NBA backer king

Chapter 540 Equivalent in strength, all-round competition
The referee didn't make any penalties. The Knicks had the ball and served from the baseline.

Jordan didn't pass the ball to O'Neal immediately. He hoped that the Sharks would calm down. Instead, he took the ball and attacked. After pulling away, he singled Richmond on the left-wing three-point line.

"boom!"

However, he himself missed a goal under Richmond's defense, and Lao Wang protected the backcourt rebound.

4:7, the Lakers attacked again.

"boom!"

Under Jordan's defense, Richmond also missed a goal.

Oakley grabbed the rebound and the Knicks attacked.

"Give me the ball."

O'Neal roared down the left wing.

Jordan passes and immediately cuts around Richmond.

Richmond defended very hard, followed closely, on the lower side, but started behind, half a step behind.

"boom!"

O'Neill did regain his composure, carrying Old K on his left elbow, and threw the ball to the floor with his right hand.

While making a quick inward cut, Jordan used his left hand to block Richmond, who was half a step behind on the left, leaned over and grabbed with his right hand, and the rebounded basketball fell into his hand.

The next moment, he rushed into the paint area in one step.

At the same time, Lao Wang and Fortson, who is in the low position on the right wing, returned to the basket to defend at the same time.

Jordan stepped up, his body flew obliquely towards the basket, his eyes were extremely firm, and he grabbed the ball with one hand with his right hand and sent it to the basket.

Pharaoh and Fortson took off on the left and right sides of the basket to block the shot at the same time, implementing closed-door defense.But the seemingly impenetrable closed defense failed under Jordan's offense.

Jordan's right hand holding the ball suddenly retracted, avoiding the two's blocks, and then it was like growing invisible wings. After they landed, he was still in the sky. Before landing, he took a second shot and picked the ball to the basket.

"brush!"

Splashes appeared and two points were hit.

"This is bullying people with talent!" Su Qun shook his head helplessly.

"Haha, what is selected in the NBA draft is talent." Zhang Lili laughed.

On the court, Jordan was very excited after he succeeded, but he learned the previous lesson, instead of talking trash to Lao Wang, he yelled at Richmond: "Rock, I said you are the second shooting guard, do you still take it seriously? But that was just my joke."

"You? You deserved to be swept by the glider in the finals."

Richmond's nose was so angry that he happened to see the glider sitting with Barkley and the others. He immediately reacted and sprayed back a trash talk that almost made Jordan die of anger.

There was a murderous look in Jordan's eyes. He was swept by the Suns in the 95 Finals. This was one of his negative scales, but he could only swallow Richmond's words and could not refute them.

"Ha ha……"

Old Wang was watching the play, laughing nonstop.

6:7, the Lakers attack.

Lao Wang took the ball again in the low position on the left wing, turned around and swayed O'Neal away, then got up calmly, hit a frontal hook, and hit a ball.

6:9, the Knicks attack.

"O'Neal, be careful with his two-point hook." Phil Jackson reminded loudly on the sidelines.

He made another gesture to Oakley, which is to ask Oakley to strengthen his defense against the basket, so that O'Neal's retreat should not be too hasty.

Just now, old K made a fake shot from the outside, and he directly swayed O'Neal back. When he shot, it was equivalent to an open shot. If he was allowed to hit [-]% of the shots with the hook in the near two-point area, it would be fatal.

Next, Oakley did strengthen his defense against the basket, which relieved O'Neal's defensive pressure, and the Sharks immediately changed their defensive strategy according to the tactical requirements.

The previous defensive strategy, because of Lao Wang’s ability to break through, mainly limits his offense at the basket. Although it is not anti-punching or anti-shooting, it focuses on anti-jumping. Knowing that Lao Wang’s hook is strong, he has to defend in this way. The defense against his near-two-point shots is weaker.

But now it's different. Now O'Neal's defense is focused on anti-shooting. Once Lao Wang breaks in, Oakley can block it, and O'Neal can return to the basket in time to double-team.

Lao Wang was not in a hurry. Facing such a strong Knicks, he never planned to single out five opponents by himself. Therefore, after the Knicks changed their defensive strategy against him, he immediately delegated power to the outside line to take over the offense.

Jordan broke through Richmond with the ball, and when he went outside the paint, he forced Wang to come out to defend, and then stopped for a jump shot, forcing Wang to take off and block the shot.

