"You're saying most people think the Lakers are going to win the Finals?" Rodman was still open-mouthed, "Wrong, it should be said that it is all of them." Even if we win in the end, people will say that we were too lucky. ”

From the first moment they arrived in Los Angeles to prepare for the first Finals, the Bulls felt the malice from all over the world, and they were completely drowned out by the voices of support for the Lakers, as if the whole world was cheering on the Lakers and stepping on the Bulls.

Putting aside the voices of the media and fans for the time being, from the perspective of the game alone, the Bulls are the defending champions, but now the two teams are indeed superior to the Lakers in terms of strength.

Although the experience of the bulls is rich, these will only work when the strength is similar, and if the strength is a distance, the effect of experience will undoubtedly be greatly reduced.

The problem for the Chicagoans now is that they don't have an interior lineman, they don't have a quality point guard, just a top-notch scoring machine, and a versatile second or third small forward in the league.

Rodman's frustration is that people think that Mutombo is more valuable than him, even the Chicago media does not deny this.

This view is not wrong, Lao Mu's improvement of a team is incomparable to Rodman, one of the two can independently support the existence of a team's defensive system, and the other is a supplement that can only play a role when encountering an excellent team with good chemistry, and the gap between this is not ordinarily large.

Zhang Wei knows that this is not the case, these two people are originally components with completely different styles and roles, if you compare them together, this is the favorite thing for unscrupulous media to do, they want to be controversial, of course they can't see it that way as players.

But this does not prevent the Lakers from singing down Rodman with this voice, if you can make this guy who is good at making other people's emotions impetuous, and lose his calm and calm heart before he fights, then the Lakers' advantage is really great.

However, the qualification process of the two teams is difficult to distinguish.

The Lakers swept their opponents to advance to the Western Conference Finals, losing only one game in the first three rounds.

The Bulls eliminated the Heat with a score of 4-1, but also lost only one game in the process of qualifying.

The Lakers suffered a baptism of the Big Three in the game against the Rockets, but the initiative of the game was always in their own hands, and they only lost one game in this round. The Jazz who encountered later did not cause trouble for the Lakers like in the regular season, but was swept quite unexpectedly. To some extent, this can be regarded as a wake-up call for the Bulls, and a similar dual-core configuration does not seem to have too good for the Lakers.

The Bulls, on the other hand, were on the verge of winning the first two rounds, losing only one in the game against the Heat, but staged a comeback in Game 5, which perfectly demonstrated the team's resilience and ability to take advantage of opportunities in key moments.

But this is not the case in the eyes of the media, the Bulls do not lack key scoring ability, but the full-court scoring ability has many deficiencies, they only scored more than 100 points in five games in the Eastern Conference finals, but the Lakers scored more than 100 points in most of the games, which shows that the Lakers' attack is stronger than the Bulls.

In the lineup competition between the two sides, the Lakers have a lot of advantages on the inside due to the balanced configuration, although Mutombo does not have too high active scoring ability, but Rodman's ability on the offensive end is not good enough, and even he is not as good as Mutombo. And Mason's offensive and defensive ability is better than Langley's, so the gap between these two teams on the inside is not small.

Some media have reason to believe that the Bulls may use Rodman to misplace Zhang Qi in the Finals, so as to free up Pippen on the defensive end and let him use more energy to help Jordan, and only in this way can the Bulls' offensive firepower be improved.

But the problem is that Zhang Zhu has the flexibility of the No. 2 position and the impact of the No. 4 position, and the weight-embargoed Rodman ran to defend Zhang Zhu, which may not be very effective.

Zhang Zhu VS Rodman, first of all, he is not inferior in confrontation ability, but his speed and agility are much higher than Rodman, so it is difficult to limit Zhang Zhu's offense.

The Bulls' possible advantage is on the outside, and the combination of Jordan + Pippen and the combination of Lakers Zhang Qi + Starks should occupy a lost advantage.

But the embarrassing thing is that if you count Kidd VS Harper in the No. 1 position, then the advantage has become the Lakers again, and the current Harper is not the low-profile version of Jordan three years ago after all.

Of course, the biggest attraction of this finals is the new emperor Zhang Qi VS the old king Jordan, which is the duel that everyone pays the most attention to.

However, Bulls fans are still a little embarrassed, because whether it is the regular season or the playoffs, Zhang Mao can't say that he performed better than Jordan, but the data is indeed ahead of Jordan, and the team's record is still the same, otherwise it would be the Lakers to play in Chicago now.

With such a good hand in hand, fans can understand why the Bulls have been heroes for many years, and the Lakers are just newcomers who have tasted the Finals for the first time, but the media is increasingly inclined to the Lakers to win the eventual victory.

When the Bulls come to Los Angeles, they suddenly find themselves no longer able to find a voice in their favor, and people are talking about how many games the Lakers will take out the Bulls?

In fact, a few days ago, only Chicago and a small number of media believed that the Bulls could win the Finals, and most neutral media had long been inclined to the Lakers to win the championship.

