NBA Backer King Chapter 144

  Chapter 144 The performance of the three super centers

   At this time, assistant coach Lewis reported the results of the other three games.

  The Bulls beat the Eagles three times and completed the first-round sweep, becoming the first team to reach the second round.

   The Knicks lost to the Pacers by a big score, and now it is 2-1 and still has match point in hand.

   In the final game, the Jazz defeated the Sonics, and the Jazz took a 2-1 lead to get match point.

   "The SuperSonics are a bit weak, the third in the West was given match point by the sixth in the West," Kevin Johnson said.

   "Sean Kemp was injured last game. This time he only played 20 minutes and scored 4 points. It is expected that the Sonics would lose." Barkley laughed.

   "Do you think we will play the Spurs or the Blazers in the second round?"

   "I bet on the Spurs, after all they have a super center."

   "But Mr. Admiral has been sluggish for two consecutive games, and his performance in the playoffs is a bit soft!"

   "I'm optimistic about the Trail Blazers. The super center cannot decide the outcome of the series. The general has played consecutive games with a 30% hit rate. I can't see that he has the ability to bring the Spurs to the second round."

   Everyone discussed the current situation in the West, but did not talk about the East, and tacitly did not mention the first Bulls to reach the second round.

   At this time, Comrade Pharaoh said indifferently: "The Bulls are indeed the defending champion, they are still very strong, I suspect they will stay in the regular season."

   All the players look to me, I look to you, a pressure to make up for in the locker room.

  Barkley's relaxed face immediately turned serious, and said, "Michael Jordan has no habit of holding back. He is a character who wants to win every game. I know this very well."

  Everyone nodded, Barkley was right, Jordan was this kind of character, and everyone who knew him knew it.

   At this time, assistant coach Lewis said: "Let me analyze the three games in which the Bulls swept the Eagles for you."

   "OK." Everyone nodded.

  Lewis said: "In the first game, the Eagles only grabbed 28 rebounds, and how many were the Bulls, guess what?"

   "Forty?" said Barkley.

   "50." Old Wang shouted.

   "Only 28 rebounds? At least 70 rebounds per game. The Bulls have at least 40 rebounds. I chose 50." Kevin Johnson said.

   "62."

  Lewis spit out a number, stunned everyone.

   He added: "The huge difference in rebounding caused the Bulls to take as many as 101 shots, while the Eagles only had 76, so the Eagles lost the G1 game without any suspense.

   In G2, the Eagles worked **** rebounding and grabbed 50, while the Bulls only had 41, which was a good job, but they still lost the game, 102:117, and lost 15 points. "

   "What went wrong again?" Barkley asked.

  Lewis raised his right index finger and said: "The first point is that the Bulls' perimeter defense has been extremely good, with 13 steals in the whole game, while the Eagles have only 7.

  Under Jordan's defense, Eagles point guard Mucci Brelock made only 2 of 10 shots and made as many as 9 turnovers.

  I think this kind of performance, if it happens to our team, our result is probably very bad, right? "

   Everyone looked at Kevin Johnson, and his expression immediately became heavy.

   During the regular season, Jordan didn't switch defenses, but he will definitely come to guard him in the playoffs, and no matter who, facing Jordan's suffocating defense, the pressure will be very high.

Lewis continued: "Second point, the Bulls shot 51.8 percent from the field, and they suppressed the Hawks to 40 percent through deadly defense, which is why the Bulls can still shoot when they are behind in rebounding. The reason for the big win.

  The third point, the Bulls have 33 assists in the game, while the Eagles have only 13. You can think about how reasonable and efficient the Bulls' offense is? "

   "What about the G3 battle?" Pharaoh asked curiously.

Lewis said: "In the just-concluded G3 game, the score was 98:88, the rebounds were all 38, the Bulls only had 3 more assists, and the Bulls had one less steal, but they had 4 more blocks, and the turnovers and fouls were similar. Neither is the key to victory.

  The reason why the Bulls won is only one point, the shooting percentage, the Bulls reached 52%, a little higher than the G2 war, while the Eagles are still only 45.6%.

