Chapter 145 Eliminate the Lakers

   "As expected, Divac didn't have a truce, and the Lakers were going to lie to us."

  The visiting team's locker room, coach Paul Westphal breathed a sigh of relief.

   "Old K, you must be careful of him, don't let him get the whistle." He immediately warned.

   "Don't worry, I asked Roberts to rehearse my acting skills last night, and I can act now, too." Pharaoh shouted.

   "Damn it, old K, were you with her last night?" Colangelo's head got bigger, is this time to play?

   "No, I just talked on the phone." Old Wang said.

   Colangelo breathed a sigh of relief, as if he did not notice that Old K had left the hotel.

   At 7:45, the starting lineup.

   "Shhh!"

  When the away team came out, the home fans sent shocking boos.

   The Lakers are about to be eliminated, and these Lakers fans can't take it anymore. How big they can boo, the alveoli are about to burst.

  “…”

   The first time I experienced this kind of situation, Yu Feihong almost jumped up because he didn't know what was going on.

   She even saw that several of the big stars on the left stood up and booed at the players who appeared.

   "Suns center, paint sweeper, rim collector, old KKKKKK..."

   With the host's enthusiastic introduction, she saw that the third player to play was the old K Wang Tiejun.

  The players have finished playing, and after warming up, they return to the bench to prepare for the game.

  Wang Tiejun greeted Roberts first when he came down, and sat next to Yu Feihong when he went to the bench.

"coming."

"coming."

   Only then did Yu Feihong know that the long row of seats to her right belonged to the Suns. No wonder some staff members did not sit in front of her.

   "How do you feel?" he asked.

   "It's a little hot, but the atmosphere here is very good." Yu Feihong smiled.

   "The home court of the Lakers?"

   He glanced at the audience and said in English, "They'll be out of laughter soon."

   "Why?" Yu Feihong asked suspiciously.

   "Old K, you may not be able to win the Lakers, and you don't have the strength and qualifications to make us laugh." Johnny Depp, who was next to him, couldn't help but interject.

   "Who are you?" Old Wang said disdainfully.

  “…”

   Yu Feihong stayed for a while, Scissorhands is very famous, you don't know such a big star?

  Depp also said helplessly: "Johnny Depp, you must not have seen my movie."

   "I don't watch all movies. I never watch small productions and so-called art films. When you can get 10 million US dollars in salary, let me know. I will consider booking a show to help you check the box office."

   Old Wang replied, but he didn't bother to pay attention.

"you?"

  Depp almost died of anger, but he couldn't do anything about Pharaoh. He really doesn't have a big production right now. Although he is famous, his status in Hollywood is not high, and he has no box office appeal.

   "Old K, are you so drawn?"

   Yu Feihong's jaw almost dropped.

   On the other hand, Tom Cruise of the past few heard this and laughed very happily. As Hollywood's current biggest box office appealing big name, the last thing he needs to think about is the box office.

   "Hey, old K, have you seen my movie?" he asked, leaning out and looking over here.

   "CAA once gave me some DVDs. I've seen your Top Gun, and it's cool that you fly a fighter jet."

  Pharaoh gave a thumbs up.

   "CAA?"

  Tomkss just remembered, I heard that the NBA star is also signed by CAA, and he has a brokerage company.

   At this time, the game started, the players were ready to play, and Pharaoh stood up.

   At exactly eight o'clock, the game begins.

  Wang Tiejun and Divac jumped the ball, the Suns attacked.

   squeezed directly from the free throw line to the basket, the 110kg Divac had no top defense.

   Kevin Johnson made a gesture to pull away, but the effect was not great. The Lakers' small forward, Tie Hanglin, put Ceballos two steps away and stayed outside the paint area, only two steps away from Wang Tiejun.

   He didn't hesitate, gave the ball to Ceballos and forced Ringer to return to the defense.

   At this moment, Wang Tiejun turned around, squeezed his body, blocked with his left arm, blocked Divac who was in front of him, and opened his hand to ask for the ball towards the left wing.

  Cerballos had a good pass, coming right away.

"Behind!"

   At this time, Campbell quickly helped defend the basket from the right wing, and Barkley, who was released, shouted loudly.

"Snapped!"

   Almost at the same time, the ball landed in Wang Tiejun's right hand, and Green, who was on the opposite side, quickly turned around and pounced.

   He has to finish the offense immediately, otherwise it will be a three-on-one at the basket.

"boom!"

   The first time he received the ball, he leaned over to dribble the ball, then stepped back with his right foot and inserted it between Divac's legs.

"Uh!"

   Divac groaned, his right chest was hit, and his right foot couldn't help but step back half a step, he simply screamed and fell to the ground.

