At noon on this day, the Houston Mosaic announced that team superstars Charles Barkley and Clyde Drexler retired at the same time.

These two people actually still have good strength now. They led the team to the playoffs together. Barkley averaged 19.5 points and 12.1 rebounds in the regular season. Both of them have two championships in hand, so after the contract ended, they chose to retire without any hesitation.

  Pharaoh called and invited the two to come to Los Angeles to watch the Lakers game, and the two readily agreed.

"Charles, you and old K have only played for one season. I also played with him for one season and helped him win a championship. Why can you join his trading company, and I haven't heard any news?" Glider was very depressed. said.

  Barkley said proudly: "Because I was traded by the team, you have to go by yourself."

   Glider shouted: "You can get it, you are not willing to assist him before being traded, if you were willing to stay in the Suns, the Suns will definitely be able to play a dynasty.

   Think about it, the old K played a three-peat dynasty as soon as he entered the league. His status in the league must be unprecedentedly high, and his absolute ability to overwhelm everyone, including Jordan, Chamberlain, and Russell. "

Barkley said helplessly: "You are indeed right, I don't deny it, but I only had one year left on the contract at the time, even if I stayed, the 94-year-old K signed a big contract of nearly 200 million US dollars, and I want to renew it at the same time. Do you want me to get a minimum salary with the Suns? I was still in my prime.

   So no matter what, the Suns could at most defend the championship, it was too difficult to think of a dynasty, it was almost impossible. Old K knew this too, so he never blamed me. "

  The glider was startled and nodded.

  Buckley patted the glider on the shoulder with a smile and said, "The reason why Old K didn't call you is probably because he didn't think of you at the time."

  The glider was so **** off by this sentence, what do you mean by not remembering it? This time I saw old K, I have to ask him clearly, or else this friend will be embarrassed to do it.

Buckley added: "I tell you, there was still one share left at the time, and none of us dared to ask for it. One share is five million, what if we lose money? Lei Gong Dan Marley can't make enough money, or old K borrowed it. He is two million.

   Do you think old K is good to his brother? Look at the treatment of the two thousand brothers in his martial arts hall? I tell you, I really regret not staying with the Suns now, I regret it. "

   "I'm sorry to die for you." The glider said angrily.

  …

  2, the league will announce a batch of individual honors.

  Pharaoh is looking forward to DPOY among them. He is the first in defensive efficiency this season, so it is a matter of course to take this honor.

  If you can get DPOY and be the scoring champion at the same time, that is the real first offense and defense.

   At 9 o’clock, the official announcement of various honors was officially announced through ABC TV.

   The first one is the best rookie, this one has no suspense, and Tim Duncan, who is at the peak of his debut, won it.

   followed by All-Rookie Team, then Best Sixth Man by Danny Manning, Most Improved Player by Alan Henderson and Best Coach by Del Harris.

  Pharaoh immediately made a congratulatory call. This is the first time Harris has won this honor. For a head coach, it is one of the greatest honors, not much lighter than the championship.

  Harris looked very happy, laughing constantly during the call.

  Finally, the league announced the winner of DPOY, and Pharaoh got his wish and joined the league for six seasons, winning this honor for the first time.

The    system also awarded 200 points.

   In the afternoon, Fliggy and the glider came to Los Angeles together, and then the lightning arrived not long after, and directly checked into Lao Wang's villa.

After    settled down, the four of them went to the tennis court behind to play doubles for a while. During the break, Drexler asked depressedly, "Old K, are we friends?"

   "Yeah, it's very strange for you to ask." Old Wang said suspiciously.

  The well-informed Buckley suddenly laughed, the glider glared at Fliggy, and said, "Then you guys are a trading company, don't you take me?"

   Old Wang was stunned, slapped his thigh and said, "Oops, Clyde, after all this, I forgot about you."

"Ha ha…"

  Buckley burst into laughter, then fell off his chair and onto the grass.

   "Can't you die from laughing?"

  The glider was depressed and annoyed, and kicked Buckley with his leg outstretched, which really made the fat pig say it.

"Old K, our friend, it seems that we can't make it. You have thought of them all, but without me, you don't treat me as a friend! How can I have the face to be your friend?" The old king complained.

  Pharaoh is also very embarrassed, this is the whole thing, **** Buckley, this guy didn't even remind him at the time.

After thinking about it, he could only make amends and said: "Well, I will give you 10% of my money. I didn't want it at the beginning. My wife and two sisters accounted for 30%, and the domestic trading company is also mine. I still get the lion’s share of the profits from these businesses.”

   "I think it's okay, old K is indeed a good friend, Clyde, don't be polite." Lightning said with a smile.

  Buckley also agreed to let the glider take out the money, and then treat everyone to a meal, which was considered to make up for the loss of old K.

