NBA: The man who passed the ball to Yao Ming

Kenny Smith also shook his head with a smile and sighed: "Yeah, I didn't expect Zhang Jinshui to be able to fight Kobe back and forth. You must know that this Huaguo kid is only 20 years old now, and Kobe is in the middle of his career." The pinnacle of his career."

Barkley chuckled, glanced at the SB host Lahm who was sitting next to him, and asked, "Lam, based on the performance in these few rounds, even if I say that Zhang Jinshui is already at the same level as Kobe, it's not too bad." share?"

Ram's old face was flushed, and he seemed to want to refute Barkley the big mouth, but he couldn't find a good rebuttal point for a while.

But Kenny Smith on the side said a few fair words: "It's too early for you to draw such a conclusion, right? You and I can see that Kobe's physical strength has been exhausted so far in this game, and Zhang Jinshui is indeed in too good a state. In this case, even if the two are evenly matched, it may not be able to explain anything."

At this point, more than 8 minutes into the third quarter, Kobe was standing on the field with his hands on his hips, his face covered in sweat, and it was obvious to the naked eye that he was at the end of his battle.

Seeing the little shark Bynum pick up the basketball that Birdman Anderson had just smashed into the basket and go to the baseline, Kobe immediately stepped forward and raised his hands, ready to receive the baseline serve from his teammate and return Zhang Jinshui.

But Lakers head coach Phil Jackson standing on the sidelines couldn't stand it any longer. He waved to the referee and replaced Kobe and other key players, leaving Odom to lead the team alone.

For the Rockets, Van Gundy also replaced Yao Ming and McGrady at the right time, and sent Sprewell to assist Zhang Jinshui to play the rest of the third quarter.

At this time, the score on the court was 77 to 69, and the Rockets led the Lakers by 8 points.

In this quarter, Kobe played strongly again, scoring 13 points, and also turned his technical statistics in the three quarters of the game into a terrifying 40 points, 5 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals.

Even though the Rockets have performed well tonight and Zhang Jinshui has emptied his arsenal, the Rockets still cannot widen the gap with the Lakers because of Kobe.

I have to admit that Kobe tonight is really strong enough!

Fortunately, now that Kobe is off the court, the Rockets finally have the opportunity to widen the gap.

With the referee's whistle sounded, the game continued.

Just now on the bench, Sprewell, who was excited by Zhang Jinshui's wonderful performance and couldn't hold back, immediately declared his determination to take over the game with a breakthrough dunk.

And Zhang Jinshui, after the special effects of "Status Hot" disappeared, he was also very willing to take a break, and gave up the core position of the stage to the foster brother.

Under Zhang Jinshui's rhythm control and Sprewell's charge, coupled with the fact that the defensive strength of the Lakers' current lineup is mediocre, the Rockets' bench lineup has a very high offensive success rate. When the three cores are present, they don't give up much.

Although Odom finally played a role during this period of time after being silent for more than half a game. He helped the Lakers score some points by relying on passing and low-post singles. Still can't stop Zhang Jinshui and Sprewell from pulling the difference between the two teams to double digits.

When the third quarter ended, the Rockets had already led the Lakers by 87 points 75 to 12, which was also the biggest lead the Rockets had in this game.

In the stands of the Staples Arena, there was no longer the excited and triumphant laughter of the first half, and the faces of many fans became very dignified.

Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Lakers are still 40 points behind the Rockets after Kobe Bryant scored 12 points in three quarters, and Kobe's physical strength has obviously reached the limit. In this game, the Lakers really have More bad luck than good.

During the holiday break, Zhang Jinshui sat back on the bench, wiped the sweat off his head with a towel, and glanced at the opposite Lakers bench from a distance.

Kobe was holding a towel around his neck with both hands, leaning against the back of the chair, chewing gum with empty eyes.

Zhang Jinshui sighed slightly in secret, probably able to guess the helplessness in Kobe's heart at this time.

In the past two seasons, due to the poor team building of the Lakers management and the failure to find suitable helpers for himself, Kobe and the management were very unhappy, and even submitted a trade application to the team at one point.

