Chapter 86 Brutal Force Suppression
In the Bulls' frontcourt, Carter-white was in the low post on the left wing, and Wang Tiejun was defending him.
Carterwhite has stable shooting ability, but he is not a center like Ronnie Seikali who can pull to the three-point line. He can only shoot close two points and has a certain amount of mid-range two-point shots. He is not threatening from farther away, so Wang Tiejun's defensive position is still at the edge of the paint area so that he can return to the basket in time.
At the same time, Carter-White is old and will only play when there is a good second-chance opportunity. He usually doesn't take many shots, so his defensive tasks are mainly to assist in defense, protect the basket, and protect the backcourt rebounds.
"Damn Chinese rednecks!"
On the left wing three-point line, Pippen stared at Wang Tiejun inside with a cold light in his eyes.
He had just been threatened by this rookie and lost all his face. He wanted to get it back on the court.
In fact, he came from a family in the southern United States that was poorer than Wang Tiejun's family. He had a large group of older brothers, ten or twelve, he himself couldn't count how many there were, but it was a large group of brothers anyway.
Logically speaking, given his background, he should not have discriminated against Wang Tiejun, who also came from a proletarian background. However, he discriminated against Wang Tiejun because racial discrimination in the southern United States was more severe than in the north. Under the influence of this environment, he was also infected with this custom. He thought he was like charcoal and despised others for being black.
Dunk over that rookie like Jordan?
No, he even wanted to dunk Wang Tiejun and then step over him to completely humiliate this damn Chinese guy.
Well, he was influenced by Wang Tiejun's dunk over Ewing and then stepping over Ewing's head, otherwise he would not have this idea.
Pippen is the Bulls' point forward. The ball is in his hands now. With a fake move, he breaks through Ceballos and heads for the paint with the ball.
In his senior year of high school, his height was only 175 cm, and he had always played as a point guard. Then in his sophomore year, he grew 15 cm and changed to play as a small forward, but he still had the skills, flexibility and speed of a point guard, which was his capital to play as an organizing small forward.
"So fast!"
Wang Tiejun was surprised when he saw Bulls No. 33 rushing towards him with the ball. How could this guy with the same number as him be so fast?
He wanted to move sideways to provide additional defense, but Pippen slowed down, so he instinctively stopped for a moment. But the next moment, Pippen, who had just slowed down, accelerated again and rushed into the paint area from beside him.
Barkley knew that Wang Tiejun was not fast enough to defend against Pippen's dribbling breakthrough, so he was already assisting in defending the basket from the weak side.
Pippen, dribbling the ball to the basket, suddenly jumped up.
He has big hands, which is a key quality to become a superstar. At this moment, he held the ball high with his right hand and made a jump shot.
"coming!"
Barkley took one look and immediately jumped up to block the shot.
But Pippen, who was jumping in the air, did not shoot. Instead, he suddenly threw the ball to the right wing with one hand, and the ball flew over Barkley's head.
"Michael?"
Barkley knew it was bad.
Sure enough, Jordan had run down from the right wing three-point line and reached the gap left by Barkley after he returned to the basket. Dan Maalley had been left behind by him, and he received the ball and made a quick stop jump shot.
“Swish!”
There was a splash and the two points were made, very easily.
"Chinese, are you doing a wooden stake performance? Good acting, it really looks like one!" Pippen threw some trash talk at Wang Tiejun before returning to defense.
"Kid, where were you watching my performance when I was shooting just now? Remember to buy a ticket, don't take advantage of me for free."
Similarly, on the other side, Jordan, who was retreating, threw some trash talk at Dan Maalley.
When they met two masters of trash talk, Wang Tiejun and Dan Mali were so angry that their noses were crooked.
"Oh, Pippen's sharp breakthrough pass, Jordan's picturesque pull-up jump shot, we should find a way to cut off the connection between the Bulls' strong and weak sides and let them fight on their own."
the on-site commentator shouted.
But he knew that, even if it were so easy to cut off Pippen's connection with Jordan, the Bulls would not have won two championships.
"Look, Dortmund man, this is K's defense. Maybe he can only defend against a wooden stake's breakthrough. Even a snail is faster than him."
Lighterme joked during the TNT live broadcast.
"Oh, man, how many centers in this league can defend against Scottie Pippen's dribbling breakthrough?" Dort laughed.
"The last time the Magic played the Bulls, although they lost the game, O'Neal defended Pippen's breakthroughs into the paint many times. He was also a rookie," Lighter said with a smile.
"You compare K and O'Neal? God, O'Neal has shown the strength of a super center now. If a fourth super center can appear, I bet 80% of it will be him. And my evaluation of K's potential is a quasi-first-class center. There is no comparison." Dortmund insisted.
"Well, you have a point," said Lightem with a smile.
Coming to the frontcourt, Wang Tiejun squeezed towards the basket again.
“Bang!”
Cartwright wanted to hang on Lao Wang again, but was knocked away by the latter's timely close-range Iron Mountain Backstroke.
"here."
