i am legend

Chapter 451 The First Round ([-])
"boom!!"

There was a bang, and Barkley's explosive dunk was clearly displayed. Everyone stared at this fat guy, hanging on the basket and running wild!

"Wow!!"

While roaring, Barkley looked at Malone with an ugly face as if in a demonstration, and felt completely relieved!

"Charles, I don't mind giving you a foul if you're still up there!!"

Seeing Barkley venting endlessly, the referee on duty yelled at Barkley loudly.

"It's boring!"

Barkley rolled his eyes strangely, and let go of the overwhelmed basket with some reluctance!

Bruce had a funny face, and looked at Barkley, who seemed to have not seen Malone's livid face on the court, and admired this guy's funnyness!

"Huff. Huff."

On the court, the veterans, mainly Mark Jackson and Malone, were panting incessantly in this fierce confrontation, and the exhaustion of physical strength also made the confrontation between the two sides suddenly lowered to a level!
"It seems that this game will be a battle of physical strength and tenacity. Charles and the others are no longer what they were when they were young. Now the competition is the performance of other young players from the two teams!" Rick Barry looked at the court because The veterans of both sides who faced fierce confrontation and looked a little tired couldn't help recalling their appearances in their peak days!
As Rick Barry said, as the Warriors' backup point guard, Mark Jackson was the first to make some adjustments!
"Manu, Andre, Ben, it's your time now!!!"

At the moment of stopping the ball, Mark Jackson glanced at the tired Barkley first, and then said to Wallace and the others in a very firm tone!
"That's right, we two old guys are already tired, it's your time next!"

Barkley stood aside, gave Mark Jackson a reassuring wink, and said in full agreement!

Hearing the words of the two big brothers, Wallace and the others couldn't help but feel excited.

"Thank you for your decision!" A trace of gratitude flashed in Ginobili's eyes. He knew very well that the two could continue to maintain a good state. Now that they have been given the opportunity, they are all very grateful!

Standing at the free throw line, Ma Long saw several people whispering together, he couldn't help feeling worried!
Judging from their current lineup, there is a gap between them and the Warriors in every aspect. If they are calculated by these guys' "conspiracy", I am afraid that the final result will be self-evident!
"Swish!~"

As Malone made a decisive free throw, the ball returned to the hands of the Warriors again!

"Pay attention to running!!" After receiving the pass from Wallace, Mark Jackson kept saying to the three of Ginobili along the road.

Coming to the front court, under the command of Mark Jackson, Ginobili and Kirilenko quickly ran along the established route!
The Jazz players who followed the two felt a little uncomfortable with their sudden acceleration.

Although the age of the two is not too old, after all, the talent and golf quotient are really far behind the two of Ginobili!

With the rapid movement of the Warriors team, the Jazz's defensive front gradually appeared some loopholes and situations that were difficult to defend!
When Ginobili ran to the high position on the right, Barkley, who was standing on the left with the ball, passed the basketball directly!
"Snapped!"

With a soft sound, Ginobili's eyes were full of excitement. When the defensive players were about to arrive, he started his own performance like an Argentine football player!

"God, why are his steps so weird??" Rick Barry couldn't help exclaiming as he watched Ginobili break through to the inside along the weird route!
On the court, Ginobili, who had already broken through to the penalty area, when Wallace pressed Ostertag behind his back, he saw that while he was approaching the two, his whole body was like a feather, and he flew straight into the air. rise!

"boom!!"

Smart footwork, weird rhythm, coupled with a seemingly soft vacancy, until finally pressing the basketball into the basket, Ginobili is like a huge contradictory body, ending the time with his own weird dunk attack!
"Damn it!!" Ma Long looked at his teammates angrily, wanting to vomit at him for defending him.

"DeShawn (Stevenson), if you don't want to work hard on defense, I will be very happy to see you sent out to the Jazz!!"

Stevenson looked at the furious Malone with a depressed expression. As a rookie in 2000, his growth in these few seasons was really limited!
In the past few years, in order to avoid being cursed by veterans such as Sloan and Malone, Stevens has really been very diligent.

But now Malone is yelling at himself on the court, even a young rookie can't help it!

"Damn it, why should I listen to you?" Stevenson yelled at Malone angrily, regardless of the Warriors players looking at him in surprise, he continued to yell angrily: "Send me away? ? Very welcome, I don't want to stay in this hellish team for a long time!!"

Seeing Stevenson running to the frontcourt with an angry expression on his face, Malone couldn't help but froze on the spot: "This."

"Pfft!~"

A sneer suddenly sounded from behind Ma Long, and after seeing that it was Barkley looking at him playfully, Ma Long's face suddenly darkened: "Shut your stinky mouth!!"

"Hahaha!!"

Seeing Malone turn and walk away angrily, Barkley couldn't help laughing anymore!

"Huh? What happened on the court??" Kenny Smith looked at the laughing Barkley curiously. He was most interested in these gossip and court anecdotes!
"Carl's gloomy look tells us that he was severely "taught" by Barkley!" Rick Barry noticed Malone's expression, and he couldn't help guessing secretly.

"Hey, Mr. Flying Pig's mouth is notoriously stinky!" Kenny Smith said with deep emotion, but a strong smile appeared in his eyes!
Afterwards, even though the Jazz sent all their main players on the court, Ginobili and Kirilenko, who had already gone crazy, seemed to be the core of the Warriors now, giving the Jazz non-stop with crazy offense. Applying pressure.

