On the 5th, the game day between the Lakers and the Suns.
At 10 o'clock that morning, Wang Tiejun was doing flexibility training at home. Lao Zhang went to find a house, and the phone at home rang.
"Hello..."
"Hello..."
When I picked up the call, it was actually a call from the police station.
It was nothing else. It was an investigation call about his application for a gun license yesterday. The FBI commissioned the police station to investigate him. The police station made an appointment with him to come to his home to investigate.
"I'm at home. I'm going to the team for training at noon. I'm free in the morning. You can come over at any time."
"Okay, old K, we will be there in an hour, at 11 o'clock."
At 11 o'clock, the police arrived.
Two people, one tall and one short, one black and one white, have good attitudes. After all, he still has a certain reputation here.
Let me introduce you, the white man is from the Phoenix Department of Justice, and the black man is a detective from the local police department.
"Hey, old K, will you knock down the Lakers' basket again tonight?" the black police detective said with a smile.
"No, I will get rid of that actor first and beat him with my arm." Lao Wang shook his head.
"Haha..." The black and white people laughed together.
"Okay, Old K, let's talk about the gun license now. You also applied for a hunting license. First of all, I want to know, did you apply for it yourself?"
After laughing, the white judicial officer asked somewhat seriously.
"Of course, I applied. No one can influence my will or coerce me." Lao Wang nodded.
"ok, that's good."
The white judicial officer nodded and asked: "You don't have a U.S. green card now, but you hold a Chinese passport. You have a criminal record in China. Can you tell me the specific situation?"
"Can."
Nodding, Lao Wang then explained the situation.
Both whites and blacks were surprised. The white judicial officer of the Ministry of Justice shook his head and said: "Since we can't find a third-party witness and we can't find the woman, then the benefit of the doubt belongs to the defendant. Shouldn't you be prosecuted?"
"Maybe our laws are different. I don't understand this. Among the people I injured, three were seriously injured, causing one to be disabled at the second level. If I hadn't paid a large sum of money and reached a compromise with the three seriously injured people,
, he is so young, and the sentence is not just one year, but the judge showed mercy, at least five years." Lao Wang said with a bitter smile.
In fact, there is currently no such provision in criminal cases in Chinese law. It was not until 1996 that the legal provision of acquittal was introduced, but it was a pity that he did not catch up.
Afterwards, the two parties talked for a while, and the overall atmosphere was okay. He was told to wait for the review results, and then the two of them left.
He also tidied up and went to the training base to have lunch.
In the evening, the game against the Lakers begins.
In this game, Divac, who had enjoyed the benefits, repeated his old tricks and tried to use diving to deal with Lao Wang, but he failed to get any advantage.
The first time I dived, I got a warning from the referee.
The second time he dived, he was directly given a technical foul by the referee. Now he didn't dare to mess around.
The referee was awesome, and Lao Wang had a big outburst, venting his frustration from the previous game.
He played 38 minutes and frequently went to the basket for dunks. He made 10 of 14 shots and a shooting percentage of 71%. In addition, he made 3 of 7 free throws. He scored a personal high of 27 points and grabbed 16 rebounds. This is also
A new personal high.
Head coach Paul Westphal began to control Lao Wang's shots, keeping him averaging between 13 and 15 per game.
At this level, except for Barkley, who averages 18 shots per game, he is in the second level. Dan Malley also takes 13.4 shots per game, which is higher than Kevin Johnson's 11.3. As a rookie, he is already very high.
He took a lot of shots in the first few games, and that was when he faced Dameng and Robinson, so he was specially allowed to practice.
The team's shots are limited. There are several stars in the starting lineup. He can get so many shots as a rookie. The team has put a lot of effort into cultivating him.
Now O'Neal's average shots per game with the Magic remains at 16, which is not much more than him.
After seeing off the Lakers, we welcomed the Timberwolves, Clippers, and Heat.
The strength of these three teams is not very good, and they are teams that have been beaten before. The Suns successfully won them all and completed a wave of winning streak.
However, Lao Wang's data did not remain the same as in 2010, because these three teams all double-teamed him, reduced confrontation, increased harassing defense, and used foul tactics against him.
As a rookie who has just entered the league and has not played in the past two years, he is seriously lacking in experience. When encountering double-teams, he panics and his performance immediately drops.
Against the Timberwolves, he only played 28 minutes. He committed two fouls within four minutes of the first quarter, which seriously affected his playing time. He made 4 of 10 shots and 5 of 10 free throws, and only scored 13 points, 6 rebounds, 1 assist, and 2 assists.
Blocked shots, but had 4 turnovers and 5 fouls.
Under double teams, he only had three attempts at the basket. He succeeded twice and was blocked once. The rest were all hook shots. Under double teams, he only made 2 of 8 shots. His shooting rate was low and he made too many mistakes.
Against the Clippers, he made as many as five turnovers while being double-teamed, and due to too many fouls, he left the game early and only scored 11 points and 8 rebounds.
