This is the first time Mo Xi has seen Olajuwon up close, in the past, whether on TV, or in video, or hearsay, Olajuwon is a person, this player has always been hung with a lot of contradictory labels. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 infoAs a devout Muslim, Olajuwon did not eat on the day of fasting, although it was a headache for the coach, but he was still able to run amok on the field; Olajuwon's career can be divided into three stages, Olajuwon at the beginning of his career, like every young player who thinks highly of himself, in his heart, give him the ball, he can handle everything, but because the strength of the Rockets at that time was not strong and was once suppressed by several centers in the same period, Olajuwon was diagnosed with mania, however, as if it was the arrangement of fate, after the man retired for the first time, Olajuwon's mania was suppressed by him, and the whole person was rejuvenated and got his back-to-back dynasty, And with this as a boundary, as he grew older, his mania became active again; Olajuwon is a passionate man, he is like an artificial perpetual motion machine on the court, he can always be seen frequently on both offensive and defensive ends, and he also gets along well with his teammates, but this big man always spoke English with a weird accent when he was in college, and he really didn't have many college friends except Drexler; In the mouths of Ewing and others, Olajuwon is naturally a vicious big demon king, from peeping at a ninety-year-old grandmother taking a bath, to showing goldfish to a nine-year-old little Lori, doing everything evil.

It's a strange sense of shock, like the feeling Murphy had when he first met Ewing during his summer vacation in Georgetown, as if a beast was in front of you, playing with dead prey in his hands with mocking eyes.

"Yo, Pat, this is your new bag boy, why does he look like a cream boy, he can't be an actor dragged out of the Hollywood set." During the warm-up time, Olajuwon walked over with a grin, completely ignoring the Knicks players who were shaking their muscles and looking at him fiercely, and at the same time showed a posture of no one in his eyes, as if to say, come on, do you dare to hit me?

Johnson also returned from injury in this game, he will replace Mo Xi to the starting position, seeing this situation, he stepped forward and pulled Thomas, Camby and Sprewell and others aside, in his opinion, these people's actions are undoubtedly stupid, don't you just fuel the arrogance of the other party?

Mo Xi is blinded, you two big guys tore it up, why did you tear me up first? Shouldn't it be that the two masters made a move, and then our group of little brothers waved their flags and shouted in the back?

Ewing said coldly, "I think he's at least better than your Humpty Dumpty." ”

Barkley, who was practicing three points from afar, sneezed, and a haze drifted through his heart, could it be, last night, it was too exciting, and he caught a cold? No, it's not the first time I've played this high.

Olajuwon said: "Maybe, although she is an Oriental, but he is not Bruce Lee, I don't think he can play better than Oakley, maybe even Mason can't beat, has the Knicks' selection strategy changed?" ”

The ratings of the Finals that year were so high, partly because the Knicks were in New York, but partly because there were so many fans of other sports in the Knicks, such as wrestling, fighting, karate, etc., so it really became a game that everyone from all walks of life watched.

Ewing has always been able to do things without beeping with you, and at this time he just snorted coldly, but the next words of Olajuwon ignited Ewing immediately.

"Of course, in my eyes, this kid is really the same as Humpty Dumpty, after all, they don't have championships."

A nameless fire "Teng" ignited, Mo Xi knew that it was not good when he heard this sentence, and hurriedly grabbed Ewing, before the game started, he would have a boxing match to warm up first, which was not good.

The game began in such an atmosphere full of gunpowder. The Knicks returned from injury, but because of this, Mo Xi lost his starting position, but in fact, Van Gundy's decision was not wrong, because if Mo Xi started the game, he would directly face the legendary flying pig Barkley, although the current Barkley is far from the guy who had no problem picking up two strong men on one shoulder in the past, but it is still no problem to sit on Mo Xi's knees.

