NBA Backer King Chapter 350

   Chapter 350 First Week MVP Ranked No. 1

   At this time, Oakley drove to the hotel to pick up Ben, and was going to find a restaurant for dinner.

   "Ben, how's it going with the Suns?" Oakley asked as he drove.

   "Yes." Big Ben said briefly.

   "Are you used to the number four?" Oakley asked.

"fine."

   "Have you spoken to old K?"

   "Said."

   "You bastard, can't you say one more word?" Oakley scolded with a smile.

   "Okay, okay." Big Ben said quickly.

  "..." Oakley's air knot.

"Remember, Ben, there is a chance to learn some skills from old K. His post attack, rebounding, defense, I mean single defense, especially his back play, if you learn his power skills, you can play Yes." Oakley urged.

   "Well, he didn't teach me." Big Ben muttered.

  Oakley glared at Big Ben and scolded: "He doesn't owe you anything, why should he take the initiative to teach you? You beg him, ask a few more times, maybe he will be willing to teach you."

"Um."

   Big Ben opened his mouth and suddenly nodded heavily.

   But he suddenly reacted, looked at Oakley strangely and said, "Charles, you asked me to learn offensive skills from him?"

  Oakley was stunned for a moment, but he immediately reacted, yes, there seems to be a problem?

   "Then learn defense and rebounding skills. If he didn't focus on offense, the rebounding champion would be his and would not be taken away by Rodman," he said.

   "Yeah." Big Ben nodded.

  7, match day.

  “Old K…”

   This afternoon, the Suns came to Madison Square Garden for training, and Big Ben suddenly came to Wang Tiejun.

   "Want to learn defense and rebounding skills from me?"

  Pharaoh thought for a while and nodded. Barkley also taught him these two skills back then. Now he teaches others, it is normal for old people to bring new ones.

   Daben couldn't help but stay for a while, so you agree?

   He was all ready. If Old K didn't agree, he would ask Oakley for help. Unexpectedly, Old K agreed directly.

  From this day, he officially learned defensive skills and rebounding skills from Wang Tiejun.

   At the same time, the coaching staff asked him to increase some tonnage, and sometimes he was required to defend against some heavy tonnage people. Now his weight is not enough and his strength is not enough, and he needs to increase to at least 240 pounds, which is close to 110 kilograms.

   With his height, as long as he has this tonnage, his muscle content will be very high, surpassing almost all interior players, and his strength will be prominent.

   So he also started crazy strength training, whenever he had time, he would lift irons.

   That night, the Suns and the Knicks had a big battle.

  Although they belong to the East and West leagues, the Knicks are at home and definitely don't want to lose, while the Suns want to win more, because the old K wants the MVP, so the game between the two teams was quite intense.

  Wilkins performed mediocrely in the first two games, which did not meet his wishes, nor his status as a veteran superstar. He kept holding his breath, and this broke out.

   Even if Oakley threw him three times in the defense, as long as he got the ball, he would continue to hit the Knicks penalty area.

   In the end, he scored 32 points and shot 49%, playing a better performance than the previous two games.

   Teammates ushered in an explosion. Wang Tiejun restrained his offense in the low position and focused on defense and rebounding. He only scored 25 points, 21 rebounds, 8 assists, 6 blocks, 2 turnovers and 3 fouls in this game. Double-double data.

   With the excellent performance of the two, the Suns defeated the Knicks and won the opening three-game winning streak.

   But in fact, they didn't win much. They only won by 6 points. If Wang Tiejun grabbed 21 rebounds, the Suns would have lost the game.

   Too many outside mistakes, reaching 17 times. At the same time, as the main power forward, Horry's contribution in rebounding can be ignored. There were only 3 rebounds in this game, and Oakley stole 14.

  The Suns management also noticed one of Horry's weaknesses as the main power forward, the team's rebounding was much less than last season when Green was there.

   But without a suitable main power forward, Horry can only continue to play this position temporarily.

  In the early hours of the morning, the team flew to Boston overnight to prepare to play the Celtics back-to-back tomorrow, no, this evening.

  The Celtics themselves are not good enough. Last season, they tried to enter the playoffs and played very hard. This season, the management has made a bad decision, for the sake of the 1996 draft.

