Chapter 84: My Idol Is Kobe
What game is good-looking, reasonable game? Passing the ball around and looking for the best opportunity to shoot again?
No kidding, why does Kobe Bryant claim to have 6 billion fans? In a word, everyone has a hero in their hearts, and personal heroism is always a topic that will not go out of style.
Kobe Bryant's character, super scoring ability, all-round offensive style, and picturesque shooting, he is a basketball superstar for spectacular. With a persistent desire to win, paranoid absolute self-confidence, and extraordinary human efforts, he is a lone hero worthy of admiration. This is a player who dared to shoot key shots in the team's most crucial game in his rookie season (and threw three non-sticks in a row), and while you shake your head and sigh at his unreasonable shots, you have to admire his courage on the court.
Kobe Bryant is a great player, his ability combined with his personality makes him even more charismatic, he is a whole, it is not his paranoia that makes him, but his ability. But if you don't have Kobe's ability and want to have his character and paranoia, then I'm sorry, you're a fool. Kobe Bryant's personality caters to the psychology of most young people. As we all know, Kobe Bryant is known for his personal scoring ability, with 81 points and 62 points in the third quarter, which are his classic masterpieces.
And today, Li Mojie has become the black mamba, breaking to the basket, dry pull-up jumper, sideways jumper, step-back jumper, cross-step shooting, frontal step-back shooting, throwing...... He showed the fans his rich offensive tools, and although he didn't shoot well, he scored a new halftime high of 26 points in the second quarter.
"Beautiful, Mo Jayer's back singles, backward jump shot, my God, since Kobe Bryant's injury, I'm still worried that this stunt will be lost from the NBA, I didn't expect Mo Jie to be so beautiful!" Eddie Johnson shouted excitedly.
However, Hornacek had a sad look on his face, and the Suns were behind the Nuggets at home.
Although the coach who led the Suns to five consecutive wins when he first took office was also amazed by Li Mojie's individual offensive show, he was worried: It was not right to play like this. In the first five games, the Suns were able to defeat the strong opponent not by Li Mojie's singles, but in terms of the current singles ability, he is not as good as the 211CM Durant, not as good as Anthony, who is addicted to the rich nightlife of New York, and even as good as the current Kobe Bryant who returned to the court after a ruptured Achilles tendon.
Why the Suns won the first five games depends on the overall lineup of the Suns, Bledsoe, Middleton, Markieff, Fry, Ramon Sessions, PJ Tucker, Gerard Green, these people are not good at stubble. And Li Mojie's current strength is his overall view and ability to organize passing, which is what the Suns need most after trading Dragic.
Now Li Mojie seems to be going to throw these away and learn from the No. 24 in Los Angeles, is his idol Kobe Bryant? Hornacek thought worriedly.
Li Mojie's style of play is wrong, the core figure who cooperated with his teammates in the first five games and led the Suns to make great progress played a bit alone today. And he seems to be holding back a breath, and there is a breath in his chest to vent, so he is unusually active today and obsessed with confrontation.
Although he scored 26 points on 23 shots in the half, which is not too inefficient, he obviously has a more reasonable way of handling the ball, and the team can determine the advantage more quickly.
Thinking about why Anthony won the NCAA championship back then, but only had the No. 1 pick, why did Iverson's style of play never win the championship? In basketball games, there are indeed some players who are in excellent condition on the spot, feel very hot, and win the whole game alone.
But in the end, it's still a five-person sport, and if it falls into individual heroism, no matter how strong the star is, he won't be able to achieve the highest honor. For example, Chamberlain, the data brush of the year, can brush an average of 50+20 44+20 data per game in a single season, holds 128 NBA records, and is listed as a top five star in the Hall of Fame, but if he didn't wake up in time and give up his data to play team basketball for the championship, then he wouldn't even have 2 championships.
Players who play in the NBA, even ordinary bench players, are like "Jordan" and "Kobe" in other countries' leagues, so the strength of five people in the NBA is always greater than the strength of one person.
At halftime, although Li Mojie scored 26 points in the half at this time, he still didn't smile, and he didn't even realize the obviously unhappy look on the faces of his teammates who played with him. If it is a person of Kobe Bryant and James's status, it is no problem to play like this in a few games, but he Li Mojie is still a rookie this year after all, if he feels good enough today, it is okay, but he feels obviously average today, and he does not pass the ball in the face of the Nuggets' bag, he is a person who does it alone.
At this time, the Suns were 53:58, facing the Nuggets, whose lineup strength was obviously weaker than themselves, but they fell behind by 5 points at home, so it is strange that the rest of the Suns have a good face.
Hornacek knew he was about to make a move, and he said a few words to end the tactical set-up, but pulled Li Mojie aside.
"Mo Jie, what's wrong with you, are you stimulated by anything, your style of play will lose the trust of your teammates, you are still a rookie and you don't have Kobe's status, you have to know how to respect your teammates, understand?"
To be honest, Hornacek is very dissatisfied with Li Mojie for squeezing Dragic away, and he has been scolded by many Asians on the Internet as a racist, after all, racism is a big problem in the United States. But later Li Mojie also apologized to him and clarified the facts to the media, so Hornacek didn't care.
Later, in the process of getting along, Hornacek was gradually amazed by Li Mojie's amazing talent, and was moved by his hard work, dedication to basketball, and desire to win, so Hornacek also put a lot of effort into Li Mojie, working overtime to teach Li Mojie to run without the ball, shoot, and arrange tactics for him individually......
Today he was very dissatisfied with Li Mojie's singles, but he did not replace Li Mojie immediately, but let him play 2 quarters and cut 26 points, 11 rebounds and 2 assists before replacing him.
"In the third quarter, Green, you go, Mojie, you can get off work today." Hornacek commanded.
"Oh, okay, Coach." Li Mojie drooped his head, with a towel on his head, not knowing what to think, at this time, even a fool knew that Li Mojie's current state was wrong.
"Major, um, you're the most talented rookie I've ever met, and you're hopeful of leaving your legacy in the NBA and being inducted into the Hall of Fame, so while I don't know what happened to you today, I hope you can adjust in time, okay?" Hornacek walked over and patted Li Mojie on the shoulder, and said earnestly.
"I see, I will." Li Mojie nodded and replied.
At the end of the break, the two sides changed sides and fought again, and the two sides fell into a strange circle of cold hands at the beginning, and failed to score within 2 minutes, but Ramon Sessions made two fouls and made two free throws to break the scoring drought. Marcus Morris hit a pullup jumper, Randy Foye returned the shot, and then Channingfrye scored a 3-pointer from a distance, 60:60, and the Suns and Nuggets were tied. The Nuggets head coach called a timeout, but after coming back, Gobert forced a dunk under the basket to make it 2+1, and the game gradually entered the rhythm of the Suns.
"Marc Mojab, do you see? It's not your responsibility to win the game, your teammates are just as good, and if possible, I'd prefer you to be Johnson rather than Kobe. Seeing that the situation had been reversed, Hornacek walked back from the sideline and sat down next to Li Mojie.
"I know the coach, I'm going to adjust myself." Li Mojie smiled bitterly and replied.
"Well, the team needs you next." Hornacek nodded reassuringly, as long as the rookie knew that he was wrong, 19 years old, people at this age are afraid that they will not admit that they are wrong, they have to fight with the elders, and finally fall into a dead end.