Super Legendary Superstar

Ron Artest is very good at attracting attention for himself. This year, he is by no means a small player in the league. So far in the regular season, he has averaged 2.2 steals per game, ranking second in the league. And limit the opponent's scoring to less than 8 points per game.

He also plays a leadership role in the team, averaging 18.3 points and 5.5 rebounds per game. Not surprisingly, he will become the league's best defensive player this season.

The Los Angeles Lakers are currently the most watched team. They have too many great players. The four kings of O'Neal, Kobe, Malone, and Payton, plus Sun Zhuo, the "super rookie", make any team look good on paper. Can't compare to the Lakers.

Artest gained attention by questioning Sun Zhuolai, who was in the limelight. He also hoped that the game between the Pacers and the Lakers would attract more attention. Artest attaches great importance to this game because he wants to be in this game. Defend against Sun Zhuo alone!

Indiana, Indianapolis, the home of the Pacers, Conseco Arena, where a battle between the Pacers and the Lakers is about to begin.

The time has arrived at the end of January 2004, and this year's All-Star Game is getting closer and closer. Generally, at this time, the star players who are confirmed to be selected for the All-Star Game will play more cautiously, and they cannot play at this time before the All-Star Game. After being injured for a period of time, and other players also have expectations for a holiday, and it is not yet the critical moment to compete for a playoff spot, the game will not be so intense.

But tonight, everyone in the Conseco Arena knew that today's game would be full of sparks. They knew very well what kind of person Ron Artest was, and they challenged Sun Zhuo with verbal provocations before the game. This game will definitely be tit-for-tat. Unless Sun Zhuo has no resistance at all, otherwise, this game will definitely not be ordinary.

After the entire Lakers team entered the court, everyone felt that something was not right about the atmosphere in this arena. The expressions of the opponents, especially the expressions of Jermaine O'Neal and Artest, gave people a chilling feeling. .

O'Neal is a veteran, and he has heard about what Artest said to the media a few days ago, so he walked up to Sun Zhuo and reminded: "Sun, you have to be especially careful with Ron Artest tonight. Special, I think he will be very specific towards you, and you'd better be patient when facing him, this guy can do anything, and if it's serious, he may prevent you from participating in next month's All-Star Game."

How could Sun Zhuo not know what kind of person the "famous" Ron Artest is? Sun Zhuo knows every flagrant foul and every fight he makes.

O'Neal's words sounded serious, but Sun Zhuo knew that O'Neal was not exaggerating and alarmist, because it was in 2004 that Artest staged the infamous "Auburn Hills Fight."

"Artest's bad temper has always been difficult to deal with. Now I happen to meet him in 2004. It seems that tonight is destined to be uneventful."

Artest is not happy with Sun Zhuo being selected as an All-Star, and he can't stand Sun Zhuo's high-profile playing style. If they meet tonight, he will definitely give Sun Zhuo a lot of trouble. Even a god-level figure like Jordan, Artest dares to break up. The Flyers have two ribs, let alone a Chinese rookie like Sun Zhuo.

Sun Zhuo knew what he was doing and calmly replied: "Thank you for reminding me, Shaq. I think I know this guy Artest very well. Don't worry, I can handle it."

O'Neal nodded. He admired Sun Zhuo's calm and calm attitude in everything he encountered, so he joked: "Since you also know him, why didn't you pretend to be sick today?"

Sun Zhuo has the experience of missing games many times. He could have completely missed this game to avoid the "big evil man" Artest, but Sun Zhuo did not do so.

He can pretend to be sick because he is afraid of not performing well, but he will never dare to play because he is afraid of fighting with Artest.

Sun Zhuo said with a serious expression: "I have never been afraid of anyone."

Even if you break Jordan's ribs, hit Hamilton in the face, overturn Gasol, and elbow Harden, I will still not be afraid of you!

The game started soon, and a surprising scene happened from the beginning. Artest, the best defensive player, didn't go to guard Kobe Bryant, the Lakers' strongest scorer, but to guard Sun Zhuo!

Kobe was also surprised to see the great shooter Reggie Miller, who was almost 40 years old, defending him.

"It seems that Ron Artest is going to defeat Sun tonight. I have to score quickly to force him to guard me and help Sun solve this crisis."