In fact, Olajuwon and Barkley have declined significantly this season, and the two of them have begun to have large and small injuries as they get older, whether it is the Knicks or Houston, now the interior of the two sides is more mental, the main offensive players have all been replaced on the outside, the Knicks are the two-gun combination of Sprewell and Houston, and the Rockets are also very young Steve Francis and Catino Mobley.

If Ewing is the only point that he has won against several other centers, it must be that Ewing's performance is very stable, unlike several other people who have declined significantly at the end of their careers, although Ewing has also declined, but the magnitude is very small (although it is also because Ewing's data is not very outstanding), even last season, Ewing still scored 17+9, this is the first time in his career that he averaged 20 points per game, much better than others, Olajuwon has already scored less than 20 in 96, And David Robinson actually dropped below 20 early before Duncan's arrival, Ewing because of his technical style, in fact, his career life would have been much higher than that of several others if it weren't for the knee injury he first took into the league.

At the beginning of the game, the two sides were splashed from the jump ball. Whether it is height or arm span, or bounce, the two are actually not much different at this age, almost the same time to touch the ball, but, in the air, Ewing the weakness of the strength of the lower limbs can not be reflected, Olajuwon's strong lower limbs can not be played, and the strength of the arm is inferior, Ewing Shengsheng hit the ball back.

Johnson plucked the ball off and handed it to Ward, and the Knicks jumped possession of it and began their first offense.

If the Knicks were still led by Pat Riley, even if it was against his tactical intentions, he would definitely let Ewing play with Olajuwon in the opening game, but Van Gundy is not Pat Riley, he does not have the courage of Pat Riley, although he protects his shortcomings and believes in his players, but he does not have the courage to give it a go.

Rao was so, but Van Gundy didn't expect that before the start of the game, Olajuwon had already had a pleasant exchange with Ewing.

Ewing asked for the ball directly in the low post and stuck the position.

Seeing this, Ward did not hesitate to pass the ball to Ewing, and for a while, everyone on the court seemed to understand, and the two sides pulled away, and Ewing singled Olajuwon.

Although both sides have begun to decline gradually, the momentum of the top center forward on their bodies will not make anyone underestimate these two people.

Ewing was inferior to Olajuwon in the lower handicap, and Olajuwon began to constantly arch Ewing outward.

Ewing knew that he was inferior to the other party in terms of lower limb strength, so he decisively gave up fighting with the other party, Ewing gently leaned on the other party, and then directly turned over and turned outward.

Olajuwon and Ewing have been fighting for decades, how can they not know Ewing's path, and when they saw Ewing move, they directly guessed that Ewing didn't want to fight with him for strength, and planned to make a turnaround jump shot directly. In the finals that year, Ewing also faced Olajuwon like this. It's just that Olajuwon at that time had excellent bounce, and at this time, there was only one way left.

Olajuwon judged correctly, Ewing did make a turnaround jumper, but Olajuwon overestimated himself, he failed to jump up as in the past, if you want to block Ewing's turnaround jumper, either you have at least 90 bounces at seven feet tall, or seven feet three inches tall to be possible, and the current Olajuwon obviously does not have.

Ewing's smooth turnaround jumper, although Ewing has only returned to the court for a short time and is still in the stage of finding his form, but somehow, in the face of Olajuwon, he feels extremely excited, and this shot is very smooth.

Ewing hits the first goal of the start of the game.

With Ewing scoring this goal, the atmosphere of the game instantly became hot. Olajuwon was so angry that he had to turn around and hit him.

The Rockets attacked, and although the point guard was no longer Casal, Francis still listened to Olajuwon's arrangement, and after halftime, he hoisted the ball directly to Olajuwon.

Olajuwon, like Ewing, is used to playing far away from the basket, but the two guys still have very different offensive styles, Ewing is in this position because it's his best range for his turnaround jumper, and Olajuwon is because his feet can be better played here.

