Chapter Thirty-Six: The Witch's Notebook
The morale of the Clippers soon took a huge hit, because they found that no matter how hard they tried, they couldn't contain me and Shaq at the same time, and they couldn't separate the center of the defense from the two of us at the same time, in fact, Shaq's competitive state was quite terrifying after entering the second half, as long as he started to be full of bloodthirsty desires, then he was still the invincible shark.
As for me, I don't have to worry about the defenders on the other side at all, because as long as Shaq is on the inside, it will definitely be their main defensive target, and no matter how hot my hand is, when Shaq and I are on the court at the same time, they will not have a situation where more than three people will come at once, in the first half they did use the tactic of sudden packing, but this tactic can only be used occasionally, and when I am prepared, it will not be effective.
So the fact of the timeout called by the coach of the Clippers did not have any effect at all, when there were 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter of the game, the score of the two sides had come to 96 draws, and the 30-point difference at the end of the half seemed to disappear in an instant, and the players of the Clippers on the court also showed their heads down, after all, seeing the duck with a beak fly like this, seeing the victory of the hand is gone, and it is unacceptable to change anyone.
I slapped Shaq hard, this guy didn't know how to control his strength, after high-five him, my palm trembled for several seconds, I was afraid that this guy just wanted to numb my hand and affect the feel, then I could only pass the ball to him.
Hahaha, dream, how could I possibly pass the ball to Shaq unless three or four people on the other side come and frantically wrap me up.
I was just a little smug that the other side really started to kick me up with a three-man bag, obviously I was still too naïve in my previous thoughts, and maybe it was that the other side saw that I didn't like to pass the ball to Shaq very much today, so I just let it go at the last minute.
No matter how coquettish my dribble is, but in the face of the opponent's 360-degree all-round encirclement without dead ends, once their crazy package is formed, my vision will be greatly affected, even if I want to pass the ball, it will become very difficult.
In the end, I was forced to make a mistake by the opponent and the Clippers played a direct counterattack, and then head coach Silver Fox Harris called a timeout, after all, we were behind the whole game, and finally just chased back a round and fell behind again.
Silver Fox Harris told me very seriously during the timeout that I must pass the ball more, especially to Shaq more, and repeatedly emphasized that he is the boss and core of the team, and I am just a rookie, don't always think about showing yourself, should focus on the interests of the whole team, although I am quite unconvinced, but there is no way to show it, I can only watch Shaq grinning proudly on the side but there is no way at all.
Sure enough, when I came back to the game, I had a lot less possession because I was reassigned to the shooting guard position and the possession position was Byron. Scott is that old boy, so I barely got the ball a few times in the next few minutes, and almost every attack of the Lakers had to pass through Shak's hands, and I could only stand outside the three-point line helplessly OB the whole time, but I could only shake my head and spread my hands to express my frustration, after all, Shak's performance was also worthy of so many offensive balls.
In fact, in the last 3 minutes of less than a moment, Shaq dunked 5 baskets in a row, and each of them was forced to dunk by the opposing defender, I guess if this is not an official game occasion, if Shaq is so arrogant on the field court, the other side is estimated to have the heart to kill him, but what can I do, I don't have the strength to be bullied like this.
At the end of the game, the Lakers still won the game 105-100, losing 30 points in the first half and winning 35 points in the second half is also rare.
I didn't stay in the locker room for long, I hurriedly changed my clothes and went out to look for Jessica, I made a casual excuse and said a few words before leaving, when I came to the door of the stadium, I saw Jessica looking at me blankly, my eyes were full of a strange feeling that I couldn't say, there was nothing in my eyes, but it was like everything.
I walked over and put my arm around Jessica's shoulders and walked out, but suddenly there were a lot of reporters around me, which I wasn't very surprised about, because even though I'm just a rookie on the Lakers now, for a super big club like the Lakers, and in fact I've done quite well this season, the attention of reporters is quite high now, and the interest in my private life is probably more concerned than my performance on the court.
