I took a deep breath, not knowing how to proceed with answering him.

"So you think so highly of me just because I might be one of you? There's no way you're left with a few people left in your race, and I really don't find anything special about you that deserves so much attention. ”

"Well, you don't seem to have anything special, but it's not, and after you got into a car accident and your soul traveled through planes, the rules of the entire plane seemed to have changed subtly, which made us quite confused, and we didn't understand what was going on until recently."

"You might as well talk about it."

"When you come to this world and enter this body, the rules of the whole world seem to have changed somewhat, I don't know if it's because of your arrival, or because of this change that led to your arrival, in short, something is different from before, you must know that our race can indeed pass through time and space channels, but there is no way to do it in the soul state, you are the only example we know, so your appearance means a lot."

"Are you sure that only I can do something?"

"We weren't sure at first, that's why we sent this so-called artificial intelligence to monitor you 24 hours a day, but after this period of time, we found some new problems after observing you, and these problems were completely unthinkable to us at the beginning."

"What kind of problem?"

"Your situation is so peculiar, and we find that you seem to be making worlds at many different points in time something that has never been done before."

"What do you mean by that?"

"That is to say, although there are some space-time channels in all worlds before you appear, it is quite difficult to open these space-time channels, even if we don't want to open them, we can open these space-time channels at any time, and it is impossible for the old man from another time and space to find you through your mobile phone just now, but now all this is really happening, which also confirms one of my guesses."

"What's your guess?"

"The guess is that after you came to this plane, the rules of space-time are changing dramatically like never before, and the speed of this change is getting faster, I don't know if this is a good thing or a bad thing, but it means that the passages connecting different planes are becoming more fragile and unstable at this time, and it seems that these passages are expanding at a certain speed, and seem to be preparing for the crossing of some kind of greater power."

"In this way, in fact, I may not be the culprit of all this, I am just an accident, and it happened that the space-time passage expanded, so I was able to travel through the space-time passage to this place just by relying on my soul."

"Not really, you are still quite special, although the expansion of the space-time channel may indeed help you to a certain extent, but this is definitely not the only reason, your soul is quite different."

"But you still haven't told me what makes my soul different!"

"You'll get it slowly, now let me tell you how to stop those guys from passing through the space-time portal, it's really something that only you can do, and no one else can do it even if they want to help you."

"Say it."

"The location of the space-time channel on the earth is not fixed, but will change with the rotation and revolution of the earth, and it will also be affected by the magnetic field of the North and South Poles, but fortunately, there will be a space-time channel moving to the vicinity of Los Angeles the day after tomorrow, I know you live there now, so this is a golden opportunity for you, you only need to successfully close one of the space-time channels, and the other space-time channels on the entire earth will be closed together with it for at least half a month."

"Why do these space-time passages have such characteristics, do you really only need to close one of them to affect them all?"

"This is determined by the characteristics of the space-time channel itself, in fact, all the space-time channels on the earth have only one final exit, but the sub-channels derived from this exit are all over the world, but only one of the sub-channels needs to be disturbed and blocked, it can affect all the other sub-channels, of course, if you really succeed in doing this, it will be even more proof of one thing."

"What does it prove?"

"Prove that you are different from us and all ordinary humans, and I am afraid that you will still be the target of public criticism after all."

"In other words, if I really try to close those space-time passages, it will only temporarily ensure my safety, but will completely expose me to the eyes of more space-time travelers, which will cause me more trouble?"

"Yes, your comprehension ability seems to be really quite powerful, if you really do that, there will be more than those people who will come to you for trouble, so I have to say that the real purpose of the old man who called you to remind you just now is probably not so simple."

I nodded slightly, but a cold sweat had already appeared on my back, and there were so many terrifying secrets behind all this.

"When the AI said that the old man was on the phone, he was also around?"

"Don't believe too much what he says about him being an artificial intelligence, his situation is much more complicated than that, and he just said that to make you believe him, but I know that you certainly don't all believe what he says, just like you don't all believe what I say right now."

