"What? This can't be, there must be something wrong with your watch! Hougist protested.

"My Audemars Piguet Royal Oak is not a valuable thing, but it is absolutely reliable, it is impossible to go wrong, and if you overtime by a minute or two, you are overtime by a full 17 minutes, which I cannot accommodate!" Bryant shook his head.

"17 minutes? Why didn't you give me a countdown in advance? I thought I had plenty of time! Hoggist angrily sat down again, patted the floor and yelled, "It's not fair, you should have counted me down!" ”

"No, no, no, it's my love to give you a countdown, it's understandable not to tell you the time, you also have to have a sense of urgency, as a player you have to maintain a sense of urgency at all times, a game is only 48 minutes, and an offensive time is only 24 seconds, if you don't hurry up, you can only suffer in the end, and besides, haven't I been urging you to speed up the pace of shooting? It's up to you to be stable! Bryant was merciless in pointing out the shortcomings of Haugist's slow shooting speed in order to stabilize himself.

"Damn!" Hougist thumped the floor in despair.

Kobe Bryant pulled up Hogist again, "I heard that you are talking to Greg. Popovich has a good relationship, and you were going to go to the Spurs as well? ”

"Why did you suddenly say this? It's true that I've been cared for by him since high school, and I have a good relationship with a lot of Spurs players, so I really want to play at Spurs. ”

"So you have to look a little bit away, if you go to the Spurs, according to Popovich's habits, you may have to take the Austin Spurs to win the championship in the first year, even if he is already very familiar with your ability and can use you well, but you still can't avoid all kinds of back-to-back health play, you can't play many games in a season, right, I just let you play one less, you can't bear it? Do you only respect Popovich and not me? Kobe Bryant even coaxed and questioned to "enlighten" Hougist.

Hoggist thought about it too, so he didn't say anything more, packed up his things and walked back. Kobe Bryant saw that Haugist finally relented, but he couldn't help but tease, "Your truce tomorrow is estimated to be big news, and the camera is also indispensable, I hope you brought the most handsome suit." ”

Hougist replied disdainfully: "Even if it's a stall, as long as I wear it, it will become the most handsome clothes!" I just have my own supermodel aura! ”

"Yes, yes, your aura is second only to me!" Kobe agreed, but at the same time wanted to blow himself.

After getting up the next morning, although Hoggist felt that his arms were sore and his legs were swollen, he still went to the gym for a 5-kilometer jog, and he was not allowed to play anyway. After taking a shower after morning exercise and coming to the restaurant, Hoggist found that everyone was looking at him with expectant eyes, Hoggist smiled slightly, did not speak, selected good food and sat in the corner and began to feast, Nick, who was the most curious. Yang felt like a cat scratching his heart, and he couldn't help but be curious, so he came up with his dinner plate and asked, "How was the special training last night?" Is it done? ”

Hoggist stuffed his head and ate his own, and didn't pay attention to him, Nick. Yang directly pressed Hoggist's fork with his own fork and asked again, "What the hell is going on?" Don't whet us! ”

Hoggist takes a look at Nick. The saliva on Yang's fork replied helplessly: "I didn't hang your appetite, but you are pouring my appetite!" ”

"I'll eat this plate later, and I'll get you a new plate, okay? Just tell me, did you pass the training last night? I listened to the movement and seemed to have come back quite early last night, it seems that it has been less than 3 hours, can you already finish training easily? The day before yesterday, you didn't vote enough for 100 overnight, and your progress rate is terrible, right? Then you don't have to cut more than 100 points tonight to surpass Chamberlain? "Nick. Yang asked excitedly.

Hoggist shook his head, "Kobe Bryant added a lot of restrictions to me last night, I need to shoot 20 more balls, 120 goals to complete the training, and also limited me to two hours, in the end I took 17 minutes to shoot 120 balls, because of the timeout did not pass, I am out of play tonight, and I have to continue to practice after you rest!" ”

"Arco is really strict! I'm afraid you've surpassed Stephen at this level. Curry, it's not even passed! "Nick. Yang was so frightened that his forks fell to the ground.

