Chapter 97: A Furious Scottie Pippen
The NBA All-Stars in the locker room were whispering. Seeing Richi Adubatu and Joni come in together, Scott Pippen stopped the hot chat with Glen Rice, squinted his eyes and looked at Joni, and then looked at Richi Adubatu. Obviously, he also noticed a factor that was not considered by him, Richi Adubatu.
Originally, Scott Pippen thought that the acting head coach of Ricci Adubatu was completely lucky to become an All-Star head coach, so he felt that Ricci Adubatu would not interfere with the performance of the players on the court in the All-Star Game. But now looking at the appearance of Jony and Ricci Adubatu, it seems that Ricci Adubatu is likely to arrange for Jony to play more, which is not good news for Scott Pippen.
The All-Star Game in 1997 was already a show. There were many Hollywood big names on the sidelines, and even before the opening, there were superstars in the American music scene. An All-Star Game made Cleveland, a small city that has never been paid attention to, very eye-catching. Julia Roberts, who had been rumored to have a scandal with Joni before this game, also appeared on the sidelines. She brought her niece Emma Roberts, and of course several of Julia Roberts' Hollywood friends, such as the black actor Denzel Washington, and of course Denzel Washington is not the Oscar winner. In addition, there are old seniors like Meryl Streep. In short, the sidelines of Cleveland home stadium are really star-studded.
Of course, Starlight has nothing to do with Joni. He never goes to see the people sitting in the audience. In fact, few NBA players will watch it, but this game is a bit different. Because of the gathering of big names on the sidelines and the clouds of beauties, Joni's All-Star teammates warmed up to the audience on the sidelines, especially the audience in the first row, began to observe intently.
For example, as a movie fan, Wenbeck is looking for his favorite movie stars. When he saw Denzel Washington, his eyes lit up. Of course, he can't forget the slutty bag of Kevin Garnett in the Western Conference. He is the boldest among all All-Star players. When he warmed up, he was already having fun chatting with a beautiful woman on the sidelines who didn't know who it was.
There are 12 players in the East and West All-Star Game. Although these 12 players are not necessarily the strongest players in the league, they are the 12 most popular players in the league. The game is about to begin, and media commentators from various media are also ready.
"Okay, we can see that the game is about to begin. The warm-up between the two sides is over. We are preparing to jump the ball in the middle circle." The commentary combination sent by ** in this game was Huby Brown and Mike Tyric. "From the starting lineup of both sides, Michael Jordan is the starting point guard, Joni Lee is the starting shooting guard, Scott Pippen is the starting small forward, Grant Hill is the power forward, and Deakinbe Mutombo is the center. Their starting lineup is relatively short, especially Grant Hill, who has to play a cameo as a power forward."
"Let's look at the Western Conference, starting point guard John Stockton, starting shooting guard Gary Payton, starting small forward Sean Kamp, starting power forward Kal Malone, starting center is Hakeim Olajuwon, West Conference Sean Kamp played a small forward, but Kamp's athletic ability can completely control this position, and Gary Payton played a guest shot as a shooting guard, of course Gary Payton can also do everything in this position, after all, his opponent is Joni, I believe Gary will not have any problems." The commentator for saying this was Mike Tirik. Although he is Huby Brown's commentary partner, this game was his first time commenting on Joni's game.
What I said just now was obviously not optimistic about Jonny. Indeed, in the finals last season, Gary Payton defended Michael Jordan, who was dead. How could one Jonny not be able to handle it? However, Hubby Brown on the side still showed a displeasure. He was displeased with Mike Garretti's conclusion in advance. After all, the game has not started yet, and Mike Garretti thought that Gary Payton could easily deal with Jonny, which is obviously unreasonable.
However, Hubby Brown didn't say anything. He knew that Mike Garretti was just the first time he commented on Joni's game. Mike Garretti had explained a lot of Gary Payton's games before, so it was not surprising that he would make this conclusion.
In fact, Huby Brown also felt that Joni was having trouble with Gary Payton this time. After all, if Gary Payton is the second single defender in the league, I'm afraid no one in the league dares to say that he is the first. After all, in the finals last season, Gary Payton was a super defender who was defending Michael Jordan, who missed 14 shots in 19 times.
