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Chapter 380 Going into battle with injuries
The game started at eight o'clock, and at 07:30, the two teams announced their starting lineups.

Mosaic: Olajuwon, Barkley, Drexler, Chucky Brown, Kenny Smith

Suns: Wang Tiejun, Ben Wallace, Robert Horry, Wes Ripperson, Kevin Johnson

"..."

Seeing the starting roster of the Suns, Luo Lin's eyes widened.

After Oldman saw it, he couldn't help being startled, and said, "Mosaic has been fooled."

"Yes, they have to prepare quickly. The Suns with old K and without old K are completely two teams." Luo Lin shook his head.

"Hehe! You must have tricked Mosaic."

In the CCTV live broadcast seat, Zhang Lili laughed.

Su Qun laughed and said, "But old K's injury is still not healed, and it should affect the feel of the hand."

Zhang Lili nodded and said: "You can't dunk, that's for sure. In addition, whether it's shooting or dribbling, it will have an impact. The Suns lineup is not as good as Mosaic, and the chances of winning this game are even smaller. In fact, I don't recommend him to play with injuries."

"This old K, he's really lying to us." In the visiting team's locker room, Barkley couldn't laugh or cry.

Drexler laughed and said, "Primary school students still want to lie to us college students. He looks down on us too much."

Dameng said vigorously: "Whether he plays or not, his state will definitely be affected. This time we will sweep the sun, sweep the old K, to avenge the sweep last year."

Barkley and Drexler looked at each other, and the former reminded: "Hakeem, if you do that, with Old K's character, maybe he will really fight us hard."

"Are you afraid of him?"

Dameng said unconvinced.

Drexler persuaded: "Hakeem, don't forget our age, our goal is the finals, not to sweep the Suns, we can't fight him head on."

Seeing the objections of the two old buddies, Dameng couldn't hold on any longer, and in terms of physical fitness, the three of them really didn't have the confidence to fight old K.

Barkley suggested: "Hakeem, if you defend Old K today, you must guard against his breakthrough. His finger is injured, and his shooting must have a great impact."

"Understood, anti-burst is not anti-throw." Dameng nodded.

In the locker room of the home team, Lao Wang was sitting against the closet, and a trainer was helping him to wrap a bandage on his foot.

Team doctor Andrew John is taping his right hand, tying his index and middle fingers together for a stabilizing effect.

In fact, the coaching staff and the management disagreed with him playing with an injury, but he asked to play. If such a minor injury was sitting on the bench, it would be too delicate. Who will say that he has a tough style in the future, and you must not call him "Ms. Wang"?

But for this game, even he didn't have much hope. Mosaic's lineup already surpassed them. His state is definitely not as good as normal, and his strength will increase the distance.

He has analyzed Larry Bird's remarks about Mosaic. In fact, there are still good players in Mosaic's bench lineup, such as the alien.

This Mosaic's backup point guard was overwhelmed by Kenny Smith and had no chance to start, but this season he averaged 28 minutes per game in the regular season, averaging 14.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, 4.6 assists and 0.9 steals per game.

In the regular season, Mosaic has seven players who averaged 10+ points per game. Among these seven players, Tracy Moore was reimbursed for the season due to serious injuries, and there are still six players left. Except for the Big Three, the remaining three players are all substitute players.

Therefore, Larry Bird's words are really unbelievable. After Finley was injured, even with Wilkins, the Suns' bench lineup is actually not as good as Mosaic's bench lineup.

But the Suns are not completely without opportunities. The opportunity lies in the health problems of the Big Three. If any of them suffers from an injury, that is the opportunity for the Suns.

It's just that the Big Three are really cunning. They fished for fish in the regular season, and they were injured for nearly a hundred games. Now they are all alive and well in the playoffs.

"It's time."

At this time, a staff member pushed open the door of the locker room and shouted.

Five people came to the player channel to meet with Barkley and the others

"Fake injury." Dameng shouted in front of him.

"Holding a group." Lao Wang shouted unwillingly.

When Dameng heard this, he was so angry that he almost vomited blood. Looking back, he saw Buckley and Drexler laughing together, and the more sad and angry he was.

"You bastards just bully me that I don't have a championship."

He gave the two of Buckley a hard look. These two old bastards are the worst. With a ring in their hand, the name of Baotuan cannot be placed on their heads.

At eight o'clock, the game officially begins.

Da Ben and Da Meng stood opposite each other, ready to jump the ball.

"Rookie, you shaved your head, are you 190 cm?"

Dameng glanced at Da Ben contemptuously, and stretched out his hand to compare the height of the two of them. Da Ben was so depressed that he wanted to use his head to kill Da Meng.

"Snapped!"

The ball was thrown high, and then Dameng swiped the ball away with a high head, and Mosaic attacked.

Barkley entered the low position on the right wing and received the ball with his back against Big Ben. While dribbling and arching, he noticed the old K on the weak side.

