Chapter 249: The Third Section Begins
The problem that Charles Barkley said is indeed something that has secretly begun to act in the league now, Billups and Wright's agents have been received, olive branches from many teams, Andy has also begun to start contract renewal negotiations, many teams in the league want to collapse together, can the players of the Los Angeles Clippers complete the first step after the end of this season? Guess what?
The second quarter ended quickly, with the Los Angeles Clippers ending the first half with a seven-point advantage. At the beginning of the third quarter, the Los Angeles Clippers starters appeared again, but the Los Angeles Lakers did not replace Kobe Bryant for the first time, perhaps because Kobe played for a long time in the second quarter, Phil Jackson wanted to let Kobe rest more, but no matter what the reason, Kobe couldn't sit still.
Because, after completing a dunk, when Tiger was about to return to defense, when passing by the Los Angeles Lakers bench, Tiger smiled and hooked his hand at Kobe Bryant, who was sitting on the bench, which means very clearly, that is, inviting Kobe to fight. The fans at the scene saw this action, and immediately the sound became noisy, today's Los Angeles derby, the audience not only has fans of the Los Angeles Clippers, but also many fans of the Los Angeles Lakers, the fans of the two lineups, for Tiger's action, the reaction is completely opposite, and the sound given is also different.
After Kobe Bryant saw Tiger's movements, he also stood up directly from his seat, looking at Tiger on the field with fire-filled eyes.
"This is Tiger Washington? Who told me that this is really Tiger Washington himself? Charles Barkley also shouted excitedly, Tiger really saw this kind of behavior.
"Alright, Charles. This is indeed Tiger Washington, yes. It's just that at the beginning of this season, Tiger Washington has become a little different, he is more resolute than before, and he has begun to be more domineering, we saw him for the first time, and he took the initiative to provoke the opponent in the game, which is really hard to believe, this time it was Tiger Washington's move. Rick Barry stared at Tiger on the field, not knowing what he was thinking.
Coach Phil Jackson, looking at Kobe Bryant, who walked to his side, with a black face and did not speak, sighed helplessly in his heart, he always hoped that Kobe could be Shak O'Neal's Pippen, but since the team won the championship, the relationship between Kobe and Shak O'Neal has become worse and worse, Kobe wants to be Jordan, but a team can only have one Jordan, the Los Angeles Lakers already have a better choice, Phil Jackson has always supported Shack O'Neal, Shack O'Neal is in Phil Jackson's heart, It's a Big Mac with no solution! Just like Michael Jordan back then.
Kobe Bryant's character, as the head coach Phil Jackson knows very well, after Tiger Washington made that provocative move, if Kobe can still calm down, then it is not Kobe, after thinking about it, Phil Jackson still replaced Kobe Bryant, this season's Los Angeles Lakers' record is not very good, there are many reasons for this, maybe losing this game is not necessarily a bad thing for the team, humiliation is sometimes the strongest promoter.
After Kobe Bryant came on the court, he and Tiger faced each other again, looking at Kobe Bryant in front of him, with an ugly face, a smile appeared on the corner of Tiger's mouth, as if he was greeting Kobe and saying, "Boy, you finally came up." Kobe Bryant's eyes were fixed on Tiger as if in response, "I'm going to beat you." "There was a lot of electricity between the two.
Coach Bill Fitch was on the sidelines at this time, and also smiled, Tiger finally fully grown, from the beginning to the Los Angeles Clippers, Bill Fitch and Rodman both hope that Tiger can be more domineering, he appreciates Tiger's kind and simple character, but that is not suitable for NB, nor for the leader of a team. Since the injury last season, Tiger has begun to become different, Bill Fitch has found since the beginning of the season, but today Tiger is more intuitive, maybe that injury really made Tiger learn something, and he has grown up.
On the court, the Los Angeles Lakers attacked, Kobe Bryant reached out for the ball, Derrick Fisher looked at it, and Shak O'Neal, who was in the position with Jason Green, passed the basketball to Kobe's hand, after Kobe received the ball, he made a fake move first, but Tiger was not deceived, Kobe simply only dribbled directly, to forcibly break through from Tiger's side, Tiger opened his hands, lowered his center of gravity, and stared closely at Kobe Bryant's coherence when he made movements.
Kobe Bryant chose to break through from the left side, Tiger has a knee injury in his right leg, although he has recovered, but when he turns his body, he must react more slowly, and this is the case, Kobe did wipe it from Tiger's right, and went to the basket, when Kobe jumped up to dunk, Jason Green let go of Shaq O'Neal to block, Kobe's body was in the air, stuck in the air for a second, changed the dunk action to a lever, and sent the basketball into the basket.
After scoring the basketball, after Kobe Bryant landed, he turned around and looked at Tiger for the first time, he wanted to see Tiger's current expression for the first time. What is Tiger's expression now? Tiger had no expression, just at the moment when Kobe Bryant passed by him, Tiger was indeed stunned for a moment, but he quickly recovered, and it was actually a very normal thing to be successfully broken through by the opponent, no one's defense can be 100, and Tiger will never be on this, too entangled.
However, there are also some paranoid attributes in the personality of Tiger, after this ball, he also found his own need to improve again, he will never allow it, there are such big loopholes in his body, from this point of view, perhaps paranoia is a character trait that athletes must have if they want to succeed, only people who are never satisfied and constantly pursue perfection can continue to improve their basketball skills.
The game continued, the Los Angeles Clippers attacked, Billups controlled the ball, Tiger ran back with a quick stop near the bottom line, came to the high position, and quickly completed a cross run with Billups, Kobe Bryant always followed Tiger closely, Tiger who completed the cross run did not stop, nor did he receive the ball, but took Kobe Bryant, who defended him, and continued to go to the bottom line on the other side of the court, Billups has taken advantage of this opportunity to cross the run, directly broke through to the free throw line, and made a gesture to pass the basketball to Jason Green on the inside.
In fact, this is just a hidden feint, the basketball has flown in, in the hands of Tiger who is standing at the zero degree angle of the bottom line, Tiger catches the ball and throws, Kobe Bryant is one step away from Tiger, and he also jumps up, but he does not touch the basketball, and the basketball smacks and plunges into the basket. To be continued.
(Po Sing Shek Academy)