Chapter 142 G2 Battle

   After dealing with a few questions, Barkley also ended the interview, and the Suns said goodbye to the fans and returned to the locker room.

   won the game, the atmosphere is very good, especially Barkley, walking around the locker room, interacting with every teammate to express his excitement.

   "Kevin, what do you think of my efficiency today?"

   "It's good, but I suggest you add some shots near the basket to save energy."

   "Kevin, my agent said that as long as I play well in the playoffs, he can give me millions of dollars in endorsements, do you think he can do that?"

   "He must have fooled you. Charles doesn't have that many endorsements."

   "But my temperament is full of violent elements and heavy metal elements, and my image is a hundred times better than his. Do you think anyone would buy a product endorsed by a pig?"

   "Well, that's true, at least I won't buy it."

   "Which category of products do you think Charles is suitable for?"

   "Fliggy brand pig feed?"

   "Panda blindfold?"

   "Maternity clothes?"

   "Full-fat fat milk powder?"

   "Fliggy TT?"

  Pharaoh kept looking at his data sheet while chatting with Kevin Johnson next to him.

   "Hey, what are you two guys talking about me behind my back?" Barkley just came over and "snarled" angrily.

"Ha ha…"

The people next to    couldn't help it for a long time, and burst into laughter.

   At this time, assistant coach Lewis said: "The Supersonic just won the Jazz, 85:99, and the advantage is still very large. In addition, the Eastern Bulls defeated the Eagles, 90:114, and the Knicks defeated the Pacers, 104:107."

   "The Knicks are so rubbish, they only won by 3 points. I think it's going to be a black eight this time." Barkley said with a smile.

   "What is Heiba?" Pharaoh asked.

   "The eighth place kills the first place, and it's called the black eight." Kevin Johnson explained.

   After taking a bath, except Ceballos, the other four starters followed the head coach to the press conference.

"Ugh!"

Ceballos sighed in his heart. After a season, he also started more than 50 games, but he did not participate in a press conference. He is a fake main force in the starting lineup. If this goes on, maybe he will be traded next season. of.

  The next day, on May 1st, with yesterday's performance, Comrade Pharaoh's K1 sneakers sold for another day, with a total of 4,860 pairs sold, even more than the sales on the first day.

  The good sales performance makes Mammoth Company happy. If it goes on like this, the financial situation of the company can be improved quickly without going bankrupt.

   At the same time, Wang Tiejun's good performance in the G1 battle was praised by the media.

   Especially the local media praised him as a flower.

   TNT, which broadcasts the game live, is also very powerful, making some of his wonderful moments in the G1 battle into a collection, which was broadcast in the sports news.

   But he didn't have time to pay attention to this, because the lawsuit with Will Houston started, and he attended the first court in person.

   He also met Will Houston, the first time he saw this guy.

  Houston is in his 40s, white, even if he has a lawsuit, his prospects are not good, and he is unemployed, but in the face of Wang Tiejun's performance, he is still very tough and arrogant.

   But after the court trial, his face was obviously more disturbed. He had few chances to win the lawsuit, and he was also afraid of the hundreds of millions of dollars in claims. Although he was still very arrogant in the face of Wang Tiejun, he was obviously stern.

   That night, the Spurs lost to the Blazers with a score of 96-105, and the battle was tied.

   The Spurs only won the Blazers by one point in G1, and they lost 9 points in G2, which shows that even if the Spurs pass the first round, they will still fall in the second round. This is the evaluation of the Spurs by the media.

  David Robinson's shooting percentage in the G2 game was only 36.4%, and he only scored 15 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 2 turnovers and 5 fouls. His performance was as bad as the G1 game and was criticized by the media.

   In fact, this is because the opponent's defense is concentrated on him, so he has played a continuous inefficiency performance.

  The West also finished the game with Mosaic against the Clippers.

   The Clippers played a crazy defense. Mosaic, who performed well in the G1 game, lost a home game, 95:83, and it became a tie in the home game.

  Dream Olajuwon, who performed well in G1, still performed well, scoring 30 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 4 blocks, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls.

   But his scoring mainly relies on free throws. Under the crazy double-teaming of his opponents, the lethality is huge, and he made 18 of 20 free throws.

   In terms of shooting, he made 6 of 19 shots, with only a 31.6% hit rate, which was seriously affected by double teams.

