Chapter 892
Perhaps because of the outstandingness of those five Finals performances, the Phillies imposed all the guilt, abuse, and curse on Lamar after the team's loss. Even today, even though Lamar has left the Los Angeles Lakers for more than two seasons, Philadelphia fans still have no intention of letting Lamar go. So whenever Lamar leads the Knicks to Philadelphia, fans here still come up with bizarre ways to welcome their biggest bad guy and the culprit who cost them a championship.
"You Shaq's lackey, you're not welcome here!"
"Stupid bastards, lackeys don't end well!Haha, evil is rewarded, you should be swept away from Los Angeles!"
"I'm going to kill you, you stadium thug!"
"New Yorkers, get out of our city!"
As soon as they got out of the airport and boarded the bus, the whole Knicks team was surrounded by crazy Philadelphia fans. For a while, all kinds of debris were overwhelming, like a storm, all of them smashed on the Knicks' bus, and then all kinds of invectives attacked Lamar in unison.
"Hell, don't they feel disgusted?" Hilario screamed in the car, flashing as if those rotten tomatoes rotten eggs were going to break through the glass of the bus and hit him at any moment.
"Lamar, what did you and the Lakers do to them back then to make them hate you so much?" Barbossa, who was still a rookie, was obviously frightened by such a big scene, and was a little unscrupulous.
What did Lamar do to the Philadelphia fans? For the championship, of course, he became the spearhead of the Los Angeles Lakers' slaughter of the Philadelphia 76ers. That supernatural performance in the Finals that year directly caused the championship dream that Philadelphia fans had been looking forward to for decades to become a bubble.
Lamar's face turned blue, and he tried to look calm with his shoulders crossed, but his heart had already turned a huge wave. I didn't expect that more than three years have passed, and the fans here still have this attitude when they see themselves.
Don't they really know that the Philadelphia 76ers weren't the Lakers' opponent without their own Philadelphia 76ers? Why do these guys always like to blame others for their failures?
The police in Philadelphia were finally late, and only after the fans had finished venting did the guys lazily disperse the fans. At this time, the Knicks' bus has long been unable to see what it once was.
"Hell, I can't spare them!" Seeing that there was no danger, Hilario became violent again, standing in the car and shouting, "What does this mean? Do they want to kill people?"
"Ne, shut up!" the experienced Dampott finally spoke, as if Hilario's performance reminded him of his darker side.
Looking at the hideous-looking Haitians, the originally chaotic scene in the car suddenly fell silent, and everyone's eyes were focused on Lamar. Lamar took a few deep breaths and calmed himself down a little: "Rest well, everyone, we're going to teach the Phillies a good lesson tonight." ”
Lamar was furious, and the Knicks and other players were naturally gearing up. On the other hand, the Philadelphia 76ers are also actively preparing for this game.
The 76ers have a good record of late, especially after the victory over the Cleveland Cavaliers in their last game, and have firmly occupied the third place in the East, and are only two wins away from the second-place New Jersey Nets. If they can destroy the Knicks in this game, their future this season will be bright again.
Speaking of the Philadelphia 76ers, the most unpleasant one for Lamar among these current players is the team's original main center, Derrick Coleman. This guy is very disgusted that the media compares Lamar to himself as a flaunt, so every time he meets Lamar on the court, he always thinks of the law to make Lamar trouble. Of course, this guy can still make a little splash with his big mouth off the field, but it's not enough to see on the field, just his fat body, every time he meets Lamar, he is beaten to the ground. Now Kohl Mo can't even keep his main position!
The game against the Knicks is coming up in the evening, and the whole Philadelphia 76ers team is still in the training hall in the morning under the leadership of head coach Cheeks.
Last season, due to injuries, head coach Larry Brown's conflict with AI, and the retirement of Kittels, a decorated veteran, the team failed to make it to the Eastern Conference semifinals.
This made Cheeks, who had just taken over the team this year, feel a lot of pressure, but this season the team first signed back the original meritorious center Mutembo, coupled with the gradual maturity of some young players, the team is back on the normal track, and the results have steadily improved. This made Cheeks a little more relaxed, but even so, Cheeks did not dare to be careless in this game.