   In the final analysis, it is still defense. They maintain their high efficiency on the offensive end, and then suppress the opponent's efficiency through strong defense. "

   "What about Jordan's performance?" Pharaoh asked.

   "57.1% shooting and 39 points in the first game. 41.7% shooting and 29 points in the second game. Tonight was 57.7% shooting and 39 points again," Lewis said.

   "How much is the average per game?" Pharaoh did some calculations, but couldn't figure it out.

   "35.6 points, 41 of 78 shots, 52.5% shooting per game, very efficient." Lewis Road.

   "Brother, can you beat him?" Pharaoh immediately asked Buckley.

   Buckley looked at Dan Marley expectantly and said, "Don't worry, Dan will get him."

"what?"

  Dan Marley was taken aback, when did I say I could get Jordan?

   "20 points in the first game, 14 points in the second game, 19 points in the third game, 20+14 equals 34, plus 27, 80? So the average per game is almost...more than 25?"

  Wang Tiejun ignored them, his mental arithmetic ability was not good, and he was a bit of a scumbag. He counted his stats for the three series with his fingers, and he was very satisfied with his stats.

   After the conclusion, everyone took a shower, and then the main players went to the press conference, and the substitutes stayed in the locker room to be interviewed by the media.

  The Lakers press conference hall, facing the situation of being eliminated, the atmosphere is a little dignified.

   "Coach Fender, how is Divac's injury? Can he come back in G4?" a reporter asked.

   "Sprained, the team doctor told me, I'm afraid not, we have to make preparations for no Divac in the G4 game." Randy Fender said regretfully.

   In fact, the Lakers' team doctor told him the exact opposite, but he wanted to fool the Suns and achieve tactical surprises.

  Divac is very important to the Lakers, not his scoring, but his defense. He can suppress the old K's performance and even get him down.

   If the effect is achieved at the old K point, then the Lakers can focus their defensive power on Barkley, just like the G2 game.

  On the 5th, at 9 am, Wang Tiejun got up, and after washing up, the whole team had breakfast together.

   "You know what, ESPN media adjusted the Bulls' chances of winning the championship." Kevin Johnson said.

   "Turn it up?" Buckley said.

   "It was 45% before the first round, now it's 51%, 6 percentage points." Kevin Johnson said.

   "What about us?" Buckley asked concerned.

   "No changes, just tweaking the Bulls," Kevin Johnson said.

   "Hey, Brother Zhang, what's the matter? Oh, no, Brother Zhang, I'm not here, what are you doing at my house?"

   At this moment, Wang Tiejun's cell phone rang. It was from Phoenix's house, and it must have been from Zhang Heli.

   "I'm here to get some bacon to eat. If I don't eat it, it will go bad." Zhang Lili laughed.

   "Those things my family brought are cheaper for you." He muttered.

   "That's it, a girl named Yu Feihong called her home just now, and I gave her your mobile phone number." Zhang Li said.

   "Yu Feihong? Who is it?" he asked.

   "Don't you know her? She said that she knew you in Los Angeles. She was an actor who came from China. Now that the filming is over, and I have to go back to China, I will give you a call." Lao Zhang said quickly.

   "Oh, I remembered, I know each other." After Lao Zhang reminded him, he remembered that it was the girl he met on the Avenue of Stars.

   The two have never been in contact with each other, and he didn't think of it for a while.

   Just hung up the phone when another call came in.

   "Hey, is it Comrade Lesser?" He asked directly without waiting to speak.

   "Comrade Xiao Wang, called Fei Ge, you are not even 20 years old, yet you lied to me." Yu Feihong said angrily.

   He laughed and said, "Little, let's not talk about this, are you going back to China?"

   "Well, after the filming is over, I will return to China in two days, and the air ticket is booked. I called you twice before, but no one answered. The third time someone answered, saying that you moved." Yu Feihong said.

   "Oh, yes, yes, I did move later, so how did you find my current phone number?" He said in surprise.

   "Call your team, the Suns have an official contact number. They didn't give it to me at first, but I asked the director of our crew to get it." Yu Feihong said.

