Payton's answer made the reporters feel happy, and then one reporter immediately asked Shawn Kemp a question, trying to get a more explosive answer.
A reporter asked: "Sean, you have suffered a lot at the hands of Lao K in the past few years. You have lost all your underwear and at least ten broken ribs in total. What do you want to do to him most now?"
"I'll kill him!"
Sean Kemp's angry roar sounded.
Next to him, Gary Payton's heart immediately rose, Sean, you idiot, just talk in front of the media, but you must not seriously provoke Old K.
…
"Hey, Da Zhi, have you gained anything from these days of trial training?" That afternoon, Lao Wang called Da Zhi and asked about the situation.
"Brother, I have played for three teams. I don't know the specific situation." Da Zhi replied.
"Where are you now?"
"I'm in New York, and I'm going to try out with the Knicks tomorrow."
"Oh, okay, try harder."
"I know, brother."
As soon as he hung up, the phone rang again. It turned out to be an ESPN reporter who wanted to conduct a phone interview.
"Old K, Payton said that the Suns' 73 wins had a lot of water content. What is your response to this?" the reporter asked.
"Payton's mouth is only suitable for a trash can. Please tell him that as long as I am in the West, he will never leave the West in his life."
Lao Wang is a little angry. Although there is indeed some moisture, you can't say that as a dog. We are all in the same alliance. We don't look up when we look down. Now the postman has to give me a smile when he sees me. Why don't you give me any face?
, then I don’t have to give you face.
"Old K, Rain Man said he would kill you." The reporter started to get angry again.
"Oh, I see."
This Lao Wang is not that angry. Payton is just too bad-mouthed, and Rainman is just plain brainless. He will beat up Rainman, but he will not get angry with a brainless guy.
The reporter was a little disappointed. Was Old K out of his mind and not angry? Looking back, he immediately called Payton again.
"Keeping me from killing the West?"
When Payton heard what the reporter relayed, he was very angry and sad. He had been suppressed by the Suns in the past few years, which made him accumulate a lot of resentment. He angrily shouted into the phone: "Don't let him have an easy time in this series. We
Spent with him."
…
No. 4, the day of the second round.
In the East, Bulls vs. Pacers, game starts at 8 o'clock.
In the West, Suns vs. SuperSonics, kickoff at 8:30.
At six o'clock in the evening, before fans started to enter the stadium, the Suns team's bus slowly drove into the underground parking lot of America West Arena amid the wild cheers of countless fans.
After getting off the bus, the team walked along a curved corridor to the locker room. Many reporters followed the team for interviews.
"Old K, Rainman said he wanted to kill you, why don't you respond publicly? Or have you not paid attention to the relevant news?" A reporter asked as he trotted beside Lao Wang.
Lao Wang chuckled and said: "I haven't paid attention to him. Not everyone deserves my attention. Why, he wants to kill me. Has he changed his profession to be a killer?" He dealt with it casually.
"Haha..." Loud laughter sounded in the corridor.
"Old K, Glove said that many teams are bad. He thinks that the Suns' record is too weak to be called the strongest team in history. What do you think?" Another reporter asked.
"If he thinks that saying these words will help the Sonics beat the Suns, then he can continue to say that his bad mouth will only stop him in the second round, and it will be of no use other than that." Lao Wang said.
"Do you also think the Lakers are screwing up?" another reporter asked.
"Haha, I want to say something for the Lakers, but I don't know where to start. There is an old saying in China that a bald man has lice on his head. The Lakers, Spurs, and Green Team are so messed up. It's obvious that they still need me to come.
Tell me?" Lao Wang laughed.
"Haha..." There was another burst of laughter in the corridor.
"Old K, according to the media analysis, they are all trying to mess with Tim Duncan. Do you think Duncan is worthy of them?" a reporter asked.
"Oh, I watched the broadcast of the Wake Forest game last time. Duncan is indeed very good. He has top quality and is known as the Flying Devil. He has solid basic skills and a stable personality. He is indeed worth a try." Lao Wang said.
Behind the team, a reporter from Seattle Sports was interviewing Robert Horry.
"Robert, your contract has ended, why didn't the Suns renew you in advance?" the reporter asked.
"Oh, I don't want this to interfere with my focus on the playoffs at the moment. I'll wait until the playoffs are over," Horry said.
