Chapter 246: A dilemma

After the timeout, the game resumed, and the score was 21-12, and the Chicago Bulls, who were behind, went on the offensive. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

According to the coach's tactical arrangement, the Japanese national team offered a three-two joint defense.

Shinnosuke Kishimoto, Kota Mimori, and Ryumasa stood on the outside, while Shinnosuke Kishimoto and Kota Mimori were responsible for defending Tony Kukoc and Ryumasa defending Michael Jordan; Kozo Yano and Hirosuke Chizawa stayed on the inside, focusing on Scottie Pippen, the Bulls' second-in-command with three-point ability.

The defensive changes of the Japanese national team caught the Bulls by surprise.

According to the prior agreement, it was Tony Kukoc who was the team's main attacker, and Cartwright and Grant assisted Kukoc.

Tony Kukoc, as a projection shooting guard, has lost the lead in the face of a two-man package.

Unlike the perspective considered by the Japanese national team, the Bulls' attention is focused on freezing Ryumasa's offense, or at least freezing Ryumasa's outside three-pointers.

In order to limit the dragon government to the greatest extent, the two aces of the Bulls, Jordan and Pippen, chose to strategically abandon the offense and focus all their energy on defending the dragon government.

Tony Kukoc was trapped, Jordan and Pippen had no intention of attacking, and Cartwright and Grant had to shoulder the offensive burden of the Bulls.

With a simple pass and cut coordination, Cartwright ran without the ball to the basket, and after receiving Grant's pass, he singled Kozo Yano with his back and hit a hook shot.

At 21:14, the difference between the two teams narrowed to seven points.

The all-round suppression of the inside line made Yusaku Ozawa in the coach's seat shake his head.

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Cartwright's goal didn't cause much of a stir on the spot.

At this moment, the eyes of the audience are all focused on Long Zheng, the Bulls have scored again, how will Long Zheng respond to them?

The world's martial arts are unbreakable, only fast and unbreakable. On the basketball court, speed is an important magic weapon to defeat the enemy.

Receiving the ball on the sideline, Long Zheng, who had been listening to Jordan's trash talk, decisively opened the second phase of the "Moment of the Gods".

The explosiveness and speed in the state of 150% made Jordan and Pippen, who were following the defense, completely unable to keep up with the pace of Long Zheng's progress.

Three steps later, under the incredulous gaze of Bulls head coach Phil Jackson, Long Zheng forced a breakthrough through the double bag of Jordan and Pippen, and strode towards the Bulls halfcourt.

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To Phil Jackson's chagrin, the warm-up race was not equipped with a speed measuring instrument.

Phil Jackson could see that Long Zheng was fast, but without a speed measuring instrument, Phil Jackson never got accurate data.

Phil Jackson, a professional basketball coach, focused on Ryu-mason's explosiveness and sheer speed, while the audience was obsessed with Ryu-masang's butterfly-like dribble breakout.

The extreme body amplitude change, perfect foot movement, and Long Zheng's breakthrough in holding the ball broke the audience's understanding of basketball, and it turned out that basketball could be played so gorgeously.

"Do you belong to your own European step?"

In a hidden position in the audience, Rockets head coach Rudy Tomjanovic muttered to himself.

Holding his chin, Rudy Tomjanovic began to analyze Ryuzheng's ball-holding breakthrough just now.

The extreme change in the amplitude of the body and the perfect foot movement are the essence of Long Zheng's breakthrough this time.

However, these two points alone can't break through the bag that Jordan and Pippen have built together. You know, both of them are in the NBA defense for a while.

Surpassing Jordan's explosiveness and speed is the real killer feature of Long Zheng.

With Ryuzheng's explosiveness and speed, the 100-meter speed should be within 10 seconds, Rudy Tomjanovic estimated.

The perfect combination of body and technology, it is no wonder that Jordan and Pippen will suffer a loss from Long Zheng.