After all, against the Knicks, who are now in full swing and the league, the 76ers, who are responsible for blocking the Knicks, are under a lot of pressure, and the game itself has too many different meanings.
It went on until almost noon, took off his jersey and walked to the wall and sat down, although the injuries on his body were no longer serious, but the AI still didn't dare to act rashly. He also had reservations when he was training just now, although he had many opportunities to play against Lamar in the past two seasons, but every time he either missed out on his own injury, or Lamar was not in shape. So the two of them have never had a good fight, and now he has finally waited for this opportunity.
Coleman, who was about to turn into a ball, also came over at this time, and now he has become a fringe figure of the team, and he is likely to be bought out by the team after this season, and he will no longer be the wrist he used to be.
"Aaron, I don't like that guy!" Coleman was still unconscious, stunned for a moment, and then understood what Coleman meant, he knew that Coleman had always been unaccustomed to his friendly attitude towards Lamar.
"Derek, at that time, each was his master, and the strength on the field was originally the final word, and our own skills were inferior to others, so what is there to complain about? Besides, you are not as good as Lamar in terms of strength, and you are very different from him in terms of life style! You can't learn from him, you must know that with your strength, even if you recover only 60%, it is enough to become the team's starting power forward!"
"Impossible!" Coleman suddenly turned cold when he saw the AI start to lecture him, and shouted at the AI: "Aaron, do you think I'm inferior to him? Lao Tzu's strength back then definitely crushed that guy! This guy also took shit luck, he was a guy with a big thigh!"
The AI just smiled and didn't speak, looking at Howard, who was still practicing shooting not far away, and said after a while: "Derek, people have to be self-aware! Look at your teammates, and then look at you, he will become the pillar of Philadelphia in the future, and he will become the best helper by my side! And you are destined to become a victim of the team!"
Although he scoffed at AI's words, Coleman still followed AI's gaze to Howard, and the dead duck said stiffly: "That guy is really good, but that's it!"
AI smiled wryly and patted Coleman on the shoulder and said, "Do it yourself! ”
Coleman was furious when he heard this, stood up and waved his thick arm at the AI: "Allen, I'm a center! The big man should be in the bottom of the basket, but I'd love to coach him." ”
With that, Coleman walked over to Howard, shouting as he went, "Hey, ugly ghost, come and have a couple of tricks with me, you can't break the enemy's will by shooting all the time like you, and if you want your opponent to be afraid of you, you should be like me." ”
Coleman took a basketball as he spoke, and his fat ass sat into Howard's arms. With his back to the single, Coleman twisted his huge body and arched a few times before reaching the bottom of the basket, and then he waved his strong arms and squeezed Howard to the side with a turn and scored the ball with both hands.
Looking at Howard, who was hit by himself, Coleman laughed evilly twice and said, "Hey, hey, ugly guy, your basket skills are not good." Look, that's the strength of an All-Star, it's a man who should play like me. Otherwise, your opponent won't take you seriously at all, and you should exercise your muscles well, it's not okay to be as thin as you!"
On the one hand, Coleman's surprise attack made him unprepared, and on the other hand, the two were in an unequal position, and the difference in strength was too great. Although Coleman is full of fat, as an interior lineman, his strength is much stronger than Josh Howard, who was born as a small forward.
As soon as Coleman sat on top of Howard, Howard felt like he had been hit in the chest by a bulldozer. Although he tried his best to resist, it had no effect at all, and he could only keep retreating, constantly losing his position.
"Fool! "For Coleman, who is boastful and extremely unself-aware, AI really can't stand it. In his opinion, the former All-Star interior line has now become a cancer for the team!
Coleman's originally smug face immediately collapsed, he did walk just now, otherwise no matter how weak Howard's strength was, it would be impossible for him to be pushed and beaten by Coleman.
"Anyway, I've won!" Coleman argued, "Come on, ugly, I'll defend you this time, and let me see what you're capable of." You can't shoot from the outside, though!"
Look at Josh Howard's prowess, can't shoot from the outside?