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Chapter 423 Old K: I go to junior high school for further study?
This evening, the other two groups continued the second round of G2.

The Heat are still a notch weaker, losing to O'Neal's Knicks and losing their second away game.

The Jazz, on the other hand, are stronger than the Trail Blazers and easily won the second home game.

On the 8th, the second round continues.

That night, at the Pacers' home court, the Bulls and the Pacers took the lead in the battle.

Rodman went off with a back injury in the 6th minute of the first quarter. As a result, the Pacers made another victory and led by a big score of one to two.

On the Suns side, the Supersonics took advantage of their home court and also pulled back a game.

On the 9th, the Knicks in an away game lost to the Miami Heat, while the Jazz went down to three consecutive cities with great momentum and took the lead in winning the second round match point.

On the 10th, the Suns and the Supersonics launched a G4 battle.

After a break from the last game, the main players of the Suns are back in shape, and Lao Wang is even more active.

But the same is true for the Supersonics, and with the help of home court advantage, they are biting the score tightly. At the end of the quarter, the score is still in a state of anxiety.

In the 5th minute of the last quarter, when Chapman, who came off the bench, chased to the basket, he was dunked by a rain man, broke his waist, and ended up injured.

The Lightning played 32 minutes, and Danny Ainge decided to let Kobe play.

As soon as the rookie came on the court, he was excited. After getting the ball, he forced a shot against the defense and threw two three-pointers.

The old five was so angry that he pinched Kobe's neck and threw him on the bench. Kobe was quite aggrieved, got up from the bench and shouted: "My shooting percentage in the playoffs is 38.2%. According to probability, if I miss the first two shots, my next shot should be close to [-]%. Even if I am replaced, I should wait until I make this shot."

"You're a high school student, and you know a shit about probability. If you're allowed to play, will you take the opportunity to make a move? Have you really worn the badge of the king of wave throwing?" Old Wang scolded angrily.

Kobe stiffened his neck and quibbled: "Where did I have a wave? I thought I could hit it, it's just a matter of probability."

"Shut up the rookie, if we lose this round, it will be really difficult." Lightning also said.

"Shut up, rookie, don't annoy the boss. We'll pick up girls in the future, and you won't even eat scum." Huo Li also scolded.

Kobe glared at Horry, damn it, kneeling and licking, what right do you have to say about me?
Chapman was injured, Kobe couldn't stand up, Wilkins was too old, Danny Ainge could only replace the Lightning and play double control tactics.

In the last half of the game, all the main players played.

"Give the ball to Old K."

At the critical moment, Danny Ainge had no other tactical arrangements, but only emphasized this point.

At this time, the timeout ended, and everyone stood up from the bench.

"come on!"

Substitute players give encouragement to the main players.

The five main players formed a group, Lao Wang stood in the middle, and said to the other four: "You are responsible for passing the ball to me, and I will attack them, and we will kill them together."

"OK." The other four nodded.

"Kill them." Old Wang shouted loudly.

"Kill them." Everyone shouted.

When the main players were on the court, Kobe was waving a white towel vigorously on the sidelines, and shouted to the other substitutes: "Work hard, don't be lazy, we don't have a chance to make waves on the court, let's make waves off the court! Let's all make waves!"

Under the leadership of the rookie, the Suns' substitute players waved one after another, waving white towels non-stop, just like the waves on the seashore, with a certain scale.

Lao Wang came out from the basket and saw that Yuren had also left the paint because of his defense for three seconds, and the basket was empty. He immediately killed a return carbine, quickly bypassed his defender Perkins, and cut to the basket again.

Kidd sees his opening early, makes a well-timed pass, cuts into the paint, gets the ball in front of him, catches it and flies up.

As soon as Yuren reached the low position on the right wing, he immediately entered the paint again. Seeing Wang Tiejun cut again, he immediately returned to the basket to defend.

"Oh!"

The two attacked and defended, and took off at the same time, and there was a fierce confrontation and collision in the air.

Although Rainman jumped high and fast, with full explosive power, but the tonnage was not enough, and Wang Tiejun's explosive power was also very strong now, coupled with the huge tonnage, the impact formed was extremely ferocious, directly knocking the former into the air.

