NBA opening draw to twilight Shaquille O'Neal

Chapter 427

Although one team is in the Pacific Theater and the other is in the Northwest Theater, the two teams are still in the same western region and belong to the same division.After a season, the Lakers and the Trail Blazers will play almost 4 games.

However, the schedule of this season is a bit unexpected, because the interval between the first game and the second game of the two teams is a bit too long.

The first encounter was on December 1 at the end of last year, and the upcoming second encounter has already passed for more than three months, and it is already close to the end of the season.

At the same time, it also means that after tonight's game, in the last month and a half, the Trail Blazers and the Lakers will play two more games.

Before the game, the two teams hadn't officially met, and the Internet was full of swords and swords!
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"Damn boy, why did you mention LeBron and Kevin, but you didn't mention yourself, bastard..."

For tonight's game, Kobe got up early and came to the arena to practice three-pointers, but he kept talking.

Obviously, Kobe has been silently paying attention to the heated discussions in the past two days, but the point of this guy's attention is not that James and Durant didn't get off the court to reply immediately, but that during this scolding battle, no one mentioned his name from the beginning to the end.

This makes the Black Mamba extremely annoyed!
Could it be that he is too old to be mentioned?

In other words, the Lakers, the Zijin Army, can no longer compete with the league's top teams...

en, the Black Mamba seems to have entered a dead end of thinking.

Rather than saying that he was angry because the outside world did not mention him, it would be better to say that he is actually resigned to his old age and the weakness of the Lakers!
The Lakers missed the playoffs last season, which is undoubtedly a major blow to the proud Black Mamba!

Afterwards, Howard left the space city and sprinkled salt on his wounds!

That's why Kobe went crazy this season trying to save face.For this reason, he did not hesitate to completely change his tactical position, completely handing over the ball to Nash, and he became a "pure" catch-and-shoot player.

This season, Kobe's own offensive rounds reached a career low, and at the same time, his assist rate was also the highest in his career.

Facts have proved that Bryant's change is correct.It can be seen from the rising momentum of the Lakers that the door to the playoffs is waving like Kobe and the Lakers led by him.

When Wang Zelin's face appeared in Ke's mind, Kobe's tired body was instantly full of motivation.

Tonight is not only the Blazers' first game in March, but also the Lakers' first game in March.

As one of the few old-school stars in the league, Kobe is full of disdain for young players, thinking that they are not tough enough; at the same time, he is full of expectations for young people, because they are the future of this class and the hope for this league to become better.

With the support of this complex emotion, Wang Zelin, as one of the few young players in the league who can fall into Kobe's eyes, Kobe will be excited every time the two play against each other!

Now, Bryant seems to understand some of Jordan's inner thoughts and feelings when he faced his own challenges.

Paranoiacs like Jordan and Kobe, even though they are in the twilight of their careers, what they are most eager to see is not blind compliments from young players. On the contrary, only when young players show 120% strength and fighting spirit against themselves, will they get their real recognition.

Maybe outsiders can't understand their psychology, but if they can, they are willing to keep being paranoid like this!
After practicing another two sets of three-pointers, Kobe took a shower and went home.

It's almost 11 o'clock when I get home. Today is Sunday. My daughters have already gone out to play together. Vanessa is the only one left who is preparing lunch for Kobe.

"Oh!"

In the kitchen, Vanessa's exclamation came.

I saw Kobe hugging him from behind, and a dispute and contest about the origin of life began...

At the end of the battle, Vanessa clearly felt that Kobe was more vigorous and impulsive today than in the past.

Can't you?
As long as the past is put aside, every game day, no matter how weak the opponent is, Kobe will actively prepare for the game through abstinence.

What's more, tonight's opponent, the Portland Trail Blazers, is one of the best super teams in the league.

As an old couple, Vanessa understands that making Kobe so impulsive can only show that the latter is really nervous.

Vanessa leaned on Kobe's chest and drew irregular circles, and said, "Kobe, is a regular season really that important? Isn't the Lakers already firmly in the playoffs this year?"

"I'm not worried about the game, but I regret that the chances of me playing against Wang are getting less and less."

In fact, there was still a word in Kobe's heart that he didn't say. He regretted that the Wang Zelin who fought against him was not the strongest Wang Zelin.

Wang Zelin, who is only 20 years old, obviously has not reached the peak of his career. On the other hand, he is 36 years old in only half a year. Under the erosion of the years, he has already inevitably gone downhill.

A rising sun is shining brightly; a lonely setting sun is crumbling.

This is where Kobe really regrets.

But Kobe didn't know that Vanessa was looking at him obsessively at this moment.Perhaps, it is precisely because of this paranoid mentality that Vanessa will fall in love with this man.

"boom!"

I saw Vanessa suddenly pushed hard and pushed Kobe down on the sofa. Before the latter asked, Vanessa took the initiative to rekindle the flames of war.

At this moment, Vanessa knew that what she could do was to use her own way to help Kobe face tonight's game in the best condition.

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7:[-] p.m. sharp.

Warm up before the game.

The two teams met at Staples Center.

"Hey, Kobe, it feels good! How about we dunk it together?"

Kobe's hand trembled, and then there was a sound of "clang" in the distance, and his face turned dark again.

"Bastard boy! Just one short, I can break this year's warm-up record of 30 three-pointers in a row..."

Bryant turned his head madly, and saw Wang Zelin, with a familiar look, came to the Lakers' half court with a ball. Not only did he show off Kobe's iconic turn and lean back mid-range, but he also made a few dunks, attracting the attention of the audience.

He took two steps forward to pick up the rebounded basketball and threw it in Wang Zelin's direction.

"what!"

There was a scream, and Kobe felt a little better.

"Old bastard, you are murdering, you are committing a crime...Mr. Referee, you should have seen clearly what happened just now, and quickly arrest that suspect."

"Ha ha……"

After Wang Zelin's strange words spread, everyone burst into laughter immediately.

Such a happy scene made the media on the sidelines almost mistakenly think that they came to a party scene instead of Staples, the famous NBA venue.

(End of this chapter)