God of NBA point guards

Chapter 451 Michael, we must be prepared for Mosaic to be swept and end the Eastern Conference Finals as soon as possible

Mosaic attack, a timeout was called after serving.

"The SuperSonics want to rely on their solid substitute lineup to hold down the two old guys Dameng and Barkley." James Worthy laughed in the NBC commentary box.

John Moore nodded and said: "The SuperSonics made a large number of substitutions in the 5th minute, leaving only Tekken as a starter and maintaining a fast-paced offense and defense. This is the benefit of the thickness of the lineup."

James Worthy said: "Mosaic still needs to try to slow down the SuperSonics' offensive and defensive rhythm to reduce physical consumption.

However, many times, the Sonics deliberately speed up the tempo and impose a backcourt press on the defensive end. Mosaic has no choice. The lineup is too thin, so they can only fall into passivity. "

Barkley temporarily sat on the bench and replaced the backup power forward, closer 35-year-old Kevin Willis.

John Moore said: "Willis was sold by the Bulls. In fact, his body is in good shape and healthier than Barkley. He played 75 games this season, averaging 26.2 minutes per game. Even when Barkley was injured, he started 32 games.

He averaged 11 points and 8.5 rebounds per game, and his shooting percentage reached 48.5%. Barkley only had this shooting percentage, and his performance on the bench was very impressive. "

"Willis has been with the Hawks for 9 seasons and only missed 16 games in total, which is less than two games a season on average. He has iron talent." James Worthy nodded.

John Moore laughed: "But he was the main center in the Bulls, but his efficiency was a little lower and his playing time was a little less, so last year the Bulls lost to the SuperSonics in the finals.

He is now most suitable only in the substitute lineup. He can play at the fourth or fifth positions. Twenty minutes of playing time is the best choice for himself and the team. "

James Worthy shook his head and said: "The Bulls lost the finals because of Willis's lack of efficiency. The main reason is that Iron Fist's offensive and defensive capabilities and direct assists are too strong. They are top three in sudden shooting and defense, and Jordan can't guard them." .”

The game on the field continues.

Mosaic removed Barkley, and the other four main players were all on the court.

The SuperSonics replaced four substitutes, and only Zhou Quan of the main team was still on the court.

The SuperSonics' tactics are still fast-paced offense and defense.

In the 9th minute, after Dameng scored a nearly two-pointer, Matt Geiger immediately picked up the ball and retreated to the baseline. Willis blocked it. Dameng took the opportunity to return to defense, and he did so with all his strength. He knew If you are too late, it will be too late.

After Zhou Quan received the ball on the left wing, he immediately accelerated with all his strength.

At this time, the little bug Tim Hardaway was in front of him, and Da Meng was only two steps behind him in the middle. There was small forward Sam Mark in front of Da Meng, and Mark ran evenly with him.

"Mosaic's defense is very fast, but the Sonics don't care about Mosaic's defense speed, they just play fast." Zhang Lili shouted excitedly.

Zhou Quan reached the midline with the ball, changed direction at a small angle in the middle, and was already level with Xiao Chong.

Xiaochong had no choice but to turn around, intending to use steals to slow down Zhou Quan and buy time for his teammates to return to defense.

But Zhou Quan's reaction was too quick. Before Xiao Chong turned around and made a steal, he changed direction at a small angle again and rushed past Xiao Chong.

"Damn!"

Xiao Chong's shoulders were hung for a moment, and an unstoppable impact instantly hit his body. Then his 80-kilogram body flew backwards, hitting the floor on his back and sliding backwards.

"Oh oh oh……"

This kind of scene, just like American football, instantly activated the adrenaline of the SuperSonics fans in the audience, and huge and passionate cheers suddenly broke out.

Although the bug was knocked away, Zhou Quan's momentum only paused for a moment, and then he accelerated with force again, heading towards the top of the left arc at high speed.

Sam Mark, who was running to the free throw line, had to stop when he saw it and ran to the left elbow, trying to buy time for Da Meng behind him.

He did take the defensive position at the left elbow area half a shot earlier, but at this time Zhou Quan once again changed direction to the left at a small angle.

"Oh!"

Zhou Quan's right shoulder hit Sammark's right shoulder. Under the strong impact, the 201 cm, 100 kg Sammark was knocked backwards and fell to the ground.

Zhou Quan's body was also stunned. He simply took the opportunity to brake and used the force to stop at the left elbow area, because Dameng was already rushing to the basket. If he forced his way in at this time, he would be looking for a shot.

"asshole!"

After crossing the free throw line, Da Meng, who was about to rush to the basket, took a look, quickly stopped and ran towards Zhou Quan.

At this time, Zhou Quan actually had a chance to take action. Dameng was still two meters away from him, but he did not take action because the glider had already run in from the right elbow area.

