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Chapter 409 He is still an unstoppable monster!

boom!
Under the trapped beast, a giant beast broke through all the suppression, soared into the air, held the ball in both hands, and slammed into the basket frantically.

"boom!"

Amidst the violent explosion of baskets, the postman and the other three were staggered by the powerful explosive force, small forward Russell was even knocked over directly, and the huge Delta Center Arena was instantly dead silent.

"Ow!"

On and off the court, everyone in the Suns roared excitedly. Kobe and others rushed to the basket, while a group of people rushed up on the bench, waving white towels excitedly.

"This is old K! Even with the restrictions of the K law, he is still an unstoppable monster!"

In the ESPN live broadcast, Carter Oldman stood up excitedly, holding the microphone in his hand and roaring loudly: "[-]v[-], he is crushing the Jazz! The K law can't suppress him at all! He is like a majestic Himalayan mountain. Can the Jazz cross this mountain? I think it is very difficult, hell-level difficulty."

"Hehe!" Luo Lin laughed helplessly.

"This damn commentator, one day we're going to beat Old K."

"I'm going to keep complaining about him."

At this moment, countless Jazz fans picked up their phones in front of the TV.

On the field, the referee also blew his whistle and gave Brian Russell a thug foul.

In fact, all three of them have fouled, but they can only pick one. Giving a foul to the role player Russell will cause the least damage to the Jazz, which is also one of the advantages of the Jazz at home.

"Why are you so excited? Do you think I can't beat them? Remember, this is just my routine operation, and it's not worth getting excited about."

Lao Wang pushed Kobe and Kidd away, glanced at the postman with disdain, and walked to the free throw line.

"It's forced to pretend? It's classy, ​​I want to learn." Kobe said enviously.

"Understood." Kidd nodded.

Huo Li glared at the two of them. The two sycophants said everything I said.

Lao Wang was about to make a free throw when the Jazz called a timeout.

Jerry Sloan hopes that through this timeout, the postman and others can slow down and interrupt the momentum of the Suns.

In the ESPN live broadcast, Luo Lin said: "We have played for more than two months this season, and the K law has been implemented for so long, but now it seems that the restrictions on the old K do not seem to be as big as imagined."

"Barkley said a long time ago that the K law will not restrict the old K so much. He is the person who knows the old K best, and I agree with him."

Oldman was on the shoulders with the Jazz today, and he couldn't leave the Jazz in three words. At this point, he added: "Anyway, the Jazz can't beat the old K. As long as the old K is in the West, the Jazz will probably never make it out of the West."

Luo Lin chuckled, and analyzed: "Judging from Old K's shooting percentage, the efficiency has dropped a bit, but the range is not large, at most [-] percentage points. This is not a fatal drop for his high efficiency of over [-]%. Even he can still maintain the shooting percentage above [-]%."

Oldman said: "Even so, he is still the player with the highest offensive efficiency in the league. Even O'Neal's shooting percentage is one percentage point lower than that of Old K."

Rollin said: "Before O'Neal was injured, his shooting percentage was 61%, and the old K is now 62.1%, a difference of 1.1 percentage points.

Last season, O'Neal's shooting percentage was 61.5%, and the old K's was 65.4%, which was 3.9 percentage points behind the old K. That is to say, under the restriction of the K law, O'Neal was less affected. The dominance has shrunk to a very close level. "

"But this data is not everything."

Oldman immediately shook his head and said: "Judging from the average data of the two, there is still a big gap between him and old K."

Rowling nodded and said, "O'Neal's weight should be heavier than last season's. Last season's weight was 140 kg, and now it's at least 145 kg. This means that his physical fitness will be affected even more, which prevents him from investing in all aspects like old K. He doesn't even invest as much in offense as old K."

Oldman said with a smile: "The huge tonnage allows O'Neill to have stronger dominance, but his physical fitness also limits his development. In Chinese language, this means that if there is an advantage, there must be a disadvantage."

At this time, the timeout was over and the game started. Pharaoh made an additional free throw, 5:2, and the Jazz attacked.

Kidd has an absolute dislocation advantage against Stockton, in case the big one is against the small one. Although the small one is more sensitive, it happens that Stockton is not a person with outstanding physical talent, so Kidd does not suffer in terms of agility and speed.

And Kidd is not afraid of Stockton at all. In a regular season game between the Mavericks and the Jazz last season, he scored 20 points and 25 assists on Stockton. Stockton scored 28 points and 10 assists.

At the top of the arc, Stockton was also very cautious, calling Russell's pick-and-roll, and then broke through behind Russell with the ball.

But Kidd reacted quickly and had an excellent ability to defend against pick-and-rolls. He quickly bypassed Russell, chased to Stockton's right side, and then implemented a fierce steal.