However, this is actually Jordan's fake pass, and the ball is passed to O'Neal who is moving towards the basket.

"boom!"

When O'Neal got the ball under the basket, it was unstoppable. Fordson was too short, and Lao Wang couldn't come back from a business trip. He dunked heavily and sank the basket.

"This is the cooperation of internal and external dual cores. Either of them needs to be double-teamed. As long as they really join forces, it will be difficult for the Lakers to defend." Zhang Li shook his head.

In the 10th minute of the first quarter, at 23:25, the Lakers led by two points, and the Knicks' possession of the ball was considered a tie.

Taking advantage of the timeout, for the Knicks, O'Neal took turns off the court, Jordan still insisted on the court, and the inner and outer cores kept one on the court.

In addition, Oakley is not too young, and he also ends up resting.

In terms of inside, the basic salary veteran Terry Cummings and veteran Buck Williams were replaced. The old Buck is also the current chairman of the league's players union and participates in the league's labor negotiations.

The third position was also replaced with basic salary veteran Jeremy Kersey, and the first position was replaced by substitute Thompson.

For the Lakers, Pharaoh is of course still on the court, and Kobe is also on the court. The other three are replaced by Hill, Chris Mullin and Mark Price.

Within 10 minutes, Lao Wang made 5 of 4 shots, all of the first 3 shots, and one of the last two nearly two-point hooks. He was interfered by O'Neal, and he made 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 10 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 block and 1 foul.

Richmond, as the outside core, faced Jordan's defense, especially after hitting the three-pointer with the pick-and-roll at the top of the arc, Jordan strengthened his defense, 5 of 2 shots, average efficiency, and only 5 points.

O'Neal made all the first two shots, followed by 5 shots, was defended 3 times by Lao Wang, took a cap from Lao Wang, made 7 of 4 shots, and made 2 of 1 free throws. He scored 9 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 turnover and 1 foul.

Jordan still had the upper hand against Richmond, making 4 of 3 shots, no free throws, and 6 points.

In 10 minutes, the inside and outside cores of the two teams jointly contributed 15 points.

Zhang rationally analyzed: "The Lakers succeeded in defending the Knicks' small forward, the veteran Ellis, who didn't let him get open and shot a deadly three-pointer. Just now he made 2 of 1 shots and only scored 3 points.

In addition, Richmond's defense is still good. Although Jordan shot 75% of his shots, he didn't take many shots, only 4 times.

Of course, Jordan took fewer shots, firstly because O'Neal occupied the shots, and secondly, considering that O'Neal needs a rest time, he will strengthen his personal offense after O'Neal is off the court to make up for the weakness of the Sharks' lack of firepower after he is off the court.

The Knicks succeeded in using Oakley's return to the basket to allow the Iron Army to restrain their offense.

But like Jordan, the Iron Army did not have much offense in the first 10 minutes. More consideration may be that they hope to strengthen their offense when O'Neal is off the court for a rest. "

Su Qun said: "Director Zhang, the Knicks have also found 4 veterans with a basic salary, plus the original old Barker, that is 5 veterans. I think their bench lineup is still not as good as the Lakers, right?"

Zhang Lili nodded and said: "Compared to the strength of these substitutes, the Lakers are indeed stronger. Chris Mullin, Fox, Tyron Hill, Mark Price, these are all capable of playing the main force, but the veterans of the Knicks can only play as substitutes.

Like Old Buck, who only played 41 games in the regular season and retired after this season, I guess he came up to implement foul tactics. "

Su Qun said: "Then during the bench time, the Lakers should attack vigorously and try to widen the point difference before O'Neal returns."

"It should be like this. It depends on how Tie Jun fights. The Knicks should kill him. The two veterans will definitely not be able to stop him. But there are only 2 minutes, so the chance is not great." Zhang Reasonable said.

At this point the timeout ends and play resumes.

Kobe caught up with Jordan, who immediately took over the ball after halftime and pulled it to the right wing to attack.

"Take him!"

Lao Wang did not hesitate, and as the core of offense and defense, he immediately issued a defense order.

This is Jordan breaking through Kobe's defense and heading towards the paint area. Hill, who is in the low position, immediately makes up the defense, and Kobe catches up behind him.

Jordan suddenly stopped and turned around, and used his turn to distance himself from Kobe. After leaning on Hill, he turned around again suddenly, and then jumped up with his strength.

