You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 156 Mind Reading

In the game against the Suns, Weixia neither defended Marion nor Diaw, and he only played 18 minutes.He could have played longer, and definitely would have played longer if he hadn't stretched himself to compete for offensive rebounds with notoriously tough guy Brian Grant.

With 47 seconds left in the first quarter, the Lakers replaced Wei Xia again, and then he played a full quarter, almost fully showing his style.

Can't run to death, desperately, dare to compete with the 206 cm blue-collar for the rebound.

He played the entire second quarter and scored 8 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in the half.He still couldn't guard Marion and Diaw, but he made the Lakers dependent. Instead of replacing him because he couldn't guard, Jackson played him for the second quarter and continued to start the second half.

It seems that he has won the approval of the head coach. Just as he scored in double figures for two consecutive games with a beautiful layup, he gave Marion a big hat to vent his anger in the halftime.

His slap caused Wei Xia to splatter blood on the spot.

He was replaced.

留下的数据是10分7篮板，不错，那个篮板他抢到了——还有4助攻1抢断和1盖帽。

The part of his bleeding was the corner of his mouth. The team doctor didn't know whether it was a broken lip or a damaged tooth, so he had to replace him first.

Lakers fans gave him the biggest cheer.

The team doctor spent 10 minutes helping Wei Xia with simple treatment.

After the bleeding stopped, the team doctor confirmed that the corner of the mouth was broken, which did not affect the game and training, but affected eating and drinking.

Since it doesn't affect the game, Wei Xia wants to continue playing.But I got a message from Jackson that "you have done a lot today, rest".

Once again, unable to play at critical moments.

Well, injury, is a reason.

But it would be too hypocritical to give up the game just because the corner of the mouth was broken.Wei Xia does not believe that players of the last century would not play games because of a broken mouth.

Jackson's resume convinced Wei Xia that he knew that this alliance was a place where tough people could survive forever. At least he himself had experienced that tough era, and he should know that such a small injury was nothing.

"Wish, try this." Weaver handed over a bottle of drink, "Have a drink."

Wei Xia took a sip, and the wound tingled a little, making him want to spit out the water, and instinct drove him to swallow the drink.

"You can't do this, you have to go to the hospital." Weaver seemed to be very experienced, and he thought that the corners of his mouth were often broken when he came to college.

As for the game, the rookies who have already been eliminated can only use their excess energy to cheer for their teammates.

Wei Xia's bleeding did not arouse the bloodiness of the Lakers.

This is another reason why Wei Xia is dissatisfied with Jackson, and his blood was shed in vain.

The storyline of the return of the injured can most inspire teammates, and Phil Jackson himself is the witness of the era of the most famous "return" event in NBA history.

Looks like their head coach isn't learning from history.

Facing the Suns who lost their three main players, the Lakers lost by 10 points.

Kobe dominated the low post, hitting every Suns player with his post-ups.No Suns player could match him, and he dominated the game like Jordan in the 1993 Finals. 40 points, 50% shooting, facing the Suns who scored in double figures with seven players, it was just a meaningless cut.

"That bloody guy is the only man we have tonight, and everyone else is a sissy with shrinking eggs." Kobe faced the reporter with a sullen face, and sprayed all the Lakers players including himself.

Wei Xia wanted to go straight to the player channel, but was stopped by the reporters on the scene.

"Wish, is your injury serious?"

"I don't count."

"Does it make you regret not being able to continue playing?"

"A bit."

As simple as ever, he walked back to the locker room, where Jackson brought only Bryant to the press conference.

Before Kobe left, he said to Wei Xia: "Don't go away, I will take you to the hospital."

As soon as Kobe and Jackson left, teammates immediately surrounded them.

"That's it? You can continue to fight!" Sprewell thought it was Wei Xia who asked not to fight.

Parker didn't expect that Wei Xia, who had such a tough style, would be so timid, and he wouldn't slap his lips.

Brian Russell began to open his wounds to give Wei Xia a history lesson: "Scotty Pippen's back was almost broken back then, and he still finished the finals. You have to use history as a mirror, rookie."

Wei Xia can put the blame on Jackson with just one sentence.

He only needs one sentence to let his teammates know that he is wronged.

But just can't say that sentence.

There are teaching assistants and staff in the locker room. Jackson's desire to control the locker room is well known. He doesn't want to say bad things about people behind his back, and these bad things will reach Jackson's ears after the press conference.

Besides, he has no habit of speaking ill of people behind their backs.

