met free Chapter 597 This defense, one word, absolutely!
Chapter 597 This defense, one word, absolutely!
Chapter 597 This defense, one word, absolutely!
"brush!"
Zach Randolph, who looked a little fat, caught the ball under the basket, directly smashed Tom Gugliotta with his body, and then picked the basket and hit a goal.
Looking back, Ewing, who is almost 41 years old, took the ball in the low post on the left wing and singled Davis.
Old and wounded, he can no longer bunny-hop, bob up and down, turn around and shoot a jumper.
The offensive rhythm is not fast, and he didn't jump up when he took the last shot. Fortunately, Davis is also a 34-year-old veteran and didn't catch the ball, but the ball still missed.
Randolph grabbed Tom Gugliotta and grabbed the backcourt rebound, and the Blazers attacked.
"Steve, is this little fat guy a rookie for the Blazers?" Old Wang asked Nash beside him.
"He was the first-round lottery pick in 01. I forgot the specific pick, probably around tenth." Nash said.
Lao Wang was surprised and said: "The Blazers reached the Western Conference Finals in the 00/01 season. I eliminated them in the Lakers. How did they get the lottery pick?"
"I heard that it was exchanged with Rainman Sean Kemp and another player." Nash didn't quite remember.
"Old K, do you think this Zach Randolph is good?"
The assistant coach Xiao Fan standing in front turned around and said, "He has a bad temper and causes trouble. He doesn't have many opportunities in the Trail Blazers. Coach Mike Dunleavy probably doesn't like such players."
Lao Wang shook his head and said, "I don't know if he can do it or not. I don't have that vision, but I don't know him."
Xiaosi breathed a sigh of relief, he was taken aback just now, if old K took a fancy to this fat man, he might threaten his position.
Next to the bench, Dameng saw Ewing who was playing and said with emotion: "King Kong is one year older than me, it's really not easy!"
Glider smiled and said, "Who can blame this? Since your debut as the three super centers, you have gone through the era of black and white, the era of bad boys, and then the era of flying men and giant beasts. For your two championships, the three of us teamed up for the first championship. Old K retired due to injury for the second championship. Otherwise, you may be like him now. In order to fight for a championship, you have to continue to play."
Dameng said dissatisfiedly: "What three people teamed up, obviously I am the core, you two play support, Clyde, you have to be conscientious in life, don't talk nonsense."
"Then if you want to say that, I'm going to grab Charles and have a good talk with you." The glider said with a smile.
"It's useless for you to find old K, I was the core of that year." Dameng said firmly.
At this time, the first quarter was over. At 24:22, the Blazers were still behind by two points and chased up by four points. Among them, Randolph scored four points in a row at the basket, and Flying Squirrel scored two points for a layup.
In the second quarter, Lao Wang played, and on the Blazers side, Dunleavy saw that Randolph was doing well, so he planned to let him play for a while and let Duncan rest for a while.
But soon he regretted it. Facing the penalty area defended by old K, Randolph's offense was still too tender, and he swallowed two blocks within 3 minutes.
After playing for 3 minutes in the second quarter, the Suns played an 32-24 attack wave, 8:[-], leading by [-] points, forcing him to replace all the main lineup.
"Tim, we need your scoring. You need to strengthen your personal offense and play pick-and-roll tactics with Little Flying Squirrel." Before playing, Dunleavy urged.
"boom!"
High pick-and-roll, received the pass back, and when the old K switched defenses, Duncan hit a board.
32:26, the Suns attack.
"boom!"
Lao Wang hooked near the basket and was blocked by Duncan, and Rasheed Wallace grabbed the backcourt rebound.
The Blazers attacked, and Duncan played high pick-and-roll tactics with Little Flying Squirrel.
Last time Lao Wang chose to switch defenses, but he failed to cut off the route of Flying Squirrel's return to the high post. This time he still chose to switch defenses, because Nash didn't keep up. If he didn't switch defenses, Flying Squirrel could rush in and score a layup.
"boom!"
Last time, Little Flying Squirrel made a pass back after pulling horizontally. This time he was bolder. After reaching the basket with the ball, he made an emergency stop, swayed left and right, and then directly hit the ground to pass the ball.
