God of NBA point guards

Chapter 539: Ben, you idiot, fall down
The Lakers attack.

O'Neal tried to get into the basket, but was blocked by Ben Wallace. He took a half-step from the left waist, more than three meters away from the basket, with one foot still outside, and asked for the ball with his back to Ben Wallace.

"Kobe, pass it in."

Seeing Kobe hesitating with the ball, Phil Jackson shouted loudly.

"Pass it, otherwise O'Neal's physical strength will be in vain." Bill Walton also said in the commentary box.

Zhou Quan squatted slightly, with his hands half raised, but his eyes were looking at the top of the key, not looking at Kobe in front of him.

But in fact, under his full-level panoramic vision, any action of Kobe is within his field of vision, extremely clear.

Kobe thought Zhou Quan was distracted, so he jumped up and passed the ball, and it was an overhead pass.

When Kobe took off to pass the ball and before the ball was released, Zhou Quan instantly jumped up like a leopard.

With his hands covered and a precise strike, Kobe threw the ball directly into Zhou Quan's hands. The two completed a hand-to-hand pass after taking off.

"..." Kobe was stunned.

"Kobe, where are you from?"

In the audience, there were also many Lakers fans scratching their heads.

"Snapped!"

On the court, Kobe was angry and fought back on the spot. He slapped Zhou Quan directly in the hand and knocked the ball away.

"Di!"

The referee's whistle blew.

After looking at the referee, Kobe turned around and left angrily.

Phil Jackson shouted onto the court: "Kobe, calm down."

"Haha... I know, Kobe is the sixth man on the field for the SuperSonics, and he has already passed the ball to Iron Fist twice, haha..."

In the ESPN commentary box, Laimbeer slapped the table and laughed.

Bill Walton said: "The first three offenses were successful. Starting from the fourth offense, Iron Fist began to show its fangs on the defensive end, and then Kobe made consecutive mistakes.

Now the Lakers must find ways to reduce mistakes and strengthen their offense. Otherwise, with Iron Fist's current offensive and defensive status, the point difference will slowly, continuously and steadily expand.

Don't count on O'Neal. It's easier to score with Iron Fist than O'Neal. O'Neal can hold up one quarter, two quarters, or even three quarters, but his physical fitness will definitely not be able to withstand the entire game. "

The SuperSonics served the ball from the sideline, and Zhou Quan advanced to the frontcourt. Kobe did not press in the half court this time, which made him a little uncomfortable.

"Kobe, why didn't you press at halftime?"

"Humph!"

Kobe snorted coldly and was attacked twice, I remember.

When he retreated to the top of the arc, he started to press closely.

But just as he was getting close to him, Zhou Quan started the breakthrough in an instant.

"Turn around and Kobe was hit again!" Xu Jicheng shouted happily.

Zhou Quan reached the left end of the free throw line in two steps. AC Green was at the right waist and O'Neal was at the basket. Ron Harper and Glen Rice were both pulled away and there was no time to cover up the defense. He calmly made a jumper.

"brush!"

Splashes appeared and two points were hit.

The Lakers attacked and called a timeout after serving.

Zhang Lili said happily: "Beautiful! Zhou Quan made another open mid-range shot. It seems that Kobe still has no way to guard Zhou Quan. Such a member of the defensive team has no way under Zhou Quan's breakthrough. It can be seen from this , Zhou Quan’s strength is now completely unique in the league, and he has no rivals.”

Xu Jicheng smiled and said: "After Jordan retired, there is really no one in the league who can compete with Zhou Quan. He is the only one."

Zhang Lili said: "When Zhou Quan was not at his peak, Jordan should be considered the only one, but after Zhou Quan entered his peak, Jordan's strength should have dropped by half.

Zhou Quan's scoring ability in the front is not as good as Jordan's, but his overall strength is stronger, and his scoring ability in the back also catches up with Jordan. "

Xu Jicheng nodded and said: "Coach Zhang, the Lakers still haven't double-teamed Zhou Quan. Does Phil Jackson know that double-teaming is useless, or is it because of other considerations?"

Zhang Lili said: "When I was with the Bulls, I used all kinds of double-teaming tactics, including double-teaming on the outside, double-teaming on the edge of the penalty area, extreme double-teaming by multiple people in the penalty area, and it was really useless.

Now Kobe + Ron Harper + Glen Rice, the perimeter defense of the three of them is not as good as Jordan + Pippen + Ron Harper. Harper is old, Rice's defense is far inferior to Pippen, and Kobe is not as good as Jordan. , so outside double-teaming is useless.

