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Chapter 554 Shark Outbreak

After Fox received the ball, he passed to Richmond on the right wing. The latter caught the ball and immediately singled out Charlie Ward, crushing the opponent into the flank, and then turned over and made a jumper before Oakley pounced on him.

"The offensive firepower of both sides is very strong, and the defense of both sides also has loopholes. The success rate of the start is very high!" Zhang Reasonable said.

8:6, the Knicks attack.

On the right wing, Richmond's defense is still very hard. In order to save a certain amount of energy, Jordan called Oakley's pick-and-roll this time.

After breaking through the wall, Fordson, who changed his direction and switched defenses, has no obstacles and a smooth road on his way to the basket.

Lao Wang cursed secretly and had to stand on the right front side of the basket.

O'Neal entered the paint area, avoided the old K, and extended his hands to Jordan.

"Whoosh!"

Jordan passes the ball.

"boom!"

The next moment, a behemoth hung above the Lakers' basket.

"O'Neal made 4 of 4 shots, all of which were dunks. He's going to blow up today. As I said, the Lakers can't stop Jordan's breakthrough, and they can't prevent Jordan and O'Neal's coordinated offense. Jordan made 1 of 0 shots today, but he sent O'Neal three assists and one indirect assist. His breakthrough tactics are too good." Zhang Li shook his head.

"Since we can't guard against it, let's see the Lakers' offense." Su Qun said.

8:8, the Lakers attack.

Kobe held the ball on the left wing and tried to hit Jordan, but the latter had too much defensive experience and more tonnage, and it was ineffective to play sideways. He could only pass the ball to the low-post Lao Wang.

Lao Wang received the ball, and Jordan on the top moved down a step, but did not immediately jump down to prevent him from passing the ball to Kobe.

At the same time, Oakley, who was low on the right wing, rushed over.

"boom!"

Pharaoh stuck his left elbow, hooked sideways, missed, and the rebound was taken by Oakley who came to help defend.

The Knicks attacked, and Jordan broke through again with the ball, but this time he was unsuccessful and was double-teamed by Richmond and Fortson.

He didn't pose a threat to the paint area, so Lao Wang didn't need to defend, and still stared O'Neal tightly, so he couldn't pass the ball to O'Neal, so he could only force a shot in the double-team, turned and fell back, and was affected by Fortson, and missed the jumper.

Lao Wang grabbed the backcourt rebound and the Lakers attacked.

"Jordan made 2 of 0 shots today, so he won't feel very good." Su Qun laughed.

"If his breakthrough is prevented, there will be no way for him and O'Neal to form a cooperation, and the effect of 1+1>2 cannot be achieved." Zhang Reasonable said with a smile.

"brush!"

This time, Pharaoh hit a nearly two-point hook.

10:8, the Knicks attack.

"Old K made 4 of 3 shots today, an obvious change. He didn't attack the basket today. He made 4 shots and only attacked the basket once, and it was a cooperation with Kobe. The other three were nearly two-point hooks and hit two."

Having said that, Su Qun asked: "Director Zhang, did Old K make this change because of his physical fitness, or did he make it on his own initiative?"

Zhang Lili said: "It must be because of the Knicks' double-team tactics and my physical fitness, I was forced to make changes.

Although he passively changed his style of play, his nearly two-point hook is quite strong. Now he is 3 of 2 shots. Let's see how the Knicks defend. "

Su Qun said: "O'Neal dunked four times, it seems that the Knicks' dual-core coordination is better."

Zhang Lili nodded and said: "It has always been that Richmond can't prevent Jordan's breakthrough, let Jordan approach or enter the paint area, then the Lakers can't prevent Jordan and O'Neal's cooperation. No matter how good the defense is, the Iron Army can't defend."

In the frontcourt of the Knicks, Jordan was active on the right-wing three-point line.

Charlie Ward began to organize the offense, Kobe blocked the downward pass line with big defense, he pulled to the left wing, and then passed the ball.

O'Neill received the ball, swung it down, and made a slippery look. Immediately, he felt that his butt could not touch the old K. He immediately turned around and dribbled the ball, and he was about to enter the paint area in one step.

But at this moment, Lao Wang, who retreated half a step, quickly moved sideways, stood in the defensive position first, and blocked in front of O'Neill.

O'Neal slammed headfirst into Pharaoh's body, knocking him back half a step, enough to be called an offensive foul, but this is the Knicks' home court, and the whistle didn't sound.

O'Neal quickly controlled the ball, blocked the pounced Wang with his left elbow, and hit a sideways hook.

