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Chapter 178 Congratulations, only three people almost stopped me this time!
"Constantly switching defenses and making up defenses finally allowed the Bulls to complete the double-team. They played a suffocating perimeter defense. The Bulls tonight have an extremely strong will to fight, which was first reflected from the defensive end." Bill Walton praised.

"Yes, it wouldn't be surprising if the Bulls won the game tonight," John Hanks said.

In the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Heshi sighed: "Compared to the two teams, the Bulls are obviously in better shape. They are more focused and devoted to the game. The players of the Suns are half a beat slower in reaction, and their running positions are not very active. This will not work.

The Bulls' outside line is stronger than the Suns' outside line. Now they have to find a way to restore the connection between the outside line and the inside line. Wang Tiejun has to be in place at the basket several times, but he just can't get the ball! "

"Then what should we do?" Sun Zhenping asked anxiously.

"Play a dozen more pick-and-rolls, and use frequent running positions to pull the Bulls' defense, there will always be a chance." Zhang Lili said.

But in this game, until the end of halftime, the Suns didn't find their rhythm. They made as many as 9 turnovers in the halftime, and the Bulls got 7 steals in the halftime.

At 38:54, the Bulls led by as many as 16 points at halftime.

That is to say, the Suns can still maintain an advantage in rebounding, otherwise the point difference will be even greater.

Wang Tiejun played 7 minutes in the first quarter and was replaced because he couldn't get the ball inside and wasted energy.

In the second quarter, he only played 9 minutes, and Jordan and Pippen played the entire first half, continuing to implement suffocating defense against the Suns' perimeter, and he still didn't have many opportunities inside.

In the 16 minutes of the half, he took the ball 6 times, was fouled twice, made 4 of 3 shots, 5 of 3 free throws, and scored 9 points and 7 rebounds.

Although he doesn't play much, his physical energy consumption is not small. Almost every offensive round will require a position, which consumes a lot of physical energy for nothing.

On Barkley's side, he made as many as 3 turnovers in the double-team, played 21 minutes in the half, made 14 of 5 shots, and his shooting percentage was only 35.7%. In addition, he made 2 of 2 free throws and scored 12 points and 8 rebounds.

The Suns returned to the locker room. Because the game was very boring, the state was not good, and the pressure was very high. On the contrary, the physical energy of the players was exhausted, and no one spoke, only the sound of panting one after another.

"Paul, what about the second half?" assistant coach Lewis asked nervously.

Westphal's face was very ugly. Not only was the player in poor condition, but he also failed to come up with a good solution tactically.

After thinking for a while, he said: "Play one more quarter, if there is a chance to win back, then continue to fight, if not, then you can only give up."

"OK." Lewis nodded.

"How to solve Jordan's defense?" This is Westphal's biggest headache now.

Jordan misplaced and switched to defend Kevin Johnson. He is 8 centimeters taller than the latter, has at least 15 centimeters difference in wingspan, and weighs [-] kilograms, completely covering the latter, and constantly squeezing the latter's room for movement through his body.

In terms of flexibility and mobility, he is not weaker than Kevin Johnson at all, his bounce is much stronger than the latter, and his defensive ability is the top in the league. Kevin Johnson has been completely locked.

If Kevin Johnson is not freed from Jordan's defense, let alone this game, the following games will not be easy to play.

In the end, he could only use more pick-and-rolls.

Pick and roll, there are outside pick and rolls, but this does not form a dislocation advantage, and the Bulls also have Pippen on the outside, the same top perimeter defensive expert, so you can't use outside pick and roll, you must use inside to do pick and roll.

Old K can't do it. He doesn't have the ability to shoot in the long range, so he can only use Barkley.

The halftime break ends, the game begins, and the Bulls attack.

"boom!"

After a break, he felt a bit colder. In the first half, he made 13 of 8 shots and 7 of 7 free throws. Jordan, who had already scored 23 points, missed a goal.

Wang Tiejun grabbed the rebound and saw that Dan Marley was going down, one step ahead of Jordan, and quickly threw the ball over.

However, when Dan Marley received the ball, Jordan had already caught up, and he was afraid of the opponent's defense. He was a little afraid to take a shot against the opponent's defense, so he passed the ball to Kevin Johnson, who was responding, and lost the fast break opportunity.

