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Chapter 545 Kobe: Old K, we have no shortage of shooting guards.
"For the Lakers, this game is very critical. If they lose and fall behind [-]-[-], then there are still two away games. The Knicks are fully capable of winning another home game, so as to get the match point of the finals with a big score of [-]-[-] or [-]-[-], so this game is a game that the Lakers cannot lose."

In the TNT live broadcast, Bill Wharton analyzed seriously.

Kenny Smith said: "I don't know how old K will play. His performance in the last game can't be said to be bad."

Bill Walton nodded and said: "Old K's statistics from the last game, if applied to any other player, including the three super centers and Jordan, are also extremely good statistics.

There are actually many reasons why the Lakers lost the game, but they only lost by five points. The disadvantage is not big. If they can overcome the Knicks' home court factor today, they have a good chance of winning the game. "

Barkley said: "For the two teams' bench lineup, the Lakers are stronger. The first two games proved this point. The Lakers' bench played more time and scored more.

But in terms of the main lineup, I think the Knicks are better.O'Neal and Jordan cooperated quite well. Jordan's breakthrough tactics and inside cut tactics were very powerful, and he passed a lot of good shots to O'Neal. Their performance in the two games was very stable. This is the key to the Knicks' victory.

As for the Lakers, Richmond was not efficient enough in the last game, and his performance was not stable enough. Jordan's defense against him was quite strict, which prevented him and old K from cooperating like Jordan and O'Neal. This is a problem that the Lakers need to solve. "

Bill Walton nodded and said, "That's right. The Lakers' internal and external dual-core cooperation is not as good as the Knicks' internal and external dual-core. The key is that Jordan's defense can limit Richmond, and Richmond can't limit Jordan enough."

During the live broadcast of CCTV, Su Qun asked: "Director Zhang, which of the two teams do you think has the greater chance of winning the championship?"

Zhang Li didn't have to think about it, he had been studying these issues, and immediately said: "The media now thinks that the Knicks are more likely, and there are two main reasons.

One is that the internal and external cooperation between Jordan and O'Neal is better, and Jordan's ability is stronger, which can attract double-teams and create open opportunities for teammates.

However, Richmond is limited by Jordan's defense, and his cooperation with the Tiejun is worse, and there is no way to attract double-teams.

The second is that the Knicks have three home games next, and the chances of getting the match point first are even greater.

But my opinion is different. As long as the Lakers persist, they will use a stronger rotation lineup to gain a physical advantage at five positions, as in the previous two rounds of the series, thereby dragging down the Knicks. "

At a quarter to eight, the two sides started the field.

As the visiting team, the Lakers were booed at Madison Square Garden.

Many people who watch the game at Madison Square Garden are social elites. They are not even Knicks fans. Because of the high pressure in the workplace, they come here to watch the game mainly to vent the pressure. When their home team is not playing well, let alone the visiting team.

When Pharaoh came out, he was greeted with the biggest boos.

"If we win the championship here, will they cheer for us?" Looking at the fans who booed him vigorously, this question suddenly arose in his mind.

"Hey, Alan."

"Hey Kobe."

Kobe saw Iverson sitting in the front row, so he went over to say hello.

Iverson was in a bad mood. It had been two seasons and he hadn't tasted the playoffs yet, but Kobe had reached the finals in a row and won a championship.

He has indeed become the boss of the team as his agent said, and he has played superstar statistics. His personal performance far surpasses Kobe, but in terms of team record, he is completely unable to compare with Kobe.

Fortunately, Kobe is not the leader of the team, but just hitched a ride with the old K, so his sense of loss is not too great. He still has a lot of opportunities to catch up. Sooner or later, he will win the championship as the team leader.

"Hey, old K."

At this moment, he saw Old K coming over, and he hurriedly greeted him.

"Allen, when will you come and help me?" Old Wang said casually.

"..."

Iverson was taken aback. He had to admit that he was really moved by the recruitment of No.1 active player in the league.

"Old K, we have no shortage of shooting guards, please don't go around like crazy?" Kobe said, staring at Lao Wang fiercely.

"Ha ha……"

Lao Wang laughed twice, motioning for Kobe to follow and go to warm up.

"Old K, don't recruit people indiscriminately, why don't you recruit Michael Jordan? I told you, sooner or later, I will become one of the four major shooting guards..."

