Chapter 354: I Want to Get Match Points!
The Finals are still playing, but for the Golden State Warriors, who did not make the playoffs, their season is long over, and Warriors owner Warren Buffett has already focused on this year's draft.
Since buying the Warriors, Warren Buffett has become more and more interested in the NBA, especially in the draft, he feels that choosing people in the draft is like choosing stocks in the stock market, he is good at and willing to do these things, choosing stocks, no one in the world is better at it, but choosing players, he wants to consult Sun Zhuo's opinion.
The Warriors have a draft pick with the 9th pick in the first round, and they have their eye on LaMarcus Aldridge and Brandon Roy, but they also know that in their position, they may not be able to grab it, and they have already been taken advantage of by other teams, and it is obvious that Aldridge and Roy have amazing talent and prospects.
If you can't choose the two of them, the management of the Warriors is now looking at O'Bryant, a two-meter-one-three big center, in the previous life they chose this person, O'Bryant does look very potential, running ability, lateral movement, bounce are excellent, basketball IQ is also very high, in the second round of the NCAA tournament in March, he broke the University of Pittsburgh's first-round value of the center, but after he entered the NBA, he failed to show his strength, and no one cared about him after playing 40 games.
Therefore, Sun Zhuo recommended another person to Buffett, JJ Reddick.
Redick has a good three-point hand, which happens to be suitable for the three-point team that the Warriors are building now, he was selected by the Magic team with the 11th pick in the first round in his previous life, but now the Magic has no draft pick at the 11th pick, and he gave it to the Lakers because of the trade with the Lakers, otherwise, Sun Zhuo would be reluctant to give JJ Redick to them.
As for the selection of the Warriors in the second round, Sun Zhuo did not give Buffett advice, because the Magic also have draft picks in the second round, and in this year's draft, there are still many players who can become stars, such as Kyle Lowry, Rajon Rondo, Paul Millsap, etc.
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"Dwight, I really didn't expect Sun to animate your dunk, I also have a wonderful cooperation with Sun, in the second game I was almost stealed by Kobe, turned around Kobe, passed Kobe, passed straight to Sun, and helped him shoot three points, that action was so beautiful, he didn't make it animated." Jamil Nelson watched the animation shown by Monta Ellis and became a little jealous.
"Hahaha." Howard laughed with his hands on his waist like Sakuragi Hanamichi, and said with a smug expression, "Jameel, your passing is so common, how can it be worth changing the staff of Bilibili Animation Company to animation?" I cooperated with Sun's air connection, but it was unprecedented, so it was worth remembering! I don't know if Sun will invest in making a basketball cartoon, like Disney, so that the whole world can see my dunk action, haha, I have to think about what my anime character should be, I don't think my mouth can be too ......"
"No, you have to have a big mouth to look good, especially anime characters, and it's even more exaggerated." Nelson shook his head when he heard Howard's vision of his anime character.
Just when a few people were laughing and talking, Sun Zhuo was late.
"Boss!"
"The boss is here!"
Sun Zhuo heard the laughter of his teammates from afar, especially Howard's, he was very unhappy when he saw a few people gathered around Howard, although it was 2:1 now, it was definitely not the time to relax and laugh, now is the finals, and there are two away games in the future, which will be equalized by the Lakers at any time and they will win the match point.
So, as soon as Sun Zhuo met Howard, he said with a serious face: "Dwight, you limited Kwame Brown well in the last game, but against Lamar Odom, he looks much more flexible than you, and in the next game we will have a tighter defense against Kobe, Odom's offensive frequency will increase, you have to defend better than the last game." ”
Howard was very happy to see Sun Zhuo, after all, he saw Sun Zhuo animate his career's best dunk, and when he saw Sun Zhuo, he wanted to joke and say, you have to pay me the copyright if you want to release a movie or animated series in the future! But seeing that Sun Zhuo had a serious face, he didn't speak, but he didn't complain about Sun Zhuo in his heart.
