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Chapter 101 Siege the Great Dream!One defense at a time!
December 1996, 5.

Six o'clock in the evening, Rose Garden Arena.

The game between the Trail Blazers and the Rockets is about to begin.

The starting lineup of both sides appeared on the big screen.

Both sides are old lineups.

For the Rockets, Kenny Smith, Clyde Drexler, Chucky Brown, Robert Horry, Hakeem Olajuwon.

Amidst the wild cheers of the fans at the scene, Ma Long rubbed chalk on the technical stage.

While wiping, I suddenly felt someone walking over.

Malone looked sideways.

Hey, do you mind aliens?

Not to mention, the real person looks really strange.

Cassell didn't know what Malone was thinking, and said kindly: "Hi, Malone, I'm Sam Cassell, you can call me Sam, congratulations on getting the best rookie."

Ma Long nodded: "Thank you."

Although Cassel has a strange appearance, the alien has a very good personality, and he chats with Malone familiarly.

If it wasn't for the lack of time, it is estimated that Ma Long would be able to talk for a long time.

When he returned to the bench, Malone didn't even know the purpose of Cassel's coming to him.

He then turned Cassell to the back of his mind and continued his pre-match preparations.

Although the Rockets seem to be missing a leg, Clyde Drexler is not good.

After recovering from injury, he may not even have the strength of an All-Star.

But as long as there is Olajuwon, this team cannot be underestimated.

If Malone is really asked to go heads-up with Olajuwon, Malone can't guarantee that he will win.

Ma Long thought: "Fortunately, my teammates are more powerful."

"Our gang can single out Olajuwon."

After the glider became a tractor, Olajuwon had no help.

Alien Cassell has All-Star power in the future, but that's the future.

Like Cassell Billups, they are point guards who need a long development period.

The current Alien is just a third-year rookie who averaged only 14 points and 4.6 assists per game.

Malone is ready to gang up on Olajuwon.

Basketball is a team game.

So a bunch of us singled you out, which makes sense!

Malone found Sabonis, the old and the young whispered.

Olajuwon, who was warming up for shooting, suddenly felt cold, and the mid-range shot also missed.

He rubbed the goose bumps on his body: "Is the air conditioner too cold?"

In doubt, Olajuwon turned his head and saw Malone and Sabonis pointing at him.

Olajuwon knew what he was planning without guessing, and he kept muttering in his heart.

Speaking of the teams he fears most in the playoffs, one is the Sonics and the other is the Trail Blazers.

The former's inside speed is too fast, and Dudley + Sean Kemp's siege and defense against him are very effective.

The Trail Blazers are even better than the Sonics. Malone + Sabonis are two big centers. If you sandwich him with bread and cheese, you can't even struggle.

It's okay if the outside line is strong.

The current glider.
Olajuwon sighed in his heart: "Do your best."

At 7 p.m., the referee blew the start whistle and tossed the ball into the air.

Ma Long won the jump ball by bouncing a Coke can.

Tim Hardaway rushed straight up and passed Kenny Smith with two bangs.

After attracting Clyde Drexler, Tim Hardaway passed directly to Malone who followed up.

Malone used Sabonis to get rid of Robert Horry, stepping on the front of the paint area to catch the ball and shoot a jumper!
The high shot point makes people desperate, and I can only pray that Malone feels bad.

Swish!
It's a pity that Malone is not under God's control.

Only 4 seconds into the game, Malone scored the Blazers' first goal!
After the offensive and defensive transition, Kenny Smith advanced to the frontcourt and observed.

I think he also averaged 17 points per game back then, and won the player of the week.

It's a pity that due to injuries, it has now degraded to an average of 8 points per game. Even if Tim Hardaway's defense is average, he is not sure of success in singles.

After a while, Kenny Smith passed to Olajuwon who came to the high position.

This position is not Olajuwon's hot spot for shooting. Sabonis puts a step in defense, preventing breakthroughs and not preventing shots.

Olajuwon wants to shoot, but every offense in this game is very important, and the success rate must be achieved.

He resisted the urge to shoot, and lowered his center of gravity to break through low like a guard.

When Sabonis blocked it, Olajuwon turned around with a drum washing machine, and wiped past Sabonis at an astonishing speed!

But the front is not a basket, but a giant shadow!
Malone released Robert Horry and decisively double-teamed Olajuwon.

Fortunately, it was not in the low post. Before the space was blocked, Olajuwon gave the ball to Kenny Smith.

Kenny Smith scored the ball from the bottom corner, and Robert Horry's three-pointer was hit!

3:2.

