Chapter 535 Eliminate the Trailblazers and advance to the finals

   "Three Threats?"

  Suqun shouted in astonishment.

  Three-threat, which is a preparatory action for perimeter players after receiving the ball.

  The first threat, which can break through, the second threat, the jump shot, and the third threat, which can pass the ball. The defender needs to guard against these three threats at the same time, which is very difficult to defend, so this preparatory action is commonly known as the three threats.

   A heavy center with a height of 216 cm and a weight of 135 kg, making a three-threat action in a low-post attack is simply incredible.

   "How will the old K fight?"

   Not only Duncan asked this question in his heart, but countless others, like him, have this question.

  The answer will be revealed immediately.

   "Squeak!"

  In an instant, Pharaoh started to take a step. With a step of his right foot, the sneakers made a sharp friction sound. Between dribbling, he started to break through from the right side, which is Duncan's left side.

   "Strong burst!"

   widened his eyes, Zhang Lili shouted loudly.

   Yes, there is no tentative step, Wang Tiejun just wants to force Tim Duncan directly.

  The tense Duncan reacted quickly and quickly retreated sideways.

   At this moment, Pharaoh took a step forward and protruded in front of him. He was about to squeeze Lao K with his chest, but Lao K's left elbow on the top of the outer top blocked him.

"boom!"

   The second dribble, Pharaoh took the second step with his left elbow against Duncan, and used the momentum to force overtake and strode into the paint area.

   At this time, he saw that Da Meng had threw himself into the paint area and was going back to the basket.

  The ball bounced off the floor and was clasped in his hand by his right hand. At this time, he took the third step, which was a step, and then took off with all his strength.

   His left arm was pinched by Duncan, but he couldn't stop him from getting up. With his strong explosive force, his left arm broke free from Duncan's entanglement, and his body rose violently, hitting the big dream.

   "Woooo..."

   At this moment, a live commentator was already excited and began to simulate the sound of the bomber.

   "Boom!"

   In the next instant, with the heavy crashing sound, the big dream who jumped and sealed the cover turned back with a grunt and fell backwards.

   In the next instant, Pharaoh, who was knocked to a halt in the air, smashed the ball violently with his right arm, only to hear a bang, and as the basket trembled, a violent explosion sounded.

"yeah!"

   The Lakers fans cheered again and again, and the hot home atmosphere seemed to be ignited with a bang if a cigarette **** was thrown over it.

"ah!"

   The on-site commentator gave a powerful and strange cry, and then roared wildly: "Old K beat Duncan and Da Meng, he 1v2, once again overturned the Blazers' inside duo!"

   "Da Meng, surrender, stop struggling!"

  Barkley stood up from the Lakers' bench, synthesized a horn with his hands, and shouted at the big dream who just got up on the court.

"Surrender!"

  The surrounding Lakers fans all joined together, and for a while, the whole court was full of surrender.

   "This bastard!"

  The embarrassed dream gave Buckley a stern look.

   After that, Pharaoh didn't play a violent offense anymore, focusing on defense and rebounding. After the first quarter, the Lakers led by 9 points.

   He made 5 of 5 shots and 3 of 4 free throws in a single quarter, scoring 13 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 block and 1 foul.

   4 assists, 3 of which came from points for Richmond.

   In the Western Conference finals, he intentionally increased his passing to the Rock, hoping to activate the Rock's energy to a greater extent, and then help him the most in the Finals.

  Rock's strength is still there, but he was suppressed in the regular season, and with Kobe's competition, he can only play one-third of the outside core functions.

   In the finals, facing Jordan's strength, Pharaoh knew that Kobe was unreliable, that kid was still too young, and he had to rely on Rock, a veteran who was called second guard by Jordan and who was excellent in both offense and defense.

   In the second quarter, he put down his attack and let Richmond attack with all his strength, and his tactics were also dominated by Richmond.

Rock also lived up to him. He played 8 minutes in the second quarter and made 3 of 6 shots, including 1 of 3 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws. Facing Williams, he played big and scored 9 easily in a single quarter. point.