"Special!"
Lao Wang cursed secretly, turned around quickly, took a fierce stride, and then jumped up to meet Duncan who caught the ball and took off.
"So fast!"
Duncan was also shocked to see the old K coming to defend, but his shots were still very stable.
"Snapped!"
But this time, Old Wang had better luck. Under his giant palm, he slapped the ball directly into the sky and flew towards the Suns' frontcourt.
"Oh!"
Under the bloody hat, the Rose Garden also had to burst into exclamations.
"squeak!"
Marion, who was one step from the left-wing three-point line, started immediately. When he rushed to the frontcourt and was two steps away from the baseline, the ball slipped from the sky and was caught by him.
At this time, Bunch Wells returned to the defensive position, Marion did not make a strong attack, turned around, and passed the ball to Hardaway who rushed to the right-wing three-point line.
"brush!"
There was no one around Hardaway. After receiving the ball, he took off calmly and made a three-pointer.
"Old K's defense is too strong today. This is his sixth big block. In 13 minutes, he sent six big blocks. Today's blocks are very likely to be in double figures." Su Qun said excitedly.
Zhang Lili laughed happily and said: "The Blazers made five offenses in the second quarter, and were capped three times by Tie Jun, and all three caps got the ball. This defense, this block, one word, absolutely!"
"Tim, play more flexibly. Damon was under the basket just now. You should have seen it." Dunleavy shouted from the sidelines.
Duncan passed by panting and nodded.
Just now he could pass back to Fong Shu, but Nash has already chased Fong Squirrel, and Fong Squirrel has no height under the basket, so he still chose to shoot by himself, but unfortunately he was blocked. If he hit it, it was a good shot. If he missed it now, it was a wrong choice.
This time, the little flying mouse broke through with the ball.
His knee injury was serious, and he no longer had the speed he used to, and he couldn't fly anymore, but Nash's defense was too bad. A simple shoulder shake made him lose his center of gravity, and then he took the opportunity to rush in with the ball, from the free throw line straight into the paint.
Lao Wang was forced to defend, and the flying mouse took the opportunity to pass the ball to Duncan. Duncan calmly shot from the left waist and hit a board.
Although Pharaoh returned to the defense quickly, Duncan shot too fast, and his technical movements were extremely concise, without any extra movements, and he still missed by half a beat.
Zhang Lili praised: "Duncan's playing is really strong! He can shoot on both the left and right wings, that is, he can use both left and right hands, which is better than Tie Jun.
Tie Jun is right-handed, and has never practiced his left hand. Basically, he is only good at attacking on the left wing, and rarely attacks on the right wing. "
"Although Little Flying Squirrel is injured and has no speed like before, he is still a great threat. With him, the weakness of the Suns' perimeter defense will be exposed even more, and the requirements for old K's supplementary defense will be higher." Su Qun said.
Zhang Lili said: "The Blazers are short of a good point guard, especially this kind of breakthrough point guard."
Speaking of this, he said again: "However, Little Momonga, like Pippen, can't play for a long time, and even on the field, he can't break through a few times, and his body is already failing.
As long as the Suns are stable and play their offense and defense well, with the state of the Iron Army tonight, the chances of winning are very high. "
Su Qun nodded and said, "It seems that in the four regular-season games against the Trail Blazers, Old K is indeed playing quietly."
As the game continued, Bunch Wells, the nerve knife, suddenly stood up. After breaking through Hardaway, he made an emergency stop jump shot. After 5 minutes, he made 4 of 3 shots and scored 6 points in a row. Wang Tiejun rushed out to block him once, but he couldn't disrupt his offensive rhythm.
By the end of the second quarter, the Blazers pulled back the point difference, 50:48, only two points behind.
During the intermission, Zhang Lili said: "The shooting percentages of the two teams are almost the same, the Suns are 46.5% and the Blazers are 47.7%.
The Suns are supported by the iron army's personal offensive efficiency, and the overall shooting rate is actually lower than that of the Blazers. This shows that the Blazers played really well today, but the Suns are not efficient enough in several positions, including Stoudemire.
