Chapter 377 The Lakers' Plan

   On the spot, the game continues.

When the postman was not there, Hornacek became the first point of attack, and encountered the most rigorous defense and double-teaming. He was not the kind of person with super-powerful offense with the ball, and his talent was not outstanding. Wang Tiejun got the backcourt rebound and the Suns attacked.

After all, the Jazz are not a Bull, and they don’t have such a strong perimeter defense. Although the Suns have no lightning, the speed of Perry, a new force, is still quite fast. He shook off Stockton by running in a wide range, and quickly advanced after receiving the ball. Tocton has been playing until now, and his physical strength is gone, and the defensive intensity has also dropped, so the Suns' perimeter has survived at the last moment.

   There is no problem with the outside line, and for the Suns, there will be no problem.

"boom!"

  Wang Tiejun scored a goal again, this time Spencer fell at his feet, making it two plus one.

   "Beautiful! We are still two points behind now, one point behind in penalty entry, there are still 51 seconds left, and there is still a chance." Su Qun roared excitedly.

  Pharaoh stood on the free throw line, but unfortunately, he failed to hit the extra penalty due to excessive physical consumption. At 104:102, the Suns trailed by two points, and the Jazz attacked.

   Stockton and Hornacek played high pick-and-roll tactics. After dismantling, the former held the ball and rushed into the paint area, while the latter was at the top of the outside arc.

  Perry immediately switched with Posen.

   "It's still Hornacek!"

   Seeing Stockton's back pass, Zhang Lili reminded loudly.

"brush!"

  The basketball slid over Perry's palm, fell from the peak, and pierced the net.

"Ugh!"

  The Westside Arena sighed for a while, and countless fans looked at Hornacek, the death light gun, with a complicated mood.

   "Oh, three points, that's true! Hornacek is showing no mercy to the parent team!" Su Qun sighed.

   "Perry's height is not high enough. After the pick-and-roll just now, the defense is still very fast, a little shorter." Zhang Lili shook his head.

   "107:102, 5 points behind, 33 seconds left." Su Qun said.

  The Suns attacked, Perry quickly advanced to the frontcourt, Wang Tiejun immediately entered the basket, and the Jazz immediately shrank their defense. Power forward Kyle and small forward David Benoit all rushed to the basket.

   At the last moment, the Jazz's perimeter finally participated in the defense of the low post. Because of the loss of the postman, the double team of the two insiders alone could not guard against the old K.

  The moment Pharaoh caught the ball, he threw it directly and the ball flew to Horry.

   It's not that he doesn't want to fight, it's really a fight, and his physical fitness is long enough. If he chooses to play hard at this time, his opponent is likely to choose foul tactics.

   And Horry's performance this year is indeed very stable, especially the ball at critical moments, the shot is more accurate than usual, he can only choose to trust Horry.

   A step inside the left-wing 3-point line, at a forty-five-degree position, Horry caught the ball, wide open, he took a step back calmly, stepped back beyond the 3-point line, and then jumped up and threw the ball to the basket.

"brush!"

  The water splashed, and the three-pointer was in.

"pretty!"

  Suqun roared excitedly.

"what!"

  Mexican Arena also burst into cheers.

  107:105, with 13 seconds left in the game, and the Jazz leading by two points, they called a final timeout after serving.

   "Drag until the last second, I want three points."

Jerry Long said the first sentence in a deep voice, and then added: "If they implement foul tactics, deal with it calmly, if they can score two goals, we will win, only one goal, we also have a chance, but we must To guard their 3-pointer, Horry and Posen can't make a single one."

On the Suns side, Westphal was surrounded by all the players and said: "Foul tactics, try to find the one with the lowest free throw percentage.

   If they make both free throws, we have to grab a three-pointer and repeat the foul tactics. If there is only one of them, we will also make a three-pointer and try to go to overtime. "

   Then the timeout ends and the game begins.

The   Jazz replaced Spencer and added an extra forward. The main small forward at the 3rd position, Chris Morris and the backup small forward David Benoit, both came on, and their free throw percentages were both above 70%.

