NBA backer king

Chapter 260 Old K, so disrespectful?
On January 95, 1, the Suns came to New York, and they will challenge the Knicks away on the 28th.

This is the second and last regular season game with the Knicks this season. The last time they lost to the Knicks at home because of a disorganized lineup, they really want to win this away game and stop their losing streak. If they lose again, it will be a three-game losing streak.

Philadelphia is very close to New York, only more than 100 kilometers away. The Suns didn’t take a plane, and it took a lot of time to get in and out of the airport. They took the bus directly. They left at 9 o’clock in the morning and checked into the hotel in New York just after 12 o’clock.

In New York at the end of January, the weather was very cold, and there was still a lot of residual snow on the streets. This winter, some homeless people living on the streets froze to death, and some mole men living in the sewers also froze to death.

At this time in Manhattan Chinatown, there was a group of Chinese youths playing on the open-air basketball court outside the street.

They didn't have such interests and hobbies before, but since an old K came out here and became famous in the NBA, young people in this Manhattan Chinatown have started a trend of playing basketball.

If you want to ask who is the most famous on this street, the first is the Fuqing Gang, which overwhelms all Chinese, and the second is Old K.

Among the group of Chinese youths who play here, some of them are members of the Fuqing faction.

Now this group of people who play ball play, and those who don't play ball sit around the sidelines, chatting about various topics.

"Two groups of people came from China this month, and the gang's business is getting better and better."

"I heard that a typhoon capsized the boat last month?"

"Well, more than 100 people fed the fish, and the gang broke a boat and lost a lot of money."

"Hey, the Suns are playing the Knicks today, I wonder if old K will come here?"

"It should be. After all, he is a person who walked out of here, and he hasn't come back since he left?"

"I've only met him twice, and never talked to him. Which of you has dealt with him?"

"I deal with him every day. He works in my family's restaurant. He washes the dishes at night. He packs the leftovers of rice and vegetables every day. There are no leftovers. He is big and too edible." A girl in a red down jacket screamed.

"Xiaoqing, did old K have sex with you?" A young man asked.

"What nonsense are you talking about?" Xiaoqing said angrily, her face flushed.

"You are posting backwards now, and people will look down on you. He is playing with Hollywood's first-line female stars now." The young man said disdainfully.

"Do you want to die?" the girl asked coldly.

The young man shrank his head and really didn't dare to speak.

This girl is not a good person. She has practiced martial arts and joined the Fuqing Gang at the age of 13. She also has money at home, so she is not easy to mess with.

The reason why he provoked him just now was because he had chased after Xiaoqing, but they looked down on him.

……

After settling in the hotel, Lao Wang asked the team for leave, planning to go to Chinatown in Manhattan and have lunch there by the way.

When it was almost one o'clock, he and Liu Changfeng drove the SUV prepared by the hotel to Chinatown, and parked just outside the street basketball court that changed his fate.

Looking over there from the co-pilot's window, he saw a lot of young people playing ball inside. To his surprise, they were all of yellow race?
In the past, this basketball court was basically occupied by black people, and no one came to play in the nearest Chinatown. What's going on now?

These yellow people must be Chinese. When he opened the car window, he could hear the voices coming from the basketball court. They spoke Pinghua, Hokkien and Hakka, which he didn't quite understand.

"Why do Chinese people like basketball now?" He was a little puzzled.

Pushing open the car door, as soon as he got out of the car, his huge physique was immediately noticed by a little girl sitting on the edge of the basketball court.

"Ah, old K..."

Xiaoqing, who was leaning against the iron fence, heard a car parked outside, looked out, her eyes widened instantly, then she shouted, and jumped up from the ground at the same time, her movements were very sensitive.

"Old K?"

Everyone looked outside one after another, their eyes were immediately attracted by a huge strong man, and at the same time they saw the giant smiling and waving to them.

Lao Wang stepped onto the curb, and before he reached the gate of the stadium, a group of young people rushed out and surrounded him.

The two tallest people in this group seem to be less than 1.8 meters, only reaching his chest, and several girls squeezed in front of him, making him look even shorter.

