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

Chapter 116 [Tit for tat! 】

After the warm-up training, the lights of the Staples Center were dimmed, and the grand appearance ceremony began.

The first to introduce the admission is the Miami Heat from the away game.

When Shaquille O'Neal was introduced, the Lakers home fans booed all over the sky.

Obviously, everyone heard his slander against the Lakers before the game.

O'Neill didn't care, walked out of the field calmly, and stood on the floor where he had fought, which had witnessed his most glorious glory.

When it came time for the Lakers to play, the fans gave them the warmest cheers.

Lu Yusheng could clearly feel that every time he played, the applause and cheers were louder and louder.

This time, he received the cheers second only to Kobe, which is incredible for a rookie, especially a rookie playing next to Kobe.

After the grand opening ceremony, the athletes took off their training clothes and prepared to enter the competition.

Time Warner is still in charge of the live broadcast of this game. Their commentator for this game is William Jones, a veteran American basketball player, and the commentators they hired for this game show the enthusiasm of this game even more. The legend of the Walters, Larry Bird!

In 2004, Larry Bird, the director of basketball for the Indiana Pacers, was fired for making controversial remarks about the lack of white stars in the NBA.

After the dismissal, Larry Bird almost disappeared from the public eye, and occasionally came out to explain a few important games, of course, mainly the playoffs.

Inviting him to serve as a commentator for a regular season is enough to explain the heat of the game.

In the commentary seat, William Jones said excitedly, "It is a great honor to be able to comment on this game with my student idol today, Bird, in fact, I am still a little nervous, I can't believe you really Sit next to me."

"Need a slap to make sure you're not dreaming?" Byrd laughed.

"I'm serious, Bird, I was looking forward to your game the most when I was a teenager. The era of you and the magician's black and white duo is the best era in the NBA. I like your way of playing, your chic, and even I love all your trash talk!"

Bird frowned, "You watched my ball when you were a teenager?"

"of course."

"But you look older than my father." Bird laughed.

"Wow, it turns out your trash talking isn't just for games."

The two laughed loudly.

"Bird, let's get down to business. I know you rarely come out to commentate now. You are usually invited to major games such as the playoffs. Why did you come out to commentate a regular season this time?"

"How should I put it, in fact, I am quite willing to come out to explain the game, mainly because the current game is too boring, so I usually don't go, I'm afraid I will fall asleep, in fact, I don't plan to come to this game ,but……"

"You are still attracted by the heat of this game, right?"

"Actually not, the main reason is that you gave too much."

The two laughed again.

"Just kidding," Bird laughed. "Actually, the reason why I commented on this game is because Kobe and Shaq are players I like and hate."

"Oh why?"

"Jones, don't you commentators do your homework now? Don't you even understand the grievances between me and them?"

"Are you talking about your Pacers getting beat by them in the Finals?"

"Is that not enough?"

William Jones laughed, "Oh, no, Bird, in fact, the strength of the Pacers and Lakers in that series was indeed not at the same level. Of course, if you took off your suit and played on the court as a coach, I think The latter can definitely beat the Lakers."

Bird smiled, "Although I like to hear this, I have to admit that even if I join the Pacers at my peak, it will be difficult for the Lakers team to win. The OK combination is indeed a historical-level guy. It's really strong."

"It's really rare to hear such affirmation of the opponent from Larry Bird," Jones said, "Then what do you think of the hostile state between the two of them until now?"

"I don't think it's okay." Larry Bird said, "It's like two young people with super abilities and talents working together to start a business. At the beginning of the difficult time, everyone worked together and helped each other, but when the business was on the right track. , After making a lot of money, it is often the beginning of dissatisfaction and hostility. This is normal, because both of them have super abilities, so no one accepts the other. On the contrary, I think it is a good thing for them to separate. Two people with too strong personalities People are not suitable to be together, and this will definitely cover up the light of one of them, or take a lot of honor, which is unfair."