"Really, does it have to be like this to be a leader? Did Sun learn from Kobe? Obviously did all our animations behind my back.,And he didn't even tell me.,It's so strict on the surface.。 ”
Howard complained in his heart and smiled, "Isn't it just Lamar Odom?" Look at how I educate him! Alright, let's start training! Don't stand here, Ellis, put away your notebook too. ”
Sun Zhuo was so indifferent and strict to Howard, with Sun Zhuo's understanding of Howard, he thought that even if Howard would say yes, he would make some emotions and train listlessly, but he didn't expect Howard to agree very happily and with a very good attitude.
I was wondering in my heart, but I happened to see Monta Ellis put away the computer and see the content of the animation on Ellis's computer, and then it dawned on me.
"Oh, it turns out that I asked my staff to make that dunk for Howard yesterday, no wonder Howard has a good attitude today." Sun Zhuo suddenly realized that the animation that Howard saw was not made by Sun Zhuo after the game last night, when he asked the employees to work overtime, but it had been done a long time ago.
Howard had done similar actions in his previous life, and Sun Zhuo would immediately tell his employees to make animations when he thought of any action, because he had said too much and done too much, but he had forgotten that this action had already been done.
In any case, this is a good thing, which will allow Howard to continue this state and ease his relationship with Sun Zhuo.
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On June 15th, the Lakers' home stadium Staples Center is about to play the fourth game of the Finals, if the Magic can still win this game, then they will get the match point, according to the 232 format, the last two games are played at home by the Magic, everyone knows what it will mean once the Magic gets the match point here.
In the last game, many people regarded Sun Zhuo as an old Laker player, but at this stage of the game, everyone treats Sun Zhuo as an outsider and an enemy.
Today, Lakers Magic Johnson was also on hand to cheer for the Lakers.
Phil Jackson and the entire Lakers team have also become nervous, once the Magic win today, then their championship is estimated to be lost, and today's battle can be said to be crucial.
"I wonder if the Magic will bet on three-pointers like they did in Game 7 with the Heat?" Phil Jackson was a little worried, Sun Zhuo has always dared to bet, and now in the face of the situation that as long as he gets the match point in Los Angeles, it is equivalent to winning the championship, will Sun Zhuo bet again?
"You have to watch out for their three-point shots." Phil Jackson watched as Pat Riley's team was killed by Sun Zhuo's three-pointers, and he himself could not afford to repeat the same mistakes.
If Sun Zhuo still has a repeat challenge card in his hand, then he will indeed bet on three-pointers as predicted by the Zen master, if everyone feels good and wins the bet, a wave will be taken directly to get the match point, and the next three games, there are two home games, why can't you win one?
But now that Sun Zhuo's repetition challenge cards have run out, he won't bet like this.
Today, the Magic team turned from passive to active, first to contain the Lakers' offense, especially Kobe Bryant's.
"The Magic is so ruthless on Kobe's defense, as soon as he took the ball, two people immediately came to clamp it, which is forcing Kobe to pass the ball."
"Now it's up to everyone else to score."
Kobe Bryant passed the ball to Francis, Francis is a player who is good at scoring, he has been the team boss before, he is very experienced in controlling the ball, he immediately rushes in when he gets the ball, his speed and bounce are very amazing, he has participated in the dunk contest, he is unimpeded and slammed into the basket, and he wants to get up and dunk Howard directly, where does Howard allow him to be so presumptuous? Jumped up and capped Francis' dunk out.
"Damn." Francis thought Howard wouldn't be able to react, but he didn't expect Howard to react so quickly.
Phil Jackson shook his head, Francis is indeed very confident in his offense, but he will not choose the best opportunity, a little alone, if the Lakers' offense keeps Francis playing like this, I'm afraid it won't be a good thing.
Sure enough, as the Zen master expected, during the period when Francis was dominating the offense, the Magic had been firmly in control of the score, and Francis scored occasionally, but it was not enough to revitalize the whole team.
Kobe Bryant also realized this, he felt that it was better to give Francis than to Odom, Odom can not only score by himself, but also share the ball to his teammates to score, such an offense can make the Lakers team come alive, so the ball gradually transferred to Odom.
