NBA backer king

Chapter 181 Finals match point

It was three o'clock in the morning, and Wang Tiejun hadn't fallen asleep yet. He yawned one after another, but he couldn't fall asleep.

In the other rooms, like him, none of the Suns players fell asleep.

In fact, like these players, the coaching staff and management are the same, and the boss Colangelo is similar, even more excited.

The next morning, none of the whole team could get up.

On the 17th, almost all the media in the United States, on their headlines, are the news of the NBA Finals.

"Old K leads the offensive frenzy in the final quarter, Jordan has nothing to say." The New York Times.

"One to three behind, the Bulls dynasty collapsed before it was built, and Jordan has nothing to say." New York Sports News.

"Averaging 40+ per game in the finals, Jordan played an unprecedented performance." Chicago Sports News.

"Hey, No. 23, you guys have improved. The three of you almost blocked me just now." Phoenix Sports reported.

"prick!"

Jordan, who was sitting at the dining table, tore up a stack of newspapers in his hand and threw them on the floor. The mentality he had recovered overnight was instantly destroyed.

Although the media reports centered on Jordan, who was behind by a large score, Comrade Wang also took the opportunity to gain a sense of presence, and no one could ignore his performance in the final quarter.

Smiling Assassin Isiah Thomas was interviewed by the media in New York, and said with a smile: "A rookie played a superstar performance on Jordan's head. He decided the finals.

This may make Michael Jordan very disappointed and angry, but he can't change anything, and this is the NBA, anything is possible.

The last thing I want to say is that we can beat him, Michael Jordan, and someone can beat him now and in the future. "

This morning, Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf summoned general manager Jerry Krause and head coach Phil Jackson in his office.

As soon as the three of them met, they found that everyone had dark circles under their eyes. It seemed that they didn't sleep much last night.

"Phil, tell me, do we still have hope?" Reinsdorf sighed.

Phil Jackson didn't sleep at all last night. He thought about it all night and came up with some ideas. He said, "Boss, although there is no precedent for the league to come back from a one-to-three deficit, we must not lose hope. What we have to do now is to create this precedent. Michael thinks the same way."

Both Jerry Reinsdorf and Jerry Krause couldn't help but nodded, looking at Phil Jackson, waiting for him to continue.

Phil Jackson said: "The reason why we lost the game last night was not a tactical problem, nor was it that we didn't play well enough. We were always in the lead, but Old K exploded in the last quarter, which we didn't expect."

"Ugh!"

As soon as this was mentioned, Jerry Krause sighed secretly. If he had brought old K to Chicago, he would not have such troubles.

Jerry Reinsdorf nodded, accepted the statement, and asked, "So Phil, how are you going to solve it?"

Phil Jackson frowned and said: "To be honest, Boss, we really lack a meat shield. No one can support him in the low post. Even if a small tonnage player is used to double-team, his weird way of hitting can forcefully break the double-team. This makes us very passive tactically."

The other two couldn't help but nodded. Old K's trash talk was too lethal, but it also showed that it was useless for small-tonnage players to double-team him.

Phil Jackson went on to say: "My defensive strategy against him has always been to consume his physical energy, but last night was actually very successful.

But I didn't expect that the Suns dared to let him play only half a quarter in the final quarter. He rested off the court for more than ten minutes, which allowed his physical fitness to recover to a certain extent, and then ushered in his explosion in the last 3 minutes. "

Jerry Krause spoke for the first time, nodded and said: "Paul Westphal is still capable, don't underestimate him."

Nodding his head noncommittally, Phil Jackson continued: "In G5, my idea of ​​defending Old K is to consume his physical energy, but I am going to shrink my defense and resolutely prevent him from getting close to the basket."

"Shrink the defense? Then the outside line..." Jerry Krause had some doubts.

Phil Jackson said: "I've thought about it, the real strength of the Suns is the inside, and the old K and Barkley both need double-teams, but we can only double-team one, so only by shrinking the defense can we solve this problem at the same time.

