Chapter 154 Jagged jumper

  Barkley made 7 of 20 shots, only 35% from the field, 4 of 6 free throws, and only scored 18 points and 12 rebounds. Kevin Johnson, who scored 28 points, 11 assists and 5 steals, became the best of the game and accepted a live interview.

   "Kevin, what happened in the last quarter?" the reporter asked.

   "Something amazing happened, that was amazing, we just did a great job!"

At the end of the game, the exhausted Kevin Johnson remained excited and said excitedly: "From our rookie start, we launched a counterattack, and after being ten points behind, we won this crucial game. Contest…"

"Do you think the last crucial moment of old K is very important? He made 2 of 3 shots and 2 of 2 free throws in the last quarter, and got 6 points, 3 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks. Most of these data are at the end. It happened 6 minutes before the quarter, and he didn't contribute much in the second half, and he didn't shoot again." The reporter said.

   "Enough is enough, there is still us behind, can't let him finish everything, haha!" Kevin Johnson laughed excitedly after saying that.

  Wang Tiejun was sitting on the bench. His excitement made the extremely tired feeling of back-to-back competitions a little better. Although the body still felt heavy, the spirit was much more relaxed.

  Today, he scored 10 points, 16 rebounds, 6 assists, 2 steals, 6 blocks, 4 turnovers and 2 fouls in 42 minutes of the game. He made 4 of 8 shots and 2 of 2 free throws.

However, his opponent David Robinson made 9 of 20 shots tonight, with a shooting rate of 45%, 18 of 23 free throws, a shooting rate of 78%, and scored 36 points and 8 rebounds. The data is much better than him, if not for his The rebounding is not bad, and he played a wave of high-quality defense unexpectedly in the final quarter. He is going to be exploded tonight.

   Of course, it is considered to be overwhelmed now. Fortunately, the team won the game, and they did not lose to the end. They had the last laugh.

   "Brothers, let's go."

  At this time, Kevin Johnson's interview was done, and he greeted his teammates back to the locker room.

Too tired, Wang Tiejun leaned on Barkley's shoulder next to him to get up, but Barkley was also getting up, he was also very tired, his legs were weak, he was directly pressed on a big horse, and the two fell into a ball, attracting teammates. laugh it out.

   "Guys, pull this idiot away, he's about to crush me to death." Being crushed underneath, Barkley shouted dumbfounded.

   Everyone rushed up and pulled the two up.

   "Aren't you hurt?" Aaron Nelson came over and asked.

   When the body is very tired, it is particularly prone to injury, and at this time, the Suns will definitely not be able to withstand the injury of the main players.

"No."

  Buckley and Wang Tiejun hurriedly shook their heads.

   Back in the locker room, Wang Tiejun soon started an ice bath.

  Being bored, he turned on the system and took a look. He wasn't prepared at first, but after taking a look, it was really rewarding. His steals increased from level 40 to level 42. This was better than nothing, and it was a pleasant surprise.

   At this time, assistant coach Lewis was outside reporting the results of the other two games. Those two games ended half an hour earlier, and he quickly turned off the system.

"Mosaic won his second home game and is now 2-2 with the Sonics, 92-103. Big Dream felt good today, 12-of-21 from the field, 57%, but once again he didn't get a free throw. , it's been two straight games without a free throw," Lewis exclaimed.

"It's all jump shots? I think he's afraid of going in and looking for a hat. Rain Man's bounce is higher and faster than him. If he wants to play like this, I think it's hard to make it to the Western Conference Finals. Our Western Final opponent is likely to be Supersonic. ' Barkley laughed.

"It's possible, except for 11 free throws in the first game, only 3 in the second game, and none in these two games, the big dream is really weak against the SuperSonics' basket attack, if his touch once declines, the Mosaic team will be difficult to win. ," coach Westphal said.

  Lewis continued: "But today's big dream defense did a good job, sending 8 big caps in a single game."

   "Lying wipe!"

   Pharaoh in the bathroom swears.

   He gave out 6 caps today, breaking his own record, but the animal in Dameng casually scored 8 caps in a single game, which was really a blow.

