Lakers offense.

O'Neal tried to get to the basket, but was held up by Ben Wallace, who went in half a step from the left midfield, more than three meters from the basket, with one foot still outside, with his back to Ben Wallace for the ball.

"Kobe, pass in."

Seeing that Kobe Bryant was hesitating with the ball, Phil Jackson shouted loudly.

"Pass it on, or O'Neill's physical strength will be in vain." Bill Wharton also said from the commentary seat.

Zhou Quan squatted slightly, his hands half-raised, but his eyes looked at the top of the arc and did not look at Kobe Bryant in front of him.

But in fact, under his full-level panoramic vision, any of Kobe's movements are in his field of vision, which is extremely clear.

Kobe Bryant thought Zhou Quan was distracted, and hurriedly jumped up to pass, and it was an overhead pass.

When Kobe jumped to make a pass, and before the ball was shot, Zhou Quan instantly jumped up like a leopard.

With both hands, under the precise strike, Kobe Bryant threw the ball with both hands, just sending the ball directly into Zhou Quan's hands, and the two completed a hand-to-hand pass after a jump.

"......" Kobe Bryant was stunned.

"Kobe, where are you?"

In the audience, there were also many Lakers fans scratching their heads.

"Smack!"

On the field, Kobe Bryant was angry and grabbed on the spot, slapped it over, and hit Zhou Quan's hand directly, knocking the ball off.

"Tick!"

The referee's whistle sounded.

After a glance at the referee, Bryant turned around angrily and left.

Phil Jackson shouted onto the court, "Kobe, calm down." ”

"Haha...... I know, Kobe Bryant is the sixth man on the court with the superSonics, and he has passed the ball twice to Iron Fist, haha......"

On the ESPN commentary seat, Ranbir slapped the table and laughed.

Bill Wharton said: "The first three offenses were done, and from the fourth offense, the iron fist started to show its fangs on the defensive end, and then Kobe Bryant made consecutive turnovers.

Now the Lakers must find a way to reduce mistakes and strengthen their offense, otherwise with the offensive and defensive state of Iron Fist today, the point difference will slowly continue to expand steadily.

Don't count on O'Neal, it's easier for Tekken to score than O'Neal, O'Neal can top one, two, or even three quarters, but his physical strength is definitely not enough to withstand the whole game. ”

Supersonic sideline serve, Zhou Quan advanced to the front court, Kobe Bryant did not press in the half this time, which made him a little uncomfortable.

"Kobe, why didn't you press halftime?"

"Humph!"

Kobe snorted coldly and was abrupt twice, I remember.

When he retreated to the top of the arc, he began to press closely.

But just as he was grabbing the close, Zhou Quan started a breakthrough in an instant.

"Turning around, Kobe Bryant was suddenly attacked again!" Xu Jicheng shouted happily.

Zhou Quan took two steps to the left end of the free throw line, AC Green was in the right midfield, O'Neal was under the basket, Ron Harper and Glen Rice were all pulled away, and they were too late to make up for the defense, and he calmly made a jumper.

"Brush!"

The water splashed and the two hits.

The Lakers attacked, called a timeout after serving.

Zhang Lili said happily: "Beautiful! Zhou Quan threw another open shot. It seems that Kobe still has no way to prevent Zhou Quan, such a defensive team member, under Zhou Quan's breakthrough, there is no way, it can be seen that Zhou Quan's strength is completely unique in the league, and there is no opponent. ”

Xu Jicheng said with a smile: "After Jordan retired, there is really no one in the league who can fight with Zhou Quan, and he is the only one." ”

Zhang Reasonable said: "When Zhou Quan did not enter the peak, Jordan should be regarded as the only one, but after Zhou Quan entered the peak, Jordan's strength should have dropped by half a gear."

Zhou Quan's scoring ability in front is still a little inferior to Jordan, but his comprehensive strength is stronger, and his scoring ability in the back has also caught up with Jordan. ”

Xu Jicheng nodded, and said: "Director Zhang, now the Lakers still don't have the right to wrap the clip, does Phil Jackson know that the bag is useless, or is it out of other considerations?" ”

Zhang Reasonable said: "When I was in the Bulls, including the outside double pack, the edge of the penalty area, the multi-person limit pack, all the pack-and-clamp tactics have been used, and it is really useless."

Now Kobe Bryant + Ron Harper + Glen Rice, the outside defense of the three of them is not as good as Jordan + Pippen + Ron Harper, Harper is old, Rice's defense is far inferior to Pippen, and Kobe is not as good as Jordan, so the outside package is useless.