Stockton protected the ball, but Kidd immediately used his strong body advantage to squeeze the opponent, eventually forcing the opponent to turn over, and then Robert Horry, who came to help defend, grabbed the ball from the side, and the two cooperated to complete a beautiful defense and steal.

Kidd took the ball and quickly pushed forward.

"here!"

Bryant sprinted down the right wing, quickly dropped the athletic Hornacek, and rushed across the center line, yelling at Kidd.

"Whoosh!"

Without Kobe yelling, Kidd's 360-degree vision without blind spots immediately saw the former's leading position, and the ball flew over immediately.

"boom!"

After receiving the ball, Kobe immediately entered the three-point line, entered from the left waist of the paint area, took off one step later, and blasted the Jazz's basket with a tomahawk dunk.

"Oh, my teammates are too strong, I have nothing to do with it." Lao Wang stood in the backcourt, crossed his hands and sighed.

But soon, this idea disappeared.

On the right-wing three-point line, Hornacek, who has average ability in singles with the ball, even played Kobe with the ball in singles.

He belongs to the off-ball style of play, has a good running position, excellent shooting ability, and singles Kobe with the ball.

"brush!"

Three threats, a sudden breakthrough with a tentative step, a fake and real shot, easily defrauded Kobe, and then hit a three-pointer.

"It's too good, it seems that the rookie needs to practice more!" Old Wang said disappointedly.

Hornacek's athletic quality is average, and his ability to break through with the ball is average, but he has accurate shooting and is a standard shooter.

To defend against shooters with average breakthrough ability, we should focus on shooting. As for breakthroughs, with Kobe's athleticism, even if he is shot, he has a chance to catch up again. Therefore, the focus of defense is on shooting, not shooting. Kobe did it the other way around.

"Jason, call me one."

After being hit, the rookie has to face. Kobe wants to pay back one, and he is very firm in asking for the ball.

Kidd didn't give it to the rookie, because Kobe's position in the main lineup is to play off the ball and focus on defense.

"Give it to him." Lao Wang shouted.

This time Kidd passed the ball. After Kobe took the ball, he turned sideways and began to hit Hornacek.

Hornacek's experience is too rich, and he immediately retreated half a step to prevent Kobe from hitting him.

Now the entire league knows that Kobe is the only one who has learned the force technique of old K, and he has used it many times. Although the effect is far from comparable to that of old K, it is easy to make the defender suffer. If he is hit and his center of gravity is shaken, he may be suddenly attacked, so he chose to retreat a little.

However, the next moment Kobe's left foot stepped inward, the bear stride unfolded, the iron mountain exploded, and the back of his left shoulder hit Hornacek's left chest heavily.

"Oops!"

Hornacek's upper body was knocked backwards, and his feet were weak.

In the next moment, Kobe dribbled the ball and rushed over.

His breakthrough rhythm after hitting is even faster than that of Lao Wang, because he has a smaller tonnage, more flexibility, faster speed, better ability to hold the ball, and a stronger ability to integrate the ball and man, so he can turn around and break through faster.

Campbell lost Williams and made up for it, but with his mobility, how can he make up for it?
Kobe rushed to Campbell again and went into the paint. He saw the postman making up from the basket, and he also saw the old K asking for the ball. He didn't even think about passing the ball.

"boom!"

The ball passed through the postman's palm and hit the basket accurately.

"boom!"

The next moment, Pharaoh succeeded in supplementing the deduction.

"Damn!"

Kobe slapped his right hand angrily. Everything went well, but it was a pity that he missed the final finish.

But soon he had no chance to be upset, because Lao Wang was yelling at him: "Kobe, I'm empty at the basket, why didn't I pass?"

"I, didn't I pass it?" Kobe was taken aback, and immediately quibbled.

"Are you passing or throwing?" Lao Wang was not so easy to deceive.

"Of course it's a pass, it's a little bit off." Kobe's mouth was very hard.

"The next time you don't pass a pass when there is an open space at the basket, you will sit until the end of the season, waiting to be traded to Canada to drink the Northwest Wind." Lao Wang sprayed.

"It's dangerous! Fortunately, there is no trick. Old K is a fool." Kobe breathed a sigh of relief.

Old Wang glared at Kobe Bryant, I was beaten again Bryant, and decided that in the future Kobe would take fighting classes again, and let the brothers teach him a few times, beat him with a black nose and a swollen face, to see if he dared to lie to himself.

"Ah!"

Kobe suddenly sneezed and felt a chill down his back!
The Jazz attacked, the postman raised the position, and Stockton played a pick-and-roll tactic. Lao Wang and Kidd did not switch defenses. Stockton took the opportunity to break into the paint with the ball and went straight to the basket. Kidd was one step behind.

"Snapped!"

Stockton made a layup and was capped by Kidd. The ball was directly pressed on the backboard, and then was taken by the returning king.

