"Qianxi, in addition to Cheng Long, Yi Jianlian and Sun Le are also coming tomorrow. You know them too. They are on holiday. It will be about the same time and may be a little slower than Cheng Long. You can pick them up together."
"Okay, uncle."
On June 1st, I had a morning break. I had lunch with Sissi at noon, and after telling her to pick someone up, I rushed to the headquarters.
Sissi left the villa in her car before two o'clock, and picked up Cheng Long at three-thirty.
"Uncle Long, uncle has gone to training and asked me to pick you up."
"Okay, when did you arrive?"
"Arrived yesterday."
"Last time I went to the capital, your godmother told me that she was going to let you come to Hollywood to look for opportunities. What did Old K say?"
"Oh, uncle, he asked me to focus on domestic affairs. He said it was you who said so."
"Haha, I said that I haven't made a film here in the past two years. Li Lianjie and I are both stars, and there is still a certain market, but the market for your actresses in Hollywood is even smaller, almost non-existent.
Opportunities for starring. You have the resources of your godmother in China, so there is no need to rush to come here. First, be on the front line, and when the opportunity matures later, with Lao K’s connections in Hollywood, you are not afraid of not getting the chance."
"Well, I understand, that's what my uncle said. By the way, Uncle Long, I have two more people to pick up. Let's wait, they will be here soon."
"No problem, do I know him?"
"Yi Jianlian and Sun Le attend uncle's summer camp every summer and participate in the NBA draft this year. You may have seen them, but you probably don't recognize them."
At four o'clock, Yi Jianlian's plane arrived first, and then Sun Le also arrived ten minutes later.
Cheng Long really felt that he looked familiar. He should have seen him at Lao K's house, but he really didn't recognize him.
The four of them rushed back to Lao Wang's villa at exactly five o'clock. After the three of them had settled in, the chef had already prepared dinner. After eating, at six-thirty, the four of them drove to the American West Arena.
In the evening, America West Arena was brightly lit, and countless people poured into the arena.
"Brother Cheng, long time no see."
"Old K, I must win the championship this time! I haven't seen you win the championship for several years."
"I hope."
At a quarter after seven o'clock, Cheng Long and four others entered the arena and ran to the home team's locker room first.
"Brother." Yi Jianlian shouted with a smile.
"Brother." Sun Le also shouted quickly.
"Crack!"
Lao Wang slapped Sun Le on the head with a slap, and cursed: "No big, no small! What, you demoted me, are you going to let me call you mother and aunt?"
"Poof!"
Yi Jianlian and Qian Qian burst into laughter on the sidelines.
"Ha ha……"
Although Cheng Long didn't know how he came back, he also laughed. He could see that this young man named Sun Le had a very close relationship with Lao K.
Sun Le glared at Yi Jianlian, covered his head and quickly changed his words: "Uncle Tiejun."
Yi Jianlian secretly laughed. People in his summer camp background called Lao K as brother, but Sun Le had been called uncle since he could speak, so he was as old as him, but he was still a generation younger.
"Brother Cheng, you go in first, I have to prepare here too." Lao Wang said to Cheng Long.
"Okay, you're busy."
Cheng Long nodded, greeted and left with the other three people.
Lao Wang watched the four people leave, then turned and entered the locker room.
Yi Jianlian and Sun Le are the people he focused on training. They are both 19 years old now. He brought them here to play in the NCAA for two years when they were 17 years old. Now they have entered the national team's roster.
These two little guys, after years of training, have excellent physical fitness, which is considered very good among the yellow people.
Yi Jianlian, his training direction, or template, is Garnett.
Sun Le's training direction is Pippen. Now his naked height is close to 203 cm and his shoe height is 206 cm. He has guard-level speed and can play as an organizational small forward, but he can actually play multiple positions.
Among the two, because of the national team's personnel weaknesses, he valued Sun Le more, and specifically asked Pippen to help teach Sun Le how to play.
Zhu Fangyu was also taught by Pippen in the past, but he mainly learned defense and the training aspect was 3D.
Sun Le learned not only Pippen's defense, but also organization and offense, mainly organizing offense.
However, these two young people still need to hone their skills, and their skills are not yet mature.
America West Arena, the stars are shining brightly.
At eight o'clock, both sides announced the starting lineup.
Pistons: Ben Wallace, Rasheed Wallace, Prince, Hamilton, Billups
Suns: Wang Tiejun, Amare Stoudemire, Marion, Joe Johnson, Nash
The finals will be broadcast live across the United States by ABC TV station. There are more than 20 TV stations such as CCTV that broadcast live. There are hundreds of other large and small TV stations around the world that purchase ABC satellite signals.
There were a lot of media at the scene, and the media seats at both ends were densely packed. The area near the bottom line was even more crowded with cameras.
There are dozens of reporters from China alone.
