On the 29th, the G4 battle of the West Final.

"It's about the Lakers' battle of honor and disgrace!" Los Angeles Times.

"We refuse to be swept away!" Los Angeles Sports Newspaper.

"If the Lakers really suffer a third consecutive swept, then the entire management should resign en masse." Chicago Daily News.

"The OK combination proves its first battle." New york times.

"It is recommended that Lakers management trade the Iron Fist with an OK combination." Los Angeles Economic Daily.

Having breakfast with his teammates in the morning, Zhou Quan flipped through the newspapers, and the news about the NBA was written about the Western Finals, and the Eastern Finals were rarely mentioned.

Including this day, in fact, from before the start of the Western Finals, the attention of the American media was on this series, and the Eastern Finals only received some attention in the corners.

And the ratings of tens of millions in the west and millions in the east also prove that these media attention is not wrong.

"Boss, Gary Payton taunted your Chinese national team last night, you were a silver medal last time, he underestimated you too much." Corimagetti said.

Zhou Quan has nothing to say, without him joining the men's basketball team, God bless him to be able to enter the top eight in 96, and if there is no him this year, there is a high probability that he will not even be able to enter the top eight.

This men's basketball team is actually very good, but most of them are old and have a lot of injuries, otherwise they wouldn't have lost to the sticks.

But the guy with the gloves still has to find a chance to teach a good lesson, his mouth is really stinky.

Rodman flipped through the newspaper and said happily: "There is no East Decision, no East Decision, haha, there is still no East Decision, only West Decision, no wonder the gloves complain, I have to complain too, haha!" ”

"It doesn't matter, we're going to end the West Showdown tonight, and then all the attention will go to them, Roar, the gloves should thank us, he's finally going to have attention, haha......" Brent Barry said with a grin.

"Whoa!"

In a restaurant at a hotel in Miami, Gary Payton threw the newspaper in his hand on the floor.

He searched through the newspapers, and except for the media in Miami and Indiana, which had detailed reports, the rest of the media only reported on the Western Finals, and at most gave the Eastern Finals a sentence.

For example, in last night's game, the Heat were defeated by the Pacers, and the two sides were tied 2-2. Or, the Eastern Conference G4 battle, the Pacers won.

"Don't be angry, this world is like this, the media is all praising and stepping on low, just get used to it." Alonzo Monin comforted.

I think he entered the league with O'Neal back then, and the data is not bad, but as the fifth center, he has been pressed by O'Neal all these years, and few people have paid attention to him, and he can best understand Gary Payton's mood at this time.

"Just get used to it?"

Peyton has a toothache, why should I get used to being ignored?

In the evening, the G4 battle of the Western Finals began.

Before the game, in the player tunnel, O'Neill said to Zhou Quan with a serious face: "Iron Fist, we refuse to be swept ......"

Zhou Quan interrupted O'Neill's words and asked curiously, "Shark, I can understand your current mood." But I want to know, last year and the year before that, did you willingly agree to be swept by the Jazz and the Spurs? ”

"Ahh Iron Fist, you bastard! ”

This was so hurtful that O'Neill screamed hysterically, eager to eat Zhou Quan as a hamburger, and then pull it out as poop and wash it away from the big sewer.

"So whether you are swept or not has nothing to do with whether you refuse to be swept or not." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

O'Neill glared at Zhou Quan and said angrily: "From now on, I will change my nickname." ”

"What nickname?" Zhou Quan asked curiously.

"Big sewers." O'Neill Road.

"What do you mean?" Zhou Quan didn't know what to do, this nickname was too weird.

"I'm going to wash you away from me like poop." O'Neill said triumphantly.

"Poof!"

The two teams laughed together.

Zhou Quan was a little dark-faced, what kind of shit nickname is this?

……

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

When Zhou Quan entered, the mood of the Angelenos at the scene was very complicated, but they still gave a very warm applause.

"Iron Fist, let's go back to Los Angeles to play." Fans shouted on both sides of the hallway.

But he didn't hear this, the noise at the scene was too loud, and the 22,000-seat stadium was very loud as long as half of the people made a sound.

Two hours later, the G4 game ended, and the Lakers were swept out by the SuperSonics.

