Chapter 380 Injured Battle

  The game starts at 8:30, and at 7:30, the two teams announce their starting lineups.

  Mosaic: Olajuwon, Barkley, Drexler, Chuckie Brown, Kenny Smith

  Suns: Wang Tiejun, Ben Wallace, Robert Horry, Wesley Posen, Kevin Johnson

  “…”

   Seeing the Suns' starting roster, Rollin's eyes widened.

  Oldman couldn't help but startled when he saw it, and said, "Mosaic was fooled."

   "Yes, they have to prepare quickly. The Suns with old K and without old K are completely two teams." Rollin shook his head.

   "Haha! It must have tricked Mosaic."

   In the CCTV live broadcast booth, Zhang Lili laughed.

  Su Qun said with a smile: "But the old K's injury is still not good, it should affect the feel."

Zhang Lili nodded and said: "You can't dunk, that's for sure. In addition, whether it's shooting or dribbling, it will have an impact. The Suns lineup is not as good as Mosaic, and the chance of winning this game is even smaller. In fact, I don't recommend him to bring Injured."

   "This old K, he's really lying to us." In the visiting team's locker room, Barkley was dumbfounded.

   Drexler said with a smile: "The elementary school students still want to lie to us college students. He underestimates us too much."

  Dameng said in high spirits: "Whether he plays or not, his state will definitely be affected. This time we will sweep the Suns and Old K to avenge the sweep last year."

  Buckley and Drexler looked at each other, the former reminded: "Hakim, if you want to do that, with the character of old K, he might really fight with us."

   "Are you afraid of him?"

  Da Meng was not convinced.

   Drexler advised: "Hakim, don't forget our age, our goal is the finals, not sweeping the Suns, we can't fight him recklessly."

   Seeing the opposition of the two old guys, the big dream is not easy to persist, and in terms of physical fitness, the three of them really have no confidence to fight with the old K.

  Barkley suggested: "Hakim, you guard against Lao K today, to guard against his breakthrough, his finger injury, shooting must have a great impact."

   "Understood, guarding against penetration is not guarded against throwing." Da Meng nodded.

   In the home team's locker room, Pharaoh was sitting against the wardrobe, and a trainer was helping him wrap a bandage on his foot.

   Physician Andrew John is wrapping tape on his right hand, tying his index and middle fingers together for a stabilizing effect.

The coaching staff and management actually disagreed with him playing with an injury, but he asked to play. If this minor injury was sitting on the bench, it would be too delicate. Who would say that he has a tough style in the future and should not be called to him? Lady Wang?

   But for this game, even he didn't have much hope. Mosaic's lineup already surpassed them. His state is definitely not as good as normal, and his strength will become more and more distant.

   He analyzed Larry Bird's remarks about Mosaic. In fact, there are still good players in Mosaic's bench lineup, such as the alien.

The Mosaic's backup point guard was pressed by Kenny Smith and had no chance to start, but this season's regular season averaged 28 minutes per game, averaging 14.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 0.9 steals per game. The combination of offense and defense is very good, it is the Mosaic team. The third scoring point, the main control Kenny Smith is the tenth scoring point, playing time is not as good as him, scoring and assists, rebounding data is not as good as him.

  Mosaic averaged 10+ points per game in a total of seven people in the regular season. Of these seven people, Tracy Moore was seriously injured and was reimbursed for the season, and there were six remaining. Except for the Big Three, the remaining three were all substitute players.

   So, Larry Bird’s words can’t be believed. After Finley was injured, even with Wilkins, the Suns’ bench lineup is actually not as good as Mosaic’s bench lineup.

   But the Suns are not completely without chances. The chance lies in the health problems of the Big Three. If any one of them is injured, it is the Suns' chance.

   It’s just that the Big Three are really cunning. They caught fish in the regular season, and together they have been injured for nearly 100 games. Now the playoffs are lively and vigorous, and it is not a good idea to hold a group.

"It's time."

   At this moment, a staff member pushed open the door of the locker room and shouted loudly.

   Five people came to the tunnel and met Barkley and the others

   "Cheater." Da Mengmen shouted.

   "We're in a group." Old Wang shouted unwillingly.

  Da Meng was so angry that he almost vomited blood, and when he looked back to see Barkley and Drexler laughing together, the more sad and angry they were.

   "You **** are bullying me for not having a championship."

   He glared at the two of Buckley, these two old things are the most hateful, because they have a ring in their hands, the name of the group cannot be placed on their heads.

   At eight o'clock, the game officially started.

   Big Ben and Big Dream stand opposite each other, ready to jump the ball.

   "Rookie, shaved head, do you measure 190 centimeters?"

  Dameng glanced at Daben with contempt, reached out to compare the height of the two, Daben was so depressed that he just wanted to kill Dameng with his head.

"Snapped!"

  The ball was thrown high, and then Da Meng lifted the ball away, Mosaic attacked.

  Barkley entered the low post on the right wing and received the ball with his back to Big Ben. While dribbling and arching, he noticed the old K on the weak side.

