After dealing with several 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 around the locker room and interacting with every teammate to express his excitement.
"Kevin, what do you think of my efficiency today?"
"Yes, but I suggest you add some shots closer to the basket, which will save more energy."
"Kevin, my agent said that as long as I play well in the playoffs, he can give me millions of dollars in endorsements. Do you think he can do it?"
"He must have deceived you. Charles doesn't even have that many endorsements."
"But my temperament is full of violent elements and heavy metal elements. My image is a hundred times better than his. Do you think anyone will buy products endorsed by a pig?"
"Well, that's true, at least I won't buy it."
"What kind of products do you think Charles is suitable to endorse?"
"Flying Pig pig feed?"
"Panda eyepatch?"
"Maternity clothes?"
"Full fat fat milk powder?"
"Flying Pig TT?"
Lao Wang took his data sheet and looked at it non-stop while chatting with Kevin Johnson next to him.
"Hey, what are you two guys saying bad things about me behind my back?" Barkley happened to come over and "roared" angrily.
"Ha ha……"
The people next to me couldn't bear it any longer and burst into laughter.
At this time, assistant coach Lewis said: "The SuperSonics just defeated the Jazz, 85:99, which is still a huge advantage. In addition, the Eastern Bulls defeated the Hawks, 90:114, and the Knicks defeated the Pacers, 104:107."
"The Knicks are so rubbish. They only won by 3 points. I think it's going to be 8-8 this time." Barkley said with a smile.
"What is Black Eight?" Lao Wang asked.
"The eighth place kills the first place, which is called a black eight." Kevin Johnson explained.
After taking a shower, except for Ceballos, the other four starters followed the head coach to attend the press conference.
"well!"
Ceballos sighed inwardly. After one season, he started more than fifty games, but did not attend a single press conference. He was completely a pseudo-main player in the starting lineup. If this continues, he might be traded next season.
of.
The next day, May 1st, based on yesterday's performance, Comrade Lao Wang's K1 sneakers sold well for another day, with a total of 4,860 pairs sold, which was even more than the sales volume on the first day of sale.
The good sales performance has made Mammoth extremely 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 broadcasts the game live, is also very good at it. 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 this, because the lawsuit with Will Houston began, and he attended the first court hearing in person.
He also met Will Houston, the first time he saw this guy.
Houston is a white man in his forties. Even though he has been sued and his prospects are not good and he is unemployed, he is still very tough and arrogant in the face of Wang Tiejun's performance.
However, after the trial, there was a clear look of uneasiness on his face. He had little chance of winning the lawsuit. Facing a claim amount of hundreds of millions of dollars, he was also frightened. Although he was still very arrogant in the face of Wang Tiejun, he was obviously stern and fierce at heart.
That night, the Spurs lost to the Trail Blazers with a score of 96:105, and the game was tied.
The Spurs only beat the Trail Blazers by one point in the G1 game, and lost by 9 points in the G2 game. This shows that even if the Spurs make it through the first round, they will fall in the second round. This is the evaluation of the Spurs by the media.
David Robinson's shooting percentage in the G2 game was only 36.4%, and he only scored 15 points, 14 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block, 2 turnovers and 5 fouls. His performance was as poor as in the G1 game, and he was also criticized by the media.
In fact, this is because the opponent's defense is focused on him, which is why he performs continuously inefficiently.
The Western Conference also completed the game with the Mosaic vs. Clippers.
The Clippers played crazy defense, and Mosaic, which performed well in the G1 game, lost a home game, 95:83, and the home game was tied.
Dream Olajuwon, who performed brilliantly in the G1 game, still performed well, scoring 30 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 4 blocks, 3 turnovers and 3 fouls.
But his scoring mainly relies on free throws. Under the crazy double-teaming of his opponents, he was extremely lethal, making 18 of 20 free throws.
In terms of shooting, he made 6 of 19 shots, with a hit rate of only 31.6%, which was seriously affected by double teams.
In addition to the poor performance of other players, except for Dream, only Kenny Smith scored 11 points and substitute forward Matt Bullard scored 12 points. The other players all scored in single digits.
In the Eastern Conference, the Hornets defeated the Celtics in overtime and tied the game.
