Chapter Thirty-Four: Race Day Arrives
The Phoenix Suns arrived in Los Angeles on Tuesday night, where they beat Kobe Bryant's Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday night.
Since the Sharks swam east, the Lakers' strength has been declining, and now they have fallen to ninth place in the West, and may not even be able to make the playoffs.
From three consecutive championships to today's playoffs, such a huge gap has made the criticism and accusations of the whole league point to Kobe Bryant alone, and even Lakers fans began to boo Kobe Bryant at Stamp Arena, thinking that his ambition ruined the glory of the Lakers.
All of a sudden, Kobe Bryant's selfishness and arrogance were widely circulated in the NBA, and with the incident in Eagle County in '03, Kobe Bryant became the most unpopular star in the league.
"I've long said the Lakers will pay for trading me, Kobe Bryant's selfish guy just messes up the locker room, he's not a good leader at all. Shackle O'Neal also did not forget to criticize Kobe Bryant in distant Miami.
Unlike Kobe Bryant's situation, after the Sharks arrived in Miami, the Miami Heat, who were still struggling in the lottery area last year, immediately regained the demeanor of a strong team, and veterans such as Gary Payton quickly gathered in the past...... In these years, everyone knows that this fat man's thighs are the thickest.
The stark difference in treatment between the two teams has exacerbated the gap in public opinion, and Shark O'Neal has received the most widespread praise and sympathy for being a victim of destruction, and no one doubts his dominance anymore.
And Kobe Bryant has become the most badly rated player in the league as the Lakers' record has fallen off a cliff. Kobe Bryant is not a person who likes to explain, but he still decided to go to Stanford to watch Zhou Zheng's game, Zhou is his assistant to God, and he thinks that Zhou Zheng's arrival will definitely help him help the Lakers change the fate of the loss, and when the time comes... Be sure to punch all your faces back!
Kobe Bryant was joined by Lakers head coach Tom Janovic, unaware that Suns coach D'Antoni and head coach Stephen Nash would also be in the Stanford basketball arena.
Kobe Bryant and Rudy Tomjanovic entered the basketball arena at Stanford before the game started, and found Zhou Zheng in the physiotherapy room, and they planned to have an in-depth exchange of views on the game with Zhou Zheng, which is why Kobe Bryant specially brought the head coach over.
However, at this time, Zhou Zheng seemed very busy, and he kept communicating with people on the phone...... He seems to be asking her sister to pick up the two of them to watch the game at the stadium, and has repeatedly emphasized that they are not boyfriend and girlfriend.
Looking at Zhou Zheng's expression of 'we really don't have anything', Kobe Bryant showed a knowing smile: It's good to be young.
Zhou Zheng spent nearly twenty minutes explaining to his sister on the other end of the phone that he really had no ambiguous relationship with Jessica, and hung up the phone.
At this time, Tomjanovich seemed a little impatient, he felt that he didn't come all the way to listen to this guy tell him about whether he had an affair with that Korean girl.
"I'm so sorry, I didn't expect my sister to believe me so much. After Zhou Zheng ended the call, he said apologetically to the two guests who came from afar.
"It's very normal for a young lad who is kissing Lindsay Lohan on the pitch to worry about his emotional problems. Kobe Bryant didn't mind, he hurriedly made an introduction to Zhou Zheng: "This is the new head coach of our Lakers, Tom Janovic, who has also coached the big man in your country, Yao Ming." β
"Hello. Tomjanovich held out his hand.
"Hello. Zhou Zheng smiled and shook his hand.
He thought it was just a polite handshake.
Who knew that when his hands touched, Tomjanovich suddenly increased his strength, and he seemed to be about to smash Zhou Zheng's hand in the palm of his hand.
Zhou Zheng was surprised, but Tomjanovich was looking at him with a smile on his face, looking indifferent.
So, Zhou Zheng was not welcome.
He directly twisted it up with force.
Zhou Zheng's physical confrontation is really not good, but... Don't forget that he is a super dribble, his grip is beyond the ordinary, if Tomjanovic wrestles with Zhou Zheng, Zhou Zheng is definitely not an opponent, but... than grip strength, hehe.
Zhou Zheng exerted his strength suddenly, and the grip strength accumulated from years of practice instantly became thinner, and suddenly Tomjanovich's smile became stiff and then distorted.
Yes!
At the moment when Tomjanovich couldn't suppress the sound of pain, Zhou Zheng hurriedly let go of his hand.
Tomjanovich quickly shook off his numb hand, grinning and gasping a few times. Then he stretched out a thumbs up to Zhou Zheng: "It turns out that your strength is so great." β
Kobe Bryant on the side laughed: "I said a long time ago, this guy is unusual." He's not as simple as we seem, and if you look at his daily fitness report, I think your jaw drops. β
Tomjanovic gave a thumbs up, and Kobe Bryant gave a compliment.
But Zhou Zheng is not smiling, he doesn't like this sudden temptation...... It's as if he's a black slave chosen by a slave owner.