After scoring the goal, Olajuwon wanted to tell Malone that he was just a 33-year-old ordinary center and there was no need to double-team him.

But seeing Malone's unmoved and calm face, Olajuwon swallowed his words and quickly returned to defense.

Malone certainly has reason to be calm.

Get in by Robert Horry.

Master Huo scored 20+ points in a game, and he didn't have the ability to kill the game at all.

Limiting the death of Olajuwon is more important than anything else.

The game will not lose, and the dream will definitely die!
The Trail Blazers fell to the ground.

Tim Hardaway called Malone on a pick-and-roll to the basket.

When Olajuwon blocked the middle, Tim Hardaway made a pass.

to whom?
Ma Long slipped to the bottom line, this position is quite fatal.

Olajuwon leaned over there subconsciously.

Unexpectedly, Tim Hardaway passed the ball to Sabonis!
Olajuwon was startled and forcibly shifted his focus.

But Sabonis has already completed the action, the shoulder and elbow separated Olajuwon, and the outside hand hit a small hook.

3:4.

On the edge of the court, the Rockets' head coach 'Tang Shuai' Rudy Tomjanovich was very helpless.

Olajuwon's defense is no problem.

Malone's offensive ability is too strong, and the position he wants is too deep. Let him catch the ball, and the two double-teams can't stop it.

In Rudy Tomjanovich's view, Malone is one of the super insiders with the strongest containment ability.

In this case, if the strength of the partner's inside players is generally good, Sabonis is not a small role.

This season, although Sabonis averaged 14.5 points and 7.5 rebounds per game, it is because Malone does not need to work too hard.

When it really comes to the critical moment, Sabonis's strength in strong fighting is no worse than that of Malone!
"Two super insiders together are too cheating!"

Rudy Tomjanovich wanted to make a whistleblower call.

Unfortunately, the game will not be suspended just because the opponent is too strong.

Olajuwon will not just give up.

The Rockets attacked, Olajuwon moved to the right side of the free throw line, and made a mid-range shot with an emergency stop in motion.

5:4.

Olajuwon really gave it his all.

With his rich experience, he also has a way to deal with the double-teaming of Malone and Sabonis.

Just get up and shoot.

Don't go low and you'll be fine.

Fantasy footwork is very strong, but this is not fantasy basketball.

There is such a large space in the low post, and two big centers double-team front and back, no matter how sharp the position is, it is useless.

The position of the adc is beautiful and picturesque, and he was hacked to death by the barbarian king three times.

But Dameng didn't feel comfortable for long.

Olajuwon's presence faded away as Clifford joined the "Dream of Siege" on the flanks.

No matter how strong Olajuwon is, he can shoot from the outside. Facing this kind of defensive strength, the success rate cannot be as high as that of the basket.

Fortunately, Robert Horry got a lot of opportunities.

Master Huo also made a good three-pointer in this game, and he didn't let the point difference widen too much.

After the first quarter, the score was 24 to 30.

The Trail Blazers are behind at home, leading by 6 points and entering the intermission.

Malone sat on the bench, looking at his stats.

8投5中，砍了10分3篮板1盖帽。

In the first quarter, he didn't attack with all his strength, and he was more about exerting his own restraint and investing in the defensive end.

Under his targeting, Olajuwon's statistics were miserable.

He made 8 of 3 shots and only scored 6 points.

Efficiency and performance have dropped significantly from last series.

"But that's not enough."

Malone thought.

He remembered the time and space, when the Sonics played against the Rockets in the second round, Olajuwon made 9 of 3 shots and only scored 6 points.

This is Olajuwon!
Olajuwon only scored 6 points in a game, which shows how well the Sonics defended the Dream.

Malone knew the reason. First, the Sonics were too familiar with the Rockets, an old rival, and had studied it for many years.

In contrast, their coaching staff are all rookies. Although there is Carlisle, the future top coach, but now Carlisle is also a rookie, lacks experience, and it is normal to be less targeted than the Sonics.

Secondly, the fact that the Sonics defend so well also has something to do with Payton, a point guard at the best defensive player level.

Only when the perimeter defense is strong can the passing route be cut off. Therefore, Olajuwon only got 9 shots in the whole game.

In this regard, Tim Hardaway is definitely not as strong as Payton.

Malone didn't care too much, though.

Every team has characteristics.

The characteristic of the Trail Blazers is that they have the NBA's top inside and outside offensive firepower when they have a good defense.

Just keep attacking and you're done.

With this in mind, Malone started to show off in the second quarter, catching the ball in the low post and hitting Robert Horry with his back.

