Kwame Brown's Freshman

Chapter 172 Grand Champion

It is said that the Jedi counterattacked, and the Pistons have reached this point now.Everyone tried to give full play to their advantages. Although Hamilton was afraid of Kwame and dared not attack, he showed his ability to run and ran around with Kwame. Kwame goes to help defend other offensive players.I have to say that at this time, any solution can be thought of. Hamilton has a good idea this time. Kwame dare not let go of Hamilton. Hamilton is really strong in the mid-range.

It may be because the Pistons are too weak, and the referees are biased towards them unconsciously. Some of Daben's blockers with relatively large movements were not called fouls, and Odom's attention in this game is not as focused as in previous games. Maybe I think the win is guaranteed. The defensive end is okay, but the offensive end is like playing for fun. I always want to show my comprehensive skills.

Only Kidd is still conscientiously delivering the ball for his teammates. Although the Pistons are at a disadvantage, they are completely different from the previous games. Due to the different levels of fighting spirit of the two sides, the Pistons are underdogs, while the Lakers are always winning.In addition, the chances of other players in the first few games were not particularly high. Kobe's shots accounted for nearly [-]% of the team's shots. Although Kobe shot more than [-]% in the playoffs this season, the decline in his teammates' touch is because of him.In the first half, the Lakers didn't take it too seriously. Fortunately, with Kidd, the teammates had more opportunities to catch the ball and layup directly with simple balls, and the advantage was still there.

This time, the Pistons clung to the [-] points behind, and they didn't fall behind by more than ten or twenty points at the beginning.In fact, the Pistons could have done better. Kufus has always suggested that Larry Brown use his tactics, but the championship a year ago made Larry Brown a little smug, and he insisted on using his favorite tactics.

But he can ignore the fact that in the summer after he won the championship, he commanded the star-studded US team to participate in the Olympic Games and lost [-] games and only won a bronze medal.He thought it was just an accident, losing one game was an accident, but could losing three games still be called an accident?It can be said that his tactics have been thoroughly studied by the opposing coach and are no longer the best tactics on this planet.

If you change to a team with more vitality and smoother offensive tactics, it will definitely be ahead, but the Pistons are still behind.

In the second half, the critical third quarter, at this critical moment, the Lakers put all their energy on the game field.

"We're going back with the championship trophy. Although I'm a little sorry for Jerry, his money will be less." Kobe told reporters during the intermission.

Missing the opportunity for the Lakers to relax in the first half, the Pistons have no hope of winning. Their enthusiasm at the beginning of the game has been wiped out by the halftime lag.

Bryant's desire to score increased and the Lakers were sent to the championship. In the third quarter, Kobe entered regular Kobe time. At the beginning of the third quarter, Kobe stole Billups and then made a three-pointer.Kobe Bryant's [-]+ performance in the previous few games has already cast a shadow in his heart, at least a shadow that cannot be dissipated in a short period of time. Not only Billups, but everyone in the Pistons now has a voice in his heart telling him that Kobe is showing off, you guys I'm about to lose.

In this case, Kobe hit [-] goals in a row, completely crushing their last bit of fighting spirit, and the Lakers finally opened the score in one fell swoop in the third quarter.The Lakers finally won the O'Brien Cup amid boos.

At the moment when the final second of the fourth quarter sounded, Kobe once again cheered loudly like he won the championship for the first time that year, and jumped directly on Kwame's back.Why do you say again?Because every time Kobe wins a championship, he is as excited as his first championship.Everyone on the Lakers is celebrating wildly, they forgot that this is the opponent's arena, but what is it?The fans and the Pistons players all left the stadium sadly, watching the O'Brien Cup slowly being rolled out with nostalgia.The Lakers players were excited for a while, and then they put on the championship T-shirts that they had prepared earlier under the urging of the staff. Champion, I still have to serve them, and they are still procrastinating, it's really annoying.But the players didn't care, instead they put on the t-shirt symbolizing the championship even more excitedly.

"Ladies and gentlemen, today we witnessed this great final game. After [-] wonderful and intense games, the Pistons unfortunately failed to defend their title, but our new champion has been born, That is the Los Angeles Lakers..." Although the fans at the scene were scattered, Stern still announced with enthusiasm that the Lakers had won the championship.

