Chapter Eighty-Seven: Fit (I)
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The scene from ten years ago, which can only be seen in the videotape, was vividly displayed in front of Yang Di, who calmed down his agitated mood and then walked onto the court.
"You've got to hold off that shark, and if you don't want to be torn to shreds or you can choose to go home and get milk." As soon as Yang Di came on the court, Jordan unceremoniously said such a sentence to him, his resolute eyes were filled with the desire to win the game, and he exuded aggression and strategy from the inside out.
Yang Di's heart froze, and before he could react, Jordan spoke again.
"If you accept other people's expectations, especially negative expectations, you will never want to change the outcome."
Like thunder and lightning, Yang Di was stunned, and he reminded himself again and again that this was just a system simulation scenario. But the 100% realism stimulated his nerves again, and the hustle and bustle around him, the unparalleled competition confrontation, and the heat in his heart seemed to be quietly surging.
On the sidelines, Yang Di served.
At this time, the Bulls only replaced Longley, who was slow and had two fouls on his back, and after Yang Di came on the court, the other four were all starters, Jordan, Pippen, Armstrong and Kukoc. The Magic team didn't rotate at all, and it was still a combination of Hardaway, O'Neal, Grant, and small forward Dennis Scott and guard Nick Anderson.
Speaking of the latter two, Dennis Scott and Nick Anderson are both talented players selected by the Magic team with high picks, one averaging 12.9 points per game, the other averaging 15.8 points per game, and both shooting more than 40 percent from three-point range, which is an important firepower point for the Magic's outside line.
The Magic are strong in this regard, with O'Neal on the inside, even Anfernee Hardaway, who is not good at shooting, and his three-point shooting rate has reached 34.9%.
As soon as Yang Di was replaced, Magic's head coach Brian Hill frowned deeply.
"Who is this player? How come you have never seen it? He turned to Assistant Coach Ricky Adubatu, who shook his head and said he didn't know what was going on.
Yang Di fed the ball to Armstrong and ran to the frontcourt, where Armstrong distributed it to Jordan on the wing.
Jordan hooked his finger at Yang Di, Yang Di ran over, waved his hands, stood sideways, and Hardaway, who was defending Jordan, saw Yang Di out of the corner of his eye, and immediately stepped up to delay Jordan's breakthrough.
At this time, Jordan made a strong breakthrough in the opposite direction.
O'Neal couldn't figure out what the Bulls No. 8 who was fresh on the court had any ability, so he followed to the high position, and as soon as Jordan broke through, he immediately let go of Yang Di to save Jordan.
The pace of the 23rd was extremely fast, and when O'Neill stepped out, the former swept by his side like the wind.
Yang Di ran in the opposite direction and cut in according to his usual style of play, but Michael Jordan directly formed an opportunity to attack the basket at this time, ignoring Yang Di, he flew into a two-handed forward slam dunk, and O'Neal behind him gave up the defense, because he couldn't cover it at all.
At this point, the two teams were tied at 18, with 3 minutes and 16 seconds left in the first quarter.
The Magic attacked, and O'Neal asked for the ball in the low post after halftime.
"Give it to me!" Seeing that Yang Di was much shorter than him, and the tonnage was not very sufficient, he directly asked for the ball with his back, and his huge body was stuck in front of Yang Di like a mountain.
Anfernee Hardaway took a look, carefully dodging Jordan's ubiquitous big hand and passing the ball to O'Neal's hand on the inside.
Grant immediately pulled away from the left baseline, and the Magic formed a heads-up position on the inside of O'Neal.
"Oh? Don't wrap the clip? O'Neal, who was waiting for the bag, glanced at the Bulls and found that the Bulls didn't mean to come to help defend, but the defensive range shrank slightly, which actually meant that he was the number eight behind the single.
"Humph!" O'Neill was annoyed, and he felt underestimated.
He raised his butt, his graceful shark curves exposed, held the basketball high, then lowered his head and began to dribble, moving a small step back with his back foot, gathering his divine power, and leaning back with the ball.
"Bang!"
Yang Di's arm, which was bent on his back, was knocked away in an instant, and then the huge impact he was carrying leaned on his chest, and a huge force burst out.