Maybe some of them saw that I was a little absent-minded in the interview session with the reporter just now, so they quietly followed me out, and I have to admire the keen sense of smell of these reporters, but now I really don't have the extra mood to pay attention to them, and no matter whether they shoot openly or secretly, I just go with them, I don't care about these things at all.
In fact, I still had to put on some proper disguise in my personal private life, because both my agent and the general manager of the Lakers, Jerry. West's hint is that I'm already a prospect, so I have to try to protect my privacy and try not to let things off the pitch get in the way of my game.
I'm also very helpless about this, and I understand that as a star and a public figure, you can't be so willful, which I naturally can't compare with Shaq, willfulness is almost his character label, everyone won't care about Shaq's willfulness, only take this as a cute performance, although he is a 300-pound fat man, but the public's attitude towards him is to be more tolerant than me, and I myself sometimes treat myself very strictly, so I don't care about this very much.
I drive Jessica's car, and I don't actually have my own car yet, and I borrowed it from my father, so I'm seriously considering choosing a better one.
Of course, this matter is not too urgent now, I still have to choose a car that can match my future level, I can't just buy a car casually, and future star players like me must also pay attention to their taste in car selection.
The next game will start the day after tomorrow, when the Lakers travel to the Phoenix Suns' home court, which will be our second game against the Suns this season.
After today's game with the Clippers, the Lakers' overall record has also come to 7-2, and they have returned to the first place in the West.
I didn't send Jessica home directly, but took her to a rather atmospheric western restaurant, the reason why I chose this place is not because it looks so classy, but because I think the surrounding environment here is better, and there are fewer people in it, I hope to have a quieter environment with Jessica to dine and enjoy the joy of food.
Sure enough, my vision is still good, the interior decoration of this restaurant is very humane, completely different from those restaurants that only pursue high-end luxury, but the interior design of the restaurant is very carefully arranged, I even think that the designer of this restaurant must be very understanding of human nature, know what kind of environment can make people feel really comfortable when eating.
I was very satisfied with the service of this restaurant, and Jessica's eyes began to change a little as soon as she arrived, and her eyes, which had already seemed a little blank, were now much brighter.
I felt her soul, which she didn't know what had been taken away, back into her shell at this moment.
"I feel like my brain hurts!"
Jessica finally spoke, and that's a good start!
"Can you remember something? You've been looking like you've been out of your body for hours. ”
I don't know how to describe Jessica's previous state, it's the kind of thing you know is very wrong, but you can't find a very accurate word to describe, and many words in English are used in a completely different way from Chinese, some things in my previous life I may be able to express very clearly in Chinese, but in English I can't find such a word, you know, after all, Kobe Bryant has devoted most of his energy to basketball since he was a child, and he is not enough for the study of cultural classesIn fact, although there are not many commonly used words in English, the real thesaurus is extremely terrifying.
This also leads to the fact that I sometimes don't know how to correctly express what I really mean to Jessica, which is also a place where the memories of my past life and the memories of Kobe Bryant in this life conflict, but I am also trying to change this, when I am alone at home and have nothing to do, in addition to physical training and watching Jordan's game videos, I will now also find time to learn cultural knowledge, at least so that I can convert the knowledge of my past life into the corresponding part of English.
Another thing that I find very interesting is that the grammar of different languages can really change a person's way of thinking, when you use English as your first mother tongue, it is a completely different feeling than when you use Chinese as your first mother tongue, your way of thinking will be very different, which is difficult for me to express in accurate language, in short, I can really do dual use at some moments, which is like a state of schizophrenia, but I may be able to control myself a little better. Don't let your spirit get completely out of control because of this.
"I can't remember, I just went to Staples to watch one of your games, but it was all unreal, like there was another soul in my body controlling me to do it, and the real me was trapped in my own body but couldn't give any instructions to my body."
"It's scary, and if it's not your delusion, then the problem might have gotten worse."
"Maybe I know a way to help me now, do you remember the psychic witch I told you about earlier?"
"Remember, don't you want to see that witch again?"
"I have no other better way, I can only use a dead horse as a live horse doctor, can you accompany me again tomorrow?"
