NBA backer king

Chapter 515 The transformation of the second round, old K resumes his brutal style of play
On the second day, the media widely praised the two teams that lost the game. The Green Team troika, the Supersonics' Gary Payton, Wen Baker, Schramf and other stars were all praised.

On this day, Lei Gongdan Marley also rushed to Los Angeles and lived in Lao Wang's house.

On May 5, the Lakers played against the Jazz, and the Pacers played against the Heat.

Since noon, the Great Western Forum began to gather a large number of Lakers fans, and by the evening, it was already a sea of ​​people.

On the other side of the Pacific Ocean, it was already the morning of the 5th. On Tuesday, students had not yet had their summer vacation, but Fengshen Street was still full of people, including countless college students who had skipped classes.

In Los Angeles, Pharaoh’s family members were dispatched, as well as four of Barkley and the others. Because there were too many people, the family sat in a private room. The Lakers fixedly sent him three front rows every game, just behind the Lakers’ bench. There were four of Barkley and the others.

For the other tickets, he gave them to some of his dearest brothers in Los Angeles, the three brothers of the Liu family, and Wang Tielong were among them.

The series was broadcast live across the United States by ESPN, and the commentators were Winston Rollins and Carter Oldman.

In addition, more than 100 large and small TV stations around the world have purchased ESPN's satellite broadcast signals, and more than a dozen TV stations such as CCTV are broadcasting live on the spot.

The Pacers-Heat game is 08:30, and the Lakers-Jazz is [-]:[-].

In the Great Western Forum arena, in the locker room of the visiting team, Jerry Sloan arranged tactics with a serious face.

In fact, I have said it a long time ago, I don’t know how many times, and now I just reminded it again before the battle to strengthen the players’ memory.

The Jazz have been suppressed in the Western Conference these years, and Old K is the culprit, and the strongest thing about Old K is offense, so there is only one thing he repeatedly told him, how to defend Old K.

He said: "Old K has increased a lot of face-to-basket attacks this season. His movement speed is far faster than Sabonis. In the playoffs, he will definitely increase his offense at the basket, so he will definitely break through the defender and go to the basket. So Karl, you must return to the basket in time.

Their three-pointers are very strong, and you don't have many opportunities to help defend the weak side. I only ask you to return to the basket. Once the old K gets to the basket, you have to form a double-team with Sabonis. "

In fact, this is what he improved the most. The postman cannot help the weak side in time.

Sabonis alone will never be able to defend against Old K, he will be blasted to pieces, and the postman must assist in the defense.

However, the early postman was influenced by his boss, Dantley, and he didn't like to defend. Although the postman's single defense is excellent now, but the participation in the defense is still not enough. This is not a problem of ability, or even an attitude.

"I'll do it." The postman nodded calmly.

This season he has the most confidence. His team has no weaknesses now. In other words, facing the old K, the Jazz's strengths can make up for their weaknesses, so they are very confident.

Jerry Sloan added: "Old K has changed his style of play this season to reduce physical and physical consumption, but this also reduces his lethality, which is a good thing for us."

Stockton smiled and nodded, "Law K has greatly limited his lethality, and changing his style of play is another step in his self-limiting lethality."

The postman also nodded and said: "Old K's change of play style is very beneficial in the regular season, and it can indeed save energy and reduce physical consumption.

The media has been criticizing his style of play, which may make his peak period not too long, and his career will be seriously affected, which may be the reason why he decided to change his style of play.

But the regular season is the regular season, and the playoffs are the playoffs. In the playoffs, the most terrifying thing about old K is his lethality. After the K law, now he has self-sealed his remaining lethality, which is indeed a good thing for us. "

Speaking of this, he thought of the three ribs broken by Old K in the playoffs that year, and he couldn't help but feel lucky.

Jerry Sloan further analyzed: "So I think that although the old K will increase the offense at the basket, he will not attack hard, but will focus on breakthroughs.

Whether it's a breakthrough with your back to the basket or a breakthrough with your face to the basket, Avidas, you should pay attention to backing up and try not to be caught by him. "

"I understand." Sabonis nodded.

But Jerry Sloan added at the end: "But everyone must be mentally prepared. If the old K launches a strong attack, be careful not to get injured."

The postman, Sabonis, and the insiders were all terrified, and they all nodded.

At eight o'clock, the game between the Pacers and the Heat began, the Lakers and the Jazz also announced the starting lineup, and ESPN's national live broadcast officially began.

Jazz: Sabonis, Karl Malone, Densney Rodman, Jeff Hornacek, John Stockton

Lakers: Wang Tiejun, Danny Fortson, Richmond, Kobe, Mark Price
Winston Rollins took the roster and analyzed: "The Jazz's starting lineup has not changed. Since the big bug joined, he has been the Jazz's starting small forward.

He is a person who can defend five positions, which is also his value, especially in the case of the opponent's fast break, he is the best defender, because he can defend anyone around him, no matter the opponent is a point guard or a center.

When the Bulls won two consecutive championships, they also relied on excellent defense. Both Jordan and Pippen could defend five positions, and their ability to switch defenses was very strong. Without defense, they could not win the championship. "

Carter Oldman nodded and said: "If the big bug hadn't been so weird, he wouldn't have joined the Jazz, and a team would have offered him a better contract long ago.