Malone ignored Robert Horry's little move and cut an elbow into the middle of 'Master Huo'.

But listen to the dull bang bang.

Robert Horry stepped back, and Malone squeezed under the basket and made it.

Not long after, Ma Long came again.

Robert Horry wanted to flop to cheat for a foul this time, but Malone noticed it in advance, turned over and hit a jumper without giving a chance.

Immediately afterwards, Malone blocked Clyde Drexler's mid-range shot, and after the waist back singles attracted the Rockets' double-team, the ball was given to Hawkins, who assisted the opponent to hit a three-pointer.

The Trail Blazers scored 7 points in a row at the start!
The one-star four-shot also played smoothly, and the point difference was quickly opened!

In the first quarter, he exhausted a lot of physical strength during the siege. Olajuwon, who was resting on the bench, looked at Malone's activity with envy in his eyes: "It's nice to be young."

He wanted to play, but his fitness was really a problem.

After the rest, it was already the second half of the second quarter, and there was no need to play.

Because the difference is almost 20 points
Several three-pointers of the Trail Blazers felt quite good.

In addition, no one can restrict Ma Long, and the one-star and four-shot shooting will not go smoothly.

Portland's royal salute fired repeatedly, and the Rockets felt inattentive, and the point difference opened up like a brake.

In the third quarter, Olajuwon wanted to chase points, but under the focus of the Trail Blazers, Dameng played like sleepwalking.

Although Clyde Drexler was normal this time and didn't act as an undercover agent, the glider didn't have the explosive scoring power it used to. It just didn't make the point difference further widen, but the hole buried by the Royal Salute couldn't be filled.

The fourth quarter chased a lot of points.

Because the Trail Blazers further increased the consumption of Olajuwon, giving the rest of the Rockets a lot of opportunities.

In this case, the Trail Blazers were unmoved.

There are more than 20 points, and some are opportunity waves.

Killing Olajuwon is more important!
The Trail Blazers completely disregarded that the opponent is a 33-year-old player. Even if they don't have the ball, they will strengthen their confrontation and consume physical energy.

The purpose is nothing more than for the next game.

Because Sabonis has already rested, Malone has changed to the center position and is the vanguard of consuming Olajuwon.

Looking at Malone's face, Olajuwon wanted to curse.

Malone!

You are despicable now!

Young people don't talk about martial arts, come to cheat, come and attack me, a 33-year-old comrade!Is this okay?This is not good!
Rudy Tomjanovich also sensed Olajuwon's dilemma.

Seeing that he managed to catch up to 10 points and was pulled away by the Blazers with a few three-pointers, Rudy Tomjanovich sighed, replaced Olajuwon and other main players and announced his surrender.

The final score was 90 to 102.

The Trail Blazers took home the defending champion Rockets lightly!
As the game whistle sounded, the fans in the Rose Garden Arena cheered excitedly.

In the first round, it was only YY who wanted to reach the finals.

Then this whole game is played against the defending champion, then YY is very likely to come true!

How does this keep them from getting excited?
And the next day, a piece of news came out that made the Trail Blazers fans so excited that they went crazy.

At 1996:5 noon on May 5, 12, the NBA officially announced the awards live on the US cable television station.

NBA president David Stern began to present the awards after the lengthy opening remarks as in previous years.

The first is the least suspenseful MVP.

With a 96.4% first-choice rate, Michael Jordan won 125 of the 120 first-place votes, and won the fourth regular season mvp in his career with an absolutely crushing attitude.

Then there is the best defensive player.

Outside lines such as Jordan, Pippen and Payton all played the best defensive efficiency of their careers.

In terms of inside, Mutombo, the best defensive player last season, is at his peak, and his defensive performance is still the same. He is regarded as the best defensive player in the league today, but his record is lagging behind.

There are also favorites such as David Robinson, Olajuwon, Mourning, and Malone, the super dark horse.

After David Stern sold a pass, he announced the award: "I announce that the Supersonics player Gary Payton won the best defensive player award in the 1995-1996 season NBA regular season!"

History is broken!
Shooting guards have won the best defensive player many times, and small forwards have already won it.

The power forward has Rodman, and the center is the position that has won the most defensive players.

Only the point guard never did.

Payton broke history and became the first point guard to win the best defensive player!

After the announcement of mvp and dpoy, it will be the best team and the best defensive team.

When these two honors were announced by David Stern, and the national live broadcast spread to all parts of North America, the entire North American fans were shocked!

The 18-year-old rookie Ma Long, as a power forward, won a first defense!
(End of this chapter)