Kobe Bryant dribbled and broke through, attracting Turkoglu to come over and wrap the clip, and passed to the vacant Odom at the first time, after Odom received the ball, he threw his hand without hesitation, snap! Immediately rewarded by Howard with a big hot pot!
"What?" Odom was taken aback, and in the last game, the goal was scored, and Howard seemed to be ready to deal with him today.
Odom felt that Howard cared about him very much, and he didn't get frustrated when he failed to attack, and soon, he continued to ask for the ball, played inside again, and after attracting Howard's defense, he pretended to throw, but passed to Kwame Brown in a second, and Brown was already completely empty.
"It's beautiful! Worthy of a left-handed magician! "There are fans who shout excitedly.
"No, Kwame Brown is still in Howard's defensive circle!" The real Magic is off the court, but he doesn't feel Odom's second pass, the ball can be passed, but he has seen Howard's super long arm span dunk in the last game, and Howard can threaten Brown's dunk at any time even if he is some distance from Kwame Brown.
What's more, Kwame Brown moves slowly.
After receiving the ball, Kwame Brown held the ball with both hands, and then glanced at the basket, before slowly jumping, ready to dunk with both hands.
Syllable!
Just as he was about to dunk, Howard defended Odom, turned around, took a step forward and jumped up easily, stretched out his long left arm, directly behind Kwame Brown, and capped the ball!
"What? Will this also be covered? Dwight Howard single-handedly guarded two people! ”
"What level of reaction speed is this! What level of bounce and reach! ”
Kwame Brown dunked an "empty basket" and was a little confused, and when he hung his hands on the basket, the ball had already hit the rebound.
"Grab the rebound!" Bryant shouted from the sidelines.
Odom and Howard tried their best to stand and squeeze each other away with their bodies before they jumped, and although Odom had good strength, he was still no match for the bigger Howard, who squeezed Odom away and occupied the most advantageous position.
The two jumped almost at the same time, and Howard got the rebound and passed the ball directly in the air!
"Sun!" Howard and Odom were still fighting in the air, and when their bodies were a little unstable, they still sent the ball out.
"His strength is too BT! Can you send long passes too? "Odom was stupid, he had been fighting against Howard for so long, under normal circumstances, it would be good for the opponent to hold the ball and land smoothly, Howard still had spare power in the air! And when passing the ball, it was obvious that he took advantage of the air to look at Sun Zhuo's position before passing.
"This guy is going to be the No. 1 center in the league." Magic Johnson couldn't help but sigh.
Sun Zhuo got the ball and quickly launched a fast attack!
"Look, Sun is so fast, and besides, he's sticking out his tongue!"
"Is this Michael Jordan possessed? My heart is beating so fast! ”
Sun Zhuo has completely shown his ambition from his facial expressions, and he wants to score this goal!
"Guard against him!" Phil Jackson couldn't help but shout from the sidelines.
Kobe Bryant used all his strength to follow Sun Zhuo, but fortunately, Kobe's speed was not bad, and he was not thrown away by Sun Zhuo, giving him a chance to dunk.
However, when he arrived at the frontcourt, Sun Zhuo did not run directly to the basket, but suddenly changed hands to dribble, and then the whole person quickly leaned on Kobe's body!
"It's ......" Kobe Bryant himself was stunned for a moment.
"Oops, he's going to fight." Phil Jackson knew that Sun Zhuo's shooting was invincible, "Bao Jiao, hurry up Bao Jiao!" ”
Sun Zhuo is about to succeed in the fight, once he succeeds in the fight, five people will not be able to prevent Sun Zhuo, Grant Hill quickly jumped over and surrounded Sun Zhuo with Kobe.
However, at this time, Howard also followed.
Sou!
When Sun Zhuo was sandwiched by the two, a back pass was passed directly to Howard's line, Howard got the ball, there was still Odom in front of him, but he didn't stop the ball at all, one turned his back and directly filled the frame with both hands!
Bang!
Odom wants to block and is judged to be fouled by the thug!
Howard hung domineeringly from the basket, his feet dangling over Odom's head as if he were deliberately mocking.
"It's like this again, it's the same as the last game, and today's game is dangerous!" For the first time this season, Phil Jackson was flustered.