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Chapter 458 The Strongest Response: Tit-for-Tat Full-court Pressing

May 6rd, the G8 match day.

This morning, Colangelo brought two team doctors, Aron Nelson and Andrew John, to Wang Tiejun's room for an examination.

In fact, there is nothing wrong with Lao Wang's situation, but the finals are too important, so the management attaches great importance to any problems he has.

After some inspections, it was determined that there was nothing wrong with it, and they could play in G4.

Little Colangelo took out a few more thick-looking ankle braces, handed them to Old Wang, and said, "Old K, this is a new type of ankle brace, which has a strong fixation effect on the ankle joint. I bought it overnight. You can change to this one."

Pharaoh tried it, and it was really good, so he put it on.

In the afternoon, the team pulled to the United Center Arena for adaptive training.

Several coaches carefully observed Wang Tiejun's state and felt that there was no problem, but Nelson Jr. still insisted on reducing some playing time.

Danny Angie didn't dare. Faced with the bull's crazy counterattack, as long as the old K's leg was not broken, he could only choose to fuck the old K. He decided to continue to let the old king play the whole court, but he could reduce the old king's attack at the basket.

Although the offensive efficiency will be reduced in this way, as long as Lao Wang stands on the court, he is the most powerful threat. Even if he does not move, he can still divert a lot of defensive attention from the Bulls and reduce the Bulls' offensive efficiency.

Several assistant coaches finally agreed with his decision, and then discussed with Colangelo Jr., and Colangelo Jr. also agreed out of various considerations.

The next few people called Lao Wang to the sidelines and communicated with him. Lao Wang thought there was no problem. Now he didn't feel any discomfort in his left ankle, and the tightness felt very light, not even considered an injury.

After six o'clock, the Suns had dinner, and on their way back to the locker room, they ran into the Bulls.

"Jordan, the Bulls don't want you anymore, come to the Suns, let's win ten consecutive championships together." Old Wang shouted.

Jordan gave Lao Wang a hard look, and said with disdain: "I can still play 20+ performances in ten years, I'm afraid you will be lying on the bed."

"Damn it, dare to curse me to be paralyzed?"

Cursing inwardly, Pharaoh spouted angrily: "Old guy, congratulations on becoming a bargaining chip."

"Humph!"

Anger flashed in Jordan's eyes, and he snorted angrily, hating that he couldn't beat the damn old K, so he could only grit his teeth and walked over quickly.

The game started at [-]:[-], and before [-]:[-], the United Center was already full of people. No matter how high the air conditioner was turned on, it couldn't handle the crowd.

At 07:30, the two sides announced the starting lineup, and at the same time came off the bench to warm up.

Suns: Wang Tiejun, Rasheed Wallace, Robert Horry, Kidd, Kevin Johnson

Bulls: Rick Schmitz, Rodman, Pippen, Jordan, Ron Harper
In the CCTV live broadcast seat, Zhang Reasonable analyzed: "The G4 game is too important. Whoever wins may win the championship. The Suns will definitely strive to win this game. If they lose, it will be difficult."

Su Qun nodded solemnly and said, "Yes, if the Suns win, that means they will get the match point [-]-[-], and the championship will definitely be won.

If the Bulls win, they will be able to tie the score 5-[-]. It is very hopeful that they will take advantage of the home court to win the G[-] game and get the match point first with a score of [-]-[-], so this game is very important. "

On the ABC live broadcast, Magic Johnson analyzed: "The night before yesterday, the Bulls used meat shields and foul tactics against the old K, so it is likely to be the same today, and maybe they can achieve good results."

"Yes, old K is injured, and the Suns are basically over." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar echoed.

Larry Bird glanced blankly at the pair of the Lakers' hum-ha generals, and said: "Old K's injury is not obvious. The Suns have announced it to the public, and I contacted Old K, and he also said that there is no injury, so you can ignore the old K's injury tonight."