"So... now they are separated, O'Neal has proved himself, and Kobe has not gained anything and has not proved himself..."

"Oh, Jones, you don't have to worry about it at all. Believe me, with Kobe's ability, it's only a matter of time before he reaches the top again. In fact, Kobe's performance in the past two years is already exaggerated. I don't think his performance after separation Worse than Shaquille O'Neal, but the Lakers really didn't find him a decent helper, the Lakers are indeed wasting his peak, I fully understand the behavior of the Lakers' management, this is completely violent."

"It seems that you, Bird, have a high opinion of Kobe now."

"I've always had a high opinion of him," Bird said. "I've made no secret of that. I admire his professionalism, his focus on the court, and the obvious technical improvement he makes every season. Progress, I'm a fan of his."

……

When Larry Bird and William Jones were chatting and saying hello, the starters of the two teams had already entered the field.

The Lakers' starting lineup remains unchanged, center Andrew Bynum, power forward: Rahm Odom, small forward: Luke Walton, shooting guard: Kobe Bryant, point guard: Smush Parker.

The Miami Heat are still continuing their starting lineup this season, center: Shaq O'Neal, power forward: Udonis Haslem, small forward: Dorell Wright, shooting guard: Dwyane Wade, Point Guard: Jason Williams (White Chocolate)

Before the jump ball, the players who both sides knew would greet each other. When Shaquille O'Neal greeted Kobe, he didn't say a word or even showed any expression. On the contrary, Kobe had a smile on his face. He not only greeted O'Neal, but even Wade talked and laughed.

Judging from the current state of the players on the field, there is no glare of swords and swords rendered by the media at all.

Because Lu Yusheng was a substitute, he sat on the sidelines.

Unexpectedly, after greeting Kobe and Odom, O'Neal walked directly in his direction.

He came over to say hello to the Zen master.

Then he suddenly leaned over and said to Lu Yusheng, "Hey, kid, I know you."

O'Neill grabbed his hand and said, "I heard what you said in front of the reporters. I will let you know today why you must respect me. I will smash your bones into pieces. Don’t cry when you’re here, little pacifier, well, let’s call you little butt, you yellow people have very small butts, right?”

Lu Yusheng was also not polite, "You have a big butt, but unfortunately, you have a small mind. A narrow mind like yours doesn't deserve anyone's respect at all. Also, we are sure to win this game."

"Very good." O'Neill turned to the Zen master and said, "Hurry up and send him on the court, Phil, I can't wait to ravage him."

The Zen master looked helpless and ignored him at all.

Vujacic, who was sitting by the side, saw that O'Neill was targeting Lu Yusheng, and hurriedly said, "Stop talking about it here, the game has begun, fat man."

After O'Neal left, Vujacic asked Lu Yusheng, "Are you okay?"

Lu Yusheng laughed, "Why are you angry with a child?"

……

Game start!
Both sides jump the ball!

O'Neal didn't try hard to jump the ball at all, probably he didn't think it was worth wasting energy at all.

So Bynum easily channeled the ball to Kobe.

Bryant passed the ball to Smush Parker, who dribbled the ball across half court and passed it directly to Walton.

triangle offense.

After Luke Walton holds the ball, he looks for open opportunities.

Kobe was actively running on the field, and with the cover of his teammates, he threw off Wade's defense from outside the three-point line, received the ball and cut directly to the inside!
The first ball was Kobe facing O'Neal directly!
The fans at the Staples Center were instantly excited and cheered violently!

This game is really different from the previous games, as soon as it comes up, it directly enters the theme.

Kobe faced O'Neal, dribbling left and right. Although O'Neal was flexible when he was young, O'Neal in the Heat period had reached his peak weight, so there was no way to prevent Kobe's breakthrough!
Kobe only used two changes of direction to get rid of O'Neal and go straight to the basket!

Upon seeing this, O'Neal was not polite, and directly pulled Kobe back!
Whistle!

foul!

