On the 5th, the game day of the G1 game of the NBA 94/95 season finals.
Before nine o'clock in the morning, a group of people from the Suns came to Wang's room, and Yu Feihong also came over, waiting for the league to announce the best team and best defensive team for this year's regular season.
The movie channel has been adjusted, TNT TV station, the program of the female host named Cathy last night is called NBA Frontline Channel.
At nine o'clock, the show started. After the beauty talked for a while, she announced the list of the best defensive team.
The first to be announced is the best defensive second team, namely Dikembe...
"Old K, you are definitely going to make it."
"Dpoy Mutombo didn't even make it to the defensive first team. Congratulations, Old K. You will definitely be the No. 5 player in the first team."
When they saw Mutombo's name, everyone immediately started talking.
Lao Wang himself also had a smile on his face and a strong sense of anticipation.
"Probably not, Mutombo didn't even make the cut, and Dameng is even less qualified." Lao Wang said expectantly.
Next, the best defensive team was announced, and five names appeared on the TV screen, namely Wang Tiejun, Rodman, Pippen, Jordan, and Gary Payton.
"Yes, yes!" Yu Feihong pointed at the TV and shouted.
"It's done!"
Lao Wang shouted excitedly.
This is his first team. Although it is a defensive team, it is equally important. Defense used to be his weakness. This team is even more important to him than the best team. It is an affirmation of his defense.
"Congratulations, old K!"
Everyone said happily.
After the excitement, the most important best lineups began to be announced, starting with the third lineup.
He didn't care about other positions. Lao Wang and others only focused on the center position. No, his name was not in the third team. The center was O'Neal, which made everyone breathe a sigh of relief.
Because with his performance, it is impossible not to be in the best team. It just depends on which team he is in. If he is not in the third team, then he must be in the second team or the first team.
The next second team also came out, but still without him, the center is a big dream.
"Old K, I want to treat you. This is a double party!" Kevin Johnson said with envy on his face.
At his peak, he was considered the league's top point guard, but he came at the wrong time and met guys like Magic Johnson, John Stockton, and Isiah Thomas. During his peak years, he was only selected to the 4th draft.
The second best second team and the first third team were not available in the first team. Now that Old K has been selected to the double first team, it would be fake not to envy him. The double first team is a representative of status. Without this, he cannot be called a top star.
While everyone was congratulating, someone came out and everyone's attention immediately turned to the TV.
Lao Wang himself is also nervous, and there is also David Robinson. Dameng's personal data is not as good as him, but better than O'Neal, David Robinson, etc., but what if the league gets nervous?
"yeah!"
At this moment, Yu Feihong and the others next to them burst into cheers.
"Old K, when are we going to treat you?" Dan Marly shouted excitedly, and others also followed suit.
Lao Wang looked at the TV screen. The name at the top was exactly his, followed by Karl Malone, Pippen, Jordan, and John Stockton. He was really selected for the double team.
"After the finals, I booked the best nightclub in Phoenix for a treat." Lao Wang laughed.
"Everyone, remember, Lao K also promised us to send girls." Dan Marley reminded.
"I can't forget it. We remember it for him."
"Don't worry, if he forgets, we won't forget either."
Everyone shouted in a hurry.
Colangelo came over and said to Lao Wang with a smile: "Old K, the double first team is a true super giant's standard hard honor. Any such super giant is of historical level and must be
A championship winner can even influence an era. Congratulations, from today on, you are a true superstar."
"Thank you!" Lao Wang was very excited.
Colangelo sighed and said excitedly: "Starting from today, we in Phoenix finally have a super sports star of our own. This is great! It shows that our sports career in Phoenix is getting more and more prosperous."
Quietly opening the system, Double Yiyi provided him with a reward of 2,000 points. Now he has 2,400 points in his hand.
Not long after, Wang Tiejun received congratulatory calls and text messages from many people.
"Old K, congratulations!"
Buckley also called, with a very envious tone.
