Wang Tiejun made 11 of 17 shots, a shooting percentage of 64.7%, and 8 of 15 free throws. He scored 30 points, 17 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal, 4 blocks, 3 turnovers and 4 fouls.
After the game, Zhang Lili said happily: "In the two games in the second round, Tiejun averaged 25.5 points, 14.5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 3.5 blocks per game. His performance was an improvement compared to the first round! This shows that his condition is getting better and better. If he kills
Entering the Western Conference Finals, I hope his condition will improve again."
"The average of 3010 per game should be enough." Su Qun said excitedly.
"Coach, did the Bulls win?"
At the end of the game, Lao Wang asked assistant coach Lewis after coming off the field.
"It just ended over there and they won." Lewis said.
Nodding, Lao Wang didn't ask what Jordan's statistics were. It was meaningless. The issue he was considering now was the Western Conference Finals.
Although the team fell behind in the first half today, he did not think the Nuggets could pose much of an obstacle to his team.
The strength of the Suns this season has indeed declined compared to last season, but as its own strength has improved, and AC Green's strength is not bad, the addition of Thorpe has also improved the strength of the substitute lineup, and the overall strength has not declined as much.
It's not as big as it seems, at most half Barkley's loss.
If the Bulls and Mosaics are championship-level teams, then the Suns are definitely at the quasi-championship level and have a chance to win.
The Nuggets' defense is great, but their offense is not as good as the Suns. The important thing is that if you can't defend yourself, you can't beat the Suns.
However, playing Mosaic in the Western Conference Finals is completely different from playing against the Nuggets. The opponent's offense is stronger than the Suns, and the defense is also stronger than the Suns.
In the Western Conference Finals, he has to attack hard and defend well at the same time. Only by working hard on both offense and defense can he have a chance. This is what he needs to be mentally prepared for.
It's just a series, and the win or loss in a single game is not that important. Therefore, if you encounter the Mosaic team in the Western Conference Finals, you will still lose more than you win.
His estimate was about 40 to 60 cents.
On the 12th, the other two semifinals in the Eastern and Western Conferences will begin.
In the end, Mosaic easily defeated the Spurs and won their second consecutive victory, while the Hawks pulled back and tied with the Knicks.
On this day, the Suns have arrived in Denver.
The format of the second round is a best-of-seven game, a 22111 format. The Suns have to play two away games before returning to their home court.
For this game, the media's prediction is that the Suns have a greater chance of profit.
Because Nuggets power forward Rafonso Ellis was hit by Wang Tiejun on the court, resulting in a strained left ankle and he will have to be sidelined for at least three days.
Sure enough, the media was professional enough. On the night of the 13th, the Suns defeated the Nuggets three times and got the match point.
The Bulls were even stronger. Not only did they win three consecutive games, but they also won every game without any suspense. They were very enthusiastic about winning the championship.
But Mosaic was not bad either. Dameng teamed up with Barkley and scored 53 points and 37 rebounds on the 14th, completely defeating the Spurs, winning the G3 game, and getting the match point leading to the Western Conference Finals.
Dameng's performance was very terrifying. He truly reached his peak this season. In this game, he almost played 5*5, scoring 22 points, 14 rebounds, 8 assists, 5 blocks and 4 steals.
Barkley's condition this season is obviously not as good as last season, but in this big blowout, he got monster data of 31 points and 23 rebounds.
In the Eastern Conference, the Hawks defeated the Knicks again. After losing one game first, they won two games in a row and took a 2-1 lead.
"I strongly despise Barkley's behavior. A top superstar who just won FMVP actually hugged his thigh. It's so shameful!"
David Robinson, who was about to lose the second round series, no longer cared about maintaining an elegant image. In the post-game interview, he opened fire on Barkley in front of the media.
He had been holding back and not talking about it, but this time he couldn't bear it anymore. He really couldn't withstand the bombardment of two superstars of the same level by himself, and he was beaten to the extreme.
On his own offensive end, he was also poorly defended by Dameng. He was intercepted 3 times and blocked 4 times by Dameng. At the same time, the most disgusting Barkley kept using weak side assists on him. After one game, he
He scored only 16 points and shot only 31% from the field.
Barkley was being interviewed not far away, and David Robinson did not lower his voice. When he heard these words, his face immediately turned black, with a mixture of shame and anger.
"Charles, do you have anything to say about the admiral's accusation?" the reporter next to him asked immediately.
