NBA Backer King: Chapter 176 God\'s Axe

   Chapter 176 God's Axe

Bill Walton said: "Jordan made 38 shots, accounting for half of the team's hands, made 20 shots, 52.6% shooting, 3 of 6 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, and scored 47 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists. 3 steals, 1 block, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls."

  John Hanks said: "Pippen made 8 of 20 shots, 1 of 5 in the final quarter, 1 of 2 three-pointers, no free throws, and got 17 points and 6 rebounds."

   Bill Walton laughed: "Today the Bulls have only 9 free throws combined, of course, the Suns are not many, only 17.

   In terms of rebounding, the Bulls have only 34 and the Suns have 48. In terms of mistakes, the Bulls have 9 and the Suns have 14. The Bulls have the upper hand.

In terms of blocks, the Bulls have 4, but the Suns have 11. They almost blocked the entire restricted area, allowing the Bulls to shoot outside.

In terms of overall shooting percentage, the Bulls are only 44.8%, while the Suns are 49.5%. In terms of three-pointers, the Bulls have the upper hand. The Suns took nine more shots than the Bulls. From these data analysis, the failure of the bulls is inevitable. "

  John Hanks said: "After the old K broke out in the last quarter, especially the failure of the four clips, the morale of the Bulls was knocked to the bottom, and then they lost control of the game.

We can take a look. Since then, the Bulls' defense against the old K has lost its toughness, and the weak double-team is not enough to guard against the old K. Even the foul tactics are too lazy to use, just watch the old K continue to complete the violence. buckle.

If a bull like    can't be changed within 46 hours, then I have no hope for the next G4 battle. "

In the CCTV live broadcast booth, Zhang Lili was about to make his final analysis and said: "Now we are leading 2-1, and there will be two away games to come. If the Suns can win another game, they will return to Phoenix with a big score of 3-2. , that's a big advantage."

   "Championship?" Sun Zhenping said in high spirits.

"Wang Tiejun played a super-giant performance in the final quarter, helping the team to destroy the Bulls in one fell swoop, scoring 16 points in a single quarter, this is his career high in a single quarter including the regular season, we would like to congratulate Tiejun here. ." Zhang Lili said excitedly.

   On the court at this time, the Bulls who lost the game have left, and some Suns players are being interviewed.

   "Charles, with the score of 2 to 1, do you have a greater vision for the championship now?" the reporter asked.

   "Yes, I feel like the championship is waving to me." Barkley exclaimed excitedly.

   "What do you think Jordan will do?" the reporter asked again.

Barkley suffocated, paused and said: "I know he will score crazy, but now we are more dominant, our lineup is stronger, we have a greater advantage in the low post at the basket, and we are confident that this The advantage is maintained until the end of the series, and the final championship must belong to us."

  More reporters ran to Wang Tiejun, but they were rejected. Although they did not exert their strength in the first three quarters, they fought too hard in the last quarter.

   "Boom! Boom! Boom..."

  The home team's locker room, the door was closed, all the players, including the head coach and management, were driven outside, and there was a sound of smashing things from time to time, and Jordan's venting growl.

   Everyone trembled in their hearts. Facing the bull's tyrant, even though they were separated from Jordan by a door and a wall, they seemed to dare not breathe loudly, let alone speak.

   An hour later, the post-match press conference began.

On the   Suns side, the host started to flop the cards, and in the face of hundreds of reporters who raised their hands, he gave the first question to a TNT reporter.

When    was picked by the host, the reporter was very excited. After taking the microphone, he immediately asked: "Old K, what made you play a super performance in the final quarter of tonight that is completely different from the G2 game?"

   "It's you."

  Wang Tiejun leaned lazily on the back of the chair and said calmly.

"us?"

   The reporter and all the media present were stunned.

  Wang Tiejun explained: "I'm referring to media like ESPN, you don't have any professional belief that the Bulls will win the Finals, because of Michael Jordan, you take it for granted that the Bulls will win.

   But I, and my teammates, including Charles, don't see it that way.

So tonight we're telling you with a win, look, you're wrong, Jordan's Bulls aren't unbeatable, he's not too great to be beaten, otherwise he wouldn't just have two championships, and is eight. "

  The media reporters looked at each other in dismay, but there was nothing to say. After all, the Suns were the winner tonight, and the winner cannot be blamed, so they must accept the scolding now, and stand upright when they are beaten.

   On the Bulls side, the atmosphere was even worse than when they lost G1.

  Jordan sat there without saying a word, his ashen face was like an iron plate, and the appearance of keeping away from people and gods made the reporters at the scene dare not provoke him. Even if the reporter asked him about his face, there were no words.

   After sitting for three or four minutes without answering a question, he suddenly got up and left, leaving all the reporters and teammates behind.

   Everyone looked at each other, not knowing what to do, and the Bulls' press conference could only end in a hurry.

   The next day, the Bulls who lost their home game were widely criticized by the media.

