NBA backer king

Chapter 165 Discussion about Winning and Losing the Finals
At noon, Wang Tiejun held a birthday party at home, and his teammates and management coaching staff came to the door with gifts.

There were so many people, not only did Zhang Lili help, but he also hired a chef from a Chinese restaurant to help.

In the evening, he and Zhang Lili watched the Eastern Conference Finals.

After two consecutive victories, the Knicks lost two away games and were evened by the Bulls. Now they have tasted the bad results. The New York media scolded the team bloody up and down, and the pressure on the team exploded.

Back home, 97:94, and lost the most critical G5 game, allowing the Bulls to get the match point instead.

Jordan and Pippen, the league's top perimeter combination, combined to score 57 points and get 21 rebounds.

Jordan made 24 of 11 shots, 45.8% from the field, and 9 of 7 free throws. He scored a triple-double of 29 points, 10 rebounds and 14 assists. His explosive performance shocked all the media.

As for the Knicks, Ewing made 23 of 12 shots, 52.2% from the field, 14 of 8 free throws, scored 33 points and 8 rebounds, and his performance was also very strong.

Before the game was over, Zhang Lili was singing carols for the Bulls again, and said happily: "Look at the rebounds the Bulls grabbed. They should have surpassed the Knicks by a few, right? If the Knicks lose today, there is no other reason, just rebounds."

Wang Tiejun also nodded. Tonight the Knicks are weak in rebounding.

Obviously the rebounding ability is stronger. In the first four games, the Knicks had more rebounds. In the crucial G5 game, the Bulls got more rebounds. Isn't this courting death?

After watching the game, there was also a data comparison between the two teams on TV.

Zhang Lili pointed to the TV and said, "48:37, my God, did the Knicks miss 11 rebounds?"

Wang Tiejun smiled and said: "Only losing by 3 points, the Knicks can get the match point if they grab two more rebounds, instead of letting the Bulls get the match point. Look, Brother Zhang, I'm right, the Knicks just don't work with the combination of insiders, and they are not reliable at critical moments."

Zhang Lili nodded and said: "Ewing has 8 rebounds, two less than Jordan. He is a super center. The rebounds are too disappointing tonight. Oakley has 6 points and 4 rebounds. This performance, alas!"

The performance of the Knicks was scolded by the New York media the next day.

Especially Ewing and Oakley, the two can be called the league's top inside combination, but they only got 12 rebounds together. You must know that Jordan got 10 rebounds as a shooting guard. This performance made them madly abused and criticized by the New York media and New York fans.

"Old K is right. We should trade insiders. Ewing and Oakley are not good at all. They are unreliable at critical moments. They are rebounding waste. With them in the Knicks, we will never get a championship."

The New York Athletic even publicly asked the Knicks management to trade.

The attitude of the media and fans made the Knicks feel tense up and down. Everyone was very uncomfortable and the atmosphere was extremely depressing.

After a day off, the two teams came to the home court of the Bulls.

In the visiting team's locker room, Ewing and Oakley sat together, talking quietly.

"Charles, this is our last chance, we can't let that kid hit us, grab a few more rebounds, please!" Ewing said.

Oakley twitched his face again and again, nodded and said: "Old brother, leave it to me, I will designate rebounds to be in double digits this time."

He really did it. In the G6 game, he grabbed 11 rebounds, but only scored 11 points. He didn't have a single steal or block. He didn't do much on the defensive end.

Ewing also grabbed 13 rebounds, made 18 of 12 shots and shot 66.7%, but only made 5 free throws and made two of them. The damage to the penalty area was not enough, and he scored 26 points for nothing.

The Knicks team worked together and grabbed 42 rebounds, 16 more than the Bulls, but 4 fewer blocks than the Bulls, 9 more turnovers, and 8 of 1 three-pointers. Lord.

The Bulls made another victory, eliminated the Knicks with a total score of [-] to [-], and reached the finals.

After watching the game, Zhang Lili sighed: "The Knicks performed well inside tonight, but they were completely overwhelmed outside and made as many as 19 turnovers, so they grabbed so many rebounds and still lost the game."

Wang Tiejun said: "Compared with the hit rate, it seems that the Knicks are a little higher."

"Less than two percentage points, about the same, the difference is not big."

Zhang rationally analyzed: "Look at their shots, the Knicks had 16 more rebounds, but only one more shot than the Bulls.

