Chapter 109 What about Olajuwon?!(1/2)
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"Lin, pay attention to your targeting and don't leave that guy with shooting space!"
When the game started with Olajuwon and Lin Han's tit-for-tat confrontation, the game entered the stalemate stage between the two teams. To put it more carefully, the game began to be Olajuwon's journey to beat the Jazz's small center.
Since the start of the game, the Rockets player played against Spike one-on-one, and this is the most terrifying point in the in-out tactics. If you don’t double-team the opponent’s super insider, you will be spitted by the opponent. Don’t think that the opponent’s center is not physically good, and even if you vomit, you won’t be able to play a few times.
If you think so, you're a big mistake. Now, the three major centers in the league, whether Ewing, Olajuwon or David Robinson, all have the ability to shoot more than 30 or even 40 times in a game. If you really want these three to have too many one-on-one, it is very likely that the opponent will be able to score a tragedy and get a high score in this game.
In this case, the Jazz can almost only double-team the inside player Malone. As for the space left for Thorpe after double-teaming, it is better to leave too much space for the Rockets, the group of outside shooters. However, the Rockets, who had seen this a long time ago, have been staring at Lin Han's defensive loopholes. Maxville has been playing without ball with Lin Han on the offensive end since the beginning.
You know, the Rockets' Nervous Knife is one of the team's previous major ball-handling players. Although he has the ability to do not have the ball, he has more ball-handling attacks. In this game, in order to deal with Lin Han, the Rockets also gave him special arrangements.
This also puts Lin Han under a lot of pressure. Fortunately, he was trained by Reggie Miller not long ago, so Lin Han rarely imagines losing his position now. He has a thorough understanding of Piaomiao Wuzhi, a ball-free running skill. After fighting with Reggie Miller, he learned that this skill seems to have a certain effect on the defensive end. Although he still can't defend after running in place, it's better than leaving his opponent empty.
So although Phil Johnson, the Jazz assistant coach, has been reminding Lin Han about his people's marking, in fact, Lin Han's marking is actually pretty good. He has rarely lost positions recently, so if Maxville or the Rockets want to rely on the off-ball running, he will get rid of Lin Han. Unless Maxville's off-ball running ability can match Reggie Miller, it will be difficult for Lin Han to follow behind and eat badly.
"It won't work like this, Carl, why are you so poor today?"
The inside is exposed, which is not unfamiliar with the Jazz after the team's legendary center Mark Eaton retired this season. This team was previously destroyed by the New York Knicks. Facing the Rockets with more in-house strength, it is understandable that the Jazz can't stand it in the inside.
But what was unexpected was that the team's player Karl Malone was so abnormal in this game. Since the beginning of the game, facing Thorpe's desperate battle and Olajuwon who was eyeing him, this guy couldn't even stand the position, let alone use his own ability to attack.
"Carl, I don't think you should think about what happened last season now."
After being reminded of the incident last season with some dissatisfaction by Stockton, Karl Malone felt that his old face was a little hot. What could have happened last season? Naturally, he was defeated by the Rockets in four consecutive games. Malone performed extremely poorly in those four games. A player who averaged nearly 30 points per game in a season was just over 20 points when he played against the Rockets. In many cases, he made less than 10 attempts. It can be said that he was shocked by Thorpe and Olajuwon.
Although Malone is very strong and is the top two forward in the league, when facing a strong inside line, especially a strong inside line higher than him, Malone's playing style is very unstable, very dependent on his feel, and sometimes it is difficult to even take action. This is why although the Jazz have always had good record, they are always unable to break out from the West. The West now has a group of Malone's nemesis.
"Yes, don't think too much, throw it away when you have the chance. Can you scare your opponent if you are timid there?"
After Lin Han heard Stockton's dissatisfaction with Malone, he also said sarcastic words with some contempt. After being despised by Lin Han, Malone was also a little angry and kept complaining in his heart. Do you think everyone in the world is the same as you, even if you have made more than 20 attempts, you still dare to throw them around. Thinking of Lin Han's crazy moves in many games this season, Malone was a little depressed. Why is this rookie so unaware of the depth?
His opponent is Olajuwon, this is Olajuwon, and he wears a thug. At this time, Malone remembered again that the Jazz had 8 times in a match between Olajuwon and the Jazz last season.
