lakers championship

Chapter 351 A Tribute to the Legend
At 15:7 p.m. on the [-]th, the [-] seats in the Staples Center were filled by excited fans.

In the lower stands on the west side, there is an extra-long table, and McGrady and the others are chatting.

Every time they were shown on the live big screen, the fans cheered.

Pierce said with a smile: "You may have noticed that we reserved two positions in the middle. One is for Jordan, who has the most cards, and the other is for Kobe, the owner of Staples."

McGrady shrugged: "The owner of Staples should be Tianyang now, and Kobe has already..."

In the middle of speaking, McGrady stopped because he found that Iverson and Pierce were both smirking.

Feeling that something was wrong, he turned his head subconsciously.Sure enough, Kobe was standing behind him smiling.

"When I first came here, I heard someone say I'm handsome!" Kobe joked.

McGrady laughed, got up and bumped shoulders with Kobe, Pierce and Iverson also came up to high-five.

"How's the injury? That little Sun guy doesn't know how to respect seniors." Iverson asked.

"It's not a big problem, just practice for a while. It's just a coincidence that you guys come to explain." Kobe walked to the middle and sat down. "Where's Mike? Is he playing a big game? Los Angeles is my place!"

Pierce spread his hands: "You may not believe it. He didn't buy a ticket yesterday, and he was stuck in traffic today. He is on the road, and everyone will not automatically give way just because he is No. 1, haha."

Iverson nodded: "Speaking of which, didn't Carter come too? What is he doing in the locker room?"

Kobe raised his head and smiled when he heard the words: "He said that he had to practice for the first time in the live broadcast. After retiring, he can use this resume to find a job. After all, after tonight, he can say that the ratings of the games he commented are very high."

When Kobe said this, several people burst into laughter. Tonight’s game between the Lakers and the 76ers has indeed become the hottest show at the moment due to many factors. Therefore, even if Kobe and Carter violated the rules, the league did not prohibit them. , ESPN is even more supportive.

"I seem to hear someone blackmailing me behind my back!" Carter pretended to be serious and walked to McGrady, and couldn't hold back his laughter before sitting down, "How about it, do I look like a professional anchor with my outfit? "

McGrady raised his glasses, and after a careful inspection, he suddenly laughed and said, "Yes, yes. "The Jump" is just missing a guest like you who buttoned his suit wrongly."

Everyone, including Carter himself, immediately lowered their heads to look at the suit when they heard the words. It was really buttoned wrongly.

"This..." Carter looked embarrassed, and Kobe and the others slapped the table and laughed.

Several people started chatting again, about 10 minutes later, the live DJ suddenly said: "Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome Michael Jordan with your warm applause."

No prefixes or suffixes are added, just the name Michael Jordan is enough.

Iverson stood up and applauded. Jordan came out of the player tunnel and trotted towards them.

Jordan shook hands with Kobe first, then shook hands with Pierce and others one by one.

After finishing the work, he sat down in the middle and said, "Huh... tonight is interesting."

McGrady answered: "Didn't you say you're here early? Why did you come here?"

Jordan: "I went to the locker room and chatted with that kid from Tianyang."

Kobe: "Oh? You bullied him?"

Jordan: "Don't dare, dare not, didn't you just say it? This is your territory, how dare I."

Kobe was amused, Jordan was actually watching the live broadcast before, and he waved his hand as a joke.

Iverson asked again: "Then what did you do?"

Jordan: "Encourage the younger generation and let him work hard to play the demeanor of a shooting guard. We can't let the league's No.1, second, and third players all be occupied by small forwards."

"Yes!" Carter and the others waved their fists, Pierce looked up and pretended to look at the ceiling.

Jordan: "We are all old, now is the age of young people, enjoy SkyOcean's performance tonight."

Kobe and the others nodded upon hearing this. No matter how much they have achieved in the past, the future of the league always belongs to young people, and young people should regard them as a goal to surpass, not just respect.