  Lewis added: "The Eastern Knicks won the Hornets 94-92, and like us, they took a three-to-one lead to get match point.

  Ewing scored 28 points and 10 rebounds, made 13 of 21 shots, and shot 61.9%. He was very efficient, but again, he only had two free throws, no lethality, and all rely on jumpers. "

   "This may be the reason why the three super centers have not won the championship so far. They rely too much on jumpers." Danny Ainge complained.

  He is also qualified to say that, because he has two rings in his hand, and he won the second championship as the main force, which is full of gold.

Lewis said with a smile: "Ewing made 7, 3, 0, and 2 free throws in four games in the second round, adding up to 12. The big dream was 11, 3, 0, and 0, adding up to 14. Second, their lethality is similar. David Robinson's four free throws in the second round are 10, 6, 7, 23, and the total is 46 times, far more than the other two."

At this time, head coach Westphal took over the conversation and said: "So don't say that David Robinson is a softie. Although he is also good at mid-range shooting, his lethality to the inside line, from the perspective of these four games, is far away. More than the other two super centers."

Wang Tiejun in    was also surprised when he heard the comparison of the free throw data of these three super centers. He didn't expect that Robinson's softball would be so strong?

  The media has always said that among the three super centers, Da Meng is the strongest against each other, Ewing is the toughest, Da Meng even called Robinson a soft egg, so who is the real soft egg?

   Soaked in the ice bucket, he analyzed the situation of the four matches against Robinson in this second round.

Robinson still defends him on the defensive end, but on the offensive end, he takes advantage of his faster and more flexible movement. Instead of fighting him, he throws him away and avoids him to fight, reducing the chances of conflict with him. his confrontation.

   This style of play makes him the strongest confrontation ability and cannot play any more role on the defensive end. Robinson greatly weakened his defensive ability through his advantage in athleticism.

   But he is not able to solve this problem now. As long as Robinson has suffered a lot of physical exhaustion like today, he will be confronted on the defensive end of the distal quarter.

After all, it was because of his ordinary athletic qualities. It was a pity to waste the two years that were most suitable for power sculpture. Otherwise, his athletic qualities would have been much higher than he is now, and the ceiling would have been higher. .

   If Robinson can do this to him today, he can do this to him in the future, and others can do the same, then his performance on the defensive end will be even worse.

   "This offseason, I have to complete as many systematic trainings as possible to improve flexibility, coordination and speed." He secretly thought.

   But after returning home, there is no training venue at home, he may need to stay in Sijiucheng for training, and then let Lao Zhang solve the venue problem first.

At this time, he thought of Mourning from the Hornets, who was the main competitor in the 1992 rookie. The two had an old gap, and they were also the so-called mortal enemies, so he asked loudly: "Lewis, what is Mourning's performance in this game? "

  Lewis said loudly outside: "12 points, 8 rebounds, 1 steal, 6 turnovers and 5 fouls. After 38 minutes, he made 4 of 16 shots, 4 of 4 free throws, and his performance was not as good as the previous games."

   "Only 4 for 16?"

  Wang Tiejun laughed proudly, he had such a poor performance today, and his hit rate was also 50%.

   The post-match press conference was held as scheduled.

   The Spurs were swept by the Suns in the first round last season, and now they face being eliminated by the Suns in the second round, and the atmosphere is very dignified.

  The head coach Lucas became the first target of the media reporters. He asked several embarrassing questions in a row, which made him lose face.

   "We didn't estimate that in the last moment, the old K will play suffocating defense, that is not his normal performance, it is very surprising, unprepared, it is really frustrating, God is helping the Suns today..."

"Yes, we will definitely try to get back a game in G5. As long as we win an away game, we can return to the home court, then use the home advantage to tie the big score, and finally enter the tiebreaker. We have super center David Robinson. , which would give us a huge psychological advantage in a tiebreaker…”

   He could only try his best to explain and describe a beautiful vision of the future to everyone, and then he managed to cope with the past, and he passed this test.

   Then, the questioning target of media reporters shifted to David Robinson.

   Fortunately, he performed well in this game, with 23 free throws and 36 points, which proved his hard work and hard work, and the media was not too embarrassed.

