Healing Basketball

Chapter 427 427. Who will they choose? (5000 words)
Kobe was struck by lightning!

Halfway through his serve, he grabbed the ball with one hand and made the motion of pushing the ball out when serving, and then he stopped... The ball fell out of his grip.

If the ball hadn't been dropped, Kobe really wanted to hit Odom with a very serious expression!
Knowing that Odom's brain is not good, more than half a season has passed, and Kobe has already understood this.

But this time it was too irritating!

Fortunately, when the whistle blew, Frank Hamblen suddenly realized that there was a 9-point difference and called a timeout. Odom, who found out that the boss had betrayed this secret, avoided the fate of being silenced.

Kobe took a deep breath: The world is so beautiful, but I am so irritable, this is not good... this is not good...

After adjusting his emotions and returning to the bench, Kobe's sense of gap came again.

The interim coach Frank Hamblen, Kobe thinks this old coach is capable. After all, he has been an assistant coach for nearly 30 years, and he has done a good job in normal lineup rotation, tactical adjustments, and pre-match preparations.

But this on-the-spot adaptability... This timeout was called just because the point difference reached 9 points and it should have been called a timeout?
What kind of trick is it to replace Wang Zhizhi with Brian Grant, who averages 3 points and 3 rebounds per game?

Is it time for a replacement?

After finally adjusting his emotions, Kobe began to get irritable again...

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After the timeout, the Trail Blazers replaced Payton, Liu Xiu, outlaws, Raheem, and Kwame Brown.

Liu Xiu looked at these four teammates, defending against Kobe, shouldn't it be a problem?
It's a bit of a surprise, the outlaw fanatic will improve for another two years, and with his physical condition, he is the type that can restrain Kobe... In fact, anyone can come to the peak, but Kobe is 26, and the outlaw fanatic is only 20, wait six or seven In [-], you can watch outsiders beat Kobe on the defensive end.

That picture is beautiful when you think about it.

Back on the court, when Liu Xiu saw Odom and Brian Grant on the opposite side of the twin towers, it was his turn to be confused.

What is this!

For the Lakers nearly half a quarter, apart from Kobe and Odom scoring, only Wang Zhizhi scored a three-pointer, called a timeout, and replaced Wang Zhizhi?
"Brian Grant, 33 years old, 206 cm, 115 kg, C/PF, ability rating 63, offense-, defense 67... averaged 3.6 points and 3.3 rebounds per game..."

Athletic ability and physical strength have plummeted compared to last season. It is not surprising that a role player is in his 30s.

But Brian Grant's salary this year is 1323 million dollars, and the next two years will be 1434 million dollars and 1485 million dollars respectively. Such a contract is very hurt for any team.

In the summer 5 years ago, the Heat poached Brian Grant with a 7-year huge contract with a starting salary of a maximum salary but not a full increase. At that time, most people thought it was a rubbish contract because Duncan and The starting salary of McGrady is also at this price, but the increase of the two is the full increase of the bird rights. This year, the salaries of Duncan and McGrady are both more than 1400 million US dollars.

I heard that when the Heat were poaching Brian Grant, the fortune teller was afraid that the contract he gave was too small and the rich and powerful Trail Blazers would match him directly, so he directly gave the maximum salary as a starting salary...

Such a rubbish contract with three years left, the magic operator can dump it to the Lakers under the condition of getting O'Neal, it is really awesome!
Cursing, Liu Xiu noticed that Kobe's face on the field was stinky, and he immediately concentrated his attention.

The referee blows the whistle to continue the game, the Lakers attack and serve from the center line.

Terry Brown received the serve and passed it to Kobe. Kobe faced Payton's defense and used his sense of rhythm to break through. After getting the gap, he exploded and accelerated!
Kobe rushed to the middle distance, faced the outlaws to defend against interference, made an emergency stop and made a mid-range shot!

The Marlon version of Kobe, apart from being prone to injuries, really has no flaws, not even physical flaws, and still averages more than 40 minutes per game.

Kobe has trained his body like this, but it is still the previous technical style of play. Naturally, he is easy to get injured, but he is really strong!
Facing Kobe, who is confident that he will not be blocked and ignores the interference, this wave of supplementary defense has become ineffective supplementary defense.

11 to 18, the point difference narrowed to 7 points.

After the offensive and defensive transition, Liu Xiu advanced to the frontcourt, but Odom did not come out to attack in advance.

It's a pity, I really want to see Kobe's expression as if the world is collapsing...

