i am legend

Chapter 454

In the Delta Center arena, a large number of fans were clamoring, making their own comments on the final trend of the game!

"I think Karl and John are going to kill the Warriors!"

"That's right, don't forget what Karl has done in the past 18 years, I can't wait to see his big elbow!!"

"Haha, it seems that the German jerk is about to feel it!!"

A vulgar or restrained discussion lingered in Bruce's ears, and he really felt helpless at the words of these fans!

There is no doubt about Malone's toughness. If Nowitzki didn't have a good touch and a shooting range as high as beyond the three-point line, I'm afraid he would be like what these fans said. When Malone's elbow cleared the way, he would definitely be greatly affected in the interior. Influenced!
In the locker room of the Warriors, the players who had received physical therapy last night started a small discussion and introspection about their performance in the first half under the suggestion of Wilkens!
"In the first half, I should have played tougher!" Nowitzki said this with some embarrassment, obviously very dissatisfied with his performance!

"Hehe, we've learned about Carl's toughness a long time ago. You have your own characteristics, so there's no need to be like this!" Barkley patted his shoulder and comforted him with a smile.

"That's right!" Mark Jackson patted Billups beside him, and said to everyone with a smile: "Pick-and-roll tactics have very strict requirements on our defense. If we can improve our defensive quality, even if John and One of Carl's doing a good job, and once we can cut one of them off, their pick-and-roll will be broken!"

Although Mark Jackson's statement is very simple, after all, no one can perform a high-pressure defense against the two Stocktons all over the court!
Watching the players express their opinions, Wilkens nodded secretly, then smiled and said to them: "This requires your overall defense!"

Hearing what Wilkens said, everyone looked over one after another!

When Wilkens formulated the overall defensive tactics, they walked out one after another as the staff greeted them!

In the third quarter, as the game started, Malone and Stockton couldn't help but feel the pressure from this team!

Originally, there were still some loopholes that could be exploited. After the Warriors improved the overall defense of the coordination between players, they continued to use pick-and-roll tactics.

"Huff. Huff."

A heavy gasp came from the mouths of Malone and Stockton, looking at the Warriors players who were still much stronger than their physical strength, they couldn't help feeling a little helpless in their hearts!
"It seems that they are already tired!" Bruce looked at the court with a calm expression. From the appearance of Malone's hands on his hips and the sweat dripping down, he could already see that the two of them had exhausted a lot of energy!
In the third quarter after that, I don't know what Sloan was thinking. After seeing Malone's physical exertion, he directly put the substitute player on the field for as long as half a quarter after that!
"Huh? Is Jerry going to give up??" Hornacek frowned as he watched the score being gradually led by the Warriors on the court, especially when he glanced at several struggling substitutes. The arrangement is a bit puzzling!
Barkley frowned and looked at the court, especially after seeing that the Jazz basically sent all the substitutes, he couldn't help but secretly worried!

The combination of Malone and Stockton is very impressive for these players who entered the league in the 80s!
Since Malone entered the league, except for his rookie season due to playing time, until now, he has never scored less than 20 points, let alone his full attendance performance in the previous nine seasons!
Now, Sloan directly replaced the two. Barkley is sure that this is definitely not a prelude to his giving up the game, and this situation will not happen to the Jazz!
"Damn it, guys, we have to be careful in the fourth quarter!" Barkley was a little depressed, and growled at the others, his expression even more dignified!

"drop!!"

With the end of the third quarter, even though the Warriors led the Jazz by 6 points, they did not further expand their lead when both Malone and Stockton were off the court!

"Not bad!!" Sloan saw the scores of the two sides, and a gleam of joy flashed in his eyes. He nodded to the substitutes who walked off the court, and directly formulated the tactics for the final battle against Malone!

On the side of the Warriors, not only Barkley felt a little weird, but even Starks, who has always been mad, seemed to feel something.

"Charles, Karl's last session must have been terrifying!!"

Hearing what Starks said, the rest of the players frowned and looked at the serious Wilkens!

"Yes, if we lead the Jazz by more than [-] points in the game just now, the game in the fourth quarter will basically set the final tone, but now?"

What Wilkens said made Duncan and the others look a little embarrassed, and they couldn't get away with this happening!

"In the fourth quarter, I hope you can go all out to defend. Carl and John are capable enough to bring us a loss!" Wilkens looked at the players seriously, thinking of Sloan's arrangement , he can already see the brutal battle in the fourth quarter!

"drop!!"

