Chapter 359: Awakening
The ball smashed on the basket and was easily picked up by Cotter Thomas, while Darm Porter on the Knicks' side was blocked by Grant at this time and couldn't move at all.
"Here!" Bryant was already running forward the moment Lamar threw the ball.
Coatthomas, who picked up the rebound, heard this and immediately passed the ball.
After Kobe Bryant received the ball, he didn't even have a defender in front of him, and he scored two more points on an easy layup, widening the score gap between the two teams to as much as 11 points.
Lamar's two mistakes allowed the Los Angeles fans in the stands to finally find a breakthrough.
"Hey, son, do you know now? Leave L.A., you're nothing. ”
"Traitor! Now even if you want to come back, it's impossible, the great Los Angeles Lakers don't need you to be ugly!"
Van Gundy, who was sitting on the sidelines, couldn't help frowning, in his opinion, Lamar didn't play his role at all after he came on the field, not only did it not help the team. On the contrary, because he had possession of the ball for too long, the rhythm of the team's overall attack was completely disrupted.
Lamar was also anxious, he originally wanted to be the organizer of a triangular strategy according to Van Gundy's arrangement, but in the tactics he had rehearsed before, he played the final executor, and for the role of the current organization, he couldn't adapt to it for a while after not being in contact with it for a long time.
After Bryant scored, Shaq, who was sitting on the bench, did not have the slightest joy, but looked a little angry.
Shaq stood up and looked at Lamar and shouted, "Do you think this level can lead your team out of a difficult situation?
After seeing Lamar on the court, the team not only failed to reverse the decline, but because the possession time was controlled in Lamar's hands, the team's offensive rhythm was delayed, and the Los Angeles Lakers successfully counterattacked one after another, suddenly widening the score gap to as much as eleven points. Van Gundy couldn't sit still at this time, and quickly called a timeout.
can force the calm and experienced Van Gundy to this part, and the Los Angeles fans at the scene are naturally thunderous. In their opinion, Lamar, the most threatening player in the Knicks, has nothing to do at this time, and the victory of this game is naturally certain.
Some of the spectators sitting behind the Knicks lounge certainly wouldn't miss the opportunity to mock Lamar, and one by one they shouted loudly as if they had been beaten with chicken blood.
"Hey, traitor, do you see? This is the team you betrayed! You will die here today, so go home and nurse your aunt!"
"Traitor! You're nothing out of Los Angeles, aren't you great? Come and score! You can't even get the ball!"
"Horace!Cotter, let that traitor taste your big elbows and smash this bastard's teeth!"
Lamar returned to the bench and listened to the shouting and scolding of the Los Angeles fans behind him, his face became more and more gloomy, he knew what he had just done on the field, it was just terrible!
The team fell behind in the score, and he was anxious to enter the role of organizer as soon as possible, but who knew that it backfired, not only failed to help the team, but became a burden to his teammates. Counting his previous life, since the day he played basketball, he really looked like an ugly and confused appearance, and it was really the first time.
Of course, the most important reason is not this, the most important reason for Lamar's abnormal performance is that he really wants to beat Kobe Bryant on the court.
Like a child who left home and came back to prove to his former parents that he had grown up, Lamar's subconscious was hoping to beat Kobe. Prove to Lakers management and fans that you are better than Kobe, and you made the wrong choice.
It is precisely because of this mentality that Lamar unconsciously became impatient, and his performance naturally became abnormal.
Van Gundy was obviously unhappy with Lamar's performance, and before he could sit down, he criticized him harshly: "Lamar, do you know what you just did? You're like a basketball black hole, I'm asking you to be the playmaker on the court, to get everyone moving, but that doesn't mean your only job is to make a threat ball." Don't stand still like a stake, pass the ball when you see a good opportunity for your teammates, and score when you have a chance! If the opponent's defense is too tight, try to get the ball moving, and use passing and constant running to pull the opponent's defense back and forth to find the best shot. ”
After listening to Van Gundy's words, Lamar closed his eyes and took a deep breath to calm his mood gradually. He couldn't argue with that, Van Gundy was right, he was just too bad.