   At this time, Wang Tiejun took the opportunity to turn right, and after stepping on his left foot, his figure became violent.

"boom!"

  Between the basket trembling, the lively Great Western Forum Arena fell silent for a moment, leaving only Divac's miserable cry and the shutter sound of the media reporters behind the bottom line.

   "Clap clap clap..."

  Roberts, Yu Feihong, and Tom Cruise applauded.

   "Uh, well, old K wins by force, we still lack a meat shield."

"Yes, Mr. Jerry West, please bring a meat shield for the Lakers in the offseason. I think the meat shield will be a tight item, this thing has to be hurry, first strike first, or it will be Someone is driving up the price of meat."

   On the narrator's seat, both narrators felt embarrassed and didn't even mention Divac.

  TNT live broadcast, Dort said with a smile: "Divac's acting skills are getting better and better, and he has won the true legacy of Hollywood."

   Latham laughed: "Look, he got up and complained to the referee."

   But the referee ignored Divac and signaled the game to continue.

   Lakers offense.

   Cydalus Reiter came to the top of the arc, and after a few dribbles, he waved to Divac and asked for a pick-and-roll.

   After breaking through the wall, he smashed the ball to the basket, while Divac stayed in the high post.

   After Kevin Johnson bypassed Divac, he was already one step behind. At this time, Wang Tiejun, who was following up, had to switch to Dalles Reiter.

  The Lakers' tactics against Wang Tiejun today is to make a foul, try to knock him down earlier, and then concentrate on dealing with Barkley. Only in this way can the Lakers have a chance to win.

   But at this moment, Ceballos, the sword-carrying guard arranged for him by the Suns, made up for him and stood in front of Cydalus Reiter.

   It's just that Ceballos' defense isn't that great, and Cedar Thrit smashed him with a turn.

   But Wang Tiejun took the opportunity to go back to the basket and stood in the defensive position. At this time, Cedar Sritt took a jump shot and was slapped and capped, and the ball was taken by Ceballos.

   When he came to the frontcourt, he still went straight to the basket, taking advantage of his stamina, he had to hit more than a dozen baskets to attack and try to cause damage. This was the task arrangement for him by the coaching staff.

  Divac knew that if he went around the front, he would be pushed out, so this time he adopted a side defense, a winding defense, and hung on Wang Tiejun's left.

  The ball came in at this time, Wang Tiejun's left arm was entangled with Divac, his right hand caught the ball,

   As soon as he received the ball, Tie Hanglin jumped to his side from the right flank, pinched him to death with Divac, and he immediately slammed the ball to death.

   "Boom! Boom!"

  Divac wrapped around him and was still knocked away, while Green was too light to be knocked over.

"boom!"

The    giant beast flies into the air, and the Great Western Forum Arena is quiet again under the heavy dunk of both hands.

   "I dare to say that in the entire league, the old K may be the strongest in the ability to break double teams in a narrow space like the basket." Dort said in the TNT live broadcast booth.

Laetham thought for a while and said: "Among the three super centers, although Da Meng has a dream pace, he does not have the ability to break double teams like Old K. The other two have lighter tonnage and worse basket pace, and neither does he such ability.

   But the Magic's O'Neal is more explosive and quicker than the old K, and he's more destructive at the rim. "

  Dott shook his head and said: "O'Neal is different from old K. Once he is stuck to death, with his current tonnage and strength, it is not enough to forcibly break the double-team.

   I'm referring to the ability to forcibly break the double-team when the double-team is fully formed.

  The reason why Old K has this ability is that his power-generating technique must have its own uniqueness, which is not O'Neal's technique. "

Laetham thought for a while, nodded, agreeing with Dortmund's statement, but said: "Old K's unique style of play is super confrontational, which is destined for his ability to score at the basket. Efficient, but not durable.

  The number of shots he can take will definitely be limited. A game like 8 shots from the basket should be the limit. "

  Dott also nodded and said, "This is for sure, there must be a limit to his physical ability, and it is impossible to support him to fight for such a long time.

In fact, if the actual shot reaches 8, then plus the number of cuts, plus the number of unsuccessful key positions, all the shots at the basket will reach at least 15 times, and his physical fitness must be very high. Affect the overall quality of attack and defense.

Magic's O'Neal is like this. His style of play makes his physical energy consumption much smaller than that of old K, but his average basket attack is only 8 times per game, plus the number of unsuccessful points and cuts, the top More than 15 times, the others are close to the basket offense.

  So, I want to give a piece of advice to old K, because your play style consumes more physical energy, so control your shots under the basket to about 6 times, and control all the number of shots under the basket to about 10 to 12 times.