   "Old K, what you say is what you say in the future, we are brothers."

  The glider didn't agree with anything, so he nodded quickly and wrote the check immediately.

"Okay, after the playoffs, you can go to China with me. You know I have a summer camp, which is held every year. I have invited a group of American trainers. You can help me." Old Wang took the check. After laughing.

   "No problem, I'll pull Barkley on again." The glider hurriedly agreed.

   "OK OK, I just happened to see Fengshen Street, where I met old K. I heard that the basketball hall has been renovated. I'm going to take a look." Barkley laughed.

   "Then together, I plan to go on vacation with my family and go to China." Lightning laughed.

   "Welcome!"

   Old Wang smiled again and said to Lightning: "Kevin, I promise you that your shares will be gone, but my words still count. We will open another profitable company when there is a chance in the future."

   "It's a deal." Lightning laughed.

   "It's a deal." Old Wang nodded.

   "Don't forget me," Barkley exclaimed quickly.

   "And me, don't forget me this time." The glider said quickly.

  …

   No. 3, Knicks vs Celtics, Blazers vs Sonics.

   At noon, the Jazz arrived in Los Angeles.

Now this Jazz, apart from Sabonis being affected by age and injuries, is limited in playing time, it can be said that it is a strong team. In four regular season games with the Lakers, they tied two draws, and the Lakers lost 8 games. , mainly lost to super teams like the Jazz and the Blazers and the Knicks.

   This time the Lakers faced the Jazz in the second round, and no media believed that the Lakers had the strength to win. Even the media in Los Angeles were very cautious.

  After arriving at the hotel, at the request of the media, Jazz held a press conference at 1:30 noon.

   Zhang Lili and Su Qun also attended the press conference with a three-person camera crew.

   "Coach Sloan, are you optimistic about this second-round series?" The host first ordered a third-party media, and a Miami Daily reporter asked.

   Jerry Sloan said earnestly: "We will play this series with the most cautious attitude, but we are also optimistic that it is time, we Jazz will enter the Western Conference Finals."

   "Postman, will you fight against Old K?" The next reporter is a reporter from the Salt Lake City Sports News.

   Hearing the name of the old K, felt the pressure, Karl Malone could not help but took a deep breath and said: "I hope the coach arranges me to fight against the old K, and I also look forward to being able to compete with the old K again.

But we are always just a part of the team, so in this series, my view is not the game between me and the old K, but the game between the Jazz and the Lakers. There is no win or loss between me and the old K, only the Jazz and the Lakers. between winning and losing. "

   "What do you think of Old K?" the reporter asked.

Karl Malone said: "There is no doubt that although I have a lot of contradictions with him, I will not deny it, even more disdain to deny it, he is a great superstar, he is ruling this era, trying to create his own. dynasty."

   "What would you do?" the reporter asked again.

   A proud look appeared on Karl Malone's face, and he said: "I will not admit defeat, I will do everything in my power to stop him, and our jazz will surely shine with our light."

   "The postman is very confident!" Zhang Lili muttered among the reporters below.

   In the evening, Zhang Lili and Su Qun went to Pharaoh's house to watch the game together. Barkley and the others were all there, and everyone chatted about the series between the Lakers and the Jazz.

   "Old K, how sure are you to play jazz?" Su Qun asked.

   Old Wang was silent for a while, surrounded by his own people, there is no need to brag, he said: "If there is no big bug, playing jazz would be a drag. But with big bugs, it depends on how the scene plays.

  We played well, the Blazers and the Knicks could step on, but if we didn’t play well, everyone would get cold hands, and if we didn’t cooperate well with tactics, we might lose the game against the Jazz.

   Anyway, in a series, there are winners and losers, try to play every game well, play every ball well, and not give up a rebound or a point. "

  Old Zhang and Barkley nodded again and again. The four regular season games were indeed as Wang Tiejun said. The Jazz without the big bug lost to the Lakers who were just starting to run in, but with the big bug behind, the Jazz had two wins and one loss, and the winning percentage was higher.

  Wang Tiejun still turned on two TV sets, and asked the cook to prepare some snacks. He poured a little red wine, and the others were free.

   At 8:00, the game between the Knicks and the green team starts, and the other group is half an hour later.

   At the beginning of the game, it entered the most intense state. The green team troika cooperated with each other, organized by Kidd, Walker pulled Oakley out, David Robinson singled O'Neal, and played quite well on offense.

   On the defensive end, David Robinson couldn't prevent O'Neal, but it formed a mutual explosion. Admiral's scoring ability was even stronger than O'Neal.

   Outside, Kidd did his best to defend Jordan. Although he couldn't defend against death, it also made Jordan quite uncomfortable.

   Green team troika played brilliantly against the two giants of the Knicks, and the ratings continued to rise.

