I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 193 Goodbye "Son of the Wind"

The Lakers' first opponent in 2013 was the 76ers.

The last time he was a guest in Philadelphia, Chu Xiao defended Kobe and severely humiliated his opponent.This time, their internal and external cores Jrue Holiday and Andrew Bynum are still out of injury, so the team continues to be humiliated.

Before the game, the coaching staff of the Lakers confirmed that Chu Xiao would continue to serve as the starting point guard, with Kobe, Artest, Gasol and Warcraft, and Nash returned from injury to form a team with Meeks, Tracy McGrady, Lamar Odom and Jordan Hill. In the second team, Arenas was downgraded to the third substitute. He had no objection to this, "I knew it would be like this, so I was mentally prepared. In future games, no matter whether I have a chance to play or not, I will work hard." Training, showing up on the field in top condition at any time."

In fact, regarding the change of the Lakers lineup, especially the matter of Nash being relegated to the bench, the players and coaches in the team no longer have any opinions. The fans stopped paying attention to this matter after discussing it. This matter is still debated endlessly. ESPN experts even held a roundtable meeting to discuss this matter again. The final conclusion is, "Why not let Nash start, you can play for a few minutes at the beginning, and then Chu Xiao will take over. The latter can Play longer."

"What's the difference between playing for a few minutes at the beginning and playing for a few minutes in the middle?" Zen Master, who didn't talk much, rarely scolded someone when he knew it. Talking nonsense behind the camera, Nash played for a few minutes at the beginning, and he left the game before he warmed up. When Chu Xiao came up, the other starters were warmed up, and Chu Xiao was about to warm up again. How do you get in between the starters? These guys are fine. I like to give pointers to the team, rank the players, and make a seat. If they are capable, they can play and manage the team by themselves! Can’t they? Then what can they do? I think they Just know how to eat papa!"

The Zen master's way of swearing is also considered to be very Zen, and the players in the locker room burst into laughter when they heard this.

This is just an episode before the game. In the first confrontation between the two sides this season, Kobe scored 21 points and 12 assists on 34 of 6 shots in the away game, becoming the biggest contributor to the team's win.In fact, "Peter Pan" has always been strong against his hometown team. His career shooting percentage against the 76ers was as high as 46.3%. Kobe will naturally not let go of this good opportunity at home against the enemy today.

After the start of the game, he did not show his talents early, and seemed very silent on the offensive end. On the contrary, Chu Xiao made frequent shots from inside and outside, and scored 6 points and 3 assists calmly, allowing the team to score 16-10. Leading by 6 points.

At 2 minutes and 33 seconds into the first quarter, Chu Xiao came off the field, and Nash won his first show after recovering from injury.

When he was still waiting to play on the sidelines, the fans at the scene began to cheer enthusiastically to welcome the veteran's reappearance.

I saw Nash holding the ball forward smoothly, facing the opponent's defense, made a shoulder-shocking movement that made the opponent puzzled, and then easily broke through to within the three-point line, without looking at the pass, the basketball came In the hands of Kobe, the latter completed a gliding movement in the air after receiving the ball, shook away Nick Young, and dunked with his back.

At that time, there were three 76ers players under the basket, but they could only watch "Peter Pan" staged this domineering angry dunk.

Seeing this scene, perhaps no one will believe that this is the action completed by the 34-year-old veteran.As the Lakers trainer said, Kobe's movements are more elegant than Jordan's back then.Perhaps, the 34-year-old "flying man" can't complete the perfect back buckle like Kobe.

The fans in the Staples Center were overjoyed, cheering and applauding one after another.Everyone cheered for Kobe's dunk and chanted "MVP!", and they were also excited that Nash and Kobe, the two rookies of the 1996 class, would fight side by side again. It is shocking to be able to deceive people with fake shoulder fakes.

So the rebroadcast footage showed Nash close-up many times. As long as he got the ball, the cheers and applause continued for a long time.

Regarding this point, the Lakers generals have long been mentally prepared, and they have already adapted to the high attention. They are used to the frequent bursts of deafening cheers from the fans, and their expressions are the same.

In the next round, Nash once again interpreted the action of shaking his shoulders. After breaking through, he resolutely hit the inside to Gasol, who dunked with one hand.

Speaking of Nash's shoulder-shaking breakthrough technique, it really caused a headache for the opponent. He did not have super explosive power, but he broke through easily, because he used this technique so well.

