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Chapter 176 The Ax of the Gods
比尔沃顿道：“乔丹38投，占了全队一半的比手，投中20球，命中率52.6%，三分球6投3中，4罚4中，拿到了47分8篮板3助攻3抢断1盖帽2失误3犯规的数据。”

John Hanks said: "Pippen made 20 of 8 shots, 5 of 1 shots in the final quarter, 17 of 6 three-pointers, no free throws, [-] points and [-] rebounds."

Bill Walton said with a smile: "Today, the Bulls team only made 9 free throws. Of course, the Suns didn't have many free throws, only 17.

In terms of rebounds, the Bulls had only 34 and the Suns had 48.In terms of turnovers, the Bulls made 9 times and the Suns made 14 times. The Bulls had the upper hand.

In terms of blocks, the Bulls have 4, but the Suns have 11. They almost blocked the entire penalty area, so that the Bulls can only shoot outside.

In terms of overall shooting percentage, the Bulls only had 44.8%, while the Suns had 49.5%.In terms of three-pointers, the Bulls have the upper hand.The Suns took 9 more shots than the Bulls.From the analysis of these data, the failure of the Bulls is inevitable. "

John Hanks said: "After the old K broke out in the last quarter, especially the four-clamp failure, the Bulls' morale was knocked down to the bottom, and then they lost control of the game.

We can take a look. Since then, the Bulls' defense against Old K has lost its toughness. The weak double-teaming is not enough to defend Old K. They don't even bother to use foul tactics, just watch Old K continue to complete dunks.

If such a bull cannot be changed within 46 hours, then I will have no hope for the next G4 battle. "

At the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Lili was about to make a final analysis and said: "Now we are leading [-]-[-], and there will be two away games. If the Suns can win another game and return to Phoenix with a big score of [-]-[-], then they will have a big advantage."

"Champion?" Sun Zhenping said excitedly.

"Wang Tiejun played a super giant performance in the last quarter, helping the team destroy the Bulls in one fell swoop, and scored 16 points in a single quarter. This is his career scoring record in a single quarter including the regular season. We are here to congratulate Tiejun " Zhang Lili said excitedly.

At this time on the court, the Bulls who had lost the game had already left, and some Suns players were being interviewed.

"Charles, with a score of two to one, is your vision for the championship now bigger?" the reporter asked.

"Yes, I feel the championship is waving to me." Barkley shouted excitedly.

"What do you think Jordan will do?" The reporter asked again.

Barkley choked, paused for a moment and said: "I know he will score like crazy, but now we are more dominant, our lineup is stronger, we have a greater advantage at the basket and in the low post, and we are confident to maintain this advantage to the end of the series. The final championship must belong to us."

More reporters ran in front of Wang Tiejun, but they were rejected. Although they didn't exert their strength in the first three quarters, they played too hard in the last quarter. Now they are so tired that they rush to go to the ice bath.

"Bang! Bang! Bang..."

The door of the locker room of the home team was closed tightly. All the players, including the head coach and the management, were driven outside. There were occasional sounds of smashing things and Jordan's venting growl.

Everyone trembled in their hearts. Facing the tyrant of the bull, even though they were separated by a door and a wall from Jordan, they seemed afraid to breathe loudly, let alone speak.

An hour later, the post-match press conference began.

On the Suns side, the host started to flip the cards. Facing hundreds of reporters who raised their hands, he gave the right to ask a TNT reporter the first question.

After being selected by the host, the reporter was very excited. After taking the microphone, he immediately asked: "Old K, what made you play a super performance in the last quarter tonight that is completely different from that in the G2 game?"

"It's you."

Wang Tiejun leaned lazily on the back of the chair and said calmly.

"us?"

The reporter and all the media present were taken aback.

Wang Tiejun explained: "I am referring to media such as ESPN, you do not have any professional opinion that the Bulls will win the finals, because of Michael Jordan, you take the Bulls to win for granted.

But me, and my teammates, including Charles, don't see it that way.

So tonight we use a victory to tell you, look, you are wrong, Jordan's Bulls are not unbeatable, he is not great enough to be unbeatable, otherwise he would not only have two championships, but is eight. "

The media reporters looked at each other, but there was nothing to say. After all, the Suns were the winners tonight, and the winners cannot be blamed, so they have to accept the scolding now, and stand at attention when they are beaten.

On the Bulls side, the atmosphere was even worse than when they lost the G1 game.

Jordan sat there without saying a word, his livid face was like an iron plate, and the appearance of keeping people away from gods made the reporters present dare not provoke him.Even if the reporter asked about his face, he didn't say anything.

After sitting for three or four minutes without answering a single question, he suddenly got up and left, leaving behind all the reporters and teammates.

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, not knowing what to do, and the Bulls' press conference could only end in a hurry.