When faced with a villain like Artest, O'Neal and Kobe, the two big brothers of the team, still took good care of Sun Zhuo. After all, Sun Zhuo was still a rookie and grew up in China. They both felt that Sun Zhuo should have no experience. Too bad an opponent.

When Kobe faced Reggie Miller, he first feinted with a tentative step, then took a sudden step and made a sudden stop to hit the first ball.

Immediately afterwards, Kobe once again stormed into the paint, passed O'Neal in seconds, and completed the cooperation.

Reggie Miller couldn't restrain Kobe at all, but the next time the Lakers attacked, Artest, the Pacers' best defensive player, was still staring at Sun Zhuo!

Artest seemed to completely ignore Kobe and the score. He looked at Sun Zhuo and took the initiative to speak: "I know you understand English. The NBA regular season has been played for two months, right? Today is the time to teach you. In addition to playing basketball, the NBA There’s something else besides scoring.”

By implication, the other things obviously refer to those dirty methods.

Seeing that Sun Zhuo ignored him, Artest continued: "I will control your score to 0 points today!"

Sun Zhuo said angrily: "Did I dig up your ancestral grave?"

Artest smiled and said: "Haha, yes, you have not offended me, but I just see you unhappy, just like you have no grudges with LeBron James, but you belittle him because he is unhappy."

Sun Zhuodao: "I have never belittled LeBron! It is precisely because I know how powerful he is that I challenge him!"

Artest said: "You don't need to explain this to me. In short, if you have the ability, continue to rely on shooting, continue to score 48 points, and see if I can make you wish."

Artest made a challenge to Sun Zhuo as soon as he came up. Sun Zhuo realized that this game would be difficult to win and he might not be able to score many points. But now that Sun Zhuo has been selected as an All-Star, it doesn't matter if he doesn't score in this game. The most important thing is not to be bullied by Artest.

Artest guarded Sun Zhuo tightly and did not let Sun Zhuo have any chance to score easily. In addition, with Sun Zhuo's current ability, he was not sure that he could score on him, and he had no intention of taking the initiative to attack. So there has been no scoring.

But Artest kept spewing trash talk: "Hey, kid, the first quarter is almost over, and you haven't scored a point yet. You didn't even have a chance to take a shot. I told you tonight You can't score a point, haha, it's really strange that an All-Star player can't score a single goal in a game!"

Artest's ridicule made Sun Zhuo angry. He had to score a goal to make Artest shut up his chattering mouth!

Immediately, Sun Zhuo began to take the initiative to ask for the ball.

This time, the Lakers served a foul ball in the frontcourt. Karl Malone was holding the ball out of bounds. Sun Zhuo immediately stepped forward and reached for the ball. Seeing Sun Zhuo suddenly taking the initiative to ask for the ball, Karl Malone knew that Sun Zhuo wanted to prove himself, and he also thought. Pass it on to him.

However, Artest didn't give Sun Zhuo a chance to catch the ball at all. He stuck tightly to Sun Zhuo. Artest's power was so strong that Sun Zhuo couldn't push him away. Artest was almost Kissing Sun Zhuo, it was impossible to catch the ball at such a distance.

Completely guarding Sun Zhuo, Artest said proudly: "I told you you couldn't score tonight, you couldn't even catch the ball! I'm the DPOY (Defensive Player of the Year)!"

Sun Zhuo was also very anxious. He had had enough of Artest's ridicule. He had to get this ball and score it.

At this moment, Sun Zhuo came up with a plan.

Sun Zhuo and Artest were close to each other. Sun Zhuo reached behind Artest and pointed at Artest's back towards Karl Malone. Karl Malone immediately understood and understood. What does Sun Zhuo mean?

"This rookie really dares to play." Karl Malone smiled, and then immediately served the ball, and the ball hit Artest's back directly!

boom!

Artest had his back to Karl Malone and was sticking close to Sun Zhuo to prevent Sun Zhuo from catching the ball. Suddenly, he was violently attacked from behind and was quickly stunned.

what's the situation!

At this moment, Sun Zhuo got rid of Artest and immediately received the rebound ball from Artest's back. The ball was very unexpected. After getting the ball, Sun Zhuo went to the basket and dunked!

After scoring, Sun Zhuo walked towards Artest and asked, "Who said you just let me score 0 points tonight?"

Artest was furious and said angrily: "Who just hit me on the back!"

Karl Malone, a 2.06130 kilogram power forward, walked up to Artest and said condescendingly: "Do you have any objections?"