That is to say, the Suns have an advantage in rebounding. In addition, the old K's defense has exploded. Using the defense to get a lot of ball possessions, the Suns have an advantage in shots. Otherwise, how can they lead when the overall shooting percentage is lower?
The Blazers resorted to the nerve knife Wells. In the first half, he made 11 of 6 shots and scored 12 points, with a shooting percentage of 54.5%.
Duncan scored 5 points in the first quarter, 8 points in the second quarter, and scored 13 points in the half.
However, the Iron Army only invested in the defensive end in the second quarter, and played a bit conservatively on the offensive end. They will definitely strengthen their offense in the second half. "
Su Qun nodded and said: "Old K sent out 5 big blocks in the second quarter, and already blocked 8 blocks in the first half, but the Suns only led by [-] points, and the Trail Blazers were not defeated. Director Zhang, I feel a little dangerous!"
Zhang Lili said: "After all, today is the home court of the Trail Blazers. The fans are very strong. The players have [-] caps, and the morale has not collapsed. They can still bite the score.
In addition, the Suns also made a lot of mistakes in the second quarter, as many as four times. So many mistakes are terrible, otherwise the score advantage will be bigger. "
Fifteen minutes later, the third quarter began. Wang Tiejun strengthened his personal offense from the very beginning. In the 15th minute at the end of the game, he scored 10 points in a single quarter and led the team to another 15-point advantage.
He was off the field, and the Blazers also replaced some of the main players such as Duncan and Rasheed Wallace.
Because the Blazers' bench insiders are stronger than the Suns, they don't need to use the main force to chase points when Lao Wang is off the field.
Sure enough, using the last 2 minutes, the Blazers' substitute insiders strengthened their offense. Zach Randolph, who was not reused in the regular season, got a chance. Ewing tried his best to defend, but the fat man still scored two goals within 2 minutes, and caused a foul by Ewing. He made two free throws and made two free throws.
After three quarters, 78:74, the Suns led by 4 points.
Zhang rationally analyzed: "Tiejun rested for 3 minutes in the first quarter, and rested for 2 minutes in the second and third quarters. He has already rested for 7 minutes, and now he has played 29 minutes. With his current physical condition and the current score situation, he will definitely not rest in the final quarter."
"should be."
粟群点点头又道：“现在老K三节的数据是33分13篮板4助攻2抢断9盖帽1失误3犯规。
Guided by Zhang, the Trail Blazers are indeed the team with the best record in the league. Not only is the main lineup strong, but the bench lineup is also stronger than the Suns. Old K has such strong offensive and defensive statistics, 9 caps!The Suns actually only led by 4 points. "
Zhang Lili smiled and said: "The owner of the Blazers is too rich. With the skyrocketing market value of Microsoft in the past few years, he has become richer and richer. There is no upper limit for investment in the team. If the Blazers can successfully defend their title this year, the Blazers will definitely hit the three consecutive championships."
Su Qun nodded again and said, "But Duncan is strong enough. He scored 19 points in three quarters. Old K's defense against him seems useless."
After looking at the statistics, Zhang Lili said: "He made 18 of 8 shots and 5 of 3 shots. He strengthened his offense, took a lot of shots, and his shooting percentage reached 44.4%. His state has indeed improved compared to the first quarter.
This is not surprising, he is known for his stability, not only his own stability, but as long as he stands on the field, the whole team plays very stable, and there are very few collapses like that, so the Blazers rarely suffer big defeats and will not be taken away by opponents.
Today, the Tiejun sent out 9 big caps, and Marion also had one big cap. The team has a total of 10 big caps. When encountering a team whose morale is not stable enough, it collapses immediately. But now you look at the Blazers, they are still as stable as a rock, because Duncan is there. If he does not fall, the Blazers will not fall. "
"This is the role of the pillars of the team." Su Qun nodded.
At this time, the final quarter began, and the Suns attacked.
After the first quarter, for the purpose of rationally distributing physical energy, Lao Wang reduced the offense at the basket, but as soon as the final quarter began, he entered the basket to position himself.
