Chapter 26 Thigh List
There was a burst of cheers from the fans at the scene.

This shot was so beautiful!
They love the little giant 11.

Buckley scolded his mother in his heart.

Farke, this rookie is too aggressive!

With such a height difference, his elbows were coming towards his face.

Fortunately, he was not active enough in defense.

If this is more positive, this rookie will make his face full of flowers!

Are Malone's elbows so horizontal?
No, this kid is mean, but not as dirty as that old bastard Karl Malone.

Barkley knew that Malone was just a normal ball protection action, and the danger was only due to the height difference caused by being too tall.

Watching the replay again, Fliggy had to admit that Ma Long played the ball really well, showing agility that is not what his height should have.

The footsteps are still jerky, and the technique is still flawed, but the physical advantage can make up for everything.

"If I could grow 10cm taller and 20cm taller, I would definitely not let you be so arrogant!"

With a stomach full of anger, Barkley began to abuse Harvey Grant, who was on the opposite position.

After a back bump, Harvey Grant was knocked away with a green face.

Barkley turned around smoothly, took off, and dunked!
boom!
But there was a bang.

The big ass hanging from the hoop laughed.

Ma Long, who was a step behind, was stunned beside him, Xindao Feizhu's 'sitting' skills are really amazing.

I'm in my thirties, and I can still fly like this.

It's fat shaking, tsk, it's just a meatball impact.

The Blazers attacked and felt the power of the rookie Michael Finley's flanking attack. Rhodes did not reckless with this ball, and steadily pushed forward to play a positional battle.

When Malone jogged over, Rhodes called for a pick-and-roll.

With Malone's high-quality pick-and-roll, Rhodes easily broke through to the basket and made a successful throw.

After landing, he looked at Kevin Johnson provocatively.

Kevin Johnson didn't respond, it was also at a slow pace, and it was also called a pick-and-roll at the top of the arc.

After the breakthrough attracted Malone to supplement the defense, he scored the ball and assisted Barkley to make a mid-range shot.

4:4.

As soon as they came up, the two sides fought against each other!

However, after playing a few rounds, Malone has become familiar with the Suns' offensive routines, and he began to exert strength on the defensive end.

First, there was an unexpected double-team. Although Barkley was not covered, it seriously interfered with Fliggy's mid-range shot.

Then it set a trap again. After Kevin Johnson broke through to the basket, he rushed from behind to catch a cap.

Malone's activeness caused the Suns offense to fall into a downturn.

Meanwhile, Malone is as unstoppable offensively as he has been in previous preseason games.

The center size of the Suns is crushed by him in all aspects, and the pressure and pass are far inferior to the Bulls. Malone is overwhelming in the low post!

Barkley had no choice but to switch defenses.

Malone's back can impress Barkley.

But back hitting this dead fat man with an extremely low center of gravity is extremely strenuous and requires a lot of wasted energy, which in turn leads to a decrease in both shooting and efficiency.

As a rookie who needs the ball to grow rapidly, Malone decisively changed his strategy.

Malone no longer guarantees that every ball will go to the basket, stepping on the edge of the paint to show off a turnaround jumper.

A pair of elbows create space while turning around on the catch.

After completing his turn, Malone raised his knees and straightened his arms to complete the shot with only the strength of his wrist.

Straight arm jumper after turning over!

Seeing the balance (kicking) foot faintly aimed at the crotch, and seeing the high and desperate shot point, Barkley did not give up and tried his best to fight.

But this interference is too low.

Plus the turnaround jumper badge lights up.

When using a turnaround jump shot, core strength +2, defensive interference reduced by 5%, and shooting stability increased by 5%!

There is also the stability bonus of the straight-arm jumper action pack.

Barkley's interference was directly ignored by Malone, and the basketball fell steadily into the basket.

Seeing Malone's relaxed and freehand look, Barkley decided not to switch defenses in front of Malone again in this game.

Fliggy's defensive attitude was lazy. Although John Williams worked hard, he was almost defenseless against Malone.

Seeing Malone's relaxed appearance, Rhodes was also willing to pass the ball to him more.

Malone is used to it very well, he will not force a dribble, and passing the ball can easily get an assist, which is much more comfortable than passing it to others.

One for scoring and the other for assists. The tacit understanding of cooperation is not good.

