Chapter 238: Boy, You're Not Qualified To Teach Me A Lesson.
Zhang Wei had 25 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists in the first half, and Kidd also had 9 points, 3 rebounds and 7 assists, but Mason should be praised more, and his 15 points were crucial for the Lakers. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
This kind of strong dialogue usually does not only rely on the team's first and second points of attack, but also has a great impact on the trend of the game whether the third and fourth points of attack are inactive, and the play of Mason and Starks today is equally important to the Lakers, just like the Zen master once wanted to use Kukoc to chase points in the second quarter.
Zhang Zhu and Jordan, the lethality of the two of them is clear on both sides, the Lakers and Bulls are ready for these two to get luxury statistics in the game, but Harris and Zen Master must not be ready for players like Kerr or Mutombo to score 20 points, this is the variable in the game, and if you want to beat a strong opponent, you have to have such a variable to be sure.
The Bulls also had role players step up in the first half, Kukoc's performance on the offensive end met the requirements of the Zen master, and Kerr played the role of a yard, but Pi Erge failed to play his level today, and he couldn't play in two quarters, which is why the Bulls almost trailed by 15 points in the first half.
Zhang Fu's defensive ability made Zen Master have to find some interface for his second master, but this can't be the reason why Pippen only scored 4 points in the half, especially the performance of only 1 of 6 shots and only 4 points, is by no means just Zhang Zhu's defensive silk Kuoer, his own problems should be more serious.
Pippen's biggest problem is Zhang Zhu, the Bulls only played the Lakers twice last season, and to this day he doesn't think Zhang Zhu's defense is very strong, at most trash talk is more annoying.
But today, he has a feeling that Zhang Zhu is not inferior to Jordan back then, could it be that he is hallucinating?
Zhang Mao's defensive ability, of course, cannot be concluded in one or two games, in addition to his amazing speed of progress, it also depends on whether he can paddle or not.
The level of defense of the koala baby when paddling is basically to defend with his eyes, as if he is directing traffic. But when he plays seriously, you can see that his defense is always aimed at hindering the ball carrier's shooting or passing, his eyes are always looking around for the opponent's movement, and he will often take the initiative to let go and let you break through, and then cooperate with his own interior to complete the package.
Lakers fans have often seen a picture this season that players who are defended by Zhang Zhu will mostly choose to shoot jumpers after breaking through, because they know that Zhang Zhu deliberately put them in.
Last season, Zhang Mao's chasing hat has already covered a lot of star players, and this season, with Mutombo in charge, no one wants to try to be blocked by two people together.
Pippen can feel what it's like to break through today, he is constantly under intense physical pressure, Zhang Mao will not miss any opportunity to make physical contact with him, and there will be a lot of small movements on the edge of fouls.
This kind of defense, Pippen has been experienced by many people for so many years, but he has not seen it a few times, even if the opponent has such a defensive master, he will usually be used to deal with Jordan, he has been the second defensive target of the Bulls for so many years, and the best outside line on the opposite side will always give priority to defending Jordan.
This is also the reason why people question him, who told him to live under Jordan's wing all along.
However, Zhang Qi is the best player on the Lakers' outside defense, but his opponent today is not Jordan, I wonder if this is the reason why Pippen only scored four points?
"They all said that without Jordan, you weren't even a fart, why didn't you let me see how good you were, four points is really not even a fart."
"I already have four rings, and you're nothing in front of them!"
"Just kidding, my grandma and Jordan can play together and win consecutive championships."
Zhang Zhu will squeeze Pippen a few words whenever he is free, and he found out last season that it is too difficult to defend Jordan, and it may not be effective to make a lot of effort, so it is better to defend Pippen and others with all his might. I believe this is also the origin of the "Jordan's Law", and it has been used by various teams, these people with the aura of the protagonist are not easy to mess with, and it is more cost-effective to clean up the supporting roles.
"Shut up, a person who doesn't have a ring is equivalent to nothing, and you are not qualified to speak here."
Jordan heard Zhang Qiu's taunt next to him, and pointed to the four championship flags hanging above the stadium, making the koala baby unable to complain anymore in one sentence, the reality is so cruel.
"Damn, if you don't say it, don't say it, when Lao Tzu wins the championship, he will immediately mock you for breaking the flags in all four places, how can you compete with the 12 above me?"
Zhang Wei was very unhappy, Jordan had used this kind of words to sarcastically mock him several times this year, although he asked for it, but without the championship in hand, he was really not qualified to speak.
However, he still has to find a way to counteract after the game, otherwise anyone who has a ring in the future will be able to use this trick to mock him.
He remembered that Bird humiliated Jordan like this back then, and it wasn't until the latter won three consecutive championships that he was eligible to be on an equal footing with Bird, otherwise with Big Bird's poisonous nature, Jordan would still be humiliated often.
