189. The dawn of the finals
Thinking of this, the fans rejoiced, and Carlisle also figured it out and smiled on his face. O'Neal Jr. and Artest collided punches, Tinsley was replaced, and Foster, who was nearly seven feet tall, was replaced, and he, Harrington and O'Neal Jr., stood at the free throw line waiting point, ready to grab the last rebound.
"Get out of polis! Scoundrel, get back to Detroit! ”
"No penalty! Big Ben, are you sure you're going to make free throws? Your body is still more suitable for weightlifting! ”
"Win, Pacers win!"
"Your mom told you to come home for dinner!"
"Julina, I love you!"
"Hey, man, how about we sign the contract after watching this game?"
When Hua Ben stood on the free throw line, the fans began to make all kinds of noises, and the fans behind the basketball hoop waved the light sticks or jerseys in their hands with only one purpose, to interfere with Hua Ben and make his already bad free throw skills even worse!
Wabeto took a deep breath, took the ball handed by the referee, glanced at the hoop with his eyes, and his heart was unwavering, the shouts of the fans could not affect him, and the skill of 'steel nerve' was not just used to talk about it.
The round ball rotated a few times in his hand, Hua Ben felt it, his right hand was flat to support the ball, his left hand held the ball, his arm was raised, and his wrist shook softly
"Huh!" The basketball simply fell into the hoop.
Mirisic, Billups and others, who were nervously watching Warburn's free throws, burst into cheers, and the Pistons fans in front of the TV cheered violently.
81:81, the two teams are tied!
"Huh!" "Huh!"
Hua Ben smiled and simply hit two free throws in a row.
83:81, Pistons, two-point lead!
The fans at the scene were stunned, Carlisle was stunned, O'Neal Jr. and Artest and others were stunned, Miller was even more stunned, Barkley and Smith in the live broadcast room and Zhang Li on the other side of the ocean were stunned.
"Shit, Ben hit three free throws in a row?!" Barkley's mouth opened stupidly, forgetting that he was directly exploding in a foul language to a national audience.
Hua Ben kissed his fingers, turned around and raised his arms, and roared, "Guys, this surprise is not bad, right?!" ”
Rashid, Billups and others rushed up and sandwiched Huaben in the middle, screaming, I don't know whose big hand slapped Huaben's bald head, and the sweat towel was torn off: "Well done, Ben, fuck you are handsome today!" How do you do that? How did you score three goals?! ”
The other nine players on the scene, except for Miller, no one else can guarantee that they can hit three free throws in a row at this time, which has a very important relationship with psychological quality.
Seeing that his teammates were all stunned, Miller hurriedly shouted: "Watch your spirits, guys, prepare to attack, let's fight back, hurry, hurry, hurry!" ”
O'Neal Jr. served to Miller, Prince pounced ferociously, Carlisle quickly called the last timeout in his hand, and now there is only one guard on the court, that is, Miller, and there is no one who can dribble.
The two coaches each urgently deployed for their subordinates, and Brown patted Prince on the shoulder and said, "Tyshawn, keep an eye on that old man, don't give him a chance to get the ball!" He must not be given a chance! ”
"Ben, look at Artest's bastard, he has two brushes for his three-point shot" Brown turned his gaze to Hua himself, huh, but what about Hua Ben? The old man couldn't find him.
When the timeout whistle blew, Waalben quietly followed the Pacers players to their bench, and the gang was so depressed that no one noticed him following.
As soon as he got off the field, Carlisle called these people together and formed a circle to listen to his deployment: "Jermaine, don't be on the inside, cover Reggie, cover Reggie!" Ron, you run here, here, here, along these three points, looking for an opportunity! ”
"Isn't it too unsafe to hit three points? Boss, let's play inside tactics. O'Neill Jr. suggested, and Wafburn stood behind him and nodded, indeed, instead of betting on three points, it was better to play overtime, he still had a little stamina anyway.
Carlisle frowned and sighed and looked up to say something, but when he looked up, he saw a big black face behind little O'Neal, who was wearing a blue jersey and was listening with relish.
", Ben, what are you doing here?!" Carlisle couldn't help but scold angrily for a moment, daring that his carefully prepared deployment had been overheard by this bastard? Then he's a fart.
O'Neill Jr. and Artest turned around in amazement to see Wabbon looking at them innocently.
"Damn it!"
Driving away Huaben, the timeout was almost over, Carlisle gritted his teeth, and finally said: "Come according to Jermaine's proposal, play the second tactic, and try to drag the game into overtime!" ”
The game didn't go the way Carlisle intended, and when Artest got the ball inside, Wabbon slapped it hard and snatched the ball out of Artest's hands.
The crisp clapping was still clear, the referee blew the whistle, the thug fouled, and Artest made two free throws.
Artest wanted to kill Huaben, he trembled and screamed with his big hands: "Referee, this bastard is a malicious foul, fuck my hands are unconscious!" He smashed all my bones to pieces! ”
Artest when he was young was a tough guy, and he was by no means an actor, and Hua Ben's slap just now was indeed too ruthless. As an apprentice of Wing Chun master Ip Man, Bruce Lee's kung fu is a must, so there are a lot of kung fu related to inch strength in Jeet Kune Do.
Under the close gaze of the fans at the scene, Artest, who was not good at free throws, raised the ball with trembling hands, and then missed two free throws.