"Speed up the defense!" Mike Dunleavy reminded loudly when he saw the old K enter the basket.
Both Duncan and Rasheed Wallace have no physical problems, because the inside bench is strong, and they get enough rest.
At this time, the two of them all took the defense around the front and stood side by side, completely cutting off the old Wang's receiving route.
Pharaoh could only withdraw, and at this time Nash passed the ball to Stoudemire who was vacant on the right wing.
Stoudemire is just a rookie. Facing the Trail Blazers with the first record in the league, he missed a lot of small open shots today. After catching the ball, he didn’t make a shot. Because Wells made up again, he immediately feinted.
Rasheed Wallace immediately returned to the defense, very fast, blocked the right waist first, forced Stoudemire to stop, and Wells chased behind, double-teamed by the two, and broke the ball.
"Another mistake!" Su Qun shook his head and sighed.
"Tie Jun has caught up!" Zhang Lili said anxiously.
On the court, the Blazers played a defensive counterattack.
Lao Wang chased after him, the soles of his shoes seemed to be smoking, and he left Duncan and Rasheed Wallace behind. When he chased to the free throw line, Bunch Wells just knocked Hardaway for a layup, and he took a step and flew up.
"Snapped!"
The ball was pressed directly on the backboard by him and bounced up.
"Oh!"
After chasing the big hat, the rose garden was full of exclamations.
"The cover is doubled!" Su Qun shouted excitedly.
After the block was blocked, Pharaoh lost his balance in the air, but he is now physically strong enough and has no injuries. He rolled in the air, put his hands on the ground after landing, stood up quickly and returned to the court one step at a time.
At this time, Wells, who was under the basket, got the ball again. He saw that old K returned to the court, and he didn't dare to make a layup, but dribbled the ball back.
At this time Duncan came down from the top, Wells passed the ball quickly, Duncan took the ball and took off, holding the ball with both hands, trying to dunk.
"Hat you!"
With a cry of anger in his heart, Old Wang jumped up vigorously, raising his arms high.
Duncan's bounce is no longer good, and his bounce is more prosperous than before. The defensive height is much higher than Duncan's dunk height, which directly blocks the opponent's dunk space.
"Snapped!"
Duncan hit the ball directly on Lao Wang's forearm and failed to dunk.
The two landed, the ball also fell to the floor, was caught by Nash, and the Suns counterattacked immediately.
"Send blocks in a row, how many caps did Duncan eat today? At least five?" Su Qun said excitedly.
"boom!"
It's a pity that Marion's fast-break dunk was interfered by Derek Anderson, the dunk flew, and the ball was caught by Wells who returned to defense.
"Ouch! The quality of Marion's fast play today is not high. It's the second ball that was knocked off." Su Qun sighed.
At this time, the Blazers played a fast break, Lao Wang desperately chased and defended, and Duncan and Rasheed Wallace were left behind by him again.
Wells made an emergency stop at the top arc and rushed to shoot a three-pointer.
Old Wang was two steps slower and rushed in from Wells. Fortunately, the ball missed, and after rebounding, he got the rebound.
"slow down."
After turning around, instead of turning fast, he yelled at his teammates who were turning around and preparing to counterattack.
Under his control, the Suns braked in a hurry, Nash quickly turned back, took the ball and advanced forward, and did not play a fast break.
"Yes, control the rhythm. The two sides played lively in these few rounds, and they didn't score a goal." Zhang Lili said quickly.
Su Qun nodded and said, "It all depends on old K's defense. It's a desperate effort to run from one baseline to the other baseline. But no matter how fast he is, no matter how good his stamina is, he can't run like this. This is the last quarter. He is still a heavy center forward, even if he loses weight, he is still a heavy center forward."
"Tie Jun played well, but it's a pity that others can't play well."
Zhang Lili said: "The rookie Stoudemire really played well in the first round. Even Marion's performance in the first round was not as good as in the regular season. He was facing Garnett. His performance was similar to the regular season, but today he was really out of shape. He missed a few mid-range shots in the small open space, and a few floaters that went in, which wasted a lot of possession."
(End of this chapter)