The next day, the Bulls, who lost their home game, were widely blamed by the media.

From the head coach to the players, none escaped, even Jordan.

Many media, such as the New York Athletic, lashed out at Jordan for losing control of the team and dominance over the game.

For Phil Jackson, the media even accused the tactical problems in the G3 battle.

For example, when Wang Tiejun did not exert his strength in the first three quarters, he did not establish enough score advantage in so much time, and even fell behind in the first quarter.

Even the general manager Jerry Krause did not escape the accusations of the media, and even the accused media included most of the Chicago media.

These media believe that Klaus has not fulfilled the duties of the general manager, and he has not even hoarded a human shield.

We must know that the performance of the Suns in the regular season has been very strong, and the possibility of reaching the finals is very high, and Wang Tiejun has shown a strong destructive power at the basket early on, so the Bulls need to hoard meat shields, and there is time. Before the All-Star trading window closes, there is a chance.

For example, the Suns rookie Oliver Miller, the league's top tonnage, is an excellent meat shield, and the Suns were forced to the bench by Wang Tiejun. If the Bulls want to trade him, it is possible to reach a deal.

But no, the Bulls traded not Oliver Miller, but veteran Mark West, and it was a completely needlessly wrong trade.

In addition to the news about the Bulls, there is another piece of news, which is the trash talk that Wang Tiejun sprayed on Jordan: Hey, on the 23rd, the four of you almost stopped me.

The New York Times put that sentence on the headlines of the general news section, not the sports section.

"Number [-] trash-talking scene in league history." New York Athletic.

"Jordan's tolerance is really too big, he didn't get mad by old K, haha..." Larry Bird kept laughing in front of the media, and the interview couldn't continue.

When Smiling Assassin was being interviewed, he didn't smile, but burst into laughter. After laughing for nearly half a minute, he said, "Congratulations Jordan, you've become famous! Haha..."

The similar trash talk this time has ten times the impact on David Robinson last time, because the target is Jordan, and it was sprayed after the failure of four clips and one, which is full of gold.

In fact, without Wang Tiejun, Jordan would have spewed such trash talk to Payton in 96.

"boom!"

Jordan kicked over the TV in front of him. He had already dropped two mobile phones before.

"Old K, I'm not finished with you!"

His tyrant-like roar sounded in the luxurious villa.

The G4 game was on the 16th. On the 14th, the Suns did not arrange training. Wang Tiejun rested during the day and completed speed and flexibility training at night.

On the 15th, the Suns only arranged two hours of recovery training in the afternoon, without any intensity.

On the 16th, the G4 match day.

In the afternoon, the Suns came to the United Center Arena for pre-match training. In order to stimulate the players' bodies to enter the game state faster, the training increased a little.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

During shooting practice, Barkley missed his first three shots.

"Brother, can you do it today? You won't be rested, are you?" Comrade Wang shouted.

"Don't worry, I will definitely find it."

Barkley continued to shoot. Obviously, the feel was not as good as in previous training.

Several coaches and trainers came over to observe Barkley's state.

Because Wang Tie often occupies the space under the basket, Barkley's activities in the penalty area are restricted, and most of his shots are outside jump shots, so the shooting touch is very important to him.

After watching it for a long time, Barkley's hand feeling is really average today. He only scored 30 goals in 21 goals. This is a shooting training with no defenders and no shot time limit.

"Old K, how do you feel?" Coach Westphal asked.

Comrade Wang glanced at Barkley and said, "I feel bad, Barkley may not have washed his hands for two days."

Westphal said angrily, "I'm asking you, not Barkley."

Lao Wang laughed and said, "After two days of rest, I feel pretty good. I can beat that old boy Jordan to death."

"Come over here."

Under Westphal's greeting, several members of the coaching staff then walked aside to discuss tonight's game.

"If we lose the G4 game tonight, it will be very troublesome. The G5 game is on the 18th. We can't give old K another two days of rest, so his physical fitness in the G5 game is definitely not as good as it is now, and the other main players are the same."

"You mean, give up the G4 game? It's impossible. We can't give up the G4 game immediately because Barkley doesn't feel good."

"Of course I don't mean that. What I want to say is, if it's halfway tonight and it's determined that something big can't be done, can the playing time of the main players like Old K and Barkley be reduced?"

"This, of course, if the G4 battle cannot be won, we must prepare for the G5 battle."

After discussing with several people, it was decided.

On the Bulls side, a tactical meeting is being held.

After two days, Jordan couldn't see anything on his face now, but the atmosphere in the conference room was still normal.

Phil Jackson broke the silence and said: "Now that we've all calmed down, it's time to fix some of the issues that arose in the G3 game."

He looked at the reactions of other people, especially Jordan, who seemed to be listening, but also didn’t seem to be listening. Everyone’s concentration was not returned 100%, which made him a little worried, but he continued: "In tonight's game, we must first solve a problem, how to defend... Barkley."