"Ha ha……"

Carter Oldman burst out laughing, and said happily, "Stockton, with your finishing ability, how did you have the courage to make a shot under Kidd's pursuit?"

"Damn it, he's mocking our John again?"

"You bastard, you must continue to complain to him!"

"Shet, is this commentator carried by our Jazz? Complain to him!"

Jazz fans in front of countless TVs picked up the phone again and started calling ESPN's complaint hotline.

"Carter, you have already been deducted three thousand dollars." In the ESPN live broadcast, Luo Lin reminded in a low voice.

"I'll resign and go to TNT if you detain me again." Oldman said angrily.

"Damn it, Carter, don't target the Jazz anymore, I beg you, this is their home stadium, save them some face." The director shouted into the headset.

The Suns played a fast break again, and it was Kobe again. This kid couldn't get any shots in the positional battle. The fast break was his opportunity. He was the fastest for the Suns. After getting rid of Hornacek, he received a pass from Lao Wang and dunked again.

At 11:5, the Suns led away by 6 points and stopped the Jazz again.

Rowling analyzed: "The current perimeter defense of the Suns has been greatly improved compared to previous seasons, which is very beneficial to their development in the playoffs."

Oldman said with a smile: "The rookie Kobe's defensive attitude is also very active. Of course, his defense is still too bad now, and his experience is severely lacking. When he meets a veteran with good experience and good skills, he will suffer."

Nodding, Rowling smiled and said, "But his attitude towards playing is quite positive. I think the Suns should give him some possession of the ball, so that he can improve faster."

Oldman laughed and said: "No, no, no, a shooting guard should first learn to play off the ball. If the shooting guard has the ball, then his first choice is to shoot himself.

And such a result, first, the ball is in his hands, he is most likely to shoot by himself, then the opponent will concentrate on double-teaming him without hesitation.

Second, the team's organization will be a mess, no one will distribute the ball reasonably, and the five players will fight on their own, in a mess. "

Luo Lin nodded and explained: "I just want him to improve his offensive ability with the ball, not let him control the ball, because a shooting guard needs the ability to play alone with the ball. When his teammates can't score, as a shooting guard, he must stand up."

"Understood." Oldman nodded with a smile.

At this point the timeout ends and play resumes.

On the sidelines, on the bench of the Suns, D'Antoni said to Danny Ainge: "Danny, Kobe's fast break ability is very strong, and his finishing ability is also good. Kidd's ability to organize fast breaks is also very strong, especially Old K's speed can actually keep up with the fast break rhythm. He also has the ability to launch fast breaks. We can actually add some fast break tactics."

Danny Ainge nodded thoughtfully, but was noncommittal.

D'Antoni has suggested to him many times to increase fast break tactics, but he has not adopted it. The team still focuses on traditional positional warfare.

Old K's speed can indeed keep up, but he knows very well that no matter how fast old K is, he is still a heavy center forward with 135 kg.Even, fast break tactics will exacerbate old K's physical consumption and shorten his career.

If he wants to add fast break tactics, Old K will probably not agree, no, he will definitely object, and the management’s choice is no second choice at all, it will only focus on Old K, and he may lose what he just got. position of head coach.

But D'Antoni is right. Now the team's fast break tactics are really good. Kidd and Kobe play one pass and one attack. It is really worth trying.However, it can only be when the old K is not on the court.

And with this season's inside lineup, I'm afraid it won't work. The two inside substitutes are old. Old K's playing time has increased to more than 40 minutes, and he has no time to play fast breaks.

At the end of the first quarter, 31:24, the Suns led by 7 points in a single quarter.

During the timeout, the Jazz asked the postman to contain Wang Tiejun on the weak side, and then stepped up the offense at the fourth position on the strong side. They used Campbell to hit the old Williams a few balls. The effect was good, and the point difference was not widened.

Luo Lin smiled and said, "Today's Suns lineup is even more disorganized than when the two teams met last time, but they have the upper hand. There are several reasons for this. Let me analyze it."

"Okay, I'll check it out for you." Oldman said with a smile.

Luo Lin glared at his partner, I want you to check?After coughing twice, he said: "First, Kidd replaced the Lightning. He has a dislocation advantage in height and tonnage when facing Stockton. At the same time, his defense is better than the Lightning, and his physical fitness is stronger. The defensive effect against Stockton is better."

Oldman nodded and said, "That's right. Stockton made two turnovers in the first quarter, only sent out two assists, and scored two points on 2 of 3 shots. Kidd sent four assists in the first quarter, without a single turnover, and scored two points on 1 of 4 shots. His performance was better. This is the proof."

Rollin went on to say: "Second, Kobe replaced Wilkins. His addition improved the speed and fast break ability of the Suns outside. The Suns played five fast breaks in the first quarter and succeeded four times."

