Chapter 536: Choose K with K, choose Joe without K?

   Next is the best lineup, divided into one, two and three teams.

   The best third team, the center position is David Robinson, and the best second team center is O'Neal, then there is no suspense in the next round.

   Sure enough, then the best first team was announced. Pharaoh was selected for the best first team as he wished, and won the double first team for the second time in his career.

  The remaining four of the best first team are Duncan, Karl Malone, Jordan and Payton.

   He and Karl Malone, Jordan, Payton, four people were selected for the double first team at the same time.

   But when he turned on the system and looked forward to getting the reward, the system gave him a blow.

   "What about sending beggars, only 100 points for a double burst?"

   In addition to these 100 points, there are only 1900 points in his hand, and he madly complained about the stinginess of the system in his heart.

   The last time he unlocked the function card that was broken and then stood up, a full 50,000 points can only be redeemed. What year and month will he be able to accumulate 50,000 points?

   In the afternoon, Pharaoh received a call from Rasheed Wallace.

   "Old K, I'm back, the plane just arrived in Los Angeles."

   "The holiday is over? I'm not that in a hurry here, you know."

"You're not in a hurry, I'm in a hurry. I heard Lightning said that they are all going to go to China for vacation with you, and I want to go too. If you don't come earlier, you can't find someone else? And the finals, I don't come, I can't spend my own money. Buy a ticket to watch the game?"

   Lao Wang is speechless, how come everyone is as good as a monkey?

   An hour later, Rasheed Wallace arrived at the old man's villa in Beverly Hills.

He was here for the first time, looked at the manor villa, and said enviously: "Old K, I can't afford such a villa myself, you can get me to the Lakers, trade me with Kobe, and I will live here when I come. you here."

   Kobe was also there, and he jumped and scolded: "Trash, what the **** did you come up with? It's a beautiful idea, but we have Danny Fortson's rebounding monster, and we don't lack your troll."

"Ha ha…"

  Rasheed Wallace just wanted to make Kobe laugh.

  Pharaoh arranged for the spray to live next door to the big dream. Just after the arrangement was made, Pippen came by appointment.

   "Old Pi, you can stay there if you can, but if you can't, arrange a hotel." Old Wang asked Pippen after taking a look at the room.

   "What's not to live in? A hundred times better than our original home in the slum." Pippen put down his luggage without saying a word.

   "Lao Pi, how's business going recently? Among us, you are the only one who opened a trading company." Da Meng sat down on Pippen's bed and asked casually.

Speaking of this, Pippen said to Pharaoh with gratitude: "Old K, it wasn't you, I would have gone bankrupt. Business has been good recently, my company has received a lot of orders from the K era, and my credit rating has been restored. "

   Old Wang shook his head and said, "You can slow down without my help. You know, it's only a while later. Besides, I still need your help."

   "Small thing, old K, I promise to teach them all my skills." Pippen patted his chest and assured.

   The next day, Pharaoh held a party at home, and invited some friends from Beverly Hills to come to the party, plus a group of people from Big Dream, as well as Kobe and other Lakers teammates, to relax.

  …

"Old K defeated the Flying Man Michael Jordan three times in the finals, maintaining a record of all victories, and against the Flying Man, he has a great psychological advantage. When the Flying Man faced Old K with one loss, two losses and three losses, then the upcoming In the fourth finals matchup, will he lose four? All Lakers fans believe he will, and he has enough experience to lose four." Los Angeles Daily.

"Jordan is undoubtedly the No. 1 shooting guard in history, he made the position of shooting guard shine brightly, and if we go back in time and go back to the 1984 draft, we believe he will be the No. 1 pick in that session. However, there is a question, if Jordan and old K enter the draft at the same time, then who will be the No. 1 pick in that class? We believe it is old K. There is K for K, and there is no K for Joe, that is the only answer." Phoenix Sun.

   A few days before the finals, the media hype has already started.

This finals will be the fourth finals matchup between Jordan and Pharaoh, and both of them have changed teams. At the same time, it will be a contest between two behemoths, and then there will be Jordan, the first shooting guard, and him. The contests between the second point guards, which are admitted by themselves, are particularly eye-catching.

  There are media speculations that Jordan's contract will end when he finishes playing. If he can't win Old K this time, he is likely to retire directly.