He threw the basketball directly into the air in front of the right side of the basket, and the next moment, he saw Drexler flying up.

"Alley-oop!" Xu Jicheng shouted.

"boom!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Glider succeeded in a one-handed dunk, completing an alley-oop dunk.

"Pretty!"

Zhang Lili said excitedly.

Xu Jicheng nodded and smiled: "Coach Zhang, with this fast-paced transition of offense and defense, a center like Dameng will suffer a lot."

Zhang Liji smiled and said: "Yes, this tactic is a very cruel tactic for Mosaic and the current big dream.

Zhou Quan has a tonnage of 97 kilograms and top guard speed. Once he rushes up during a fast break, he has the most terrifying impact, and ordinary centers can knock him back or even knock him over.

None of Mosaic's three outsiders is as fast as him, and Xiaochong's current speed is not as fast as him. Even if any of the three of them had a chance to defend, they would not be able to block him. They just knocked over two of them, and at most they gave him a blow. He slows down, and then the inside line must return to defense as soon as possible.

Especially Dameng, he had to return to defense as soon as possible, because Zhou Quan's attack power was too strong. It was useless to return to defense with one or two outside lines. He had to go back.

But this requirement to return to defense in time is quite cruel to Dameng, Barkley who is off the field, and substitute inside man Kevin Willis. They must run back and forth like defenders, constantly sprinting, and continuously wasting money. Valuable physical ability. "

Xu Jicheng smiled and said: "This tactic is to make the best use of the thickness of the lineup."

"Yes, I have someone to replace, but you have no one to replace. You can only fight with your main force. Hold on for a while in the first half. In the second half and the final quarter, your physical fitness will collapse. It's all over!" Zhang Li said with a smile.

"So a good team does not necessarily have to accumulate superstars. It is also very strong to build a reasonable lineup, just like the SuperSonics." Xu Jicheng said.

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "The SuperSonics' lineup is also an aging lineup. Because of this, the management has created a very good substitute lineup to allow the main lineup to play less time." Xu Jicheng said: "Director Zhang, Rodman and Schrempf have renewed their contracts for five years and three years respectively. The contracts are not small, 500 million per year. What do you think the management thinks?"

Zhang Lili analyzed: "It depends on their condition. They are in good condition, and they are also the main contributors to two consecutive championships. They want to stay and continue to play for the team. You can't just think that they are older and push it out, right? Who would be willing to join the Sonics in the future?
And if you don’t renew their contracts, they are all free agents. If you let them go, the team will have no trading chips. Where can the team find people?
Besides, even if they have trading chips, if they want to win three consecutive championships, the SuperSonics are the public enemy of the league. Which team is willing to trade their main players to the SuperSonics?Players like Rodman and Schrempf will not be easy to replace. "

At this time, there were 2 minutes left in the first quarter, and Mosaic called for a long timeout. After Dameng sat down, he was panting like an ox.

"Hoo ho, damn Sonics, ho ho, they want to, ho ho, they want to drag me to death. Damn you guys!"

His sentence was broken into several sentences, and he was panting heavily. The last curse word was actually directed at the management and boss Alexander.

Tomjanovich sighed and looked at the bench. There was no one available. Can anyone be replaced? He couldn't be beaten by the SuperSonics?
"Charles, it's your turn," he said to Buckley.

Buckley nodded, feeling depressed and silent.

There were only gasps on Mosaic's bench, and morale was very low.

After the timeout, Mosaic played half the main team and half the substitute team, led by Barkley.

As for the SuperSonics, they had already replaced four substitutes during the timeout in the seventh minute, and now they have replaced Zhou Quan and replaced him with McMillan.

McMillan has recovered from his injury. Although the offense is not good, the defense is not bad. In terms of physical fitness, he can still play for two to 10 minutes without any problem.

George Karl asked him to go up, but he only asked him to defend. The offense was mainly based on gliders, and he defended the opponent's main scoring points on the outside.

The Glider's task in the substitute lineup is to score. It doesn't matter if the efficiency is lower, because the opponent is also in the substitute lineup.

After the first quarter, at 19:31, the SuperSonics led by 12 points at home.

In the NBC commentary box, John Moore shook his head and smiled: "SuperSonics' tactics are too specific to Mosaic and are too unfriendly to Dameng and Barkley. Their physical fitness is used on the return run, playing a track and field match." .”

"Pfft!"

James Worthy burst into laughter.

John Moore continued: "There is really no one available on Mosaic's bench. Half of the people are marginal people earning more than 10,000 US dollars. I don't know what the management and boss think. Such a lineup can really rely on three players." Giants beat Seattle?"

James Worthy shook his head and said: "It's not that I underestimate the Big Three. It's difficult for this Mosaic to beat the Iron Fist SuperSonics or the Black and White Jazz.

