Los Angeles, Lakers Training Gym.

At this time, there were no players training in the training hall, only the sound of the game on the TV in the update room.

"Kidd made a beautiful ground-hitting pass, the basketball penetrated the SuperSonics defense from the backcourt and stuffed into the hands of Kenyon Martin, Kenyon Martin tomahawk dunk, what a powerful dunk ......"

The locker room door opened, and Carl Malone walked in to see Gary Payton sitting on a stool staring intently at the TV.

"What's wrong? Still reluctant? Malone laughed.

Gary Payton frowned, did not speak, and still watched the game between the SuperSonics and the Nets on the TV, and the SuperSonics were directly stretched to 20 points by an 18-0 attack wave by the Nets in the second half.

Malone glanced at the score on the TV and said: "The SuperSonics played five away games, the loss was not unexpected, their engine needs to rest, and compared to Kidd, the rookie last time was still too immature." ”

"He's great!" Gary Payton retorted.

Although when Ma Long introduced Lu Fei to him in the last game, he said that he was just a rookie, but in fact, after that game, he was very optimistic about Lu Fei as a rookie.

"That's why you didn't trash talk to him last time?" Malone teased and said: "I saw it at the time, you just talk about it, you must know that our 'trash talk king' has not spewed trash talk to the opponent in a game, and you didn't do it in the last game against the supersonics, what?" Still nostalgic for the SuperSonics? ”

Gary Payton's trash talk often causes opponents to vomit blood.

Like what:

Your tight defense isn't as tight as the little girl I slept with last night.

You're so soft, soft like a lump of poop, I forgot to tell you that I had diarrhea today.

You can't even compare to my lawn mowers!

But in that game, he didn't say a word of trash to Lu Fei, and the reason was only because he used to be a Seattle player.

"You've been in Salt Lake City for eighteen years, and I think you can understand how I feel." Peyton sighed and said, "And I've been in Seattle for twelve years. ”

"We're not the same." Malone pouted: "I left Salt Lake City on my own initiative for the championship, and you were traded away by that fool of Schultz." ”

Peyton was stunned.

"yes, when Ackley sold the team to the guy who sold coffee, I felt the change in the team, and the Ackley family runs the team like a family, and when we have a problem, they call us and let's talk about it, they ask us what the problem is, instead of trying to trade you and tell you 'you don't need a contract.'" Gary Payton was upset as he recalled his trade.

"When Schultz bought the team, it went from being a family to a business, and like they were making money, they shouldn't have done that."

"So what should they do?" Malone asked rhetorically.

"......" Gary Payton was silent, he knew that the NBA was a business, and he was too idealistic.

"SuperSonics have a good season this season, aren't they? Although they look like they are going to lose this game, I remember if they were 7 wins or 8 wins and 2 losses, right? Malone laughed.

"7 wins, 2 losses." Gary Payton clearly remembered the SuperSonics' win-loss record, and he thought for a moment before saying: "I don't think Schultz will hold this team for too long, he will definitely turn the team into a lot of cash, I just don't know who the next owner will be?" ”

"Whoever it is, it's none of your business anymore, turn off the TV man, we're here to win championships, not to be nostalgic."

Malone picked up the remote control and was about to turn off the TV, when the TV screen showed Lu Fei breaking through Kidd's defense with a change of direction, and staggered and threw the ball into the basket in the face of Kenyon Martin's supplementary defense.

He was so tired that after five consecutive road trips, the team basically didn't get time to rest.

Although they have been chasing points, everyone knows that this game is going to be tough, especially now that they are 18 points down 78-60.

The end of the third quarter and the SuperSonics have just reached 60 points, which is an incredible thing for a team that regularly scores more than 110 points.

"Oh, it was a great goal." Malone put down the remote control and went to Peyton's side: "At the beginning, John and I just sat together and watched a game of this kid, but I didn't expect to watch his game with you now, speaking of which I really have a fate with this kid." ”

"Be quiet when you're watching." Peyton said.

"......" Malone.

The game entered the fourth quarter, McMillan looked at the lost appearance of the players, he didn't know how to arrange the tactics, he knew that the players had done their best, they could play with the Lakers until the last minute, they could win the hard bone of the Timberwolves, they had proven their strength.

Just like the loss to the Heat, the players didn't feel good in this game, and the hardest thing was on the defensive end, the team's strongest iron-blooded defense all along, which fell apart under Kidd's pass.

Kidd was able to find defensive weaknesses in the first time of the supersonic change, and then used sharp passes to help his teammates score.

Is Lu Feifang bad?

Lu Fei's defense is already very good, he even stole Kidd's two passes, and it can be seen from the Nets that they only scored 78 points, and Lu Fei also has a lot of restrictions on Kidd.

But Kidd's defense is just as good, seemingly overshadowed by his strong playmaking skills, and everyone ignores Kidd's defensive ability.

Lu Fei was under his defense, shooting only 5 of 16 shots, and did not even reach a 30% shooting rate.

Falling into the position, Lu Fei can't beat Kidd, and the opponents of the other players are not dominant, only Ray Allen can be slightly better, but his hand seems to be frozen today.

Playing counterattacks, Kenyon Martin and Jefferson's return speed was not slow, and several counterattacks were stopped by Kenyon Martin with a cover covering the sky.

How else can you fight?

"They're just too tired, and if we go back to the home of the SuperSonics, I think the score might be close now." Malone said with a smile: "Of course, if you let the supersonic team you led a few years ago fight, I don't think Kidd is your opponent, I remember you once cried him." ”

The SuperSonics he was talking about were the ones that had beaten his Jazz and played Jordan in the Finals.

Payton pouted: "But this supersonic team doesn't have camp, I think we all underestimated the current supersonics, you must know that our head coach at that time was George Carr, and the head coach of this team was just McMillan." ”

McMillan had a few brushes, and he still knew it.

He didn't respond to Malone's ridicule of making Kidd cry, because Kidd was only a high school player at that time.

"It's not about defending Kidd, it's about limiting other players from scoring." Peyton's eyes sparkled like a fox.

At this time, he suddenly saw the picture on TV, and the corners of his mouth hooked up a little curvature.

"Yes, that's how to prevent it!"