But you can still ask Odom to come out to sharpen Kobe's eyes, and Liu Xiu will continue to find Kwame Brown to play the pick-and-roll!
Compared with the left-handed magician who came back from a timeout and frowned with firm eyes last time, Odom's expression now seems to be much simpler.

Liu Xiu used Kwame Brown to block Kobe, Odom expanded to defend, and Kobe also chose to go up the line, double insurance to defend Liu Xiu, who had already scored 10 points in half a quarter, from shooting.

Liu Xiu chose to break through, passing Odom, who was pressing up to defend, and Kobe, who was on the line, chased from behind.

Odom came up with a tempting idea-block Kobe, get revenge on the boss before blocking him.

But Odom held back, and he chose to follow Kwame Brown who split and cut.

Kobe desperately pursued and defended Liu Xiu, he really caught him!
Liu Xiu had a 1-second speed + 3 bonus after the pick-and-roll, but he didn't get rid of Kobe!
Liu Xiu rushed all the way to close range, seeing Kobe chasing behind him and Bryan Grant under the basket. He was about to stop the ball and pull it out or find someone to respond, when Bryant extended out!
Liu Xiu shot the ball in surprise, and Rahim under the basket caught the ball and made a layup!
Brian Grant, who was in an avalanche, always made some weird defensive choices. This time Liu Xiu felt that he had failed in the attack. As a result, Brian Grant took the initiative to give him a scoring point.

When Liu Xiu and Raheem retreated with high fives, Odom stood on the left with a smirk on Kobe's left, Bryan Grant stood on the right with confidence, and Kobe shouted, "All the dragons and phoenixes are in my urn". picture.

But unfortunately, Liu Xiu only saw Kobe's stinky expression.

Without Odom's operation and Bryan Grant's defense, Kobe would really go berserk.

But now... what a big deal!His boss is a traitor.

When it came time for the Lakers to attack, Kobe's defense this time became an outlaw lunatic!

After discovering that the extra-legal lunatic's supplementary defense is equivalent to an ineffective defense against Kobe, Payton directed his teammates to switch defenses. Liu Xiu went to defend Butler, the outlaw lunatic defended Kobe, and Payton defended Terry Brown.

There is an advantage in playing against an opponent later.

The extrajudicial lunatics rely on their outstanding performance against Iverson, McGrady, Carter and others. Kobe will naturally notice this talented defensive player who is also a high school student.

Dealing with outlaw lunatics is very simple, the Great God has an advantage that the other three shooting guards do not have - stronger than outlaw lunatics who can play power forwards!
When playing against the Raptors before, the GIF picture of Kobe sitting in the low post and forcing Bosh to catch the ball and turn to put it to the basket once became popular all over the Internet.

Facing the outside single defense of the outlaw lunatics, Kobe made a direct breakthrough!
Butler contained Liu Xiu, and Payton couldn't stop it with a supplementary defense, so Raheem on the inside had to supplement the defense.

Kobe chose to pass the ball in one-on-three this time, and it was Odom who responded.

Odom received the ball from mid-range, Kwame Brown expanded to defend, Odom used a guard-like dexterous behind-the-back dribble to break through the space, Kwame-Brown was also good at defending the perimeter, and went up in time, but Odo Mu is not an ordinary perimeter, he is a center body, Kwame - Brown's confrontation did not play much role, Odom successfully broke into the basket.

Liu Xiu, who followed Butler to the middle distance on the right baseline, shrank in and rushed in. Odom scored the ball... Butler retreated to the bottom corner, caught the ball and made a three-pointer!
14 to 20, the Lakers bit the score!
The facial expressions are cool, naive, and silly, representing Odom's three states of focus, normal, and distracted.

A few minutes ago, Odom's focused state came and went suddenly and quickly, but the current state is not bad, ordinary, at least he has not continued the genius operation, and it is no problem to assume the role of the first contact point next to Kobe.

With Odom's assistance, Butler scoring from outside, Bryan Grant is an inside man no matter how degraded he is, and has a natural ability to restrain the basket...With these basic conditions, Kobe carried the Lakers who were about to collapse at the beginning Team, have a hard time with the Trail Blazers!

到了首节打完的时候，靠着科比的9分2板3助攻1抢断，湖人队没让开拓者队继续拉开分差，以25比32落后开拓者队7分进入节间休息！
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Liu Xiu didn't score a few minutes later in the first quarter. The Lakers defended very tightly, but he also made good use of the Lakers' strict defense. While scoring 10 points in a single quarter, he also got 3 rebounds and 4 assists and 1 steal.