Van Gundy also saw Lamar's strange expression, as an old Jianghu, he could naturally guess what Lamar was thinking: "Lamar! If you want to beat Kobe, you must first let your team win! Otherwise, it is useless for you to score more, and don't always think about one person leading the game, even if you are ten times better than Michael Jordan, you can't do it, remember that the game is a matter of five people." ”
Lamar lowered his head for a moment and said, "Coach!
The timeout has come and the game has resumed.
Van Gundy looked at Lamar who walked on the field, and he was still a little nervous, to be honest, he was also gambling, but he had to bet!
It takes one game to make Lamar mature, even if he loses. In fact, he could have sent the experienced Chauncy Billups to the role of playmaker and Lamar to the role of the final kill. But he didn't do it because he knew that the future of this team was not with Chauncey Billups, but with Lamar.
Kobe Bryant stood on the court and kept looking at Lamar, and suddenly the sharp momentum of Lamar seemed to have been weakened, if the previous Lamar was a hedgehog full of stingers, the current Lamar feels a little milder.
Bryant didn't know what Lamar's transformation meant, he only knew one thing, and he was going to win the game.
The Knicks tee off, and Lamar just received the ball when he felt Coat-Thomas stick up behind him.
"Son! I 。。。。。。 ”
Before Cott Thomas could finish speaking, Lamar was seen passing the ball to Chauncey Billups, who was answering on the side. Thomas couldn't help but be stunned, and he couldn't finish his words.
Taking advantage of Cote Thomas's stunned effort, Lamar sped up and turned around and easily shook him off.
Chauncibillups' return pass also arrived just right, without Cote Thomas's kraft-like interference, Lamar suddenly relaxed a lot, and without waiting for Kobe Bryant to stand up, he passed the ball again, this time receiving the ball in ambush Battier in the bottom corner.
"Not good!"
Bryant yelled and hurriedly lunged towards Battier's position, knowing that Tinsley was no match for Battier in terms of height or strength.
Sure enough, Battier, who received the ball, leaned on Tinsley and came to a high post back single, only a light bump, Tinsley lost his balance, and Battier then turned around and jumped.
The opportunity has come out, but unfortunately in this game, his hand has not yet recovered from the frozen state, and the basketball smashed on the basket and bounced out.
"Rebounding!"
Seeing that the ball missed, the four strong men under the basket immediately crowded together, all wanting to occupy the most advantageous position. In contrast, Grant and Cott Thomas worked together significantly more tacitly, and the two joined forces to keep Antonio Davis and Lamar at bay.
Seeing that the rebound was about to be taken into the arms of the Los Angeles Lakers again, people saw Lamar turn around Thomas with a nimble turn, and then quickly hit the basket, jumped up, jumped higher than the other three, grabbed the ball, and then smashed it into the basket.
"Boom!"
The huge impact force made the basketball hoop squeak and squeak, as if it might collapse at any time.
The camera at the scene accurately captured this scene, and saw Lamar holding the hoop with both hands, hanging in the air, and swaying, as if he was going to do a few pull-ups to vent all the frustration of the previous bad performance.
Kobe Bryant stood outside the three-point line and looked at Lamar and couldn't help but sigh that Lamar had improved again. In this goal, whether it is decisive passing timing, analysis of the situation on the field, or prediction, Lamar has done his best.
It was as if from the moment he received the baseline ball, he had foreseen the final outcome.
It seems that Lamar is gradually moving in the direction of a leader. This makes Kobe a little jealous, although he has always been the absolute core of the Los Angeles Lakers, but the final boss of the Lakers on the court is still Shaq, Kobe himself plays more of an attacker role on the court, and only when he was with Lamar in the first two seasons, he tried to transform in the direction of the organizer, but the result was not satisfactory.
But now Lamar has actually revealed traces of an on-court organizer, which makes Kobe's heart feel a little heavier. But soon he figured out that his favorite basketball was not an indomitable offense?
The game continued, and the situation on the field did not change upside down due to Lamar's sudden awakening, and the two teams were evenly matched at best.
The Los Angeles Lakers, led by Kobe, who was inspired by Lamar, still attacked the Knicks' position wave after wave. Letting go of Kobe Bryant, who was revenge in his heart, he simply continued to play the role of his main firepower, frequently scoring on the outside, and Battier, who was responsible for defending him, was helpless in addition to sealing his eyes, and it was not possible to completely suppress a Kobe Bryant who broke out alone, not to mention that Battier was still an inexperienced rookie.