I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 124
Although he said he didn't care about it, but after the rematch in another place, Westbrook seemed to really listen to the criticism of the media, and began to pass the ball frequently, and stopped madly attacking the Lakers inside, so Durant came out to take over the game.

After receiving a pass from Westbrook from beyond the three-point line, he made a tentative step in the face of Artest, who almost broke into his arms. , but because the retreat was a bit hasty, he staggered and almost fell.

This also surprised Durant, and he shot with a raised hand, accepting a three-pointer.

Afterwards, he tried to break through to the inside and was immediately confronted by Artest. The latter actively sought to confront Durant. The way Durant's personal offense stagnated.

However, Durant opened the distance with him with a dribble behind his crotch and hit a jumper.

Artest looked at the ball and finally felt powerless.He prepared a defensive strategy before the game, but he didn't know that Durant didn't get entangled with him in the first quarter. In the third quarter, he began to actively seek confrontation, but his footsteps and physical strength couldn't keep up.

After all, it is still old.

As the saying goes, boxing is afraid of the young.In the face of time, even the best defensive strategy will disappear because of the age gap.

I still remember that in the 2009-10 season, Durant encountered Artest's defense on his first playoff trip. At that time, Artest had just turned 30 and was still a real "beast".

The intention of the Lakers to sign him is obvious: if they want to successfully defend their title, the Nuggets, Celtics, and Cavaliers cannot escape.The powerful small forwards Carmelo Anthony, Paul Pierce and LeBron James are the biggest problem for the Lakers.In the Western Conference finals last season, Ariza suffered a lot from Anthony, and the strong Artest is the best candidate to defend this type of player.Anthony also said, "The Lakers signed Ron to deal with me."

At that time, Durant, who had outstanding athletic ability but was thin and thin, and Artest, who was at a disadvantage in height, jumping and speed, found it very difficult to directly block the opponent, so he tried every means to squeeze the opponent with his body and let him It is extremely difficult to run, jump and even do every movement.

Therefore, Durant made only 24 of 7 shots in his playoff debut!Artest was directly blocked.If you exclude the second-half stats where the defeat has been determined, Durant scored only 6 points, 9 of 2 shots, both goals were three-pointers, and he scored in the second quarter.After playing 8 minutes and 17 seconds in the first quarter, he missed all four shots and didn't score a point-this is the result of being under the close care of "The Beast".It wasn't until he re-entered the court in the second quarter that Durant got a chance to take a calm shot from beyond the three-point line and scored two goals.

And once he tried to break through to the inside, he immediately fell into a fight with Artest.Even in the third quarter of the game when there was basically no suspense, Artest did not let Durant go, and knocked him to the ground twice-in the endless hand-to-hand combat, the fighting spirit of the Thunder leader was dragged down like this up.

In the last game where he was eliminated, Durant simply turned into an iron god, making 23 of 5 shots and 1 shots being defended in the last minute.

After the game, Artest boasted that his defense was unparalleled. No matter whether his defense was really as good as he said, everyone knew that only the Lakers who guarded Durant could win the game with greater confidence.On the court, Artest really wrapped Durant like brown sugar. Although he wore a thick shoulder pad, his lower body strength and physical fitness were far superior to Durant's. Yes, especially when he's fully focused, he's still one of the league's best defenders.This can also explain why Durant's offensive end was completely misfired, and both layups and mid-range shots were in a rather awkward state.

When watching the game at that time, who would have thought that only three years later, when Durant met Artest again, he became stronger and stronger, but Artest was 3 points older. , He will never let his opponent entangle him like jelly candy again. He has mid-range shots, free throws and three-pointers. He scored 3 points in a row, but Artest was powerless.

At the moment of crisis, Kobe stood up, broke through and scored consecutively, and completed a four-point attack, scoring 11 points in a single quarter.

Chu Xiao was not idle either. While making use of the "Double Dragon Playing with Pearl" tactic to play for Kobe, he also hit 3 shots by running, raising his personal score to 28 points.