   After halftime, the Lakers still led by 8 points.

   In the third quarter, the Blazers counterattacked with all their might, trying to save the defeat, but Pharaoh sent 4 big blocks and 1 steal on Duncan in a single quarter, extinguishing the Blazers' counterattack with his strong defense and ability to protect the basket.

   In the last quarter, the Trail Blazers, who were 11 points behind, fell into a situation of physical collapse and demoralization again, while the Lakers were still alive and well under the rotation of a strong bench lineup, and the Trail Blazers were taken away by the Lakers in a wave.

  Wang Tiejun played 45 minutes in the game and came off the court three minutes early. He made 15 of 21 shots and 7 of 12 free throws. He scored 37 points, 18 rebounds, 13 assists, 2 steals, 7 blocks, 3 turnovers and 4 fouls.

   He mainly attacked the basket today, and he played very violently and fiercely on the offensive end, shooting a terrifying 71.4% from the field.

   And on the defensive end, he blocked Duncan 5 times and made 6 of 18 shots for the No. 1 pick, with a shooting rate of 33.3%, plus free throws, only got 15 points and 7 rebounds.

   In addition, today he sent out the highest number of assists in a single game in the playoffs.

   13 assists, which is the reason why the Lakers can still win when he doesn't score too much today.

  Other reasons for winning, his efficient offense, strong defense, rebounding, high home atmosphere, Richmond's performance, etc.

  Dameng scored 24 points, 11 rebounds, 4 assists, 1 steal and 3 blocks, but he was unable to help the team avoid being eliminated.

As for the Lakers, with the support of Pharaoh, Richmond made a lot of shots, 11 of 20 shots, with a shooting rate of 55%, including 3 of 7 three-pointers, a hit rate of 42.8%, plus free throws hit 29. Points, played a superstar performance, and Pharaoh jointly contributed 66 points, helping Pharaoh to defeat the powerful Trailblazers.

   At the end of the game, both Da Meng and Duncan were in pain. The two of them had been knocked over four times by Pharaoh.

  Fortunately, although Pharaoh fought fiercely today, he didn't take too many shots, which was one of the reasons why they could persevere.

   Of course, because of his violent style of play, he made fewer shots than before. Otherwise, with his physical strength, he would not be able to withstand the strong defense of the two top insiders.

  4:1, the Lakers defeated the Blazers, took the lead and reached the finals of the 97/98 season.

   "Boom!"

   At the end of the game, the Great Western Forum Arena fell into a carnival, and the sky-shattering cheers made the ceiling of the arena tremble.

   This is Pharaoh's fourth Western Championship, and he was very happy after winning it, celebrating with his teammates and fans.

  Unfortunately, the system does not look down on the Western Championship, and there is no reward for a single point.

   After the Lakers celebrated, the Blazers had already left the scene. Pharaoh wanted to chat with Da Meng, but did not find a chance.

   He wanted Da Meng to help him and practice Dayao and Dazhi well.

   In addition, he also contacted Pippen and asked him to come over to practice Liu Wei and Liu Jihua's perimeter defense.

   He is also going to call Rasheed Wallace over and let him train with Du Feng to hone Du Feng's power forward skills, but the troll has gone on vacation to Europe and won't be back for the time being.

  If the trolls don't have time, he is going to find Duncan and let him practice Du Feng, because the Western Jue has made Duncan's boy miserable, and it is not easy to speak.

   However, he still hopes to let the trolls come over. Duncan's style is afraid that Du Feng can't practice it. Duncan is actually a center's style of play.

   "You guys go back to the locker room first, I'll chat with Da Meng."

   Leaving the court, Pharaoh and his teammates separated in the player tunnel and went to the visiting team's locker room.

   "Hey, old K, I'm the general manager of the Blazers..."

  Seeing Pharaoh, the Trail Blazers general manager Bob Whitsit, who was standing in the corridor, took the initiative to say hello.