Magic Johnson laughed and said: "I think the old K should have concealed his injury and didn't want to affect the morale of the Suns. We can tell from the performance of the old K in G3 that he has a high probability of being injured."

"36 points, plus a [-]% shooting rate, really does not meet the old K's usual performance in the finals." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar agreed.

"36 points is already very good, well, that's the finals." Larry Bird said.

"No, no, although the data in the last game was not bad, but what we want to compare is the old K, not others. In fact, the old K has lost his dominance in the last game." Magic Johnson insisted.

Abdul-Jabbar went on to say: "I think so, the injury must have affected the old K's performance, then the same situation may occur in this game.

When old K can't shoot more than [-]% of his shots, his dominance will drop sharply, and the Suns will lose their strength.

The Suns are facing Jordan's Bulls, a crazy counterattacking Bulls, and they will never miss this opportunity. "

Larry Bird smiled wryly. These two guys desperately lowered Old K's evaluation. What's the idea?Do you think that if you say a few words about Old K here, the Suns will trade Old K?Or is it just waiting for the new owner of the Suns to come on stage, expecting the new owner to sell the old K?

That's when the starters came on the scene.

Greeting the visiting team is still endless boos.

Amidst the overwhelming boos, after Lao Wang came out, he called all his teammates over, formed a group, and shouted loudly:

"Today we still have to face a terrible away game, but we have to kill them. With our strength, it is a matter of course to kill the Bulls.

You can still trust me today, give me the ball, and wait outside for my score. "

"Kill the bull!"

Everyone in the Suns shouted in unison against the boos all over the sky.

"boom!"

At this moment, the home team came on the stage, and the boos all over the sky turned into cheers. When Jordan finally played, the shouts of "Michael" resounded all over the world.

"Kill the sun! Kill the sun! Kill the sun..."

Ten seconds later, a unified voice sounded from the United Center Arena, and the huge pressure fell on the Suns again.

"It is no exaggeration to say that the United Center is really the scariest home stadium in the 90s." In the media seats behind the baseline, a reporter from Tokyo Daily sighed loudly in the ear of his companion.

"I hope Mr. K can beat Jordan again, which means we can also beat the United States." The photographer next to the reporter said excitedly.

"I hope." The reporter nodded.

At eight o'clock, the game officially begins.

Jump ball, Suns attack.

Without a meat shield, Wang Tiejun went straight to the basket to ask for the ball.

But the outside line was blocked by the Bulls. Jordan bet on Kidd and completely blocked the latter's passing line to the basket.

Seeing that Kidd couldn't pass the ball in, Pharaoh had to leave the paint first.

"The night before yesterday, Kidd made a total of 7 turnovers, 6 of which were caused by Jordan." Zhang Lili said.

"Jordan seems to be possessed by a murderous spirit today, and Kidd is under a lot of pressure!" Su Qun said.

"Jordan, No.1 in active play, No.1 in history, the pressure of one loss, two losses and three losses, plus the anger of being traded by his home team, under the double pressure, he is desperately trying, how much energy can he explode?" Zhang Lili said.

At this time, the ball was transferred to Lightning, and Harper also played a suffocating defense, blocking the passing line between Lightning and Pharaoh.

At this time, Rasheed Wallace came up to the right-wing three-point line and made a pick-and-roll for the Lightning, who took the opportunity to break through with the ball.

Seeing the lightning breakthrough, Pharaoh immediately entered the paint again, and Rick Schmitz couldn't stop him.

The Lightning just broke into the three-point line, saw that Lao Wang was entering the paint, and immediately passed the ball.

"Snapped!"

But here, Rodman, who switched defenses, reached out and broke the ball.

"Damn!"

Lightning hurriedly fought back on the spot, but it was a pity that the tiger immediately raised the ball after grabbing it, and threw it at Jordan who was turning around at the top of the arc.

Kidd desperately chased and defended, and when Jordan advanced with the ball, he barely caught up to a level and could not pass.

He tried to interfere, but Jordan's ability to protect the ball was extremely strong, and he still moved forward quickly.