   This news has attracted the attention of the fans. Unfortunately, the media cannot find Jordan these days. Jordan's mobile phone is turned off, the phone is unplugged, and the person seems to be missing.

   Offshore New York, Jordan is hiding on a borrowed yacht fishing, O'Neal and Oakley are with him.

  The yacht is very high-end, with a length of more than 40 meters, three floors, a fitness room, and even a miniature basketball court for shooting training. They can eat, sleep and sleep here, which is very comfortable.

  Someone will deliver some newspapers to the yacht every day. When breakfast is almost eaten, today's newspapers will be delivered.

Jordan just finished eating. He picked up the newspaper, walked from the dining table to the sofa next to him, sat down, flipped it, and picked up the Los Angeles Daily. What will the media say.

"boom!"

When he saw one loss, two losses, three losses, and four losses later, he was directly angry. The latter sentence said that he had sufficient experience to achieve four losses, especially when he had the urge to vomit blood. He kicked O'Neal's chair in front of him.

  O'Neal was still eating breakfast, startled, turned around and shouted, "Michael, do you want to choke me?"

"Feel sorry."

  Jordan threw out the Los Angeles Journal, and below was the Phoenix Sun.

   He hesitated for a moment. Although Old K left the Suns, the Phoenix media was still heavily biased towards him. However, with the same thought as before, curiosity killed the cat, so he still opened the newspaper.

   "K with K, Joe without K?"

   When he saw this, he snorted coldly and threw the newspaper away again.

  Oakley got up and picked up the Los Angeles Daily. After sitting down beside Jordan, he opened it and said, "Michael, the media in Los Angeles will definitely target you, it's not surprising."

   "I know that." Jordan nodded.

   At this time, O'Neal shouted with the Sun newspaper: "It's unfair, old K's physical talent is not as good as mine. It should be a shark who chooses a shark, and a shark who chooses Joe, right?"

   After he finished speaking, he looked at Oakley and Jordan, hoping to get their support.

   But at a glance, I only saw Jordan's angry eyes and Oakley's teasing smile, and I couldn't help but be stunned.

   "Sharks choose sharks, and sharks choose Joe." Jordan scolded.

   He would rather be overwhelmed by Old K. After all, Old K has won him three finals in a row. How can O'Neal, a guy with no honor, overwhelm him in the draft?

  “…”

   O'Neal shrank his head, and hurriedly turned to eat his breakfast.

"Ha ha…"

  Oakley couldn't hold back, holding his stomach and laughing.

  …

   "One loss, two losses, three losses and four losses? Haha! The Los Angeles Daily is not bad, it's really good." At the breakfast table, Lao Wang burst out laughing.

"Let me see."

   Buckley dropped his knife and ran over, snatching the newspaper.

Next to   , Lightning held the Sun and laughed and said, "If you have K, choose K, if you don't have K, choose Joe. Old K, the media in Phoenix still favors you."

   "K with K, Joe without K? Haha, I'm afraid Jordan is going to be mad?" Pharaoh said after a while, and laughed again.

  …

   Starting on the 30th, the Lakers will resume training within the team, and a tactical meeting was held this morning, from the owner Bass to the players, all relevant personnel participated.

After the meeting, assistant coach Kurt Rambis first introduced the Knicks' lineup information, saying: "Their main lineup and the first team in the regular season, the inside lineup is Shaquille O'Neal and Oakley, the small forward is the veteran, and the deadly shooter Dale Ailey , the back line combination is Jordan and Charlie Ward.

In terms of replacement players, there are also three veterans in hand, shooting guard Terry Porter, forwards Terry Cummings and Jeremy Corsey, plus Ellis who entered the main lineup, they have four Veteran, and these veterans still have oil in their fuel tanks, so they are not weak. "

  Head coach Harris said at this time: "Gentlemen, let me say one thing first. In the finals, our main lineup will be adjusted. I hope everyone will adjust their mentality."

   Everyone looked at each other, including the boss, Old Buss, who didn't know who Harris was going to take.

   Kobe couldn't help looking at Pharaoh, a little worried that his main position would be removed.

   At this time, assistant coach Kurt Rambis said: "Now I will announce the starting list for the G1 game, center old K, power forward Danny Fortson, small forward Rick Fox..."