"This is a deal for the Suns management, what does it have to do with me?" Barkley simply dealt with it and ended the interview.
Although he was angry, he couldn't fight back against David Robinson because he was indeed in a group at his peak, and he has been recognized by the media as the originator of superstar grouping.
Although this transaction preserved his commercial value, it caused great damage to his reputation.
However, he still has no regrets. After all, after winning the championship, making money is his primary goal. His contract is not high. This year is his highest year, only 3.25 million US dollars. To make big money, he can only rely on
business income.
After watching the game, when Wang Tiejun was about to go to bed, the phone in his room rang. He went over to answer it. It was a woman who asked him if he wanted special services.
He refused, hung up the phone and started to sleep.
While he was drifting off to sleep, the phone in his room suddenly rang, waking him up from his sleep.
"What the hell! Who is this in the middle of the night?"
After scolding, he got up and went over to answer the call. Another woman asked him if he wanted special services. He was so angry that he immediately unplugged the phone line.
Of course Liu Changfeng woke up and asked in a daze: "Who is it, Tie Jun?"
"Nvzhinu."
He threw away the phone and climbed into bed again.
The same situation happened in the rooms of other Suns players, and some, like him, simply unplugged the phone cord.
An hour later, several maids knocked on their room one by one.
The Suns management had to arrange for staff to guard the elevator and stairs to prevent these people from entering this floor.
However, soon a grand heavy metal rock concert started downstairs in the hotel...
Lao Wang stared at the ceiling with big eyes and suddenly laughed.
"Tie Jun, are you still laughing?" Liu Changfeng said in surprise.
"I just wonder why these idiots from the Nuggets didn't do these tricks the day before yesterday. Do they just hope not to be swept away by us?" He laughed.
Liu Changfeng was startled, then laughed and agreed, "Maybe it's true."
On the 15th, the g4 battle begins.
This night is not only the G4 game between the Bulls and the Suns, the four teams that just played the G3 game last night will have back-to-back G4 games tonight.
The Suns players collectively felt out of control and their condition dropped sharply. The Nuggets achieved their goal and regained a game.
At the same time, the Mosaic team also lost a game. Barkley's state seemed to be affected by David Robinson's criticism last night. He made only 5 of 18 shots and 6 of 12 free throws. He only scored 16 points including free throws.
In the Eastern Conference, the unstoppable Bulls eliminated the Pacers with a sweep and entered the Eastern Conference Finals with an undefeated record in the playoffs.
In another Eastern Conference semifinals, the Knicks pulled one back and tied with the Hawks at two.
The Bulls, who continuously swept their opponents, received praise from almost all media on the second day. ESPN's updated championship probability prediction showed that the Bulls' championship probability was as high as 80%, with Mosaic second at only 41%, a drop of ten percentage points.
As for the Suns, they have improved a few points and are back to 11% at the beginning of the season.
Sitting on the plane, Wang Tiejun flipped through the newspaper and complained: "I think these so-called predictions are just casually written by the editor with a pen. I don't believe they have any calculation formulas. What do you think?"
Kevin Johnson next to him laughed and said: "That's for sure, don't think they are very professional."
Colangelo, who was sitting at the front, felt a little regretful as he listened to the discussions of the players behind him.
Kevin Johnson is in good shape this year, his strength has steadily improved, and there are no major weaknesses in other positions. The team is still very strong, but unfortunately the opponents they have to face are too strong.
Now he regrets trading Barkley to Mosaic. If he had known that Kevin Johnson would be in such good shape this year, he would have lost face and would have traded Barkley to the Eastern Conference and let Barkley and Jordan fight a war of attrition. The Suns
You can reap the benefits. Not to mention the hope of winning the championship, at least the chance of reaching the finals will be greatly increased.
Originally, Kevin Johnson's form declined last season. He considered that Johnson's form would continue to decline this season, perhaps to a greater extent, so he did not plan to defend the title with all his strength, but the result was different from what he expected.
On the 17th, the Suns did not miss a victory at home, eliminating the Nuggets with a big score of 4 to 1 and advancing to the Western Conference Finals.
For reaching the Western Conference Finals, the system awarded 200 points, which is not much, but better than nothing.
At the same time, Barkley and Dameng did not play away again, and also won the G5 game at home. With a big score of 4 to 1, they eliminated the Spurs and met the Suns in the Western Conference Finals.
In the Eastern Conference, the Knicks defeated the Hawks, leading by a big score of 3 to 2, and got the match point.