In the second half, Kidd was difficult to defend against Jordan, his small skills and footsteps were still not enough to defend a master like Jordan, and he could still rely on the suddenness to catch him off guard in the first half, but Jordan had seen too many scenes, and even his big brother Payton couldn't handle the characters, and it was good for Kidd to hold on to the half.
Zhang Qi can progress quickly, relying on the cheating bonus of the virtual training system, normal people can only grow up in abuse, just like Kidd grew up in Peyton's ravages before he became famous, Pippen grew up under the destruction of Jordan, and only Zhang Qi can improve by abusing others.
I think that at the beginning, when Zhang Fu tried out with the Lakers, his defense was not as good as it is now, and it can only be said that the awareness of assistance defense is good, and the single defense is outstanding among rookies, but it is not even an average level among NBA players.
But in the regular season, Zhang Wei has been able to play a beautiful retreat, defensive awareness has improved rapidly, although the small skills are still average, but the ball position and the off-ball position already have a look, plus the physical fitness is amazingly good, at this time he is already a good defensive player.
In the playoffs last season, Zhang Qi has evolved into a defensive gate at the speed of light, but his footsteps are still not as delicate as Payton and Pippen, which is similar to Kidd this year, but with his amazing physical fitness, this defensive capital is enough to make him into the defensive second team.
This season, Zhang Mao has made great progress, he has shown a very excellent sense of off-ball defense, and at the same time, the pinching, filling, and ball defense have been called excellent, which is the ability that Kidd does not have at this stage, and it is the level that Pippen has only reached after five or six years in the league, Zhang Mao is just a rookie who is less than 20 years old, and such progress is enough to be breathtaking.
Jordan stepped up his offense in the second half, and Kidd's defense will not be able to reach out until the next two or three seasons, and at this stage he can defend some star guards with an 85-89 ability value, and All-Stars and supergiants with an ability rating of more than 90 are not something he can handle now.
Pippen strengthened his defense in the second half, his offense was far less stable than Jordan's, but he was also good at defense, since he couldn't play Zhang Qiu on the offensive end, he simply used his strength on defense and tried to make himself the same.
Zhang Qi said "he can pick it out", although he can't use the Bulls and Pippen in virtual training, but it is not for nothing to find a forward in the league whose single defense ability is not inferior to him, this product is only stronger in defense and more versatile, and at the same time the offense is close to supergiant, but to find a person who is similar to him in "single defense", there are still a few in the NBA.
Kidd is about to run out, he is already strong at the level of consciousness, but this aspect needs to accumulate more experience to become successful, at this stage let him defend some stars who rely on the body to play, but for the veteran of the upper stream of consciousness, Kidd is a little anxious.
At 11 minutes and 16 seconds in the third quarter, Jordan used the off-ball cover to get rid of Kidd, and after receiving the ball, he waited for the moment when Kidd pounced before breaking through, but he suddenly stopped and turned around halfway, disrupted Kidd's footsteps with continuous feints, found a shooting opportunity, and scored two points with a mid-range jumper.
There's not much Kidd can do about it, and Jordan has rarely used exaggerated big changes of direction or sudden stops in the past two years, and this time he also used rhythm to shake off opponents and look for scoring opportunities.
Zhang Qi just reversed, on the offensive end, he used the block to flash Pippen first, and in the face of Rodman's supplementary defense, he took a big step and turned into the penalty area, ignoring the pursuit behind him and quickly shot in the breakthrough.
Iverson didn't dare to play like this, he was not tall enough, and he was easy to be blocked by the followers behind him when he played like this.
Zhang Wei not only cares about this problem, his body and arm span are enough to create opportunities for himself to shoot in the crowd, unless the Bulls' center is also at the DPOY level, otherwise he doesn't have to worry about being blocked for this ball, even if someone dies in the restricted area, he is not unable to pass the ball.
Pippen still can't prevent Zhang Mao's resolute and decisive attack, but he may be able to score, but today's game confirmed what the Zen master said about him - "intermittent pitcher".
This phrase can also be understood as "instability", and sometimes Pippen's offense suddenly seems useless, as it is today.
The Lakers strictly guarded the Bulls' counterattack today, Zhang Zhu always followed Pippen's side to defend, and Pippen's best thing is to counterattack, followed by breakthroughs, and the back can only be said to be passable, and other offensive skills are basically to watch the sky eat, so as long as he is not given the opportunity to break through quickly, the threat of Pi Erge on the offensive end will drop by more than half.
It doesn't matter if Kidd's side can't stop Jordan, they can also switch to Starks to play a wheel battle for a while, as long as these two can limit the efficiency of the gang leader and consume his physical strength, the Bulls may have no problem relying on an old gang leader to kill a midstream team, but it is definitely impossible to be the opponent of the Lakers, and neither can Kukoc.