But I wonder why Michael recruited him instead of the Knicks, and the contract is better than the Jazz, why doesn't he go to New York? "

Luo Lin laughed: "Because it was the offseason, he hoped to get a better contract. In fact, the contract the Knicks gave him was not big, not worthy of his worth. Last season, he got a contract of 900 million."

Oldman complained: "So this delay, he can only get an annual salary of 100 million. If it weren't for the Jazz, he might really retire."

"Haha..." The two laughed loudly.

After laughing, Rowling continued to analyze: "For the Lakers, the Silver Foxes sent Danny Fortson, a rookie, as the main power forward. It should be due to his ability to fight. Teishil is indeed a little softer against the postman."

Oldman nodded and said: "Fortson played very bloody, his confrontation ability is very strong, like a beast, he is not afraid of injury, and his rebounding ability is very good.

In the regular season, he averaged 27 minutes per game. He was not only Hill's first substitute, but also Old K's first substitute. He averaged 8 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, and his performance was good.

His weakness is that he is still inexperienced and is prone to fouls. If it weren't for the lack of strength of the other substitutes inside the Lakers, he wouldn't get so much playing time. "

"Carter, who do you think has a better chance of winning, the Lakers or the Jazz?" Rollins asked.

Oldman smiled bitterly and said: "I agree with our company's forecast data. Although many people are complaining, I think that's the case. The Lakers and Jazz are [-]-[-], and anyone can reach the Western Conference Finals."

"That's right, I agree with the same opinion. After the Jazz got the big bug and made up for their weakness in rebounding, they are already able to match up with the Lakers."

Rowling nodded. As ESPN's commentator, they definitely can't sing against ESPN, and he really thinks so.

At this time, the starters of the two teams came to the player channel, waiting to play.

As a landlord, Lao Wang was also the leader of the Lakers. He bumped fists with the Jazz and others, but they didn't say anything to each other.

"Shh!"

The jazz came on stage, booed all over the sky, like a turbulent wave crashing on the shore.

The opponents in the second round were too strong, and the Lakers fans showed no mercy. In order to help the team suppress the opponent's momentum and morale, they tried their best, booing until their lungs almost spit out.

"boom!"

When it was the home team's turn to play, there was a tsunami of cheers, especially when Lao Wang made his final appearance, the entire Great Western Forum Arena immediately boiled.

"MVP! MVP! MVP..." The audience kept shouting, and finally formed a unified shout.

Old Wang was all smiles. The MVP will be announced before the Western Conference Finals, and the best team will be announced before the Finals. Of course, he is looking forward to winning the third MVP and the double first team.

Especially the MVP, if you get it this year, it will be the three consecutive MVPs. In the history of the league, only Russell, Chamberlain, and Larry Bird have completed it. Michael Jordan didn't have that luck. If he completes it, he will be the fourth player in history.

Lao Wang ran around the sidelines, saying hello to friends and acquaintances.

The most important thing for the Lakers at home is starlight. For such an important game in the second round, the starlight is even brighter. All big stars who can spare time will appear on the scene.

After the warm-up, after returning to the bench and sitting down, assistant coach Bill Potka said: "Old K, the game started over there, and the Pacers had a little advantage, but the Heat fought hard. Within 8 minutes, Mourning sent two big caps, and capped Ewing once."

"It's all stimulated. We have to be mentally prepared today to fight a game, no, a tough battle in a series."

When Lao Wang said this, his eyes glowed coldly, and he said: "If you don't completely crush them, they don't know how to write the word 'serve'."

"Old K, be careful, don't get hurt." Head coach Del Harris immediately urged.

"I will pay attention." Old Wang nodded.

He has already said in the internal tactical meeting that in this series, whether he is facing off against Sabonis or the postman on the offensive end, he must strengthen his confrontation.

If it is the former, use the strongest confrontation to destroy him directly. Sabonis has too many injuries, and if the confrontation is too strong, he may not be able to handle it. If he is injured, the Lakers' chances of winning will greatly increase.

If the postman defends him, then he will strengthen the offense at the basket. The postman has no height, so he can gain a height advantage at the basket.

The only thing to watch out for is rebounding.

One of the important reasons for letting Danny Fortson play the main fourth position is that his rebounding is better than Hill.

Hill's rebounding is actually very strong, averaging 30 minutes per game this season and averaging 6.1 rebounds per game.

But Tiger's rebounding ability is too strong, averaging 15 per game this season, second only to Wang Tiejun, so the Lakers' main lineup must maintain the strongest rebounding ability.

But it should also be noted that Danny Fortson's fouls must be well controlled, otherwise his playing time will be seriously affected.

08:30 countdown, the game is about to start, and the starting players of both sides are ready to appear.

"Victory! Victory! Victory..."

Under the leadership of Wang Tiejun, all the Lakers players gathered together and shouted, and then the entire Great Western Forum Arena shouted endlessly. At this time, countless Lakers fans formed a unified will.

Then the players came on the court, Pharaoh and Sabonis jumped the ball, and the Lakers attacked.

