Next to him, Magic Johnson also accepted an interview and said: "Based on their performance in the G1 game, the Pistons and Suns look like teams of completely different levels. I don't think either TV station A or the league will be too happy."
TV station A is indeed not very happy, because the highest viewership of the G1 game is only 25 million, which is definitely higher than last year, but it does not meet their expectations. They feel that with the appeal of old K, it can reach at least 30 million.
David Stern has no choice. Who let the Pistons reach the finals? The opponent's performance is too weak, and the ratings will definitely not be very good.
He already knows that the Lakers and the Heat have negotiated a deal, because no matter how the teams negotiate, whether the deal will ultimately succeed will require his consent, so after the deal is negotiated, the Lakers and the Heat have already communicated with him
.
He agreed in principle to the deal. Sharks traveling eastward was beneficial to the overall situation of the league. At first, he was successful in building the East-West Behemoth War. Later, Old K was injured and Sharks traveled westward. In fact, it was not successful. As soon as Old K returned to the alliance, Sharks became
He was a victim and couldn't even make it to the finals, so his contribution to the league was not great.
The reason for the Pistons' defeat was that their physical strength was too poor, and no one inside could compete with Old K.
Although O'Neal is not as good as Old K, he can offset most of Old K and contain Old K's defense, which is of great significance to the team.
Lao Wang also accepted a TV interview from the live TV station A on the sidelines.
"Old K, they beat the Pistons. What do you think was the best thing the Suns did tonight? What was the worst thing the Pistons did tonight?" the reporter asked.
Lao Wang pondered for a moment and then said: "What we do best is, of course, offense. We win based on our strongest point.
The biggest failure of the Pistons is of course defense, they lost at their strongest point."
"Do you think there is a chance to sweep the Pistons?" the reporter asked again.
"Well, a sweep is of course what I hope for. It depends on the state of both of us and our on-the-spot performance." Lao Wang said.
"Do you think the Suns have a chance to sweep the Pistons?" the reporter asked.
"As long as I can deal with those two boys named Hua Laishi, we will have the strength to defeat them." Lao Wang said with a smile.
Only 15 minutes after the game ended, the Suns had just returned to the locker room when they received news that ESPN had updated their predictions on their chances of winning the championship.
"Changed again?"
Lao Wang responded in a calm tone.
After so many years, he has long understood the nature of ESPN and changes it every day without getting tired.
"80% for us, 20% for the Pistons." Xiao Fan said with a smile.
"20%? ESPN still has illusions about the Pistons, so we must resolutely break their final illusions about the Pistons. Brothers, we strive to let ESPN reduce the Pistons' championship probability to 1%." Lao Wang laughed.
Haha authentically.
"Haha..." The locker room burst into laughter.
In the visiting team's locker room, Larry Brown's yelling hasn't stopped since the Pistons entered.
He has no scruples at all about guys like the Pistons. They are a group of civilian players, not even a big name. They can criticize them as much as they want.
When he was in Philadelphia, he didn't dare to criticize like this because Iverson didn't criticize him, but in the Pistons, no player dared to criticize him.
An hour later, the door to the locker room opened, and the five Pistons walked out in disgrace to attend the post-game press conference...
On June 2, the media began to praise the Suns. Even some American media who did not like Lao Wang still touted his strength out of "conscience".
However, there are many media from another angle, belittling Lao Wang's ability.
From this perspective, it is to greatly belittle the strength of the Pistons and describe the Pistons as a garbage team. In this way, it lowers the evaluation of the Suns and Pharaoh.
Fortunately for Lao Wang, he had long been accustomed to the media, but the Pistons were all angry from top to bottom. They had already lost the game, and now they were trampled on by the media. It was even more uncomfortable, and they were filled with anger.
At noon that day, Lao Wang sent Yi Jianlian and Sun Yue away. They had to go to some teams for trial training.
"Husband, what do you mean? What's wrong with Sissy going to Hollywood to get her qualifications? You don't support it so much? Cheng Long is Cheng Long. If Cheng Long hadn't made a name for himself in Hollywood, he wouldn't be where he is today.
A true international superstar, what’s wrong with Sissy giving it a try?”
In the evening Brother Fei called and complained about Lao Wang.
"This damn girl looks pretty good, but she is very capable of complaining without saying a word!"
Lao Wang cursed in his heart and did not dare to argue with Brother Fei. He was about to give birth and it would be bad if something happened. He had no choice but to bow his head and admit his mistake: "Yes, yes, yes, Brother Fei, you have the final say.
Can I talk too much?"
"Forget it, I'll let her come back and wait until her acting skills get better in a few years before she goes there. What you said is not completely unreasonable. It's really not worth it to be a vase over there."
"Yes, yes, you have the final say anyway. Well, Brother Fei, is she filing a lawsuit against Dabao, or is she filing a lawsuit against you?"
"Why, you still want to settle things?"
"No way, I'm just curious."
"You told me how old Dabao is. Can she tell Dabao this? The little girl is quite sensible. She also said she wants to come back."
"Okay, I'll send her back to China right away. Let me tell you, what's the point of developing in Hollywood? There are no resources in China. Movies are made here. In order to attract movie fans, there are too many kissing and sex scenes. She doesn't want to come over to film.
