Los Angeles, Staples Center.

In the TV screen in the locker room, Lu Fei's dunk is constantly being replayed.

Yao Ming watched Lu Fei flying in the air with envy, then looked at himself again, tried to jump twice, and finally could only sigh helplessly.

is also playing basketball, why is the gap so big?

If Lu Fei knew that he might be able to vomit blood, why don't you compare your height!

Bryant was still staring at the TV, his eyes burning with fighting spirit.

"Don't look at it, the game will start soon." Yao Ming patted him on the shoulder.

He knew that because of his relationship with Lu Fei, Kobe and Lu Fei could barely be regarded as friends, but more often, they were more like rivals.

Take the regular season scoring as an example, after almost every game, Kobe Bryant will ask an assistant for Lu Fei's game data for the first time.

If you are overtaken, you must be full of unwillingness.

is really a strong master, Yao Ming shook his head helplessly, although he is also competitive, there is no one who plays basketball who is not eager to win, but it is the first time he has seen a stubborn person like Kobe.

Fortunately, Kobe Bryant on the court can still tell the difference, at least the frequency of playing iron in the playoffs is not as high as in the regular season.

Today they will face off against the Spurs.

As a veteran powerhouse, as the team that snatched the championship from the OK combination, the Spurs are already the bitter rivals of the Lakers.

The league also sees this matchup as a repeat of the 2003 Western Conference Finals.

It's just that O'Neill has been replaced by the little giant Yao Ming.

Speaking of O'Neal, since being sent home by Phoenix, he has been constantly complaining about the lack of ball possession in the Rockets, and Maddie's personality is ...... It's really a bit out of place with him, it's not for nothing that Maddie can be Kobe's good friend, when the management introduced O'Neal, he didn't expect Maddie to hate the house, although the Rockets entered the playoffs this season, but the chemistry between Maddie and O'Neal has been very poor.

It is likely that it will continue to be worse.

O'Neal even mentioned that he likes the Suns very much and is willing to play with Nash if he has the chance.

Stoudemire: I don't want to!

Kobe Bryant has long been reluctant to deal with news related to O'Neal since he had Yao Ming, and he has always had a new love and not an old love, not to mention that O'Neal and him are not old loves at all.

He took one last look at the TV, it was a replay of the game, and yesterday's SuperSonics took the first win of the second-round series thanks to Lu Fei's strong performance in the second half.

Before walking out of the locker room, Kobe Bryant whispered, "I'm going to do this too!" ”

Yao Ming was stunned and glanced back at Kobe.

Kobe Bryant walked past him, his eyes full of tenacity and fighting spirit.

The arena was already packed, and posters of Kobe Bryant and Yao Ming could be seen everywhere, and the two of them are now the darlings of Los Angeles.

Yao Ming even drove the Chinese ball market in Los Angeles, making the market value of the Lakers rise a lot, and the owner Buss now looks at Yao Ming as if he has seen a money printing machine.

Anthony Washington looked at Yao Ming with envy, and he hoped that one day he could become a team's signature center like Yao Ming.

Fortunately, because of Lu Fei's relationship, Yao Ming took good care of him.

He was also with him when he usually trained, and Kobe Bryant did not object, and gradually he was able to respond and help defend actively.

And these two points are exactly what this Lakers team needs most.

Phil Jackson even tried to put Anthony Washington and Yao Ming on the court at the same time, because Anthony Washington's ability to help defend can make up for Yao Ming's defensive footwork problems.

Although Yao Ming has not gained weight, his height is here, and the defensive end will still suffer in the face of players who move quickly.

More often than not, though, Anthony Washington is on the bench.

As a sophomore rookie, it is actually very good to be able to firmly occupy the position of a team's substitute center, of course, Kobe Bryant is definitely the most important thing for him.

In addition, Yao Ming's playing time is strictly controlled by Phil Jackson, so Anthony Washington's average time per game is actually not a lot.

On the other side, the Spurs appeared on the basketball court in silver-black tracksuits.

Parker covered his mouth exaggeratedly: "The atmosphere in Staples is too scary, isn't it?" ”

"Hmm." Ginobili nodded.

"The last time we came, it was when O'Neal was there, the Lakers weren't so hot, of course, no matter how hot it was, it was much hotter than our small city in San Antonio, I mean, I have a more warm atmosphere than the Lakers' home court, I only have one team in my impression." Parker babbled.

Ginobili looked at him and said nothing.

He knew that if he said the last sentence, the chatter in front of him would definitely follow countless sentences endlessly.

"The other team you're talking about is the SuperSonics."

A muffled voice sounded behind them, it was Duncan, and Duncan held out his hand as he spoke.

Ginobili ducked to the side.

Duncan took it back in a huff.

Parker nodded, this time he didn't speak, he just began to think back to the opponent who made him feel like he had a big head every time he met.

Fortunately, in this game, the opponent's defender did not give himself a headache.

After the warm-up, the referee blew the whistle.

The race is on.

After Kobe Bryant held the ball, he accelerated and broke through the defense, Parker subconsciously made up for the defense, and lost his center of gravity after being leaned by Kobe, and could only watch Kobe shoot and hit.

"Hey, brother, you're a bit of a bully, I'm an organizational defender." Parker said dissatisfied.

Kobe Bryant glanced at him: "It's about organizing guards." ”

Parker: "......"

It didn't take long for Bryant to ask for a pick-and-roll and start playing Parker in a misplaced position.

Parker's question mark on the door of his head, did this guy take the wrong medicine?

Phil Jackson sat on the side of the court and didn't say anything, and his assistant whispered: "Kobe's tactics don't seem to be the tactics we arranged before?" ”

Phil Jackson smiled.

Of course, it's not a pre-game tactic, but it's okay to play like that, as long as you can score.

Besides, if you encounter supersonic speed in the next round, you may be able to use it.

How did Parker know that Kobe Bryant was using him as a tool to practice his hands, because in his eyes, the supersonic Lu Fei was the opponent he was going to fight.

As the minutes ticked by, the score staggered.

Kobe Bryant stole Parker's pass, rushed out with a stride with the ball, there was no one in front of him, he stepped on the free throw line with one foot, and the whole person flew up like a rising rocket.

"He's going to detain it?"

"Don't I want to lose face?"

Parker's face was black.

Boom!

The basket made a trembling sound, and Kobe Bryant fell to the ground with one arm, roaring and tearing open the jersey on his chest, revealing the tight quick-drying suit inside, and the whole person roared loudly like a king.

He's venting his fighting spirit!

This dunk is exactly the same as Lu Fei's dunk yesterday!