Against the Heat, he encountered Roni Seikali who restrained him again. He was once again beaten on both offense and defense. Although he scored 18 points and 12 rebounds, he still had 3 turnovers and 4 fouls. At the same time, Seikali was beaten.
He scored 24 points and 8 rebounds.
After three games, his rookie nature was undoubtedly exposed. When faced with double teams, his ability to handle the ball was still lacking.
In these three games, he felt that as soon as he got the ball, he was surrounded by opponents and his teammates were all missing.
At the same time, in four consecutive games, he didn't get a single basket or a single point, which hit him even more.
"Old K, your ball-handling ability urgently needs improvement." Assistant coach Lewis said to him as soon as he returned to the locker room after playing the Clippers.
More than half of the mistakes he made when being double-teamed were when dribbling, and his ball-handling skill level is only level 60.
He himself estimated that it was probably because his ball-handling skills were not up to par that his low-post post-playing skills could not be improved to a higher level.
Head coach Paul Westphal said at this time: "It's just the regular season now. Entering the playoffs, the defensive intensity will be stronger than now. Old K, you have to be mentally prepared."
Barkley said: "Old K, you scored 2010 on Dameng and Robinson several times. This shows that you are really good at low post shooting. Even they can hardly guard you.
But you have to remember that you have no right to be proud now, because they don’t bother to double-team you. Once they call for double-teaming, look at your performance in these three games. A few ordinary role players will double-team you.
Clamping can make you so miserable. If you meet their super centers in the playoffs, you will be in trouble.
When you first entered the league, no one understood you. Now you have scored 2010 on two super centers. All teams are understanding and analyzing you, and you no longer have the advantage you had before.
They know that you are strong in confrontation, so in these three games, they have reduced their confrontation with you and focused on harassing defense, supplemented by double-teaming. Your performance has shown that you cannot deal with such defense at the moment."
Everyone talked about Lao Wang's performance, one by one, until he blushed and felt a little confused.
Paul Westphal looked at Lao Wang's expression and smiled in his heart.
During this period, Old K performed well. He defeated two super centers several times and hooked up with the big star Roberts. He was very popular. But as a rookie, he actually needs to be more low-key, so
They took this opportunity to deliberately suppress Lao K to prevent him from drifting away.
After the suppression, Lao K still needed to stabilize his mood to avoid complete collapse, so he smiled again and said:
"So, old K, you can't do it alone, you need the help of your teammates."
"What kind of help?" Lao Wang said blankly.
"Spread the tactics so that they can't double-team you wantonly, and you have to pay attention to passing the ball. When the help defender pounces on you, you have to observe the open teammates in time, and then distribute the ball." Paul Weiss
Tefal said.
Lao Wang scratched his head and felt something was wrong.
Spreading tactics and dividing the ball are nothing new. Teams have always had these tactics, right?
No, it seems that in these three games, there was not much opening and closing tactics. Otherwise, every time he attacked, he would be able to double-team so promptly? He would be surrounded by the opponent's people.
He looked at Paul Westphal suspiciously, feeling that the head coach was trying to trick him.
"Okay, there are three games before the All-Star Game, two away games, and then back to home against the Magic..." Paul Westphal looked away and changed the topic.
He didn't have any bad intentions, he just wanted to wear down Lao Wang, because the problem of double-teaming would definitely appear on Lao Wang, so in these three games, he did not deliberately use tactics to solve the problem of Lao Wang being double-teamed.
question.
"Bang!"
At this time, suddenly the door of the locker room was pushed open, and assistant coach Lewis came in and said: "News, in the game just played, Jordan beat Reggie Miller who was playing at home in the away game, and punched Miller.
Then he chased Miller all over the court and beat him. In the end, just like Old K, Reggie Miller was kicked off the field after being beaten."
"Jordan, who do you think you are? The great Jordan? Oh, by the way, now the new boss is here."
"Be careful in the future and never speak to Black Jesus like that."
The first meeting between Jordan and Reggie Miller was very heated. After the conversation between them was exposed by the media, it became one of the league's classic scenes.
Reggie Miller is a well-known rude and brutal player in the league. He keeps swearing and makes many dirty moves. He refuses to accept anyone. He once insulted Spike Lee, the Knicks' number one fan, as a son of a bitch in Madison Square Garden.
Ever since he entered the league, the feud with Jordan has been constant, and tonight a new feud has been added.
"I bet that Reggie Miller will be suspended for an additional time. Who asked him to mess with Jordan?"
"It's possible."
"Poor Reggie Miller."
The locker room was quiet for a moment, then immediately became lively with people talking about this matter.
"What's going on?" Paul Westphal asked Lewis.
Lewis said: "Reggie Miller made a layup, then deliberately bumped Jordan and talked trash, which angered Jordan."
Paul Westphal smiled and shook his head. Things will never be completely one-sided, but this league is a stage for superstars, and Jordan is a superstar among superstars. It is conceivable that he will receive special treatment. Reggie Miller
You can only consider yourself unlucky.