O'Neal did everything he could to attack the basket, but under the death of Ben Wallace's three meat shields, he only got 16 shots, 8-of-16 shooting, and only 8-of-23 free throws, and had 24 points and 11 rebounds.

In four games of the series, he averaged 29 points and 12 rebounds, 31 points and 13 rebounds, 33 points and 10 rebounds, and 24 points and 11 rebounds, respectively.

Bryant was a little better than the previous game, scoring 13 points in 33 minutes, shooting 5-of-15 and 3-of-4 free throws.

In the four games of the series, he scored 11 points, 19 points, 19 points, and 13 points, averaging 15.5 points per game.

The Lakers were defeated in the third quarter, and the OK combination did not play again in the final quarter.

Zhou Quan punched in the third quarter, shooting 18 of 28, not as invincible as in the third game, but the shooting rate was also as high as 64.3%, 3 of 7 three-point shots, plus 12 of 12 free throws, and scored 51 points in the whole game, playing the 10th 50+ individual score in the playoffs in his career.

In the four games of the entire series, he scored 50 points, 56 points, 65 points, and 51 points respectively, averaging 55.5 points per game.

He set two more all-time records in the series, making four consecutive 50+ games while breaking the series record for points per game.

"Bang Bang Bang ......"

At the end of the game, there was a sea of applause at the Staples Center, and all the fans of both teams stood up collectively, as did all the media, applauding Zhou Quan's performance.

Zhou Quan stood up from the bench and waved to the fans, and Staples's applause lasted for more than three minutes.

He wanted to have a few words with O'Neal before speaking to the media, but unfortunately the Lakers had already left the scene.

"Tekken, how would you rate your own performance in this series?" ESPN's correspondent asked.

"I don't really want to praise myself, so I might as well leave it to you to evaluate." Zhou Quan said with a smile.

"Haha......"

The people around laughed.

"And what do you think of your opponent?" The reporter asked again.

Zhou Quan said seriously: "Shaq is undoubtedly the most powerful dominant center in the league right now, and he is even the most dominant center in the history of the league.

And Kobe, I saw the shadow of Michael Jordan in him. He has a lot of potential, he never slacks off on the game and never gives up. In this series, I had to defend him as best I could. ”

There were a lot of reporters who couldn't squeeze in and started interviewing other people.

A reporter interviewed Magic Johnson and asked, "Erwin, how do you evaluate the performance of the Iron Fist King in this series?" ”

The Magic groaned for a moment and said, "Four consecutive 50+ games, including one 60+, unparalleled performance, I even doubt that even he himself will not be able to replicate such a series." ”

"How would you rate the performance of the OK group?" The reporter asked again.

"Well, they're actually pretty good, too." Magic Johnson said briefly.

"So do you think Phil Jackson should take responsibility for being swept?" The reporter asked again.

Asked about this, Magic Johnson became serious and muttered: "The coaching team must be responsible for the loss, but I still think Coach Phil Jackson is still one of the best head coaches in this league." ”

The reporter asked: "Erwin, does the management intend to change the coach and replace the Zen master with you?" ”

The magician shook his head and said, "I don't know the intentions of management, you know, I don't serve in management. ”

"So do you think the Lakers should change their coach?" The reporter continued to ask.

"In a way, Phil Jackson is the manager who knows the Iron Fist and the SuperSonics best, and I would suggest that management should think more carefully about the head coach because at the moment, there is no better manager for this team." The magician said earnestly.

Outside the home team's dressing room, the players went in, and Phil Jackson stayed outside and didn't go in. With some reporters in hand, he was going to be interviewed outside.

He didn't want to be kicked out of the Lakers just like that, and he wasn't without support at the Lakers, and some wanted him to stay.

"Coach Phil Jackson, the Lakers have the intention of changing the coach, right, will you resign voluntarily?" A reporter asked very bluntly.

Phil Jackson smiled politely and said, "I'm sorry, but the management hasn't communicated with me about this at the moment, so I don't really know what you said about the change of manager." ”

"Coach Phil Jackson, you were the head coach of the Lakers for two seasons and were swept by the Spurs and SuperSonics in a row, do you think you should be responsible for this?" Another reporter immediately asked.

Phil Jackson smiled very gentlemanly and said, "I don't want to shirk the responsibility, as a head coach, I do have to take some responsibility."

