Chapter 54: The Lakers Without O'Neal
Evening Los Angeles, Great Western Forum Arena. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"The Voice of the Lakers" Check Hearn shouted loudly in a high-pitched, fast-paced and passionate voice: "~~~Let's~~~Welcome~~~ ~~~~~ Kobe Bryant from ~~~ Raul Merrion High School~~~", the people in the global pavilion cheered excitedly for the wonderful performance of this explosive head kid some time ago, of course, this cry is not only to welcome Kobe, but also to pay tribute to old Check Hearn. Herr, who has worked for the Lakers since '61, is arguably the oldest member of the Lakers and a unique figure on the Lakers. (This character was actually written earlier, the Lakers also erected a statue of him in commemoration, and many of the basketball terms used now were invented by him, such as slam dunk, aerial relay, fingertip basket, and no one to pass the ball, triple-double, garbage time, very powerful characters, if you are interested, you can search for it)
I met Kobe Bryant again, and this time Kobe Bryant looked obviously much more stable than the first time I saw it, and the treatment was much better than at the beginning. It's a pity that Kobe Bryant now has an All-Star player with a style similar to him, Eddie Jones.
However, compared to Liu Ming and Kobe, Travis Knight, the No. 29 rookie in his previous life, was "a blessing in disguise", and O'Neal's injury put him in the starting position.
Today the Lakers are missing O'Neal, starting five Tigers: "Nick Van Exel, Eddie Jones, Robert Horry, Travis Knight, Eldon Campbell".
On the Bulls' side, Rodman is still recovering from an injury, and Kukoc starts in his place.
As Phil Jackson expected, the Lakers' main focus is Elden Campbell as a big center, and occasionally the outside "Fan Maniac" and Eddie Jones outside "shoot".
It's calculated, but it's a pity that Campbell is in too good shape today, with a height of 2.13 meters and 5 cm shorter than Luke Longley, but his weight is 7 kg heavier than Longley, relying on his solid lower plate and more flexible body than Longley, grabbing rebounds is very "so~easy".
What's more, tonight's Fan Maniac is not crazy at all, I don't know if he was poured some confused soup by "Silver Fox" Harris. Unexpectedly, he began to organize the team's offense.
At the end of the first quarter, the Bulls trailed the Lakers 27-33. In the first quarter, Campbell grabbed four rebounds, and three of them went straight into scoring. Van also provided four assists to Eddie Jones and Campbell. And the "pseudo-starter" Travis Knight's data sheet shows only 2 rebounds, nothing else, not even fouls, no turnovers.
Everyone in the Bulls team is tired, 6 consecutive away games, lack of personnel, and this is also the last game before the All-Star Games, everyone is relaxed, and the "flexible dead fat man" O'Neal did not play, which made the Bulls a little relaxed.
So today's Bulls looked a little lazy, with 3 unnecessary passes and dribbling errors in the first quarter.
However, after the first quarter of the game, Phil Jackson didn't say much when he saw this situation, after all, it's almost an All-Star, and everyone is forgivable, and in the NBA82 games, you can't ask them to be passionate and energetic every game, then the player is not a human, but a robot.
So seeing this situation, Phil Jackson waved his hand and replaced Liu Ming and Cole on the court, and even "super water cooler administrators" like Jud Buichler and Dick Simpkins were also notified by Phil Jackson to warm up and play later.
In the second quarter, Liu Ming and Kobe Bryant both played. Unlike the state of the Bulls, the Lakers are united to win the Bulls, and the current Bulls are like a male protagonist of a novel with an aura of attracting hatred, and all teams want to step on the Bulls to get on the top. Last season's 72-win streak has put the Bulls in the spotlight.
Kobe Bryant played, but unfortunately the opposite player was Jordan. Liu Ming's defensive player is also a fan maniac of Liu Ming's "old rival". In the last game against the Lakers, Liu Ming still remembers the situation when he was almost reversed by the performance of Fan Maniac's super god.