Entering the intermission, Kobe saw that Liu Xiu's three main statistics happened to overwhelm him, and he was very angry.

Now he has no control over his anger at all, he needs anger, anger makes him stronger!
For the Trail Blazers, they tried to further widen the point difference in the first quarter to establish a greater advantage, but they failed, but they also got a clearer understanding of the current strength of the Lakers.

Kobe's state tonight is not so hot that he can beat the Mavericks by himself, and their coach is still lagging behind. After May Brown pulled out the outside line and Kobe Bryant broke into the inside line, he didn't have to face Kwame Brown and made two shots himself. The Trail Blazers' lead might not be able to hold.

Kobe's strength is really nothing to say!As long as there is no injury, he is basically the strongest outside the league today.

If Tomjanovich is still coaching, the Trail Blazers may capsize in the gutter tonight!

However, the coach's ability is definitely a part of the team's strength, and it is still a very important part. The current Lakers have lost that ability.

Having understood the situation of the Lakers, Maurice Cheeks has made a decision-and Kobe Bryant, who is carrying the Lakers forward!

Playing steadily is a good strategy, but what if Kobe goes berserk?

Therefore, Maurice Cheeks boldly dispatched the combination of Little Flying Squirrel, Liu Xiu, Outlaws, Randolph, and McDyess, ready to be unstoppable.

It turns out that sometimes bold decisions are right!
In the second quarter, Kobe really went berserk!
Fortunately, the Trail Blazers sent Little Flying Squirrel, and with Liu Xiu's defensive restraint, Little Flying Squirrel scored consecutively from the outside and faced Kobe!

Both Liu Xiu and Little Flying Squirrel have a clear gap in strength compared to Kobe.

Kobe can stand up alone, but Liu Xiu and Xiao Feishu need to cooperate with their teammates.

But the two just have teammates to cooperate with!And a lot!

At 11 minutes and 41 seconds into the second quarter, Kobe turned around in singles and hit a long two-pointer against the back of the supplementary defense, raising his personal single-quarter score to 15 points, chasing the score to 53-60, and clinging to the score .

Kobe's goal now is to bite the score and hit the key ball until the end.

But then, Raheem's sideline catch made a three-pointer, and the Trail Blazers extended the lead to 10 points!
In the last attack, Odom caught the ball and made three points in the backcourt.

The halftime whistle sounded, 63 to 53, the Trail Blazers led by 10 points and entered the intermission!
Maurice Cheeks' bold rotation allowed the Trail Blazers to avoid being pierced by Kobe!

This is a lesson learned from the Mavericks side.

This season, the Lakers and the Mavericks have played against each other three times. The Lakers have 3 wins and 2 loss.

The only game that the Mavericks won was Nelson's 8-player rotation, and 8 of the last 7 players scored in double figures.

不过，能在科比7投4中（含三分球3中2）、外加6中5的罚球、单节狂飙15分1板3助攻1盖帽的表现下取得领先优势，还得靠湖人队主帅死板的轮换。

And this is why Kobe, who scored 24 points and 6 assists in the half, is now so angry.

He scored 15 points and 3 assists in a single quarter!
Their team scored only 28 points in a single quarter!
The more Kobe thought about it, the more angry he became, because of the effect of Liu Xiu's 'Reverse Conqueror', he was much more sensitive tonight than usual.

For other opponents, even if the situation is the same, he will have a lot less negative thoughts.

The head coach changed from Tomjanovich to Frank Hamblen, and Kobe, who was extremely sensitive tonight, felt an unprecedented sense of gap!

He really felt that it was better for him to vote alone!
Might as well come by himself!
Maybe he shoots alone and scores more points than the opponent!
After passing through the player tunnel, he was about to enter the locker room. He stopped, took a deep breath, and said silently: I am the boss, I must calm down, and I want to lead the team forward. Help me out...

Underpinning?

A figure of a fat man appeared in Kobe's mind.

How could you think of him?

Kobe, who had just tried to calm down his emotions, became excited again. When he saw the fire extinguisher hanging on the wall, it was red and red, as if it was the face of the fat man in the red jersey. He punched it.

"what……"

The Lakers coaches and players in the locker room of the visiting team heard a scream...

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In the locker room of the home team, although the Trail Blazers players lead by 10 points, they dare not be careless.