At this time, on the court, the Jazz players were a little depressed because of the explosion in the inside, while the Rockets on the other side were very relaxed.
Especially the team's main player, Olajuwon, who is leading the game situation, is extremely domineering at this time. Every time the Rockets succeeded in attacking, this Rockets' super player will always raise his right hand high and waving it constantly, just like the general who led the army back to victory. It can be said that it made the Jazz fans on the scene very unhappy and booed the scene.
However, in the face of the booing at the scene, the Rockets' old ball players were indifferent at all. Even Mario Eli, an important substitute for the Rockets, kept provoking Jazz fans on the bench. Judging from the meaning, the booing of Jazz fans seems not big enough.
"This group of Houstonians are really too arrogant. This is our home court!"
"Yes, this is our home court, we can't lose in momentum!"
"The guys of Utah Jazz, **These Houston guys, Carl, John, Lin, **They!"
Facing Mario Ailly's provocation on the sidelines, Jazz fans were almost excited for a moment. This is the biggest provocation that Jazz home fans have encountered so far this season!
"FVK, I'm so arrogant. I really think he will definitely win this game."
Looking at Olajuwon, who was waving his arms high not far away, Lin Han cursed in his heart. Although Lin Han actually envied Olajuwon at this time, if Lin Han could scare a star of Malone on both ends of the offense and defense, Lin Han might be more arrogant than Olajuwon. For example, when in New York, Lin Han kept stretching out his fingers at the last moment. That scene almost made all New York Knicks fans want to bite him to death, so whether he was arrogant or not is not the real reason. The most important point is that in Lin Han's view, this is his territory, this is his stage, and Olajuwon is acting wild on his stage, and he can't bear it.
At this point, Lin Han's view is the same as that of Jazz fans at the scene. At this time, we cannot make the Rockets too arrogant. They need to show an attitude!
Olajuwon?
Since Malone has not yet been out of the shadow of being * last season, let me do it myself now!
What is Olajuwon's team like? At worst, I won't go into the penalty area. If you have the ability, you will come out of it. When I think of this, Lin Han's fighting spirit became even stronger!
Now Olajuwon and the Rockets don't look down on the Jazz at all, thinking that the team has been slowly defeated by them. So when they are most excited, they step on them a few times, which looks good.
Since having the ability to change the game situation, Lin Han's confidence has become stronger and stronger. If in the past, if the Jazz's teammates could not provide support to Lin Han, Lin Han would not even be able to clear the data. At this time, Lin Han seemed to have realized that he actually had the ability to lead the team forward in adversity.
"Hahaha, this game is really great. Hakim is indeed the strongest center in the NBA. If the Rockets can rank first in the Western Conference this season, I swear that after the season, our newspaper's first MVP vote will definitely be voted for him!"
"Yes, it's the same here. Hakim is so domineering. Compared to him, Malone is not of the same level, hahahaha."
"Look, the boy on the court was frightened by Hakeem. Now the Jazz no longer knows how to play. Malone was timid and hesitant, and the rookie was standing on the court in a daze! This is really fun."
"The final winner of this game is the strongest team in the league. The Jazz are still far from that rookie, so don't think that the best score is the top player in the league. If you are the best players in the league, you will score crazy like before."
"The best player in the league scored crazy? Do you think he is Jordan? Hahaha, I swear, this arrogant boy won't score more than 20 points in this game!"
"20 points? I think it's hard to score 15 points!"
When the situation of the game was slowly controlled by the Rockets, the happiest ones in addition to the Rockets players were naturally the group of reporters on the sidelines. Moreover, the Rockets were indeed successful at this time. Under the domineering spirit of Olajuwon, the team seemed to be playing crazy and the better.
Especially Lin Han's counterpart Maxville, who was defeated by Lin Han at the beginning, the Rockets' nerve knife, which was suppressed by Lin Han for a long time, quickly woke up from his discouragement under the inspiration of Olajuwon, and regained his confidence when facing Lin Han.
"Boy, no matter what, we will win this game, and I will never give you another chance to catch the ball next time."