   In this game, the Suns took the green team, which was not strong and had no fighting spirit, and won the first four consecutive victories.

  Wang Tiejun clocked in in three quarters and played only 29 minutes, scoring 28 points, 12 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals, 3 blocks, 1 turnover and 2 fouls.

   "Old K, the official league 11 will announce the MVP rankings for the first week. What are your expectations for this?" The reporter asked at the scene after the game.

   "We still have one more game, I hope the Raptors will be stronger and make my data look better." Wang said with a smile.

   "You will see your former teammate Oliver Miller in the Raptors. Now his tonnage is as high as 150 kilograms. Do you want to say something to him?" The reporter asked again.

   "Oliver? Haha, he's eating too much again. I want to tell him, get your stomach under control, it's better to cut it in half."

Thinking of the Oliver Miller who had targeted him many times, Pharaoh laughed twice, but after his strength improved and became the new core of the team, Oliver Miller did not dare to mess with him anymore. The contradiction is gone.

  When there is competition, there is contradiction. When there is no competition, there is no contradiction. It's that simple.

On the 9th, the Suns came to Toronto, Canada.

There are at least 1.5 million Chinese in this country. Toronto is the largest city in the country and the fourth largest city in North America, with 2.5 million. There are quite a lot of Chinese and Chinese. It is said that it has reached 500,000, which is more than The Phoenix metropolitan area has a larger population.

   On the evening of the 10th, a large number of Chinese faces appeared in the arena.

   This newly established team made a good start and then lost three games in a row. The current record is one win and three losses, and it is at the bottom of the league.

   Facing the Suns tonight, facing one of the most terrifying beasts in the league, the whole team was quite demoralized.

Especially the team's main center, Oliver Miller, who was eliminated by the Suns. It was the old K who competed with him in the Suns. Facing the powerful attack of the old K, even with a tonnage of 150 kilograms. , he was also beaten with no color.

  Wang Tiejun directly defeated this former competitor by moving faster, turning more flexibly, hooking, hitting the board, and dunking.

He just didn't use the strongest iron mountain to fight, because Oliver Miller's tonnage is indeed large enough, heavier than O'Neal, and has been the league's first tonnage for the past two seasons, and only 206 cm tall, the chassis is relatively It's so low that it can't be bumped easily.

  Wang Tiejun played 35 minutes in this game, scoring 32 points, 17 rebounds, 5 assists, 1 steal, 4 blocks, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls.

   Now Horry is playing the main No. 4 position. He is floating outside and has very few rebounds. The team's rebounds are not enough. He has to devote some of his energy to rebounding, so the offensive aspect is reduced.

   won the Raptors, the Suns won the opening five consecutive victories, and also ended three away games.

   At 9:00 this morning, before the Suns left the hotel, the league officially announced the MVP rankings for the first week of the new season.

In the first five games, Wang Tie averaged 34.8 minutes per game, scoring 33.8 points, 16.8 rebounds, 5.8 assists, 1 steal, 3.6 blocks, 1.8 turnovers and 2.8 fouls.

   Temporarily ranks first in scoring and rebounding. It is also the first in the league in personal efficiency, offensive efficiency, and victory or defeat.

   The defensive efficiency ranks first in the team and tenth in the league.

   At the same time, the Suns have won five games in a row. Like the Bulls, the two teams are tied for the first place in the league.

   However, his personal data is stronger than that of Jordan, temporarily ranking first in this week's MVP rankings.

Pharaoh paid attention to Jordan's data, 33 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 2.2 steals, 0.5 blocks, 2 turnovers and 2.4 fouls. This is also a very strong statistic. The score is three points higher than last season's average, and the hit rate is also three higher. The percentage point reached 52.5%. With Jordan's age, it is truly unprecedented to be able to play such all-round data.

  You must know that Jordan is almost 33 years old. Look at Lightning who is not yet 30 years old. The gap between them is too big.

   After the two, the Spurs' David Robinson was ranked third, followed by the Jazz's Karl Malone, the fifth was Big Dream, and the sixth was Magic's Penny Hardaway.