"Of course, there are a lot of inconsistencies in what you say, and it is very obvious inconsistencies, as if you said that there was no soul before me who could travel through time and space alone, and at the same time you said that the artificial intelligence was actually a soul, but I remember that the artificial intelligence said that he existed in two worlds at the same time, which in itself is contradictory, if he is really a soul, how does he know the information from the future when he can't travel through time and space? Don't tell me that you actually told him, I know what his tone was at the time, it was a tone that was very sure that he was there at the time, so either he was not a soul body, or there was no soul body that could not travel through time and space, or you and he were talking nonsense at all! ”

"Hahahaha, interesting, I didn't expect you to find out about this problem so quickly, but what should I say, I admit that I was hiding some things from you, but you still have to tell for yourself which of my words are true and which are false, which is part of this game in itself, after all, if you tell you the answer so easily, then what's the point of playing this game?"

The corners of my mouth twitched slightly, and if this guy wasn't talking to me with Jessica's body at this point, I really felt the urge to blow his head out with a punch.

I forcibly suppressed my anger, and I really couldn't find a better way to deal with this rather arrogant guy, after all, I didn't make the rules of the game, and if they wanted me to play this game with them, then I couldn't refuse.

For me at this time, I have to distinguish between many truths and illusions, everything can be true, everything can be false, and I only have a pair of eyes, a pair of ordinary eyes that are not fiery eyes, it seems that there is no way to get the truth I want by relying on my eyes alone, I must use my brain to find the truth hidden behind all this.

"Alright, I don't want to talk to you anymore, you can go."

"Hahahaha, okay, since you insist so much, then let's talk about it next time we have a chance."

As the laughter faded away, Jessica's body also quietly fell down, and I was already prepared, and I hugged Jessica with one hand.

All afternoon, Jessica was in a state of sleep, and I didn't go out after I took her back to the hotel, but stayed by Jessica's side, and when I was bored, I read all kinds of magazines, and I also took out the geographical atlas that Jessica brought that suspected to be from the future, and wanted to study the information on the atlas carefully, but to be honest, this atlas is really a bit complicated, all kinds of place names are written on it, just look at it for a while and don't feel anything, But once you look at it for a long time, your eyes will feel particularly tired.

Later, I simply closed my eyes and entered a state of meditation, meditation is undoubtedly a pretty good way to rest and adjust my mental state, in the state of meditation many pictures continue to flash in my mind, there are pictures of my past life, there are memories from Kobe, there are memories with Jessica, and pictures on the court.

Everything is like a long river, slowly flowing through my brain, slowly bringing me an indescribable feeling, as if after the baptism of this big river, my heart has become more pure, and my will has become more firm.

Everything in the darkness was so clear and beautiful, when I woke up from meditation again, I found that Jessica had also woken up, and I looked at the time on my phone again, and found that it was already more than seven o'clock in the evening, and I had slept in meditation for at least three hours.

"Jessica, are you feeling better? Let's go downstairs and get a bite to eat. ”

Jessica nodded obediently, and I noticed that she seemed to be a lot haggard, and there was a faint black layer lingering on her face, which made me feel that something was wrong, but I thought that Jessica had just woken up, so I couldn't bear to tell her these things again.

I put my arm around Jessica's shoulders and came to the hotel's buffet restaurant, in my previous life, I especially liked to eat buffets, because I felt that the nutrition would be relatively balanced, and I could have the opportunity to eat some of the dishes, which was relatively good for me, after all, I was quite greedy at that time.

Of course, as a professional basketball player now, I can't let go of eating and drinking casually, I must properly restrain my appetite, of course, if the food you eat is more nutritious, and you exercise regularly, it is unlikely that you will suddenly gain weight.