He ran to the low post, Sabonis came to guard him, and the postman was close to Danny Fortson, so he immediately set up a low post on the left wing according to the predetermined style of play.

Fortson did not enter the paint area, and according to the predetermined tactics, if the postman defends him, he will pull to the mid-range area to increase the difficulty of the postman's defense as much as possible.

The other three all had three-pointers, and they all opened up, giving Lao Wang a chance to single Sabonis in the low post on the left wing.

Mark Price gave the ball to Richmond outside the three-point line on the left wing, who passed it to the old K below.

Old K's attack started immediately without any delay, obviously not wanting to give the Postman and other Jazz players a chance to double-team him.

On the right wing, the postman has at least [-] to [-]% of his defensive attention on the strong side.

An old opponent for many years, he is too familiar with the old K. With the old K's usual style of play, he will definitely not pass the ball and will only attack by himself, so when he sees Mark Price passing the ball, he immediately turns around, throws one kick into the paint area, and the second kick goes straight to the basket.

As long as the old K breaks through Sabonis, he can just make up the defense at the basket, and then complete the double-team with his teammates.

"good."

Seeing that the postman activated the defense in time, Jerry Sloan on the sidelines couldn't help but nodded.

But when the postman jumped to the basket, he saw that old K received the ball, but to his surprise, the breakthrough of old K did not happen as expected. Not only did old K not make a breakthrough with the ball, but he immediately started playing Sabonis with his back after receiving the ball.

Knowing that he was in trouble, he hurriedly started again, jumped from the basket to the low post on the left wing, and double-teamed close to the baseline.

On the sidelines, Jerry Sloan was taken aback when he saw the old K starting to hit Sabonis with his back. Did the old K see the postman return to the basket, so he planned to shoot a nearly two-pointer?Or do you want to cause lethality to Sabonis?If it was the latter, he knew something was in trouble.

"Strike hard?"

At this moment, Zhang Lili asked loudly in the CCTV live broadcast.

The left wing is low, before the ball is in his hands, Lao Wang did observe that the postman on the weak side is quickly entering the paint area, and he does not know whether he is returning to the basket or double-teaming the strong side.

But he didn't care about that, as soon as he got the ball, he immediately started to implement the set style of play, hitting Sabonis hard, and trying to beat him down.

"boom!"

While bowing and dribbling, the left foot stepped back and inserted between Sabonis's feet. When the right foot heeled up, the feet paused downwards. The six forces of the whole body were integrated, and the broad back suddenly leaned back.

"Oh!"

Sabonis was also influenced by Jerry Sloan, thinking that the old K would break through with the ball, and he was ready to retreat. Unexpectedly, the old K arched his back, and he was not fully prepared for the moment, and was hit head-on. Amid the heavy impact, he groaned, his upper body leaned back violently, his feet did not keep up, and he fell to the floor.

"Oh!"

All the fans, whether they were home fans or hundreds of away fans, all exclaimed.

"what?"

The postman, all the Jazz players, Jerry Sloan, and countless Jazz fans in Salt Lake City couldn't help but feel their hearts jump when they saw Sabonis' huge body fall to the floor.

In the next moment, Lao Wang, who relied on the reaction force to stabilize his center of gravity, immediately turned upwards, and using his left foot as the axis, he stepped into the paint area from the upper side of Sabonis.

The reason why he stepped backward with his left foot just now, with his left foot as the back foot, was that he was ready to turn up and break through.

The postman pounced on the bottom line, entering and exiting with him, separated by Sabonis.

At this moment, the postman knew that it was over, and barely made an emergency stop. When he turned around and wanted to go back to the basket again, he saw that Old K had already flew up on the opposite side.

"Oh!"

Sabonis' back hit the floor, and the next moment, Wang flew over him and flew to the basket.

"boom!"

The next moment, the behemoth attacked the basket and violently smashed it with one arm, and there was a violent sound of exploding the basket.

"yeah!"

The audience suddenly boiled, and countless Lakers fans got up from their seats, raising their arms and shouting wildly.

"Beautiful! Great! The old K hit Sabonis with his back, he knocked over the giant beast from the former Soviet Union, and then flew over him, and the postman was like a fool, he could only watch the old K complete the dunk, haha..."

The live commentator roared excitedly.

"Really a strong attack?"

Zhang Lili was surprised.

He also thought that Lao Wang would break through with the ball, because Sabonis's movement speed is very slow, and now Wang Tiejun's speed is no different from that of ordinary power forwards. Breaking through with the ball is the fastest and most energy-saving offensive method.

"Director Zhang, old K wants to do some damage?" Su Qun asked quickly.

Old Zhang was taken aback, nodded and said: "I'm afraid you are right, Tie Jun probably wants to do this."

On the court, the postman pulled the 127kg Sabonis from the floor.

Sabonis couldn't stop panting, he was hit hard enough, his bones were all old, his whole chest was aching, his back was hit hard enough, and his lower back was also feeling a little uncomfortable.

"As I said, be careful." Jerry Sloan shouted from the sidelines.

Glancing at Sloan, the postman and Sabonis nodded in unison.

(End of this chapter)