NBA: I really just want to be a second-in-command

Chapter 115 [Jumping Clown]

During these two days of training, Lu Yusheng's focus was on shooting.

He tried to correct the habitual little movement when he shot the ball.

But the habit of playing for many years is not so easy to correct.

Once corrected, shots and releases can be awkward.

This made him struggle.

But Lu Yusheng also understands that no matter how hard he struggles, he must be corrected, otherwise his shooting will always be his weakness.

Recently, the system has not provided him with new star signature technology.

Of course, Lu Yusheng is already very satisfied with the existing signature skills of the stars. After all, with the addition of these skills and his own efforts, he has become the most eye-catching one among the rookies this year, leaving him far behind. other people.

He tried his best to upgrade these technologies to the full level as soon as possible.

Among them, Tony Parker's [Face Frame Small Throw] is the most difficult to upgrade, which also shows that for the system, the more difficult the technology, the slower the upgrade.

Therefore, in the past few days, Lu Yusheng practiced late almost every night.

Apart from himself, Kobe also practiced late every night, and his training volume was far greater than that of Lu Yusheng.

Kobe's main training these two days is strength and stamina.

Lu Yusheng thought to himself, this guy is working hard to train his physical strength, isn't it because he wants to play the whole game in the next game?
Lu Yusheng really wanted to go over to communicate with Kobe, but seeing his solemn expression always made him daunted.

His expression was a little scary.

Tomorrow is the official match against the Heat.

With the permission of the Lakers management, the Lakers' training today was reported live by the media.

After training, the team also accepted media interviews.

What surprised Lu Yusheng was that Kobe seemed extremely relaxed in the interview with the media.

"Kobe, O'Neal was interviewed by the media last time after defeating the Bucks. In the interview, he commented on some of your choices in the game. I don't know if you have paid attention to it?"

Kobe smiled and shook his head, "No, you know, I'm usually very busy with training, and I basically don't pay much attention to those boring news reports."

Lu Yusheng thought of the torn newspaper in his mind.

Ha ha.

The reporter was obviously not reconciled and continued to ask, "O'Neal said in the interview that even during the three consecutive championships, you didn't play like a whole. This is because you don't like to pass the ball and always disrupt the team's offensive rhythm. , and the reason why the Heat were able to win the championship last year is because they are a perfect whole, what do you think of this?"

Lu Yusheng:? ? ?

He has also read that interview report. Although what O'Neill said does have this meaning, it is far from as explosive as the reporter's report, right?

Lu Yusheng thought that Kobe would be overwhelmed after hearing such words.

But unexpectedly, Kobe's reaction was still relaxed and happy, with a smile on his face.

"Please, the three consecutive championships are so far away. I have almost forgotten many things. Now our team is in a completely different state. Don't worry about those things before. Focus on Now." Kobe said calmly.

Lu Yusheng was a little surprised. This guy's words today seem to be full of open-mindedness and structure. He seems to not care about O'Neill's provocative speech. This structure completely compares O'Neill.

Even if it's pretending, it's better than Fatty has a pattern, at least Kobe didn't put the contradiction on the bright side.

Luke Walton took over the microphone and added, "As for the fact that a good team can win the championship, I don't think so. I think the Dallas Mavericks were obviously a better team last season, but they still lost to the Heat, of course. , if you include the referees in your team, then there is nothing wrong with that.”

The reporter laughed.

This is clearly the whistle to question last season's finals.

In fact, in that finals, the referee's judgment was indeed a year of relatively loud doubts. In terms of influence, it did not lose at all to the Kings in 02 and the Warriors in 16.

In 2017, a former NBA referee named Tim Donaghy went to jail for gambling and bribery. This guy once broke the news that in the 2006 finals, when the Dallas Mavericks won two games first In order to extend the number of games in the finals, the league deliberately put water on the Heat in the next few games, which caused the Mavericks to lose the finals.

But after Walton said this, Kobe immediately took over the microphone and said, "Actually, the Heat did very well in the finals last season, especially Wade, who changed the game with his sharp breakthroughs and mid-range shots. Of course, this is also a thing of the past, let's focus on the present."

Lu Yusheng nodded. This was originally a good opportunity to counter O'Neill's arrogant speech, but Kobe stopped there. This also has something to do with Kobe's personality. After all, he rarely blamed the reason for his losses on referee.

"OK, let's talk about it now," another reporter said, "About the next game against the Heat, we all know that defending Wade and O'Neal will be the focus of the Lakers. Wade is as good as Kobe. Now, we are not worried, but Kwame Brown will be absent again due to injury, can the Lakers' center line withstand O'Neal? Do you have a strategy to deal with O'Neal?"

Kobe did not answer this question, but handed the microphone to Zen Master.

Zen master was a little helpless, took the microphone and said, "I don't think this problem is actually too big a problem. After all, the two teams have different tactical characteristics. They have their strengths, and we also have ours. A targeted defense must Yes, in short, I believe the game should be very exciting."

The Zen master is a master of Tai Chi. After talking for a long time, he basically said nothing.

Those reporters were obviously not reconciled to their answers, and continued to ask, "There is another question about Lu. Lu, O'Neill also talked about you in the previous interview. He thinks that you, like Yao Ming, lack potential... ..."

Lu Yusheng smiled, "I read that report, and it is my honor to be able to compare me with a great senior like Yao Ming. I think he can disrespect me. After all, I have never fought against him, but he can't." Even Yao Ming doesn't respect, which I don't understand. After all, the first lesson for our junior high school basketball coaches is to learn to respect your teammates and your opponents. Teammates who won consecutive championships don’t have the slightest respect, let alone his opponents who compete at the same position, no matter how great he is, I think he is still just a clown.”