   From the head coach to the players, none of them escaped, even Jordan.

  Many media, such as the New York Sports Daily, have aggressively attacked Jordan for losing control of the team on the court and losing his dominance of the game.

   For Phil Jackson, the media even blamed the tactical problems in the G3 battle.

  For example, when Wang Tiejun did not exert his strength in the first three quarters, he did not establish a sufficient score advantage in so many hours, and even fell behind in the first quarter.

   Even the general manager, Jerry Krause, did not escape the accusations of the media, and even the accusing media, including most of the Chicago media.

   These media think that Klaus has not fulfilled his duties as general manager, and he did not even hoard a meat shield.

You must know that the Suns' performance in the regular season has been very strong, and the possibility of reaching the finals is very large, and Wang Tiejun showed a strong destructive power under the basket very early, so it is necessary for the Bulls to hoard meat shields, and also There is time, and before the All-Star trade window closes, there are opportunities.

  For example, the Suns rookie Oliver Miller, the league's first tonnage, is an excellent meat shield, and when the Suns were forced to the bench by Wang Tiejun, if the Bulls want to trade him, it is possible to reach a deal.

   But no, the Bulls traded not Oliver Miller, but veteran Mark West, a totally unnecessary and wrong trade.

  In addition to the bulls news, there is another news, that is the trash talk that Wang Tiejun sprayed on Jordan: Hey, No. 23, the four of you, almost blocked me.

   The New York Times headlined the general news section, not the sports section.

   "The No. 1 trash talk scene in league history." New York Sports.

   "Jordan's arrogance is so great that he didn't get **** off by the old K, haha..." Larry Bird kept laughing in the face of the media, and the interview could not continue.

   When the smiling assassin was interviewed, he didn't smile, but burst into laughter. After laughing for nearly half a minute, he said, "Congratulations Jordan, you have become famous! Haha..."

   This time, the same trash talk was ten times bigger than the last time it had an impact on David Robinson, because the target was Jordan, and it was sprayed after four clips and one failure, and it was full of gold.

  Actually, Jordan would have spewed such trash talk at Payton in 1996 without Wang Tiejun.

"boom!"

  Jordan kicked over the TV in front of him. He had already dropped two mobile phones before.

   "Old K, I'm not finished with you!"

   His tyrannical roar resounded from the luxurious villa.

  G4 is on the 16th. The Suns did not arrange training on the 14th. Wang Tiejun rested during the day and completed speed and flexibility training at night.

   On the 15th, the Suns only arranged a two-hour recovery training in the afternoon, without any intensity.

   No. 16, G4 match day.

   In the afternoon, the Suns came to the United Center for pre-game training. In order to stimulate the players’ bodies to enter the game state faster, the training increased a little bit.

"boom!"

"boom!"

"boom!"

When    practice shooting, Barkley missed all the first three shots.

   "Brother, can you do it today, won't you rest?" Comrade Lao Wang shouted.

   "Don't worry, I will definitely find it back."

  Barkley continued to shoot, obviously, not feeling as good as in previous training.

   Several coaches and trainers came over to observe Barkley's state.

  Because Wang Tie is occupying the space of the basket a lot of the time, Barkley's activities in the penalty area are limited, and most of his shots are outside jumpers, so his shooting feel is very important to him.

   After watching it for a long time, Barkley felt really average today. He only scored 21 goals in 30 goals. This is a shooting practice with no defenders and no time limit for shooting. When it comes to the game, it may feel cold.

   "Old K, how do you feel?" asked the head coach Westphal.

   Comrade Pharaoh glanced at Barkley and said, "I feel worse. Barkley probably hasn't washed his hands for two days."

   Westphal said angrily: "I'm asking you, not Barkley."

   Old Wang smiled and said, "After two days of rest, I feel pretty good. I can beat that old boy Jordan to death."

   "Come over here."

   Greeted by Westphal, several members of the coaching staff then walked aside to discuss tonight's game.

"If we lose the G4 game tonight, it will be very troublesome. The G5 game is on the 18th, we can't give Lao K two more days of rest, so his physical fitness in the G5 game is definitely not as good as it is now, other main players the same."

   "You mean, give up the G4 fight? It's impossible, we can't give up the G4 fight immediately because of Barkley's bad feel."

   "Of course I don't mean that. I just want to say, if it's halfway through tonight and it's determined that something big cannot be done, can you reduce the playing time of the main players like Old K and Barkley?"

   "This, of course, if we can't win the G4 battle, we must prepare for the G5 battle."

   After a few discussions, the decision was made.

   On the Bulls side, a tactical meeting is being held.

   After two days, Jordan can't see anything on his face now, but the atmosphere in the conference room is still normal.

  Phil Jackson broke the silence and said: "Now that we have calmed down, it's time to solve some of the problems in the G3 battle."

He looked at the reactions of other people, especially Jordan, as if they were listening, but not listening. Everyone's attention was not 100% back, which made him a little worried, but he continued: " Tonight's game, we first have to solve a problem, how to defend ... Barkley."

