On January 20, U.S. time, the Lakers played the 42nd game of the regular season, and the season schedule was just over halfway. Bryant, down. Although it is at the Union Center in Chicago, it still makes the hearts of many Lakers fans directly hang.

Everyone knows that if this Lakers team loses Kobe, everything will be over, 33-8, third in the West, which will soon be wiped out. At present, the Lakers are really like being cursed by injury, first Nash + Gasol did not return from surgery, and the recovery time is prolonged or uncertain. Blake + Jordi. Meeks fell again and again. Unconsciously, the Los Angeles Lakers have had a "shortage of personnel", and they have to go to the development league and the free market to sign some cheap personnel to make up the numbers.

And now Mickey. Kupchak was also anxious, because of Tang Qian's outstanding performance, his "wise and divine martial arts" suddenly became a cloud of the past, and everyone made fun of and ridiculed him about this matter. Coupled with the Bynum incident later, his prestige and fan support fell sharply, which was greatly reduced. To make matters worse, Jim. Buss began to lose in the Lakers' board of directors, which made the latter pour some anger on him.

If he can't come up with a good deal, then Jenny. Buzz won't let him go, and Buss Jr. won't let him go.

The decades of Lakers career will come to an end.

The embarrassment came to an end.

This makes Mickey. How could Kupchak endure it? So he worked aggressively and actively started the horsepower up!

He couldn't make that Bonnie. Laughlin went one step further.

Again, it is to replace yourself.

So no matter what dissatisfaction Jenny He faction has, he must first resolutely deal with the current crisis, and he must make a little blood change, otherwise the dissatisfaction of Lakers fans will soon explode.

Before and after the All-Star break, before the free agency market closes, he must make a successful trade.

At the very least, it has to look good and look good.

Otherwise, a word from Jenny's side could make him fall to the bottom. Who called him this offseason faint tricks frequently, extremely unlucky, first by Dwight. Howard made a move, causing the Lakers to not sign a rookie until the start of the preseason. Later, I wanted to find Andrew. Bynum salvaged the situation, but he still "stole chickens and rice". At this moment, the Lakers are gradually full of injuries, and Kobe Bryant has played the whole game for many consecutive games, which makes him, the general manager of the team, suddenly become a "barbecue on the charcoal fire", and there is not much time to think and buffer.

What status? What contradiction? What family fight? Let's keep my position first.

Otherwise, if he leaves the position of general manager of the team, he will not have any ambitions.

How? How? Be sure to let Lakers fans see their own initiative, their own positivity, and their own role!

It turns out that many times, people are forced out, and if Kobe Bryant didn't make a "forced palace" in 07, it is estimated that Gasol would not have come from Memphis at all. Because back then, Mickey. Kupchak's exact words were, wait a few more years, wait for Andrew. Bynum became an All-Star, and it was time for us to revivenation. He'll be ripe soon, give him a little more time.

And Kobe Bryant at that time was already between 29-30 years old, and you asked him to wait any longer? Can he afford to wait?

As soon as any star is 30 years old, it is difficult to say what will happen next, and the decline will be something that has to be faced, even if Kobe Bryant is full of confidence and thinks that he can at least maintain it until he is 35 years old, but that is only maintained, and it is impossible to improve. And there is another very important point, if it drags on any longer, it is very likely that he will give up power to the young Bynum and become the "second master"?

~ This word may not matter to others, but Kobe, it's a word he never wants to hear again in his life.

So he can only make this decision to "force" the management, and the attitude of the Lakers players after the incident can be seen that most of them support Kobe Bryant's "forcing the palace". That's why Gasol joined. Otherwise, it really has to be according to the "original plan", and it is estimated that Kobe Bryant will not be able to win the next 2 championships.

Because history proves a point, Bynum is a limited ceiling and physically intolerant. the big guy.

This kind of person, you finally waited for him to mature, but as a result, "pop", he was injured again and became a glass man, so what's the point of waiting in front? This time I can't help it, Mickey. Kupchak has only become extremely proactive, but do you think Gasol has a second one? What do you think of other teams, and Jerry. Is West "undercover"?

Sometimes it is the complete opposite, and it becomes a rush to the doctor.

Kobe Bryant fell, watching the slow-motion replay, he was unstable at the moment he landed, and then his body was crooked, and he accidentally stepped on Mike. Dunleavy on the instep of the ...... caused this injury. Take Gary. The Lakers medical team led by Wetti quickly rushed up, first checked Kobe's basic situation, and then let the Lakers get on a stretcher on the 24th.

This posture has nothing to say, it is to carry Kobe back to the locker room.