"Ok?"

Everyone was startled, including Jordan, all looked at Phil Jackson.

"Do you think I can say old K?"

Phil Jackson shook his head and said, "From beginning to end, Barkley has been the number one scoring point of the Suns, strangling him can not only destroy the strongest scoring point of the Suns, but also limit some of the Suns' organizational capabilities.

The Suns' two major inside combinations are mutually restraining, and each attracts defense for the other. When we double-team one, we have to relax the other, and vice versa.

Since we can't defend against the old K under the basket, it is better to use Barkley to prevent him and strangle him, the most scoring point in the Suns' inside combination. "

Having said that, he said to Jordan: "Michael, then you and Scottie Pippen strangled their outside line and cut off their passing line with Old K. Tell me, can we win?"

"can."

Jordan got up from his seat, his face that had been gloomy for two days finally had some light.

The psychology of other people also became active, especially the few insiders.

Their anti-old K was already in the shadows, knocking them down at every turn, the tonnage plus the strength of the hit, a huge force of hundreds of kilograms hit them, if they were not strong, they would have been knocked to pieces, just like Mark West and Rainman Kemp.

Let them defend Barkley now, it will be too easy, Barkley's big butt even has a massage effect, and there will be no danger.

At eight o'clock in the evening, the game is about to start, and the two sides announced the starting list.

Suns: Wang Tiejun, Barkley, Ceballos, Dan Marley, Kevin Johnson

Bulls: Bill Cartwright, Grant, Pippen, Jordan, BJ Armstrong

"The Bulls are one to two behind. What kind of explosion will Jordan usher in? I believe he will have a big explosion. He has been laughed at by the media in the past two days."

In the ABC live broadcast, Bill Wharton said with a smile.

"Ha ha……"

John Hanks laughed loudly and said after laughing enough: "Yes, Bill, guess what kind of trash Michael will use in return to old K?"

"I don't know, but he must have the opportunity to say to old K, hey, rookie, you almost guarded me." Bill Wharton laughed.

"Impossible, he can't learn old K's trash talk. That's something David Robinson can do. As a top student, that's too low-level. By the way, he was the first to do the winding defense against the rookie old K."

"Ha ha……"

This time it was Bill Walton's turn to burst out laughing.

After the joke, John Hanks said seriously: "Bill, how do you think the Bulls will defend Old K in the low post?"

"Oliver Miller can be traded on the sidelines. He is not reused by the Suns, but the Bulls should need it." Bill Walton joked.

"Ha ha……"

Having said that, the two laughed again.

In the live broadcast of CCTV, Sun Zhenping said: "Three finals have passed, and Wang Tiejun has averaged 41 minutes, 25.3 points and 13 rebounds per game, and his performance is very good."

Zhang Lili said with a smile: "I don't know how the Bulls will defend him today? He played calmly in G3. He ignored the Bulls' active confrontation in the first three quarters, and saved energy and had a big explosion in the final quarter. The Bulls will definitely not repeat the same mistakes tonight. Phil Jackson's ability is very strong."

At [-]:[-], the starters started.

"MJ! MJ! MJ..."

When Jordan played, the entire United Center cheered enthusiastically.

"Brother, we're going to kill him tonight and get the match point."

Standing in the player tunnel, looking at Jordan's back, Wang Tiejun turned around and said to Barkley beside him.

Barkley let out a long breath, as if he wanted to let out the pressure in his heart.

As the finals gradually deepened, his pressure on whether he could win his first championship was also increasing.

"Shh!"

When the visiting team played, the boos were as cold as the wind, trying to break people's will.

At 08:30, the game officially started.

After the jump ball, the Suns attack.

Entering the frontcourt with the ball, Kevin Johnson immediately felt Jordan's defensive will, and the terrible eyes stared at his face, which made him panic.

"Boy, where's your ball?" Jordan's trash talk came.

"Ok?"

Kevin Johnson was taken aback.

At this moment, Jordan suddenly took a step forward, stabbed forward with his long arm, and while stabbing the ball away, his body squeezed up, squeezed away Kevin Johnson and completed the steal, then dribbled the ball across the frontcourt and started a fast break.

"No, I can't catch up!"

Kevin Johnson tried his best to catch up, but was still two steps behind.

"boom!"

Jordan killed the top of the arc, stepped on the free throw line, held the ball like a tomahawk with one hand, walked in the air for two steps, and under the dunk, the United Center suddenly boiled.

"Oh ho ho ho ho..."

The on-site commentator screamed excitedly, and then roared passionately: "Tomahawk dunk, MJ sent a tomahawk dunk that jumped from the free throw line. This is the ax of the gods. We will definitely win a brilliant victory tonight!"

(End of this chapter)