This is the real strategy of the Lakers on the defensive end, and although the triangle offense claims to be able to use the strongest point to hit the opponent's weaknesses, it is only the best case, and it is difficult to form too many misalignments in the game. Moreover, Kidd, Zhang and Finley can all be misplaced defenses, and the Bulls' triangle offense is afraid of this kind of team.
The Zen master was still on the sidelines, and he couldn't see any anxiety about the score and the unfavorable situation on the field.
But in fact, he has been thinking about how to make the team run smoothly since the first half, and the Bulls' triangle offense has not been opened today, the main reason is that Pippen is not in shape, and his performance today is difficult to be satisfactory, which is the reason why Zen masters have replaced Kukoc for a long time.
Now that halftime has passed, Pippen still doesn't seem to have regained his form, there is no way to break through Zhang Mao's close defense, and there is no decent organization, the Bulls lack the firepower and strategy of the second leader, and it is a fool's dream to win the Lakers.
Now that the Bulls are more than a dozen points behind, just look at the output of this second brother, you should know what the reason is.
If Pippen can't score and has a hard time limiting Zhang on defense, is there any difference between using him and using Kukoc?
The answer may be: such a Pippen might as well be replaced by Kukoc.
The Bulls also have the voice of trading Pippen for Camp again this time, so that they can straighten out the Zen master's favored Kukoc, and the addition of Camp can also make the team's interior defense more solid, enough to make up for Pippen's outside defense, but the offensive end is undoubtedly stronger.
The Zen master did not rule out trading Pippen for Kemp back then, and now he feels that this deal is still feasible, but no one dares to move the lineup after the Bulls win the championship, even if the SuperSonics are still willing to trade, the Bulls management will never dare to do such a big operation on the lineup.
Otherwise, in the event that the Bulls fail to defend their title, who can afford to take this responsibility?
Poor Finley was dropped again in the second half, and the Lakers used the Kidd + Starks combination on the grounds that it was better defensively and more dynamic offensively.
Finley is also a dog, I thought that with Sebaros, he would be the main force that can't be beaten, but Starks' performance in the regular season was more eye-catching than him, and now the Lakers' backcourt is three people who share the time, and he has the least playing time.
But seeing that Kerr didn't get another chance in the third quarter, and that both Kidd and Starks were better than him in the task of being blown up by Jordan, while contributing better off-ball movement and offense with the ball, he knew why he had to sit on the bench in the tournament again.
Zhang Wei is also more willing to partner with these two guards, it will be more comfortable to play fast break, and the experience and awareness of the two will also exceed Finley when defending, and it is not easy to find too many mismatch opportunities by the Bulls' triangle offense, which is a very important point.
The Bulls frantically changed to a big four lineup in the middle of the third quarter, and after Kukoc came on the court, Rodman was pushed to the center position, which shows that the Zen master has not taken care of so much in order to solve the team's offensive problems, everything must be offensive first, and they must now rush to close the gap before the end of the third quarter.
Jordan has been producing steadily, and Kukoc's offense should not be underestimated, but Pippen just can't score points, even if he has a misplaced opportunity through triangle tactics, he can't score points.
Some Chicago fans began to joke that maybe his kitten was sick again today, and the cat lover was most concerned about the cute cats in his family, and he and Grant took time off to hold a funeral for the cat, but it made Jordan furious.
At the end of the third quarter, the score was 90:87, and the Lakers still led the Bulls by double digits, and it was still on the road, and the probability of the home team winning was not high.
Jordan said that he was helpless, and more than two short guards were pestering him in the third quarter, and Zhang Zhu also intervened from time to time, but Pippen still didn't give him enough help, especially on the offensive end.
Zhang's scoring dropped in the third quarter, and there was a reason for Pippen to strengthen his defense, but his assist stats were also growing, and the Lakers' three output points also remained online, not only Kidd and Mason contributed enough firepower, but Starks also played well after playing. Zhang's scoring is not so important at this time, he just needs to involve enough defense for these teammates, and obviously the Bulls still focus on defending Zhang, which is the opposite of the Lakers' defensive strategy.
Pippen found some form in the fourth quarter, no matter how good Zhang Mao's physical strength is, he can't defend for four consecutive quarters, he has done everything he can, and then it depends on the performance of his teammates, if you want to win the championship, you must have reliable teammates, which has been proved by countless predecessors with their own tragedies.
Chamberlain's stats were good enough, but Russell, the Lord of the Rings, smiled silently.
Big O's triple-double is enough, but he hasn't won a championship once in his life.
