Soul of the Golden State

Chapter 400 Request to Suspend
Although Malone failed to block the man, making the strategy of changing defenses unsuccessful, this did not affect the continuation of the two pick-and-rolls.

If the pick-and-roll of the two was broken so easily, then their names would not be so loud in the history of the NBA.

After Malone blocked it, he disassembled it and immediately went down, naturally facing Rodman's block, but as the top three power forwards in the history of the league, Malone will naturally not be guarded like this.

After taking two steps forward, he pushed away Rodman who was entangled with him, and quickly retreated. At this time, Stockton's pass just arrived, and Malone quickly shot after receiving the ball.

Obviously the muscles on the arms are thicker than Li Weisi's thighs, but Malone's mid-range jumper feels really soft. Although Rodman tried hard to block the shot, Malone is taller than Rodman after all, and he has already completed the shot at this time.

The basketball drew a beautiful arc and fell into the basket. With two points, Malone took the lead for the Jazz.

Seeing the goal, Ma Long showed a satisfied smile, feeling good!
However, Malone's smile had another meaning in Rodman's eyes.

"What do you mean? Is this provoking me?" Immediately, Rodman became very angry.

In the past two years, Rodman and Malone have played against each other a lot. Logically speaking, they should have been at peace long ago, but Rodman doesn't know why, and he always doesn't deal with Malone, especially when he sees his face. uncomfortable.

However, it has to be said that the gap in strength between Rodman and Malone still exists objectively. Let alone now, it is the original time and space. Most of the time when the two confront each other, Malone has the upper hand.

In fact, it is not difficult to understand that offense always takes the initiative than defense.

As this sentence said, looking back, Li Weisi didn't care about Stockton's constant small and medium defensive moves. He also passed the pick-and-roll with Moses Malone, and then directly chose a three-pointer.

This is where Li Weisi has an advantage over Stockton. Li Weisi's three-point threat is too great.

Although Mark Eaton is tall and has long arms, he still dare not jump too far in the face of Li Weisi and Ma Long's pick-and-roll. After all, if he takes one more step forward, he may not be able to retreat.

3:2, Li Weisi hit his first goal after his comeback, overtaking the score.

In the ensuing game, the two teams played inextricably. The Jazz's top defense seemed to be ineffective in front of the Warriors. No matter how hard the Jazz defended, the Warriors always had a way to send the basketball to the basket.

Fortunately, Malone's touch is really good tonight. No matter how hard Rodman tries to defend, Malone can still stand up when the Jazz need to score most.

At halftime, the two teams tied at 59.

For the Jazz, this score is higher than their usual score. Of course, the loss is also higher. Obviously, although the Jazz is biting the score, the rhythm of the game obviously does not belong to them.

Just when the Jazz thought they could hold the score until the last moment, after entering the second half, the game also ushered in a turning point.

This turning point happened shortly after the start of the third quarter, when Li Weisi assisted Mu Lin and hit a three-pointer.

At the beginning, no one thought there was any problem. After all, the Warriors also hit a lot of three-pointers this time.

Then it was the Jazz's turn to attack, and Malone and Rodman fought together.

Rodman was about to hug Malone, and Malone finally broke free, planning to play a pick-and-roll for Stockton, but Rodman followed Malone's jersey, and then continued to entangle Malone.

Faced with such a situation, Malone pushed Rodman away again with his arm, but this time, Rodman stretched out his head first, causing Malone's arm to hit Rodman's neck for a while, Immediately Rodman was pushed to the ground.

Unlike most players who flop for offensive fouls, Rodman never likes flopping, he always plays for real.

Therefore, Rodman had a good impression of the referee. When Rodman was pushed down by Malone, the referee immediately blew his whistle and called Malone for an offensive foul.

"What?" Ma Long was naturally dissatisfied with this, and wanted to ask the referee for an explanation, "I didn't exert any force, and he fell down, it was obviously his flop!"

However, the referee didn't care about Malone's defense, and Rodman got up from the ground at this time and applauded Malone.

The ball was switched, and Li Weisi singled Stockton, against Stockton's defense, and hit another three-pointer at the top of the arc.

At this time, the point difference has come to 5 points.

Later, when Malone was singles against Rodman, Mullin, who assisted in the defense, took out the ball, and the Warriors quickly counterattacked.

During the counterattack, Mullin made a long pass and found Richmond who had already come to the frontcourt.

After receiving the ball, Richmond evaded Darnell Griffith's block and made a pull-up layup, and the point difference came to seven points.

Afterwards, in the Jazz's offense, Malone made a pass inside and gave the ball to Eaton inside. After Eaton received the ball, he wanted to dunk, but Moses Malone blocked the ball from the front and blocked the ball in the air. down.

No one expected that the tall "mammoth" would be covered by Moses who was half a head shorter than him.

Li Weisi had sharp eyesight and quick hands. After picking up the ball, he quickly made a fast break and passed the ball to Rodman, who was already three meters away.

However, after Rodman received the ball, he stopped outside the three-point line.

Karl Malone, who was returning to defense and had already retreated to the penalty area, was dumbfounded. What does this guy want to do?
Soon, he knew what Rodman was going to do. He aimed at the basket from outside the three-point line, and directly chose a three-point shot!
"Damn it!" The Jazz players couldn't help saying this, the Warriors players also said it, and even all the fans in the audience and in front of the TV said it.

"Hey, Rodman is about to shoot a three-pointer!"

In this regard, Malone's first reaction was to turn around quickly and prepare to grab rebounds. It was not that he was confident, but that he had great confidence in Rodman. This guy has not shot more than 30% in three seasons, and this season is only 23%, ten games, may not be able to score a goal.

However, the ball just went in.

When the basketball got into the basket and made a pleasant friction sound against the net, Malone felt his face being slapped!
And when Rodman made the three-pointer, there was a burst of enthusiastic cheers on the scene. The cheers were even higher than the decibels of seeing a lore shot on weekdays, and the entire Oakland Arena was plunged into a sea of ​​joy. among.

Meanwhile, Jazz head coach Jerry Sloan requested a timeout.

Relying on Rodman's chasing three-pointer, the Warriors opened the point difference to ten and stopped the Jazz.

(End of this chapter)