The rest is just noise

Chapter 1331 This time it’s definitely not bragging

Wilson and Kobe replaced Liu Yuqing and Dumars.

In addition, the Lakers' main point guard on the court is Barros, and Dumars was more like a free agent who can play three positions on the court.

Because Liu Yuqing does not play small forward, Barros can only play the one position, and Dumars is too reluctant to play the third position, so he can only deal with occasional mismatches.

Therefore, the defensive matchup of the three people was disrupted.

However, Jordan was still able to break through each one, which also showed the weakness of the matchup, so Louis immediately replaced Wilson.

What is strange is that Kobe was also substituted.

Kobe Bryant missed three shots in the first quarter.

Although his defense has merits, he brings too little help to the team on the offensive end.

"This can only show that Coach Lu really likes Kobe."

"Yes, and such games also have great training value for Kobe."

When Wilson came up, he said trash talk to Jordan, "Mitch, the good days of bullying JD are over."

Jordan was sweating profusely and looked very tired, "What can I do even if it's you?"

Wilson said heartily: "It's not that good. I just scored 66 points casually on your head and led my team to win the championship. That's it. It's not worth mentioning."

Kobe was a little confused, who did Benj score 66 points against?

The answer is actually very simple. When Wilson needed to restrain Barkley, the 66 points in 1993 were scored by Barkley. When he needed to silence Jordan on the court, the 66 points were scored by Jordan.

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These two sentences are true no matter how you push it, because the Flying Pigs combination is the internal and external trump card of the 93 Trail Blazers, and they are also the witnesses to the 25-point reversal in two consecutive games. No one is responsible and cannot be blamed.

However, relatively speaking, Barkley's responsibility is more difficult to shirk, because he is the biggest defensive hole in that team.

Jordan would not find someone to take the blame, and even if he wanted to find someone to take the blame, it would not be easy, because in the tiebreaker known as the world game, he was the one who got away with one attack and one defense at the critical moment.

Whenever Wilson brings this up, Jordan can basically be silenced on the spot.

Now, Jordan doesn't want to talk to him anymore, and the face lost on the court can only be solved on the court.

Before winning the championship, he would always keep his head down in front of Wilson.

Now Wilson is only talking about scoring 66 points. If he said "What kind of champion are you?", the scene would not look good.

The Lakers serve from the backcourt.

Before Wilson ran upfield, he reminded Kobe, "Bean, stay calm like you did in the first quarter."

"knew!"

Louis noticed that the Trail Blazers let Fisher lead the entire court against Burrows.

This is one of the manifestations of Riley's incompetence.

With Fisher's pace and speed, letting him lead the defense really doesn't take Barros seriously.

Sure enough, Barros didn't give the Blazers a chance at all. He accelerated quickly and threw Fisher half a body away. Then, relying on his speed advantage, he gradually pushed the latter one body away.

The Blazers can only use people to make up the defense.

So Wilson was empty.

Barros passed the ball, and the Blazers' rotation kept up with Wilson, but at the cost of leaving Kobe empty.

Wilson passes Kobe again.

This time, no one can switch in front of Kobe.

Kobe, who was in the open position, completely forgot that he missed three opportunity shots in the first quarter. Facing the open position, he collected the ball and shot it decisively.

"Whoosh!"

44 to 28

"Good shot!" Louis reached out his hand excitedly, waiting for Kobe to give him a high-five.

The extremely excited Kobe didn't know what restraint was, so he tried his best to slap Louis' hand.

Fortunately, Louis sensed something was wrong in advance and did not hit Kobe hard.

"Sir?"

Kobe didn't know what Louis meant by taking his hand back.

"It's just a goal, let's see how proud you are, get back on defense!" Louis shouted.

"I will score more goals!"

"If you could control your endocrine..."

The Lakers still showed good tactical literacy.

Then, the highlight of the game came, with Wilson facing off against Jordan.

The audience in the Rose Garden was as excited as watching a blockbuster movie.

Louis didn't know what was exciting about this.

These two have faced each other so many times, what else is new?

From an offensive and defensive perspective, neither of them could restrain the other.

Jordan didn't need pick-and-rolls and used his explosive power to eat up Wilson, but the years eroded his absolute speed.

A few years ago, Jordan wouldn't give any chance as long as he broke through Wilson, but now, he can't use the first step to completely get rid of him.

In the end, Jordan still has to return to his essence and use technical means to create rhythm changes and score jump shots.