The fly in the ointment is that this burst is too much of a physical drain to be used as a conventional breakthrough method.

(Compare the 100-meter race at the Olympics, the preliminaries and the semi-finals, and the semi-finals and the finals, and it takes a few hours for sprinters to regain their strength and adjust for each 100-meter race.) )

Thinking of this, Rudy Tomjanovich was surprised to find that Ryuzheng had not done a detailed physical test until now, even Ryuzheng

He has signed a two-year rookie contract with the Rockets.

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Throwing off Jordan and the two, Long Zheng soon came to the middle line position.

In the face of Horace Grant, the power forward who came from the defense, Long Zheng's speed did not slow. A quick turn dribble that left Horace Grant, who couldn't react, in place.

Past Horace Grant, Long Zheng did not go far, and made a straight jump shot from three steps outside Jordan, who was struggling to defend himself, and his flowing shooting posture deeply shocked the hearts of the audience.

With a sound of "swish", Long Zheng's ultra-long-distance shot of "being so accurate that he has no friends" appeared again!!

Closing the second phase of "Moment of the Gods", Long Zheng looked at the basketball passing through the net and smiled slightly.

"Mission done, it's up to your teammates to perform."

With his eyes covering Jordan and Pippen, Ryu-jeong has an estimate of the situation on the court.

It seems that the Bulls sent Jordan and Pippen to guard me. And the two of them did not participate in the Bulls' offense just now, so they should have deliberately reserved their physical strength for defense.

If that's the case, the corners of Long Zheng's mouth hooked. The next game of the teammates will be easy to play.

At 24:14, Long Zheng's three-point shot widened the difference between the two teams to ten points.

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"Everyone, I'm sorry!"

Jordan apologized to his teammates in a rare way, "Because Pippen and I didn't guard against Long Zheng, the point gap was widened again." ”

"Everyone believe in the two of us," Jordan said, and Pippen continued, "It's not so simple for Long Zheng to break through our bag again." At this, Pippen's teeth rattled.

The words of the two made the other players of the Bulls very helpless.

Jordan and his posture were very low, but the two never said anything about the team's offense. In this case, the team can only count on other players for attack.

It's just that without Jordan and Pippen, Tony Kukoc was doubled by the Japanese national team. If you lose three points, the team will be too slow to score.

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Outside the three-point line, Tony Kukoc, who was attacking with the ball, was surrounded by Shinnosuke Kishimoto and Kota Mimori.

As a projection shooting guard, Tony Kukoc's breakthrough ability can only be considered mediocre. In desperation, Tony Kukoc had no choice but to seek help from his teammates.

Eyes swept over Jordan and Pippen, and the two team bigwigs ignored Tony Kukoc's gaze.

For the two of them, preventing Long Zheng's ultra-long-distance three-point has become an obsession in their hearts. After playing basketball for so many years, I have never seen such an inexplicable shot by Long Zheng.

Generally speaking, the farther away from the basket the opponent is to defend the shot, the lower the opponent's shooting percentage.

At the same time, because of the increase in space, the pitcher's room for maneuver increases, and unlike the decrease in the shooting percentage, the pitcher's shooting opportunities are on the rise.

On the other hand, the closer you get to the basket, the higher your opponent's shooting percentage.

At the same time, because the space around them is smaller, the pitcher's room to turn is reduced, and unlike the increase in the shooting percentage, the pitcher's chances of shooting are decreasing.

Helplessly, Ryu-jung's shooting percentage doesn't seem to be affected by distance, and he can shoot the ball into the basket as long as he has a chance to shoot in the half-court.

Because of this, Long Zheng rarely kills in the penalty area, and Jordan and others have no chance to force him into a corner.

Since the two big guys didn't want to add to the team's offense, Tony Kukoc had no choice but to give the ball to the inside.

Horace Grant received a pass, ignored the returning power forward Hirosuke Chizawa, shook off Hirosuke Chisawa and made an easy layup.