  Pharaoh didn’t dare to go over, because Da Meng was one step outside the paint area on the left wing. If he implemented weak-side help defense, with Barkley’s passing ability, he would definitely pass it to Da Meng.

This is the role of the Big Three. When they are on the field, each of them needs to be double-teamed, but you just can't do it. Because there are three of them, so let's not talk about double-teaming. You don't dare to empty any one of them. .

"brush!"

   Big Ben didn't hold back Barkley's fart tricks. The latter turned over a jumper with a good feel and hit the first ball.

  It was the Sun's turn to attack, and Lao Wang entered the low position on the left wing.

   He leaned back on the big dream, and distracted himself from the situation of Big Ben and Barkley behind him.

   In order not to bring Barkley closer to Wang Tiejun, Big Ben stayed in the low post on the right wing without going to the basket at all.

   And Barkley, the fat guy, doesn't care about the big money that he is not a threat when he is not at the basket. He stays at the basket, leaves when the defense is about three seconds, and immediately returns to the basket.

   At this time, Lightning's ball came in, the ball was very fast, and Kenny Smith's strength was average, he seized the opportunity to pass a through ball.

   The faster the pass, the harder it is for Barkley to double-team K, and he knows that.

   His left elbow was stuck against the big dream. Pharaoh grabbed the ball head-on with his right hand. The moment he grabbed the ball, he didn’t move his left foot and stepped with his right foot toward his waist. Then he jumped off with one foot and hit a frontal hook.

   The rhythm of catching and releasing the ball was too fast, and Da Meng only had time to stretch out his hand, not to move, let alone take off and block.

   Barkley, who emerged from behind, was also a beat slower, and could only turn around in a hurry, ready to return to the basket to grab a rebound.

   "Go in!"

  Suqun shouted.

"boom!"

  Unfortunately, it missed, the ball deflected a little and bounced upwards.

Pharaoh flicked his right hand, which is troublesome. At the moment when his hook is released, in addition to the movement of his wrist, he also has a finger to swipe the ball. Now the index finger and **** are tied together, which is not very suitable, and the force is exerted. At times, the index finger is still a little sore, and then try throwing and hitting the board again.

  Under the basket, Barkley and Big Ben competed for rebounds at the same time. No one knew their true heights, which were classified as a top secret in the league, but the former had more experience and better rebounding skills, and grabbed the rebound first.

   Zhang rationally analyzed: "The rhythm of this shot is very good, completely avoiding the big dream, the big dream can only make eye defense, it should be **** tied together, which affects the feel.

   When this person is injured, his psychology will also be affected, and he will have scruples about that place. I have a deep understanding of this. "

  Mosaic attack.

   In last year's Western Conference Finals, Big Dream pulled out on the offensive end and was responsible for containing Pharaoh, but the effect was not very good, because Pharaoh's strongest attack was offense, not defense.

   This time, Da Meng's style of play has changed, or the team's tactics for him have changed.

Small forward Chucky Brown is just a role player. The three giants are on the court, and he doesn't need his scoring ability at all, so head coach Tomjanovich arranged pick-and-roll and inside cut tactics, and he is responsible for the three giants. Pick-and-roll, or use his inside cut to pull away defenders and create open or mismatched opportunities for the Big Three.

   The left wing was low, and Da Meng received the ball. At this time, Brown who was above suddenly ran down and cut into the paint from the former and the Pharaoh behind him.

  Dameng made a fake pass, and when Pharaoh was distracted, the defense loosened up. The former took the opportunity to make a jumper and hit a ball.

   In the next game, the Suns were at a disadvantage.

  Wang Tiejun missed two shots. After taking a breath, he took the ball again and tried to rush in directly.

  Unfortunately, Dameng adopted the same defensive strategy as him, guarding against penetration but not shooting, prohibiting him from making more efficient basket attacks and letting him shoot outside.

   So as soon as he turned around, Da Meng retreated the defense in advance, took the lead half a shot and moved in place, and together with Barkley, who was assisting in defense, blocked him, and also caused his mistake and broke his ball.

   His state naturally affected the entire team. In the first quarter, he fell behind by a large score, 15:31, and was actually 16 points behind.

   "Old K should be injured for the first time. It's been four years. In fact, he is quite durable. He may not have been injured, so he is very uncomfortable." Su Qun said.

   Zhang Li nodded and said, "The fingers are tied together, just like wearing a glove. It must be uncomfortable at first, but it should be better later."

   In this game, the Suns finally lost a big score at home, 75:104, lost 29 points and lost the G1 game.

Pharaoh played the worst playoff game in four seasons. He played 33 minutes and made 5 of 16 shots with a shooting rate of only 31.2%. 12 rebounds, 8 assists, 4 blocks, 6 turnovers and 3 fouls.

   "The three of you are so shameless, I was injured, and you all actually played, did you do that?" After the game, Pharaoh scolded in disapproval.

  Barkley hurriedly said with a smile: "Don't be in a hurry, old K, you're going to end later, aren't we going too?"