Generally, athletes are old or injured, when the amount of exercise has dropped significantly, but the appetite has not decreased, it is very likely that there will be a surge in weight, anyway, in the previous life, I belonged to the type that likes to exercise and like to eat, so after a few major injuries, the weight can not be controlled, basically every time I recover from the injury, my weight will rise a lot, and then I want to lose it is not so easy.

But today I really don't want to control my appetite, after all, what happened recently has made me a little upset, just with the help of food to offset my worries and worries, and when I return to Los Angeles tomorrow, I have to practice from morning to evening, in short, I have to find more things to do for myself, I can't be idle, once I am idle, my head will think about some strange things, anyway, I think it is not good for me to think about those strange things now.

Anyway, my current mentality has become that there will be tall people on top of the sky falling, and there are some things that I can't change, rather than living in worry, it's better to be open-minded, live a little easier, and let many things go naturally is not necessarily a bad thing.

"Jessica, I found that the buffet in this hotel is very varied, but some dishes are not authentic and authentic."

"As far as your mouth is sharp and your nose is smart, the chef who makes the buffet must be knowledgeable but not proficient, if any dish can be made into the top, then why are you still here as a small buffet chef, you have already been recruited to do the state banquet."

I thought about it, and it seemed that this was indeed the case, so I nodded slightly.

"Jessica, do you think it's better to eat this fish raw or cooked?"

"Are you testing me? To be honest, I don't know much about this, but raw fish like salmon retain the freshness of the fish, but it always feels a bit cruel, as if you are eating live fish, so I still prefer to eat cooked fish. ”

"Yes, it is said that when the Japanese make fish sashimi, they will even slice a live fish directly with a knife, and even when the fish is brought to the table, the fish is still alive, and the eyes and mouth can still move, and the fish can sometimes feel a slight tremor in the mouth, you say terrible is not terrible."

"Ahhh

"The Japanese are indeed quite cruel, but they can't be deceived by their kind and respectful appearance, they are bad in their bones."

I gently patted Jessica on the back and told her to stop being afraid.

However, Jessica still shook aside a piece of salmon that had just been caught in the air, and there was a rather disgusted expression on her face.

I smiled and shook my head, Jessica is the cutest at this time.

Because time was relatively tight, our buffet was actually over after only about half an hour, and then we took the bus to Boston Airport, thinking that we could finally return to Los Angeles, and I still felt an indescribable sense of relief in my heart.

Because Jessica and I slept for a long time in the afternoon, we didn't feel sleepy at all when we were on the plane, so we were chatting quietly all the way, anyway, all kinds of strange things were brought out to talk, and then I realized that Jessica's imagination was quite rich, and I even thought that if she was willing to write a book, she would definitely be able to become a very successful writer.

Jessica and I mainly talked about where to play, and we also talked about some interesting things about the game, such as some embarrassing things about Shaq and jokes told by other Lakers players.

"Jessica, I'm going to go to Staples Arena early tomorrow morning to practice, I haven't touched basketball all day today, and suddenly my hands are a little itchy for a long time."

"You're really a ball idiot, even if you can't touch a basketball for a day, you will be so uncomfortable, if you can't see me for a day, will you miss me?"

Jessica's playful appearance is very cute, and I gently stroked Jessica's hair with my hand, her blonde hair was like a waterfall.

"Of course I miss you, but you're not the same as basketball."

"What's the difference?"

Jessica asked.

"How do I feel like you're eating basketball vinegar!"

I saw Jessica pouting and looking unhappy, and when I saw her coquettish appearance, I had no choice but to admit it, hugged her into my arms, and then whispered coaxing.

Jessica, who I coaxed, slowly closed her eyes and fell asleep, and I gradually felt a little tired, my eyelids became heavier and heavier, and after a while, I fell asleep.

I've always liked to dream when I'm on a plane, but this time it was an exception, and even if I did, at least this time I woke up with no memory of the dream at all.

When I returned to Jessica's house, it was exactly eleven o'clock, and we all felt a sense of relief as soon as we walked through the door, and it felt so good to be back home, and I hadn't been back to my home for several days, and it seemed that I had already regarded Jessica's home as my own.

