"Fuck your cat food! Old K, I'm going to kill your cat!"
In the visiting team's locker room, there was a bang. O'Neal angrily picked up a chair and smashed the TV on the wall.
Several Lakers players who had returned to the locker room looked at each other in confusion. What should they use to support the old K's cat? They felt that O'Neal had lost his mind and might really turn into cat food.
The staff at the American West Arena outside heard the commotion, opened the door, took a look, and immediately said: "Mr. O'Neal, you will receive the bill."
"I know, send it to me quickly. I have plenty of money. I want to buy a ton of cat food and send it to Old K to strangle his cat." O'Neal roared angrily.
"Bang!"
After looking at the incoherent O'Neal, the staff member shook his head and closed the door from the outside.
"Peng!"
O'Neal sat down, looked at the ceiling opposite, and murmured: "I want to lose weight, lose weight, I can't fall anymore..."
Kobe just opened the door and walked in. After hearing O'Neal's words, he had no idea, because this was not the first time that the fat man vowed to lose weight, but every time he lost weight, he eventually turned into weight gain.
After attending the press conference after the game, the two teams rushed to the airport and flew to Los Angeles.
At two o'clock in the morning, the Suns landed in Los Angeles. Lao Wang did not go back to Beverly Hills. He checked into the hotel with the team. When he woke up, it was already 10:30 on the morning of the 5th.
After washing up, I ate something casually and prepared to have lunch later.
"Hey, Monica."
"Hey, old K, I know you have a game today, but I didn't expect to meet you here."
I was about to go to the hotel's fitness room to exercise, and I happened to bump into an acquaintance, Monica Bellucci, in the elevator.
Now Bellucci is not the model who just changed careers that he met at a party. After the release of The Legend of Sicily in 2000, this Italian beauty has become famous and has become one of the most alluring actresses in the world.
one.
Seeing Bellucci with an assistant, he asked casually: "Is there a job?"
"Yes, get ready to go to the set." Bellucci said with a smile.
"What movie?"
"The Matrix, I have a character."
"Will you go to my game tonight?"
"Of course, I already got the ticket."
That night, the Lakers and Suns started a back-to-back game.
The physical exertion of the battle was huge, and the players of both teams were very tired, especially O'Neal, a big fat guy, who seemed a little weak from the first minute.
At this time, Lao Wang's physical advantage was reflected.
Although his physical fitness has dropped by 5 levels, it is still as high as level 100. Even in back-to-back games, he still looks vigorous.
After one game, he used various advantages such as physical fitness and mobility to once again defeat O'Neal on both offense and defense. He scored 38 points himself, while O'Neal only allowed 18 points.
Kobe struggled to score 34 points, but in back-to-back games, because he was not physically strong enough, he was not efficient enough. His shooting percentage was only 44.5%, which was slightly higher than the previous game. Marion's defensive efficiency against him declined somewhat.
In the end, the Suns defeated the Lakers for the second time and won a winning streak.
The Lakers lost two games to the Suns. O'Neal was pressed to the floor and rubbed by Old K for two consecutive games, which caused him to be questioned by the Los Angeles media.
The focus of the doubt is his attitude towards basketball. It is believed that he has relaxed the management of his body, which makes him completely unable to compete with the old K.
The media used to praise him from time to time, believing that 160 kilograms of tonnage gave O'Neal absolute dominance under the basket, and anyone who touched him would fall. However, with these two failed performances, the media's attitude has completely changed.
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"Ervin, do you think O'Neal's current tonnage will help him compete with Old K?" Some media interviewed Magic Johnson.
Magic Johnson shook his head and said: "The result is obvious, it's completely impossible. O'Neal is too big and he can't run anymore. Even if he gets into the basket, Old K's forward defense can prevent him from catching the ball smoothly.
He must lose weight now, this is necessary. If left unchecked, his weight may continue to increase. He must reduce it to at least 150 kilograms. The team is making plans for him."
"What if he doesn't want to?" the reporter asked.
"Then the team may be forced to take some measures." Magic Johnson said with regret.
"Including transactions?" the reporter asked again.
Magic Johnson shrugged and did not answer the question again.
On the 7th, the Suns challenged the Trail Blazers away from home.
The Suns made too many mistakes in the last game and ultimately lost the home game. This game has been much better, and the offensive and defensive system has become more mature.
Lao Wang still targets Duncan. Duncan is the core of the Blazers' offense and defense. Locking him down will reduce the quality of the Blazers' offense and defense.
However, after the third quarter, Wang had scored 30 points and limited Duncan's score to 13 points. The Suns were still 8 points behind.
The overall strength of the Trail Blazers is still stronger, the tacit understanding of the players is higher, and the tactical system is in a fully mature stage. It is not comparable to a half-baked system like the Suns.
In particular, D'Antoni is still in the process of exploring his offensive system and has encountered many problems. When encountering a super strong team like the Trail Blazers, even more problems will be exposed.
