MTL - NBA Backer King-Chapter 597 This defense, in a word, absolutely!

  Chapter 597 This defense, in a word, absolutely!

"brush!"

  Zach Randolph, who looked a little fat, caught the ball under the basket, directly smashed Tom Gugliotta with his body, and then picked the basket and hit a goal.

  Looking back, Ewing, who is almost 41 years old, took the ball in the low post on the left wing and singled Davis.

  Old and wounded, he can no longer use bunny jumps, bobbing up and down, then turning around and shooting jump shots.

  The offensive rhythm is not fast, and he didn't jump up when he took the last shot. Fortunately, Davis is also a 34-year-old veteran and didn't catch the ball, but the ball still missed.

   Randolph grabbed Tom Gugliotta and grabbed the backcourt rebound, and the Blazers attacked.

   "Steve, is this little fat guy a rookie for the Blazers?" Old Wang asked Nash beside him.

   "He was the first-round lottery pick in 2001. I forgot the specific pick, probably around tenth." Nash said.

  Old Wang was surprised and said: "The Trail Blazers reached the Western Conference Finals in the 00/01 season. I eliminated them in the Lakers. How did they get the lottery pick?"

   "I heard that it was exchanged with Rainman Sean Kemp and another player." Nash didn't remember very much.

   "Old K, do you think this Zach Randolph is good?"

   The assistant coach Xiao Fan standing in front turned around and said, "He has a bad temper and causes trouble. He doesn't have many opportunities in the Trail Blazers. Coach Mike Dunleavy probably doesn't like such players."

  Old Wang shook his head and said: "I don't know if he can do it. I don't have that vision, but I don't know him."

   Stoudemire breathed a sigh of relief, and was taken aback just now. If Old K took a fancy to this fat man, he might threaten his position.

  Beside the bench, Dameng saw Ewing who was playing and said with emotion: "King Kong is one year older than me. It's really not easy!"

The glider smiled and said, "Who can blame this? Since your debut as the three super centers, you have gone through the era of black and white duo, the era of bad boys, and then the era of flying men and behemoths. Your two championships, the first championship, the three of us teamed up , the second champion old K retired due to injury, or you may be like him now, in order to fight for a championship, you have to continue to play."

  Dameng said dissatisfiedly: "What three people teamed up, obviously I am the core, you two play support, Clyde, you have to be conscientious in life, don't talk nonsense."

   "Then if you want to say that, I'm going to grab Charles and have a good talk with you." The glider said with a smile.

   "It's useless for you to find old K, I was the core of that year." Dameng said firmly.

  At this time, the first quarter was over. At 24:22, the Blazers were still behind by two points and chased up by four points. Among them, Randolph scored four points in a row at the basket, and the flying mouse scored two points for a layup.

  In the second quarter, Pharaoh played. On the Trail Blazers side, Dunleavy saw that Randolph was performing well, so he planned to let him play for a while and let Duncan rest for a while.

   But soon he regretted it. Facing the penalty area defended by old K, Randolph's offense was still too tender, and he scored two blocks in three minutes.

  Three minutes into the second quarter, the Suns played an 8-2 attack wave, 32:24, leading by 8 points, forcing him to replace all the main lineup.

   "Tim, we need your scoring. You need to strengthen your personal offense and play pick-and-roll tactics with Little Flying Squirrel." Before going on the field, Dunleavy urged.

"boom!"

  High pick-and-roll, received the pass back, and when the old K switched defenses, Duncan hit a board.

  32:26, ​​the Suns attack.

"boom!"

  Pharaoh hooked close to the basket and was blocked by Duncan. Rasheed Wallace grabbed the backcourt rebound.

  The Blazers attacked, and Duncan played high pick-and-roll tactics with Little Flying Squirrel.

  Last time, Pharaoh chose to switch defenses, but failed to cut off the route of the flying mouse to return to the high position. This time, he still chose to switch defenses, because Nash did not keep up.

"boom!"

  Last time, Little Flying Squirrel made a horizontal pull and then returned the pass. This time he was bolder. After hitting the basket with the ball, he made an emergency stop, swayed left and right, and then directly hit the ground to pass the ball.

   "Fuck!"