At this time, Maxville was actually extremely depressed. He gritted his teeth and kept muttering in Lin Han's ear. There was no way, he lost to Lin Han in terms of his best defense and strength. This was simply unbearable!
If he was defeated by Lin Han in this game and the team eventually lost, he could already imagine what kind of horror he would suffer after the game was over.
Fortunately, the team is now relying on the inside advantage to slowly suppress the Jazz, and his pressure is greatly reduced. He can also completely focus on Lin Han's defense, and this time he will not underestimate the enemy again.
In his opinion, as long as he does not underestimate the enemy, a rookie like Lin Han cannot be his opponent at all. Even in the last game against the Magic, isn’t Hardaway, who is known as one of the strongest rookies this year, defended by him?
Maxville doesn't think Linhan is really much better than Hardaway.
In Maxville's heart, ideals have always been very full, but reality is some backbone. Just as he was chasing Lin Han frantically and muttering in Lin Han's ear, Lin Han was frantically asking Stockton for the ball again, when Maxville used all his strength to fight Lin Han again, there was almost no accident, and the Rockets defensive player was carried away by Lin Han again!
"How is this possible?!"
"Why can't you learn to be smarter!"
After pushing Maxville away, Lin Han easily received Stockton's pass, and then jumped up high in front of Maxville. This was another very special straight up and down emergency stop jump shot that Lin Han used many times!
At this time, when facing Lin Han's shooting, Maxville had no choice but to be as tall as Lin Han. Even his best power was not as good as Lin Han. When Maxville actually lost control of Lin Han, it was just like Spencer's powerlessness when facing Olajuwon. Although Maxville is also a good defense player in the league, he is powerless at this time!
"Enter!"
When the basketball thrown by Lin Han drew a beautiful arc into the basket, Lin Han raised his right hand high like Olajuwon. When Lin Han raised his right hand high, the Jazz fans who had been held in for a long time finally broke out, and the audience shouted Lin Han's name again!
At this time, on the other side, Ma Long, who was stalking Thorpe crazy, felt a little envious after feeling the sudden hot atmosphere on the scene. He really envied the momentum of a newborn calf not afraid of a tiger at this time.
"Lin, you shot beautifully, now it's up to you to this game."
After Lin Han made another shot, Stockton was helpless, but he patted Lin Han's shoulder with a wry smile and said that in order to take care of Lin Han's defense, the Jazz's starting lineup put another scorer, Jeff Malone, on the bench and replaced with pure defensive player Brian Russell. This determines that the team's starting lineup has only two offensive strength points, Ma Long and Lin Han, now Malone is a little stuck in the quagmire. In fact, before Malone walked out of the quagmire, the team could only rely on Lin Han to hold on to the score.
In fact, after the start of this game, although Lin Han's emergency stop jump shot was weird, his shooting percentage was indeed good, and he scored a lot of points intermittently.
"Don't worry, John, I'm not that guy Carl. You can pass all the balls to me in the future. Don't consider this soft cock Carl."
"Lin, don't think I don't exist, okay, who else is the soft guy? Be careful I'll beat you, bastard!"
At this time, looking at these two "mind-hearted" people, Stockton felt that his team's future is dark now.
"The situation for the Jazz is very bad now. If you only rely on Lin Han's shooting, the Jazz will be really dangerous now. After all, inside players and outside players will be born in a weak position, and Olajuwon is not only able to score by himself, he can also lead the entire team."
In the commentator on the sidelines, Doug Collins, the commentator of this game, was a little worried about the Jazz. Although he had thought that the Jazz would be suppressed by the Rockets in this game and even lost, he did not expect that it would come so quickly. He did not expect that Olajuwon and the Rockets would play so strongly at the start. This is definitely not a regular season game. On the court, except for Lin Han who had the advantage against Maxville, both Stockton and Kenny Smith tied. After all, Stockton had not started his personal offense yet, and the Jazz were all completely defeated in the other matches, especially in the inside.
To be honest, it is difficult to play even if Lin Han is replaced by Jordan.
"In the long run, the Rockets have obvious advantages, but in the short run, the outside players may not be as good as the inside players. There are many such outside players in the league."
Facing Collins' concerns, Larry Bird still looked relaxed, but after Larry Bird finished speaking, Collins kept complaining in his heart. You think the whole world is full of players like you or masters like Magicians, but he can't say that in person.
