After the press conference, O'Neal looked gloomy and was very disgusted by the endless questions from the media. Back in the locker room, he saw more reporters waiting for him, and seeing this, O'Neill didn't even change his clothes, turned around and was about to leave.

A tall beauty with a sense of surname appeared on his retreat, and the beautiful woman asked with a smile: "Shaq, after losing, do you feel very frustrated?" ”

"It's very frustrating, that's why I have to leave now." O'Neill frowned at the questioner who suddenly appeared, but after seeing her bumpy body, delicate snow-white skin, and slender legs wearing transparent flesh-colored stockings, the impatience on Mr. Shark's face quickly disappeared, adding, "But if you want more news, you might as well come with me." ”

After saying this, O'Neill learns James in 007. Bond winked mischievously, pushed away the bunch of reporters blocking him, and walked towards the gym behind the locker room.

All the reporters looked at this girl holding the ESPN logo microphone with envy and jealousy, and their hearts were depressed, why do you look so good and don't go to be a model to rob us of food?

Erin. Andrews ignored the jealous eyes of her peers, she waved her hand to stop O'Neill, twisted her slender waist and walked over, and asked with a charming smile: "Shaq, did anyone tell you that Mr. 007 is very handsome in the blink?" ”

O'Neill showed a satisfied smile on his face, and secretly thought in his heart that this girl's surname is good, and he actually saw the source of his blinking action, well, this girl suits his appetite.

Erin continued: "Has anyone else told you that you blink like a lustful boar being blinded? ”

After saying that, Erin Liso turned around and left, leaving the angry O'Neill with a surname on his back.

was originally depressed, but now that Irene's incident happened, O'Neill was simply aggrieved. Half of the unhappiness in the shark's heart comes from the opponent, and the other half comes from the teammate. Just in the previous game, O'Neal scored 19 points and 19 rebounds in front of the Timberwolves, and yesterday he got more shots, but his efficiency dropped significantly.

Stimulated by Irene, O'Neill decided not to escape, he must vent all the depression in his heart, otherwise it is easy to hold back his illness, this is not Los Angeles, his daughter-in-law and mistress are not here, except for reporters and gyms, there is no outlet for venting.

O'Neill's meaning is simple, he wants his teammates to give him the ball "anytime, anywhere", and the implication is naturally that his teammates do not support him enough. When a reporter singled out the question, O'Neal replied: "I don't know, you shouldn't ask me, it's better to ask the guys who don't pass the ball to me." ”

Someone did what O'Neal suggested, and it happened to be not far from the locker room, and NCC reporters approached playmaker Fisher and asked him whose fault it was for O'Neal not getting the ball.

Fisher was also shot while lying down, but Mr. Lao Yu, the future chairman of the union, was good at acting, and he said innocently: "We have always organized attacks around O'Neal, but sometimes it is really difficult for us to pass the ball to him, but it was not intentional." Who wouldn't want to give the ball to a big man inside in a game like this? ”

In fact, Hua Ben knew that Lao Yu had already surrendered to Kobe, although his ball skills could only be regarded as average among NBA guards, but Fisher had excellent fighting talent and political talent, otherwise the players would not have elected him as the chairman of the union in the future. Fisher analyzed early on that the Lakers would definitely keep Kobe Bryant, who was younger, harder, and more potential, so now he is the only person in the Lakers who has a good relationship with Kobe, of course, he tries to avoid making friends with O'Neal, because the sharks are really righteous and are a good big brother to lead.

