Chapter 364 Find the big bug to settle accounts

   On the evening of the 28th, the United Center Arena was full of people and stars.

   The game between the two strongest teams in the league has attracted countless attention. Even if it is just a regular season, a large number of stars will gather here.

   At 7:30, the two teams announced their starting lineups.

  Sun: Wang Tiejun, Ben Wallace, Michael Finley, Wes Liposen, Kevin Johnson.

   Bulls: Clifford Robinson, Rodman, Pippen, Jordan, Ron Harper

  The game was broadcast live nationwide by TNT, and the commentators were Groom Albert and Kevin Harlan.

   Today is the 29th in China, Thursday, but CCTV still chose to live broadcast the game.

  Although there is still a live broadcast every week this year, there is some flexibility. For example, some games with a lot of attention will also be broadcast live.

   At this time, Albert said: "In terms of the lineup, although the Lightning is back, the Suns' perimeter is not an opponent of the Bulls. There were gliders in the last finals, but not now. The perimeter strength has weakened a lot."

Kevin Harlan continued: "The Bulls last season's BJ contract ended and Phil Jackson put Ron Harper in the starting lineup. Although Harper lost most of his offensive ability after being seriously injured, he is still first-class. The perimeter defense expert of the Bulls, so the perimeter defense of the Bulls is stronger than in the last finals.

  The Suns want to break through the Bulls' perimeter blockade. "

  Albert nodded and said, "Person's ball-handling ability is okay, but Finley's ball-handling ability needs to be improved. Let alone double-teaming, he can't handle a Pippen defense alone."

On CCTV's side, Zhang's analysis is similar, and he is not optimistic about the Suns. After analyzing it, he said: "Last time the Bulls had a weakness in rebounding in the finals. Now the situation has improved. The big bug has averaged close to 15 rebounds per game this season. Although the ball is not as good as the Iron Army, the Bulls are not so far behind in rebounding."

   "Director Zhang, shouldn't it be better than the Suns?" Su Qun said.

  Zhang nodded rationally, flipped through the data and said: "This season, the Suns are averaging 45.4 rebounds per game, and the Bulls are 44.6. It doesn't look like the difference is very close.

   But we can analyze it in two periods. When Horry was a power forward, the Suns rebounded less, and now Ben Wallace is a power forward, and the rebounding has increased a lot.

In fact, after Big Ben took over as the main No. 4 position, the Iron Army took on more offensive tasks, and the Suns' offensive ability was not weakened. In terms of rebounding, the average per game during this period was 48.5. This is Big Ben's one of the functions. "

   "Although Daben didn't attack, he was very stable in rebounding. Eight or nine per game, his defense is getting better and better now, and he can defend the three-point line." Su Qun laughed.

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "I hope he can grow up and complement the Tiejun in attack and defense. If he can really grow up, the Suns are really lucky. The Tiejun didn't cost anything to enter the team. Wallace is the same."

   "However, there are advantages and disadvantages. Big Ben can't be pulled out, and Lao K has been double-teamed a bit too much in the low post!" Su Qun laughed.

"There is no way, the world is in a dilemma. If you can't get the kind of power forward who can defend and pull out, you can only use the current lineup. There are twenty or thirty teams, and there are many excellent players. It's not what you want. Why do teams have to cultivate their own rookies, because other people's stars are not what you want." Zhang Lili laughed.

   At this time, the two teams met in the player tunnel.

   "Big bug..."

As soon as Pharaoh arrived, he shouted at Rodman: "How dare you ruin my reputation? We have to settle the account today."

"what?"

  Rodman was taken aback and ruined your reputation, why am I not crazy?

  Although he has a quirky personality, his style is tough enough on the court, and even the postman Malone dares to be tough on the court, but he definitely doesn't want to provoke a ruthless guy like Old K off the court.

   "Old K, what did you say?"

  Jordan was also at a loss, and quickly inserted himself between the two.