   "Di!"

   The referee's whistle sounded, and Big Ben fouled Chris.

   "Hoo!"

  Chris Morris took a deep breath and dribbled the ball several times before throwing it.

"boom!"

   Mentality is very important at critical moments. Morris’s mental quality is average and he failed to make a penalty.

   Several Jazz players came up to give him high fives, and then he was about to make a second free throw.

   "The postman is resting, you should surrender." This is a trash talk from Lao Wang.

   Morris's hands trembled when he heard it.

"boom!"

   Under the influence of Pharaoh's trash talk, the second penalty was forfeited.

Pharaoh grabbed the backcourt rebound. By this time, Person and Perry were already trying their best to get off. Stockton and Hornacek were both old and played another game, unable to keep up with the two. young people.

  Especially Stockton, Perry just came on the court, ran fast, and got rid of him a lot.

   "Whoosh!"

  Pharaoh made a long pass and sent the ball out.

   Perry caught the ball, got to the basket in three steps, and made a layup.

   "Beautiful, level 107!"

  Suqun exclaimed excitedly, but turned around and said, "If only Perry could make a three-pointer just now, go ahead."

   "With 5 seconds left, how will the Suns defend?" Zhang Lili asked curiously.

  The Suns have not suspended, only the players on the court decide how to play, and at this time, the role of the core on the court is reflected.

   "Don't foul easily, we enter overtime, we have an advantage in overtime." Pharaoh made a decision.

  The game continued. The Jazz attacked and served in the backcourt. After a few passes, the ball came to Bennott. Big Ben defended. He shot a three-pointer, missed, and the ball hit the rebound.

   Then, after a short break, the two sides will play overtime.

   As Pharaoh said, in overtime, the advantage went to the Suns. Wilkins and Perry partnered in the backline. Both of them are fresh troops and there is no problem with their physical fitness.

   Wilkins is the main attack, Wang Tiejun is responsible for rebounding and defense, and cooperates inside and outside.

   As for the Jazz, Stockton and Hornacek are not physically fit, but no one can replace them, they must continue to play.

After five minutes, the Suns played a 10-4 attack wave, Wilkins scored 4 points, Wang Tiejun scored 2 points, 2 rebounds and an offensive rebound, Horry made a hit Perry made a fast break, and everyone cooperated together. With a score of 111:117, he defeated the Jazz and won the G2 battle.

   "The competition process was very hard, but the results were good." Zhang Heli sighed.

   "It depends on how the lightning damage is. If you can't come back next time, it will be troublesome." Su Qun was a little worried.

   "It also depends on the postman's injury. If he doesn't come back, the Suns can still win." Zhang Lili laughed.

Su Qun took the data sheet and said: "In overtime, Lao K played 50 minutes and only rested for three minutes. He made 14 of 22 shots, 63.6% from the field, 12 of 19 free throws, and 63.1% of the shots. 40 points, 24 rebounds, 7 assists, 1 steal, 5 blocks, 3 turnovers and 4 fouls."

   Zhang Lili said: "Wilkins scored 22 points today and Horry scored 19 points. They both performed well. Without everyone's efforts, this game cannot be won."

   On the sidelines, Wang Tiejun was anxious about the lightning injury. He hastily ended the on-site interview and left the stadium with his teammates.

  Finley can’t make the playoffs anymore. If he can’t even play the Lightning, then this second-round series might be overturned by the Jazz.

   Whoever he loses to, he doesn't want to lose to Black and White Shuangsha.

   As soon as he entered the locker room, he saw Andrew John, the team doctor who was doing nothing, and quickly asked, "Andrew, where's Lightning? How's his knee?"

  Andrew said: "Aaron has sent him to Dr. Carter. He thought it was a hard injury, but there was redness and swelling on the back. Although it was only a little bit, I'm afraid it would be troublesome.

   "Ma's!"

   Old Wang scolded.

