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Chapter 553 Little sardine?

After dinner, the Lakers rested for half an hour and returned to the visiting team's locker room for pre-war preparations.

Before bandaging, Gao Bin massaged Lao Wang's ankle and knee with medicated oil to relax. After training in the afternoon, he also did acupuncture on his left ankle. Lao Wang's left ankle was injured before. Although there is no injury now, it is best to do more maintenance.

In the locker room of the home team, like Pharaoh, Jordan is also asking his exclusive masseur to give him a medicated oil massage for his lower limbs.

In the finals, his scoring tactics are the main tactics. For him, the burden on his lower body is very heavy, so he must take good care of it.

At 07:30, the two sides announced the starting lineup.

Lakers: Wang Tiejun, Danny Fortson, Rick Fox, Richmond, Kobe Bryant

Knicks: O'Neal, Oakley, Dale Ellis, Jordan, Charlie Ward

"After Fox was blasted off by old K, he didn't get another chance to play. He started again tonight, which shows that old K realizes the importance of Fox." Bill Wharton said.

Kenny Smith said in a joking tone: "Bill, why didn't you say that the Lakers coaching staff realized the importance of Fox?"

Bill Walton shrugged his shoulders and said: "Without the old K's consent, it is impossible for Fox to have a chance to play. I am sure of this."

Barkley said: "Old K rarely does this, based on my understanding of him, he rarely interferes with the work of the coaching staff.

Fox didn't play again after the day before yesterday. I think this is the decision of the Lakers coaching staff. His defense against Ellis was relaxed.

In the back, Mullin defended Ellis, and he defended well in the second and third quarters, but the final quarter still exposed Chris Mullin's old age and weak defensive level. Ellis made three deadly three-pointers, and even lost the game.

If Fox is on the court, as long as he defends with all his strength, he can lock up Ellis. He locked up Ellis in the first three games. "

At this time, the two teams are starting to play.

"Old K, we are sure to win this game!" O'Neal said loudly in the player tunnel with full confidence.

"I don't talk to people who don't have the guts to challenge me one-on-one." Lao Wang turned his head and didn't look at O'Neill.

O'Neill's nose was full of smoke, and he was so angry that he had nothing to say. Not only did the Knicks start double-teaming Old K, but he was directly sentenced to death.

"Since the last game, the Age of Giant Beasts belongs to me alone, because a person who dare not challenge me one-on-one is not qualified to compete with me. He doesn't even have the confidence and strength to face me alone, and he has to find a few helpers to stand by my side. What right does he have to call himself a giant beast?"

What Lao Wang said next made O'Neill vomit blood even more, especially because Lao Wang didn't even look at him, which made him even more furious.

"I'm going to one-on-one with him." O'Neal growled angrily at Jordan.

"Ha ha……"

Lao Wang didn't have any cover at all, and burst out laughing directly.

"Ha ha……"

Afterwards, Kobe and the others also burst out laughing.

Jordan's face was livid with anger, and his eyes were burning when he stared at Lao Wang.

But he couldn't control Lao Wang's mouth, so he could only sternly shout at O'Neal: "Shaq, this is his psychological warfare, don't fall for his tricks, double-teaming is the team's tactic, it has nothing to do with your strength, just because we double-teamed him doesn't mean your strength is not as good as him.

If you choose to go it alone, that is the most stupid choice, you will never have a chance to win a championship, he will be on your head for the rest of your life. "

"Play slowly by yourself, we'll go out first."

At this time, the host outside began to call the visiting team to play. The old dynasty Jordan and O'Neal waved their hands, and after leaving a fucking sentence, they followed their teammates to play.

"This bastard!"

Looking at Old K's back, Jordan gritted his teeth with hatred.

O'Neill next to him was still panting, apparently still emotionally agitated, so he hurriedly took the time to do ideological work and try to persuade him.

At eight o'clock, the game officially begins.

"Champion! Champion..."

