NBA backer king

Chapter 143
The next day, most of the media were criticizing the Suns.

From Barkley to head coach Paul Westphal, from Wang Tiejun to Ceballos, who scored only three points, they criticized each one.

The local media is still merciless. The media in Phoenix and Arizona are not as ruthless as the New York media, and they do not blame the players too much.

But for the coaching staff, the local media did not let it go, and directly accused the coaching staff of not adjusting tactics in time, so that Wang Tiejun was directly exposed to the Lakers' outside impact.

Amid the media criticism, the Suns boarded a plane to Los Angeles.

During dinner, Danny Angie sat next to Wang Tiejun and asked in a low voice, "Old K, are you not dating Miss Julia Roberts tonight?"

Old Wang was taken aback, and said, "Why are you asking her out? It's the playoffs now, so I can't spend my energy on her, so it's not worth it."

"Pfft!"

Everyone laughed and joked.

In fact, he and Roberts only occasionally send a text message to greet each other, and it is not a relationship between boyfriend and girlfriend. If they are too far apart and do not see each other for a period of time, the intimacy will fade.

In the evening, the Suns coaching staff got together again to discuss the tactics of the G3 game.

They didn't sleep much last night, they all had dark circles under their eyes, and they have to continue to suffer tonight, otherwise how would they explain to Colangelo?
That night, Mosaic defeated the Clippers in an away game, leading by a big score of [-] to [-], and got the match point.

After a sluggish game, Dameng Olajuwon once again played in a crazy state. He made 20 of 14 shots and a hit rate of 70%. He also sent 4 big caps and scored 32 points and 12 rebounds.

There is only one game in the west, and only one in the east. The Hornets beat the Celtics, pulled two games in a row after losing one game first, led by a big score of [-] to [-], and won the match point.

Mourning's performance was average, with 14 points, 8 rebounds, 1 assist, 2 blocks, 3 fouls and 5 fouls. As a rookie, he also got into foul trouble and only played 31 minutes piecemeal.

On the 4th, the game day, a total of four games.

In the West, the G3 battle between the Suns and the Lakers, and the G3 battle between the Jazz and the Sonics.

In the East, the G3 battle between the Bulls and the Eagles, and the G3 battle between the Knicks and the Pacers.

At eight o'clock, at the Great Western Forum Arena, the two teams announced their starters.

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

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

The atmosphere in the Great Western Forum is very hot, the scene is full of stars, and some big-name Hollywood stars can be seen everywhere, including Julia Roberts.

"Julia, are you still dating old K?" A reporter stepped forward to interview.

"Well, it seems like we didn't start." Roberts smiled.

"Will you support the Lakers or the Suns today?" The reporter asked again.

"Personally, I support Old K, and as a team, I will support the Lakers. I am a Lakers fan." Roberts smiled.

……

In the locker room of the visiting team, head coach Paul Westphal was arranging tactics and said, "That's it, Ceballos, your main task tonight is to protect Old K when the opponent is attacking him. If you want to shrink on the defensive end, stay by Old K's side."

"Understood." Ceballos said with a bitter face.

Barkley can't do hard work, he can only do it as the starting small forward.

The coaching staff thought about it again and again, and they could only come up with this method.

Of course, the main problem is Lao Wang himself, try to make as few fouls as possible, and don't mess around.

At [-]:[-], the starters started.

"Hey, Julia."

"Hey, old K."

After Wang Tiejun came out, he went straight to Roberts on the sidelines, and after a few chats, he went to warm up.

At 08:30, the game officially started.

Jump ball, the Lakers go first.

Having won the game last time, Divac was full of confidence today. As soon as he reached the low position on the left wing, he asked for the ball to the top of the arc.

Although Wang Tiejun committed six fouls in the last game, although the coaching staff told him to make as few fouls as possible, he still adopted a tough defense and directly pushed up with his chest.

The ball was passed, and before Divac received the ball, he suddenly hit an iron mountain and completed the force without moving his feet.

"Snapped!"

Relying on the strength of his upper body, Divac leaned forward slightly with his upper body, missed the ball, and the tentacle of the ball popped out of the baseline.

The bottom referee immediately made a gesture to switch offense and defense, turned his hands, and then pointed to the Suns' frontcourt with his right hand.

"He pushed me!" Divac yelled angrily.

No one paid any attention to him, the referee could see clearly that he didn't move his hands or feet, and only squeezed with his chest. This was a 100% normal confrontation.