When I came back at this time, I really didn't feel sleepy, the quality of meditation in the hotel in the afternoon and the previous sleep on the plane was quite high, and now I feel that the whole person is full of strength, and my brain seems to be much more awake than usual.

I'm just going to pull out some of the tapes from the recent games and watch them, and we don't plan to watch the weird tapes from Jessica's parents tonight, so we'll watch them later when we want to.

"Jessica, the AI before the incident, it should be a soul body, forget it, let's call him an artificial intelligence, he told me that the deleted content in those tapes can be found in Boston, but we stayed in Boston for two days, and we had no clue, and I don't know if this guy lied to me."

"He and those people can't be fully trusted, we are in a rather complicated situation, surrounded by lies and traps, only we can trust each other and rely on each other, and that is enough!"

"Hmm. In fact, we didn't gain anything from going to Boston this time, of course, we have too much information and too much mess now, maybe it's time to sort out some of the information we already know. ”

"Maybe, but I think we don't have enough information now, and even if we sort it out, it's hard to form a systematic conclusion, of course, we don't need to be in a hurry, there should still be a lot of time, I really don't believe that those people will really come from other planes to find you, and even if they find you, they can't do anything."

I nodded slightly, thinking that if I don't know anything about who I really am and what is special about me now, is the arrival of those people really a bad thing for me? If they want to come to me, then come to me, anyway, no matter what happens, I will face it bravely, rather than trying to escape, to delay, it is better to face the reality and face the challenge earlier, maybe it will be a better way.

After making up my mind, I no longer felt confused and afraid, and there seemed to be some kind of powerful power rising in my heart, which made my blood circulation faster, and there was a warmth all over my body, just like when I entered a very good state during the competition.

However, this warm current made me feel a little uncomfortable at this time, after all, Jessica's moving body kept shaking in front of me, which made it a little difficult for me to concentrate, so I had to ask Jessica to pour me a glass of ice water.

A glass of lemonade with a lot of ice cubes to suppress the warm current in my body a little, and then slowly turned on the TV and put in the video of our Lakers and Rockets meeting in the second regular season game of the season, and I was ready to take a good look at some of the important moments in this game before twelve o'clock.

The most important thing is that I want to take a good look at the subtle tactics used by the Rockets in key moments, including the high post blocking and the Rockets' version of the triangle offensive strategy, and the one-on-one confrontation between me and the glider Drexler is also quite worth analyzing.

Soon I had some details that were hard to find in the game, because you can go back and replay it at any time when you watch the tape, and it will give you a better view of the big picture, you can know more clearly where all the players are on the field during the game, and where you are in the game, and then you can analyze whether you are in the right position and whether there is a better way to deal with it in this offensive or defensive round.

In the basketball game, offense and defense are always one, just like the ancient war, a warrior with a sword in one hand and a shield in the other, but in the basketball game, offense and defense are separated, when you attack, the opponent defends, and when you defend, the opponent attacks, but in fact, you can also think about defense when attacking, and consider offense when defending.

If all your energy is only invested in the attack on the real battlefield, then it is easy to have a huge flaw, once your attack is defused by the opponent, you will instantly put yourself in great danger, and the opponent is likely to directly use your flaw to seriously injure you.

The same is true on the basketball court, if all your energy is just invested in the offense, then once your offense is not successful, then it is easy for the opponent to seize the opportunity to hit you a defensive counterattack, and the fastest way to score in the basketball game is undoubtedly to defend and counterattack, because at this time the opponent does not have a complete defensive formation, and it is also the easiest to find the opponent's defensive flaws to give the opponent a blow.

So a really good team, will also be like a really good fighter, is a combination of offense and defense, offense will also take into account defense, defense will also look for offensive opportunities, the situation on the basketball court is changing rapidly, just like the situation on the battlefield is changing rapidly, you need to focus on one point at all times, only in this way can you deal with unexpected situations that may arise at any time.