In addition, although Lao Wang had a good idea of locking down Duncan, his energy was also restrained by Duncan. Duncan is the kind of superstar whose defender cannot be careless, so while guarding Duncan, he could not provide more for his teammates.
help.
In the end, even though Lao Wang scored 41 points, the Suns still lost their second regular season game.
After the game, the Suns rushed to Salt Lake City overnight. Tomorrow is another back-to-back game against the Jazz.
On the 8th, at 11 o'clock in the morning, Lao Wang got up from the bed.
While having lunch, the staff told him the good news that his All-Star vote was significantly ahead of everyone else. In just one week, it had exceeded one million, reaching 1.55 million votes.
"That's so many in one week? How many votes are there from China?" he asked in surprise.
"China has 530,000 votes. There are also 320,000 votes from Japan and South Korea." the staff said.
"Oh, with so many votes, the alliance won't close overseas voting channels next year, right?" Thinking that the alliance was suppressing him, he couldn't help complaining.
"Look, Old K, you are right. The media believes that you received too many votes from Asia, which is unfair to others, and proposes that the league immediately close overseas voting channels." Nash handed over a New York Times.
Lao Wang took it over and looked at it. It was true that this stupid American media couldn't help but look good on him!
"Forget it, I don't care about the All-Stars now." He threw the newspaper aside.
In the evening, in order to avoid a losing streak, Lao Wang went all out and scored a near-quadruple-double with 34 points, 17 rebounds, 11 assists and 9 blocks, defeating the declining Jazz.
Then the Suns returned home to face the Grizzlies on the 10th, but an injury occurred. Hardaway accidentally injured his knee under Battier's defense, and it was a recurrence of an old injury. The injury was not serious, and he was immediately sent to the hospital.
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However, the Suns still defeated the Grizzlies. Wang only used half of his strength to defeat second-year Pau Gasol.
Pence's injury gave Joe Johnson a chance to start.
Joe Johnson was the 10th pick in the first round last year and was traded to the Suns during the season. However, because of the presence of Hardaway at the second position, he had few starting opportunities.
Lao Wang still likes to train new players. From his usual training, he knew that Joe Johnson liked singles and was good at singles, so he explicitly let him attack. This made Joe Johnson extremely happy.
Back at home, they faced the Jazz on the 12th. Joe Johnson started the game and scored 16 points, showing a certain scoring ability, but his shooting rate was a bit low, less than 40%.
On this day, Hardaway's injury report came out. He will have to rest for at least thirty games. If he recovers well, he should be able to return before the playoffs.
After defeating the Jazz three times, the Suns rushed to San Antonio to challenge the Spurs.
The Spurs were robbed of Duncan by the Lakers. They have been bad for so many years. They have never completed the reconstruction and cannot find the cornerstone to build the team. They continue to be bad this season. No, they are really bad.
Popovich is eyeing LeBron James. He hopes that the Spurs will have better luck this year and win the No. 1 pick.
Even if he doesn't have the No. 1 pick, he still has several targets, such as Wade. He is very optimistic about this shooting guard and even believes that Wade's potential is no less than that of LeBron James. As long as he gets the top five picks, he can complete the reconstruction in one fell swoop.
With the cooperation of the Spurs, the Suns successfully defeated the Spurs and continued their regular season schedule.
After returning home and losing to the Hornets, the Suns began a five-game road trip in the Eastern Conference.
First they defeated the Magic, then lost to the Heat, then defeated the Bulls, then defeated the Knicks on the 26th, and then rushed to Washington overnight. The last away game was a back-to-back game against the Wizards.
As an old enemy for many years, Wizards young boss Jordan actually called and asked Lao Wang to have lunch, and Lao Wang was happily invited.
"Old K, the boss of the Wizards asked me to come back to save the Wizards' market. Do you think I should come back?" Jordan asked after ordering.
"You don't want to be the boss anymore?" Lao Wang asked in surprise.
"He said he would return the shares to me in the future," Jordan said.
Lao Wang looked at Jordan and did not answer.
Jordan felt that Old K's eyes were weird, as if he was looking at a fool, so he asked a little unhappily: "Just say what you want to say."
Lao Wang laughed and said, "I'm very kind and don't want to hurt your immature heart."
"nonsense!"
Jordan said dissatisfiedly: "Do you think there's anything wrong with this?"
Lao Wang chuckled and said: "After I retired in 2001, I returned to China to study at a top university called Qinghua University. I studied philosophy..."
"Pfft! Haha..."
Jordan burst out laughing and couldn't hold back his laughter.
Lao Wang said dissatisfiedly: "Why are you laughing? Do you think there is anything wrong with this?"
Jordan shrugged his shoulders and wanted to say something, but couldn't help laughing. After seeing Lao Wang's serious face, he slowly stopped laughing and finally said: "Oh, Lao K, you, haha, something about
Philosophy, yes, did you learn anything?"