"If the ball is replaced by Jordan, no matter who the defender is, there is no reason not to play one-on-one. One-on-one is the fairest way to reflect personal strength." Zhang Lili laughed.

In the positional battle, Wang Tiejun entered the low post, Barkley came up to the top of the arc to make a pick-and-roll, and Kevin Johnson, who was holding the ball, took the opportunity to get rid of Jordan.

At this time, Wang Tiejun had already entered the basket, squeezing the Bulls' backup center Wilperdo to the left and occupying the position under the basket.

"Whoosh!"

As soon as he got rid of Jordan, Kevin Johnson saw that there was a chance under the basket, so he didn't rush in again. Instead, he pushed the ball directly, hit the ground and passed the ball in.

"Snapped!"

Wang Tiejun carried Perdo with his left elbow and received the ball with his right.

"Oh!"

In the next moment, Perdo was knocked away by an iron mountain, and he got up before Grant rushed to his side.

"boom!"

"Di!"

Slamming the basket with one hand, two points are valid, and he also won a thug foul from Perdo.

His Tieshan rely on hitting just now did not directly knock people over with all his strength as before, which consumes more energy, but just knocked them away, giving him the opportunity and space to get up.

It was because he was not knocked over that Perdo had the chance to foul.

"Pick and roll?"

In front of the Bulls' bench, Phil Jackson squinted his eyes thoughtfully, then inserted two little fingers into his mouth, and blew hard. The hooligan whistle sounded immediately, attracting the attention of the players on the court. Jordan, who was standing on the center line waiting for a free throw, ran over immediately.

"Pay attention to the pick-and-roll and defense. They want to liberate the number one position. Don't let them succeed." Phil Jackson gave the opportunity face-to-face and whispered.

"OK."

Jordan nodded and ran back again.

"boom!"

The ball smashed into the basket and Wang Tiejun made an extra penalty
41:54, the Suns were still 13 points behind, and the Bulls attacked.

Pippen broke through with the ball and crossed Jordan on the right wing, who made a jumper and hit a goal.

"The Sun can't defend against the Bulls. If we continue to play like this, even if we can score, we still have no hope of chasing points! The hole dug ahead is too big." Zhang Li sighed.

At this time, the Suns were attacking, and Barkley came up to pick and roll, and Kevin Johnson used the wall to break through.

Perdo was originally on the top defense, but at this time he suddenly went forward, disrupting Wang Tiejun's rhythm, and missed Kevin Johnson's passing opportunity. At this time, Grant switched defenses, and he could only go to the left wing and left the paint.

But as soon as he reached the left wing, he was defended by Pippen. At this time, Jordan chased up again and was double-teamed. He could only protect the ball with his hands and could not dribble.

"give me!"

Wang Tiejun had already returned to the low position on the left wing, and shouted loudly beside him.

"boom!"

Kevin Johnson, whose sight was blocked, heard it, and quickly hit the ground to pass the ball past Jordan's feet.

Jordan failed to catch a handful, so he quickly turned around and jumped in front of Wang Tiejun, and completed double-teaming with Perdo.

At this time, Pippen was also in place in one step, and the three formed a double team, tightly sticking to Wang Tiejun, and constantly squeezing him, not giving him the slightest space. At the same time, six arms were pressed on top of his head, preventing him from shooting and passing.

"Tie Jun, smash them away!"

In the CCTV live broadcast seat, Zhang Lili suddenly shouted loudly.

Three people double-teamed. At this moment, there was no teammate who could help Wang Tiejun, but he did not give up. The trapped beast was still fighting, let alone a human?

He leaned over to hold the ball in his arms, bowed slightly in his horse step, did not move his right foot, and moved his left foot slightly backwards, both feet suddenly stopped, and under the twisting of the waist and abdomen, the six forces combined into one.

"Oh!"

There was no room for force at all, and Perdo's tonnage behind him was 110 kilograms. His upper body was only slightly tilted back by the impact, and his feet did not move.

But it was this leaning back of less than fifteen centimeters that bought him a little room to exert force. The next moment, the second iron mountain shot broke out.

The left foot moved forward again, inserted between Jordan's legs, and the six forces instantly merged into one.

"Oh!"

Jordan in front was only 198 centimeters, so he retreated in response.

"opened!
Zhang Lili roared excitedly.

