Lakers offense.
Under Ben Wallace's strict defense, O'Neal stopped squeezing toward the basket. He simply didn't dare to play like that every time he attacked. Such an attack consumes ten times as much physical energy as other offensive methods.
Coming to the low left wing, he began to claim position.
"damn it!"
But at this moment, Ben Wallace behind him started to push him outwards, which made him very angry. I even retreated outside the paint area, but you still push him, is it over?
Ben Wallace completely implemented the tactics of consuming O'Neal's physical energy. No matter where O'Neal was, he had to fight against strong opponents every second and continued to consume O'Neal's physical energy.
O'Neal suddenly took a small step outward, released his strength, then suddenly turned around and slid towards the basket, cutting inside.
At this time, Campbell was still guarding Green at the right waist, and Ben Wallace was still turning around. O'Neal cut in to the left side of the basket and got a small opening. If he got the ball at this time, God couldn't stop him.
However, Barry kept waving his arms, blocking the passing angle from the top of the arc to the basket. Harper did not seize the opportunity to pass the ball. After staying under the basket for two seconds, O'Neal could only withdraw from the penalty area, and then he Wallace started to get confrontational with him again.
Kobe Bryant, who was on the left wing, retreated to the three-point line to ask for the ball. Harper passed the ball immediately. Kobe pushed Zhou Quan away with his left elbow and caught the ball with his other hand. Zhou Quan forced himself close to him, and the confrontation began.
When Kobe entered the league, his tonnage was 90 kilograms, and now it has reached 97.5 kilograms, which is similar to Zhou Quan, but he is 7 to 8 centimeters taller than Zhou Quan, has a higher center of gravity, and his confrontation ability is not as good as Zhou Quan.
“Damn, I’m going to keep gaining weight.”
So at the beginning of the confrontation, he was a little untenable.
"ball!"
When Harper saw it, he quickly took a step outside to get the ball. Kobe, who was afraid of making a mistake, had to pass back.
"Snapped!"
At this moment, Barry made an accurate prediction, stole the ball successfully, and then started to move down quickly.
As soon as Kobe saw it, he quickly ran away and chased after him. Zhou Quan behind him also immediately caught up, getting closer and closer, and caught up with him at the center line.
Harper had an old leg injury and could not catch up with Barry. When Barry reached the free throw line with the ball, Zhou Quan was already half a step ahead of Kobe and ran to the right waist. However, he did not choose to pass the ball and went directly to the free throw line. Fly up.
"boom!"
After the one-handed dunk, the audience burst into cheers.
"I can fly too!" Little Barry shouted excitedly.
"Good job Brent!"
Old Barry, who was watching the game from the sidelines, stood up excitedly and kept applauding.
The other sons were sitting behind him, roaring and yelling with excitement.
"Beautiful! A white man can fly with a dunk from the free throw line. Barry won the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest with this dunk in 1996," Bill Walton said excitedly.
"Barry Sr. has four sons. Brent Barry has the best talent, but he is still far behind Barry Sr.," Laimbeer said.
"Five. Old Barry gave birth to his fifth son when he was 50 years old. He is now 6 years old." Bill Walton corrected.
"It's so possible to give birth? Was it born to a wife?" Ranbir asked curiously.
"Haha..." Bill Walton laughed.
"Good job Brent!"
Zhou Quan smiled and extended his hand to Xiao Barry, who also high-fived excitedly.
"At 5:9, three of the Sonics' four attacks were defensive counterattacks, all of which were fast breaks. The offensive and defensive rhythm was very fast," Bill Walton said.
At this time, Phil Jackson made a timeout gesture, then the Lakers served, and Ron Harper, who received the ball in the backcourt, called a timeout.
Laimbeer continued what Walton said: "Judging from the average points lost per game in the regular season, the SuperSonics' defense is stronger than that of the Lakers. Today, the SuperSonics are based on defense, holding O'Neal in the low post and preventing him from getting close to the basket. , the outside blocked the pass to O'Neal, and the internal and external defense was combined very well."
Bill Walton nodded and said: "The Lakers were intercepted twice, both of which were related to Kobe Bryant, that is to say, both were related to Iron Fist's defense.
The first time Iron Fist directly intercepted Kobe, and the second time he forced Kobe to pass the ball, creating an opportunity for Barry to steal. This mistake is still blamed on Kobe. "
"That kid's defense is really good, with his position as a point guard, his size as a shooting guard and even a small forward, and his ability to fight inside players." Laimbeer nodded.
