"Duen, excuse me, are you free for our interview?"
During the warm-up session, Du En heard someone calling him in familiar Mandarin.
When I turned around, I saw that the kind coach Zhang Weiping came to the sidelines with relevant personnel from Central Sports to interview him.
"No problem! By the way, has the live broadcast started?"
Du En had received several phone calls from home before and knew that the pace in China was still very high at the beginning.
However, as time went by, the bad reputation turned into a good name, and all the black men became die-hard fans.
All I can say is that in sports, as long as you have the strength and don't make big mistakes, you can basically do whatever you want.
"Oh, the live broadcast is on! Just what you said scared me to the core.
This time we have to say yes, if we have anything to say, we can talk slowly.
Please be considerate of me, an old man. I am getting older and my ears are not very good. If you speak too fast, I will not be able to hear you at all.
Do you think it will work? Du En, let’s talk slowly if we have anything to do. "
Director Zhang came on behalf of Central Sports. Although Director Zhang did not lead the team last time and it was not a live broadcast of Central Sports, it was still an official media channel after all.
Afterwards, it also caused a lot of trouble.
If Du En is still young and frivolous this time, then when will Central Sports send someone to interview Du En next time, it will be the Year of the Monkey and the Moon of the Horse.
Du En didn't pay much attention to this. What he did care about was that some warm-up time was delayed.
It was originally a formal pre-match interview, and Du En was not in the mood to say anything rude. He just revealed a little bit about his expectations for winning the championship, then ended the interview and returned to the court to warm up.
Of course, everyone knows what's going on tonight, the Lakers' championship battle!
League President Stern and NBA executives attended tonight's game.
From the Lakers side, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Magic Johnson, and Worthy, as well as the logo man and other Lakers celebrities, also came to the scene.
It is precisely because of this momentum that, in addition to Central Sports, Du En was interrupted from his warm-up and had to go to other media interviews.
Fortunately, it was not just Duane who was harassed, but Payton, Kobe, Malone, O'Neal, and the Pistons' starting five.
With the warm-up session completely over and the starting lineups of the two teams re-entering the field, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became tense.
It is worth mentioning that in order to take care of Payton's face, the Lakers promoted Payton to the starting lineup tonight.
However, the impact was not very big. After the Pistons' five tigers came on the court, the jump ball session came quickly.
Perhaps because of the failure of the first two jump balls, the Pistons sent Roaring God and O'Neal to jump balls.
O'Neal didn't care about this and still helped the Lakers win the ball steadily, which was a good start.
With Payton holding the ball, it is somewhat of a good thing for Duan, so at least he doesn't have to waste energy on dribbling.
After halftime, Payton handed over the ball and went to squat in the bottom corner. Duan called a double screen from the high position and passed one to O'Neal first.
O'Neal didn't show any politeness and rushed towards the basket with all his strength.
However, the Pistons' double-Wallace attack was obviously a big move, but the referee did not blow the whistle immediately.
It wasn't until O'Neal slipped and lost the ball that the referee on the baseline questioned and spread his hands, that the whistle sounded.
Fortunately, Stern is here, and the referee will not blatantly give a black whistle. He called O'Neal a technical foul as soon as the game started.
As the referee signaled the foul, O'Neal stood on the free throw line.
Perhaps because the game had just started, O'Neal, who was full of energy, made two free throws.
This made the boos that were still going on at the scene become a lot smaller.
In the Pistons' offensive round, Billups wanted to single out Payton, but Duan's defensive position forced Billups to be careful.
In order to take away Du En's trouble, Billups played a pick-and-roll with Prince and asked Prince to take Du En away.
However, Duane did the opposite and stepped forward to delay, cooperating with Payton to double-team Billups.
Billups had no choice but to stop the ball and turn around to look at the top of the arc. He found that no teammate came forward to respond, so he could only lean away from Payton's side, and then forcefully jumped to pass the ball.
Duane stepped forward to block the shot, but Billups passed the ball first.
Prince got the ball under the basket, but Malone helped defend in time, appeared in front of Prince, and wanted to draw an offensive foul.
Although Prince failed to control his body well and Malone took advantage of the situation and fell down, the referee did not call the blow.
Obviously, if the Lakers want to sweep the Pistons and win the championship, they still need to show some real ability.
There is no way to win the championship in an honest way just by diving and stepping on the floor.
However, Prince also knew that he had a physical collision with Malone just now. Under normal circumstances, it would be normal for him to be called for a foul.
Due to some hesitation in his heart, O'Neal moved slowly to continue the layup. O'Neal moved sideways to Prince's side and directly blocked Prince, knocking Prince out of the sky.
The rebound hit the backboard first, and then bounced in front of Duan.
Du En just stepped in to help defend the basket and picked up a rebound. Then he found Prince lying on the ground and hadn't gotten up yet, so naturally he immediately started a fast break.
Coincidentally, Kobe, like Duan, rushed forward in perfect coordination.
After attracting the defense, Duan deliberately looked back at Kobe, seemingly intending to pass the ball.
However, Duan still strode toward the basket, and Billups and others could only continue to chase Duan.
When Du En stepped into the paint area, Du En suddenly stopped suddenly for no reason and made a gesture of stopping for a jumper, thereby actively causing a rear-end collision.
No one expected that Du En would take the initiative to ask for a three-pointer at this time.
But Duan does have this ability. After being hit by Billups, he took off for a layup and steadily advanced the ball.
Tail-chasing fouls were abhorred in the small ball era. In fact, the older generation of guards often did this.
Nash, Paul, and Deron all know this trick. Moving forward, Kidd and Bibby also use this trick.
Moreover, the pick-and-roll breakthrough is often followed by an emergency stop and a foul is made, making it difficult for the defensive players who squeeze the screen to pursue.
However, the older generation of guards did not commit fouls for two free throws, but did so for offensive space.
After all, as long as you find the right time smartly and commit one or two fouls, the pursuer will not dare to chase so fast after squeezing the screen.
In this way, the small defender can break through and shake off the pursuer behind him, and as long as he is quick enough, he can play with the big man in the paint.
Use small throws or mid-range to finish by yourself, or combine it with sudden passes to help teammates inside to finish.
It is relatively rare for a striker like Du En to use this kind of move.
Of course, if it is rare, it is rare, as long as it can be used to score points.
When everyone thought Du En was going to pass the ball, Du En did it himself!
When everyone thought that Duen, the dunk king, was going to show off another dunk, Duen unexpectedly stopped and fouled for a layup and a three-pointer.
As Du En stood on the free throw line, most of the retired veterans and reporters who knew the game had to admire how smart Du En was!
brush--
When Duenga made a free throw, the score on the court officially reached 5-0.
No one could have imagined in advance that the Lakers could take a 5-point advantage in less than half a minute of the start of G4.
Judging from the experience of the previous three games, unless the Pistons can create a miracle tonight, there will be nothing...
(End of chapter)
