NBA backer king

Chapter 364

On the evening of the 28th, the United Center arena was full of voices and stars.

The match between the two strongest teams in the league has attracted countless attention. Even if it is just a regular season, there are a lot of stars who have traveled far and wide to gather here.

At 07:30, the two teams announced their starting lineups.

Suns: Wang Tiejun, Ben Wallace, Michael Finley, Wes Ripperson, Kevin Johnson.

Bulls: Clifford Robinson, Rodman, Pippen, Jordan, Ron Harper
The game was broadcast live across the United States by TNT, and the commentators were Mav Albert and Kevin Harlan.

Today is the 29th in China, Thursday, but CCTV still chose to broadcast the game live.

Although there is still a live broadcast every week this year, there are some flexibility. For example, some games that attract a lot of attention will also be broadcast live.

At this time Albert said: "In terms of the lineup, although the Lightning is back, the Suns' outside line is not the opponent of the Bulls. They had glider in the finals last time, but they don't now. The outside line strength has weakened a lot."

Kevin Harlan went on to say: "The Bulls last season's BJ contract ended and left. Phil Jackson put Ron Harper in the starting lineup. Although Harper lost most of his offensive ability after being seriously injured, he is still a first-class perimeter defense expert. Therefore, the Bulls' perimeter defense is even stronger than in the last finals.

The Suns wanted to break through the Bulls' perimeter blockade, and it was extremely difficult. Without the containment and help of the glider, Lightning might not be able to hold on alone. "

Albert nodded and said: "Person's ball-handling ability is not bad, but Finley, a rookie, needs to improve his ball-handling ability. Let alone double-teaming, he can't cope with Pippen's defense alone."

On the CCTV side, Zhang Reasonable’s analysis was similar. He was not very optimistic about the Suns. After analyzing it, he said, “The Bulls still had a weakness in rebounding in the Finals last time. Now the situation has improved. Da Chong has averaged close to 15 rebounds per game this season. Although not as good as the Iron Army, the Bulls are not far behind in rebounding.”

"Director Zhang, it should still be inferior to the Suns, right?" Su Qun said.

Zhang Lili nodded, looked through the data and said: "This season, the Suns averaged 45.4 rebounds per game, while the Bulls averaged 44.6. It seems that the gap is not that big, but very close.

But we can analyze it in two periods. In the previous period, when Horry was the power forward, the Suns had fewer rebounds. Now that Ben Wallace is the power forward, the rebounds have increased a lot.

In fact, after Daben became the main No. 48.5 position, the Iron Army took on more offensive tasks. The Suns' offensive ability has not weakened. In terms of rebounds, the average is [-] per game during this period. This is one of Daben's functions. "

"Although Daben doesn't attack, he rebounds very steadily, with eight or nine rebounds in a game. The defense is getting better and better now, and he can defend from the three-point line." Su Qun laughed.

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "I hope he can grow up and complement each other with Tie Jun. If he can really grow up, the Suns will be really lucky. Tie Jun joined the team without any cost, and now Ben Wallace is the same."

"However, there are benefits and restraints. If Daben can't get out, the old K will be double-teamed a bit too much in the low position!" Su Qun laughed.

"That's no way, the world is in a dilemma. If you can't get the kind of power forward who can defend and pull out, you can only use the current lineup. Twenty or thirty teams have excellent players. You can't just have them. Why do the teams have to cultivate their own rookies? It's because other people's stars are not what you want." Zhang Lili laughed.

At this time, the starters of the two teams met in the player tunnel.

"Big bug..."

As soon as Lao Wang arrived, he yelled at Rodman: "How dare you tarnish my reputation? We have to settle this account today."

"what?"

Rodman was taken aback and ruined your reputation, why am I not crazy?
Although he has a weird personality and is tough enough on the court, even the postman Malone dares to be tough on the court, but he definitely doesn't want to provoke a ruthless person like Old K off the court.

"Old K, what did you say?"

Jordan was also at a loss, and quickly inserted himself between the two.

"It's fine if this guy doesn't come to the sun, but he said that he's afraid that I'll beat him? I'm the one who beats my teammates? Isn't this slandering me? This is just ruining my reputation. I lost a lot of commercial sponsorships and lost tens of millions. If you don't settle the score today, everyone, don't play." Old Wang roared.

Jordan and Rodman had a headache at the same time, bastard, blatant blackmail, what should we do?Are we going to call the police?

Rodman hurriedly yelled: "Old K, listen to my sophistry, no, no, listen to me..."

Jordan covered his forehead and sighed, damn it, if you don't know how to say it, don't say it, okay?
"Listen, he himself admitted that he was making excuses, so what else can he say now?" Old Wang said mercilessly.

"Ha ha……"

Kevin Johnson and others couldn't bear it anymore, and laughed out loud behind them.