As for the outside line, there will definitely be loopholes, allowing them to get some open opportunities, but our own outside score can fully make up for this part of the loss. "

The other two couldn't help but nodded. After all, they weren't the head coach, so they felt like that was the case.

Next, Reinsdorf let Phil Jackson go first, and he and Jerry Krause chatted alone.

"Jerry, tell me, how do you solve our inside problem? Now that the Suns are rising, needless to say the fifth position, we are also at a disadvantage in the fourth position. Grant can't deal with Barkley at all." He asked.

Klaus has been thinking about this issue, and immediately said after hearing the words: "Boss, during the offseason, I will clean up the inside contract and hoard one or two heavy-tonnage tanks.

In the next few seasons, Barkley's strength should remain at a high level. Old K... If there is no injury, he will continue to improve. The Suns' internal strength will at least remain at the current level. The Suns will be the Bulls' main opponent for the championship.

In addition to the meat shield, we also need a stronger inside line, whether it is scoring or rebounding ability, it is stronger than Grant. "

"Do you have a goal?" Reinsdorf asked immediately.

Klaus shook his head and said: "It's okay to say that the meat shield is not good. It can make our own players gain weight, but the other one is not easy to trade."

"Ugh!"

Reinsdorf sighed.

Now is the era of traditional centers. How can a good insider be so easy to get?If it could be easily obtained, the Bulls would have obtained it long ago, so they don't have to face the current passive situation.

He remembered what Klaus said just now, and asked: "Old K is only in his first season, do you think he may have an injury?"

"Probably."

Jerry Krause nodded and explained: "The knees are the most prone to injuries for big centers, and his style of play wears out the knees far more than other centers, so I think he is likely to have injuries early in his career. Even before his peak period arrives, he will fall."

"What?" Reinsdorf was taken aback.

"I think his first injury was not the back, but the knee," Krause added.

……

That afternoon, league president David Stern and a group of officials arrived in Chicago, and they brought the championship trophy.

Both the boss of the Bulls and the boss of the Suns came to greet him at the airport, and Stern chose to get in the car of the boss of the Bulls.

Looking at the leaving convoy, Colangelo had a bad feeling.

He himself is a senior executive of the league, of course he is very aware of Stern's development strategy.

Now the alliance is really looking for a strategy to develop to the world, which also includes developing the market in the country where old K is located.

But the most important thing about the alliance is not these development plans.

The NBA league is a star performance stage, and the biggest player among them is undoubtedly Michael Jordan.

It is precisely because of Jordan's appearance that the NBA has been brought to a new level, so Jordan's significance to the league is far higher than everything else.

He knew that Stern had a plan, which was to create a god, to push Jordan to the world and to the god position, so that relying on Jordan's huge influence in the world, he would bring the NBA to a new height.

Among them, the dynasty is an indispensable part.

But now, the Bulls are one to three behind, and the Bulls dynasty collapsed before it was established. What would Stern think?
……

In Reinsdorf's stretched Lincoln, he closed the cabin partition and discussed the finals with Stern.

"Mr. President, the current situation is not good for us, but we will not give up. We hope to get some support from the alliance." He said.

"Mr. Reinsdorf, we can't participate in the finals, you know that." Stern said calmly.

"If we complete the dynasty, it will be very beneficial to the development of the alliance, as you know." Reinsdorf laughed.

Stern smiled meaningfully.

……

In the evening, the Suns had dinner at the hotel, and the management told the players to take a good rest tonight and adjust their state.

Barkley returned to the room, thinking that he might win the championship tomorrow, the excitement made every cell of him jump.

"Can I win the championship tomorrow? Michael will definitely fight back. He will definitely not admit defeat. What should I do?"

"Oops, I didn't sleep much last night, and now I can't sleep again, what should I do?"

"It's over, I'm going to lose sleep again."

"What if I don't perform well tomorrow? It's over!"

But at the same time, inexplicable pressure also arose, and countless messy thoughts made his mind a mess.

Like him, Kevin Johnson and Dan Marley are similar. Even though they lead [-]-[-], their nerves are too tense due to the pressure of worrying about gains and losses in the upcoming finals.

