Chapter 25: The Last Battle

On July 6, 2015, the Lakers signed free agent Brandon Buss for 2 years and $6 million, and on July 10, the Lakers signed Super Sixth Man Louis Williams on a 3-year contract worth $21 million, and on the same day, the Lakers gave the Pacers a second-round pick, thus getting the big center Roy Hibbert, and in the 2015 draft, the Lakers unexpectedly selected point guard D'Anquilo Russell with the second pick in the first round. The 27th pick in the first round selected Larinance II (also known as Larynance Jr.), who was extremely physical.

The new season has just begun, and the Lakers have signed former veteran Ci Shiping on a non-guaranteed contract, as well as Marcelo Hurtas from Brazil.

These people are basically all the Lakers' reinforcements this season, judging from the performance of the new season, the development of Brandon Bass and Huertas is eye-catching, Buss has successfully proved the value of a veteran in the Lakers, although he is a substitute, but he plays very energetically, Huertas was originally the Lakers' Nth point guard, but the NBA recruit, the FIBA veteran in the Lakers is playing very spiritually, several exquisite passes on ESPN's daily five best balls, Larynnance is decent, At present, he is only relying on his physical talent to play, and other skills, especially three-point shooting, still need to spend a lot of effort to practice, Louis Williams played decently, he averaged 15.3 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game in the Lakers to illustrate the firepower of the best sixth man, Ci Shiping's performance is okay compared to a veteran, and the biggest disappointment of the Lakers this season comes from Roy Hibbert.

Remember the 2012-2013 Eastern Conference Finals? With Devin Wade, LeBron James and Chris Bosh, the Miami Heat and the Pacers fought seven games before they advanced, in this round of the series, Hibbert averaged 22.1 points, 10.4 rebounds and 1.0 blocks per game, shooting 55.7% from the field, and 80.4% from the free throw line, and Hibbert also has extremely strong defensive ability, opposite Chris Bosh averaged only 11.0 points and 4.3 rebounds per game, and the shooting rate was only a miserable 37.7%! At the same time, Hibbert's guard under the basket, so that the breakthrough flow of James and Wade is very uncomfortable, the former even had to practice throwing to prevent being blocked by Hibbert, this round of the series made Hibbert officially sit in the league's top three centers, that year Hibbert was 26 years old, I thought Hibbert would be the cornerstone of the Pacers' rise, who would have thought that only three years later, Hibbert, who was not yet 30 years old, averaged 5.9 points and 4.9 rebounds per game in the Lakers, the speed of decline is staggering!

At that time, Hibbert had a conflict with George because of the problem of ball possession, and the management of the Pacers decided to build a team around George and give up high school forwards at the same time and start playing small ball, these two reasons led to Hibbert being snubbed, and the specific performance was that he didn't play seriously on the court, and the Pacers couldn't stand it, so Hibbert was purged out, although Hibbert didn't play seriously, but his ability was still there, and the chasing team was rushing, and the Pacers didn't want to give Hibbert to competitors, so the Lakers took the opportunity to shoot, In one fell swoop, the Lakers only used a second-round pick to exchange Hibbert for Hibbert, which was called "a major victory" by the Los Angeles media at the time!

Who knows that Hibbert is used to being slow in the Pacers, and he still can't lift his spirit when he arrives at the Lakers, the former "black Yao Ming" has now completely become the "black" Yao Ming, and the former All-Star interior line has fallen so much, which is really amazing. This year is Hibbert's contract year, and if the 30-year-old Roy continues to develop according to his "normal" trajectory, it is estimated that it will not be a problem to get a contract with an annual salary of 10 million, but now, it is estimated that 3 million a year will have to be signed year after year.

There are not many opportunities in life to get the right place at the right time, so I have to prepare with all my strength to catch him at every moment, and I must not let him slip away quietly.

I hope Hibbert will hear this.