In his life, including this time, he has been selected to the All-NBA First Team five times and the Second Team five times. Although his defensive ability is good, it is not as good as his offensive ability.
He worked very hard and was selected to the All-Defensive Second Team once, and that was the only time, so the double team is a hard honor that he will never get, and the envy is not fake.
The two chatted for a while, and Barkley suddenly said: "Old K, do you want to promote this service within the league?
There are a lot of people in the league discussing this now. If you say something, Michael, I, Dameng and the others will shout out for you, and I’m sure a lot of stars will be willing to pay for it.”
Lao Wang was startled, Michael, Michael Tyson, or Michael Jackson? You really can’t talk about Michael Jordan, right?
"What do you mean, Charles, please tell me clearly." He said directly.
Buckley laughed awkwardly and said with a smile: "Let me tell you straight, Michael wants to try medicated baths and medicated oil massage. What do you think?"
Lao Wang chuckled, he didn't care, these two prescriptions had the greatest effect on him, others would only be 50% effective if they used them, making money was the most important thing, he also wanted to build a few skyscrapers on Fengshen Street
Woolen cloth.
"I don't have any ideas, Charles, just ask him to pay money to enter the V, just like you." He said.
"Awesome! Old K, if you do this, you will make a lot of money." Buckley said enviously.
"I have a heavy burden. There is a street waiting for me to build." Lao Wang chuckled.
"Old K, to be honest, can your country invest now? Don't just worry about making money for yourself, why don't you lead us?" Buckley shouted.
Lao Wang said in embarrassment: "Brother, I don't know how to do business, and I don't have the vision. How do I know whether I can invest? What if I lose money? The United States is so big and the economy is so developed, so you should look for opportunities here.
"
"Okay, okay."
Buckley was right. Lao K's brain might not be as smart as his. If you invest with him, the probability of losing money seems to be greater.
Putting down the phone, he thought again, that's not right. I heard that Lao K invested 20 million U.S. dollars in these two recipes, and now the prospects are very good. Isn't this little bastard trying to fool him?
"Charles, how's it going?" Jordan asked next to him.
"Oh, no problem, just pay the money and enter the V." Buckley said hurriedly.
Jordan nodded and was very happy in his heart. Although he hasn't tried it yet and doesn't know if it is really effective, it doesn't cost a lot of money anyway. It's always good to have one more chance. He's not too young now.
If there is an opportunity to take care of his body, he will not miss it.
Dameng next to him added: "30,000 a year, a discount of three years can save 10,000, 100,000 US dollars will be fine. You pay early, I heard from Old K that prices and membership fees will increase next year. He has limited manpower there, and only
Do high-end market."
"What?"
Jordan was startled. Thirty thousand a year, a discount of 100,000 for three years. What kind of discount is this?
However, if the price is to increase next year, it seems to be more cost-effective to have sex for three years at a time.
Well, he forgot that he could actually write three checks for 30,000 instead of one check for 100,000.
Barkley reminded: "There is another advantage to paying early. It can arrange a massage therapist for you early. Old K is going to open a branch in Los Angeles, where there are more wealthy people than in Phoenix, and a lot of Hollywood stars are not short of money.
, Masseurs will be in high demand from now on."
"Understood." Jordan nodded.
…
"Defending the title! Defending the title..."
Starting from the morning, a large number of Bulls fans began to gather outside the United Center, and the number grew larger and larger. By noon, there was already a sea of people, and cheers rang out from time to time. Every time they rang out, it caused a huge noise.
At one o'clock, the Suns' team bus arrived outside the arena and was surrounded by a sea of people.
Colangelo deliberately arrived in advance and pulled the team over after lunch, so he was not in a hurry. After notifying the security of the arena, the bus slowly moved inside with three stops. It took almost an hour.
After hours, we entered the underground parking lot.
As soon as they entered, everyone let out a sigh of relief, as if they had escaped from a prison.
"Old K, congratulations! Are you very happy now?"
"Old K..."
As soon as we got off the bus, a group of reporters waiting in the parking lot immediately gathered around and congratulated Lao Wang on his wedding.
