Chapter 245: Identity skyrockets
"Welcome to World of Sports, here's the news from MLS. Yesterday, the American Professional Men's Basketball League played a total of eight games, the Magic defeated the Hawks at home, the Bobcats narrowly defeated the Grizzlies 89-87, the 76ers won the Pistons 104-94, the Bulls defeated the Timberwolves 110-96 at home, the Jazz occupied the Mavericks 111-93 on the road, the Rockets who lacked Yao Ming defeated the visiting Knicks 105-96 at home, and the Nuggets lost to the Kings 100-102 away. Back-to-back away against the Western Youth Guards Thunder, Zhang Kong played 24 minutes, got 12 points and 7 assists, then left the court early because of six fouls, the lack of Zhang Kong's Pacers, lost to the Thunder 104-108 on the road, and the six-game winning streak was ended! Please see the details below. As the host's voice did not fall, the picture turned to the live game of the Pacers vs. Thunder, the game just began, the competition between the two teams was very exciting, under the leadership of Zhang Kong and Granger, the Pacers had been leading in the front half of the game, Granger hit a three-pointer outside, successfully established the advantage of the score, the Pacers led the Thunder 53-47 in the first half, and the referee who had been performing in the first half suddenly intervened sideways, blowing the Pacers' offense extremely chaotic, and the Thunder took advantage of the situation to counterattack, Westbrook and Green started the third quarter with an 8-1 spurt, but then Murphy scored four straight points to tie the score at 71-71, but from then on, it was the Thunder's world.
Collisson, Durant and Harden and others have made contributions one after another, and the Thunder continued to expand their lead, but fortunately, the Pacers also have Granger and Dundee Jones, the two continue to impact the Thunder's defense, after the third quarter of the game, the Steps and Walkers trailed the opponent by a full 7 points at 87-80, and after the start of the final quarter, Granger scored five points alone, he led the team to play a wave of 9-4 small **, narrowing the score to two points in one fell swoop, but then Westbrook broke through and made a layup, which was directly slapped away by Zhang Kong, In slow motion, it was a good shot, but the referee gave Zhang Kong a foul, which was the fifth foul Zhang Kong received in the game.
Fortunately, Al Jefferson on the inside performed well, scoring eight points alone, and after a 9-0 counterattack, the Pacers overtook the score at 5 minutes and 15 seconds before the end of the game, and overtook the Thunder by one point at 93-92, but in the moment of crisis, Durant stepped up again. Two consecutive jump shots, the most critical time was 3 minutes and 11 seconds before the end, Durant broke through, Zhang Kong stepped forward to block, in the case of standing firm, and Durant got together, the original offensive foul, but the referee awarded Zhang Kong's sixth foul, six fouls Zhang Kong wanted to come forward to argue, but directly received his first technical foul this season, and could only leave the court helplessly, in the absence of Zhang Kong's strings, Granger and others were completely suppressed by the referee at home, With 44 seconds left before the end, the Thunder led the Pacers by as many as 10 points at 104-94, although Granger and others then hit consecutive three-pointers, but it was to no avail, and the game officially ended with Durant's last free throw 2 seconds before the end.
The Pacers lost by four points, 104-108, to the Thunder, ending their six-game winning streak.
After the game, the referee's performance became the focus of everyone's attention, the number of fouls Thunder 26 times, Pacers 27 times This is nothing, the referee mastered it very well, but in terms of free throws, the Thunder team had 39 times, while the Pacers only had 25 times, almost the same foul, 14 free throws in the middle, which was a little bit unpassable, and Zhang Kong obviously had several good shots, but they were all blown into fouls, it can be seen that the referee also knows that if Zhang Kong is not taken off the court, the Thunder team will not win the game.
Durant scored 40 points in the game, while Zhang Kong only had 12 points and 7 assists, a point guard, can be played by six fouls, which is not an easy thing, and in order to block the mouth of the media and others, the referee finally got Westbrook on the Thunder's side, but Westbrook and Zhang Kong, the important surnames in the team are not equal.
ended his six-game winning streak with his breath in this way, and the players on the Pacers' side were uncomfortable.
Before the Thunder, though, the Pacers flew to Minneapolis, where they took on the Timberwolves on the road.
It was originally a back-to-back in the west, and there was a problem with physical strength, plus being so involved by the referee, it was impossible to lose if you didn't want to.
Although this game is a little unpleasant, the league has long acquiesced to such an existence.
People are greedy, there will always be some referees who can't control themselves to participate in gambling, 82 games in the regular season, it is impossible to clean every game, and the top management of the league can only control most of the games to go on normally.
As long as the players and referees are not caught, things will not be too complicated, and the league will turn a blind eye.
