Chapter 281: A Chance Encounter
With Kobe Bryant's injury, the Hu people finally got through the Portland hurdle and successfully reached the door of the Finals. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
Lamar had a calf cramp that night, and the Portland Trail Blazers were completely shattered by Chauncey's magical three-pointer in the final moments.
The Lakers came to the home court of the Trail Blazers with the joy of two consecutive wins, and in the next two trips to the Moda Center, the Lakers led by the Big Three beat the old and spicy Portland Trail Blazers to the ground, completely unable to parry.
With Kobe Bryant playing with an injury, the Los Angeles Lakers, who have returned to defensive tactics, are like a hard rock, and no matter how hard Rasheed Wallace and his teammates try, it will never help.
The age-old saying that the drop stone wears is not applicable to the current Lakers. They are like an armored car covered with iron thorns, strong and full of destructive power, the inner line composed of Shaq and Lamar continues to destroy the inner defense line of the core of the Trail Blazers, so that Rashid and Stoudemire return again and again in vain, and only after the last strength of Rashid and others is consumed, they begin to counterattack and crush the Trail Blazers in one fell swoop.
In this game, Shak's strength on the inside of the giant showed to the fullest! The desire to defend the title made Shaq completely blocked, and completely stimulated all his strength, in the face of Stoudemire, Scott Pippen, Steve Smith's repeated impacts, Shaq is the last insurmountable barrier, and the Trail Blazers players can only helplessly watch their teammates rush to the Lakers inside again and again and then be shot back by Shaq again and again.
In this game, the Trail Blazers were beaten by the Lakers on their home court, and the morale of the team was at its lowest. McDonleavy is also at a loss for players who are discouraged.
In the fourth game, which decided the critical moment of life and death for the Trail Blazers, it was the veteran Scott Pippen who stepped up, and in the fourth game, he became the all-round warrior of the Bulls period, Batman. One man launched a fierce attack on the Lakers' position, and he didn't rest for even a minute throughout the game, cutting down a crazy 33 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists. Finally let the Trail Blazers regain some face in the game!
Phil Jackson was also amazed by the rebellious performance of Scott Pippen, a former disciple, and he even seemed to be back at the Bulls' home court back then, the kind of ball skills far beyond his imagination, the indomitable courage, and the almost hungry attitude for victory, all of which have the potential to be the king of the ball.
But Fei'er is not worried about this, in fact, he also knows in his heart that this is the dying struggle of the pioneer, and Pippen can only be a flash of inspiration! After all, the old guy is 40 years old this year, can the veteran really not die?
But despite Phil Jackson's admiration for Scott, he always puts his team's interests first, and after Game 4, he looked relaxed. Although the Lakers lost the game, although Pippen single-handedly defeated the entire Lakers team and defeated all of his tactical arrangements. But a game that overdrafted Pippen had completely dragged Pippen down, and the rest of the game Phil was confident that it could be easily resolved at the last home court.
In fact, just as Phil imagined, Pippen did completely collapse after Game 4, and he singled out the Lakers, who were among the best in the league and had one of the best defensive strength on the outside, making him not only physically exhausted, but also tired inside.
In the fifth away game to Los Angeles, Pippen showed signs of exhaustion, playing only 15 minutes and scoring six points before sitting on the sidelines and watching his team be completely dismembered.
In the end, the Lakers won 108-88 in the Western Conference Finals against the Portland Trail Blazers, ending the Trail Blazers' playoff journey!
The Lakers are reaching the Finals again, and they will be waiting for the final winner in the East to challenge themselves in Los Angeles.
The Eastern Conference finals are not over yet, and the Lakers have rarely had a few days off in the playoffs, and Kobe Bryant can also have a good rest, after all, he has returned early after a back injury has not fully recovered.
In the past few days, Phil specially instructed Lamar to let him rest for a few days, not to train in the stadium again, Lamar, who was a little bored at home, was also very quiet, he hadn't visited Los Angeles for a long time, and the temperature in Los Angeles at the end of May was very quiet during the day, and the first half of the night was of course the most suitable for shopping.
Lamar walked slowly down the road, thinking wildly in his head.
