Chapter 82 Bull
"boom!"
The Suns double-teamed Robinson, and with Barkley's help defense, his tentative jump shot missed. The rebound was grabbed by Ceballos, and the Suns attacked with 3 seconds left.
After serving the ball, the Suns called their final timeout, arranged their tactics, and served the ball from the frontcourt with 2.8 seconds left.
Barkley received the ball on the right wing, nudged defender Sean Elliott with his big butt, and then turned around and shot a jump shot.
"boom!"
The ball hit the rim and bounced up, then fell back into the basket. Just then the time was up and he made a buzzer-beater.
"yeah!"
Barkley himself jumped up with excitement.
The Suns' bench was also in an uproar.
"damn it!"
After a great performance throughout the entire game, David Robinson, who scored 46 points but still lost the game in the end, cursed inwardly in frustration.
"Brother, you are so strong!"
Comrade Lao Wang rushed onto the court and lifted Barkley up by the waist.
Barkley scored 41 points and 15 rebounds in this game, making great contributions and worthy of his superstar status.
Judging from this game, he is still far from Barkley's strength.
"Hey, Mr. Robinson, how many points did you get?"
Seeing David Robinson leave the court, he immediately carried Barkley and walked over quickly.
"Old K, put me down, you idiot." Barkley cursed with a smile.
"snort!"
Robinson, who failed to achieve the 50-point goal, snorted coldly, walked around the two men and entered the player tunnel.
"Charles, this guy's defense is really strong! Much better than mine." Wang Tiejun sighed as he looked at Robinson's back.
Barkley glanced at Robinson who was about to disappear, and said thoughtfully: "This is also the first time I see him defend like that, or maybe you forced him to do it. But his defense is top-notch, not inferior to Dream. It's only natural that you didn't get any good results from him."
"We'll have to face Jordan's Bulls when we get back, Charles, do you think we can win?" Wang Tiejun suddenly asked as the two men walked towards the bench.
The more he knows about the NBA, the more he now understands how powerful Michael Jordan is.
This person, whom he had never known or understood before, just from those highlights and game videos, he could realize what it means to be powerful.
He also knew that Jordan had dunked over many centers, and neither Ewing nor Robinson escaped, and he didn't want that day to come.
"Of course, we must win." Barkley's mentality becomes complicated when he mentions Jordan.
As a fellow draft pick, Jordan has won two consecutive championships and a host of hard honors such as the scoring title and MVP, while he has not won any hard honors, not an MVP, not a scoring title, not a finals, nothing. He is being left further and further behind by his good friend Jordan.
However, he was traded to the Suns this season and had the opportunity to partner with a top point guard like Kevin Johnson and a strong shooting guard like Dan Majerle. His pursuit of the championship became stronger again.
Back in the locker room, several main players of the Suns were exhausted. It was a back-to-back game and the physical consumption was very great.
Fortunately, we are still in the first half of the season and have enough physical reserves so they are not exhausted.
And they won the game, so they were in high spirits and the atmosphere in the locker room was very good.
An hour after the game, Barkley and Dan Maalley went to the press conference, and the rest of the team was interviewed by the media in the locker room.
"Old K, you got blown away by the Admiral tonight. You only scored 14 points, while he scored 46 points. How did it feel to be beaten?" asked a reporter.
"I feel that the sky is bluer tonight and the weather is good." Comrade Lao Wang looked up and said unhappily.
“…”
The reporter was confused and also looked at the ceiling.
"fool."
Seeing the reporter's silly look , Lao Wang laughed secretly.
Except for reporters in Arizona, he now dislikes reporters from other places because those media always report only negative news about him, always exaggerate his reputation as a violent person, and they are all bastards with bad intentions towards him.
The next morning, January 23, the Suns flew back to Phoenix.
Next, the Suns will face two Eastern Conference teams at home, facing the Bulls on the 24th and the Pistons on the 26th.
Both games were broadcast live across the United States and attracted a lot of attention.
Also at noon that day, the Bulls' special plane arrived in Phoenix and met the returning Suns at the airport.
"Hey, Charles."
"Hey, Michael."
Barkley and Jordan hugged.
"Fatty, you came to the West, thinking you could win the championship by avoiding my Bulls? You still have to face me in the finals. You can't escape my Five Fingers Mountain."
"Damn it, I was traded here."
"Oh, I see, you got old, you couldn't play anymore, and then you got dumped by Philadelphia."
"Oh, Michael, I want to kill you now."
After the greeting, Jordan and Barkley immediately began to love and hate each other.
Wang Tiejun stood behind Barkley and looked at Jordan curiously.
Jordan certainly noticed Wang Tiejun, but he didn't pay much attention to it. He asked casually, "What are you looking at, country bumpkin?"
Lao Wang was stunned. Dog food, did I provoke you?
He didn't know that Jordan disliked him because the Bulls wanted to sign him. At that time, he had no idea who Jordan was and didn't pay any attention to him at all.
He comes from the countryside, a real country bumpkin. In Cangzhou and SJZ, many city people have called him a country bumpkin. But this time is different. This is in the United States. If an American calls him a country bumpkin, he cannot tolerate it.
He immediately responded: "I'm looking at you, you idiot."
"This kid dares to scold me?"
Jordan was stunned, his mouth opened wide.
He likes anyone who praises him, otherwise he will not hesitate to find a way to teach the other person a lesson. This is his character, extremely domineering.
At this moment, he was filled with rage, and there was murderous intent in his eyes as he stared at Wang Tiejun.
Just at this time, the general manager of the Bulls, Jerry Krause, walked over with a suitcase, took a close look at Wang Tiejun, smiled and stretched out his hand to greet him, "Wang, nice to meet you, I'm Jerry Krause, the guy who once wanted to give you a big contract."
Wang Tiejun was startled, and quickly shook Klaus's hand and said, "Hello, Mr. Klaus."
"Jerry, long time no see." Jerry Colangelo who was behind also arrived and came over to greet him.
"Jerry, long time no see." The two have known each other for many years, and Klaus greeted him with a smile.
"let's go."
Seeing Klaus coming, Jordan snorted coldly, his face became even worse, he nodded to Colangelo, glared at Wang Tiejun, called to his teammates behind him, and left with them.
Klaus shook his head helplessly, nodded to Colangelo, and followed.
He has always been troubled by how to get along well with Jordan. He will accommodate Jordan if he can, but sometimes he has to offend Jordan for the sake of lineup building.
To be honest, Jordan is good at playing basketball, but he is not good at building a lineup.