O'Neal almost dragged Kobe to the ground, but his expression was indifferent, and he walked away without even looking at Kobe.

Kobe also had a serious expression, which was in stark contrast to the laughing and joking look before the opening.

The eyes of the two never met.

Even Lu Yusheng, who was sitting off the court, could smell the gunpowder in the air.

Because Kobe had already made a shooting action after the breakthrough, he made a direct free throw.

Made two free throws!

Heat attack.

White Chocolate dribbled the ball against Smush Parker's defense and did a fancy dribble, but Smush Parker didn't move at all and remained in front of him.

Seeing this, Wade stepped forward to pick and roll White Chocolate. After the pick and roll, he passed the ball to Wade. Wade faced Smash Parker without any dribble. Had a clean! !
Even the Lakers home fans, but also on Wade's wonderful and neat extraordinary sent out a burst of exclamation.

This guy is worthy of the title of The Flash, he is indeed too fast!
Sitting off the court, Lu Yusheng also muttered in his heart, what if he was defending Wade just now?
I'm afraid there is no good way.

Faced with such a fast and explosive defender, Lu Yusheng still had some headaches.

He can't even guard the bearded Davis, let alone Wade.

After Wade easily broke through Smash Parker, he dribbled the ball directly to the inside!
Luke Wharton on the side hurriedly steals the ball from the side, but Wade was already prepared and dribbled the ball behind his back to avoid this steal!

Instead, Luke Walton lost his defense against his defender Dorell Wright because of this steal.

Wade didn't stick to the ball and quickly gave it to Wright!

Wright made a fake shot, tricked Odom, and went straight to the basket!

Seeing this, Bynum on the inside can only come out to defend!
Wright threw the ball directly into the air!

That's O'Neal's airspace!

O'Neill jumped high, and it was a powerful alley-oop dunk!

Unexpectedly, Kobe suddenly flew up from the side!

It hit O'Neal on the arm!
This directly caused O'Neill to fail to catch the ball in the air, and this alley-oop directly hit the basket and bounced away!

Whistle!

Kobe fouled!

This time, it eventually became a direct match between O'Neal and Kobe!
And it was almost similar to the script of the last round, they used fouls to prevent the opponent from scoring directly.

The fans on the field burst into cheers again!

What is tit for tat and what is tit for tat? The two of them performed vividly.

O'Neal walked to the free throw line.

There were waves of boos from the fans at the scene. Everyone knew that O'Neal's free throw was not good.

But I didn't expect that this time, O'Neill was very competitive and made two free throws!
"Oh, I have to say that the atmosphere of this match was too depressing. These two guys on the field never showed any smiles from the beginning to the end. This made the teammates on both sides dare not slack off." Jones sighed.

"I love this kind of game atmosphere," Bird said, "I think that's what a real game should look like. The field is the battlefield. We just don't like each other, and we just want to beat each other. Back then I Playing against the magician is also the same atmosphere, we can laugh and laugh off the court, but once the whistle of the game is blown, the two of us have only one thought, that is to beat the opponent all over the floor."

Next, the Lakers' offense.

Kobe asked for the ball directly from the free throw line. After getting the ball, he began to punch Wade with his back.

Wade's defense is very active. He is also a powerful guard, holding Kobe tightly from behind, not giving up an inch!
But Kobe didn't seem to intend to push him too deep. After dribbling the ball twice, he stopped the ball and made two fake moves of shaking from side to side, and turned around to shoot a jumper!

Wade reacted quickly and tried his best to take off and block the shot!

Sitting on the court, Lu Yusheng felt that Wade's take-off height was unbelievable, and it should be able to cover Kobe!

But what surprised him even more was that Kobe still threw the ball at the limit!
And... it was still empty-handed! !

There were bursts of cheers from the audience!

Lu Yusheng was dumbfounded, how the hell can he invest in this? ?
Can't see the basket at all!

(End of this chapter)