Yang Jian immediately sprinted for a fast break, Jordan followed him, and his teammates did not risk passing the ball.
Yang Jian ran to the left corner and stood still, Schrempf also reached 70 degrees on the left, and Sam Perkins was in the low post on the left. The SuperSonics set up their strongest formation at the beginning, with Kemp and Payton on the left.
Playing a pick-and-roll in the middle, Payton dribbles the ball to the right to look for opportunities.
At this time, the right side was the weak side, Ron Harper caught up with Payton, and Payton had the opportunity to play singles with the ball.
Of course, it is not a good idea for Payton to play Harper alone. Harper is 198cm tall and weighs 84kg. He has super physical fitness and can prevent face-to-face breakthroughs and back-up hits.
Harper not only kept up with Payton, but also used his height and excellent wingspan to cover him.
In a parallel world, among the main lineup of the Bulls that won three consecutive championships for the second time, few fans would pay attention to blue-collar Ron Harper. In fact, Harper was a famous scorer in the NBA before moving to the Bulls, a poor man's version.
Jordan. In the Bulls, he took the initiative to change and became an unknown role player, responsible for organizing offense and defense.
His defensive ability is extremely good. He sacrificed his offensive rights and was determined to focus all his energy on defense.
Harper has all the characteristics that an excellent defensive player should have. Unfortunately, due to too many perimeter defenders, Harper has not been selected to the All-Defensive Team in his career.
What best reflects the value of Harper is that Jackson Jackson set his sights on him after joining the Lakers. As a result, with Harper's help, the Lakers successfully completed two consecutive championships. At that time, his statistics were already very poor, but his defensive skills were still not good enough.
exist.
Payton did not dare to underestimate Harper and passed the ball to Yang Jian who was running away.
Under the cover of Perkins, Yang Jian slid down the baseline and ran to the right corner. After Perkins screened, he ran to the left corner. Yang Jian received the ball and turned around to shoot, and Jordan was a little slower in pursuit.
Jackson Jackson commented on Jordan's defense. "If Jordan defends with all his strength, he can block all the opponent's outside scorers within 5 minutes."
What the Zen Master said is that Jordan can defend many with one force, which sounds incredible. I don’t know if Jordan could do it in the past, but he certainly can’t do it now because he is almost 33 years old.
After Jordan came back in 1995, he adjusted his playing style and body shape and strengthened his muscle strength. He became stronger. His offense was mainly jump shots, supplemented by breakthroughs, and his speed was a little slower than at his peak.
Jordan is still very fast, faster than most shooting guards, but not including Yang Jian.
Yang Jian caught the ball and threw it away. Jordan jumped up and failed to block the shot. The ball bounced out of the frame due to interference. Longley grabbed the rebound.
Although the ball didn't go in, Yang Jian knew that his speed had an advantage against Jordan, and his confidence increased greatly. He could pass more passes to his teammates, but he couldn't take too few shots.
If he doesn't have data, he has nothing. The best ones are his teammates.
Jordan's defensive ability is rumored to be amazing. In fact, Reggie Miller averaged close to 20 points per game against Jordan's defense. How could Yang Jian be so scared that he didn't dare to shoot?
During the Bulls' position battle, after the players separated, Harper passed the ball to Pippen in the middle.
In Jackson's tactics, there must be one person in the high post or outside the three-point line who organizes the offense and passes the ball to the appropriate position. Pippen's role is very critical, not only to organize the offense, but also to be the team's second scoring point
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Schrempf defended Pippen alone, and his teammates followed their defender closely. Yang Jian and Jordan had a fierce blocking. He listened to Payton's suggestion and focused on personal defense.
With the two of them in one position, Jordan is even more convinced that Yang Jian will be his biggest enemy this season. Yang Jian's 5cm short height is not a fatal weakness, and his confrontational ability can make up for his lack of height. Yang Jian is very strong and will not be squeezed out by Jordan.
Moreover, he learned Payton's defensive methods and fought closely.
Players' jump shots in the context of intense physical confrontation will reduce their shooting percentage, and Jordan is no exception.
Pippen dribbled the ball laterally and passed the ball. Jordan caught the ball on the left side, leaned against Yang Jian, turned to the center and shot a fadeaway jumper. His fadeaway jumper was picturesque and almost impossible to block.
What is talent? Jordan can complete a dunk at a high jumper and also fade away. Even at the age of 40 in the last season of his career, Jordan can still perform difficult fadeaway jumpers.