Many NBA media therefore criticized Kobe's unprofessionalism and disloyalty, and called it the most important factor for the instability of the Lakers locker room.

However, few media are willing to think about it from Kobe's point of view. A top league superstar in his prime can almost perform superbly in every game, but because of his teammates' inability, he is always unable to achieve Victory, he has some resentment in his heart, isn't it normal?

What's more, no matter how much he complained to the management, as soon as he returned to the game, Kobe still did his best for the Lakers without hesitation. Case.

What qualifications do those media who stand and talk without back pain have to criticize Kobe?

Thankfully, Lakers fans stand with their boss.

Thinking of this, Zhang Jinshui felt even more emotional in his heart. Maybe this is the fate of NBA superstars. The more they are liked by fans, the more they have to bear the excessive criticism from the public media.

The rest time between festivals was actually very short. Soon, players from both sides returned to the court, including Kobe who hadn't rested for a few minutes.

It can be seen that Kobe still insisted on playing even though his physical strength had not recovered much. He probably wanted to quickly help the Lakers narrow the point difference.

After all, the game has reached the fourth quarter, and there is not much time left.

If Kobe rests for another 2 minutes and the Lakers are further widened by the Rockets, then even if Kobe plays later and can continue the superb state of the first three quarters, the Lakers must be hard-won.

However, even if they play now, it will not help much.

Only half a minute into the fourth quarter, Kobe once again helped the Lakers narrow the point difference to 10 points with a fadeaway jumper, and Van Gundy directly replaced Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady on the court.

In the previous games, Van Gundy has always cherished the physical strength of Yao Ming and Tracy McGrady. In fact, he wanted to keep their physical strength at the critical moment of the current competition for victory.

And when Yao Ming and McGrady, a pair of superstars with relatively sufficient physical reserves, stood on the field and faced Kobe, whose physical strength was already shaky, no matter how strong Kobe was, there was no big suspense about the situation on the field.

In the next 4 or 5 minutes, the division of labor for the Rockets was very clear. Tracy McGrady was in charge of wrestling with Kobe, while Yao Ming was doing whatever he wanted inside the Lakers.

场上的比分，也从87比77，变成了92比80，又变成了97比82,。

With only the last 6 minutes left in the game, the Rockets' lead has reached 15 points.

At this time, Zhang Jinshui, the third giant of the Rockets, was still sitting on the bench recovering his strength.

Although the never-say-die Black Mamba is still working hard to organize the Lakers' counterattack, but when Zhang Jinshui returned to the field and started to slow down the offensive rhythm according to Van Gundy's deployment, after securing the lead, the Lakers will There is no more chance.

Even though Kobe relied on his tenacious perseverance, he played the last quarter without missing a minute, and continued his previous superb performance. He scored another 1 points in the fourth quarter, surpassing his personal data in this game. It turned into a terrifying 12 points, 52 rebounds, 7 assists and 7 steals, but it still couldn't change the fate of the Lakers losing the game 5 to 95.

Kobe's duel with McGrady, Zhang Jinshui, and Yao Ming in this game is very similar to Lu Bu fighting Sanying in the Three Kingdoms period. Unfortunately, like Lu Bu, he ended up with helplessness and sadness in the end.

Facts have proved that basketball is a team sport. No matter how strong an individual is, it is still difficult to win the final victory without the support of his teammates.

When the game was over, the large TV screen at the top of the Staples Center was frozen on Kobe's statistics.

The uneasy Lakers fans in the stands stayed away for a long time.

Many of them even shouted the slogan "MVP" loudly, which was not only supporting Kobe, but also expressing their dissatisfaction with the Lakers management.

In the end, the NBA official on-site team rarely awarded the honor of the best player of the game to Kobe who lost the game.

To be honest, Zhang Jinshui made 19 of 9 shots in this game, including 4 of 4 free throws and 9 of 5 three-pointers. He scored 27 points, 6 assists, 3 rebounds and 1 steal, helping the Rockets win the game. The victory is definitely eligible for the best player in this game.