  Old Wang cursed secretly, turned around quickly, took a ferocious stride, and then jumped up to meet Duncan who caught the ball and took off.

"So fast!"

   Duncan was also shocked to see the old K coming to defend, but his shots were still very stable.

"Snapped!"

   But this time Lao Wang had better luck. Under his giant palm, he slapped the ball directly into the sky and flew to the frontcourt of the Suns.

"Oh!"

  Under the **** hat, the Rose Garden had to burst into exclamations.

   "Squeak!"

   Marion, who was one step inside the left-wing three-point line, started immediately. When he rushed to the frontcourt and was two steps away from the baseline, the ball slipped from the sky and was caught by him.

   At this time, Bunch Wells returned to the defense, and Marion did not make a strong attack. He turned around and passed the ball to Hardaway who was rushing to the right-wing three-point line.

"brush!"

  With no one around Hardaway, after receiving the ball, he calmly jumped up and made a three-pointer.

   "Old K's defense is too strong today. This is his sixth big block. In 13 minutes, he sent six big blocks. Today's blocks are very likely to be in double figures." Su Qun said excitedly.

  Zhang Lili laughed happily and said: "The Trail Blazers made five offenses in the second quarter, and were blocked by the Iron Army three times, and all three of them got the ball. This defense, this block, one word, absolutely!"

   "Tim, play more flexibly. Damon was under the basket just now. You should have seen it." Dunleavy shouted from the sidelines.

   Duncan passed by panting and nodded.

Just now he could pass back to Fong Shu, but Nash has already chased Fong Squirrel, and Fong Squirrel has no height under the basket, so he still chooses to shoot by himself, but it is a pity that he was blocked. If he hits it, it is a good shot. If you fail, it is a wrong choice.

   This time, the little flying mouse breaks through with the ball.

His knee injury was serious, and he no longer had the speed he used to, and he couldn't fly anymore, but Nash's defense was too bad. A simple shoulder shake made him lose his center of gravity, and then he took the opportunity to rush in with the ball. Straight into the paint from the free throw line.

  Old Wang was forced to defend, and the little flying mouse took the opportunity to pass the ball to Duncan. Duncan calmly shot from the left waist and hit a board.

  Although Pharaoh returned to defense quickly, Duncan shot too fast, with extremely concise technical movements, without any extra movements, and still missed by half a beat.

  Zhang Lili praised: "Duncan's playing is really strong! He can shoot on both the left and right wings, that is, he can use both left and right hands, which is better than Tie Jun.

  Tie Jun is right-handed, and has never practiced his left hand. Basically, he is only good at attacking on the left wing, and rarely attacks on the right wing. "

"Although Little Flying Squirrel is suffering from an injury and has no speed like before, he is still a great threat. With him, the weakness of the Suns' perimeter defense will be exposed even more, and the requirements for old K's supplementary defense will be even greater. It's too high." Su Qun said.

   Zhang Reasonable said: "The Blazers are short of a good point guard, especially this kind of breakthrough point guard."

   Speaking of this, he said again: "However, Little Momonga, like Pippen, can't play for a long time. Even on the court, he can't make a few breakthroughs, and his body is already failing.

  As long as the Suns are stable and play their offense and defense well, with the state of the iron army tonight, the probability of winning is very high. "

  Su Qun nodded and said: "It seems that in the four regular season games against the Trail Blazers, old K is indeed playing quietly."

As the game continued, Bunch Wells, the nerve knife, suddenly stood up. After breaking through Hardaway in a row, he stopped and made a jump shot. Five minutes later, he made 3 of 4 shots and scored 6 points in a row. Wang Tiejun rushed out to block him once. Unable to disrupt his offensive rhythm.

  By the end of the second quarter, the Blazers pulled back the point difference, 50:48, only two points behind.

   During the intermission, Zhang Lili said: "The shooting percentages of the two teams are similar, the Suns 46.5%, and the Blazers 47.7%.

The Suns are supported by the iron army's personal offensive efficiency, and the overall shooting rate is actually lower than that of the Blazers. This shows that the Blazers played really well today, but the efficiency of several positions of the Suns, including Stoudemire, is not high. Today's cutting quality is not high , and missed several throws.