Xiaoqing ran the fastest, rushed to him, put her head directly on his stomach, raised her neck and screamed in Mandarin, "Wow, old K, you are still as tall as before, but stronger. Do you still know me? I am Xiaoqing, Xiaoqing who keeps food for you every day!"

"Do you keep leftovers?" Pharaoh complained in his heart.

"Oh!"

The people behind rushed up and directly bumped the little girl into Lao Wang's stomach, almost crushing her to death. She screamed out of anger, turned back and pushed the people behind, and screamed in Hakka dialect: "Stand back, otherwise the protection fee will be doubled next month."

This sentence made some young people back away in fright.

Lao Wang stared at the little girl in front of him speechlessly. He hadn't seen her for more than two years. This little girl is still just as arrogant and unreasonable!

"Let's play, I'll go inside." He greeted.

"Old K, our boss wants to see you." When he was about to leave, Xiaoqing grabbed his hand and shouted.

"Don't talk about it, I and your Fuqing gang will not interfere with the river water, don't provoke me." He shook his head and said, shaking his head away from the little girl's hand.

"Old K, are you so disrespectful?" Xiaoqing said coldly.

He stared down at Xiaoqing, raised his hand and pointed to Manhattan's Chinatown, which was close at hand, and said coldly, "Why, do you have any objections? Believe it or not, the New York Police Department can dispatch a hundred police cars to clean up the place with just one call from me?"

"MMP, what's the point of relying on foreigners to bully us?" Xiaoqing twitched and cursed secretly.

She was scared, because 90.00% of the people in Chinatown had no identity, and they were all smuggled by the Fuqing Gang.

These people are the sources of funds for the Fuqing Gang. At least half of their income here goes to the Fuqing Gang. If they are repatriated, the Fuqing Gang will have no foundation. The boss must kill her whole family?
"Aren't you Chinese too?" She said angrily.

"I'm Chinese, but the Fuqing gang can't represent the Chinese. Don't you know who you are?" He said disdainfully.

He didn't want to have anything to do with the Fuqing gang. This is a group of guys who bully their own people. They smuggle people from China and continue to squeeze these people. The membership fee for each store is [-] US dollars, and they have to pay protection fees every month. They just kneel to foreigners.

Xiao Qing had nothing to say, she knew exactly what kind of activities they were doing, if those things were left in the country, they could be shot ten times, so they were qualified to represent the Chinese.

Lao Wang didn't bother to go to Chinatown anymore, since it was the territory of the Fuqing Gang, he didn't want to cause trouble, so he got in the car and left.

Xiaoqing and the others didn't dare to stop them. With their identities, if they provoke Wang Tiejun, given Wang Tiejun's current influence and status in the American sports world, he would be in big trouble, and he might not be able to afford it.

"What should I do, Xiaoqing?" someone asked.

"What can I do?" Looking at the car going away, Xiaoqing said dejectedly.

The Fuqing Gang wanted to see Old K since last year. They wanted to establish a relationship with Lao Wang and use Lao Wang's name to do business without Lao Wang paying any money.

There is a lot of money in their hands, but it is all black money, which is not visible, and more channels are urgently needed to launder it.

For example, Lao Wang's martial arts gym, they want to invest.

I had no chance to meet Lao Wang before, but this time when the Suns came to New York to play an away game, it happened to be an opportunity, but Lao Wang was very determined and left decisively, which made their plan come to nothing.

As Liu Changfeng drove, he asked, "Tie Jun, did you hang out here in New York before?"

"Yes, just look for something to do in the nearby streets." He nodded.

"What kind of Fuqing gang are those people just now? Are they all from China?" Liu Changfeng asked curiously.

"Well, most of the Fujian Youth Gang came here illegally. When I was here, they came looking for me. I didn't agree to join the club, so they wouldn't let me work in Chinatown." He said.

"Then what should we do?" Liu Changfeng asked anxiously.

"Cold salad, it's not allowed here, so I went to the next block to find something to do, and when I got out of Chinatown, they could only stare blankly." He laughed.

"By the way, Brother Tie Long and the others are leaving soon, right?" Liu Changfeng asked excitedly.