Kobe, who has never dealt with O'Neal, would not buy the shark's anger, and when a reporter asked him, he responded coldly: "If anyone wants the ball, then he should tell us." If you don't raise your hand under the basket, everyone will give the ball to a better teammate. Some people never want to think about themselves when something goes wrong, doesn't he realize that he is too aggressive and overconfident? ”

The Western Conference Finals are clearly getting more attention than the battle between two teams in the East that lack superstars, and the Associated Press reported on the game under the headline "Fleeing Minneapolis, Wolves Approach Game 6," which said: "With Cassel unable to play due to a back injury, the Timberwolves relied on the efforts of all their teammates to win. Hojborg's key three-pointer in the fourth quarter and Garnett's 30 points, along with 19 rebounds, ultimately helped the Wolves temporarily escape the elimination and earn a chance to return to Los Angeles for Game 6 next week. ”

The front-page headline on Fox Sports was "Wolf Roar! The Wolves finally showed their teeth and brought the series back to Los Angeles. Naturally, Sports Illustrated had to give its front page to the NBA with the headline: "The Wolf Still Howls." The first headline on the NBA's official website is "The Wolves Will Not Leave", which once made Timberwolves fans extremely excited, as if the NBA official was supporting the Timberwolves.

Looking at the newspapers, Hua Ben's face was full of depression, damn, we are fighting for life and death in the east, and no one pays attention to us? Is there anything wrong? Just a timberwolves who will definitely be eliminated, what do you see?

The current Garnett's appeal in the NBA is indeed very strong, and if it weren't for Huaben's intervention halfway, he would be the only MVP this season. Indeed, the Western Conference Finals obviously attracted more viewers, so it's easy to see why the NBA is officially touting the Timberwolves and Lakers.

This season's NBA playoffs are really not enough to attract the attention of fans, especially in the East, look at the 8 teams that entered the Eastern Conference playoffs, Pistons, Pacers, Nets, Heat, Bucks, Celtics, Knicks, Hornets. Among them, the Pistons, Pacers, Heat and Knicks are the old defensive teams in the NBA who have regarded defense as their lifeline for many years, and these games are extremely dull to play.

Besides, the Eastern Conference Finals Pacers and Pistons meet, this is simply opposite two groups of villains, the Pacers have Artest, Harrington, O'Neal Jr. and Miller are not good stubble, and the Pistons have Ben. Wallace, Rashid, these two fierce men, as for Billups Hamilton and the like, it is not too much to say that they are villains, although these people did not cause a brawl, but small actions continued, how could the NBA support such two teams?

At least Garnett, O'Neal and Kobe Bryant are superstars in the West to attract the box office, not to mention that the Lakers' F4 is also a big gimmick.

This reality made Huaben, an old rascal who likes to be in the limelight, very dissatisfied, besides, it was clear that he predicted the game between the Lakers and the Timberwolves, but the media was still attacking him, and the most he said now was when he would be eliminated, which made Huaben hold a bad breath in his heart.

On June 3, 2004, Game 6 of the Eastern Conference Finals was held at Auburn Hills Palace, home to the Pistons.

When the two teams entered, Waghben came out and found that his teammates did not yell to welcome him, but looked at the Pacers bench opposite, which made him very angry. The game is about to start, and the teammates are still so absent-minded, don't they know that this game is a battle of life and death? If they lose, they have to leave the playoffs?

But Wamoto isn't a shrew who likes to swear, and he also looks at the Pacers' halfcourt to see what his teammates are watching and teach them a purposeful lesson. As a result, he saw Artest, dressed in an autumn coat, standing on the court with a long-handled broomstick in his hand.

"W-What is this stupid bird doing? it's not crazy, is it? Wabbon stumbled and asked, not bothering to blame his teammates, because his eyes were also attracted to Artest.

Mirisic speculated, "Maybe it's a kind of witchcraft similar to that used by New Jersey people?" I guess he must have watched Harry. Potter, who took a broom and thought he had become a wizard. ”

Rashid retorted, "You idiot, Harry. Potter is an Englishman, oh sorry, Pattin, I don't mean you, in short, the broom is a prop for European wizards, and this is America! I think this guy is trying to act as a volunteer cleaner in exchange for the defection of our fans. ”

Billups and Hamilton nodded in agreement, and Erin, who happened to come over, explained, "No, guys, the broom in Ron's hand is Ben's stand-in. ”

Hua Ben was unprecedentedly depressed, he pointed to himself in surprise and asked, "My stand-in?" Is there any mistake, is this guy playing with witchcraft dolls? "No wonder my stomach is not very comfortable today, it turns out that Artest's bastard is yin.