Kobe muttered behind him, repeating his long-winded habit.

Iverson watched the two play, feeling a little envious in his heart. When will he touch the floor of the finals?Old K's solicitation just now doesn't seem to be serious, it should be just a polite way, right?
"Victory! Victory! Victory..."

The game is about to start, and before the players go on the field, under the leadership of Jordan, the Knicks are doing the final mobilization.

"Champion! Champion! Champion..."

The Lakers are more direct, just like Wang Tiejun's character. He led the team to directly yell out their goals for this season, which is also the biggest goal and wish of several veteran players in their careers.

At eight o'clock, the game officially begins.

"Snapped!"

O'Neal took the ball away first, and the Knicks attacked.

O'Neal moved to the basket, but Wang Tiejun blocked it immediately.

The former turns left and right, but the latter's plum blossom step is more delicate, and it is often blocked from the outside, and the hard top is even more impossible, so it can only go to the low position on the left wing.

On the left-wing three-point line, Jordan passed the ball down and ran to the left corner.

According to the triangle tactics, if O'Neal can't play alone, he can run to the bottom corner to catch the pass, or directly stick to the bottom line and slide to the bottom to cooperate with O'Neal.

At the top of the arc, Charlie Ward immediately moved to the left wing, ready to catch the ball, and at the same time, took Kobe away from the high position and extended the distance to the basket for his help defense. Otherwise, Kobe would go down from the high position and complete the double-team defense faster.

O'Neill received the ball and immediately began to single-handedly hit the old king. After two kicks to no effect, he couldn't get in. The shark immediately turned around. After swaying left and right, he felt that the old K who was defending behind him retreated. He immediately turned around quickly and took off, ready to hit a front hook.

But just as O'Neill took off and shot, Lao Wang, who had just taken a step back, made a quick stride and rushed forward.

"not good!"

O'Neill's shot was ready, and he bit the bullet and hit a frontal hook.

"mine."

As soon as the ball was released, Pharaoh relaxed his right arm, grabbed the ball with his big hand, and caught the ball directly.

"Oh, old K confiscated O'Neill's ball." Buckle roared excitedly in the TNT live broadcast.

"squeak!"

At the moment after the block happened, Kobe reacted too quickly, kicked his feet hard, and amidst the sound of the friction of the sneakers, he immediately started to go down quickly and ran forward. Charlie Ward turned around and chased him, but he was already a step behind.

"Whoosh!"

Lao Wang blocked O'Neal with his right elbow, threw a throw with his left hand, and the ball flew straight to Kobe.

"boom!"

Holding the ball from his own right wing and reaching the three-point line, Kobe cut the paint obliquely, put his left elbow against Charlie Ward who was chasing on the left, and took off in one step from the right waist with the ball in his right hand.

"Shark, you passed the ball well. You can change your nickname to Big Passer. You are our sixth man on the field." Old Dynasty spat trash talk at O'Neal.

"You can also change your nickname, big trash can." O'Neill said angrily.

"You can call me a big shot blocker. I specialize in blocking big passes." Old Wang laughed.

With a fatal blow, O'Neill said that he had lost his trash talk, and turned his head angrily, ignoring the hateful old K.

Knicks attack.

Jordan broke through from the left wing with the ball, Kobe came down from the high position to defend, Fox on the right quickly defended the top of the arc, and Fortson from the low position on the right ran up to defend Ellis.

"Whoosh!"

Jordan saw his opportunity, and Fortson couldn't make up the defense quickly enough. He immediately split the ball and passed it to Dale Ellis outside the three-point line on the right wing.

At this time, both Fortson, who was defending, and Rick Fox, who was returning to defense, were a step slower.

"brush!"

Ellis got an open spot, shot a three-pointer very calmly, splashed, and pierced the heart with a sword.

"The Knicks are still old-fashioned, based on the triangle tactics. O'Neal contained the old K's defense in the low post, cooperated with Jordan's breakthrough tactics, and scored the ball in time." Kenny Smith said.

Bill Walton said: "But it is very effective. Michael Jordan rushed in to attract double-teams, and O'Neal contained the old K. There must be vacancies in other positions.

