Chapter 51: The Real Battle
At Consec Arena, the Wizards are entering the arena, and they are no longer greeted by cheering fans.
It's a uniform sound.
In the backcourt, everyone didn't hear very clearly, and they only felt that the whole stadium was shaking.
"God, the fans here aren't going to tear down the arena." Rodman complained.
"Shut your mouth, Dennis, who has never seen the world, there is no god here, enjoy the game!" Barkley looked disdainful.
Entered, and the black passage passed in a blink of an eye.
A fierce yellow light hit all the Wizards in their faces, and everyone was caught off guard.
When I slowly opened my eyes, I was shocked by the scene in front of me.
"Oh my God, are we here for the finals?!" Barkley muttered to himself, dumbfounded. Barkley has only experienced one Finals, and none of those Finals were as big as this one.
The whole stadium was a sea of yellow, and every fan wore a yellow Pacers T-shirt.
A considerable number of fans are crazy about tattooing the yellow logo of the Pacers on their faces.
The fans shouted in unison.
“Beat Jordan!”
“Beat Jordan!”
“Beat Jordan!”
......
The entire arena shook with the shouts of "Beat Jordan", and the ceiling was about to collapse!!
Hu Qingniu felt that his little heart was trembling with shouting, and looked at Jordan, I really don't know how he got over.
Jordan was also dumbfounded.
“What? Why me? ”
What kind of hatred is very much, this face, this treatment, except for Jordan, there is no one.
Watching the crazy fans grow more and more, they are all focused on the Wizards bench and stretching out their middle fingers.
The Wizards have a bitter face, it's just a regular season, is it necessary to be so ruthless.
Hu Qingniu's scalp was numb, his hands were clutching his hair, and he said to everyone: "It seems that they are much more prepared than us, I thought we paid enough attention." ”
"I can't stand it, Beat Jordan is okay, what's going on with that?!" Barkley pointed to a huge drum kit not far behind him, and two or three fat men over two hundred pounds were hammered up desperately.
"Boom! Boom! Boom! ”
"Shit," Hu Qingniu couldn't help but burst out, "Don't worry about this, everyone gather their minds and prepare to warm up." ”
With this level of distraction, no one is able to concentrate. Especially the young player Jeffries, their ears are buzzing, and the whole person is a little confused.
Although Jordan and these old fritters are all big-stage players, today's scene is still too big, which also affects them. After all, tens of thousands of people are arresting you, and ordinary people are estimated to have nightmares for a month when they see it.
Jordan came to the low post with the basketball, took a deep breath, turned around, and shot.
"Bell! Clang! Clang! ”
Continuously striking iron, Jordan's feel has been affected, and it seems that his heart is still fluctuating with a cold face.
At this time, an uninvited guest came with a wrinkled smile on his face.
Suit, small man, Jordan fixed his eyes, it turned out to be Isaiah Thomas, the old bastard.
"Michael, how's it going, your birthday is coming up this month, and this is a birthday present for you in advance! Enough friends! Thomas stepped forward and punched Jordan in the shoulder, looking like an old friend.
Jordan patted his shoulder impatiently, as if Thomas's hand had brought something unclean, "Don't act like an idiot, I'm not going to be intimidated by such a small scene." When you're old, just sit on the sidelines and watch me perform. ”
"Michael, is that really the case, but I see you've missed three shots in this position, it's not like your usual you, but in this case, you can't give me the performance I expected." Thomas wasn't angry at all.
"Don't worry, you won't be disappointed." Jordan's face darkened, he took a deep breath, his cheeks puffed out and he exhaled long, outside the box in the low post, still in the same position, slapping the ball, turning, leaning back.
This time, Jordan was more focused than ever, and the Wizards stopped the ball in their hands to let Jordan shoot first.
The basketball rolls in the air, and no one knows the fate of the ball.
Thomas stood by and looked at it with a smile, but then he couldn't laugh anymore.
"Huh."
The basketball hit the basket with precision, setting off a circle of white nets.
"Well, Isaiah, at least today, my performance will not disappoint you." Jordan shrugged his shoulders and said with a stinky expression.
"Then wait and see, good luck!" Throwing off this sentence, Thomas walked away without looking back.
Barkley and Ewing didn't interject, they are both juniors, and Jordan is also a junior, but he is more special, a very competitive junior.
"Hey, guys, come here!"
Hu Qingniu beckoned everyone to gather.
"Temporary strategy changes, I just saw the Pacers warm up and saw a little bit of a problem." Hu Qingniu had a smug expression.
"Oh~! The coach is mighty, tell me what it is! Barkley slapped the ass at the right time.
Hu Qingniu wants this effect, so that everyone can relax a little.
"Reggie Miller's shooting practice today was very weird, and I studied his footage and he used to shoot threes at 45 degrees on the left and right sides. But today, instead of once shooting in this position, he ran to the bottom corners of both sides to shoot the basketball. ”
Hu Qingniu smiled mysteriously.
"So I reasoned that the Pacers wouldn't be playing the usual pick-and-roll system today. It is estimated that Isaiah has already understood that just using Jermaine's Brad's one-man blocking will not work well. These two players, one on the skinny side and the other on the slow side, their pick-and-rolls are not of high quality, and we were able to crack them easily. ”
Ewing asked at the right time: "That's true, whether it's me and Charles or Dennis, we can break their blocks. So what tactics will the Pacers play, coach? ”
"Reggie Miller will definitely be the main attacker in this game, and his shooting point has been converted from a 45-degree angle to the bottom corner. If what I expected is right, it should be a double block, which will lead to a larger angle, a longer route, and better space. Hu Qingniu said.
"Double Block?!" Everyone shouted in unison, at this time the double block is still a rare thing, although the Wizards themselves can use it, but they have never encountered an opponent with a double block.
"Not surprisingly, with the Pacers' configuration, Artest would be a pick-and-roll point, and he's strong enough. The Pacers can use a variation of what is commonly known as the 'shut-off' tactic, with one player holding the horns, one player standing low, and the shooter coming in from the middle circle and then going behind them around the corner. ”
"Coach, I—I can't remember!" Rodman replied without blushing at all.
Indeed, it is impossible to explain the details of this tactic in such a short time.
At this time, "Beep! Beep! ”
The referee blew the whistle and the game was about to begin.