   In addition to the poor performance of other players, in addition to the big dream, only Kenny Smith scored 11 points, and backup striker Matt Brad scored 12 points, and everyone else scored in single digits.

  Eastern, the Hornets defeated the Celtics in overtime and tied the game.

  Mourning performed well, scoring 18 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 6 blocks, 3 turnovers and 6 fouls. He played 49 minutes and was sent off in overtime.

   In another Eastern Conference, the Cavaliers lost to the Nets and also drew.

   No. 2, Sun vs. Lakers, G2 game day.

  The game started at 8:00, and at 7:30, both sides announced the starting lineup.

  Lakers: Divac, Eldon Campbell, AC Green, Byron Scott, Cydalus Ritter

  Sun: Wang Tiejun, Barkley, Ceballos, Dan Marley, Kevin Johnson

  TNT live broadcast, Dort said: "The starting lineup of both sides has not changed, it is the same as the G1 battle."

   Latham said: "After the game the day before yesterday, Lakers coach Randy Fender said that he would strengthen the defense, so tonight's game should be more intense and the defense more crazy."

  Dort said: "Last night, Da Meng was frantically double-teamed by the Clippers. Although he scored a lot of points by free throws, his efficiency was also pitifully low, which surprised me."

   "It's normal to lose efficiency in a double team, what are you surprised about?" Latham said.

"Because Old K was also double-teamed in G1, but his efficiency is super high, even surpassing the regular season, isn't it surprising? Da Meng is a super center, and Old K is just a rookie. For comparison, no Is it surprising?" Dort said.

   nodded, and Laitham analyzed: "The two of them are centers of completely different styles, it can even be said that Old K and O'Neal, and the three super centers, they are two different types of centers.

  O'Neal didn't make the playoffs, so I won't talk about it here, let's just talk about old K.

  Old K was also frequently double-teamed the night before, but why is he able to play with high efficiency, while Da Meng is inefficient?

   It depends on their play style or style. "

  Dott said thoughtfully: "Dameng relies on his pace and technique on the offensive end. Once he is crazily double-teamed, his space for movement will be extremely compressed, which will inevitably affect his performance."

"right!"

  Letham said excitedly: "But old K is different. He has a larger tonnage and strength. He can be more stable in double teams, and he is like a mountain that cannot be shaken."

Dort continued: "At the same time, he has a way of exerting great power in the cracks, which allows him to play his relying skills even in double teams, which is why his efficiency cannot be beaten. The reason for double-teaming.”

   Latham said: "One more thing, Big Dream mainly made jump shots last night, and only 17% of the shots were at the basket. It is inevitable that the hit rate will drop in the crazy double-team.

   In the G1 game, most of the old K shot at the basket. He was closer to the basket. He used an incredible hit to forcibly break the double-team and then complete the dunk. This is the difference between him and the big dream. "

Dort suddenly said: "I can add that the skills of the three super centers are too comprehensive, and they have too many scoring methods, while the two rookies, Old K and O'Neal, their scoring methods are relatively much less, especially Old K, used to only have dunks at the basket, but now it's just a hook with nearly two more points.

   If it was someone else, with such a monotonous way of attacking, it would be easy to be targeted, but the old K was different.

  His tonnage and strength allow him to stand very firmly in double-teams, and he can forcibly break the double-team with his hits, allowing him to get rid of the defender to the greatest extent possible before hitting a hook.

   We know that the hit rate is inversely proportional to the defensive strength. When you can get rid of the defense, your hit rate will inevitably increase, and that is the case with the old K.

  I analyzed his shot the night before. That's how he is. Even if he dunks at the basket, he tries to knock off the defender before making the shot, so he won't be fouled. He doesn't want to go to the free throw line. "

   Latham nodded and said: "That's why he nicknamed himself the penalty area sweeper. After sweeping the penalty area and clearing the defender, his shooting rate will naturally be high."

   "Then the Lakers are going to strengthen their defense tonight, and I'm looking forward to what Old K will do." Dort said with a smile.

   At eight o'clock, the game starts.

   Jump ball, Sun attack.

  The left wing was low, Wang Tiejun stood still, carried Divac with his left elbow, and raised his right hand to ask for the ball.

  Only two meters above him, the Lakers small forward, AC Green, known as the Iron Man, is staring at the top of the arc. As soon as the ball is passed, he will definitely come down to double-team him immediately, one step at a time.

   And inside him, Divac's right arm had wrapped around his left arm, twisted together, and the confrontation had already begun.

