Chapter 244 Hit the Postman

   At this time, the lights of the stadium dimmed, and only two bright spotlights remained, pointing at the exit of the player tunnel.

  In the player tunnel, a team of security separated the starters of the two teams.

  Wang Tiejun and the postman were constantly fighting with each other across the security, full of sparks.

   "Now, let's welcome Old K, the first of the four villains, to appear." At this time, the host's enthusiastic voice sounded outside, and the scene immediately sounded earth-shattering boos.

   "I X, are you trying to live up to my name as a villain?" Pharaoh scolded angrily and rushed out of the player tunnel.

   Like a giant beast, he broke into the flock head-on, provoking countless wails.

   Yes, to him, the boos were the wailing of the jazz.

  After Pharaoh, it was Dan Marley, then the glider Drexler, and the fourth was Danny Manning. As the core of the previous team, Kevin Johnson finally played.

  The order of appearances, the first is the core of the field, the fifth is the leader of the locker room, and the remaining three positions, the third is higher.

   The order in which the five players appear is also their own choice.

  Pharaoh respected Kevin Johnson very much and chose the first one.

  Dan Marley's strength is the lowest among the five. In fact, he is not a star player, nor is he the leader of the locker room. He chose the second.

   Although Danny Manning was the No. 1 overall pick, his performance was not a superstar. He was just an average All-Star, and he was not eligible for the third appearance. He chose the fourth, and the third was given to the real superstar Drexler.

After    came out, Pharaoh and the others went to the Jazz half to have a chat with Tom Chambers. The Jazz players blew their beards and stared, and didn't dare to come and drive them away, but they made Chambers very embarrassed.

   At eight o'clock, the game officially started.

  Pharaoh and Jazz center Felton Spencer jump ball.

  Spencer is 216 cm tall and 125 kg. It was originally 120 kg. For the team's needs, he gained five kg in the offseason.

This tonnage is not enough to withstand the two giant beasts, Pharaoh and O'Neal, but if the tonnage is larger, the mobility and flexibility will be sacrificed too much, and the pure meat shield is useless against the two behemoths. Last season, some meat shields have proved that up to this point.

   He was the No. 6 pick in the first round in 1990, but his strength was average. Last season's 8+8 data, his scoring ability and defense were average, and his rebounding was okay. Otherwise, the Jazz would not be willing to let him become a meat shield.

Let him be a meat shield, his defense is poor, and the Jazz didn't expect him to block Pharaoh. Sadness.

"Snapped!"

  Pharaoh took the ball away and the Suns attacked.

   He bypassed Spencer in front of him and was about to run towards the basket, but the postman Malone came to block his way, and his speed was not as fast as his Spencer took the opportunity to retreat to the basket.

   glanced at the thick scar that curved like a centipede on the postman's bald head, and he stimulated with trash talk: "Postman, are you afraid of confronting me?"

   The postman's scalp twitched, his eyes flashed, and he said coldly, "Old K, don't be complacent, I will settle accounts with you sooner or later."

   At this time, Pharaoh entered the paint area, Spencer stepped up, and the postman ran to Danny Manning, who was a step in the three-point line on the right wing.

  Pharaoh stopped just below the free throw line, with his back to Fort Spencer, and in front of him was Jazz point guard John Stockton.

   Knowing that Kevin Johnson didn't have a three-pointer, and the breakthrough was great, Stockton took a step, and he was closer to Wang Tiejun.

   At this moment, Wang Tiejun quietly made a gesture, and after meeting Kevin Johnson's eyes, he suddenly turned around and smashed Spencer, the human shield behind him.

   At this time, Kevin Johnson pushed the ball in with both hands, and the ball flew from Stockton's head to the basket.

  Pharaoh turned around and took a step and flew up. At this time, the ball slipped from above, and his right hand caught up with the ball from behind and pressed forward.

"boom!"

   Under the dunks, the basket trembled.

   "Beautiful! This is a difficult all-around dunk."

   Bill Walton praised: "If it was the old K last season, he might not be able to complete such a lob, he didn't have such good coordination at that time.

