NBA: Back to 97, to be the Jagged Bishop

Chapter 132 Where Did This Monster Come From?
"Phil, my old buddy, long time no see."

When Kong Bu saw the Zen master, he stepped forward to say hello.

Zen Master nodded, "Kong, I am deeply sorry for Dazhi's departure from the team."

When he said this, Kong Bu could not see the slightest regret from the Zen master's face.

In Zen Master's view, the most threatening point of the Raptors is Big Zhi. The partner between him and Big Ben is excellent, and the Bulls can't restrain Big Zhi's offense at all.

Now that Dazhi is gone, even if the Bulls lack Rodman, Zen Master still feels that the Bulls have an advantage.

How did he know that Kumbu had prepared the big bus for the bulls.

After half an hour, the game officially started.

The starting lineup sent by the Raptors did not exceed Zen Master's expectations. It was the remaining five players in the championship lineup.

This reassures him even more that the Raptors' strength has been greatly reduced, and the Bulls will definitely have a chance to compete for the championship this season.

Xiao Ao succeeded in jumping the ball, and the Raptors began to attack.

In the first offensive round, McGrady ran without the ball and made a mid-range shot after receiving the pass, but failed to score.

Turning around, Kukoc on the Bulls' side received an assist from Jordan and hit a three-pointer from the outside.

This Europa magician not only has solid passing skills, but also has a lethal one-handed shot.

Billups lobped Jermaine in the frontcourt and asked Jermaine to single Kukoc, but he missed.

It's not that Kukoc's defense is so good, but that Xiao Ao's own hand feeling is not good.

Fortunately, Big Ben grabbed the rebound and passed it to Mashburn who came in from an air cut. He completed a small throw and scored two points.

Jordan is still brave, and he can't tell that this is a 36-year-old man. Whether it is offense or defense, or even organization, he can still suppress McGrady.

What makes Kumbu frown even more is that this offseason, Jordan obviously practiced extra three-pointers.

Just a few minutes into the game tonight, Jordan took a total of 5 shots, three of which were three-pointers, and two of them were hit.

It may be that Jordan also realized the physical impact of the age factor. He took the initiative to reduce the breakthrough offense that required more physical energy, and started to shoot more shots instead.

Melee under the basket or breakthroughs in various directions obviously consume more energy than shooting.

In the three seasons before last season, Jordan has actually enjoyed the bonus of three-pointers. In the 94-95 season, his three-pointer percentage was as high as 50%, but he took a little less shots, only averaging 1.9 times per game.

In the 95-96 season, he made 42.7% of his three-pointers and averaged 3.2 shots per game.

With such a three-point shooting percentage, it is actually quite achievable. None of the Raptors' front and back players have more than [-]% of their three-pointers.

You must know that before this, Jordan made more than [-]% of his three-pointers in most seasons.

The reason for such a huge increase in shooting percentage is not that Jordan has practiced three-pointers a long time ago, but that during those three years, the league adjusted the distance of the three-point line, shortening it from the original 7.25 meters to 6.7 meters. .

The previous long-range mid-range shot turned into a three-pointer.

After the distance was shortened, there was a wave of three-pointers in the league. Seeing that the situation was wrong, Stern moved the three-point line back before the start of last season.

This caused Jordan's three-point shooting percentage last season to immediately show its original shape, returning to the level of 23%, and the number of shots was only 1.5 times.

Even if Jordan didn't have a three-pointer before, he was still able to block and kill the gods, but now the situation is different after all. He must pick up the three-pointer, which is a highly efficient and energy-saving weapon.

After a crazy extra training during the offseason, Jordan's current three-point firepower is already quite good.

Rodman's departure was indeed a big blow to the Bulls, but it was a blessing in disguise. Without Rodman, Kukoc was an absolute starter. Coupled with Jordan's development of three-point firepower, the Bulls' offensive firepower It seems to be stronger than last season.

At 7 minutes into the first quarter, the Raptors didn't have any advantage at all. In the competition between the two starting lineups, the Bulls may have a slight advantage.

Kong Bu called a timeout at the technical table, replaced Da Ben, and put on the bus.

The Zen master was all smiles. The reason why the Raptors were able to bite the score just now was because Ben's rebounding ability was too outstanding. After Rodman was gone, no one on the Bulls side could suppress Ben's rebounding.

But now that Big Ben has been replaced with a rookie who was at the bottom of the first round, Zen master feels that they will definitely have a great advantage in the next few minutes.

At the beginning of the game, Billups made a straight pass and passed the ball to the bus under the basket.

Luke Langley didn't take the bus seriously at all. He didn't think that a rookie who didn't play a game would pose any threat to him.

Even though the newcomer looked a little uncomfortable.

In an instant, he paid the price for his underestimation of the enemy. He only felt a violent impact on his chest, and then he took two steps back and lost his position directly under the basket.

How could the bus miss this dunk opportunity, holding the basketball in both arms and dunking the ball fiercely into the basket.

With powerful strength and super large tonnage, the basket trembled with the force of an explosion.

The Raptors fans who were watching the game gasped. It was also the first time they saw the bus play. The round just now gave them a very special feeling.

It's like watching a smaller version of O'Neal play.

He is not as tall as O'Neal, and the tonnage seems to be a little lighter than O'Neal, but other aspects, including dunk movements, are exactly the same as O'Neill.

