Chapter 249: It's all the sneakers' fault
But industry insiders, including Lakers head coach Phil Jackson, frowned and looked worried.
Kobe Bryant's state today is obviously abnormal, the boss is something that everyone on the earth knows, but that's because Gasol didn't come to the Lakers in the first two years, and he didn't have a good helper by his side, and the painful experience of the playoffs in those years also proves that it is impossible to play basketball alone, maybe you can brush out a data that ordinary people can't imagine, such as winning the scoring title with an average of 31.6 points per game or something, but it is impossible for the team's record to look good, and it is really good to dive for a lotto championship.
When there is no helper, Volute is always complaining to the team again, like he has been tired of not entering the playoffs for many years, and he is going to jump ship to the Bulls or something if he doesn't help himself find a helper, but when Kupchak helped him rob Gasol from the Grizzlies, Kobe Bryant still hasn't necessarily changed, he is still alone when he should be alone, and he still plays by himself when he should play, which makes Phil Jackson very angry.
He doesn't know how many times he has persuaded this kid, if you want to surpass Jordan, you might as well make five fewer moves per game, so that you may not be able to become Jordan, but you can create a new height, but the boss can't listen to it every time, it's not easy to get to the playoffs, Volute seems to have woken up all of a sudden, knows the importance of team basketball, and handed over a reasonable data of 23+6+5 per game in the first two rounds of the series, and the Lakers have been soaring, but I don't know which medicine he took wrong at the beginning of today, I went it alone again.
Although the first three goals have been scored, this is not what the Zen master wants, even if the pre-game arrangement of the main attack on Totoro cannot be implemented, the Lakers' main tactics still revolve around Gasol, sister-in-law holds the ball online, with his outstanding height, excellent vision and delicate touch, Gasol can make countless choices, such as blocking and dismantling outside players to create breakthrough opportunities, hanging to the inside line for Bynum to eat, or shooting by himself, countless derived tactics can be chosen by the Lakers, The variety of play makes the opponent unguardable, and this is the most difficult thing for the Lakers to beat.
Fighting alone like Kobe Bryant, in fact, is the stupidest choice in the eyes of Zen masters, others know what you are going to do in the next round, so it is naturally easy to target, and a player, even if he is as strong as Jordan, it is impossible to be accurate all the time, contribute 100 shots and 100 in one night, and finally, if the singles tactics are really effective, then why put five people on the basketball court?
At that time, Iverson was the most outstanding lone hero representative, but in the face of the OK combination of the Lakers, Iverson only led the team to win one game, nothing more.
The Rockets are still carrying out tactics step by step, Yao Ming and Totoro have not made many shots so far, but the role players of the Rockets have beaten the score, and the God of War has barely played a five-to-five, which is awesome.
At 15:18 in the first half of the quarter, Kobe Bryant was extraordinary, shooting 6 of 10 in the first six minutes, and he scored 16 points in 18 minutes alone, and the only assist was to feed the ball to his sister-in-law.
However, despite the Lakers' small lead, it was not the Rockets who called this timeout, but the unbearable Zen master Phil Jackson.
The Zen master didn't say anything to Kobe, because he knew that even if he wanted to say something, the other party would probably not listen, and he couldn't press Kobe Bryant on the bench, he did this once in the regular season, but he was later condemned by fans and media from all sides, questioning why he didn't let the star who was in hot form play, and finally made a contradiction between himself and Kobe Bryant, saying that he did it because he announced his personal vendetta.
Phil called a timeout for nothing else, but deliberately replaced Gasol to bring Kwame Brown up, anyway, the boss seems to be going to do the whole game alone, putting him and Gasol together at the same time is a waste of the Spaniards, you can't let a star with an annual salary of 15 million grab guns and rebounds on the court and occasionally eat a cake, right? In this way, a blue-collar inner line with an annual salary of 5 million is enough.