"I?"

   Fox was instantly excited, God, the finals arranged me to start?

   "My place is gone."

   The most critical finals were taken away from the main position. Kobe could not help but grit his teeth and clenched his fists. Although he was a little disappointed, he was not depressed. Sooner or later, he would use his performance to get the main position back.

   "The shooting guard..."

Speaking of which, Cortrambis paused for a moment. He saw Kobe's eyes, full of determination and perseverance. He couldn't help nodding. This kid is quite confident and knows that his position will not be lost. Yes, he continued: "The shooting guard is Richmond..."

   "Sure enough." Kobe secretly said.

   There was a glimmer of hope, but now there is no more.

   He actually very much hopes to face Jordan in the finals, but unfortunately, he can only look forward to the future.

   Richmond clenched his fists and breathed a sigh of relief.

   Of course, he is not too worried. With his strength, it is impossible to lose the main position. Let him play the 3rd position in the front, and now let him return to the familiar guard position. Of course, the purpose is to let him play against Jordan.

Of course he is very clear that he is not Jordan's opponent, but the current Lakers, in the second position, from offense to defense, only he can play the main force of this position, he is the strongest outside, both offense and defense, others and Jordan is farther away.

   At this time, Cort Rambis continued: "Point guard, Kobe."

"what?"

  Mark Price was startled, it turned out that he lost his position.

"I?"

   Kobe was stunned.

   Only Pharaoh was not surprised, because the team had already notified him.

   The reason why Fox was in the main lineup was because of his versatility and mainly because of his defense.

  Mark Price has no defense. It is definitely impossible to face the Knicks. The Lakers will definitely double-team Jordan on the perimeter. The point guard also needs strong defensive ability, so his position is destined to be taken away.

The reason for letting Kobe play the No. 1 position is because he has played this position before, and he is also young, fast break, fast break defense, singles, breakthroughs, jumpers, air cuts, all of them can, with comprehensive skills, let other veterans stand up , might as well let him fight.

   In addition, the Knicks are dominated by Charlie Ward, who is average in strength, just a role player. Kobe plays the No. 1 position, so there should be no pressure.

At this time, head coach Harris said: "Everyone should be clear that there is not much difference between our main lineup and the bench lineup. All the main rotation players have a lot of playing time, so I hope you don't let the position change. There's a change in mentality."

   As a veteran, Mark Price has quickly calmed down and said at this time: "Don't worry, coach, I can accept the change of position."

   Harris nodded and said, "That's good, now I'll talk about tactics."

   He first talked about defensive tactics. Defense brings championships. He is also a coach who focuses on defense, saying:

"I talked to old K. He will play against Shaquille O'Neal, and his position does not need to help defend. At the 4th position, Oakley usually pulls out on the offensive end, Danny, you don't want Oakley to get a lot of space. Just be in position. But be careful not to foul casually, you can't get past 30 minutes of playing time, you know why."

   "Got it, coach." Danny Fortson said quickly, in high spirits.

   As a rookie, he can start in the finals, and now he is very excited.

   Harris continued: "Three, Dale Ellis is a shooter, Rick, don't let him go, he's shooting a horrible 42.3 percent from 3-point range in the first three rounds of the series.

   Fortunately, he doesn't take many three-pointers, averaging 2.6 and 1.1 hits per game, so you don't want him to get more three-pointers. "

   "I know, coach, I won't give him a chance." Fox nodded confidently.

  Assistant coach Cortlandbis added at this time: "Rick, you still have the task of helping to defend Jordan, so Ellis will definitely get an open opportunity, which requires you to make faster help and defense."

   "Understood." Fox nodded quickly.

   Harris continued: "Second position, Mitch, try to reduce Jordan's offensive quality as much as possible. Kobe and Rick will help you."

   "OK."

   Richmond took a deep breath, and from now on, a huge pressure was on his chest.

   He and Jordan played a total of 17 games, all of them in the regular season. He has been in the Western Conference and has never played in the finals before, and he has no chance to play against Jordan in the playoffs.

   In 17 regular season games, he has 13 losses and 4 wins. The team record is at an absolute disadvantage. Compared with the score, he scored 20.7 points and shot 44.5%, while Jordan scored 28.6 points and 53.1%.

