Chapter 172: Christmas Quest War
"I'm against it!" You don't need to look at Jiang Yang to know who is against it, everything is the same as before, but now it is not the old fish who is frustrated, but Smush Parker, and the only one who will say this in this team is Kobe!
Looking back, sure enough, Kobe Bryant stood up directly, looked at Jiang Yang and said, but with a look of indignation.
"Why?" Phil Jackson lifted his glasses, looked at Kobe Bryant and asked a little strangely, in fact, he had long known that Kobe would object! It's an eternal theorem that gangs up in NBA teams, and now Kobe Bryant is the boss of the team.
Naturally, he has to be a role model, he has to defend the rights of his teammates, so that people will follow him.
"After all, Jiang Yang just came to our team, even if his strength is not weak, but he has almost no cooperation with us, and he has never played a training match, nor has he trained together, so I don't feel at ease to let him come over and play with us!" Looking at Phil Jackson in front of him, Kobe Bryant said slowly, what he said was not unreasonable, and for a while, the entire locker room was cheering.
"Oh? Who said Jiang Yang didn't cooperate with us? Have you forgotten that Jiang Yang used to cooperate with us in 02? Looking at Kobe, Phil Jackson wiped his glasses with a glasses cloth, and then said to Kobe with a smile.
"That was a few years ago, and the current Lakers, he doesn't know about it!" Kobe Bryant couldn't help biting his lip when he said this, the Lakers at that time were the strongest Lakers, and the Lakers now ...... It's in the middle of a slump!
"I'm the coach, Kobe, don't care too wide!" Phil Jackson and Kobe Bryant have always had conflicts.
If it weren't for the Lakers' willingness to sign him back with an annual salary of tens of millions, Phil Jackson wouldn't have come back to add to the blockage.
In fact, in Phil Jackson's eyes, he prefers to go back to Chicago, but everyone knows how picky the owners of the Bulls are.
There are several big bosses in the league, and Gordon, the owner of the Warriors, is the most picky! Then there is Pacers owner Melvin Simon, then Bulls owner Jerry Reinsdorf, then Suns owner Robert Salver, Rockets owner Alexandra and so on.
For example, Herb Kerr, the owner of the Bucks, although the team's record is not good, has always maintained a high annual salary.
Green Taylor, the owner of the Timberwolves, is indeed a bit of a problem with people, but there is no ambiguity in giving money! (Sign Milicic for four years for 20.16 million, sign Michael Beasley for four years for 20.18 million!) Players of such quality are all signed as a special middle class~) and Michael Hasley of the Grizzlies, don't look at the team's record, but the money given to the players is not a lot at all.
(Gay has a 5-year 82.3 million quasi-max salary contract, Randolph has a 4-year 66 million quasi-max salary contract, Conley has a 5-year 40 million quasi-max salary contract, and Conley is a first-class star contract...... So the Grizzlies owner doesn't actually pick the door! And the owners of those strong teams are actually quite generous, and the owners of the Lakers are quite generous! Give Phil Jackson an annual salary no less than that of a first-line star, this is to tie up Phil Jackson, a big fish! It doesn't matter if you spend a little more.
Listening to Phil Jackson's words, Kobe's face is naturally not good-looking, that is, his face is black, I can't tell if it's blue, if Kobe Bryant is white, then this little face is estimated to be a little emphysematous, he has always been in two camps in Phil Jackson's team, but he barely stayed together in order to win and win, especially when Phil Jackson just came back this year.
Kobe Bryant is very hostile to Jackson, and at this time, Jackson also needs to cultivate his own lineage.
"No more ado, play!" Glancing at Kobe Bryant, who had nothing to say, Phil Jackson waved his hand, and the players walked out of the court in turn, because today is an away game, so the Lakers did not have any appearance ceremony, but after the starters came out, they high-fived and rested next to them, while the Heat began to play! Looking at the Heat's strong substitute, Jiang Yang's heart was really a little empty, and he glanced at Kobe Bryant standing next to him, Jiang Yang knew that because of his first move, he must have offended Kobe, and now although Kobe has no way to compete with Phil Jackson off the court, it is estimated that there will be no good fruit for Jiang Yang to eat! However, Jiang Yang himself came here to complete the task, no matter how bad Kobe's attitude is, he can still eat Jiang Yang! At this time, the starting lineup on the Heat side also appeared in turn!