"what?"

At this moment, including Jordan who was knocked away, the picture of the four-in-one basket in the last game immediately flashed in his mind.

Immediately after knocking Jordan away, Wang Tiejun had no time to take a breath, and he was beaten twice in a row, making his face turn red.

At this time, he stepped on his left foot again, took a big step out, and rushed out of the three-man double-team before Jordan and Perdo posted again.

Pippen on the right pulled his right arm secretly, but he didn't have enough strength to pull it.

Without dribbling, he strode out in one step, and the three double-teamers all fell behind him.

Barkley was under the basket at this time, but he didn't pass the ball, but after a step, he jumped directly to the basket.

Barkley, who stretched out his hands to catch the ball, looked at it and quickly dodged down.

"boom!"

With a one-handed dunk, the Bulls' basket was exploded.

"yeah!"

Two thousand away fans stood up one after another, raising their arms and shouting wildly.

"Hohohoho..."

Jumping off the floor, Pharaoh was gasping for breath.

"Brother, you did a great job, you fucked them again, they can't stop you!" Excited Buckley hugged him and yelled.

"Hey, number 23..." Lao Wang shouted at the black-faced Jordan after recovering his breath.

"Crack clap..."

The media seats behind the baseline are frantically pressing the shutter.

Dozens of the nearest microphones stretched towards Wang Tiejun and Jordan's positions, like black gun barrels.

A few reporters in the front row even stretched their arms into the arena, and the bottom referee hurried over to stop them.

"..."

Jordan's eyes became sharp, what did this damn rookie want to say?
Wang Tiejun took another breath, and then continued: "Congratulations, you have made progress this time. Only three people almost stopped me."

"Pfft!"

This time, it wasn't just Barkley who laughed, but even the media behind the bottom line laughed directly.

"Shh!"

The Bulls fans behind the media booth booed Wang Tiejun dissatisfiedly.

More than a dozen cheerleaders standing there also rolled their eyes at Lao Wang in dissatisfaction, and a few even raised the middle finger to him quietly.

"Damn boy!"

Jordan was so angry that he vomited blood, cursed fiercely, turned around and ran to the frontcourt.

"Just three people almost guarded me? Hahaha..."

In the live broadcast of ABC TV station, Bill Wharton couldn't help laughing after receiving the news from the reporter below.

John Hanks laughed loudly: "No wonder Michael's face is so ugly. If it were me, I might vomit blood on the spot."

"What do you mean? Haha..." Bill Wharton laughed even more.

"Damn it, can't the Bulls' interior defense be stronger? Every time they are collectively beaten by the old K."

"Don't double-team if you can't guard against it. I don't want to hear the sentence 'you four almost guarded me' again."

"It was pretended by old K again, haha!"

"I'm a Bulls fan, but please, next time you double-team, don't go with five of you."

Countless American fans heard this trash talk through ABC's live broadcast, angry, angry, happy, ridiculed, and so on.

After this blow, the morale of the Bulls declined, while the morale of the Suns took advantage of the momentum.

After the third quarter, 68:76, the Suns got back 8 points and were still 8 points behind.

王铁军次节5投3中，6罚4中，拿到了10分3篮板。

5 shots were scored as a second offense at the basket, four were nearly two-point hooks, and two hits were made.

He took the ball ten times, and the Bulls fouled him at the basket. He made a lot of free throws, and his shooting percentage was not bad, exceeding [-]%.

In the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Lili smiled and said: "The Suns have been controlling the rebounds tonight. If it weren't for this advantage, they would have been blown away by the Bulls. Now they are 8 points behind, and there is still a chance to come back in the final quarter."

Sun Zhenping read: "Wang Tiejun played 28 minutes in the three quarters, made 9 of 6 shots and 11 of 7 free throws, and scored 19 points and 10 rebounds. Guided by Zhang, his 20+10 data tonight is stable."

"That's definitely okay, but if you can't win the game, the statistics are useless, and empty cuts are the most annoying." Zhang Lili laughed.

In the ABC live broadcast, John Hanks said with a smile: "The Bulls are too weak inside. Old K will hit 20+10 again tonight. The performance in the finals is stronger than the previous three series."

Bill Walton said with a smile: "Whether it is the Lakers, Spurs, or Supersonics, their insides are stronger than the Bulls, so it is not surprising that Old K performed better in the Finals."