With the sound of the whistle, the main players of the Warriors all looked a little dignified!
Malone looked at everyone in the Warriors indifferently, and after looking at Nowitzki a few more times, he ran directly to the frontcourt!
Stockton was standing on the bottom line, and after receiving a pass from Ostertag, he ran forward in a leisurely manner!

With Stockton appearing in the frontcourt, Billups directly adopted close defense!
"Chauncey, you already know what we are going to do!" Stockton said confidently with a dark elbow on Billups' waist!
"Hey, then... come on!!" Feeling the pain in his waist, Billups's eyes flickered fiercely, and he started to defend more actively!

In the high position on the right, Nowitzki directly started a series of hand-to-hand fights with Malone. Even though the small moves he called on himself from time to time made him extremely annoyed, these are not part of the NBA!

"The confrontation between the players of the two sides is not small, it seems that the decisive battle will be entered ahead of time!!" Hornacek stared at the court closely, especially after seeing the non-stop physical contact between the two sides, he couldn't help secretly looking forward to it!

Stockton blocked Billups' harassing personal defense from time to time, and when he came outside the left three-point line, he first looked up at Malone's position, and then used a series of fake moves to try to push Billups The defense breaks!
"Damn it!!" In Billups' eyes, Stockton was like a humanoid swinging machine that kept shaking his body, causing a great drain on his spirit!
Seeing that the time had entered within 20 seconds, Malone suddenly ran towards Stockton and the two.

"Snapped!!"

Malone blocked Billups' side tightly, and Stockton even dodged Nowitzki and ran all the way to the inside!

Duncan stood cautiously on the left edge of the penalty area. After seeing Stockton's action, in order not to make himself a three-second violation, he threw off Ostertag next to him after the opponent entered the penalty area. over!
"squeak!!"

With Duncan's interception, Stockton suddenly stopped suddenly, and with his hands raised high, the basketball was thrown to the basket!
"Shhh!!"

The basketball passed the Nets, but this time the Stocktons did not play a pick-and-roll tactic, but chose a personal singles attack!

"Beautiful!!" Hornacek stood up excitedly. He knew Stockton's CIC very well!
Then in the first half of the fourth quarter, because of the sudden change of the Jazz, the Warriors suddenly entered great chaos!
"drop!!"

Wilkens quickly called a timeout, and looked at the annoyed players who walked off the court, a gleam flashed in his eyes!
"Next, on the defensive end, we give up the tactic of assisting defense, and we begin to return to the most commonly used man-to-man!!" Wilkens said to the players flatly. The most common tactic is also the most practical tactic. This is his arrangement!
Man-to-man defense requires very high personal abilities of players, especially physical strength. If a player slackens and concentrates erratically, then this will be an irreparable loophole for the team!

Back on the court, the Warriors first scored two points with smooth cooperation, and then turned back. They immediately put great pressure on the Jazz with man-to-man defense!

"Damn!!"

Malone entangled with Nowitzki forcefully, he had never seen such a firm Nowitzki!

"German, you annoyed me!" There was a trace of anger in Malone's eyes, and he subconsciously swung his right arm towards Nowitzki's waist!
"Bang! Drip!!"

Nowitzki fell to the ground in pain, gasping for air, shocking everyone!
While Malone swung his elbow, the sideline referee blew his whistle!
"God, I was just fighting him normally, you can't make a penalty like this!!" Ma Long ran over quickly, his expression a little excited!
"Karl, shut your mouth!" The sideline referee obviously didn't want to get too entangled with Malone, so he made a zipper motion with his right hand around his mouth, and then walked towards the technical stage!

"FK!!" Seeing the referee's action, Ma Long couldn't help but curse loudly!
Nowitzki, who was lying on the ground, gradually felt that his waist was not as unbearable as before as his teammates asked about it.

"I'm fine!!" With the support of his teammates, Nowitzki stood up slowly, felt the pain in his waist, took a deep breath, moved a few times, and then walked to the free throw line!
Bruce looked at the court with a worried face, but he knew how terrifying Malone's elbow was!
In November 98, Malone "lightly" touched David Robinson with his big elbow, directly making the latter unconscious on the spot.

In the playoffs that year, Malone even used the same method to directly tear the muscles "touched" by Barkley!

Malone's elbow has gradually become a nightmare for everyone in the league. Even now, Barkley is still worried about his elbow!

"FK!! I'm going to kill him!!" Barkley stood up angrily. Thanks to Wallace next to him, he had quick eyesight and quick hands, otherwise he would really be ready to fight Malone! !
(End of this chapter)