Clifford doesn't have that high pursuit of statistics, after all, it's just a preseason game.

He cheerfully brought the opposing Wesley LaVine to the three-point line, using his three-point threat to create more space for Malone.

In order to speed up the number of rounds, the Blazers did not take defense so seriously.

The whole team cooperated like this, and Malone's data exploded again.

After the first quarter, the Blazers led 35 to 30, and Malone scored 20 points alone.
Barkley, who scored 15 points on the opposite side, exclaimed in his heart that he was lucky.

If this is a real bet, you will lose during the break!
Fortunately, Sir Taba is a smart man, and he was not fooled by Malone.

"But this kid is really strong."

During the intermission, Barkley sat on the bench, looked at Malone who was interacting with the beautiful girl on the sidelines, and touched his chin: "The inside skills are not as good as Ewing, the speed and flexibility are not as good as Olajuwon, the running and jumping ability is not as good as Robinson, and O'Neal's strange power and explosive power are not as good, but why do I feel that he is more monster than these four?"

"Although compared to the strengths of these four monsters, this rookie is not as good as anything, but he has a little bit of everything, skills, flexibility, strength, speed, plus the advantage of height and wingspan. With such a combination, it's no wonder he can play so well."

"Being able to beat Jordan at the age of 17 is just luck, but what about another year or two?"

"He's got Sabonis, Clifford and Rhodes by his side"

No one knew what Barkley was thinking.

But after the second quarter, Barkley never appeared again, put on his coat and watched Malone play seriously.

Without one Barkley, he could have played against the Blazers, but now the Suns are no match for the Blazers.

However, Malone's stats were not as happy as when Barkley was on the court.

Power forward A.C. Green, who came off the bench, was tough to deal with.

This man has played 1192 consecutive games. He is the player with the most consecutive appearances in NBA history. He is a famous iron man. He was selected to the second team of the best defensive team in 1989.

The defensive attitude is very active and hardworking, and the experience is extremely profound.

After confirming that the opposing Trail Blazers power forward Harvey Grant was a secondary player, AC Green resolutely double-teamed Malone.

Two people double-team, Malone can complete the shot as long as he catches the ball, but there is no need to play so hard.

After all, he is not the boss of the team.

At the request of Carlesimo, Malone turned to imitate Sabonis and deal the ball in a high position.

The style of play is not just changing.

This will only affect the team's tactics and rhythm.

Malone's high-post support is also one of the Blazers' tactics, but it is more of a twin-tower high-low tactic with Sabonis.

He passes in the high post to Sabonis in the low post, then cuts in to catch a pass from Sabonis to the basket.

passing to the wing pitcher is also an evolution

Ma Long's vision is excellent, and Carlesimo thinks it's too wasteful not to use it.

Of course, Malone's basic passing skills are only at a qualified level, and if he faces the Bulls, he is delivering food, but isn't this hitting the sun!
Facing the sun with poor defense, Malone's support was as fierce as fat boy water (Jokic).

Clifford and Rhodes are also great.

With Malone's pick-and-roll catch-and-shoot.

Under almost zero defensive pressure, the two hit consecutive shots with fiery touch.

In the middle of the third quarter, Malone actually gave Malone 10 assists!
With such an effort, the point difference was widened to 20 points.

The rest of the time is garbage time.

Ma Long continued to go up very shamelessly, and slapped the score to 30.

Looking at the neat data of 30 points, 12 rebounds and 10 assists, Ma Long was satisfied with the end.

The triple-double these years is still very valuable. When Malone walked to the bench, the fans in the Rose Garden gave the warmest cheers.

Not long after, the game ended, and the Blazers took the Suns lightly and won their fifth preseason victory.

Malone's usual interview.

After dealing with the reporters more proficiently, Malone was about to return to the bench when an unexpected person came over: "Barkley?"

"Just call me Charles."

Barkley said with a smile: "You played very well, exchange contact information?"

Ma Long looked strange, but he exchanged numbers anyway.

After chatting awkwardly for a while, looking at the back of Barkley turning away, Malone thought to himself: "I remember that Barkley will hug Olajuwon's thigh next season and seek a championship."

"Fuck, Fliggy didn't put me on the thigh list, did he?"

(End of this chapter)

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