Wang Tiejun took this opportunity to enter the basket, shouted loudly, and stretched out his hands to ask for the ball at the top of the arc.
Kevin Johnson was about to break through, and when he saw an opportunity inside, he quickly pushed the ball in with one hand and made a ground pass.
But he was a beat too late. When Wang Tiejun received the ball under the basket, Carter White and the fast-assisting Cobra Grant had already pounced on him and completed the encirclement.
He held the ball tightly with his big hands, like two big pliers, and Carter-white slapped it but failed to knock it away.
"Old K, push them away!"
The commentator on the scene stared at the basket and shouted harshly.
"Open it for me!"
The next moment, Wang Tiejun shouted in a deep voice, and Tieshan used his fighting skills repeatedly.
Leaning to the left, Cartwright groaned and staggered back.
Leaning to the right, Grant cried out in pain and was unexpectedly knocked over. After falling to the ground, he kept sliding backwards and the double-team under the basket broke.
This kind of close-range shot during a double-team under the basket, because there is some space to exert force, the power of the close-range shot is much greater than that of the back-to-the-basket shot, especially the second time, because Carter-white has been knocked away and there is a lot of space to exert force, so the power of the second time is particularly strong, and Grant, who weighs less than 100 kilograms, was directly knocked over.
"opened!"
The on-site commentator roared with excitement.
"oh!"
The terrifying fight under the basket made all the fans in the stadium scream in surprise.
"boom!"
The next moment, the giant beast flew into the air, and as the basket roared, the huge basketball hoop suddenly sank downward.
"yeah!"
Such a fierce slam dunk instantly ignited the America West Arena, and the cheers of nearly 20,000 home fans were like a boiling ocean.
"Yeah! Yeah yeah yeah..."
The commentator on the scene roared excitedly and roared like thunder: "This is Old K, a giant beast that pushes and crushes under the basket. He is unstoppable. He destroyed the Bulls' inside combination. He dominates the low post, which is his territory..."
In the TNT live broadcast booth, Dort and Lighter looked at each other in surprise. In the decades of history of the league, they had never seen such a behemoth under the basket.
Rookie No. 1 pick O'Neal is also very powerful under the basket, and even several people find it difficult to suppress him, but he relies on agility and pace, and a combination of explosiveness and technology.
But Lao K has no pace, no agility, no technique and no explosive power. He relies on strength, the brute force that suppresses everything.
But this simpler and more brutal force suppression is more shocking, more terrifying, more like being crushed, and more breathtaking.
“Damn it!”
He pulled hard with both hands, but the basket was still firmly rooted on the rack and the backboard was also safe and sound. Comrade Lao Wang, who was already gasping for breath, jumped down in frustration.
He is not satisfied with the manager of the American West Arena. Can't you bring some inferior products? This is bullying me because I am not strong enough. I must gain weight.
"Humph, you think you can stop me? Today I'm going to use you as my accomplice and show that Jordan how a country bumpkin like me teaches his teammates a lesson."
He glanced at Cartwright and Grant to his left and right, then turned and strode towards Barkley and others who had come to celebrate.
"Damn it, this country bumpkin is just an animal!"
Outside, Jordan witnessed Wang Tiejun knocking over his two inside teammates . To be honest, the unstoppable power and ferocity made him feel a little worried.
He had never seen such a center in the league. There were many players as strong as Wang Tiejun, such as the Postman Malone, who looked stronger than Wang Tiejun, but Malone did not play like this. As a power forward, he rarely even made strong low-post shots, and most of the time he shot from outside.
"This Chinese country bumpkin is a bit difficult to deal with!"
Pippen looked at his good friend Grant struggling on the floor, and was more shocked than Jordan.
Phil Jackson was also in a daze on the sidelines, thinking in his mind, if Krause had brought K back to Chicago last time, with the current lineup he has, would there still be a problem winning the championship this year?
“Ahem…”
Grant hadn't gotten up yet, but was lying on the floor coughing, a little out of breath from the impact.
He can't play for the time being, and the Bulls need to replace him with an inside player.
There are several substitutes in the interior, but their strength is not very good, so Phil Jackson decided to replace them with backup center Wilperdo.
He thought that what was needed in the interior was a meat shield who could withstand the torment from K, the giant beast under the basket. If the tonnage was smaller, it would not work, otherwise he would be knocked away like Grant just now.
Wilperdo weighs 110 kg and is 213 cm tall, while the other substitutes weigh just over 100 kg, and there are even two substitute forwards who weigh less than 100 kg and are not tall enough.
"The Bulls are now using the twin towers tactics, but I think they still can't limit K's ferocity under the basket. K is too fierce. He is invincible in the low post and can still be used to perfection under the basket..."
Seeing the Bulls make a substitution, the on-site commentator shouted.
"Without Grant, the Bulls' inside line is even weaker, but this is not the biggest problem. The biggest problem is that the Bulls' iron triangle is missing a member. How can they play the triangle tactics now?"
"With Pippen and Jordan left, we can only use the breakthrough and scoring tactics." Lightham and Dort analyzed on the TNT live broadcast.