Once bitten by a snake for ten years and afraid of the well rope, Lamar originally thought that the Kardashian sisters at this time were still pure and ignorant, not as philistine as later generations, so money above their feelings, but unfortunately Lamar was wrong!
Originally, Lamar thought that he could stay quietly by Shaq's side, or Kobe's side, and be a second-in-command, but Lamar found that he was wrong again! People are always ambitious, and Lamar has no idea about Shaq, after all, Shaq, as a traditional interior lineman, will not compete with him for the team's possession.
But for Kobe, Lamar is not very cold, at this time Kobe is even more unruly than the Kobe he knew in later life, and his eyes are higher than the top. Maybe Kobe Bryant at this time has not experienced the setbacks he encountered after Shaq left, and he is still young!
For such a Kobe, he can't even tolerate a super center like Shaq who won't compete with him for ball control, will he be willing to share the rights of the Lakers with him?
So where is his way out? Regardless of his three consecutive championships, he has a falling out with Kobe? Let the Lakers' management make a choice between himself and Kobe! To be honest, Lamar really doesn't have any confidence, don't look at the current Magic, Phil and others will stand on their side, but the real decisive role is still gradually beginning to fade out of people's sight of Dr. Bath, the future Dr. Bath's love for Kobe is obvious to all, if you choose between a super outside and an all-round player, Lamar believes that Dr. Bath will choose Kobe, after all, it is not the era of the withering of the inside line in the future, the top inside line of the league is easy to find, but it is difficult to find a super outside line comparable to Jordan!
Then the only way out is to leave the Lakers and find your own team! But you still have a two-year team option on your contract, and which team to go to is also a big problem, and you don't want to go to a small city, and you don't want to go to a team that is too bad!
After all, the relationship between himself and Kobe Bryant is not bad now, and he has not made trouble to the point where he has to go his separate ways.
Unconsciously, Lamar actually walked to a place near Kobe's house (Kobe's villa and Lamar's villa are actually in the same villa area, not far away). Lamar began to hesitate to go in and pay a visit.
Suddenly, Lamar seemed to hear the sound of a quarrel coming from the villa, and saw a girl standing in front of Kobe's house!
"What's the situation?" Lamar muttered, but out of curiosity, he slowly moved closer.
"Vanessa, why are you here?" Lamar saw the girl in front of her, who looked a little panicked, and it was obvious that Vanessa's face still had traces of crying.
"Oh, Lamar, hello! nothing!"
"Look at this situation, it's nothing, the voices inside can be heard outside!" Hearing the sound of Kobe Bryant arguing with people inside, Lamar also understood a little, and later Kobe Bryant still knew a lot about his teammates because of Vanessa's quarrel with his parents.
"It's really nothing!"
"If you don't mind, why don't you come to my house and sit down first!" Lamar still couldn't bear it, although this is a rich area, and the security is not bad, but such a delicate beauty standing here all the time will inevitably cause some ill-intentioned people.
"Let's go, besides, they don't know how long they're going to argue, and you're just standing stupid?"
"Okay!"
The two arrive at Lamar's house, where Lamar runs for a cup of coffee and hands it to Vanessa.
"Can you tell me about it? As for making Kobe Bryant quarrel with his parents like this! Of course, it doesn't matter if you want to talk about it or not. ”
"Well, it's still on me!"
"You?" Lamar looked curious, even though he knew what was going on.
Originally, we decided to get married in April this year, but because Kobe Bryant was injured at that time, the matter was delayed!"
"Our love has always been questioned and opposed by Kobe's parents! I am only 18 years old, I am still a student, Kobe's parents want him to find a girl of African descent, and I am of mixed Mexican descent, and they still think that I am not a good girl, and I stay with Kobe Bryant just to covet his money and fame!"
"Oh, I don't have much contact with you, but I know you're a good girl! If I had known you earlier, maybe there wouldn't have been Kobe Bryant!haha。。。。。。 Lamar saw that Vanessa was in a bad mood and tried to change the mood of the scene.
"Oh, really, what about your Kardashian sisters, and Angelina Jolie, you know, Kobe, they envy your blessings!" Vanessa also began to ask Lamar about some of her own curiosity. (To be continued.) )