"It's too exaggerated to surpass Curry, maybe I'm just good at X** shooting, Curry's kind of ultra-long three-point shooting I don't have any accurate score. Kobe's high standards are also a good thing for me, without his polish, I might have been a superstar, but under his strict requirements, I feel that one day I will even surpass Jordan's historical status! So there's nothing wrong with being strict, and I can still handle this kind of intensity. Hougist smiled confidently.

"How do I think geniuses have some perverted personalities? Looks like my shooting isn't good enough to show that I'm not perverted enough! "Nick. Yang shook his head helplessly.

Hougist patted Nick Young on the shoulder, "Your way of thinking is also tricky, then I wish you to become a pervert as soon as possible!" ”

Since the next back-to-back schedule is next, in order to conserve physical strength to the greatest extent, the Lakers did not have any training content today, and when they came to the arena in the afternoon, Randle asked half-jokingly: "Shoe King, why don't you bring a few pairs of fancy sneakers today?" ”

Hoggist stomped his foot, "My leather shoes are pretty good, what kind of sneakers do I want to change!" ”

"What? Do you want to play in leather shoes? Did I hear me right? Randall's bulls' eyes widened in surprise.

"You heard it right, but you said it wrong, it seems that Nick. Yang didn't tell you about it! I didn't pass last night's training. P list, this one is mainly responsible for waving towels and handing water. It's up to you to win! Hoggist straightened his tie, "How's it going?" Is it handsome? ”

"What do you want to be so handsome? Don't you think you don't have enough girlfriends? Randall scoffed.

"Don't be so mean just because I can't play! Coach K and Kobe Bryant trust you so much, and I believe that you will definitely be able to defeat your opponent with me! Anyway, the other side is not good at shooting three-pointers, and Miles on the inside resists Gasol, and you use your vitality to blow up Randolph, my apprentice Nick. Yang locked up Conley again, and this victory is not yet hand-to-hand! Hougist, in order to comfort Randall, deliberately spoke lightly.

Randle naturally won't buy what he said with Hougist, there are too many factors that affect the outcome of the game, how can it be as easy as Hoggist said, but as an athlete with a competitive mentality, Randall can't easily show weakness, so he has to brag head-on: "It's no problem for me to beat Randolph, as for whether they can solve Conley and Gasol, I think it's hard to say!" ”

Turner listened to Randall's boast and joined the discussion, "Gasol, of course I can easily lock up, but it's very difficult for your tonnage to solve Randolph, right?" ”

"Then let's take a look!" Although Randall was not sure, he refused to admit defeat in terms of momentum.

"How does this compare? See which of the two of them scored less tonight? The role of the inside line is not only to score, but also their playing style and the number of shots are not the same, in case our defense Gasol can't get into the inside, only dare to float outside to shoot three points, the whole court will be blinded into two, lucky to score 6 points, and your defense of Randolph in the inside crazy fight for the front court rebounds to teammates to make the ball, the whole court does not shoot, crazy brush 20 rebounds? Turner asked.

Hogist watched the excitement from the sidelines, and gave the two of them a bad idea, "Don't hurt the peace, what do you think of my idea?" ”

"You're not going to play, but you're quite idle! Tell me what you think? Randall asked.

"It's very simple, on offense, we don't compare scores, we compare their shooting percentage, and we also have to add up the other stats of the two of them, the number of shots, rebounds, assists, steals, blocks is positive, and the number of irons, turnovers and fouls is negative.

"That's a good idea!" Turner nodded in agreement.

