the rest, only noise

Chapter 1362 You Must Come

1997/6/16

Game [-] of the NBA Finals.

After the Celtics fell behind 3-0, the suspense of this series disappeared.

Even the Celtics fans just hope that they can end the season decently, at least, win one game, right?

If it is swept away, it will really correspond to what "Sports Illustrated" said, "The nightmare started by Leader Lu, and now it will end with Leader Lu."

The nightmare mentioned by the pictorial refers to the Lakers who were quite popular at the time when Louis led his team to sweep the Finals in 1984 and were considered to be able to compete with the Celtics.

Since that year, the dynasty atmosphere established by the Lakers in the early 80s by winning two championships was completely cut off.

What awaits them is year after year of defeat, and even if Boston falls, there are New Yorkers, and even if New Yorkers are still dominant, Portlanders in the same division rise.

The Lakers went from the biggest loser to the biggest supporting role, year after year.

Now, this nightmare is coming to an end.

For tonight's game, Louie picked out a dark blue suit and bright red tie.

This is the one he used to wear when he was coaching the Dream Team—of course, the clothes are not the original clothes, because the original size is no longer suitable—and at the same time, this is Lorraine's favorite one.

Zhao Yuanzheng came to report the situation.

Dejan Bodiloga and his agent, Lorenzo Sanz, have arrived in Boston and accepted a free ticket.

"Have you revealed your identity?"

Louis worried that Bodi Loga would not be able to accept it after knowing the truth.

Zhao Yuanzheng smiled and said: "No, I entrusted a friend. In De Yang's eyes, he is the one who scolded him for several months on the 'serious basketball' forum."

Zhao Yuanzheng is doing business, and Louis is still at ease.

This guy is good at everything except coaching.

"When will Jerry and the others arrive?"

The Lakers may win tonight, and, considering the opponent is the Celtics, this is a sacred moment in team history.

Even if you beat a normal opponent to win the championship, the boss and key members of the management team must be present.

The significance of defeating the Celtics is unusual.

It was Jerry West's nightmare and the team Jerry Buss hated the most.

So, even if they climb, they will climb to Boston.

"They'll come on Dr. Bath's private jet."

Then, Louis had nothing else to ask.

In the afternoon, the Lakers had the most relaxed training session of the season.

With games tonight, Louis didn't want to take extra risks.

As soon as practice was over, Kobe challenged Benj with the ball.

"Come 1 on 1!"

This has become Kobe's daily task.

"I play every day, and I haven't seen you win."

People are getting tired of the "Benj Hammer High School Boy" drama.

"Today's training volume is not enough, I'm helping Benjamin find his status!" Kobe said mutteringly.

Just as Barkley was about to say a few more words, Dumars interrupted him: "Come on, at least it's fun to play one-on-one. If the high school boy is like Jiang Duo, how boring would it be?"

What happened to Liu Yuqing?
It didn't matter. In other words, he very much agreed with what Kobe said that today's training volume was insufficient, so after the training session ended, he asked the trainer to choose the opposite field to continue training.

Extra training is not uncommon for Liu Yuqing. He does this every day. Regardless of whether the Lakers' training is intense enough, he will stay for an additional 40-60 minutes of catch-and-shoot training.

Even on game day, if he doesn't play much time, he will stay in the arena to practice shooting.

His introversion naturally aroused the dissatisfaction of many veterans. At first, everyone thought he was trying to please the coaching staff, but when he did this every day, even if they didn't like it, they could only stay away from him.

"That's right, it's better to single out!"

Barkley felt that Dumas was right and nodded repeatedly.

Wilson accepted Kobe's challenge, and the two made super long shots to determine who would kick off first.

In the end, Bryant, who was more proficient at this, won the tee shot.

"Ha, is it just for this to practice hundreds of ultra-long three-pointers every day?" Da Ben revealed Kobe's background on the spot.

Kobe had nothing to say about this "traitor", and he wanted to tear Benj's defense with a sharp change of direction as soon as he came up.

His confidence was built in Game [-] of the Finals.

Wilson didn't go all out, Kobe broke through the defense and scored a layup.

"You're doomed!"

Kobe was spitting out loud trash talk.

Wilson's interest was slowly aroused, and he said, "Come again."

Then, Kobe made another unreasonable but very "scientific" emergency stop and fadeaway shot.

"2 to 0!"

Kobe exclaimed excitedly.

Ellis didn't believe Wilson would lose to Kobe.

"Benj, don't put any more water!"

Wilson was helpless when he heard it, and he could say that he let the water go in the first ball, but he put his hand on Kobe's face in the second ball, and he could score.

On the third ball, Wilson began to increase his strength.

This is also the biggest obstacle for Kobe to challenge Benj.

No matter how good his touch is, as long as Benj puts on his strength, his shooting percentage will inevitably decline.

Bryant began to tear the defense constantly by dribbling.

