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Chapter 536 There is a K to choose K, but there is no K to choose Joe?

Next is the best lineup, divided into one, two, and three teams.

For the best third team, the center position is David Robinson, and the center for the best second team is O'Neal, so there is no suspense for the next team.

Sure enough, the best team was then announced, and Pharaoh was selected to the best team as he wished, winning the double first team for the second time in his career.

The remaining four of the best team are Duncan, Karl Malone, Jordan, and Payton.

He, Karl Malone, Jordan, and Payton were selected for the double team at the same time.

But when he turned on the system, looking forward to getting the reward, the system gave him a blow in the head.

"Where to send the beggars, only 100 points for a double battle?"

Including these 100 points, there are only 1900 points in total in his hand, and he crazily complained about the system's stinginess in his heart.

The last time he unlocked that broken and erect function card, he can only redeem [-] points. When will he be able to accumulate [-] points?

In the afternoon, Lao Wang received a call from Rasheed Wallace.

"Old K, I'm back, the plane just landed in Los Angeles."

"The vacation is over? I'm not in such a hurry here, you know."

"You are not in a hurry, I am in a hurry. I heard Lightning say that they are going to go to China with you for vacation. I want to go too. If you don't come sooner, you can't find someone else? And the finals, if I don't come, can't I pay for the tickets?"

Old Wang is speechless, why are all of them as smart as monkeys?
An hour later, Rasheed Wallace arrived at the old man's villa in Beverly Hills.

He came here for the first time, looked at this manor villa, and said enviously: "Old K, I can't afford such a villa myself, you can get me to the Lakers, trade me with Kobe, and I will live with you when I come."

Kobe was also there, jumping up and cursing directly: "Troll, what the hell idea did you come up with? It's a good idea, but we have Danny Fortson's rebounding monster, and we don't need you as a troll."

"Ha ha……"

Rasheed Wallace just wanted to tease Kobe, and couldn't help laughing.

Lao Wang arranged for the sprayer to live next door to Dameng, and just after the arrangement was made, Pippen came by appointment.

"Old Pi, stay here if you can, and arrange a hotel if you can't." Lao Wang asked Pippen after looking at the room.

"What can't you live in? It's a hundred times better than our original home in the slums." Pippen put down his luggage without saying a word.

"Old Pi, how is your business doing recently? Among us, you are the only one who opened a trading company." Dameng sat down on Pippen's bed and asked casually.

Speaking of this, Pippen said to Lao Wang gratefully: "Old K, I would have gone bankrupt without you. Business has been good recently. My company has received many orders from the K era, and my credit rating has been restored."

Lao Wang shook his head and said, "You can slow down without my help. You know, it's only a little later. Besides, I still need your help."

"Small matter, old K, I promise to teach them all my skills." Pippen patted his chest and promised.

The next day, Lao Wang held a party at home, and invited some friends from Beverly Hills to come to the party, together with a group of people from Big Dream, as well as Kobe and other Lakers teammates, to relax.

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"The old K defeated the flying man Michael Jordan in the finals three times, maintaining a record of winning against the flying man, and against the flying man, he has a great psychological advantage. And the flying man faced the old K with one loss, two losses and three losses. Then, will he lose four in the upcoming fourth final matchup? All Lakers fans believe he will, and he has enough experience to achieve four losses." Los Angeles Daily.

"Jordan is undoubtedly the No. 84 shooting guard in history. He made the position of shooting guard shine brightly. If we go back in time and go back to the [-] draft, we believe that he will be the No. [-] pick in that session. However, there is a question. If Jordan and old K participate in the draft at the same time, who will be the No. [-] pick in that session? We believe that it is old K. There is K who chooses K, and no K chooses Joe. This is the only answer." Phoenix Sun.

A few days before the grand finals, the media hype had already begun.

This finals will be the fourth finals match between Jordan and Lao Wang, and both of them have changed teams. At the same time, it will be a contest between two behemoths, and then there will be a contest between Jordan, the first shooting guard, and the second shooting guard he personally admits, which is particularly eye-catching.

Some media speculate that Jordan's contract will end after the fight. If he can't win the old K this time, he is likely to retire directly.