There are too many negative examples of this kind, so in the next season, Zhang Wei doesn't even want to take on this kind of task with hard data requirements, and he is always too tired to watch the data play, and he can't play as he wants, but shackles himself.
Today, he didn't care too much about the task, although he still made an all-around statistic of 32 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists after playing three quarters, but he can swear with his 28 days that his only goal today is to win, so there will be Kidd and Mason's brilliant play.
The Bulls still focused on a small lineup in the fourth quarter, and the Zen master understood a truth, sometimes you can't beat others not because of strength, but because of luck and state.
At this time, there is no other reason to find, not to mention that the bull really has someone who has a problem, even if they are really not opponents, the Zen master must tell the players to turn the tables, and let them believe that they can beat the opponent, so that they have a chance to win, otherwise their self-confidence is gone, then go home and pet the cat.
What's more, the Zen master didn't think that losing this game was a gap in strength between the two sides, the Lakers were well prepared, obviously prepared, and the players were in good shape, and the Bulls didn't lose unjustly. It's better to hit a wall now than to wait until the playoffs to find out that the opponent is not easy to deal with. The next time they face the Lakers, they won't be as stretched as they are today.
Jordan said that he could still rescue the Bulls again, but after all, he was almost 34 years old, and let the gang leader go crazy for a whole game, and he didn't give a chance to take a breath, it could only be to drink to quench his thirst.
After the start of the fourth quarter, even the young and strong Zhang Yu went off the court to rest, but Jordan still had to fight the court for the persistence of victory in his heart, but in the end he still failed to beat the time, and ran out of food after hitting the middle of the final quarter, chasing the difference to only 8 points and no longer able to continue, but the Lakers seized the opportunity to play a 7:0 attack wave, completely announcing GG.
Jordan has reason not to be convinced, the reason why they were beaten out of the attack wave this time was that the height of the interior line declined, so that Uncle Mu and Zhang Yu contributed two frontcourt rebounds at a critical moment, which is equivalent to giving the 4 points that should not exist to the Lakers for nothing, can he not be angry?
Rodman is also helpless, he and Kukoc's interior partner are almost all doing the work of protecting rebounds by himself, and he has already handed in 19 rebounds, you can't let him grab 30 rebounds alone, right? Besides, his opponent is Mutombo, who is half a head taller, and it is not easy to grab it like this.
The Zen master said that I don't take the blame, obviously this is because the offensive output is not enough, so he took a dangerous move to replace Kukoc, the price is that the rebounding will be a problem, but if you want to chase points, you can only do this, otherwise you let Pippen take a few more points!
Needless to say, Pippen will definitely have to take the blame after the game, because after the whole game, his statistics are still only 9 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, the latter two stats are not mentioned for now, but he only scored 9 points against the Lakers, which is an unreasonable performance.
Therefore, he has set his back on the "pot", and he can't let the helper who scored the highest 43 points in the game carry the pot, right? Rodman also grabbed 21 rebounds in the whole game, Kukoc scored 28 points and 5 assists, and the big boss and the third and fourth masters have nothing to find fault with, so they can only settle the second leader.
At the post-game press conference, Zhang Zhu still remembered the hatred that was sarcastically ridiculed by Jordan, and he spoke surprisingly again, a little bit of over-the-top Shi Lezhi's energy.
"I'm not surprised by his performance, this guy is always talking on TV, but every time I defend him, he just nods at me and says to me, 'Hello, hello.'" Zhang Zhu's words are very similar to one of his neighbors, and the next words are even more similar, "But if you ask me what I was stimulated by to cut 36 points, 11 rebounds and 11 assists, I will tell you: It's the No. 23!" ”
Zhang Yu This is a typical confusion, and I saw him say confidently: "Yes, when he humiliated me with the four flags on his head, he may have forgotten that the Lakers have 11 on their heads." I know that Bird laughed at him that way, and it was because he didn't have a flag on his head. So, he naively thought he could say the same to me. Zhang Qi made a look of contempt, took out a pair of aristocratic young masters, and sneered fiercely: "He doesn't understand the meaning of the word 'inheritance' at all, and he doesn't know that he is not qualified to insult this jersey." Although the Green Army is down, only those who wear that color jersey are qualified to stand as tall as me. And he has to understand that it will be the turn of the Lakers dynasty to return to the throne next, and he must welcome the return of purple and gold with a heart of awe. If you really want to say that to me, OK, then please win another triple and then he will be able to stand under my shirt and teach me a lesson. But he won't have a chance, because I'm going to defend the glory of this jersey and make it great! ”
The magic was about to pee laughing on the side, Zhang Mao was too bad, no one in this league dared to say such things to Jordan, he actually dared to pull the flag as a tiger skin, and sprayed Jordan in a daze, I really don't know what fans outside the Green Army and the Lakers will think about this.