This season, Jordan Clarkson has taken a step further this season after having a good performance last season, showing good learning ability, averaging 15.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 2.4 assists per game, shooting 43.3% from the field, Randle returned from injury and played a good performance. Averaging 11.3 points and 10.2 rebounds per game, Nick Young has been hit by injuries this season, averaging only 7.3 points per game, and D'Angelo Russell has been on the rise in the season, averaging 13.2 points, 3.4 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game, and on March 1, 2016, the Lakers hit eight three-pointers at home against the Nets, scoring a career-high 39 points.

On November 30, 2015, Kobe Bryant announced his retirement after the end of this season on the "Players Forum", Kobe Bryant's decision is not surprising, since Kobe's serious injury last season, there are rumors about Kobe's retirement are very loud, but Kobe Bryant will not retire, only he knows that Kobe Bryant only played six games the year before last, decided to fight for another year, after a serious injury last year, he feels that his body is okay, and he can play for another year, and this year's season started only a month, Kobe Bryant feels that he really can't keep up with the rhythm of the game, Kobe Bryant has contributed 15 shots in the new season 2 of 15, 3 of 16 shots, 17 of 3 ultra-low shooting percentages, his statistics are unprecedentedly ugly, in the game he dragged his old and injured leg to fight with his opponents - his opponents will not show mercy at all because you were once a superstar, Kobe Bryant no longer has the momentum of his youth, he can no longer do continuous disguised and then sudden passes, and the crosshair of his signature turn-back jump shot is also declining sharply, At the critical moment, he no longer enjoys the treatment of a double bag, Kobe's every shot, his eyes are very resolute, he used to be a crisp into the net, but now it is a sound of iron, Kobe's spirit is still the Kobe who will never admit defeat, but his body can no longer endure the 21st thought, all in all, that Kobe is old.

Then Kobe Bryant's time in the NBA began the countdown, the Lakers went to every game, although it was away, but Kobe Bryant still enjoyed the world's attention and love like a rock star, every away game became a home because of Kobe, time passed day by day, and soon, it came to April 13, 2016, the last stop of the Lakers' season and the end of Kobe's NBA career.

On the same day, the Warriors played against the Grizzlies, if they won this game, the Warriors would make the 1995-1996 Chicago Bulls' record of 72 wins in a single season old, this game is naturally attention-grabbing, the average ticket price of this game, sold a high price of $436, and Kobe's closing performance, the average ticket price is $971! This is the most direct data response, and from here you can feel how Kobe Bryant exists in this league.

The Lakers have only achieved 17 wins this season, ranking first in the West, although the Jazz is currently in a rebuilding period, but several young players who have joined the team are very impactful, this season is also with the Rockets, Grizzlies, Mavericks four teams to fight for playoff places at the last moment, the strength is much higher than the Lakers, in the first half of the game, the Jazz team played ** under the leadership of Tre Lyles, at halftime, the Jazz led the Lakers by 15 points at 57:42, Kobe Bryant made 20 shots in the first half, hit 7 shots and scored 20 points, In the third quarter, the Jazz's offense was weak, and Kobe Bryant began to recover, scoring 15 points on 7-of-14 shooting in the quarter, leading the Lakers to 24:18 to catch up with 6 points! Section 4! Comrades, the great hour begins!

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Jazz began to counterattack, Shervin Mark scored 2 points under the basket, Joe Ingles made a three-pointer, and then he stole the Lakers' pass and helped Raul Tuzhong to shoot, Jeff Vichy also sent a volleyball cap to Kobe, at this time the Jazz led the Lakers by a full 14 points at 82:68! With 9 minutes and 31 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Larinance stole the basketball in the hands of Jeff Vichy directly on the inside, and then passed to Hurtas, who ran to the free throw line and passed to Kobe Bryant, who followed up outside the three-point line on the left side, Kobe was still one step outside the three-point line after receiving the ball, he did not hesitate at all after receiving the ball, and immediately jumped up and shot!

"Huh!"

