Chapter 61: The Jungle of the Jungle

The Warriors are also one of the veterans of American professional basketball, having played in the BAA in 1946. Prior to 1962, the team was headquartered in Philadelphia and known as the Philadelphia Warriors. Between 1962 and 1971, the team moved to San Francisco and changed its name to the San Francisco Warriors. In 1971, the team moved to Oakland, California, and has since changed its name to the Golden State Warriors.

The Warriors not only moved diligently, but also changed arenas very diligently. The team has changed arenas eight times in its history, and often swapped between several arenas, one for one year and two years. The history of the stadium change could be written in a separate book.

This year's Warriors are home at San Jose Arena, and their regular home court in Oakland is being renovated.

Inside the San Jose Arena, the Lakers and Warriors are playing a game.

The Lakers' starting lineup remains unchanged, while the Golden State Warriors' starting lineup is PG Mark Price, SG Ratril Sprewell, SF Chris Mullin, PF Joe Smith, C Felton Spencer.

Also sitting on the Golden State Warriors' bench is the starting point guard of the Bulls' first Treble dynasty, BJ Armstrong. There's also this year's No. 11 rookie, Todd Fowler, who is a 2.11-meter American power center.

The Warriors have a very good roster on paper, but the team's current record is 3-6. This has caused great dissatisfaction among the team, and there are rumors that Adelman will be the second coach to be sacked.

Kobe Bryant is not surprised that the Warriors have achieved such results, the core of the Warriors Ratril Sprewell and Chris Mullin are not compatible with each other, the newcomers are not convinced by the old, and the old people are not waiting to meet the newcomers. The team's poor chemistry kept them coming to naught.

Plus point guard Mark Price is a 32-year-old veteran white guard who is only 1.83 meters. This undoubtedly makes the team's perimeter defense even worse.

The team's star madman Ratril Sprewell's stats are luxurious, with 24.2 points, 4.6 rebounds and 6.3 assists per game, and you can see that his style of play is hurting his team by averaging 4 turnovers per game.

At the start of the game, O'Neal jumped the ball successfully.

As soon as Kobe Bryant got the ball, Sprewell posted it.

"Boy, have you been famous lately?" Sprewell was a little jealous of Kobe Bryant, why he had offensive control of the team as soon as he entered the league, which I had to take years to snatch from that old guy at Mullin. Why does Kobe have such a top interior teammate as O'Neal, if I have O'Neal as a teammate, I will definitely play better than Kobe!

Bryant ignored the provocation and steadily took the ball through the midfield under the pressure of Sprewell, and stuffed it to O'Neal under the basket, O'Neal did not have a good way to face a big-weight center like Felton Spencer. Hit it twice, hooked his hand and threw his hand, and the basketball popped out of the frame.

"Don't you dare to hit one, do you? Only dare to drink milk under Shaq's wing, right? Soft Egg Kid. "Sprewell was around Kobe Bryant.

The more this guy talked, the more ugly it became, Kobe frowned, so let's teach him a lesson.

"Price, give me the ball." Sprewell asked for the ball from the point guard and was ready to force Kobe Bryant.

Kobe Bryant held his center of gravity steadily, unaffected by the madman's tentative steps.

Seeing this, Sprewell didn't care, and ran over directly to the right, he didn't believe that this 18-year-old was as strong as him.

Kobe Bryant is indeed not as strong as the 26-year-old Sprewell in his prime, but defense does not necessarily rely on strength alone, Kobe Bryant moved quickly and blocked Sprewell in front of him.

Seeing that it was not erased, Sprewell hurriedly made a disguise and pulled the ball from right to left.

And Kobe Bryant accurately judged the trajectory of the basketball and successfully cut the ball at the moment of the ball's movement.

The ball was stabbed behind Sprewell by Kobe, and Eddie Jones quickly picked up the ball and countered with a dunk to score.

"Looks like our madman is at a loss in front of this rookie." Rick Barry was a little helpless, obviously there are many ways to score, the team has so many offensive points, why does Sprewell have to be broken as soon as he comes up?

Adelman's face was pale, he couldn't stand Sprewell's style of play, his offensive tactics couldn't play at all, and the players fought on their own.

"Maybe it's time to take a break." Adelman feels that this year's Golden State Warriors are the team he has ever led the most headache. He's kind of nostalgic for the gorgeous Portland Trail Blazers with Sabonis.

Sprewell, who was picked up by Kobe, was a little more cautious and asked Prince to organize the offense, Prince mobilized the team to run and handed the ball to Mullin, who hit the ball and was interfered with by Bowen and missed.

"Damn, if the old guy can't get in, pass it to me!" Sprewell yelled at Mullin.

Mu Lin's face was pale, he couldn't believe that the little brother he brought out was now so faceless.

"Hi, Sprewell. You're going to grow old one day, too. "Kobe Bryant is angry, you can disrespect the opponent, but you don't respect the seniors of the team, especially the teammates who have grown up with you, it's just too beastly.

"I'm not going to be on the field when I'm old." Sprewell was dismissive.

This guy, Kobe Bryant was completely enraged.

The angry Kobe Bryant was simply terrifying, and throughout the first half, he infinitely ravaged Sprewell on both offensive and defensive ends.

Sprewell looked like a high school student in front of Kobe, handing over gorgeous statistics of 0-of-8 shooting and 4 turnovers in the first half.

His offense was defended by Kobe Bryant one by one, whether there was the ball or not, he was either robbed by Kobe or was interfered with, and Kobe Bryant also gave an empty cut basket at the end of the first half, thinking that he could break the scoring drought of Sprewell with a pegboard hat.

"Dude, I bet with you. This pegboard hat can score the best five goals of the day. "Rick Barry was fidgeting in the studio, and Sprewell was too spicy.

And Kobe Bryant still continued the hot feeling of the previous games, ignoring the defense, and hit difficult jumpers in front of Sprewell one after another.

Bryant played 12 minutes in the first half and had 13 points, 2 rebounds and 1 assist. As long as he was there, Sprewell couldn't attack at all.

Sprewell was already roaring inwardly. He somewhat regretted provoking Kobe.

Kobe Bryant's all-out state, close defense is historic, especially now Kobe Bryant has almost infinite energy, he can maintain an excellent shooting touch while defending, which is extremely scary.

In the first half, after Sprewell handed over the ball, the Warriors played back and forth with the Lakers, with Prince, Mullin, and Joe Smith all scoring wonderfully. When the ball is in motion, this Princeton Warriors team is difficult to defend.

At halftime, the Lakers 57:51 Warriors. The two sides played a high-scoring game, and everyone went back and forth to get a lot of points.

It's people and ghosts, and only Sprewell is being beaten by the angry Kobe Bryant.

Kobe Bryant didn't know why he was so angry, maybe because he had witnessed too many brilliant stars die in old age.

Kobe Bryant was undoubtedly fortunate to have had a wonderful retirement journey with Lakers management and fans, but the reality is that many famous players are sold by the team in their old age, humiliated by opponents, and robbed of the rights by players on the team.

This is the reality of the American professional basketball, the law of the jungle.