Chapter 247 The humiliation of the crotch + the attack of the flu

   At half past eight, the game officially started.

   and Pharaoh jumped the ball is not the Nets center Benjamin, but the power forward Derek Coleman.

  The No. 1 draft pick Coleman is 208 cm and 105 kg. His superb athletic talent shocked the league when he debuted, and is known as the next Karl Malone or Charles Barkley.

  Comparison at the power forward position, in fact, he does not have a clear advantage in bursting points.

   In terms of athletic quality, his jumping is not weak, but he is not very explosive, not flying, his explosiveness is not as good as Rainman Camp, and his confrontation ability is not as good as Barkley.

  Technically, not as gorgeous as Chris Webber and McHale.

   But he also has strengths, otherwise his evaluation would not be so high. At the beginning, many media rated him as the number one power forward in the future.

His back-to-basket skills are stronger than Postman Malone, his basic skills are solid, his movements are smooth, his movements are more delicate than Rainman Camp's, he is more daring to fight than Chris Webber, he is taller than Larry Johnson and Barkley, and his jumping is not top-notch. , but the timing of take-off is very good, the timing of rushing rebounds and dunking to the basket is very good, he has certain skills in facing the basket, and is good at passing and coping.

   Whether it is technology or athleticism, his advantage lies in balance, there is no shortcoming, and it is not the top at all, but the combination is the top.

   If a comparison is to be made, he is a shrunk, a little shorter, of future No. 1 power forward Tim Duncan.

It's a pity that he is a guy without self-discipline. He is short-tempered and alcoholic. He often misses team training for various reasons. He has a strong ability to cause trouble. The talent, after a few seasons, that is, was selected as an All-Star last season, other than that, he has not won any personal honors.

  In New Jersey, fans don’t think he is the leader of the team. Even if he is talented, his recognition there is very low, and sooner or later he will be abandoned.

  …

The moment the ball was thrown, Coleman jumped with all his strength.

"Snapped!"

  Pharaoh leaned on his long arm to take the ball away and the Suns attacked.

   Entered the frontcourt and walked directly from the free throw line to the paint area. The opposing center Benjamin took the top defense.

  Benjamin is 213 cm tall and weighs 120 kg. He is a role player, average rebounder, average offense and defense, and average in everything.

  Pharaoh stopped at the free throw line and looked back at Kevin Johnson. After the two exchanged eye contact, he suddenly started, bypassed Benjamin, and ran towards the basket.

Benjamin hurriedly turned around and chased after him. He was already half a beat late, and he was secretly pressed by Pharaoh, and then slowed down another half beat. When he started chasing down, he was already a step behind, and Kevin Johnson's ball flew over his head.

"boom!"

  Pharaoh jumped up, covered his right hand, grabbed the basketball and smashed it into the basket instantly.

"yeah!"

  Sun fans cheered instantly.

   "Oh hoo, the Lightning and the old K have a perfect air catch, they are the best inside and outside line partners in the league." A commentator roared excitedly at the regional broadcast booth at the scene.

   "Old K has now turned from a violent stream to a flying stream." Another live commentator said excitedly.

   "No no no, he is a violent beast!" The former commentator laughed.

   "It's not a level match at all. Old K is abusing vegetables." In the ESPN live broadcast booth, Luo Lin said with a smile.

  The Nets attacked, and Coleman stayed on the right-wing three-point line.

His attack at the basket accounts for about one-third of the total. He has a long shot, but his shooting rate is not high. The three-point shooting rate is only barely 30%, but he likes to shoot three-pointers, and he likes to shoot three-pointers more and more. , the more shots, the more shots, this season, he averaged 2.1 three-pointers, 0.5 hits, and the hit rate was only in the early 20s.

   As the team's first scoring point and the core of the court, the ball was quickly passed to him.

   Danny Manning defended in front and was very cautious.

   One was the No. 1 draft in 1988 and the other was No. 1 draft in 1990. They were in the same position, the same height, and the other was extremely talented. The moment they faced off on the three-point line, they immediately attracted countless attention.

But obviously, Coleman was on the three-point line and didn't have the ability to force a shot against the defender. He passed the ball out again, and then ran in. When Danny Manning followed, he suddenly ran back. , and ran to the three-point line.

   At this time, the ball came over again, and before Danny Manning came up, he made a three-point jumper.

