Chapter 143 The performance of the three super centers
At this time, assistant coach Lewis reported the results of the other three games.
The Bulls defeated the Hawks three times, completing a first-round sweep and becoming the first team to advance to the second round.
The Knicks lost to the Pacers by a huge score. Now it's 2-1, and they still have the match point.
In the last game, the Jazz defeated the SuperSonics. The Jazz led 2-1 and got the match point.
"The SuperSonics' performance was a bit weak. The Jazz, who were third in the Western Conference and sixth in the Western Conference, got a match point." Kevin Johnson said.
"Sean Kemp was injured in the last game. He only played 20 minutes and scored 4 points. It was expected that the SuperSonics lost." Barkley said with a smile.
"Do you think we will play the Spurs or the Trail Blazers in the second round?"
"I bet on the Spurs, after all they have a super center."
"But Mr. General has been in a downturn for two consecutive games. His performance in the playoffs was a bit weak!"
"I am optimistic about the Trail Blazers. The super center cannot determine the outcome of the series. The general has consecutive games with a 30% shooting percentage. I can't see that he has the ability to bring the Spurs into the second round."
When everyone discussed the current situation in the Western Conference, they did not talk about the Eastern Conference. There was a tacit understanding that they did not mention the Bulls who were the first to advance to the second round.
At this time, Comrade Lao Wang said ignorantly: "The Bulls are indeed the defending champions, and they are still very strong. I doubt they will stay in the regular season."
All the players look at me, and I look at you, and a pressure builds up in the locker room.
Barkley's relaxed expression immediately turned serious, and he said: "Michael Jordan has no habit of sparing his efforts. He has a character that wants to win every game. I understand this very well."
Everyone couldn't help but nodded. Barkley was right, Jordan has this kind of character, and everyone who knows him knows it.
At this time, assistant coach Lewis said: "Let me analyze for you the three games in which the Bulls swept the Hawks."
"OK." Everyone nodded.
Lewis said: "In the first game, the Hawks only grabbed 28 rebounds, while the Bulls grabbed 28 rebounds. Guess how many?"
"Forty?" Barkley said.
"Fifty." Lao Wang shouted.
"Only 28 rebounds? At least 70 rebounds in a game. The Bulls have at least 40 rebounds. I picked 50." Kevin Johnson said.
"62."
Lewis spit out a number, which shocked everyone.
He added: "The huge difference in rebounding caused the Bulls to take as many as 101 shots, while the Hawks only took 76, so the Hawks lost the G1 game without any suspense.
In the G2 game, the Hawks worked hard on rebounds and grabbed 50, while the Bulls only had 41. This was a good job, but they still lost the game, 102:117, and lost by 15 points."
"What went wrong again?" Buckley asked.
Lewis raised his right index finger and said: "First point, the Bulls' perimeter defense was extremely good, with 13 steals in the game, while the Eagles only had 7.
Under Jordan's defense, Hawks point guard Mookie Blaylock shot only 2 of 10 from the field and made as many as 9 turnovers.
I think if this kind of performance happened to our team, our results would probably be very bad, right?"
Everyone looked at Kevin Johnson, and his expression immediately became heavy.
During the regular season, Jordan did not switch defenses, but they would definitely come to guard him in the playoffs. No matter who it was, facing Jordan's suffocating defense, the pressure would be very high.
Lewis continued: "The second point is that the Bulls' team's shooting percentage is as high as 51.8%, and through their deadly defense, they suppressed the Hawks' shooting percentage to 40%. This is why the Bulls can still do it even when they are lagging behind in rebounds.
The reason for winning the game with a big score.
The third point is that the Bulls had 33 assists in the game, while the Hawks only had 13. You can think about it, how reasonable and efficient is the Bulls' offense?"
"Where's the G3 battle?" Lao Wang asked curiously.
Lewis said: "In the G3 game that just ended, the score was 98:88, the rebounds were 38, the Bulls only had 3 more assists, and the Bulls had one less steal, but they had 4 more blocks, and the turnovers and fouls were about the same.
Neither is the key to victory or defeat.
The only reason why the Bulls won was that the Bulls' shooting percentage reached 52%, which was a little higher than in the G2 game, while the Hawks still only had 45.6%.
