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Chapter 142 G2 Battle

After dealing with a few questions, Barkley also ended the interview. The Suns said goodbye to the fans and returned to the locker room.

After winning the game, the atmosphere was very good, especially Barkley, who kept walking in the locker room and interacted with every teammate to express his excitement.

"Kevin, what do you think of my efficiency today?"

"Not bad, but I suggest you add some close-to-the-basket shots, which will save energy."

"Kevin, my agent said that if I play well in the playoffs, he will give me a few million dollars in endorsements. Do you think he can do it?"

"He must be fooling you. Charles doesn't even have that many endorsements."

"But my temperament is full of violent elements and heavy metal elements, and my image is a hundred times better than his. Do you think someone will buy a product endorsed by a pig?"

"Well, that's true, at least I won't buy it."

"What kind of product do you think Charles is suitable for endorsement?"

"Flying pig brand pig feed?"

"Panda blindfold?"

"Maternity clothes?"

"Full-fat milk powder?"

"Fliggy TT?"

Lao Wang kept looking at his data sheet, chatting with Kevin Johnson beside him.

"Hey, what are you two guys talking about behind my back?" Barkley just walked over and "growled" angrily.

"Ha ha……"

The people next to him couldn't bear it anymore, and burst out laughing.

At this time, assistant coach Lewis said: "The Sonics just won the Jazz, 85:99, and the advantage is still great. In addition, the Eastern Bulls won the Eagles, 90:114, and the Knicks won the Pacers, 104:107."

"The Knicks are rubbish. They only won by 3 points. I think it will be a black eight this time." Barkley said with a smile.

"What is Hei Ba?" Old Wang asked.

"No. 8 kills No. 1, it's called Black Eight." Kevin Johnson explained.

After taking a shower, except for Ceballos, the other four starters followed the head coach to the press conference.

"Ugh!"

Ceballos sighed in his heart. After one season, he also started more than 50 games, but he did not participate in a single press conference. He was completely a pseudo-main player in the starting lineup. If this continues, he might be traded next season.

The next day, May 5st, with yesterday's performance, Comrade Wang's K1 sneakers were sold for another day, with a total of 1 pairs sold, which exceeded the sales volume on the first day.

The good sales performance has made Mammoth Company very happy. If this continues, the company's financial situation can be improved quickly without going bankrupt.

At the same time, Wang Tiejun's good performance in the G1 battle was praised by the media.

Especially the local media praised him as a flower.

TNT, which broadcast the game live, was also very powerful. Some of his wonderful moments in the G1 game were made into highlights and broadcast on sports news.

But he didn't have time to pay attention to these, because the lawsuit with Will Houston started, and he attended the first court in person.

He also met Will Houston, seeing the guy for the first time.

Houston is in his forties, a white man, even though he has a lawsuit on his back, his prospects are not good, and he is unemployed, but he is still very tough and arrogant in the face of Wang Tiejun's performance.

However, after the trial, his face was obviously more anxious. There was little chance of winning the lawsuit. Facing the claim amount of hundreds of millions of dollars, he was also afraid. Although he was still very arrogant in the face of Wang Tiejun, he was obviously ruthless.

That night, the Spurs lost to the Trail Blazers with a score of 96:105, and the battle was tied.

The Spurs only won the Blazers by one point in the G1 game, and lost 2 points in the G9 game, which shows that even if the Spurs' strength passes the first round, they will fall in the second round. This is the evaluation of the Spurs by the media.

大卫罗宾逊在G2战中的命中率只有36.4%，只拿到15分14篮板1助攻1盖帽2失误5犯规的数据，表现和G1战一样差劲，也受到了媒体的批评。

In fact, this is because the opponent's defense is concentrated on him, so he played consecutive low-efficiency performances.

The West also completed the game at the same time as Mosaic vs. Clippers.

The Clippers played crazy defense. Mosaic, who performed well in the G1 game, lost a home game, 95:83, and the home game was tied.

G1战中表现亮眼的大梦奥拉朱旺依然表现良好，轰下了30分14篮板4助攻2抢断4盖帽3失误3犯规的数据。

But his scoring is mainly based on free throws. Under the opponent's crazy double-teaming, his lethality is huge, and he made 20 of 18 free throws.

In terms of shooting, he made 19 of 6 shots and only made 31.6% of his shots, which was seriously affected by double-teaming.