In front of the Lakers bench, Phil Jackson squatted in front of O'Neal with a tactical board and was arranging offensive tactics.
"Shaq, they want to consume your energy. You don't have to rush to the basket, just stay in the low post on the left wing."
"OK."
"Kobe, you go to the right wing first and pull the Iron Fist King to the right wing."
"Kobe, you have to draw the Iron Fist King closer to the right sideline and don't let him have the opportunity to help defend the penalty area. You can use Green to screen on the wing and cut inside immediately if you have the opportunity."
"..."
This allowed him to play without the ball. Kobe was very depressed. As the core outside player, he was deprived of the right to hold the ball. This was a big blow to him.
He is not afraid of the Iron Fist King. He held the ball twice, was intercepted twice, and made two mistakes, which was not enough to make him lose his confidence.
In his mind, let alone two mistakes, so what if twenty mistakes were made? He also dared to hold the ball in front of the Iron Fist King.
But he didn't have the qualifications to compete with Phil Jackson yet, so he could only nodded with a dark face and said nothing.
"Glenn, you go to the left wing, play the wing triangle with Shaq, pass the ball to Shaq, and then you go to the left corner."
"OK."
"AC, Campbell will definitely double-team Shaq. At this time, you should immediately cut inside, or after cooperating with Kobe, you stay outside to attract the defense, and Kobe will cut inside."
"knew."
"Shaq, if you have the chance, play by yourself. If the chance is not good and you can't get close to the basket, and you are double-teamed, you have to break the ball. Pay attention to AC cutting inside behind you. Glenn can also pass the ball to the left corner if he has the opportunity."
"OK."
"On the defensive end, we must interrupt their offensive and defensive rhythm. They have too many fast breaks and it is too easy to score. We must suppress their fast passes."
"Pay attention, not just to limit their ball carrier, but everyone."
"Also, the ball holder must be careful and don't make any mistakes. Especially when facing the Iron Fist King's ball holder, by switching defenses, he may stand in front of any of you."
"One principle is that except for O'Neal, anyone else's first choice when facing the Iron Fist King's defense should be to shoot the ball. Even O'Neal should choose to shoot the ball if he is not under the basket."
…
The timeout ended and the Lakers served from the backcourt sideline.
Kobe followed the tactics laid out by Phil Jackson just now and moved without the ball in the area near the right sideline, basically moving along the three-point line.
Zhou Quan adopted a line defense, but Kobe's three-pointers were average, leaving Kobe two meters open, and his position was controlled on the line between Kobe and the ball carrier, cutting off Kobe's angle of receiving the ball, while maintaining the defense of the penalty area. The possibility is only two meters away from the penalty area and you can enter the paint area in two steps.
"Iron Fist, how dare you let me take such a big chance?"
When Kobe saw it, he immediately sped up his running speed and reached for the ball.
However, Harper, the ball holder, did not pass it to him. Now Kobe did not give Harper any scruples and passed the ball to Glenn Rice on the left wing according to the tactics.
Glenn Rice was also unconvinced when facing Bowen's defense. How could he be guarded by a guy who was undrafted and had no ball to play?
However, Phil Jackson still has a great reputation and is trusted by the boss and management. He does not dare to violate the tactics he just arranged.
Bowen defended hard, almost sticking to Glen Rice like a piece of candy, not giving his opponent any comfortable shot or passing opportunity.
He is very smart, but he has no talent. All he can offer is his attitude. Whatever the team needs, he will provide it, and nothing else will matter.
However, Glenn Rice still lobbed the ball, and his lob was the signal for the SuperSonics to initiate a double-team on O'Neal.
When O'Neal received the ball, Campbell was behind Ben again. This time he chose to block the bottom line to prevent O'Neal from slipping to the bottom.
O'Neal was facing up, with his left elbow against Ben Wallace, and he grabbed the ball with his right hand and raised it high. He saw Campbell coming from the bottom, and also saw his teammate AC Green following Campbell and cutting inside to the basket. He immediately threw the ball with one hand. On the other side of the basket.
"Passed!"
Zhang Lili shouted.
AC Green received the ball two meters in front of the right side of the basket and took off for a layup.
"squeak!"
Just as he was taking off, there was a harsh scuffing sound of sneakers from behind, and a figure emerged from behind.
"Watch your back!" Kobe's voice suddenly sounded.
Green felt the movement behind him, but the arrow was on the string. He was not Jordan or the Iron Fist King, and he could also dodge in the air, so he could only bite the bullet and continue the layup.
"Snapped!"