However, Lao Wang himself was knocked off. Before landing, he threw the ball to the basket, smashed into the basket, and did not go in.

At this moment, Yuren landed on the ground and fell backwards, while Pharaoh staggered backwards and stopped. In the next moment, he quickly got up again, pressed with one hand, and with a bang, he pushed the bounced ball back into the basket.

"ah……"

The moment of the fierce aerial confrontation, the adrenaline secretion of the fans in the audience was immediately activated, and the emotions erupted like a rolling volcano. But when the shouts of the home fans just came out of their throats, they saw the rain man being knocked over, so the shouts stopped abruptly and were blocked in their throats.

"what!"

On the contrary, in front of the Suns bench, white towels waved up one after another, and Kobe and other bench players acted as cheerleaders temporarily.

"Hohohoho..."

The rain man who hit the floor couldn't get up. When he fell to the ground just now, he was breathless. After recovering, his mind was empty, he was panting, he felt it was difficult to breathe, and his back twitched and ached.

"Won't you get hurt again?" Su Qun shouted.

"It's hard to tell. It's normal for a few ribs to be broken when I hit it in the air just now, but I fell so hard again, no matter how strong a person is, it may be injured." Zhang Lili said.

"Sean, how are you?" Gary Payton ran up to Rain Man anxiously and asked.

Rain Man's eyes fell a little dazed, he only glanced at Peyton, shook his head, and had no other reaction.

"It's over!"

Gary Payton felt sad, and he also complained about Rainman. Let the old K buckle one. In that case, even O’Neill has to give way. Your tonnage is so different, and you are not as strong as him.
The referee signaled the Sonics team doctor to come on the field and get the man off first, so as not to delay the game.

George Karl shook his head in disappointment, and replaced the meat shield with Irvine.

In the next game, with the end of the rain, the Suns entered the rhythm. The Suns took control of the situation in the last few minutes, and they successfully won the G4 game, and also won the second round match point.

After the game, in the TNT live broadcast, Bill Walton said: "The ball just now, the old K took off directly on the sideline of the paint area, there is room for impact, and the impact is very sufficient. The Rain Man obviously made a stupid decision."

Bass Felton said: "The flying dunk of that kind of monster is like a bomber diving at low altitude. The Empire State Building will also be blown up. No one in this world can stop it, not even O'Neill."

In the CCTV live broadcast booth, Zhang Lili shook his head and said: "The Supersonics have played a few good games, but the impulsiveness of the rain is likely to make the team's hard work for a season worthless."

Su Qun nodded and said, "O'Neill has to stay away from Old K's flying attack to the basket, let alone a forward like Yuren?"

Zhang Lili said: "Now that the Suns lead [-]-[-], it shouldn't be a big problem to reach the Western Conference Finals."

Su Qun asked: "Director Zhang, although the Suns are leading [-]-[-], it seems difficult to win the three games against the Supersonics. Can you give us an analysis?"

Zhang Lili nodded and said: "Don't underestimate the Sonics, they have maintained a very strong competitiveness in recent years, both offensive and defensive, they are very strong teams.

Their kind of team, under the leadership of Crazy Karl, has a kind of madness. They play smoothly and play crazy. Any team can win. Whether it is the Suns or the Bulls, they have won. "

"That's right." Su Qun nodded.

Zhang Lili went on to say: "The Suns have a good lineup this season, with 73 wins, a historic win. But we have to see that their main lineup actually has shortcomings."

"Which places are they?" Su Qun asked cooperatively.

Zhang Lili said: "One is the lineup itself. The second position is always a problem. There is no main shooting guard who can match the tactics. At the same time, with the aging of Lightning, except for Tie Jun, none of the other players has that kind of strong ability to hold the ball. No player can do it. If I want to score, I can score."

Su Qun thought about it, nodded and said: "It seems that in this gear, whether it's Horry or Rasheed Wallace, their offensive ability with the ball is average, and they don't have any explosive scoring ability."

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "Whether their ability to hold the ball is strong or not is not only related to their own technical ability, but also related to the lineup and tactics. The Tiejun is in it. They don't need to have a strong ability to hold the ball. Just wait for the open position."

