I'm really good at shooting.

"I guess I'll have to rephrase, Michael was a much better player than Charles."

In the commentary seat, Kenny Smith couldn't help sighing, and of course he didn't forget to complain about Barkley.

However, Barkley, who stood up from the bench and was about to go back to the locker room with his teammates, knew that the game had ended early.

Jordan scored so many points in the half, watching the god of basketball is still there, but one can imagine how bad his physical fitness was in the second half.

Without Jordan, the Wizards are still one of the best teams in the East, but without Jordan, the Wizards are certainly no match for the Mavericks.

Maybe someone will ask at this time, with so many people on the Wizards, there must be someone who can see through the problem like Barkley, so no one will persuade Jordan?

The answer, probably not really.

Looking through the history of Jordan's experience as the owner of the Bobcats, you will find one thing, almost many big decisions are made by Jordan himself.

You don't hear much about the general manager of the Bobcats.

Perhaps the words of an executive leaving the Bobcats in the future can explain all this.

"Michael's personality is too strong, and the people around him basically cater to him, which makes him extremely confident in everything he does."

Looking back at the current Wizards, Yao Ming wouldn't say it, and Van Gundy didn't dare to say it, let alone others.

So in the end is the immediate result, what Jordan wants to do, no one can stop him.

Back from the halftime break, the trend of the game developed as Barkley expected.

Although after a halftime break, it is unrealistic for the 40-year-old Jordan to rely on one or two 10 minutes to recover his physical fitness.

Entering the second half, his offensive efficiency dropped significantly, and his continuous shots made people feel that there was such a big gap.

In fact, let alone others, Jordan felt that he was a little powerless, and his knees were sending him danger signals.

In the end, he could only choose to compromise and give the offensive leadership to Yao Ming and Mobley.

He didn't want to repeat the regrettable ending of last year's season reimbursement.

Jordan started to hold back, but the Wizards couldn't beat the Mavericks with other people alone.

At the end of the third quarter, the Mavericks opened the point difference to double digits.

At the end of the game, the score was fixed at 108 to 93.

Although Jordan scored a game-high 29 points, it still couldn't prevent the team from losing.

For the Mavericks, Sun Hao performed well, scoring a team-high 26 points and 6 assists, Dirk Nowitzki with 21 points and 7 rebounds, and Dampier with 16 points and 12 rebounds.

After the game, the Dallas fans at the scene began to revel.

Although Jordan was a god in the first half, he couldn't stand the ruthlessness of time, and the Mavericks won without any danger.

At this time, no one noticed that Barkley looked at Sun Hao very differently from before.

After going through this match, he had such a trace of admiration for Sun Hao.

It was unbelievable when he realized this himself.

But the reality is that.

If Sun Hao hadn't started digging holes for Jordan since the Eastern Conference Finals, Jordan wouldn't have jumped into it so easily.

But Sun Hao did just that, and the game became much easier after he did it.

This is something on the strategic level in the true sense, and it doesn't matter if you don't admire it.

Of course, Barkley is not the only one who admires.

In the stands, James was eating Taco and thinking about playing Sun Hao next season, while Anthony's eyes were full of idols.

Only the stronger can make the strong submit!

At the press conference after the game, Sun Hao and Nelson attended together.

When asked about Jordan's performance tonight, Sun Hao's answer made the reporter feel what the hell is called "Emotional Intelligence".

"Michael is omnipotent. If he was 5 years younger, I believe no one could beat him. He is really too strong and almost impossible to defend. You can't find a second better basketball player than him."

After winning the game, Sun Hao, the guy who dissed Jordan crazily before, began to crazily turn into Joe Blow.

The reporters praised Sun Hao one after another. In their opinion, Sun Hao is now a high-quality idol who is neither arrogant nor humble before the game, and neither arrogant nor impatient after the game.

The badge of "Modest Gentleman" also plays a role quietly.

Of course, these words are most useful to Jordan.

After losing the game, Jordan, who didn't shake hands with Sun Hao after the game, returned to the hotel and saw what Sun Hao said at the press conference, he... laughed.

Look, this kid Sun Hao finally admitted his strength.

Some people won't recognize you if you don't give them a look.

With backbone, he deserves to be the one who was hand-picked by him as the head of the five shooting guards.

After two days of rest, the second game of the finals continued in Dallas.

The trend of the game was exactly the same as the first game. Jordan's performance in the first half was even crazier. He scored 27 points and helped the Wizards lead the Mavericks by 57 points 47 to 10!

But in the second half, Jordan once again felt powerless in the face of the Mavericks' frantic chasing momentum.

In the end, the Mavericks scored 60 points in the second half and reversed the Wizards 106-97!

Jordan scored 34 points again, and Dampier was in good shape for the Mavericks, and once again got a double-double of 15 points and 11 rebounds.

After two games in the finals, the Mavericks took a 2-0 lead.

This result is about the same as the fans expected.

Although the Wizards are not weak, and Jordan's two consecutive 30+ games are also very good, but the Mavericks are obviously stronger.

And after successive seasons, coupled with the baptism of the Lakers and Spurs, the Mavericks' style of play has become very mature.

Whether it is Sun Hao and Nowitzki's classic pick-and-roll and dislocation singles tactics in positional warfare, or non-positional warfare defensive counterattack or running and bombing, this team has mastered them well.

