Chapter 260 Old K, so no face?

   On January 28, 1995, the Suns came to New York, and they will challenge the Knicks away on the 29th.

This is the second and last regular-season game with the Knicks this season. Last time they lost to the Knicks at home because of an incomplete lineup. This one is a road game they want to win, and at the same time they will stop the losing streak. If they lose again, it will be three. Lost streak.

Philadelphia is very close to New York, only more than 100 kilometers. The Suns did not fly, so it took a lot of time to get in and out of the airport. They took the bus directly. They left at 9:00 in the morning and checked in in New York just after 12:00. hotel.

  In New York at the end of January, the weather was very cold, and there was still a lot of snow on the streets. This winter, some homeless people living on the streets also froze to death, and some mole people living in the sewers also froze to death.

  At this time, in Manhattan's Chinatown, on the open-air basketball court outside the street, a group of Chinese youths were playing.

   They didn't have this interest and hobby before, but since an old K came out here and made a name for himself in the NBA, this young man in Manhattan's Chinatown has a trend of playing basketball.

  You have to ask who is the most famous on this street now. The first is the Fuqing Gang, which is pressing on all the Chinese, and the second is Lao K.

   In this group of young Chinese who play here, some of them belong to the Fuqing faction.

   Now this group of people are playing ball, and those who are not playing are sitting around the sidelines and chatting about various topics.

   "Two groups of people came from China this month, and the gang's business is getting better and better."

   "I heard that the typhoon capsized last month?"

   "Well, more than 100 people have fed the fish. The gang lost a boat and lost a lot of money."

   "Hey, the Suns play the Knicks today, I wonder if Old K will come here?"

   "It should be. After all, he is the one who walked out of here, and he hasn't come back since he left?"

   "I've only seen him twice, but haven't spoken to him. Who of you has dealt with him?"

"I deal with him every day. He works in my restaurant and washes dishes at night. He wraps up the leftover meals and vegetables every day. I don't see any leftovers. It's too big to eat." A man wearing a red down jacket The girl screamed.

   "Xiaoqing, does Old K have that with you?" a young man asked.

   "What nonsense?" Xiaoqing said angrily with a red face.

   "You're posting backwards now, and people don't look down on you. He's playing with Hollywood's first-line female stars." The young man said disdainfully.

   "Do you want to die?" the girl said coldly.

   The young man's head shrank, and he really didn't dare to speak.

  This girl is not a good person. She has practiced martial arts and joined the Fuqing Gang at the age of thirteen.

   The reason why he provoked people just now was because he chased Xiaoqing, but people didn't look down on him.

  …

  After settling in the hotel, Pharaoh asked the team for leave and planned to go to Manhattan's Chinatown to have lunch there.

   It was almost one o'clock when he and Liu Changfeng drove the SUV prepared by the hotel to Chinatown, just outside the street basketball court that changed his destiny.

   Looking over there from the passenger's window, he saw a lot of young people playing ball there. What surprised him was that they were all yellow people?

  In the past, this basketball court was basically occupied by black people, and no one came here to play in the nearest Chinatown. What's going on now?

  These yellow people must be Chinese. When he opened the car window, he could hear the voice coming from the basketball court. He spoke plain language, including Hokkien and Hakka, but he couldn't understand it.

   "Why do Chinese people like basketball now?" He was a little puzzled.

   opened the car door, and as soon as he got out of the car, his huge physique was immediately noticed by a little girl sitting on the edge of the basketball court.

   "Aah, old K..."

   Xiaoqing, who was leaning against the iron net, heard a car parked outside, and looked out for a moment, her eyes widened for a moment, and then she shouted, and jumped up from the ground at the same time, her movements were very sensitive.

   "Old K?"

  Everyone looked out one after another, their eyes were immediately drawn to a huge strong man, and at the same time they saw the giant smiling and waving to them.

  Pharaoh stepped onto the curb, and before he reached the gate of the stadium, a group of young people swarmed out and surrounded him.

   The two tallest people in the group looked less than 1.8 meters tall, only reaching his chest, and a few girls squeezed in front of him, making them even shorter.