   "Oh, then remember my mobile phone number. Didn't you say last time that you wanted to come and study abroad, just call this mobile phone." He said.

   "Okay, we will contact you when you return to China." Yu Feihong said.

   "You don't have to wait until then, don't you know, I'm in Los Angeles right now," he said.

   "Really? I've been busy with the filming recently. I really didn't pay attention to your news. Are you here to play the game?" Yu Feihong said.

"The playoffs, oh, you don't understand this. I came over the day before yesterday. I played a game yesterday, and there is a game tomorrow. I'm fine today. Where are you, I'll pick you up and have lunch together." he said.

   "Okay, I'll treat you." Yu Feihong said.

   "I invite, I am half a landlord here, can you invite me?" he said.

   "That's fine, I'll invite you after returning to Sijiucheng." Yu Feihong said.

   "Okay, I'm going back to China after the playoffs. I'll contact you then." He said.

   The two made an appointment for an address, but Yu Feihong didn't ask him to pick him up, so he took a taxi over there.

   "Sir, can you give me a ticket, I have a domestic friend in Los Angeles who will be returning to China tomorrow. I want to invite her to watch my game."

   hung up the phone, he said to Colangelo, who was still eating breakfast.

   "No problem, wait a minute, I'll get it for you." Putting down the knife and fork, Colangelo smiled.

  Twenty minutes later, he took leave and left the hotel.

   The two met at Venice Beach, one of the best spots in Los Angeles and one of the best surfing spots in the world.

   It was almost noon when the two met.

   Yu Feihong was very surprised when he saw Wang Tiejun. He stood a few steps away, staring up and down, staring up and down.

When    first met on the Avenue of Stars, this giant was dressed casually and was very cheap, but this time he actually wore a suit and leather shoes and a pair of sunglasses, which gave her a huge sense of oppression.

   "Less than." Comrade Lao Wang took off his sunglasses and laughed.

   "Little Wang? My name is Brother Fei, you are two years younger than me, taking advantage of me." Yu Feihong said a little annoyed.

   "Haha, that won't work, you have to call me Pharaoh."

   "Isn't your nickname Old K, I call you Old K, and you call me Fei Ge."

   "No, you are two heads shorter than me, I don't call you."

   "Squat down and talk."

   Yu Feihong was suffocated, she was only 165 cm, and she was 50 cm short. It was too difficult to talk to Wang Tiejun with her neck raised, so she squatted down first.

   The two squatted under a palm tree together. After squatting down, she found that she still had to talk with her neck raised, so she simply pulled Wang Tiejun to sit on the ground. Anyway, it was the beach, and it was more comfortable to sit.

   "Yi, the last time I invited you to watch the ball game, you said you should read the script. After the filming is over, we are already familiar with each other. Do you want to go?"

  Wang Tiejun took out the ticket and said, "This is the top ticket that the team gave me. It's three thousand dollars. A lot of Hollywood stars can't buy it. Don't regret it if you don't go."

   "So expensive?"

   Yu Feihong took the ticket in surprise and looked at it, and said, "Okay, such an expensive ticket, don't watch it for nothing."

   After coming to the United States for a few months, she now knows more or less about the NBA league, and she also knows more about Wang Tiejun from the media. Those Americans in the film crew who she filmed all know the name of the old K. Even, the media also said that Hollywood star Julia Roberts is dating Wang Tiejun.

  From the bottom of her heart, now she thinks this giant is quite mysterious. She spent a year in prison in China, and then changed her body and ran to the United States to become a football star, and a big star fell in love, which made her very curious.

   "By the way, old K, are you really in a relationship with Roberts?" She started gossiping.

   "No, it's just for fun." Wang Tiejun said carelessly.

   "Playing?" Yu Feihong was stunned.

   She can't imagine that a first-line Hollywood actress nominated for the Golden Globe and Oscar, a famous beauty, is just having fun with Wang Tiejun?

   Then she immediately warned herself, don't get too close to the bastard, Old K, this **** is probably not a good idea.