Shaking shoulders, the English name is Shoulder Swivel.Pulling the defensive player through the movement of the shoulders to make a favorable response to the attacker is a necessary subtle link in the breakthrough technique, but shoulder shaking is not just the use of the shoulders, the effect of shoulder shaking is basically presented by the footsteps, waist It is formed with the exertion of the upper body, not deliberately moving the shoulders to pretend to be a fake action.

Shaking the shoulders in a face-to-face attack is an advanced skill, and you need to practice dribbling well to do this action well.

The essence of Nash's shoulder shaking lies in "tail swinging", using his footsteps and waist to swing his shoulders, just like the feeling of a small fish wagging its tail and turning around like lightning. It is mostly used for one-handed breakthroughs and has been tried repeatedly.

Nash also taught this movement to Chu Xiao in private, but the latter rarely used it.

Nash emphasized that if you break through to the right, you must use your waist or hips to quickly turn to the right at the same time, and the left and right feet quickly extend a small step forward along the lunge position. When doing this action, the center of gravity is completely Landing on the right foot, the direction of the attack is the right side in an instant, and the movement of shaking the shoulder to the right naturally appears.

If it is a breakthrough to the left, the opposite is true.

What Nash especially made Chu Xiao notice was that the movement of shaking the shoulders should be natural and unintentional. It is a natural result of the change of center of gravity and rhythm. It is also necessary to pay attention to protecting the ball and fully reading the defense.

Next, with Nash's assists, Kobe began to make frequent efforts on the offensive end.

Therefore, the connection between "Zonda" and "Black Mamba" was seen again at the Staples Center.

With 1 minute left in the first quarter, Nash broke into the interior with the ball, and after attracting double-teams, he distributed the ball to Kobe in time, and Kobe made an open shot.

"The existence of passers like Nash and Chu Xiao can make Kobe play more easily, and he no longer has to face high-pressure defenses like in the past." Lakers assistant coach Shaw explained that Kobe can still frequently hit the ball at the age of 34. The reason for the "30+" shooting percentage is that his shooting percentage this season is 48.6%, the highest in the past 7 years.

Xiao's explanation also confirmed from the side that Chu Xiao's growth and Nash's return will make the Lakers and Kobe more efficient and powerful!
In the last 6.2 seconds of the first quarter, Kobe made a comeback after receiving a wonderful pass from Nash. This time, he still attacked from the right side of the court. The 76ers stepped forward to surround him, and the "Black Mamba" evaded the opponent calmly He chose a beautiful backhand layup and scored the 10th point in a single quarter.

The home fans were overwhelmed by his superb performance. A burst of thunderous applause and shouts of "MVP" were the best encouragement for him.

In the second quarter, Nash led the team's second team to stay on the court and fight. When he gave the Lakers' starting backup center and rookie Thackeray a pass, ESPN expert Markaz exclaimed: "How good is Nash? He sent the pass between the opponent's legs, and even allowed a fringe player like Thackeray to put pressure on the opponent in the paint."

In the last 2 minutes of the first quarter plus the first 5 minutes of the second quarter, the "Son of the Wind" Nash, who returned from injury, made a breakthrough, a long pass in the backcourt during a fast break, and a ball hit after a pick-and-roll... … He relearned new tactics and adapted to the new system, which did not let the former assist king lose his rhythm.

ESPN expert Chris Palmer believes that it is not a dream for such Nash to break his single-season assists record (17) in the 11.7th season of his personal career.

However, although Nash is still sharp on the offensive end, he is somewhat powerless on defense, often losing his position or being eaten by the opponent's point guard alone.

With the deepening of the playing time, this feeling of defenselessness will become more and more obvious. Even if he can still pass the wonderful pass, but at the critical moment, his old state has undoubtedly been revealed. This is the general trend and expected. Because no one can fight against time.

Therefore, although the Lakers played well on the offensive end, they did not actually leave their opponents far behind, and the score was still 42-40.

At 6 minutes and 45 seconds of the second quarter, Nash and Odom played a pick-and-roll in a high position. Using Odom's cover, Nash stepped back from the dribble and stepped outside the three-point line to hit a three-pointer. After being substituted, Chu Xiao, Kobe and other starters returned to the field.

On the offensive end, he can shoot and pass, and on the defensive end, Chu Xiao, who is one-on-one and rarely loses his position, once again teamed up with Kobe to show off. The two of them connected to each other and played singles. Buckle, the result of this is that in the second half of the second quarter, the 76ers were blown up on both ends of the offense and defense, especially the offensive end, which was very chaotic.

In the end, the Lakers led the 60ers 48-76 by 12 points and ended the first half.

(End of this chapter)