As for the inside, O'Neal mainly focuses on the offensive end, he can't have too much energy on the defensive end, and his defense with AC Green is also inferior to Mutombo + Toni Kukoc.

Therefore, Phil Jackson put the task of defending Zhou Quan on Kobe Bryant alone, which I think is also a helpless move. ”

Xu Jicheng nodded and said: "But now Zhou Quan's performance is more stable than before his retirement, Kobe Bryant alone will definitely not work."

Zhou Quan played 50+ in the first two games, and there are no three consecutive 50+ games in the series in the history of the league, and Zhou Quan has a chance to make a new history tonight. ”

"The supersonic let Bowen start, suppressing the opponent's offense, but weakened the scoring ability of his own starters, Zhou Quan's offensive task is greater, he must score more points, I believe Phil Jackson must have a headache at this time." Zhang Li said with a smile.

Indeed, Phil Jackson was having a headache.

In fact, since the beginning of the G1 battle, he has been having a headache about how to defend Zhou Quan.

No, since the second round of the East in '93, he has been having a headache about how to defend Zhou Quan.

The response he came up with before was to attack, attacking to attack, hoping that the combat power of the OK combination would overwhelm the combat power of the Iron Fist King.

But unfortunately, not only was Kobe locked up, but even OK did not play the cooperation he expected, losing two away games in a row, and this one now seems to be dangerous.

"Kobe, keep stalking, we can't prevent him, you have to do everything possible to entangle him." He said to Kobe.

The green tendons on Kobe's head jumped, what kind of tactic is this? Why not wrap him up? Can I really prevent him if I'm so guarded?

'On the offensive end, you have to find a way to get rid of him and then hit the box. Whether it's a pick-and-roll, or running without the ball, but never attack with the ball in front of him, we can't afford to be tackled by him a lot. Phil Jackson added.

Bryant was silent, only gasps.

Everyone on the bench, including general manager Jerry West and Lakers owner Buss Sr., who was watching from the sidelines, all felt a thick, seemingly deep-rooted fear of the Iron Fist King from Phil Jackson's words.

This is probably the aftermath of the Iron Fist King leaving Phil Jackson after completing three consecutive championships on the head of the Bulls, they can't help but think so.

"Bet you don't have a good idea, Phil Jackson can't do anything." Right next to the Lakers' bench, Abdul-Jabbar whispered.

Magic Johnson said helplessly: "Karim, you won't support the Lakers, right?" ”

Abdul-Jabbar shrugged, "It doesn't matter what my attitude is, it doesn't determine who wins or loses. If Phil Jackson had a way to limit Iron Fist, the Bulls wouldn't have lost three championships in a row.

You don't think that the current Kobe is better than Michael in those three years, right? I don't think this Lakers team is really stronger than the Bulls in those three years, right? ”

Barkley said unconvinced: "Karim, you don't think this supersonic is as strong as the supersonic speed of those three years, right?" ”

Abdul-Jabbar grinned and said, "Charles, I really think that this supersonic is not inferior to the supersonic of those three years." ”

"How is that possible?"

Barkley argued: "That supersonic team has rebounding king Rodman, there's Schramf, there's a whole bunch of All-Stars, what's on this supersonic?" ”

At this time, Jordan's voice sounded: "This supersonic team has Ben Wallace, this short center has a stronger ability to protect the basket and guard the restricted area than the supersonic team back then, and his role in the restricted area is greater than Rodman."

His rebounding ability is not much worse than Rodman's, and his continuous jumping ability is not as good as Rodman's, but his speed is not slow, coupled with his strength and physical hardness and confrontation ability, his positioning ability is better than Rodman's.

What is not as good as Rodman is that Rodman can defend five positions, he can only defend three at most, and the offense may be worse than Rodman.

His defense is tougher, even in the face of the big sharks, he will not show weakness, if it is those centers of the supersonic back then, they can't bear the big sharks at all, even if the iron fist is strong, this supersonic team may not be able to win two games in a row. ”

"Yes, yes...... Shet, supersonic, no, good luck that kid with Iron Fist! Barkley wanted to say something, but in the end he could only spit it out helplessly.

"And ......"

Jordan's voice sounded again: "After two years of retirement, I think the iron fist is stronger than before." ”

"How is this possible?"

Barkley's heart struck.

Jordan said: "It's not the ability to attack and defend more, it's the ability to control the field, it's the dominance of the game. ”

"28 years old, for a defender, as long as he is not seriously injured, he is the peak age, what is impossible? It was at the age of 28 that Michael reached his true peak before winning his first championship. Abdul-Jabbar said.

When Jordan heard this, his old face turned red, and he said in his heart: Tiangou, you did it on purpose, I only won the first championship at the age of 28, and Iron Fist was 28 years old and 4 crowns plus dynasty.