"Turn around and jump back!" Zhang Lili shouted.

Before he finished speaking, with a swipe, the basketball pierced through the net.

"We made 5 of 4 shots, we need to strengthen our defense against Jordan!" Su Qun said anxiously.

"Already double-teamed, but Jordan is not someone who can be restricted by double-teaming." Zhang Lili laughed.

Looking back, the Lakers attacked.

Jordan stood in front of Mark Price, with an obvious intention to limit the Lakers' offensive engine.

Zhang Lili sighed: "This is very difficult for Jordan. He is 35 years and 4 months old, and he is still working so hard on the defensive end. One can imagine how much he wants to win against the Iron Army."

But Jordan's switch did not achieve the effect, Price did not hesitate, seeing Jordan switch on him, immediately transferred the ball to Kobe, and Kobe took control of the ball.

Because the Knicks' two substitute insiders have no height, one is 206 centimeters and the other is only 203 centimeters, which is still shoe height, so Lao Wang went straight to the basket to get the ball.

Among the Knicks' two substitute insiders, Terry Cummings plays the center position.

This veteran is 37 years old this year. He was the No. 85 pick in 80. He was selected as an All-Star twice in the 23s. He was at the peak when he debuted. He was 10+20 in his rookie season.

In addition, there are too many injuries on his body, so he dare not maintain a large tonnage. He weighs only 105 kilograms, which is 30 kilograms different from Lao Wang.

When Lao Wang entered the basket, Carliss had no way to stop him. He couldn't do it even if he blocked it, so he could only follow into the basket.

Just as Kobe received the ball, he saw that Lao Wang was under the basket. He suddenly pulled horizontally, avoiding the Knicks' backup point guard Thompson, and threw the ball in with both hands.

The ball is fast, in a straight line, and the inside advantage is too great. Kobe doesn't want to give the Knicks the opportunity to double-team the old king.

"Snapped!"

"boom!"

"Di!"

At the basket, Lao Wang caught the ball and dunked with one hand sideways. Suddenly, the sound of catching the ball, smashing the basket, and the referee's whistle sounded almost simultaneously.

"Beautiful! Two plus one, it's too easy!" Zhang Lili smiled happily.

"Cummins really played a slashing tactic, but the rhythm of the old K's attack was too fast, and he didn't make any adjustments at all. He just got up and dunked the ball." Su Qun laughed.

"brush!"

Pharaoh made an extra penalty.

25:28, the Lakers lead by 3 points.

Next, Jordan continued to attack and missed a goal under Kobe's desperate defense.

Looking back, Pharaoh continued to enter the basket to ask for the ball.

This time, the experienced Cummings seized the opportunity and fouled immediately after Lao Wang received the ball, preventing Lao Wang from scoring two plus one.

However, Lao Wang made two free throws, 25:30, widening the point difference to 5 points.

Then the Knicks attacked and Jordan made another shot. At 27:30, the Lakers led by 3 points and ended the first quarter.

"Old K made 6 of 5 shots and 5 of 5 free throws in the first quarter. He felt good today. He actually made all free throws, haha!" Su Qun laughed.

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "It's a rare time! Look at Tie Jun's wrist, it's too strong, and he can hit [-]% of his free throws, which is very good.

What I admire the most is his hook. He has developed such a good hook. It is more accurate than the sky hook, but the shooting range is shorter than the sky hook, so it can only be used in restricted areas.

The hook needs to press the wrist, and the wrist needs to be flexible, but his hook is not very particular about pressing the wrist, because his wrist cannot be pressed down at all, and it mainly depends on the movement of his fingers.

His fingers are the same as his wrist, as thick as a small carrot. He is very powerful when he is pulling the ball, and he has a very strong rotation force when he lets the ball go out, just like when he is shooting a basketball.

We all know that when shooting, fingers and wrists need to give the ball a rotation force. If the rotation force is small, it will not work, it is soft!If the ball is soft, it will have no power, and the shot will be inaccurate, but Tie Jun's hook is the same as shooting, with strong rotation power, so it is very accurate. "

"Director Zhang, your observation is so careful that I didn't even notice it." Su Qun laughed.

Zhang Lili said with a smile: "I have seen him practice catching iron balls a few times, with the palms facing downwards, holding the 12kg iron balls. He can't let the iron balls fall down, so the strength of the five fingers is very strong, like steel hooks, and the palms and fingers are full of muscles."

