Chapter 43: Do You Want to Fight?
Speaking of the players in the league who are physically strong and fierce in fighting, Artest must be the first choice for many people, but in terms of muscles alone, compared with the most intuitive appearance, Artest is simply a little brother in front of Karl Malone, and Iguodala, who is about to enter the NBA this year, is not comparable to Karl Malone.
How could Artest not know about Karl Malone's toughness? It was the beast that fought with his idol Rodman back then, although he had never seen him fight on the court, but his elbow was definitely not a joke.
As soon as Karl Malone asked this, Artest didn't dare to shout anymore, and said to Karl Marlon: "I'm not interested in fighting against an old guy who is about to retire, my opponent tonight is not you." ”
With that, Artest walked away first.
Karl Malone glanced at the other party with disdain, and then encouraged Sun Zhuo: "The idea is good, the buckle is beautiful, you should respond to that kid like this." ”
Karl Malone also wants to teach Artest a lesson, let him know that the league is not yet a place for these young people to do whatever they want, and he is not retired yet!
After that, Artest had a deeper grudge against Sun Zhuo, because the big words he put down had been broken by Sun Zhuo, Artest didn't dare to say that he would not let Sun Zhuo score, for fear of being slapped in the face by Sun Zhuo again, but in defense, Artest worked harder than before, and his movements began to get bigger.
Not only in terms of preventing Sun Zhuo from catching the ball and preventing Sun Zhuo from scoring, even when competing for rebounds, Artest did not give in, in the whole first quarter, due to Artest's dogskin plaster-like close defense, Sun Zhuo did not grab a rebound, but some backcourt rebounds that bounced to his position were snatched away by Artest, everyone can see that Artest is obviously using his body and experience to bully Sun Zhuo.
This time the Pacers attacked, O'Neal Jr. missed the shot, and the ball bounced to Sun Zhuo and Artest, Sun Zhuo had the opportunity to get the rebound for the first time, but Artest squeezed from behind, and the arm pushed and even hit Sun Zhuo's back, Sun Zhuo could clearly feel the fierce power, but in the end, the referee ignored this contact, and Artest, who squeezed Sun Zhuo away, stepped forward quickly, and after getting the ball, he completed a second score.
This is not the first time that Artest snatched the rebound from the top of Sun Zhuo's head, Artest was very proud, and shouted at Sun Zhuo: "Thanks to your teammate's clothes, you scored today, but rebounds, don't want to grab one today!" ”
Hehe, Artest is really ruthless enough, he didn't succeed in shouting not to let Sun Zhuo score, and now he is clamoring not to let Sun Zhuo grab the rebound.
Scoring is still easier to complete with the help of teammates, but when grabbing rebounds, Sun Zhuo is always alone, and there is no cooperation with this thing, Artest is close to Sun Zhuo and does not leave, it seems that if Artest does not relax, Sun Zhuo really seems to have no chance to get the rebound.
But how can this be difficult to defeat Sun Zhuo?
"Childish." Sun Zhuo replied to Artest, even if he hasn't figured out how to get rid of Artest and grab the rebound, but he just has this confidence, what he is best at is to kill a way out.
Soon, Sun Zhuo thought of a plan.
Jermaine O'Neal of the Pacers made free throws at the free throw line, Sun Zhuo stood on the side where Artest was standing, the two were next to each other, O'Neal Jr. had a bad hand, and he didn't score the first free throw, and it seems that the second free throw missed a big deal.
Artest didn't expect that when he made free throws, Sun Zhuo had the bold idea of grabbing rebounds, and Sun Zhuo did a very hidden thing, so that Artest didn't notice it at all.
Artest predicted that teammate O'Neal Jr. might miss two free throws, and he was ready to scramble for the rebound, and for now he is only focused on rebounding.
