Kobe Bryant through time

Chapter 72 Behind the Outbreak

O'Neal's return, with Ling Yu's outside line, the Lakers won 4 consecutive victories, and the next game, which is December 12, the Lakers will face the Phoenix Suns, which is the Christmas game.

The Christmas War is a heavyweight game arranged by the NBA league every Christmas to enhance the ratings.The two teams participating in the Christmas game are either historical enemies, opponents in the finals of last season, or opponents in the division finals. No matter what, there must be a relationship between the two teams. This is exactly what attracts fans.

The Lakers and the Suns are not rivals, at least not now. However, the two teams met in the playoffs in the past season. The Suns with Barkley overwhelmed the Lakers led by Nick and Eddie. into the Western Conference Finals.Therefore, it can be said that the Suns entered the Western Conference Finals stepping on the shoulders of the Lakers, and the Lakers fans were unhappy with the Suns because of this. The Suns also looked at each other coldly.

David.Stern is not a fuel-efficient lamp. The Christmas games arranged by the league are all gimmicks. Naturally, they are to attract fans.

The same is true for Staples today. Before the game started, the arena was packed with people. No one looked so excited. It might be the excitement of the festival, or the excitement of seeing the two teams fight.

Ling Yu was also very excited, his face was not as serious as before, and he showed a little joy.

This is Ling Yu's first time participating in the Christmas battle, how can he not be excited.Although the opponents have long been familiar, but, after all, the Christmas battle has a special meaning, and the attention of the re-match is second only to the finals.Facing such an important and meaningful game, Ling Yu would be inhuman if he wasn't excited.

"Bryant, this is your first Christmas game, how does it feel?"

At some point, the host appeared beside Ling Yu, holding a microphone and reaching out to Ling Yu with a smile.

Ling Yu smiled.Said: "The Christmas game is a very important game, and I am honored to participate." Ling Yu paused and continued: "I am very excited now, and I can't wait to play now."

After speaking, Ling Yu clapped his hands vigorously and smiled at the host.

The host looked at Ling Yu and laughed, and said, "Come on, Bryant."

After saying this, the host left the field with a smile, and Ling Yu also returned to the bench to get ready.

Not long after, the whistle for the start of the game was blown, and the highly anticipated Christmas game kicked off.

With a double jump ball in the middle circle, O'Neal used his physical advantage to squeeze away the Suns players, passed the ball to Fisher, and then ran up the front court, and the others followed suit.

In this game, Delyan used the configuration of the previous few games. Ling Yu's shooting guard and Fisher were on the outside, and O'Neal was on the inside to fight. The Suns had Horry and Cassel partner with some unknown players. Come and fight.

Both teams made big deals this summer. The difference is that the Lakers brought in O'Neal, a big fish, while the Suns let go of Barkley, an old fox. There has been a qualitative change in the last season. The Lakers introduced O'Neal and signed rookie Ling Yu. Although there is no Nick and Eddie, but just O'Neal and Ling Yu, this Lakers team is also better than last season. Much higher.On the contrary, the Suns traded Barkley and bought some good players. However, the strength of the Suns without Barkley is still reduced by several levels.And the spectacle of this game is whether the Lakers can succeed in revenge, and whether the Suns will continue to kill the Lakers?

Before this game, the two teams had already faced each other. In addition to watching the video of the Suns game before the game, Ling Yu knew a lot about this Suns team.He sneered and ran towards Fisher.

"Fisher."

"Okay!" Fisher responded, and shouted to Ling Yu: "Bryant, the ball." As he spoke, he passed the ball.

Ling Yu shook off the defensive player, ran to the left wing of the free throw line to catch the ball, jumped up, and threw it backwards, hitting a Suns player who couldn't defend well.However, unfortunately, Ling Yu was a little older, and the basketball bounced out of the hoop and fell into Kassel's hands. Without hesitation, he rushed forward, waving his hands and roaring.

"Run up! Run up!"

Hearing his shout, Horry hurried forward and stretched out his hand to Cassel.

"Hey! Old man, here."

Cassel received the ball and pushed it forward with both hands.

"Back to defense!"

Ling Yu gritted his teeth and ran ahead, but it was too late, Horry had already caught the ball and strode towards the basket.At this moment, a tall man in a white jersey flashed by, stabbing the ball in Horry's hand out of the baseline.

"NND."

Huo Li felt unwilling to lose all the fat he got, but he didn't want to get angry because he really didn't foul.