With similar shots and similar shooting percentages, there is only one reason for the Knicks to lose, free throws. "

"Free throw?" Old Wang hurriedly stared at the TV, it was true.

The Knicks made 25 of 17 free throws and a shooting percentage of 68%, which is not low, at least much higher than his free throw percentage.

But the Bulls made 29 of 27 free throws, and their shooting percentage was as high as 93.1%. In this item alone, the Bulls scored 10 points more than the Knicks.

Zhang Lili said: "Look at their true shooting percentage. This data includes free throws. The Bulls are as high as 58%, while the Knicks are only 53.7%. So don't look at the Knicks' shooting percentage. It's more than a percentage point higher, but that's useless. The true shooting percentage was lower by more than 4 points, so they lost the game."

"Free throws? Damn, the bulls won't come at me, will they?" Lao Wang murmured.

Zhang Lili nodded and said: "The Bulls will be blown up by you and Barkley inside. If they don't kill you, who will they kill? Although your current free throw percentage can barely reach 68%, but look at the Knicks, with a [-]% free throw percentage, they really lose to free throws."

"Then what should we do?" he asked quickly.

Zhang Li thought about it and said: "You have to speed up your shots, don't let them have a chance to cut you. The most important thing is to increase the offense at the basket, so that they can cut you, but you also have a chance to score two plus one."

He thinks this is not the way, he is not O'Neill, he does not get up fast enough, as long as he really wants to kill him, there is a chance, the chance of playing two plus one is very small.

……

The championship in 93 is related to the establishment of the Bulls dynasty. Whether Jordan, who won two consecutive championships, can establish a dynasty is very important to the position of his career in history, so it is particularly concerned by the media.

Jordan's influence has completely gone beyond the basketball circle. His performance affects Nike's shares and affects Chicago's economy. Therefore, not only sports media have made various reports on this finals, but other media have also participated in the reports.

In the next few days, the major media began to analyze the situation of this year's finals, analyzing the Bulls and the Suns from top to bottom, from coaches to players, from tactics to on-court execution, from offense to defense, from outside to inside, from three-pointers to free throws, none of which was outside the scope of the media's analysis.

Many retired or active players in the league have accepted media interviews and expressed their views.

The New York Times published an interview with Bill Russell on the front page, Russell said: "Analyzed from the lineup, the Suns are stronger inside, the Bulls are stronger outside, and both teams have a chance to win.

But from the analysis of the strength of the coaching staff, the Bulls undoubtedly have the upper hand. One is the championship coach with two consecutive victories, and the other is the newly appointed rookie head coach. There is no comparison at all. They will play a decisive role in on-the-spot command.

And from the analysis of the players' on-court execution ability, the Bulls are undoubtedly stronger.

The Bulls are already the championship team with two consecutive victories. The lineup for the two consecutive championships has not changed much and is very stable. They have rich experience in the finals, and they have rich experience and willpower to play against the wind.

On the Suns, only Danny Ainge has experience in the finals. Other players, including Barkley, do not have any experience in the finals. They can only play with the wind.

So I am more optimistic about the Bulls. If the Suns want to win the championship, this lineup will have to hone at least one season before they have a chance.Next season, I am optimistic that the Suns will win the championship next season. "

Russell's views represent the views of the vast majority of the media and fans. Although the Suns have achieved the first record in the regular season and performed well in the playoffs, in the eyes of most people, the Bulls with Jordan are stronger.

Moreover, in this playoffs, the Bulls completed the sweep of the first and second rounds, and their performance was even brighter than that of the Suns.

With the completion of the Eastern and Western finals, ESPN once again adjusted the chances of the Suns and Bulls winning the championship.

Last time ESPN adjusted the Bulls' chances of winning to 75%, while the Suns have remained unchanged, but this time, the two teams made adjustments at the same time.

The Bulls adjusted from 75% to 80%.

The Suns adjusted from 38% to 20%.

ESPN gave its own explanation for this adjustment: "The reason why the Bulls' chances of winning the championship increased again is because Jordan reached the finals twice and won the championship twice. They are used to winning the finals.

On the other hand, the Suns have no experience in the finals, which is a fatal weakness. They may even collapse in the finals. "

Barkley was extremely angry. He took the initiative to find the media and counterattacked ESPN, saying: "ESPN's attitude once again proved their amateurism, so they didn't get the copyright of the finals once, because everyone knows that the finals It will be a huge disaster if the copyright is handed over to them."