It’s inevitable to take these pictures. Do you think it won’t affect Dabao and her in the future?”
"Go, Dabao is only in the second grade of elementary school. He is so much younger than this girl. Are you thinking too much?"
"Aren't you just afraid of what might happen? Nowadays, sister-brother relationships are popular. Aren't we the same?"
"Pfft! No, husband, the age difference is too big, isn't it? At nine years old, there are three gold bricks. You and I don't have even one gold brick."
"Don't be afraid of ten thousand, just be afraid of what happens."
"Then it seems that I have to help Dabao keep an eye on the girl. I can't film all the scenes. I can't let Dabao fall in love until she grows up, haha..."
"Don't laugh too hard, be careful to hold the child back."
"Go away! I'm taking a walk. Why don't I break my third child if I hold it in? Oh, husband, do you think we are sorry for that girl if we do this? What if Dabao doesn't mean that to her in the future? That's not right.
Did you cheat someone?"
"What should I do?"
"Forget it, for the sake of Dabao's happiness, let's do it. At most, I will give the girl some shares of the company. She will be listed next year and she will be a rich little woman. If it doesn't work, she can blame me less as a godmother in the future.
”….
"We are talking lively, maybe the girl doesn't like Dabao. He is a first-line star now, and his horizons are not low. Can he like a little kid?"
"Then suppress it. The company is about to produce a big movie with Hong Kong. The heroine will not be given to Sissi."
"Brother Fei, you have no bottom line in what you do now! How can you do such a thing to suppress your own goddaughter?"
"Everything is for Dabao, and of course my son is more important. I can only sacrifice Sissi."
"Brother Fei, you have turned dark."
"Ha ha……"
After chatting with Brother Fei for a long time, Lao Wang called Sissi and asked with a straight face: "Tell uncle, did you file a complaint against me to your godmother? She just called me and said it was you who asked me.
She complained."
"No, no! I just told my godmother that I was going to return to China." The girl quickly denied it.
"Really not?"
"Really not."
"You dare to sue me, Sissi, and I will ask your godmother to arrange ten plays for you in one year, twenty in two years, and forty in three years." Lao Wang said with a fierce face.
"Hmm, I don't dare."
The girl is really frightened. She is a bit of a loser. The state she wants most is to work for half a year and rest for half a year. When she has nothing to do, she can play with the cat and walk the dog. I really want to arrange ten dramas for her a year. I am afraid it will be forced.
She changed careers.
Lao Wang can be regarded as understanding the salty nature of this girl, so he used the trump card
came out.
"I will make some arrangements for you later. You will return to China tomorrow. Your godmother is about to give birth, so go back and help. Feige happens to have a big production, and they are co-producing a movie called "Impact" with Hong Kong. Your godmother said that the female lead is
You. If you are obedient, I will arrange one drama for you a year. If you are not obedient, I will arrange ten dramas for you."
"Yeah, okay uncle."
…
On the morning of the 3rd, Lao Wang couldn't wait to see Sissi off. He felt relieved without any burden.
In the evening, the g2 battle begins.
Larry Brown gave up the early double-teaming tactic against Wang Tiejun, and also gave up the man-to-man tactic he was good at, and switched to a zone defense that he had always scorned.
They played a two-one-two zone defense, with Billups and Hamilton on the top line, Prince in the middle, and a pair of Wallaces on the bottom line.
This zone defense formation is the basic formation of zone defense. All zone defense models are developed from this. Prince in the middle is very critical. He can block the outside line when going up, and double-team the basket and grab rebounds when going down.
Under the zone defense tactics, the Pistons' five tigers unleashed their most powerful defensive energy.
The zone defense was to defend the ball but not the man. Wherever the ball went, the Pistons would double-team. It had a great impact on the Suns' offense, with many mistakes and limited offensive efficiency.
After halftime, 44:46, the Suns only led by 2 points.
During the halftime break, Zhang Lili said: "The Tiejun scored 24 points at halftime, accounting for half of the team's points, with a shooting percentage of 64%, but the Suns' lead was not big. The reason was because the Pistons' defense was too weak.
He was strong, but he made too many mistakes. Others' shots and passes were made in a hurry when being double-teamed. The overall efficiency was not enough, with a shooting percentage of only 45% and many passing and receiving errors."
Su Qun said: "The Pistons are only 42%, and their offensive efficiency is even lower. However, offense is not their strong point. So judging from the performance in the first half today, the Pistons played their strongest defense, but the Suns failed to do so.
As for its strongest offense, the Pistons are more proactive.”….
Having said this, he asked: "Coach Zhang, what changes do you think the Suns should make in the second half?"
Zhang Lili said: "Increase stability, reduce mistakes, pass the ball well, focus on positional warfare, supplemented by defensive counterattacks.
In addition, don't speed up easily. Once the offensive and defensive rhythm is fast, you will easily make mistakes and lose stability under the pressure of the Pistons.
Although the Suns' performance was average in the first quarter, they were still able to lead by 5 points. In the second quarter, D'Antoni arranged a small-ball tactics, with Nash taking full control of the ball and organizing the offense. However, under Prince's defense, his performance was not good.