The first one to come out is the current team's second leader, Dwayne Wade, the 5th pick in 03, has become one of the superstars in the league in two years, and James, Bosh and Anthony with him have always been known as the 03 golden generation, and Wade has directly become the leader of this generation with James.
Especially after the addition of the big shark O'Neal, Wade himself has attracted more and more attention from fans.
Coming out of his knowledge is James Posey, this player is a non-three, very floating style of play, basically the offense is on the outside, the defensive ability is average, but the weight is enough, the rookie season can contribute an average of 8.2 points per game, the third season begins, the average can be reported more than ten points per game, the most glorious time is in the 03-04 season in the Grizzlies, an average of 13.7 points per game, this year switched to the Heat, became an indispensable general in the Heat's No. 3 position.
Next up is power forward Udonis Haslem, a player who has nothing to introduce and who is still with the Heat.
There is a huge problem with height, but in addition to his height, he is still a relatively good interior player, able to attack and defend.
Then the fourth one came out with white chocolate, Jason Williams, Jason Williams was originally a very spiritual player, this Jiang Yang knew a long time ago that when he was in the Grizzlies, he attracted a large number of spectators and fans for the Grizzlies, but he played too floating, not only deceived the opponent, but also often deceived his teammates, so it was not stable.
After switching to the Heat this year, he was originally under the hands of Da Van Gundy, and he played relatively naturally, after all, Da Fan is also a player who is loyal to the outside, just like when he was in the Magic team in the future, he will not waste the talent of the outside player.
But with a dismal start, Da Van was kicked away by Pat Riley, and after Pat Riley coached the team, just kidding!
You dare to dribble the ball for me and kill you! Like Pat Riley, who is known for his iron-blooded rule in the league, he directly killed the talent of white chocolate, and now Williams is more often just a dribble over half court and then give the ball to Wade's role.
That's where the Heat need him! Pat Riley only needs him to play like that now, and he doesn't need to keep floating on the outside.
With White Chocolate Williams on the field, the last heavyweight is ready to play.
The lights were dimmed all over the stadium at this point, and then a spotlight hit the exit of the players' tunnel.
The DJs and fans at the scene roared at the first time, and the commentators on the scene also roared loudly!
"Finally, let's welcome our basket overlord, the most dominant super center on the inside, 7'1" tall and weighing 325 pounds, from Newak, New Jersey! Shakui ...... O'neill! With a roar from the narrator.
O'Neill's big smile appeared at the entrance of the tunnel, and then he walked out of the tunnel with his characteristic overlord step.
"Shakui! Shakui! Shakui! The audience was shouting O'Neal's name at this time, and the huge cheers almost overturned the ceiling of the entire American Airlines Center Arena, and Jiang Yang on the sidelines of the stadium was surprised.
At this time, O'Neal's voice was too high, and looking at O'Neill's appearance, Jiang Yang also had some expectations!
"Alright, the starters on both sides are in the middle circle and ready to jump the ball!" At this time, the referee's words interrupted Jiang Yang's thoughts, and after coming to the court, he stood in his prescribed position, and it was Jason Williams who stood with Jiang Yang.
On the inside, O'Neal and Meme stood in the middle circle and prepared to jump the ball, when the referee blew the whistle and the orange basketball slowly rose into the air.
Both Meme and O'Neal jumped up for the first time and slapped towards the basketball in the sky, O'Neal was still old after all.
Even if he still has a certain amount of inside dominance, but he doesn't have the original body, after the jump ball was grabbed by Mime, it was slapped into Jiang Yang's hand, in fact, Mim didn't want to pass the ball to Jiang Yang, but he didn't know where the jump ball would fall.