  At the top of the arc, Kevin Johnson was in possession of the ball, observing the situation on the field, and suddenly passed the ball to Ceballos who was a step behind the left-wing three-point line.

When   AC Green saw it, he could only go back to defend Ceballos.

Ceballos' technical characteristics are mainly based on breakthrough points. 45% of his offenses occur at the basket, and his shooting rate is close to 60%. The shooting rate of the last two points is very low, less than 30%, and the two points are just over 30%. At the basket, he was the most accurate in his two-point range, shooting 36 percent from the field.

   One step in the three-point line, if he is completely empty and let him shoot, it is also very fatal, so AC Green must return to defense.

   "Whoosh!"

   When AC Green returned to defend in front of him, Ceballos suddenly passed the ball down.

"Snapped!"

  Wang Tiejun grabbed the ball with his right hand and caught it firmly.

   At this time, Divac inside was fighting with all his strength, not only pinching his left arm, but also pushing his right elbow against his lower back from time to time, pinning his legs under his feet, and pushing him outward with his chest.

   At this time, his tonnage and strength come into play.

  123 kg tonnage, 13 kg bigger than Divac, the difference in absolute strength is even bigger, the bear step one stop, the horse step sinks, Divac can't stand him at all.

  Stand firmly, you can do technical movements, and you can also ensure the quality of technical movements.

  If you can’t stand, you can barely make a shot, and your technical movements are seriously deformed, then you can’t talk about the quality.

Immediately after catching the ball, he first made an iron mountain, and then took the opportunity to use the left foot on the inside as a supporting foot, and turned from facing up to a complete back position, while the right foot on the outside was at the same time. Suddenly, he stepped back against the floor.

   In a state of being completely turned away, it is very likely that he will slip to the bottom. When Divac saw it, he hurriedly pressed his chest against Wang Tiejun's right shoulder.

   This is to prevent the right shoulder, mainly to prevent the bottom.

  According to his knowledge of Wang Tiejun, Lao K has never turned around and held the ball to break through, so his defense focuses on defending his right shoulder.

   But he will not be careless, because Old K still has a hook. If he guards his right shoulder, Old K immediately turns up and sideways, and he can make a hook.

   So when he went to the shoulder, his left arm was still tightly wrapped around Wang Tiejun's left arm, preventing him from getting up easily, so even if the opponent took off sideways, he would not be able to jump up, and his technical movements would be deformed.

   It’s a long story, but it’s actually just a moment, when Wang Tiejun’s right foot slid back, and the change happened suddenly.

There is a trick in Bajiquan called Hanging, that is, when facing the enemy with your back, suddenly hang back with your calf, hang on the enemy's leg, and then collapse your knees back, you can directly make the enemy's center of gravity collapse in an instant. , knocks the enemy backwards.

  Wang Tiejun also had an idea and came to this trick.

   His right foot stepped back, and his calf instantly held Divac's right calf.

   He has always been standing in bear stance. The characteristic of bear stance is that the center of gravity is low, and the knee has been kept slightly bent. After hanging on the opponent's calf, the knee suddenly collapsed backward.

"not good!"

   At this moment, Divac lost his center of gravity and fell back involuntarily.

"boom!"

   When the opponent overturned, Wang Tiejun turned around and slipped, jumped up in one step, and completed the attack with a one-handed dunk.

"yeah!"

  Mexican Arena cheered.

  Divac was stunned, he didn't know how he fell, got up and stared at Pharaoh in a daze.

The three referees didn't know how Divac fell down. They didn't see Old K exerting force and relying on hitting, and they didn't wave his arms or elbows. They just moved his right leg, and that was just the one before he slipped to the bottom. Normal support leg transitions.

  The NBA has various regulations for illegal contact between players, but there is no cylinder rule. The league's only cylinder rule is about the basket, which is the rule about interference.

Just now they determined that Wang Tiejun's right leg moved backwards, which was part of the bottom-slip motion, and contact with Divac's leg was a normal and legal contact, so they didn't blow the whistle, and they even thought that Divac's sudden fall to the ground , is just using his superb acting to deceive the whistle.

"Cool!"

  Only Pharaoh understood what happened just now. He turned on the system while returning to defense.

   The idea just now was very successful, and he felt that it was an improvement in the technique of low post back play.

   And this time, instead of relying on the system, he took the initiative to integrate the resources of martial arts and basketball skills. It should, possibly, probably, his low-post skills level will be improved.

