Chapter 38: The Chinese Derby (Part II)

Back at home, the Cavaliers recovered a little bit after a day's rest, and then they faced the challenge of the Milwaukee Bucks.

Coming from the icy Milwaukee, the Bucks, who only entered the NBA in 1968, are well-deserved "nouveau riche" in the NBA. Just three years later, they were on the podium of the NBA championship, all because they got the super center of the time, Abdul-Jabbar.

But after Abdul-Jabbar left the Lakers, the Bucks began to fall. Again and again, they make the playoffs, and then fall again, and there will always be a period when they are very strong, but they will always fall short for various reasons.

In 1996, they assembled a three-man lineup of Musketeers such as Robinson, Ray Allen and Kassel, the Bucks, who made the playoffs back-to-back and reached the Eastern Conference Finals in 2001 under the leadership of renowned coach George Carr, where they met Philadelphia's Son of the Wind and the leader of the '96 Golden Generation, Allen Iverson.

The following year, the team fell again, with injuries and then fell apart and lost again and again. It has continued to this day, although their lineup has scoring masters like Mo Williams, three-point maniacs like Michael Reed, powerful centers like Bogut, and Yi Jianlian, the No. 6 rookie this year, on paper, they are among the strongest teams in the East, but no matter what they do, they can't fully exert their strength on paper, and injuries follow them like a shadow of the Bucks, tormenting them anytime and anywhere.

However, at the beginning of the season, the Bucks have shown good form, and the most important thing is that Michael Reed, the core of the team, has been healthy and in good shape. But even so, the Cavaliers up and down, including head coach Mike Brown, are still confident of winning this game.

During the pre-game interview, Zhang Kong found that there were many more reporters around him, almost as many as the star James was around.

The pre-game TV show made the next game of the Cavaliers full of gimmicks. Russell II's empty space, after being admitted by Russell himself, what kind of performance he can have on the field has become the most concerned topic of the media now, and even faintly suppressed his scandal with Ivanka Trump.

If there's anything that makes Zhang Kong happy about the title of Russell II, it's this. Some time ago, there were a lot of media reporters around Zhang Kong, but he was afraid to avoid them, because those reporters only cared about one issue, the details of his bed battle with Ivanka Trump.

Now, at least now the reporters who come around are no longer full of Ivanka and Ivanka, and can finally ask some basketball-related news.

As for the sporadic people in the middle who raised questions about Ivanka, Zhang Kong...... What, what did you say, my brother didn't hear anything.

Just as Zhang Kong lowered his head and was about to enter the locker room, the very familiar tone made Zhang Kong stop: "Hello Mr. Zhang Kong, I am He Ye, a reporter from CCTV, can I ask you a few questions?" ”

Although it is said in English, the intonation is clearly sandwiched with the unique charm of Chinese. This is an accent that cannot be changed by people who are used to speaking Chinese, no matter how much they learn English.

His eyes swept in the direction from which the voice came, and he immediately found the one who was particularly petite in the group of tall reporters. It was a girl about 1.7 meters tall, with black hair, black eyes and yellow skin.

Zhang Kong couldn't help but stop, and said with a smile: "I didn't expect to meet a compatriot here today, if there is anything to do, hurry up, I am about to enter the locker room." ”

Zhang Kong's Beijing film made He Ye immediately settle down, and a sweet smile appeared on his face, and the hand behind his back hurriedly beckoned, signaling the camera to hurry up, and at the same time put the microphone on Zhang Kong's mouth: "Mr. Zhang Kong, your performance in the NBA is very concerned by domestic fans and friends, but everyone knows very little about you, can you tell us about your past?" ”

"Well, I'm afraid not." Zhang Kong smiled awkwardly, about the past, this is his biggest problem, to be honest, he hasn't figured out how to explain his sudden problem now. Well, it's time to think about how to explain this issue, but for now, let's get past it perfunctory.

At the same time, in the country. Because there is no game for the Rockets today, and this Bucks vs Cavaliers game brings together two Chinese at the same time, which is still the one that is very popular in China. In the end, CCTV chose to broadcast the Bucks vs Cavaliers game. As a result, the ratings of the circle station have risen all the way.

"Hello audience friends, I am Sun Zhengping, and next to me is my partner Zhang Weiping and Teacher Zhang."

"Hello Mr. Zhang."

"Hello Mr. Sun."

At the beginning, the opening remarks of the circle station that have not changed for thousands of years made the audience sitting in front of the TV ready to watch a wonderful game can't help but roll their eyes.