   "Tie Jun, you should take a medicinal bath first." Gao Bin said at this time.

   He nodded and asked again, "Do you know about the postman?"

   Andrew John said: "The media followed him to the hospital. There is no news yet. Calculate the time and should have just arrived at the hospital."

  Just finished soaking in the medicated bath and was about to go to the press conference when the news of Lightning came back. There was no major problem. After the treatment, the redness and swelling have begun to subside, but it is best to take a rest for the next game.

  Pharaoh and others are relieved, it doesn't matter if they take a break, they are leading two games now, and at most they will lose one away game, which will not affect the overall situation.

   At this time, news from the postman also came, and there was no major problem as well.

   "It's a loss."

   Lao Wang is unhappy and authentic.

   On the field just now, he knocked over the postman by taking advantage of the situation, and he didn't have any strength. It's a pity that he didn't hurt the postman.

Now he is not what he used to be. Whether it is the endorsements on his body or the identity of the national team, we must pay attention to the issue of personal image. He will also be the spokesperson for the capital's bid for the Olympics in the future. You can be tough, but you can't be dirty, you can't fight on the field, and you can become famous, which is an alternative shackle.

He glanced at the other people, and none of them had a dirty style. Ben Wallace looked fierce, but he was actually kind and honest in his heart. Let Big Ben do those things, this is his teammate, not his thug.

   Forget it, let’s find a chance to teach the postman a lesson.

   He called Lightning and went to the press conference.

On the 10th, the Suns flew to Salt Lake City.

  Los Angeles, Lakers headquarters, there are not a single player left, they all go fishing, but the management is still busy.

  Bass is sitting in West's office, and the two discuss something.

   He has determined that he wants to rebuild the team, and the most important thing in rebuilding is the cornerstone of the team, so the day before yesterday, West and West went to Stern.

   Duncan was mentioned in the conversation. He believed that only a big city like Los Angeles was worthy of Duncan, which was recognized by Stern.

   He vaguely mentioned that he hoped to get a good lottery in 1997, and he would use that lottery to choose Duncan, and then Stern told him solemnly that which lottery was drawn is something that God can decide, and human factors cannot interfere.

   Hehe, on the day of the lottery, I hope God dresses up as David Stern, he can only look forward to it.

   But Duncan is next year, and this year's draft is also very important. Now the Lakers are preparing for trial training, and he and West are now making an invite list together.

   If Duncan can be selected next year, then there is no doubt that Duncan will be the core inside, so the team also needs a core outside.

   This perimeter core, it is best to be selected this year.

   The inside core Duncan can compare to the role of old K, so on the outside, he and West both think they need to find a "Jordan".

  According to the Lakers' scouting system, Jerry West is very interested in a young man, but that young man is too young, just a high school student, which requires a risk.

   But he is very optimistic about Kobe Bryant's talent and future, so this time he is ready to invite him to participate in the Lakers' trial.

   "Are you really optimistic about this high school student?" Bass asked suspiciously.

   If you read it wrong, and you haven’t succeeded after training for a few years, it will be bad. The reconstruction of the team will be delayed for a few years, which will have a great impact, so he is very cautious.

West said very seriously: "I have studied Kobe's information, from his personality, competitive spirit, physical talent, technology, he is optimistic about him, as for his lack of NCAA qualifications, I think that may make his growth a night. To two years, but he is less than eighteen years old and has enough room to grow.

   Moreover, according to my information, someone inside the Suns revealed that Kobe Bryant once followed Old K to learn his technique of relying on power. This news came from the Suns locker room. "

"real?"

  Jerry Bass stood up from the sofa in surprise.

   "But old K's power-generating technique is said to be very difficult to practice. Kobe didn't know if he didn't learn it. According to his game data, I haven't seen him use it." West said.

   "Jerry, invite that young man." Jerry Bass sat back on the sofa.

"OK."

   West nodded and added: "Our pick this year is No. 24. I'm afraid we won't be able to select Kobe. His predicted draft position is basically in the lottery, so it needs to be traded."