On the   Suns side, the atmosphere was just the opposite, very lively and lively.

   "We're already thinking about our opponents in the Western Conference finals... eh?"

   Before Comrade Wang finished speaking, he was kicked by Barkley next to him.

   "Old K, if you talk like this, the media will say you're too crazy. Be humble." Barkley leaned over and whispered.

   But it was too late, the media heard it.

   "Old K, do you want Mosaic or Supersonics in the Western Conference Finals?" the reporter who asked the question immediately asked.

   "I don't think Soft Egg Dream can beat the Sonics with a jump shot. Sooner or later, he will lose the second-round series and go home to fish." Pharaoh laughed.

  Buckley and others covered their faces, that is, old K, a rookie, is not afraid of tigers. How dare other people dare to call Dameng Ruandanmeng, and they will be mad when they encounter them. They are old hooligans like Jordan.

   But the reporters were very happy, they liked this old K, and several reporters in the back threw the question to Wang Tiejun.

   "Old K, what do you think of the performance of the three super centers in the second round of the series?" a reporter asked.

   "They are all pseudo-centers, except for jumpers or jumpers. I'm going to name their jumpers Jagged Jumpers. I think they will all be eliminated in this series." Pharaoh said with a big mouth.

   "Jagged jumper?"

   All the people present looked at each other, old K, are you trying to offend all the inside players who are good at jumpers?

   "Old K, what do you think of your performance in the playoffs?" Another reporter asked.

   "At least better than O'Neal, I'm going to the Western Conference Finals, and as far as I know that fool is fishing, fishing for goldfish in his bathtub at home." Pharaoh said.

   "Puff!"

  The media laughed.

  On the 17th, the media made various comments and speculations about the current situation of the playoffs.

"In the East, the Knicks will go to the Eastern Conference Finals with the Bulls, there's no doubt about that," ABC Radio and Television said in its NBA news.

  Knicks boss Patrick Ewing sealed the rookie Mourning last night, and then used his iron-blooded jumper to defeat Mourning. Before Mourning grew up, the Hornets had no chance of defeating the Knicks.

   In the West, the Suns have an absolute advantage. The Spurs missed the best chance to tie the big score last night, and it will be difficult to have a chance to come back in the future.

   The other two teams, between the Sonics and the Mosaic, do not have enough advantages to ensure that they reach the Western Conference Finals, and they will still have a fight.

   But we believe the Mosaic team more, because they have super center Olajuwon, the superstar's big jumper will decide everything at the critical moment. "

The National Broadcasting Company, referred to as NBC, also gave its own guesses about the Eastern Conference and Western Conference finals in its TV sports news, saying: "There is no suspense between the two teams in the Eastern Conference finals, and we are more optimistic about the Suns and the Supersonics in the Western Conference. .

  Why are you not optimistic about Mosaic? Because we noticed what Old K said at the post-match press conference last night.

   He called Da Meng a soft egg dream, which is very interesting, but it also shows that there was a problem with Da Meng’s play in the second round. The iron-blooded jumper is seriously lacking in lethality, which will make the Mosaic team uncompetitive. "

  CBS for short, CBS also expressed a related attitude in its own TV sports news, saying: "This is an era of traditional centers, so we analyzed the performance of the three super centers in the second round series.

   Surprisingly, except for David Robinson, Ewing and Big Dream generally lack lethality, which is incredible, have they all lost their vigour?

  We agree with the rookie old K's statement that with this style of play, the three super centers who are good at jagged jumpers may be eliminated.

Of course, Old K himself is not qualified to laugh at the three super centers. In the second round of the series, he made 8, 10, 2, and 2 free throws, adding up to 22 times, averaging 5.5 times per game, less than his Half of the opponent David Robinson. "

   At noon, on the plane to Phoenix, Wang Tiejun flipped through a stack of newspapers, looking for his own news.

   "Old K, the Houston Chronicle called you too arrogant, look." Ceballos handed over a newspaper next to him.

   "They're all going to be eliminated, so are you still in the mood to scold me?" He grumbled angrily, and he immediately grabbed it and took a look.