In the CCTV commentary booth, Zhang Liyi said after receiving the starting list: "The starting lineup has not changed, but domestic fans may not be too familiar with the Pistons, so I will introduce them to you here.
The Pistons have just eliminated Dayao's Nets. This is a very tough defensive team. It is the team that concedes the fewest points per game in the NBA this season. Throughout the season, only two teams have scored more than one goal against the Pistons.
100%, respectively for the Trail Blazers and Mavericks, and both only once.
The Suns and Pistons played two games in the regular season this season and both lost, but this was meaningless because the Iron Army had not yet come back at that time.
At that time, the Suns played a completely small-ball strategy, which the media called run and gun. Then they ran into the iron-barrel Pistons and lost both regular season games.
So even though this team doesn’t have any big-name players, don’t underestimate it. It defeated the Pacers, the No. 1 player in the Eastern Conference, in the second round, and defeated last season’s championship Nets in the Western Conference Finals before reaching the NBA Finals.
of the final.
This is a very combative team, a championship-level team, and all the teams that underestimated it were killed by it."
After a few minutes of warming up as a substitute, the staff outside opened the door and said hello, and Lao Wang and the other five starters also stood up and were ready to play.
He could see that several teammates were a little nervous. The four of them were all rookies who had never played in the finals. It was understandable, so he comforted him: "Don't be nervous, it's just the finals. If you can't solve the problem, give the ball to me."
That’s it.”
After hearing this, several people, including Nash, really breathed a sigh of relief.
After all, standing in front of them is the active and historical player who has won 6 championships in 10 years and 6 championships in 7 finals. For these rookies in the finals, this is a towering mountain that can protect them from wind and rain.
In the visiting team's locker room, the Pistons' top five walked out of the door and walked along the corridor.
Under the guidance of Larry Brown, Big Ben and the other five people have coalesced into a real team, like a fighting machine.
From a distance, Rasheed Wallace, who was walking at the front, saw a giant standing at the fork of the passage, looking at them.
"Old K, we are here." He greeted quickly.
"Um."
Lao Wang responded and said: "Troll, you and I worked together to get rid of Dayao. They did a good job."
Big Ben walked up at this time and said with a smile: "Old K, when we get to the court, we will go all out."
Lao Wang smiled and nodded: "Show me some strength. It's too easy to win against you, so I don't have a sense of accomplishment!"
Hearing this, Daben and Tuzi felt a little familiar, as if they had heard it before?
This is when the away team comes on stage.
"Shh!"
In the finals, Suns fans showed no mercy and booed to their heart's content, trying to put maximum psychological pressure on the away team.
"boom!"
When it was the turn of the home court, the sky was filled with ice and fire, and the cheers were like a tsunami.
"Sun King! Sun King! Sun King..."
When Lao Wang made his final appearance, the American West Arena was filled with earth-shattering shouts.
All the Suns players and coaching staff stood on both sides of the tunnel, high-fiving him one by one.
The governor of Arizona, the mayor of Phoenix, Mrs. John the boss, Colangelo Sr., Suns star Thunder Dan Marley, his friends Dream, Glider, Magic Johnson, Barkley, Kobe, etc. all stood at the exit and
He hugged and high-fived.
Then there was Cheng Long and a group of Hollywood friends, Yi Jianlian and Sun Le, and Sissi was among them.
"For the championship..."
After taking over the host's microphone, before he could finish his sentence, the entire American Arena and the entire Phoenix were already boiling.
"Grand champion! Grand champion! Grand champion..."
The earth-shattering shouts created an overwhelming momentum, which raised the atmosphere of the Suns team to its peak before the game even started, and at the same time, it also made the five Pistons a little breathless.
At half past eight, the game officially started.
Lao Wang and Da Ben stood in the middle circle, preparing to jump the ball.
Zhang Lili said at this time: "Don't underestimate the jump ball. Sometimes when there is a competition for the ball, the jump ball can help the team get the ball. This ability is very important.
Don't underestimate Ben's jump ball ability. He is the shortest center in the league, but his jump ball success rate ranks fourth in the league, second only to the Iron Army, O'Neal and Duncan. He jumps high and fast, and has good timing.
Good catch."
"Crack!"
Lao Wang took the lead to move the ball away, and the Suns attacked.
"The Pistons are playing man-to-man," Zhang Liji said immediately after looking at the Pistons' defense.
In the Suns' frontcourt, you are chasing each other. The Suns players are running and the Pistons players are guarding. It is man-to-man defense.
Nash faced Billups' defense and felt a lot of pressure from the beginning.
Billups played two seasons with the Suns, then went to the Timberwolves and played in the Western Conference for many years. Nash was in the Mavericks at the time, and the two were also old rivals. They played against each other in 21 games. This is the 22nd game, including
7 playoff games.
In comparison, Nash averaged 2.6 turnovers per game and Billups averaged 2.1, but the former had 7.9 assists and the latter 5.3. Their scores were similar, and the situation in the regular season and playoffs was similar.
