I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 187 Can You Hit Five With One?

The Lakers and the Nuggets, both teams fought back to back. In yesterday's Christmas game, the Lakers defeated the Knicks, while the Nuggets narrowly lost to the Clippers.

The last time the two sides played against each other was on November 11. The Lakers took advantage of McGee's weakness of jumping up at one point, frequently killing the Nuggets and scoring inside, thus winning a big victory 30-122.

This time they met on the highlands of Denver, the Nuggets wanted to take advantage of the highlands to avenge their revenge. McGee and Warcraft jumped the ball. The two sides knew how much McGee could jump as soon as they took a shot. The height of 2.13 meters was like a rocket. "The ground jumped into the air to get the ball, which made Warcraft lose the jump ball very rarely.

After the Nuggets got the ball, point guard Lawson immediately launched a fast break, flicked the ball, and Faried, who quickly hit the basket, dunked the ball.

The Lakers' reaction was obviously half a beat slower. What's more terrible is that after the opening 2 minutes, everyone had altitude sickness, which made everyone exhausted very quickly. Tired, and the thin air in Denver also made it difficult for the Lakers generals to breathe, feeling a little out of breath.

There was an imperceptible smile on the faces of the Nuggets, and they increased their speed even more quickly, completing an attack in a few seconds.First, Lawson hit a three-pointer at the top of the arc, and then assisted Gallinari to hit a three-pointer. Then Iguodala charged the Lakers inside and fouled, getting two free throws and one throw. The score instantly became 9-0. Don't call a timeout.

The Zen master shouted to everyone, "Altitude sickness so soon? Then how to fight?"

Kobe comforted, "It's okay, it will be fine after a while, let them score first, and we will take a few more breaths of oxygen first, and start to fight back when we get used to it in the second half."

"That's right, let's inhale more oxygen." Artest picked up the water glass and drank water, "It's too fucking dry here, I drink water every minute, my mouth is very dry, I really hope Immediately the game is over, and then hurry home."

"I thought so too, it doesn't matter if you win or lose." Warcraft echoed.

Gasol also joined the discussion. He said, "I hate playing games in Denver and Salt Lake City every year, because the posters of these two places are very high, and every time I play here, I feel that I am out of shape."

"Yes, the altitude of Denver is about 5200 feet. Compared with other places, the air here is thinner. Ordinary people will inevitably suffer from altitude sickness when they come here. But for professional athletes, due to the intense confrontation, their lack of oxygen The situation will be more obvious. Therefore, because of fighting on the plateau, Denver can often get a greater home court advantage.” The head assistant coach Shaw couldn’t help but joked, “All the time, what I’ve heard has always been that as long as you play in Denver , then when you play the away game, you won’t even feel tired. So these players who come out of Denver are like tigers descending from the mountain. They are extremely brave, and they really deserve to be called 'bandits'. Hey, Chu Xiao, big guy You're sweating non-stop, and you're exhausted, why do you look like you're fine?"

As Xiao's words fell, everyone immediately looked at Chu Xiao, and they found that he was standing aside and listening like a normal person, without any altitude sickness. What's going on?

Seeing people asking, Chu Xiao smiled and said, "What is this altitude? A little altitude will have any effect."

"Wow, you cow!"

"incredible!"

"Then you will fight them alone first!"

Everyone seemed to have found a tactical point, and you pushed Chu Xiao out with one word at a time.

"Coach, can I fight five with one?" Chu Xiao looked at Master Zen. Of course, it was not a real fight with five, but the tactics were all tilted to him, and he had full power to attack alone, to deal with the five people on the opposite side. .

Zen Master's eyes were narrowed behind his eyes, "Of course, let's go!"

After returning to the court, the game time was only 9 minutes and 22 seconds. The Lakers were 0-9 behind by 9 points. Chu Xiao received the ball in the backcourt and advanced to the frontcourt. To open up space for his singles, what's more interesting is that Kobe and Artest ran together, and they stood near the left baseline at the same time to enjoy Chu Xiao's performance.

Facing Lawson, Chu Xiao started cross-dribbling behind his back. Gasol ran up and set him a pick-and-roll, but after bypassing the pick-and-roll, there were still 4 defensive players standing in the penalty area of ​​the Nuggets. Even if McGee jumped twice during this period and blocked the block with all his strength, he could only catch up with it.

Although it is not really 1v5, this goal is quite amazing. One person scores and four people watch a show, which is a forced 1v5.The opponent thought that they all had altitude sickness, and became a little careless when defending. This made Chu Xiao see every stitch on the way, and the block was not timely. In addition, the Nuggets didn't expect that other Lakers players would really stand still and watch the show, so part of their energy Being involved by Kobe, Warcraft and others, Chu Xiao can fight with ease only when he is distracted.

In addition to this amazing work, after Chu Xiao broke through from the right to the basket in his next attack, he completed a difficult pull-up layup in front of three Nuggets players, which also stunned many away fans. Can't stop cheering for him.

This is not over yet. During the third attack, the opponent thought that he would continue to break through, and made preparations for him to break through from the top of the arc and the left and right lanes, but Chu Xiao was still two or three steps away from the top of the arc. When the time comes, it is unreasonable to shoot a super long three-pointer!

"Wow!"