"Nice job." Ling Yu ran over with a smile and gave Fisher a high-five.

Fisher, who has always claimed to be thick-skinned, felt embarrassed in the face of Ling Yu's praise, smiled shyly, and said, "Go back and defend!"

After speaking, Fisher ran over and defended.Everything was so natural, but Ling Yu vaguely felt that something was wrong. In his memory, he had never seen Fisher be so shy about his exaggeration, and Fisher's eyes just now were so shy. There seems to be something hidden in it, but it is impossible to say what it is.

"Okay, okay! Why do I think so much, the game is important."

Ling Yu murmured softly, ran back to the court, and started to defend.

This night is bound to be restless.

Perhaps it was because of the interception just now that Fisher got excited. He was more active in defense and more passionate in offense.

Three-point shooting, breakthrough throwing shots, and mid-to-long distance shots have all been achieved.

Everyone was blinded by Fisher's passion for a while, and the Lakers players were even blinded.

If there is another breakthrough dunk, or low singles, Fisher is the second Ling Yu, and that kind of Lakers will be even more terrifying.

"Good job, Derek."

"Oh! Entered again."

. .

The audience burst into applause from time to time, and these applause belonged to Fisher.

A good brother has a good performance and a good performance is something to be happy about.However, Ling Yu couldn't be happy. He frowned and stared at Fisher, a strange and sour feeling sprouted from the bottom of his heart.

The displeasure was not because Ling Yu had stolen the limelight, but because Ling Yu felt that Fisher had come too suddenly, and he couldn't accept it for a while. In the first few games, he still hesitated and dared not attack. Now he is attacking. But they are so resolute and passionate; they often lost their minds during the last defense, but now they are so active and desperate, completely two people.

Looking at Fisher who was smiling shyly in front of him, Ling Yu felt even more sad, and the strange feeling became stronger.

"That's it." Ling Yu murmured softly.At this time, a big hand patted his shoulder lightly, and then he burst out laughing.

O'Neill laughed and said, "Don't do this! You will perform better in the next game."

O'Neill really thought that his jealousy Fisher had stolen the limelight, Ling Yu laughed helplessly.

"Okay, go back and defend."

With that said, Ling Yu and O'Neal returned to the backcourt to defend.

. .

This night, the most shining star in the audience was not O'Neal, not Ling Yu, but Fisher. Just after the first half, he scored 24 points, 8 assists, 4 steals and 5 rebounds. The two major scorers, O'Neal and Ling Yu, both scored in single digits, and in terms of rebounds, O'Neal only had 2 more rebounds than Fisher.

"How did that happen?"

Ling Yu couldn't help frowning, Fisher's performance was too good, too good to be accepted, too good to be accepted.

"And that expression."

Ling Yu muttered softly, his vision began to blur, and a looming stadium flashed in his mind, becoming clearer and clearer.

"It's so handsome." Campbell gave Fisher a thumbs up and roared with a smile.

Knight stared at Fisher in astonishment, and shouted exaggeratedly: "OH, NO, Fisher, are you still human? You are simply a god!"

"Too damn ready."

. .

With such compliments, Fisher smiled lightly, surprisingly calm.Also, when Ling Yu praised him, he was so shy, why?
Ling Yu was even more confused, not because of Fisher's high score, but because of Fisher's various abnormal performances.

"I'm going to ask."

Ling Yu gritted his teeth and walked towards the locker room.

In fact, Ling Yu is not the only one who is confused, Del is also quite puzzled.As a coach, Del can see the characteristics and personality of each player, so that it is easy to form troops.

Del thinks he knows Fisher's character and ability well, but Fisher's statistics are so perfect, and Del has to wonder: Is he really underestimating him?
Every player will always have one or two amazing games, and they use themselves to interpret the flash in the pan.Therefore, Fisher's performance may be just a momentary surprise.However, Del vaguely felt that things were not that simple, because he had noticed something unusual about Fisher since the first few games, but he didn't pay much attention to it.Looking back at this moment, Del couldn't help but frowned, and was even more confused in his heart.It just so happened that Ling Yu walked by him at this time, Del didn't even think about it, he grabbed Ling Yu.

"Bryant."

Ling Yu frowned, looked at Del in puzzlement, and asked, "Dell? What's wrong?"

Del let go, stared at Ling Yu and said heavily, "I want to ask you something."

"Eh?" Ling Yu looked at Del in astonishment, and asked, "What's the matter?"

"About Derek."

(End of this chapter)