I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 183 Christmas Battle

"Boss, you gave each of us presents, but I didn't prepare any presents for you." Chu Xiao said with some embarrassment.

"I also received a big gift." Bryant said.

"Really? What is it?" Chu Xiao asked excitedly.

"That's the support of his wife and daughter." Kobe smiled. "Vanessa and her two daughters will come to watch the game and cheer for me and the team. That's enough. What about you? How is your father-in-law's visit?"

Speaking of meeting his father-in-law, Chu Xiao felt even more embarrassed, "They're here too, on the side of the court opposite our bench."

"It's ok, boy, does it mean that the father-in-law is settled?" Kobe joked, "Then I want to see what they look like later."

So Kobe saw Chu Xiao's father-in-law sitting on the sidelines wearing his jersey, blushing and introducing his son-in-law to everyone. Kobe nodded, "Well, it's really done, the marriage is stable!"

The Knicks are all old acquaintances, but power forward Amare Stoudemire was injured in the previous game and will not be able to play in this game. The veteran Kurt Thomas, who was born in 1972, will start off the bench. Players, this year is 40 years old.

In addition, Ronnie Brewer sat on the bench because he could not limit Kobe. Coach Woodson placed veteran Kidd at the shooting guard position because he had a very successful defensive experience against Kobe. Dayton started at point guard.

Thus, the Knicks starting lineup for Felton, Kidd, Anthony, Thomas and Chandler.

With the return of Kobe from distributing gifts, Justin Bieber and others' singing ended, and the game officially began amidst much anticipation.

At the beginning, the Knicks took the lead, and Anthony beat Artest hard. Although the latter tried his best to withstand his offensive line, but this season, Anthony is in a hot state and has a great offensive method. This may be the strongest in his career. One season is also the season most likely to win the first scoring title in his career.

In short, unstoppable.

He first hit a mid-range shot, and then made a long shot from beyond the three-point line, leading the team to an 11-8 start.

For the Lakers, Chu Xiao was determined to help Kobe become the Christmas scoring champion, so she was not in a hurry to shoot three-pointers, but frequently broke through Felton's defense, attracting double-teams and passing the ball to Kobe or the inside line. Effortlessly, he made 4 of 3 open shots and scored 6 points. Gasol also forced Thomas to complete dunks under the connection of Chu Xiao. The home team immediately played a 7-0 offensive to overtake the score.

Through Kobe's 4 shots in a calm manner, Knicks coach Woodson found that Kidd was indeed old, too old to keep up with Kobe's pace, and it was impossible to reproduce the glory of defense in the 2011 season. The veteran was replaced and replaced by the younger "nervous knife" JR Smith.

Smith, who entered the NBA through the draft in 2004, has played for the New Orleans Hornets, Nuggets, Knicks and other teams.He is a scoring wing player with outstanding skills, and his shots have almost no dead ends, but sometimes he is ridiculed by fans as a "nervous knife" because of his unstable performance.

On September 2011, 9, he signed a contract with CBA's Zhejiang Chouzhou Bank and came to China to "go for gold".In his debut, he scored 14 points, 33 rebounds and 10 assists.Once in a match against Bayi Shuanglu, JR Smith's sister believed that Smith suffered an unfair penalty and had a physical conflict with the audience sitting on the rostrum. Smith, who was playing on the field, almost rushed into the stands and caused a group fight. On February 10, 2012, JR Smith was selected into the 2 CBA All-Star starting lineup. In the 6-2012 season, the top 2011 in the scoring list of the CBA regular season were all foreign players, among which JR Smith ranked first, averaging 12 points, including 26 points in one game and 34.4+ in two games.

Therefore, his CBA journey was successful, and he was signed by the Knicks when he returned to the NBA, and his contract was renewed for two years.

JR Smith deserves to be called a "nervous knife". He played chicken blood as soon as he played. To be honest, he was not very successful in defending Kobe. When he was still in the Nuggets, he often faced Kobe. Tell the media personally, "I love to play against Kobe. Every time I play against him, I can make myself smarter. Although the competition will be fierce, I love this kind of game because Kobe is the best in the league. player!"

When he faced the most outstanding player again, he just tried to keep himself in position, and he didn't care whether he could defend it. Three of three shots were made, and with one minute left before the end of the first quarter, the Knicks led the Lakers by 1-23 points by 20 points.