"Um?"

  Everyone, including Jordan, looked at Phil Jackson.

   "Do you think I can say old K?"

  Phil Jackson shook his head and said: "From the beginning to the end, Barkley has been the Suns' number one scoring point, and strangling him can not only destroy the Suns' strongest scoring point, but also limit part of the Suns' organizational ability.

  The Suns' two major interior teams are mutually restrained, and each attracts defense for the other side. If we double-team this one, we have to relax the other, and vice versa.

  Since we can't guard against the old K at the basket, it's better to use Barkley to prevent him and strangle the most scoring point in the Suns interior combination. "

   Having said this, he said to Jordan: "Michael, then you and Scottie Pippen will strangle their perimeter and cut off their passing and receiving lines with Old K. Tell me, can we win?"

"can."

  Jordan got up from his seat, and his face that had been gloomy for two days finally had some light.

   The psychology of other people is also active, especially a few insiders.

Their anti-aging K has been out of the shadows, knocking them down at every turn, the tonnage plus the force of the fight, a huge force of hundreds of kilograms hit them, if they were not strong themselves, they would have been hit with broken tendons and broken bones. Like Mark West and Rain Man Camp.

   Now let them defend Barkley, it will be too easy, Barkley's big **** even has a massage effect, and it will not be dangerous.

   At eight o'clock in the evening, the game is about to start, and both sides announced the starting list.

  Sun: Wang Tiejun, Barkley, Ceballos, Dan Marley, Kevin Johnson

   Bulls: Bill Cartwright, Grant, Pippen, Jordan, BJ Armstrong

   "The Bulls are one to two behind. What kind of explosion will Jordan usher in? I believe he will have a big explosion. He has been laughed enough by the media these two days."

   On the ABC live broadcast booth, Bill Walton smiled.

"Ha ha…"

  John Hanks laughed and said, "Yes, Bill, what do you think Michael would say to old K?"

   "I don't know, but he definitely has a chance to say to old K, hey, rookie, you almost blocked me." Bill Walton laughed.

"Impossible, he can't learn old K's trash talk. That's what David Robinson can do. As a scholar, it's too low-level. By the way, it's also him who is entwined with the rookie old K's defense. Do it first."

"Ha ha…"

   This time it was Bill Wharton's turn to burst out laughing.

   After the joke, John Hanks said seriously: "Bill, how do you think the Bulls will defend the old K in the low post?"

   "Oliver Miller can be traded on the sideline, he is not reused by the Suns, but the Bulls should be in need." Bill Walton joked.

"Ha ha…"

   Having said this, the two laughed again.

   In the CCTV live broadcast, Sun Zhenping said: "Three finals have passed, Wang Tiejun averaged 41 minutes, 25.3 points and 13 rebounds per game, and his performance was very good."

Zhang Lili smiled and said, "I don't know how the Bulls will defend him today? He played very calmly in G3. He ignored the Bulls' active confrontation in the first three quarters. He saved his energy and had a big explosion in the last quarter. Tonight, the Bulls will definitely not. It will repeat the same mistakes, Phil Jackson's ability is very strong."

   At 8:15, the starting lineup.

   "MJ! MJ! MJ…"

   When Jordan came out, the entire United Center cheered wildly.

   "Brother, we're going to kill him tonight and get match point."

   Standing in the tunnel, looking at Jordan's back, Wang Tiejun turned around and said to Barkley beside him.

  Buckley exhaled a long breath, as if trying to spit out the pressure in his heart.

   With the deepening of the finals, the pressure on him to win his first championship is also increasing.

   "Shhh!"

  When the visiting team came out, the boos were as cold as the wind, and they wanted to destroy people's will.

   At half past eight, the game officially started.

   After the jump ball, the Suns attack.

   Holding the ball into the frontcourt, Kevin Johnson immediately felt Jordan's defensive will, and the terrifying eyes stared at his face, making him a little flustered.

   "Boy, where's your ball?" Jordan's trash talk came.

"Um?"

  Kevin Johnson was startled.

At this moment, Jordan suddenly took a step forward, stabbed forward with his long arm, pushed the ball away at the same time, squeezed his body up, squeezed Kevin Johnson away and completed the steal, and then dribbled the ball over the frontcourt and started. fast break.

   "No way, I can't catch up!"

  Kevin Johnson struggled to catch up, but was still two steps behind.

"boom!"

  Jordan crossed the top of the arc, stepped on the free throw line with one step, held the ball in one hand like a tomahawk, and after two steps in the air, under the dunk, the United Center suddenly boiled.

   "Oh **** ho ho..."

The on-site commentator screamed and screamed excitedly, and then shouted excitedly: "Tomahawk dunk, MJ sent a tomahawk dunk that jumped from the free throw line, this is the axe of the gods, we will definitely achieve a brilliant tonight. Victory!"

   (end of this chapter)