Starting from the last bus in the NBA

Chapter 113 Being Targeted by a Poisonous Snake
The 12 Huaxia fans' votes are not surprising, but what really surprised Wang Hao is, where did those 25 votes come from?
Chinese Americans in the United States will vote for him, and perhaps some Asian fans will also vote for him.

However, the numbers are still not enough.

Until he saw the poster outside the arena, it was the poster of the Sonics ticket for him and Gary Payton.

Not only the Supersonics, but also the endorsement brand that cooperated with Wang Hao, actually called on fans to vote for him.

As the best performing rookie this year, he naturally has many fans, American basketball fans.

You know, in the original time and space, Francis could get more than 20 votes, and Brand also got more than 10 votes.

So Wang Hao, who is performing better now, should have fans voting for him.

Anyway, fans in Seattle, even in Washington state, are willing to vote for Wang Hao.

In other words, out of support for the local team, they don't mind adding Wang Hao's name when voting.

Wang Hao may become another player who entered the All-Star starter in his rookie season after Duncan.

In this regard, many NBA players have pantothenic acid.

However, they can only be pantothenic acid. As for the objection, what objection do they have?
截止目前为止，王昊场均能够得到21.5分6.8篮板3.1助攻，还有1.3盖帽1.8抢断。

On both ends of the offense and defense, he has shown extremely strong strength. If you want to oppose it, you will take the lead to oppose it?
As the players who appeared in the All-Star starters as rookies before, Grant Hill and Tim Duncan.

Hill's performance in his rookie season was only 19.9 points, 6.4 rebounds and 4.1 assists.

As for Duncan, with 21.1 points, 11.9 rebounds and 2.5 blocks, the performance of these two is not necessarily much better than Wang Hao.

As for the team's record, the league's second record is obviously better than the two.

Therefore, most NBA players just think about it, but no one jumped out to object.

Wang Hao was very helpless, and had no chance to pretend to be slapped in the face.

As for the media, there are some voices of doubt, but the voices are not loud.

Because the NBA is happy to see this, or David Stern is happy to see it.

Not to mention that the NBA has a very positive attitude towards developing the overseas basketball market.

Compared with the unchanging All-Star voting before, there are more changes now. Isn't this a hot spot?

Coupled with Wang Hao's performance, he does have the ability to enter the All-Star, so naturally there is no need to talk nonsense.

----

Of course, these are things for later, what Wang Hao needs to consider now is how to face the Lakers.

There is also Kobe who has a resentful face and makes it clear that he wants to target Wang Hao. This is not easy to deal with.

At the start of the game, Kobe dribbled the ball directly across half court when the Lakers had the ball, and he didn't give the ball to O'Neal, but planned to do it himself.

O'Neal saw it, and didn't force the ball, but planned to let Kobe play it first.

He can also understand Kobe's mentality. After all, the All-Star starter may be gone, and no one is happy.

You know, later Yao Ming snatched O'Neal's starting position, and this guy was very angry.

"Hey man, come on, let me see what you're up to."

Gary Payton couldn't stop his mouth at all, and sprayed at Kobe, but it was a pity that Kobe was not moved at all.

I didn't choose to cover, so I just forced my way.

Although not as explosive as Grant Hill and Tracy McGrady, Kobe's speed is not slow either.

Gary Payton was barely able to keep up, trying to use physical confrontation to interfere with Kobe's breakthrough.

Who would have imagined that after breaking through to the mid-range position, Kobe suddenly changed direction and shot directly when he had the opportunity to make a shot.

To be honest, this opportunity is not good.

After all, Kobe didn't completely shake off Gary Payton, and Gary Payton stood in front of Kobe.

But he still shot very simply.

Gary Payton wanted to interfere, but suddenly realized that the difference in height really made him a little out of reach.

To put it bluntly, Kobe is bullying Gary Payton's height.

Gary Payton doesn't like to play against small point guards like Iverson, but facing tall players, he also suffers.

Kobe felt good today. Although the shot was not low, the basketball still entered the net hollow.

0:2
Gary Payton's face was a bit ugly, obviously Kobe's goal was a bit unexpected.

In fact, excluding the early days of Kobe's career, there is also the end of Gary Payton's career.

In the direct face-to-face confrontation between the two, Gary Payton has always had the upper hand in record, and the advantage is obvious.

The reason is simple, today's Gary Payton is very supportive of Kobe.

In the first half of his career, Kobe played with a quick breakthrough, coupled with various turns, basically hitting the basket.

There are layups, dunks, and close-range shots, and at most there are long-range two-point and three-point catch-and-shoot shots.

Gary Payton's shorter stature and lower center of gravity are obviously more suitable for defending Kobe in this style of play.

Bryant has been increasing the pull-up jumper and mid-range shooting, but, it is not so consistent.

So before the game, Gary Payton was quite confident about defending Kobe.

Who would have thought that Kobe's condition is not bad.

What was even more unsatisfactory was that Kobe, who had been chasing him to defend, ran to match Wang Hao.

In fact, it's a good thing for Gary Payton.

After all, he is better at low-post singles and post-up singles, which is not an advantage when facing tall players.

But that's not the case. As the core of the team, the opponent's best perimeter defender didn't even choose to defend him.

Looking at Wang Hao standing next to Kobe, Gary Payton was sour again.

Looking at Kobe next to him with a stiff face, cold eyes, and silence, this is indeed very imposing.

There is a feeling of being stared at by a poisonous snake.

No wonder, the players who have played for the Lakers are under more pressure than one, especially after being targeted by Kobe, they are all stiff.

Looking at Kobe who was staring at him, Wang Hao was not in a hurry, but calmly stood at the bottom corner of the three-point line.

After being beaten, Gary Payton would naturally return it. Facing Ron Harper's defense, he chose to force his way.

Before O'Neal helped defend, Gary Payton immediately made a shot, also hitting the board.

2:2
The Lakers attacked, without waiting for O'Neal's request, Kobe went straight and passed Gary Payton with one turn.

Facing Horace's defense, Kobe threw himself directly into the air, and scored the ball with an extreme pull bar.

4:2
Gary Payton tried to attack again, but unfortunately, the long-range shot was not scored.

The Lakers attacked, and Kobe continued to play singles, but this time, he was finally defended by Gary Payton.

The two fought back and forth, and the fight was lively, but the others could only stare blankly.

It wasn't until more than two minutes into the game that O'Neal was in position for the first time, and Ron Harper immediately passed the ball to O'Neal.

Facing Horace's defense, O'Neal took a step in and made a small hook with a forward turn.

(End of this chapter)