"Thank you! I am very happy to win the double first team. This is a great recognition of my performance." Lao Wang smiled happily.
Fortunately, after entering the locker room, I didn't find any problems. There was no problem with the air conditioning. Then during training, there were no problems with the floor and basket. The Bulls performed more grandly than the Jazz.
The game started at 8:30, and at 7 o'clock, the venue opened, and countless Bulls fans poured into the United Center like a wave.
Chenglong and others also entered the stadium along with the flow of people.
The Red Zone is scheduled to be released in the summer season on July 7th, so the competition is very high.
On June 30th, there is the huge blockbuster "Apollo 13" starring Tom Hanks, and later there is the 40 million blockbuster "Seven" starring Brad Pitt, Disney's "Toy Story", Mel Gibson
"Pocahontas", Jim Carrey's comedy "Pluto", Bruce Willis' Die Hard Part III, and many other blockbusters. In short, the pressure on the summer schedule is huge.
I originally didn’t want to choose this popular film, but it failed to hit Hollywood twice. Not only did Chenglong and Jiahe not have the confidence to carve out a breakthrough in the summer film, American distributors were even less confident. However, in the end, they were greedy for the summer film and wanted to get a piece of the pie.
It was decided to release it in early July.
Now in early June, there is only one month left, and the publisher has already been promoting it. Chenglong and the others have also rushed to the United States to cooperate in the final publicity sprint.
As for the NBA Finals, which is such a popular sports event, Chenglong and the others did not understand it, but as Americans, the publisher McRoberts knew it very well, so he arranged for Chenglong and the others to come to Chicago and wanted to take this opportunity to promote it.
Entering the United Center, Chenglong found that in addition to fans, the majority of people were reporters, and those reporters were interviewing some celebrities.
Tom Cruise, Schwarzenegger, Big Mouth Roberts, there are too many. Those interviewed by reporters were all first-line and top stars, no less than 20 people. Other second- and third-level stars were rarely paid attention to by the media.
However, there were many people he didn't know who were also being interviewed, and there seemed to be more reporters around him.
"That's O'Neal, he's very popular."
McRobert pointed at a giant and said to Chenglong: "You saw his game in the last All-Star Game. He was very powerful, but not as good as Old K. When playing against Old K, he was often knocked over by Old K. He knocked him down.
Old K’s times are much less.”
"There are more than a dozen NBA superstars over there, Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Kim Baylor, Wilt Chamberlain, Larry Bird, Barkley, Big Dream, David Robinson, Ewing, all of them are superstars...
…”
Pointing to the big men with the most reporters around him, McRobert added: "Mr. Chenglong, you haven't signed with a Hollywood agency yet. If this movie sells well, I suggest you choose a good company to join.
Look at the Hollywood stars here, two-thirds of them belong to CAA, you try to get to know Lao K, the customers, they have a good relationship with Lao K, and through Lao K, you can get to know many colleagues."
"OK, I will, Mr. Robert."
Chenglong nodded quickly. He found that the sports stars here seemed to be more popular with the media than the stars in Hollywood.
Robert said excitedly: "The league just announced the best lineup this morning. Old K was selected for the double first team. He is already a real superstar. If he wins the championship as a core player this time, his worth will be even greater.
high.
It is said that Adidas and Nike have prepared a large contract worth tens of millions of dollars for him, and I don’t know which brand he will choose. Anyway, Mammoth is not worthy of him.”
"Double formation?"
Chenglong and the others looked at each other in confusion, not understanding what this meant at all.
However, they understand the significance of an endorsement contract worth tens of millions of dollars. Even the top stars in Hollywood would find it difficult to obtain such a large endorsement contract.
"Look, it's the Suns' wives team here."
Robert suddenly pointed to the entrance and said: "Old K's girlfriend, Miss Yu, is also in there. She is the Chinese woman. By the way, she is also an actress. Do you know her?"
"Miss Yu?"