Generally speaking, it is not a good situation to be carried directly back to the locker room.

The hearts of Lakers fans seem to have been punched all of a sudden, is it ...... Is last season's tragedy going to happen again?

Because there is still an overtime game, the Lakers players cannot follow them back to the locker room. After arriving in the locker room, Bryant endured the pain and turned his head to look at Gary, who was examining himself in detail. Viti, in a low voice, "How's it going?" Will I still be able to play? ”

Gary. Victi didn't answer immediately, but continued to check with the help of several assistants.

Look at Gary. Vitti didn't speak, and Kobe's heart was suddenly cold, and he said, "Am I reimbursed again?" Is that so? Gary, please tell me the truth. "Gary. Waiti asked the assistants behind him to record a few pieces of information and data before he looked up at Kobe and said, "If this is the Finals, believe me, Kobe, I will find a way to continue to let you play, but now, but tonight, no." ”

"You'll have to stay in the locker room until tomorrow and last night for a more detailed instrument check."

Kobe Bryant heard the implication of this sentence and immediately said, "In other words, this injury is not serious, right?" It's just a normal sprain, right? Gary? As if guessing what Kobe Bryant was going to say later, this time Gary. Wettie very decisively rejected the Lakers' No. 24 and said: "Kobe, the current examination may be just an ordinary sprain, but you are now 35 years old, and you will be 36 years old in half a year, do you think your recovery ability can still be compared with when you were 20 years old?" Besides, last season it was because you didn't get out of the game because you had a series of hard injuries, so you directly collapsed and caused a tear in your Achilles tendon, and I will never allow this to happen a second time. ”

"Gary I ......"

"Needless to say, Kobe, now that I'm a doctor, you can't get Mitch . Kupchak fired me, otherwise I would never have let you play again tonight! Don't even think about it! "Gary. Witti said with a rare and extremely tough attitude: "For us doctors, the body is not a divided individual, it is a whole whole, do you understand? Don't look at you right now you may just have an ankle sprain, but it's also a physical warning, think about how you injured your Achilles tendon last season. ”

"Gary, are you exaggerating, my own body ...... my own"

"Exaggerated?" Gary. Viti said: "If you could listen to me last season and go off the game when you had a hard injury, do you think you'd tear your Achilles tendon?" For a regular season game, there's a good chance you're giving up your future career time. Do you understand? Besides, Kobe, why did you think you got hurt just now? If you don't have a decrease in leg strength and waist and abdominal strength, how can you end up landing unsteadily? How do you get a foot on your opponent's instep? ”

"If you have enough strength and stabilize your landing body, there will be no injuries in the back at all."

"So, you have to get off the game now, listen to me, Kobe, it's not last season, a game lost, it's not that much of a loss. Our Lakers are still third in the West, not 10th in the West last year. For the sake of the rest of the schedule, for the sake of the playoffs, you can't be rash! ”

In Gary. During Viti's detailed dissecting of the words, 24 fell silent, he did not speak, but the former already knew what he meant.

"Take a good rest, you've done enough in this game, leave it to your teammates later." Gary. Victi left the locker room with the others, as they had to go to the scene to keep an eye on in case there were any other injuries.

Bryant took a deep breath and then half-reclined in the massage armchair and watched the live TV in the locker room.

For some reason, No. 24 suddenly whispered: "Hot, next, it's up to you." ”

Kobe Bryant left the court with an injury, although it was an extracalculating thing, but it made the Bulls win this game, and the chances and chances were instantly higher. Because everyone knows who the Lakers are usually responsible for key shots and key time, especially this season, when they are desperately short of attackers.

Without No. 24, this season's Lakers, the current lineup, is not a threat and is not enough to worry about.

Victory or not? That's not something a head coach should consider, how many times in the history of the NBA have they won and failed to win and become heroes in the end? The details of history can be overlooked, but the honor itself will not be washed away.

See Gary. Wettie and his party returned, and Lakers players including Mike Brown. D'Antoni asked anxiously, "How's it going?" Gary? What happened to Bryant's injury? "Gary. Witti's words made the heart hanging in his heart drop half and said: "The preliminary examination is just an ordinary sprain, if there are no other problems after the instrument examination tomorrow, I estimate that within a week, I will be able to fully recover." ”

"Whew~" Mike. D'Antoni unconsciously breathed a sigh of relief, it is not that this has not happened in the history of BA.