"It's okay if this guy doesn't come to the sun, he actually said that he is afraid that I will hit him? I X, am I the one who hits my teammates? This is not slandering me? If you run away, you will lose tens of millions. If you don’t settle the account today, everyone don’t play.” Old Wang roared.

  Jordan and Rodman have a headache at the same time, bastard, blatant blackmail, what can I do? Are we going to call the police?

  Rodman hurriedly shouted: "Old K, you listen to my sophistry, no, no, you listen to me..."

  Jordan covered his forehead and sighed, **** big bug, why don't you say it if you don't know what to say?

   "Listen, he himself admitted that he was arguing, what else is there to say now?" Old Wang said succinctly.

"Ha ha…"

   Kevin Johnson and the others couldn't help it, and laughed loudly in the back.

   "Old K, tell me, what do you want to do?" Glancing at Lightning and them, Jordan said angrily.

"Apologize."

   Old Wang Qiang held back his laughter and said with a serious look.

"You come."

   Jordan quickly stepped aside and tilted his head at Rodman. He didn't take this job.

   Rodman, with his colorful short hair, glared at the old king with his neck stubbed: "Old K, I really didn't say those words, I just said the wrong word."

   "Do you still need to quibble?" Old Wang said with a stern face.

  Rodman immediately looked embarrassed, what the heck, I really made a mistake just now, what I want to say is to distinguish.

"Feel sorry."

   After thinking about it, he still apologized, otherwise he would be in trouble if he was entangled by the **** K.

"Ha ha…"

   After flirting with the big bug, Lao Wang was in a good mood, and he took care of himself and led the crowd to appear.

   "This bastard, he is finding fault with us." Rodman said dissatisfiedly.

   "Forget it, your words did have an impact on him." Jordan said.

  Rodman pouted and influenced his ass. Old K is famous for being the most vicious and the first of the four villains. Is that something I can influence?

   At eight o'clock, the game starts.

   During the jump ball, Pharaoh suddenly didn't want to jump. He jumped every time. This kind of thing is not important. It's time to let the younger brother go out. This kind of trivial thing can't always be left to the boss, right?

   "Ben, on."

   He stepped back, tilted his head, and gestured.

   Big Ben was startled, I jumped?

   He's not rude, he just jumps, isn't he half a head shorter than Clifford Robinson, I can jump faster than him!

   The result was true, Ben Wallace won the jump ball and the Suns attacked.

  Wang Tiejun entered the paint area from the free throw line, and Clifford Robinson went around.

  Although Ben Wallace has no shooting ability, he is not stupid. At this time, he did not enter the paint area, but pulled to the right wing.

   In this way, the big bug Rodman can't stick close to Wang Tiejun's left or right, forming a de facto team without the ball in advance, and his position must be kept at least an arm away.

   That's it now, Rodman is standing outside Wang Tiejun's arm, although it is still tight, there is finally a little space.

  Lightning Kevin Johnson had the ball, Jordan didn't switch as in the finals, but was guarded by Ron Harper.

   After Ron Harper was seriously injured, there was no threat on the offensive end, and he never made three-pointers, but after he became the main point guard, he has completely given up on offense and only does defense work.

   He mainly defends the No. 1 position. Jordan and Pippen are waiting for opportunities on the left and right flanks. The entire Bulls' perimeter is like an iron chain. Once the defensive strength increases, they can play an airtight and suffocating perimeter defense.

  Kevin Johnson felt a lot of pressure just as he passed the ball across the center line.

   The opposite Ron Harper stared at him like a ferocious gray wolf, and there were two blood-devouring American lions on the left and right flanks. If he was careless, he would be torn to shreds by these three defensive beasts.

   "Old K."

   At this moment, he saw that Old K was approaching the basket, and immediately crossed the ball, made a false pass, and shook back Ron Harper, and then shouted, and pushed the ball to the basket at the same time.