"Look at what you say, of course I'll be by your side, don't worry about anything when I'm here, if the sky falls, isn't there a tall top? Don't you still hate me for not being tall enough! ”
I deliberately pouted and made a little angry look, Jessica was also completely amused by my appearance and tone, and I felt so beautiful and comfortable watching her laugh.
I didn't expect that I also have a talent for funny, but maybe Kobe's eyes look a little serious and a little fierce, and such a person will be particularly funny if he wants to concentrate on being funny, and this contrast is more interesting than a guy like Shaq who is funny about everything.
When people's mood improves, their appetite becomes better unconsciously, Jessica's eyes become so gentle, and I haven't known her for a while that she can eat so much, but fortunately, my salary is high enough, I should be able to support her!
I try to talk to Jessica about something relatively light-hearted, at least not to spoil the good feeling at this moment.
I now feel more and more that Western food is actually a kind of atmosphere and feeling, really how delicious it is, it must be inferior to Chinese food, at least now I can vaguely recall some of the feelings about Chinese food in my previous life, those memories are very vague, but whenever I think of those fragments, saliva will naturally accelerate the secretion, what an interesting thing.
"The witch has a strange notebook, and although she doesn't show it too obviously, I know very well that there must be many, many secrets hidden in that notebook, can you help me get it?"
"But the things recorded in a witch's notebook like this should be beyond our knowledge, and even if we get this notebook, we shouldn't be able to understand the above records."
"You have to believe me, it's a woman's intuition, that notebook is her life, I can feel it."
Jessica's eyes suddenly became very serious, and I even began to feel a trace of fear at once, because her feeling was so real, and when she looked into my eyes, it was as if she could convey what she saw directly to me.
Is this an illusion? I seemed to be able to see some vague throbbing sights in her eyes, and those were the same sights she had seen in the witch that time.
I held Jessica's hand tightly, told her to relax, told her that I would be there for her no matter what happened, and hoped that she would trust me that if she felt that the notebook was really that important, then I would do everything I could to help her get it.
Then I talked to Jessica for a long time, but I couldn't find the feeling I had at the beginning, I always felt that Jessica's eyes had been trying to escape my eyes, as if there were some secrets deep down in her heart that she didn't want to tell me, I didn't continue to ask so much, everyone has their own secrets, everyone has things they don't want to face, I should respect Jessica's secrets, at least that's what I told myself, God knows if it's self-deception or something.
Just as we were about to walk out of the restaurant after dinner, my agent called me and I heard the guy on the other end of the phone yelling as if he had won a lottery jackpot, saying that he had good news to tell me.
I wondered for a long time what good news this guy could tell me, and in the end he just told me that there was a well-known car company that wanted to work with me, and if I could meet some of their requests, he could give me a million-dollar supercar.
When I was about to ask in more detail, this guy said that he was in a bit of a hurry to deal with, and it would not be too late for him to explain the specific matters to me after he had determined them in a few days.
Nima's original is not a thing that has not been skimmed yet, but he can be so excited, I am also a little convinced by this agent, but this agent should have been signed by Kobe before he entered the NBA, it seems that Kobe Bryant is still not good at looking at people at this time, this agent belongs to the kind of guy who is very pompous and has no real skills, hey, if there is a better candidate in the future, I will definitely fire him as soon as possible.
Of course, in fact, no one can say what happened later, and this agent seems to have been with me for a long time, of course, that's all for later, and I won't press it here for the time being.
On the way back to Jessica, I saw another side of Los Angeles, that is, the endless traffic jam troubles, it seems that we haven't encountered traffic jams a few times before, it's really lucky, once this Los Angeles is really jammed, it's not something that can be solved in dozens of minutes.
It took me two hours to arrive in less than 40 minutes, and it was close to midnight in the morning, and the traffic jam outside didn't seem to be improving, so it seemed that I would only be able to stay at Jessica's house for another night.
But that's good, I didn't plan to leave in the first place!
Of course, don't think about it, I just want to protect Jessica, because her mental state is really unstable now, and I don't know how she used to live alone.