This news especially attracted the attention of the fans. Unfortunately, the media couldn't find Jordan these days. Jordan's cell phone was turned off, his phone was unplugged, and he seemed to be missing.

Off the coast of New York, Jordan ducked out and fished on a borrowed yacht, with O'Neill and Oakley also with him.

The yacht is very advanced, more than 40 meters long, three floors, a fitness room, and even a miniature basketball court for shooting training. They can eat, live and sleep here, very comfortable.

Some newspapers will be delivered to the yacht every day, and today's newspaper will be delivered when breakfast is almost finished.

Jordan just finished eating, so he picked up the newspaper, went from the dining table to sit down on the sofa next to him, flipped through it, and picked out the Los Angeles Daily. This must be a media that is heavily biased towards the Lakers, but he just wanted to see what this media would say.

"boom!"

When he saw one loss, two losses, three losses, and four losses to follow, he immediately became angry. The latter sentence said that he had enough experience to achieve four losses, especially when he had the urge to vomit blood. In his anger, he kicked O'Neill's chair in front of him.

O'Neill was still eating breakfast, startled, and shouted back: "Michael, do you want to choke me to death?"

"Feel sorry."

Jordan threw out the Los Angeles Daily, and below that is the Phoenix Sun.

He hesitated for a moment. Although Old K left the Suns, the Phoenix media still favored him. However, with the same thought as before, curiosity killed the cat, he still opened the newspaper.

"If there is K, choose K, and if there is no K, choose Joe?"

When he saw this, he snorted coldly and threw away the newspaper again.

Oakley got up and picked up the Los Angeles Daily. After sitting down next to Jordan, he opened it and looked at it, then said, "Michael, the media in Los Angeles will definitely target you. It's not surprising."

"I know that." Jordan nodded.

At this time, O'Neill held the Sun newspaper and yelled: "It's too unfair. Old K's physical talent is not as good as mine. It should be Shark who has a shark and Joe who has no shark. Are you right?"

After speaking, he looked to Oakley and Jordan, hoping to get their support.

But at a glance, I only saw Jordan's angry eyes and Oakley's teasing smile, and I couldn't help but be stupefied.

"If you have a shark, choose Shark, and if you don't have a shark, choose Joe." Jordan scolded.

He would rather be overwhelmed by old K. After all, old K won three finals in a row. How can O'Neal, a guy with no honor, overwhelm him in the draft?
"..."

O'Neill shrank his head, and quickly turned around to eat his breakfast.

"Ha ha……"

Oakley couldn't hold back, holding his stomach and laughing loudly.

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"One loss, two losses, three losses and four losses? Haha! The Los Angeles Daily is good, really good." At the breakfast table, Old Wang burst out laughing.

"Let me see."

Barkley dropped the knife and ran over, snatching the newspaper.

Lightning next to him also laughed while holding the Sun newspaper, and said: "If there is a K to choose K, if there is no K to choose Joe, old K, the media in Phoenix is ​​still biased towards you."

"There is a K to choose K, and no K to choose Joe? Haha, I'm afraid Jordan is going to die of anger?" Old Wang muttered for a while, and laughed again.

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Starting from the 30th, the Lakers will resume in-team training, and a tactical meeting was held this morning, from the owner Buss to the players, all relevant personnel participated.

After the meeting began, assistant coach Kurt Rambis first introduced the Knicks' lineup information, saying: "Their main lineup is the first team in the regular season. The inside combination is O'Neal and Oakley, the small forward is a veteran, the deadly shooter Dale Ellis, and the guard combination is Jordan and Charlie Ward.

In terms of substitute players, there are also three veterans in their hands, shooting guard Terry Porter, forwards Terry Cummings and Jerome Kersey, plus Ellis who entered the main lineup, they have four veterans, and these veterans still have fuel in their tanks, and their strength is not weak. "

Coach Harris said at this time: "Gentlemen, let me say one thing first. In the finals, our main lineup will be adjusted. I hope everyone will adjust their mentality."

Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, including the boss old Bass, who didn't know whose position Harris was going to take away.

Kobe couldn't help looking at Lao Wang, a little worried that his main position would be taken away.

