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Chapter 396 The Answer Was Cried by Lightning

96年11月1号，NBA联盟96/97赛季常规赛正式拉开了帷幕。

In the first game, Danny Ainge showed his extremely bold coaching style, and even arranged for Kobe to play the main shooting guard.

When he announced the starting lineup in the locker room, all the players were stunned, including Pharaoh and Kobe.

Wilkins is a little anxious, he still wants to win the championship, your coaching staff is messing around, Kobe is just 18 years old, his hair is not fully grown, can he play the main force?You played him badly, who will take the second position in the future?

Lao Wang is the same, he does not support placing Kobe in the main lineup now, Kobe does not have that ability at all.

Kobe, on the other hand, looked eager to try and was very excited, and his gaze towards Danny Ainge was full of heroic sympathy.

But Danny Ainge immediately explained, saying: "Don't think too much, everyone. Anyway, the Lakers are bad. Let's use them to train newcomers."

Only then did everyone understand that it was nothing, as long as the coaching staff didn't mess around.

Wilkins and Lao Wang were also relieved. They were worried that the coaching staff would mess up, and young people like Kobe who hadn't taken root yet could easily grow crooked.

Kidd, who was in the third grade, expressed his disappointment. He is also a young man, why didn't he give him a chance to start?I touched my forehead, could it be because of forehead wrinkles?

"You know, the Lakers will have a new stadium, and the project has already been approved." Old Wang said.

"Old K, how do you know?" Kevin Johnson asked.

"Ceballos told me yesterday," he said.

His own K-era sports center is also under construction. The foundation has been laid and ground construction has begun. The construction period of the hotel will be a little longer, but the main construction of the basketball stadium will only take one year. With the decoration, it will be completed in 18 months. After this season, he will be able to see his basketball stadium when he goes back.

On the evening of the 1st, at [-]:[-] p.m., the Great Western Forum Arena.

Lightning also wanted to see Kobe's ability. Kobe was very hardworking in training and had talent. He was still very optimistic about Kobe, and because of Old K's face, he played a lot of passes to Kobe.

"Whoosh!"

"Whoosh!"

"Swipe!"

After two non-sticks in a row, Kobe shouted at Lightning: "Kevin, I will make the next shot. I have that hunch."

"Stinky boy, it's better to believe in Jesus than to believe in God." Lightning said angrily.

This can't stop Kobe, and as soon as the ball reaches his hands, it seems to go into a black hole, and then there are three strikes.

"Kobe, you are such a little blacksmith! Go down and play as a substitute honestly. Also, practice [-] extra shots at night."

After playing 8 minutes in the first quarter, Kobe made 5 of 0 shots. He was defended by Eddie Jones and couldn't get a point.

"I want to practice five hundred times."

After failing in his first show, Kobe gritted his teeth angrily and went down. When he walked to the sidelines, unwillingly, he turned around and shouted at Lao Wang on the field: "Old K, I will succeed, I know."

The Suns finally won this game, and they can't do it if they don't want to win. Just the Lakers' broken inside lineup, selling Divac, letting Campbell go, and hurting Dream, who else?
Rashid performed well here, scoring 15 points, 7 rebounds, one block, one steal and two assists.

After several years of honing, Robert Horry is now more and more stable. He made 4 of 2 three-pointers and performed well. He scored 13 points and has become a fairly stable scoring point for the main lineup.

Wilkins only played 11 minutes. With someone rotating and training Kobe, he will not be allowed to play more in the regular season. Even if he starts, it is only a pseudo-start.

Chapman played 30 minutes, equivalent to the main shooting guard, 11 of 5 shots, 45% shooting, 3 of 1 three-pointers, plus 3 free throws, scored 14 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

His talent is limited, and he can only be regarded as a role player. This is his normal performance. With his status in the team, he can only have this number of shots, unless the touch is overwhelming.

Lightning played for 27 minutes and went down. The state is not bad. The data of 13 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal is not weaker than the performance of last season. This is good news for the team.

Kidd came off the bench and played 21 minutes. He scored 6 points, 1 rebound, 5 assists and 2 steals. He performed well.

老王自己只打了32分钟就下去了，下去的时候分差到了20分，拿到了30分12篮板4助攻2抢断2盖帽1失误1犯规的数据。

Including him, a total of 5 Suns scored in double figures, which shows that the offensive ability of this lineup is not bad.