One night passed, and the next morning, few Suns players could get out of bed, which made the coaching staff and management a little at a loss.

June 6th is the day of the final G18 match.

Before dawn, Wang Aiguo and Liu Damei got up from the bed.

By the way, the beds in this hotel are too soft. They are called Simmons. They are used to sleeping on kangs, but they are not used to sleeping on them. After eight or nine days, their waists hurt from sleeping.

"Big sister, brother Zhang said the day before yesterday that Tie Jun might win the championship today, let's go home after watching the competition."

"Hey, I have to go home, it's too expensive to live here."

In the other room, the elders also woke up, and began to read in the morning after washing up.

The sisters study very hard. The college entrance examination is on the 7th, 8th, and 9th of next month. It has been less than a month, and now they study until late at night every day.

After several preliminary examinations by the tutor, Da Ya's grades are a little better than Erya's. She is more able to calm down and study, while Erya, who is more lively, is not as good.

According to the evaluation of several tutors, if the two of them take the college entrance examination in BJ, as long as they perform normally, they are very likely to be admitted to key undergraduate courses. However, they have to go back to their hometown to take the college entrance examination, and the score line there is very high.

After reviewing until 07:30, the two hurriedly finished their morning reading and went to prepare breakfast for their parents, and the competition was about to start.

At this time, Beiying and Yu Feihong also turned on the TV.

Now she is not alone in her dormitory. Since seven o'clock, classmates and juniors have been coming in. They are all people who like basketball, or people who like to play. The dormitory is very lively.

Similarly, Liu Yumin, who just went to work, also turned on the TV.

Like them, countless people across the country turned on their TVs, ready to watch the game.

The round of finals has not yet ended, and the high-quality competition has already turned many Chinese into basketball fans and NBA fans.

At the same time, Wang Tiejun's name has also become a name that these fans often chant. He gave them a strong sense of substitution and honor when watching the NBA, a foreign basketball game.

Chicago, United Center.

Even though the Bulls are about to be eliminated, there are a large number of stars who come to support them, and they still wear the No. 23 home jersey.

Today, Mammoth's owner and president Roman Weeks also arrived at the scene.

Lao Wang's excellent performance in the playoffs, especially the superstar performance in the finals, made the sales of Mammoth's sneakers skyrocket in Arizona, and even rose a little in other cities.

In addition, Lance Hawksman also came to the United Center, he came with Roman Wicks.

During this period of time, he was very busy, busy negotiating a sponsorship contract with old K, and he had already negotiated some, but with the super explosive performance of old K in the finals, he decisively overturned the originally negotiated conditions.

He said very excitedly: "Mr. Weeks, if old K's performance surpasses Barkley in the future, and once the Suns win the championship, he may also be honored as the Most Valuable Player of the Finals, that would be great. This is his first season, and his commercial value will skyrocket..."

"Yes, I'm looking forward to his performance." Nodding repeatedly, Weeks smiled.

At eight o'clock, the starting list will be announced.

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

Bulls: Bill Cartwright, Grant, Pippen, Jordan, BJ Armstrong

At this time, in the locker room of the visiting team, the management and coaching staff did not feel very good.

The players suffered from insomnia for two consecutive nights, and now they generally feel very tired. In today's game, the Bulls will definitely counterattack with all their strength in order to make a comeback. The pressure on the team is too great.

Paul Westphal noticed that almost everyone wore dark circles, including himself.

Buckley was holding a glass of water, and the water jumped out with shaking hands. He pretended to be indifferent and said to Lao Wang next to him: "Old K, don't be nervous."

Old Wang glanced at the fat man's water glass, it was obviously full just now, and there was only half a glass left before drinking, and asked with concern: "Brother, do you want some water for you?"

"Puchi, haha..." The locker room burst into laughter.

Well, after laughing, everyone is still nervous.

"I really hope that after winning the championship, I can stand firm as the main force, get more shots, and even the head coach can formulate some tactics for me." Ceballos thought to himself.