Oldman nodded and said: "Indeed, the fast break in the defensive counterattack was good, which also saved old K's energy.

Old K made 6 of 4 shots and 2 of 2 free throws in the first quarter. He scored 10 points and didn't take too many shots.In addition, he also sent 2 assists, grabbed 5 rebounds, and sent a big cap. "

Rowling added: "However, Williams has degraded seriously. He failed to guard Campbell, which is why the Suns can't continue to open the score."

Oldman said: "The Suns signed Williams for two years, $400 million a year, and now it seems that this signing is wrong.

This guy simply came to the Suns to retire, and in one offseason, he degenerated from the main center to a marginal man.Looking at the fat on his body, he is at least ten kilograms fatter than last season. "

"I guess the management must not be able to find someone to replace him, or else they would have taken him away long ago." Luo Lin laughed.

"The operation of the management is still good. Rasheed Wallace, Kidd, Kobe, Horry, plus the old K, five youth troops, a very young lineup, if this lineup can be maintained, the Suns will be very competitive in the next few seasons." Oldman said.

Luo Lin immediately shook his head and said, "After this season, Horry's rookie contract expires, and the Suns have no room to keep him.

Horry is gone, it's not a big problem, but after next season, Rasheed Wallace's rookie contract is also over, can the Suns keep him?
Therefore, the biggest problem with the youth lineup is that there are too many young players and their quality is not bad. After they grow up, everyone needs a big contract. The team simply does not have enough space to keep them, and the lineup will soon be forced to dismantle. "

Oldman nodded and said: "So the most stable lineup still has one or two stars as the core, and then matches a few high-quality suitable role players and veterans, just like the Bulls.

If the Bulls hadn't encountered Barkley's old K's Suns in 93, and last season's mosaic Big Three, their lineup, proper repairs, how many consecutive championships do you think they could have? "

"Except for these two teams, no one is their opponent. Six championships in a row?" Luo Lin asked in surprise.

Oldman said: "The Bulls are still one of the most powerful championship contending teams. It can be seen that their lineup is stable. Jerry Krause's ability to build a lineup is really strong."

Luo Lin nodded and said: "So with a proper lineup, the salary space can be kept stable, the lineup can be stable, and it is the best lineup to win the championship.

And this Suns team has too many young players. I think it can maintain a stable lineup for two seasons at most. After two seasons, it is hard to say. "

In this game, 108:91, the Suns finally defeated the Jazz on the road.

Under Kidd's defense, the veteran superstar John Stockton was somewhat substandard. He only sent 7 assists, made 6 turnovers, made 6 of 2 shots, and scored only 6 points with free throws.

Under Lao Wang's defense, the postman only scored 18 points, which was not efficient enough.

For the Suns, Wang Tiejun scored 32 points and 18 rebounds, Williams and Tisdale scored 6 points together, Horry scored 13 points steadily, Kidd only scored 11 points, but sent 17 assists and 3 steals.

科比12投7中，其中6次快攻打成5次，阵地战中6投2中，3罚3中，拿到了17分。

Hornacek's defense is good. He couldn't keep up with Kobe in the fast break, but in the positional battle, with his old experience, he also defended against Kobe a little uncomfortable. His shooting percentage in the positional battle was only 33.3%. If he hadn't played several fast breaks, today's efficiency would be ugly.

In the bench lineup, Wilkins and Chapman performed well. The former scored 15 points and the latter scored 10 points, which contributed a lot to the team's victory over the Jazz.

After playing the Jazz, 34 wins and 4 losses, the Suns still remain strong.

On the 17th, I returned to Phoenix, and on the 18th, I ushered in the challenge of the Knicks.

However, O'Neal was seriously injured, and the Suns successfully defeated their opponents and won their 35th win.

On the 20th, the Pistons won again at home. On the 22nd, the Suns played against the Jazz three times at home.

Unfortunately, this time it was defeated.

Success is Kidd, and defeat is Kidd. In this game, Kidd was so overwhelmed by Stockton's little tricks that his feet were swollen.

After losing this game, they were immediately thrown off by the Bulls, with 36 wins and 5 losses. Just halfway through the regular season, the Suns fell to the second place in the league and still ranked first in the Western Conference.

The Bulls have been lucky this season. The main players have not suffered any injuries. So far, Jordan and Pippen are still in full attendance, playing 38 minutes.

But then until the end of the month, the Suns played a wave of four consecutive victories and achieved a record of 40 wins and 5 losses.

The Bulls had an unexpected losing streak, first losing to the Pacers, then to the Jazz, 39 wins and 6 losses, but behind the Suns. In this way, at the end of the first month of 97, the Suns finally dominated the league's No. [-] team. Throne, the Bulls come in second.

(End of this chapter)