Iverson tried to shake Sun Zhuo down several times today but didn't succeed, and no one expected that the final result was that Sun Zhuo shook Iverson to the ground!

With speed alone, Sun Zhuo is definitely not comparable to Iverson, and Sun Zhuo's dribbling skills have not reached the point where he can stun his opponent, and the reason why he succeeded this time was because of Sun Zhuo's mistake.

If it weren't for Sun Zhuo falling to the ground and Iverson wanting to grab the ball, Sun Zhuo would not have been able to let Iverson fall to the ground, Iverson's fall this time was not so much that Sun Zhuo fell, but that Iverson took the initiative to fall, because the position of the ball was too low, he couldn't reach it without squatting, no one thought that Sun Zhuo could stand up again while protecting the ball with the support of his left arm, Iverson underestimated Sun Zhuo's ability and tenacity.

No one has ever made the "answer" Iverson so embarrassed, and Sun Zhuo is the first.

Since then, among the top stars in the league, except for Kobe, who has always been teammates with Sun Zhuo, everyone else, including Maddy, Carter, Iverson, O'Neal, Duncan, has all been challenged by Sun Zhuo and the challenge has been successful.

When Kobe Bryant saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel a little touched in his heart.

"If I wasn't Sun's teammate, but his opponent, would I be defeated by Sun like today's AI, as well as Tracy and Vince Carter some time ago?"

Kobe Bryant did not rush to Sun Zhuo to high-five him as excitedly as other teammates, he looked coldly at Sun Zhuo, who was becoming more and more threatening to him, his natural desire to compete made it difficult for him to treat Sun Zhuo as his closest teammate, in fact, he wanted to treat Sun Zhuo as an opponent.

In this game, Sun Zhuo and Kobe Bryant teamed up to deal with Iverson and finally defeated the 76 team at the last moment, but Iverson scored 50 points alone, and Sun Zhuo and Kobe Bryant scored 37 and 45 points respectively.

After the game, Iverson took the initiative to walk up to Sun Zhuo with a smile on his face and said, "I'm very happy to face you today, you have won my respect." But you didn't beat me by yourself when you won today, and I hope to play against the team you led alone one day. ”

Iverson thoroughly understood Sun Zhuo's ability and resilience today, and he clearly knew that Sun Zhuo would never be willing to be the second leader under Kobe, so he knew that with Kobe's personality, the two could not cooperate for a long time, and it was a matter of time before they separated.

Back in the dressing room after the game, Iverson was distracted.

"Boss, what are you thinking?" Iguodala, who was only 21 years old, saw that Iverson had been in a daze, afraid that Iverson would still remember that he was shaken down on the court, and asked with concern.

Iverson shook his head and didn't speak, what he thought was that Kobe Bryant and Sun Zhuo would definitely be separated in a short time, if the person who left was Sun Zhuo, then would he have a chance to partner with Sun Zhuo, Iverson could be sure that if there was such a person around him, there would definitely be a play in the sprint championship.

However, he will also face the same problem as Kobe Bryant at that time: how can he suppress Sun Zhuo and make him willing to assist him?

……

March and April always go by quickly, and these are the two big months of the regular season, and every win counts for a team like the Lakers.

However, it was not all smooth sailing for the Lakers in the final stage, and head coach Rudy Tomjanovic still had problems with his condition, and he still voluntarily resigned as the head coach of the Lakers, and the interim coach of the Lakers was Frank Humbolen.

Due to the lack of game experience gained after the loss, Sun Zhuo's experience growth in this season has become very slow, and he originally planned to reach the full level of 50 by the end of the regular season this season, but now he can only think about it.

At the end of March, Sun Zhuo's level rose to level 46, and in April, the Lakers only had 9 regular season games left, and even if they won all 9 games, the experience points were not enough to rise to the full level of 50, but if they could survive in the playoffs and finally survive to the finals, then Sun Zhuo's promotion to the full level this season could still be completed.

The Lakers have been in the seventh and eighth place in the West, and it is not so easy to compete with Sacramento for the sixth place, and once the competition for the sixth place fails, it will inevitably fall to the seventh place, if the Lakers end in seventh place in the regular season, it can basically declare that the Lakers are done this season, because the second place in the West is the Spurs who want to win the championship.

Whether to deliberately pick an opponent in the first round of the playoffs, Sun Zhuo also went to Kobe Bryant to discuss.

"Kobe Bryant, in the last few regular season games, let's not rush so fiercely, it's better not to open up the gap with the Denver Nuggets behind us, so that there is still room for everything. You also know that the Phoenix Suns are basically firmly in first place in the West, and the Spurs will not surpass them, if we can't finish sixth and fall into seventh place, then our opponent in the first round of the playoffs is the Spurs. The Spurs are much more difficult to play than the Suns, and we still have a chance against the Suns. ”

Sun Zhuo's serious analysis did not get Kobe's approval, Kobe even ridiculed Sun Zhuo's attitude, "Sun, it's only been one season, why have you changed so much?" Do you remember what you said to Phil Jackson last season? You said that our Lakers would meet the Spurs in the second round, and then slaughter them severely. But this year, you're telling us to avoid them as much as possible? Because of what? Because we don't have Shaq? Shaq can lead the Lakers to win, but can't I? ”

Of course, Kobe Bryant knows that Sun Zhuo is not questioning his ability, but in the regular season this season, Sun Zhuo did have too much limelight, and many times he was the boss of the team, and Kobe really felt that Sun Zhuo's ability was advancing by leaps and bounds, he knew that he couldn't suppress Sun Zhuo, he was fed up with fighting for power like O'Neal, and he hoped that there would be a teammate around him who could assist him steadily.

Sun Zhuo didn't speak, the day that should come always comes, no matter what day it happens, he will accept this result with peace of mind.

Sure enough, in the last few games of the Lakers' regular season, Kobe Bryant had no reservations and tried his best to impact every victory, and the result was really as Sun Zhuo feared, they failed to rush to the sixth place in the West, and finally fell to the seventh place in the West.

On April 20, 2005, the day the regular season ended, the Spurs locker room.

The Spurs' regular season record this season is 59-23, ranking second in the West, and when they learned that the Lakers were finally ranked seventh in the West and would be their opponents in the first round, Ginobili, Duncan, Parker and others were very happy, they had absolute confidence that they could beat the Lakers, and they could take revenge for last year!

Everyone was eager to try, even excited, and Popovich's sudden appearance made the locker room instantly quiet, because Popovich's face looked serious, more serious than ever.

Popovich looked at everyone, looked at them all, and then said to everyone: "I believe you all know who our opponent in the first round is. I have a passage to read to you here. ”

"Wound for wound, eye for eye, tooth for tooth, as he crippled a man, so will he mevil him." --- Bible? Leviticus"