Now that it fell into Jiang Yang's hands, he had no choice, after Jiang Yang took the ball, after half the court, he did not pass the ball to Kobe, but broke through directly with the ball, looking at Jiang Yang's ball, Phil Jackson smiled silently on the sidelines, and Kobe's face on the court was really blue, Jiang Yang directly took the ball to break through Jason Williams in front of him, Jason Williams himself has a very poor physical fitness, white, and small arms and legs, and there is also an obvious disadvantage in height.
was squeezed away by Jiang Yang for the first time, and now Jiang Yang's physical fitness is A, and it is not a big problem to bully Williams.
After Jiang Yang entered the half, he was afraid that the players on the inside would come out to help defend, so he directly made a jump shot after a quick stop.
With the advantage of height and arm span, Jiang Yang's ball shot very steadily, and after the basketball directly drew an arc in the air, it fell into the basket, helping the Lakers take the lead at the beginning! But then Jason Williams took advantage of O'Neal's block, stopped and jumped, equalized the score, and watched Jiang Yang want to return to the half court to receive the ball because he was a point guard.
But Odom, who served, did not hand over the ball to Jiang Yang, but directly gave the ball to Kobe, even if Kobe was still followed by a Wade, he still gave the ball to Kobe, Kobe passed the ball to Mime, and Mime hit a hook hand under the basket.
From this ball, Jiang Yang can see that Kobe Bryant is crowding out himself! After playing such a long game, Jiang Yang was still excluded on the court for the first time, when he squeezed out Lao Yu when he was the Lakers' starting point guard.
Kobe Bryant was not happy, but at that time, the boss of the Lakers was O'Neal, O'Neal and Phil Jackson had a good relationship, and the two discussed, so Kobe didn't dare to do anything with Jiang Yang at that time, but now, the boss of the team is Kobe.
And Jiang Yang dared to snatch Smush Parker's starting point guard under Kobe's opposition, Kobe naturally wanted to get him!
Unknowingly, the Lakers took a 10-5 start lead, and then Jason Williams used O'Neal to block Jiang Yang and then hit a three-point shot, Jiang Yang's defense broke through very well, but now Jason Williams has been repaired by Pat Riley and will not break through! And Brown here scored a layup, and then O'Neal dunked vigorously, and Mime couldn't prevent this guy at all.
The two teams were tied at 12 at this time, after O'Neal scored two points, Kobe Bryant made a layup, and the Lakers led the Heat 22-19, but yesterday Wade scored consecutive points, his speed, impacting Kobe, Kobe Bryant couldn't prevent it! The two are basically in a state of mutual violence.
Soon the Heat played a wave of 10-1 offensive small **, reversed the score, Kobe Bryant made a layup and caused a foul, and hit a free throw.
At the end of the first quarter, the Heat led the Lakers by 5 points at 31-26, and Kobe Bryant scored 16 points in the first quarter!
Yes, except for Kobe, the others only scored ten points together, and Jiang Yang!
When there were 8 minutes and 17 seconds left in the first quarter, Jiang Yang didn't even touch the ball except for the opening two points!
The outside serve is not given to Jiang Yang, Jiang Yang is completely isolated on the court, and Jason Williams is also relieved to boldly start to wrap Kobe, anyway, he knows that even if Jiang Yang is empty, Kobe will not pass the ball!
Jiang Yang could only shake his head and express his helplessness, if Kobe Bryant trusted himself, then the score on the court might be 36-31 now, Kobe has the ability to pass, but he is a scoring guard anyway.
The current Kobe Bryant's passing is able to pass, but it is only limited to the basic positional pass, or a fast-break pass, don't look at Jiang Yang's pass, which is only A-, but his genuine passing ability, from Johnson, no matter how bad it is, it is sharper than Kobe's pass.
In the second quarter of the game, the bench players played on the court, and at the beginning Wade made a layup, and then he hit a pull-up jumper, O'Neal turned and scored a jumper, and the Heat instantly expanded the score to double digits, and the Lakers had to ask for a timeout.