Mourning performed well, scoring 18 points, 14 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 6 blocks, 3 turnovers and 6 fouls. He played 49 minutes and was sent off in overtime.
In another game in the Eastern Conference, the Cavaliers lost to the Nets and also drew.
On the 2nd, the Suns faced the Lakers, the G2 game day.
The game started at eight o'clock, and at seven-thirty, both sides announced their starting lineups.
Lakers: Divac, Elden Campbell, AC Green, Byron Scott, Sedara Sweat
Suns: Wang Tiejun, Barkley, Ceballos, Dan Maley, Kevin Johnson
In the TNT live broadcast, Dortmund said: "The starting lineup of both sides has not changed, it is the same as the G1 game."
Letem said: "After the game the day before yesterday, Lakers head coach Randy Fender said that he wanted to strengthen defense, so tonight's game should be more intense and the defense will be even crazier."
Dort said: "Dameng was double-teamed by the Clippers last night. Although he scored a lot of points with free throws, his efficiency was pitifully low. This surprised me."
"It's normal for efficiency to drop when double-teamed. Why are you surprised?" Letem said.
"Because Lao K was also double-teamed in the G1 game, but his efficiency was super high, even higher than in the regular season. Isn't this surprising? Dameng is a super center, and Lao K is just a rookie. Comparing it, no
Is it worth being surprised?" Dot asked.
Nodding, Letem analyzed: "The two of them are centers with completely different styles. It can even be said that Old K and O'Neal are two different types of centers from the three super 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, while Dameng was inefficient?
This should be analyzed from their playing style or style."
Dort said thoughtfully: "Dameng relies on pace and technique on the offensive end. Once he is double-teamed crazily, his space for movement will be extremely compressed, which will inevitably affect his performance."
"right!"
Leitem said excitedly: "But Lao K is different. He has greater tonnage and strength. He can be more stable when double-teamed. He is as unshakable as a mountain."
Dort continued: "At the same time, he has the ability to explode with huge power in the gaps, which allows him to use his hitting skills in double teams. This is why his efficiency cannot be overshadowed.
The reason for the double-teaming and suppression.”
Leitem 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 the crazy double-teaming.
In the G1 game, most of Lao K's shots were at the basket. He was closer to the basket and used incredible strength to break through the double-team and then complete dunks. This is the difference between him and Dameng.
"
Dort 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 two rookies, Old K and O'Neal, have relatively fewer scoring methods, especially
Old K, who used to only have dunks under the basket, now only has nearly two more hooks.
If it were anyone else, such a monotonous offensive method would be easily targeted, but Lao K was different.
His size and strength allow him to stand firm in double-teams, and his punching can forcefully break open double-teams, allowing him to get rid of his defender as much as possible before making a hook shot.
We know that the hit rate is inversely proportional to the defensive strength. When you can get rid of the defense, your hit rate will inevitably increase, and this is the case with Lao K.
I analyzed his shot the night before yesterday, and he was like this. Even if he dunked at the basket, he would try his best to knock away the defender before taking the shot, so that he would not be fouled, and he did not want to go to the free throw line."
Letem nodded and said: "That's why he nicknamed himself the penalty area sweeper. He sweeps the penalty area to clear out defenders before taking action. His shooting percentage will naturally be very high."
"So tonight if the Lakers strengthen their defense, I'm looking forward to what kind of performance Old K will perform." Dort said with a smile.
At eight o'clock, the game starts.
Jump ball, Sun offense.
In the low position on the left wing, Wang Tiejun stood still, holding Divac on his left elbow and raising his right hand to ask for the ball.
Only two meters above him, the Lakers small forward, AC Green, known as the Iron Man, was staring at the top of the arc. As soon as the ball was passed, he would immediately come down to double-team him, and he would be there in one step.
Inside him, Divac's right arm had wrapped around his left arm, twisting them together, and the confrontation had begun.
At the top of the arc, Kevin Johnson was controlling the ball, observing the situation on the court, and suddenly passed the ball to Ceballos, who was one step behind the left three-point line.
When AC Green saw it, he could only defend Ceballos.