Without O'Neal, Penny Hardaway led the team to a record of one loss and four wins, averaging 26 points and 7.4 assists per game. The upper position was very strong. The limelight of Jordan's successor was getting stronger and stronger under the promotion of Oran Multimedia. O'Neal created a lot of pressure.

   After this list was announced, the Orlando Magic management team held a meeting to once again discuss the hardcore-O'Neal battle.

   But there is still no result. After all, this is only the first week, and Hardaway's performance is hard to tell.

   But at the meeting, more people expressed greater concern about O'Neal's injury.

   They are afraid that after making O'Neal the core of the Magic's future, there will be serious injuries, because once the center's knee is injured, then injuries are likely to follow.

   And O'Neal is also a giant center, the pressure and wear on his knees are far more than other centers, and the injury factor will be more important.

   In short, the Magic management team has a consensus. Because of this injury, they believe that O'Neal cannot be viewed at the same level as Old K. Old K's ability to resist injuries is obviously stronger than O'Neal.

   At this time, Jordan was also talking about MVP and scoring title with David Frank.

  The agent's meaning, you can argue, he knew that Jordan didn't shoot with all his strength, but Jordan refused.

  Jordan said: "I didn't do my best, and so did Lao K. He didn't get the MVP last season. Do you think he will compete this season?

  I have no shortage of MVPs, let alone scoring titles. My goal is only the championship.

   My physical fitness is good, but I can't compete with him in the regular season.

   Besides, does the Suns have the absolute strength to reach the finals? uncertain.

   I guess Lao K's biggest goal this season is MVP. If I compete with him for MVP, he will definitely do his best in the regular season.

   Therefore, the team record can be contested, but personal data is not necessary. "

   Back in Phoenix, Wang Tiejun arrived at the martial arts hall, and the medicinal materials from Los Angeles have been shipped here, and they are all packaged.

On this day, the three-month physical training was completed, and it was upgraded two levels. The previous one has been upgraded. This time it has been upgraded to 101, and the potential level is 103. However, the improvement limit of the medicated bath is 105, which means that he It can also be upgraded by 4 levels through medicated baths and physical training.

   He still has the last 200 points in his hand. After thinking about it, he has not exchanged the physical training card. He wants to compete for the MVP this season. Although he has a physical fitness of 101, he does not need to waste it on training. It has to be used in competitions.

   On the night of the 12th, the Suns defeated the Warriors at home and won six straight games, and they had no games for the next two days and rested at home.

   On the night of the 14th, Rodman was sidelined due to injury, and the lineup was uneven, which caused the Bulls, who won all the games, to accidentally lose to the Magic without the big sharks.

   Jordan made only 8 of 20 shots and 4 of 7 three-pointers. The shooting percentage was higher than the overall shooting rate, and the lethality was not enough. He only made 4 of 5 free throws, and got 23 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals.

  Pippen was even less efficient, also making 7 of 20 shots and 1 of 6 three-pointers, 16.7% from the field.

And Jordan's successor, Penny Anfernee Hardaway, played extremely well. He played 40 minutes, 12 of 18 shots, a hit rate of 66.7%, and 4 of 7 three-pointers. The hit rate is as high as 57.1%, plus 8 of 9 free throws, scored 36 points, 5 rebounds and 4 steals.

   In the face of Jordan, his draft template, he had a very strong offensive desire. He did not have an assist in the whole game, but had four turnovers. This is also the flaw in this game.

However, his performance made the Magic management very excited. O'Neal led his team to be eliminated by the Bulls in the last playoffs, and now Hardaway led his team to defeat Jordan's Bulls, which made them discover that even without O'Neal, Hardaway can lead The team has a good record and can also beat the Bulls.

   As a result, O'Neal's status in their minds has slipped again. The last time O'Neal slipped was because of O'Neal's injury.

If it is said that because of the birth of the old K, the Magic management valued O'Neal more, but after O'Neal's agent shouted out the seven-year $150 million contract, and then O'Neal was seriously injured again, In their minds, O'Neal is on the same level as Hardaway.

   And now, Hardaway's outstanding performance has begun to make his status in the Magic management's heart begin to tilt upwards, and the scales begin to tilt in his favor.