Mosaic and Jazz had two wins and two losses in the regular season, but that was the regular season, and the series is completely different. They should not be able to beat the Jazz. The Jazz's bench lineup is stronger than Mosaic, and their physical fitness alone is enough to bring them down. Mosaic. "

In this game, Mosaic only lasted three quarters. In the third quarter, they relied on the halftime break to regain some blood, but at the end of the three quarters, they were already 25 points behind.

In the final quarter, Mosaic's physical fitness completely collapsed. Of course, the main ones were Dameng and Barkley. Once they collapsed, the entire team collapsed.

After the start of the final quarter, Mosaic could no longer keep up with the SuperSonics' offensive and defensive rhythm. In the first five minutes, Zhou Quan led his team to a 5-35 attack wave, widening the point difference to [-] points in one fell swoop, completely defeating Mosaic. Mosaic was defeated by This flag surrendered, and the SuperSonics also withdrew its main force.

75:105, the SuperSonics finally won by 30 points.

张合理兴奋地道：“周权上场35分钟，20投15中，命中率高达75%，三分球4投2中，6罚6中，全场砍下38分4篮板14助攻6抢断3盖帽2失误2犯规的数据，非常高效。”

Xu Jicheng said: "There are too many fast breaks. 9 of his assists were sent in fast breaks, and most of his shots were also in fast breaks. Although Dameng is strong defensively, in fast-paced offense and defense, he has no ability at all." There’s not much chance to beat his defense.”

"So whether you are playing ball or fighting, tactics are very important."

Zhang Liji said with a smile: "SuperSonics played fast breaks on the offensive end, which gave Mosaic's defensive formation no chance to come up.

On the defensive end, they used ferocious flanking defensive tactics in positional battles to kill Mosaic's offense, taking advantage on both offense and defense. "

"Last season, Mosaic was swept in the Western Conference Finals. Mosaic's substitute lineup this season is not even as good as last season. I think there is hope of sweeping them again!" Xu Jicheng said excitedly.

"Judging from this game, there is really hope. And the SuperSonics may really be rushing to sweep it. They want to end the Western Conference Finals as soon as possible and prepare physically for the finals." Zhang Li said cheerfully.

"A dynasty that has won three consecutive championships! But they were defeated by the Bulls at home and away in the regular season. It should be difficult to win in the finals." Xu Jicheng said worriedly.

"Yeah, it's not easy to fight." Zhang Liangli's face was also full of worry.

At this time, far away in Chicago, Jordan was on the phone with Phil Jackson, discussing the G1 game of the Western Conference Finals.

"Phil, they beat us in the regular season. The tactics in the positional battle were to take Dikembe out, and there were a lot of fast break tactics. Dikembe couldn't keep up with the fast-paced offense and defense, so we only won at home. They scored two points and we have to find a way to prevent problems," Jordan said.

Phil Jackson said: “In that game, we handled the positional battle well and Dikembe was not pulled out.

Their fast break, what we adopted at that time was to limit their fast shooting and passing, and solve their fast break tactics at the root, which was indeed effective. Once they could not send and pass quickly, they immediately turned to positional warfare.

In the game just now, Mosaic also adopted the method of limiting their fast starts and passes, but the SuperSonics still forced fast breaks and even performed some limited backcourt pressing on the defensive end to improve the offensive and defensive rhythm.

Mosaic's defense relies on Da Meng, and everyone else is average. Although they have restricted the SuperSonics' fast passing, it has little effect. This is determined by their lineup configuration.

But Michael, our defensive ability is stronger than Mosaic, and our ability to limit fast starts and passes is also stronger than Mosaic. You don't have to worry too much about their fast-paced offense and defense. "

After hearing what Phil Jackson said, Jordan also felt that this was the case. This was the first regular season game against the SuperSonics, and he breathed a sigh of relief.

Phil Jackson added: "Based on the performance in the playoffs, Iron Fist's condition is obviously better than that of the regular season. The talk of falling from the top is pure media nonsense. Michael, you have to pay attention to this and don't be affected by the media. judge."

Michael Jordan curled his lips and said, "How could I listen to the nonsense from those media?"

Phil Jackson said: "In this game, Tim Hardaway was defended by Iron Fist and made only 13 of 3 shots. He was intercepted 4 times and blocked 2 times. His height, tonnage, confrontation, and even speed were all at a disadvantage in front of Iron Fist." Downwind.

Michael, we need to be prepared for Mosaic to be swept. "

"Sweep?"

Michael's eyes hardened.

Phil Jackson continued: "Tomorrow is the Eastern Conference Finals. Since the SuperSonics may sweep Mosaic, we must also strive to end the Eastern Conference Finals as soon as possible to avoid suffering physical losses."

"I think so too," Jordan said firmly.

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(End of this chapter)