Lao Wang said with a straight face: "I haven't graduated yet, but I have learned something. The world as big as the world and the human heart as small as human beings are all complex and in the process of change. You said that the big boss of Wizards will return your shares. Now
He may think so, but how can you guarantee that he will think so and do so in the future?"
Jordan was stunned and speechless.
"Idiot! With your IQ, you still laugh at me?" Lao Wang said disdainfully.
Jordan couldn't care less about being angry because he thought what Old K said was reasonable. The Wizards boss didn't give him any guarantee at all, except for one sentence.
Seeing that Jordan had nothing to say, Lao Wang became more and more proud and said cheerfully: "Old Fei Ren, I can be regarded as your life mentor to protect you from being deceived. Why don't you call the teacher and let me listen?"
Jordan said angrily: "I'm afraid you can't bear it."
"Say, treat me to dinner, what's the matter?" Lao Wang got straight to the point.
Jordan hesitated and said, "Do you really disapprove of my comeback?"
Lao Wang sneered and said: "Are you out here looking for abuse? Why don't you come back tonight and try, I promise to score 100 points on the Wizards tonight."
Jordan wished he could just kick him over. Damn old K. He destroyed my dynasty, robbed me of the number one man in history, and replaced my dynasty. I offended you in my previous life. You have to stare at me even after I come back.
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He does want to make a comeback now, just because he saw that old K was in such good condition after his comeback, so he was a little unwilling to do so.
"Are you okay?" Lao Wang urged.
Jordan nodded and said: "Recently I heard news that a Chinese Jordan sportswear brand has appeared in your country. Do you know?"
Lao Wang asked doubtfully: "Why are you asking me about this? Isn't it your own brand?"
As soon as the words came out of his mouth, he knew he was wrong. If it was Jordan's, would he still need to ask him?
Sure enough, Jordan said with contempt: "Old K, you only have this little brain..."
"Shut up!"
He quickly interrupted Jordan and asked: "It's not yours, and it's definitely not authorized by you. It's a brand created by someone in your name.
I x, this brand also opened a store in my Fengshen Street, it must have been more than a year or two years ago, and I had not retired at that time."
Jordan nodded and said with a headache: "I don't understand the laws of your country. What do you think I should do?"
Lao Wang spread his hands and said, "What else can we do? Let's file a lawsuit."
Jordan nodded and was about to speak when Lao Wang continued: "You have been my rival for many years and are very well-known in our country. Why haven't you developed the market there? Not even the relevant trademarks have been registered. Now you don't even have a name.
I got rushed. Your team is so unprofessional.
Now more than half of the sales revenue of my Mengma brand comes from China. Our country's economic development has been good in the past few years, and our consumption power has improved a lot."
Jordan shook his head and said: "My team doesn't know anything about it and has no plan at all."
Lao Wang smiled and said: "You can go there for a walk, or you can go to my Fengshen Street as a guest and fight a lawsuit on the way."
"That's a good idea." Jordan smiled.
"Well, after I win this year's championship, you can come with me and be a coach at my summer camp for a few days first," Lao Wang said.
"You actually want to win the championship this year?" Jordan looked shocked.
"Flying Man, you have only retired for a year, are you so hopeless?" Lao Wang looked contemptuous.
"Even if you can beat the Lakers, how can you beat the Trail Blazers? How can you beat the Kings?" Jordan also looked contemptuous.
Lao Wang said disdainfully: "The Kings are nothing! I didn't take it seriously during the regular season. When it came to the playoffs, I kept an eye on Chris Webber. Can their Princeton system still work?"
Besides, do the Kings have defense? Who do you expect to defend me? I am absolutely sure that I will average 50 points per game against them. If you don't brag, I will pay you back if you brag."
"What about the Trail Blazers?" Jordan asked.
Lao Wang said: "Although we lost to the Trail Blazers twice, that was because we were still building an offensive system. When the playoffs come, it's hard to say who will lose and who will win.
It’s still the old method. The core of the Kings is Webber, and the core of the Trail Blazers is Duncan, and he is the core of offense and defense, which is more important than Webb’s position in the Kings. As long as Duncan is targeted, we can perform normally. With our lineup, the Trail Blazers have no problem.
Any chance of winning?”
"The problem is that you can't perform properly."
Jordan said something, and then explained: "Rashid Wallace can restrict you rookies at the fourth position, and even restrict you with Duncan. Now that you have a smaller tonnage, I am afraid that your strength is also smaller, and you are not that strong.
Breaking the double-teaming ability.
In addition, Nash's defense is a problem. He will be beaten by the Trail Blazers' guard combination. On the offensive end, he will also be limited by the opponent's defense. Your offensive system will also be destroyed. How can you perform normally?"
Lao Wang wanted to scratch his head, but he was afraid of losing his hair. At this time, the food started to be served and he quickly said: "Stop talking nonsense and eat quickly. I have something to do in the afternoon and I don't have time to talk nonsense with you."
"Hey, what can you do here?" Jordan sneered.
"You care about me?" Lao Wang said angrily. This chapter has been completed!