Stern handed over the championship trophy, the O'Brien Cup, to Divac. Although Divac didn't get even a minute of playing time in the playoffs, he was on the roster every game, and Is the captain of the team.

From playing with Magic Johnson, the last super guard of the Lakers in the late [-]s - being sent to Charlotte for a high school student - returning to the Lakers to assist the high school student who traded for himself to win the championship.Divac recalled the scenes of his career, and couldn't help but shed a line of old tears.

Kobe finally waited for the moment he dreamed of. When Bill Russell handed over the Russell Cup to him, the calm look before the game was completely torn apart. Kobe called Vanessa and his daughter Nana as expected, He kissed his daughter and wife, and shared his joy with them with tears.

When Kidd received the trophy, he couldn't help sighing in his heart. He finally got rid of the title of uncrowned king. He has been the league's number one point guard for many years, and his team's lineup has always been very good, but he just couldn't win the championship. Dream, a year ago I didn't think I would win the championship with Kobe.It's not that he didn't complain about why he didn't have teammates of Kobe McGrady's level, but he never expected that he could command the current Lakers lineup, but now it has come true.

Meme won the trophy, he really doesn't want to leave this team now, but for his own better future, he has to choose to leave, because it is impossible to give him too much playing time here, thinking of this, there is no reason for him not to enter Some sentimental, won the championship, and started in the playoffs.He really wants to do this kind of thing again, but the honor has already been won. For many players, the championship can be won if they can, but if they can’t, it is more important to get more money and more playing time.

Ariza won the trophy. For Ariza, it was a dream year after coming to the Lakers. Starting in the finals?At least he didn't think about it when he was selected by the Knicks this year, but now that he is the championship, all of this has come true. Apart from being happy and excited, he doesn't have much thought.

Finley didn't show too much excitement when he won the trophy. At the age of [-], his salary is not too high. He will stay with the Lakers for a long time. He firmly believes that the Lakers will not let him go. From the current situation of the Lakers As far as the core lineup is concerned, it is impossible to have only one championship, but he is still very excited, this is his first championship.

Odom saw Kobe and his wife kissing, and immediately hugged his girlfriend out. Kohler, Vanessa, and Hillary came here from Los Angeles to watch the game together.The Lakers players are very confident that this game will win, so they let their wives and children share their happiness together, but only Kobe and Odom are so unrestrained. At this time, they call their wives to play, and everyone else is preparing to play in the press release. It was only called out at the meeting.After Odom kissed Kohler, he wanted to kiss his child like Kobe, but little Odom ran away directly, "Damn! Daddy! Don't make it so romantic, okay, Mommy can watch Let’s go!” No one thought that Odom Jr. would say such a sentence, bursting into laughter.Depressed, Odom hugged his two sons forcibly, and "kissed" them amidst everyone's laughter and his son's help.Odom was so kind to his remaining children after the unexpected death of his eldest son, how could this moment not be shared?
For players like Powell and Thomas, it is already a very happy thing to play in a place where there is no discrimination, and here they all receive unprecedented attention, not only interviewed by many reporters every day, but also invited by advertisements, What they are thinking about now is how to stay in this team, the championship is completely an additional reward.Maybe the role players of other teams who won the championship don't have much to say.But role players in teams like the Lakers and Celtics are different. At least the advertising costs are hundreds of thousands more a year.

Vujacic, Humphries, and Parker are not worried about whether they will stay or not. They all have their own skills. Parker's breakthrough, Vujacic's shooting talent, and Humphries' rebounding talent are all outstanding. They are all vying for it now. Hold the O'Brien Cup.

It was a tragedy for Hill. He came to the place where his career started again and looked at his new club.This is so cheating!The league stipulates that if a player's team wins the championship, if the player wants to share this honor, he must play more than [-] minutes on this team in this year.Hill looked enviously at his teammates kissing the O'Brien Cup, and secretly sighed that he was injured at the wrong time, but if he was not injured, how could he come to this team?This is really a contradiction, next time!Next time you win the championship, you must pay your own strength!Hill watched Kwame make up his mind as he was about to pick up the trophy.