In the final analysis, it is still defense, they maintain their high efficiency on the offensive end, and then suppress the opponent's efficiency through strong defense."
"What about Jordan's performance?" Lao Wang asked.
"In the first game, I shot 57.1% and scored 39 points. In the second game, I shot 41.7% and scored 29 points. Tonight, I shot 57.7% and scored 39 points again," Lewis said.
"How much is the average per game?" Lao Wang calculated it but couldn't figure it out.
"35.6 points, 41 of 78 shots, 52.5% shooting per game, very efficient." Lewis said.
"Brother, can you beat him?" Lao Wang immediately asked Buckley.
Buckley looked at Dan Marley expectantly and said, "Don't worry, Dan will take care of him."
"What?"
Dan Malley was shocked, when the hell did I say I could handle Jordan?
"20 points in the first game, 14 points in the second game, 19 points in the third game, 2014 equals 34, plus 27,80? So the average per game is almost...more than 25?"
Wang Tiejun ignored them. He was not good at mental arithmetic and was a bit of a scumbag. He calculated his data from the three series games on his fingers. He was very satisfied with his data, but he felt like there was something wrong somewhere.
After the summary, everyone took a shower, and then several main players went to the press conference, while the substitutes stayed in the locker room to be interviewed by the media.
In the Lakers press conference hall, facing the situation of being eliminated, the atmosphere was a bit solemn.
"Coach Fender, how is Divac's injury? Can he come back in the G4 game?" a reporter asked.
"Sprain, the team doctor told me, I'm afraid it won't work. We have to prepare for not having Divac in the G4 game." Randy Fender said regretfully.
In fact, the Lakers' team doctor told him exactly the opposite. He just wanted to fool the Suns and achieve unexpected tactical results.
Divac is very important to the Lakers, not for his scoring, but for defense. He can suppress the performance of Old K and even knock him out.
If the effect is achieved at the old K point, then the Lakers can focus their defensive power on Barkley, just like in the G2 game.
On the 5th, at 9 a.m., Wang Tiejun got up and after washing, the whole team had breakfast together.
"You know, those ESPN media adjusted the Bulls' championship chances." Kevin Johnson said.
"Turn it up?" Buckley said.
"Before the first round it was 45%, now it's 51%, 6 percentage points." Kevin Johnson said.
"What about us?" Buckley asked concerned.
"No changes, just adjustments to the Bulls," Kevin Johnson said.
"Hey, Brother Zhang, what's the matter? No, Brother Zhang, I'm not here, why are you staying at my house?"
At this time, Wang Tiejun's cell phone rang. It was Phoenix's home phone number, and it must be Zhang Lili.
"I'll come over and get some bacon to eat. If you don't eat it, it will go bad." Zhang Li said with a smile.
"The things my family brought are all cheaper for you." He muttered.
"That's what happened. A girl named Yu Feihong called my home just now. I gave her your mobile phone number." Zhang Li said.
"Yu Feihong? Who is it?" he asked.
"You don't know her? She said she met you in Los Angeles. She was an actor from China. Now that the filming is over, I'm going back to China. I'll give you a call." Lao Zhang said quickly.
"Oh, I remembered, we know each other." After Lao Zhang reminded him, he remembered that it was the girl he met on the Avenue of Stars.
There was no contact between the two, and he didn't think of it for a while.
Just as I hung up the phone, another call came in.
"Hey, are you Comrade Yu?" He asked directly without waiting for the other person to speak.
"Comrade Xiao Wang, my name is Brother Fei. You are less than 20 years old and you actually lied to me." Yu Feihong said a little annoyed.
He laughed and said with a smile: "Lesui, let's not talk about this anymore. Are you going back to China?"
"Well, the filming is over and I will return to China in two days. The air tickets have been booked. I called you twice before, but no one answered. The third time someone answered the phone and said that you had moved." Yu Feihong said.
"Oh, yes, yes, I did move later, so how did you find my current phone number?" He said in surprise.
"Call your team. The Suns have an official contact number. They didn't give it to me at first, but then I asked the director of our crew to get it," Yu Feihong said.