Most players could only look up at this kind of jump shot and had no choice. However, Yang Jian jumped up after Jordan. The speed of the ball was equally astonishing, and he closed his eyes to defend.
Jordan's wingspan is 212cm, and Yang Jian's wingspan is 210cm. Yang Jian's jumping ability is slightly better than Jordan's now, and the interference is effective. Jordan's jump shot missed the basket, and Kemp grabbed the rebound.
Jordan was shocked when he landed. He felt like he was meeting his younger self. He was slightly shorter, with black hair and yellow skin. His physical fitness was so strong that it could make many people feel despair.
Damn it! How did this guy fail to be drafted? Are all NBA scouts blind? They can’t read players’ physical test data?!
Zhang Lili sighed: "Yang Jian jumped really high and defended really well. If it wasn't for Yang Jian, Jordan would have scored. The two supermen faced each other tit for tat. They each attacked once in the opening game, but they couldn't do it under the opponent's defense."
Score."
Sun Zhengping said: "Jordan is taller and stronger but he still can't squeeze out of Yang Jian. It is said that Jordan's bench press strength reaches 200 kilograms and his body fat rate is 3%, but Yang Jian can compete with him. It's incredible."
"It is said" usually refers to people in Chinese basketball magazines. The person who wrote the article may have never been to a gym to bench press in his life, and does not know what a person with a body fat rate of 3% looks like. But many Chinese viewers heard today's statement
The commentator must believe that Jordan can bench press two of himself. People in this era are so easy to trust others.
In the Internet age, as long as you search online, you will find... there are still many people who believe this, don't stop them from worshiping the god of the NBA.
As long as Yang Jian wins against Jordan for three years, his future bench press data will not be less than 200 kilograms, even if he never practices this thing.
In the SuperSonics position battle, Yang Jian started to move and repeated the tactic just now. This time he took the ball from the right without pausing and quickly changed direction to the center. Kempla blocked Jordan again at a 45-degree angle.
Dickie Simpkins quickly changed defense. He is a power forward with a height of 206cm and a weight of 112kg. His mobility is quite good at the 4th position.
Yang Jian took a step towards Dicky and pulled the ball up, took a small step to the right, then took a big step to the left and crossed the ball into the penalty area with a European step.
Jordan bypassed the screen from the side and was unable to catch up. Center Luke Longley was also attracted to the basket by Yang Jian to cover up the defense. Yang Jian transferred the ball to the left corner with both hands.
Sam Perkins was completely empty and hit a three-point jump shot. 3-0.
The SuperSonics home fans applauded one after another. Facing the powerful Bulls, the SuperSonics still played wonderful cooperation at the beginning. Moreover, Yang Jian was not afraid of Jordan's defense and dared to fight and fight, which made them excited.
Zhang Lili said: "Yang Jian quickly got rid of Jordan and passed a big man to assist his teammates. Jordan was blocked by Kemp and had no time to pursue him. It is very reasonable for the SuperSonics to play like this. Yang Jian can not only score by himself."
, and can also drive teammates to score points.”
Sun Zhengping said: "Jordan wants the ball again, let's see if he can return one immediately."
Yang Jian defended closely, forcing Jordan to post up. Jordan also wanted to try to break through the frame, but his speed was not enough to get rid of Yang Jian's entanglement. Others in the SuperSonics had no idea of helping to defend, because Jordan was still one step away from the penalty area.
This was George Karl's plan, to let Yang Jian consume Jordan on the outside. This time Jordan played from the right and took two backhand moves to the baseline to turn around and shoot a fadeaway jumper.
Jordan used special tricks continuously, jumping high and leaning back to make it difficult to block the shot. Yang Jian tried his best to interfere, but to no avail, and the ball went in. 3 to 2.
When the SuperSonics attacked, Yang Jian started running on the left again, and under the cover of Perkins, he ran to the middle to get the ball.
Payton on the right cut to the middle under Kemp's ball-free cover, and Yang Jian passed the ball over. Payton got rid of Harper this time, received the ball and broke through in the middle, which also attracted Longley to cover, and distributed the ball to
The left bottom corner.
Perkins caught the ball, and Pippen let go of Schrempf to cover the ball. Perkins was experienced and passed the ball to Schrempf.
Schrempf made a 70-degree jumper from the left for a three-pointer, which missed due to slight interference from Dicky Simpkins.
Although the ball was not scored, the opportunity came...