Lao Wang didn't dare to pass because Dameng was one step away from the left-wing paint area. If he implemented a weak side defense, with Barkley's passing ability, he would definitely pass it to Dameng.

This is the role of the Big Three. When they are on the field, each of them needs to be double-teamed, but you just can't do it, because they have three, so let alone double-team, you dare not let any one go.

"brush!"

Big Ben didn't hold back Barkley's fart-beating skills. The latter turned over and made a jumper with a good touch and hit the first ball.

It was the sun's turn to attack, and Lao Wang entered the low position on the left wing.

He was backed by Dameng, and paid attention to the situation of Big Ben and Barkley behind him.

In order not to bring Barkley closer to Wang Tiejun, Daben didn't go to the basket at all, and stayed in the low position on the right wing.

And Barkley, the fat man, didn't care about the fact that he was not a threat if he was not under the basket. He just stayed under the basket, left when the defensive three seconds were approaching, and immediately returned to the basket.

At this time, Lightning's ball came in, the ball was very fast, Kenny Smith's strength was mediocre, he seized the opportunity to pass a through ball.

The faster the pass, the harder it is for Barkley to double-team K, and he knows this well.

The left elbow was stuck against the big dream, Lao Wang grabbed the ball head-on with his right hand, the moment he caught the ball, his left foot did not move, his right foot stepped on the waist, and then he jumped with one foot and hit a frontal hook.

The pace of catching and shooting the ball was too fast, Dameng only had time to stretch out his hand, but did not have time to move, let alone take off to block the shot.

Barkley, who came out from behind, was also a little slow, and could only turn around in a hurry, preparing to go back to the basket to grab a rebound.

"Go in!"

Su Qun shouted.

"boom!"

Unfortunately, it missed, the ball deflected a little and bounced upwards.

Lao Wang flicked his right hand, which was troublesome. When he shot the basketball, in addition to the wrist movement, he also had a finger movement to pull the ball. Now the index finger and middle finger are tied together, which is not suitable for him, and when he exerts force, the index finger still hurts. Next, he will try throwing and hitting the board.

Under the basket, Barkley and Big Ben competed for rebounds at the same time. No one knew their true heights, which belonged to the league's top secret, but the former had more experience and better rebounding skills, and grabbed the rebound first.

Zhang rationally analyzed: "The sense of rhythm of this shot is very good, completely out of the way of Dameng, Dameng can only defend with eyes, it should be two fingers tied together, which affects the feel of the hand.

Once this person is injured, his psychology will also be affected, and he will have scruples about that place. I have a deep understanding of this. "

Mosaic attack.

Last year's Western Conference Finals, Dameng was pulled out on the offensive end and was responsible for containing Lao Wang, but the effect was not very good, because Lao Wang's strongest is offense, not defense.

This time, Dameng's style of play has changed, or the team's tactics for him have changed.

Small forward Chucky Brown is just a role player. The Big Three are on the field and don’t need his scoring ability at all. Therefore, the head coach Tomjanovich arranged pick-and-roll and cut-in tactics.

The left wing was low, and Dameng received the ball. At this time, Brown above suddenly ran down and cut into the paint from the former and Lao Wang behind him.

Dameng made a false pass pass, Lao Wang was distracted, and the defense loosened. The former took the opportunity to make a jump shot and hit a ball.

In the next game, the Suns were at a disadvantage.

Wang Tiejun missed two shots. After taking a breath, he took the ball again and tried to rush in directly.

It's a pity that Dameng adopted the same defensive strategy as him, preventing penetration but not shooting, prohibiting him from playing more efficient offense at the basket, and letting him shoot outside.

So as soon as he turned around, Dameng retreated in advance, moved half a beat ahead of him, and blocked him with Barkley who was assisting in defense, causing him to make a mistake and breaking his ball.

His state naturally affected the whole team, and he fell behind by a big score in the first quarter, 15:31, actually 16 points behind.

"Old K should be injured for the first time. It has been four years, and he is actually quite durable. He may not have any experience of injury, so he is very uncomfortable." Su Qun said.

Zhang Lili nodded and said: "The fingers are tied together, just like wearing a glove. It must be uncomfortable at first, but it should be better later."

In this game, the Suns finally lost at home by a big score, 75:104, lost 29 points, and lost the G1 game.

老王打出了堪称四个赛季以来表现最差的一场季后赛，上场33分钟，16投5中，命中率只有31.2%，化身为铁匠，加上7罚5中，拿到了15分12篮板8助攻4盖帽6失误3犯规的数据。

"The three of you are too shameless. I was injured, and you all played. Did you do that?" After the game, Old Wang scolded unconvinced.

Barkley quickly said with a grin: "Don't worry, old K, you're going to end later, aren't we going to end too?"

"Get out, I'm off, do you still have the face to be on the court?" Old Wang said angrily.

"Old K, let us go to the finals this time, we are all old, we won't be able to play for a few years, and you are injured again, so don't hold on." Drexler laughed.