   "Coleman is so obsessed with three-pointers!" Rollin said jokingly in the ESPN live broadcast booth.

"boom!"

  The ball was short, rebounded, and was caught by Pharaoh at the basket.

After    entered the frontcourt, he again rushed from the free throw line directly to the paint area.

   Benjamin, who was stabbed last time, learned his lesson. This time, he didn't die, but put him under the basket, ready to double-team Old K here.

  Pharaoh came to the basket, a reflex stuck Benjamin behind him, and began to ask for the ball.

   Right wing, Danny Manning also pulled a step into the three-point line, here is his range.

   Coleman put two meters away and stayed outside the right waist of the paint area. While watching Danny Manning outside, he kept the possibility of returning to the basket.

  At this time, Kevin Johnson saw that Pharaoh was about to reach the position at the basket, and the ball flew to the basket.

   Coleman immediately turned around and threw himself to the basket.

  Pharaoh grabbed the ball with his right hand, Coleman had already jumped in front of him, and formed a pincer attack with Benjamin behind him, and his hand had already hit his basketball.

   moved his right hand to let Coleman's stealing move, and with a bang, between dribblings, he turned and took a step back, turning from back-to-basket to face-to-basket.

   Coleman quickly took a step laterally when he saw it, blocking the position between Pharaoh and the basket.

   But just as he was moving, Old Wang, who had just turned around and took a step back, was already in shape, jumped up to meet him, and rushed over like a tiger.

"not good!"

   His face changed instantly, and his eyes were completely obscured by Wang Tiejun's figure.

  Pharaoh jumped in mid-air, pressed Coleman's shoulder directly with his left hand, and at the same time pressed the ball on Coleman's body, he frantically smashed the ball towards the basket with his right hand.

   "Damn!"

   was about to be detained, Coleman's brain was instantly congested, and with a movement of his hands, he grabbed Wang Tiejun's body and pulled down suddenly.

  Unfortunately, Pharaoh's left hand was on his shoulder, and there was a leverage, his strength was offset by a large part, and he didn't pull it down immediately.

   The next moment, with a bang, the basket behind him was smashed, and he was knocked over to the basket.

   "Hoohoho..."

  In an instant, the Westside Arena was filled with the crazy shouts of the Suns fans.

   "Did you see it? Did you see it? This is the violent flow! Absolute violence..." A commentator roared excitedly on the live commentary stand.

   Another commentator laughed: "Old K, don't hurt Mr. Coleman, you should be more gentle with him."

  On ESPN live broadcast, Luo Lin reluctantly smiled and said: "Okay, I'm still worried that Old K will be detained by Coleman. I have to admit that I was wrong."

   "With the first time, there must be a second time." Oldman smiled strangely.

On the field, Pharaoh got off the basket, put his legs apart, and rode on Coleman's body. Then he stepped forward and walked over the latter's head with his head held high. The blue-faced Coleman raised his hand to block it. , but the mantis arm stops the car, where can it stop?

   "The humiliation under the crotch, the humiliation under the crotch, haha..."

   "Ewing, Pippen, now it's Coleman's turn, haha..."

  In the sky above the American West Arena, the excited roars of two live commentators sounded, accompanied by the excited cheers and strange screams of countless Suns fans.

"damn it!"

   The fire-breathing Coleman got up, rushed towards the old king who had his back turned to him, and shoved the old king to the media table with a shove with both hands.

   "Damn!"

   Kevin Johnson and others rushed over when they saw it.

   "Shhh!"

  The fast-reacting fans were already yelling at Coleman.

   "click, click..."

  After the media booth, the shutters of reporters rang out.

   "Old K, what do you want to do most at this moment?"

   Just behind the media booth where Pharaoh was thrown down, a white reporter put the microphone in his mouth and asked excitedly.

   "What's so special!"

  Pharaoh pushed the microphone beside his mouth and turned towards Coleman.

   "Xihong?"

  The reporter was at a loss. Could it be that the most important thing Old K wanted to do at this time was to eat Xihong? Incomprehensible!

"what?"

   At this moment, he saw Old K walking in front of Coleman, and slapped him in the face of Coleman, his eyes widened.

   At the same time, out of the reporter's instinctive reaction, he started frantically pressing the shutter of the camera in his hand to freeze the upcoming scene.