Maybe the night the Spurs were eliminated, what Duncan said was right, this Mavericks is the champion.

Maybe Jordan is five years younger, leading the Wizards and the Mavericks is [-]-[-], but now it is at least [-]-[-].

The odds for the Wizards to win are much smaller than those for the Mavericks.

Mavericks win, it seems only a matter of time.

……

The current format of the finals is 2-3-2, that is to say, after the first two games are over, the two sides will move to Washington for the next three games.

This is good news for the Wizards, playing at home, if they can seize the opportunity to win one or two games, there will still be games in the series.

Some people may complain that this competition system is unreasonable, because it is completely impossible to see where the home court advantage is.

This is indeed unreasonable, but the restructuring was not carried out until 2014 in history.

The reason why it took so long to change is naturally that the league hopes that the team, which is likely to be behind in the away game, can reverse the decline and make the finals more intense.

Stern's idea is that it is best to play seven games in a game like the finals.

There are still three days before the start of the third game, and the rest period in between is a bit long.

At this time, the league began a joint trial for the new draft in Chicago.

The NBA has a draft withdrawal deadline, which is usually arranged after this joint trial training. Those who have poor draft prospects after the trial training will withdraw from the draft before the deadline, so that they can still participate in the next year.

Such examples are common in the NBA.

Of course, even withdrawing from the draft is very risky, and those who withdraw from the draft in the second year with worse draft prospects abound.

It is up to the players to decide whether to participate in this joint trial.

Both James and Anthony chose not to go to Chicago, and Milicic only participated in private workouts with a few teams.

But other than that, most of the other people went, including the popular Bosh, Wade, and of course Yi Jianlian.

Yi Jianlian in history did not participate in the joint trial training, and because of the video of using a chair to train, he was also called a "chair man" by the media.

But now history has changed, and Yi Jianlian appeared at the joint trial training.

Moreover, he became one of the brightest rookies in the combine.

The joint trial training is the same as the one that Sun Hao participated in at the beginning. It depends on both static talent and dynamic talent, and there are even half-court and full-court.

Yi Jianlian's static and dynamic talents are too good, and he was among the best in the training camp, even overshadowing his former high school opponent Bosh.

He also performed very well in the full and half courts that followed.

In the words of the media, the eyes of the Bulls general manager Klaus, who watched the trial training on the spot, are already shining.

Immediately after the workout, ESPN put him in the top ten of the draft and is expected to be selected by the Bulls at No. 7.

This prediction is well-founded. In addition to personal strength, after the Bulls missed Sun Hao and Yao Ming in a row, they really need a Chinese player.

This also makes domestic fans full of expectations, this is the platinum generation that the league has almost recognized in advance.

No. 7 in this draft is already comparable to the top three at other times.

What's more, the Bulls may not be able to pick Yi Jianlian in this pick!

Just when the joint trial training turned the fans' attention to the draft, a piece of news from the Mavericks brought them back to the finals in an instant.

Perhaps the offseason is really boring. After a day of training, Mavericks starting center Dampier said such a sentence in an interview with reporters.

"I'm the second-best center in the league, and I'm the best center in the league besides Shaq."

Chapter 305 What the fuck is called a surprise! (Second update arrives!)

After Olajuwon, Ewing, Mourning, David Robinson and others have gradually faded out of the league, the league has entered the era of withering centers.

This time has nothing to do with the small ball era, but because Jordan influenced a generation, his fans entered the league, and swingmen began to become mainstream.

If it weren't for the existence of O'Neal, you would not be able to find a second center forward who can be defined as a super giant in this league.

And in the first two games of the finals, Dampier averaged 15.5 points, 11.5 rebounds and 1.8 blocks per game.

As for Yao Ming, although he showed his talent, he was only in the second grade. In addition, Jordan took more shots in the first two games, so his statistics were not better than Dampier's.

So Dampier is a little bit adrift.

And this is also in line with his character. In history, he has said "I am the second center in the Western Conference".

Now he held O'Neal in the Western Conference semifinals, suppressed David Robinson in the finals, and did not lose to Yao Ming in the finals.

It's not surprising that he would say such a thing.

But that's the talking point.

After Sun Hao heard it, he wanted to go over and give him a kick.

Although the center is withered, apart from Yao Ming, there is still O'Neal.

And even if you want to say something like this, it's not too late to say it after winning the championship!

Since he knew Yao Ming's character very well, Dampier said this, thinking with his toes that Yao Ming would definitely be ruthless in the next game.

Although Yao Ming is only in the second grade now, if he really wants to attack, a tank-type center like Dampier is not easy to defend against.

This is directly adding an X factor to the next game.

In fact, after Dampier said this, many fans are already looking forward to Yao Ming's performance in the next game.

Yao Ming had scored 30+10 against the Nets in the Eastern Conference Finals before.

While the fans were paying attention to this point, at the same time, another thing was quietly happening.

Steve Kerr called Oakley.

The general content is to hope that Oakley can persuade Jordan not to make an early effort.

Father, like son.

Barkley can see through the game, which means that many people can also see through.

Cole is one of them.

Yu Gong, as the commentator of TNT, he hoped that the game would be more intense and last longer.

Privately, as a member of the Bulls dynasty, he also doesn't want to see Jordan's curtain call ending in such a bleak way.