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Chapter 432 The Unlucky Postman
Chapter 432 The Unlucky Postman
Looking back, Hornacek kept running, not limited to the right wing, but kept running throughout the frontcourt, constantly making pick-and-rolls with his teammates, and tearing the Suns' defense to pieces through his running and continuous pick-and-rolls.
Kobe tried hard to chase and defend, but he was inexperienced. After a few moves, he was a bit like a headless fly. He lost his own men and blocked the way of his teammates.
Hornacek ran to the left wing and was open, and Stockton passed the ball.
Horry tries to come back, but the Postman sets a good screen and holds him back.
Hornacek received the ball, jumped up the next moment, and scored two points.
But at this moment, Wang Tiejun, who was under the basket, had already pounced on his left waist. Seeing the situation, he rushed forward. After a cushion, he soared up, and with one hand, he pointed the shot basketball into the air.
"yeah!"
The timely big hat made the fans cheer quickly.
"Big hat! Old K sent out a big hat..." The roar of an on-site commentator sounded immediately.
"Snapped!"
After landing and taking off for the second time, Lao Wang grabbed the ball above his head, flicked his elbows, frightened the postman and Hornacek away, and then swept the audience to see Kobe, who was still like a headless chicken just now, rushing down.
"Old K has grabbed the ball, Kobe is playing fast, fast pass!" The roar of the live commentator continued to sound.
"here!"
Bryant yelled as he rushed forward.
He lost Hornacek, now with no defenders around him, and after a few steps passed Stockton and Kidd and rushed to the front.
"Whoosh!"
Pharaoh's ball flew to Kobe.
"Kobe passed the frontcourt, he was as fast as a sports car, and he took off!"
With a loud shout from the on-site commentator, Kobe flew up from the free throw line one step away, and made another one-handed dunk, which detonated the audience.
"It's great. The Suns played a strong defense and a fast counterattack. Now it's 53:61, leading by 8 points." Su Qun shouted excitedly.
"The Jazz served the ball and called a timeout." Zhang Lili said at this time.
Kobe returned to the bench excitedly, and scored six points in three consecutive shots. He shouted to Lao Wang proudly: "How about it, old K, as long as you give me a chance, I will give you back. Only I can help you."
"Who was following the person who lost him just now?" Old Wang asked.
"he."
Everyone pointed to Kobe. Just now Kobe said that only I can help you, but this sentence offended everyone.
Kobe was dumbfounded, spread his hands, and said innocently: "I tried my best to chase, but someone blocked my way, and I couldn't even see where he was going. There were all people in front of me. They were all running, and it was all messed up."
"Ha ha……"
Lao Wang took the lead, and the bench burst into laughter.
"This is a rookie, he can't be blamed for being ashamed." Lightning said something pertinent.
The time-out is over and the game continues.
Zhang Lili took a look and said: "Oh, Wilkins went down and went to Chapman. This is a three-back tactic, which increases the ability to stretch out to prevent the opponent from over-teaming the low post. I think the personnel adjustment is right, but Chapman can't guard against Russell. Horry should come up as soon as possible."
"Holi's physical fitness is average." Su Qun said.
At this time, the Jazz attacked, played the third position, and used Russell's height and tonnage to displace Chapman.
It's a pity that Russell's ability is really mediocre. With Chapman's weak defense, he failed to hit a three-pointer. The rebound was taken by Lao Wang and the Suns attacked.
Wang Tiejun was in the low position on the left wing, and everyone else pulled away, all pulling to the three-point line.
Hornacek didn't dare to let Kobe too much, after all, he also knew that Kobe, a rookie, still had three points.
Kidd made a tactical gesture, and Kobe suddenly started, moved to the wing, and made an inside move, attracting the Jazz's defensive attention.
At this time, Kidd at the top of the arc suddenly moved to the right wing and made a pass to Kobe.
This allowed the Jazz's defensive attention to shift further to the right wing. After all, Kobe just scored six points in a row at a very fast speed, and no one dared to ignore him.
At this moment, Wang Tiejun suddenly started, turned around and slipped to the bottom, got rid of Campbell, and quickly cut to the basket.
The postman saw Wang Tiejun's action in the low position on the right wing, and rushed back to the basket immediately. Rasheed Wallace was completely lost by him.
Almost at the same time, Kidd, who was moving to the right wing, suddenly pulled back, threw off Stockton, and passed the ball to the empty space on the right side of the basket.
Wang Tiejun stepped into the paint area one step at a time, saw the ball coming, quickly stepped up, caught the ball with both hands in the air, and smashed it towards the postman who had just returned to the basket.
"boom!"
Amid the violent explosion of the basket, the postman let out a muffled grunt, and was directly knocked over under the basket. Under the huge impact of Lao Wang, he even slid backwards for more than one meter.
"boom!"