"Old K, tell me, what do you want to do?" Glaring at Lightning and the others, Jordan said angrily.

"Apologize."

Lao Wang suppressed his laughter and said seriously.

"You come."

As soon as Jordan heard this, he quickly stepped aside and tilted his head at Rodman. He didn't take this job.

With short colorful hair on his head, Rodman stared at Old Wang and said, "Old K, I really didn't say those words. I just said the wrong words just now."

"Do you still want to argue?" Lao Wang said with a face.

Rodman immediately looked embarrassed, what the hell, I really made a mistake just now, what I want to talk about is discrimination.

"Feel sorry."

After thinking about it, he still apologized, otherwise he would be in trouble if he was entangled by the bastard old K.

"Ha ha……"

After molesting the tiger, Pharaoh was in a good mood, and led the crowd out on stage.

"This bastard, he's just picking on us." Rodman said dissatisfiedly.

"Forget it, those words of yours did affect him," Jordan said.

Rodman twitched his lips, affecting the fart, old K has a fierce reputation, the head of the four villains, can that be influenced by me?

At eight o'clock, the game begins.

During the ball jumping session, Lao Wang suddenly didn’t want to jump anymore. He always jumped. This kind of thing is not important.

"Ben, come on."

He stepped back, tilted his head, and motioned.

Big Ben was taken aback, I jumped?

He's not bad, he just jumps, isn't he half a head shorter than Clifford Robinson, I can dance better than him, and I can jump faster than him!
The result is true, Ben Wallace won the jump ball, and the Suns attacked.

Wang Tiejun entered the paint from the free throw line, Clifford Robinson circled forward.

Although Ben Wallace has no shooting ability, he is not stupid. At this time, he did not enter the paint area, but pulled to the right wing.

In this way, the big bug Rodman can't stick close to Wang Tiejun's left and right, forming a de facto double-teaming of the off-ball player in advance, and the position must be kept at least one arm away.

This is how it is now, Rodman is standing outside Wang Tiejun's arm, although still tight, but there is finally a little space.

Lightning Kevin Johnson had the ball, Jordan didn't switch like he did in the Finals, and Ron Harper defended instead.

After Ron Harper was seriously injured, there was no threat on the offensive end, and he never made three-pointers. However, after he became the main point guard, he completely gave up offense and only did defensive work.

He mainly defended the No. [-] position. Jordan and Pippen waited for opportunities on the left and right wings.

As soon as Kevin Johnson passed the center line with the ball, he felt great pressure on his face.

On the opposite side, Ron Harper stared at him like a ferocious gray wolf, and there were two blood-eating American lions on the left and right flanks. If he was careless, he would be torn to pieces by these three defensive beasts.

"Old K."

At this moment, he saw that old K was approaching the basket, and immediately made a cross dribble, made a false pass, knocked Ron Harper back, and then yelled, and pushed the ball to the basket at the same time.

As soon as Wang Tiejun approached the reasonable collision zone, he heard the shout of lightning and saw the ball coming in. He immediately turned around and blocked Rodman, who was one step away from the right, with his body.

"boom!"

With the sound of the violent explosion of the basket, the basket instantly sank a foot.

"Pretty!"

Zhang Lili shouted excitedly: "The first attack was an alley-oop dunk. The cooperation between Tie Jun and Lightning is getting better and better."

"Old K's card position is very good. He didn't have the body to block Kerry, but instead blocked Rodman, Director Zhang, why is that?" Su Qun asked.

Zhang Lili explained with a smile: "Because Kerry is on top, it's too late to defend against him. Just use your elbows to block him, but Rodman's position is lower and his movement speed is faster, which may become an obstacle for him." , so use your body to block Rodman first."

It's the Bulls' turn to attack.

The Suns switched defenses, and when Clifford Robinson pulled away, Da Ben followed out, and Wang Tiejun stayed in the low post, facing Rodman.

The big bug and his offensive ability are comparable to Ben Wallace. Old Wang completely ignored the big bug. While staring at the outside line, he said: "Big bug, let's compare rebounds. Whoever wins today, how about asking the loser to eat ten times the medicinal chicken from the K Martial Art Museum?"

"OK!"

Da Chong was happy. Although old K was good at rebounding and was even higher than him this season, but tonight the Suns will face Jordan's offense. Old K must not spend too much energy on rebounding. He is very hopeful to win. If he wins, he can eat broilers ten times. This is a good bet.

"Dennis..."

It happened that Jordan was running around, heard the conversation between the two, and reminded him a little speechlessly: "He said that the winner treats the guests. Do you want to win the treat, or do you deliberately lose and eat broilers?"

The tiger immediately reacted, glared at Lao Wang, and only wanted to curse in his heart, Lao K, don't go too far, do you really think I am stupid?

