Chapter 361 One Mountain Can't Hold Two Tigers

   "Boom!"

   After the first hit, he took the opportunity to turn around and slip.

   He still wants to get in, he is more efficient, and now his perimeter offense is weak, if his efficiency doesn't go up, he won't have to play this game.

   At this time, O'Neal reacted very quickly and quickly retreated.

   He is too familiar with Old King. In his mind, Old King is his only opponent. He has studied this opponent the most and is familiar with all his playing styles and habits.

This time he retreated from defense, he did not move laterally, because he knew that old K could quickly transform into relying on hits while moving. That kind of instantaneous force was very large, even more terrifying than relying on hits in place. Lost a few times, and even got knocked over a few times.

   What he adopted was to retreat and defend himself, instead of forcibly blocking, using his tonnage and strength to squeeze the old K out.

  Wang Tiejun turned around and stepped into the paint area. At this time, O'Neal stuck to the upper (right) side, and a huge force hit him. He couldn't help loosening his feet, and his center of gravity fell to the bottom line.

   But when he stabilized and regained control of the ball, he was already blocked by O'Neal on the bottom line, and he also closed the ball and could no longer dribble the ball, either shot or passed.

   At this time, Cobra Grant pounced from the basket and reached his side in one step, and the double team was completed.

   "Old K?"

   At this point, Perry ran behind him on the baseline, and he hurriedly threw the ball over, then ran over and re-received the ball outside the paint.

   "Old K, I just died with you today."

  O'Neill followed again, pressing his chest against Pharaoh's back from behind.

   At this moment, Perry suddenly rushed in against the baseline. Pharaoh responded quickly and suddenly hit the ground to pass the ball, passing the ball from himself and O'Neal's crotch into the paint area.

   "Oh, beautiful delivery!" a live commentator shouted.

"Snapped!"

   Perry caught the ball, threw it towards Grant at the basket, and was slapped again.

   "Oh, Cobra blocked Perry for the second time, too bad." Another live commentator said angrily.

   On the field, O'Neal turned around to get the ball, and the Magic attacked.

"ball!"

   He ran to the frontcourt, entered the low post on the left wing, saw the ball in the hands of Nick Anderson beyond the left wing three-point line, and hurriedly roared.

   "Poor!"

   Old Wang sighed in the back.

"To shut up!"

  Infuriated, O'Neal backhanded and gave Pharaoh a blow.

   "Poor people, there must be something hateful, big sewers, you really don't deserve sympathy." Old Wang cursed.

   At this time, Anderson passed the ball. After a few minutes of playing the game, O'Neal finally saw the ball fly to him. At this moment, he was elated!

   "Boom!"

  Suddenly, when the ball was about to fall into O'Neal's hands, Wang Tiejun made a close hit, and used his left chest and shoulders to lean forward sharply.

This kind of completely close-fitting relying on hitting, because there is no room for exerting force, the power is undoubtedly small, but because relying on hitting technology has been systematically integrated, the technical action of exerting force is perfect, if it is someone else, such as O'Neal, this forward To exert force close to the body, because technical movements cannot mobilize the strength of the whole body, it is good to be able to exert 50% of his own strength, but Wang Tiejun can exert greater strength, 60%, or even more.

  O'Neal was about to catch the ball when suddenly a giant force came from behind, his feet were weak, his upper body rushed upwards, and with a snap, the ball's tentacles flew out of the baseline.

   "Di!"

   The bottom referee blew his whistle, pointed to the Suns' home court, and made a gesture of offense-defense transition.

   "Missed, O'Neal made a mistake." Su Qun shouted excitedly.

   "The Tie Jun defended very well from behind, and the shark didn't stand firm and was pushed." Zhang Lili said.

   "Bastard, come on, let's hurt each other, I won't let you go."

   On the field, O'Neal glared at Pharaoh with grief and indignation, and ran forward muttering.

  The Suns attacked. Pharaoh took a low position on the left wing, stuck his left elbow, and wanted the ball with his right hand. O'Neal pushed hard behind him, trying to push the former further.

  Suddenly, Lao Wang put down his left elbow, turned around and slipped.

   "You careless!"

   slammed forward, O'Neal staggered, almost stabbed his head on the floor, and pressed his left hand on the floor to support him.

  Beyond the left-wing three-point line, Perry was being forced to move around by Anderson. When he was about to play a pick-and-roll with Finley, he saw the old K's action and immediately pulled the ball off the floor regardless of it, and went straight to the basket.

  Wang Tiejun jumped into the paint area, made a reflex on the left wing of the basket, on the line of the reasonable collision zone, and stuck the Cobra Grant who came to make up the defense. At this time, the ball fell and was caught by his right hand with one hand.

"boom!"

   The next moment, he turned around and violently, pressing Grant to the extreme, smashed the ball into the basket, and also caused the opponent's thug to foul.

   "Hoo!"

After    scored, he couldn't help but let out a sigh of relief. He was facing the animal, O'Neal. The physical energy was really consumed, and every physical contact was very expensive.