That evening, after the press conference, the Suns rushed to Oakland, Golden State, overnight. They will challenge the Warriors on the road in a back-to-back tomorrow.
On the 11th, Lao Wang got up from the hotel bed at 12 o'clock in the morning. He arrived at the hotel at 4 o'clock in the morning last night and slept until he woke up naturally.
The first thing I do when I wake up is not wash up, but pick up my phone and send text messages.
He has become obsessed with this method of communication, because this kind of text communication can avoid the embarrassment of face-to-face and direct phone calls, and allows him to communicate better with people like Julia Roberts who have not known each other for a long time, and even talk a few words.
He won't feel embarrassed even if he says a provocative word, and it can also help him practice his reading and writing skills, killing two birds with one stone.
"Hey Julia, I just had a long, lonely night and I hope I can see you at the game tonight."
"Old K, do you only think of me when you are lonely?"
"Of course, because when I'm not lonely, I'm either playing games or talking to you on the phone."
"Okay, see you tonight."
"Done!"
Lao Wang threw down his cell phone and went to take a shower.
"You know, old K, it's not that Reggie Miller was suspended, but Jordan was punished for one game." Kevin Johnson laughed at the lunch table.
"What the hell, he hit me last time and sent me off instead. Why don't we punish him? The league is discriminating against me." Lao Wang said angrily.
Buckley smiled and said: "Didn't you slap him? It was him who was embarrassed, not you."
At three o'clock in the afternoon, the team went to the Oakland Coliseum, the home of the Warriors.
The Warriors used to be in Philadelphia, but later moved to Golden State. They made it to the playoffs last year and were eliminated by the Sonics in the first round. The current head coach is Don Nelson.
After training and before dinner, the Suns returned to the locker room and held a tactical meeting. Assistant coach Lewis introduced the Warriors' information.
The team has a star swingman, God's left-hand Chris Mullin, who is currently the team's leading scorer.
The main shooting guard is last year's rookie Latrell Sprewell, who has good scoring ability and is the team's fourth scoring point.
There is also star point guard Tim Hardaway, who averaged 21.5 points and 10.6 assists per game this season. His performance is better than Kevin Johnson and he is the team's second scoring point.
These three main perimeter players averaged 62.8 points per game. Their combined strength is already stronger than that of the Suns' main perimeter players. Especially at the third position, the Suns have no ability to compete.
In terms of inside, the main power forward is Te'lon Hill, who has pretty good rebounding ability and average scoring ability. The main center is Victor Alexander, who is the same as the former at 206 centimeters and has a tonnage of 120 kilograms. He is a human shield.
Type center.
At this time, head coach Paul Westphal stood up and said: "The Warriors have the advantage on the outside and we have the advantage on the inside. Xiaochong has a strong ability to break through with the ball. Our inside players must be careful and control themselves.
Foul..."
Having said this, he looked at Lao Wang.
Lao Wang stood up, patted his chest and promised: "Don't worry, coach, as long as Charles is standing in front of me, he won't let me take the penalty."
"Old K, you guy, what good things do you want?"
Barkley immediately jumped up and asked him, a superstar, to do the dirty work for a rookie. How is it possible? The center is amazing. If I could grow half a foot taller, I could also be a center.
"Haha..." The locker room burst into laughter.
Lao Wang was leaning on the wardrobe table, thinking about this game.
In the first three games, his performance was not very good. He felt that he should be able to play better in this game. Didn't the head coach say that he should use tactics to cooperate with him?
Now his average data per game has dropped a bit, and he is probably also falling in the rookie rankings. It's time to make a breakthrough.
At half past six, the arena opened and fans began to enter.
There was no national live broadcast of tonight's game, only regional broadcast. The on-site commentator said at this time: "Look, we have a beautiful star on the sidelines tonight. Let us welcome the pretty Miss Julia Roberts."
"Pa bang..."
As Roberts' close-up appeared on the hanging screen, the audience burst into warm applause.
Roberts smiled and waved to the cameras.
At this time, the host of the game talked about gossip: "I heard that the Suns' rookie K and Miss Roberts once dated. So, does Roberts' appearance here today mean that the two of them are really dating? Miss Roberts,
Can you tell us yes?”
While talking, the host actually ran to Roberts and wanted to interview her.
Roberts accepted the interview with a smile and said with a smile: "Hello everyone, I hope everyone has a pleasant night."
"Including Lao K?" the host joked.
Roberts rubbed his forehead and smiled bitterly, then nodded and said: "Of course, we can't rule him out."
The host asked again: "So you are really dating, right? If it's inconvenient, you don't have to answer me."
Roberts rolled his eyes and said there was no need to answer, so why did you ask?
She then replied: "No, we're just friends."
"What do you think attracts you to him? To be honest, I'm not convinced. There are so many people, why are you dating him?" the host joked.
"Well, I'm sorry, I don't want to talk about this, it's too private." Roberts declined the question, and the interview ended.