ESPN was also annoyed by Barkley's words. Nick Lohmann, editor-in-chief of the Basketball Channel, said in an interview with the media:
"Okay, Sir Barkley is the most professional. If he is really so professional, why hasn't he won against Jordan once in so many years?"

In the battle between Barkley and ESPN, the official announcement of the finals schedule.

G1战从6月9号开始，赛制是二三二，分别是9、11、13、16、18、20、22号进行。

On June 6, the Suns called all the players and resumed training.

That night, Wang Tiejun contacted the eldest sister and the second sister, told CCTV that the news of the finals would be broadcast, and asked them to bring their parents to Sijiucheng in the next two days.

Da Ya Er Ya was naturally very happy and quickly agreed.

On the 5th, CCTV's frontline team rushed to the United States, led by Sun Zhenping, plus a three-person filming team.

On the 6th, they rushed to Phoenix from Los Angeles and joined Zhang Lili.

At [-]:[-] in the afternoon, Wang Tiejun finished training and invited Sun Zhenping and the others to dinner at a western restaurant.

After meeting and greeting each other for a while, everyone sat down to order.

Zhang Lili communicated with Sun Zhenping first, and said to him: "Tie Jun, Mr. Sun wants to enter the Suns to film some team training and conduct interviews. Can you communicate with the management?"

"That's no problem. Didn't you say that the NBA has always wanted to develop our domestic market? The league and the team shouldn't refuse, right? Mr. Sun, you can apply directly to the management." He said.

"That's right, Mr. Sun, we will go to the Sun team headquarters tomorrow morning." Zhang Lili nodded and said to Sun Zhenping.

Wang Tiejun said: "I will give you Mr. Colangelo's private number. You can contact him first. I will give him a call first. He is our boss and general manager."

After dinner, Sun Zhenping and his group went to his home to take pictures again, and filmed some of his training process at home.

The next morning, the Suns held a tactical meeting.

Assistant coach Lewis first introduced the situation and said: "From the perspective of this Eastern Conference finals, facing the Knicks who are also strong inside, the Bulls' offense is very obviously concentrated on Jordan and Pippen.

东决六场系列赛，他们两人的出手次数占全队比例分别是60%、61%、46%、61%、56%、60%。

In other words, it should be like this when they beat us, otherwise they would not be able to attack at all when they are at a comprehensive disadvantage inside. "

Head coach Westphal continued: "According to this situation, we must strengthen our defense on the outside to avoid being blown up by our opponents.

But the two of them will definitely strengthen the breakthrough and cause damage to our inside line, so the inside line must also be prepared for supplementary defense.

On the offensive end, Old K's No. [-] position is very important, because this is our most dominant position. At this time, it is closest to the basket, and our offense must be strengthened. "

After the tactical meeting, the team started training. When it was almost 12 o'clock, Colangelo personally brought Sun Zhenping and Zhang Lili to the training hall.

The Suns issued interview cards to Zhang and Sun. They can enter the team's training base for interviews at any time without barriers, and they can even enter the locker room. Of course, they need the player's permission before entering the locker room.

From this day on, a large number of media rushed to Phoenix from all over the United States, preparing to report on the upcoming finals.

That night, in China, the evening news of CCTV [-] announced the news that the NBA Finals would be officially broadcast live in real time.

After the sports news, another talk show was arranged for Wang Tiejun, hosted by Teacher Song Shixiong and Su Qun, and it was very long, 25 minutes long.

The news has generally not received much response.

There are relatively few NBA fans in China, and ordinary sports fans don’t even know about the NBA or its level of strength in the basketball world, so they don’t care about the news that a Chinese has entered the league to play.

However, the reaction of the fans was not great, but it caused a shock in the industry.

Some of the most outstanding basketball players in China, such as Sun Jun, etc., others don't know the strength of the NBA, but they know, and deeply understand the strength of the American Dream Team in 92.

They couldn't believe that a Chinese compatriot could enter the NBA and play in the finals with Jordan as the main center.

Apart from this group of players, the Hebei provincial team was also the most shocking. They couldn't believe that a young man they fired could actually get into the NBA and made it to the last step.

