The Lakers haven't had a few in-house practice games, at least not in the time since the season began, and the last time I remember a practice game was when I was reborn on Kobe, so I'm pretty impressed with that.

I remember when I came up and wanted to dunk under Shaq's defense, and finally he knocked me to the ground, and I secretly vowed that one day I would have a shocking dunk on the top of Shaq's head, and I don't know if I have such a chance today.

It stands to reason that today's team training is indeed a good opportunity to dunk Shaq, but after I played a few balls, I realized that the crutch that I was hit by Shaq when I was in a heads-up with Shaq may not be so easy to recover, especially when I want to fully exert my potential, my body will naturally dissipate its strength in a burst of internal pain.

I know that this is the body's instinctive self-protection mechanism, when the injury in the body is not over, it will use pain to tell the brain not to be able to make too big movements to cause more damage to the body.

At first, I thought I would be able to get it through by gritting my teeth, but the pain that followed made it impossible for me to ignore it, and considering that I still have to play against the Phoenix Suns tomorrow, it would be a foolish thing to get myself more seriously injured in an intra-team training session at this time.

In fact, the impact of injuries on professional players is not only limited to the physical, but more often than not, the psychological impact on the players is actually the biggest challenge to face.

When your body is injured, there is an instinctive state of self-preservation, and when your injury is completely healed, this potential protective habit may not disappear with it, and you will slowly change the way you play.

Of course, the injury I suffered today should not be particularly serious, but I can't completely ignore it, because even a small injury can become a huge hidden danger in the future game due to the accumulation of fatigue, so that the player has a good chance of being injured more.

Because of this, I was quite decent in this team training game, neither on the offensive end nor on the defensive end, even though Eddie Jones, who was opposite me, was in very bad shape, but I didn't take the opportunity to completely dishearten him, but I scored a lot of points above his head in the opening game, and I played more often without the ball in the following games.

After the end of the training match, Shaq's side still won the game, in fact, Shaq alone got almost more than half of their points, I didn't look at Shaq's rebounds, anyway, it would definitely not be less than twenty, there were a few minutes when he was able to take more than one offensive rebound almost every minute, and almost every one of his offensive rebounds could be converted into points.

Even in the end, the center who defended Shaq on my side had directly given up resistance, as long as Shaq hit him with his back, he would directly retreat, almost no strength at all, and even if he went all out, what could he do, except to make Shaq's desire to destroy stronger.

Head coach Silver Fox Harris couldn't stop shaking his head off the court, it was obvious that this team training didn't actually achieve the effect he wanted, because in fact, the whole Lakers team except for Shaq looked bad, even if the opponent we have to face tomorrow is not too strong, but the state of the whole team is still worrying.

After the team's training, Silver Fox Harris didn't say much to criticize the players, and it was obvious that he could see that there were a lot of dark circles on the faces of many players today, so no matter what he said in this case, everyone had no way to listen, rather than wasting time and energy here, it was better to let the players go back early to prepare, after all, the entire Lakers team would be on the plane to Phoenix in a few hours.

And I found the Lakers team doctor after the team practice, and told him about the fact that I was abducted by Shaq today, obviously he was a little surprised by this, because he felt that I should tell him about it before the team training started, you must know that Shaq's crutch strength is not something that ordinary people can bear, and he seems very worried about whether my thin body has suffered internal injuries at this time.

I wanted to say something but I didn't know how to say it, because he's the one who is the best at identifying injuries, so it seems like I should trust him more than my own feelings.

Then I went to the Lakers' physical examination room at the strong request of the team doctor, I said in my heart that it was just a small skin injury, but the results of the examination still surprised me a little, I didn't expect that Shaq's crutch really caused a lot of damage to my body, and a lot of bruises were condensing in my body at this time.

It's no wonder that I felt unable to exert myself during the previous training matches, it seems that I am really a little overpowered, but fortunately, the team doctor is professional enough, and it is not too late to find out about this.

Then I followed him for some treatment, and the first thing I had to do was ice the injured area, and in this day and age there was no such large refrigeration equipment as the NBA later, so a lot of the time the players were using ice cubes directly.