However, when the NBA official on-site team announced the awards, Zhang Jinshui didn't complain at all, and gave Kobe a big applause. In his heart, Kobe was the brightest star in the game.

After hesitating for a moment, Zhang Jinshui, who was planning to go directly to the locker room, went straight to Kobe who was standing near the Lakers bench, and offered to extend his hand to Kobe, saying: "Kobe, your performance today is great, Salute to you."

Unexpectedly, this move stunned Kobe.

Obviously, Kobe seldom encountered an opponent who was mentally and physically tortured by him on the field and came over to greet him after the game. He was stunned, and then grabbed the palm of Zhang Jinshui and said: Boy, frankly speaking, your performance today exceeded my expectations, but in the next game, if you are brave enough to challenge me one-on-one, I promise I will punch all your shit out."

Zhang Jinshui shook his head secretly, Kobe's EQ is really not good.

The game was obviously over, and he even took the initiative to express his kindness to him, but Kobe still had a posture of having you and not me.

Perhaps, this is the purest Kobe.

Zhang Jinshui could only return Kobe with a smile and said, "I'm looking forward to it."

Although Zhang Jinshui was willing to show a little more kindness to Kobe Bryant because of the suffering he experienced in his previous life, but it’s fine to put a hot face on a cold ass. After Zhang Jinshui finished speaking, he avoided several reporters who surrounded him and rushed back to the players. aisle.

Of course, after watching those Kobe documentaries in his last life, Zhang Jinshui knew that the stinky fart on the surface was actually just Kobe's shell.

Zhang Jinshui still deeply remembers the story Odom told in an interview in the documentary:

In his last life, Kobe would often spray the Lakers' second-in-command on the training ground, making Odom always mistakenly think that Kobe was targeting and hating himself.

But when Odom encountered that incident after retiring and almost died in the ICU, all those wine and meat friends in the past disappeared, only Kobe, who has been going to the hospital to cheer him up, support him, and help him who is about to go bankrupt. Paid all the hospital bills.

Kobe has always been just being himself very purely, and he doesn't care about the eyes of others. Maybe it is this kind of Kobe that deserves the love and reluctance of so many fans?

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After Zhang Jinshui returned to the away locker room, Uncle Mu, Alston and other teammates greeted him one after another, and happily gave Zhang Jinshui high-fives to celebrate.

With the victory of this game, the Rockets' schedule of this wave of Devil's four consecutive visitors has officially ended.

In the end, in these four games, the Rockets achieved a satisfactory 3 wins and 1 loss.

After these four games, the Rockets' record this season has unknowingly reached an exaggerated 20 wins and 3 losses, only half a game less than the 19 wins and 2 losses of the Spurs, and it is better than the third-ranked, With 18 wins and 5 losses, the Mavericks have a two-game lead, and they are firmly seated in the second place in the Western Conference.

And the end of this devil's four-parties also marks that the long-awaited Christmas holiday is coming soon.

After a night of rest in Los Angeles, the Rockets will fly back to Houston on a special plane tomorrow.

After a two-day break, the Rockets will first face the Atlanta Hawks, the deputy squad leader in the East, at the Toyota Center the day after tomorrow on December 12. After a lapse of one day, they will face the sixth-ranked Nuggets in the West at home.

Then, there will be four consecutive days of Christmas holidays.

Speaking of which, the luck of the Rockets players is very good.

Originally, in the NBA world, the Christmas game on December 12 has always been the most important event in the world except for the playoffs.

With the Rockets' emergence this season and the attention they are receiving from fans of the Beautiful Country and the Chinese Country, they should definitely play in the Christmas game.

However, because the Rockets last season were just an ordinary playoff team, their strength and popularity were not as strong as they are now. When the season was scheduled for the first time, the league did not list the Rockets in the cast of the Christmas game. , Now naturally the schedule cannot be temporarily changed.

As a result, the soldiers of the Rockets were lucky enough to have a small vacation of four consecutive days of rest.

Of course, not participating in the Christmas battle does not necessarily mean that there is a lot of rest time. At least for Zhang Jinshui, this Christmas holiday is not easy at all.