  Colman was proud of his bad breath, but he didn't expect that Old Wang would dare to do something, so he didn't react.

"Snapped!"

   A crisp slap sounded, and the Suns fans who were preparing to boo Coleman couldn't help but be silent, and then burst into great cheers.

   "click, click..."

  The shutters of all the reporters rang.

   "It's too much. Coleman dares to attack Old K at the Suns' home court, and it's the most despicable behind-the-scenes attack. He's too careless!"

   "The referee, please send Coleman down. It's the most shameless thing to do from behind. Coleman, do you dare to shoot in front of old K?"

  The two live commentators roared angrily.

   "Will there be a fight?" Rollin asked.

   "If Coleman didn't lose his last sanity, if he wasn't a pig brain, he probably wouldn't." Oldman said with a smile.

   Sure enough, he was right.

   Coleman, who was slapped in the face, seemed to wake up, and then the referee rushed up with the players on both sides to separate him from Pharaoh, and he also retreated.

   But when he stepped back, he still pointed at Pharaoh and shouted, "Boy, this is not over, it's not over."

  Pharaoh was also pushed to the front of the media booth, remembering that a reporter asked him a question just now, he turned to the white reporter and asked, "Hey, sir, what did you just ask me?"

  The reporter laughed, raised the camera in his hand proudly, and said, "Old K, you have answered me with practical actions."

   "Old K, how does it feel to buckle Coleman?" A reporter next to him asked loudly.

   "He's like a medium-rare steak. It's very tender. When I bite into it, it's bloodshot. Next, I'll grind him into meat sauce and swallow it in my stomach." Lao Wang said with a smile.

   The white teeth in his mouth glowed with a cold light, like sharp knives and forks, eager to devour people.

   "Oh hoo!"

   All the reporters screamed in excitement and pressed the shutter at him.

  Three minutes later, the Suns attacked.

  Pharaoh still went directly to the basket. Benjamin was forced into the basket under his death, and he received the ball, forcing Coleman to double-team the basket again.

   "Boom!"

   "Boom!"

   Under the madness, Coleman, who was not enough tonnage, was targeted by Pharaoh and was directly knocked over, and Benjamin was also knocked away.

"boom!"

  He took off like a monster and smashed the ball into the basket.

"yeah!"

   In the warm cheers of the audience, a live commentator shouted excitedly: "

   Scenes like this are not uncommon in this game.

   After the first half, the Nets' main center and a backup center didn't defend much, and allowed Pharaoh to do whatever he wanted in their penalty area.

  Colman's confrontation ability is stronger than Chris Webber, but compared with Pharaoh, there is a world of difference. After a few losses, he doesn't participate much in defense.

   This is exactly what Pharaoh wants. In this back-to-back game, the physical energy consumption is already large, and the opponent himself is weak, so he just saves some physical energy.

   In this way, the Suns successfully won their 12th straight game, ranking first in the league.

There are still two games this month. The competition system arranged by the league will test the physical condition of the Suns. A home game is back-to-back with a day in between, followed by a back-to-back away game. On the 29th, they will challenge the Bucks on the road, and then on the 30th. No. away challenge the Bulls.

   However, this round of away games is not two, but six, from the east to the west, and finally the Timberwolves finish.

On the 28th, the Suns flew to the icy Milwaukee.

  Pharaoh prepared down jackets, windbreakers, hats, scarves, gloves, waterproof boots, etc. to protect against cold and water, a total of two large suitcases.

   This climate is similar to the winter in my hometown, but it is still a little uncomfortable to suddenly come from the desert to the ice and snow.

  Before getting off the plane, he put on the prepared things, covered his nose with a scarf, and put on a medical mask. .

  As an athlete who has a lot of training every day, their bodies actually have a common weakness. When the body remains strong, the immunity is somewhat weakened, and it is easy to provoke the flu.

  Winter is the season of high incidence of influenza, and now influenza is also prevalent in the northern part of the United States, which is why he wears a mask.

   Not only him, but he also made Liu Changfeng wear a mask. The two share a room at night. If Liu Changfeng catches the flu, he may also be recruited.

   "Old K, do you have any questions?" Colangelo said in surprise when he saw it.

   His teammates also looked at him with strange eyes. He quickly shook his head and said, "No, it's just to prevent the winter flu. The temperature here is low and the flu is spreading."