"boom!"

It's a pity that he missed, and Pharaoh turned around and took the rebound.

The Knicks attacked, Jordan caught the ball on the right wing, and under a tentative step, he once again rushed into Richmond, but at this time, the high-post Fox quickly defended and blocked Jordan before Fordson, and then Fordson arrived and completed the three-man double-team.

"Snapped!"

Kobe on the left quickly defended the high post, just as Jordan scored the ball to Ellis, who was open at the top of the arc, and completed the steal.

"Beautiful! The Lakers teamed up to complete a defense." Su Qun said happily.

Kobe quickly counterattacked and succeeded in a layup with Ellis on his shoulders.

12:8, the Knicks attack.

In the next game, the two sides chased each other, and when there were 3 minutes left in the first quarter, because no team called a second timeout, it entered the official timeout.

At this time, the score was 24:22, and the Lakers still led by two points.

Barkley said at this time: "Michael feels average today. He missed the first two shots. He made 4 of 1 shots in total, plus 2 of 2 free throws. He scored 4 points, but sent 5 assists, 4 of which were contributed by O'Neal."

Bill Wharton said: "O'Neal made 9 of 8 shots in 6 minutes, including 3 of 1 shots for nearly two points, 5 dunks at the basket, and played excellent internal and external cooperation with Michael. In addition, he made 2 of 1 free throws and scored 13 points."

Kenny Smith continued: "But the Lakers still lead because the Lakers also played a very good offensive performance today.

老K在9分钟之内7投5中，2罚1中，拿到了11分。然后科比3投2中，其中一个三分球，拿到了5分。里奇蒙德4投2中，拿到了4分。福特森2投1中，福克斯3投1中。湖人方面命中率不低，而且5个首发都有得分。”

Barkley said: "The two-point lead is not big, it's a tie. Today is actually the same as the first four games of the two teams. The first three quarters should be very anxious.

But there is a problem. Today O'Neal benefited from Michael's breakthrough tactics. He has a lot of offense at the basket, and the offensive quality is very high, reaching a 75% shooting rate.

And we have to notice that his offense at the basket benefited from the breakout tactics, so he didn't have a strong confrontation with the old K, and his physical energy consumption was not much. If the Lakers let the Knicks continue to play like this, they will be in great trouble. "

Bill Walton analyzed: "The Lakers can't stop the Knicks from playing with both internal and external cores, and the rocks can't stop Jordan's breakthrough."

Barkley nodded and said: "Another thing we need to pay attention to is Old K's offense. Today, out of 7 shots, he only attacked at the basket twice.

And like O'Neal, their offense at the basket is not a strong offense at the basket. They break through from the outside to attract the defense and cut to the basket.

The remaining five offenses were all near-two-point hooks, 5 of 3 shots, and a near-two-point shooting rate of 60%, which is the league's first.

What I want to say is that if the Knicks can't defend, or even don't pay attention to Old K's nearly two-point offense, then today's game is likely to suffer. "

The timeout ended, unexpectedly, Jordan went down, and O'Neal stayed on the court.

For the Lakers, Pharaoh is still on the court.

Zhang Lili immediately analyzed: "The reason why Jordan went down should be that he played too many points today, and his physical consumption was far greater than that of O'Neal.

And O'Neal also stayed on the court because he didn't have a strong confrontation with the Iron Army, so his physical energy consumption was not much.But I think he won't participate in the offense too much in the last 3 minutes. The purpose of staying on the court is to contain the Iron Army.

The Tiejun are basically hooks with nearly two points today, and the physical consumption is the same as that of O'Neill, which is not too big.But this is only the first quarter, I think he will also aim to contain O'Neal, and will not attack too much in the first quarter. "

In the next 3 minutes, as Zhang Lili expected, both O'Neill and Wang Tiejun were based on defense and rebounding, and the offense was played by others.

After the first quarter, 30:26, the Lakers lead by 4 points.

In the second quarter, the Knicks were half the main force and half the substitute. Jordan played at the beginning, and O'Neal sat below for a rest.

On the Lakers side, Pharaoh is still playing, and the other 7 players rotate.

When O'Neal didn't play, Pharaoh began to strengthen his offense at the basket. Even the slashing tactics couldn't stop him. Within 3 minutes, he scored 7 points with free throws, 3 of 2 shots and 4 of 3 free throws.

But Jordan was unwilling to be outdone, and also strengthened his personal offense. Within 3 minutes, he made 4 of 2 shots, 2 of 1 three-pointers, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 7 points even with shots and penalties.