When the coach becomes the grandfather of KFC, he is also tired, he has a subordinate who is much more famous than him, and he is also a paranoid with a tendon in his brain, he can't force himself many times, and can only follow his will to lay out tactics to cater to him, what is the difference between this TM and the black bread Brown coach of the Cavaliers? Of course, this is also his habit of having to teach superstar coaches, I think it was a little uncomfortable to look at this old man when O'Neal was there, you see how good Popovich is, there is no superstar, let's cultivate one ourselves, don't pick a ready-made, no one dares to do this with him in the Spurs.
"Listen, I don't know what happened to the Lakers, but after you come on the court, give me the point of defending Kobe Bryant, it doesn't matter if the two of you can't stop him, but since Kobe wants to score, let him pay the price every time he scores!"
On the Rockets' side, Adelman has long identified the problem on the court, and although he doesn't know why, this is a good opportunity for them to beat the Lakers.
"My Neighbor Totoro, haven't you always wanted to defend Kobe? I'll give you this opportunity this time, after you play, you replace Battier, remember to be smart, it's okay to let him score, but don't foul, and you have to know, your teammates will also make up for your defense, and you will give me all the strength to attack on the offensive end, you and Yao did a good job just now, continue to do this, I heard that your mother-in-law is now watching you play on the sidelines, perform well, let her know what a wonderful boyfriend her daughter has found. ”
After explaining the general tactics, Ah Shuai whispered a few words to Totoro alone, Totoro was a little puzzled at first, when did he say that he wanted to prevent Kobe, but as soon as he heard the three words of his mother-in-law, Totoro who was caught in pigtails immediately did not refute.
How could this old fox know about Lufa's mother, My Neighbor Totoro glanced at Yao Ming suspiciously, but found that the little giant was looking at the ceiling, and immediately knew which traitor had betrayed him.
But jokes are jokes, the coach explains his own things, no matter how difficult it is, he always has to do it, and defending Kobe Bryant is not his dream, after all, people always say that his defense is good, but he has never been tested against a superstar alone, Totoro can be exploded in this game, but after learning experience, wouldn't his defense in the future be able to go to a higher level?
Besides, he was a stinky dick before he crossed, watching the stars play every day through the screen, and now he finally has a chance to stand on the NBA court, and he doesn't have a good experience of how to be worthy of his crossing, and he hasn't forgotten the slap in the face before the opening.
"Hey, you look excited today, did you take aphrodisiacs before the game?"
As soon as Totoro came on the field to face the volute, he opened his poisonous tongue, but Totoro suddenly found that he hadn't opened his mouth to taunt, and when he stood in front of Kobe, the boss's eyes were red as if they were bloodshot.
"What's the situation? I don't have a grudge against him, do I? I didn't rob him of his savings or soak his wife, how could he have a grudge against me. ”
My Neighbor Totoro was shocked, he didn't remember what he had with Kobe, however, at this time, he suddenly remembered that a few days ago, the day before the life-and-death battle with the Spurs, his full-time agent Bu Jiayi had taken a report and reported something to himself.
"Hey dear, congratulations, you accomplished a feat in your rookie season, you know?"
"Feat? I don't remember breaking any records, and it's not a feat to say that I led the team to the playoffs, but Magic Johnson led the team to a championship in his first season. ”
My neighbor Totoro was a little puzzled, but Bugai put the report on his desk with a strange look on his face.
"Why are you full of things on the court, although this matter also has something to do with basketball, you know, with your successive performances, this month's jersey and shoe sales came out, your sales in the United States were 3 million and 12 million respectively, a lot worse than the first place James, but only 10 million from the second place Kobe."
"What's there to be happy about, aren't people still taller than me? Wait, what do you say? That's just U.S. sales? ”
My Neighbor Totoro reacted immediately.
"That's right, if you include Asia, your global jersey and shoe sales are $12 million and $34 million respectively, which is $2 million more than the number one James."
Bugaj laughed stupidly, the man he fancied was really not wrong, he was able to sit firmly at the top of the jersey and shoe sales list in the first year, and it is no wonder that the NBA has now included the Houston Rockets in the godson of the caretaker, after all, Totoro has also brought more attention to the NBA in disguise.