Before the goal was scored, the fans were already excited.Such ultra-long three-pointers are undoubtedly the most emotionally mobilizing fans. Denver fans have already seen Chu Xiao and Curry’s ultra-long three-pointers countless times on the Internet. Today, I came to the game to watch the game, hoping to see it with my own eyes. Witness it.

"brush!"

With a clear sound of hitting the net, the goal was scored. The fans were not disappointed, and thunderous applause and cheers erupted for Chu Xiao of the visiting team.

"Instigating rebellion" among the home fans is undoubtedly the most damaging blow to the home team's momentum. What's even more murderous is that the fans' cheers for Chu Xiao are still continuing, because his splendor is also continuing.

When he has space, he shoots ultra-long three-pointers, and when he has no space, he breaks through forcibly. He crashes into the inside of the Nuggets again and again. 2 fouls, one from which he got "1+2", and one made [-] free throws.

When it was the last attack of the first quarter, Chu Xiao held the ball and wasted time. Seeing that there were still 10 seconds on the timer, when the stopwatch was close to 1 second, he tiptoed, shook Lawson, and took a three-pointer step back Shoot the shot.

The basketball drew a high arc and went straight into the net. The fans were immediately excited, and there was a loud "boom".

It can be said that the entire first quarter became Chu Xiao's personal performance show. After he shot from inside and outside, he made 4 of 2 three-pointers, 7 of 6 mid-range shots, and 4 of 4 free throws. 22 points, which helped the Lakers lead the Nuggets 32-26 points in the first quarter.

After the start of the second quarter, the generals of the Lakers regained their vitality. Warcraft, who usually doesn't like to talk trash, suddenly spat at McGee, "In the first quarter, we only sent one rookie to blow you up , how will you fight next?"

McGee fell into thinking when he heard the words, and Warcraft took the opportunity to score points. First, he showed a flat-frame dunk after receiving the ball inside, then blocked Iguodala's layup to stabilize the situation, and then responded to the opponent with a 2+1 , directly opened the score to 11 points.

The two sides started a tug-of-war at around 11 points.

After 3 minutes, McGee, who had been distracted, hadn't recovered yet, so Warcraft, who was facing him, became the main attack point of the Lakers, taking whatever they wanted at the basket, scoring 10 points in a row, but the Nuggets responded every time.

In the end, as Kobe hit a jumper and Lawson responded with a layup, the second quarter ended and the Lakers entered the intermission 60-50.Warcraft, who exploded in a single quarter, had 16 points and 6 rebounds.

After the rematch in different places, the Lakers performed more vigorously. Kobe made a layup, Chu Xiao broke through and made a foul to complete "2+1", and the team first opened the score 65-50.Then Kobe hit a jumper again, and the Nuggets completed 3 points, but fell behind by 14 points.

The Nuggets called a timeout, Lawson and Iguodala each scored 5 points in a row, and the Nuggets caught up 70-78.At this juncture, Howard pushed Faried down while defending, and was expelled by the referee with a second-level malicious foul.The Nuggets took the opportunity to score 6 points in a row to catch up to only 2 points behind.

Fortunately, at the critical time, McGee was blown to the basket, and the Lakers took the opportunity to chase points. Chu Xiao and Kobe each hit a three-pointer. Odom, who came off the bench, also scored 4 points in a row with free throws, and opened the score to 10. Points, the two sides started a fierce competition around 10 points.The Lakers 96-87 Nuggets entered the final quarter.

In the final quarter, the Lakers scored another 5 points, and the point difference became 14 points.Then Gasol made a tip-up, Kobe hit a jumper, Chu Xiao completed 2+1, and the game finally lost its suspense.

The Lakers still beat the Nuggets 126-114 away, extending their winning streak to 6 games.Kobe scored 32 points and had 11 consecutive "30+" games. Chu Xiao was even more exaggerated. He hit 24 shots in 13 shots and made 9 of 5 three-pointers. He scored 38 points and 8 assists. Lillard, the "enemy of life" of the Trail Blazers, has warmed up in advance.

Although Kobe didn't score as much as Chu Xiao, he only played 35 minutes, while Chu Xiao played almost the entire game in 42 minutes.

It is worth mentioning that since Chu Xiao joined the Lakers, Kobe's scoring has not been affected, but his playing time has dropped significantly. With some open shooting opportunities, the game will naturally be played relatively easily, and you don't have to do everything yourself.Therefore, as the game progressed, while Kobe's scoring average remained unchanged, his playing time reached the lowest value in the past 6 years, which allowed his 35-year-old body to get the best rest and avoid some injuries due to strain. resulting injuries.

After the game, although he won the game, Howard, who almost hurt the team because of his own mistakes, publicly criticized his teammates' defense, thinking that the team did a poor job of defending against pick-and-rolls and assisting in defense.As for his malicious foul, Howard had only an excuse, "It was just a fierce ordinary foul. I have encountered much more serious fouls than this, but those who fouled me were not sent off. I I didn’t intentionally hurt anyone. You can’t treat me with different punishment standards just because I’m a strong man.” Kobe looked extremely disdainful of Howard’s sophistry, and pretended he didn’t hear it, and the others immediately smiled. Even if you're not there, you won the game. It doesn't matter what the process is.

(End of this chapter)