Well, this should be changed."
In the home team's locker room, D'Antoni was discussing the offensive tactics for the second half with Xiao Fan and other assistant coaches.
The first half was not good. In order to enhance the offense, D'Antoni asked the team to speed up the attack and defense in the second quarter. He hoped to use faster-paced small ball tactics to wear down the Pistons' defense and give the Pistons no time.
Create a defensive formation.
But after playing one quarter, the effect was not good. As soon as he returned to the locker room, Old K clearly suggested to him that he should change his offensive tactics in the second half.
After some discussion, we decided to return to the original tactical approach, focusing on positional warfare and defensive counterattacks.
After deciding on the tactics, Lao Wang began to rest peacefully.
He can see that because of the success of the regular season and the success of the first three rounds of the series, D'Antoni is now a little bolder and trying to play more small-ball tactics.
In fact, he is not averse to small ball tactics. Now his speed and physical fitness can completely keep up with the rhythm of small ball tactics.
However, he believes that the real small ball tactic should not be D'Antoni's run-and-gun game that gives up half-court defense, but a small ball tactic that is both offensive and defensive.
Everyone can attack, and at the same time everyone can defend, and everyone has a strong ability to help with defense, make up for defense, and change defense. Only with this kind of lineup can we play a small ball strategy that is both offensive and defensive.
With the Suns' current lineup, they don't have this material foundation.
At the same time, at the tactical level, D'Antoni's run-and-gun tactics only include offense and no defensive tactics.
insufficient.
Not long after, the third quarter began.
Pistons offense.
The zone defense arranged by Xiao Fan today is not the three-two zone defense in the previous game, but the two-two-one zone defense.
This kind of zone defense formation is rare because the basket is the most important defensive area, and in the 2-2-1 zone defense, there is only one defender at the basket, two on top, and the remaining two are responsible for the full-court press.
This kind of zone defense is very proactive and starts pressing from the backcourt, but it also has great weaknesses. Once the opponent breaks through the backcourt and presses, it can pose a great threat to the frontcourt. The defender who protects the basket needs to have strong
Basket protection ability.
Xiao Fan was confident in Lao Wang's ability to protect the basket, so he arranged this zone defense tactic.
Ben's offensive ability is insufficient, and Lao Wang can move freely throughout the paint area, from the basket to the free throw line and above, from the low post on the left to the low post on the right. These are his areas of activity.
This also posed a very big obstacle to the Pistons' offense. This is why the Pistons' defense played very well today, but the Suns were still able to take the lead.
In the first half, he sent out 5 blocks and 1 steal. The offense was not good, but the Suns' defense did a good job thanks to his efforts...
Now, he moves in a wide range of areas in the paint, like a big shield, threatening the Pistons' offense.
The big-hearted Billups, as the most cold-blooded controller of the Pistons team, always steps up when others can't.
Holding the ball all the way, he continuously broke through Suns backup point guard Howard Ellis and backup small forward Zhu Fangyu in the backcourt. He went to the frontcourt, changed direction again, avoided Josh Howard, and then missed at the top of the arc.
Take off from the right position and shoot a three-pointer.
At this time, Lao Wang rushed out of the penalty area. When he saw Billups taking off, he also took off and swooped away like a big eagle.
"Crack!"
With one palm, the basketball he shot was pulled towards the front court.
"Oh ho!"
When the ball was knocked away, the audience burst into extremely loud cheers.
Buckley, Cheng Long and the rest of the group all stood up excitedly, raised their arms and cheered.
Zhu Fangyu and Howard Ellis quickly turned around and rushed forward. Finally, Ellis caught the ball and hit a layup.
Zhang Lili analyzed: "In the second half, we still played this rare two-two-one zone defense. I think it's okay. By using the two people's full-court press and increasing the physical consumption of the Pistons on the outside, the Suns' rotation advantage should be able to be in the second half."
segment is reflected.
The Pistons also have good substitutes, but they are mainly inside, and there are no outstanding players in other positions. As for the inside, neither Okur nor Elden Campbell can cope with the Iron Army. Larry Brown does not trust them and does not give them any help.
When will they play?"
Su Qun said with a smile: "Oku is only a second-year player. He is too young. He still averages 22 minutes per game in the regular season. When he enters the playoffs, his playing time is halved to only 11 minutes. In the G1 game of the finals, he only had 6 minutes.
Minutes, critical games, Larry Brown really does not trust young players.
In addition, Campbell is 36 years old, facing retirement, and has little strength left. His playing time is even less than Okur.
If the Pistons replace the two of them, it will be a good thing and they will be blown away by Old K."
Zhang Lijia said with a smile: "The key to Tiejun's physical advantage is that he can play the whole game, which makes the Pistons dare not easily replace the main players and fans. In addition, Larry Brown only trusts the main players and can only follow the exhaustion."
It went on, and eventually the physical fitness of the main players was exhausted.
Especially Rasheed Wallace, his physical fitness is not as good as Ben Wallace, and he is not as thick-skinned and thick as Ben Wallace, so he doesn’t wear out much!”