At 24:16, the Bulls, who didn't have a three-point team, could only accept a two-point, two-point slow chase of points.

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Long Zheng held the ball, Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan concentrated 120 percent of their attention, and used all their resources to contain Long Zheng, starting from the bottom line to block Long Zheng's breakthrough route.

In the face of the opponent's iron wall and chattering trash talk, Ryumasa faked a true pass, and when he broke through to the right, an overhead return pass, and the basketball accurately came to Kota Mimori on the left.

After passing the ball, Long Zheng ran without the ball along the right sideline and ran towards the Bulls halfcourt (frontcourt) with Jordan and the two.

In order to contain the two Jordans, Long Zheng has been cruising in a wide area from the right sideline of the court to the three-point line.

Even if you don't have the ball, it's good to practice running without the ball with Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan doing their best.

You must know that if it weren't for Long Zheng to maintain the "Celestial Moment" and even open the second phase of the "Celestial Moment", hitting multiple ultra-long-distance three-pointers in a row, he would not have gotten this opportunity at all.

Taking a step back, if Ryuzheng chooses to break through to the inside, in the limited space, even if Ryuzheng opens the second phase of the "Moment of the Gods", Jordan and Pippen can rely on their experience to prevent Ryuzheng's attack.

Ryumasa pinned down Scottie Pippen and Michael Jordan on the right side of the court, and Kozo Yano won a four-on-three to play more and fewer chances.

On the left side of the court, Kota Mimori and Shinnosuke Kishimoto ran outside, and Kozo Yano and Hirosuke Chizawa stayed on the inside, and the two teams entered a tug-of-war.

Suddenly, Hirosuke Chizawa shook off the defenders and came to the outside to block and dismantle Shinnosuke Kishimoto. At the same time, Shinnosuke Kishimoto moved two steps to the right, and then jumped up from outside the three-point line after receiving a pass from Kota Mimori, and the Bulls players who were under-defended could only watch as the basketball left Shinnosuke Kishimoto's hands and flew into the middle of the basket.

At 27:16, Shinnosuke Kishimoto's hand felt hot today, two shots, two three-pointers.

The two sides went back and forth, and the two quarters ended quickly after 20 minutes.

At 45:45, when Long Zheng contained Jordan and Pippen, and the three did not shoot directly when they attacked, the Bulls players relied on their individual ability, and the three-to-four equalized the score in the final minute of the second quarter.

Maintaining the "Tenjin Moment" almost does not consume physical strength, and with the ten-minute game not opening the second phase of the "Tenjin Moment" and rarely holding the ball, Ryuzheng's physical strength has recovered a lot.

The third quarter of the game has just begun, and Long Zheng once again opened the second stage of the "Moment of the Gods".

It started with a long-range shot, and then, without anyone expecting it, Ryu-jeong cut off Tony Kukoc's pass to the inside.

Agglomerate!!

Long Zheng rode through the hurdle alone, got rid of the encirclement of Coty Pippen and Michael Jordan in succession, and faced the frontal defense of Tony Kukoc in the Bulls' half, and used the stunt of Michael Jordan - a 45-degree angle backward jumper, and hit an ultra-long-distance shot again.

At 51:45, two rounds back and forth, Long Zheng scored six points in a row to help the Japanese national team open the score again.

Long Zheng's performance has dealt a major blow to the mentality of Cody Pippen and Michael Jordan. It seems that the close monitoring of the two has become an ornament.

Seeing this, Phil Jackson immediately called a timeout.

"Nine of nine three-pointers, all half-court ultra-long-range three-pointers, and a great pass that could be selected as the best of the game."