Then, a furious Artest was ready to fight, but O'Neal Jr. stopped him in time, and the Pistons took the second Eastern Conference Finals victory from them.
At 85:81, Mirisic scored another goal in the penalty area.
After losing two games in a row at home, the Pacers were quickly pushed to the forefront by the sports media, and even Indiana fans had to admit that they were afraid of danger, and as for ordinary Pacers fans, they had long been wailing like a dead father.
At the post-game press conference, O'Neal Jr.'s face was gloomy, Hua Ben was high-spirited, and the two big bosses formed a stark contrast.
Today's game really hurt O'Neal Jr.'s heart, he originally thought that he would come back and play the Pistons. For this reason, he even went into battle with an injury, and now his back still hurts faintly. Even a rhinoceros was hit by Huaben for 48 minutes and had back pain, not to mention that the unlucky little O'Neill was still a wounded soldier?
At the beginning of the press conference, the reporters pointed the microphone at Huaben, and the question was very unified:
"Congratulations on a great and glorious victory, Ben, I'm a reporter for Sports Weekly, and I want to ask, why did you hit three key free throws in a row?"
Wajben smiled reservedly, his face slowly became solemn, and he said, "That's what God means, guys, God wants to see Detroit win, and I was very nervous just a second before I was ready to make free throws, because my free throws were so bad." But when it came time to make free throws, I heard God's praise, and he told me that Detroit is a blessed army, and that this season's championship must be Detroit's, and I was relieved that I was free throws, and everything was laid out. Whoever dares to stop us from winning the championship will be his old man's enemy."
The reporters watched in amazement as Warburn poured out nonsense, and the local Indiana media were eager to drag him down and blow him up.
The local reporter hurriedly grabbed the topic and asked O'Neal Jr.: "Jermaine, do you have anything to say about the next game?" "He wants O'Neal Jr. to cheer up his team-mates and fans.
Little O'Neill glanced at Hua Ben angrily, and said angrily: "Damn, what do you say?" Didn't you hear what the wand said? Whoever dares to oppose them is to oppose God, and when this is said, what else can I say? ”
The reporters immediately focused their attention on Hua himself, and it was obvious that his answer just now could not satisfy them.
In desperation, Hua Ben had no choice but to start making up the story: "Okay, in fact, I practiced free throws hard before the playoffs, and I thought the New Yorkers would use free throw tactics against me, but they didn't, so I hid this hand, thinking that I knew that sooner or later someone would foul me with free throw tactics at a critical time, but unfortunately, apparently this bad luck made the Polis stand up." ”
Here the Pistons have two home courts for the Pacers, and the two teams in the West are also fighting, the first two home courts are the Timberwolves, but the Lakers are too strong and snatched a victory, the first game was in the home court of the Timberwolves, O'Neal and Kobe Bryant worked hard and won the first win.
The day after the Pistons and Pacers ended the second game, the Lakers once again challenged the opponent on the home court of the Timberwolves.
In this game, the Timberwolves used Olovodi to play the starting midfield, while the outside core Cassel was cheering off the court in casual clothes. It is said that the Timberwolves are also unlucky this year, in the second round of the playoffs, the assistant of the wolf king, Cassel, was injured, and this guy has injuries to his back and hips, after all, he is an old man, and his strength is only less than half. As for today, it was even more directly injured.
The Lakers were expecting to learn from the Pistons for two consecutive home games today, but Garnett was extremely brave, and he actually scored 36 points and 22 rebounds to a super double-double, and O'Neal and Malone did not blossom. Crazy Sprewell also played well, finishing with 28 points and five assists, and the pair combined for 48 shots and 24 hits.
For the Lakers, Kobe Bryant scored 23 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds, O'Neal had 17 points and 13 rebounds, the inconspicuous old Malone also scored 17 points in the regular season, and Fisher scored 8 points in the final quarter and contributed 17 points in the whole game.
Back to Detroit, Hua Ben is a double happiness, the first joy is of course two consecutive away wins knocked on the door of the finals, and the second joy is that Eva helped him finalize the endorsement contract with Wende.
Hunter is not a successful actor, but a successful businessman, and he impressed Eva with one sentence: "Let Ben create a new brand, just like Michael. Jordan like that, unless you think he's not as good as Michael. ”
In fact, throughout the game with the Pacers, Hua Ben wore Wende's sneakers, which were more comfortable and lighter, allowing him to save as much energy as possible.
Although Eva was excited, she didn't let go of the endorsement price, and the endorsement fee was 85 million for 4 years at first, which is still up to Scarlett. For Johnson's sake - Scarlett: What's my business? Hunter and AD could only smile bitterly, not to mention 8500w dollars, even 5 million US dollars they couldn't take out.
So Eva bared her fangs: Huaben wanted to own the shares, and it was 51% of the shares. This request almost made Hunter and AD angry, dare you are not here to endorse our sneakers, we are here to work for you, right?
After repeated negotiations, in the end, Huaben accounted for 49% of the shares, and Hunter and AD jointly accounted for 51%.
In the end, the two sides reached an agreement, Huaben endorsed Wende Sports, and held a press conference before the finals to release the news, during which Wende Company wanted to make the first generation of combat boots for him: Wende & Thunderstorm Generation!
With some personal matters taken care of, the Pistons are waiting for the Pacers at home, and now Detroit fans are raising the slogan: kill the Pacers twice and trot to advance to the Finals.
(To be continued)