In the second quarter, Kobe went berserk, and the point difference was once chased to only 3 points. Thanks to Flying Mouse's 9 points in a single quarter and Raheem's 5 points in a single quarter, they supported the situation.

Liu Xiu's performance of 6 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist in a single quarter is not bad. It is basically his average performance in a single quarter without breaking out, which is quite good.

The first game in the second half of the season must be won. If you are behind at the beginning and fail to comeback in the end, then there is nothing you can do if you don’t accept it.

But tonight they played such a big advantage at the beginning, if they were overthrown by the opponent alone, where would they save their face?
24 points and 6 assists in the half, thanks to the fact that the opposite head coach had a poor response on the spot, the rotation was rigid, and Atkins was overwhelmed by the warden...

The Trail Blazers players concentrated on preparing for the second half. After the coaching staff arranged the lineup and adjusted the tactics, the players spontaneously got together to discuss how to deal with Kobe.

Suddenly, the door of the locker room was pushed open with a 'bang', and a staff member rushed in.

The coach yelled at the staff member: "Damn, what are you doing?"

It's not a question of status. Anyone who is interrupted during a meeting by someone other than the participants will be angry.

The staff quickly said: "Bryant was injured and went to the hospital!"

watt?

The Trail Blazers coaching staff and players collectively face question marks, what's going on?

The staff continued: "It seems to be Bryant's boxing fire extinguisher, with a broken palm!"

Everyone present: ? ? ?
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With Kobe and Tomjanovich, the strength displayed by the Lakers is at the level of 50 wins; with Kobe and without Tomjanovich, the strength displayed by the Lakers is about 40 wins, plus Kobe's words If they don't agree, they will go berserk, which can barely be regarded as a playoff-level team; but without Kobe...

The strength displayed by the Lakers is estimated to be a little better than the Eagles, Hornets, and Bobcats, which are the three worst first-tier teams, and it is not compared with the second-tier teams such as the Jazz and Magic. strength advantage.

Without Kobe, the Lakers' best player is Lamar Odom.

Odom has a very high upper limit, but his average performance in a season will not be much better than the current Hill, and it is worse than Kirilenko who leads the team alone.

Odom's upper limit of strength is very high, even more terrifying than his lower limit...

Kobe was suddenly injured and left the arena. The adjustments made by the Trail Blazers during the halftime break became useless.

结果湖人队表现雪崩，内线支柱奥多姆单节0分2板1助攻3失误，与上半场9分6板3助攻2盖帽的表现相比，令人大跌眼镜！

A player on the other side is injured and is still a star player. The Trail Blazers players will not sympathize with the opponent because of this. Winning is the key.

In the first half, the Lakers, which relied on Kobe's 24 points and 6 assists in the half, played back and forth with the Trail Blazers, collapsed in the third quarter.

The Trail Blazers scored 25 to 11 in a single quarter!After three quarters, the Trail Blazers led the Lakers 88 to 64, sending the game into garbage time!
第三节刘秀打了半节，拿到5分1助攻，三节打了26分钟，拿到21分6板5助攻1抢断1盖帽。

Liu Xiu did not play again in the final quarter, Derek Anderson, Fred Jones, Delfino, Outlaws, Varejao made their first appearances to play in the final quarter, and Little Flying Squirrel and McDyess played for a few minutes in the middle, the top five starters There is no further play in the final quarter.

Even so, the Lakers were only on par with the Trail Blazers in the final quarter.

最终，靠着刘秀三节20+5+5、拉希姆拿到全队最高的22分、小飞鼠的18分6助攻……开拓者队以114比90轻松击败湖人队，拿下赛季后半程首战的胜利！

Liu Xiu was very happy after winning the game, but it was also a pity that Kobe had already gone berserk. Liu Xiu played very well in the first half and was looking forward to the second half to compete with Kobe, but Kobe hit the fire extinguisher and broke his hand!It made Liu Xiu unable to fight against the berserk volute... Wait, fracture?

After a hundred days of injury, Kobe will be reimbursed for this season?
Look at the performance of the Lakers in the second half. Without Kobe...the biggest resistance to the Lakers' poor performance is gone!
Liu Xiu asked Randolph next to him, "Butcher, do you think the Lakers will choose Bogut or Marvin Williams when they get the No. [-] pick?"

"..."

Randolph looked at Liu Xiu speechlessly... The butcher really understood the warden's brain circuit this time!
But in Randolph's view, even without Kobe, the Lakers wouldn't be competing for the No. [-] pick, right?
(End of this chapter)