In front of the players, Phil Jackson said in a deep voice: "The demonic body, perfect ball skills, and ultra-long-distance shooting skills, the current dragon government can become the core of any team in the NBA." Therefore, it is normal to not be able to prevent Long Zheng. Taking a step back, who of you can stop Wilt Chamberlain? (Before Jordan, the strongest man in the NBA.) Chamberlain is the only player in NBA history to average 30 points and 20 rebounds per game, and he did it seven times. )”

After a pause, Phil Jackson continued: "In my opinion, the future achievements of the dragon government are by no means comparable to Wilt Chamberlain's. Wilt Chamberlain was 15 years old before he was in high school, and Ryu-jeong had signed a rookie contract with an NBA team. Think for yourselves. ”

"Put down your pride."

Phil Jackson looked at Jordan and Pippen and said softly: "Look at Long Zheng from a level-headed perspective, and see him as an opponent on the same level." I think that way, you know how to play in the next game. ”

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At the end of the timeout, under the guidance of Phil Jackson, Jordan and Pippen returned to their usual composure and played at the Bulls' own pace.

On the offensive end, the Bulls restored the strongest configuration - the triangle offensive system, big forward Horace Grant, small forward Scottie Pippen, and scoring guard Michael Jordan took turns to impact, although Long Zheng opened the second phase of the "God Moment", he was helpless, and with the perfect cooperation of the Bulls players, Long Zheng could only watch Tony Kukoc receive the pass from his teammates outside the three-point line and hit a steady three-point shot.

At 51:48, the Bulls pulled back a three-pointer.

The Bulls' goal reminded Long Zheng that the Bulls' triangle offensive system with Jordan and Pippen is impossible for any basketball team to defend. Even if you start the second phase of the "Moment of the Gods" yourself, you can only achieve results when the Bulls players are negligent.

In that case, it's not worth spending the second phase of the "Moment of the Gods," which consumes ten times your stamina, on defense.

Good steel is used on the blade, and only when attacking, the second stage of the "Moment of the Gods" dragon Zheng and the Bulls have a "run and bomb" battle.

Under the second stage of "Celestial Moment" or "Celestial Moment", Long Zheng's shooting is full of shots, as long as he finds that the shooting is empty, Long Zheng immediately pulls out his legs and shoots.

Without the bonus of Ryuzheng to open the second phase of the "Moment of the Gods", the defense of the Japanese national team was completely destroyed by the Bulls.

After Jordan and Pippen joined the team to attack, the audience really saw the offensive firepower of the world's No. 1 basketball team.

54:48,54:51,57:54,60:54...... 88:90。

After the start of the third quarter, Ryu-jung took over the game on his own, single-handedly fighting the Bulls' triangular offensive system.

Because the second stage of "Hour of the Gods" requires ten times the physical strength, Long Zheng has already exhausted his physical strength halfway through the fourth quarter. At this time, Long Zheng knew that with his physical state, once the second stage of the "Moment of the Gods" was opened, it would be when he passed out directly on the court.

Halfway through the fourth quarter, Phil Jackson decisively judged that Long Zheng's physical strength had bottomed out, and the Bulls actually used the skills and tactics of three people in a row to cover Long Zheng and one person.

Ryu-masa, who just maintained the "Celestial Moment", knew that he didn't have the strength to fight the three-man alone, so he decisively passed the ball before the bag was formed and handed over the team's attack to his teammates.

In a short period of time, the Bulls quickly caught up with the score and took the lead.

Now, with the final minute of the game, the score is 88:90, and the Bulls lead by two points and have the ball.

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Kanagawa Prefecture, prefectural Xiangbei Basketball Stadium.

Everyone gathered in front of the TV, and their mood fluctuated with Long Zheng's performance.

"Akagi, I really want to see Ryumasa's live game!" Mitsui Shou, who was sitting at the front, suddenly said, "On the 16th, the Japanese national team and the Bulls will hold a warm-up game at the Yokohama Municipal Basketball Stadium!" ”

"Uh,"

Akagi was slightly stunned: "I heard that the official price of the competition tickets is five thousand dollars, and they have all been sold out." Tickets circulating on the black market have been sold for $10,000 each. But I guess after this game in Tokyo, the black market ticket price will have to rise to at least $20,000 a ticket. ”

"Twenty thousand dollars a piece?"