Erin seemed to think of something funny, couldn't help but giggle, and said while laughing: "No, no, no, that's the case, in the first four games, he shot a total of 74 shots and 28 shots, and the outside world thought that it was a problem with his shooting posture that caused the shooting rate to decline, so he persuaded him to change the way he shot." But Artest didn't admit it, saying that Ben's defense was too tight for him to fit into.

He felt he needed to work on his shots, and preferably under Ben's defense. But just as Malone wouldn't warm up with Garnett, Ben certainly wouldn't be a live target for Artest, so he found a solution and replaced Ben with a broomstick, insisting that Ben waved his arms as if a big broom was erected in front of him. ”

Sure enough, after playing the national anthem, the warm-up practice began, and after Artest did stretching exercises, he handed the broom to Pacers assistant coach Fushear, and since then, whether Artest practiced a breakthrough layup or a five-point shot, Fusher has been dangling the broom in front of him.

Twenty minutes later, however, Wabbon proved that his training skills were useless.

The two teams made changes to their starting lineups again, with O'Neal Jr. finally returning to replace Foster as the starting center, the other four being Harrington, Artest, Miller and Tinsley.

Brown also changed his starting lineup, with Rashid at center, Mirisic at power forward, Waben at small forward, and Prince and Billups at the two guards.

Miller, who scored 32 points in the last game, left a shadow in Brown's heart, and threw Prince up early this morning, so I can guard Miller well, and I must not let him open it again!

Today is a life-and-death battle for the Pistons, once lost, the championship will fly, and the whole team will be serious.

Rashid and O'Neal Jr. jumped the ball, Tianzun's expression was more serious than ever, the ball flew to the highest point, and he took the lead and slapped the ball into Billups' hands.

Billups got the ball, and according to the strategy, the other four Pistons ran down in a fan shape, Huaben and Rashid occupied the inside with one left and one right, and Prince and Mirisic roaming around on the outside.

Rashid put on O'Neal Jr.'s side to give Whauburn a position, and Billups immediately passed the ball in. Wabben received the ball, and at the same time pushed Artest's body with his shoulder, and stepped back to make a layup. Artest is a master defender, and when Warben stepped back, he sensed the opponent's intentions, and stepped forward, still clinging to him.

As a result, taking advantage of Artest's initiative to withdraw, Huaben stepped into it flexibly, cut Artest's body into the penalty area in one step, stepped into the penalty area while stepping on the ground with both feet, jumped high, grabbed the ball with one hand and slashed it down, and the basketball was split into the hoop with a whistling sound.

After the opening dunk was successful, Waben roared wildly, tore the hoop with all his strength to cushion the impact, and said disdainfully to Artest after landing: "Ron, don't just train how to attack me, your defense against me is too poor." ”

Artest has a hay temper that can be ignited with a little spark, and he roars angrily: "Or think about where you plan to go on vacation after being eliminated by us!" ”

With a grim smile on his face, Huaben shrugged his shoulders and made indifferent movements, full of confidence.

O'Neal Jr. soothed Artest, like a real boss, and turned around to ask for the ball from Tinsley.

As a result, as soon as O'Neal Jr. got the ball, Rashid was in front of Huaben, and the two of them caught him one after the other, but there was no way, O'Neal Jr. had to pass the ball in embarrassment. Prince, who was lying in ambush next to him, saw him raise his hand and slapped the ball down.

Billups wanted to get the ball and run quickly forward, Wajben and Prince chased after him left and right, Mirisic responded in front, and the four of them rushed into the frontcourt.

Miller, Artest, Tinsley and the other three quickly followed, guarding the three lanes in a trident posture, and they also looked full of momentum.

