am i proud?

Chapter 277 Master and Disciple Showdown
I believe that many friends have watched "Slam Dunk", and maybe some people still remember Gong Yiyifan, who is only 160cm tall in the Hainan team?

At that time, Hanamichi Sakuragi was killing all directions on the court. Not only did he show his advantage in grabbing rebounds, but he also succeeded in offense at the basket. At this time, the high-level coach of the Hainan team sent out his secret weapon—Gong Yiyi Fan wearing the No. 15 jersey!

After Gong Yi came on the court, he directly faced Sakuragi Hanamichi, and then Sakuragi Hanamichi, who performed well, immediately began to miss various shots and made many low-level mistakes.

It can even be said that in the entire plot of "Slam Dunk", it is Yoshino Miyazaki who defends Hanamichi Sakuragi in the most embarrassing situation. Even the top centers in Kanagawa County, Yuzhu and Hanagara, are not as good as him.

It would be fine if Gong Yi was a top player, but he is just a four-eyed boy with a height of 160cm. He has no height, no speed, bounce and strength.

But it is such a guy who managed to restrain Yingmu Huadao, whose strength is advancing by leaps and bounds and has the halo of the protagonist above his head, it is simply a miracle among miracles!
In the second half of the third quarter of the G6 game between the Lakers and the Clippers, Phil Jackson actually arranged for Gary Payton to defend Wang Dalin on the outside. I have to say that this move surprised everyone.

Wang Dalin was even more surprised... Phil, you old boy, are you kidding?You let Payton, an old guy, guard me. Isn't that putting me on the outside to make a jump shot?
He was not polite, seeing Payton staring at him, he raised his hand and shot. The three-pointer crossed a high arc and went straight into the basket.

After Wang Dalin made this goal, the Clippers have already led by as much as 21 points. If the Lakers can't reverse their decline, it is very likely that the entire fourth quarter will be reduced to garbage time.

Payton shook his head, and there was no strange expression on his face, as if he had achieved his defensive goal just now.

There was nothing unusual on the face of Phil Jackson on the sidelines. He was indeed the "Zen Master" who has been personable for a long time... Well, the scolding of the players during the timeout just now is only a very rare case!
Wang Dalin was a little confused, but his mind was almost devoted to the game, and it was too late to think about it.

It's the Lakers' turn to attack.

This time Kobe and O'Neal completed a high-quality pick-and-roll cooperation. After O'Neal caught the ball at the basket, he pushed Artest who came over from the assist defense and dunked directly.

It was the Clippers' turn to attack again.

Wang Dalin bypassed numerous screens, came to the top of the three-point arc to receive the ball again, and then the defender in front of him was still Payton.

"Is Phil Jackson a broken jar?" Wang Dalin couldn't help but cursed in his heart, "Could it be that he thinks this old Peyton can really guard against me?"

He didn't even bother to do fake moves this time, and he just raised his hand to hit the opponent with another three-pointer. Unexpectedly, as soon as he raised his hand, he saw a long arm passing by like lightning, and the ball in his hand had disappeared.

"Fuck! Is this old guy so fast?"

Wang Dalin didn't have time to be upset, so he hurriedly chased Peyton back.

Payton's current speed has declined seriously, and it is likely to be less than [-]% compared to his peak period. However, he never thought that he could directly score a layup in this fast break.

Wang Dalin was already ready to serve Payton an authentic Chongqing hot pot, but he did not expect him to pass it on. Fortunately, his core strength and physical coordination are already at the top of the league. Under such circumstances, he turned around and met Kobe who was rushing over.

After catching the ball, Kobe's speed didn't decrease at all. He rushed into the three-second zone and immediately leaped high. Wang Dalin also took off... Anyway, this hot pot of Lao Tzu must be sent out. Who is not covered?

The two collided fiercely in the air. Of course, Wang Dalin's height and strength had a great advantage, but after the confrontation, Kobe took advantage of the situation to distance himself from him, and completed an extremely irregular shot when his body was falling.

Wang Dalin slapped it, but only a piece of air was slapped. Kobe shot the ball very high, and the arc was also very high. The basketball just passed over Wang Dalin's palm, and then hit the backboard and bounced into the basket.

"Wow……"

The audience immediately let out earth-shattering screams... Uh, sorry, although this is the Clippers' home game, the Lakers fans in the "Staples Center" arena still accounted for more than [-]%.