In front of the Lakers bench, Wang Tiejun still led the team to roar out their goal. With the support of [-] fans of the visiting team, the momentum was not small.

On the Knicks side, O'Neal didn't wait to shout slogans, and went on the court angrily. Jordan could only end the game hastily and walked onto the court with others.

"Old K, I won't make it easy for you." In the middle circle, staring at Lao Wang in front of him, O'Neill gritted his teeth.

"How many helpers are you going to call today?" Old Wang asked slowly.

"Ha ha……"

Fortson, a master fan, immediately laughed in unison, and then Kobe and others were not to be outdone, and laughed one after another.

O'Neill's eyes were red, and he stared at Kobe and the others, especially the rookie Fortson, who gave him an extra stare. He vowed to make these people look good tonight.

Barkley saw this scene in the live broadcast. Although he didn't know what happened, it was obvious that the Lakers had angered the big shark, so he said: "An angry big shark is likely to explode with greater energy and destructive power, so the Lakers should be careful."

"Snapped!"

The ball is thrown, the angry shark leaps high, flicks the ball away, and the Knicks attack.

O'Neal moved to the basket, was resisted by Lao Wang, then moved a step to the low post on the left wing, suddenly turned around flexibly, got rid of Lao Wang, and ran to the next step of the free throw line.

At this time, Charlie Ward, who was holding the ball, just took a step past the center line. Kobe was defending one step away, and immediately passed the ball upon seeing this.

When the old Wang followed, he was caught behind by O'Neal, and then the ball arrived. O'Neal caught the ball and immediately turned left quickly.

Fortson returned to the basket, but was also half a beat slow.

"Old K, it's your turn!"

After succeeding, the red-eyed O'Neill stared at Lao Wang and shouted.

"Angry Shark, will there be a wave?"

Lao Wang is not worried about O'Neal's outbreak, because the more it explodes, the faster the Shark's physical energy will be consumed, and O'Neal's physical fitness is not as good as him, so as long as the Lakers can withstand the outbreak of the Shaq, there will be opportunities in the future.

As for whether the Lakers can withstand the outbreak of the big sharks, he is not worried, because no matter how strong the Knicks are, with the strength of the Lakers and his strength, it is impossible to be taken away by a wave.

Of course, the opposite is also true, the Lakers do not have the strength to take away the Knicks.

The Lakers attack.

Lao Wang asked for the ball in the low post on the left wing, and Kobe passed the ball directly from the top of the arc.

"Snapped!"

Facing upwards, when Lao Wang received the ball, he had already noticed Oakley's weak side defense. He was already behind O'Neal, and Jordan above him was also moving towards him.

In the next moment, during the dribble, the left foot stepped back, inserted between O'Neal's legs, and stepped on the left line of the paint area.

"Back arch!"

O'Neal's body tensed up, but he didn't retreat. He wanted to stand up against Old K here and wait for Oakley's double-team.

As long as he holds old K for half a second to a second, the teammate's double team will definitely arrive.

Although he was almost pissed off by old K, under Jordan's persuasion, his calmness was not lost, and he was still implementing the team's double-team tactics.

"Oh!"

Under the arch of Iron Mountain's back, O'Neill's upper body leaned back, his feet loosened, and his center of gravity moved, but he was not knocked back.

In the next moment, Lao Wang turned halfway up, jumped up and hit a sideways hook.

O'Neal's center of gravity moved, and it was too late to take off to block the block. Oakley and Jordan were also half a beat behind.

"brush!"

Close to the open shot, a precise hit.

"Little sardine, it's your turn." Old Wang spat out trash talk.

"Little, little sardine?" The big shark's eyes were really burning.

Forget about sardines, they are about [-] centimeters long when they grow up, but the little sardines are only a few centimeters. Is old K humiliating him?He hates being small, what he likes is big, big, big, big everywhere.

It's a pity for Jordan, he was only a little bit short. With his jumping, just half a step faster, he could completely block Old K's sideways hook from behind.