"boom!"

Jordan sprinted across the top of the key, and two steps later, he flew half-step inside the free-throw line, tomahawk-style dunk, and smashed the ball into the basket.

"boom!"

The United Center is like an erupting volcano, and the atmosphere at home is about to ignite.

"The Suns must withstand the pressure!" Su Qun said anxiously.

"Hold on! Hold on..." Danny Ainge yelled from the sidelines. He was already sweating profusely just after the game started.

It's just that his voice couldn't be heard on the field at all, because the home fans' voices were too loud. When Kidd moved forward, the cheers of the Bulls fans only stopped for a moment, and immediately changed to boos.

This kind of booing, accompanied by every touch of the Suns players, seriously affected their mentality and strength.

Another mistake, Kidd passed the ball to Lao Wang, under the influence of Jordan, it went wide and flew directly to the baseline.

"Oh!"

The Suns made a mistake, and the Bulls fans immediately burst into cheers.

"Ho ho ho..."

Lightning and the others felt tremendous pressure, like an entity pressing on their bodies and hearts, making them breathless.

"Bulls, today's momentum is too strong. If the Suns can't stand it, they might be pulled back by the Bulls!" Magic Johnson also felt a lot of pressure while sitting in the live broadcast booth.

"This is Jordan's influence in this city. The anger of the fans against the management has now been vented on the Suns. The Suns have great strength, and now they can play half of it, which is very good. But with half of their strength, it is absolutely impossible to beat the Bulls. Eighty to ninety percent of the Suns' strength may not be able to win the Bulls." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said.

"Now old K has to stand up and solve the problem." Larry Bird said.

"brush!"

At this time, the Bulls attacked, and Jordan quickly advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, and suddenly stopped outside the left-wing three-point line for a jumper and hit a three-pointer.

"0:5, the Suns should be careful!" Zhang Lili was a little anxious.

"The audience is pressing!"

At this moment, Su Qun suddenly shouted loudly.

In the backcourt, Lightning had just received the ball, and Harper made a fierce push, forcing him to take a step back. At this time, Pippen rushed over and formed a pincer attack on him.

Kidd hurriedly ran over to meet him, Jordan let it go intentionally, but at the moment of Lightning's pass, he stepped in and broke the ball with a slap.

"Ouch!" Zhang Lili lost his voice.

"brush!"

At this time, Jordan assisted Pippen, who made a layup.

"boom!"

There was another wild cheer at the United Center.

"0:7, the Suns haven't scored a point yet, it should be called a timeout, interrupt the momentum of the Bulls." Zhang Lili repeatedly reminded.

"The Bulls' perimeter defense is too strong. This is going to give the Suns a big blow like in the previous two games!" Su Qun said anxiously.

At this time, the Suns served and Danny Ainge called a timeout.

The players returned to the bench and began to wipe their sweat and drink water one by one, acting very tired, but in fact the game had just begun, and the Suns hadn't scored a point yet.

Danny Ainge was very anxious, but he was also very flustered in his heart, and he couldn't think of any tricks. He just told everyone to calm down and carry the Bulls' full-court pressure first.

D'Antoni couldn't bear it any longer. He hadn't spoken for a long time. At this time, he said: "The way to break the press is very simple. Speed ​​up the offensive and defensive rhythm, speed up the transfer of the ball, and complete the advance before the Bulls' defense line is formed..."

"What do you say?" Danny Angie grabbed at a straw.

When D'Antoni heard it, he said excitedly: "Quickly send a quick pass, old K mentioned a high position, and the backcourt is too hard, so give it to old K directly."

Danny Angie thought for a moment and nodded.

D'Antoni also said: "After the old K got the ball, Rasheed Wallace could immediately cut to the basket and cooperate with the old K to complete the high and low positions. Rodman's height is not enough. As long as the ball is passed to the basket, the success rate of the sprayer at the basket is very high."

"Okay." Danny Angie nodded.