Olajuwon receives the ball, and his style of play is all about not hesitating, starting without shaking, and although Ewing has often been criticized for jumping too often on the defensive end, it is clear that he will be very focused against his old opponents.

Olajuwon quickly dribbled and started straight on the line, and despite his age, Olajuwon's breakthrough was still sharp. Olajuwon is not fast as he pushes while blocking Ewing with his body, but he is very flexible thanks to various yoga and dance training. Olajuwon cuts to the basket, and Ewing panics.

I saw Olajuwon looking up at the basket, Ewing hurriedly pasted it up, but Olajuwon squeezed his buttocks, knocked Ewing into it, and then quickly turned over and turned back, Ewing had to tilt his center of gravity because the distance was a little large, Olajuwon made a sneer, his shoulders moved, Ewing quickly adjusted his center of gravity and pulled back directly, but Olajuwon did not move in place, and shot directly under the basket with a small back, and Olajuwon shot.

The two sides were led by their respective bosses and the first round ended in a draw.

Originally, in the second round, Ward also planned to let Ewing have another one, but Van Gundy shouted loudly from the sidelines, and Ward had to give up, and the game once again entered the boring Knicks positional battle series.

But even if it is into the positional battle, Ewing is still the first to receive the ball, because of Olajuwon's words before the game, Ewing was very unhappy, after Ward passed the ball to him, Ewing really thought about it, but finally gave up playing singles again, not because they couldn't play, but because it was not necessary, and what they wanted more now at the age of forty was the highest glory.

Ewing hesitated, but because the strength of the lower limbs was not as strong as Olajuwon, he was gradually pushed out, Ewing no longer hesitated, he passed the ball directly, Houston received the ball, made a tentative step forward, and then moved to the side, at this time Ewing came up to block the demolition, Olajuwon also followed, but after the blocking, Olajuwon changed to Houston, Houston did not dare to shoot, he passed to Ewing, Ewing received the ball without hesitation and shot directly, Olajuwon turned back to defend, but the turning speed was a little slow, Ewing made an easy move.

The Knicks scored another goal.

Olajuwon is a little uncomfortable, now he can no longer be as versatile in attack and defense as in the past, he can only pick one side to do, but Olajuwon's character is destined that he will not plan to do this, he will do his best to show all his strength.

Back on the offensive end, Olajuwon asked for the ball again, and Francis hesitated, but finally gave the ball to Olajuwon.

Olajuwon asked for the ball in the horn position this time, and those who are more sensitive will feel that this position is exactly where Ewing just threw the shot.

Olajuwon holds the ball in both hands to protect his waist, his shoulders against Ewing, Ewing opens his arms to block in front, this scene makes many old fans feel embarrassed, 33, 34, 50, in the 90s, the center of the entire league can only look up to these three numbers.

Olajuwon pushed Ewing a little, and then quickly dribbled through, he walked the middle line, and cut directly into Ewing with his shoulder, but it was very laborious, Ewing's upper body strength was very strong, Olajuwon's dribbling was a little unstable, just when everyone thought he would lose the ball, Olajuwon suddenly stopped, turned around directly, pulled back, and stopped and turned to shoot.

Ewing forcibly jumps off to block.

Ewing failed to block the other party, but Olajuwon's shooting was also interfered with, the ball bounced out, just when everyone thought it was over, Olajuwon suddenly burst out, another almost foul action pushed Ewing away, grabbed the rebound, Olajuwon raised his hand to feint, Ewing was angered by Olajuwon's pushing action just now, and didn't care so much, he jumped up directly, Olajuwon jumped directly against the opponent's body, blocked Ewing with one hand, grabbed the ball with the other hand and lifted it, and smashed it to the basket.

Olajuwon shook Ewing with a one-arm buckle.

The referee can actually blow a 2+1 for this goal, but he didn't foul Olajuwon before, and he hesitated for a moment or gave up on this goal.

Olajuwon was so excited after the dunk that he tugged at his jersey and roared at the camera.