After playing the Lakers and returning to the home court, the Suns faced Mosaic, Timberwolves, and Supersonics one after another.

In these three games, the Suns are still constantly adjusting the lineup, and the other four main positions are fixed, which is to adjust the second position.

Chapman made a start once and played 35 minutes, but his efficiency was not enough. His body could not last for such a long time, and his efficiency dropped seriously in the next 10 minutes. Therefore, the coaching staff immediately rejected the idea of ​​handing over the main second position to him and could only let him play as a substitute.

In the end, the coaching staff decided to let Wilkins play the pseudo-starter at the second position. If it is an unimportant game, let Kobe play the first substitute. He will have more playing time and shots. If the opponent is a bit strong, let Chapman play the first position.

For Wilkins, his position is not just a false starter at the second position. Because there is not enough space, there is no way to find a good substitute at the third position, so he must also play the first substitute at the third position. This position averages at least 15 minutes per game, even longer than the time at the second position.

Kobe didn't start again, and he was honed in the bench lineup. Most of the time he played the second position, and occasionally made guest appearances at the first and third positions. He averaged 24 minutes per game.

In terms of shooting, if the first game is not counted, these three games totaled 24 of 10 shots, averaging 8 shots per game, which is not a lot, with a shooting percentage of 41.6%. His performance is in line with the level of a rookie. Compared to his age, he is not disappointing.

Now he really practiced [-] extra shots every night. Originally, he had to practice [-] shots a day, but now it is [-] shots a day.

Now his shot is not stable, in addition to technical reasons, but also because he is not heavy enough under the confrontation, in the future, the tonnage will increase, and the strength training will increase, and the shot will be more stable.

The Suns won all the first four games and achieved the No. [-] record in the Western Conference.

But there are many teams as strong as the Suns. The Jazz also won all four games, and the three first-tier teams in the East, the Bulls, Knicks, and Pacers, also won all four games.

After the first four games of the regular season, there were five teams with all victories. The media shouted that this season will be a situation where the five heroes compete for hegemony.

……

On the 8th, the Suns arrived in Philadelphia, and there will be four away games, and the next away game is the Bulls.

On this day, the Spurs suddenly reported injuries. David Robinson was injured, and he was directly reimbursed for serious injuries.

On the same day, bad news came from the Magic, and Anfernee Hardaway, the newly confirmed core, was seriously injured and reimbursed.

"real or fake?"

Lao Wang expressed doubts. Ever since Dameng was injured, he had lost confidence in the news of the reimbursement for serious injuries.

"The Magic's news should be true. The media reported that Hardaway has been admitted to the hospital. His agent said that he is going to come to Phoenix for surgery, and he will arrive in two days." Lightning said.

"What about the Spurs? David Robinson is two years younger than Dameng, is he really injured and reimbursed?" Old Wang asked.

"Anyway, he is in the hospital, and the reporters can't see him, so we don't know if it's true or not," Lightning said.

"Regardless of them, we are playing against us anyway. There are so many opponents of the same level this season, so we must go all out." Old Wang said.

Lightning nodded, he knew what old K wanted, regular season MVP, championship, they all wanted it. Now that old K was at his peak, it was time to desperately pursue honor. As a brother, he had to support him in order to eat more cans of broiler chicken. This is why he kept training extra during the offseason.

This afternoon, the league officially announced the MVP rankings for the first week.

乔丹高居第一，场均32.5分6篮板4助攻2抢断0.5盖帽2失误2犯规的数据。

王铁军居第二，场均31.5分16.5篮板6助攻1抢断3.4盖帽2失误3.4犯规的数据。

In terms of shooting percentage, Jordan's shooting percentage is 49.5%, and he is 62%.

In terms of offensive efficiency, he is still the first in the league, higher than O'Neal's 61.5%, and Jordan, as an outside line, is even lower.

Defensive efficiency, he is fifth in the league, Jordan is third in the league.

In terms of personal efficiency, he ranks first in the league and Jordan ranks second.

"How is this arranged? Is there a standard?"

In the hotel, Lao Wang was very dissatisfied after seeing the MVP ranking on TV.

Lightning happened to come over and invite him to drink coffee, and said: "It should be because you compared your data from last season and this season, your scoring data has dropped a lot, that must be the reason.

The selection of MVP is to be compared in this way. If your performance has declined compared with last season, there is a high probability that the MVP will not be given to you.