You must know that there are 82 games in a regular season, and the playoff series is even more cruel. Only by controlling your physical fitness can you truly maintain excellent offensive and defensive quality throughout the season. own precious physical reserves. "

   In the 8th minute of the first quarter, Wang Tiejun was replaced.

   In the first quarter, he made 3 of 4 shots and 1 of 3 free throws. He scored 7 points, 3 rebounds, 1 block and 1 foul.

   3 shots from the basket, all successful, missed a hook.

   However, 70% of the times he actually took the ball and attacked, he was fouled a few times, and the number of shots at the basket reached nearly 10 times. In the first quarter, the physical energy was consumed a lot.

   "Old K, pay attention to scoring the ball. Don't just lower your head and play by yourself. The teammates outside have been empty for a long time. The appropriate scoring can also make it easier for you to hit the ball yourself."

  Paul Westphal squatted in front of him and warned.

   He nodded breathlessly, without speaking.

   His thinking is different from that of the head coach. What he thinks is that I finally get the ball under the basket and pass it out. Isn’t it a waste of physical energy? In the first quarter, he was at the basket nearly ten times. He failed to catch the ball several times, and his energy was wasted.

   After the first quarter, at 32:23, the Suns led by 9 points away.

  Wang Tiejun played at the beginning of the second quarter. Barkley played the first quarter and sat on the bench. The two of them had to take turns playing in the second quarter.

   In this quarter, he reduced his strong attacks around the basket, focusing on close-range hooks, and his efficiency dropped immediately.

   In the 7th minute of the second quarter, he was replaced by Barkley and played a total of 15 minutes in the first half.

   In the second quarter, he made 2 of 5 shots, 1 of 2 free throws, and got 5 points, 2 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 1 foul.

   The efficiency near the basket is not bad, and in the entire league, 40% is not bad.

But today the Lakers made a deadly move against him. He shot outside and still double-teamed him, so his physical energy consumption was still very high. Basically, he relied on Tieshan to knock out the double-team before shooting, so he was close to the basket. It is far away, and the hit rate is not high. In fact, it is better to enter the basket and play hard. Anyway, it needs to consume physical energy to break the double team.

   Sit back on the bench, already very tired, the fourth game of a series is now far more intense than the regular season.

   At halftime, at 57:50, the Lakers pulled back two points and trailed by seven points.

   The point difference is not big, but the Suns are still playing very stable, and the Lakers have not led once.

   In the third quarter, Wang Tiejun only played for 5 minutes, missed a shot, grabbed 2 rebounds, sent a block and an assist, and was substituted.

   At the end of the third quarter, at 82:72, the Suns led by 10 points.

   At the beginning of the last quarter, he played again.

   The Lakers were about to be eliminated and launched a desperate counterattack, further strengthening the control of the penalty area, greatly shrinking the defense, and suppressing the Suns’ offensive efficiency.

   With two minutes left in the last quarter, 97:92, the Lakers relied on fierce defense and tenaciously pulled back 5 points.

In the first ten minutes, Wang Tiejun was also closely guarded. With his physical fitness declining, his ability to break double-teams was insufficient. He could only shoot in the near two-point area, and his efficiency inevitably declined. He made only 1 of 3 shots and 1 of 1 free throws. , got the data of 3 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 turnover and 1 foul.

  The Suns called a timeout and rearranged their offense.

   The timeout ends, and the Suns attack.

  Wang Tiejun was standing in the low position on the left wing, and he did not take an active position.

  Barkley kept running on the right flank. Through the pick-and-roll with Dan Marley, he threw off Campbell, received a pass from the top of the arc, and went to the paint.

  Divac can only go back to the basket, while Tie Hang Green on the right wing fills Wang Tiejun's side.

  Divac got back to the basket just in time to block Barkley, but the latter made a high drop shot and he missed the shot.

   "No!"

   As soon as he landed, he did not hear the movement of the basket, and immediately reacted. Barkley should not be shooting, but passing.

"boom!"

   Sure enough, he hurriedly turned around and turned back, it was too late, and was detained by the old king behind him.

  99:92, Lakers offense.

  Byron Scott ran off the ball on the right wing, got rid of Dan Marley under the reverse run, caught the ball and smashed into the paint area, and under Barkley's supplementary defense, made a pull-up jumper.

"boom!"

  The ball missed, and the rebounded rebound was taken by Campbell.

"oops!"

   At the critical moment, the backcourt rebound was lost, and Paul Westphal jumped up anxiously.

"Snapped!"

   At this time, Campbell made a near-basket jumper. His strength was limited and his shot speed was not fast. Wang Tiejun, who returned to the basket, caught up with him and blocked him. Barkley grabbed the dropped ball,

  When the attack and defense switch, the Sun immediately hit a fast break.