On the 19th, the Knicks defeated the Hawks again, eliminating their opponents with a big score of 4 to 2 and advancing to the Eastern Conference Finals to meet the Bulls.
The league subsequently announced that the Western Conference Finals will start on the 23rd and the Eastern Conference Finals will start on the 24th. The four teams still have a few days to adjust.
In the past few days, many professionals in the league have expressed their opinions and predictions on the upcoming East and West decisions.
These opinions and predictions are surprisingly similar. They all believe that the Bulls and Mosaics will win the Eastern Conference Finals and Western Conference Finals.
Magic Johnson, who is highly exposed, accepted an interview with the Los Angeles Times and said: "In the Western Conference Finals, as long as Barkley and Damn strengthen their low-post offense and play their own offense well, even if they can't guard Old K, they can still win this series.
Race.
Old K's defense in the playoffs is better than in the regular season, but the improvement is limited. He is still not the Suns' gatekeeper and cannot stop Dameng and Barkley's offense.
He is indeed unstoppable in the low post, but he does not have that kind of explosive scoring ability. This is an ability that a big center lacks. He is not Chamberlain.
We know that in two seasons, he only had 40 points once. I forgot whether it was 41 points or how many points. So no matter how many points he can score, Dameng and Barkley can score more points.
I only remind Mosaic that you have to be efficient. Inefficiency will not defeat the Suns. Their strength is indeed weaker, but it is limited, at most half a level worse. Mosaic does not have the capital to be careless and underestimate the enemy."
After talking about the Western Conference Finals, he talked about the Eastern Conference Finals again and said with a smile: "The Bulls beat the Knicks, without strengthening the fifth position, I will only talk about one statistic, since 1989, or since Jordan entered the league.
, as long as they meet in the playoffs, the Knicks have never defeated the Bulls, and the Knicks are eliminated every time. And now that the Bulls have strengthened the fifth position, the gap between the Knicks and the Bulls will be even greater, and there will be no explosion.
It might be cold."
Lao Wang came to the headquarters for training the next day and read the interview from the newspaper. He recalled that at this time last year, Magic Johnson seemed to support the Bulls and was not optimistic about the Suns. He was not optimistic until the start of the G6 game.
Sun, this year changed to support mosaic.
"This guy is just like ESPN, unprofessional," he complained.
Kevin Johnson and others laughed. If Magic Johnson is not professional, then few people in the world are.
"He's the head coach of the Lakers now, right?" he asked.
"Well, the leader of the Lakers showtime era, Lakers owner Mr. Buss sold some shares to him this year, and now he is the Lakers' small boss." Kevin Johnson said with envy on his face.
"4.5%, Old Buss is to allow him to continue to serve the Lakers, otherwise he will not be given shares. There are so many famous Lakers, but no one else has received shares of the Lakers except him." Danny Ainge also expressed envy.
.
Other players also expressed envy. After all, as an NBA player, it is almost impossible to become the owner of a team, even if it is just a small owner.
Magic should be the first player to become a team owner after retiring, and he seems to be the first black owner, which makes them even more envious.
Lao Wang said he was not envious. After all, he was still a landlord with a street.
All his money was thrown into the bottomless pit of Fengshen Street. The several sponsorship contracts he signed after the All-Stars also received more than ten million US dollars in sponsorship, of which US$6 million has been remitted back to China.
On the 21st, according to time, the league will announce the most important individual honor of the season, the regular season MVP of the 1993/94 season.
The announcement time was nine o'clock in the morning, and at 8:30, all the Bulls players had already arrived at the locker room of the headquarters training hall, changing clothes and preparing for training.
The coaching staff and key front office players, such as general manager Jerry Krause, were also there, and even owner Jerry Reinsdorf came to the locker room.
While changing his clothes, Jordan casually chatted with his teammates. His mood was very relaxed. He didn't even look at the TV that was on, as if he didn't care much about this matter.
But in fact, this is not the case.
His statistics were better than Barkley's last season, but the Bulls' record was not as good as the Suns. In the end, this honor was won by Barkley, and he eventually lost the championship.
What made him even more sad was that his father was shot and killed, which almost caused him to collapse.
The reason why he quickly sorted out all his emotions and returned to this league is because he wants to get everything back this season. He wants to win the mvp and championship, and then give them to his father in heaven.
But before the official announcement, he didn't know whether he would get his wish. Maybe the alliance would find a balance? So his heart was also lifted in the air, but it couldn't be seen from the outside.