   "No? System, this is not upgraded?"

   But unfortunately, it's still level 90, he asked with great confusion.

   "The technology used by the host is suspected of fouling." The system said.

   "Discrimination, you are discriminating." He said irritably.

   In the TNT live broadcast booth, the two commentators were also analyzing the situation just now.

   "Is it a flop? Or was it caused by Old K's leg movements? Is it illegal contact?" Dot asked in confusion.

   "It should be a flop. Old K is doing a bottom slip. It's normal to have contact with his legs. If you turn around and change legs, it's impossible not to have contact."

   Latham added: "Even if he knocks him over, it's a normal confrontation. Old K didn't move at that time."

   "That can only be a failure of the show, congratulations to Divac, you have a chance to win the Golden Broom Award." Dotte laughed.

   "Puchi, haha..." Lightham laughed.

   Next, Wang Tiejun tried to hang and collapse twice, but it didn't work.

Once he didn't hang on his legs, once Divac's legs were one after the other, in a bow-horse shape, he hung on the front leg where the center of gravity was, it was useless at all, the center of gravity was too low to collapse Divac's center of gravity , and he almost made a mistake.

   This kind of hanging collapse, the best chance is that the defender's legs are standing side by side, the center of gravity is between the two legs, as long as the center of gravity of one leg is destroyed, it will do. If the defender's center of gravity is only on one leg, it is difficult to collapse the center of gravity.

   In the 5th minute of the first quarter, he found a chance again.

   took the ball low on the left wing, and AC Green was double-teamed in place. He pressed his left elbow against Divac inside and held the ball high with his right hand, as if he was about to pass the ball.

  Divac and AC Green swung all fours high, blocking his passing space.

   With the height of Wang Tiejun, this defensive action of the two defenses must require them to stand with their legs side by side and their bodies upright to achieve the highest defensive height.

At this time, Pharaoh received the ball downwards, slammed the ball with both hands, his body squatted slightly and turned into a bear stance, his left foot did not move, he suddenly turned around, his right foot stepped back, and his right calf caught Divac's behind him. Right calf, slightly bent right knee collapsed back.

   "Boom!"

   Divac fell backwards to the floor.

   "I fell again?" His head was stunned again.

   "Di!"

   Just when Wang Tiejun turned around and slipped, the referee's whistle rang, pointed at him, patted his leg again, and made an offensive foul gesture.

   This means that Wang Tiejun had illegal contact with his legs just now, causing Divac to fall to the ground.

   "I just said, it was him who made a small move, and it was the same last time." Divac immediately got up excitedly and shouted at the referee.

   Comrade Pharaoh reluctantly threw the ball to the referee, didn't bother to ask anything, and ran straight to the backcourt.

   was really hit by the system, and it was suspected of fouling.

   This was his second foul, and he was substituted for 5 minutes in the first quarter.

   1 for 1, 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 turnover and 2 fouls.

   In this sitting, he sat until the 5th minute of the second quarter before going into battle again.

   As soon as he got on the court, the Lakers' perimeter came at him, all from his side, and two minutes later he got his third personal foul.

  Paul Westphal reacted too slowly and did not replace him in time. After another three minutes, the fourth foul was handed, and he was replaced.

   "Westphal's experience is still too bad. The Lakers are obviously targeting old K and want to kill him." Dortmund analyzed on the TNT live broadcast.

"The Lakers adopted a different defense today than in G1. In G1, they double-teamed Old K even more than Barkley, but today Barkley encountered more double-teams. Now he is 2-for-8, which is very inefficient. For Old K, he made his fouls, and his tactics were very successful." Laetham analyzed.

   "Now the Suns are 5 points behind, and the old K is off. Barkley will definitely encounter more double-teams, and the situation will continue to deteriorate." Dort said.

   Sure enough, when Barkley was on the court alone, the Lakers' double teams in the low post were all concentrated on him, and his efficiency could not be improved. After the first half, at 41:51, the Suns were 10 points behind at home.

   In the second half, Wang Tiejun, who committed four fouls, came on the court and started to exert his strength on the offensive end, constantly hitting the basket.

   But the Lakers still carried out fouling tactics against him. He was afraid of being sent off, so he shrank on the defensive end, which boosted the Lakers' arrogance on the outside, and the Lakers' breakthroughs became more and more crazy.

   Even so, in the 6th minute of the third quarter, under the breakthrough of the Lakers, he still got the fifth foul.