"How big a contract do you think the Suns will give you?"
"I don't know that."
"Will there be an annual salary of tens of millions?"
"I said I don't know."
Horry knew that the Seattle reporter was trying to interfere with him, but he was still a little annoyed because the Suns had no intention of renewing his contract, which disappointed him.
In fact, he also knows that the Suns have no room for him at all. It is basically a foregone conclusion that he will leave here, but he is just a little unwilling to do so.
Of course he has his own hopes for his next contract. After the five-year rookie contract, he hopes to get a big contract worth tens of millions. He does not expect an annual salary of tens of millions, but he still needs an annual salary of several million.
.And the Suns will definitely not be able to meet this requirement.
…
At eight o'clock, when the Bulls and Pacers started playing, the Suns and SuperSonics announced tonight's starting lineup at the same time.
SuperSonics: Ilvain, Shawn Kemp, Schrempf, Jose Hawkins, Payton
Suns: Wang Tiejun, Rasheed Wallace, Robert Horry, Kobe Bryant, Kevin Johnson
This series is broadcast live across the United States by TNT. Dozens of TV stations, large and small, around the world have purchased the real-time broadcast rights. There are also more than a dozen TV stations broadcasting live on site.
Before the game, Zhang Lili analyzed: "There should be no big problem for the Suns to win this series. The winning rate against the SuperSonics is too high. What you need to pay attention to is not to be careless. If you are careless, it is possible for the boat to capsize in the gutter.
of."
Su Qun smiled and said: "The SuperSonics' winning rate against the Suns is too low. Director Zhang, what do you think is the reason?"
Zhang Lili analyzed: "The SuperSonics are indeed strong. They have top point guard Payton on the outside, who is good at offense and defense, and Sean Kemp, the founder of the beast style, on the inside. The offense is hot, the team has sufficient firepower, and the defense is fierce. But facing
The Suns and SuperSonics have never been able to gain the upper hand. There must be a reason for this.
First of all, at the No. 1 position, the Lightning's performance in recent years has been very good. Payton's defense is so strong, but he can still cope with it. With his control, the Suns can always maintain their own offensive rhythm and not follow the super.
Running blindly at the speed of sound, this is the point guard's ability to control the field.
As long as the No. 1 position suppresses the speed and enters a positional battle, the SuperSonics will not be enough. Which one of them can defend the Tiejun?
No matter how fierce the double-teaming is, it is useless. At most, it can reduce some of Tiejun's offensive efficiency, but it cannot completely suppress him. At the same time, Tiejun's defense is getting better and better. This season, the defensive efficiency of Tiejun is second in the league, similar to Mutombo.
The defense against Shawn Kemp was very frustrating, which is why there is no suspense about the Suns playing against the Sonics."
Su Qun nodded and added: "And the Suns' current defense is very strong, both inside and outside. They can definitely suppress the Sonics' offense.
Although the Sonics have a good offense, they are not as good as the Suns in terms of scoring ability. In the regular season this season, they averaged 101 points per game, which is 8 points lower than the Suns. There is a slight gap."
In the TNT live broadcast booth, Bill Walton analyzed: "If the SuperSonics want to beat the Suns, there is only one way to defend K and let others take action."
"Let No. 2 Kobe Bryant shoot. This rookie has a very strong desire to attack. As long as he shoots 30 times in a single game, the Suns will definitely lose." Bus Felton said.
"Pfft, haha!" Bill Walton laughed.
In the tunnel, Kobe, who was standing fourth, was jumping up and down and looked very excited.
What about Allen Iverson, what about Marbury, what about Ray Allen, where are they hiding and fishing now? A bunch of bastards.
Only I, the No. 7 pick, am leading Old K to the championship.
That is, the annoying old K has been suppressing him, allowing him to average only 7 points per game in the first three games. This is too much. When he becomes the boss in the future, he must repay the hateful old K. Well, let him just
Responsible for the hard work of grabbing rebounds and not allowed to participate in offense.
"Crack!"
There was a crisp sound and a pain on the top of his head. The beating made him wake up. He stared angrily at the old king who hit his Tianling Gai and said: "Old K, why are you hitting me again?"
"Are you stupid? Wipe your saliva quickly, it's your turn." Lao Wang cursed.