   For example, the key position before catching the ball this time consumes a lot of physical energy, even more than completing an attack next to Da Meng.

   In this way, no matter how good his physical fitness is, he will not be able to sustain many attacks.

"brush!"

   Next he hit an extra penalty, tied 7, and the Magic attacked.

"boom!"

   Hardaway missed.

  Ben Wallace tried his best to hold Grant outside and couldn't get in, while Wang Tiejun stuck O'Neal and successfully protected the backcourt rebounds.

  O'Neal is very frustrated. Against other teams, he can still grab a few offensive rebounds, play a second offense, and match up with the old K. The chance of grabbing offensive rebounds is too small.

   "Old K, I can't attack, so don't think about it."

   Next, he put all his energy on defense and rebounding on the backcourt.

   In the 9th minute of the first quarter, at 22:16, the Suns trailed by 6 points, and the two sides began to replace some substitutes.

   In the first few games, Wang Tiejun usually doesn't end at this time, he will play the first quarter, and take a break at the beginning of the inter-quarter and second quarter.

   But today, he and O'Neal played against each other, exhausted too much energy, and also ended up.

In 9 minutes, he made 4 of 6 shots, 2 of 2 from the front, too much physical energy at the back, and O'Neal defended with all his strength. One blocked by O'Neal, plus 2 of 4 free throws, and got 10 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks and 1 turnover.

   On the other hand, the Sharks, with two passes from Anderson and Scott, scored 2 points, 4 rebounds, 1 block, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls on 1 of 2 shots.

  Wang Tiejun was very dissatisfied, because O'Neal didn't attack and devoted all his energy to defending him, which affected his attack. When he came off the court, he sarcastically said: "Shark, you can't even handle a little brother. What are you arguing with me for?"

   "Old K, are you going to fight?" O'Neal said with extreme grief.

  “…”

   Old Wang couldn't help but be shocked. Has O'Neill lost his mind? He quickly turned around and left.

When    came off the court, an angry O'Neal took the water cup handed by his substitute teammate and slammed it on the floor with a bang, and the surroundings became quiet.

   "Shaq, calm down." Coach Brian Hill hurriedly shouted.

  O'Neal sat down and covered the towel over his face, and no one paid any attention to it. The heavy breathing sounded under the towel, like a bound beast struggling.

Next to    is Grant, and in the past is Penny Hardaway. He is a rather taciturn person. He doesn't speak at this time, and his face is a little gloomy.

   "Magic infighting is unstoppable."

   "Magic collapse is just around the corner."

   "The collapse of magic is irreversible."

   "The magic is over!"

   Seeing this scene, all the commentators, hundreds of media reporters at the scene, and countless fans have similar views.

On the field, the game continued, and Wilkins began to show off his power in the bench. In addition to the stable performance of the veteran Tisdale on the inside, Horry on the outside also had a stable performance. At the end of the first quarter, the score was already equalized. , The main dug hole was filled, and it was leveled 26.

   "Although the main lineup is not good, but with Wilkins and Horry on the bench, the Suns' bench is really strong, and no team in the league is worried." Zhang Lili laughed.

  Su Qun said with a smile: "Wilkins entered the bench lineup and now averages 20 points per game, 6 points more than when he was the main force. His contribution to the team is indeed greater."

   Zhang rationally analyzed: "If you can come back after a few lightning strikes, the situation will improve, and the Iron Army won't have to fight so hard anymore."

Su Qun said: "The lightning has exploded again this season, and the state is good, but unfortunately the injury is too annoying. Now there is still a lack of a stable outside pitcher in the main lineup, and the defense is also good. People who can help defend, if they can Trade someone like that in and the playoffs should go further."

   Zhang Lili nodded and said: "Finley still has potential, he feels good, and he can defend well, but he is still a rookie, his shooting is not stable, his three-pointer has not been practiced well, his ability to control the ball is weak, and his ability to hold the ball and break through is not good.

  I think it can be cultivated. His shooting can definitely be practiced, and the training of ball control needs to be strengthened.

Although the Suns don't need him to have good offensive ability with the ball, they need him to be able to hold the ball on the perimeter to attract defenses. Just like the glider last season, you can hold the ball before passing the ball to Old K. Jordan and Pippen couldn't hold the ball after a little press, so what? "

   The second quarter of the game started at this time, and the two sides were still half the main force and half the bench, and they played in rotation.

  Wang Tiejun played in the fourth minute of the second quarter, O'Neal was also replaced, and the two began to compete again.

   Although O'Neal was angry, he was serious about the game. He didn't want to lose to Wang Tiejun. This was a battle of giants. Extra training in the offseason was a **** trip for him, so he didn't want to lose more and more.

  Under such circumstances, Lao Wang couldn't play high-quality offense, especially as his physical energy was consumed, the offense became more and more difficult.