"Then isn't this contradictory?" Su Qun asked in surprise.

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "Things are inherently contradictory, because the situation is changeable. Under normal circumstances, their ability to attack with the ball is not needed, but when encountering a difficult team like the Sonics, once they play crazy, then outsiders need someone who can open the deadlock. One inside and one outside, two cores, is the most correct choice.

Now the Iron Army's performance is too strong, making the core of the Suns' tactics too focused on the inside, which is actually wrong. "

"Then what should we do?" Su Qun asked.

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "This is the second problem I want to talk about, the tactical problem."

"Tactics? Is it too focused on the inside?" Su Qun asked.

"Balance inside and outside is the best tactic."

Nodding, Zhang Lili said: "But the tactics need players to execute, and there are no such players on the outside, so this will always be a weakness of the Suns.

Lightning shouldn't be able to play for a long time. Kidd is only a point guard and has the potential to be the king of wave shots. He can't take on the important task of attacking the core from the outside. Although Kobe has potential, he is still far from reaching the level.

However, the Suns' training requirements for Kobe, the ability to hold the ball is a very important item, which shows that the Suns management is also very clear about his training and has planned Kobe's development.

Therefore, the Suns should strengthen the training of Kobe. If Kobe can play in the future, the iron army and Kobe will form the core of offense and defense inside and outside. "

Su Qun said in surprise, "Then Rasheed Wallace and Horry are gone? The space will definitely not be able to accommodate them."

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "This is just my idea. If the Suns really build this iron triangle as I think, then there must be room for Kobe to renew his contract. After Horry and Rasheed Wallace's contract expires, there must be no way to renew the contract with a high salary. There must be room for Kobe."

At the TNT live broadcast booth, Bill Walton made a post-match summary and said: "Now the Supersonics are one to three behind, and the next three games are one-on-one. So they have to win at least the next away game before they can return to the home court. The situation is very unfavorable to them."

"Actually, the Suns played very hard. I'm a bit sorry for their record of 73 wins in the regular season." Bas Felton laughed.

Bill Walton shook his head and laughed: "It's nothing, the regular season is the regular season, the playoffs are the playoffs, the Suns played so hard in the regular season, it's because old K wants to compete for the MVP, so he doesn't hesitate to spend.

From the comparison of the lineup, the Supersonics are not much worse than the Suns, that is, the fifth position is not as good as the old K, resulting in low-post offense and rebounding not as good as the Suns, which is the main reason for their loss.

Believe it or not, there may be teams with 73 wins in the future, but their performance in the playoffs may not be as good as the Suns. Excessive consumption in the regular season is not a good thing. "

"Where's the bull?"

After the on-site interview, Lao Wang returned to the locker room and asked.

"Just received the news that the Bulls won, now two to two." Nelson Jr. said.

"Ewing and Reggie Miller did a great job, and they will try to fight Jordan to the tiebreaker." Old Wang laughed.

"They lost. If they knew about you, they would be pissed off!" Lightning laughed.

Lewis said: "We went well today. If we lose, it will be tied [-]-[-], and it will be very annoying."

Nelson Jr. said: "Fighting the Jazz in the Western Conference Finals should be more troublesome than playing against the Sonics."

Danny Ainge nodded and said: "The next game is our home game. We will try to win it and make it to the Western Conference Finals as soon as possible. We can't be dragged down by the Sonics."

Lao Wang soaked in the medicine bucket, and casually asked Lightning next to him: "Kevin, you said you wanted to go into politics before, do you have any plans?"

In advance of this, Kevin Johnson, who was sitting in the bucket, suddenly became energetic, and said with a smile: "I have already made a plan. I will retire after the next season, and then go back to my alma mater to study political science and prepare to get a bachelor's degree in political science."

"Where is your alma mater?"

Lao Wang never went to university, and he didn't finish the first year of junior high school. He still yearned for university more or less, so he asked enviously.

"UC Berkeley," Lightning said.

Lao Wang thought for a while and said, "Kevin, I want to learn from you. Do you think I should go to a university to study after I retire?"

