Chapter 273: O'Neill with no one in his eyes
This is the Lakers' final year at the Forum Arena in Los Angeles, and next season, they will move to the soon-to-be-completed Staples Center.
The Lakers are the most successful team in the entire NBA, with a glorious history and a large market in the country's second-largest city.
Although the Celtics' management is just as successful, and even has more championships than the Lakers, Boston's city size can't be compared to Los Angeles, so the Celtics owners will never make as much money as the Lakers owners.
Many people think that Jerry Buss, the owner of the Lakers, is amazing, and his wealth is obviously the bottom of the league, but he is so willing to invest. In fact, he is willing to invest because the ball market in Los Angeles is large, and the more he invests, the more he earns. If the bosses of other small ball markets dare to play like this, they are afraid that they will lose so much that they will not even have their pants left.
Of course, if the boss is really rich, like Paul Allen of the Trail Blazers, he can also lose money every year, selflessly dedicate, and lose money to make money. However, most people will not be able to stand losing a few thousand yuan, if they lose tens of millions a year like Paul Allen, they are guaranteed to seek death and want to jump off the building!
If you want to say that the happiest owner in the league who has the least effort to invest and operate, it must be Sterling, the owner of the Clippers. Not to mention the same city with the Lakers, even the arena will soon use the same.
Lakers, you invest as much money as you like, shout as much as you want, you attract fans, and I'll borrow it with you!
In terms of the intelligence of the bosses, Sterling called it second, and no one dared to call it first.
Lakers fans are one of the most loyal and crazy in the country, and before the game, they gathered at the Forum Arena, holding signs of all kinds to cheer on the home team.
The five sets of village women are in charge of the live broadcast of the ball game today by Teacher Song and Coach Xu.
Teacher Song is the ace host of the village women's station, and it is said that he has been hosting sports programs since the 60s. He witnessed the five consecutive championships of the women's volleyball team, and Chen Zhaodi's youth and no regrets are deeply rooted in the hearts of the people. However, he retired in '00, so the new generation of fans didn't hear much of him.
Xu played basketball in the youth team for five years when he was young, and then went to learn English, graduated from the English Department of Shandong University, and was a rare journalist who knew both basketball and English in the 80s. He translated a lot of NBA vocabulary and still uses it today.
In this era, there are not many people in China who really understand the NBA. For example, many fans in later generations wondered, why is the team whose team logo is a horse called Mavericks? For example, why did the team called the Pacers have such a shabby name, and they didn't buy a bike? How tired is walking?
And, of course, the Knicks, what does the name of this team mean? I don't understand it at all!
This is actually an unprofessional translation, such as walkers, the English word (pacers) has many meanings, and the other means a horse with a hoof.
The owner of the company adopted the name for the team, first and foremost because Harness Racing Pacers has a long history in Indiana, and one of the team's investors, Chuck Barnes, is an avid horse racing fan himself. Another reason is that the lead car used in the Indianapolis 500 (the most prestigious automobile race in the United States) is called the pace car.
But the translator doesn't understand these backgrounds, and when he sees pacers, he translates them directly as walkers, and when he sees that the meaning of Nix is too dirty, he directly transliterates them as Nix.
In this environment, Coach Xu, who understands both basketball and English, is the most professional commentator in the country in this era, but his own level is probably the same as his basketball level, professional enough, but not top enough.
Teacher Song said: "Hello fans and friends in front of the TV, welcome to today's NBA game. Our game today is the Knicks vs. the Lakers. ”
"The Lakers' center Big Shark O'Neal was the No. 1 team in the league last year, that is, the No. 1 center in the entire NBA. Now that Olajuwon and Ewing the Gorilla are getting older, with more injuries and less dominance than before, O'Neill is rightfully popular. ”
Teacher Song said: "Da Yao will face O'Neill in this game, which is also a very big challenge for him personally. ”
Xu instructed: "The game ahead has begun, Da Yao and O'Neill jump ball!" ”
In the forum arena, Da Yao and O'Neill stood together in the middle circle and jumped the ball. Don't look at O'Neill, who is more than 300 pounds, fat and strong, but his movements are very agile. As soon as the referee threw the ball high, he flew up like a rocket!
Although Da Yao's official height is 2.29 meters, which is a lot taller than O'Neill, his explosiveness is inferior to that of the other party!
In the blink of an eye, O'Neal hugged the ball to the side of the Lakers, and Da Yao, who was a little slower in his jump, couldn't reach anything!
Xu instructed: "O'Neal, O'Neill is more cunning than Da Yao and grabbed the ball!" ”
Teacher Song said: "Da Yao is still too immature. ”
The Lakers attacked, and the big shark O'Neal quickly came to the inside line, squeezing Da Yao to the position!
Da Yao used all his strength to squeeze each other with O'Neal, but the 18-year-old was still too weak, and O'Neill had the upper hand completely!
Derek Harper saw O'Neilka in a good position and unceremoniously passed the ball over.
O'Neal holds the ball with his back to play Da Yao, one, two, three!
He was fat like a bulldozer, squeezing Da Yao to the bottom of the basket!
Garnett came over to help defend, but unfortunately it was too late.
Between the lightning and flint, O'Neill used his right foot as the axis, performed a very flexible turn, and then used both feet together, and his huge body soared into the air!
Although Da Yao is tall, he has been squeezed out of balance by O'Neill, and when he saw O'Neill jumping, he wanted to stop it, but he had nowhere to borrow, so he could only jump up slightly as a block.
But it's good that Da Yao didn't block it, this block, O'Neal's whole person rode on him, and those two big hands slammed the ball into the basket!
"Bang!"
The entire basketball hoop was stretched by his three-hundred-pound weight!
The home fans of the Forum Arena stood up and cheered loudly for their domineering center!
Teacher Song and Coach Xu didn't expect Ao Pang to come to such a domineering riding buckle at the beginning, and they were stunned for a while, and they didn't know how to explain it at all!
At this time, Da Yao was also a little stunned.
He was already defending very hard, and O'Neal could still squeeze him to jump and dunk, which was really domineering!
However, most Chinese people are more easy-going, and Da Yao is the same. Although he was ridden by O'Neill, Da Yao was still not annoyed.
What is there to be annoyed about if your skills are not as good as others, just go back and practice hard!
In front of him, O'Neill's fat body fell, and Da Yao kindly helped him to prevent him from falling.
However, O'Neill didn't appreciate it at all, and after landing on the ground, he found that Da Yao, who was riding and buckled, was still by his side, and snorted coldly: "Real food! ”
Immediately afterwards, the fans saw him push heavily with both hands, pushing Da Yao out of the body!
Poor Da Yao kindly helped the other party, but he didn't expect to be hit so hard. The huge body of 2.29 meters fell directly under the basket, and also overwhelmed several reporters who took pictures on the sidelines!
What's the situation?
Teacher Song and Director Xu were even more confused.
O'Neal not only rode and dunked Da Yao, but also pushed Da Yao to the ground directly after dunking?
This kid is too bad, isn't he?