At this time, Sun Zhuo made a very natural bending movement, with his hands on his knees, this action did not attract the slightest attention of Artest, because this was already the second quarter, Sun Zhuo was the starter, played for a long time, and it was normal to bend over a little to ease down when tired, even if it was a player who had just come on the court to do this action.
However, no one thought that Sun Zhuo's real intention in doing this action was actually to untie Artest's shoelaces!
Yes, Sun Zhuo wants to emulate the scene of JR Smith untying Marion's shoelaces in 2014!
To deal with Artest, this can only be done in this way!
Artest's whole eyes were on his teammate O'Neal Jr., and the shoelaces were untied by Sun Zhuo and were completely unknown.
Of course, untying the opponent's shoelaces is a dangerous thing on the basketball court, and Sun Zhuo hates Artest's stalking and those foul bad moves, but he also doesn't want Artest to get hurt because of it.
So, when O'Neill Jr. was about to make a free throw, Sun Zhuo suddenly said to Artest: "Your shoelaces are open." ”
Artest thought that this was Sun Zhuo's words to disturb him, but when he looked down, Mom, the shoelaces were really opened, who untied them!
Bang!
When Artest panicked, O'Neal Jr. had already shot, and as everyone expected, this time he missed the free throw.
The basketball happened to bounce to Sun Zhuo and Artest's side, but unfortunately, Artest was completely distracted by the shoelace thing and didn't even dare to jump, so Sun Zhuo naturally grabbed the ball on top of Artest's head, and then quickly went down and launched a fast attack with Kobe, and finally Kobe assisted Sun Zhuo to score!
One rebound, one goal, once again made Artest's wild words a joke!
Artest was angry, tied his shoelaces and was about to go to Sun Zhuo to theorize, at this time the two were far apart, teammates and referees completely blocked Artest from approaching Sun Zhuo, Artest got a foul because of this, and nothing else was gained.
"I'm so angry, Sun Zhuo, a rookie, is so angry with me, he dared to untie my shoelaces on the field! Isn't this just pulling teeth out of a tiger's mouth? Isn't he afraid that I will eat him? ”
At halftime, Artest was furious in the locker room and scolded Sun Zhuo angrily.
Jermaine O'Neal smiled: "Ron, I don't think he's afraid of you at all, your little actions can't cause him any harm and deterrence at all, don't forget, he's mixed with Shaq, Kobe, Karl Malone, Payton, these guys, psychologically strong, if you really want to teach him a lesson, I think your actions should be upgraded." ”
Little O'Neill's implication is to make Artest's actions against Sun Zhuo a little more fierce!
Artest gritted his teeth: "Okay, then I'll teach him a hard lesson and let him know how good I am!" ”
In the third quarter, Sun Zhuo's score tended to break 10 points, which was a little unbearable for Artest, the best defensive player, because Sun Zhuo did not use his inexplicable support to shoot, and Artest never relaxed his defense against Sun Zhuo.
At the same time, Sun Zhuo did not have the slightest fear and weakness in the confrontation with Artest, every time he fought for a rebound, every time he received the ball, he fought with Artest, and in the struggle, he had to endure the impact of Artai's strong muscles.
"I feel like my body is going to be wasted after this game." Sun Zhuo said that Artest had too many small moves, and he was very strong, and with Sun Zhuo's current strength, it was too much of a loss to fight against him.
But Sun Zhuo never had the intention of admitting defeat, dealing with this kind of person, once he compromised once, he would be ridiculed by the other party for the rest of his life.
Sun Zhuo thought that these small actions would be over, but he didn't expect Artest's beastly nature to be displayed on Sun Zhuo, a rookie.
Sun Zhuo coincidentally got an air cutting opportunity, just about to kill the basket, and staged a dunk again, Artest behind him stepped forward quickly, but instead of rushing to the ball, he went straight to Sun Zhuo's body, jumped up and fiercely overturned Sun Zhuo in the air to the ground!
Artest wouldn't know that Sun Zhuo had the attributes of a game character.
He wouldn't even know that this game also added the ability to fight!