30 to 44

"Even if I am 50 years old, I can still score on you!"

Wilson said "naively": "I agree with you."

Jordan didn't believe Wilson would suddenly speak human language.

Wilson caught up with Jordan and added: "Because by that time, I will have retired and enjoy life, and you should still be pursuing your first championship."

"Fuck you, Benjamin!" Jordan roared.

Watching Jordan break defenses is a pleasure for Louis.

Not everyone can have this experience, because only Louis knows what it means to push Jordan to this point.

Whenever he sees Jordan like this, Louis wants Benj to work harder.

And Benj seemed to be able to read his thoughts. Whenever there was a way to stimulate Jordan, he would never hide it and would greet him first.

In this round, the Lakers' inside high and low positions were extremely difficult due to the lack of another inside line that could control the ball.

Ostertag is a good player, and as a blue-collar insider, he is very functional.

If the Lakers were in a league dominated by Shaquille O'Neal, they would be lucky to have Ostertag.

However, let alone O'Neal in the East, even if he suddenly super-evolves next year, dominates the East and becomes the Lakers' biggest opponent on the road to winning the championship, they don't need to be afraid.

Because by that time, the Lakers will have an extra person named Tim Duncan in their lineup.

Among the new generation of insiders, there are not many who can stand up to O'Neal. Those who can stand up to O'Neal like Duncan are rare.

The original choice of Ostertag was not to use him to deal with O'Neal, but to find someone who could protect Garnett at the time.

Now, regardless of whether Garnett still needs someone to protect him, there are too many people in the Lakers team who can help him do the dirty work, and Ostertag is the one with the most single function.

The constipated offense on the court made Louis firm up his determination to send Ostertag away in the offseason.

For a player like this who has no talent at all on the offensive end, one Ben Wallace is enough. How can a few more make basketball beautiful?

The tactics couldn't be used. Wilson wanted to get the ball immediately. Facing Jordan, he directly attacked the right wing.

Jordan's defense was good enough, he predicted it in advance and successfully blocked it.

But Wilson then made a dribble from behind, adjusted his center of gravity, and hit Jordan with an elbow in a series of moves. He successfully broke away from the defense and reached the free throw line to score a jumper.

46 to 30

Wilson smiled lightly and said: "If you enter the second half with a 16-point deficit, how desperate will the fans at the scene be?"

Jordan said matter-of-factly: "So we're not going to go into the second half with a 16-point deficit."

Jordan's confidence in saying this is that there are still more than nine minutes left before the end of the first half.

However, if he really wants to enter the second half without a huge score difference as he said, the implicit meaning is that he may not be able to rest for a second in the first half.

For the 34-year-old veteran, this burden is too heavy.

The problem is that Jordan cannot avoid this burden. Looking around, the only one who can share the pressure is Olajuwon, and as an inside line, he consumes more and cannot be as tossing as an outside line. So now, the Blazers can only let themselves believe -

Jordan is an iron man.

Jordan knew very well that if he couldn't hold on, there would be no hope for this game.

This is the most promising year after 1993.

Even if you have to lose, you can't lose this way.

The desire to win was strong enough to make Jordan obsessed. There were terrible bloodshot eyes in his eyes, and he just hit the ball directly from outside the three-point line.

"Whoosh!"

Jordan said loudly: "Before the end of the first half, we will reduce the point difference to less than 7 points!"

33 to 46

Wilson didn't pick up Jordan's message.

In his opinion, this is nothing more than encouraging self-deception.

The Blazers' high-intensity defense reminded Wilson that this group might be serious.

Jordan really awakened their fighting spirit.

But so what?

Barkley and Ostertag were all in the high post, while Wilson dealt with Jordan's aggressive one-on-one defense alone, and finally sent a wonderful alley-oop to Kobe.

Because the inside line was cleared, no one in the Trail Blazers could stop Kobe from dancing.

This 18-year-old talent is quietly becoming an influence in the game.

He caught the ball with his right hand, put his left hand to his ear, imitating Karl Malone's listening action, and then dunked with his right hand.

The young man was greeted with endless boos.

These boos contain strong hatred and dissatisfaction.

At this moment, the young man felt joy and joy that he had never experienced before.

For the first time, he discovered that being a villain was such a wonderful thing.

"Hate me!" he shouted, "I will end you!"

It’s definitely not bragging this time!

And Louis just wanted to say, is this your line?

(End of chapter)