In contrast, Richmond's breakthrough ability has degraded a lot. Under Jordan's defense, his breakthrough tactics are not very good, so he can't play the kind of internal and external dual-core coordination tactics of O'Neal and Jordan with the old K. "

Barkley said: "Michael's vision is not bad, he saw the space that Ellis paused. He is the Knicks' offensive launch point, an active offensive axis, and he can form a triangle with the other four.

Just now he can not only pass to Ellis, but also to Oakley who was let go by Fortson. He, Ellis and Oakley form a triangle, and the ball can be transferred quickly in this triangle. "

2:3, the Lakers attack.

Lao Wang encountered the same problem as O'Neal, that is, under O'Neal's defense, it was difficult to get into the basket and get a position.

After trying it, his pace is better, but O'Neal is also very flexible. After barely getting rid of O'Neal, he stood close to the basket, but at this time O'Neal adopted a defense around the front, and he had nothing to do in the back.

O'Neal has tonnage, strength, and flexibility. He can't push him away like other defenders. He can't get the space to catch the ball under the basket, and he faces Oakley's double-team, so he has to honestly take a low position on the left wing.

"Snapped!"

Facing up to catch the ball, out of the corner of his left eye he saw Oakley coming from the weak side. Wang suddenly slid to the bottom, swayed away from O'Neal, then caught the sway, and dribbled the ball into the paint.

O'Neill's defense was not retreating to the bottom line, because Oakley's defense route was along the bottom line, he could not steal the position of his teammates, he was retreating to the front and back. At this time, seeing the old K breaking through from the outside, he immediately moved laterally and blocked the old K.

A second ago, when Oakley implemented weak-side defense, Rick Fox, who was active on the right wing, suddenly bypassed Ellis and cut inside to the paint area, and Fortson, who was emptied by Oakley, immediately blocked Ellis who was chasing him.

"boom!"

The moment the ball was pulled up, Pharaoh pushed it casually, and the ball hit the ground between O'Neill's legs. After rebounding, it was caught by Fox who cut inside.

"Oops!"

O'Neill only felt the wind in his crotch, pinched his legs, and made a gap, turned around and saw that Fortson had successfully made a layup.

Zhang Lili said: "Beautiful! When Oakley is on the weak side, the Lakers can play a dozen more weak-side inside cut tactics. Don't wait for the pass outside, and cut in is more efficient.

In the last game, the weak side played too few inside cuts, and they all stood outside waiting for Tie Jun to score the ball, but they missed the shot, wasting a lot of opportunities. "

Su Qun nodded and said, "Old K was double-teamed from the beginning of the G2 match. He did score a lot of goals, but he only got four assists in the game. I hope this game will change."

On the sidelines, Phil Jackson made a gesture, which meant sticking to the original tactics, telling the field to continue double-teaming Wang Tiejun firmly.

At this time Oakley passed by, and he hurriedly ran to the frontcourt, shouting: "Charles, when the old K points the ball, he must return to the basket quickly."

"OK."

Oakley nodded.

4:3, the Lakers lead away, and the Knicks attack.

Jordan held the ball without breaking through, and after passing it to O'Neal, he ran to the left corner.

He is not a young man anymore. He puts all his energy into both offensive and defensive ends, and also grasps rebounding and organization. In terms of physical consumption, he is even more than when he was in the Bulls in the Knicks, so he can't blindly play scoring tactics. He needs time to rest and rotate the main attack with O'Neal.

O'Neal received the ball, and the old Wang who was on the top defense immediately spat out trash talk: "Don't pass the ball, you can single me, I won't call it a double team, that's something only a guy called a big flush toilet would do."

"It's the big sewer." O'Neill corrected angrily.

Lao Wang is speechless, shark, did you get the point wrong?
"Snapped!"

In anger, the big shark slammed his back hard, who knew that Lao Wang, who was defending against him, evacuated in an instant, his feet were confused, and the ball lost control, and Lao Wang seized the opportunity to steal it.

"Haha, the Sharks made a mistake once." Barkley laughed.

"In the first round of defense, Old K is obviously stronger than the Sharks." Bill Wharton laughed.

"The offense is the same, the Sharks should be a weakened version of the old K." Kenny Smith said.

"Kenny, if you say that, the Sharks won't be happy. The Sharks are still the only super center in the league that can compete with Old K head-on." Bill Walton reminded.

