Chapter 273: 272: Shay, who scores like chopping melons and vegetables, just started(2/3)
O'Neal once again disappointed his home fans!
It’s no wonder that when asked on a show decades later, “Can he guard James?”, Rodman answered without thinking:
“So fxxking easy!”
Of course, there must be an element of bragging in Rodman's words.
But as a guy who was able to press Jordan when he was young and can hold up Sharks at the age of 35, he does have the capital to boast!
After Rodman forced O'Neal to hit the hook, he immediately jumped up and hugged the basketball tightly in his arms.
After getting the rebound, Rodman did not forget to cast a contemptuous look at the shark: "That's it? You only deserve to compete with Shay's toes!"
O'Neal had just gotten over his addiction, and his offensive momentum came to an abrupt halt.
On the sidelines, Carlisle also swallowed his saliva. He knew that Rodman could guard Ewing, whose knees were disabled, but he didn't expect that even the Sharks could.
Now he understands why Rodman was able to win two Defensive Player of the Year awards despite his career average of steals per game and blocks per game never reaching 100 points in any season.
That guy is indeed a defensive genius!
After grabbing the rebound and talking trash, Rodman handed the ball to Shay, waiting for the next opportunity to perform.
And now, it's Shay's time!
Larry Johnson had already been easily scored 4 points in a row by Shea, and he was very worried about it.
After all, this is also his debut with the Knicks.
If he is defeated in the first game, how will he survive in New York in the future?
Therefore, he was extremely focused on this defense, hoping to catch any loopholes in Shay.
However, it is a pity.
Shay made a beautiful and flexible change of hands behind his back, immediately creating a breakthrough gap.
The strength of both sides is no longer on the same level.
What does it have to do with you if I blow you up? No matter how hard you try, it's all in vain.
Shay surpassed Big Mom by half a body and broke through to a position one step inside the penalty area.
Here, Shay suddenly stopped, leaned back, and raised the basketball.
It seems that he wants to directly make a sudden stop Golden Rooster independent fadeaway jumper, which was also Shea's usual trick last season.
The attentive aunt judged Shay's intention. He concluded that Shay's shot was not a fake shot, because one of Shay's legs had been habitually raised first. This was an important forward swing action for Shay to make a fadeaway jumper!
So the aunt jumped up with all her strength, stretched her arms in the air, and tried her best to interfere with this shot at the risk of being shot by Shay's leg!
His defense can't fail every time, right?
Johnson jumped really high this time, and even if Shea leaned back, he still had to throw the ball against interference.
But, Auntie was wrong from the beginning.
Shay didn't intend to shoot a fadeaway jumper. Although he raised one leg, the other leg stayed close to the ground from beginning to end!
After shaking Big Mom, Shea, who was about to fall back, turned around, pivoting around the jumping Big Mom, and completely passed by Larry Johnson. This beautiful step was made by Shay last season.
But you can’t see it!
When the aunt landed and turned around, Shay had already thrown the ball, and the basketball hit the net. With a beautiful step, Shay scored easily again!
After adding the "Back Steps" attribute to 70, Shay is still not like Da Meng who dances in the penalty area at every turn, making the admiral unable to find his way.
But like the simple turning around just now, Shay has completely mastered it.
Mike Breen shook his head and described Shea's offense as "as easy as drinking water."
"You can do whatever you want, Shea can do whatever he wants offensively.
As I just said, Shay is still adding things to his already rich arsenal.
Did you see him scoring on the Knicks? I feel like he didn't even exert any effort and he already scored 6 points!"
Knicks fans naturally discovered this too.
Unlike O'Neal, who was already desperate against the Lakers in just a few rounds, Shay has been in a very relaxed state from the beginning of the game to now.
It feels like he can just warm up and score at will on the Knicks.
It really feels like "we will naturally win after the game is over".
His offensive methods have become more abundant, and he has more ways to execute his opponents.
Overall, Shay is scarier!