Jiang Yang's physical strength is not enough to support him to play on the court all the time, so Phil Jackson changed Kobe Bryant to the court, after Kobe Bryant came on the court, Glove Payton scored two points first, stretching the score to 13 points, the white head is like a new Fung Kobe Bryant jumper scored, Mime also scored a jumper, the Heat led the Lakers 43-32 with as many as 11 points, and at this time James Posey hit a three-point shot from the outside, and then he went up to the basket and caused a foul, even six points, and the score difference was stretched from 11 points to 17 points.
Phil Jackson had to ask for a timeout again at this time, and at the same time set his sights on Jiang Yang.
"Coach, it's not that I don't play, but do you think my play has a role?" Jiang Yang looked into Phil Jackson's eyes.
He is a point guard, but he has only touched the ball once so far, and it is impossible to say that Jiang Yang is not angry.
Jiang Yang didn't get angry, it was already better for him to be self-contained! But let him play and suffer the splint again, Jiang Yang will not do it.
"Isn't it useful? I think it's because you don't work hard! They don't pass you the ball, won't you grab it yourself? Phil Jackson looked at Jiang Yang and smiled, and after listening to Phil Jackson's words, Jiang Yang only reacted a little at this time...... It seems that the Heat have a huge weakness, the height of the interior line is too short! And Jiang Yang's height doesn't seem to be much different from the other party!
"Oh, I see!" Jiang Yang looked at Phil Jackson's smiling face and walked onto the field again.
Seeing Jiang Yang on the court, the players of the Lakers team were all unhappy, and it is true that Jiang Yang is just an outsider now.
substitution, Jiang Yang replaced Smush Parker and returned to the court, and the Lakers' starters were basically on the court at this time.
Odom passes, it's still the same old routine, pass directly to Kobe, Jiang Yang doesn't go to catch the ball now, because they won't pass it anyway! There's no point in suffering that anger by yourself, after Kobe got the ball, Jason Williams gave up Jiang Yang and began to wrap Kobe with Wade, Kobe still didn't pass under such circumstances, and he was really unique enough!
Kobe Bryant took the ball and directly strengthened it, throwing the basketball in his hand, but such a strong force is useless at all!
The basketball smashed directly on the neck of the basket and bounced out, O'Neal had stuck Meme on the inside at this time, so that he had no way to rush to grab the rebound, and gave the rebound to Haslem next to him, just when Haslem wanted to grab the rebound.
A small hand suddenly appeared in front of his hand, and he took the rebound in his arms one step ahead! Looking at the opponent's purple jersey, Haslem and O'Neal were stunned for a moment, and then the one jumped directly and wanted to dunk, and Haslem had to block.
But it hit the opponent's hand, so although there was no way to dunk, Jiang Yang still threw the basketball up, today Jiang Yang's luck is good, the basketball fell directly into the basket, 2+1! After Jiang Yang fell, he couldn't help but wave his fist, but scoring a goal couldn't change the fact that Jiang Yang was not welcomed in the team, and no one came to high-five Jiang Yang when he made free throws, but even without the blessing of his teammates, Jiang Yang's free throws were still very stable.
One hit three points, Jiang Yang narrowed the score to 14 points! And after seeing Jiang Yang's breakthrough effective, Jason Williams didn't dare to Jiang Yang at any time, and at this time it also created an opportunity for Kobe, seeing that the opponent's interior line was not very sharp, Kobe also aimed at the opponent's interior player, Kobe Bryant's next offense, rushed into the interior line and caused Wade's foul.
After two free throws and two hits, the score on both sides is still 12 points apart! Then Odom hit a three-point success, the Lakers played a wave of 8-0 small **, narrowing the score difference to less than two points, and at the critical moment Capono hit a jumper, which finally helped the Heat ease the situation on the court, at the end of the first half, the Heat led the Lakers 53-48, Kobe Bryant scored 24 points in the half, O'Neal had 8 points and 10 rebounds, and now O'Neal is indeed old, and it is possible that he is accumulating physical strength!
(To be continued)