  Dan Marley went down desperately, took a long pass from Barkley, and scored a goal.

  101:92, Lakers offense.

   "At a critical moment, Old K sent the fourth big cap of the game, ending the Lakers' second offense."

  TNT live broadcast, Dortmund laughed: "Compared to his height and wingspan, his shot-blocking ability is average, but he performed well today."

   "That's because his bullet speed is average. When he jumped up, the attacker had already completed the shot." Lightham laughed.

   The point difference has increased to 9 points, with only 79 seconds left, and the Lakers are still desperately attacking.

   But at this time, Dan Marley made a contribution. Under a pressing, Byron Scott made a mistake, broke the Lakers' ball, and played a fast break again.

  103:92, the Suns led by 11 points, the Lakers failed to attack in a row and lost their last vigor.

   In the end, at 105:96, the Suns won by 9 points, won the G4 game, eliminated the Lakers by a big score of 3 to 1, and advanced to the second round of the Western Conference. (The real series, the Suns won 3-2 and almost got hacked by eight)

  Wang Tiejun played 32 minutes, 7 of 14 shots, 3 of 6 free throws, and scored 17 points, 8 rebounds, 3 assists, 4 blocks, 1 turnover and 3 fouls.

   In the four games of the entire first-round series, he averaged 30.5 minutes per game, 6.5 from 12.5 shots, 52% from the field, 4.4 from 8.2 from the field, 53% from the field, 17.2 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.7 assists, 0.7 steals, 3 blocks, 1.5 turnovers and 4 fouls.

   went off the field panting, he felt his alveoli burning, sat back on the bench, and didn't want to move.

   "Old K, how do you guys play like fighting, look at you?"

   Yu Feihong sighed and pointed to the scratches on Pharaoh's body.

   "This is nothing, the Lakers' defense is fairly clean, and the strength of a few inside players is average. You have never seen a more dirty team, and their brains have been beaten out."

   He panted and said, and after drinking a bottle of water, he took a few breaths, and it was better.

  Yu Feihong glared at Pharaoh, who would scare him? No matter how hard he fights, he won't break his head, right?

"You do not believe?"

Pharaoh pointed to the floor and said: "I heard that the game was in 1977, that is, this team, the Lakers vs. Mosaic, a meat shield named Kermit Washington, which was specially assigned by the Lakers to Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The thug, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar was the core of the Lakers at the time, a historic superstar.

At that time, there was a conflict on the field. Washington punched out the brains of the Mosaic players. Now the player whose brain was beaten is the head coach of the Mosaic team. I heard that he had 5 brain surgeries and then retired early. . "

   "So scary?"

   Yu Feihong heard that it was the Lakers who were currently playing against Pharaoh, so he quickly stood up and didn't want to stay here for a minute longer.

   "Wait for me, I'll take you back to the hotel." He got up and asked.

   "No, don't bother, I can take a taxi by myself." Yu Feihong quickly refused, waved goodbye.

   "It's very chaotic here at night, what should I do if something goes wrong? I'll just take a shower, you wait for me." He said.

"OK then."

   It is really messy here at night, and taking a taxi may not be safe, so Yu Feihong had to agree.

  Wang Tiejun first took Feihong to the outside of the locker room, and left the arena after taking a leave of absence to take a bath.

  The taxi lined up outside the arena, and there were too many people. The two of them waited for about 40 minutes before they got one.

   "Hey, old K, I don't even want to take you." After getting in the car, the black driver shouted.

   "Why?" he asked casually.

   "Why? Because you just eliminated the Lakers." The driver said.

   "Idiot, the Lakers are eliminated, don't you make money? Drive your car well, it's your money, don't look for it, more than a tip."

   He took out his wallet, took fifty dollars and handed it to the driver.

   "Oh, old K, you are amazing!"

   When the driver saw it, he immediately stepped on the accelerator with excitement, and the taxi squeaked and sped out.

   is not far, fifteen minutes later, we arrived at the hotel.

   "Old K, I can go up by myself. By the way, don't forget to contact me after returning to China, I will invite you to dinner." Yu Feihong said.

"OK."

   He was not polite and said goodbye to Yu Feihong outside the hotel.

   "Let's go."

   Getting back into the taxi, he gave Old Black another fifty dollars to take him back to the hotel.

   Thinking of the Suns reaching the second round, he felt that this was also a professional achievement, so he opened the system and took a look.

   is really there, the system has rewarded 200 points, and now there are 400 points left in hand.

He wants to optimize his ball control in the playoffs, which will also improve his low-post back-playing skills, but he is still 100 points away. He can only wait for the second round to finish and reach the Western Conference Finals. There is a bonus.

   (end of this chapter)