basketball pope

Chapter 80 [Cliff]

That night, the Jazz swept the Lakers 4-0 and advanced to the finals first.

Before the start of the series, Jazz fans were very worried. Stockton missed 18 regular season games due to surgery, and his form was not as good as before. Hornacek was an excellent pitcher and poor defense. Only Malone was selected to the All-Star team.The scary thing about the Lakers is that they have four All-Stars, and fans across the country want to see the Lakers make it to the finals.

In terms of players alone, the Jazz are too far behind, and most of the media and experts are optimistic about the Lakers' promotion.However, the Lakers were abused by 35 points in the first game, and then lost again and again.

奥尼尔是湖人唯一表现正常的人，场均31.8分9.2篮板1助攻1盖帽，54.8%的投篮命中率；马龙场均30分10.2篮板4.5助攻，51.2%的命中率。

The star data of the two teams exploded each other, but the Lakers were a group of blacksmiths on the outside, so they were beaten down.

The next day, the Knicks VS Bulls fourth battle started.

The Knicks started to strengthen their defense and changed their offensive routine.Ward held the ball in the middle, and Ewing and Oakley screened for Houston and Starks on both sides. The two ran to catch the ball and shoot, or passed Ewing singled and supported in the middle distance. Oakley was responsible for the rush. Front court rebounds.

The Bulls soon fell behind by a large margin, and Jordan went awry.

Jordan is not a god, but a powerful mortal who makes mistakes. He can score 40+ in a certain game, and he can also hit 20 irons in a certain game.

Today is the day Jordan strikes the iron.

Against his old rival Starks, he wanted to perform but was in a sluggish state and couldn't find the crosshairs. He made 11 of 2 shots in the half.

When Jordan repeatedly missed shots, he could pass the ball to his teammates and adjust his style of play in the regular season. Now, in a game of this intensity, who else can he give the ball to?Longley, Hubble, Rodman?

Except for Pippen, the other Bulls players on the offensive end couldn't help much, and Jordan could only bite the bullet and do it himself.

Kukoc was also a blacksmith this time. He was prevented from death by Johnson. Rodman's periphery was always empty, and he had no absolute advantage in rebounding against the three major rebounding masters of the Knicks.

After three quarters, the Knicks led 81-57 ​​by 24 points, and the game almost entered garbage time again.

Starks exploded, scoring 28 points in three quarters and making 12 of 7 three-pointers.

The Bulls were unable to start the game in the final quarter, and the Bulls fans showed their loyalty and kept cheering. Even in the last 2 minutes, no one left the field early.

Many people suspect that this is the last time the trio of Jordan, Pippen, and Rodman will appear at the Bulls' home as teammates.The home court is still like this. When they arrive in New York, can they create a miracle and get out of it?
103 to 81, the Knicks lead 3 to 1, the Bulls are on the brink.

This time, those who support the Knicks are relieved.Bulls fans are infinitely pessimistic. Only a few fans still believe that the Bulls can beat the Knicks to comeback, on the grounds that the Knicks were reversed last season.

NBA历史上，只有六次1比3落后的情况下翻盘。1968年凯尔特人队、1970年湖人队、1979年华盛顿子弹队、1981年凯尔特人队、1995年火箭队、1997年热火队。

There has never been a big reversal for two consecutive years, and the Bulls' promotion probability is infinitely close to zero.

Back in New York, Yang Rui and Thomas Bentley, the Johnson siblings had a meal to celebrate the victory.

Scarlett Johansson's "Horse Whisperer" was over, and there was no new script for the time being, so she went back to New York to go to school and occasionally eat with Yang Rui.

Hunter was excited as if he was a member of the Knicks. "Jerry, we must advance in the next game. We spent a lot of words to convince my father to watch the game together. Beating Jordan is amazing."

"Of course we'll win, the Bulls won't."

"Can you win the championship?"

"Nonsense, Jazz is not as good as a bull." Yang Rui laughed.

Scarlett blinked and observed Yang Rui quietly, without speaking.

Seeing Yang Rui after the filming was like a lifetime ago, because Yang Rui's achievements were so surprising.Last summer, no one believed the Knicks would be where they are today.

Originally, she only thought that Yang Rui was a good friend of the opposite sex, but now she felt a sense of accomplishment in getting to know him.

Thomas was also watching Scarlett, curious.

Why did Jerry get along so well with this little girl who didn't grow up?With his current status, his fame is far greater than that of child stars.

Shouldn't this guy have that special hobby?He has never dated anyone, and he is 24 years old this year, which is very abnormal.

Should I remind him?If the media exposure, the image is completely destroyed.

"Tom, why are you so silent today?" Yang Rui asked.

Thomas responded quickly and immediately found a reason. "The stock has risen very high recently. I am wondering whether to sell. The financial turmoil in Asia will have a certain impact on the United States."

"It's up to you, as long as you have money."

"Okay, I'm definitely not going to lose money," Thomas said confidently.

They don't spend much money. Except for daily necessities, Yang Rui successively used his salary for investment.After tax, he got about $[-]. The stock market was doing well, and Thomas nearly tripled his stock price.

Thomas also invested with his own salary, and the two have a combined family fortune of nearly $40.As two young people who have not yet been employed, it is proud to reach this level in one year.

Yang Rui asked with a smile, "How's the investment company going?"

"The address has been selected and can be opened at any time, but we don't have enough funds to invest in anything right now? And... do you have time?"

"There couldn't be more time. I'm sure the NBA has been shut down for a long time this time, and a lot of games will be canceled next season. Because the salaries of the stars are too high."

Yang Rui knows the future and how unreasonable the NBA's current labor agreement is.Even if the bosses close the team and stop playing in the future, they will not promise to give the head star an annual salary of 3000 million. Jordan's salary this season is just a special case.

The Bulls rely on Jordan's huge influence to sell advertising fees, broadcasting rights and other income to maintain the operation of the team's salary, and they are unwilling to play next season.The root cause of internal conflict within the Bulls is money.

In short, the salary is not standardized, the NBA will not have greater development.

Yang Rui analyzed the situation for the three of them, and left everyone stunned.

After eating and going home, Thomas asked: "Do you really think Scarlett will become a big star? I think she is very ordinary. There are too many people in Hollywood who are more beautiful than her."

"Yeah, I'm still optimistic that we will become super rich." Yang Rui laughed.

"Do you want to invest in movies?" Thomas shook his head and said, "I don't approve of you doing this. We don't understand the movie industry, so it's too risky."

Yang Rui smiled slightly. If he couldn't choose a movie worth investing in, he would have been working on a computer for so many years in vain. In his previous life, his biggest entertainment was watching movies and TV series.

He basically has some impressions of well-known future movies, TV dramas, American dramas, Korean dramas, Japanese dramas, and domestic dramas, and he wrote them down in his notebook.

(End of this chapter)