In addition, the performance of other players was not good. Except for Dameng, only Kenny Smith scored 11 points, and substitute forward Matt Brad scored 12 points. The others scored in single digits.

In the East, the Hornets defeated the Celtics in overtime and tied the game.

莫宁表现上佳，轰下18分14篮板3助攻1抢断6盖帽3失误6犯规的数据，打了49分钟，在加时赛的时候被罚下。

In another game in the East, the Cavaliers lost to the Nets and also drew.

On the 2nd, the Suns against the Lakers, the game day of the G2 game.

The game started at eight o'clock, and at 07:30, the two sides announced the starting lineup.

Lakers: Divac, Eldon Campbell, AC Green, Byron Scott, Saidal Streiter

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

During the TNT live broadcast, Dortmund said: "The starters of the two sides have not changed, the same as the G1 battle."

Laitem said: "After the game the day before yesterday, the Lakers coach Randy Fender said that he would strengthen the defense, so tonight's game should be more intense and the defense will be more crazy."

Dortmund said: "Last night, Dameng was crazy double-teamed by the Clippers. Although he scored a lot of points with free throws, his efficiency was pitifully low, which surprised me."

"It's normal for the efficiency to drop in double-teaming. Why are you surprised?" Laitem said.

"Because the old K was also double-teamed in the G1 game, but his efficiency is super high, even surpassing the regular season, isn't it surprising? Dameng is a super center, and old K is just a rookie. Isn't it surprising to compare?" Dott said.

Nodding, Laitem analyzed: "The two of them are centers with completely different styles. It can even be said that Old K and O'Neal, and the three super centers, are two different types of centers.

O'Neal didn't make the playoffs, so I won't talk about it here, let's just talk about old K.

Old K was also double-teamed frequently the night before yesterday, but why was he able to play with high efficiency, but Dameng was inefficient?
This should be analyzed from their style of play or style. "

Dortmund said thoughtfully: "Dameng relies on his pace and technique on the offensive end. Once he is double-teamed wildly, his room for movement will be extremely compressed, which will inevitably affect his performance."

"Correct!"

Laitem said excitedly: "But old K is different. He has greater tonnage and strength. He can be more stable in double-teaming, just like a mountain that cannot be shaken."

Dott went on: "At the same time, he has the kind of way of exerting great power in the cracks, which allows him to be in double-teams, and he can also use his hitting skills, which is why his efficiency cannot be suppressed by double-teams."

Latham said: "One more thing, Dameng mainly focused on jump shots last night, and the offense at the basket accounted for only 17%. It is inevitable that the shooting rate will drop in crazy double-teams.

In the G1 game, the old K mostly shot from the basket. He was closer to the basket. He used an incredible hit to break the double-team and then completed the dunk. This is the difference between him and Dameng. "

Dortmund suddenly said: "I can also add that the skills of the three super centers are too comprehensive, and they have too many scoring methods, while the old K and O'Neal, the two rookies, their scoring methods are relatively much less, especially the old K, who used to only have dunks at the basket, but now they only have nearly two more hooks.

If it was someone else, such a monotonous offensive method would be easily targeted, but Old K is different.

His tonnage and strength allow him to stand firmly in the double-team. His relying on the hit can forcibly break the double-team, allowing him to get rid of the defender to the greatest extent before he hits the hook.

We know that the shooting rate is inversely proportional to the defensive strength. When you can get rid of the defense, your shooting rate will inevitably increase, and this is the case with old K.

I analyzed his shots the night before, and he was like this. Even if he dunks at the basket, he tried to drive past the defender before shooting, so that he would not be fouled, and he didn't want to go to the free throw line. "

Laitem nodded and said: "That's why he nicknamed himself the restricted area sweeper. After sweeping the restricted area to clear the defenders and then shoot, his hit rate will naturally be high."

"Then the Lakers will strengthen their defense tonight, and I'm looking forward to what old K will do." Dort laughed.

At eight o'clock, the game begins.

Jump ball, Suns attack.

The left wing is low, and Wang Tiejun stands still, holding Divac on his left elbow, and raising his right hand for the ball.

Just two meters above him, the Lakers small forward AC Green, known as the Iron Man, is staring at the top of the arc. As soon as the ball is passed, he will definitely come down to double-team him immediately, and he will be in place in one step.

And inside him, Divac's right arm has wrapped around his left arm, twisted together, and the confrontation has begun.