Xiaoqing ran the fastest, rushed to the front, put his head directly on his stomach, raised his neck and shouted in Mandarin: "Wow, old K, you are still as tall as before, but stronger. You are still Do you know me? I'm Xiaoqing, the one who keeps meals for you every day!"

   "Leave leftovers?" Old Wang spit out in his heart.

   "Boom!"

The people behind came up and slammed the little girl directly into Pharaoh's stomach, almost squeezing her to death. She was so angry that she screamed and pushed the people behind her back, screaming in Hakka dialect: "Squeeze what? , step back, or the protection fee will be doubled next month."

This sentence    scared some young people back.

   Old Wang looked at the little girl in front of him speechlessly. She had not seen her for more than two years. This little sister is still just as arrogant and unreasonable!

   "You guys play, I'll go inside." He greeted.

   "Old K, our boss wants to see you." When he was about to leave, Xiaoqing took his hand and shouted.

   "Don't talk about it, you and I, Fuqing, help the well water not to break the river, don't provoke me." Throwing away the little girl's hand, he shook his head.

   "Old K, so disrespectful?" Xiaoqing said coldly.

   He lowered his head and stared at Xiaoqing, raised his hand and pointed to Manhattan's Chinatown, which was just around the corner, and said coldly, "Why, do you have an opinion? Believe it or not, the New York Police Department can send a hundred police cars to sweep this place?"

   "MMP, what does it mean to bully us by foreigners?" Xiaoqing twitched and cursed inwardly.

   She was frightened, because 90% of the people in Chinatown had no identity, all of them were smuggled over by the Fuqing Gang.

   These people are the source of funds for the Fuqing Gang. At least half of their income here goes to the Fuqing Gang. If they are repatriated, the Fuqing Gang will have no foundation, and the boss will not kill her whole family?

   "Aren't you Chinese too?" she said angrily.

   "I'm a Chinese, but the Fuqing Gang can't represent the Chinese. What kind of people are you, do you have no idea in your heart?" He said disdainfully.

He doesn't want to have anything to do with the Fuqing Gang. This is a group of guys who bully their own people. They bully the soft and fear the hard. They smuggle people from China and then continue to squeeze these people. Fee, and to foreigners is kneeling.

  Xiaoqing has nothing to say. What kind of deeds these people are doing, they know what they are doing. Those things are left in the country, enough to be shot ten times, and they are qualified to represent the Chinese.

  Pharaoh didn't bother to go to Chinatown anymore. It was the site of the Fuqing Gang, so he didn't want to cause trouble, so he got in the car and left.

  Xiaoqing and the others didn't dare to stop them. With their identities, if they provoke Wang Tiejun, and with Wang Tiejun's influence and status in the American sports world, it would be a big trouble, and he might not be able to eat and walk away.

   "What to do, Xiaoqing?" Someone asked.

   "What can I do?" Looking at the car that was going away, Xiaoqing said in frustration.

The Fuqing Gang wanted to meet Lao K since last year. They wanted to get in touch with Lao Wang and use Lao Wang’s name to do business. They didn’t need Lao Wang to pay any money. They were all responsible for the funds. Dividends are simply money laundering.

   They have a lot of money in their hands, but they are all black money.

   For example, Pharaoh's martial arts gym, they just want to invest.

   I never had the chance to see Pharaoh before. This time, the Suns came to New York to play away. It was just an opportunity, but Pharaoh was very determined and left decisively, which made their plans to fail.

   Liu Changfeng asked while driving, "Tie Jun, you used to hang out here in New York?"

   "Yes, just looking for something to do in a few streets nearby." He nodded.

   "What kind of Fuqing Gang did those people just come from? Are they all from China?" Liu Changfeng asked curiously.

   "Well, most of the Fukujian Youth Gang came here by smuggling. When I was here, they approached me. If I didn't agree to join the club, they wouldn't let me work in Chinatown." He said.

   "Then what should we do?" Liu Changfeng asked urgently.

   "Cold salad, it's not allowed here, I'll go to the next block to find something to do. When they leave Chinatown, they can only stare." He laughed.

   "By the way, Brother Tielong and the others are about to leave, right?" Liu Changfeng asked excitedly.