Billups showed his mastery of the ball, spinning from side to side like a top, bouncing the ball between his big hand and the floor, but he couldn't escape his control. Rushing to the free-throw line, Billups caught Artest's eye and shook his hand to pass the ball to Wabbon who was catching up from behind.

As soon as he left his hand, Billups withdrew horizontally, intercepting Artest next to him by the way. Huaben received the ball without a racket, his slender legs stepped out, and he stepped forward from the free throw line to grab the ball with one hand and was about to jump. Miller adjusted his pace and followed his body backwards, but as soon as Hua himself squeezed in, Miller was knocked away by half a step, and with this half-step gap, Hua Ben put away the ball and began to take off.

Tinsley rushed sideways to make up for the defense, and Waben smirked and flew towards him with bared teeth.

Not knowing whether he was frightened by Huaben's size or Huaben's terrifying smile, Tinsley decisively retreated and avoided Huaben's collision.

"Bad seeds!" Mirisic sneered from the sidelines.

"Bang!"

Hua Ben's arrogant posture hanging on the hoop made the fans rejoice, and the opening two consecutive heavy dunks, Hua Ben expressed his determination for the game with a resolute attitude: rush and fight.

"Kill the bad seeds of Polis and beat them in the ass!"

"Shred Indiana mongrel!"

"Welcome to Hell, sons of bitch!"

Hua Ben raised his left arm, slapped his right hand on his chest, and held his head high.

O'Neill Jr. asked for the ball again, and Wajben went up to make up for it, but he quickly transferred the ball to Artest's hands. Getting the ball, Artest had a clumsy but effective spin for half a week, avoiding Waben, who came up to make up for the defense, and threw the ball into his hand.

Seeing this, Artest bent his right arm, revealing his explosive biceps, turned his head and sneered: "Ben, this is the result of my training!" Get ready to taste the bitter bar of failure! ”

Without speaking, Waeburn picked up the ball and handed it to Billups, who slowly squeezed into the three-point line with his back against Tinsley, his eyes scanning the positions of his teammates.

Rashid and Mirisic pulled out the inside at the same time and shouted at Billups: "Singles, brother, do it yourself!" ”

Billups sneered and slammed Tinsley with his back, Tinsley was not strong enough, and he couldn't stand the hard blow to make way of the gap. As soon as there was a gap, Billups immediately turned and passed him and rushed inside.

O'Neal Jr. could only come up to make up for it, but Billups didn't think about playing alone, but instead passed the ball to Waben, who leaned in against Artest and scored with a hook shot.

Wabbon frowned, his expression looked a little displeased, and Billups asked in surprise, "What's wrong?" ”

Hua Ben shook his head, and when he got to the front, he spoke: "Cheer up!" Someone who keeps an eye on himself will give me a lead in the first quarter! ”

Little O'Neill and the others were blackened by Hua Ben's angry eyes, Nima, you kid is too arrogant, with your current virtue, it's good to be able to barely keep up with us, and you still want to take the lead from the first quarter? Damn, we're here to weed you out today!

Billups passed the ball to Rashid, who missed a layup and Harrington grabbed the rebound. The offensive and defensive switch, with Huaben's reminder, the Pistons' defensive intensity increased by a notch, and a group of people did not give an inch, and finally Miller shot from a distance, but he also missed.

The Pistons' defensive intensity increased, and the Pacers improved their defense, making several ball transfers and not getting good shots. Billups glanced at Tinsley as he passed the ball, tricked him into quitting, and took two steps to shake it off and go straight to the hoop.

"Dreaming!" Artest Tiger roared and let go of Hua Ben to make up for it, but Tinsley misplaced in front of Hua himself, preventing him from having a chance to get the ball.

Billups was expressionless, facing Artest's strong body, his shoulders shook and made a movement to break to the right, Artest hurriedly crossed over, but as soon as he moved his center of gravity, Billups quickly made a change of direction, and then Artest was out of position, and could only watch Billups break through from the right side of his body.

(To be continued)