   "The arrogant rookie, he doesn't even have the qualifications to evaluate the super center, but he humiliated the big dream again, which is unbearable. Hakim, you must punish him." Houston Chronicle.

   "Trash newspaper! Also teach me a lesson, is it possible for you to make it to the Western Conference Finals?" After cursing, he shoved it back into Ceballos' hands.

   "Look, the Los Angeles Times said you were too arrogant. Before the second round was over, you were imagining the Western Conference Finals. This is disrespectful to your opponent." Ceballos stuffed another newspaper over.

   "I think they should pay more attention to the Lakers." He didn't bother to read any more, so he pushed back the newspaper and said angrily.

   "Yes, we just eliminated the Lakers, and the one who dislikes us the most is the Los Angeles media." Ceballos laughed.

   "Damn rookie, I'm not finished with him!"

   At this time, on another plane to Seattle, Da Meng threw a newspaper out in anger.

   In that newspaper, he just saw the news that Wang Tiejun said he was a soft egg dream for the second time at the press conference last night.

   Also, what a **** jumper, this **** rookie, he must be killed when he encounters it.

   "Hasm, strengthen the attack on the basket, we must win G5." The front coach Rudy Tomjanovich stood up at this time, turned around and said.

   "I will, coach." Da Meng said through gritted teeth.

   He turned through a lot of newspapers just now, and saw that many media were accusing him and Ewing of taking too few free throws. Instead, they praised Robinson, the softball he had always looked down on, for playing tough enough, which made him very angry.

   He won two games in a row at home to equalize the big score, but he was criticized by the media, which he could not stand because the winner should not be blamed.

   Fewer free throws doesn't mean much. When the opponent's inside defense is too strong, pulling out and shooting can open up space for outside breakthroughs. What are these media who don't understand anything talking about? Wouldn't winning the game be enough of a tactical success?

   David Robinson, the damned softball, made more free throws, but the Spurs trailed the Suns 3-1. Isn't that enough? Bunch of idiots!

   Like him, Ewing and David Robinson were also nearly mad.

   At three o'clock in the afternoon, the Suns arrived in Phoenix.

  As soon as the bus left the airport, it was blocked by a large number of cars, and countless horns sounded one after another.

   "Look, it's all about welcoming our fans, as we did when we swept the Spurs back last year." Kevin Johnson shouted smugly, looking outside.

   "It feels so good." Dan Marley laughed.

  Being greeted by a convoy of countless fans, the Suns took more than an hour to return to the training base, and then drove home to rest.

   When Wang Tiejun got home, it was just five o'clock. When he got home, Zhang Lili was preparing dinner.

   "Iron Army, the Western Showdown is stable this time!"

   Seeing him coming back, Lao Zhang excitedly ran out of the kitchen with a kitchen knife and shouted.

   "Of course." He said with a smile.

"It would be great if I made it to the finals. When I called with Mr. Sun Zhenping last time, he said that CCTV is studying whether to broadcast the finals this year. But the chance may not be very big, because the broadcast of the finals requires a broadcast fee, so we cannot It's free. But if you make it to the finals, you might be able to facilitate their decision." Lao Zhang said expectantly.

   "What about them, I only make my money."

   Lao Wang sat on the sofa and said unhappily: "The two lawsuits cost 600,000 US dollars, and I have to earn more than a million to make this money back."

   "If you win the lawsuit, you will be compensated. What are you worried about?" Lao Zhang laughed.

"Two poor ghosts, how can there be any money to pay me? Besides, 50% of the lost money will be distributed to Clevins Law Firm, and CAA will take a little more. The remaining money in my hand is not enough for oil. Where's the money?" He said helplessly.

   "You're good, how many yellow people dare to sue a white man? The court won't even accept it. CAA is still good, you're on the right track by signing them." Lao Zhang said.

   After having dinner and resting for a while, with the help of Zhang Lili, Wang Tiejun completed the systematic training content of speed, flexibility and rebounding at home.

  At 8:30, he went to take a shower, and Zhang Lili turned on the TV to watch the only second-round game tonight, the G4 match between the Cavaliers and the Bulls.

   (end of this chapter)