   "Yeah, tomorrow's plane will arrive the day after. I'll ask Mr. Hoxman to pick up the plane in Los Angeles and bring them here." He laughed.

   "That's good. After the martial arts hall develops, we will bring some more people from home, so we don't have to worry about these people making trouble." Liu Changfeng laughed.

"Don't pay attention to them, we are different from them, we are serious people, they are the mice in the gutter. When I mess up no matter how bad it is, I don't even bother to mix with them, bully my own people, and even interrupt my hand. Do it." Old Wang said disdainfully.

   "The dragon does not live with the snake, haha!" Liu Changfeng laughed.

  January 29, 1995, match day.

  In the afternoon, the team practiced at Madison Square Garden. After dinner, the Suns were preparing for the game in the visiting locker room.

  The TV was on, and it was tuned to ESPN's NBA channel. The program happened to be the news of the All-Star vote, and the host was reading the votes for each position.

   "Old K, your All-Star votes are 1.25 million?" Drexler said in surprise while watching TV.

   "The voting ends on the 13th, and it should reach 1.3 million. Old K, your starting position is stable." Dan Marley said.

   "God, Jordan has over 2 million votes. How come the votes this year are so high?"

   "The big dream is approaching one million, so I'm chasing it very closely."

   "I'm running out of time to catch up."

   "Dameng's technology is gorgeous and the quality is bursting, but there is no violence of the old K. The style of the old K is more popular with the fans, and the topicality is not as popular as the old K."

   "Old K owns the votes in Arizona, and they have no chance at all."

  There was a lot of discussion, and Lao Wang also stared at the TV.

  The number of votes this year has indeed exploded, greatly exceeding last year, which symbolizes that the NBA has risen in the status of the four major professional sports leagues in the United States, and has received more attention and support.

   Among them, Jordan's contribution is the biggest, he is the biggest signboard for promoting the NBA, and he has to admit this.

   And he is also one of the beneficiaries, because with the rise of the NBA's status, the greater the commercial value, the most obvious, the increase in the team's operating income, the annual salary cap will increase, and the player's salary will also increase.

   As far as he is concerned, not only can he sign a bigger contract, but as the NBA's commercial value is greater, his personal commercial value will also be greater.

   Therefore, now he can better understand the saying that the NBA is a business, a well-known saying.

   At eight o'clock, the two sides announced the starting lineup.

  Sun: Wang Tiejun, AC Green, Drexler, Dan Marley, Elliott Perry

  Knicks: Ewing, Charles Smith, Monty Williams, John Starks, Derek Harper

  New York is the largest football city in the league. The Knicks’ national live broadcast matches that of the most lively Bulls in the league. This game is also broadcast live in the United States, and the broadcaster is ESPN.

   At the same time, CCTV also broadcast the game in real time.

Zhang Lili said in the commentary at this time: "The Knicks have replaced the point guard this season, and the 34-year-old veteran Derek Harper is in charge. He averaged 11.5 points, 2.4 rebounds, 5.7 assists and 1 steal in 34 minutes per game. The performance is still good. ."

   "Director Zhang, Oakley was seriously injured, and the Knicks' strength has declined. Do you think the Suns are confident in this game?" Su Qun asked.

   Zhang Li nodded and said: "Perry's strength is not as good as Harper's, but now that the Iron Army and Drexler share some organizational functions, the Suns' perimeter will not be weaker than the Knicks as a whole.

  In the interior, Charles Smith is similar to AC Green, it depends on who is better, old K or Ewing.

   In addition, Drexler's performance is also critical. His scoring explosiveness is also very strong. Last time he scored 50+, he is old and strong! In case there is an outbreak in this game, it will be very difficult for the Suns to lose.

   But on the whole, from the analysis on paper, the Suns' current strength is actually similar to that of the Knicks. The key lies in how they defend the Iron Army.

   If the Iron Army is efficient in the low post, the Suns should be able to win this game. "

  Suqun nodded and said, "When Oakley was here, he and Ewing joined forces, and they couldn't stop Old K. Now, Ewing is the only one left, and he certainly couldn't stop it."

  On ESPN, the things discussed are different from those on CCTV.

Commentator Winston Rollins said: "Coach Pat Riley came to the Knicks from the Lakers for three seasons, and this is the fourth season. The results, I'm afraid some can't wait."