"Oh, then remember my mobile phone number. Didn't you say you wanted to come over to study last time? Just call this phone number." He said.
"Okay, we'll contact you after you return to China," Yu Feihong said.
"You don't have to wait until then, don't you know, I'm in Los Angeles now," he said.
"Really? I've been quite busy recently with the filming of the movie, so I really didn't pay attention to your news. Did you come over to play a game?" Yu Feihong said.
"Playoffs, oh, you don't understand this. I came here the day before yesterday. I played a game yesterday and there is another game tomorrow. I have nothing to do today. Where are you? I will pick you up and have lunch together."
he said.
"Okay, I'll treat you." Yu Feihong said.
"I'd like to invite you. I'm a half-landlord here. Can you please invite me?" he said.
"That's fine, I'll invite you after I return to Sijiu City." Yu Feihong said.
"Okay, I'm going back to China after the playoffs. I'll contact you then," he said.
The two made an appointment at an address, but Yu Feihong didn't ask him to pick him up and took a taxi there himself.
"Sir, can you give me a ticket? I have a friend in China who is in Los Angeles and will return to China tomorrow. I would like to invite her to watch my game."
After hanging up the phone, he said to Colangelo, who was still eating breakfast.
"No problem, just wait a moment and I'll get it for you." Colangelo put down his knife and fork and said with a smile.
Twenty minutes later, he asked for leave and left the hotel.
The two met at Venice Beach, one of the most outstanding attractions in Los Angeles and one of the best surfing spots in the world.
Around noon, the two met.
Yu Feihong was very surprised when he saw Wang Tiejun. He stood a few steps away and looked up and down with his eyes wide open.
When she first met on the Avenue of Stars, this giant was dressed casually and cheaply, but this time he was actually wearing a suit and leather shoes, and he was also wearing sunglasses, which gave her a huge sense of oppression.
"Less than." Comrade Lao Wang took off his sunglasses and said with a smile.
"Xiao Wang? My name is Brother Fei. You are two years younger than me. You are taking advantage of me." Yu Feihong said a little annoyed.
"Haha, that won't work, you have to call me Lao Wang."
"Isn't your nickname Lao K? I call you Lao K, and you call me Brother Fei."
"No, you are two heads shorter than me, so I won't scream."
"Squat down and talk."
Yu Feihong was furious. She was only 165 centimeters, which was 50 centimeters short. It was too taxing to talk to Wang Tiejun with her neck raised, so she squatted down first.
The two squatted under a palm tree together. After squatting, she found that she still had to raise her neck to speak, so she pulled Wang Tiejun and sat on the ground. It was a beach anyway, so sitting was more comfortable.
"Lesui, last time I invited you to watch a football match, you said you wanted to read the script. This time the filming is over and we have become familiar with each other. Do you want to go?"
Wang Tiejun took out the ticket and said: "This is the front row ticket given to me by the team. It costs three thousand dollars. Many Hollywood stars can't buy it. Don't regret it if you don't go."
"So expensive?"
Yu Feihong was surprised when he took the ticket and looked at it, and said: "Okay, such an expensive ticket, it will be in vain if you don't see it."
After coming to the United States for a few months, she now knows more or less about the NBA, and also knows more about Wang Tiejun from the media. The Americans on the crew of her movie all know the name of K. The media even said that the Hollywood
Big star Julia Roberts is dating Wang Tiejun.
From the bottom of her heart, she now feels that this giant is quite mysterious. He spent a year in jail in China, and then suddenly changed his identity and went to the United States to become a football star. He also fell in love with a big star, which made her very curious.
"By the way, Old K, are you really in love with Roberts?" She started gossiping.
"No, just for fun." Wang Tiejun said carelessly.
"Are you having fun?" Yu Feihong was stunned.
She couldn't imagine that a first-line Hollywood female star who had been nominated for a Golden Globe and an Oscar, a famous beauty, was just playing around with Wang Tiejun?
Then she immediately warned herself not to get too close to the bastard Old K. I'm afraid this bastard is not a good thing.
At noon, the two had something to eat at a restaurant in Venice Beach, played on the beach for a few hours in the afternoon, and went back to the city to have dinner before leaving.