The cheers of the audience erupted, tens of thousands of people stood up, and their fists were waved like undulating waves, pushing the atmosphere of the Suns' home court to the extreme.
"Hey, the postman sat on the floor and didn't get up, clutching the back of his head, it seems that there is something wrong with his head?" Barkley shouted at this time.
Bill Wharton was staring at the screen, and nodded at this moment: "It should have hit the back of the head when I was knocked down."
"Look, there's blood on the floor." Buzz Felton shouted, pointing at the screen.
At this time, the camera was zooming in. Sure enough, there was a pool of blood where the postman fell to the ground just now.
"Damn it! Damn it!"
On the court, the postman was extremely depressed. While cursing, he stood up with the help of his teammates and walked off the court.
Jerry Sloan calmly puts on a substitute, then comes to the Postman, who is being checked by the team doctor.
"Dizzy?"
"A little."
"The wound is not big, so there shouldn't be any major problems, but I don't recommend continuing the fight. It's safer to go to the hospital for an examination. After all, this is the back of the head." The team doctor said immediately after a simple examination.
The postman and Jerry Sloan were about to say something, when suddenly there was a burst of cheers from the audience. They saw that the reason was that Old K sent another block and gave it to Campbell.
Chapman picked up the ball behind Campbell and quickly played it down. Kobe rushed to the front on the other wing, and the young man's speed advantage was very strong.
"boom!"
Bryant drops Hornacek, catches a pass from Chapman, and dunks.
"53:65, the Suns lead by 12 points." Zhang Lili laughed.
"The main reason is the strong defense, and then Kobe played a quick counterattack. His counterattack awareness is very strong." Su Qun said excitedly.
"Now the postman doesn't know if he can come back. If he can't come back, this game will be like this." Zhang Lili said easily.
On the sidelines, the postman said to the team doctor: "Hurry up and pack it for me, I want to play."
"No, Carl, safety first, it's the back of the head, don't be careless." Jerry Sloan resisted the postman's impulse and firmly refused the postman's request to play.
The postman couldn't play, and the Jazz's resistance was meaningless. In order to preserve their strength, Jerry Sloan then replaced the main force and announced that he would give up the game.
In this way, because of Karl Malone's accidental injury, the Suns won the G2 game and won two consecutive victories at home.
Although the reason for winning was related to the opponent's injury, no one thought the Suns' victory was a fluke, because from the beginning to the end, the Jazz did not have the upper hand on the Suns. The best result was to limit Lao Wang's offense and maintain a balance with the Suns.
However, in the first half of this game, the Jazz did limit Wang Tiejun's offense. Whether it was the combination of Campbell and the postman or the foul tactics of the substitute inside, they all played a good role.
This allows other teams to see the hope of limiting a behemoth. Two insiders with sufficient tonnage, good defense, dare to confront, and not bad mobility will have the opportunity to limit the behemoth.
But it is not easy, very difficult, to gather such a combination of insiders.
After the game, in the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang Lili said: "The first half of this game was still very difficult. They restricted the Tiejun's performance through the two inside lanes. At the same time, they also had some foul tactics, which shows that the strength of the Jazz is really good.
In addition, according to my observation, Tie Jun did not give full play and did not forcefully attack the basket in the first half due to foul tactics. This must have certain reservations. He should hope to explode in the second half.
So the Suns played well in the third quarter, and Tie Jun also played well under the full play. Before the postman got injured, he played a good performance on the defensive end one after another, and sent a series of assists on the offensive end. Even if the postman is not injured, I think the Suns can win this game. "
Su Qun held the stat sheet and read: "Old K played 23 minutes in the first half. After the Jazz gave up the game in the second half, he only played 5 minutes before leaving. He played a total of 32 minutes, 13 of 7 shots, 53.8% from the field, 23 from 13 free throws, 56.5% from the field. Today's shooting percentage has declined. A total of 27 points, 12 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, 6 blocks, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls."
After reading the statistics, he asked, "Director Zhang, would you like to comment on Old K's performance today?"
Zhang Lili nodded and said: "Generally speaking, Tie Jun's performance determines the performance of the Suns. Today, under the double-teaming of Campbell and the postman, and the interference of foul tactics, he struggled in the first half, so the performance of the Suns is also struggling.
But this is normal. It is impossible for players to perform consistently in all games. That is not a human being, that is a robot.And today the Jazz did play well in the first half, limiting the Iron Army.
In general, the Tiejun played better in the second half than in the first half, but the postman was injured, so he didn't play much time, and his performance was indeed not as good as before. "
At this time, the Suns returned to the locker room, and a group of reporters followed outside the locker room.
"Coach D'Antoni, what do you think of the performance of the team and old K today? Can you talk about it?"
D'Antoni walked at the back, and everyone else went in. He was about to go in, but was stopped by a reporter, who asked a question that made him quite interested.
