Chapter 108: The Coming Gorilla
Although Bryant conquered all the fans present with his flawless performance, Harris still praised Toney's performance in this game at the press conference. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Tony played 43 minutes in today's game, scoring 10 points, 10 rebounds and 2 blocks on 4-of-9 shooting, such a double-double performance is indeed good for a sophomore rookie, but given that Tony just signed a fat contract with the team in the summer, such a performance is completely insufficient, and at the press conference, many reporters vaguely mentioned the issue of his contract.
'Toney held up the team's interior and he was on the pitch to ensure our victory. Harris smiled, "We're very lucky to have a player like Toney. ā
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After repelling the Kings, Harris heard another piece of good news, Campbell only had a sprained ankle and he needed a week of recuperation to get back in shape.
Harris was very happy with that, and although Campbell would miss the game against the Kings in three days' time, it was a blessing in disguise.
In the next three days, Harris naturally did not let the players relax any longer, the summer has just ended, and Harris's most important task now is to get the players back into form quickly, and he does not want any unnecessary injuries to occur.
Harris has a dedicated training plan for almost every player in the team, and he no longer rushes to let the team hone in the tactics, but allows them to control every bit of power in their bodies as much as possible.
This kind of training intensity, Tony and Kobe Bryant don't have much feeling anymore, all summer, Tony has been dragged by Kobe to practice the perverted 666 training method that Kobe formulated by Kobe, and their training intensity is far more than this.
The rest of the players were naturally able to withstand this kind of training as professional players, but after a few days of this, everyone was generally a little tired.
So much so that when they challenged the Sacramento Kings on the 4th, the defensive intensity of the Lakers team weakened a lot, and their offense became very unstable, coming and going. Harris kept shouting on the sidelines to motivate the players, but the Lakers' performance still didn't improve much.
With less than two minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Lakers trailed the Kings by two points, and in the end, the team relied on Kobe Bryant to hit a three-pointer with 1 minute and 29 seconds left to successfully overtake the score.
In this last minute, the Lakers' defense finally looked good, they blocked the King's offense for several rounds in a row, but the Lakers didn't get too good offensive opportunities, both sides were a few pieces of iron together, knowing that the last time was not enough, the Kings fouled the Lakers when Tony dribbled and tried to delay time, and Tony hit both free throws.
The King's final shot was blocked by Jones, and the Lakers won a thrilling 101-98 three-point victory over the Kings.
Kobe Bryant still played very well in this game, he played 38 minutes and shot 7 of 17, handed over 25 points, 5 rebounds and 5 assists, and Toni played 36 minutes and shot 6 of 13, cutting 21 points, 10 boards and 1 block, but these two core players of the Lakers were not the best today.
Eddie Jones simply played the best leg of his career today, he played 38 minutes and hit a horrific 14 shots on 17 shots, and he scored 35 points plus 3 assists and 1 steal alone, the only fly in the ointment is that he made 5 turnovers, but the flaws are not hidden, Jones's performance today is undoubtedly phenomenal.
However, Rick Fox was a little disappointed in today's game, he didn't seem to be well integrated into the team's tactics, Harris gave him 25 minutes of playing time today, which can be said to be a sixth-man level playing time for a bench, but Fox didn't score a point, he only got 3 boards and 1 assist on 0-of-4 shooting, such a performance is not at all worthy of the team's expectations of him.
Sacramento wasn't as bustling as Los Angeles, and the Lakers' players had no intention of staying here for long, so they boarded a plane to Los Angeles that night.
Their next opponent is the Knicks from New York, Patrick Ewing's Knicks.
Although last season unfortunately lost the East Finals, but the defeat did not seem to have dampened the fighting spirit of this strong man, since the new season he still showed a good competitive state, four games, Ewing can average 21 points, 10.3 rebounds and 2.8 blocks per game, under his leadership, the Knicks have also slaughtered the Phoenix Suns 105-75, 102-70 slaughter the Boston Celtics, and 97-85 victory over the Charlotte Hornets, they only lost to the Detroit Pistons, The record so far is 3 wins and 1 loss.
There were two days between the game with the Knicks, Tony seemed very relaxed these days, and he also took Jessica to Hollywood's Pantai and S Theater to watch a musical together, although Tony didn't understand these things very well, but he is now a well-known figure, although he is only 19 years old now, but his annual salary plus advertising contracts are already tens of millions, and he also has to cultivate some elegant hobbies for himself.
Speaking of advertising contracts, Tony also has to praise Durham's level as a gold agent, during this time Tony only needs to concentrate on training, as for those commercial contracts off the field, Toll helps Tony to take care of it in an orderly manner.
Since Tony renewed his contract with the Lakers at a high price, Jerry Buss has started a lot of advertising around Tony and Kobe, and the Lakers executives can be said to be doing everything, under their deliberate creation, the combination of Tony and Kobe has become a symbol of the Lakers, and they have earned a lot of broadcast contracts for themselves with these two free spokespersons, and under such a publicity offensive, the Lakers' admission tickets have also risen.
Jerry Buss, who has a bulging wallet, feels that the Lakers' arena is still too small, and he has even begun to prepare to rebuild a larger and more luxurious arena.
Of course, all of this is the result of Durham and Bass's discussions, you must know that Kobe and Tony are both Talham's players, he is actually faintly worried, after all, he just helped Tony get a big contract this summer, and Kobe Bryant only holds a rookie contract at the same time, he is afraid that Kobe will be unbalanced, so he came up with such a solution.
He discussed with the Buss family to let the Bass family advertise the two leading stars of the Lakers for free, Kobe Bryant has a handsome face and gorgeous ball style, which is very suitable for being an idol, and the Lakers' publicity can quickly bring huge popularity to Kobe.