Fan Maniac dribbled past half court and stood outside the three-point line at the top of the arc ready to organize the offense.
"Did Coach Harris let you go on the court in the second quarter and smash our basket, and then after halftime we had to switch courts, and then you smashed the basket and we couldn't shoot." Liu Ming said a "trash talk" to Fan's madman. Since the last time he played with the New York Knicks, Liu Ming has become a little addicted to "trash talk". In the game against the Kings and Warriors, Liu Ming sprayed "Trash Talk" against "The Rock" Richmond, "God's Left Hand" Chris Mullin, and Supersonic "Glove" Gary Payton. Of course, Richmond and Mullin ignored Liu Ming, a rookie, and Peyton was different, Peyton used his "trash talk" to teach Liu Ming how to behave, and did not let go of Liu Ming, a rookie. The league's tradition of "Jiaozuo Man" was vividly exerted by Payton.
I don't know what's wrong, the usual "uncomfortable not to shoot three points" Fan Maniac didn't hit back at Liu Ming, reached out and called Kobe to come over to do a block, Kobe Bryant came over, of course, Jordan also came, taking advantage of this block, Fan Maniac broke through into the inside line, but the defender next to him also became Jordan, at this time Fan Maniac showed a rational side, and did not force a breakthrough, after all, the person standing in front of him was Jordan, a return pass, and the ball returned to Kobe's hands.
At the 45° mid-distance place on the right side, Kobe Bryant held the ball, Liu Ming defended, Kobe Bryant turned his back to Liu Ming, ready to single Liu Ming with his back, maybe it was Jordan who was in the United Center last time that impressed Kobe.
Kobe Bryant, two times to resist, although Kobe's strength at this time has not reached the terrible strength of 130 kg of bench press in later generations, it is still very strong compared to Liu Minglai. (Speaking of bench press, obviously it can't show the strength of a player, which also involves the core strength of the body, if it is more than the bench press Kobe Bryant, how can he resist James)
"Sure enough, it's terrible" Liu Ming felt the power coming from Kobe Bryant, and couldn't help but complain in his heart.
After resisting twice, Kobe Bryant knew that this was almost the best position, and someone might come over to make up for it if he continued, or it would be even worse to face the inside line directly.
Kobe Bryant took his right foot as the pivot foot, shook his shoulders continuously, and jumped directly back, Liu Ming squatted a little low in front of him in order to block Kobe's strength, although he jumped up in time to interfere with Kobe, but he still jumped a little slowly.
"Whew", the defense fails, and Kobe Bryant scores. It's so slow, but it's actually a matter of a moment.
With a center who can grab the board, the Lakers have a relatively easy time shooting, with the sound of "smm", "smmm", "smmm", "smmm".
The Bulls were still behind in the second quarter, trailing by 5 points in the "24-29" quarter, and the Bulls were already trailing by 11 points at halftime at "51-62".
In the second half, the state still did not change, the state of the Bulls players was still the same as in the first half, but the Lakers got bigger and more feeling, Campbell grabbed rebounds more and more, and Fan Maniac seemed to be obsessed with the feeling of assists.
In this way, trailing all the way, losing by 4 points in the third quarter, and in the last minute of the fourth quarter, the Bulls trailed by 13 points, and Cheek Hearn uttered the famous phrase that has been passed down from the era of "logo" Jerry West, the Chamberlain era and the era of "Magic" Johnson, "Sky Hook" Abdul-Jabbar: "You.canput.this.one.in.there.frigerator." The.door's.closed, the.light's.out, the.eggsare.cooling, the.butter's.getting.hardand.the.Jell-Oisjiggling" (this sentence cannot be translated literally, it almost means that the game is won and the big picture is decided).
Sure enough, Check Hearn didn't add a run-of-the-box "buff" to the Bulls' players. The Bulls lost 90-106 to the Lakers without O'Neal.
However, the next day, the news did not pay much attention to this matter, because February 8 will usher in the NBA holiday, the NBA All-Star Weekend.
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