NBA Please Answer 2007

Chapter 193 Disciple
"My God! Jordan was unstoppable tonight!"

With a shout, Barkley exhausted Jordan's outstanding performance in the second quarter.Sitting on the bench, O'Neill was wondering what he was thinking. Watching the apprentice who had taught for a season take off tonight made him feel old.

In recent days, he has been feeling that the strength in his body is slowly draining, and maybe after the end of this season, he will become the Shaq who can only be funny last year.He consulted the team doctor Merkel, but the test report showed that everything was normal, but there was no way to explain it.

Merkel suggested that O'Neill go to see a psychiatrist, and O'Neill went, and the psychiatrist gave the answer that it was occupational anxiety, which many NBA players felt before retiring.At that time, O'Neal thought of retiring. If he couldn't continue to rule the league, should he retire?

After the second quarter, Jordan scored 12 points, all of which were dunks.The fans at Oracle Center were yelling throughout the second quarter.Sloan was caught off guard by Nelson's retro style of play.

Li Zhi is like "Magic" Johnson and "Big O" Robertson, scoring, assisting, and rebounding all with one hand, and the Jazz's attention is all on Li Zhi.But when they became the main force and began to double-team Li Zhi, the Warriors' most inconspicuous and weakest offensive Jordan scored 12 points on their heads.

Sloan wondered if Jordan was possessed by O'Neal or Howard, and what made Sloan even more uncomfortable was that his true disciple Boozer was blown away by Jordan.

Boozer is bent on brushing up statistics. For Boozer, this is a failed season, which proves that Sloan's pick-and-roll is impossible to win the championship, or that Boozer and Deron can't get it.

When a tactic makes players lose confidence, the team is not far from disbanding.Sloan has lofty goals, but Boozer and Deron's ideals run counter to Sloan.

Both Boozer and Deron are not the kind of people who can live in one city for the rest of their lives.The Jazz's contradictions, cracks appeared in invisible places.

After halftime, the Warriors lead the Jazz by 66 points 56:[-]. This is because Li Zhi has been looking for opportunities for Jordan without his own offensive end.

Off the court, Sloan looked at each of the lost disciples with cloudy eyes that hated iron and steel, which was the same as Nelson looked at Milicic.

They won the Warriors three times in a row this season, and lost confidence in the last time they were beaten by the Warriors.The big shark inside the Warriors didn't come up, and Li Zhi didn't turn on the offensive mode. They were blown away by a little-known little guy.

Sloan was furious, but held back for a long time without saying a word.Nelson looked at Sloan with sympathy in his eyes.

Sloan has been chasing championships all his life, but he has never won the best coach in 23 years.As a coach, he understands the pain in Sloan's heart.

The Utah Shuangsha talents were not top-notch back then, but Sloan trained them into the most terrifying pick-and-roll machines of that era.

Stockton is thin and thin, and if he doesn't play in the NBA, he may only be able to write novels.If Malone hadn't been trained by Sloan to develop back-up skills, he would be a delivery man in his life.But Mr. Sloan sent them to the finals stage, and sent them to the opposite of Jordan, which is not easy.

The Jazz's victory depends on Sloan's tactics. Every pick-and-roll, running position, air cut, and screen consumes Sloan's countless efforts.It's just these things that the stubborn Deron doesn't understand, and the rebellious Boozer doesn't want to understand either.

Nelson turned his head to look at his disciples, Li Zhi and Jordan Jr. They surprised him time and time again, but when they saw Milicic, Nelson's eyes instantly turned cold.

At the beginning of the second half, the Jazz pressed the whole court and played their strongest defense.Nelson expected it, put O'Neal and Jr. Jordan on the court at the same time, and two big men over 2 meters inside would prevent the Jazz from finding the entrance to the penalty area.

The Jazz don't dare to double-team Li Zhi now. Li Zhi's pass made Jordan from a blue-collar to an All-Star in the second quarter, and they can only defend alone.

It was Kirilenko who defended Li Zhi alone. Compared with the first quarter, there was no change this time. Li Zhi easily swayed Kirilenko and went inside.When Millsap wanted to defend, Li Zhi passed the ball to O'Neal.

O'Neal stood still with the ball and did not attack.Boozer didn't hesitate, and came directly to O'Neal.Boozer is not good at defense, but after Sloan yelled at him, he still corrected his attitude.

At this time, Jordan was already empty, and O'Neal could give Jordan an alley-oop. His pass was not blocked, but O'Neal didn't.

O'Neal dribbles with his back and leans on Boozer.Boozer only felt that there was a mountain on his chest that made him unable to breathe.

"Look!"

O'Neill said loudly, and Jordan was slightly taken aback.The other Warriors players pulled away, and now it's O'Neal's one-on-one singles.

Li Zhi felt O'Neill's determination, but he didn't know why O'Neill did this.O'Neal can obviously push Boozer away with strength, but what is he doing?He is doing a show operation.

Pushing Boozer away, O'Neal yelled: "Are you fucking idiots? Come on guard against me!"