"Well, since Bryant's problem is not too big, let's worry about him later, and now let's solve the problem at hand." Mike. D'Antoni said: "Without Kobe Bryant as a key point, we will have to rely on the transfer of the ball to attack, but everyone should not lose confidence, because the strongest core of the Bulls is now lying in a hospital bed, and they, like us, should not have the illusion that they can't beat in advance." ”

After saying something to stabilize the morale of the army, D'Antoni took out the tactical board and began to lay out the tactics: "Later, we will play the No. 45 tactic, Jordan, you dribble to the top arc and then the rest of the people ......"

Bulls Direction, Tom. Thibodeau shouted, "Kill them!" Without Kobe, they're toothless lizards, and there's nothing to stop us from Chicago! 5 minutes later! I wish we could go back to the locker room and take a shower! ”

"That's right, defensively, don't relax on defense! We want to win 100% against our opponents! Instead of 80% 90%! Do you understand? ”

"Understood, sir, don't worry, it's so easy to kill the Lakers without Kobe." Several Bulls players, so said. Looking at their appearance, they should feel that the overall situation has been decided.

After coming on the court, the ball was re-contested, and Tang Qian easily overpowered Joaquin. Noah helped the Lakers get the right to attack.

81-81, the two sides continued the last 5 minutes of the game.

At this point, everyone is very tired, but no one dares to be discouraged, otherwise the first 48 minutes will be tantamount to wasted efforts.

The man who came up in place of Kobe Bryant was the recently signed Manny. Harris, who comes from the Los Angeles Defenders in the Development League, is an attacker with a very low shooting percentage. Most of his career has been on the bench, but with the Cavaliers, he is still a dog. The hit rate is less than 4% on average. Now if he has to face one of the best defensive teams in the league, or the main lineup, what stats do you guess he can play?

The current on-court lineup of the Lakers is, Jordan. Famar, Wesley. Johnson, Manny. Harris, Jordan. Hill, Tang Qian.

God, this lineup is really "LO" to a certain extent.

The Bulls, even without Rose, are much more flashy than they are.

Except for Tang Qian, there is no one who will go up to $4 million again, if he gets rid of Jordan. Hill, that's two base salaries + a ten-day contract, and the three of them add up to less than $2.5 million. This lineup, saying that he is weak is snickering.

The Bulls made a steal at the beginning, and then made a mid-range shot, and the Lakers' outside defense almost collapsed.

It turned out that there was at least one Kobe Bryant who could strangle a point, and now, from the No. 1 position to the No. 3 position, it is equivalent to being fully bloomed and picked up. At 81-83, the Lakers trailed by 2 points.

In the offensive round, this time he carefully protected the ball to the frontcourt, but in the end he did not find the opportunity. Harris forced to throw one, but he wasn't Kobe Bryant, not even Nick. Yang is greatly inferior. This kind of ball, if you go in, there will be a ghost.

Bang ~ turned into a rebounding ball.

Tang Qian struggled to withstand Joaquin. Noah got that offensive rebound, and then he passed the ball out, and Wesley. Johnson shot.

Didn't cast it! The Bulls' defensive formation is very neat, there are no breakthrough masters, no scoring supermen, don't want to break easily, in Jimmy. Butler's entanglement, Wesley. Johnson struck the iron.

Didn't go in again! Without Kobe, the offensive firepower at the last moment, the Lakers are really miserable!

D'Antoni was really worried, and a big hand came out of nowhere and grabbed this offensive rebound again.

Tom was so angry that he was on the side. Thibodeau shouted, "Joaquin! You're sleepwalking, aren't you? Can't you even protect the rebounding ball? Card slot! Card slot! Jamming this eastern center!! ”

Joaquin. Noah is also very aggrieved, he has been playing basketball for so long, and it is the first time he has seen an interior with such strong rebounding ability!

To say that he is also averaging 11+ rebounds per game this season, this is the top ten rebounding level in the league, and he is an absolute rebounding protection mainstay. But when he met this Oriental, he was like a bone was extracted, and he has only grabbed 8 rebounds so far, and most of these 8 rebounds were taken in the second quarter while No. 29 was not there.

This shows that in front of the Lakers center, he has not won a few times at all, and the whole court is suppressed to the death.

Don dive passes out by Jordan. Famar threw in a 2-pointer to tie it at 83-83.

After that, the Bulls scored 2 points through blocking and dismantling, and Tang Qian could only open his eyes and watch, unable to make it stronger.

But fortunately, the offensive rebound, Tang Qian exploded, saw the opportunity, jumped and dunked, and slammed ~, and tied again.