   Obviously, his athleticism is improving step by step, which allows him to complete more complex technical movements. "

  John Hanks said: "It is very obvious that Felton Spencer can't guard against the old K at all. If the postman does not come by himself, the Jazz will definitely lose, and there is no possibility of winning from the Suns."

"Yes, the Suns only need to hit the old K. It's too easy for the old K to single against Spencer. He doesn't need to use a lot of expendable hits at all. With his mobility, he can blow up the opponent and get rid of him. The opponent cuts to the basket, so the physical consumption is very small." Bill Walton nodded.

John Hanks said: "The Postman is prepared to fight against the old K. According to media reports, he has undergone hard weight gain training in the offseason, and the current tonnage is 127 kilograms. He is known for his strength. If the difference is not big, the strength should be stronger than the old king, at least not weaker than the old king, he should defend the old king by himself."

Bill Walton said with a serious face: "The league is entering a brutal tonnage competition. The slender insiders have lost their living environment in the paint area. Even the three super centers have been affected. Their offensive methods are more A lot of it happens outside the paint, which hurts their efficiency.

  Old K is said to have gained weight to 129 kilograms, O'Neal should be close to 140 kilograms now, there is no exact data, but the heaviest in the league is not them, but Oliver Miller, who has just been traded by the Suns, his tonnage is 150 kilograms. "

   "He's fat to a ball." John Hanks said.

   "Pfft, haha..." Bill Wharton, who had a serious face, couldn't hold back, and collapsed in laughter.

  Jazz attack.

  The Suns switched perimeter and Drexler switched to Jeff Hornacek.

  His defense is better than that of Dan Marley, with good wingspan, strong stealing ability, and a very pressing defense. He specializes in defending the Jazz's perimeter scoring points.

   On the right wing, Stockton broke through with the ball, dribbled the ball with his left hand, pushed Kevin Johnson with an elbow with his right hand, and then stepped on it, stomped on the latter hard, and then slid past.

   "What's so special!"

  Kevin Johnson's eyes were red with anger when he was even plotted by the villain.

  Stockton jumped out of the paint, Postman came over to pick and roll, then returned the pass, swung his elbows, and under the sweep, Danny Manning retreated, and he shot calmly.

"roll!"

   A big hand appeared and instantly fanned the ball.

But it turned out that Pharaoh made it up from the inside. Although the speed of level 77 is not too fast, it is definitely first-class at the fifth position. It is still possible to cover the middle and two points outside the paint area, but it is only to prevent the three-point line. Some difficulty.

   He got a cap, and the postman was so angry that his nose was crooked, and especially the person who slapped him was his enemy, Lao K, which made him so angry that his face turned white.

   Bill Walton laughed: "This time the defense is good, and the mobility of old K is not his weakness now, it can even be his strength.

   Among the centers, he is only weaker than the three super centers. O'Neal may be a little faster than him, but not by much. "

  John Hanks said: "O'Neal has gained weight for two consecutive seasons, and now his athleticism is not as good as when he first entered the league. To be honest, looking at his recent performance, I don't even think he is faster than the old K.

   And this is the change brought about by the old K. He keeps gaining weight himself, which also forces his opponents to keep gaining weight, and a tonnage race begins.

What I want to say is that you need to be mentally prepared to gain weight, especially for a big center like O'Neal. When the weight is too large, the load on the body will also increase, especially the pressure on the knees, which can easily cause Injury. "

  Bill Walton nodded, but said: "But they can't fight old K in the penalty area without gaining weight."

  John Hanks suddenly smiled and said: "But after the weight gain, Old K's athletic quality can still improve. After others gain weight, it is completely the opposite. He is a monster."

"Ha ha…"

   Bill Wharton laughed and said: "His phenomenon can only be attributed to the mining of potential, but this potential should be at the limit. If he gains weight in the future, his athletic quality will also decline."

   He was half right. The weight limit of Pharaoh is 135 kg. Although there is still room for 6 kg of weight gain, some sports qualities have reached the limit.

  For example, speed, flexibility, bouncing, etc., have all reached the ceiling, and some other qualities are also close to the limit. There is 6 kilograms of weight gain space in the back, and systematic training can only ensure that these qualities do not decline.

   Of course, it is a scary thing to gain 6 kilograms of weight without a decline in athletic quality, but it is also a kind of potential excavation.