The Jazz player who was in a bad mood was ridiculed by O'Neal and was instantly upset. Kirilenko was the first to double-team.His defense is normally useless to Li Zhi, which makes him feel bad, and now this fat man is still mocking us?Is he crazy?
Kirilenko double-teamed, and Li Zhikong was empty, but O'Neal didn't pass the ball, and still protected the ball with his back, and even dribbled a few times under the double-team of the two.

Little Jordan stared dumbfounded, and...is there such an operation?
All the fans stood up, they wanted to figure out what O'Neal was doing, why didn't he pass the ball when he was open?
"Shaq, pass the ball, Lee is empty!" Nelson stomped his feet in a hurry. He was very worried about O'Neal. Although this guy performed surprisingly well this season and didn't want to be a veteran at all, he was 36 years old after all. Nelson was afraid that he would be injured by Kirilenko and Boozer's brutal defense.

"Come on! Idiots!"

O'Neill yelled again, and Deron was so angry that he walked over in an instant.Deron is physically strong, and his defensive skills have improved year by year with his growth.

Crawford was also open, and O'Neal still didn't pass the ball, but a strong excitement appeared on his face.

The more than 2 fans in the Oracle Center were in an uproar again, and O'Neal was surrounded by three people and pressed hard on the penalty area.

Korver glanced at the coach. Sloan stood there blankly, not knowing what he was thinking. Korver turned his head and joined the team that double-teamed O'Neal.

Seeing Korver's actions, Millsap also voluntarily let go of Jordan.The Jazz has the best relationship with Millsap is Korver, and Korver has always been the one who makes up his mind between the two.

"Shaq!"

Barkley stood up on the commentary bench, and Kenny Smith stood up on the bench.

Amid the uproar of countless fans, O'Neal remained calm and used his strength to push five people into the penalty area. He used his right foot as the center of gravity, shook his shoulder, and Boozer was the first to fly.

O'Neal didn't take off, he got short, and walked towards the basket with his left foot, Kirilenko jumped up in horror.

The fans at the Oracle Center screamed in their hearts: Dream Dance!

Shaking the two of them one after another, O'Neal, under the double-team of Deron, Korver and Millsap, broke free directly with great force, and with a strong dunk, the basket at the Oracle Center shattered.

The Jazz five felt something was wrong and ran away. O'Neal also stepped out of the bombing area of ​​the basket. No one was injured, but all the fans shouted excitedly, including the fans who were watching the live broadcast, and cursed in shock.

Milicic, who was on the bench, watched the playback over and over again with his mouth wide open.

"This... this old man, is he still so powerful at the age of 36?"

Jordan, like Milicic, was already silenced by O'Neal's goal.

O'Neal is the teacher of the two. Although the two have different attitudes towards this teacher, Jordan regards O'Neal as a mentor, and Milicic disdains to learn O'Neal's skills, but he works hard in private.

O'Neal didn't say anything, just looked at Jordan and Milicic, panting heavily.

Countless fans who have witnessed O'Neal surpassing the peak have a question in their hearts, how can O'Neal dance like a dream?Even during the Lakers' three consecutive championships, O'Neal didn't know how to dream dance!
At this time, Li Zhi, who was also excited by O'Neal's dunk, suddenly heard a system prompt.

"Alert! The peak reappearance card energy is overdrawn, the energy is insufficient, and the skill effect is reduced by 50%."

Li Zhi's eyes instantly focused on O'Neill's face.

Dream dance steps, labor and management finally know why you have dream dance steps!You are so overdrawn, you bastard!If you do this, what will the labor-capital champion do!

If Milicic realized something, Jordan still looked at O'Neal with that kind of admiration, and O'Neal showed a rare tiredness on his tired face.

In 95, O'Neal, as one of the league's four new centers, led the Magic to the finals in the year after Jordan retired.But in the finals, he was taught to be a man by Olajuwon in his last years. Over the years, Olajuwon has haunted him like a nightmare.

The media accused him of learning Dameng's technique.But he is young, he is not convinced, he has a body that is countless times stronger than others, why should he learn those techniques.

Later, he escaped from the Lakers and won three championships there. He wants to prove that he is better than Dream!You see, I did what you didn't, and I built a dynasty!

He was ambitious, and he wanted to win four consecutive championships, but that year, he suddenly felt that his body was no longer so strong. He was overshadowed by Wallace in the finals, and on the stage of the finals, he became the loser for the second time.

So, he remembered Olajuwon's dreamy footsteps, but his muscle memory had solidified, and he couldn't learn those set of fake moves.This was the end of the story. After the Heat followed Wade to win the championship, his peak would be gone forever, but he didn't expect the Warriors to give him a second spring.

For a season, he has been learning fantasy dance steps in his dreams, just wanting to take advantage of this year's good state to win another championship, but when he saw that Milicic was still reckless and Jordan hadn't finished carving, he realized that his time was running out.

Maybe some things are more important than the championship.

(End of this chapter)