Kobe Bryant singled Hayward with the ball, turned around and twisted into the interior after consecutive back hits, and at the same time pushed Hayward to the back, and then a shooting feint flew Booker who rushed over to block, and then Kobe Bryant scored 2 points with an easy hook under the basket, the Lakers trailed by 8 points at 86:94, and Kobe Bryant scored the 47th point of the game! There are only 3 minutes left in the game, and there are only 3 minutes left in Kobe's 20-year great career! The Jazz team gave Chris Johnson a chance to block and dismantle continuously, and the latter scored 2 points directly under the basket, Kobe Bryant did not have a smile on his face, please note that there was no smile, and he even slapped the basketball hard with some annoyance, frowning slightly, or the look of resentment back then!

The Lakers trailed by 10 points at 86-96 with the final 2 minutes and 30 seconds left in the game.

Kobe Bryant singled Hayward again, and the breakthrough layup after consecutive turns caused Hayward's foul, the ball spun around on the hoop, and finally turned out, almost being beaten into two and one by Kobe, Kobe Bryant hit both free throws in the shout of MVP of the game, and the Lakers trailed the Jazz by 8 points at 88:96! There are 2 minutes and 16 seconds left! Kobe Bryant has scored 49 points!

Then Hayward's breakthrough layup was pulled out by Randle, Kobe Bryant held the ball with the help of Randle's blocking, three steps into the heart of the Jazz, high board to score 2 points, 90:96 behind 6 points There is 1 minute and 46 seconds left, this is Kobe's 51st point of the game!

Kobe Bryant's anti-sky touch made the Jazz team mess up, and Shervin Mark actually had a walking violation in the offensive single, and the Lakers had the ball! After the Jazz team paused, they arranged a double bag to clamp Kobe, and Kobe, who was taken care of, seemed to have returned to the invincible rampage mode of God blocking God and Buddha blocking **! In the face of the Jazz's double bag, Kobe Bryant unexpectedly came to a lightning breakthrough with Wade's signature ball passing people again! After passing two defenders, facing the Jazz center who flew over, Kobe Bryant suddenly stopped and shot!

"Huh!"

The ball is in again!

The entire Staples Center was boiling! O'Neal, the big shark sitting on the sidelines, had an incredible look on his face, as if he was thinking, "Lao Ke, you are so awesome, why are you retiring ......"

This shot left the Lakers 4 points behind the Jazz at 92:96! Kobe Bryant scored his 53rd point of the game!

The most exciting and most ** clip of this game is here!

84:87Still trailing by 3 points! Subsequently, Hayward personally operated and broke through Kobe Bryant's aerial folding layup to score 2 points, the Lakers' 84:89 score difference returned to 5 points, and the worse was still to come, and in the subsequent offense, Kobe missed two consecutive shots, and the Jazz seized the opportunity of Kobe's missed shot to play a fast break, Hayward scored easily under the basket, and the Lakers 84:91, the difference was re-widened to 7 points!

3 minutes and 50 seconds, Kobe Bryant missed the shot, the Jazz team played a fast break again, and Devin Booker flew into the sky and dunked violently with both hands! The Lakers trailed by 9 points at 83:94! Russell broke through the small toss and couldn't score, Hayward played a fast break again, and hit the Lakers' basket and caused Clarkson's foul, Hayward made one of two free throws, the difference was 84:94, and it officially came to 10 points, and there were 3 minutes and 20 seconds left in the fourth quarter of the game!

This game is absolutely impossible to win under normal circumstances, everyone, including the CCTV commentary on the spot, thinks that Kobe Bryant can enjoy this game, and he doesn't have to pay too much attention to winning or losing, but who would have thought that Kobe's performance began! At this moment, there is no smile on the corner of his mouth, but the same resolute look as always, just like the expression he faced Jordan in 1996 and shot the first goal in front of Jordan, just like the expression he made in 2003 against the SuperSonics and hit nine three-pointers in a row, just like the look he scored 62 points in the third quarter against the Dallas Mavericks in 2005, like the look he scored 81 points in Orlando in 2006, and like the look of Kobe Bryant's three-overtime kill against the Suns in 2011! I can't beat you, but I won't give up on defeating you! This kind of Mamba spirit is definitely not Kobe's last show, but a spirit that has been deep in Kobe's bone marrow for 20 years! Kobe's first game 20 years ago was like that, and Kobe's last game 20 years later!

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