The two were talking, and it was time to play.

The Bulls sent backup center Scott Williams, and the Suns replaced Ceballos with Danny Ainge.

Head coach Westphal has decided to give it his all tonight, with an 8-point gap, he has no reason to give up.

"Old K, are you okay?" Barkley asked with concern when he entered the court.

"It's a man, there's nothing wrong with it." After resting for 2 minutes, Lao Wang was still panting slightly, but the tone was loud.

In fact, he was already very tired. Today's physical exertion was huge, and his calf muscles were already tensed, as was the key.

In the first half, the Bulls sent several inside substitutes to consume his physical energy in turn, and each time he did not hesitate to defend physically.

In the third quarter, the Bulls began to double-team him, and his physical energy consumption was even greater.

Now at the last moment, in fact, his physical fitness is running out.

"Watch my points," he said, leaning over Barkley.

"OK."

Barkley nodded quickly. From this sentence, he knew that Old K couldn't move anymore.

"Do you want to change the defensive tactics?"

"I won't change it. Old K is obviously lacking in physical fitness. My tactics are very successful. I will continue to double-team Barkley."

On the sidelines, in front of the Bulls bench, Phil Jackson was observing Wang Tiejun and Barkley through glasses.

Today, his defensive tactics are very successful. Barkley made 20 of 7 shots in three quarters and 4 of 3 free throws. He has only scored 17 points so far, and his shooting percentage is only 35%.

He then said to Scott Williams who was walking towards the field: "Scott, you defend Old K alone, you must do your best."

Then he said to Jordan and Grant, who were looking over, "Continue with the original defensive tactics."

Jordan and others nodded and rushed onto the court one after another.

The final game officially started, 68:76, the Suns attacked.

Pharaoh entered the low position on the left wing, and Scott Williams topped the defense.

There are two people, one big and one small, and Williams is only 208 cm and 105 kg, which is a lot smaller, and it is impossible to carry it. However, he still adopts the top defense that requires the most strength and tonnage. This is because the Bulls judge that Lao Wang has no physical fitness.

The Bulls still mainly double-teamed Barkley. This tactic was successful. Barkley played very inefficiently tonight.

Therefore, because Pharaoh was out of stamina, Westphal arranged a low-post support and distribution tactic, that is, the ball went to Pharaoh first, and he attracted the defense to create open opportunities for his teammates.

The main idea is to liberate Barkley through this tactic.

Entering the final quarter, Jordan and Pippen's physical fitness is naturally not sufficient, and the defensive intensity will inevitably decline. It is impossible to maintain the terrifying super-high-intensity defense in the first three quarters tonight.

In fact, with such a super-high-intensity defense, it is very good to be able to last half of the court. They have already lasted an extra quarter.

So now Kevin Johnson feels a lot less pressure and passes the ball quickly.

As soon as the ball came into Lao Wang's hands, he put his left hand against Williams, and held the ball high with his right hand.

"No double-team?"

Pippen didn't come down, and there was no weak-side defense. After his physical fitness declined, the Bulls gave up double-teaming him?
In the next moment, he suddenly turned upwards and stepped into the paint area with his right foot [-] centimeters. Even though Williams grabbed his left arm, it didn't stop him from getting up and hitting a frontal hook.

This time he didn't use the iron mountain to rely on, and he had no strength.

But without double-teaming, he still has confidence in singles against a fringe guy like Williams in the low post who is one size smaller than him.

"Di!"

When the ball flew to the basket, the referee's whistle blew.

"Shh!"

The basketball went into the basket hollow, and the referee pointed his finger at Williams, making a pull foul and calling for an extra penalty.

"Scout, either let him shoot, or let him not shoot, choose one of the two, don't make such a stupid choice again."

Jordan strode over to Williams and growled.

Williams is only 25 years old. He is an undrafted player. This is his third season. In the first two seasons, he had very few opportunities to play. This season, he only increased some opportunities. After three seasons, he was scolded countless times by Jordan. Now After being reprimanded by Jordan, he nodded again and again, not even daring to speak.

Next, Wang Tiejun missed an extra free throw, Grant grabbed a backcourt rebound, 70:76, ​​the Bulls attacked.

(End of this chapter)