85-85。

This makes Tom. Thibodeau angrily called a timeout, and as soon as he shouted a loud rebuke: "What's the matter? How do you grab a rebound? Could the Lakers still win without Kobe? Yes??? "Mr. Thibodeau, that Oriental, is very powerful, and he feels that he must be in explosive form." Boozer interjected, this is actually justifying, giving himself and Joaquin. Noah takes cover. "Exploded? What if it explodes? Is it an excuse that you can't defend the rebound? I tell you, one person can rob 2 people, and in my opinion, there is only one reason! "Tom. Thibodeau didn't eat Boozer's set at all, but said even louder: "Carlos, Joaquin, you tell me, who of you is sacrificing and who is Karen just now?" ”

The two of them were silent, because no one had done that just now.

"We're not a team that needs to play defensive counter-attacks, so offensive rebounding doesn't matter, defensive rebounding has to be protected, understand?" Seeing that he had shocked Boozer's "old fritter", Thibodeau directly arranged: "I know that the Eastern center is very strong, but the rebounds are five people, one person can't grab us, we can two or three people rob him alone!" ”

"Know Dennis. Why did Rodman drop so much in rebounding in the playoffs? It's because no matter how strong his rebounding ability is, he can't beat the opponent's group of people! Thibodeau drew on the board: "In the next game, we will adopt the style of playing with solid rebounding, and we don't need to defend the counterattack and fast break, we just need to protect the rebound." ”

"Joaquin, you stand here, Carlos, you stand here, Jimmy, you stand here, Mike, you stand here......"

Thibodeau immediately pointed out the problem of the Bulls' defensive rebounding, the offensive team needs to retreat, so at most 1~2 people, fight for rebounds, otherwise they don't retreat in time, they don't settle in time, and it is easy to be counterattacked by the opponent with a super high success rate. Therefore, it is not difficult to deal with Tang Qian's offensive rebounds, you only need to let all 4 or even 5 people in the Bulls enter the rebound, block the card position, and protect the rebound.

In this way, it doesn't matter if you are Tang Qian or Rodman, don't want to grab the rebound easily.

The price is to basically abandon the defensive counterattack, and fight the whole process of positional and positional warfare.

But is this a problem for the Chicago Bulls? Not a problem! Because they play slow-paced and strong basketball, they usually don't have any defensive counterattacks and offensive and defensive transitions. Otherwise, you think that in this era, you only let the opponent average about 91 points per game, how did you do it? In addition to the fact that the defensive system is really strong, another way is to reduce offensive and defensive rounds and play more positional and positional battles.

This season, the Bulls themselves can only score about 92~93 points, which is an example.

What is this concept? It's just the team with the fewest points per game in the league.

The number of offensive and defensive rounds is naturally the lowest in the league.

In fact, this is the form that the Lakers want to learn the most at present, but there is no tacit understanding, the overall defense is too weak, and the head coach is not a defensive coach, so he is weak, so he can only rely on the gourd to draw a scoop and play shapelessly.

The outside line is all dependent on Kobe, and the inside line is all on Tang Qian, this is the Lakers' so-called positional tactical play.

It's not the same as the Bulls.

To put it mildly, it's far from good.

After the timeout ended, the Bulls attacked again, brushed ~, and entered again, and the Lakers' outside line was really the same as paper paste, completely losing the defensive threat. With three players who are all below league level, and without tacit understanding and tactical coordination, can you expect them to play above the standard defensive front? It's all thankful to be average.

87-85, the three outside points can't defend people, which makes Tang Qian feel a headache, he is the inside, he is the core of the defense, but this does not mean that he can defend five by himself. Well, it's not that it can't be done, but you're going to give him a chance? People hardly enter the forbidden area, what can he do? It can only be served cold! Because going out means that the Lakers will lose rebounds.

That would be a losing situation.

Let's take it one step at a time, after the Lakers smashed the ball a few times from the outside, it was Manny again. Harris shot from the other side, this guy really dares to shoot, but unfortunately this is not the defenders, the NBA is not the NBDL, Tang Qian can only pray to his old teammates in this development league, praying that he can blindly throw one.

It's a pity that God didn't go to work today, and I couldn't hear Tang Qian's prayer, when ~, I shot the iron again.

While in the defenders Manny. Harris finally changed his attitude and courted Tang Qian, but when he came to the NBA, in order to gain a foothold, he could only show his strongest as much as possible. And his strongest point is scoring, that is, shooting, organization and tandem, defense and steals, all of which are a mess. Therefore, he had no choice but to throw it hard.

In fact, to be honest, Tang Qian thinks that Nick should be replaced at this time. Yang came up, the singles ability of the "singles king" is still much more reliable than this "old teammate", but D'Antoni doesn't like Nick. Yang, so instead gave Manny. Harris Opportunity.