If this kind of thing happened to O'Neal, with a tonnage of 140 kilograms, and the athletic quality can be maintained at the level of a tonnage of 130 kilograms, it would be a more terrifying beast. There is no possibility of confrontation with the old king, and he will be directly crushed into scum.

   At this time, the first quarter played 4 minutes, 10:6, the Suns led by 4 points in the away game, and the Suns had the ball.

   Lao Wang made several shots and scored all of them. He scored twice in the low post, sent one assist, and grabbed two rebounds, one of which was offensive.

   In addition, the Jazz's meat shield center Spencer was injured by the old K and couldn't get up.

The Jazz called a timeout ahead of time, and head coach Jerry Sloan replaced Spencer.

  Spencer can't defend against Pharaoh at all, and his mobility is a bit worse than the boss. Pharaoh doesn't need to use that kind of laborious hits to hit him, just get rid of him and he can attack.

   And the Suns' lineup also has a very strong ability to pull off. It is also quite difficult for the Jazz to double-team Pharaoh in the low post, with Pharaoh's ball speed and assisting ability.

  Sloan can only let Karl Malone go to guard Pharaoh, and the power forward is replaced by Tom Chambers.

  The Jazz still prepared some insiders. The bench is enough, but the level is not very good.

   Of course, in fact, the Jazz lacked a center. Karl Malone's offensive area was outside the paint area, and there were not many low-post back-ups. He was a power forward.

Jerry Sloan specially told Malone, saying: "Carl, I need your toughness on the defensive end, but that guy is an absolute violent person, he is a lunatic, you have to be careful, don't move your elbows too much, don't run to the point. Go, don't let him find an excuse to deal with you. So don't lose him, we've lost too much on him."

  The postman nodded expressionlessly.

   The other Jazz players also looked weird.

Once upon a time, under the sweep of the iron elbows of the postman, the eyes of the people in the league changed. No matter how tough the players were, they had to shy away. There were countless bloodstained. to the point of.

   The timeout ends and the game begins.

  The Suns were in the frontcourt, the left wing was low, Wang Tiejun and Karl Malone were facing each other, and the audience's attention was on them.

  In the 1992/93 season, the two faced each other once, and the postman moved his elbow first, but that time Pharaoh made his first move and made a ruthless move, causing the postman to faint with one elbow.

  Last season, the postman threatened to deal with Pharaoh outside the court, and Pharaoh also made the first move and went head-to-head off the court, making the postman rest for three months.

   This time, it was the second matchup between the two, but it was also the first matchup, because the first matchup was not considered a complete matchup.

   "Do you want to duel?" Pharaoh provocatively asked.

  “…”

   Hearing the word heads-up, the postman only felt that the scalp that had been lifted twitched and hurt in an instant. He gritted his teeth and didn't answer, swallowing the trash talk of Pharaoh.

   At this time, Kevin Johnson's ball came down and was caught by Pharaoh's right hand with one hand. The next moment, the back play began.

   "Boom!"

   One hit, but the postman actually took it down and didn't retreat half a step.

   Of course, this was a tentative attack, and he didn't use his full strength, and he didn't even use Tieshan's skills.

   "But that's it!"

   blocked the first hit, and the postman's confidence skyrocketed.

   And the next moment, the second call came.

   This time, Pharaoh used nine points of strength, and Tieshan also used it to fight.

   "Boom!"

   In the sound of the impact, the postman's feet could not help loosening, and his back feet involuntarily retreated a foot.

   The next moment, the third consecutive attack broke out.

   This time, Pharaoh gave all his strength, and he didn't have a trace of strength left. He wanted to take advantage of the postman's center of gravity to knock the dog into the air, and give him a slap in the face.

The strength of level 98 is combined with the explosive power of level 80, matched with the huge tonnage of 129 kilograms, and finally, there is a 10% bonus of Tieshan's fighting strength. At this moment, he is like a crazy rhino, with a ferocious left shoulder and back. With such extreme strength, he slammed into the postman's left chest.

   "Boom!"

   Amidst the extremely heavy impact, the postman groaned, and his extremely thick chest was crushed by the huge explosive force and instantly flattened.

   And with Juli's upper body, his body flew backward uncontrollably, like a big tree uprooted by an invisible giant hand.