Chenglong glanced at Yu Feihong who was walking towards him, but he didn't recognize him.
However, director Tang Jili suddenly said: "I know her. I met her once at Andy's Tianmu Company a few years ago. She filmed Andy's movie "Heaven and Earth". She is very elegant, so I have some impressions."
Yu Feihong saw Chenglong from afar. After all, this was Chenglong. He was short, but he still had a strong sense of presence. Not many people in Zhongg would not recognize that face.
"Miss Yu, right? Hello, hello..."
She didn't need to take the initiative to greet her. Boss Zhou from Jiahe over there took the initiative to greet her.
…
At eight o'clock, the two teams announced their starting lineups.
Suns: Wang Tiejun, AC Green, Drexler, Dan Marley, Kevin Johnson
Bulls: Clifford Robinson, Toni Kukoc, Pippen, Jordan, BJ Armstrong
The finals will be broadcast live across the United States by TNT, and the commentators are Marv Albert and Kevin Harlan.
Albert analyzed at this time: "The starting lineup of both teams has not changed. This is also the strongest main lineup they can field."
Kevin Harlan continued: "We have already analyzed it in last night's program. With the strength of the Suns on the outside, it is difficult for the Bulls to really cut off the Suns' outside support for Old K, so I think tonight's game, Old K.
K will dominate the Suns' offense, and how much he plays depends on his physical fitness."
Albert reminded: "Actually, I don't think his offense will increase much, because offense alone is not enough, there must be defense. He will definitely invest a lot of energy in the defensive end and rebounding.
You can't beat the Bulls with offense.
When the Bulls open up the inside line, they will definitely have a lot of breakthroughs from the outside line. If they don't strengthen the inside defense and rebound control, the situation will be ugly."
CCTV also switched on the live broadcast signal starting at eight o'clock. From this moment on, countless Chinese people began to watch the game.
Zhang Lili analyzed: "The game will test Tiejun's speed of returning to defense, as well as the speed of outside defense. His speed of returning to defense determines the strength of the Suns' interior defense, and also determines the strength of the backcourt rebound protection.
As for the outside defense, Glider will usually be on one side with him. What I mean is his speed of defense, which will determine whether the Suns can destroy the Bulls' interior stretch tactics. Only if these two aspects are done well, the Suns will
Only then do you have a chance to win.”
Su Qun said excitedly: "Today we will see if the Suns' outside strength is strong. On the defensive end, don't let Jordan and Pippen break out too easily. Just create opportunities for Old K to return to defense."
We don't expect to completely prevent their breakthrough. As long as Old K can go back in time, he can force them to take shots away from the basket, and the efficiency will decrease, and the purpose of returning to defense will be achieved.
As for the offensive end, they just need to pass the ball in, and if there is a back pass, then they can throw the open ball in."
Zhang Lili laughed, nodded and said, "That's true."
At this time, the starting players of both sides were preparing to play.
The two teams met in the tunnel, exchanged a simple greeting, and stopped talking. They were all serious and a little nervous.
Lao Wang is still standing at the front and will be the first to appear.
Kevin Johnson stood at the end, opposite Jordan.
He lamented that he was lucky. He won the championship in 1993 and reached the finals this time.
There are not many people as lucky as him. Like Lakers star Baylor, who has been selected to the All-NBA Team 10 times in his 14-year career, started 11 All-Star games, and led his team to the Finals 8 times. He is the only player in the history of the league who has been selected to the All-NBA Team 10 times.
He averaged 37 per game in the playoffs in a single season, but he was unlucky and did not win a championship. In the end, the Lakers won the championship in 1972. He only played 9 games that season and retired in November 1971, which was considered a consolation.
He was given a ring, but it was not included in the official records and was only regarded as a souvenir.
The three super centers are great, right? So what?
Dameng and Barkley must be great, but they were swept out of the competition.
Michael Jordan on the opposite side was such a powerful person that he forced the league to introduce the Jordan Rules. This was only the fourth time he reached the Finals.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but look at Old K at the front.