But it's hard to say, statistically speaking, you are better looking than Jordan, and you still have a chance. "

Lao Wang nodded. Since the beginning of this season, he has indeed not played as hard as last season, and he has not taken so many shots.

The K-law effect is one reason, he gets double-teamed more, so he gets more points.

In addition, he must also reduce his shots, and he can no longer shoot as crazy as last season.

In fact, he still wants to compete for the MVP this season. He averaged 40 points per game last season, and it’s not that he has no strength to surpass. Now he has entered the peak period in terms of physical fitness, technology, and game experience.

It's just that he also knows that because of the existence of the K-law, his overall efficiency has declined, so he needs to take more shots, and the statistics of his teammates will drop.

In the regular season last season, he averaged 25 shots per game. Based on the current 62% shooting rate, if he wants to reach 40 points, he needs to average about 27 shots per game.

27 shots, this is a very scary number of shots, with this season's main lineup, this is simply impossible.

Teammates are not puppets, everyone needs data, otherwise his personal value will be greatly reduced, and his identity will also be reduced. He can't take the shots of his teammates for himself. After a long time, there will be infighting, the team will split, and the record will decline seriously, let alone compete for the championship.

The reason why he took so many shots last season was because Daben didn't do much offense. He took up shots at the fourth position. This season is definitely not enough. This season, his shots remained at around 20 to 21 times.

What should I do if I can't make a shot and want to compete for the MVP?
No way, you can't have your cake and eat it too.

In the case of a strong lineup, he still wants to play that kind of super-explosive data, unless he ignores the ideas and interests of his teammates as a brush, unless he ignores the interests of the team, but he can't do that.

……

9th, game day.

"Old K."

"Ah."

In the player channel, Pharaoh saw Iverson again.

"Old K, you can call me Answer, this is my nickname." Iverson said excitedly.

"Rookie is the common nickname for you little guys. Now you don't even deserve your name, let alone a nickname." Old Wang said.

"Pfft!"

Unbearable laughter sounded from behind, it was Horry and Wilkins.

Iverson's face collapsed, old K, I'm going to tease you today.

After 1 minute, the two teams played successively.

"I will definitely surpass him in the future."

When Kobe saw Iverson, a competitive light flashed in his eyes.

His first show was not successful, he only scored two points, but Iverson, the No. 19 pick, had an extraordinary debut. Against the Bucks, he made 12 of 63.2 shots and a 4% shooting rate.

Comparing the two, he was ignored by the media, while the other was highly praised by the media, which made his mentality a little problematic.

He glanced at Old Wang, this cheap master didn't want to admit it anymore, and he didn't buy him a little time, he kept suppressing him and earning his hard-earned money.

Iverson also saw Kobe. During the draft, the cowhide blew a lot, and now he is just a substitute.

And he has been the unshakable main force since the first game, and the number of shots reached 19 in the first game, and the team did not limit his shots at all.

Now he really understands what David Frank said. If he was in the Suns, he might be like Kobe, sitting on the bench, at most ten minutes a game, and only a few shots. When will he grow up?
"Kevin, have fun with that kid Iverson." Before going on stage, Old Wang said with a smile.

"Leave it to me." Lightning also nodded with a smile.

At the start of the game, two power forwards, Rasheed Wallace and Derek Coleman, jumped the ball, and the Philadelphia team attacked.

Iverson took the ball and faced the Lightning. He made a fake shot and made a real jump, but was predicted by the Lightning.

"Snapped!"

Lightning intercepted the ball, played a fast break, and Iverson, who was chasing and defending, succeeded in a layup and hit a goal.

"Rookie, welcome to the NBA." Lightning said with a smile.

"Kevin, I'm afraid he won't be able to get to the basket, you can tell me later." Old Wang shouted from the backcourt.

"Okay." Lightning laughed.

Iverson was so angry that his eyes were burning, and he rushed forward after receiving the ball, wanting to play a fast break.

Lightning is chasing next to him. He is taller and has an advantage of at least ten kilograms in tonnage. Although he is old now and does not have the lightning speed of his youth, he can use the tonnage advantage to squeeze Iverson to slow him down.

The effect is obvious. Iverson only rushed a few steps, but his speed was slowed down, and the ball was almost out of control. After finally advancing to the frontcourt, the Suns were already in position, and the fast break was not played.

"Rookie, look behind me, Rasheed Wallace, old K, are waiting to block you, you can vote here." Lightning spouted trash talk.