At the top of the arc, Kevin Johnson was in control of the ball, observing the situation on the court, and suddenly passed the ball to Ceballos, who was one step behind the left-wing three-point line.

When AC Green saw it, he could only return to defend Ceballos.

Ceballos' technical characteristics are mainly breakthroughs and scoring. 45% of his offense occurs at the basket, and his shooting percentage is close to 36%.

One step in the three-point line, if he is completely empty and let him shoot, it will be fatal, so AC Green must return to defense.

"Whoosh!"

When AC Green returned to the defense, Ceballos suddenly passed the ball down.

"Snapped!"

Wang Tiejun caught the ball with his right hand and caught it firmly.

At this time, Divac inside resisted with all his strength, not only pinched his left arm, but pressed his lower back with his right elbow from time to time, and pinned his legs under his feet, and at the same time pushed him outward with his chest.

At this time, his tonnage and strength came into play.

The tonnage of 123 kilograms is 13 kilograms larger than that of Divac, and the gap in absolute strength is even greater. When the bear step stops and the horse step sinks, Divac can't hold him at all.

If you stand firmly, you can perform technical movements and ensure the quality of technical movements.

If you can't even stand up, make a shot with difficulty, and your technical movements are seriously deformed, then there is no quality.

Immediately after catching the ball, he made an iron mountain kick first, and then took the opportunity to use his left foot on the inside as a supporting foot, turning from face up to a complete back position, while at the same time, his right foot on the outside suddenly touched the floor and went back.

In the state of being completely backed up, it is likely to slip to the bottom. When Divac saw it, he quickly pressed his chest against Wang Tiejun's right shoulder.

This is to defend against the right shoulder, and the main defense is to prevent the bottom from slipping.

According to his understanding of Wang Tiejun, Old K has never turned from above to break through with the ball, so his defensive focus is to defend his right shoulder.

But he will not be careless, because the old K still has a hook. If he defends his right shoulder, the old K will immediately turn up and make a hook.

So when he went to push the shoulder, his left arm was still tightly wrapped around Wang Tiejun's left arm, preventing him from getting up easily, so that even if the opponent took off sideways, he would not be able to jump up, and his technical movements would be deformed.

It's a long story, but it's actually just a moment. When Wang Tiejun stepped back with his right foot, the change happened suddenly.

There is a trick in Bajiquan called hanging ta. When facing the enemy with your back, you can suddenly hang your calf backwards to catch the enemy's leg, and then collapse your knees backward, which can directly make the enemy's center of gravity collapse instantly and make the enemy fall back to the ground.

Wang Tiejun also had an idea, and came up with this trick.

His right foot stepped back, and his calf instantly held Divac's right calf.

He has always been standing in the bear stance. The bear stance is characterized by a low center of gravity and a slightly bent knee. After catching the opponent's calf, the knee suddenly collapsed backwards.

"not good!"

At this moment, Divac lost his center of gravity and fell backwards involuntarily.

"boom!"

When the opponent fell over, Wang Tiejun turned around and slid to the bottom, jumped up with one step, and completed the attack with a one-handed dunk.

"yeah!"

The American West Arena cheered.

Divac was dumbfounded, he didn't know how he fell down, he got up and looked at Lao Wang in a daze.

The three referees didn't know how Divac fell down. They didn't see the old K hitting hard, nor did he swing his arm or elbow, but just moved his right leg, and that was just a normal supporting leg conversion before sliding to the bottom.

The NBA has various regulations on illegal contact between players, but there is no cylinder rule. The only cylinder rule in the league is about the basket, that is, the rules about interference with the ball.

Just now they believed that Wang Tiejun's right leg was moving backwards, which was part of the bottom-sliding movement, and the contact with Divac's leg was a normal and legal contact, so they didn't blow the whistle. They even thought that Divac's sudden fall to the ground was just deceiving the whistle with his superb acting skills.

"Cool!"

Only Lao Wang understood what happened just now, and he turned on the system while returning to defense.

He had an idea just now, and it was very successful. He felt that it was a kind of improvement in the technique of low-post back hitting.

But this time it is not relying on the system, it is his own initiative to integrate martial arts and basketball skills. It should, maybe, probably, his low back-up skill level will be improved.

"No? System, isn't this going to be upgraded?"

But unfortunately, it is still level 90, he asked very puzzled.

"The technology used by the host is suspected of foul play," the system said.

"Discrimination, you are discrimination." He said angrily.