Provincial team leader Song Ming watched the show and sighed in his heart: "If I had known this, I wouldn't have fired him back then. If he stayed, now we might be the champions."

Although criminal imprisonment is a disgraceful experience, and people will be criticized if they stay, but there is really no rule that cannot allow such people to stay in the team.

It's just that he was not the only one who decided to fire Wang Tiejun at that time. It was a collective decision, so it's useless to regret it now.

On the 8th, Sijiu City, Da Ya and Er Ya sat in a car and circled the city.

My brother asked them to find a high-end hotel. There should be a large TV in the room. If the TV is too small, parents may not be able to see it clearly. Don’t be afraid to spend money.

No, they ran over when they heard about a Sino-foreign joint venture hotel called International Hotel.

The two stayed in Forty-Nine City for the past few months. They had learned more and became more courageous. They entered the hotel and came to the front desk. When they asked, the room was equipped with a big TV, but this hotel only accommodates foreign guests, and it is a hotel specially used by the state to earn foreign exchange.

Now the national economy is not developed and there is a serious shortage of foreign exchange, and the tourism industry is the best industry to generate foreign exchange.

The eldest and the second were very disappointed. The second was the most courageous, and said dissatisfiedly to the staff: "Comrade, why don't the Chinese live in our Chinese place? It's not that we don't give money."

"Comrade, I just said that this is a hotel where the country earns foreign exchange. Didn't you understand? If you want foreign money, you can stay there too."

The staff are impatient and authentic.

"Foreign money? We have it."

Erya took out a purse, took out a stack of dollar bills from inside, showed it to the staff, and asked: "This is US dollars, American money, my brother brought it to us, will you accept it?"

The staff was stunned and blurted out: "Is it fake?"

Da Ya hurriedly waved her hand and said, "No, no, it's true. My brother works in the United States. He gave it to us. You can check it."

The staff took it from Er Ya and saw that it was really US dollars, and there were quite a few of them. They were all in one hundred dollars, a total of eight hundred dollars. After careful inspection, they were all real. He said enviously to the second daughter: "So your brother is an overseas Chinese?"

"Can I live now?" Er Ya asked.

"Yes, of course." The staff said repeatedly.

"We want two single rooms, and one of them must have a big TV, at least 19 inches." Erya said.

"It's only a luxury suite, and there are no ordinary standard rooms." The staff hurriedly said.

"Okay, okay, we want a deluxe room and a standard room." Da Ya hurriedly said.

"How many days do you want to book?" The staff quickly went through the formalities.

"Starting tomorrow, at least ten days." Arya said.

"Comrade, is this money enough?" Da Ya asked cautiously.

The staff did some calculations, shook his head and said, "It's only enough for five days."

"So expensive?"

The big girl and the second girl looked at each other, and they were very reluctant. Eight hundred dollars is worth thousands of dollars. Is this killing them as foreigners?

But there was nothing I could do about it, so Erya could only say, "We will make an appointment for six days. We will bring enough money when we come over tomorrow, and we won't miss you."

"and also?"

The staff was stunned, and immediately became active in their hearts, wanting to exchange some dollars from these two girls.

"Not much, only a little." Da Ya quickly explained.

Wang Tiejun remitted another [-] U.S. dollars to his family last month. This sum of money was not converted into RMB, and it is still lying in the bank. He is not afraid of running out of money.

But she is also afraid that others will ask them to exchange dollars, because even the staff of the bank where the money is deposited want to exchange dollars from them.

After the room was booked, the two daughters hurriedly rented a van and rushed to their hometown.

On the 8th, at two o'clock in the afternoon, the Bulls arrived in Phoenix and held a press conference at the hotel.

Zhang Lili took Sun Zhenping and the others to the hotel to attend the press conference.

There were hundreds of people from the media participating in the press conference, and a large number of cameras were erected in the front row, densely packed and crowded the hall.

"Director Zhang, do you think the Suns have any hope of winning the Finals?"

Crowded in the crowd, Sun Zhenping was already sweating profusely, feeling inexplicably nervous, and asked in a low voice.

"There is hope. They played two games in the regular season, with one win and one loss. But the Bulls should have greater hopes. They have more experience in the finals. This is the biggest weakness of the Suns." Zhang Lili also whispered.

At this time, the host announced the start of the press conference.

Entering the questioning session, the host began to flop.

(End of this chapter)