The glory of the basketball gods

Chapter 89 Challenge the defending champion

"As an athlete who loves basketball, I am always eager to play against the strongest team. The dream of a championship must be there. Defeating this strongest team can prove that we have the strength to achieve our dreams! Now, performance Show me, do you have the courage to kick this group of proud defending champions in the ass and tell them that we are the strongest team!"

"Yes~~~~~"

"We are galloping on the battlefield under the setting sun, invincible knights for glory!"

"Yes~~~~~~"

"Go, lads, go to the court and show everyone how much energy you have in your body!"

"Oh~~~~~~"

Seeing the Cavaliers players walking out of the locker room with high spirits, Larry Drew felt that he would also be ignited by Scott's passion.

"Byron, are you okay?" Seeing that all the players had walked out of the locker room, but Scott was leaning on the wall, Drew immediately asked with concern.

"It's nothing, I haven't yelled so loudly for a long time, I feel a little dizzy"

"I go."

The Los Angeles Lakers, regardless of the glorious and long history of this team, just talk about the last two seasons. After leaving O'Neal, Kobe finally won consecutive championships and won two championship trophies in succession.

In this way, Kobe has 5 championship trophies, surpassing O'Neal's 4 trophies. Defeating the Celtics 4-3 ended the curse of the team's invincible tiebreaker against the Celtics in team history.

"History is made!", "Compared with the previous three championships, I prefer the last two!", "Three consecutive championships, why not? I think we have enough strength to create a new dynasty! ", "Shaq did it too!", and so on, as if they were still yesterday.

The goal of the Lakers this season is very clear, which is to defend the championship and win three consecutive championships!
The Lakers have such confidence, let's take a look at the Lakers' lineup.

The coach, Phil Jackson, the legendary coach who once led Jordan to win 6 championships, although he has some unclear issues with the Lakers director Jenny, but which successful man would be willing to live alone for the rest of his life.

Luxury insiders, Andrew Bynum, Pau Gasol, and Lamar Odom, any two of these three insiders are already luxurious enough, let alone one of such powerful players has to sit On the bench, it was a waste of money.

上赛季的拜纳姆场均能够拿下职业生涯最高的15.0分，此外还有8.3个篮板1.4次盖帽，表现更加成熟，而多以第六人身份出场的奥多姆场均也能够贡献10.8分9.3个篮板3.3次助攻0.9次抢断和0.7次盖帽，全能前锋的表现名副其实。

In addition to the above two, the real insider of the team is the Spaniard named Paul Gasol, who is also the FIBA ​​No. 1 selected by the world basketball circle.

After O'Neal's East Tour, Kobe, who led the team alone, struggled for a period of time. Although Kobe's personal performance was almost impeccable, the team's record was still unable to go further.

Until the arrival of Gasol, the Lakers quickly emerged as a championship-level team.

After moving from the Memphis Grizzlies to the Los Angeles Lakers, Gasol had the best season of his career last season, averaging a career-high 11.3 rebounds, 18.3 points, 3.4 assists and 1.7 blocks per game. Fully propped up the inside of the Lakers.

These three teamed up to average 44.1 points, 30.4 rebounds, 7.7 assists, 2.0 steals and 3.8 blocks per game last season, making other teams in the league terrified. This is why the Celtics signed Shaquille O'Neal this season. The reason is to prevent the insiders from suffering losses in the finals.

The perimeter iron gate has been renamed as Charity-World-Peace Ron Artest. Although this player is a thorn and often causes troubles on the court, his own strength is very strong, especially the perimeter defensive ability. Let a player like Kobe suffer a lot.Artest's ability to go to the Lakers was also due to Kobe's strong recruitment. In terms of pure strength, Artest may not be able to attract Kobe's attention, but when he represented the Rockets in the game against the Lakers, he yelled in Kobe's ear "I am Mr. Artest", let Artest win Kobe's respect.

In the last season, Artest averaged 11.0 points, 4.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 1.4 steals and 0.3 blocks per game. Although his scoring has dropped a lot compared to the previous two seasons, in the Lakers, Artest mainly acts as a defensive vanguard. character of.Artest's defense mainly relies on physical confrontation, and combined with defensive actions, his defensive efficiency is quite high. Although he only blocks 0.3 times, Artest can appear in almost every game. .

Before the start of the game, Artest had already watched the videos of Yuan Man's previous games. For basketball games, Artest's investment was at a professional level.

"How's it going, Ron?"

"A good rookie." Artest was full of confidence.

It was the ace of the Lakers, Kobe Bryant, the team leader who won the Game of Thrones, who asked Artest.

Known as the man who is the closest to Jordan in active service, it can be said that the prestige and honor of his career has reached its peak. As long as he wins another championship this season and achieves three consecutive championships, even if his career ends immediately, Kobe's experience will be over. It can be called perfect.

Kobe is one of the best scorers in the NBA. He has won numerous awards in his career. He is proficient in breakthroughs, shooting, free throws, and three-pointers. He has almost no offensive blind spots. The personal record of 81 points in a single game is a strong proof of this.In addition to crazy scoring, Kobe's organizational skills are also outstanding, and he often serves as the first initiator of the team's offense.In addition, Kobe is one of the best defenders in the league, and his personal defense is very oppressive.

Kobe averaged 27.0 points, 5.4 rebounds, 5.0 assists and 1.5 steals per game last season, and won the finals MVP. Although this MVP is somewhat controversial, many people think that Gasol, who has a stable and outstanding performance in the finals, should be given. But the league finally gave the award to Kobe.

In the end, the commander in charge of this luxury warship is the chairman of the players union of the league, old fish Derek Fisher. Fisher's playing has reached a state where his half-court dribbling ability is almost impeccable. Can successfully complete various half court dribbles, and then hand the ball to Kobe after half court.This kind of basketball skills is in line with Kobe's temper, which is why only Fisher, who averaged 7.5 points, 2.1 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game, can be the main force.

In addition, Fisher, like Hawley back then, has the ability to make key shots, which also allows Fisher to be respected enough, and no one criticizes his status as the main player.

In general, the battleship of the Lakers is definitely a historical level, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as the Titanic on the basketball court.

Compared with this defending champion, the Cleveland Cavaliers can only play the role of challenger without a doubt.

　Thank you book friend Lazy for your reward.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)