   "Go away, I'm off, do you still have faces on the court?" Old Wang said angrily.

   "Old K, let's make it to the finals this time. We're all too old, and we won't be able to play for a few years. If you're injured again, don't hold back." Drexler laughed.

   "Old K, you'd better give up, tying your fingers together will inevitably force you to aggravate the injury." Da Meng said with certainty.

   Old Wang rubbed his right index finger and said helplessly, "It seems to be hurting even more."

   "You'll recover more slowly this way, give up, old K?" Barkley laughed.

At this time, the team doctor and chief trainer of the Suns, Aaron Nelson, happened to be behind Lao Wang, and after hearing it, he said, "Old K, repeated injuries are not conducive to recovery. Even though you're a center striker, your fingers are also important."

   "Let's see the recovery situation tomorrow." Old Wang said after considering it.

Barkley said: "Won't you play again with an injury tomorrow? Let me tell you, old K, don't imitate me, look at me now with injuries, I can't say when I retire, so if I have an injury, I must It must be fully recovered before coming back. Injuries are a thunderbolt. One day it will explode. If you don’t pay attention to small injuries now, they will accumulate into major injuries in the future, and then it will be over.

   Also, don't think that if you play with an injury, we'll keep our hands, it's impossible, and our squad is already stronger, so there's not much chance of you not getting injured.

   Besides, Da Meng will work hard, this should be his last best chance, and our lineup is expected to be disbanded next season. "

   "Don't fool me, whether I should play or not, I have my own judgment." Pharaoh glared at Barkley.

   Barkley smiled awkwardly. He really wanted to persuade old K to give up the Western Conference finals, so that Mosaic could easily reach the finals and compete with the Bulls.

   But what he said to Pharaoh was sincere. It is not a good idea to play with an injury. Lao K has already won two championships, so there is no need to fight like this.

   However, the idea of ​​Wang wanting to play again with an injury was firmly rejected by the management this time, and he was directly put on the injured list.

   No. 19, the Eastern Conference finals match day.

   This morning, Kobe went to the Clippers for a trial training, but the Clippers didn’t pay much attention to him as a high school student. There were other rookies in the trial training with him, and they left after the hastily trial training.

   That night, the Bulls played at home, defeated the Magic, and won the G1 battle.

  Jordan played a top offensive and defensive performance. While he efficiently scored 37 points with a 62.5% shooting rate, he defended Penny Hardaway 3 of 16 shots and only scored 8 points. In the end, he did not dare to shoot.

  Although Ewing blew up Clifford Robinson, Rodman's weak-side assist defense still caused him a lot of trouble. The efficiency was not high, and the shooting rate was only 47%.

   At the same time, the Bulls also had some advantages in rebounding. Even Jordan tried to grab 8 rebounds, and Rodman stole 18, providing the Bulls with a lot of ball power.

  20th, in the G2 game of the Western Conference Finals, Wang Tiejun sat in the stands, and then the Suns lost their second home game.

   From then on, the media in the United States began to discuss the finals, and their attention was no longer on the East and West finals.

  Universal, all media agree that the finals will be between the Mosaic team and the Bulls.

   For the East-West final, the only uncertainty is whether the Bulls and Mosaic can sweep their opponents.

  This annoys Pharaoh very much. I can sweep others, but it definitely does not mean that I am willing to let others sweep me. He doesn't want to be swept by Mosaic.

On the 21st, the Suns arrived in Houston.

   The Big Three invited guests, Pharaoh and Lightning went to an appointment, and the five found a French restaurant.

   When he was about to leave the hotel, Pharaoh wrapped his fingers in an ice pack, which had been in his possession for two days.

   Seeing Pharaoh wrapping his right index finger tightly with an ice pack, Buckley asked with concern, "Old K, hasn't the swelling gone down yet?"

   "No way, you are lucky this time." Old Wang sighed.

   The three giants looked at each other with joyful expressions in their eyes.

  Only Lightning laughed secretly on the side. Old K's acting skills are good. It seems that it would be beneficial to find an actor as a wife.

   Old Wang watched the waiter plan the truffles with a plane. After a long time of planing, he scraped a little bit of slag, and said unhappily, "Don't plan it, just put it on my plate."

   After everyone was stunned, the waiter was also startled and stopped the planer.

  Da Meng shouted anxiously: "Old K, this is Italian white truffle."

   "How much is a kilogram?" Lao Wang said disdainfully.

   "Old K, the price of this batch of white truffles is $10 a gram." The waiter said.

   "That's a thousand dollars a kilo?" Buckley asked.

  Pharaoh stayed for a while, this math is even worse than me, it seems that the scumbag who went to university is still a scumbag!

   "It's ten thousand dollars per kilogram. But the purchase price should be around three or four thousand dollars." Lightning corrected.

   "10,000? That's really expensive. It's more than three times more expensive than my medicated diet. It seems that the medicated diet needs to be adjusted upwards." Lao Wang said.

   How many people stayed with Barkley, and then raised it? Are you planning not to sell it?

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   (end of this chapter)