As for the inside, O'Neal's main focus is on the offensive end. He cannot focus too much on the defensive end. His defense with AC Green is not as good as Mutombo + Toni Kukoc.

Therefore, I think it is a helpless move for Phil Jackson to put the task of defending Zhou Quan on Kobe alone. "

Xu Jicheng nodded and said: "But now Zhou Quan's performance is more stable than before he retired. Kobe Bryant alone will definitely not be enough.

Zhou Quan scored 50+ in the first two games. In the history of the league, no player has scored 50+ in three consecutive games in a series. Tonight, Zhou Quan has a chance to create a new history. "

"The SuperSonics let Bowen start, suppressing the opponent's offense, but weakening the scoring ability of their own starter. Zhou Quan's offensive task is greater, and he must score more points. I believe Phil Jackson must have a headache at this time." Zhang Lijia smiled.

Indeed, Phil Jackson is having a headache.

In fact, from the beginning of the G1 game, he had a headache on how to defend Zhou Quan.

No, since the second round of the Eastern Conference in 93, he has had a headache on how to defend Zhou Quan.

The way he responded before was to attack, to use offense against offense, hoping that the combat power of the OK combination would surpass that of the Iron Fist King.

But unfortunately, not only was Kobe Bryant locked up, but OK also failed to play the cooperation he expected, losing two away games in a row, and this one now seems very dangerous.

"Kobe, keep stalking him. We have no way to guard him. You must do everything possible to stalk him." He said to Kobe.

The veins on Kobe's head throbbed. What kind of tactic was this?Why not double-team him?Can I really guard against him if I'm so defensive?
"On the offensive end, you have to find a way to get rid of him and then attack the penalty area. Whether it is calling a pick-and-roll or running without the ball, but never attack with the ball in front of him. We cannot afford to be steals by him a lot." Phil. Jackson said again.

Kobe was silent except for his breathing.

Everyone on the bench, including general manager Jerry West and Lakers owner Buss who were watching from the side, felt a strong feeling from Phil Jackson's words that seemed to go deep into their bones. The fear of the King of Iron Fist.

This is probably the sequelae left by Phil Jackson after the Iron Fist King completed three consecutive championships over the Bulls, they couldn't help but think so.

"Let me bet, Phil Jackson can't come up with anything good." Just next to the Lakers bench, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar whispered.

Magic Johnson said helplessly: "Kareem, you don't support the Lakers, do you?"

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar shrugged: "My attitude doesn't matter, it doesn't decide who loses and who wins. If Phil Jackson had a way to limit Iron Fist, the Bulls wouldn't have lost the championship three times in a row. You wouldn't think that now Is Kobe better than Michael in those three years? You don’t think that this Lakers are really better than the Bulls in those three years, right?”

Barkley said unconvinced: "Kareem, you don't think this SuperSonics is as strong as the SuperSonics of those three years, do you?"

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar grinned and said: "Charles, I really think this SuperSonics is as good as the SuperSonics of those three years."

"How is that possible?"

Barkley argued: "That SuperSonics team has Rodman, the rebounding champion, Schrempf, and a large group of All-Stars. What does this SuperSonic team have?"

At this time, Jordan's voice sounded: "This SuperSonics has Ben Wallace. This short center's ability to protect the basket and the penalty area is better than that of the SuperSonics back then. His role in the penalty area is greater than Rodman's." big.

His rebounding ability is not much worse than Rodman's, and his continuous take-off ability is not as good as Rodman's, but his speed is not slow, coupled with his strength and physical hardness and confrontation ability, his blocking ability is worse than Rodman's .

What's not as good as Rodman is that Rodman can defend five positions, but he can only defend 3 at most, and his offense may be worse than Rodman's.

His defense is tougher, and he doesn't show any weakness even when facing the Sharks. If it were the centers of the Sonics back then, they couldn't hold the Sharks at all. No matter how strong the Iron Fist is, this Sonics may not be able to win two games in a row. "

"But, but... Shet, Supersonic, no, that kid from Iron Fist is really lucky!" Barkley wanted to say something, but in the end he could only spit out these words helplessly.

"and also……"

Jordan's voice sounded again: "I think Iron Fist, who has retired for two years, is stronger than before."

"how can that be?"

Buckley was heartbroken.

Jordan said: "It's not about stronger offensive and defensive abilities, it's about the ability to control the field and the dominance of the game."

"28 years old, for a defender, as long as he is not seriously injured, he is at his peak age. What is impossible? Michael entered his true peak period at the age of 28 and won his first championship." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said.

When Jordan heard this, his old face turned red. He thought to himself: Tiangou, you did it on purpose. I won my first championship when I was 28 years old, and Iron Fist had 28 championships and a dynasty at the age of 4.