"Jordan, you are really a clever ghost." Unable to deceive anyone, Old Wang gave Jordan a look.

At this time Ron Harper reached the top of the arc and gave the ball to Jordan.

Daben had already been pulled out by Kerry, and he couldn't help the defense. The coaching staff didn't arrange other people to double-team Jordan, so after Jordan got the ball, a situation of singles against Person was formed.

"boom!"

Hitting back, then turning around and jumping back, the technical action was completed quite easily. Person could only defend with his eyes, but unfortunately he was unlucky and missed.

"mine!"

Rodman jumped up with all his teeth and claws, grabbed the basketball with both hands, and spread his legs wide in the air.

This kind of exaggerated aerial movement allows him to occupy a very large space, deterring those who want to rebound with him, and whoever dares to come up to grab it must be prepared to be kicked.

He used this action last time to kick Drexler out of the air, and the glider is still under overhaul.

But at the same time as he jumped up, another person also jumped up, his posture in the air was almost as exaggerated as his movements, this person was Wang Tiejun.

I think Comrade Wang's rebounding action was Rodman who was inspected back then, and he learned a perfect one.

"Ouch!"

"Special!"

With a cry of surprise and a cry of pain, the two kicked each other almost at the same time, but Pharaoh's arm was longer, and he snatched the ball away with a half-beat first.

Rodman was kicked off by Lao Wang, and landed unsteadily. After staggering two steps, he was supported by Jordan from behind, so he almost didn't fall.

Lao Wang's legs were longer, and he kicked the opponent in an instant. In fact, Rodman's foot just touched him, and he didn't kick firmly. In addition, he weighed more than Rodman, and his center of gravity was very stable, so he stopped when he landed.

The nearby referee moved his mouth, but did not blow his whistle, and pointed to the Suns frontcourt to signal the game to continue.

Although this is the home court of the Bulls, the status difference between Rodman and old K is too far. If you want to give a whistle to the star, you can only give it to old K, and you will definitely not give it to Rodman. In the case of extra actions, he chose not to blow the whistle.

Anyway, he was not injured, and Rodman didn't argue, just smiled and rushed to the backcourt.

"huh"

At this time, Phil Jackson blew his hooligan whistle on the sidelines. After Jordan and the others looked over, they immediately shouted: "Team the ball holder."

This time, it will kill the Suns.

Kevin Johnson, under pressure from Ron Harper, passed the ball to Finley.

As soon as Finley got the ball, Pippen immediately pressed for it. At the same time, Ron Harper also rushed to Finley and double-teamed.

Jordan, on the right, pounced on Kevin Johnson for supplementary defense.

Then Rodman in the low position emptied the big ben, pounced on Person above, and also made a supplementary defense.

Finley was double-teamed, and his ability to handle the ball has not yet been developed, so he dared not continue to hold the ball, so he could only pass it back to Kevin Johnson in a hurry.

"Snapped!"

It happened that Jordan's defense was in place and the ball was broken.

The Bulls took the opportunity to counterattack, played a fast break, and Jordan made a layup.

"The Bulls' perimeter defense is too strong." Su Qun sighed.

"Did you notice the details just now?"

After asking a question, Zhang reasonably analyzed: "Just now Ron Harper pressed Lightning, he blocked Lightning's passing and receiving line to Tiejun with all his strength, forcing the opponent to pass the ball to the two wings.

At the same time, Pippen is the same. He blocked the passing and receiving lines of Finley and Iron Army while pressing.

In addition, Jordan and Rodman's defensive speed is very fast. They seized the weakness of Daben, completely reassured and dared to make up the defense, and perfectly locked the outer line of Sun Yang. "

"Then the Suns are in danger?" Su Qun asked.

"I'm afraid that last season, because of the glider, he could establish two fulcrums on the outside. He and Lightning echoed each other. With Dan Marley, the Bulls couldn't lock up. But now neither Finley nor Person can support another fulcrum. Lightning can't support it alone outside." Zhang Reasonable said.

As he expected, the Suns had no choice, and Westphal couldn't help it. The absence of the lineup was flawed, and the role of tactics was limited.

The Suns' lineup beat the Bulls last season, and now the Bulls' lineup also beats the Suns.

In fact, the change is not big. The Suns lost a glider, and the Bulls can rely on their strong defense to lock up their perimeter. This is restraint.

The outside line was locked, Wang Tiejun was in a hurry and couldn't get the ball. He began to devote his energy to rebounding and defense, and joined hands with Da Ben to block the penalty area, and sent big blocks one after another on the defensive end.

But even though he used his strong defense to stop the Bulls' low-post offense and performed well on rebounds, the Bulls controlled the outside line, causing the Suns to make a lot of mistakes on the outside line, losing a lot of ball possession, and the rebounding advantage could not be regained.