Jordan glared at Luke Langley. If it had been a few years ago, he would have sprayed at Luke Langley.

When it came to the Bulls' offensive round, Pippen missed a mid-range shot and a rebound appeared.

Just as Luke Langley was about to reach out to grab the rebound, he felt that his legs were not stable. At this moment, the bus was pushing his butt away, and then he jumped up suddenly to catch the rebound.

The fans were speechless. This posture of pouting their buttocks and grabbing rebounds is also exactly the same as O'Neal.

Even Kumbu was speechless. He obviously put Duncan on the bus as a template. Why did he look like O'Neal after the fight on the field?
But playing like O'Neal is definitely not a bad thing.

After grabbing the rebound, the bus passed it directly to Xiao Ao, while he rushed towards the frontcourt with a dull head.

His running posture looked a bit weird, with his arms crossed on his chest. If Luke Langley saw this running posture in the past, he would definitely say something trash.

But after being suppressed by the bus for two consecutive rounds, he couldn't speak trash at all.

After Xiao Ao passed the ball to Billups, he ran towards the frontcourt.

Flounder still lobs to the basket again. As a member of the Raptors, he knows very well that Comb likes to let his players play perfect debut statistics.

The bus has already appeared, and tonight is his NBA debut, anyway, it is definitely right to pass him more.

Seeing that the bus received another pass, Luke Langley stood firm this time, and opened his arms to block the space for the bus.

Xiao Ao quickly started, squeezed away Kukoc, and rushed towards the direction of the bus.

The bus didn't even look in Xiao Ao's direction, and quickly passed the ball.

After Xiao Ao received the ball, he hit the board in an open space and threw the ball into the basket.

The Zen master was dumbfounded. What the hell is going on?

Why is this player who came out of nowhere able to be so strong.

Has strong play at the basket, rebounds, and even the ability to pass the ball at the basket?

When he saw the bus for the first time, he thought he was a pure tank player like Campbell, who would have thought that he was such a monster.

He hurriedly called a timeout, replaced Luke Langley with substitute center Andrew Lang.

It's not that Lang's combat power is stronger than Luke Langley's, but Zen master wants to keep Luke Luke Langley's physical fitness for the next match against Big Ben.

Taking advantage of this substitution, Jordan was also replaced.

Comb also took advantage of the situation to make substitutions, taking Jermaine O'Neill and Mashburn off the field and replacing them with Lewis and Davis.

In the following time, it almost became the bus's personal show. He got whatever he wanted under the basket, as if entering no man's land.

If Rodman was there, he would be able to restrain the bus.

Rodman likes to defend the bulky and tall insiders like Big Bus very much. He hates defending the flexible and tall insiders like Big Zhi.

It's a pity that Rodman is gone now, and the Bulls' inside defense has a big problem.

At the beginning of the game, the two sides fought back and forth. After the bus came on the field, the Bulls immediately showed their defeat.

Even though Jordan played well tonight, making 24 of 12 shots, 8 of 4 three-pointers, 10 of 8 free throws, 34 points, 5 rebounds and 11 assists, he still failed to lead the team to win against the Raptors.

Not only Jordan, Kukoc also played well tonight, the defensive end was not good, and the offensive end could not be faulted at all.

In fact, Pippen didn't have any pitfalls, and his hit rate was online.

But the more the core players play normally and lose, the more morale is hit.

When the referee announced the end of the game, the Raptors beat the Bulls by 107 points at home with a score of 96:11.

The player with the best performance in the game is undoubtedly the bus.

他今晚出战了36分钟，全场入账了38分14篮板6助攻3盖帽，23次出手命中了16个，另外还有罚球8中6，进攻效率让人瞠目结舌。

After the match, Zen Master stood on the sidelines in a daze, with a ashen expression on his face.

What he thought was that the Raptors' strength was greatly reduced. Even if the Bulls were weakened this season, they still had a chance to defeat the Raptors and win the championship.

The result was completely different from what he had imagined.

Kumbu didn't know where he got such a ruthless stubble from the bus. Not only did he look like O'Neal on the court, but he also had O'Neal's style of dominance at the basket.

Even if it is the real O'Neal, it is not so difficult, because the real O'Neal does not have an inside partner like Xiao Ao, nor an outside teammate like the peak McGrady, Flounder, and Monster.

The Bulls can't restrict the bus at all, even if they double-team him, this monster can still pass the ball.

Zen Master knows very well that if he doesn't want to find a way to limit the destructive power of the bus at the basket, the Bulls and the Raptors have played ten games, and they can win two games.

Jordan even felt more sad than heartbroken, and he lost again.

I thought it would be a surprise for Kumbu by regrouping this season and developing a three-point ability.

As a result, the surprise on his side was not sent out, and Kong Bu gave him a shock.

That ferocious Mongolian completely crushed Jordan's hopes.

He glanced at Zen Master, and they didn't speak, but they both understood what the other meant, that is, the Bulls had to make a big deal next.

In any case, we have to find a way to get a player who can limit the bus.

"Kombu!"

"Kombu!"

The Raptors fans at the scene began to yell Comb's name.

Kumbu has always been able to bring them great surprises. Just a player at the bottom of the first round has such terrifying combat power.

It's like rubbing the dynasty bull on the ground alone!
(End of this chapter)