I have to say that the ice is still a little sour at first, but after getting used to it, the body will become numb, because the cold will reduce the body's sensory sensitivity, so then I don't feel anything.

I took a nap in the treatment room, and then the team doctor sprayed me with some topical drugs to promote blood circulation and remove blood stasis, and gave me some necessary medical advice, especially telling me that the injury might affect me for three to five days, and that it was best for me not to make particularly large physical movements during this time, otherwise it was very likely to cause secondary damage to my body.

A few hours later, I followed the Lakers on the plane to Phoenix, and this time I quickly fell asleep on the plane, and the faint ache in my body was still a little uncomfortable, but it also made it easier for me to fall asleep.

Vaguely, I seemed to have some dreams, but the fragments of these dreams were too fragmentary, like some brief flashes of movie screens, in which I could find some familiar shadows, but when I woke up from the dream, I could no longer remember who the owner of those shadows was.

They may be from memories of my past life, or they may be from Kobe's memories of this life, and it seems that I still can't tell the difference between the two, and in the darkness, some voices loom in the darkness.

When I woke up again, there were no more people left on the plane, and head coach Harris the Silver Fox walked past me and woke me up from my dream.

"I heard from the team doctor that you were injured, how do you feel now?"

I was a little surprised that this guy was starting to care about my injury, but on second thought, he didn't necessarily mean it, but no matter what his purpose was, I still told him the truth about my injury.

"Young man, I know you young people are competitive, but you have to recognize your strength before looking for an opponent, you go to Shaq to fight alone? Is this really something that someone in their right mind can do? ”

Sure enough, the tone of Silver Fox Harris was full of cynicism, but I couldn't bear to say anything, thinking about everything he said didn't seem to be unreasonable, did I really have a bit of a taste of looking for trouble, could it be that my brain was a little convulsive at the time, so I went to Shaq to fight alone?

After I got off the plane, I forgot all those nonsense thoughts, because I finally figured it out, even if I was given another chance to choose again, I would still go to Shaq to fight it alone!

Because I am this kind of person, Kobe Bryant is this kind of person, I will not be afraid of the strength of the opponent, I will only become more excited because of it, and stimulate the inner more powerful combat power, which is the bloodline of a warrior, the character of eager to fight!

Of course, after this lesson, I will still try my best to fight Shaq after I am fully prepared, in fact, it is not only Shaq, but there is more than him in my potential challenge target, whether it is Iverson or even Jordan, now I am afraid that I have no chance at all, maybe I should be a little low-key, and improving my strength is the king.

After arriving at the hotel in the evening, I didn't fall asleep immediately, but came to the hot spring center in the hotel, I was very comfortable soaking in the hot spring pool, the main reason for this is to be able to make my previous injuries heal as soon as possible, the hot spring temperature here is a bit high, but this is exactly what I want, it should allow the blood in the body to dissipate as soon as possible.

In fact, when I lay in the hot spring pool with my eyes closed, my brain entered a very relaxed state, and the video images of Jordan that I had watched over the past few days kept coming to mind.

Jordan's movements are very beautiful and efficient, but not everyone can imitate his movements, I thought about the reason why Kobe was able to imitate Jordan's movements so similarly, in fact, there is one of the most important prerequisites, that is, his physical fitness and physique type are similar to Jordan.

Whether it is height or body type, or even motor nerve type, Kobe can be regarded as a weakened version of Jordan, Kobe's athletic talent is definitely not as good as Jordan's, whether it is the size of his palm, the ability to stay in the air, or the explosiveness and body control ability are still a grade worse than Jordan.

But Kobe Bryant's physical talent is already considered top compared to other players in the NBA, which must be admitted, many people think that Kobe Bryant has achieved so much just by hard work, in fact, it is not objective enough, because whether it is from the static talent or from the dynamic talent, Kobe Bryant is underestimated.

For example, two people with the same physical talent entered the NBA, and their basketball skills were rough at first, but one of them became an all-around superstar, while the other still relied on physical talent to play, and finally became a blue-collar player on the team as he grew older.