  People still don’t understand. Wearing a mask in the United States can only mean that the person is sick. Even medical personnel do not have the habit of wearing masks. Why should they wear masks when they are not sick?

  On the morning of the 29th, while having breakfast, Pharaoh found that the number of people was wrong. Several guys didn't come, including Danny Manning, Dan Marley, Antonio Lang, and Elliott Perry.

   Then Colangelo informed that Dan Marly and the other four had a cold last night, were diagnosed with the flu, and had some low-grade fever, and they had entered the injured list.

   "I just said to wear a mask." Lao Wang shouted.

   "We're fine again, what masks are we wearing?" Kevin Johnson and they still didn't understand.

   Lao Wang is speechless, you and other idiots have all gone to college, why can't they understand it? He asked the team doctor Andrew John: "Andrew, did they go to the hospital?"

   "No, I gave them some pills and rested in the room. By the way, don't come into close contact with them." Andrew John reminded.

  Pharaoh would like to say that I have a plank root here, but after thinking about it, let it go. These Americans are not interested in Chinese medicine.

   In the evening, the Suns played half the main and half off the bench. Pharaoh scored 42 points, 18 rebounds and 6 assists, leading the team to defeat the bad team Bucks, keeping the winning streak to 13 games.

   13 consecutive victories is nothing in the league, but it is only one game away from breaking the Suns' record for the first consecutive victories in history. As long as they beat the Bulls again, they can tie this record.

After playing the Bucks, although they are going to play the Bulls back-to-back tomorrow, the Suns didn't start overnight, because Chicago and Milwaukee are only 150 kilometers away, it's better to go tomorrow, it won't affect the sleep tonight, so they still stayed. Milwaukee.

   "Brother Changfeng, make two cups of baskets as a precaution."

  Back to the hotel, before going to bed, Pharaoh thought that Liu Changfeng would massage Dan Marly and the others every day, maybe it would infect them with the flu.

"Row."

  Liu Changfeng quickly opened the suitcase, found the root of the basket, and rushed two cups.

   The next day, on the morning of the 30th, Colangelo announced that Robert Horry had entered the injured list.

   "That's good, a flu caused us to lose a third of our lineup." Pharaoh complained.

   After breakfast, we left the hotel at 10:00 and arrived at the hotel in Chicago at 12:30 for lunch.

   The five guys who got the flu didn't come to Chicago with them, they were sent directly back to Phoenix, and now there are only 10 players in the Suns.

   During lunch, everyone discussed the current situation.

  The Suns have 13 wins and all wins, ranking first in the league, followed by the Bulls with 11 wins and 1 loss, and they are also the first in the Eastern Conference.

   "Old K, if we win the Bulls tonight, in this month's MVP rankings, you can definitely continue to rank first." Kevin Johnson laughed.

   stopped the knife and fork that was cutting the steak, and the old man smiled and said, "Kevin, do you still want to win the bull tonight?"

   Kevin Johnson couldn't help but smile bitterly, yes, I came to Chicago to deliver food today, get ready to be eaten alive by Jordan.

   "However, even if we lose to the Bulls, the No. 1 MVP position should continue to be mine, right?" Pharaoh said.

   "We lost the night's game, we were 13 wins and 1 loss, the Bulls were 12 wins and 1 loss. Old K's personal data is better than Jordan's. I think Old K should also have the advantage." Drexler laughed.

   He has now been integrated into this team, and the integration speed is very fast, because he put down the air of a superstar and is completely united by the old K's side as an ordinary main force.

   He is very clear that in order to make room for the old K, the Suns management even traded Barkley, let alone him?

   In fact, the Suns actually only have one core left this season.

The state of the perimeter core Kevin Johnson has declined, and the core function has also declined. At the same time, the performance of old K has improved to a higher level than last season, especially the defense has begun to improve, and the importance of both offense and defense has begun to rise. The team has Gradually developed into a true traditional center team, everything is dominated by the low post.

   In addition, he and Danny Manning's ball power and shot are under control, but Old K is not under control, but in fact unlimited ball power and unlimited shot power, but it is not clearly stated.

  Although the lineup is seriously uneven, we still have to strive for victory. The Suns lost two regular season games last season. This time, they have to try the fire of this Bull no matter what.

   (end of this chapter)