  At noon, the two ate a little at a restaurant in Venice Beach, played on the beach for a few hours in the afternoon, and went back to the city to have dinner before separating.

   That night, the Spurs won Game 3 and won the match point against the Blazers.

  Super center David Robinson made 8 of 16 shots and 10 of 14 free throws, scoring 26 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 assists. The performance on both ends of the offense and defense was better than the previous two games.

   On the other hand, Mosaic lost the G4 battle and was tied with the Clippers.

   Big Dream made 10 of 23 shots in this game, with a shooting rate of only 43.5%. Although he scored 25 points, 18 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 blocks, 4 turnovers and 5 fouls, he still lost the game.

The Mosaic team's shooting rate reached 47%, while the Clippers had 39%, but the Clippers played a beautiful defense, and the number of steals in the whole game was as high as 12, while Mosaic only had 4. Through strong defense, the Mosaic team was forced to produce. With 15 turnovers and only 6 turnovers, it can be said that the Clippers tied the big score through strong defense.

Big Dream's performance in four games is obviously better than David Robinson, but the current situation of the Mosaic team is not as good as that of the Spurs. In fact, the opponents Mosaic faces are only the Clippers, the seventh in the Western Conference, and the fifth Spurs in the Western Conference. The opponent is the fourth in the West, and the strength is closer.

   This shows that no team is a weak team in the playoffs, and the defense is much stronger than the regular season.

In the Eastern Conference, the Hornets eliminated the Celtics 3-1, becoming the second team to reach the second round of the playoffs after the Bulls.

   In addition, the Nets won the Cavaliers, leading 2-1.

  May 6, 1993, game day, a total of three playoffs.

   In addition to the Suns vs. the Lakers, there is also a game between the Supersonics and the Jazz in the West, and the Knicks in the East vs. the Pacers.

   At two o'clock in the afternoon, the Suns came to the Great Western Forum Arena for recovery training.

   In terms of tactics, head coach Westphal still asked Ceballos to do the dirty work for Wang Tiejun, so as not to be fouled by the Lakers, and he could release the Lakers' small forwards, which was impossible.

   Divac of the Lakers said that he can't play, but no one can say whether he can play or not. If he can, this is the home court of the Lakers.

   In terms of offense, it is still based on the low post attack.

  Although the Suns' outside line is strong enough, they don't have as much advantage as the inside line.

  Especially at No. 5, the Lakers don't have a big center. Except for Divac's diving, no one can hold the old K. He must be double-teamed, and this will free Barkley.

   At 6:30, fans began to enter the arena. By 7:30, the Great Western Forum Arena was full, and it was densely packed with people.

With the huge flow of people pouring into the arena, it was the first time for Yu Feihong to enter such a large indoor gymnasium. She had only entered some theaters and movie theaters, which were far from so large. She was very curious. Like Sunn Square Garden, there were too many people, and the arena was steaming hot, and before we were seated, we were sweating profusely.

   found his seat, glanced at the people in the seats next to him, and sat down a little nervously and excitedly.

   The long row of seats on the right is empty, and some staff in front of them are standing there and don't sit, which is also a bit strange.

   The person sitting in the first seat on the left is a big Hollywood movie star, Johnny Depp, who was nominated for the Golden Globe Actor, and Edward Scissorhands. She has seen this movie.

   In the past, Robert Downey Jr., who just starred in "Chaplin", the media said that he is likely to be nominated for this year's Oscar for leading actor.

   In the past, Brad Pitt has also won Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for the male lead.

  Go on, Tom Cruise, who is more famous, she has seen the movie Top Gun many times, and watched pirated discs.

   Going further, it's that old K guy playing around, Julia Roberts.

   Anyway, with his left hand, he is a big Hollywood star.

   When she sat down, several big stars next to her glanced at her with curious eyes, but did not speak.

   After a short while, he came off the bench to warm up.

   The starting rosters of the two teams were also announced.

  Sun: Wang Tiejun, Barkley, Ceballos, Dan Marley, Kevin Johnson

  Lakers: Divac, Eldon Campbell, AC Green, Byron Scott, Cydalus Ritter

   (end of this chapter)

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