Chapter One Thousand and Eight
The Knicks didn't play tricks either, and Darm Porter sent the baseline ball directly to Lamar's hand. The other players were also surprised, quickly fast-forwarded, and tacitly opened the formation to create a chance for Lamar to play singles.
The moment Lamar received the ball, O'Neill came over. The big guy knew his disadvantage when facing Lamar, so he kept a distance of almost a meter from Lamar.
O'Neal stared at Lamar with both eyes, exuding a terrifying aura all over his body, making people feel threatened.
Lamar didn't advance fast, slowly slapping the ball, little by little towards the Lakers' half. It's just that his attention is not on O'Neal, but on Kobe.
For Kobe, Lamar can be said to be both loved and hated!
Thinking that in his previous life, when he was down, this guy called many times and even came to the door to persuade him, Lamar felt an indescribable gratitude in his heart. But now, the gratitude left over from these past lives has almost vanished from the moment Lamar was kicked out of the Lakers.
Watching Kobe Bryant's power and swagger on the court, Lamar has already listed him as a must-kill target in his heart. What's more, until now, the feud between the two of them at the Lakers has not been resolved.
Maybe Kobe Bryant will forget everything at that time, after all, he is the winner! But Lamar will not forget.
If it weren't for this guy's insistence on putting off-field grievances on the court and coercing the team management to choose one or the other, Lamar would have had a good chance of winning the first triple championship of his career. Because of Kobe's cautious eye, Lamar himself could only leave Madison in embarrassment, you must know that when Shaq and Kobe had conflicts, Lamar has always remained neutral.
Although Lamar has taught this guy many times in direct conversations with Kobe Bryant in the past few seasons, Lamar's grudge-holding cautious eye is not so easy to forget. On the contrary, as time passed, he remembered more clearly, and of course his revenge on Kobe Bryant became more ruthless.
Kobe Bryant may never have thought that a wayward act would bring such serious consequences, but even if he remembered, he probably wouldn't take it to heart. After all, which NBA player doesn't have a few enemies in the league? It's just that Kobe's enemy is a little different, and it's too dangerous.
Shaq O'Neill sensed that Lamar's attention wasn't on him, and he couldn't help but be a little annoyed. But it's also a good opportunity for a steal, and if he wins it again, the Lakers will be able to take the initiative in the game, and he doesn't want to miss it.
Kobe Bryant seized this opportunity and took advantage of Lamar's shooting, and the moment the basketball just left Lamar's palm, he decisively shot the ball.
There was also a burst of exclamations from the fans at the scene, and they all felt that this was an opportunity, a very good opportunity. With this goal, their team will be able to take the lead and the rest of the game will be better.
Seeing that O'Neal's hand was about to touch the basketball, and a wonderful steal was about to be born, Lamar's eyes suddenly burst into light, and he squatted lower, grabbing O'Neal's hand before touching the basketball with his right foot as the axis, and a large pull ball turn.
O'Neal watched the basketball he was about to grab suddenly disappear, and then a gust of wind blew past him, and it was only then that the big guy realized that he had been fooled.
Obviously, everything Lamar did before was a trap to trick O'Neal into falling for it, but at this time, due to inertia, O'Neal, who was huge, could no longer control the body that rushed forward.
O'Neal wanted to turn around and pull Lamar and put together a foul to prevent Lamar from scoring, but Lamar was too fast to give him that chance at all.
O'Neill's hand reached out, but only caught a cloud of air.
There was another burst of exclamations at the scene, and the fans, who were originally very surprised, could now only watch Lamar kill the basket, while their own team couldn't react and open the goal.
At this point, Karl Malone, who was closest to the basket, was held back by Darmsport outside the free-throw line, and it seemed that a personal performance by Lamar was inevitable.
"Don't get your way!" shouted, Bryant shook off Wade and rushed to Lamar.
Kobe Bryant didn't feel like he was taking a risk, and although Wade also had the ability to shoot from the floor, he was significantly less of a threat than Lamar.
Kobe Bryant made the most perfect judgment in an instant, and his analysis was very correct, but he ignored one point, that is, Lamar's terrifying vindictiveness.
The fans at the scene cheered again, and even those supporters of O'Neal suddenly found that the cancer of the team that they had been cursing for before had become particularly cute today.
"Kill him, Kobe!" Nicholson, the Lakers' number one fan, jumped up with excitement and roared loudly with his fists. It was as if he had seen a wonderful seal about to be staged again.
