Ron Artest is very good at eyeing himself, and this year, he is by no means a small role in the league, so far in the regular season, he has averaged 2.2 steals per game, ranking second in the league, and limiting opponents to less than 8 points per game.

He has played a leading role on the team himself, averaging 18.3 points and 5.5 rebounds per game, and unsurprisingly, he will be the league's best defensive player this season.

The Los Angeles Lakers are currently the most talked-about team, they have too many great players, O'Neal, Kobe, Malone, Payton, the four kings, plus Sun Zhuo, a "super rookie", so that no team can compare to the Lakers on paper.

Artest has attracted attention by questioning Sun Zhuo, who is in the limelight, and hopes that this game between the Pacers and the Lakers can attract more attention.

Indianapolis, Indiana, home of the Pacers, Conceco Arena, where the Pacers and Lakers are about to host a big game.

It's the end of January 2004, and it's getting closer and closer to this year's All-Star Game, and generally at this time, the star players who are sure to be selected for the All-Star Game will play more cautiously and can't get injured in the period before the All-Star Game.

But tonight, everyone in the Conseco Arena knows that today's game must be full of sparks, they know too well what kind of person Ron Artest is, and they questioned Sun Zhuo with provocative words before the game, and this game will definitely be-for-tat, unless Sun Zhuo has no resistance at all, otherwise, this game will not be ordinary.

After the Lakers entered the court, everyone felt that the atmosphere in this arena was a little wrong, and the expressions of the opponents, especially the expressions of Jermaine O'Neal and Artest, made people shudder.

O'Neal is an old man, and he has also heard of Artest's words to the media a few days ago, so he walked up to Sun Zhuo and reminded: "Sun, you have to be especially careful of Ron Artest tonight, I think he will be very targeted at you, in the face of him, you had better endure it, this guy can do anything, if you say it seriously, he may not let you participate in next month's All-Star Game." ”

How could Sun Zhuo not know what kind of character the "famous" Ron Artest is? Every time he made a malicious foul or every fight or conflict, Sun Zhuo was like a treasure.

O'Neill's words sounded serious, but Sun Zhuo knew that O'Neill was not exaggerating and alarmist, because it was in 2004 that Artest staged the infamous "Auburn Hills fight".

"Artest's temper has always been difficult to deal with, and now I happen to meet him in 2004, and it seems that tonight is destined to be not peaceful."

Artest is not happy that Sun Zhuo was selected as an All-Star, and he is not used to Sun Zhuo's high-profile playing style, meeting tonight will definitely give Sun Zhuo a lot of trouble, even a god-level figure like Jordan, Artest dares to break two ribs of the flyer, not to mention a Chinese rookie like Sun Zhuo.

Sun Zhuo knew it in his heart, and replied calmly: "Thank you for the reminder, Shaq, I think I know Artest very well, don't worry, I can handle it." ”

O'Neill nodded, and Sun Zhuo's calm and calm attitude when he encountered anything made him appreciate it very much, so he joked again: "Since you also know him, why didn't you pretend to be sick today?" ”

Sun Zhuo has been absent from many games, and he could have been completely absent this time to avoid this "big villain" Artest, but Sun Zhuo did not do so.

He can pretend to be sick and miss out for fear of not playing well, but he will never be afraid to play for fear of fighting Artest.

Sun Zhuo said with a serious expression: "I have never been afraid of anyone. ”

Even if you've broken Jordan's ribs, punched Hamilton in the face, overturned Gasol, elbowed Harden, I'm still not afraid of you!

The game started quickly, and a surprising scene happened from the beginning, Artest, the best defensive player, didn't go to defend Kobe, the Lakers' strongest scorer, but to mark Sun Zhuo!

Bryant was also surprised to see that the great shooter Reggie Miller, who was almost 40 years old, was defending him.

"It looks like Ron Artest is going to eat Sun tonight, I have to score quickly, force him to come over to defend me, and help Sun solve this crisis."

encountered a villain like Artest, O'Neal and Kobe, the two big brothers of the team, still took good care of Sun Zhuo, after all, Sun Zhuo was still a rookie and grew up in China, so they all felt that Sun Zhuo should not have experienced too bad opponents.

Bryant faced Reggie Miller, first made a tentative step, then took a sudden step and hit the first goal with a quick stop.