   "Hello, Mr. Whithit, I'm here to chat with Da Meng." Shaking hands, Pharaoh smiled.

   "Okay, I'll help you get him out." Whithit hurriedly opened the door and called out a big dream.

After the    big dream came out, the two came to chat not far away.

"Da Meng, Dayao's pace is still under practice, you have to help me practice him. In addition, there is Da Zhi, you can also help to see how much he can master. By the way, there is also low-post attack and low-post confrontation ability. And technology, these must be taught to them." Old Wang said directly.

   "It's all right, but Charles and the others are going to China with you? Then I'm going to play too, and take a vacation." Da Meng said.

   "The whole family will go, I will cover all the expenses."

   Old Wang patted Da Meng's shoulder, turned around and said, "That's it, I'll go first."

   "OK."

  …

  On the 27th, the media continued to praise the Lakers and Pharaoh.

  The Eastern Conference finals are still being played, and ESPN TV adjusted the chance of winning the championship.

  Lakers, 51%.

  Knicks, 49%.

  Nothing about the Pacers, this time the Pacers didn't roar or shout, they were one to three behind, and they had no confidence.

   But in fact, everyone in the Pacers is holding a sigh of relief and wants to kill the Knicks tonight and slap all the guys who look down on the Pacers.

   However, this predicted probability is beyond the expectations of the media and fans. ESPN, who has always been optimistic about Jordan, is actually standing on the old K this time?

  Although there is only a difference of two percentage points, this already shows that ESPN is more optimistic about the Lakers winning the championship.

   Of course, not all the media are more optimistic about the Lakers, maybe five or five. After all, the Knicks are no worse than the Lakers.

  …

   On this day, Pharaoh's house was very lively as usual. After Da Meng finished the Western Finals, he stayed and stayed at Pharaoh's house, preparing to watch the finals and go to China together.

   His family will be here in a few days, as well as Barkley's family will come after the finals, ready to go to China for a vacation together.

However, Lao Wang's house is full. There are ten bedrooms in the three main buildings. They occupy two of them. Dabao has his children's room. , Glider, Dayao and Dazhi occupy the remaining six rooms, and the three Liu Wei who arrived later live in the annex.

There are a lot of rooms in the    annex building. There are four annex buildings and 18 rooms in total. The staff live there.

   "Da Meng, do you want me to book a hotel for you?" Pharaoh asked.

   "Forget it, you two live together, I live in a hotel alone? It's pretty good here, not worse than a hotel." Da Meng shook his head.

There are so many people in the family every day. Wang Aiguo and Liu Damei are not bothered at all. First, they are friends of their son. Second, they still do not change the habits of rural people. They like the lively and lively family at home. .

   That night, the G5 battle of the Eastern Finals started.

   The Pacers challenged the Knicks away, and they were on the verge of being eliminated. The Pacers who had no way out, the Pacers who had been despised by everyone, went crazy.

   gave full play from both ends of the offense and defense, from the main force to the substitute, everyone fought bravely, and the Knicks were full of blood. They played until the last minute of the final quarter. The two sides have not yet decided the winner.

   "It looks good, it's better to play until the tiebreaker."

  Pharaoh looked at home with a smile on his face and kept cheering for the Pacers, as if he was the number one fan of the Pacers.

   After dozens of seconds, the two teams tied and entered overtime.

   "Just do it, drain the Knicks' last drop of blood." Pharaoh applauded the Pacers again.

  Da Meng said angrily: "This is a replica of the 1994 Suns, so annoying!"

   "Hehe..." Buckley laughed.

"Ha ha…"

  Pharaoh and Lightning Thunder laughed.

   It was they who pushed Mosaic into the tiebreaker in the Western Finals that year, which greatly consumed the physical fitness of Da Meng and Barkley. In the end, they were unable to cope with Jordan in the finals, allowing Jordan to win the third championship.

   After the first overtime, the Pacers drew with the Knicks again, and the two sides entered the second overtime.