When Kobe saw that there was no one in front of him, he and Old K were the only two people left. He hurriedly wiped his mouth and ran out.
Lao Wang ran out of the tunnel, high-fived his teammates waiting on both sides, and then ran to the court together.
Around the stadium, many prominent figures from Phoenix were sitting, as well as many Hollywood stars. Players from the NFL's Arizona Cardinals also came to the scene to cheer for the Suns.
In the capital, dozens of people were gathered in a restaurant at the private training facility next to Lao Wang's villa, watching the Suns' game.
Dabao, who is already seven months old, is also here. He is very strong and can sit and crawl around. Now he is crawling all over the floor and can even walk a few steps leaning on the side. His bones are very strong and he is not bad in appearance.
, his physique is just like his dad’s, and his appearance is just like his mom’s.
But this kid can neither walk nor crawl now. There are so many beautiful aunts and sisters. He will lie in this arms for a while, and then lie in that arms for a while.
"Dabao, don't bow blindly."
Jiang Qingqing pushed Dabao's head away from his arms and looked at her chest, which was already wet with Dabao's saliva. She quickly pointed at the TV and shouted: "Look, your father is out."
Dabao twisted his butt and looked back, and saw a familiar face. He quickly pointed at the face with his little finger and shouted softly: "ba, ba..."
After shouting a few times, he turned around again, plunged into Jiang Qingqing's arms, and shouted with his small mouth: "Grandma, grandma..."
"Pfft! Haha..."
Everyone in the restaurant burst into laughter.
"Jiang Qingqing, don't be stingy. If you want, just give Dabao a few bites." Jiang Wu teased with a smile.
Jiang Qingqing blushed, glared at Jiang Wu, then turned around and slapped Dabao's little butt, which made the little guy curl his mouth and look back at his mother with aggrieved eyes.
Yu Feihong smiled angrily: "Grandma just fed you half a bowl of flour, are you hungry again?"
"Hey, this female star is so beautiful! What's her name?" Xu Qing said at this time.
On the TV, Lao Wang happened to be greeting Bellucci. Bellucci took the initiative to give him a kiss, which happened to be seen by a group of Nortel people.
"Brother Fei, this is not possible. You are not free now. Why don't we let you keep an eye on Dabao's father? What if he is abducted by another woman?"
"That's right, Teacher Yu, I have a passport. Please arrange it and I will keep an eye on it for you."
"Brother Fei, I'll pay for it myself. Just get me some tickets."
A group of beautiful women immediately started shouting, and they all shouted that they wanted to go to the United States.
Jiang Wu and a bunch of other poor men look at each other, and they want to go too. They haven’t seen Old K’s game live yet, but they don’t have as good an economy as these young and old women, and they are all extremely poor.
what to do?
"Brother Fei, what's that? These girls didn't do anything in the past. They might have put the meat on the chopping block, but they might have stolen it themselves. Let me go. I promise to keep you under surveillance." Jiang Wu promised, patting his chest.
"Senior Jiang Wu, what are you talking about? Who wants to guard and steal?"
"Jiang Wu, no one will think you are mute if you don't speak."
"Can we still have ideas about Dabao's father? You are out of your mind."
A group of women immediately got mad and scolded Jiang Wu so much that he didn't dare to say a word. The other group of poor people also didn't dare to help, for fear of harming themselves. They usually rely on these women for support, so what kind of work can they do?
, I have no confidence in front of them.
Yu Feihong is too lazy to pay attention to this group of men and women. Does she still need to send people to keep an eye on her brother Fei's man? So many media around the world are helping her keep an eye on him.
At this time, Jiang Wu came to life again, came to his side, and said with a playful smile: "Brother Fei, please get some tickets for the finals, let us have a good time."
"That's right, Brother Fei, we are responsible for our own air tickets. Just let Lao K take care of our food and drink there and don't starve us to death." Huang Sanshi also came over and said.
"What about the return ticket?" Yu Feihong asked curiously.
"Then what else can we do? Let's go back from the tour. They don't sell tickets for flights!" Huang Sanshi said with a smile.
"Yes, yes, I haven't swum across the Pacific Ocean yet, so I'll give it a try." Jiang Wu quickly echoed.
"Pfft!"
Yu Feihong burst into laughter.
…
At 8:30, the game officially started at the American West Arena.