"Today we are going to broadcast the Milwaukee Bucks vs. Cleveland Cavaliers game, then this game is also very concerned by domestic viewers and friends who pay attention to the NBA, my country's player Yi Jianlian is now playing for the Bucks, and at the same time, there is also a Chinese player Zhang Kong playing in the Cavaliers, both of them are starters, and more importantly, both of them are in the position of power forward, which can be said to be a close Chinese derby. Since the start of the regular season, the Bucks have shown good form, with 4 wins and 4 losses in the first eight games, and the current winning rate is 50%. The Cavaliers, under the leadership of little emperor LeBron James and Zhang Kong, have achieved a six-two record, and are currently in second place in the East, second only to the Mavericks with seven wins and one loss.

For today's game, Mr. Zhang, do you think there is more advantage? ”

"I think so......"

As soon as Zhang Weiping spoke, the fans who were guarding in front of the TV immediately understood that they were going to be attacked by 'Theory of Theory' next, and without saying a word, they directly turned the TV to mute. Sure enough, even if the sound is muted, the audience watching the picture can still see from the constantly beating mouth shape that the word reasonable is spraying outward as if it doesn't want money.

"Oh, the on-site reporter sent back the interview picture, let's see, my country's player Zhang Kong is being interviewed by this station, let's take a look at the live picture."

As soon as they saw the scene, the audience turned up the volume again.

"It's a long story, and now I'm running out for questions, so I'm only going to answer questions related to the game."

Zhang Kong came up with a straightforward refusal, which He Ye obviously didn't expect, and he was stunned for two seconds before reacting, but Zhang Kong kept waiting. The reason is that He Ye is also a beauty, the delicate facial features on the melon seed face are just right, although the figure is not as hot as that of Europeans and Americans, but it has a petite and exquisite beauty. Since she is a beauty, of course Zhang Kong has to give a little more face.

Second, after all, it is a compatriot, especially in a place like Cleveland, where there are almost no Chinese, and meeting a compatriot makes Zhang Kong feel more cordial.

Although He Ye was stunned for a moment, she quickly reacted that she was now in the live broadcast, and immediately turned around and asked: "Then Mr. Zhang Kong, you are going to fight against Yi Jianlian, the big forward of the Bucks in this game today, which team do you think has more advantages in the position of power forward?" ”

"Of course it's me." Zhang Kong shrugged his shoulders indifferently and said: "But I was assigned to defend Bogut in this game, I'm afraid I don't have much chance to stand up with him." ”

Zhang Kong's self-confidence certainly has his reasons, just kidding, I am the top defensive center, even against Abdul-Jabbar, I dare to say that I have an advantage, who is Yi Jianlian?

He Ye didn't react to Zhang Kong's confident answer for a while, Zhang Kong's completely different style from the players she had interviewed made her a little uncomfortable. In this regard, the fans who chose to watch online were even more crazy to refresh the comment area.

", this kid is too arrogant, dare to hack my Emperor Yi!!"

"People call this strength, call self-confidence, look at Yi Jianlian's data, and then look at my Zhang Kong Emperor's data, one Zhang Kong Emperor tops five Yi Jianlian!"

"Trolls on the second floor are looking for scolding!"

"A shake of the little hand, a bottle of soy sauce, experience in hand, and leave after playing."

"It's all my own family, so why bother."

"That's because Yi Jianlian didn't have stable playing time, and he was also the top data in the league when he gave Yi Jianlian so much playing time."

"Upstairs elementary school arithmetic is taught by the physical education teacher."

"Upstairs Mighty ......"

"Downstairs is my daughter-in-law."

"Upstairs is my son."

", mess...... Ahh

"Well, it's almost time." Looking at the time, Zhang Kong smiled: "Beauty, let's get here first today, and we'll have a private chat when we get back." ”

Zhang Kong casually took a pen from the hand of a reporter next to him, wrote a series of numbers on He Ye's hand, and made a gesture to make a call when he walked back.

Zhang Kong's bold behavior was captured by the camera, which made He Ye blush, and also let everyone who followed this game see his unruly side.

"I, Emperor Zhangkong, am mighty, and I don't forget to pick up girls in the interview!"

"The emperor is a real man, an iron-blooded man, he can stand on his fist and run a horse on his arm. Broken boulder in the chest......"

"Emperor Xin, not single."

"It's unorganized, it's undisciplined, it's just too presumptuous."

"Upstairs, the verification is complete."

On the circle platform, the live director urgently cut off the live picture.