Of course, when the game is too intense, you will also be too focused on the field, and ignore a lot of overall situations, so at this time the video of the game is very important, you can watch the video of the game to find some things you ignored during the game, through your memories of the scene, plus the confirmation of the game video, you can judge whether the response you made in the game is the most correct and reasonable.

Of course, sometimes it is a lot of courage to move forward in the game, so it may not necessarily be the most rational and correct decision, but after the game you can analyze these offensive rounds to re-emphasize something to yourself, and slowly it can also help you develop the ability to quickly find the best opportunity to play.

I watched the video of the second game of our Lakers and Rockets meeting in the regular season for a while, and found that the performance of the Rockets in this game was really terrible, and it was obvious that our entire Lakers team felt a lot of pressure from the Rockets at home.

Glider Drexler still scored more than 30 points in the face of my full defense, although this is counting the overtime score, but considering his age and the number of years he has played in the league, I really think he is a respectable veteran, I find that he is not using his speed and bounce many times, although he still has good speed and bounce, but at this time he is more often relying on experience and skill to play, He seems to have developed a good balance of dedication and fitness from the very first time he hit me in the opening game.

That's why he's still able to provide a consistent scoring output in the late stages of the game, which is probably what I should learn, which is to try not to deplete most of my energy at the beginning of the game, but to save more energy in the most critical moments, which is something that Shaq really should learn.

I can often see Shaq cut 20 points, 10 rebounds in the first half, or even 30 points and 15 rebounds, but in the second half, there will be a cliff-like decline, maybe I should talk to Shaq about this if I have the chance, of course, although I know that with this guy's arrogant character, it is unlikely that he will be willing to listen to me as a rookie, and I will probably be bored with myself.

But even though I knew it might be like this, I had to find a way to have a serious conversation with Shaq, and if he really wanted to win a championship, he should have a good talk with me and think hard about what I was saying.

The same is true for me, it seems that I will learn to distribute my fitness better in the future games, and when Shaq breaks out in the first half, I try to play the ball to Shaq, or it is good to pick up some good combinations between me and Shaq, but when Shaq's fitness drops, I have to try to take over the game.

In fact, in some previous games, Shaq and I have formed such a tacit understanding, but in the face of different opponents, these situations still have to be adjusted according to the actual situation of each game, the tactics are dead, and the people are alive, I just watched the video to learn more about the timing of the live game, and in the real game, I don't have a third eye that can help me see the whole game from the whole picture, so what I need to do is to understand all this as much as possible off the field, But when you get on the field, don't think too much about it, it's better to choose the game according to your own subjective thoughts.

Jessica was beside me like a very well-behaved kitten, I couldn't take my eyes off the game in the video, and Jessica also looked at me intently, hahaha, this is really an interesting scene.

I found that the reason why the Rockets lost to our Lakers in the late game is actually because several of the main core players are a little older, so the physical fitness is not enough, and perhaps a more important reason is that our Lakers team took the right way of playing at the last moment, of course, there is also some luck in it.

In a game between the top teams like this, the outcome is often determined by one or two goals, so in addition to the ability gap between superstars, in fact, luck is indeed a very important part, maybe our Lakers' current head coach Silver Fox Harris is not the top coach, but during this period of play, through my careful observation of him, I found that he is indeed very powerful in tactical arrangement, However, when it comes to maximizing the individual potential of players, especially superstars, they may be a little worse than the top coaches.

FOR EXAMPLE, THE TOP COACHES IN HISTORY INCLUDE CARDINAL AUERBACH OF THE CELTICS, PAT RILEY, THE HEAD COACH OF THE LAKERS DURING SHOWTIME, AND COACHES LIKE PHIL JACKSON AND POPOVICH, ALL OF WHOM HAVE LED THE TEAM TO MANY CHAMPIONSHIPS AND LED THE TREND OF AN ERA OR EVEN SEVERAL ERAS IN THE LEAGUE.