"Yeah, tomorrow's plane arrives the day after tomorrow. I'll ask Mr. Hawksman to pick them up in Los Angeles and drive them over." He laughed.

"That's good. When the martial arts school develops in the future, we will bring more people from home, so we don't have to worry about these people making trouble." Liu Changfeng laughed.

"Don't pay attention to them, we are different from them, we are decent people, they are rats in the gutter. No matter how miserable I am, I don't bother to hang out with them, bully my own people, or interrupt my hand." Old Wang said disdainfully.

"Dragon does not live with snakes, haha!" Liu Changfeng laughed.

January 95, 1, game day.

In the afternoon, the team practiced at Madison Square Garden. After dinner, the Suns prepared for the game in the visiting team's locker room.

The TV was on and tuned to ESPN's NBA channel. The program happened to be the news of the All-Star voting, and the host was reading the votes for each position.

"Old K, your All-Star votes are 120 million?" Drexler asked in surprise while watching the TV.

"Voting ends on the 13th, and it should reach 130 million. Old K, your starting position is stable." Dan Marley said.

"God, Jordan has over 200 million votes, why is the number of votes so high this year?"

"Dream is about to reach 100 million, so I'm chasing it very closely."

"It's running out of time, I can't catch up."

"Da Meng's skills are gorgeous and his quality is overwhelming, but he is not as violent as Old K. His style of play is more popular with fans, and his topicality is not as popular with the media as Old K."

"Old K monopolizes the votes in Arizona, Dameng and the others have no chance at all."

Everyone was discussing, and Lao Wang was also staring at the TV.

The number of votes this year has indeed exploded, greatly surpassing last year, which symbolizes that the NBA's status among the four major professional sports leagues in the United States has risen, and it has gained more people's attention and support.

Among them, Jordan's contribution is the greatest, he is the biggest sign to promote the NBA, and he has to admit this.

And he is also one of the beneficiaries, because as the status of the NBA rises, the greater the commercial value, the most obvious, the team's operating income increases, the annual salary cap will increase, and the player's salary will also increase.

As far as he is concerned, not only can he sign a larger contract, but as the commercial value of the NBA is greater, his personal commercial value will also be greater.

Therefore, now he can better understand the saying that the NBA is a business, a wise saying.

At eight o'clock, the two sides announced the starting lineup.

Suns: Wang Tiejun, AC Green, Drexler, Dan Marley, Elliott Perry
Knicks: Ewing, Charles Smith, Monty Williams, John Starks, Derek Harper
New York is the largest ball market in the league. The Knicks' number of live broadcasts across the United States can rival that of the most lively Bulls in the league. This game is also broadcast live across the United States, and the broadcaster is ESPN.

At the same time, CCTV also broadcast the game in real time.

Zhang Lili said in the commentary booth at this time: "The Knicks changed their point guard this season. The 34-year-old veteran Derek Harper is the main point guard. He averaged 34 points, 11.5 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 5.7 steal in 1 minutes per game. His performance is still good."

"Director Zhang, Oakley is seriously injured, and the Knicks' strength has declined. Do you think the Suns are confident in this game?" Su Qun asked.

Zhang Lili nodded and said: "Perry's strength is not as good as Harper's, but now the Iron Army and Drexler share some organizational functions, and the Suns' perimeter will not be weaker than the Knicks as a whole.

In terms of inside, Charles Smith and AC Green are almost the same, it depends on who has better performance between old K and Ewing.

In addition, Drexler's performance is also very important. His explosive scoring is also very strong. Last time he scored 50+, he is always strong!In case there is an explosion in this game, it will be very difficult for the Suns to lose.

But on the whole, on paper, the current strength of the Suns is actually similar to that of the Knicks. The key lies in how they defend the Iron Army.

If the Iron Army is allowed to play high efficiency in the low post, the Suns should be able to win this game. "

Su Qun nodded and said, "When Oakley was here, he and Ewing joined forces, and they couldn't stop Old K. Now Ewing is the only one left, and he definitely can't stop him."

On ESPN, what they talk about is different from that on CCTV.