   In addition, Jordan also has an overall advantage in other statistics such as rebounds and assists, which is considered to be crushing him in all directions, and this is his pressure.

   He is against Jordan. Not only will he lose more points than he will score, but he will also be overwhelmed by Jordan in other aspects. For him, for the team, he is negatively efficient.

He is also very clear that if the other three positions can be tied, and if the old K can't make up for his disadvantage, then the Lakers will lose. Instead, the old K can make up for his disadvantage here and pull back more, then A chance to win.

   Harris added: "Number 1, Kobe, most of your attention on the defensive end should be on defending Jordan, Charlie Ward's strength is average, and he doesn't make many shots.

But like Ellis, he also has a pretty good open 3-pointer, averaging a terrifying 42.9 percent of his 3-pointers per game in the first three series, but with less open space, averaging 2.1 shots per game , averaging 0.9 hits per game.

   So you don't give him too many vacancies. After helping defend Jordan, you should pay attention to returning to the defense in time. "

   "Understood, I will stare at him." Kobe said with confidence.

   Harris added: "Although the Knicks have a strong inside line, whether it is offensive or defensive, our inside line is stronger than them, so the finals..."

   When it comes to the word finals, he himself feels a lot of pressure because the Knicks are too strong.

After a pause, he continued: "So in the finals, our defense focus is still on the perimeter. We must pay attention to the help defense, we can't let Jordan shoot at will, we must try to reduce his offensive quality, and try to cut off him and O'Neal as much as possible. connect.

  Mickey, Rick, Kobe, you are all defensive players. I hope you can play your best defense in the finals. "

   "Yes." The three of them shouted in unison.

   Harris continued: "Judging from the regular season and the first three rounds of the series, Jordan has more ball possessions in the Knicks and no longer plays without the ball like he did in the Bulls.

Because Phil Jackson can't find another Pippen in the Knicks, and O'Neal is not the old K. The old K can be the starting point of the offense, and O'Neal can only be the ending point of the offense, so controlling the ball is a greater physical fitness for Jordan. consumption.

   But let's not underestimate his fitness, his minutes have been in control throughout the regular season, even in the first three rounds of the series.

  Jordan has more possession of the ball, which is also beneficial for us to double-team him. I ask the perimeter players to quickly double-team, and then quickly cover and return to defense. "

After arranging defensive tactics, he began to arranging offensive tactics again, saying: "Based on the analysis of O'Neal's previous fights with Old K, the Knicks should not double-team Old K, so that there will not be many opportunities for our perimeter to get vacancies. This requires us to be able to hold the ball and attack by ourselves while the old K is breathing.

  Mickey, Kobe, you all have the ability to hold the ball and also have the ability to play singles. You lead the perimeter offense.

  Mitch, if Jordan is defending you, you can attract his defense, pull him to the flank, and give the ball to Kobe to single on the other wing.

  Rick, you are waiting on the perimeter for a vacant opportunity. If you have a chance, you can shoot without hesitation. Also, you have to pay attention to the pick-and-roll for Mickey.

  Mickey, you can shoot more accurately from the top of the arc. You can do a pick-and-roll with Kobe on the top of the arc and shoot there. Kobe, you have to pay attention to the pick-and-roll with Mickey. "

   "OK." The three nodded at the same time.

  Fox is very versatile, but his offensive ability is not strong with the ball. He belongs to a 3D-type forward and guard swingman. This is the reason why Harris let him wait for opportunities on the perimeter.

   And Richmond's flank shot is actually not as accurate as his top of the arc, and the shot after the pick-and-roll is more accurate, so Harris asked him to play pick-and-roll with Kobe more at the top of the arc, and also asked Fox to do the pick-and-roll for him.

As for Kobe, Harris asked him to avoid Jordan and play singles, because in the Knicks' perimeter main lineup, Dale Ellis' defense is not good, and Charlie Ward has defense, but he is a point guard, and his height and tonnage are not as good as Kobe's. With Kobe's singles ability, whether it is singles Ellis or Charlie Ward, there are good opportunities.

  Harris added: "At the same time, we should pay attention to coordination with the old K's inner and outer lines on the outside. The breakout tactics are our basic tactics. When the inside team breaks through, we must pay attention to covering."

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   (end of this chapter)