"how is this possible?"

   At this moment, the postman couldn't believe he was knocked out.

"Oh!"

  The moment the postman flew backwards, the exclamation of the Delta Center Arena, like a hurricane, swept up and was unstoppable.

   "click, click..."

   On the media booth behind the bottom line, there was a dense shutter sound.

   It was said to be hit and fly, but it was actually a crash. The postman only slid two feet in the air, landed his feet first, kicked with the tide, and slipped three feet when his upper body landed. He was very experienced and fully protected himself, and he did not suffer any injuries.

   The postman who fell on the floor was blinded by the countless lights on the ceiling, and at this moment a dark shadow suddenly appeared in his sight, flying over him like a big bird.

"damn it!"

   He knew what had happened, and couldn't help but curse.

"boom!"

  Wang Tiejun flew directly over the postman, dunked with both hands, and smashed the entire Delta State Center Arena into silence, leaving only the wild cheers from the Suns bench.

   The postman on the floor climbed up immediately, and the next moment, Pharaoh's hands loosened and fell from the basket.

   "Yo, so fast?"

   found that the postman ran away, he was a little surprised, and wanted to ride the postman, give him a crotch humiliation, this will not give him a chance.

   He was gasping for breath, and his physical energy was consumed in an instant.

   This is his first full-strength launch this season. After the tonnage and strength have been improved, it is his first full-strength launch, and the result is not bad.

   However, he was still not very satisfied, because he used three hits just now, the first time was tentatively counted by hitting, and there were also two times, after destroying the opponent's center of gravity through the superposition of power, he achieved the effect of hitting the opponent.

   If the opponent shrinks the defense to double-team, he will not have such a chance to play continuously.

   And what he hopes is that with one hit, he can completely destroy the opponent's center of gravity and achieve the purpose of knocking off the opponent's defense.

   This wish, it seems, can only be achieved after the tonnage reaches 135 kilograms and the strength level is over 100.

   "God, the postman was knocked over?" Bill Walton's eyes were full of disbelief.

   This is a 127kg postman. After gaining ten kilograms, he can't bear to be hit?

Well, he admitted that it took Old K three times to knock over the postman, but with the strength of the postman's upper body and enough tonnage, the obstacle formed was already huge, and he was still knocked over, which was enough Shocking.

  John Hanks opened his mouth and said: "Bill, me, me, am I wrong, the postman is even vulnerable under the help of old K?"

  Bill Wharton smiled bitterly: "Okay, John, this is the first real match between the postman and the old K. He is not prepared, and it is normal for him to be knocked over."

   stared at his partner, John Hanks said in surprise: "Bill, you think it's normal for the postman to be knocked over?

Even if it was the first time for him to play against the old K, the whole world knew that he was powerful by playing the old K. The postman was a superstar, and he was also the enemy of the old K. He couldn't have been mentally prepared, he just didn't carry it live. "

   "Okay okay, he couldn't hold it." Bill Walton nodded and smiled bitterly.

  12:6, Jazz attacked.

  The postman ran to the front court in a dazed way, and he hasn't recovered yet. This time being knocked over was a big blow to him.

The    blow is psychological, not physical, and his body is indeed strong enough.

   Not only was his psychology hit, but head coach Jerry Sloan’s was also hit.

   In these few minutes, he did not arrange double-team tactics, nor did his defense shrink.

When Spencer started to fight with the meat shield, he arranged for a help defense, but it didn't work. Later, the postman defended the old K, and hoped that the postman could achieve a good one-on-one defense effect. Unfortunately, for the first time, he was willing to do so. Failed, even hit.

However, he does not want to change his defensive strategy for the time being. He also wants to see the effect of the Postman's one-on-one defense. Once he adopts the strategy of shrinking the defense and double-teaming the low post, with the speed and assist ability of the old K, with the current perimeter offensive firepower of the Suns, the Jazz's The perimeter defense will be exploded in an instant, and then the interior defense will also be detonated.

   It's not good, he also hopes that the postman can explode with the old K. The old K's defense is average, even if it is a good one-on-one defense, it is only a first-class, not a top-level, it should not be able to defend the postman.

   (end of this chapter)