At the same time, Hakeem Olajuwon, who is ranked second in the MVP rankings, is also waiting for news in the locker room of the Mosaic team's training hall.
So far, he has played ten seasons like Jordan, but compared with Jordan, the hard honors in his hands are pitiful.
The All-Stars are not hard honors, nor are two rebounding titles and three shot-blocking titles. The hard honors he really deserves are four All-Defensive First Teams, two Second Teams, and four All-NBA First Teams.
With two second-team games, one third-team game, and one DPOY, there are no MVPs or championships, the most important honors. As the No. 1 pick in 1984, these honors are nothing in front of Jordan.
This season's regular season statistics are 25.5 points, 11 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 1.6 steals and 3.7 blocks, while Jordan's statistics are 35.1 points, 7.1 rebounds, 5.3 assists, 2.7 steals and 0.8 blocks. At the same time, the Bulls' record is also higher than that of the Mosaic team. The Bulls even created
With a record of 72 wins, he is at a disadvantage in both aspects.
Although he desperately wanted to win this year's mvp, his personal and team performance was not as good as Jordan's, so he actually felt sad, fearing that he would have to be pinned down by Jordan again this season.
The third ranked mvp is Wang Tiejun. He has nothing to do at the moment and doesn't take this honor seriously at all.
Of course, it's not that he doesn't want to get it, but he knows that he won't get it this year, so he is very relaxed.
At nine o'clock, TNT TV station's morning sports news began to play, and the first news was the NBA 93/94 regular season MVP.
The host announced with excitement: "Congratulations to Michael Jordan..."
"Wow, the fourth MVP!"
"Jordan's performance this season is second only to his third season. There was no anti-isolation law at that time. His performance this year is so crazy!"
In the locker room of the Suns training hall, the players were talking.
Lao Wang's focus was different from that of his teammates. He complained: "The three super centers are so sad. Not only are they three people competing for the honor of the center position, but they are also collectively under the pressure of Jordan. I feel that in this life
It’s impossible for them to win the MVP.”
"Dameng and Jordan are the same age, 31 years old, and Ewing is one year older. The chances of the two of them are really slim. But David Robinson is only 29 years old. People have to get older. After Jordan gets older, I think he
There is still a chance." Kevin Johnson analyzed.
Lao Wang immediately shook his head and said: "Impossible, won't Jordan still have me when he gets old? I will be third this year, but I won't be second and first next year? David Robinson? Just stay and cool down, he laughed at me.
Illiterate, I won't let him win the MVP.
Forget this year, my strength is not fully developed yet. From next year, I will beat him once I see him and see how he wins the MVP."
The locker room was silent, and then burst into laughter.
Kevin Johnson laughed and said: "This is a good and crazy idea. Old K, I support you. You will defeat the three super centers and you will rule the next era."
Dan Malli smiled and said: "The era of the black and white heroes, the era of the Flying Man, the K era, haha, I am looking forward to it!"
…
"well!"
In the locker room of the Mosaic team's training facility in Houston, Dameng sighed inwardly and buried his head while arranging his shoelaces to prevent his teammates from seeing the disappointed expression on his face.
Buckley next to him also sighed secretly, feeling deeply in his heart.
Compared with Da Meng, he felt that he was really lucky last year. He won four hard honors in a single season, MVP, championship, and FMVP, the three ultimate honors he wanted most, all at once.
As for the big dream, these three hard honors are still difficult to achieve from the current point of view.
Let’s not talk about mvp. As for the championship, there should be a good chance of reaching the finals this year. The Suns can’t stop them, but the Bulls are too strong this year. Their perimeter is only destined to be blown up. Can they defeat this team?
Crazy bull, no one has confidence.
"Hakim, I will help you."
All he could do now was pat Da Meng on the shoulder and comfort him.
When he came to this team, to be honest, Dameng suffered a lot in terms of scoring. He took away a lot of shots. Otherwise, Dameng's average score would not be only 25 points per game this season. If it were higher,
Some, averaging 30 points per game, might be able to steal the MVP from Jordan like he did last season.
"fine."
Dameng straightened his expression, raised his head, with a determined light in his eyes, looked at his teammates and said: "Next, let us all work together to defeat the Suns and advance to the finals."
"Kill the Suns and advance to the finals!" Ba Laoer immediately echoed loudly.
"Kill the Suns and advance to the finals!"
In the Mosaic team's locker room, the shouts of all the players immediately rang out.