But is the head coach all responsible for a team's failures? The construction of the team, the configuration of the squad, these are all related to the fate of the team, but these are the jobs of the general manager, Mr. Jerry West.

Our lineup is obviously not as deep as that of the supersonic, and in terms of the main lineup, except for the fifth position, we have the advantage, and the other four positions we have been restrained by the supersonic.

In the fourth position, Green is too old, he will retire soon, but we have no one available, so we can only let him play the main team.

At the No. 3 position, Glen Les only has the function of a pitcher, and when Kobe Bryant is locked by the Iron Fist King, it is difficult for us to have someone on the outside to attack with the ball.

In the No. 1 position, Harper, like Green, is about to retire, and he can't run.

In the second position, Kobe Bryant took the most pressure because he was blown up by the Iron Fist King, but he should not be held responsible, because it was the Iron Fist King.

Of the five main forces, two of them are veterans who are about to retire, how can they fight with supersonics?

The main lineup is still like this, and our substitute lineup is even more unbearable, but the main lineup still has to fill in the hole for the substitute lineup, and it can't play at all. ”

Hearing Phil Jackson's complaints, several reporters became excited, and one of them asked, "Phil, you mean that Mr. Jerry West is to blame for the team's loss?" ”

Phil Jackson shook his head and pushed open the locker room door as he said, "I'm sorry, management didn't remove me, I still have work to do." ”

With that, he went into the locker room and closed the door.

Several reporters were about to leave the locker room when Jim Bass and Jeanie Bass arrived, and to their surprise, they immediately greeted them for an interview.

"Mr. Jim Buss, are the Lakers planning to change coaches?" A reporter asked.

Jim Bass snorted coldly in his heart, change the coach? It's just that Phil Jackson, does he need to make such a big move?

He glanced at his sister Jeanie Buss next to him, then smiled and said to the reporter: "We still need to think carefully about this matter, Mr. West wants to change the coach, but has not yet made a final decision. ”

"West wants a change of coach?"

Hearing this, the eyes of several reporters couldn't help but light up.

"Mr. Buss, do you think the Lakers have been swept in a row, and Mr. West should be held responsible?" Thinking of Phil Jackson's words just now, a reporter immediately asked.

A smile flashed in Jim Buss' eyes, and he immediately said: "NONO, WEST IS AN INDISPENSABLE PERSON FOR THE LAKERS, MY FATHER RESPECTS HIM VERY MUCH, EVEN IF HE IS RESPONSIBLE, OUR BUSS FAMILY WILL NOT BE ......"

Speaking of this, he made an expression as if he had slipped his mouth, and hurriedly remedied: "Sorry, I mean, I didn't mean that Mr. West was responsible, I didn't mean that...... Oh, I'm just saying, we have a lot of respect for Mr. West. ”

Speaking of this, he waved his hand and said, "Sorry, gentlemen journalists, the team has been swept again, I still have a lot of things to deal with, so let's stop the interview." ”

With that, he turned around and left.

"Miss Buss, do you think the Lakers shouldn't change their coach? Do you think it's Mr. West who should be held accountable, not Coach Jackson? ”

"Miss Bass, will you stand up for Phil Jackson?"

Jim Bass left, and several reporters immediately shifted the microphone to Jeanie Buss's lips and threw out their own questions.

Jeanie Bass naturally wanted Phil Jackson to stay, and the two began to fall in love last year and didn't want to end there.

And she admires Phil Jackson's ability, the Lakers were swept in a row, and the responsibility should not be borne by Jackson alone.

But she has little say in the Lakers, only responsible for the team's commercial operations, player and coach team management, and her second brother Jim Bass is in charge.

But Jim Bass didn't have much power in his hands, and that thing was in Jerry West's hands.

Jerry West's prestige in the Lakers is too high, he became a Lakers player in 60, and her father only joined the Lakers in 79, at that time West was already a member of the Lakers management, West has been in the Lakers for 40 years, higher than her father's prestige in the Lakers, there is a rumor in the outside world, the world only knows West, not Buzz, this sentence is not a joke, in fact, it is very true.

And this time, Jim Bass finds her and discusses a plan with her to use this opportunity to "clear the king's side" for his father.

(End of chapter)