Immediately afterwards, Kobe Bryant once again forced a strong attack into the interior line, passed O'Neal in seconds, and completed the cooperation.

Reggie Miller couldn't limit Kobe Bryant at all, but the Lakers attacked the next time, and Artest, the best defensive player of the Pacers, was still staring at Sun Zhuo!

Artest seemed to completely ignore Kobe Bryant and the score, looked at Sun Zhuo, and took the initiative to speak: "I know you can understand English, and you have played the NBA regular season for two months, right?" Today it's time to teach you something more than just playing and scoring in the NBA. ”

The implication is that other things are clearly referring to dirty methods.

Seeing that Sun Zhuo ignored him, Artest continued: "I will control your score at 0 points today!" ”

Sun Zhuo said angrily: "Did I pick up your ancestral grave? ”

Artest smiled: "Haha, yes, you haven't offended me, but I just see that you are unhappy, just like you have no grudge against LeBron James, and you will belittle him when you see him unhappy." ”

Sun Zhuo said: "I have never belittled LeBron!" It was because I knew how strong he was that I challenged him! ”

Artest said: "You don't need to explain this to me, in short, if you have the ability, continue to rely on shooting, continue to score 48 points, and see if I can make you get your wish." ”

As soon as Artest came up, he made a war with Sun Zhuo, Sun Zhuo realized that this game was difficult to play, and he might not score many points, but now that Sun Zhuo has been selected as an All-Star, it doesn't matter if he doesn't score in this game, the important thing is that he can't be bullied by Artest.

Artest defended Sun Zhuo to the death, not allowing Sun Zhuo to have any chance to score easily, coupled with Sun Zhuo's current ability, he was not sure that he could score on his head, and he had no intention of taking the initiative to attack, so he never scored.

But Artest's trash talk kept spewing out: "Hey, boy, the first quarter is almost over, you haven't scored a point, you don't even have a chance to shoot, I said you can't score a point tonight, haha, All-Star players can't score a goal in a game, it's a strange news!" ”

Artest's taunt made Sun Zhuo angry, and he had to score a goal to make Artest shut up that chattering mouth!

Immediately, Sun Zhuo began to take the initiative to ask for the ball.

This time it was the Lakers who sent the ball out of bounds in the front court, Karl Malone held the ball outside the boundary, Sun Zhuo immediately stepped forward and stretched out his hand to ask for the ball, seeing that Sun Zhuo suddenly took the initiative to ask for the ball, Karl Malone knew that Sun Zhuo was going to prove himself, and he also wanted to pass it to him.

However, Artest didn't give Sun Zhuo a chance to catch the ball at all, the whole person stuck to Sun Zhuo, Artest's strength was too strong, Sun Zhuo couldn't push him at all, Artest was about to kiss Sun Zhuo, this distance, it was impossible to receive the ball.

Completely guarding against Sun Zhuo, Artest said proudly: "I said that you can't score tonight, you can't even catch the ball!" I'm DPOY (Best Defensive Player)! ”

Sun Zhuo was also in a hurry, he was fed up with Artest's taunts, this goal had to be taken and scored.

At this moment, Sun Zhuo came up with a plan.

Sun Zhuo and Artest's bodies were close together, and I saw that Sun Zhuo reached behind Artest and pointed at Karl Marone's back, and Karl Malone immediately understood and understood what Sun Zhuo meant.

"This rookie, I really dare to play." Karl Malone smiled and immediately served, and the ball smashed directly into Artest's back!

Bang!

Artest turned his back to Karl Malone, clinging to Sun Zhuo to prevent Sun Zhuo from receiving the ball, and suddenly received a fierce attack from behind, and he was quickly stunned.

What a situation!

At this moment, Sun Zhuo got rid of Artest, and immediately received a rebound ball from Artest's back, this ball was very unexpected, after getting the ball, Sun Zhuo stepped into the basket and dunked successfully!

After scoring, Sun Zhuo walked up to Artest and asked, "Who said that I was asked to score 0 points tonight?" ”

Artest was angry and said angrily: "Who TM just smashed me in the back!" ”

The two-meter-and-six-kilogram 130-kilogram power forward "Devil Muscle Man" Karl Malone walked up to Artest and said condescendingly: "Do you have an opinion?" ”