   At this time, with the help of his efficient basket attack, Barkley's double-team was weakened, and the Suns narrowed the point difference to two points, but with his end, the situation turned in favor of the Lakers again.

   After three quarters, 66:73, the Lakers led by 7 points.

   He played in the 3rd minute of the last quarter, and in the 8th minute, he finally got the sixth foul in a wonderful diving by Divac, and graduated.

   He played a total of 24 minutes, and was very fragmented. He made 5 of 11 shots, 4 of 7 free throws, and scored 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks, 2 turnovers and 6 fouls.

   The Lakers' foul-making tactics were too successful, the Suns didn't react, and the coaching staff didn't come up with a timely way to deal with it.

   In the end, 86:91, the Suns lost their second home game and were pulled back by the Lakers.

Barkley played 44 minutes and made 8 of 24 shots, with a shooting percentage of only 33.3%, ten percentage points lower than that of Pharaoh. He made 2 penalties and scored 18 points, 21 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 4 fouls.

   pulled back a big score, and the Lakers were very excited.

   "We want Black Eight, we have the strength and the opportunity to return to the home court, we will have an advantage."

   After the game, Divac, who won the best of the game, was interviewed on the spot. He was so excited that he could not control his emotions, and excitedly expressed his true thoughts to the reporter.

He played a total of 34 minutes in this game. With Wang Tiejun holding back on the defensive end and playing too little time, he made 8 of 15 shots, 1 of 1 three-pointer, 2 of 7 free throws, and scored 19 points and 13 rebounds. The data, the performance is very good, far surpassing the G1 war.

   An hour later, the two teams held a post-match press conference.

   On the Lakers side, the atmosphere was very lively.

   "Coach Fender, when did you decide to implement fouling tactics against Old K?" a reporter asked.

When    mentioned this, Randy Fender was very excited and smiled: "It was the offensive foul, he got the second personal foul, we decided to make his foul and changed the tactics in time.

   Actually, we made it, he only played 24 minutes. And because the tactical success against him reduced his playing time, we put the excess double-team force on Barkley, and then limited him, which is the key reason why we can win the game today, tactically Success is an important guarantee of our victory. "

   On the Suns side, the atmosphere was a little dull.

   "Charles, do you think it's possible for the Lakers to talk about black eight?" a reporter asked.

   "That's impossible, a loss, we will adjust soon, we will win in the next two away games, there is no suspense." Barkley said immediately.

   "Old K, are you satisfied with your performance today?" a reporter asked.

"Not so satisfied."

  Wang Tiejun said unhappily: "Too many fouls, this is my problem."

   "Mr. Coach, after the Lakers took fouling tactics against Old K, you did not make any tactical adjustments. Old K has been facing the impact of the Lakers on the outside. Why is this?" a reporter asked.

  Paul Westphal looked a little embarrassed, this was indeed his problem, there was no one who did the dirty work for Old K.

   Under normal circumstances, the power forward is a coolie, doing dirty work. When the opponent hits the center from the outside, the power forward should block in front.

   But in the Suns, Barkley was a superstar, and it was impossible for him to arrange for Barkley to do these things for Old K, which led to a frontal impact on Old K.

  Actually, Barkley also had four fouls today, and he doesn't have the ability to do these things for the old K, send him off, the situation will be worse.

"this problem…"

After hesitating, he said: "Our coaching staff will study it carefully next, and we will not repeat the same mistakes in G3."

After the    press conference, the Suns got on the bus and drove to the training base.

   "You know, the Knicks and the Bulls both won the second game tonight."

   "Damn, Charles, you said the Knicks would be hacked, and now they have a winning streak, we have to cheer up, don't screw it up, we have the first record in the league." Kevin Johnson shouted.

   He had a really bad day today, with 16 assists, but the team lost.

   "Don't worry, it's alright, leave it to me." Buckley rubbed his face and reassured.

   "Blame me today, if I hadn't fouled too much, we wouldn't have lost." Pharaoh criticized himself.

   He himself felt that it was the trouble caused by the offensive foul. The two fouls were too fast and the Lakers seized the opportunity.

   "NO, it's not your fault, old K, you are a big center. When the Lakers attacked you, we didn't protect you in time."

   "Old K, they will definitely do that in the end. They have tasted the sweetness, but don't worry, we will protect you."

   They are all experts, and everyone said one after another.

   (end of this chapter)