It's a pity that he didn't grasp it, with this style of play and this shooting rate, he can only say "bye-bye" to the Lakers after the end of the 10-day contract and continue to go to the development league to make a living.

Now is not the time to pity others, Tang Qian's rebound, which he didn't grab, was taken by the Bulls.

It's not that he's not strong, it's just that the Bulls have 2 people stuck to himself, and he has no way to move forward and move at all.

Unlike the last time the Warriors had a two-man slot, the Bulls gave up on defensive counterattacks, and their lineup did not guarantee five players to consolidate rebounding and ensure the ability to defend and counterattack at the same time. So the rebound was grabbed, but I could only watch the Lakers complete the retreat and form a complete defensive line.

But Thibodeau thinks that the Bulls' defensive task is completed, because the Lakers are all holes on the outside, and the positional offense can also ensure a high shooting rate. Sure enough, brush~, Jimmy. Butler scored another goal to defend his Manny. Harris is not at all an order of magnitude. It's a huge difference.

85-89, playing like this, the Lakers have no hope of winning.

Kobe Bryant's overtime, which he finally moved back, was about to be buried.

Tang Qian's physical fitness is also declining rapidly, if ...... Fortunately, Tang Qian let D'Antoni replace him with Roport. Thackeray, and then he himself got into the "rebounding The.Zone" situation in a high concentration, which stopped the decline and scored a dunk to create a goal for Joakin. Noah was fouled on defense.

When the penalty was added, Tang Qian brewed for a while, brushed ~, and was really thrown into it by him.

I got three points back at once.

88-89, which made Thibodeau stand up again and shout: "Stuck position! Centralized card slots! Don't think about rebounding! Don't think about rebounding, understand!! You only need to concentrate on the card position and concentrate on the top person!! ”

The Bulls shot, when~, finally threw one, no matter how bad the Lakers were on the outside, the Bulls couldn't score every shot, there was no suspense in the defensive rebound, Tang Qian grabbed it. So far, Tang Qian has grabbed 28 rebounds, only 2 short, and is about to reach 30 again.

But offense, the Lakers are really not good, Bang~, three-point shooting, or a high-level rebound, Tang Qian has no possibility of scrambling. The Bulls attacked and covered shots, brushed ~, and hit three-point shots, 88-92, and the score difference returned to 4 points all of a sudden.

Now the fools have seen the offensive firepower of both teams, and if they want to win, they must think of something else.

On the offensive end, Tang Qian made his own choice, he began to go online to help the Lakers players block and dismantle, and then a false block, directly down the attack. Famar almost made a pass mistake in this ball, after all, he is not a master of passing like Nash, and many balls are in his hands, and they are no longer passing opportunities.

Fortunately, Tang Qian still hit the ball by mistake, caught the ball, and then jumped up and dunked. Noah jumped the block, was late, and was withdrawn by the Lakers No. 29. In fact, the latter was a bit of a foul on this ball, but this was overtime, and it was the home court of the Bulls, and the referee did not give a whistle.

90-92, Tang Qian has tried his best, and this kind of ball, he has no chance to come again, Famar's passing ability is too far behind Nash, and he will definitely be targeted by the Bulls again, which will directly cause a break or a mistake.

The Bulls made one more and have only missed one shot so far in the entire overtime.

90-94, and obviously, the Bulls scored a lot easier than the Lakers, and the game was completely different.

What to do? Running out of chances? At this moment, Noah, who had been depressed for a whole game, gave Tang Qian behind him an elbow when he was stuck in the position, to be honest, this may be intentional or unintentional, but this elbow changed the overall situation of the whole game.

Tang Qian successfully entered the "Moderate Fury", and then began to attack with his strength to play the ball, with his current strength and tonnage, after blessing the "Moderate Fury", I don't know how much stronger than before. There is no reason at all, just run into it, and then get up and dunk the basket! After two consecutive defensive fouls, Noah was sent off the court with 6 fouls.

All of a sudden, the Bulls' defense weakened by several percent.

In the end, the Bulls "unjustly died" in Tang Qian's brute force. Thibodeau said:

That Oriental dinosaur finished us with a dunk! Ended the game! What more can I say? I can only ask the alliance to check if he has taken a banned drug!

The league did take a urine test on Tang after the game, but there was no problem, so the Lakers were lucky to win the game. Success extended the winning streak.

But this made Tang Qian not laugh, because after Kobe Bryant was "forcibly suspended to recuperate", the opponent in the next game was terrifyingly strong.

Why? Because the next game is to challenge the defending champion Miami Heat away!

And it's back-to-back!

At the same time, something even worse is happening.

PS: There is one more chapter, 10,000 words broke out tonight~