"The four-year rookie contract has expired, and I hope the team can give me a big contract. But what if another team offers me a big contract? Do I want to stay in the Suns?" Dan Marley was very excited and kept thinking about it.

"If we can win the championship, maybe we can have a blast this season." Kevin Johnson also has his own ideas.

He has been selected to the best second team three times and the third team once, and now he is short of one first team. After winning the championship and being selected for the first team, his career will be considered perfect.

"What if the FMVP is really given to Old K? Alas!" Barkley sighed secretly, his ups and downs made him upset.

Comrade Wang is calculating how many tickets he can get after winning the championship. This is divided according to the head, which can be a lot of money.

All players have their own little thoughts, they can't calm down, their minds are full of various thoughts, and they lose their focus on the upcoming game.

"Paul, we'd better get ready for the G6 game." Assistant coach Lewis reminded in a low voice while observing the locker room.

Westphal was startled, nodded slightly, and did not speak.

At 08:30, the game begins.

"Di!"

In the 38th second of the first quarter, Wang Tiejun knocked over Carter White in a low attack and was called an offensive foul.

Two minutes later, he picked up another defensive foul and was substituted.

The Suns lost their main center forward prematurely. The Bulls immediately put all their double-teaming power on Barkley and strengthened the control of the outside line. All the players of the Suns were not in good condition, and the game immediately entered the rhythm of the Bulls.

At halftime, the Suns trailed by 18 points.

Westphal took the advice of assistant coach Lewis, and in the middle of the third quarter, when the point difference reached [-] points, he gave up the game and replaced several main players.

When he was substituted, Comrade Wang was in a good mood, but Barkley was extremely disappointed. He thought he would win the championship tonight, but the result turned out to be like this, which made him extremely unwilling.

At the end, 82:105, the Bulls won by 23 points, fell behind by two to three, and pulled back a match point.

王铁军只断断续续地打了16分钟，7投3中，2罚2中，拿到了8分5篮板的数据。

When he was on the court, the Bulls adopted a strategy of shrinking defense, that is, piling up defenders in the paint area to prevent him from getting close to the basket, forcing him to shoot outside, reducing his efficiency and lethality.

He couldn't get in. In addition to his own shots, he also scored the ball many times, but the effect was not very good. The outside line felt cold, and he missed several open shots. The efficiency was not as good as his close-to-basket hook.

而乔丹打了35分钟，25投14中，56%的命中率，三分球6投2中，12罚12中，轰下了41分9篮板7助攻3抢断1盖帽1失误2犯规的数据。

After the game, the entire United Center erupted, celebrating the Bulls' victory.

"Michael, will we continue to win?" the reporter asked during the on-site interview after the game.

Jordan shook his head excitedly and said: "Yes, of course, we are fully prepared. This game is proof that we have the strength to come back, and we will become a precedent in this league. Yes, nothing is impossible in this world.

We will definitely win a three-peat, our dynasty is calling us, that is the honor that belongs to this city, and I will bestow it with my own hands. "

"Two to three and one game behind, what confidence do you have to say that?" Comrade Lao Wang who passed by mumbled.

Jordan's ears were sharp, and when he heard it, he gave Pharaoh a hard look.

Lao Wang glanced back, waved to his teammates behind him and shouted: "Brothers, in order to return to the home court and win the championship again, we let them go for a game. Now it's time to cheer up and let us return to the home court to defeat them."

"Go back home and overthrow them!"

The Suns players roared loudly.

"Shameless guy!"

Staring at Lao Wang, Jordan's eyes were burning, and his teeth were itching with hatred.

Hehe, let it be a game, can you bastard not afford to lose?

"Old K, did you let the Bulls win tonight?"

"Old K, do you really want to go back home and win the championship?"

Hula, many reporters rushed over and surrounded Wang Tiejun, some of them from Phoenix were the most excited.

"Of course, we won't win the away game, we want to win the championship with our fans." Old K shouted bravely.

"You damn rookie, you have a thick skin! If you lose in G6 again, what will you do?" Jordan was furious.

(End of this chapter)