Wang Dalin finally understood why Kobe was so popular in Los Angeles... This guy is really good at this kind of difficult performance!
In his previous life, when he was still a fat nerd, he saw such a sentence describing Kobe on the Internet-"If you have difficulties, you will face them, and if you don't have difficulties, you will even face them!"

Kobe is indeed very good at scoring the ball in such extremely difficult situations. The stronger the opponent's defense is, the more it seems that his goal is incredible.

To put it an exaggeration... In this field, if Kobe dared to call himself the number two in the world, no one dared to say that he was the number one in the world. Even the "God of Basketball" Michael Jordan had to bow down!

The Clippers were leading by 21 points just now, and in a blink of an eye, this number has become 17... I have to say that it is indeed a coup for Phil Jackson to arrange Payton to defend Wang Dalin on the outside.

Payton is 193cm tall in shoes, and his barefoot height should be only about 190cm, but his wingspan is 203.2cm... You must know that in the position of point guard, there are not many people with a wingspan exceeding 13cm in height!

With a pair of long arms, Payton's stealing ability is definitely one of the best among all point guards in the league... Payton has averaged more than 8 steals per game in 2 seasons in his career, and he also won the steals in the 1995-1996 season.

It was also that season that Payton was successfully elected the best defensive player and became the only defender in NBA history to receive this honor.

So Wang Dalin's contempt for him at the beginning was a bit unwise... Even though Payton is old and his legs and feet are no longer as flexible as before, his hands are not slow, and his stealing skills are still as good as before!

Although Wang Dalin is almost a head taller than Payton, it stands to reason that he can easily complete various pull-up jump shots in front of Payton, but he ignored one point... When you raise your hand to shoot, who knows whether Payton will directly cut the ball off your hand?
And after you suffer a loss, will you be extra careful when doing the same action again?

No matter who you are, and no matter how good you are, when you make a shooting action, there will always be some concerns in your heart. Can you still maintain a high shooting percentage?

So when it was the Clippers' turn to attack, Wang Dalin wasn't cut by Payton when he shot, and he didn't even get much interference from him, but the shot still hit the iron.

The old Dunleavy on the sidelines couldn't help but stood up and shouted: "Darling, cooperate with your teammates more, don't do it alone!"

Old Dunleavy's coaching ability is of course not as good as Carlisle, Jackson, Popovich and others, certainly not up to the NBA coach level, at most he is an experienced old coach with a passable record, but his observation ability is very keen.

From this shot alone, he already saw the problem... Wang Dalin felt burdened against Payton. He was afraid of cutting the ball when he shot, and he was worried about being intercepted by the opponent when he wanted to break through.

Kobe scores again...and it's a [-]-pointer against Artest's defense!
The point difference between the two sides is only 14 points, which is not a good sign for the Clippers.

It's the Clippers' turn to attack.

Wang Dalin changed his strategy this time and went directly to the flank to catch the ball in the middle distance. After receiving the ball, he found that the person defending him behind him was replaced by Fox.

He directly dribbled the ball with his back and pushed to the inside. As soon as he entered the three-second zone, Fox slipped to Mourning on the other side, and then O'Neal slipped over.

"It turns out that the Lakers' defensive strategy against me is like this...Let the old Payton defend me on the outside, Fox is the middle distance, and let O'Neal directly match me on the inside!"

Wang Dalin did understand Jackson's defensive routine, so it would be easy to break this routine.

Three different defensive strategies and three different defenders were arranged. If Wang Dalin wanted to break the deadlock, he had to choose the weakest link of the opponent.

Who is the weakest of these three defenders?

nonsense!Fox of course!

Don't look at this guy as the Lakers' perimeter defensive leader, but when it comes to his defensive strength, that's actually the case!

If Wang Dalin was a rookie, he might still be afraid of his three-pointer, but now he has already practiced various stunts... a mere Rick Fox, he really doesn't pay attention!
After thinking about all this clearly, Wang Dalin directly passed the ball to Artest on the outside line, then slipped the baseline and went around to the left flank to ask for the ball. Fox immediately stuck to his back.

Artest has been closely watched by George. He didn't dare to stand in front of George like Wang Dalin did. Seeing Wang Dalin asking for the ball, he quickly passed him a lob.