The two sides were tied in the first 3 minutes, and then O'Neal came on the field. When Lao Wang recovered his blood, he made 3 of 2 shots and caused a foul by Lao Wang. It was a two-plus-one and scored 5 points.

The Lakers took over the offense from the outside. Richmond made 2 of 1 shots and Fox hit a goal to stabilize the situation.

With 7 minutes left in the second quarter, at 41:38, the Lakers still led by 3 points.

Next, the two sides began another round of fierce fighting.

For the Knicks, Jordan resumed his style of play in the first quarter, focusing on scoring tactics, and frequently played wonderful connection cooperation with O'Neal.

For the Lakers, Jordan defended Kobe, and Richmond mainly attacked from the outside.

Then the Lakers immediately adjusted the direction of attack, and Lao Wang began to take over the offense.

After the second quarter, 55:54, the Lakers led by 1 point, ending halftime.

At the end of halftime, Su Qun breathed a sigh of relief and said: "The cooperation between Jordan and O'Neal in the second half of this quarter was really strong. Jordan scored 6 breakthrough points, succeeded 4 times, assisted O'Neal 3 times, and made a layup.

That is to say, the old K's hook was too fierce, and he made 7 of 5 shots in 3 minutes, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 7 points in 8 minutes, otherwise the Knicks might have passed.

Old K used a lot of hooks for nearly two points today. These 5 shots were all hooks, and the hit rate was [-]%. "

Zhang Lili took a look at Lao Wang's statistics and said, "Tiejun made 15 of 10 shots and 8 of 6 free throws in the first half, and has already scored 26 points.

15 shots, 5 shots at the basket and 4 hits, 10 near-two-point hooks and 6 goals, the efficiency is really high! "

Su Qun raised his head to take a look, and said with a smile: "80% of the offense at the basket, 60% of the near two-point hook, and 66.6% of the overall shooting."

Zhang Lili changed a piece of paper and read: "But with such a high efficiency, he only leads by 1 point. What does that mean? Look at O'Neal's performance today. He made 15 of 11 shots, 3 of 2 free throws, and scored 24 points. His shooting percentage is even higher than that of the Tiejun, reaching 73.3%. If the Tiejun didn't score more free throws, how could the Knicks be behind?
O'Neal took 15 shots, and he played with Jordan to cut to the basket as many as 8 times. The success rate is too high.The only downside is that because of the good coordination, almost all of them are dunks after cutting, so there is no lethality, and there are too few free throws.

If it weren't for Jordan's average shooting percentage today, 10 of 4 shots, including a three-pointer, plus 4 of 13 free throws, he would only score [-] points. With such a strong performance from the Iron Army, the Lakers might not be able to beat it. "

"O'Neal's performance today was too fierce, this is the first time he played such a violent performance on the head of the old K." Su Qun said.

Zhang Lili shook his head and said, "The Sharks performed really well, but without Jordan's breakthrough tactics to attract the Tiejun's defense, it would be impossible for him to play such a explosive performance."

In the locker room of the home team, the players took the time to rest and change clothes. Phil Jackson also made an analysis of the first half.

He believes that the reason why he didn't take the lead in the first half was that Old K played too well today, and another reason was that Jordan's shooting touch was a bit poor.

Jordan's problem is not a problem. He believes that Jordan will make adjustments by himself in the second half, but talked about Lao Wang's offense.

He said in a very serious tone: "Do you remember what I said before, old K's nearly two-point offensive ability will be a big problem one day, and if we don't solve this tonight, we will be in trouble."

Jordan nodded. He and Phil Jackson had already talked about Old K's nearly two-point offense, with a shooting percentage as high as [-]%. Once this kind of offense takes a large number of shots, it will cause a huge blow to the Knicks.

At this time, Phil Jackson said: "Shaq played such a high efficiency in the first half, even higher than the old K's efficiency, but we still couldn't take the lead. This is the result of the old K's powerful nearly two-point hook.

I think in the next second half, Old K will definitely maintain or even increase the use of hooks, destroying us with powerful firepower.

At the same time, as Shaq and Michael's physical fitness declines, our efficiency will decrease, and the final result is not what we want to see. "

A hidden worry arose in Jordan's mind. He didn't take many shots in the first half, but he had a lot of offensive tactics and consumed a lot of energy, surpassing O'Neal. In the second half, he must not be able to play like that again. Ten years ago, he could continue to shoot sudden points, but now, no matter how good his physical condition is, he can't sustain his physical fitness when he hits sudden points throughout the game.