In the 8th minute of the fourth quarter, the Suns had fallen behind by 18 points.

"Snapped!"

However, Lao Wang did not give up. When Pippen broke through a dunk, he slapped him. Pippen fell to the floor, his back injury recurred, and he ended the game with a truce.

Pippen was injured and retired, which was an opportunity for the Suns, and he began to lead the team to counterattack.

It's a pity that Pippen's end didn't really solve the problem of the Suns' outside line. The Bulls' oppressive defense made several outside lines extremely bad, and they couldn't recover. In addition, the score gap was too large. In the end, the Suns still lost the game, 96:109 points, losing 13 points, and only chasing 4 points in the last 5 minutes.

王铁军打了45分钟，在低位得不到外线的支持，就如同无水之源，全场18投11中，命中率61.1%，8罚6中，拿到了28分17篮板2助攻2抢断7盖帽3失误4犯规的数据。

Rodman's assisted defense still had a certain impact on him, causing him an offensive foul and a walk, and also blocked his three direct attacks to the basket, forcing him to only shoot, and his shooting percentage decreased.

In this game, Rodman played 41 minutes and grabbed 11 rebounds. Beside Wang Tiejun, his height disadvantage was very serious. Many rebounds were taken away by Lao Wang, and Da Ben also grabbed 7 rebounds on his head.

At the end of the game, in the live broadcast of CCTV, Zhang Lili sighed: "There are too many turnovers. The whole team made 21 turnovers, 17 of which were from the outside line. The Suns had 8 more rebounds and 6 more blocks than the Suns, but in terms of turnovers, they lost too many possessions."

"If the ball doesn't go in, there's no way. If you can't get outside, you can't win. In the end, you only lost 13 points. That's fine." Su Qun shook his head and sighed.

"It's because Tiejun's rebounding and defense are strong, or else the point difference is at least [-] points." Zhang Lili said.

On the TNT live broadcast, Albert analyzed: "If the Suns can't establish a second ball-holding point on the outside, then there is no way to crack the Bulls' strong outside defense."

"Yes, if the outside line is weak, it cannot provide support for the inside line. Old K played quite aggrieved tonight and couldn't catch the ball." John Hanks said.

Albert said with a smile: "So he vented his sulking on the defensive end, and even sent out seven big caps. Pippen and Jordan were very strong at the beginning, and they hit several shots, but they also ate him.

John Hanks said with a smile: "Jordan two, Pippen three, Toni Kukoc one, Ron Harper one, and steals Pippen and Clifford Robinson once each.

In addition, Ben Wallace, the undrafted pick of the Suns, also performed well today. Although he only grabbed 7 rebounds next to Rodman, the Big Worm only had 11 rebounds, and he also blocked the Big Worm's second attack, stole Tony Kukoc once, and successfully defended Jordan several times. He was very active on the defensive end and had a large assist defense area.

Of course, Ben Wallace's defense is not as good as AC Green's now. Green is very good on defense and rebounding. "

Albert went on to say: "Although the Bulls won today, the low-post success rate is only 56%, and the low-post shots are not too many, only 17 times. Under illegal hand fouls, Jordan and Pippen made a lot of breakthroughs, but not many times to the basket. Generally, they are mid-range shots."

John Hanks said: "Clifford Robinson almost didn't make a low post shot, and the big bug didn't grab two offensive rebounds. There were zero points in this game. The Bulls' low post offense was all based on breakthrough layups from the outside. After taking a few big shots from the old K, Jordan and Pippen significantly reduced their breakthrough layups.

So in today's game, the Bulls played a suffocating outside defense, while the Suns played an exciting inside defense. Both sides played very well.It's just a pity that the Suns' offensive end is weak, which is the only reason why the Suns lost. "

Albert suddenly put away the smile on his face, and seriously reminded: "But the Bulls can't be careless. Once the Suns can build two fulcrums on the perimeter like last season, then with the Suns' rebounding ability, interior defense ability, and old K's terrifying low-post offensive ability, the Bulls will be very troublesome."

His words made all the Bulls fans who heard it recall the scene of being swept in the last finals. As one by one inside players were broken, the memory of being completely dominated by the opponent and being completely dominated by old K made them all want to delete the memory.

At this time, John Hanks also said seriously: "This season, the Suns are in the process of rebuilding, and the fact that the Suns can reach the No. [-] record in the Western Conference during the rebuilding shows the strength of the Suns and old K. So in fact, the Suns' lineup is not weak, but quite strong.

But we must also remember that the Suns now hold three first-round picks for this year. Their draft goal must be outside. With three picks, as long as one satisfactory rookie is selected, this Suns team is likely to dominate the league in the next few years. "

(End of this chapter)