After Wang Tiejun heard it, he also felt that there was no problem. This kind of tactical coordination had been played before.

In fact, he wasn't too worried about Lightning and Kidd in the backcourt. It's just that the opponents were too aggressive in the opening game, and the home court momentum was too strong, causing some problems in the performance of his teammates. He was caught off guard. As the game progressed, this problem should be solved soon.

The most important thing now is to score and stabilize morale.

At this point the timeout ends and the game resumes with the Suns serving from the sideline.

Rasheed Wallace is ready to serve, and the United Center is still full of shocking boos from fans.

"ball."

Wang Tiejun stood in the low position on the left wing. While shouting loudly, knowing that the trolls would definitely not hear him, he beckoned for the ball at the same time.

"Whoosh!"

The troll saw Lao Wang's gesture, and the ball flew from the top of the big bug's head to the low post on the left wing.

In the next moment, both Pippen and Jordan rushed towards Wang Tiejun.

When Lao Wang received the ball, he was double-teamed by three people, but at this time he saw Kidd cutting into the paint from the free throw line, and immediately made a ground pass and passed the ball from Schmitz's feet.

"brush!"

Kidd stepped up after receiving the ball and put the ball into the basket.

"call!"

As soon as the goal was scored, the Suns finally breathed a sigh of relief and finally scored.

Bulls attack.

The booing at the scene had stopped and it was quiet.

"Kevin, press the audience."

Lao Wang roared loudly in the backcourt.

He was really annoyed, and wanted to respond to the Bulls. If you play a full-court press, we can do the same.

The coaching staff on the sidelines didn't stop them either. To be honest, none of them had more prestige in the Suns than Wang Tiejun. Old Wang had the status and actual power to change tactics on the court, but he rarely did so.

Lightning didn't hesitate, and immediately began to strengthen its defensive strength against Harper who was holding the ball, and began to press down.

Harper chose to transfer the ball to Jordan who responded, and Kidd also pressed Jordan with the highest intensity.

"Old K is going to fight the bull." Su Qun became a little excited.

"Defense against defense, it's going to cost you money. In fact, the Suns' outside line is younger. Although the Lightning is old, but there is Kobe, the Suns are spending more money on fighting." Zhang Reasonable nodded.

The Suns suddenly pressed the entire court. Although the Bulls did not make a mistake, it also affected the Bulls' offense. It took almost seven seconds to advance through the frontcourt.

In the frontcourt, the Suns' defense became stronger, which affected the Bulls' ball transfer.

On the right wing, Jordan charged forward to Kidd, and was immediately blocked by Rasheed Wallace. He turned around, hit his back, turned around again, and made a turnaround jumper.

"Snapped!"

Wang Tiejun jumped out from under the basket and slapped the ball into the sky.

"Shh!"

Shocking boos immediately sounded, and the cheers of more than [-] away fans and the Suns bench were almost inaudible.

"Oh!"

Kareem Abdul-Jabbar exclaimed and shouted in disbelief: "Jordan's fadeaway jump shot was actually capped by the old K?"

"Come down."

On the field, Lao Wang took off for the second time and took the ball off Jordan's head.

"Old K!"

At this time, Kidd, who was suddenly caught by Jordan, had turned around and reached out for the ball.

"Whoosh!"

Pharaoh threw both hands, and the ball flew straight into Kidd's hands.

Kidd launched a fast break, and Jordan chased after him desperately. However, he was two steps behind at the start and failed to catch up. Harper, who returned from the center, was not as fast as Kidd, and was also a step slower. Finally, Kidd hit a layup.

"Beautiful! Old K hasn't performed on the offensive end yet, but he has stood up on the defensive end. It's really great to be able to block Michael's fadeaway jumper outside the paint zone!" Larry Bird said excitedly.

"4:7, Kidd scored four points in a row, doing well." Magic Johnson laughed.

"As long as someone on the outside of the Suns can stand up, it will definitely reduce a lot of pressure on Old K." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said.

(End of this chapter)