The difference between the two is the learning ability, the same intensity of training for different people bring a lot of difference in the effect, take the Kobe Bryant body I have during this time, at the beginning I couldn't find the feeling of shooting at all, but after a few solo exercises and cooperation with the shooting coach, I found that my shooting feeling has improved rapidly.

You must know that if the average person wants to change his shooting moves, there will be a rather long period of physical adaptation, but I only adapted to the new shooting rhythm in a short period of time, which is one of Kobe's most powerful talents, super training and comprehension.

So not everyone can become so strong as Kobe Bryant, on the basis of talent plus hard work, and finally a little luck, there is a chance to become a real NBA superstar.

Thinking about these things while closing my eyes, I fell asleep in the comfortable hot spring, and I didn't know who woke me up in the end, only to find out that the time had gone until two o'clock in the morning, and even the hot spring center was closing.

I was back in my room, and I didn't feel the soreness I felt from my previous injury, and I didn't even feel much when I gently squeezed the skin of the injured area with my hand.

This allowed me to drift off to sleep in complete relaxation.

I woke up very early the next day, at least a little earlier than on my previous road trip, and I remember waking up pretty late the last time I was in Phoenix, and I could even wake up and go straight to lunch.

It was not yet ten o'clock in the morning when I woke up today, so I ate some random food at the hotel and decided to take a ride around Phoenix.

Phoenix is a very beautiful city, not only the city is well planned, but the people here also seem warm and hospitable, just like the phoenix represented by Phoenix, the whole city is full of fire enthusiasm and warmth, and today's weather is just sunny sky, so that people walking on the street feel the warmth from winter.

I sat quietly on the chair in the square, looking at the fountain not far away in a daze, adults with children playing happily, some children only a few years old will jump directly into the fountain naked to play in the water, people can't help but miss the happy days of childhood.

I have a vague memory of my past life, especially the memory of my childhood in my past life, and I don't know why, the figure that is gradually moving away from me, the figure that feels close to me and seems to be far away from the sky.

A little girl came running towards me with a balloon, she handed me the hot air balloon string in her hand in a friendly way, and I had a bright smile on my face, I carefully took the balloon she handed me, and behind her I saw a young mother, and next to her stood another little boy who was less than ten years old.

However, they don't seem to be native Americans, maybe they are tourists from other countries, and on this warm and sunny morning, we were lucky enough to meet in this square, and my heart felt like it was about to melt.

I thought of Jessica and thought if she could be by my side and feel the warmth of the sun with me.

The good times always go by very quickly, and I spent hours wandering the streets of Phoenix and buying random handmade items, all made by hand, without the help of machines, but even more elaborate than those machines.

Some of them I bought specifically for Jessica, and I didn't know exactly what kind of handmade items she would like, so I bought some of the various types, and of course some of them were for myself.

At noon I found a very good pasta restaurant, there were too many people waiting in front of this noodle restaurant, but I was curious, because its business was so much better than the surrounding shops, I didn't find anything special in its decoration, and there was only one reason why it all happened, and that was that the restaurant must have a good reputation, which is why so many customers would like to party and eat.

I don't feel like I'm in a hurry, the game against the Phoenix Suns doesn't start until after 8 p.m., and I'm in a really good mood today, so sitting on the bench and basking in the sun and waiting behind a long line isn't completely unacceptable.

The only thing that made me feel uncomfortable was that there were so many couples around me that it felt like I was standing alone in line, and although I didn't pay much attention to it at first, the intimacy between them made me feel uncomfortable as time went on.

It's a shame Jessica didn't make it here, and I'm going to have to bring Jessica with me next time I'm away.

Thinking about it like this, I feel that the time in line passes so slowly.

However, when I actually ate the pasta at this restaurant, I still had to admit that I didn't lose out on the long line, probably because Kobe Bryant spent his childhood in Italy, and when this pasta entered my mouth, some looming images appeared in my mind.

Those memories of Kobe's childhood gradually became clearer, and some of them were rare parent-child times between Kobe and his father Joe, at least at that time their relationship was still very good, and Kobe Bryant would laugh at that time, and he laughed very really.