That is to say, the Suns have an advantage in rebounding. In addition, Old K's defense has exploded, and he used his defense to get a lot of ball possessions, allowing the Suns to have an advantage in shooting. Otherwise, how can the overall shooting percentage be lower? Possibly ahead?

  The Blazers resorted to the nerve knife Wells. In the first half, he made 6 of 11 shots and scored 12 points, with a shooting percentage of 54.5%.

Duncan scored 5 points in the first quarter, 8 points in the second quarter, and scored 13 points in the half. The player can bite the key to the score.

  However, the Iron Army only invested in the defensive end in the second quarter, and played a bit conservatively on the offensive end. They will definitely strengthen their offense in the second half. "

Su Qun nodded and said: "Old K sent out 5 blocks in the second quarter, 8 blocks in the first half, but the Suns only led by 2 points, the Blazers were not defeated, Director Zhang, I feel a little dangerous !"

   Zhang Reasonable said: "After all, today is the home court of the Trail Blazers, the fans are very strong, the players have eaten eight caps, the morale has not collapsed, and they can still bite the score.

  In addition, the Suns also made a lot of mistakes in the second quarter, as many as four times. So many mistakes are terrible, otherwise the score advantage will be bigger. "

  After 15 minutes, the third quarter began. Wang Tiejun strengthened his personal offense from the very beginning. When he played in the 10th minute at the end of the game, he scored 15 points in a single quarter, leading the team to gain an 8-point advantage again.

  He went off, and the Blazers also replaced some of the main players such as Duncan and Rasheed Wallace.

  Because the Blazers' bench insiders are stronger than the Suns, they don't need to chase points with the main force when the old king is off the court.

Sure enough, using the last two minutes, the Trail Blazers' substitute insiders strengthened their offense. Zach Randolph, who was not reused in the regular season, got a chance. Ewing tried his best to defend, but the fat man still scored two goals in two minutes. , also caused a foul by Ewing, made two free throws, and was in excellent condition, scoring six consecutive points within two minutes.

   After three quarters, 78:74, the Suns led by 4 points.

Zhang rationally analyzed: "Tiejun rested for 3 minutes in the first quarter, and took a two-minute rest in the second and third quarters. He has already rested for 7 minutes, and now his playing time has reached 29 minutes. With his current physical condition and his current Depending on the score, there will definitely be no rest at the end of the quarter."

"should be."

  Su Qun nodded and said: "Now the old K's data in the three quarters is 33 points, 13 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 9 blocks, 1 turnover and 3 fouls.

  Guided by Zhang, the Blazers are indeed the team with the best record in the league. Not only is the main lineup strong, but the bench lineup is also stronger than the Suns. Old K has such strong offensive and defensive statistics, 9 caps! The Suns actually only led by 4 points. "

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "The owner of the Blazers is too rich. With the skyrocketing market value of Microsoft in the past few years, he has become richer and richer. There is no upper limit for investment in the team. If the Blazers can successfully defend their title this year, the Blazers will definitely hit A three-peat dynasty."

  Su Qun nodded again and said: "But Duncan is also strong enough. He has scored 19 points in three quarters. It seems that Old K's defense against him is useless."

   Zhang rationally looked at the statistics and said: "He made 8 of 18 shots and 3 of 5 shots. He strengthened his offense, took a lot of shots, and his shooting percentage reached 44.4%. His state has indeed improved compared to the first quarter.

This is nothing surprising, he is known for his stability, not only his own stability, but as long as he stands on the field, the entire team plays very stable, and there are very few collapses like that, so the Blazers seldom have big defeats The situation will not be taken away by the opponent.

Today, the Tiejun sent out 9 big caps, and Marion also had a big cap. The team has a total of 10 big caps. When encountering a team whose morale is not stable enough, it collapses immediately, but now you look at the Blazers, they are still as stable as a rock , It is because Duncan is there to hold on, if he does not fall, the Blazers will not fall. "

   "This is the role of the pillars of the team." Su Qun nodded.

   At this time, the final quarter began, and the Suns attacked.

  After the first quarter, for the purpose of rationally distributing physical energy, Lao Wang reduced the attack at the basket, but at the beginning of the final quarter, he entered the basket to position himself.

   "Speed ​​up the defense!" Mike Dunleavy reminded loudly when he saw the old K enter the basket.