With a precise strike, Zhou Quan flew over Green and used his right hand to knock away the basketball that Green had just left.
"oh!"
The 20,000 home fans cheered instantly.
"It's a hat, Zhou Quan has hated Green." Xu Jicheng shouted excitedly.
The basketball bounced off the backboard and was caught by Ben Wallace who was returning to defend the basket. Zhou Quan took it and immediately started to play quickly.
Kobe, who followed Zhou Quan to the right midfielder, quickly turned around and chased after him. Other teams from both sides also ran towards the SuperSonics' frontcourt.
When Zhou Quan was about to leave, he controlled the ball with his right hand. He opened Kobe's hand with his left hand and pressed Kobe's abdomen. Kobe immediately fell behind.
Kobe's face turned black with anger, Iron Fist King, you are still talking about me, don't you have some tricks?
Ron Harper returned from the top of the arc to the basket. As soon as he turned around, Zhou Quan had already come down from the free throw line and flew towards him.
Jumping to block a shot? That's impossible, he will definitely be knocked away.
The next moment, he took a step to the side to make way for the space under the basket.
"boom!"
"Oh ho!"
After the explosive flying one-handed chop, the fans in the audience suddenly became excited again.
In the ESPN commentary box, Bill Walton said: "At 5:11, the Lakers were 6 points behind. It was another successful defensive counterattack. Iron Fist scored 9 points on 4 of 4 shots, and sent 1 steal and 1 block."
Laimbeer said: "Under the SuperSonics' defense, the Lakers were a little passive. If you ask me, it was a very wrong decision for the Lakers to invite Phil Jackson. Jerry West should have invited George Karl. George Karl led the SuperSonics but Defeat Phil Jackson in three consecutive Finals.”
"Ha ha……"
Bill Walton burst out laughing.
At this time, the Lakers advanced to the frontcourt again, using the same style of attack as the last time.
Ben Wallace still firmly refused to allow O'Neal to get close to the basket. Even if he couldn't hold it, he would still hit it.
Even if O'Neal can get in, it will take more time, but there is only three seconds of attack time, and Barry blocks Harper's downward passing angle, consuming a huge amount of physical energy to squeeze in, and often fails to catch the ball, so He still followed the tactical arrangement just now, asking for the ball in the low post on the left wing.
After receiving the ball, Campbell's weak-side help arrived again, and the bottom line was blocked again. This time, instead of Green cutting inside, Green provided a screen for Kobe, blocking Zhou Quan, and Kobe cut inside.
O'Neal did not force the shot and chose to pass the ball to Kobe.
When Kobe received the ball at the right waist, Campbell on the left side of the basket had turned around and reached the basket in one step, and Ben Wallace also rushed over.
Kobe was not afraid. Facing Ben Wallace and Campbell who were returning to the basket, he took a step forward and then made a jump shot.
"Watch your back!"
O'Neal saw Zhou Quan emerging from behind Kobe and shouted anxiously.
"Snapped!"
Zhou Quan bypassed Green and chased behind Kobe. Just when Kobe suddenly stopped and took off, he reacted very quickly and immediately jumped up from behind him. Just when Kobe took action, with a precise strike, he tapped his right hand and pointed the ball towards rebounded.
"What?"
Being blocked, Kobe couldn't help but be shocked.
"Oh ho!"
There was another round of cheers.
"Bang!"
The basketball bounced off the backboard, was picked up by Ben in front of the basket, and was immediately handed to Zhou Quan.
"Iron Fist!"
Kobe was so angry that he chased after him.
This time, Harper at the top of the arc did not chase after Bari who was about to leave. He wanted to stop Zhou Quan first and buy Kobe some time, and then go back to chase Bari.
But when Zhou Quan saw it, he casually threw the ball forward. The basketball flew over Harper's head and towards the minibus in front.
"boom!"
There was no defender in front of Barry, and after receiving the ball, it was smooth sailing. When he reached the free throw line, he flew up again and made another free throw line jump dunk.
"Oh oh oh..."
Barrie's dunk once again set off the Central Gymnasium, and the SuperSonics' home atmosphere reached an extreme, with cheers and shouts coming one after another.
"Oh ho! Brent, good job!"
Seeing his son take off from the free throw line again, Barry Sr., who was watching from the sidelines, also jumped up excitedly, looking even more excited than Barry Jr.'s.
The same goes for his other sons, who raised their arms and cheered in the audience.
The Sonics were so powerful that Phil Jackson had to call a timeout again.
(End of chapter)