6 to 2, the Lakers continue to lead.
Larry Johnson looked at Shark helplessly, as if to say: "I didn't do anything wrong, but he can score goals!"
O'Neal gritted his teeth, the difference was only four points, it was nothing.
I was the big E just now. As long as I first go deep and then go full throttle like Rodman, what can he do to me?
Hard work can always produce miracles!
This time, as soon as O'Neal leaned against Rodman, Rodman's trash talk started on time:
"That's all you do? Damn it, last night when my girl moved by herself from the front, she was even stronger than you are now!
I don’t feel anything like this at all! Damn it, you’re so tall, you’re a loser! Your life as a female companion must be very unsatisfactory, right?”
The Shark, who has always been known for his destructive power, was so provocative when defended by a man with perimeter size.
You can easily imagine how angry the shark is right now.
He sat back hard. Although Rodman made many little moves with elbows and knees from behind that upset the shark, O'Neal still used brute force to reach a position very close to the basket, and then raised his hands.
Want the ball.
After catching the basketball, O'Neal planned to repeat the same trick, lowering his center of gravity and slamming backwards.
He still didn't believe that anyone could withstand his full force collision.
If Rodman dared to block, O'Neal would have knocked his brains out!
Am I a useless big guy? Today I will let you, bastard, know what it means to speak out!
However, O'Neal slammed back with all his strength, but hit nothing!
The moment the shark came close to him, Rodman suddenly fell back.
At the same time, his legs accidentally tripped O'Neal.
Because O'Neal leaned back without support and tripped under his feet, he lost his center of gravity and fell heavily to the ground!
The referee blew the whistle and gave O'Neal a walk. Rodman defeated the Shark for the second consecutive round!
The moment the referee blew the whistle, Rodman stopped pretending. He lay on the ground and began to wave his fists wildly to celebrate his successful defense.
O'Neal was so angry that he lay on the ground and slapped the floor, but his helpless and furious look only made him look even more embarrassed.
Every New York fan was stunned. None of them expected such a scene.
I didn't expect that O'Neal would be so embarrassed by Rodman's defense!
O'Neal's mentality was about to collapse. He really wanted to jump up and sit on that purple head.
And this is what Rodman wanted. He just looked at the shark and smiled: "How is Dr. Dennis's treatment? Not bad, right?"
As soon as Rodman finished speaking, Shay immediately sang the harmony again:
"Shaq, how come you only scored 2 points after playing for a long time? Didn't you say you wanted to kill me?"
Shay and Rodman, these two people alternated their efforts, driving O'Neal crazy!
Immediately following this attack, Shay broke through the paint and scored a layup despite being pulled by O'Neal, causing O'Neal to foul.
New York fans could see that O'Neal was beginning to collapse, because the foul just now was completely unnecessary. It was completely a hot-headed move after O'Neal's mental breakdown. It was basically sending Shea to the free throw line for nothing.
However, Shay missed the extra penalty this time.
As a person whose free throw shooting percentage was over 90% last season, it is indeed a small probability event for Shea to hit the free throw line.
The New York fans also breathed a sigh of relief. Fortunately, Shea didn't score a three-pointer.
As a result, they were not happy for long, but the offensive rebound was collected by the Lakers again!
Rodman jumped up and flicked the ball, and then Mutombo opened O'Neal with an elbow, grabbed the second shot, and collected the rebound!
Mutombo + Rodman, the strongest rebounding wholesaler in the NBA!
After Bob got the basketball, he immediately found Shay running to the side of the court.
So Shay said before that he would take a lot of shots this season, but no, he has one more chance to take shots!
Oh, it’s so annoying!
After receiving the basketball, Shay took advantage of his aunt's firm footing to directly break through and enter the penalty area from the side.
O'Neal immediately jumped up to block, blocking the side of the basket with his whole body. Because of his wide body, Shay could not complete the gliding lever, and the shark's palm also blocked the basket.
To be continued...