   At this time, even Jordan couldn't hold on to his physical strength. O'Neal was already walking and playing. He lost all defenses, and he didn't want to grab rebounds.

   "Brother Hu did well today!"

   "Yes, I got 23 points."

   "It wasn't one of his three points just now, so I lost."

   Dayao, Dazhi, Liu Wei and others talked happily.

   At this point the second overtime begins.

   The critical moment is the stage for superstars. Only their skills and willpower can enable them to stand up at this difficult moment.

  Jordan first stole Reggie Miller in the second overtime and played a fast break to help the team lead.

   Turning around, Ewing missed a shot, Jordan grabbed a backcourt rebound, went back to the frontcourt to face Reggie Miller's defense and hit a three-pointer, helping the Knicks lead by 5 points.

   Turning around, he stole Reggie Miller again, counterattacked, and scored two more points under the fast break.

   At the most critical moment, Jordan played a deadly offensive and defensive performance. A wave of seven-to-zero attack finally penetrated the Pacers' psychology. The Pacers, whose physical energy was exhausted, collapsed.

   "Unfortunately, the Knicks still won." Pharaoh said with a smile.

   "Old K, are you relaxed, not nervous? Or do you think the Knicks are not strong enough?" Da Meng asked.

   "This is called self-confidence, a strong self-confidence in the strength of oneself and the team."

   Lao Wang smiled and finished the first half of the sentence, and the second half was so angry that he wanted to vomit blood, and said, "This is a mental state of the strong, you don't understand."

"Ha ha…"

  The Lightning and Barkley group fell laughing.

  Dameng laughed angrily at Pharaoh's pretend B, and scolded: "Damn, what do you mean I don't understand? Am I not a strong man?"

   "You have to lead the team to win at least two championships, two MVPs and the strongest of the FMVPs in order to experience this mental state, you don't understand." Pharaoh continued to pretend B.

  Dameng has a mouth, Shet, I am missing one of the three conditions, old K, are you here for me? "

"Ha ha…"

   The others were already laughing.

  …

   At 9 am on the 28th, the league announced that the finals will start on June 1st.

   In addition, the league announced the best lineup.

   First, the defensive lineup is divided into a first and a second team.

  Pharaoh did not enter the first defensive first team last year, and did not get the double first team. This year, he got DPOY and pointed to entering the double first team, so he is very careful about this honor.

   However, the DPOY winner does not necessarily mean that he can be selected for the defensive first team. There have been many cases where the DPOY winner cannot enter the defensive first team.

  The weight of the honor of DPOY is actually average, not as high as the gold content of the defensive first.

   The reason is very simple, DPOY is selected by the media, and the professionalism is not necessarily very high. Many media people score based on impression and data. If the data is beautiful, it is easy to get their favor.

   And the best defensive lineup is selected by all the head coaches in the league. It is professional enough, so its gold content is higher than that of DPOY.

   As for the best team, he doesn't care very much, because he doesn't make sense if he doesn't make the best first team.

   First announced the defensive second team, and the first one read out Mutombo's name, now Pharaoh is relieved.

In this year's center position, except for Mutombo who can compete with him for the first team, Da Meng and David Robinson are not qualified, as are Ewing and O'Neal. The defensive efficiency is a lot worse than him, and now Laomu is in the second team. , that moment was his.

   "Old K, double for a while!"

   "This is the second double-team, right?"

   "Yes, the second double burst is not easy!"

  Buckley and others also congratulated him, and he couldn't help himself.

   In addition to Mutombo on the defensive second team, the remaining four are Duncan, Oakley, Eddie Jones, and Mucci Brelock.

   Sure enough, in the next defensive round, he was among them, and the remaining four were Karl Malone, Pippen, Jordan, and Payton.

  Barkley complained: "That guy Pippen played for half a season and was selected for a while. I think there are serious loopholes in this selection mechanism."

  Pharaoh nodded and said: "Attendance should be included in the selection. I think at least 60 games and an average of at least 35 minutes per game are required to be eligible for selection."

"right."

   The others nodded.

   (end of this chapter)