The commentator Winston Rollins said: "Coach Pat Riley has come to the Knicks from the Lakers for three seasons. This is the fourth season. He has built a strong team here, but if he doesn't get any results, I'm afraid he won't be able to stay any longer."

Carter Oldman nodded and said: "The Knicks are ruled by the Bulls in the East, and there is no hope of rushing out of the East. This is really frustrating."

Just as he was talking, the starter came on the stage.

As an enemy, Lao Wang appeared on the stage, and while receiving huge boos, there were actually some applause, which surprised him very much.

He took a look and saw that many Chinese appeared in the arena.

There will be some Chinese at the home court of Phoenix every time, but not many. There are very few Chinese there, far less than New York.

At 08:30, the game begins.

Lao Wang and Ewing jumped the ball and stood opposite each other.

Ewing suffered a serious knee injury in his early years, but he still has an excellent athletic talent. This innate talent made him drool.

"Snapped!"

However, he took the lead and took the ball away first, and the Suns attacked.

Entering the paint from the free throw line is now his main style of play, from the beginning directly to the basket to compress the opponent's defense and open up the perimeter.

Ewing's confrontation ability is not as good as Dameng, but stronger than David Robinson, but compared with him, he is much weaker, with chest and elbows, barely withstood his violation.

He squeezed down one or two meters from the free throw line, and stopped squeezing about two meters away from the basket, because if he squeezed down again, he might violate the three-second violation.

He turned around, put his left elbow against Ewing behind him, and asked for the ball outside.

Under the defense of Derek Harper, Perry advanced the ball one position away from the top of the arc. Seeing that the old K got the ball, he lobbed the ball in.

Lao Wang carried Ewing's push behind him, grabbed the ball with one hand with his right hand, and hit the iron mountain backwards. After bumping Ewing's center of gravity loose with his left shoulder, he immediately dribbled the ball and completed a right turn.

This right turn avoided the double-teaming of Charles Smith, who was double-teaming from the right wing, and then knocked away the small forward Monty Williams who was double-teaming from the left wing, and elbowed Ewing who was re-attached.

"Snapped!"

Ewing turned around to block the shot, took off half a beat slower, and hit his arm.

"Di!"

The referee blew his whistle, ran over and pointed at Ewing, indicating that the score was valid, and an extra free throw was given.

With one against three, in addition to breaking the double-team, he also hit Ewing with a two-plus-one. Lao Wang's attack immediately extinguished the momentum of the Knicks' home court and cooled down the temperature of the arena.

Zhang Lili said excitedly: "This ball is beautiful. After catching the ball, the technique of hitting + turning is clean and very coherent. And with one break and three double teams, he couldn't stop his dunks. It's so morale-boosting!

Su Qun said with a smile: "Old K's turning is already very fast now, even a super center like Ewing, as long as his reaction is a little slow, he can't keep up with his rhythm.

Guidance Zhang, now the old K does not go to the low wings on many occasions, but is directly in front of the basket. What does this change mean? "

Zhang Lili smiled and said: "It means that he is more confident in himself."

"Why?" Su Qun asked.

Zhang rationally explained: "The advantage of the low post wings is that the position is far away from the perimeter and the weak side, so it is difficult to double-team him, and requires faster defense speed, where you can get more singles opportunities.

The Tiejun do not go to the low post most of the time, but just take a position a little below the free throw line. This position is more likely to be double-teamed.

If you look at the defender in the high position, he can double-team him with one or two steps by turning around, and the defenders on the left and right wings can double-team him faster by moving two steps laterally.

Just now, Charles Smith on the right wing and Monty Williams on the left wing basically double-teamed in place, but they didn't succeed. It is very difficult to pinch the giant iron army to death.

Now that Tie Jun has increased the importance of this position, it means that his self-confidence has increased. I will wait here for you to double-team, but you just can't double-team me.

He can attract more double-teams here, he can't play by himself, he can distribute the ball completely, and his teammates have more open spaces.

I think there is another reason. This is closer to the high position. The Lightning did not come back. He is closer to the outside line here, and he can also respond to Perry and control the ball himself. "

"brush!"

Lao Wang made an additional free throw, and the Suns started with a [-]-[-] lead.

(End of this chapter)