   "Let's take a look at the trial training first."

   Bass said something, and finally added: "If you really think it's okay, you can make a decision."

   "Okay, Jerry."

  West was very excited and anxious.

   In the past two years, successive operations have failed. The boss, Bass, is still willing to believe him. If this reconstruction fails, he can only resign.

   Old Buss said again at this time: "Also, Jerry, what if we find a way to get Jordan?"

"what?"

  Jerry West was surprised, the boss's ideas were more radical than his!

   Bass said excitedly: "I have to contact Stern, I hope he can acquiesce us to recruit Jordan through other means."

  West kept nodding and was very excited.

If it can be successful, the Duncan + Jordan lineup, with Duncan's performance in the NCAA, should not be bad after his debut, it will be very competitive, and then find a way to get a good Kobe, let Kobe play for Jordan for a few years As a backup, a few years later, when he grows up just to take Jordan's class, the team will be perfect.

  …

   This evening, the second round continued.

   The Knicks lost on the road, O'Neal was unable to match the team of Ewing and Hardaway, and fell behind by a big score of one to two.

   In another game, Mosaic, who had won two consecutive away games, returned to the home court and was about to win the G3 game in one go to get match point, and his momentum was very strong.

  Unfortunately, Drexler was seriously injured during the season, his form was not as good as before, and the game was not good. He made 6 of 17 shots, and the shooting rate was only 35%, and he only scored 15 points.

   David Robinson, who was one against three, had an explosion in this game, scoring 38 points and 15 rebounds, shooting 62.5%, 100:91, and leading the team to pull back one game.

  Sean Elliott also played very well, scoring 23 points, comparable to the second giant of the Spurs.

  After the game, Larry Bird, who was watching the game on the sidelines, accepted an interview with the media and said: "Although Mosaic's Big Three lineup is strong, I think it is only in name.

They have completely sacrificed the quality of the other positions and the bench in order to make up the Big Three, and no one can stand up to help them. Once one of the three of them has a problem, it can't continue, so I am not sure about the result of this game. Not surprised. "

   "So do you think the Spurs have any hope of winning this series?" the reporter asked.

   "I think the Spurs have a chance."

Larry Bird first gave a conclusion, and then explained: "I also said just now that Mosaic is too focused on the Big Three, and the Big Three are a hundred years old together, their playing time must be limited, and the weak The bench will hold them back, and as the series progresses, the Big Three's physical reserves will become less and less, and their lineup problems will become more and more serious.

In fact, this game has already exposed this problem. Drexler only played 31 minutes, and Barkley played 32 minutes. Their state is average. When they are on the court, they can hold a stalemate with the Spurs. In this game, the bench lineup was immediately destroyed by the Spurs. The Spurs' bench players scored a total of 26 points in this game, and how much is Mosaic? No more than 15 points, that's the proof. "

On the sidelines, David Robinson was interviewed and said excitedly: "We won, which shows that our persistence is right, our lineup configuration is more reasonable, the giant lineup is not competitive at all, and the Big Three are nothing special. It is not a dream to be able to pull it back and defeat the big dream, he is a coward in a group, and it must be us who have entered the Western Conference Finals."

   Whether it is physical, technical or game experience, he is at his peak at this time. He is 30 months younger than Da Meng, and he is just over 30 years old. If he wins this game, his confidence will come up.

   Big Dream and other Big Three were walking by. Hearing this sentence, Barkley and Drexler didn't react, but Big Dream gritted his teeth in anger.

   Walking into the player tunnel, he said to the two Barkleys: "Brothers, give me some strength. The three of us can't beat him. Where will we be in the 50th next year? It's possible to be at the bottom."

  Barkley and Drexler nodded in unison. They didn't care about the championship. They would definitely fight for the position of the top 50 superstars.

  Dameng saw the reaction of these two old people, he was suffocated to death, he wanted to curse people, what the hell, good for you, medicated food is fed to the dog, you all have championships, I haven't!

   (end of this chapter)