The old fritters on the Pacers' side, except for Zhang Kong, a rookie, didn't have much opinion, and they all set their sights on the next game, and after the Pacers were finished by the Thunder, they returned to their home court.
They have two games here, respectively against the Raptors in the East and the Suns in the West, there is nothing to say about the Raptors, the anger suffered by the Thunder has been found back in the Raptors, the final score is fixed at 115-101, 14 points advantage, directly at home to kill the Raptors who were just abused by the Celtics yesterday, the current Pacers record is 30-7, the Celtics have been left behind, now the Celtics have a record of 26-9, the Cavaliers have a record of 29-10, The Magic team has a record of 25 wins and 12 losses, and the Hawks have a record of 24 wins and 13 losses, for now, the Pacers' record is still quite stable, still ranked first in the East, and the Lakers are also 30-7 at this time, but because the two sides have not played each other, there is no so-called win-loss relationship, so the two teams are currently ranked first in the league together.
When playing the Raptors, Zhang Kong, who was holding his stomach, scored a full 21 points, 10 assists and 8 blocks by himself, and he blinded the outside line of the Raptors by himself.
Zhang Kong scored 14 points in 21 minutes by breaking through, and the first choice for breakthroughs was naturally Calderon.
This is at home again, and the level difference between the two teams is also a little big, so it was just by relying on the outbreak, and the three quarters of the game also successfully killed the Raptors.
Chris Bosh scored a game-high 27 points, but he still had to watch his team fail.
After playing the Raptors, the Pacers rarely had a day to rest, but Zhang Kong didn't have time to rest, because he still had his own things to do today, that is, the things on the shoe side finally had an eyebrow...... Looking at the amount on the three contracts in front of him, he finally reached Zhang Kong's standard, Zhang Kong is not the kind of guy who wants money.
He asked for a salary, firstly, to make money and fulfill his original dream of being a poor ghost, and secondly, because he was black gold in the Kings at the beginning, it was really because of that boss who was too unhuman, and in the face of such a guy, it was strange that Zhang Kong was not black.
And after arriving at the Pacers, Zhang Kong just looks at the results and then charges, such a fee standard is also acceptable to Larry Bird, no one thought that Zhang Kong was originally allowed to join, just to play the playoffs, but so suddenly, after Zhang Kong joined, directly put the Pacers to the first place in the East, and now Zhang Kong has averaged 16.23 points per game in the season, 10.38 assists per season, and 7.26 blocks, and has become one of the most powerful players in the league.
Even now that you are on the home court of the Pacers, when the team is playing in the wind, as soon as Zhang Kong catches the ball, you can hear the sound of MVP from the audience, and now Zhang Kong, although he is not like James, has become the first person in the league, but he is moving towards this goal, and with his help, the Pacers' record is getting better and better.
It is precisely because of this that his asking price is not as high as imagined when the sneaker contract is made, and several major sneaker dealers are not stupid, they naturally see the commercial value of Zhang Kong, so they all raised the price, and then re-sent it to Joe Josh, at present, Zhang Kong has a total of three contracts in front of him, one is the largest basketball shoe dealer Nike, they gave an offer of 5 years 55 million US dollars, you must know that in 03 years they signed with Kobe Bryant only 5 years 45 million, For a rookie, a five-year, $55 million sneaker contract is quite a big contract.
Then the sneaker contract is also from the United States, Reebok, after signing Yao Ming, they want to sign another Chinese player, they give Zhang Kong a contract of 3 years and 32 million US dollars, Zhang Kong actually likes this, because the number of years is relatively small.
Zhang Kong is sure that within two years, he will become the first person in the NBA, and the price of the contract will rise again.
The third contract came from China, Li Ning, and Li Ning was going to enter the NBA market, which is not a matter of one or two years.
If Peak hadn't signed several NBA superstars, how could he have risen so quickly.
So Li Ning has been chasing the NBA's superstars, although O'Neal is their partner, but O'Neal is old after all, and he can't have too much basketball effect, and at this time they are also focusing on other players in the NBA.
Zhang Kong's birth also made Li Ning's eyes shine, Zhang Kong's reputation is not lower than those American players, and he is also a local star, if Zhang Kong can be signed, then Li Ning will be even more unique in the domestic market.
As Zhang Kong became more and more famous, their offer to Zhang Kong also came out, 30 million US dollars for 3 years, which is already a very big contract for Li Ningke, and he will give 10 million to Zhang Kong a year, but Zhang Kong has other plans.
Sneaker Contract ...... Well, I still need to think about it, Xiaofei has an idea, but it hasn't taken shape yet, let's talk about it later, hehe
(To be continued)