Ceballos's technical characteristics are mainly breakthrough scoring. 45% of the offense occurs at the basket, with a shooting percentage of close to 60%. The shooting percentage of the last two points is very low, less than 30%, and the two-point shooting percentage is just over 30%. Except for
At the basket, his long two-point shot is the most accurate, with a 36% shooting rate.
If he takes one step inside the three-point line and is completely open to let him shoot, it will be very fatal, so AC Green must return to defense.
"Whoosh!"
When AC Green returned to defend in front of him, Ceballos suddenly passed the ball down.
"Crack!"
Wang Tiejun grabbed the ball with his right hand and caught it steadily.
At this time, Divac inside resisted with all his strength. He not only clamped his left arm, but also pushed his right elbow into his lower back from time to time. He pinned his legs under his feet and pushed him outward with his chest.
At this time, his tonnage and strength come into play.
The tonnage of 123 kilograms is 13 kilograms larger than that of Divac. The gap in absolute strength is even greater. Divac can't stand up to him when he steps up and down.
If you stand firm, you can perform technical movements and ensure the quality of technical movements.
If you can't stand still, you barely take a shot, and your technical movements are seriously deformed, then there's no question of quality.
Immediately after catching the ball, he first made an iron mountain back, and then took the opportunity to use his inner left foot as a supporting foot, turning from facing upward to a complete back posture, while at the same time using his outer right foot
Suddenly he moved backward against the floor.
With his back completely turned, he was likely to slip to the bottom. When Divac saw it, he quickly pushed his chest against Wang Tiejun's right shoulder.
This is to protect the right shoulder and mainly prevent the bottom from slipping.
According to his understanding of Wang Tiejun, Old K never turned around and broke through with the ball, so his defensive focus was on guarding his right shoulder.
But he won't be careless, because Old K still has a hook hand. If he guards his right shoulder, Old K will immediately turn up and sideways, and he can hit the hook.
Therefore, when he went to shoulder the opponent, his left arm was still tightly wrapped around Wang Tiejun's left arm to prevent him from getting up easily. In this way, even if the opponent jumped sideways, he would not be able to jump up and his technical movements would be deformed.
It’s a long story, but it actually only took a moment. When Wang Tiejun moved his right foot back, a change suddenly happened. Gu Zhuan
There is a move in Bajiquan called Gua Ta. When you are facing the enemy with your back, you use your calves to suddenly hang back to catch the enemy's legs, and then collapse your knees back, which can directly cause the enemy's center of gravity to collapse instantly.
, causing the enemy to fall backward.
Wang Tiejun also had an idea and came up with this trick to defeat him.
His right foot moved back, and his calf instantly held Divac's right calf.
He has always been standing in the bear step. The characteristic of the bear step is that the center of gravity is low and the knees are always slightly bent. After catching the opponent's calf, the knees suddenly collapse backward.
"not good!"
At this moment, Divac lost his center of gravity and fell backwards involuntarily.
"Bang!"
When his opponent fell over, Wang Tiejun turned around and slid to the bottom. He jumped up with one step and completed the attack with a one-handed dunk.
"yeah!"
America West Arena cheered.
Divac was confused. He had no idea how he fell. He got up and stared at Lao Wang in a daze.
The three referees didn't know how Divac fell. They didn't see Old K exert his strength by hitting, nor did he swing his arms or elbows. They just moved his right leg, and that was just before he slipped to the bottom.
Normal supporting leg transition action.
The NBA has various regulations regarding illegal contact between players, but there is no cylinder rule. The league's only cylinder rule is about the basket, that is, the rule about interfering with the ball.
Just now they determined that Wang Tiejun's right leg moved backwards, which was part of the sliding movement. The contact with Divac's leg was a normal and legal contact, so they did not blow the whistle. They even thought that Divac suddenly fell to the ground.
, he is just using his superb acting skills to deceive the whistle.
"Cool!"
Only Lao Wang understood what had just happened. He turned on the system while returning to defense.
He had an idea just now and it was very successful. He thought it was an improvement in the technique of low post shooting.
But this time, he did not rely on the system, but he took the initiative to integrate the resources of martial arts and basketball skills. It should, maybe, probably, his low post playing skills will be improved.