Sun attack.

The left wing is low, Wang Tiejun holds the ball in his right hand and raises it high, facing up, with Divac on his left elbow and his opponent on his left shoulder.

In the next moment, the left foot was used as support, and the right foot suddenly stepped forward, stepping on the left waist line in the paint area, making a breakthrough from the upper side.

Divac quickly retreated half a step, but at this moment he suddenly withdrew his right foot and made a hook movement.

Divac rushed up again, but this time he took his right foot again.

It's just that this time it's not a fake, but a real one, and at the same time, the iron mountain attack was launched. When Divac rushed forward, his left shoulder and chest hit the opponent's left shoulder.

He moved, retracted, and three technical movements. In fact, the rhythm of the movements was not fast. Divac reacted and did not lose his center of gravity.

However, the last iron mountain lean was very timely, knocking the center of gravity that was moving forward, and Divac fell directly to the floor, but he stepped into the paint area one step at a time.

Campbell defended and took off to block the block. He took a step towards the former, grabbed the ball with his right hand and smashed it to the basket through the former.

"boom!"

While the basket was trembling, the referee blew his whistle.

"Oh, Divac didn't get up, he seems to have sprained his left foot." Dort shouted in the TNT live broadcast.

"It should be that he was hit by his left shoulder, lost his balance, his right foot left the floor, and his body twisted when he fell down. The left foot used as a supporting foot was sprained, and it should have sprained his left ankle joint." Laitem analyzed.

The two analyzed their opponents, Divac was helped down, and the Lakers lost their main center at the beginning of the game.

"Old K, well done!"

Barkley ran over excitedly and shouted.

"Leave it to me, you just watch the show, anyway, your efficiency is not high." Old Wang promised, patting his chest.

"roll!"

Barkley's face darkened with anger.

The next extra penalty hit, the Suns led by three points.

The Lakers replaced the superstar James Worthy at the third position, AC Green played at the fourth position, and Lao Wang faced Eldon Campbell.

Campbell may actually be close to 100 kilograms. Standing in front of him is like bean sprouts, but the style is different. People also have a way to deal with him, that is, pull it out directly.

As a center of 211 cm, Campbell has a long range. Although he doesn't have a three-pointer, he hits 40% of his long-range two-pointers, 36% of his two-pointers, and 42% of his near-two-pointers. He is threatening wherever he goes.

He put one at the beginning, and Campbell made a long two-pointer, and then he didn't dare to let it go, so he could only follow it out.

If you follow him out, he won't come back.

Similarly, AC Green also has a long-range shot, and his two-point shooting percentage is as high as 44%. Once he pulls out, Barkley has to follow.

In this way, the Suns' two major insiders were pulled out on the defensive end, the penalty area was empty, and the Lakers had no scruples when the outside line protruded.

Fortunately, the Suns played well on their own offense. The Lakers could neither defend Barkley's big butt nor Wang Tiejun's low-post offense.

In addition, the Lakers will not be able to foul Wang Tiejun if the inside line is opened, which is also worry-free.

In the 6th minute of the first quarter, at 15:14, the Suns only led by 1 point and a timeout was called.

Head coach Paul Westphal rearranged the defensive tactics, telling Barkley and Wang Tiejun not to follow too far, and put the opponents out appropriately. Whether it is AC Green or Campbell, they are not scoring madmen.

The timeout ended, and the Suns executed the game tactically.

Barkley made a shot and returned to the defensive end. Wang Tiejun released Campbell for two steps.

One step is about 1.2 meters, and the distance between two steps is [-] meters. He just guards outside the left waist of the paint area, staring at the ball handler at the top of the arc.

At this time, the ball was passed to Campbell, and he immediately rushed over, took a big step, and narrowed the distance between the two to 1.2 meters. With a stretch of his arm, Campbell was within reach.

He landed with one step and Campbell just caught the ball.

As an ordinary main player, Campbell's ability to catch the ball is mediocre, and he needs to adjust after catching the ball. After he adjusted, Wang Tiejun took another small step, stretched out his long arm, and slapped him hard.

"Snapped!"

There was a loud thump and the ball was knocked out.

"what!"

Under the pain, Campbell shook his hands again and again, feeling that several fingers were broken by the slap.

The whistle didn't sound, the ball was grabbed by Wang Tiejun, and the Suns immediately switched from defense to offense.