Who let the Bulls fail to play a satisfactory offense in the game with the Heat, they just relied on Jordan's personal ability to occupy some advantages in the key rounds, and the game lasted more than half the time, but they fell behind, which can only say that the Bulls have begun to decline in strength today.

Zhang Zhu is now very disrespectful to Jordan and the Bulls, he feels that the Bulls' 71 wins last season are watery, a large part of the reason is that the stars of Jordan's generation are old, and the newcomers have not yet grown up, coupled with the league's support, which made the first 70+ wins in NBA history born.

So, it's not so much that the bull is strong on its own, it's that his opponent is too weak.

Of course, Jordan's ability to keep his condition so good is indeed a very perverted thing.

But in front of the koala baby, it's time for the 34-year-old Jordan to step off the stage with his old buddies.

If you don't leave, you have to be kicked down by him, which is very shameless, isn't it?

But unlike the previous three rounds, neither the Lakers nor Zhang Fu mentioned the topic of sweeping their opponents in the Finals.

Although the Lakers have enough capital to make history, beating their opponents with a total score of 4-2 may be an acceptable result for everyone.

"If we win the championship, I'll make you the most luxurious championship ring everybody."

At the pre-game press conference, Zhang Yi said very locally that the Lakers' next championship ring will never be as flashy as it was in the 70s.

It's a bit of a slap in the face of a godfather, but in the past, the jewelry on championship rings was really small and simple, the championship team couldn't put their own personality into the ring, and the league's design was consistently monotonous.

It is said that championship rings in the 70s were the most cheating of the year, and many players with personality refused to wear such a large and cheap ring, because the only advantage of wearing it was that you could easily cut through the glass.

The Bulls' championship rings last year cost about $6,000 each, which is already one of the most luxurious rings in NBA history, but Zhang Fu feels that there is still a lot of difference, how can such a ring representing the championship honor cost tens of thousands of dollars to be worthy of the meaning it represents, right?

Yes, the idea is a lot of grandiose thinking, but Zhang didn't want to compromise on this point, and his first championship ring had to be different, like every one of his commercials.

Of course, it seems too early to think about the ring.

Zhang quickly stopped answering the topic of rings and instead predicted what the Bulls might do against him.

"I can guess how they're going to defend me right now, Phil is going to send different players to defend me in turn, he's going to use different styles of play to force me to adjust myself, like using Pippen's athleticism and strength to force me to stay on the perimeter most of the time. If that doesn't work, they might have a faster player to limit my breakout, or they might let Bisson's or Rodman's size and power cramp my attacking space...... But unfortunately, none of these methods are a threat to me. ”

Zhang Mao's answer is not exaggerated, although he can't use the Bulls to train now, but he has found many opponents similar to the Bulls players in virtual training to practice, and the result is that in addition to joint defense, all players under today's NBA rules, it is impossible to limit his play, and now only he can limit him.

In fact, even if the "joint defense rules" can limit him, it must be a joint defense under the rules of international basketball.

But if you think about it with your ass, you can know that even if the NBA allows joint defense, it will definitely make a lot of changes under the rules of international basketball, otherwise it will not be him who will be restricted, but the individual performance of all stars in the league will be restricted.

At that time, the NBA will be less enjoyable than notch, and David Stern's head will twitch again, and he will not do the stupid thing of digging his own grave.

Zhang Yu has never panicked about this kind of thing, he knows that no matter how the alliance introduces new rules to restrict him, he will be the one who will be affected the least, because he is the one with the highest talent!

At the Bulls' pre-game press conference, Jordan's speech still didn't lift much spirit, and the helper's side was full of formulaic answers, who wanted to say that he was reading silently according to the script, and he shouldn't be sprayed too much.

Jordan's fans have long had something to say about this, and Jordan after this comeback is naturally a great achievement in ball skills, but I don't know if he has also matured, and he is no longer as sharp and ugly as he was when he was young.

Zhang had a different opinion, and when he commented on Jordan before the game, he described him as a "fake businessman with no talent."

"Mature?" Zhang Yu was dismissive of this, "No, some people are just old, and then someone told him: People of your age should be mature, and they can no longer act arbitrarily like when they were young...... It's a pity that these require IQ and EQ, but some people don't have that IQ and EQ, so they can only speak less, or speak according to the lines, otherwise they can't say anything profound. ”

Zhang Mao's words were really heart-wrenching, but it wasn't over yet, he continued to sarcastically be extremely vicious: "Some people always want to be the boss, but they don't know that this requires more talent and intelligence, but some people can only rely on physical talent to eat, and it's not good for these people to think too much." ”

Jordan naturally wouldn't fail to hear these words, he knew that these things were all words of Zhang Qi in order to affect him, but he just couldn't help but think about it, let alone be angry, but in the end, he couldn't fight back.

Who let Zhang Zhu say something to Jordan's sore spot, and you can't fight back against him, because you can't scold him for being a rich second generation, even if you don't mention the Dragonborn Company, don't mention his achievements on the basketball court, Zhang Zhu's own industries also have a lot of industries, especially "Minotaur Coffee", which will grow every few months, relying on this brand alone, Zhang Mao is already a billionaire worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

This kind of achievement is enough to make most NBA players who go bankrupt after a few years of retirement out of the picture, including Jordan himself.

