I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 213 Lake Horse First Game

2013年的季后赛是在4月20日开打的，当天共有8支球队捉对厮杀，最终尼克斯以85-78胜了没有雷·阿伦的凯尔特人、掘金97-95勇士先下一城、篮网106-89大胜公牛、快船112-91屠杀灰熊。

湖人热火等球队被安排在了4月21日，热火110-87雄鹿、雷霆120-91火箭、步行者107-90老鹰，拥有主场优势的3支队伍全部轻松获胜，唯有最后出场的湖人VS马刺可谓打得难解难分，同时还收获了非常高的关注度。

There is no other reason, just the words "Lakers" and "Spurs" are enough to attract attention.

翻开球员名册，星光璀璨，他们之中的太多人都已在NBA历史上留下了自己的名字，科比、邓肯、纳什、霍华德、加索尔、麦迪、帕克、吉诺比利、阿里纳斯、奥多姆、楚晓……只是这些名字就足以引爆球迷们的眼球，更别提他们取得的荣誉了：5座常规赛MVP奖杯、6座总决赛MVP、4座最佳防守球员奖杯、5个篮板王头衔、4个得分王头衔、2座最佳第六人奖杯、1座最佳新秀、4座最佳教练（其中波波维奇3座、禅师1座）……还有“指环王”禅师的11个总冠军。

Not only the players, but the two teams also have a fateful intersection.

In the Western Conference semifinals in 1999, the Spurs won the Lakers 4-2, and then won the first championship title in team history.

In the 2001 Western Conference Finals, the "OK combination" Lakers, who were at their peak at the time, swept the Spurs 4-0.

For the next three years, the two sides met in the Western Conference semifinals: In 2002, the Lakers won 4-1, and in 2003, the Spurs avenged 4-2.As for the matchup in 2004, the Spurs were seriously hurt by "Little Fish" Fisher's lore 0.4 seconds before the end of the game. However, the Lakers failed to win the championship that year. Afterwards, with O'Neal's departure, the Lakers began It went downhill and did not return to the Western Conference Finals until 2008, eliminating the Spurs 4-1 and advancing to the Finals.The Spurs have won the championship twice during the three years of the Lakers' silence. After the Lakers failed in the 3 Finals, they won the championship for two consecutive years in 2008 and 2009.

The fans still remember the matchup between the Lakers and the Spurs in 2008. In the 2007-08 season, the Lakers successfully advanced to the playoffs after getting Gasol, swept the Nuggets in the first round, eliminated the Jazz 4-2 and reached the Western Conference Finals.The Lakers played very aggressively against the defending champion Spurs, and finally eliminated the Spurs 4-1 to advance to the finals under the leadership of Kobe.

In the Western Conference Finals, Popovich did not double-team Kobe, but let Bowen defend alone, and the others did not help much. Popovich, who has been fighting the Lakers for many years, knows that no matter what No matter how many people are sent to defend Kobe, he has a way to send the ball to the basket. In this case, it is better to focus on the "twin towers" of Gasol and Odom. If you can't score points, you can't say that Kobe alone can't win.

Yet Popovich forgot that Kobe had evolved again.

You know, that's the peak Kobe.That year Kobe was awarded the MVP of the regular season, both mentally and competitively, he reached another level, and his personal skills have reached perfection.

So Kobe made very few free throws in this round of the series, because his mid-range shots were too accurate. In 5 games, he took a total of 52 shots and hit 26 goals. In addition, he shot 18 shots in the paint area and hit 11 goals. He shot 61.1% from the field, made 26 shots at the basket, made 19 of them, and made 73.1% of them.It can be said that Kobe that year abruptly used a mid-range shot to send the Lakers into the finals.

After the game, Popovich said to Kobe: "Except for the Spurs players, I only like to coach Kobe."

As one of the greatest coaches in history, Popovich, nicknamed "Zhuge", was able to say such a sentence when he lost the game, which is enough to prove how high Kobe's dominance ability was in that series.

In the playoffs that year, Kobe scored almost no open shots, all scoring with the ball, all kinds of difficult and incomprehensible, Popovich once said: "Kobe just wants to put his foot on your throat when he plays. Come on." It can be seen what kind of role Kobe is in Bobo's eyes.

湖人之后连夺2009和2010年总冠军后。自1999年至2010年，湖人（5次）与马刺（4次）总共拿下了12年里的9座奥布莱恩杯，堪称21世纪以来最伟大的2支球队。而查阅历史，自1999年至今，双方共在季后赛中交手6次，湖人4胜2负稍占上风。

Therefore, this time is the first time the two teams have met in the playoffs since 2008.

From 2008 to 2013, both teams experienced many things.

2008-09赛季，马刺队在季后赛首轮中1-4不敌达拉斯小牛队；湖人则在总决赛中4-1轻取魔术，捧起队史第15座总冠军奖杯。

In the 2009-10 season, the Spurs created the first "Black Seven Miracle" with 7 games and 4 wins in the first round, but they were swept by the Phoenix Suns in the second round; Won the championship trophy in two years.

In the 2010-11 season, although the Spurs won the first place in the Western Conference in the regular season, they lost 2 to 4 in the first round of the playoffs and ranked eighth in the Western Conference. The leading Memphis Grizzlies suffered a "black eight"; the Lakers had a mediocre record this season, facing the Mavericks in the second round, they were swept 0-4 and were out in embarrassment.