"History is indeed a mirror. Scottie has plummeted since he finished the 1998 finals, so those seemingly glamorous histories actually want to tell us to know how to let go, instead of encouraging me to self-mutilate on the court like you are now." Since then, Wei Xia has become a contradictory person in the hearts of his teammates.

He is even afraid of the pain of breaking the corner of his mouth, but he can endure countless falls on the court.

He can stop a game without saying a word, but in the future, he will finish the game time and time again with unbearable pain.

Even, "Wish is afraid of pain" will become one of the coldest jokes in the NBA before "James can't beat Barea".

Wei Xia changed his clothes and waited for Kobe and Jackson to return to the locker room.

After about 15 minutes, they came back.

To end this battle, the Lakers have three days off.

Three days later, they will play against the Nuggets at home.

Jackson briefly summed up the loss to the Suns: "If we let the opponent's two-point shooting and three-point shooting combined reach 95% every night, we can't win. If we continue to let Shawn Marion score 30 points and 10 rebounds next time, we will definitely not beat the Suns."

When talking about Marion, Jackson seemed to give Wei Xia an extra look.

"Go back and reflect on it. We are still a long way from success." Jackson said, walking out of the locker room alone.

Brian Shaw followed him.

Kobe looked at Wei Xia, who was already fully dressed, and said flatly, "Let's go when you're ready."

Wei Xia got up and followed him.

"If Kobe knew he refused to play because he was afraid of pain, would he be thrown from the car halfway?" Smush Parker joked.

Weaver frowned and said, "Smush, that's not true. Wish is not afraid of pain, and he didn't refuse to play!"

"He admitted it himself."

"That's because." Weaver was about to tell the truth, but he saw everyone staring at him.

There are players, staff, assistant coaches, and a lot of people here. Who knows if they will secretly report to Jackson?Weaver knew what Wei Xia was worried about.

Weaver was about to tell the story, but Bynum yelled at a volume far beyond his own: "That's because Phil doesn't want him to continue playing!"

"Then why did he say that?"

"Who knew?" exclaimed Bynum. "You know how much he likes to joke!"

What happened in the locker room can somewhat explain why the physically mature Andrew Bynum played only 46 games in his rookie season with extremely weak interior depth, averaging 5 points and 1.4 rebounds in 1.6 minutes per game.

He doesn't understand accidents, what to say, although counting from the date of birth, he is now an adult, but his mental age is far from adulthood.

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"What are you thinking?"

In Kobe's car, Wei Xia looked out the window and thought.

"You're so smart, you should have guessed it." Wei Xia didn't look at Kobe.

"Then let me take a guess."

"I guess you're thinking, Is there something wrong with Phil? I'm playing so well and he doesn't use me in crunch time?"

"You're probably still thinking, how the hell am I any worse than Sprewell's crumbling old bones? Why is he a starter?"

"You must have thought that he must be crazy to let me confront Sean Marion and Boris Dior. Steve Nash is my weak chicken!"

Wei Xia finally took a look at Kobe, and said with some resentment: "Does Raul Merrion still teach mind reading? Why haven't I learned it?"

"Humph, I'm self-taught!" Kobe made an emergency stop before the red light, quite like he was swaying people in the game.

Wei Xia looked at Kobe adoringly: "Can you please read Phil's mind? Compared with him, I am too simple, you should guess his mind, I also want to know what kind of medicine he sells in his gourd."

Kobe's answer was simply desperate: "If you want to know what that old fox is thinking, there is only one way."

Wei Xia looked like a scholar eager for knowledge.

"Kill him and dig out his heart. I bet $100 million that his heart is black." Bryant said exaggeratedly.

"Forget it, what he did to me is not worthy of death." Wei Xia then asked for advice, "Is there a less extreme way?"

Kobe gave him a blank look, "Go and ask him yourself."

"If I had the chance to ask him and he was 100 percent telling the truth, I wouldn't ask such a boring question."

"Then what do you want to ask?"

"I'd ask him if he went after Jeanie Buss to get Jerry West out of the Lakers."

Wei Xia's words made Kobe slam on the brakes again.

The intensity of this emergency stop has exceeded his performance on the court. It is completely Tracy McGrady's first step of the beast before the injury plus the crazy "I don't want this garbage knee" emergency stop.

　There is a change today—thanks to Mo Bucong for the reward... I owe nine chapters... When I finish the old book, I will let Nimeng know what cruelty is, and what is a write-off→_→

　　
　
(End of this chapter)