At this time, assistant coach Kurt Rambis said: "Now I will announce the starting lineup for the G1 game, center old K, power forward Danny Fortson, small forward Rick Fox..."

"I?"

Fox became excited instantly, God, arranged for me to start in the finals?

"My place is gone."

Kobe couldn't help but gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. Although he was a little disappointed, he was not depressed. Sooner or later he would use his performance to get back the main position.

"Shooting guard..."

Speaking of this, Kurt Rambis paused for a moment. He saw Kobe's eyes full of firmness and persistence, and he couldn't help nodding. This kid is still quite confident and knows that he will not lose his position. Good job, he continued: "The shooting guard is Richmond..."

"Sure enough." Kobe secretly said.

There used to be a glimmer of hope, but now it's gone.

In fact, he very much hopes to face Jordan in the finals, but unfortunately, he can only look forward to the future.

Richmond squeezed his fist and breathed a sigh of relief.

Of course, he is not too worried. With his strength, it is impossible to lose the main position. He was allowed to play the third position before, and now he is allowed to return to the familiar guard position. The purpose is of course for him to face Jordan.

Of course he is very clear that he is not Jordan's opponent, but now the Lakers are in the second position, from offense to defense, only he can play the main force in this position. He is the strongest outside line, both offensive and defensive.

At this time, Kurt Rambis continued: "Point guard, Kobe."

"what?"

Mark Price was startled, it turned out that he had lost his position.

"I?"

Kobe froze.

Only Lao Wang was not surprised, because the team had notified him long ago.

The reason why Fox was included in the main lineup is because of his versatility, mainly because of his defense.

Mark Price has no defense, and it will definitely not work against the Knicks. The Lakers must double-team Jordan on the outside, and point guards also need strong defensive capabilities, so his position is destined to be taken away.

The reason why Kobe is allowed to play the first position is because he has played this position before, and he is also young. He can play fast breaks, defend against fast breaks, singles, breakthroughs, jump shots, air cuts, all of which are fine, and he has comprehensive skills.

In addition, the Knicks' main controller is Charlie Ward, who is average in strength and only a role player. Kobe plays the first position, so there should be no pressure.

At this time, the head coach Harris said: "Everyone should be clear that there is actually not much difference between our main lineup and the substitute lineup. All the main rotation players have a lot of playing time, so I hope you will not change your mentality because of the change of position."

As a veteran, Mark Price quickly calmed down, and said at this time: "Don't worry, coach, I can accept the change of position."

Harris nodded and said: "That's good, now I will talk about tactics."

He first talked about defensive tactics, defense brings championships, and he is also a coach who pays attention to defense, saying:
"I talked to the old K. He will be singled out with O'Neal. His position does not need to be assisted. As for the 10th position, Oakley usually pulls out on the offensive end. Danny, just don't let Oakley get a wide open. But be careful not to foul casually. Your playing time has not been able to break through [-] minutes, and you know the reason."

"Understood, coach." The spirited Danny Fortson said quickly.

As a rookie, he is very excited to be able to start in the finals.

Harris continued: "At the three, Darlene Ellis is a shooter, Rick, you don't want to let him go, he's shooting a horrible 42.3 percent from [-]-point range in the first three rounds of the series.

Fortunately, he doesn't take too many three-pointers, averaging 2.6 per game and making 1.1 hits, so don't let him get more three-pointers. "

"I know, coach, I won't give him a chance." Fox nodded confidently.

Assistant coach Kurt Rambis added at this time: "Rick, you still have the task of assisting Jordan, so Ellis will definitely get an open opportunity, which requires you to make faster defenses and defenses."

"Understood." Fox nodded quickly.

Harris continued: "Second position, Mitch, try to reduce the quality of Jordan's offense, Kobe and Rick will help you."

"OK."

Richmond took a deep breath, and from now on, a huge pressure came to his chest.

He and Jordan played a total of 17 games, all of which were in the regular season. He has been in the Western Conference. He has never played in the finals before, and he has no chance to play against Jordan in the playoffs.

In 17 regular season games, he had 13 losses and 4 wins. The team's record was at an absolute disadvantage. Compared with scoring, he scored 20.7 points and shot 44.5% from the field. Jordan scored 28.6 points and shot 53.1%.

