I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 15 casts a shadow

With the referee's whistle, the game officially began.

Warcraft Howard scrambled for the ball with Cousins, and he gave the ball to Nash with a light jump. Nash immediately pushed forward with the ball. When he reached the outside of the three-point line, Warcraft immediately moved up to pick and roll to help him Get rid of the follow-up Thomas.

Nash took the opportunity to get near the free throw line with the ball, and suddenly felt dark in front of his eyes. Looking up, it was Cousins, a tall man, who ran out from the basket to defend.

Cousins ​​is 2 meters tall and weighs 11 catties. He looks chubby, like a fat tiger, but he is actually very strong, and he can crush Nash with his weight.

Therefore, Nash did not dare to confront him head-on. He turned around and dribbled the ball to quickly avoid Cousins, pulled to the other side of the free throw line, and then walked around the moving Warcraft, letting Cousins ​​who was chasing him Stein slammed into the monster firmly.

At this time, Nash was in a state of no defense, he raised the ball and was about to shoot, Thomas and Evans immediately came over to attack, who knew that he was a fake shot and a real pass, the ball was thrown high into the air, and it was already running towards the monster under the basket Seeing this, he jumped up with all his strength, and with a "bang", he caught the ball with one hand and smashed the ball into the basket heavily.

Alley-oop, 2-0!

"WOW!"

All the fans in the audience erupted in excitement, applauding and cheering one after another.

All the players on the Lakers bench also jumped up, waving towels constantly with excitement, especially the bald boy Thackeray, who not only waved the towel but also waved his arms, smashing the towel on the ground like a windmill and picking it up again. Get up, hit it again, work hard!
Looking at the field again, the Kings started to attack, Thomas Jr. dribbled the ball across half court, and then handed the ball to Jason Thompson outside the three-point line. In the corner position, Outlaw came out to rotate the ball, and Thompson entered the inside to contain it.

At this time, the fans in the audience began to shout in unison, cheering for the home team:
"Defense!" "Defense!" "Defense!"...

The Kings seemed unaffected. After Thomas Jr. ran to the inside and made a screen for Cousins, he quickly withdrew to the three-point line to open the defense. At this time, Cousins ​​received Ott at the free throw line. Lowe made a pass and made a shot. 2-2.

In turn, it was Nash holding the ball, still using the same pick-and-roll tactic, except that this time the monster's cut to the basket was blocked by Cousins ​​in advance, so Nash had to dribble the ball to the top of the arc, and then passed the ball Kobe was located outside the three-point line at a 45-degree angle, but Kobe quickly passed the ball back to Nash. He pretended to cut to the basket, but returned to the original position with a back run. Nash passed the ball back. At this time Kobe has opened up a short distance from the defender, so he directly takes an open 3-pointer and hits it.

The whole offense looked very smooth, and the fans couldn't help shouting: "Kobe, Kobe, Kobe, MVP! MVP!..."

Then the voice of MVP was switched to Defense again, because Thomas Jr. of the Kings was advancing with the ball quickly. After he used a cover from power forward Thompson on the outside, he made an emergency stop jumper at the free throw line and went into the net hollowly, adding 2 more for the Kings. point.

In the next few minutes, the scores of the two teams always took the lead alternately, and no one left the other.

But no one thought that the accident happened in the last 3 minutes of the first quarter. At that time, the substitutions would be suspended after the round.The Kings had the ball, and Thomas Jr. attacked with the ball, but he made a mistake. After Nash got the ball and went to the frontcourt, he was surrounded by the Kings players. Although he passed the ball to Kobe to attack, he ran without the ball. When moving, he collided with Thomas Jr., causing a knee injury.

After this collision, Nash became limping, and the game had to be suspended in advance. Chu Xiao and his teammates immediately ran into the field to help Nash down. The team doctor on the sidelines immediately checked carefully and found that it was the left calf. Injuried.

This is a very painful injury. Kobe had suffered a similar injury in the preseason before. When he was interviewed, he said that the pain was so bad that he missed several regular season games.So he immediately said to Nash, "Don't fight this time, sit on the sidelines and rest."

"How can it be!" Nash said holding back the pain, "Personally, I am more used to playing pick-and-rolls, but... (After a short pause, I swallowed because of the pain) I had to adapt to Coach Brown's Princeton system and play different tactics. Routine and creating different opportunities, but Princeton has not played well, and the pick-and-roll has not been played well. In addition, the time to run in with you, Warcraft, Gasol and others is too short, and the preseason and regular season start are not good. Well, you will keep losing..."

Speaking of this, Nash paused for a while before continuing, "Now that the Zen master is here, he asked me to play a pick-and-roll with Warcraft. I think my performance today has improved. If I don't play at this time, then my heart will be broken." Worse than the wound on the leg."

Kobe bowed his head when he heard the words. He knew that what Nash said made sense. The Zen master came back and arranged different tactics for them. Therefore, in today's game, Nash had more opportunities for fast breaks and pick-and-rolls, and he began to play some of his abilities. Advantage, at 8 minutes and 52 seconds into the first quarter, Nash made a fast break and then quickly passed the ball to Warcraft Howard for a layup.And before Nash was injured, he also scored 2 points and 4 assists.

Now that the team is in a predicament and is at the bottom of the Western Conference, it has finally improved a bit. If Nash does not play at this time, or even misses a few games because of this injury, it will cast a shadow on both him and the team in the running-in period.

(End of this chapter)