After receiving the ball, Wang Dalin turned around and leaned back without hesitation. With the unique movements of "Golden Rooster Independence", the ball was hit steadily.

Phil Jackson's face on the sidelines was normal, but his heart had already "thumped".

"No way? This Darling-Wang...has he found a way to deal with it so quickly?"

As Wang Dalin's offensive firepower continued, the Clippers' offense finally got back on track.

Although the Lakers have been scoring continuously, they can't stand the Clippers also continuing to score. When both sides are steadily increasing their points, it is natural that the Clippers, who are leading by a large score, have the advantage.

This situation continued until the fourth quarter, and then...the Lakers finally collapsed!
Although Kobe is always full of fighting spirit, but seeing the time left is running out, he can't suppress the helplessness gushing out from the bottom of his heart.

O'Neal's performance in this game is quite good, but he managed to score two points hard inside, but the Clippers always scored the same two points in an easy way, and sometimes even made a three-pointer. One can imagine how frustrated he is?

Karl Malone, who played with an injury, also seemed very helpless... He had tried his best, and only wanted to get a championship ring in the final stage of his career, but now this wish has been farther and farther away from him.

Payton and Malone are in the same situation, but he is still younger than Malone after all. Malone may have no future, but he still has.

With the collective emotional collapse of all the Lakers players, the final stage of the game has basically become a unilateral massacre by the Clippers. Wang Dalin and his teammates scored all kinds of scores like cutting melons and vegetables.

Even after the Lakers voluntarily surrendered, the Clippers' bench players were still fierce, and they even widened the point difference between the two sides.

In the end, the Clippers defeated the Lakers 129:101 and advanced to the finals with a big score of 4:2.

After the game, countless colorful confetti and ribbons were sprinkled above the arena to celebrate the Clippers winning the Western Conference championship this season.

With the background of the Lakers, of course they look down on a mere Western champion, but for the Clippers, this is the first time ever!

Clippers owner Sterling also came to the scene. Wang Dalin could see that this guy was really ecstatic tonight. He even performed a solo jazz dance in front of the audience... Uh, this dance is a bit eye-catching!
The Lakers players all left the court ahead of time. Before leaving the court, Kobe, O'Neal and others came to congratulate Wang Dalin and the others... Although the relationship between the two teams was tense, the relationship between the players has always been good, especially O'Neal and Kobe. They and Wang Dalin are definitely good friends.

After the Lakers players left the field, a grand awards ceremony was held at the scene. NBA vice president Mark Tatum came to the scene in person and presented the division championship trophy and flag to the new Western Conference champion Clippers.

From then on, when it was the Clippers' turn at home, a flag representing honor could finally be hoisted above the "Staples Center" arena, even though it was only the division championship.

That night, Sterling really fulfilled his promise and gave each player a gift. Matt Barnes was quick and opened the exquisite box on the spot, and there was a "ZIPPO" lighter in the box!
Wang Dalin almost couldn't bear to curse on the spot.

"Isn't this just an ordinary 'ZIPPO' lighter? Why do you call this a 'big gift'? No wonder people say you're stingy, you really deserve your reputation!"

But "Master Baylor" said that the "big gift" Sterling prepared for Wang Dalin was different from other players, so Wang Dalin suppressed his anger and opened his box, only to find a men's necklace inside, which should be made of platinum.

Wang Dalin sighed silently... It seems that Sterling's stinginess has been deeply rooted in his bones. This chain can be worth several thousand dollars at most. In his eyes, it is considered a particularly valuable "gift"?

well!It's really lucky for Sansheng to have such a broken boss at the stall!
So Wang Dalin didn't hesitate, and immediately summoned his teammates to leave the stadium, and they went directly to the most luxurious nightclub in Los Angeles... To celebrate, you need a nightclub to have an atmosphere!
Of course, Wang Dalin paid the bill for this trip to the nightclub out of his own pocket, and it cost him tens of thousands of dollars at once... In such a happy time, what is a mere tens of thousands of dollars?
The next day, the G5 game of the Eastern Conference Finals ended, and the Pacers made another victory with 101:88. The gentleman swept the defending champion Pistons 4:1, and thus advanced to the finals with their heads held high.

So far, the finals of the 2003-2004 season are about to stage a master-student duel between Carlisle and Wang Dalin...

　Thanks to "Wooden Abacus" for the monthly pass encouragement!
　　
　
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