In a bullfight, some physical contact that would be called a foul in the ring will be ignored.

Participants have the right to call fouls, but in the United States, very few people call fouls.

Because no one wants to be treated like a pussy.

The other party's actions are too ruthless?Then you should be more ruthless than him.

Kobe couldn't withstand Benj's confrontation, and instead made mistakes while dribbling repeatedly, he was cut off on the spot.

"You worry too much. If you follow the pure street rules, you have violated the rules."

Wilson was referring to Bryant's dribbles.

"That depends on the scale of the game, you have already left the field with six fouls!"

Regardless of winning or losing, you can't lose with a mouthful.

"This kid is too arrogant, Benj, teach him a lesson!"

Benj's offense is very simple, the test shot knocks Kobe away, goes to the basket and dunks.

Take a strong step to the right, dribble twice and directly collect the ball, withdraw and make an emergency stop.

After a tentative step, he made a three-pointer.

After shaking, dribble to the free throw line to collect the ball, turn around and step back to shoot.

Because Wilson's shooting threat was too high, Kobe could no longer make a correct judgment on the defensive end, and he got up in a flash and flew at a point.

Since Benj got the ball, he hasn't missed a single shot.

Kobe was directly scored 11 points by Benj.

On the offensive end, Kobe can still say that Benj used his body to bully him, but when he defended, although the opponent also used his body to push him away to complete the turn, but more often, he used rhythm and three threats in a variety of ways, combined with the unique "Benj Step" to smash his defense.

"Are you still coming?"

Wilson wanted to play one-on-one for a while today, but Kobe shook his head and refused.

"Hey, are you recognizing the gap?" Barkley asked jokingly.

"That's right, until I learn 'Benj Step', it doesn't make sense to keep playing." Kobe's way of solving problems is always surprising.

Wilson said enthusiastically, "I can teach you."

"No, I can learn it by watching the video." Kobe said with his eyes high above his head, "Also, copying your moves won't make me improve at all. I just want to learn from your skills, and then I can make my own way. One day, I will have my own 'Benj Step', no, at that time, people will call him 'Superstar Step'!"

Should he be called arrogant, or should he be praised for his ambition?
Wilson asked with interest: "Well, how long will it take you to do it?"

"One summer is enough!" Kobe said confidently, "When the preseason training camp starts next season, I will use my 'Superstar Step' to beat you!"

When Kobe said that he would have his own "Benj Step" one day, everyone thought he was talking about many years later. As a result, this kid will practice next season?

"Then go to practice." Wilson said, grabbing the ball and looking at the others, "Is there anyone else who wants to fight one-on-one?"

You can tell that Benj is in high spirits today, but that's normal considering how important tonight's game is to him.

However, apart from Kobe, who would dare to challenge him?
"Chuck, do you want to try?"

Someone wants to watch Benj butcher a pig.

Barkley glared at Dumars who proposed this bad idea: "I wholeheartedly support Benj's old 1.5, how can I beat him?"

Afterwards, Kevin Garnett stood up, "Ben, let dude try it!"

Well, I just beat a high school student away, and now another one comes.

Surprisingly, the gap between Garnett and Wilson is smaller than expected.

After 11 balls, the score was 11 to 7. Garnett seemed to be far more competitive than Kobe.

"Not bad, Jasmine."

Wilson boasted lightly, but was shocked in his heart.

Garnett is seven feet tall, but his ability to hold the ball is enough to attack from beyond the three-point line, and the shooting height from the emergency stop is beyond human reach. Once he perfects his arsenal, maybe the nickname "Mr. Fuji" will no longer be a joke.

"Sure enough, it's not your opponent!"

Garnett is better than Kobe in that he is not stubborn when he loses.

Wilson looked at the others, "Is there anything else to fight?"

"I can try."

Everyone looked, good guy, do young people want to rebel today?Nash also joined in the fun.

As a result, no surprise, Nash's head was shaved, and it can be said that he was powerless to resist.

In the evening, Louis met Old Bath, West and others at the hotel.

Old Bass wanted to cheer Louis up with a wisecrack.

Louis said bluntly: "Are you ready for the championship speech?"

"It's been ready for a long time!" Old Bath said through gritted teeth, "I was ready 15 years ago!"

Louis looked at the LOGO man, "What about you, Jerry?"

West said pragmatically: "Just win the championship."

Watching his expression, Louie believed that Jerry West was the only Lakers supporter on earth who worried about being chased by the Celtics.

No one has been more traumatized by this than he has been.

"Will you be there to watch the game?" Louie asked.

West said seriously: "No."

Louis said: "The probability of us winning the championship tonight is more than 95%. Don't you want to witness that moment with your own eyes? I mean, don't you want to witness the Celtics lose the championship at home?"

"I think but"

"Then come and watch the game live." Louis said without hesitation, "You must come."

(End of this chapter)