"No? The system won't be upgraded?"
But unfortunately, it is still level 90, he asked with great confusion.
"The technology used by the host is suspected of foul play." The system said.
"Discrimination, you are discriminating." He said angrily.
In the TNT live broadcast booth, two commentators were also analyzing the situation just now.
"Is it a flop? Or was it caused by K's leg movements? Is it illegal contact?" Dot asked doubtfully.
"It must have been a flop. K was doing a sliding movement. It's normal for his legs to make contact. He turned around and had to change legs. There's no way there was no contact."
After Letem finished speaking, he added: "Even if you knock him over, it's still a normal confrontation. Old K didn't move at that time."
"That can only mean that the performance failed. Congratulations to Divac, you have a chance to win the Golden Broomstick Award." Dot smiled.
"Pfft, haha..." Letem laughed.
Next, Wang Tiejun tried to collapse twice more, without success.
One time, Divac's legs were not hooked. One time, Divac's legs were one behind the other, like a horse, and he was hooked on the front leg where the center of gravity was. It was useless. The center of gravity was too low, and Divac's center of gravity couldn't collapse.
, I almost made a mistake.
The best chance of this kind of collapse is when the defender's legs are standing side by side, with the center of gravity between the 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, the center of gravity will be
Hard to collapse.
In the 5th minute of the first quarter, he found a chance again.
Taking the ball in the low post on the left wing, AC Green double-teamed him in place. He pressed his left elbow against Divac inside and held the ball high with his right hand, as if he was about to pass the ball.
Divac and AC Green raised their hands high and waved constantly, blocking his passing space.
With Wang Tiejun's height, this defensive action of the two defenders must require them to stand with their legs side by side and their bodies upright to reach the highest defensive height.
At this time, Lao Wang collected the ball downwards, put his hands together to slam the ball, and squatted slightly into a bear stance. His left foot did not move. He suddenly turned around, moved his right foot back, and his right calf caught Divac's behind him.
The right calf and the slightly bent right knee collapsed backward.
"Bang!"
Divac fell backwards to the floor.
"I fell down again?" His head was confused again.
"Beep!"
Just when Wang Tiejun turned around and slid to the bottom, the bottom referee's whistle sounded, pointed at him, patted his leg again, and made a gesture of offensive foul.
This means that Wang Tiejun made illegal contact with his legs just now, causing Divac to fall to the ground.
"I just said, it was him who made a little move, it was the same last time." Divac immediately got up excitedly and shouted to the referee.
Comrade Lao Wang helplessly threw the ball to the referee, didn't bother to ask anything, and ran straight to the backcourt.
The system really told me that he was suspected of committing a foul.
This was his second foul, and he was replaced later and played 5 minutes in the first quarter.
Made 1 of 1 shots, scored 2 points, 1 rebound, 1 assist, 1 turnover and 2 fouls.
This time, he sat until the 5th minute of the second quarter before taking the field again.
As soon as he came on the court, the Lakers' perimeter players came at him, all breaking through from his side. Two minutes later, he received his third personal foul.
Paul Westphal reacted too slowly and did not replace him in time. Three minutes later, the fourth foul was obtained and he was replaced.
"Westphal is still too inexperienced. The Lakers are obviously targeting Old K and want to knock him down." TNT live broadcast seat, Dort analyzed.
"The Lakers adopted a different defense today than in the G1 game. In the G1 game, they double-teamed K even more than Barkley. But today Barkley encountered more double-teams. He is now 2-for-8 from the field, which is very inefficient. And for
Lao K, on the other hand, made him foul, and his tactics were very successful." Letem analyzed.
"Now that the Suns are 5 points behind and Old K is off the court, Barkley will definitely encounter more double-teams and the situation will continue to deteriorate," Dort said.
Sure enough, when Barkley was alone on the court, the Lakers' double-teams in the low post were all focused on him, and his efficiency could not be improved. At the end of the first half, 41:51, the Suns trailed by 10 points at home.
In the second half, Wang Tiejun, who committed four fouls, 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 boosted the Lakers' arrogance on the outside and made the Lakers' breakthroughs even more crazy.