After three quarters, Durant singled out Chu Xiao and Kobe Bryant. The two sides were undefeated, and the Lakers were still one point behind 88-89.

At the end of the quarter, it was supposed to be the moment to decide the outcome, but an accident on the field changed the direction of the matter.

Only 30 seconds after the opening, Chu Xiao faced Westbrook, who was not doing his best to defend. After a change of direction and bypassing him, he found that the opponent's inside line was not well defended, so he rushed to the basket and jumped high. To stage a powerful dunk, increase the personal score to 30 points, and boost morale by the way.

As a result, someone strangled his neck from behind with both hands while he was still ascending, followed by a sense of suffocation, and his strength suddenly flowed away like quicksilver, the ball fell out of his hand, and he fell limply to the ground.

In the process of falling, there was a burst of complaints in my ears. It should be the person who was a malicious foul talking, "Let you dance for me again! A bad rookie is going to score 30 points. Who do you think you are? It's over!"

Followed by two sounds of "Crack! Boom!"

Chu Xiao's butt hit the ground first, and then the back of his head hit the floor heavily. The pain caused him to hug his head with both hands, and his teeth were closed tightly.

When Kobe saw this, he rushed to Ibaka, who was intentionally fouling, angrily, first pushed him hard, then pointed to his nose and said, "What the hell are you doing? Do you want to abolish him?"

"Hey, Kobe, don't be angry, we're just in normal physical contact during the defense." Ibaka changed into a smiling face and explained with his hands raised.

"Where is this fucking normal contact? I clearly saw you pulling him from behind, causing his body to lose his balance, and then fell heavily on the floor. When his head collided with the floor, the field You can clearly hear a "snap"." Kobe still pointed at him, but he was behind Ibaka at the time and didn't see the other party strangling his neck, so after seeing the other party raise his hand and explain with a smile, Anger is relatively small.

Because on the basketball court, violent physical contact is unavoidable, as long as the opponent is not maliciously hurting others, it is usually enough to reprimand a few words.

What's more, Ibaka only said that it was normal physical contact, and Chu Xiao fell to the ground again, so he couldn't do anything more, so he turned around and went to see Chu Xiao's injury.

Ibaka breathed a sigh of relief after Kobe turned around.

Speaking of it, Kobe's status in the NBA at this time can no longer be described as a superstar. To be precise, he is an idol of the era. existence of status.

Kobe is usually very polite, but when he gets mad, most people bow their heads.

No matter how good Ibaka's physical fitness is, he doesn't even look down on other people, even Artest, who is known as the "beast", he can put arms on each other's arms and talk trash face to face .But facing Kobe pointing his nose and cursing, he could only listen obediently.

At this time, Durant and Westbrook stood beside Ibaka, and they couldn't talk much at all. They could only smooth things over a lot, and accompanied them willingly to be obedient younger brothers in front of the boss.The other Thunder players hid far away, not daring to step forward or speak too much, for fear of getting burned.

After being injured, Chu Xiao fell on the floor for a long time before being helped by his teammates. The team doctors were also waiting beside him. When he raised his head, he just saw Kobe turn around and walk towards him, while Ibaka relaxed opposite him. After taking a deep breath, he showed another triumphant smile, which seemed to be mocking, but also seemed to be demonstrating.

Chu Xiao was furious immediately, rushed forward and asked him why he strangled his neck, and what was his intention?
Seeing this, his teammates stopped him immediately.

Other players and referees also rushed over to separate the two. First, Ibaka was called a second-level malicious foul and was directly expelled from the field.

At this point, even if Chu Xiao is not convinced, the matter can only come to an end. Who would have thought that Ibaka could bow his head in front of Kobe, and would not take this rookie seriously. Because of his physical fitness, he intentionally provoked the other party, and was going to teach him a lesson, so he passed by him and said such a sentence when he left the field.

"Your girlfriend tastes like a donut and she raves about my 28cm too!"

(End of this chapter)