In a blink of an eye, the scene entered the pre-match ceremony. Tianyang led his teammates and ran out from the player tunnel. Jordan was the first to give a standing ovation, and all the fans cheered together.

Three minutes later, the pre-match ceremony was over, everyone took their seats, and McGrady and Pierce started to get down to business.

McGrady: "Let's first understand the starting lineups of the two teams. On the Lakers side, because Randall was injured and could not play, Walton sent Rondo, Tianyang, Ingram, Kuzma, and McGee to the starting lineup. "

Pierce: "On the 76ers side, point guard Simmons, shooting guard Fultz, small forward Covington, power forward Saric, and center Embiid, this lineup looks pretty good."

Iverson: "It's really strong. Fultz is very fast. After the pick-and-roll, Rondo is very difficult to guard."

Kobe: "That's hard to say. Simmons can't stop Tianyang from double-teaming in advance."

Carter: "That's natural, you don't know how fast Tianyang is."

Jordan: "Both of you are Lakers players. I'm on Iverson's side. I want to see how Simmons will perform against Tianyang, who once overwhelmed him, after a year of recuperation."

After the words fell, both sides began to jump the ball.

Unexpectedly, McGee actually touched the ball first and moved it to the backcourt.

Rondo took the ball, slowly brought it forward, walked to the right wing, glanced at Kuzma at the top of the arc, but rushed to the short corner with the ball, and cooperated hand-in-hand with Tianyang.

Simmons switched defenses, Tianyang did not attack immediately, but pulled the ball back, stopped outside the three-point line, pointed to Iverson on the sidelines, beat his chest again, and then began to change hands with his crotch ball.

Such an action, clearly to pay tribute, Iverson stood up, watching with a smile.

I saw that Tianyang's hand was moving faster and faster, and suddenly accelerated to the left, but Simmons didn't move laterally to intercept it at the first time, but Tianyang's range was too large, it didn't seem like there was a fake move at all, so Simmons moved hurriedly pace.

At such a moment, Tianyang stopped suddenly, changed the ball from his crotch to his left hand, put his feet together, collected the ball and took off, and made a mid-range shot. Simmons jumped up suddenly to block the shot, but failed to block it.

With a bang, the basketball went into the net, and the standard Iverson-style crossover was extraordinary.

On the sidelines, Iverson smiled and applauded while shaking his head. The smile was a tribute to Tianyang. The shaking of his head meant that although Simon did not fall like Tyronn Lue, he also lost face. How to say that he is also a famous 76ers, so I feel embarrassed.

Embiid retreated to the bottom line to serve, Simon caught the ball and quickly brought it to the frontcourt, first passing Fultz, and then receiving a pass back, singled Rondo on the right wing, and started with a standard three-threat posture.

Rondo did not hesitate. He had heard that Simmons had a poor shot, so he took a step back decisively and kept shooting.

Simmons was stunned when he saw this, and he didn't make a shot for a long time. Embiid stepped forward to pick and roll.

Simmons rushed inside with the help of a cover, McGee raised his right hand to intercept all the way, successfully interfered with his layup, and got a defensive rebound, which was passed directly to Tianyang, and the Lakers launched a counterattack.

Tianyang deliberately ran across the sidelines, pointed at McGrady as well, and thumped his chest.

Although there was no further action, but with Iverson's previous example, McGrady stood up hurriedly, showing a pair of curious eyes, as if guessing what action Tianyang would use.

Tianyang rushed to the left wing, faced Fultz's defense, dribbled the ball under his crotch, followed by a dribble behind his back, and then moved horizontally to the left. There was no other extra movement, and he directly collected the ball and pulled out his hand!

Swish, another hollow hit, McGrady applauded and laughed, very satisfied with Tianyang's salute to himself.

Jordan suddenly said: "Kobe, I am better than you in terms of back punching. Tianyang will definitely pay tribute to me with back punches. Do you have any classic offensive methods?"

This remark is both a discussion and a bit of a joke. Kobe said after a little thought:

"Maybe it's a forced shot in the face of 5 people double-teaming!"

(End of this chapter)