Even so, in the 6th minute of the third quarter, with the Lakers' breakthrough, he still got his fifth foul.
At this time, with the help of his efficient offense under the basket, Barkley's double-teaming was weakened, and the Suns narrowed the point difference to two points. However, with his exit, the situation once again favored the Lakers.
After three quarters, 66:73, the Lakers led by 7 points.
He came on the court in the 3rd minute of the final quarter. In the 8th minute, he finally received his 6th foul in a wonderful dive by Divac and ended the game.
He played a total of 24 minutes, and it was very fragmented. He made 5 of 11 shots and 4 of 7 free throws. He scored 14 points, 7 rebounds, 2 assists, 1 steal, 2 blocks, 2 turnovers and 6 fouls.
The Lakers' foul-making tactics were so successful that the Suns failed to react and the coaching staff did not come up with a response in time.
At the end, 86:91, the Suns lost their second home game and were pulled back by the Lakers.
Barkley played 44 minutes and made 8 of 24 shots. His shooting percentage was only 33.3%, which was ten percentage points lower than Pharaoh. Under the crazy double-teaming of the Lakers, he couldn't hit the ball. He only shot 4 from the outside with no lethality.
He made 2 free throws and scored 18 points, 21 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 1 turnover and 4 fouls.
The Lakers were very excited to get back a big score.
"We want to win eight games. We have the strength and the opportunity. When we return to our home court, we will have an even greater 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 expressed his true thoughts to reporters excitedly.
He played a total of 34 minutes in this game. When Wang Tiejun was timid on the defensive end and played too little time, he made 8 of 15 shots, 1 of 1 three-pointers, and 2 of 7 free throws. He scored 19 points and 13 rebounds.
The data, the performance is very good, far exceeding the G1 battle.
An hour later, the two teams held a post-match press conference.
On the Lakers side, the atmosphere was very lively.
"Coach Fender, when did you decide to implement a foul tactic against Old K?" a reporter asked.
When mentioning this, Randy Fender became very excited and said with a smile: "It was that offensive foul. He got his second personal foul. We decided to foul him and changed the tactics in time.
In fact, we succeeded and he only played 24 minutes. And because of the successful tactics against him, which reduced his playing time, we put the extra double-teaming power on Barkley and then restricted him.
This is the key reason why we were able to win the game today, and tactical success is an important guarantee for our victory."
Over there with the Suns, the atmosphere was a bit dull.
"Charles, the Lakers are saying they are going to cheat. Do you think it's possible?" a reporter asked.
"That's impossible. After one defeat, 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 very satisfied.”
Wang Tiejun said unhappily: "There are too many fouls. This is my problem."
"Mr. Coach, after the Lakers adopted a foul tactic against Old K, you did not make any tactical adjustments. Old K has been facing the impact of the Lakers from the outside. Why is this?" a reporter asked.
Paul Westphal looked a little embarrassed. This was indeed his problem. There was no one assigned to do the dirty work for Old K.
Under normal circumstances, the power forward is a coolie who does the dirty work. When the opponent attacks the center from the outside, the power forward must block in front.
But in the Suns, Barkley is a superstar, and it is impossible for him to arrange Barkley to do these things for Old K. This caused Old K to be impacted head-on.
In fact, Barkley also committed four fouls today. He is not capable of doing these things for Old K. If he is sent off, the situation will be worse.
"This question..."
After hesitation, he said: "Our coaching staff will study it carefully next, and we will not repeat the same mistakes in the G3 game."
After the press conference, the Suns got on the bus and drove to the training base.
"You know, the Knicks and Bulls both won Game 2 tonight."
"Damn it, Charles, you still said the Knicks would be hacked, but now they have a winning streak. We have to cheer up and don't screw it up. We have the best record in the league." Kevin Johnson shouted.
He played very poorly today and gave out 16 assists, but the team lost.
"Don't worry, it's okay, leave it to me." Buckley rubbed his face and reassured.
"It's my fault today. If I hadn't committed too many fouls, we wouldn't have lost." Lao Wang criticized himself.
He himself felt that the offensive foul caused the trouble. The two fouls were committed too quickly, 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.