   Both Duncan and Rasheed Wallace have no physical problems, because the inside bench is strong and they get enough rest.

  At this time, the two of them all took the defense around the front and stood side by side, completely cutting off the old Wang's receiving route.

  Pharaoh could only withdraw, and at this time Nash passed the ball to Stoudemire who was open on the right wing.

Stoudemire is just a rookie. Facing the Trail Blazers with the first record in the league, he missed a lot of small open shots today. After catching the ball, he didn't make a shot. Because Wells made up again, he immediately feinted and came to make up for it. After defending Wells, he dribbled towards the paint.

  Rashid Wallace immediately returned to the defense, very fast, and took the lead in blocking the right waist, forcing Stoudemire to stop, while Wells chased behind, double-teamed by the two, and broke the ball.

   "Another mistake!" Su Qun shook his head and sighed.

   "Tie Jun has caught up!" Zhang Lili said anxiously.

  On the field, the Blazers played a defensive counterattack.

Lao Wang chased after him, the soles of his shoes seemed to be smoking, and he left Duncan and Rasheed Wallace behind. When he chased to the free throw line, Bunch Wells just knocked Hardaway for a layup. After stepping forward, he flew up.

"Snapped!"

  The ball was directly pressed by him on the backboard and bounced up.

"Oh!"

   Chasing after the big hat, the rose garden was full of exclamations.

   "The cover is double!" Su Qun shouted excitedly.

  After the block was blocked, Pharaoh lost his balance in the air, but his current physical fitness is strong enough, and he has no injuries. He rolled in the air, put his hands on the ground after landing, stood up quickly and returned to the court one step at a time.

   At this time, Wells, who was under the basket, got the ball again. He saw that old K returned to the court, and he didn't dare to lay up again, but dribbled the ball back.

  At this time Duncan came down from the top, Wells quickly passed the ball, Duncan took the ball and took off, holding the ball with both hands, making a gesture to dunk.

   "Hat you!"

   With a yell in his heart, Lao Wang jumped up vigorously, raising his arms high.

  Duncan's bounce is no longer good, and his bounce is more prosperous than before. The defensive height is much higher than Duncan's dunk height, which directly blocks the opponent's dunk space.

"Snapped!"

  Duncan hit the ball directly on Lao Wang's forearm and failed to dunk.

  The two hit the ground, the ball also fell to the floor, was caught by Nash, and the Suns counterattacked immediately.

   "Continuously sending blocks, how many caps did Duncan eat today? At least five?" Su Qun said excitedly.

"boom!"

  Unfortunately, Marion made a fast-break dunk, which was interfered by Derek Anderson, and the dunk flew, and the ball was also caught by Wells who returned to defense.

   "Ouch! The quality of Marion's quick play today was not high, and it was the second ball that was knocked off." Su Qun sighed.

  At this time, the Blazers played a fast break, Lao Wang desperately pursued and defended, and Duncan and Rasheed Wallace were left behind by him again.

  Wells made an emergency stop at the top arc and rushed to shoot a three-pointer.

  Old Wang was two steps slower and rushed in from Wells. Fortunately, the ball missed, and after rebounding, he got the rebound.

"slow down."

   After turning around, he didn't turn fast, but yelled at his teammates who were turning around and preparing to counterattack.

  Under his control, the Suns braked suddenly, Nash quickly turned back, took the ball and advanced forward, and did not play any more fast breaks.

   "Yes, control the rhythm. The two sides played lively in these few rounds, and they didn't score a goal." Zhang Lili said quickly.

Su Qun nodded and said: "It all depends on old K's defense. This is a desperate effort to run from the bottom line here to the bottom line there. But no matter how fast he is, no matter how good his physical fitness is, he can't run like this. This is the last quarter." , He is still a heavy center, and he is still a heavy center after losing weight."

   "Tie Jun played well, but it's a pity that other people can't play well."

Zhang Lili said: "The rookie Stoudemire really played well in the first round. Even Marion's performance in the first round was not as good as the regular season. He was facing Garnett. His performance was similar to the regular season, but today he was really out of shape. .Missed a few mid-range shots in the small open space, and also missed a few floaters that went in, wasting a lot of possessions.”

  (end of this chapter)