The timeout ends and the game resumes.

Paul Westphale replaced Campbell and replaced Rodman.

Bill Wharton said: "The supersonic swap for the big bugs is a further enhancement of the rebounding ball while expanding the defensive area and the speed of the interior defense. Ben Wallace's ability to help defend is also very good, and his awareness of supplementation is very strong. ”

Ranbir continued: "But Ben Wallace and Rodman partnered to make the superSonic's interior height seriously insufficient, and the offensive ability was seriously insufficient, and the small forward was still Bowen, and there was no offense, and the offense could only rely entirely on the guard line. ”

At 14:7, the Lakers attacked.

O'Neal moved continuously, trying to knock Ben Wallace away in the move, and get into the basket in the most energy-efficient way.

But Ben Wallace has figured out O'Neal's routine, because of his height, his speed is already fast in the center, and this time he blocked O'Neal three times in a row.

"Ben idiot, go down, you're going to be O'Neal's offensive foul when you go down, what are you doing there?"

Not far away, Rodman couldn't help but curse when he saw Ben Wallace being knocked backwards by O'Neal.

This season, under Zhou Quan's instructions, he was responsible for teaching Ben how to grab rebounds and defend, and he provided advice on strength training, so that Ben Wallace strengthened the training of lower body strength, and now Ben Wallace's lower body strength is much stronger than before.

But now he regretted it, he shouldn't have let this idiot strengthen his next handicap, otherwise he would have been knocked over just now.

"Hey, hey!" Ben Wallace was scolded and laughed dryly.

O'Neill glared at Rodman and could only go to the low post on the left wing to regain his position.

Kobe, who held the ball on the three-point line on the left wing, immediately hoisted the ball down, and then bypassed Zhou Quan in front of him and cut into the penalty area.

But Zhou Quan had already taken a step back in advance after Kobe dropped the ball, Kobe Bryant saw that it was impossible to cut inside, and immediately ran to the bottom left corner, Zhou Quan followed again, and always remained on the line between Kobe and O'Neal.

By this time, Rodman had already defended O'Neal along the baseline. He's old, and he's a little faster than Campbell.

"Smack!"

O'Neal was about to dribble Ben Wallace after receiving the ball, but Rodman burst out from behind to break his ball.

"Oh, the big worm broke the big shark's ball." Xu Jicheng said in surprise.

"Be old and strong!" Zhang Lili said with a smile.

Zhou Quan took the ball thrown by the big worm, immediately started at full speed, and began to go down.

Kobe Bryant, who ran to the bottom left corner, hurriedly followed, but the position was already behind, and he couldn't catch up with Zhou Quan when he chased to the frontcourt.

When Zhou Quan held the ball to the right wing, he passed the top of the arc from the small bar, and Ron Harper was not as fast as the little barry and fell behind.

He threw the ball in front of the basket, and Barry Jr. jumped up after crossing the free throw line, received the ball very comfortably, and then smashed it forward with one arm, and with a bang, smashed the ball into the basket.

"Yay!"

The old Barry family raised their arms and cheered.

"Shaq, pay attention to the weak side of the big worm." Phil Jackson shouted at the court.

Lakers offense.

Bryant ran on the left flank with Zhou Quan, and under the direction of Phil Jackson, the offense started on the right flank.

Ron Harper carried the ball to the right wing, Glen Les made a pick-and-roll on the three-point line, and Bowen quickly switched defenses to keep up with Harper.

Seeing this, Barry Jr. hurriedly went to follow Glen Les, but Ris quickly moved sideways, and Barry's traversal speed was not fast enough, and he was pulled away in one fell swoop.

"Brush!"

At this time, Harper passed, Glen Rice received the ball and made a jumper, and hit a three-point shot in a small open position.

"Bruce, don't change guards, you just keep an eye on Glen Les." Paul Westaphal immediately shouted from the sidelines.

“OK。”

Bowen nodded hurriedly.

Phil Jackson couldn't help but nod when he saw this successful offense, this is actually a tactic that the Lakers have always had, but it has not been well executed before.

He immediately gave instructions, called the nearest Kobe Bryant, and said to him: "Tell them, try to use the block to hit Barry Jr., and take advantage of his weakness of not enough lateral speed to play." ”

Bryant nodded and ran over.

"Glen Les's three-point shooting rate in the regular season is 36.7%, the first two rounds of the playoffs are crazy, as high as 41.8%, and the Western Conference has dropped to 25% under Bowen's defense, be careful, this kind of person's three-point shot, the vacant position is almost sure to hit!" Zhang reasonably reminded.

(End of chapter)