   On the evening of the 15th, after the Suns had a two-day rest, they lost to the Nuggets and ushered in their first loss of the season.

   The two sides drew in regular time and played three consecutive overtimes.

   This was also the first time Wang Tiejun played three overtimes, but the result made him regretful and lost the game.

The Nuggets played an explosive game, with one player 30+, three players 20+, and three players 10+. A total of 7 players scored in double figures. The team scored a total of 137 points. With a gorgeous offensive performance, they defeated the Nuggets. Suns.

  The Suns' offense also played well, scoring 131 points, and even backup guard Posen scored 18 points.

  Unfortunately, they allowed their opponent to get more points and thus lost the game.

  Wang Tiejun played for 58 minutes and only rested for 5 minutes. He even scored 55 points and 25 rebounds. The shooting percentage was 53%, which is the lowest data this season.

The teammates on the perimeter could not pull away, and the Nuggets contracted the defense to create a suffocating defensive system with Mutombo as the defensive core. The most important reason for his efficiency decline was to defend him with ants and dead elephants. reason.

Last season's DPOY Mutombo played the top defensive performance in this game, sending 7 big caps, and Pharaoh ate three big caps by himself, which is the most important reason why the efficiency of this game dropped so much .

   In addition, rookie Finley made 3 of 12 shots in this game, with a poor shooting rate of only 25%, and 0 of 5 three-pointers, which fully demonstrated the unstable quality of the rookie.

   And Wilkins, although he scored 25 points, his shooting percentage was only 40.5%, and he also allowed his opponent to get the highest 32 points for the Nuggets. The offensive efficiency was low enough, and the defense failed completely.

As Wang Tiejun's inside partner, Horry's rebounding has become the biggest bad point in the Suns' main lineup. He only grabbed 5 rebounds in this game. If it weren't for Wang Tiejun, the Suns would not have been able to delay the overtime. It will be solved by the Nuggets within time.

After the game, the Suns' perimeter defense and rebounding were criticized by the media.

The live broadcast of the game was on TNT TV, and the commentator Dort said after the game: "The Suns' flawed perimeter is the most important reason for the Nuggets to score 137 points. Such a Suns, once they enter the playoffs, the first Wheels are troublesome.

   And the quality of the rebounding is also worrying. Robert Horry is only suitable for playing small forward or as a backup. He can't grab the rebound at all. At the same time, he can't contribute to the team's low defense in the low post, and he is more suitable for defense outside the restricted area. "

   Latham also criticized: "The team must adjust the starting lineup, strengthen the perimeter defense, and strengthen the rebounding quality of the 4th position.

In addition, the addition of Wilkins made the Suns completely unable to play last season's tactics, that is to say, he completely destroyed the Suns' tactical system last season, and rebuilding the tactical system is not something that can be completed in a short time. , I think the team can put him on the bench as the sixth man, which may be a good attempt. "

  Dot said in surprise: "Letham, are you crazy, that is the essence of human movies, how could he be a substitute?"

   Latham shrugged and said: "This is just an idea. If he wants to win the championship, he should make some kind of sacrifice, just like when he signed a three-year minimum salary contract with the Suns."

   At the scene, Wang Tiejun, who was like being fished out of the water, was stopped by a group of reporters in the player tunnel and answered three questions.

   "Old K, what do you think of your teammates' performance tonight?"

   "Although we lost the game, everyone worked hard. Sometimes it's like this. We worked hard but didn't gain anything. But losing a game does not prevent us from pursuing our goals for the entire season."

   "What kind of adjustments do you think the Suns need?"

   "Oh, I'm just a player, can you ask the coaching staff and management about this?"

   "What's your comment on Mutombo's performance?"

   "He's very good, the best defensive center in the league right now."

   Farewell to the reporter, exhausted Wang Tiejun returned to the locker room with his teammates.

  Although he didn't say anything when answering the reporter, in his heart, he actually believed that the team's main lineup should indeed be adjusted.

   As for how to adjust, he doesn't know. Anyway, he feels that the configuration of the current main lineup is very uncomfortable for him to play, which is far worse than last season.

   (end of this chapter)

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