At the beginning of the game, when facing Gary Payton's defense, Joni was not worried about Gary Payton and Joni didn't know much about Gary Payton. In the last game, Joni did not match Gary Payton's defense, so he didn't know much about Gary Payton's defense. At the beginning of the game, the Eastern Conference got the ball rights and the basketball was in the hands of Michael Jordan. As the boss in the league, Michael Jordan naturally wanted to play the first ball.
Everyone moved away, opened up the space, and let Jordan play singles, but Joni didn't think that Jordan should play the first ball, especially when these Bulls players were about to suppress him. Joni decisively activated the effect of the special item of the Revenge Spear, the Dark Spear, and signed a contract with Michael Jordan. He was still hesitant because there were three players in the starting lineup that could participate in the organization of the offense, but when Joni saw the first ball, Michael Jordan had to use his position in the NBA to play first, Joni couldn't stand it. He wanted Michael Jordan to obediently send the ball to his hands.
Joni started running, and Gary Payton naturally followed Joni tightly. At the beginning, Joni did feel the difference between Gary Payton and ordinary defensive players. At least Gary Payton's defense is much better than Kobe's defense. Gary Payton could still keep up with the first few steps, which put pressure on Joni, and the speed was a little faster, quickly throwing away Gary Payton away.
"Jonny Lee shook Gary Payton away!" Hubby Brown shouted. At this time, Michael Jordan was still looking for opportunities with John Stockton one-on-one. And Jonny had already found an opportunity to open in the middle distance through the cover of Deakinbe Mutombo. Then, the basketball arrived as scheduled and came to Jonny's hands. In the face of everyone's surprise, Jonny took action.
When the sound of a swish came out, everyone was shocked, not only because of Joni's goal, but more importantly, Michael Jordan, who obviously wanted to score the first goal in a single, actually passed the ball to Joni! Scott Pippen hadn't reacted yet, and his mind was full of the same word: fvck! Why did Michael pass the ball to that kid? Was his brain kicked by a donkey?
Everyone was thinking about what Michael Jordan thought and why he passed the ball to Jorny, especially the players on and off the court. They all learned more or less that Scott Pippen launched a suppression of Jorny before the game, but in this case, Michael Jordan passed the ball to Jorny. What does this mean? Scott Pippen was also helpless, but he didn't dare to question Jordan. Originally, this matter was organized by him with the help of Jordan's reputation in the league, so Scott Pippen did not tell Jordan, but he felt that Jordan should know it.
Of course, Jordan knew what Scott Pippen did secretly, but he didn't care. Although he was disliked that Scott Pippen always liked to do something like this, Michael Jordan and Scott Pippen had the same idea, and it was not a bad idea to be able to get rid of Jonny. Now Jordan was stunned. On the ball just now, he saw Jonny having an open space and subconsciously passed the ball. When the ball was out of hand, he regretted it, but it was too late at this time.
Jordan didn't know what was going on, so why did he pass the ball.
Gary Payton was also a little confused. It was not just because Jordan actually passed the ball to Jony. For Gary Payton, more importantly, Jony actually ran away after just a few seconds, which made Gary Payton, who had always been confident in his defense, and he felt unbelievable. However, if Gary Payton knew that Kobe had not been able to defend Joni for a second in the last rookie challenge, he probably wouldn't have been so unbelievable.
After the bonus of the ultimate move, Joni's empty-handed running speed is very fast, and his ability to find space is also very perverted. It is normal for Gary Payton to not keep up. If he did not use the ultimate move, Joni's empty-handed running would not be so abnormal.
Jony scored the first goal, not very beautiful, but it seemed that this goal reflected a lot of things. First, Michael Jordan actually gave up his privileges, and secondly, Gary Payton was thrown away by Jony so easily. These two discoveries surprised many people.
There are many things that surprised them next. Joni ran away from Gary Payton every time after several consecutive empty-handed runs. Whenever Joni ran out of time and the ball was in Michael Jordan's hands, Joni would always receive the ball. Michael Jordan actually passed every goal to Joni. This not only moved Jordan himself and surprised, but also made Scott Pippen accumulate endless anger.
"What's going on with Michael? Are you going against me?" Scott Pippen's eyes were about to spit out. Regarding Jordan's always passing the ball to Jorny, Scott Pippen thought he was destroying his own table, but Scott Pippen was angry and did not dare to ask Michael Jordan for trouble. He could only watch Jonny helplessly get the basketball from Jordan again and again, and then hit it.
Chapter completed!