Just when JR was complacent about his perfect shots, Kobe stood up and hit a three-pointer against JR's defense to tie the score. After that, JR missed another shot. After the monster grabbed the rebound, he directly found Chu Xiao , the latter dribbled the ball to Kobe after half court, and Kobe stared at the timer to run out the final attack time. When the timer showed 4 seconds, he dribbled the ball to within the three-point line in one step. When JR When he ran to block, he stopped his shot suddenly, time was running out, and this ultra-long 2-pointer also happened to hit. At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Knicks 25-23.

科比首节10投6中砍下13分，楚晓只有2分入账，却得到了5个助攻，其中又有4个助攻都是帮助科比投篮得到的。

In the second quarter, the Knicks started to take the lead again. Novak and Smith, who came off the bench as Felton, hit three-pointers in a row. .

The team fell behind by 6 points in an instant. At the critical moment, Artest stood up. Through strong physical contact, he not only made Anthony miss the next 2 shots, but also caused 2 offensive fouls by the opponent, directly forcing him to commit 3 fouls. Leave early.

What's even hotter is that Artest and "Champion" Chandler almost got into a fight.

At 6 minutes and 32 seconds of the second quarter, the Knicks missed a shot. Chandler grabbed the rebound with Artest. , who refused to back down, and then they went head to head.

From the point of view of stature, Chandler certainly has the advantage. In addition to his fierce Lu Zhishen face, he also has the word "Tyson" in his name, which makes people shudder.But Artest was by no means intimidated. He even changed his name to World Peace, which sounded innocent and harmless to humans and animals, but changing his name could not change his temper. Facing fierce opponents, his choice He didn't take a step back, his eyes were sharp, and he stared at each other fiercely. Seeing that the actions of the two were about to become more and more rude, a fight seemed inevitable. The teammates and referees of both sides quickly stepped in and put the two together. people separate.

So everyone soon discovered the reason why Artest did not retreat. In the process of scrambling for the ball with Chandler just now, his arm was or accidentally opened a long cut, as if cut by a knife. Usually, the blood flowed profusely, and the team doctor hurriedly took him back to the locker room for emergency treatment to stop the bleeding.

At this time, all the fans at the Staples Center quit, booing one after another, as if they wanted him to fight Chandler, but seeing that this pure man's arm was bleeding a little bit, all the cheers and Applause went to him.Since the Auburn Palace incident, Artest has become much calmer. He has become very low-key both on and off the court. He doesn't talk much and doesn't like to be in the limelight. The toughest tough guy other than Kobe, maybe he is a bit old, and his footwork and physical strength are not as good as before, but as long as he is there, the team's defense seems to have a pinnacle.

With Artest temporarily leaving the field, the Lakers' defense seemed to be a lot more relaxed, and the Knicks took the opportunity to hit 2 shots, still leading the Lakers by 6 points.

During a serve, Kobe had to say to Chu Xiao, "In this quarter, you will focus on attacking, and I will spend more energy on defense. I will score after Artest comes back."

"Okay, boss!" Chu Xiao nodded and set off with a dribble.

In the first quarter of the game, Chu Xiao only wanted to achieve Kobe's record, so his desire to attack was not very strong. After all, he was a tall guard, and most of the time he used the ball to break through and assist his teammates to score.

In the second quarter, since Kobe spoke, he immediately seemed to be a different person, because the prospective father-in-law and mother-in-law came to watch him play for the first time, and the Christmas game was broadcast live globally, and many fans and friends in China were watching it. Messi and other Barcelona football players are sitting on the sidelines to watch the game, which means that this is not an easy night, and he needs to strengthen his desire to attack.

After the second quarter, Chu Xiao started his personal offensive performance.Facing Felton who was defending him first, he chose to break through with his left hand. He dribbled the ball under his crotch and caught it in front of his right hand, which changed direction drastically, completely swaying Felton past him.

In the next round, he held the ball on the wing, turned around suddenly after breaking through one step, shot a fadeaway jumper, and hit the basketball again.

Chu Xiao’s mid-range jumper after these two singles was quite a bit of Kobe’s and McGrady’s demeanor back then, and it was very entertaining. Even McGrady himself was smiling when he was sitting on the bench. This performance naturally also conquered the fans watching the game Everyone, everyone burst into thunderous cheers.

On the third ball, the Knicks stepped up their defense against Chu Xiao, and he passed the ball to Kobe. He received a pass back from Kobe while running and made a steady three-pointer.

After that, there were two missed shots, but the third shot was two or three steps away from the three-point line and no one was defending in front of him. It was a super long shot with a knife in his hand. He made another shot. During this period of time He also scored 10 points to help the team tie the score.

(End of this chapter)