In the 8 minutes of the second quarter, he made 2 of 4 shots, made a successful layup, made 1 of 3 shots from outside, and caused O'Neal to foul, scored 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 1 turnover and 1 foul. The data, 17 points, 9 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 blocks, 2 turnovers and 1 foul in the half.

In contrast, O'Neal is miserable. Hardaway has completely ignored him on the court. He can only get the ball from Anderson and Scott, but Hardaway is the point guard and the one who controls the ball. , so he got very few balls, and it was difficult to grab offensive rebounds from Pharaoh, and he only played two attacks in a quarter.

   In 8 minutes of the second quarter, he made 1 of 2 shots, ate a block from Pharaoh, plus 1 of 2 free throws, scored 3 points, made 2 of 4 shots in the half, scored 5 points, 7 rebounds, 1 block, 2 turnovers and 4 fouls.

   Fortunately, the Magic's main perimeter lineup is much stronger than the Suns' main perimeter, so after halftime, the Suns fell behind again, 48:52, 4 points behind, not much.

"boom!"

   Back in the locker room, the angry and depressed O'Neal couldn't hold back. He slammed a punch on the tin wardrobe, making a gravure, and then ouch, his finger was injured.

"Oops!"

  The team doctor quickly came up to check and found that the little finger of the right hand had been fractured.

   "Shet! Shet..."

   It hasn't been a month since his comeback, and it will take at least another month of truce. O'Neal is anxious and angry, and growls loudly.

   A big shark that is about to go crazy, no longer the simple and honest play before, no one dares to provoke magic, even Hadaway is silent, the atmosphere in the magic dressing room is like a volcano about to erupt.

  Unfortunately, O'Neal is O'Neal. Although he was so angry that he was about to go crazy, but after shouting a few times, he sat down again with a look of frustration on his face.

   In the next game, the Magic lost Shaquille O'Neal, and then Wang Tiejun completely controlled the penalty area, defending, rebounding, and strengthening all control. No matter how strong the Magic's perimeter was, it couldn't kill it, and there was no rebounding. In the end, it was unable to compete with the Suns.

  Wang Tiejun did not rest for a minute in the second half, played 44 minutes, scored 25 points in the second half, scored 44 points, 24 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal, 5 blocks, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls.

  Su Qun said with a pity: "It's a pity that I didn't get 50+ in the fourth consecutive game."

   "It's already calculated to win the game."

   Zhang Lili said, and then said, "O'Neal didn't play in the second half. I don't know why. Is the Magic really fighting?"

At this time, Bill Walton said after the game in the live broadcast of ABC TV: "O'Neal is not there, the Magic completely lost the rebound, one in and one out, the Suns took advantage of the possession of the ball, and winning is a natural thing. .

   But judging from the situation in the first half, we can see the effect of O'Neal's defense. As long as he wants to defend, he is indeed the only person who can limit the old K in single defense. "

John Hanks nodded and said: "Although Old K's offensive efficiency in the first half was quite high, with 6 of 10 shots and a 60% hit rate, he consumed more energy in the same offensive round. , At the same time, the shot is also affected. If O'Neal continues to play in the second half, the offensive efficiency of old K will definitely drop, and may even drop below 50%, and this is O'Neal's defensive effect. "

Bill Walton added: "O'Neal didn't get outside support today. He made 2 of 4 shots, and the number of offenses was too small. We can't analyze it, but from the analysis of his singles against the old K, there is no obvious disadvantage. If He gets more offensive opportunities, and I believe he will also cause a lot of trouble to the old K on the offensive end."

  John Hanks said with a smile: "If the two behemoths really fight at both ends of the offense and defense, then I can be sure that their offense efficiency will not be too high, and the assist defense efficiency will drop significantly."

   At this time, outside the visiting team's locker room, the general manager of the Magic, Pat Williams, was having a headache, how to solve the team's problems.

There are two groups of people in the management, one group supports O'Neal, the other group supports Hardaway, he supports O'Neal, but now O'Neal is injured again, plus Hardaway's leading performance is better, and considering that Hardaway is Jordan's The successor, with a gorgeous style of play, is popular with Orlando fans and has more influence than O'Neal. Now his attitude has changed a bit.

   "Need a deal?"

  To trade the second behemoth of the league, this problem is too big, he thought about it repeatedly, and he couldn’t decide for a while, and he suffered from the old problem of choice syndrome again.

But if there is no trade, O'Neal will be a free agent after finishing his contract this season, and if the Magic can't give him the contract he wants, he will pat his **** and leave, and the Magic won't be able to get a hair in his hands, so in the end , his attitude can only be forced to favor the option of trading O'Neal.

   This is that one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers. The salary space of the team is determined by the status and interests of the players. A team can only have one top superstar.

  Unless another is willing to be second, like Pippen, the team is bound to have serious infighting like magic.

And Pippen's situation is also special. He can be said to have grown up under Jordan's whip. Jordan's character can be called a tyrant, and he completely suppressed Pippen in terms of strength and status. Otherwise, any top superstar, as long as With a bit of personality, I don't want to be the second master.

   (end of this chapter)