"drop!!"

With the end of the whistle in the second quarter, the Jazz finally broke away from the previous irritating game!

Seeing the two teams walking towards the player tunnel, after Bruce glanced at the score of 65:54 on the big screen, the smile on his face could no longer be calmed down!

Back in the locker room, the Warriors only explained some matters that the players need to pay attention to in the second half, and then Wilkens ordered the team masseur to give them relaxation and physical therapy after the game!
But the locker room of the Jazz looked a little dignified. At this time, Sloan was staring at the indifferent Stevenson with a somewhat ugly face!

After a while, seeing no response, Sloan suddenly shouted: "DeShawn, if you don't want to fight with us on this team, I will notify the team to take some measures!!"

Sloan's roar made the atmosphere in the locker room of the Jazz more serious, especially for the rookies, who subconsciously avoided Sloan's intentional or unintentional glances, and each went about his own business!
Angry Sloan is terrible, if he can send himself to a playoffs, or a championship-level team, this will be the best and most exciting thing for Stevenson!
But under Sloan's anger, he is very likely to be sent to top teams such as the Nuggets and Clippers.

In order not to be wasted by Sloan being thrown into the bad team, Stevenson hesitated for a moment, and apologized to Malone and Sloan in a low voice: "Sorry, Carl, Jerry, it was my fault before, I couldn't follow up with you." For that Argentinian boy, I hope you can forgive me for my impulsiveness!"

In the locker room where the smell of needles could be heard, Stevenson's words made everyone look at him in surprise!

And after hearing what Stevenson said, although the depression on his face had faded a lot, Malone just frowned and snorted because of Barkley's ridicule before!

In the third quarter, as Malone and Stockton used classic pick-and-roll cooperation again and again to wipe out the Warriors' bench lineup, Wilkens decisively called a timeout when the time entered the 9th minute!
"F..K, I hate Karl and John's cooperation!"

Malone and Stockton cooperated, and Barkley, who had been "injured" by them several times, cursed very depressed after the game. Obviously, he suffered a big loss from the two of them!
"I hate them too!!" Ginobili smiled bitterly, and subconsciously touched his own weakness. Thinking of Stockton's weird and very hidden tricks, he couldn't help but feel like crying!

"Haha, John's little hands are very flexible!" Starks laughed without a trace of sympathy, glanced at Buckley who was still very depressed, and after seeing the red dots on his arms, The laughter grew louder: "Wow, it's so funny that Sir Charles was served by Karl's iron elbow like this!!"

"To shut up!!"

Ginobili and Barkley shouted at him in unison in an instant, and the two were obviously really angry!

"Wow, I'm sorry, I'm very, very sorry!" Seeing the appearance of the two, Starks didn't want to cause any public outrage, so he hurriedly stopped his laughter and apologized to the two of them!

The combination of Stockton and Malone is tough, but their ubiquitous small movements really make the players who are facing them a little depressed.

Especially in the midst of entanglement with them, nothing appeared on his body, this is simply an incomprehensible thing!

Picking up the tactical board, Wilkens shrugged helplessly at the two, and then began to arrange it!

After that, throughout the third quarter, the Warriors finally relied on a balanced state, with Duncan and Nowitzki as the main attack points, and the Warriors directly launched an amazing quarter of the game!

In the fourth quarter, as Stockton and Malone once again completed several high-quality pick-and-rolls, the Jazz finally brought the difference between the two teams back to within 5 points with 10 minutes left in the game !
In the rest area of ​​the Jazz, Sloan looked worriedly at Malone and Stockton, who were panting non-stop. While feeling distressed, he couldn't help but secretly sighed!
"Carl, John, do you want to take a break?" Sloan asked subconsciously, and then wanted to change the topic, but Malone and Stockton had already responded to his proposal with practical actions!
Returning to the court, Stockton took a look at his teammates' running positions when he brought the basketball to the left of the three-point line in the front court, and then waited for Malone's arrival!
"German boy, you are so soft!!" Ma Long pushed Nowitzki aside with a little force on his waist, and said to him playfully, and at the same time he turned to Stockton's at a very fast speed. position run!
"Bang!~"

With a muffled sound, Billups' lateral movement was directly blocked by Malone.

After seeing that his blocking quality was good, Malone ran to the left sideline without stopping!
With Malone running, Stockton first used a fake move to attract Nowitzki to himself when he was about to miss him, and then passed the basketball very quickly to the position where he was already standing Malone!
"Shhh!!"

With a crisp sound, Malone raised his hands high and looked fiercely at Nowitzki, who was a little upset!

"Damn it!!" Clenching his fist secretly, Nowitzki seemed to have been greatly ridiculed, and ran directly to the frontcourt with an angry face!
As time passed by every minute and every second, the two sides slowly entered the last 2 minutes under the interaction of Malone and Nowitzki!

Seeing that the last 2 minutes are about to enter, the two coaches Wilkens and Sloan did not call a timeout to customize tactics and adjustments for the team, but chose to trust the players of both sides!
In these 2 minutes, both sides showed all their energy. The confrontation between Malone and Nowitzki, Duncan and Ostertag really made all the fans hooked.

When the game was finally fixed at 98:92, the Rockefeller Center suddenly burst into violent cheers, cheering for the first victory of the playoffs!
(End of this chapter)