After Wang Tiejun returned to the defense, he grabbed O'Neill and said, "Shaq, as long as you carry him for half a second, I can be in place. Let's join forces and kill him!"

O'Neal nodded with red eyes, gritted his teeth and ran forward.

Right wing, Jordan holds the ball.

"Different from before?" Harris frowned on the sidelines.

"boom!"

Under Jordan's tentative steps, he rushed to Richmond and rushed to the paint area. Fortson came up to make up the defense. He changed direction, broke through the second line of defense, and rushed into the paint area.

Lao Wang could only go back to the basket and blocked one meter from the right front of the basket.

Jordan took a step in front of Lao Wang, made an emergency stop, and the moment the ball was pulled up from the floor, it flew to O'Neal, who was in the low position on the left wing, under a back pass.

After Lao Wang found out, he turned around quickly, but was a little slower. He only saw that O'Neill was already flying, and he knew it was going to die.

O'Neal took a step into the paint and took off, catching the ball in the air with both hands, and smashing towards the basket.

"boom!"

During the clatter of the basket, the entire basket shook.

"boom!"

The Sharks dunked twice in the opening game, causing cheers from Madison Square Garden.

"Yeah yeah!"

The moment the dunk was completed, an on-site commentator roared excitedly: "Joe Shark connected and completed the most exciting alley-oop dunk, but old K was in a dilemma, and could only watch the big shark complete the dunk like a silly donkey."

After succeeding, the big shark jumped off the floor, and when he ran forward, he pointed at Lao Wang and shouted loudly: "Old K, today I have no end with you!"

"Little sardine, you just let the horse come here." Old Wang replied.

In the CCTV live broadcast seat, Zhang Lili said solemnly: "In the previous four finals, Jordan and O'Neal were on the same wing, but today it changed. Phil Jackson put the two of them on different wings, so that they can attract each other's defense. It is easier to mobilize the iron army's defense and let the other get a chance. The Lakers should be careful."

At this time, the Lakers came to the front court, Richmond ran to the right wing, and Kobe took the ball to the left wing.

On the defensive side, Jordan kept up with Richmond, who still believed the Rock was a higher threat.

But in fact, if he keeps up with Kobe, then the Lakers' perimeter offense must be played by Richmond. In the Knicks' perimeter, except for him, Charlie Ward is limited by his height and strength. He can't defend against Richmond and Kobe, let alone Ellis.

This Knicks team is different from his previous Bulls. The Bulls used to defend outside and win with triangle offense, but now the Knicks win with inside defense and triangle offense. What is even stronger is that there are two strongest points in the triangle offense. In the past, the Bulls only had one.

In short, the starting point of the Lakers' outside offense must avoid Jordan and proceed on the other wing.

"Huh, the Lakers have also changed, and Kobe is actually on the same wing as Old K?" Su Qun asked in surprise.

At this time, Kobe began to single-play Charlie Ward. Ward knew that he couldn't handle Kobe's sideways attack, so he could only retreat and defend. When he retreated to the paint area, he waited for his teammates to double-team.

But Kobe would not give Ward a chance to retreat to the paint area. He advanced to a position two meters inside the three-point line, and when Ward continued to retreat and defend, he suddenly stepped back and made a jumper.

When taking a step back, he widened the distance to Ward to more than one meter. Ward completely lost the opportunity to defend, and then he took off calmly, and his shot was very stable.

"brush!"

Splashes appeared and two points were hit.

"Step back jumper, beautiful!"

Su Qun said excitedly: "The shot was very calm, completely got rid of the defender, and it tasted like old K's retreat step and hook."

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "Charlie Ward is very difficult to defend against Kobe. If he sticks to the defense, he will be knocked down by Kobe's iron mountain. If he retreats like this, Kobe will directly step back and jump and shoot. It is difficult for both ends. This is the difficulty of defending with a small amount."

4 draws, the Knicks attack.

Two dunks, this time O'Neal had to take a breather, Jordan took over the offense, singled Richmond, made a stop jumper, and missed.

