Chapter 419: The King of Kings in the Age of Insiders
"Steal it! Drexler stole it from Karl Malone! OMG!" The Lakers players sat together to watch the last game between Houston and the Jazz. The performance of the two teams at the last minute made the Lakers players exclaim again and again .
"It's unbelievable, stealing from the hands of the MVP, and then rushing all over the court to complete the quasi-lore! Drexler's performance on the last key ball is enough to make up for his invisible performance before this game."
"Stockton's last exquisite pass passed through three people and came to Karl Malone's hands, but the Jazz's final offense was still predicted by Olajuwon! It’s too buggy to have the ability to block shots.” Campbell twitched his tongue, Olajuwon in the playoffs was not at the same level as the regular season player at all.
King of the ball! Olajuwon's performance in the playoffs is at the level of the king of the ball!
Like Kobe and Jordan, he was able to dominate the game alone. Even though Barkley was blown away by Karl Malone in this round of the series, overall, Houston's restricted area still dominates! Whether it is offensive and defensive performance or rebounding, Houston leads the Jazz by a large margin, which is the key to their victory.
And Karl Malone had the chance to equalize the game and enter overtime, but he was blocked by Olajuwon.
Karl Malone's last performance was very crotch, first he was intercepted by Drexler, and then blocked by Olajuwon. It can be said that one person ruined the Jazz's good situation. The Jazz were the first to win the battle of Tianwangshan. No one thought Houston could win when they were leading 3:2.
But the final winner is Houston. In the past few days, the media has scolded Karl Malone so much that he dare not read newspapers.
"Most Water MVP! ! ! "
"The Shame of Utah"
"The Softest Muscular Man"
Wait, from the headlines, there are endless articles about Karl Malone's meeting. Even though Malone has gone home to fish, the media did not let go of the opportunity to flog him. Although he played equally well in the first few games, but he lost the chain at the last critical moment. Even the most die-hard Jazz fans felt cramps when they saw the scenes of Drexler stealing and Olajuwon blocking shots.
Disappointing! The chance to win was given to him, and Malone finally spit it out. This kind of performance compared to the 35-year-old, but still invincible big dream Olajuwon at the critical moment, it is like a world.
"Are we going to face such a big dream in the next round?" Daben said weakly, with an aggrieved tone combined with his burly body, there was an indescribable sense of disobedience.
"Don't panic! I'll take care of the big dream! Just get rid of Barkley, the guy who couldn't beat him and joined!" O'Neill patted his chest confidently.
Finally, finally facing Houston again!
Thinking of the scene of being swept by Olajuwon the year before last, O'Neill felt ashamed.
At that time, O'Neal and Penny were in high spirits, defeated the big devil Michael Jordan, and the two superstars in their early twenties entered the finals.
At that time, O'Neal felt that he was the god of the NBA!
Chamberlain is alive!
nobody! No one can defend themselves!
And Olajuwon slapped O'Neal, causing him to wake up from his dream and return to reality.
Complete abuse.
In 4 games, Olajuwon averaged 32.8 points, 11.5 rebounds, 5.5 assists, 2.0 blocks, 2.0 steals and 2.8 turnovers.
O'Neal averaged 28.0 points, 12.5 rebounds, 6.3 assists, 0.3 steals, 2.5 blocks and 5.3 turnovers per game.
If you don't look at the hit rate and the number of turnovers, you may not feel that the disadvantage is too great.
But on the actual scene, O'Neill was educated very miserably.
Olajuwon basically scored when he wanted to score. On the defense, while defending against O'Neal, he still had the energy to help his teammates and assist Drexler to limit Penny Hardaway.
Drexler averaged 21.5 points, 9.5 rebounds, 6.8 assists, 1.0 steals, 0.3 blocks and 1.5 turnovers per game.
Penny Hardaway averaged 25.5 points, 4.8 rebounds, 8.0 assists, 1.0 steals, 0.8 blocks and 3.8 turnovers per game.
That year, Drexler was still at the end of his peak, which was equivalent to two veteran superstars competing against two new star superstars. Although most people are not optimistic that the younger Magic will win the game, no one would have thought that the Magic with double superstars would be swept by a 4:0 sweep in the finals.
Even if one of the twin stars exerts their strength and plays a super god performance, they should win a game.
But no, O'Neal didn't do it in front of Olajuwon, and Hardaway didn't do it in front of Drexler.
Gemini's turnover rate is too high, compared to Houston, which is steady and takes the IN-OUT tactics to the extreme, so that the team's tactical movement has almost no chance of making mistakes. The Magic's team tactics and the anxious play of the stars are all immature.
Olajuwon is simply playing with O'Neal in the palm of his hand. Although his scoring average is 'only' 32.8 points, everyone can see that as long as he wants, he can score 40 points per game on O'Neal. point!
Since then, the four major centers Olajuwon has become the number one player. No one is qualified to challenge and compete for the strongest center in this era when the inside is king. Even if Olajuwon lost to the Sonics last year, it didn't affect his status at all.
And now O'Neal finally got the chance to challenge the league's strongest center head-on!
As long as Olajuwon is defeated, as long as revenge can be completed.
O'Neal will be able to win the league's first insider throne! And O'Neal is only 25 years old now! How many years can he dominate the position of the league's number one center?
Even now, no one expects that the future NBA will enter an era of withered centers. O'Neal has been a member of the third team of the league's best team in the 2008-09 season.
People now generally believe that big men like O'Neal and Olajuwon will continue to emerge in the future. Even if there is a super insider who can surpass O'Neal in the future, it will have to wait at least until O'Neal is 32 years old. O'Neal has dominated the league's No. 1 center for 7 years!
This is O'Neill's chance. If Olajuwon is defeated again, even if O'Neill wins the throne of the first center forward in the future, it will not be justified!
Just like Jordan's number one player in the league was obtained by killing the assassins and magicians, Malone's number one power forward in the league was obtained by killing Barkley.
If you just wait for the superstars of the previous generation to grow old, then you can win without a fight. Just like the future James, he has never killed a player of the previous generation who was at his peak, such as the Big Three of the Green Cay, the GDP of the Spurs, and Kobe of the Lakers.
It's about waiting for their veterans to wither, so some people always feel that James' throne as the league's first man is not very convincing.
As long as O'Neal can defeat Olajuwon in this round of the series, it will be the throne he won, and this is an absolutely convincing record.
O'Neill will truly become the king of kings in the era of insider kings!