Just as Wang Tiejun was approaching the reasonable collision zone, he heard the cry of lightning and saw the ball coming in. He immediately turned around and used his body to block Rodman, who was one step away from his right. Clifford Robinson blocked and completed the card position, and when the ball arrived, he immediately stepped forward and grabbed the flying basketball with both hands.

"boom!"

   With the loud explosion of the basket, the basket instantly sank a foot.

"pretty!"

   Zhang Lei roared excitedly: "The first attack was an alley-oop dunk, and the cooperation between the Iron Army and Lightning is getting better and better."

   "Old K's card position is very good. He didn't have the body to block Kerry. Instead, he blocked Rodman and Zhang Gui, why is this?" Su Qun asked.

Zhang Lili explained with a smile: "Because Kerry is on top, it's too late to guard against him, just use the elbow to hold it up, but Rodman's position is lower and he moves faster, which may form an obstacle for him. , so use your body to get Rodman first."

  It's the Bulls' turn to attack.

  The Suns switched defenses, and when Clifford Robinson pulled away, Big Ben followed, and Wang Tiejun stayed in the low post to play against Rodman.

Big Bug and offensive ability are comparable to Ben Wallace, Old Wang completely ignored Big Bug, stared at the outside line, and said: "Big Bug, let's compare the rebounding, whoever wins today, please let the loser eat ten times. How about the medicated broccoli at K Martial Arts Hall?"

   "OK!"

The big bug is happy. Although Old K's rebounding is great, he is even higher than him this season, but tonight the Suns will face Jordan's offense. Old K must not be too energetic on rebounding. He is very hopeful. If you win, you can eat brood ten times if you win, which is a good bet.

  “Dennis…”

   Just as Jordan was running nearby, he heard the conversation between the two, and reminded a little speechlessly: "He said that the winner treats the guest. Do you want to win the treat, or deliberately lose to eat the broiler?"

  The big worm reacted immediately, glared at Lao Wang, and only wanted to scold people, Lao K, don't go too far, do you really think I'm stupid?

   "Jordan, you are such a clever ghost." Without deceiving anyone, Pharaoh glared at Jordan.

   At this point Ron Harper reached the top of the arc and gave the ball to Jordan.

   Big Ben has been pulled out by Kerry, there is no way to make up defense, and the coaching staff has not arranged for others to double-team Jordan, so after Jordan got the ball, a situation of singles against Person was formed.

"boom!"

   back-hit, then turned around and made a jump shot. The technical action was completed quite easily. Posen could only defend with his eyes, but unfortunately he was unlucky and missed.

"mine!"

   Rodman jumped up with his teeth and claws, grabbed the basketball with both hands, and spread his legs wide in the air.

   This exaggerated aerial action can allow him to occupy a very large space, intimidating and those who want to rebound. Whoever dares to come up and grab it must be prepared to be kicked.

   He used this move last time to kick Drexler out of the air, and the glider is still under overhaul.

   But at the same time he jumped up, another person jumped up, and his air gesture was almost as exaggerated as his movements. This person was Wang Tiejun.

   Thinking that the action of Comrade Pharaoh's rebounding was the Rodman of the inspection, he learned a perfect one.

   "Ouch!"

   "What's so special!"

   With a cry of exclamation and a cry of pain, the two kicked each other almost at the same time, but Lao Wang's arm was longer and he took the ball half a shot.

  Rodman was kicked down by Pharaoh, and the landing was unstable. After staggering two steps, he was supported by Jordan from behind, so he didn't fall.

Pharaoh's legs are longer, and he kicked the opponent for a moment. In fact, Rodman's foot just touched him without kicking him. In addition, he weighed more than Rodman, and his center of gravity was very stable. .

The referee near    moved his mouth, but did not blow his whistle, and pointed to the frontcourt of the Suns to signal the game to continue.

Although this is the home court of the Bulls, the status difference between Rodman and Old K is too far. If you want to give a star whistle, you can only give Old K, and definitely not Rodman. down, he chose not to whistle.