He snorted, his body couldn't help but take a small step back, gritting his teeth, showing his muscles, but after all, his legs were firmly nailed to the ground.
"Top ...... Top...... Resisted? ”
The audience hasn't felt the change yet, but Brian Hill on the sidelines has changed color, and the Bulls' No. 8 player can actually resist O'Neal's impact head-on? How could anyone in this world stand up to O'Neill? How is this possible?
He looked incredulous, and couldn't believe that this could happen, especially since the opponent was only a player with a power forward height of about six feet ten inches at most.
In the world view of the Magic head coach, O'Neal's dominance on the offensive end of the interior is unmatched, and he simply doesn't believe anyone in the world can handle him. But in fact, he didn't know that in his peak career after O'Neal, he had also encountered fierce men with unparalleled strength such as Ben Wallace, or wizards like Yao Ming who were close to him in tonnage and ten centimeters taller than him, and they had been able to resist him head-on.
O'Neill also couldn't believe it, he gathered his back and hit Yang Di's chest again, Yang Di's center of gravity lowered, and he was firmly resisted.
"Well done!" Pippen, who is on the outside, can't help but cheer for this little Asian brother.
O'Neal reacted quickly, and when he saw that his back was not working, he immediately turned his back and came over, and then held the ball high with both hands, and made a shooting feint.
Yang Di stood still, and Phil Jackson knew something was wrong.
Sure enough, the next moment O'Neill raised his shot, although the action was incoherent, but because the interference was not high, the ball threw an arc and still fell into the net.
"Boy, Shaq has a lot of offensive methods!" O'Neill triumphantly squirted trash at Yang Di.
Yang Di was furious when he heard this, glared at O'Neal, and scolded: "Lao Tzu will deliberately foul you and send you to the free throw line later, making you arrogant!" ”
"Grass." O'Neal was slightly stunned and scolded, but he unconsciously thought in his heart, yes, what if this guy deliberately fouls, go to the free throw line?
Jordan saw the-for-tat scene between Yang Di and O'Neal, his expression was relaxed, and he was slightly satisfied with the temperament shown by Yang Di.
Bulls attack.
Phil Jackson has been preaching the power of this offensive tactic since he brought the triangle offense to the Bulls, and Yang Di doesn't understand the triangle offense, but he knows how to open up space for Jordan to go heads-up.
Jordan and Pippen are on the strong side at the same time, and Yang Di, Kukoc and Armstrong form a triangle lineup on the weak side. Jordan singled out Hardaway, the Magic faced the problem of packing or not packing, in the first four games, the Magic sometimes followed the tactical concept of not wrapping, and as a result, Jordan scored 40 points in one game, but the team won the game, which made Coach Hill firmly believe in Jordan's rule, strictly guard against the remaining four, and let Jordan go heads-up and cut points.
Jordan passes to Pippen, who faces the Magic's small forward Scott and tries to attack.
At 15 seconds, Pippen dribbled with his right hand, suddenly turned to the left, and after a slap, he hugged the basketball and went to the basket in the confrontation.
On the weak side, Yang Di and the three of them rotated along the triangle in the direction of Pippen's breakthrough, trying to widen the distance between them and Pippen.
O'Neal let go of Yang Di to help defend Pippen, Pippen's wrist flicked, and the basketball turned into a yellow light through O'Neal's side and handed it to Yang Di in the bottom left corner.
"Vacant seats, vote!"
The other Bulls players on the bench shouted loudly and sweated for Yang Di.
Seeing that Yang Di was vacant, the Magic team must have to make up for the defense, and the weak side became three to two, and Yang Di scored one point outside and gave it to Armstrong.
At this point, Armstrong was vacant, and he adjusted the angle and tried a three-point shot!
The trajectory of the basketball is very high, and after the shot, the Bulls have begun to retreat, and after a while, the basketball "bell" smashes on the back edge, bounced very high.
"Watch out for rebounds!"
Coach Hill on the sidelines was taken aback, looking at the Bulls' new No. 8 player, rushing out of the Magic like a chopping wave, pinpointing the basketball landing point, and then jumping high like a big bird.
His mouth was wide open, almost enough to stuff a duck egg.
Off the court, the Magic players opened their mouths wide.
The fans in the stadium also opened their mouths wide......