   Carter Oldman nodded and said: "The Knicks are dominated by the Bulls in the East, and there is no hope of rushing out of the East, which is really frustrating."

   As he was talking, he started the game.

   As an enemy, Pharaoh appeared on the stage and received a lot of boos at the same time as there were some applause, which surprised him very much.

   He took a look and saw that many Chinese appeared in the arena.

  There will be some Chinese at Phoenix's home ground every time, but not many. There are very few Chinese there, far less than New York.

   At half past eight, the game started.

  Pharaoh and Ewing jumped the ball and stood opposite each other.

  Ewing suffered a serious knee injury in his early years, but he still has an excellent athletic talent, which makes him drool.

"Snapped!"

   But he still took the lead, took the ball away, and the Suns attacked.

   Entering the paint from the free throw line, this is his main style of play now, compressing the opponent's defense directly to the basket from the very beginning, pulling open space for the perimeter.

  Ewing's confrontation ability is not as good as Da Meng's, but stronger than David Robinson, but compared with him, he is much weaker, with an elbow on his chest, barely withstood his aggression.

   He squeezed a meter or two from the free-throw line, and stopped about two meters away from the basket, because if he squeezed further, it would be a three-second violation.

   turned around, pressed his left elbow against Ewing behind him, and asked for the ball outside.

  Perry, under the defense of Derek Harper, pushed the ball to a position away from the top of the arc. Seeing that the old K got the receiving position, he hoisted the ball in.

Pharaoh carried Ewing's shove from behind, grabbed the ball with one hand with his right hand, and took advantage of the situation to hit the iron mountain behind him. .

This one turned right, avoided the double-team of Charles Smith, who was double-teaming from the right wing, and then knocked away the small forward Monty Williams who was double-teaming from the left wing, and pushed Ewing, who was re-attached, with another elbow, and then Stepping up violently, between swinging arms, with a bang, the Knicks' basket was smashed.

"Snapped!"

  Ewing turned around to block, took off half a beat, and hit him on the arm.

   "Di!"

   The referee blew his whistle, ran over and pointed at Ewing, indicating that the score was valid and a penalty was added.

   With one against three, in addition to breaking the double team, he also played a two plus one against Ewing. This attack by Pharaoh immediately extinguished the momentum of the Knicks' home court and cooled the temperature of the arena.

Zhang Lili said excitedly: "This ball is beautiful. After catching the ball, the technical movements of hitting + turning are clean and very consistent. Moreover, even with one break and three, three double teams failed to stop his dunks, which boosted his morale. !

  Su Qun said with a smile: "Old K's turnaround is very fast now, even a super center like Ewing, as long as his reaction is a little slow, he can't keep up with his rhythm.

  Guide Zhang, now the old K doesn’t go to the low post and the two wings a lot of the time, just in front of the basket, what does this change mean? "

   Zhang Lili smiled and said, "It means that he is more confident in himself."

   "Why?" Su Qun asked.

  Zhang explained reasonably: "The advantage of the low-position wings is that that position is far away from the perimeter and away from the weak side. It is difficult to double-team him, and it requires a faster assist defense speed, and there are more opportunities for singles.

  Tiejun now often does not go to the low post, just a little bit below the free throw line, this position is more likely to be double-teamed.

  Look at a high-position defender, a person who turns around and takes a step or two can double-team him, and the defenders on the left and right flanks can double-team him faster by moving two steps laterally.

   Just now, Charles Smith on the right wing and Monty Williams on the left wing were basically double-teamed, but they didn't succeed. It is very difficult to kill the giant beast of the Iron Army.

The fact that   Tie Jun has now added a key position in this position means that his self-confidence has risen. I'm here waiting for you to double-team, but you just can't double-team me.

  He can attract more double-teams here. He can’t play by himself, so he can completely separate the ball, and there are more vacancies for his teammates.

  I think, there is another reason. It's closer to the high post, and the Lightning didn't come back. He's closer to the perimeter here, and he can also respond to Perry and personally control the ball. "

"brush!"

  Pharaoh made a penalty hit, and the Suns started with a 3-0 lead.

   (end of this chapter)