“Huh?”
Just after Collins complained about Larry Bird in his heart, Olajuwon passed the ball to Thorpe under Malone's attack. After Thorpe's unguarded mid-range shooting, the Jazz grabbed the backcourt rebound and advanced quickly. Unexpectedly, Lin Han, who picked up the backcourt rebound, did not hand the ball to Stockton, but dribbled the ball himself. At this time, Lin Han's dribbled propulsion was completely different from Lin Han's bumpy dribbling at the beginning of the season.
At this time, Lin Han was like an arrow leaving the string, flying towards the frontcourt at a very fast speed!
Obviously, Lin Han activated the skill of moving forward bravely!
"What a fast speed!"
At this time, even Larry Bird, who had been extremely relaxed, couldn't help but exclaim. When Lin Han's physical fitness reached 17 o'clock, and after using courage to move forward, it can be said that he was already the first-class in the league. In this case, Lin Han's impact power was simply terrifying.
In this case, even Larry Bird, who was used to seeing the world, was extremely surprised at this time.
But what is even more surprising is that Lin Han started to move forward and prepare for a fast break dunk, and had already left most of the Rockets players behind. At this time, all the Jazz players on the court and Jazz fans on the sidelines saw Kenny Smith, who had his hands tightly nailed to his breakthrough route, and his face changed.
"Not good! It's going to be a foul on the offense!"
Lin Han has used this kind of breakthrough for many games. Most Jazz players and fans are actually very familiar with it. Although the breakthrough process is extremely terrifying and has a huge impact, it is not without shortcomings. One of the biggest disadvantages is that as long as the opponent's defense prediction is excellent and he stands at the position, it is very easy to cause Lin Han's offensive foul, because this is a straight line breakthrough that cannot be turned. If Lin Han really forces the corner, he may not be able to withstand the entire ankle several times!
Obviously, the Rockets have studied Lin Han very thoroughly, and may have even studied any situations that Lin Han may have on the court, including fast attacks.
In fact, facing Lin Han who was driving towards him as fast as a tank, Kenny Smith, as the "victim", was also a little scared and trembled with his lips. Although this time it could cause Lin Han's offensive foul, if Lin Han hit him like this, the scene would be too miserable, and Kenny Smith would not dare to think about it!
So when Lin Han was getting closer and closer, the Rockets star actually closed his eyes!
"God bless you, hope it doesn't hurt too much!"
Kenny Smith, who was ready to be crushed by Lin Han, kept praying to God in his heart after closing his eyes. However, after he waited for a long time, the imagined crush did not appear. Instead, there was a burst of "Huh" exclaim in his ear and the sound of the fans of the audience taking a breath.
When Kenny Smith opened his eyes, everything that happened in front of him might be unforgettable for him for the rest of his life, because at this time, Lin Han actually stopped in front of him, not only stopped, but even flew up! It really flew up!
Although Kenny Smith is not tall, he is 1.91 meters tall. Such a height is already pretty good for the NBA's point guard position. This time, when Kenny Smith saw Lin Han who was almost parked in the air, for the first time Kenny Smith felt that he seemed to be a little short.
"So high"
Kenny Smith, who opened her eyes, almost forgot to do any defensive moves. Like the fans and everyone on the scene, they all stared blankly at Lin Han who was flying in the air, and his brain was blurred for a moment!
When Lin Han started to move forward bravely, and when Lin Han suddenly braked in front of Kenny Smith and used straight up and down, the jump was added 10, which added up. What is the concept of bouncing 20? A player with bouncing 20 is 1 meter vertically, and the running jump was 1 meter 20. Now Lin Han's bounce height in front of Kenny Smith is definitely more than 1 meter 20. With Lin Han's legs length, Kenny Smith was under Lin Han's crotch!
As long as Lin Han is willing, he can even fly directly over Kenny Smith! This is also the reason why an old ball player like Kenny Smith was shocked by Lin Han, because Lin Han definitely caused him to feel humiliated this time, although Lin Han did not really fly over him!
"Oh my God, this is the highest shot in NBA history! This must be the highest emergency stop jump shot in NBA history! Lin Han's bounce is really outstanding!"
To be continued...