Hearing Akagi's words, Mitsui Shou swallowed and foamed with difficulty. "20,000 US dollars, that's all my dad's salary for a year."

"The main thing is that supply exceeds demand,"

To everyone, Akagi Gangxian, who knew the inside story, said slowly: "You all know that the Chicago Bulls are the new NBA triple champions, and they are known as the "Bulls Dynasty", and the core player Michael Jordan is regarded as a league label by the NBA, and the media has named him the god of basketball. It is widely recognized that the current Chicago Bulls are the world's No. 1 basketball team. In the previous three years, the Japan Basketball Association would invite the Bulls to play in Japan at a high price every year, but the Bulls did not hesitate to refuse. The reason why the Bulls are willing to come to Japan this time is completely due to the efforts of Long Zheng and Michael Jordan behind their backs. In order to repay the Bulls, the Japan Basketball Association signed an agreement with the Bulls, and half of all the proceeds generated by the Bulls' trip to Japan belonged to the Bulls. ”

"If that's the case,"

Akagi Goken's side, Mitsui Shou continued: "I don't think the Bulls will come to Japan again in the future." ”

"What?" "Won't come to Japan again?" Everyone was puzzled, and all eyes were fixed on Mitsui Shou.

"You see, so far in this game, it can almost be said that Long Zheng is fighting against the Bulls alone."

Mitsui Shou looked at everyone and explained: "In the fourth quarter of the game, after Long Zheng's physical strength was insufficient, the Bulls immediately caught up with the score and successfully overtook them. Except for Ryumasa, the rest of the Japanese national team had no power to fight back in front of the Bulls players. ”

"Now Ryu-jung has signed with the Rockets. If the Bulls want to play against Long Zheng, they can just play against each other in the NBA. Why are you still coming to Japan, do you still want to "beat up" Long Zheng five to one again? ”

"Then Mitsui," Mu Du Gongyan suddenly spoke, and asked solemnly, "Do you think that in this game, Long Zheng can win the final victory?" With one minute left in the game, the Bulls led by two points and were in possession. ”

"Analyze it rationally," Mitsui Shou dragged his chin and stared closely at the figure of Long Zheng on the TV screen: "The probability of Long Zheng winning is only one percent." If Long Zheng really had the strength to spare, he would not give up his own attack in the previous three or four minutes, and handed over the ball to his teammates. And the situation of physical weakness I experienced before when I competed at Oak Hill Middle School, and it is exactly the same as Ryuzheng's performance now. After holding on for another three or four minutes under the condition of physical weakness, I think that if the head coach of the national team is dutiful, he should replace Long Zheng now, after all, when the physical strength is not able to support, the players are still participating in high-intensity confrontation games, and they are the most prone to injury. ”

"For a warm-up game where there is no doubt about losing and dying, and putting Long Zheng in a predicament that is easy to get injured."

Looking at the TV screen, Mitsui Shou's face was solemn: "If Long Zheng is really injured because of this, Yusaku Ozawa will definitely be pushed out by the Basketball Association as soon as possible to serve as a scapegoat." I don't think there was a place for him in Japanese basketball at that time! ”

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It cannot but be said that Mitsui Shou has a unique vision, and what Mitsui Shou said is exactly what Yusaku Ozawa, the head coach of the Japanese national team, is worried about.

What if Ryu-jeong is really injured...... When Yusaku Ozawa thought of this, he felt a chill in his heart, and he didn't dare to imagine it anymore.

But now that he has replaced Ryumasa, Yusaku Ozawa is really unwilling.

If the Japanese national team does win in the end, this game will be enough to shine in the history of Japanese basketball, and Yusaku Ozawa will benefit from it and become one of the hottest basketball coaches in Asia.

Unable to resolve the dilemma, Yusaku Ozawa called a timeout. (To be continued.) )