He didn't have any scruples. Anyway, the boss didn't want to renew the contract. After thinking about it, he said, "Frankly speaking, I think the team has a problem that needs to be solved. If we don't solve this problem, there will be big problems sooner or later."
As soon as he said this, there was a huff, and all the reporters in the corridor surrounded him.
After coughing dryly, he continued: "The team gave old K too high a tactical status. Almost every ball must pass through his hands first, which tied the team's entire offense to him. Once there is a problem with him, the team's offense will have a big problem.
So, you just saw that when the Jazz restricted Old K, the team played very hard. If the postman was not accidentally injured, the victory would not be so easy, and problems are inevitable. "
"Coach D'Antoni, are you saying that the Suns should lower K's tactical status?" A reporter asked excitedly.
"Yes, everyone knows that the ball will be passed to Old K first, so why not double-team him? This is why Old K is restricted today. The Jazz's double-teaming is too decisive. They know the ball will definitely be given to Old K, so they double-team him. They succeeded." D'Antoni said.
At this moment, Danny Ainge appeared at the door of the locker room and shouted with a serious expression: "Mike, come in, we are going to conclude the game."
"Oh, sorry."
D'Antoni knew that Danny Ainge was upset, but he didn't care much, nodded to the reporters, and entered the locker room.
"Mike, don't say things you shouldn't say in front of reporters. You are a coach, so you should be more cautious when interviewing." Danny Ainge closed the door and whispered.
"I didn't say anything," D'Antoni said with a shrug.
Danny Ainge snorted coldly, he heard something just now, D'Antoni was too much, no wonder Colangelo Jr. didn't renew his contract in advance.
In the locker room, a group of players ignored the coaches, and they were very happy to win the game.
Especially Kobe, who played well in the third quarter, and Danny Ainge never replaced him. He played the entire second half, 11 of 7 shots, 1 of 0 three-pointer, 3 of 3 free throws, and got 17 points, 1 assist, 2 rebounds, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 2 fouls.
Among the 11 offenses, there were 6 fast breaks, 5 of which were scored, 5 of which were positional battles, one emergency stop jump shot after a breakthrough with the ball, and the shot was missed, three layups after cutting without the ball, two scored, and one outside shot was missed.
Seeing that Kobe was very happy, Lao Wang poured cold water on him and said, "Little blacksmith, what are you happy about? You only played a few fast breaks, and your performance in positional warfare was not very good."
"It's the same if you can score on a fast break." Bryant said unconvinced.
"That's because your opponent is Hornacek. He can't keep up with you. How many points can you score in the fast break if you face Jordan? How many times can you score?" Wang asked.
Kobe was at a loss for words, Lao Wang continued: "However, you played well off the ball just now, and the cut was very timely."
Speaking of this, he saw a smile on Kobe's face, and immediately passed another basin of cold water, and said, "But the shooting is very bad. Both shots were missed. The stability is too poor. Aren't you going to compare with Jordan? How do you compare?"
Kobe blushed, his neck stiffened, and he said, "Don't worry, as long as my strength training improves and my confrontation improves, my shooting stability will definitely improve, and sooner or later I will be able to compare with him."
Lightning said with a smile at this time: "Okay, old K, don't hit the rookie anymore, his performance today is still good, it would be bad if you hit him into a soft-legged shrimp."
"Old K, if you don't have me today, you will lose. If you suppress me again, be careful that I will rebel against you." Kobe said.
"Look at him, is he a soft-legged shrimp?" Lao Wang pointed to Kobe and asked.
Lightning took a look, indeed, it was not like a soft-legged shrimp, but like a pit bull with red eyes.
……
At 08:30 the next morning, the Jazz announced that the postman had three stitches in the back of his head, but there was no major problem, which was a skin trauma.
"It's a real lump of iron."
The Suns were having breakfast, and Lao Wang had to be convinced when he heard the news. Karl Malone is really an unbeatable Xiaoqiang. His physique is too strong, and he is too strong.
"Old K?"
At this time, Lightning handed over a newspaper.
He took a look at it, couldn't help being startled, and couldn't help but look at another picture of D'Antoni in the restaurant.
"Did I offend him?" He turned to Lightning and asked.
"I think it's about basketball philosophy, not personal reasons."
Lightning analyzed calmly, and then brought over several newspapers and said: "Some media are hyping up this matter, especially the media in Salt Lake City, saying that the Suns are in conflict. Old K, you have to be careful not to be affected."
"rest assured."
Lao Wang thought for a while, threw away the newspaper, let him go, D'Antoni has no status in the team, he can't control the coaching staff, and he can't control a coach's mouth.
But he couldn’t control it. Someone could. Colangelo was very unhappy when he found out about it. After breakfast, he talked with D’Antoni in the room for more than ten minutes.
(End of this chapter)