The SuperSonics sent out Rain Man to jump on the ball. Lao Wang thought he couldn't jump up there, so he still ordered the trolls to jump up.
Sure enough, the Sonics attack.
Lao Wang immediately returned to defend the basket. As soon as he turned around, the opponent's shooting guard Jose Hawkins had already made a strong three-pointer against Kobe.
Kobe reacted quickly and before he reached out to block the shot, the whistle sounded.
"brush!"
The water splashed and the SuperSonics cheered immediately.
The referee continued to make gestures indicating that three points were valid, the player fouled, and one free throw was added.
Hawkins excitedly raised his fist at rookie Kobe, while Kobe gritted his teeth and looked back at Lao Wang.
"Old K, I want to pay you back." He shouted.
Lao Wang was speechless, thinking that Kobe was ashamed of the foul, but it turned out that he was overthinking it.
"Fight according to tactics, no one can mess around." He shouted loudly.
Kobe curled his lips, it was so suffocating to play next to Old K. One day I control the ball and you can't even touch it, please beg me and I will reward you with one.
Hawkins then hit an extra free throw and scored a successful 31.
The Suns serve from the baseline and move forward.
"Lightning, are you out of gas? Are you useless?"
Payton immediately began to harass Lightning, constantly moving his hands and talking trash.
"I have two championships, and soon there will be a third, and you have nothing."
After the lightning sprayed back, when Payton was very angry, he suddenly changed direction, bypassed the opponent, and entered the frontcourt.
At this time, he saw Old K entering the basket from the low post on the left wing. He quickly pulled the ball up, then pushed forward with one hand, and the ball flew towards the basket.
The next moment, Old K, who had just entered the paint area, jumped up, grabbed the ball with one hand, and smashed it forward. With a bang, it hit the SuperSonics basket.
"oh!"
American West Arena, the home fans erupted in cheers.
"Beautiful! Old K and the Lightning started with a gorgeous alley-oop dunk, which will herald a big victory for us tonight!" an on-site commentator roared excitedly.
The Sonics' offense advanced very quickly, and their offense had already begun before the Suns had fully established their defensive formation.
Lao Wang's return speed is relatively slow. Of course, the Sonics center Irvain who is facing him is slower than him and still lags behind him, but this does not prevent the Sonics from launching a ferocious wave.
attack.
Rainman Kemp threw his arms and legs and ran to the frontcourt, immediately cut to the basket from the right wing, and at the same time looked towards Payton's position.
Rasheed Wallace desperately chased the Rainman, chasing him head-to-head, and even got on top of the Rainman, cutting off the passing and receiving route between the opponent and Payton.
At this time, Payton had just passed the midline, saw Rainman's position, and actually passed the ball in. Just like the lightning just now, it went straight to the basket, but the ball was a little too high.
"Cum!" Su Qun shouted loudly.
"It can't be higher!" Zhang Lili shook his head for a moment.
Sure enough, when the ball came, Rasheed Wallace and Shawn Kemp took off almost at the same time, but the latter's bounce was so terrifying that he missed the former by more than a foot and happened to catch the pass.
"Bang!"
The next moment, Rainman made a crazy flat-rim dunk, and the Suns' basket was smashed.
"Oh ho ho ho ho..."
Rainman, who succeeded in dunking, pointed at Rasheed Wallace excitedly and screamed strangely.
"Fake Oil!"
Rasheed Wallace cursed.
"How dare a rookie dare to challenge me?" Yuren's eyes were filled with anger, and he was about to come and cause trouble.
"Hey, calm down and don't mess around." Payton stepped in and fended off the two of them.
"Gloves, wouldn't it be better to let them fight? If Rainman is not satisfied, I can also practice with him." Lao Wang, who was a step too slow to return to defense, advised from the side.
Looking at the fierce light flashing in Old K's eyes, Yuren twitched his face and quickly lowered his eyelids. His angry mood was immediately extinguished by a basin of ice water. How dare he dare to offend Old K in front of him? At most
Just talking nonsense in front of reporters.
"Old K, don't be angry, this is the playoffs." Payton said quickly.
"If you dare to provoke us, we will fight you in the finals." Lao Wang said coldly.
"Let's go."
Payton quickly pulled Rainman and ran to the backcourt.