"Damn, my appeal is so great now?"
My neighbor totoro himself can't believe it, he has always known that Asia is his home base, but he didn't estimate that he has such a huge influence, after all, he still has an American citizen ID card, and I believe that some trolls in China will make a big fuss about this reason and reduce their popularity.
"Hehe, but you also verbally promised to go back to China, and these are not important, the important thing is that there are too few yellow-skinned people in the basketball field, and finally a second Chinese Yao Ming appeared, how do you think the Chinese people will look at you unpleasantly?"
"That seems to be the case."
My Neighbor Totoro nodded thoughtfully, but he didn't continue to pay attention to this matter, although the next day after the sneaker sales list came out, the major media rushed to report and shouted incredible, but Totoro didn't take it to heart, he didn't think it would be a big problem, but today's trouble came.
Kobe Bryant will not be stimulated in sneaker sales, and feels very unhappy to be surpassed by himself as a Chinese, so today he has such an offensive desire and wants to prove himself through both data and games, right? I can't be a stepping stone for this.
"Hehe, stinky boy, it's very early for you to replace me in the NBA, and when I retire, this league is you, you have to remember, unless I take the initiative to let you, no one can snatch the NBA in my hands!"
Kobe Bryant is not very good at trash talk, so Totoro scolds him with trash talk, and he tells the truth in his heart and scolds him back.
"Hey, I always thought I was the craziest person, but I didn't expect there to be anyone crazier in this world than me."
My Neighbor Totoro was amused, but he didn't think it was strange, just like the Boss Zhan who just entered the league at the beginning, Kobe Bryant just wanted to be the strongest person on the basketball court, and he wanted to always be the winner, so he had to continue to suppress the rising stars in the league, and teach each other a lesson to let the other party understand whose territory it was.
"Yes, if you want me to be convinced, there is a kind of 40 points on my head today, I don't believe that anyone can score more than 40 on my head, in fact, no one has done it so far, do you want to challenge it?"
It's just that Totoro doesn't intend to be hard steel with him, but is ready to use Kobe's paranoia to do certain things.
Doesn't the boss want to play singles? Then follow his wishes, provoke him and let him keep playing alone, can he beat the entire Rocket team alone? Obviously not, the feeling just now was absolutely unexpected, himself, Battier, Iguodala's defense is not papery, even if he can score 40 points, but at least he has to pay more than 35 balls, right?
Then, thinking about it in the long run, after winning this game, it can also intensify the contradictions within the Lakers team, Kobe Bryant will definitely be dissatisfied with his high score and the team will lose, and throw all the pot to his teammates, and his teammates will definitely complain that Kobe Bryant didn't give him a chance at all, and he finished the game alone, and when the time comes, it will be explained that the tough Lakers on paper don't need to play so hard at all, and they will win with a little trick.
Although you may say that Totoro is a bit cunning and a bit of a bully to an honest person, Totoro will definitely tell you backhand that you must be mentally ill if you can fight mentally ill head-on, and now there is a convenient way in front of you, why, do you still have to choose the troublesome one?
"Okay, this is a lesson you have learned for yourself, and I will fulfill you."
The boss had no idea that he was being calculated by the person opposite who looked handsome but had a dark heart, and Kobe Bryant showed a cruel smile and began to swing the balloon left and right.
Different from Westbrook's paranoia, Volute's paranoia has a lot more spirituality, just like saying that if Westbrook is going to attack in front of him now, Totoro needs to shrink the inside line, anyway, the early turtle is the same as a horse, and it will only rush to the inside line one by one, but the boss is different.
Three-point shots, mid-range shots, step-back jumpers, small headers, dunks, pull-up layups, as long as it is an offensive means that you can name in basketball, Kobe Bryant can give you a textbook beautiful demonstration, which is also the most difficult place for the boss to defend.
You know very well that he wants to play this ball by himself, but you just don't know that he will choose that style of play, and he will be scored in the end, if it is not for the person who is prepared to be abused in advance, his mentality will explode soon.