That night, the Spurs won the G3 game and defeated the Trail Blazers to gain match point.
Super center David Robinson made 8 of 16 shots and 10 of 14 free throws. He scored 26 points, 14 rebounds, 5 assists and 4 assists. His performance on both offense and defense was better than the previous two games.
But Mosaic lost the G4 game and tied with the Clippers.
Dameng made 10 of 23 shots in this game, with a shooting percentage of only 43.5%. Although he scored 25 points, 18 rebounds, 9 assists, 5 blocks, 4 turnovers and 5 fouls, he still lost the game.
Mosaic's team's shooting rate reached 47%, while the Clippers' 39%, but the Clippers played excellent defense and had as many as 12 steals in the game, while Mosaic only had 4. The strong defense forced the Mosaic team to produce
There were 15 turnovers, but they only had 6 turnovers. It can be said that the Clippers equalized the big score through their strong defense.
Dameng's performance in the four games was obviously better than David Robinson, but the Mosaic team's current situation is not as good as the Spurs. In fact, the opponents Mosaic faced were only the Clippers, seventh in the Western Conference in the regular season, and the Spurs, fifth in the Western Conference.
The opponent is fourth in the Western Conference, and their strength is even closer.
This shows that no team in the playoffs is a weak team, and the defensive intensity is much greater than in the regular season.
In the Eastern Conference, the Hornets eliminated the Celtics 3-1 and became the second team to advance to the second round of the playoffs after the Bulls.
In addition, the Nets defeated the Cavaliers and led by a big score of 2 to 1.
May 6, 1993, game day, a total of three playoff games.
In addition to the Suns versus the Lakers, there is also a SuperSonics versus Jazz game in the West, and a Knicks versus Pacers game in the East.
At two o'clock in the afternoon, the Suns came to the Great Western Forum Arena for recovery training.
In terms of tactics, head coach Westphal still asked Ceballos to do the dirty work for Wang Tiejun to avoid being fouled by the Lakers. He could let the Lakers' small forward go. There is no other way.
The Lakers' Divac said he can't play, but no one can say whether he can play. If he can play, this is the Lakers' home court. If the whistle is biased and the performance is superb, K will be in trouble.
In terms of offense, we still rely on low-post offense.
Although the Suns are strong enough on the outside, they are not as advantageous as the inside.
Especially at the fifth position, the Lakers don't have a big center. Except for Divac's diving, no one can hold Old K. He must be double-teamed, and this can free Barkley.
At 6:30, fans began to enter the venue, and by 7:30, the Great Western Forum Arena was already full and packed with people.
As a huge flow of people poured into the arena, it was the first time for Yu Feihong to enter such a large indoor stadium. She had only entered some theaters and cinemas, which were far less big. She was very curious, so she and Wang Tiejun entered McGrady for the first time.
Just like the Sunshine Plaza Garden, there were too many people and the stadium was steaming hot. I was sweating even before I even took my seat.
I found my seat, glanced at the people in the seats next to me, and sat down with some anxiety and excitement.
The long row of seats on the right was empty, and there were some staff members standing there in front of them without sitting down, which was a bit strange.
She knew the person sitting in the first seat on the left, a big Hollywood movie star, Johnny Depp, who was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Actor, and Edward Scissorhands. She had seen this movie.
In the past, Robert Downey Jr., who had just starred in "Chaplin", the media said that he was likely to be nominated for an Oscar this year for the leading actor.
In the past, Brad Pitt also received Oscar and Golden Globe nominations for male lead.
In the past, Tom Cruise was even more famous, and she had watched the movie Top Gun many times, on pirated copies.
Going over there, there's that guy from K for fun, Julia Roberts.
Anyway, if I go to my left hand, I see a big Hollywood star.
When she sat down, several big stars next to her glanced at her with curiosity, but said nothing.
Not long after, the substitute came on to warm up.
The starting lineups of both teams were also announced.
Suns: Wang Tiejun, Barkley, Ceballos, Dan Maley, Kevin Johnson
Lakers: Divac, Elden Campbell, AC Green, Byron Scott, Sedara Sweat