The timeout ends and the game restarts.

Paul Westphal replaced Campbell and replaced Rodman.

Bill Walton said: "The SuperSonics replaced Big Worm, which further strengthened rebounding, and at the same time expanded the defensive area and defense speed inside. Ben Wallace's assist defense ability is also very good, and his awareness of supplementary defense is very strong. .”

Laimbeer continued: "But the partnership between Ben Wallace and Rodman makes the Sonics seriously lack height inside and seriously lack offensive ability. The small forward is still Bowen. There is no offense, and the offense can only rely entirely on the back line."

14:7, the Lakers attack.

O'Neal moved continuously, trying to knock away Ben Wallace while moving, and entered the basket in the most energy-saving way.

But Ben Wallace has figured out O'Neal's routine. Because of his height, he is already fast among centers, and this time he blocked O'Neal three times in a row.

"Ben, you idiot, fall down. If you fall down, it will be an offensive foul on O'Neal. Why are you still standing there?"

Not far away, Rodman saw Ben Wallace knocked back by O'Neal and couldn't help but cursed.

This season, under Zhou Quan's instructions, he was responsible for teaching Ben how to rebound and defend. He also provided advice on strength training, allowing Ben Wallace to strengthen lower body strength training. Now Ben Wallace's The strength of the lower limbs is much stronger than before.

But now he regretted it. He shouldn't have let this idiot strengthen his lower body, otherwise he would have been knocked over just now.

"Hey!" Ben Wallace laughed twice after being scolded.

O'Neal glared at Rodman and could only go to the left low post to regain his position.

Kobe, who was holding the ball on the left three-point line, immediately dropped the ball, then bypassed Zhou Quan in front of him and cut into the penalty area.

But Zhou Quan had already taken a step back after Kobe's lob. When Kobe saw that it was impossible to cut inside, he immediately ran to the left corner. Zhou Quan followed, always staying on the line between Kobe and O'Neal. .

At this time, Rodman had already helped defend O'Neal along the baseline.At his age, his defense speed is a little faster than Campbell's.

"Snapped!"

After receiving the ball, O'Neal started to dribble and hit Ben Wallace, but Rodman suddenly appeared from behind and stole the ball from him.

"Oh, the big insect broke the big shark's ball." Xu Jicheng said in surprise.

"You'll get stronger when you get older!" Zhang Lili chuckled.

Zhou Quan took the ball thrown by Da Chong, immediately started at full speed, and started to play fast.

Kobe, who ran towards the left corner, quickly followed up, but he was already at the back, and he couldn't catch up with Zhou Quan when he reached the frontcourt.

When Zhou Quan reached the right wing with the ball, Minibari, who was coming down from the top of the arc, passed the top of the arc. Ron Harper was not as fast as Minibari and fell behind.

He threw the ball in front of the basket. After crossing the free throw line, the minion jumped up, caught the ball very comfortably, and then smashed the ball forward with one arm and banged the ball into the basket.

"yeah!"

Old Barry's family raised their arms and cheered.

"Shaq, pay attention to the weak-side defense of the big bug." Phil Jackson shouted towards the court.

The Lakers attack.

Bryant was running down the left wing with Zhou Quan, and under Phil Jackson's instructions, the offense started on the right wing.

Ron Harper took the ball to the right wing, Glen Rice ran a pick-and-roll at the three-point line, and Bowen quickly switched defenses to keep up with Harper.

Upon seeing this, Minibari quickly went to follow Glen Rice, but Rice quickly took a step sideways. Minibari's sideways movement was not fast enough, and he was immediately pulled away.

"brush!"

At this time, Harper passed the ball, Glen Rice received the ball and made a jump shot. He made a three-pointer from a small open space and hit the ball.

"Bruce, don't switch defenses, just keep an eye on Glenn Rice." Paul Westphal immediately shouted from the sidelines.

"OK."

Bowen nodded quickly.

Phil Jackson couldn't help but nodded when he saw this successful attack. This was actually the Lakers' tactic all along, but it had not been implemented well before.

He immediately gave instructions, called Kobe who was closest to him, and said to him: "Tell them to try to use the pick-and-roll to hit Barry and take advantage of his weakness of insufficient lateral speed."

Kobe nodded and ran over.

"Glen Rice's three-point shooting percentage in the regular season was 36.7%. In the first two rounds of the playoffs, it was crazy, as high as 41.8%. Although Bowen's defense in the Western Conference Finals dropped to 25%, be careful, this kind of person A three-pointer from an open position is almost certain to hit!" Zhang Lili reminded.

(End of this chapter)