Iverson glanced inside, and this was really the case. He didn't believe in evil, gritted his teeth, bang bang bang, after continuous crotch dribbles, he suddenly started the first step, changed direction, and broke through from the right.

The Lightning was too experienced, took a quick step back, stuck to Iverson's left side, and then pushed him outside, keeping him from getting close to the paint and away from the basket.

Iverson couldn't move after taking two steps, and he would lose the ball if he made another breakthrough, so he had to force a jumper.

"boom!"

Pharaoh protected the rebound.

Lightning slowly advanced to the frontcourt. Seeing Iverson defending, he waved one hand and made a gesture of pulling away.

At the top of the arc, Iverson suddenly went up and made a gambling steal.

He wants to let Lightning know that even though he is a rookie, he is not easy to bully. Today he wants to kill Lightning.

"boom!"

But just after he made the grab, Lightning suddenly turned around and dribbled the ball, directly overtaking him, killing the top of the arc, and through the center Scott Williams who returned to the basket, he made an emergency stop throw two steps away and hit a goal.

"Rookie, welcome to the NBA. By the way, this is what the old K said." Lightning turned back and smiled at Iverson.

Iverson clenched his fists tightly, these veterans are too bullying!
"Come again! Iverson, don't be discouraged." With a loud shout, Lao Wang encouraged Iverson.

"I won't let you down." Clenching his fists, Iverson nodded.

"Where the hell are you from?" Bryant muttered from the bench.

Iverson monopolized the ball and attacked again with the ball.

This time Lightning still slowed down through rich experience. When Iverson broke into the three-point line two steps, Rasheed Wallace's help defense arrived, and under the two-pointer, he was forced to make a strong shot and was capped by Rasheed Wallace.

"I just said he can't attack me." Lao Wang laughed and shouted loudly: "Iverson, don't be discouraged, come again!"

"Our boss has betrayed!" On the bench, Kobe murmured.

Looking back, Lightning hit another one, pressing the rookie to hit a mid-range shot, and Iverson couldn't defend it at all.

The one who explained the game was the newcomer Magic Johnson among the ABC commentators. At this time, he laughed and said: "I think Iverson may not know Lightning. This is a super point guard who was qualified to compete with me in his peak period. He is an attacking point guard. To be honest, he is better than me in terms of scoring ability. With his state tonight, Iverson is likely to be beaten to cry tonight."

As he said, in this game, Iverson was blasted to pieces by lightning.

闪电全场打了42分钟，22投13中，命中率高达59.1%，很少出手的三分球居然2投2中，加上8罚8中，轰下了全队最高的36分3篮板8助攻2抢断2失误4犯规的数据。

对位的艾弗森被打击到了，只打了30分钟就下场了，15投仅3中，命中率只有20%，三分球5投1中，2罚1中，只拿到8分2篮板6助攻1抢断4失误5犯规的数据。

After hitting the back, Iverson was completely crushed by lightning. He couldn't score offensively, couldn't defend defensively, and both offensive and defensive ends were blown up.

In order to protect Iverson, head coach Davis replaced him early. He sat on the bench, covered his face with a towel, and tears really flowed from his eyes.

Magic Johnson laughed and said, "This is how a veteran welcomes a rookie. Old K was lazy today. Lightning faced up to the No. [-] pick and gave him the opportunity to perform. Lightning carried the banner of the Suns' offense. As a result, Iverson was injured. This kid is so pitiful!"

Seeing what happened to Iverson, Kobe was a little lucky. He hadn't experienced such a welcome ceremony. Playing on the bench can avoid this problem. Generally, the opposing team's bench players don't have the strength of Lightning.

He was also a little disdainful, so what if he was a little blacksmith in Phoenix and made 15 of 3 shots?Keep throwing, throwing and throwing, maybe it will be thrown in, what's the end?
At the end of the game, Lightning became the best player in the game and accepted an on-site interview.

"Kevin, did you specially welcome Iverson after playing for such a long time today?" the reporter asked.

"Oh, it's just that the form is very good today. I was a little too excited to meet the newcomers, so I played a little longer, and I didn't specifically target Iverson." Lightning laughed.

"Isn't this on purpose?"

The reporter slandered in his heart, and then asked: "Kevin, what do you think of Iverson?"

"The talent is unparalleled, but now he is still very good." Lightning said with a smile.

……

(End of this chapter)