In the TNT live broadcast, two commentators were also analyzing the situation just now.

"Is it a flop? Or is it caused by old K's leg movements? Is it illegal contact?" Dortmund asked doubtfully.

"It should be a flop. It's normal for old K to have contact with his legs when he slides down the bottom. If he turns around and wants to change legs, it's impossible that he didn't make contact."

After Lytem finished speaking, he added: "Even if you knock him over, it's a normal confrontation. Old K didn't move at that time."

"It can only be a failure of the performance. Congratulations Divac, you have a chance to win the Golden Broom Award." Dort laughed.

"Puchi, haha..." Latem laughed loudly.

Next, Wang Tiejun tried to hang the collapse twice, but was not successful.

Once, Divac's legs were not hung, and once Divac's legs were in the shape of a bow and horse. He hung on the front legs where the center of gravity was, which was useless at all. The center of gravity was too low to collapse Divac's center of gravity, and he almost made a mistake.

The best chance for this kind of hanging collapse is when the defender's legs are side by side, and the center of gravity is between the two legs. As long as the center of gravity of one leg is destroyed, it will work.If the defender's center of gravity is only on one leg, it is difficult to collapse the center of gravity.

In the 5th minute of the first quarter, he found another chance.

Taking the ball in the low position on the left wing, AC Green double-teamed in place. He put his left elbow against Divac inside, and held the ball high with his right hand, as if he was going to pass the ball.

Divac and AC Green raised their hands high and waved continuously, blocking his passing space.

With Wang Tiejun's height, the defensive action of the two defenders must require them to stand with their legs side by side and their bodies upright to achieve the highest defensive height.

At this time, Lao Wang received the ball downwards, smashed the ball with both hands, his body squatted slightly into a bear gait posture, his left foot did not move, he suddenly turned around, his right foot stepped back, his right calf caught Divac's right calf behind him, and his slightly curved right knee collapsed backwards.

"Oh!"

Divac fell backwards to the floor.

"I fell down again?" His head was in a daze again.

"Di!"

Just as Wang Tiejun turned around and slid to the bottom, the bottom judge blew his whistle, pointed at him, patted his leg again, and made a gesture of offensive foul.

This means that Wang Tiejun had illegal contact with his legs just now, causing Divac to fall to the ground.

"I just said, he made a small move, and it was the same last time." Divac immediately got up excitedly and shouted at the referee.

Comrade Lao Wang helplessly threw the ball to the bottom referee, didn't bother to ask anything, and ran straight to the backcourt.

It was really hit by the system, and it was suspected of fouling.

It was his second foul, and he was substituted, playing five minutes in the first quarter.

1投1中，拿到了2分1篮板1助攻1失误2犯规。

This time, he sat until the 5th minute of the second quarter before going into battle again.

As soon as he came on the court, the Lakers' outside line came at him, all from his side, and he got his third personal foul 2 minutes later.

Paul Westphal reacted too slowly and didn't replace him in time. It was another 3 minutes later when the fourth offender came in and he was replaced.

"Westphal's experience is still too bad. The Lakers are obviously targeting Old K and want to beat him down." Dott analyzed in the TNT live broadcast.

"The Lakers adopted a different defense from the G1 game today. In the G1 game, they double-teamed the old K even more than Barkley, but today Barkley encountered more double-teams. Now he is 8 of 2 shots, and the efficiency is very low. As for the old K, it was his foul, and the tactics were very successful." Laitem analyzed.

"Now that the Suns are behind by 5 points and the old K is off the field, Barkley will definitely encounter more double-teams, and the situation will continue to deteriorate." Dortmund said.

Sure enough, when Barkley was alone on the court, the Lakers' low-post double-teams were all concentrated on him, and his efficiency could not be improved. After the first half, 41:51, the Suns trailed by 10 points at home.

In the second half, Wang Tiejun, who made the fourth offense, came on the court and began to exert force on the offensive end, constantly hitting the basket.

But the Lakers still implemented foul tactics against him. He was afraid of being sent off, so he shrank on the defensive end, which fueled the arrogance of the Lakers outside, and the Lakers' breakthrough became more and more crazy.

Even so, in the 6th minute of the third quarter, under the breakthrough of the Lakers, he still got the fifth foul.

At this time, with the help of his efficient basket attack, Barkley's double-team weakened, and the Suns narrowed the point difference to two points, but with his end, the situation once again favored the Lakers.