This sudden and completely non-negotiable temptation made him feel strongly disrespected, and his mind had changed, and he didn't want to play on a team that didn't respect him.
Next, the three talked about the game in detail, and Kobe Bryant kept emphasizing that he had watched Stanford's game this year and thought Zhou Zheng was flawless.
Zhou Zheng was full of perfunctory, hum hey, in less than fifteen minutes, he ended the conversation and found an excuse to go to the court to train.
"Come on, Tiger, behave well, Rudy came to inspect you tonight. Kobe Bryant left this sentence in Zhou Zheng's ear: "There are two voices within the Lakers right now, and both Mitch and I are inclined to draft you in the first round in '05." But Rudy and Jenny have their crush on a big high school student from New Jersey. I hope you can change Rudy's mind with the game tonight. β
Kobe Bryant said this to motivate Zhou Zheng. But falling into Zhou Zheng's ears, combined with the temptation when they first met, Zhou Zheng was suddenly more uncomfortable than swallowing a fly.
If it weren't for the fact that he didn't want to hurt Kobe Bryant's heart, he would have wanted to reply directly: Then please choose that tall man in New Jersey. I don't want to be strong.
"We were very strong tonight, stronger than any of our previous opponents. The University of Arizona is the second team in the PAC-12 league to have the best record in the PAC-12 league, and they have the most traditional style of play and the best star equipment. Salimstaudemier, Channing Fry. The trident of Ecdiogu is almost unstoppable!So, boys, we have to be at our best tonight!"
"Twenty in a row, guys. Don't you want to keep your name forever in the history of Stanford University?"
"Become a legend or be obscure, the choice is now in front of you!!"
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Sani kept giving the players a lot of blood before the game, and in fact she has been saying this since the team won thirteen in a row.
Zhou Zheng yawned when he listened, and the other players also felt that it was a clichΓ©.
"Boss, I don't think it matters who the opponent is. As long as Tiger can lead us on the court for 20 minutes, we can even play the Los Angeles Lakers. James White said arrogantly, his highlight performance has won him back attention during this time, and he has even become the first star of Stanford on the bright side, after all, the average of 26.8 points per game is a top-notch existence in any of the six NCAA super regions.
"That's right, we're winged tigers now!!" Leon Bob responded to James White as soon as possible.
The rest of the players chimed in.
The winning streak during this period made them full of confidence, and no one took it seriously.
"That's it, Sani. With you as a RUN-GUN master, we can't lose. I used to despise you a little, but I didn't expect you to be able to come up with such an amazing tactic in your head, you are simply a legend sent by God to change the basketball landscape!" Rock Jamison praised the head coach, and the words were one after another.
However, his sycophant shot Sani was so embarrassed. She looked at Zhou Zheng very unnaturally, and when she found that Zhou Zheng's eyes looked calmly ahead, she straightened her chest and chest. "Actually, it wasn't me who chose RUN-GUN, it was RUN-GUN who chose me. I thought it was time to reform the existing basketball system, and with Tiger's help, I was able to do this revolutionary feat, so I'd like to thank Tiger for being the smartest and greatest point guard I've ever worked with!"
Sani passed the sycophant back to Zhou Zheng.
Zhou Zheng couldn't be so calm as Sani, he coughed twice in embarrassment, and then waved his hand again and again: "No, no, no, it's all Sani's credit." I'm just doing a little bit of work. Actually, it wasn't me who chose run-gun, it was run-gun that chose me. β
These two people are modest, you push me to let.
D'Antoni over there had already walked into the Stanford arena with a full depression.
He came to personally verify the authenticity of the Stanford run-and-bomb this time, and he felt that there must be an answer to this matter, why did the run-and-shoot tactics that he painstakingly studied become someone else's original, but I became a follower...... Have I suffered all the hardships I have suffered in Europe for so many years?
And he also firmly told reporters: "In this world, apart from Stephen Nash, there is no second point guard who can perfectly drive the run-and-gun tactics, and I don't think that Stanford's Chinese point guard can accomplish this." And this is also the key to verifying the authenticity of the running bomb!"
He put all his attention and energy on Zhou Zheng, and he wanted to break the breakthrough from Zhou Zheng. So he brought Stephen Nash with him.
D'Antoni came with Stephen Nash, and Yang Sydney also walked into the arena with the Jessica sisters, and their location was next to D'Antoni and Stephen Nash.
It's no coincidence, as the row in front is full of Stanford's complimentary seats for VIPs...... Although D'Antoni came to smash the field, Stanford still gave him a grand courtesy and arranged the best position for him. Sitting to the right of Jessica are Tom Janovic and Kobe Bryant.
At this time, Jessica and Yang Xueli have chatted very affectionately, through this chat and contact during the drive, Yang Xueli is very satisfied with this Korean girl, she even regards her as a younger sister in her heart, and even gave her a limited edition Chanel bag that she had just bought less than three days ago.
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The first one was delivered, thanks to the two tips of "broad bean brewed coffee" and "desperate koala".
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