Lamar sneered, saw Kobe pounced, slightly reduced his speed, and then jumped up with the basketball in his right hand, and his body slid in the air and flew to the basket.
Kobe Bryant was already red-eyed and completely excited at this time, and he even felt that he was the number one star in the universe, as long as he won Lamar, he would be the hero of the Lakers, a big hero! Even O'Neal had to fall under his fangs!
Jackson looked at Kobe, woke up suddenly, and reminded loudly: "Kobe, be careful!"
But Kobe woke up too late, just when Kobe was about to slap the basketball in Lamar's hand, Lamar's right hand suddenly flicked, and the basketball was instantly transferred to his left hand.
Lamar then let Kobe Bryant slam his right hand, and with a flick of his left wrist without hesitation, the basketball slid lightly into the basket.
At the same time, the referee's whistle sounded.
An indisputable thug foul!
Kobe Bryant was stunned in place after landing, everything that happened just now was so fast that he couldn't react at all. A block opportunity that was clearly in front of him not only flew, but also paid for a foul.
It wasn't until Kobe Bryant saw the sneer on the corner of Lamar's mouth that he realized that he had fallen into Lamar's trap like O'Neal, but the price he paid was a little greater.
The Knicks hit a free throw and the Knicks took another three-point lead. The initiative of the game is back in the hands of the New Yorkers
"Hold it down! Don't worry! Don't worry!" Jackson shouted to his players.
But Kobe Bryant, who controls the ball, doesn't think so, he feels that the more time comes, the more the team can't slow down, and must play fast, and this morale must not be lost.
The basketball quickly passed the halfcourt, and the Lakers' offense was very efficient when it came up.
Before the three-point line, Kobe suddenly stopped and made a shooting motion, but at the moment when the ball was about to be shot, Kobe suddenly noticed that O'Neal was rushing to the basket along the baseline.
Kobe, who found the opportunity, was not swayed by personal grudges, and immediately changed his mind, changed the original shooting hand shape, and threw the ball high to the basket.
Lamar had long been on guard against Kobe's hand, and when he saw Kobe Bryant choosing to pass the ball, he quickly gave up Karl Malone in front of him and turned around and went straight to the basket, forming a double barrier with Dampotter before O'Neal jumped, and stuck the big guy outside the reasonable collision zone.
When O'Neill came into contact with Lamar's body due to inertia, the cunning Lamar fell backwards.
The referee's whistle sounded again, and the offense was fouled.
O'Neill looked at the referee innocently, but his fierce face was not worthy of sympathy from that angle. The referee simply ignored it and insisted on his own decision.
Seeing that the referee ignored him, O'Neill could only vent his anger on Lamar, and his sharp eyes shot at Lamar. If there really was murderous energy in this world, I'm afraid Lamar would have been torn to shreds by now.
Lamar directly chose to ignore O'Neill's threatening gaze, stood up and looked at O'Neill and sneered twice: "Big guy, this is a battlefield! I won't show mercy! Besides, there are still some grievances between the two of us that have not been resolved!"
O'Neill was stunned for a moment, didn't understand what Lamar meant, and thought about it for a long time before he remembered what Lamar said, and his eyes suddenly opened and were about to pop out.
"I'm a very vindictive person, although it's been a while, but you still have to pay for the original impulse!"
O'Neill was about to cry when he heard it, and then he understood why Lamar had been so targeted at him from the beginning of the game, it turned out that this guy still remembered the incident when he hit him with the ball. But didn't he apologize at the beginning, and the two had already reconciled?
"Beep! beep beep!"
The referee's whistle sounded again, and the finger pointed at O'Neal, who still looked innocent, and he knew that his decision could not be changed by looking at the referee's face.
But O'Neill was really wronged this time.
When he made a layup, he saw Lamar appear in front of him again, and O'Neal, who had already been on guard, stopped in mid-air and changed the dunk to a throw.
O'Neill could swear to God that he never touched a single hair of Lamar. As for how Lamar fell, he didn't know.
Of course, it's understandable if Lamar is really weak enough to be blown by a gust of wind, but can a player who can compete with O'Neal be so weak?
Seeing Lamar rubbing his waist and stroking his chest, O'Neal's eyes could burst into flames.
The big shark, who was unwilling to be teased by Lamar, took a few steps in front of the referee and loudly defended himself: "Mr. Referee! I swear by my grandfather's honor, I never met that bastard! Absolutely not! He was acting, he deceived your eyes, it was all a show, I didn't touch him at all, absolutely not!"