After three quarters, 66:73, the Lakers led by 7 points.

He played in the 3rd minute of the last quarter, and in the 8th minute, he finally got the 6th foul in a wonderful dive by Divac and graduated.

他一共上场打了24分钟，而且非常零碎，11投5中，7罚4中，拿到了14分7篮板2助攻1抢断2盖帽2失误6犯规的数据。

The Lakers' foul-making tactics were too successful, the Suns didn't react, and the coaching staff didn't come up with a timely solution.

At the end, 86:91, the Suns lost their second home game and were pulled back by the Lakers.

Barkley played 44 minutes, made 24 of 8 shots, and his shooting percentage was only 33.3%, which was 4 percentage points lower than that of Lao Wang. Under the crazy double-teaming of the Lakers, he couldn't get in. He made jump shots from the outside all the way, without lethality. He only made 2 of 18 free throws and scored 21 points, 3 rebounds, 1 assists, 1 steal, 4 turnover and [-] fouls.

The Lakers were very excited to get back a big score.

"We want a black eight. We have the strength and this opportunity. When we return to the home court, we will have an advantage."

After the game, Divac, who won the best of the game, accepted an on-site interview. He was so excited that he couldn't control his emotions, and excitedly expressed his inner true thoughts to the reporter.

He played a total of 34 minutes in this game. With Wang Tiejun timid on the defensive end and too little playing time, he made 15 of 8 shots, 1 of 1 three-pointers, and 7 of 2 free throws. He scored 19 points and 13 rebounds. His performance was very good, far surpassing the G1 game.

An hour later, the two teams held a post-match press conference.

On the Lakers side, the atmosphere was very enthusiastic.

"Coach Fender, when did you decide to implement a foul-making tactic against Old K?" A reporter asked.

As soon as this was mentioned, Randy Fender was very excited and said with a smile: "It was the offensive foul, he got his second personal foul, we decided to call his foul, and changed the tactics in time.

In fact, we made it, and he only played 24 minutes.And because the tactical success against him reduced his playing time, we put excess double-teaming power on Barkley and then restricted him. This is the key reason why we can win the game today. The tactical success is an important guarantee for our victory. "

On the Suns side, the atmosphere was a bit dull.

"Charles, do you think it's possible for the Lakers to say it's black?" a reporter asked.

"That's impossible. After one loss, we will adjust quickly. We will win the next two away games. There is no suspense." Barkley said immediately.

"Old K, are you satisfied with today's performance?" A reporter asked.

"Not so satisfied."

Wang Tiejun said unhappily: "Too many fouls, this is my problem."

"Mr. Coach, you didn't make any tactical adjustments after the Lakers adopted foul-making tactics against Old K. Old K has been facing the impact of the Lakers' outside line head-on. Why is that?" a reporter asked.

Paul Westphal looked a little embarrassed, this is indeed his problem, there is no one to do dirty work for Old K.

Under normal circumstances, a power forward is a coolie, doing dirty work. When the opponent attacks the center from the outside, the power forward must stand in front.

But in the Suns, Barkley is a superstar, and it is impossible for him to arrange for Barkley to do these things for Old K, which caused Old K to be hit head-on.

In fact, Barkley also fouled four times today, and he is not capable of doing these things for Old K. If he is sent off, the situation will be even worse.

"this problem……"

After hesitating, he said: "Our coaching staff will study it carefully next time, and we will not repeat the same mistakes in the G3 game."

After the press conference, the Suns boarded the bus and drove to the training base.

"You know, the Knicks and the Bulls both won Game [-] tonight."

"Damn it, Charles, you still said that the Knicks will be hacked, but now they have a winning streak, we have to cheer up, don't mess it up, we are the number one record in the league." Kevin Johnson yelled.

He played very badly today and sent 16 assists, but the team lost.

"Don't worry, it's fine, leave it to me." Barkley rubbed his face and assured again and again.

"Blame me today. If I hadn't made too many fouls, we wouldn't have lost." Pharaoh criticized himself.

He himself felt that it was the offensive foul that caused the trouble, and the two fouls were too fast, allowing the Lakers to seize the opportunity.

"NO, it's not your fault, old K, you are a big center, when the Lakers attacked you, we didn't protect you in time."

"Old K, they will definitely do that again in the end. They have tasted the sweetness, but don't worry, we will protect you."

They are all experts, everyone said one after another.

(End of this chapter)