Despite Kobe Bryant's strength, he is already one of the strongest super scorers in the league.

Although Payton is still strong, the 36-year-old is still in very good shape.

But the inside combination of Grant and Medvedenko is just too weak.

Ilgoskas seemed to be holding his breath and was about to avenge the pit in the first half, and the fight was extremely fierce, almost blowing Grant out.

"If it was Grant 10 years ago, it would have been easy to beat Ilgoskas. But now, it's Ilgoskas who is beating Grant, and it's really unforgiving! ”

The on-site commentator couldn't help but sigh.

With Ilgoskas' heroic play, the Cavaliers gradually opened the score.

Although Bryant finally came into play again and scored a few goals in a row, the rest of the Lakers couldn't give Bryant enough help.

In other words, Kobe Bryant at the No. 8 period was super capable personally, but he also lacked the ability to lead the team, and he was not the qualified team leader who came later.

At 108:98, the Cavaliers won the final victory.

Kobe Bryant slashed 36 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists, and Payton had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists, all of which played well.

But without O'Neal and Malone, the Lakers still lost.

The Cavaliers' best performance was naturally Ye Feng, with 23 points, 6 rebounds, 9 assists, 2 steals, and 3 of 5 three-point shots, which supported the team in the most critical third quarter.

Boozer had 19 points, 15 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 blocks, and also played well in the third quarter.

Ilgoskas was plagued by fouls and didn't play much playing time, but played well in the fourth quarter, finishing with 13 points, 7 rebounds and 5 fouls.

James only had 15 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, shooting no more than 30% from the field.

In the first showdown with Kobe, James was almost blown up by Kobe.

But compared to Ye Feng's performance on the defensive end in the third quarter, James is already very good, after all, this is his rookie season.

In addition, Barty, Capono, Eric, and Darius also scored, and all the players on the Cavaliers scored.

After the game, Ye Feng went to Kobe's house again, and the two chatted for a long time.

It's about basketball, it's about investment.

Ye Feng originally wanted to exchange TheFacebook's shares for Kobe's investment, but Kobe Bryant didn't seem interested in the Internet, but planned to create a beverage company.

At this point, Kobe Bryant is the same as James, who likes to invest in food.

Bryant invested in beverages, and James opened a pizzeria.

In this case, Ye Feng was embarrassed to borrow funds from Kobe.

After thinking about it, Ye Feng still planned to borrow some funds from his uncle Ye Chengfang.

During this time, Ye Feng was also too poor, almost didn't have a penny, and invested it all.

Regarding Facebook's investment, Ye Feng doesn't want to stop, the faster it develops and the earlier it is promoted, the more users Facebook will occupy in the future.

In the age of the Internet, time is of the essence, and the first person to eat a crab can achieve great success as long as he does not die.

……

January 14th.

The Cavaliers take on the Seattle SuperSonics on the road.

Ray Allen returned from injury and played well, shooting 11-of-20 from the field, 6-of-11 from three-point range, and finishing with 25 points, 6 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals.

Radmanovic had 21 points, 13 rebounds and two assists.

Rashad Lewis had 13 points, 10 rebounds and three assists.

Brent Barry had 10 points, 7 rebounds and 8 assists.

The supersonic four scored double-doubles and played well.

But the Cavaliers played better.

James scored a game-high 27 points, 9 rebounds, 9 assists and 2 steals, habitually scoring a large quasi-triple-double, and was only one step away from a triple-double.

Ye Feng had 20 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 1 steal, and made 3 of 7 three-point shots.

Boozer had 13 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.

Ilgoskas had 11 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks, Eric Williams had 12 points, 6 rebounds and 2 assists, and Darius had 10 points and 8 rebounds.

The Cavaliers have as many as six players in double figures.

In the end, the Cavaliers defeated the SuperSonics 108-89.

……

January 15th.

The Cavaliers came to Oakland to continue this three-game tour in the West, which was also the final game of four days and three games.

The tired Cavaliers didn't play well and were overturned in the gutter by the Warriors.

Despite the fact that the Warriors are at the bottom of the West, they are much better than the teams in the East, with a 15-22 record so far.

In this game, Clifford Robinson played bravely, slashing 35 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists and 3 blocks.

The 37-year-old veteran power forward showed his strength, as if he was 10 years younger.

He taught Boozer a good lesson and told others why he became an All-Star.

Jason Richardson had 25 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 2 steals.

The future "second center in the West" Eric Dampier had 18 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists.

The outstanding performance of these three cores pressed the Cavaliers to the floor.

119：102。

Even though James scored 29 points, 6 rebounds, 6 assists and 3 steals, and Ye Feng scored 21 points, 4 rebounds, 5 assists and 2 steals, the two of them cut beautiful statistics, but they still failed to win the game.

……

January 17th.

The Cavaliers' Western Conference combo reached Game 4 against the Utah Jazz.

After Stockton retired and Malone left, the Jazz team once became an "empty city".

Fans can't even imagine how far this strong team that has reached the finals several times will fall after losing the black and white.

But in fact, the Jazz played an unbelievable record.

This season, the Jazz team has "AK47" Andrei Kirilenko as the core, supplemented by a series of role players such as Stevenson, Raj Bell, Raul Lopez, and Jeron Collins, to fight their way out of the West.

Before tonight, their record was 22-17.

If you can maintain this winning rate, you will have no problem getting into the playoffs.

Salt Lake City, Energy Solution Arena is the home of the NBA's famous devils, and the fans here are fanatical.

Playing here, you can't even hear your teammates, you can only judge by the shape of your mouth.

But when Ye Feng arrived in Salt Lake City, he realized that the fans were not the only reason why the Energy Solution Arena was known as the home of the Devils.

The most important reason is that Salt Lake City is located in a mountainous area, at an altitude of 1,320 meters, and the highest point is even 3,582 meters, which can be seen as a plateau.

Plateau, naturally there is altitude sickness.

Jazz players who have been playing here for a long time are very comfortable with this environment, but not outsiders.

When Ye Feng was training, he felt the difficulty.

With the same set of actions, Ye Feng was not tired at all after doing it in Cleveland, but he was already panting here in Salt Lake City.

Therefore, this game is a very serious test for the Cavaliers.

At the beginning of the game, the Cavaliers played very badly and fell behind at the start.

As the game continued, the point difference even widened.

The Cavaliers, who are mostly young, are behind in points, have altitude sickness, and are "warmly welcomed" by Salt Lake City fans, and the situation is very bad!

(End of chapter)