   He wasn't injured anyway, and Rodman didn't argue, smiled and rushed to the backcourt.

   "唿"

   At this time, Phil Jackson blew his hooligan whistle on the sidelines, and when Jordan and the others looked over, they immediately shouted: "Pack the ball man."

   This one will kill the Suns.

  Kevin Johnson, under pressure from Ron Harper, passed the ball to Finley.

  Finley just got the ball, Pippen immediately pressed, and Ron Harper also pounced on Finley and implemented a double-team.

   On the right, Jordan jumped on Kevin Johnson for a supplementary defense.

  Then Rodman, who was in the low post, emptied his big money, pounced on Posen above, and also made a supplementary defense.

  Finley was double-teamed. His ball-handling ability has not yet been developed. How dare he continue to hold the ball. He can only pass back to Kevin Johnson in a hurry.

"Snapped!"

   Jordan just made up the defense and broke the ball.

  The Bulls took the opportunity to counterattack, hit a fast break, and Jordan hit a layup.

   "The Bulls' perimeter defense is too strong." Su Qun sighed.

   "Did you notice the details just now?"

After    asked a question, Zhang rationally analyzed: "Ron Harper just pressed the Lightning, and he did his best to block the Lightning's pass-to-receive line to the Iron Army, forcing the opponent to pass the ball to the wings only.

   At the same time, Pippen is the same, he also blocked the pass and catch line of Finley and the Iron Army while pressing.

   In addition, Jordan and Rodman are both very fast in supplementary defense. They have seized the weakness of Big Ben, and they are completely reassured and daring to supplement defense, which perfectly locks Sunyang's perimeter. "

   "Then the Suns are in danger?" Su Qun asked.

"I'm afraid, last season because of the glider, he could establish two fulcrums on the perimeter. He and Lightning echo each other. With Dan Marley, the Bulls can't lock up, but now whether it's Finley or Posen, they can't support each other. To play another fulcrum, Lightning can't support alone outside." Zhang Lili said.

   As he expected, the Suns had no moves, and Westphal had nothing to do. The absence of the lineup was a hard injury, and the effect of tactics was limited.

   Last season's lineup of the Suns defeated the Bulls, and now the Bulls' lineup also restrains the Suns.

  In fact, the change is not big. The Suns lack a glider, and the Bulls can lock their perimeter with a strong defense. This is restraint.

The outside line was locked. Wang Tiejun was in a hurry and couldn’t get the ball. He began to devote his energy to rebounding and defense. Together with Big Ben, he blocked the penalty area and sent big caps one after another on the defensive end. Jordan and Pippen did not. Escaped his block and had to reduce the break in the ensuing time.

It's just that although he used a strong defense to stop the Bulls' low-post attack and also had a good performance in rebounding, the Bulls controlled the outside line, causing a lot of mistakes on the outside line of the Suns, losing a lot of ball possession, and the advantage of rebounding could not be recovered. , At the same time, Jordan's pull-up jumper is very accurate, the mid-range shot is repeated, and the hand feels hot, and the Bulls continue to expand the score advantage.

   In the 8th minute of the fourth quarter, the Suns had trailed by 18 points.

"Snapped!"

   But Pharaoh didn't give up. When Pippen made a breakthrough dunk, he slapped his cap. Pippen fell to the floor, his back injury recurred, and he ended in a truce.

  Pippen was injured, it was an opportunity for the Suns, and he began to lead the team to counterattack.

It's a pity that Pippen's end did not really solve the Suns' perimeter problem. Several perimeter areas were in extremely poor condition due to the oppressive defense of the Bulls, and they failed to recover. In addition, the score gap was too large. In the end, this The Suns still lost the game, 96:109 points, lost 13 points, and only chased 5 points in the last four minutes.

Wang Tiejun played for 45 minutes and could not get outside support in the low post. He was like a source of no water. He made 11 of 18 shots, a shooting rate of 61.1%, and 6 of 8 free throws. He scored 28 points, 17 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 steals, 7 3 blocks, 4 fouls, 3 turnovers.

