the air, and as the basket roared violently, the huge basket suddenly sank down.
"yeah!"
Such a ferocious dunk instantly ignited the American West Arena, and the cheers of nearly 20,000 home fans were like a boiling ocean.
"Yeah! Yeah yeah..."
The on-site commentator roared excitedly and roared like thunder: "This is Old K, a giant beast that pushes and crushes under the basket. He is unstoppable. He destroyed the Bulls' inside combination. He is dominating."
Low position, that's his territory..."
tnt In the live broadcast booth, Dortmund and Letem looked at each other. In the decades of league history, they have never seen such a monster under the basket.
O'Neal, the rookie No. 1 pick, is also very powerful at the basket, even difficult for several people to suppress, but he relies on his agility and pace, and the combination of explosive power and technology.
But Lao K has no pace, no agility, no technique and no explosive power. What he relies on is strength, the brute force that suppresses everything.
But this kind of simpler and more brutal force suppression is more shocking, more heart-breaking, more like being crushed, and even more breathless.
"Damn it!"
He pulled hard with both hands, but the basket was still firmly rooted on the basket frame and the backboard was intact. Comrade Lao Wang, who was panting like an ox, jumped down depressedly.
He is not very satisfied with the manager of the American West Arena. Why don't you bring some inferior products? This is bullying me because I am not strong enough. To gain weight, I must gain weight.
"Hmph, you guys want to stop me? Today I'm going to take action on you and let Jordan see how I, a country bumpkin, teach his teammates a lesson."
He glanced at Cartwright and Grant on both sides, turned around and strode towards Buckley and others who were running to celebrate.
"Damn, this country bumpkin is an animal!"
Outside, Jordan witnessed Wang Tiejun knocking over two of his inside teammates. The unstoppable power and ferocity, to be honest, made him feel a little worried.
He has never seen such a center in the league. There are many players as strong as Wang Tiejun, such as postman Malone, who looks stronger than Wang Tiejun, but Malone does not have such a style of play. As a power forward, he
There are even very few low-post hits, and most of them are mid-range shots from the outside.
"This Chinese country bumpkin is a bit difficult to deal with!"
Pippen looked at his friend Grant struggling on the floor, and he was even more shocked than Jordan.
Phil Jackson was also in a daze on the sidelines. He was thinking, if Krause brought Old K back to Chicago last time, with the lineup he currently has, would there still be problems with this year's championship?
"Ahem..."
Grant hadn't gotten up yet and was lying on the floor coughing, a little out of breath.
He can't play for the time being, and the Bulls need to replace him with an inside man.
There were several interior substitutes, but none of them were very good, so Phil Jackson decided to replace him with backup center Wilperdo.
He believes that what the inside needs now is a human shield. To be able to withstand the torment of Old K's monster under the basket, the tonnage is too small, and it will be knocked away like Grant just now.
Wilperdo's weight has reached 110 kilograms and his height has reached 213 centimeters. Several other substitutes are only over 100 kilograms. There are even two substitute forwards who are less than 100 kilograms and are not tall enough.
"Now the Bulls have switched to a twin-tower tactic, but I think they still can't limit Old K's ferocity at the basket. Old K is too fierce. His low post is invincible, and he can still use it superbly under the basket..."
Seeing the Bulls' substitution, the commentator shouted loudly.
"Without Grant, the Bulls' inside line is even weaker, but this is not the biggest problem. The biggest problem is that the Bulls' iron triangle is missing a corner. How do they implement the triangle tactic now?"
"Pippen and Jordan are left, so they can only use sudden scoring tactics." In the TNT live broadcast booth, Letem and Dort analyzed.