In addition, Jordan is also comprehensively dominant in other statistics such as rebounds and assists, which can be regarded as crushing him in all directions, and this is his pressure.

When he plays against Jordan, not only will he lose more points than he will score, but he will also be overwhelmed by Jordan in other aspects. For him, for the team, he has a negative efficiency.

He also knows very well that if the other three positions can be tied, if the old K can't make up for his disadvantages, the Lakers will lose, but if the old K can make up for his disadvantages and get back more, then he has a chance to win.

Harris added: "Position [-], Kobe, on the defensive end, most of your attention should be on assisting Jordan. Charlie Ward's strength is average, and he doesn't take many shots.

But like Ellis, he also has a pretty good open three-pointer. The average three-pointer shooting rate in the first three series reached a terrible 42.9%, but he got less open space, averaging 2.1 shots per game and 0.9 hits per game.

So don't give him too many open spaces, and pay attention to returning to the defense in time after assisting Jordan. "

"Understood, I will stare at him." Kobe said confidently.

Harris added: "Although the Knicks' interior is very strong, whether it is offensive or defensive, our interior is stronger than theirs, so the finals..."

When it comes to the word finals, he himself feels tremendous pressure because the Knicks are too strong.

He paused and continued: "So in the finals, our defensive focus is still on the outside. We must pay attention to the defense. We cannot let Jordan shoot at will. We must try to reduce the quality of his offense and cut off his connection with O'Neal as much as possible.

Mitch, Rick, Kobe, you are all players who focus on defense. I hope you can play your best defense in the finals. "

"Yes." The three shouted in unison.

Harris continued: "From the perspective of the regular season and the first three rounds of the series, Jordan has more ball possessions in the Knicks, and he no longer plays off the ball like he did in the Bulls.

Because Phil Jackson couldn't find another Pippen in the Knicks, and O'Neal is not the old K, the old K can be the starting point of the offense, and O'Neal can only be the end of the offense, so controlling the ball is a greater consumption of Jordan's physical fitness.

But let's not underestimate his physical ability. His playing time in the regular season has been controlled, even in the first three rounds of the series.

Jordan has more possession of the ball, which is also conducive to our double-teaming of his defense. I ask the outside players to quickly double-team, and then quickly make up and return to the defense. "

After arranging the defensive tactics, he began to arrange the offensive tactics again, saying: "Analyzing from the previous confrontation between O'Neal and the old K, the Knicks should not double-team the old K, so that there will not be many opportunities for our outside to get open. This requires our outside to be able to attack with the ball when the old K is breathing.

Mickey, Kobe, you all have the ability to attack with the ball, and you all have the ability to play singles. You will lead the outside offense.

Mitch, if Jordan is defending you, you can attract his defense, pull him to the wing, and give the ball to Kobe to play on the other wing.

Rick, you're on the perimeter waiting for an open shot, and when you get the shot, don't hesitate.In addition, you have to pay attention to the pick and roll for Mickey.

Mitch, you shoot better at the top of the arc, and you can run a pick-and-roll with Kobe at the top of the arc and shoot there.Kobe, you have to pay attention to the pick-and-roll coordination with Mickey. "

"OK." The three nodded at the same time.

Fox is very versatile, but his offensive ability with the ball is not strong. He is a 3D swingman. This is why Harris asked him to wait for opportunities on the outside.

Richmond's wing shot is actually not as accurate as his top of the arc, and the shot after the pick-and-roll is more accurate, so Harris asked him to play pick-and-roll with Kobe at the top of the arc, and let Fox do the pick-and-roll for him.

As for Kobe, Harris asked him to avoid Jordan and then play singles, because in the Knicks' main outside lineup, Dale Ellis' defense is not good, and Charlie Ward has defense, but he is a point guard, and his height and tonnage are not as good as Kobe.

Harris also said: "At the same time, the outside line should pay attention to the cooperation with the old K's inside and outside line. The breakthrough tactic is our basic tactic. When the inside line breaks through with the outside teammate, we must pay attention to cover."

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(End of this chapter)