Although Jordan is now worth more than 100 million, but these are all brought to him by basketball, his investment outside the basketball field is nine out of ten, once he retires and no longer has today's income, he will face the threat of bankruptcy, because he is the same master who only spends money and does not make money, but he earns more than all black players.

"The Lakers are my old rivals, and I remember how I beat them six years ago."

Pippen's mentality is better than Jordan's, and when he said this before the game, he actually had a beautiful face.

In the past two days, the Los Angeles media has been sowing discord, often publishing some remarks such as "Jordan hugging Pippen's thigh", and they are also conclusive and reasonable.

Jordan is naturally angry, but Pippen is beautiful, because he agrees with the saying "Jordan wouldn't have won the championship without his existence". In the first three years of who let Jordan lead the team himself, the Bulls won only one playoff game. But since the arrival of Uncle Pippen, the Bulls have made it to the second round that season, and then they have risen a step every year, and then they have won the championship and the dynasty......

This script looks good, if the media has been touting Pippen and taking him as the protagonist, then Jordan does have a lot of places that can be hacked, that is, if he really says "he hugs Pippen's thigh", it doesn't seem to be a very difficult task, at least black fans will be very excited when they hear it.

Zhang Zhu's fans like this point of view very much, Pippen can lead the team to the division finals alone, and it is also a rebuilding team, if it were not for the Bulls after Jordan left to lose the blessing of "godfather's power", and the championship lineup is no longer complete, the Bulls have a great chance to enter the division finals that year, isn't this one of the evidences that "Pippen is the protagonist"?

The Los Angeles media has been hyping up this matter for the past two days, but they are not talking nonsense, and there are many such examples......

Back then, the Zen master did not leave with Jordan's retirement, and he was afraid that he also wanted to prove it - his dynasty was by no means won by Jordan, and he stayed to prove that he could lead the team to achieve results without relying on Jordan, which should be similar to Pippen's idea.

As for the saying that Chinese fans have always spread - that Pippen must rely on Jordan's spur to improve, it is basically the same as everyone else.

Second Brother Pi is by no means the master who likes to be the little brother of others, he also has the heart to be the boss in his heart, but his emotional intelligence is not high, he doesn't know how to be the boss, and he is not so paranoid (he is really not as good as Jordan, don't send this sentence).

These voices believe that Jordan's fame is largely due to the media's over-mythologization of him a few years ago.

But NBA players should know that this gang leader is not a leader that players love in their hearts, he is more like a tyrant.

Well, these are obvious discordant strategies, the effect should not be too strong for the time being, but it is enough to cause a trace of discord within the bulls, planting a trace of fire in the hearts of many people, as long as the situation is unfavorable to the bulls in the future, this flame is likely to ignite a fire and burn the defending champions.

In a word, since the Bulls players came to Los Angeles, the whole team has once again felt the power of the media.

Jordan should feel more that a new generation is better than the old.

If these media can make gods, they can destroy an old god that they have created, unless you also become a rule-maker.

Of course, Zhang Qi can't buy off all the media, but everyone is willing to report it like this, and in the final analysis, it is profitable to do so.

The most important thing is that whether it is a fan or a non-fan, everyone now likes to watch Zhang Fu's reports, he is already a global idol, and is even praised as the husband of the whole people by "Time Magazine". The media is naturally willing to portray him as a positive character and put him on the altar.

It's like when the media all pursued Jordan, and not many media were willing to die to hack him at that time.

But now it's different, now stepping on Jordan and holding Zhang Qi is already the trend of the times, if anyone steps slowly, I'm afraid they won't even be able to drink the soup.

On June 3, at 8:30 p.m., the NBA Finals, which attracted the world's attention, finally sent a live broadcast signal to the world, and the Lakers' entrance ceremony was about to begin......

Today's "Great Western Forum Arena" is worthy of a thousand dollars, and it is said that even the back row tickets have been sold for thousands of dollars a piece, and the devil knows who can afford the tickets.

The front-row bigwigs of the Lakers game don't need to be introduced at this moment.

The current Zhang Fu doesn't need to give special face to anyone, especially those so-called politicians, as a rich second generation of big capitalists, he doesn't need to give these people much face.

Those stars in the front row, Zhang Fu will not have any admiration, it can be said that no matter whether it is male or female, as long as he wants to, these people can basically be hooked up to bed by him.

Now, for those big capitalists, he needs to be polite.

The rest are just people who serve them or work for them......

What, who are these players?

Zhang Wei secretly said: "These are just people who accompany me to play games." ”

That's right, that's what he thinks now, these players are just people who play with him, the eldest young master.

That's why he ignores Jordan's prestige, this person is just a high-ranking character in his eyes, and it's no wonder what kind of worship psychology he has.

"The game is on!"

When Zhang Qi entered, he still recited a sentence silently in his heart.