Once he can't play the offensive tactics, O'Neal's offensive quality will definitely drop, and then he can't limit the old K's nearly two-point hook. What will happen?

So when he returned to the locker room, he was actually not in a good mood.

After rubbing his hands together, his own hand feeling was a little bit worse today, and he only scored four out of ten goals. I hope it will be better in the second half.

At this time, Phil Jackson said: "Michael, hand over the organization to Charlie in the third quarter and let him play the offensive tactics. You accumulate some physical energy and play in the final quarter."

He thought for a while, nodded and shook his head again: "Half a quarter is fine, old K won't adjust the time for a whole quarter."

Soon after, the second half began.

Jordan did not play for the first time, and O'Neal only took a 3-minute rest in the first half, and played at the beginning of the third quarter.

The Lakers attacked, Lao Wang received the ball from the low position on the left wing, turned around and jumped sideways, with his left elbow stuck outside, and hit a sideways hook.

"brush!"

Splashes appeared and nearly two points were hit.

Barkley said with a serious expression: "Old K's hook is too strong, the rhythm is fast, and the technical movements are concise. It has reached a very high level. He has completely ignored O'Neal's defense."

Bill Walton nodded and said with a smile, "I've said it a long time ago, his hook is more threatening in the restricted area than the sky hook."

Kenny Smith said: "Old K's close-range hook, Tim's 45-degree hit on the board, Jordan's turnaround jumper, Iverson's breakthrough, and Dameng's pace are all unique."

At this time, the Knicks attack, Charlie Ward holds the ball, and Mark Price defends.

Wardla went to the right wing and played a pick-and-roll with Ellis. Price and Chris Mullin immediately switched defenses. Ward was faster, bypassing Mullin with the ball and entering the flank, forcing Tyron Hill to come to the defense.

Seeing that his way was blocked, Ward quickly passed the ball to Oakley who was open. The latter missed a jumper.

Lao Wang quickly returned to the basket to get a backcourt rebound, passed it to Price and then went to the frontcourt, set up a low position on the left wing, and wanted the ball.

"Shaq, strengthen the top defense." Phil Jackson shouted from the sidelines.

He couldn't bear it any longer. It was too easy for old K to score from the left line of the paint area, with a [-]% shooting rate. If this continues, no matter how well Jordan and O'Neal cooperate, he may lose the game.

Only by actively strengthening the confrontation can the old K's hit rate be reduced.

O'Neill wanted to win too much today, and immediately stepped up after hearing the words, trying to push Lao Wang away from the left line of the paint area.

However, his basic strength is not as good as that of Lao Wang. It is almost impossible to push Lao Wang away from the paint area with such a hard top.

At this time the ball came in, Lao Wang first carried O'Neill hard, not giving an inch, but at the moment of receiving the ball, he suddenly used his strength to sprint forward and evacuated.

Evacuation is not just to evacuate backwards when defending, as an offensive side, it can also be evacuated.

"Ouch!"

O'Neill pushed forward desperately, and unexpectedly, after staggering two steps forward, he plunged into the floor.

"Oh!"

Madison Square Garden, the audience suddenly exclaimed, very neat.

At this time, Lao Wang, who took a step forward, turned around and slid to the bottom, dribbled the ball from O'Neill into the paint area, stepped on the left line of the paint area, and then took off.

Oakley, who was returning to the basket, cursed secretly, afraid of being hit to death, he slammed on the brakes and stopped one step to the right of the basket.

"boom!"

With a one-arm dunk, Lao Wang blew up the Knicks' rim, knocked Oakley to the ground when he landed, and he used his strength to stand firm.

"Old oak tree, you are too close to me, stay away from me next time." Pharaoh persuaded sincerely.

"roll!"

Oakley scolded angrily.

"Beautiful! This shot is so beautiful, haha!" Su Qun laughed excitedly.

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "The big shark suffered a big loss, hit his face on the floor, haha! Tie Jun stepped forward suddenly, this move is great!"

On the field, O'Neill got up in a panic, bumped his fat face on the floor, and rubbed it again. It was already a big red spot. He turned his head and gave Lao Wang a hard look, and ran to the front court silently.

On the sidelines, Jordan couldn't sit still, stood up, said something to Phil Jackson, and walked to the scorer's table.

"Michael is about to play. If he doesn't play, Shaq alone can't beat Old K, haha!" Barkley laughed.

59:54, the Lakers lead by 5 points, and the Knicks attack.

(End of this chapter)