Lao Wang controlled the rebound in the backcourt and the Lakers attacked.

Kobe attacked with the ball on the left wing and singled Ward again. The latter dared not retreat this time, so he bit the bullet and stuck it up.

"Oh!"

With Tieshan hitting sideways, Kobe easily hit Ward's center of gravity, then turned around halfway and broke through with the ball. When he hit the paint area, he forced the low-post O'Neal to come up to defend. Take the opportunity to move to the basket.

Kobe stopped suddenly and smashed the ball towards O'Neal's feet with one hand.

"It's over!"

O'Neill looked back, just in time to see that old K had already taken off.

"boom!"

With a one-handed dunk, Pharaoh hangs above the basket.

6:4, the Lakers lead away, the Knicks attack, Phil Jackson called a timeout.

On the TNT live broadcast, Barkley said: "There are some changes in the offense today. At present, the offense is playing very well. Although Michael missed a shot, it was just a matter of touch, not being defended by the Lakers. Now the Knicks are calling a timeout. It should be that Phil Jackson wants to adjust his defensive tactics."

Kenny Smith said: "In the Knicks' main lineup, the No. [-] position is a weakness. Ward can't defend Kobe, but his own offense is not good, and his organizational skills are average. The combination is relatively mediocre.

However, I think the Knicks can allow Ward to take on part of the breakthrough function, which can save Jordan some energy. At the same time, I think that Ward should be able to undertake the breakthrough function because he is small and big. "

Bill Walton nodded and said, "Kenny, you're right. The Knicks really need to make changes. The reason why they won the G4 game is because of Ellis' explosion."

In front of the Knicks bench, Phil Jackson is rearranging the defensive tactics.

Tactics need to be executed by suitable players, and those are the ones available. He can't break through the limitations of personnel and make any changes. He can only adjust as much as possible.

But the adjustment made was to ask Jordan to defend against Kobe, and said to Charlie Ward: "Charlie, Rock's breakthrough ability is not as good as Kobe's now, and he doesn't have Kobe's relying on hitting skills. You need to use your small to defend against the big, and you have to take advantage of your flexibility."

"OK." Ward nodded.

The timeout ends and the game restarts.

Jordan hit Richmond with the ball in singles, and made a false shot, but this time the Rock reacted quickly and kept up with the former's breakthrough, and Fortson also came up, and the double-team would soon take shape.

"boom!"

But Jordan made an emergency stop at this time, and pushed the ball between Fortson's legs. The ball passed through the crotch, rebounded, and was caught by Oakley in the low post.

Oakley immediately rushed to the basket after receiving the ball, forcing Lao Wang to block on the right side of the basket, while O'Neal on the left was empty again.

Oakley tossed the ball high into the air, and the ball flew over Wang's head and over the basket.

"Special!"

Lao Wang cursed and dodged behind the baseline.

The next moment, a behemoth lifted into the air on the left side of the basket, and with a bang, it sank the Lakers' basket with an alley-oop.

Phil Jackson nodded. It seems that having Michael and O'Neal one on the left, one on the right, one inside and one outside, can play their threat more, better than on the same wing.

"The triangle offense was initiated by Jordan, followed by Oakley, and O'Neal finished in the low post, so there was no way to prevent it." Zhang Li shook his head.

"Are you guarding against me?"

The Lakers attacked, and Kobe, who was holding the ball, couldn't help being startled when he saw Jordan coming in front of him.

Jordan didn't have a good impression of Kobe. Although he paid back one of the early celebrations for his three-pointer last time, it also made him a background board. When Kobe approached, he sprayed: "Boy, try me out? "

"Shoot you, hit you!"

Kobe's eyes were burning, and he would not be happy if anyone underestimated him.

But the next moment, he passed the ball to Fox at the top of the arc, and then ran to the left corner by himself.

"Cunning boy, same as old K."

Jordan cursed secretly, and could only run to the left bottom corner.

(End of this chapter)