"Bang! Bang..."
While dribbling, Nash suddenly changed direction and pulled the ball to the left. Then he pushed hard and the basketball flew to the low left wing.
The pass was sudden, the ball was very fast, and it was a straight pass, directly penetrating the Pistons' defense from the gap. It can be called a scalpel pass.
This kind of pass made Rasheed Wallace's assisting defense at the right midfielder a beat slower.
"Crack!"
Lao Wang, who was concentrating on receiving the pass, turned around and slipped away in the next moment.
Daben reacted too quickly, retreated quickly, took a step back to the lower right, and blocked the front in time.
"Bang!"
While dribbling, Lao Wang just turned around and was about to slip to the bottom. When he saw Ben retreating, he immediately stopped and turned around again. While dribbling, Lao Wang leaned on Ben and circled from the left side of the basket to the front left side of the basket.
, then quickly took off, stuck his left elbow in position, supported the base, and hit a front hook with his right hand.
Rasheed Wallace, who was very fast on defense, returned to the basket in time and tried his best to jump and block the shot.
However, his jumping ability was average, and he was half a beat too slow, so he didn't hit the ball. However, although he didn't hit the ball, it affected Lao Wang's shot.
"Bang!"
The basketball hits the basket and rises.
"oh!"
Seeing that Old K's first attack was almost blocked by trolls, Suns fans exclaimed and their hearts were lifted.
The next moment, three people under the basket took off at the same time, competing for the rebound.
"Crack!"
Lao Wang had a height advantage over the big man and a jumping advantage over the sprayers. He touched the ball first and sent the ball flying again, hitting his own side.
The next moment, he took off for the third time, grabbed the ball with both hands, and then took off for the fourth time.
At this moment, Ben and the troll jumped up to block the shot at the same time.
"Bang!"
The basket rang loudly.
"Beep!"
The referee blows the whistle.
"Oh ho!"
The stadium burst into cheers.
"Beautiful! Old K grabbed the offensive rebound and dunked double-Wallace." Su Qun shouted excitedly.
"call!"
Lao Wang took a deep breath and stamped his feet.
He jumped four times in one attack, which cost a lot of money, and he had a more direct understanding of the basket-protecting ability of Ben and the trolls, which is indeed very strong.
At this time, the referee ran up, and both the boss and the troll raised their hands to signal that they had committed a foul.
The referee pointed at Rasheed Wallace and made a penalty foul, which resulted in a one-goal penalty.
"brush!"
The extra penalty hit and the Pistons attacked.
There is nothing to say about the Pistons' defense. It ranks first in the league, but its offense is mediocre. Although there are multiple offensive points, Larry Brown doesn't have any good offensive tactics. According to him, it doesn't matter if I score less, I will let you score less than me.
That’s it.
As soon as the invincible masked man arrived in the frontcourt, he started a long run, changing directions and running counterattacks from time to time, actively using the bodies of both enemy and friendly players to get rid of the defender.
Fortunately, the Suns played a three-and-two zone defense, each guarding an area, and there was no chaos.
At this time, Hamilton ran to the right corner, which was the weak point of the three-two defense, because there were only two defenders in the low post, and the three meters near the bottom corner was no man's land, so he got an open position.
"Whoosh!"
Billups passed the ball.
Hamilton caught the ball, took a step forward with the dribble, and then jumped up very calmly to face the approaching Stoudemire. The ball slipped past Stoudemire's fingertips.
"brush!"
The water splashed and the two-pointer hit.
Lao Wang caught the ball under the basket and retreated directly to the baseline to initiate a fast break.
"Old K, hurry up..."
A live commentator started yelling.
Small forward Marion started from the free throw line and rushed straight into the frontcourt from the center. There was no one around him.
On the left wing, Nash is one step ahead of Billups.
On the right wing, Joe Johnson, who was coming down quickly, fell behind Prince who was returning to defense.
Stoudemire and Hamilton, Rasheed Wallace started from a position near the baseline and all fell behind.
"Whoosh!"
Lao Wang passed the ball directly to Marion in the middle.
"Passed!"
A live commentator shouted loudly.
After receiving the ball, Marion rushed across the center line with all his strength and went straight to the basket.
Prince on the right wing tried his best to move closer to the center, but it was too late.
An on-site commentator was shouting loudly: "The hacker caught the ball and ran into the frontcourt, passed the paint area, and took off! Ah, beautiful!"
"Bang!"
After Marion rushed through the paint area, he flew up, and with one hand, he used a tomahawk dunk, which blasted the Pistons' basket.
Zhang Lijia smiled and said: "This is the characteristic of the three-two defense. It is suitable for counterattacks and is very good for chasing balls."
Su Qun smiled and said: "Generally, Marion guards the flanks. Today, he is assigned to guard the center, so he should be allowed to counterattack."
Zhang Liyi nodded and said: "Yes, he is faster than Joe Johnson."