Lu Yusheng was not polite at all. O'Neill obviously disrespected Chinese athletes. Since you don't respect me, there is no need for me to spoil you.

As soon as Lu Yusheng finished speaking, the reporters immediately beamed with joy.

Kobe took the microphone and said with a smile, "I think today's interview is about the same. This is just an ordinary regular season. There is no need to make a big news, right? In fact, the mentality of our whole team is very good." , this game doesn’t have any special meaning to us, it’s just a regular season, it’s great if we can win four consecutive victories, but if we lose, we can accept it, after all, they are the defending champions.”

……

Although Kobe was relaxed and happy at the press conference, after the end, he still practiced for himself.

When Lu Yusheng was shooting, Kobe came over and said, "Don't say that kind of thing in front of the media in the future, it's very childish."

"But what O'Neill said really angered me." Lu Yusheng said, "I don't think he should be so outspoken and disrespectful to others."

"You thought you were the only one who was irritated?" Kobe said, "But using the media to talk in the air is not a way for men to retaliate. Talking with basketball on the court is what men should do."

"So you still really want to win this game, right?"

"Nonsense, I don't just want to win this game, I want to win every game against him, I want to win more championships than him, but it's useless to stand here and dream, you have to act .”

"Don't worry, I will definitely help you win this game."

Kobe smiled, "Okay, the league's point guard nemesis who can't shoot."

"Hey, brother, I'm already working hard."

"Of course, I saw it, all right, go back and prepare for tomorrow's game."

"how about you?"

"I'm going to do another set of strength."

Lu Yusheng: ...

……

Lu Yusheng really wanted to win this game, maybe it was because of Kobe, but also because he wanted O'Neal, a big-mouthed guy, to shut up completely.

But regarding this game, the major media before the game were not optimistic about the Lakers.

Most media predict that the Heat will easily win the Lakers.

After all, the Lakers are already weak on the inside, and the injury of their main center Kwame Brown is still unclear. They can only rely on Bynum, a second-year rookie, to fight against O'Neal. Therefore, the media agrees that the huge gap in the inside will make the Lakers It was tough.

ESPN's news headline is even more disgusting, "The Heat will beat the Lakers without any suspense, the gap inside is just the appearance, the star's strength gap is the root"

In Lu Yusheng's impression, ESPN seems to have always had a hard time with Kobe. This f*cking game hasn't even been played yet, and it's really disgusting that they come up with such headlines to belittle Kobe.

The old grievances between Kobe and O'Neal are the main theme of this game. Before the game started, the media fanned the flames and fermented a huge public opinion.

And the fans on the Internet have already been arguing about this game.

The fans of the Lakers naturally think that they can win this game at home. Their confidence comes from the team's recent good state. The four consecutive victories since the start of the game have greatly increased their confidence in the new season.

Fans of other teams don't think so. After all, the Heat are the defending champions. Their staffing in various positions is obviously much better than that of the Lakers. They have Shaquille O'Neal on the inside and the newly-promoted Finals MVP Wei Wei on the outside. Germany, and the Lakers only have one Kobe, not a level opponent at all.

"Hey, listen, Lakers fans, although you have achieved four consecutive victories this season, it doesn't mean that the Lakers can compete with the Heat. The big sharks will tyrannize the Lakers inside. God, I can't imagine, maybe O'Neal would score [-] points that day," said one Heat fan.

"If O'Neal was really that good, the playoffs wouldn't always be swept away. The Bulls were also weak inside in 1995, but I never saw him score sixty points."

"That's right, brother, I also think that O'Neal is definitely an overrated star. In fact, he may be the superstar who has been swept the most times in the playoffs. Beside him, he must be paired with a historic outside line , he can win the championship, in fact, if it weren't for Kobe in those years, the Lakers would have never been able to break out of the West, let alone win the championship."

"Hey, this brother of the Lakers, I don't agree with your statement, because O'Neal led the third-year rookie Wade to the championship in the first year after leaving Kobe. Can you say that a third-year rookie is a historic outside line Is it?" another non-Lakers fan retorted.

"Isn't Wade's performance last season considered a historic outside level? It doesn't matter what grade he is in. The magician's first-year rookie even won the finals MVP. Besides, Wade obviously led the team last year. The championship won by O'Neal, I can guarantee that even without O'Neal, with Wade's level, he will win his own championship sooner or later."

"In order to belittle Shaq, you exaggerated Wade's ability too much? Come on, Shaq helped the Lakers win three consecutive championships. Are you so impersonal to him? Lakers fans? "

"It's not that we are impersonal. I also think we should respect each other, but he first disrespected the Lakers. He said it himself. Who would play for a team like the Lakers? He also said that Kobe affected the rhythm of the Lakers. Kobe Don't pass the ball to him, please, who would disgust their former teammates and team like this?"

"Then your No. 6 rookie from the Lakers still called Shaq a clown, and Kobe didn't say anything. How can a rookie humiliate a historical center like this?"

"Brother, please go get some glasses. Shaq was the one who attacked Lu and Yao Ming first. What's wrong with his counterattack? The rookie deserves to be humiliated by him? I think Shaq is like a clown. .”

"Hey, hey, everyone, stop arguing. I think everything still needs them to go to the arena to solve the problem. Our fans should also focus on the arena instead of talking about it. Although I am a Lakers fan, I think this The Heat obviously have a better chance of winning this game, and the Lakers obviously can't handle Shaq."

"Hehe, what a Lakers fan, the homepage of the Lakers fan is all about the Heat and Wade? Get the hell out, you spy dog!"

"Hahaha……"

……

In this way, what was originally an ordinary regular season gradually fermented into a much-anticipated battle.

On November 11th, Los Angeles time, the Lakers' game against the Heat at home officially began!
(End of this chapter)