In the 2011-12 season, the Spurs finally came to the Western Conference Finals again and led the Oklahoma City Thunder 2-0 with a big score. However, the Thunder won four consecutive cities and eliminated the Spurs 4-2.The Lakers were first eliminated by the Thunder in the Western Conference semifinals.

In the 2012-13 season, the Spurs ranked seventh in the Western Conference and the Lakers ranked second in the Western Conference. They finally met again in the playoffs.

When the whistle sounded at the Staples Center, the 37-year-old Duncan and the 28-year-old Warcraft jumped into the air for a scrimmage.

"Snapped!"

The younger Warcraft slapped the ball towards his team, and it landed in Chu Xiao's hands. Tony Parker of the Spurs immediately rushed over to block him.

"You shoot, this is a super long three-pointer." Parker raised his eyebrows and said.

"Aggression method?" Chu Xiao smiled while dribbling, "Then you look after it, I really shoot."

The place where Chu Xiao held the ball hadn't crossed the center line, and it was 49 feet away from the basket, which is about 14 meters. Parker didn't believe that this rookie dared to make a shot.After all, this is not an ordinary game, but the playoffs. We must play steadily. Any inappropriate risky behavior may cost the risk of losing the entire series. Even if Parker lets him vote, I believe the entire Lakers do not want this rookie to be so bold. .

However, Parker, a member of the Spurs who has always put reason first and system first, really underestimated Chu Xiao's "daring", so he slowed down and retreated, ready to cut off the opponent's breakthrough route at any time. Called "M24", one is the most perverted shooter in the history of "98K". He stopped to collect the ball when he was 2 meters away from the center line, and then used a basically normal shooting action to make a shot. Fantastic long shot.

Staples fell silent for an instant, and it took 2 seconds for the burst of applause to erupt.

It can be said that Chu Xiao's 14-meter shot not only caught the opponent by surprise, but also caught his own team by surprise.

Through the slow-motion playback, it can be seen that at the moment when Chu Xiao started to prepare his hands, he was still 2 meters away from the center line and more than 1 meter away from Parker. A closer shooting distance, or a breakthrough through skills, but obviously he thinks that these are unnecessary, and he thinks that there is a chance to hit him, and he shoots, because he has shot from far away, in his private relationship with Nash In shooting drills, he can shoot from the basket in the frontcourt all the way to the basket in the backcourt.So it's really not a big deal to shoot near the midfield.

But with such an unreasonable shot, the fans couldn't help exclaiming, "Is this guy from Earth?"

The reporters who were explaining the game on the spot also exclaimed that this is too amazing.

ABC Sports reporter Sean Cunningham sighed on Twitter: "You are so drunk, Chu Xiao!"

ESPN reporter JA Adande also wrote: "He obviously could take a step closer, but decided, 'Hey, I'll just leave it here.'"

Even the official accounts of several major media have expressed incredible feelings.For example, the NBA official tweet wrote: "Chu Xiao, this is the playoffs, do you want to be so outstanding?!"

The ESPN official tweet also stated: "No one can shoot better than Chu Xiao in the midfield. Maybe Stephen Curry has a chance to try it."

Fox Sports said: "Chu Xiao is playing the playoffs like a training game, it must be like this."

CBS Sports mischievously posted a photo of an empty parking lot outside the gymnasium with the following words: "Let you see where Chu Xiao shot tonight."

"I'll go! You really shot, how dare you!" Parker exclaimed the loudest. In his impression, not shooting at a reasonable position is simply deviant!This is unimaginable in the Spurs.

Parker joined the Spurs in 2001, but the real cornerstone of this team is Popovich. After he took over the Spurs in the 1996-1997 season, he led the team to build a Spurs empire in more than 10 years.

Owner Holt used to be a soldier, Popovich used to be a soldier, and the team's hero David Robinson was also a soldier, so the Spurs team has a military atmosphere and culture from top to bottom.

Holt has no doubts about Popovich's employment. In addition to believing in his ability, there is also a kind of sympathy and friendship between soldiers, and the sincerity between two real men.

Popovich integrated the discipline and temperament of generals into coaching and management, making the Spurs the most famous iron army in the NBA.The team is very particular about offensive and defensive discipline. The game can be lost, but it must not be played randomly. Otherwise, Mr. Bobo's violent temper is not a joke.When Ginobili just joined the Spurs, his style of play was as chic and freehand as a South American, and Popo did not give him a hard time.

Ginobili once said in an interview, "In Popo's eyes, you will never do the right thing, and you will always only be scolded." The fact is true, except for Duncan, Manu and Parker have no Don't be scolded by Bobo, especially Manu, who used to like to steal and pass the ball rashly, was often scolded bloody.

Under Popo's insistence, the Spurs became the most disciplined team in the league, that is, they will never fight indiscriminately.

In Parker's eyes, Chu Xiao just now was just fighting, and he was fighting in the most important playoffs.He firmly believes that if Chu Xiao is in the Spurs, no matter how capable he is, just because of that incongruous shot just now, he may wear out the bench or even be cleared.

In the Spurs, those who did not abide by the discipline and culture of the Spurs were mostly purged by Mr. Popo, such as Stephen Jackson.

(End of this chapter)