  Rodman's help defense still had a certain impact on him, causing him an offensive foul and a walk, and also blocked his three direct shots to the basket, forcing him to shoot, and his hit rate decreased.

This time Rodman played 41 minutes and grabbed 11 rebounds. Beside Wang Tiejun, his height disadvantage was very serious. Many rebounds were taken away by Lao Wang, and Big Ben also took it away from him. 7 rebounds.

At the end of the game, in the CCTV live broadcast booth, Zhang Lili sighed: "There were too many mistakes, the team made 21 mistakes, 17 from the outside, the Suns had 8 more rebounds than the Bulls, and more blocks than the Suns. Six, but in terms of turnovers, too many possessions were lost."

   "I can't pass the ball, I can't do anything, I can't go outside, I can't win, I only lost 13 points in the end, it's already calculated." Su Qun shook his head and sighed.

   "It's the Tiejun's strong rebounding and defense, or at least a score difference of more than 30 points." Zhang Li said.

  In the TNT live broadcast booth, Albert analyzed: "If the Suns can't establish a second ball holding point on the outside, then there is no way to break the Bulls' strong outside defense."

   "Yes, if the outside line is not strong, it can't provide support for the inside line. The old K played quite awkwardly tonight and couldn't catch the ball." John Hanks said.

Albert laughed: "So he put his sulking on the defensive end, and even gave out seven big caps. Pippen and Jordan were very strong at the beginning, and they played several balls, but they also ate a few big shots from him. Hat, I don't get in much from the back."

  John Hanks said with a smile: "Two Jordans, three Pippen, one Tony Kukoc, one Ron Harper, and one steal each of Pippen and Clifford Robinson.

In addition, today's undrafted Ben Wallace of the Suns also performed well. Although he only grabbed 7 rebounds next to Rodman, the Big Worm only had 11 rebounds, and he also blocked a Big Worm's second time. Offensively, he stole Toni Kukoc once and successfully covered Jordan several times. He was very active on the defensive end and had a large area of ​​help.

   Of course, now Ben Wallace's defense is not as good as AC Green, Green is very good in defense and rebounding. "

Albert continued: "Although the Bulls won today, the low post success rate is only 56%, and the low post shot is not too many, only 17 times. Under the illegal hand foul, Jordan and Pippen made a lot of breakthroughs, but Not a lot of shots to the basket, usually mid-range shots."

John Hanks said: "Clifford Robinson hardly made a low post shot, and Big Worm didn't grab two offensive rebounds. This game has zero points. The Bulls' low post attack relies entirely on outside driving layups. After a big cap, Jordan and Pippen significantly reduced driving layups.

   So today's game, the Bulls played a suffocating perimeter defense, while the Suns played an admirable interior defense, both sides played very well. It's just a pity that the Suns' offense is weak, which is the only reason for the Suns to lose. "

Albert suddenly withdrew the smile on his face and reminded seriously: "But the Bulls can't be careless, once the Suns can establish two fulcrums on the outside like last season, then with the Suns' rebounding ability and interior defense ability, Old K's terrifying low post offensive ability, the Bulls will be in trouble."

His words made all the Bulls fans who heard it recalled the scene of being swept in the last finals, with the bones of the inside players being broken, the memory of being completely dominated by the opponent and completely dominated by the old K , so that they all have the idea of ​​​​deleting their memories.

At this time, John Hanks also said solemnly: "The Suns are in the process of rebuilding this season. If they can achieve the No. 1 record in the West during the rebuilding, it can be seen that the Suns and the old K are strong, so in fact, the Suns' lineup is not the same. Not weak, but quite powerful.

But we have to keep in mind that the Suns now hold three first-round picks this year, and their draft target must be the outside, three picks, as long as a satisfactory rookie is selected, the Suns will be in the next few years. within, it is very likely to rule the alliance. "

   (end of this chapter)