Hoggist continued: "I'm showing you off the pitch, based on the data at the time of your matchup, if they are on the field and you are not on the field or not playing with you, then it will not be counted in the match between you, to ensure fairness!" ”

Nick. Yang leaned over and asked, "It seems to be fun to bring it up, can I place a bet?" 100 Knife Crush Miles to Win! ”

Before Hougist could speak, Randall was unhappy, "You dare to underestimate me, then I'll bet against you, 1 to 2, if I lose, I'll give you 200 dollars!" ”

"Young man, how much do you hate money? Or how much do you like me? Actually forcibly give me money in this way! "Nick. Yang shook his head narcissistically.

"Wake up, hey, stop dreaming, I'm just going to tell you in this way that I'm going to win!" Randall said disdainfully.

Hoggist stood up and played a round, "Don't do more verbal battles, we will know who wins and who loses, okay, is there anything to bet on?" ”

Kobe Bryant saw that the atmosphere of his teammates gradually relaxed and lively, and gradually settled down, it seems that Hoggist still has something, and actually uses this way to relieve pressure on his teammates. I just don't know where the team can go without Haugist today. Thinking of this, Kobe Bryant froze for a moment, then shook his head and smiled self-deprecatingly, "What's wrong with me?" Could it be that my fighting spirit has also been imperceptibly disintegrated by Haugist? If this had been put on hold, where would I have thought about so many questions? Where can I worry about a teammate who can't play and will lose? If you want to win, just do it! Now how can I worry about whether or not Hoggist can win without him? That's not my style! It's ridiculous that I was worried about whether others would be able to adapt to the lineup without Hoggist! ”

Hearing Kobe Bryant's self-talk, Ci Shiping patted Kobe Bryant's shoulder and smiled: "Old man, with 5 championships in hand, you shouldn't have any regrets in your career, just enjoy the game!" ”

"That's not good, as long as I haven't retired, the championship is my eternal pursuit!" Although this season has somewhat relied on Hoggist's anti-natural performance, Kobe Bryant is not convinced of the old, it can be said that he is an old man, with ambitions for thousands of miles, martyr twilight, and strong heart.

However, the loss of strength caused by Hougist's absence is not something that other teammates can make up for, although everyone worked the court, but in the end they still lost to the Grizzlies 96:112, without the threat of Hoggist, the Lakers' athletic ability has dropped by more than a notch, no sharp breakthroughs, no inside and outside tandem, no assists, no three-point shooting, and no inside line, the Lakers' three-point shooting rate fell to a miserable 27%, and there were only 16 assists in the game.

While Randall, Turner and Nick. Young didn't have the face to mention the pre-game bet because he lost so badly, but Randle and Turner did their best in rebounding protection. Gasol and Zach. Randolph didn't grab a single frontcourt rebound, and only three backcourt rebounds each.

There is no time for the Lakers to adapt, and the next day they have to fly Charlotte, and the rhythm of continuous flight, competition, flight, and game will quickly increase the fatigue of the players, so even if they fail miserably, they can't hold a meeting to summarize, and they can't practice after the game, what Coach K can do is to let the players go back to the hotel as soon as possible to rest and replenish their strength for tomorrow's long-distance flight and tomorrow night's game.

Since Dr. Fan Xiaohong, the team doctor of back-to-back games, only allowed Kobe to pick one game, Kobe did not need to rest and could continue to supervise Hoggist's training. Hoggist's rapid progress, coupled with watching the team lose Memphis from the wall, has improved his shooting percentage today, and he is more relaxed when shooting, and he can even calmly shoot in the dark while complaining to Kobe.

"I think every player has different styles and abilities, everyone has their own things to do, and it's not fair to force my teammates to adapt to the game without me, and force them to stand up and carry like ducks!" After making his 20th three-pointer at the top of the arc with ease, Hoggist said he still couldn't agree with Bryant's idea.

"But you can't make them think that they can easily win by running, running, shooting, and defending the opposing player on the court, right? How can the competition be so easy? Bryant retorted.

"It's true that the game is not that easy, but I said before that the team is a united and cooperative whole, as long as everyone does what they are good at, it can work, there is no need to make everyone omnipotent, and there is no way to make everyone omnipotent!" It's better to let them excel in what they're good at! ”