"But I think this is the truth. Even if the Sharks can contend, it's just a contest. In the matchup between the two, Old K clearly has the upper hand." Kenny Smith insisted.

"I agree with Kenny." As an old teammate in Houston, Barkley immediately expressed his support for Smith.

Bill Wharton thought for a while and said: "In terms of physical fitness, although the sharks have improved, it is obvious that the old K is stronger. The old K should be the most physically fit person in the league, and he should not be worse than Chamberlain. This is where the sharks are inferior to the old K. He cannot provide all-round contributions all the time like the old K."

"In terms of technology, Old K is also better. He is stronger in rebounding, hooking, defense and other skills. Old K's assist ability is several grades stronger than O'Neal. He has a certain organizational ability. Whether it is in the Suns or the Lakers, he is the starting point of the team's offense, but O'Neal is not." Barkley said.

In the 5th minute of the first quarter, the Knicks attacked, and Phil Jackson called a timeout. At this time, the score was 13:10, and the Knicks trailed by 3 points at home.

奥尼尔3投1中，吃了老王一记抓帽，2罚1中，拿到3分1篮板1失误的数据。

乔丹4投2中，没有罚球，拿到4分1篮板1助攻的数据。

In addition, Ellis made a three-pointer, and the other two did not score.

For the Lakers, Kobe played two fast breaks, made 2 shots and scored 4 points. Fox made two successful inside cuts and also scored 4 points. Richmond made 2 of 1 shots and hit a three-pointer. Lao Wang made a second offense and scored 2 points.

Although the Knicks are behind by 3 points, but they have the ball in hand, they are not really behind. Why did Phil Jackson call a timeout? This is because of a tactical problem.

Within 5 minutes, after Lao Wang attracted Oakley's double-team, the Lakers played consecutive in-cut tactics, assisted Fox twice, and launched a fast break after the backcourt switched offense and defense, and assisted Kobe twice.

Phil Jackson stood in front of the bench with a serious expression on his face and said: "In 5 minutes, although Old K only took one shot and scored 2 points, he sent 4 assists, 3 block, [-] steal, grabbed [-] rebounds, one of which was an offensive rebound, and caused O'Neal to make a mistake. Although our own offense played well, it did not limit the Lakers' offense. This is absolutely impossible. We must make changes."

Jordan said with a serious look: "In the last game, we restricted Old K's offense very well. Although he still shot [-]% of his shots, he was limited by our success in shooting, and he obviously didn't focus on offense today."

Phil Jackson nodded, and said to Oakley: "Charles, I told you just now that you should pay attention to the opponent's back cut when assisting in defense. Fox has already made two back cuts."

"I know." Oakley said with a dark face.

Phil Jackson said: "Besides, we didn't do a good job of defending against fast breaks. Kobe is going down fast, Charlie can't defend, Michael, don't sink to the bottom corner after you pass the ball, how about switching positions with Charlie?"

Having said that, he paused, waiting for Jordan's response.

Because letting Jordan stay outside to defend against the Lakers' fast break, Jordan's physical energy consumption will be greater, and he knows that this approach is actually wrong.

Jordan obviously thought of this too. Although he really wanted to say that he could do it, he knew he couldn’t. His physical fitness is also limited. Now his work on the court has reached the limit of his physical fitness. If his burden is increased, his physical fitness will face collapse, so he didn’t answer the call.

When Phil Jackson saw that Jordan didn't answer, he understood the meaning of the other party. He changed his words and said to Charlie Ward: "Charlie, I believe in your defensive ability and attitude. Can you defend against Kobe's fast break? At the moment of transition between offense and defense, you need to react faster. At that time, Kobe was in a defensive position, and you had a chance to block him outside."

"Coach, you can trust me."

What else can Charlie Ward say, let him say, coach, I can't do it, you can change.

Phil Jackson then told O'Neill and Oakley to block old K's fast pass when the offense and defense transition, and not let him launch a fast break.

He thought for a while, and said to Oakley: "Charles, old K's offensive desire is not strong today, you should pay attention to your weak side defense, and leave room for returning to the basket.

You can try to lay a trap for the Lakers. When the old K points the ball to the back-cut player, you can reach the defensive position as soon as possible. "

(End of this chapter)