Kwame took the trophy from Humphries. This is the championship trophy?Kwame thought it was unreal, but it was all happening right in front of his eyes.Imagining that he was still muddling around in nightclubs at this time last year, Kwame smiled.But Kwame still has some regrets, because another equally important trophy is not his own, how much he wants to be able to win that trophy one day!A championship?For many stars, it is a dream to win a championship trophy, but this is far from enough for Kwame!However, Kwame is still very excited about this trophy, and he also imitated Odom to force Hillary to hug him with a strong kiss. Hillary shyly responded to Kwame's passionate kiss.

Finally, this guy who insisted on not retiring until the age of [-] and still pursuing the dream of a championship.Kobe took the O'Brien Cup from Kwame, handed it to Miller himself, and said solemnly: "You got this thing that belongs to you."

Miller was not as excited as others thought holding the trophy and crying, just like Jordan won the championship for the first time. He thought he would be very excited, but he was not. He is very calm now, very calm. I wanted it very much, but after I got it, I realized that I was no longer a young man, and what I was after was not the highest honor, but the joy of playing. This joy, I finally experienced it again this year.Smiling, he picked up the O'Brien Cup and gave it to Rudy after kissing it.

Rudy is also a coach who has won consecutive championships in big scenes. Of course, at this time, he would not do something like crying and losing points. He accepted the photo with the O'Brien Cup very firmly.

After celebrating for a while, everyone remembered that this was not their home stadium, and hurried back to the locker room under the murderous eyes of the on-site staff.

There was another celebration in the locker room, and Rudy, who was very determined, suffered a disaster. Parker and Humphries had prepared an extra-large cake early, and when Rudy entered the locker room, it fell from the sky, causing Rudy to buy a new suit. It was all cream, and Rudy was "furious" in an instant, and immediately found the "culprits" Parker and Humphries. They were the only two people who asked for leave at noon today. Then the two came into close contact.There was joy at the scene.

After everyone took a shower and changed into formal clothes, the press conference officially started. Although it was early in the morning, none of the reporters left.

"Well, I was wrong. I violated Mr. Stern's dress code, but I can't blame me. I originally bought a new Armani suit, but there was a little accident just now, and I was plotted against. Then This suit is full of cream, if Mr. Stern insists on me wearing it, he can try it on first. I will give it to him for free." Rudy watched people looking at his training suit that didn't fit at all, Said helplessly.

After answering some questions, Rudy left. He knew that reporters wanted to interview players more, so he didn't have much to do.

There are so many questions from the reporters tonight. There are all kinds of questions. Kobe, who won the championship for the first time as the leader of the team, is naturally the object of care.

"How do you feel about winning the championship? Here, I won many championships. You want me to tell you how I felt about that year?" Kobe wanted to laugh at this question, so he could only answer this way.

"What do I want to say? That I finally got rid of the monkey on my back (American proverb, meaning stress), and I have one more champion than that fat guy." That's a selling point!After Kobe said this, the camera clicked and clicked. Fortunately, the use of flash is prohibited now, otherwise Kobe's eyes would definitely be hurt.

Kobe is in a good mood today. He answered all the questions that should be answered, and some that should not be answered. Anyway, he looks happy.

When Kwame was interviewed, most of the questions were not about the championship, but asked about his future, "Who knows, where I will stay next year, I will tell you when the time comes. I don't want to say it yet. Kwame's words disappointed the reporters who were expecting him to reveal some rumors after winning the championship, but they didn't bother too much. Tonight is the night of the championship, and any interview is news. I didn't ask Kwame too much, but went with Kidd and Finley.Humphries and Vujacic naturally did not have the honor to participate in such a press conference, but went back to the hotel early.

Finley was still the reporter's darling, and the reporters got satisfactory answers when they interviewed him.

When the reporter interviewed Miller and Divac, the two revealed a big news. They will retire after the end of this season, which means that they are ready to retire!

Early the next morning, everyone boarded the plane back to Los Angeles.There are fans out there waiting for their heroes to return.

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