"Ha ha……"

Lightning laughed loudly, and everyone else who heard it couldn't stop laughing too.

"What are you laughing at?" Old Wang said angrily.

Lightning stopped smiling, and said: "Old K, I suggest you not to go to university for further studies. You have only attended an elementary school, and you should go to junior high school first."

"Haha..." The locker room burst into laughter.

"What the hell, I have a technical secondary school degree, does the technical secondary school know? It's equivalent to a high school degree." Old Wang scolded.

"No, the United States does not recognize technical secondary education, haha, so your education in the United States will always be at the elementary school level, the lowest education in the league, haha..." Kobe laughed while holding his stomach.

"Damn boy, you are only a high school student, what right do you have to laugh at me?" Old Wang scolded.

"That's better than you too." Kobe smiled smugly.

"Tema's!"

Lao Wang cursed depressedly, go to junior high school for further studies, what a fart!
On the 11th, the Suns returned to Phoenix and waited for the G5 game.

This morning, the Sonics announced to the outside world that Sean Kemp, the Rainman, had a slight muscle strain on his back and waist, and he will have a truce for at least a week, which means that the Sonics are out.

That night, O'Neal showed off his power and blasted Mourning, leading the team to get the match point with a big score of [-] to [-], heading straight for the Eastern Conference Finals.

At the same time, the Jazz swept the Blazers and took the lead in reaching the Western Conference Finals.

On the 12th, the media praised both the Jazz and the Knicks.

"The Iron Triangle formed by the black and white Shuangsha and the death ray gun will launch the strongest impact on the Suns. The Suns' Western supremacy is in jeopardy!" Los Angeles Daily.

"We will be the championship!" The Salt Lake City Sports News praised the Jazz even more directly.

"The Sharks averaged 31.5 points and 12.3 rebounds in the playoffs. He will be a real playoff behemoth after the old K. He will conquer everything. He will prove himself in this playoffs. He is a super center of the same level as the old K." New York Sports News.

As for the Suns, not to mention the local media, the foreign media are generally not very optimistic.

"The 73-win Suns struggled in the second round. Old K averaged 43 points per game in the second round, but the team is still in a close relationship with the Supersonics. This means that the Suns are not as strong as they were in the regular season. Whether it is the Jazz, the Bulls, the Knicks, or the Pacers, they all have a chance to beat the Suns in the finals." The New York Times.

Regarding the situation of the Eastern Conference finals and the Western Conference finals, the media now has a clear judgment.

"In the East, the Knicks are determined to enter the Eastern Conference Finals, but there will be a life-and-death struggle between the Bulls and the Pacers. No matter who makes it to the Eastern Conference Finals, they will face a big shark rampaging under the basket. In the West, the Suns will compete with the Jazz in the Western Conference Finals." The Washington Post.

That night, the Suns defeated the Supersonics without the Rainman at home, eliminated the opponent with a big score of [-] to [-], and reached the Western Conference Finals.

At the same time, the Bulls returned to the home court and defeated the Pacers, leading by a big score of [-] to [-], and got the match point.

The second round in the West is over, but the East is still going on.

On the evening of the 13th, O'Neal led his team to defeat the Heat and entered the Eastern Conference Finals with a big score of [-] to [-].

On the evening of the 14th, the Pacers played against the Bulls at home in the G6 game, and finally defeated the opponent by virtue of the advantage at home, and the two sides entered the tiebreaker.

At this time, the media in Chicago became a little anxious, and they condemned the Pacers' home whistle for being too obvious, and the league was suppressing the Bulls.

On the evening of the 16th, the last second-round match started.

This game received a lot of attention, because all the other games were over, and it decided whether Jordan could make it to the Eastern Conference Finals, and the ratings reached 3500 million.

Since the 88/89 season, under the leadership of Jordan, the Bulls have reached the Eastern Conference Finals for 8 consecutive seasons. If they fail to make it this time, it may mean that the Bulls have lost their competitiveness, and it may also mean that Jordan is losing his dominance.

"This is a game to test Jordan's dominance, 34-year-old Jordan, can he still play?" The New York Times reported on the front page of the comprehensive version.

(End of this chapter)