At the beginning of the second quarter, O'Neal played again, Jordan did not come up, the Knicks still played on the bench, but did not execute foul tactics against Lao Wang.

Su Qun laughed and said, "O'Neal's free throws are not as good as old K's. I think when the Knicks fouled old K, they were scared to death, right?"

"Haha, so I don't dare to keep playing this tactic, for fear that the Lakers will deal with O'Neal in turn." Zhang Lili laughed.

Two minutes before the second quarter, the Knicks had the ball three times, and O'Neal made one of two shots, all using hooks, and made another pass error.

The Lakers also attacked three times and scored twice, but Lao Wang didn't make a shot, but defended, and the offense was in charge of others.

This is because Harris believes that the Lakers' bench lineup is stronger than the Knicks, and Lao Wang can take the opportunity to save some energy.

Two minutes before the end of the game, at 2:29, the Lakers temporarily led by 34 points.

At this time, Jordan played, forming a dual-core inside and outside with O'Neal, Oakley, Ellis, and Charlie Ward also replaced, and the Knicks resumed their main lineup.

In the TNT live broadcast, Bill Walton said: "The Lakers did not follow the Knicks' substitution rhythm, because the Lakers' bench is stronger and younger."

Kenny Smith said: "Richmond is 33 years old and is still at the end of his peak, so he won't talk about it, he is not considered a veteran.

In addition, Rick Fox is 29 years old, and Tyron Hill is only 30 years old. They are both in their prime, and they are not considered veterans.

The real veterans, Chris Mullin is 35 years old, and Mark Price is 34 years old. Both of them can still play the main force now, but they can't play for too long.

So in comparison, the Lakers' bench lineup is better, which requires the Knicks' main lineup to play more time. "

Bill Walton nodded and said, "During the regular season, the Knicks can allow several veterans to play more time and allow the main players to rotate more, but now in the finals, Phil Jackson must reduce their playing time and allow the main players to play more."

"When they recruited veterans during the offseason, they still believed in the strength of the old K. It is said that Chris Mullin rejected Jordan and then agreed to the recruitment of the old K." Kenny Smith said.

"After all, in the finals, Jordan lost against old K... Well, let's not mention this topic, haha!"

When the two said this, they both laughed.

Although the Lakers have stronger bench players and a stronger overall rotation, the Lakers still didn't take advantage when O'Neal and Jordan were on the court together.

After playing in the second quarter, Jordan strengthened his defense against Richmond, while weakening the Lakers' outside offense, he also strengthened his cooperation with O'Neal.

He is not strengthening his own personal offense, but cooperates with O'Neal's wing pass in the triangle offense, and the offensive quality is very high.

For the Lakers, Richmond was defended by Jordan, and his efficiency was not enough, so he couldn’t play more offensively. Kobe’s offense is also a little weaker now. The offensive end is mainly carried by Lao Wang, but under O’Neal’s desperate defense, the efficiency is not too high, 5 of 3 shots, 60% shooting rate.

On the defensive end, it was a bit difficult for him to withstand O'Neal and Jordan's flank passes and cooperate with offensive tactics alone. He could defend one, but not that.

In the 9th minute of the second quarter, the two sides tied at 50.

At this time, O'Neal came off the court to rest, Jordan stayed on the court, and the Knicks put on the bench again.

On the Lakers side, except Lao Wang, everyone else took turns to play.

In the last 2 minutes, the Knicks once again fouled the old king.

But Lao Wang's free throw was really good today, and the Knicks not only didn't take advantage of it, but also suffered a disadvantage.

After the second quarter, 54:56, the Lakers led by 2 points, ending the first half of the game.

老王次节7罚5中，上半场11投8中，命中率72.7%，12罚10中，命中率高达83.3%，高效地轰下了26分7篮板4助攻1抢断1盖帽1失误2犯规的数据。

里奇蒙德两节上场16分钟，9投4中，三分球3投1中，3罚3中，拿到了12分。

The two teamed up and contributed 38 points.

奥尼尔半场12投6中，7罚4中，拿到了16分5篮板1助攻1盖帽1失误3犯规的数据。

乔丹上半场13投8中，命中率61.5%，三分球4投2中，5罚4中，拿到了22分3篮板3助攻2抢断1失误2犯规的数据。

The two teamed up and also contributed 38 points.

(End of this chapter)