These coaches have a common characteristic, that is, a very good coach's charisma, this charisma sometimes has a greater impact than the coaching level itself, or the charisma itself is a very important part of the coaching ability, as a head coach your tactical ability may not be the top, but the charisma must be there, which is very, very important in the NBA that relies on superstars to decide the course of the game.

Relatively speaking, in the NCAA and some international competitions, the tactical quality of the head coach is much more important than personal charm, which is why many coaches who can achieve brilliant results in the NCAA or can succeed in the international and European arenas will not be adapted to the NBA, and some NBA head coaches may also be difficult to fully play if they lead the team to play international games.

This is a characteristic of the NBA, a major basketball league, of course, as long as you can do the best in a certain aspect, then you can still be regarded as a good coach, because no one is perfect, no one is without shortcomings, I believe that our current head coach of the Lakers, Silver Fox Harris, if he can play his advantage point tactical arrangement well, our Lakers team will also be invincible.

And this is actually fully reflected in our Lakers and Houston Rockets game, when before the start of this game, head coach Silver Fox Harris let our whole team have a pre-game tactical drill, which is this key tactical drill, so that our entire Lakers team benefited a lot in this game.

It can be said that without this pre-game tactical drill, we would not have been able to defeat the Rockets who went all out to get revenge on our Lakers home court that day, and the Rockets have almost played all the points they can play in the game, and the overall state is far better than the previous game that our Lakers played on their home court in Houston.

If the Lakers are still relying on the individual singles of our stars in this game, then there is no doubt that we are going to lose the game, and in a very tragic way, there is no doubt about that.

Because of a lot of key shots, our Lakers players relied on some tactical coordination to score goals, and the Houston Rockets were very targeted with our defense at that time, and I already felt this during the game.

Now by looking back at the tape, I have once again confirmed this, the picture on the tape is not deceiving, the Rockets used a very good defensive strategy for me and Shaq at that time.

In particular, the defensive tactics of using Barkley's back to defend Shaq, and then letting Dream Olajuwon look for opportunities to help defend and block Shaq, can be said to be quite successful, at least in the second half of Shak's physical decline, it brought great trouble to Shaq, if it wasn't for Barkley's fouls at the last moment, it is hard to imagine what the result of the game would have looked like.

I also found that the three core players of the Rockets, Olajuwon, Barkley, and Drexler the Glider, are very efficient in their tactical movement on the court, without any superfluous waste, and even many times you don't think that their movement will be a specially formulated tactic, but you just unknowingly find a very good opportunity for them to shoot.

To be honest, these are hard to see on the field, and even now when I look at the video replay, it took me a lot of effort to really understand the true meaning of their movements.

It can be said that the three of them are masters of tactical positioning, and can make perfect tactical execution in very detailed parts, and it is no wonder that they are so old and still seem so difficult to deal with in the final physical exhaustion.

Because they have so much experience in the game, all the movement and tactics have become an instinct, no longer on paper, no longer just words, but can be easily executed through the body, and being able to do this is the most important thing.

Of course, this is also the most lacking part of our current Lakers team, relying on the individual talent and ability of the players, it is true that they can beat the vast majority of teams in the league, but if we really want to go further in the playoffs, we must find a solution in tactical execution.

Whether it is facing the Utah Jazz who are good at blocking and picking in the West, or facing the Rockets who are very good at triangle offense and blocking tactics, or even facing the final boss Michael Jordan and his Chicago Bulls after rushing out of the West, this is a problem we must solve.

Although the season is long, but we can't slack off, because time always passes quietly between our fingers, and never returns, I can't walk through time and space at will like those people, now I'm just an ordinary person, our Lakers up and down are just ordinary people, we want to win the coveted O'Brien Cup, we have to rely on our hard work and sweat, this is the real sportsmanship, this is what a real man should do, face the challenge, Rise to the challenge, never give up, never retreat!