"Old K, you'd better give up. If you tie your fingers together, you will inevitably use force, which will aggravate the injury." Dameng said with certainty.

Lao Wang rubbed his right index finger and said helplessly, "It seems to hurt more."

"You will recover more slowly this way, give up, old K?" Barkley laughed.

At this time, Aaron Nelson, the team doctor and chief trainer of the Suns, happened to come behind Lao Wang. After hearing it, he said, "Old K, repeated injuries are not conducive to recovery. You really have to take a truce. Playing with injuries is harmful and not beneficial. Although you are a center, your fingers are also very important."

"Let's see the recovery situation tomorrow." Old Wang said after thinking about it.

Barkley said: "You won't play again with an injury tomorrow, right? Let me tell you, old K, don't imitate me. Look at me. I am full of injuries. It is hard to say that I will retire someday. Therefore, if I have an injury, I must fully recover before returning. Injury is a thunder. One day it will explode. If you don't pay attention to small injuries now, they will accumulate into major injuries in the future, and it will really be over.

Also, don't think that if you play with an injury, we will hold back. It is impossible, and our lineup is already stronger, and the chance of you not being injured is not great.

Besides, Dameng will work hard. This should be his last best chance. Our lineup is estimated to be disbanded next season. "

"Don't fool me, I can make my own judgment on whether I should play or not." Lao Wang glared at Barkley.

Barkley smiled awkwardly. He really wanted to convince Old K to give up the Western Conference Finals, so that Mosaic could easily enter the finals and compete with the Bulls.

However, his advice to Lao Wang was also sincere. It is really not a good idea to play with an injury. Old K has already won two championships, so there is no need to fight like this.

However, Lao Wang's idea of ​​playing with an injury again was firmly rejected by the management this time, and he was directly put on the injured list. He was not even included in the 12-man squad, so he could only start to recuperate.

On the 19th, the Eastern Conference Finals game day.

This morning, Kobe went to the Clippers for trial training, but the Clippers didn't pay much attention to him as a high school student, and there were other rookies who tried out with him, and left after a hasty trial.

That night, the Bulls played at home, defeated the Magic, and won the G1 game.

Jordan played a top-level offensive and defensive performance. While he scored 62.5 points efficiently with a shooting rate of 37%, he defended Penny Hardaway with 16 of 3 shots and only scored 8 points. In the end, he dared not shoot.

Although Ewing beat Clifford Robinson, Rodman's weak side defense still caused him a lot of trouble. His efficiency was not high, and his shooting percentage was only 47%.

At the same time, the Bulls also had some advantages in rebounding. Even Jordan tried to grab 8 rebounds, and Rodman even grabbed 18, providing the Bulls with a lot of possession.

On the 20th, in the G2 game of the Western Conference finals, Wang Tiejun sat in the stands, and then the Suns lost their second home game.

Since then, the media in the United States has begun to discuss the finals, and the attention is no longer on the Eastern Conference Finals and Western Conference Finals.

Generally speaking, all the media agree that the finals will be played between the Mosaic team and the Bulls.

For the East and West finals, the only uncertainty is whether the Bulls and Mosaics can sweep their opponents.

This annoyed Lao Wang very much. I can sweep others, but it definitely doesn't mean that I am willing to let others sweep me. He doesn't want to be swept away by Mosaic.

On the 21st, the Suns arrived in Houston.

The Big Three entertained guests, Lao Wang and Lightning went to the appointment, and the five found a French restaurant.

Before leaving the hotel, Lao Wang wrapped his fingers in an ice pack, which he had already had for two days.

Seeing Lao Wang's right index finger wrapped tightly with an ice pack, Buckley asked with concern: "Old K, is the swelling still gone?"

"It can't be done, you are lucky this time." Old Wang sighed.

The three giants looked at each other with joy in their eyes.

Only Lightning laughed secretly, Old K's acting skills are not bad, it seems that it is still beneficial to find an actor to be his wife.

Lao Wang watched the waiter take a planer to plan the truffles, and after a long time planed, only a little bit of scum was removed, and he said angrily, "Don't plan, just a little bit, put it on my plate."

Everyone was stunned, the waiter was also startled, and stopped the plane.

Dameng shouted anxiously: "Old K, this is Italian white truffle."

"How much is a kilogram?" Old Wang said disdainfully.

"Old K, the price of these white truffles is $10 per gram," the waiter said.

"That's a thousand dollars a kilo?" Buckley asked.

Lao Wang was stunned, this math is worse than me, it seems that a scumbag who went to college is still a scumbag!

"It's $[-] per kilogram. But the purchase price should be around three or four thousand dollars." Lightning corrected.

"Ten thousand? That's really expensive, more than three times more expensive than my medicinal diet. It seems that the medicinal diet needs to be adjusted upwards." Old Wang said.

How many people in Barkley stayed, and still raised?Are you planning not to sell it?
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(End of this chapter)