   After a quarter, the two teams actually tied.

   "The green team played well in this quarter, probably because they were stimulated by ESPN." Pharaoh laughed.

   "The Green Team will inevitably follow in the footsteps of the Mavericks if they do not resolve the conflicts between the Troikas," Barkley said.

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "I think it's only temporary, the three of them are not convinced, but there is no real team leader among them. In the end, the result of this green team, I think it will still be broken up, it depends on Dan. Does Nianji have that courage?"

   Having said this, he sighed: "The leadership ability of a team leader is a very important invisible ability. Without this ability, it is easy to have internal strife, and the team will not be able to play the most powerful strength.

   Among the super centers, O'Neal is a little behind. Whether in the Magic or the Knicks, he is not the leader of the team. "

   Old Wang smiled and said: "The big shark is very funny, suitable for being a friend, not a leader."

   Lightning said: "David Robinson is not good either. He is not a leader in the Spurs, he is just the core of the field. The leader of the locker room is Jr. Johnson."

   Glider continued: "Ewing is not good either, he is the core in the Knicks, but the leader has always been Oakley.

Barkley laughed and said: "It's also interesting to think about it, Oakley is such a villain, not even a star, to be able to beat Patrick and O'Neal, two super centers successively in the locker room, to become the leader of the Knicks. His abilities show.

   The two guys, Patrick and O'Neal, are not good enough. If I dare to grab my leadership position, can't kill Oakley? Every day, he was beaten in the locker room. "

   Glider disdainfully said: "Old K grabbed your position, didn't you also get traded to Houston?"

   "Haha..." Everyone laughed.

  Buckley said angrily: "Old K is my brother, can I fight him?"

   When he said this, he became silent again. After a few seconds, he said to Pharaoh: "Old K, to tell the truth, I have long regretted it. I should have stayed in the Suns."

Pharaoh punched Barkley and said with a smile: "Come on, don't you think I want you to help me with a basic salary? I'm not that kind of person. Besides, if you don't go to Mosaic, who will help that old guy from Dameng get the money? champion?"

   "Haha, let me tell you, without me, Da Meng will be empty-handed in his life, he has to thank me..." Barkley immediately bragged.

   Lightning said: "Speaking of the big dream, among the super centers, only the big dream is the real team leader, and the old hooligan is not a good stubble."

  Barkley turned his head and said, "I don't admit it. I won the championship in 1996. I was the leader. The two of them helped me."

   "Then why did the big dream get the FMVP?" The glider was dismantled.

   "Because I already had it, so I gave it to him," Barkley exclaimed without blush.

   "Haha..." The crowd burst into laughter again.

   Lao Zhang patted Pharaoh on the shoulder and said with a smile: "But in terms of leadership ability, Jordan is one of the best, but Tiejun is not inferior to him in this aspect."

Pharaoh said disdainfully: "Brother Zhang, don't blow him, the leader of Jordan is a fart, do you see Pippen serving him? Pippen publicly believed that the Knicks were O'Neal's team on the show, and Jordan didn't lose face? His face was lost. to grandma's house.

   Cobra Grant take him? After leaving the Bulls, he never mentioned Jordan. Did the big bug take him? The Knicks don't want the more than 2 million contract, he wants the Jazz's 1 million contract. "

   Everyone was stunned and laughed again, and Lao Zhang reluctantly shook his head and laughed.

   At this time, another group of games began.

  I was really stimulated by ESPN. The Supersonics, which should be weaker than the Blazers, actually played inextricably with the Blazers in the first half.

  Pharaoh said with emotion: "I think the league should thank ESPN. It was ESPN that allowed teams like the SuperSonics to be ashamed and brave. These two games were able to play so wonderfully."

   "Haha..." Several people laughed again.

   Almost two hours later, the Knicks had a tough victory over the Green Team at home. The result was in the last second. David Robinson missed a lore shot and the Knicks won the G1 game.

   On the other hand, the Blazers withstood the bite of the Supersonics, and the win was relatively easy, but not easy, and the outcome was in the last five minutes.

  Although both the Green Team and the Sonics lost, their performance was recognized by the media and fans.

  Wang Tiejun had to admit that these two teams played bloody, although they were defeated, it was impossible for the Knicks and the Blazers to make it to the Eastern and Western Finals without putting in a lot of effort.

   At this time, he became more vigilant towards Jazz.

   He said to Barkley: "I'm sure that both the Knicks and the Blazers will be in a tough fight in the second round."

   "The pioneers should relax a little, right?" Su Qun asked.

  Pharaoh shook his head and said: "Don't underestimate the Supersonics, their lineup is very thick and stronger than the Trail Blazers' backup lineup. Moreover, the main lineup has a very average score and is very strong on both ends of offense and defense."