"Thugs, thugs!"

Campbell jumped up anxiously, and continued to make thug movements at the referee.

But the referee ignored him. He didn't see Wang Tiejun hitting Campbell's arm. As for hitting the hand, there was no problem. The part of the hand that was in contact with the ball was already part of the ball.

The Suns played a fast break and Dan Marley made a layup.

The Lakers attacked, opened up the inside line, and point guard Sedal Streiter broke through with the ball.

"Snapped!"

Barkley quickly returned to the defense and sent a block, the ball was caught by Wang Tiejun who returned to the defense.

Back on the offensive end, he carried Campbell to the rim with ease.

Campbell was pushed back around the front, and the top of the arc was lobbed at this time, and AC Green immediately double-teamed the basket.

"drink!"

With a low growl, he immediately hit left and right after receiving the ball.

"Bang bang!"

Two one-hundred-kilogram defenders were knocked over one after another and fell to the basket.

"boom!"

Amidst the violent explosion of baskets, the bustling Great Western Forum was suddenly silent.

"The difference between tonnage and strength is too great. The Lakers have no energy on the defensive end inside, and they can't suppress this behemoth at the basket."

In the TNT live broadcast, Dort shook his head and said.

"At least one strong center is needed to defend Old K, who can withstand him, and another inside line with excellent mobility can assist in double-teaming, so as to prevent Old K. Now Campbell and AC Green can't stop Old K from approaching the basket at all. Even double-teaming can't suppress it, just like two terriers biting an elephant. Is it useful?" Laitem also shook his head.

As he said, Wang Tiejun then frequently went to the basket to fight hard, and then hit two in a row, and double-teaming was useless.

Once he gets into the basket and catches the ball, he doesn't need room for movement like Dameng, and he can rely on hitting on the spot. He can rely on hitting with both feet still, and it is better to be able to move one foot.

He relied on his hitting body posture, plus a pair of big hands to smash the ball, and his ability to protect the ball is very strong. It is very difficult for the Lakers to knock off his ball.

In the end, the Lakers were forced to use foul tactics.

After solving the defensive problem, Wang Tiejun and Barkley played a powerful and efficient offense in the low post, and the Suns controlled the game. With the Lakers losing Divac, they won the G3 game smoothly, 84:107, and won the match point with a big victory.

巴克利打了35分钟，19投11中，命中率57.8%，7罚4中，拿到了26分15篮板2助攻1抢断4盖帽2失误4犯规的数据。

王铁军只打了31分钟，12投7中，命中率58.3%，9罚5中，拿到了19分8篮板1助攻1抢断3盖帽2失误4犯规的数据。

Although he only took 12 shots, the number of times he really took the ball to attack was not much less than that of Barkley, and he was fouled.

"Old K played a beautiful game. As a rookie, he performed very well in the playoffs." TNT live broadcast, Dortmund said.

Dott said with a smile: "The inside combination of Barkley and Old K is only about offensive ability. It should be no problem to be the first in the league. However, the Lakers lost Divac. The inside offense is not at all streamlined and there is no comparison."

Laitem laughed: "Now the Suns are leading [-]-[-], with the match point in hand, the next game is critical for the Lakers, and the series will be over if they lose."

Dott said: "The importance of Divac is still quite large. His defense can suppress the old K to a certain extent. If he is not injured today, the old K will not play such a great game. At the same time, his offensive ability is also better than Campbell and Tiehan Green, and the Lakers' scoring ability will also improve.

I think if he is not seriously injured, he will play in the G4 game. If the Suns want to win the Lakers, they have to be careful not to have a situation like the G2 game. "

"Old K, with a shooting percentage of 75%, what made you perform so efficiently?" At the end of the game, a reporter from TNT approached Wang Tiejun.

"It's them that irritate me."

Lao Wang pointed to the two red spots on his face and some scratches on his arms, and said, "They made too many small moves, but I used my offense to tell them that it was useless, and we will finish them off in the next game. Their desperate struggle is just to increase the ratings of our game, and it looks very intense."

"Pfft!"

The reporter couldn't help laughing.

Back in the locker room, got the match point, the atmosphere was very lively, and Barkley started walking around again, chatting with this and interacting with that.

"Charles, I think it will be easier to boost our morale if you give us some bonuses." Old Wang shouted.

"Shut up, do you think I'm bankrupt?" Barkley scolded with a smile.

(End of this chapter)