Chapter 362: Tenacious Kobe
On the charter plane of the Brooklyn Nets to Los Angeles, many players were closing their eyes and some players were playing video games, but the atmosphere inside the plane was rather oppressive.
That's because the Brooklyn Nets lost again to the spicy San Antonio Spurs in their last game.
In back-to-back Western Conference trips two weeks ago, the San Antonio Spurs defeated the visiting Brooklyn Nets by 36 points at 109-73, giving the Nets their heaviest loss of the season.
And this time, because the Nets' top scorer is tall and strong and banned by the league, the media, experts and even fans don't think that the Nets, who are playing at home, are capable of sniping at the old Spurs.
Almost everyone thought the Nets would lose, but no one expected to lose so badly.
116:75
The 41 gap once again improved the Nets' record for conceding points this season by five points.
Less than ten seconds after the referee blew the whistle for the game, the Nets were in a position to fall behind, and it continued until the end of the game.
The absence of tall and strong also exposed the biggest weakness of the Nets, the Nets only scored 75 points in the whole game, and the entire Nets team lacked offensive players to break the predicament, and the offense was very weak.
Lopez was able to provide some firepower in the first half, but in the second half, the Spurs inside Duncan and Split completely blocked Lopez.
The Spurs didn't play a super attack wave throughout the game, but they slowly ate away at the Nets. The score expanded point by point, and the Spurs almost slowly "strangled" the Nets.
As Nets head coach Johnson said, tall and strong is the Nets' Achilles heel, but only tall and strong in the Nets can give enough damage to opponents.
However, through this heavy loss, the Nets players have become more aware of the role of being tall and strong, especially his ability to attack the ball, which is indispensable for the team.
The fiasco unexpectedly further strengthened the status of the tall and strong in the team.
At this moment, Gao Dazhuang is at the end of the charter flight with his girlfriend Xia and his sister Gao Jiaxiu chatting, this is the first time this season that the team allows family members to board the plane to participate in the team to participate in the game.
But considering the actual situation of Gao Dazhuang, the general manager of the team, Billy King, still agreed to Gao Dazhuang's request very simply, but other players did not want to follow suit. This also indirectly reflects the status of tall and strong in the team.
"High. This girl is your girlfriend? Gerard Wallace, who was good with the tall and strong, asked with wide eyes.
"Yes, how? What's that expression on your face? Gao Dazhuang replied dissatisfiedly.
"Oh, I thought you weren't on good terms with Delfino the other day," Gerard said with a wicked grin.
"Roll"
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The Nets are on a three-game losing streak after losing to the Spurs, but their opponents are worse today.
The Los Angeles Lakers, who have the "Big Four", have suffered four consecutive defeats before. And in today's game. The team's starting center, Howard, is out due to injury. Small forward Ci Shiping was banned, and even the core of the team, Kobe, played with an injury.
The Lakers vs. the Nets, the centers of both teams are a topic of conversation. Last summer, the Nets unsuccessfully pursued Howard before finally deciding to renew Lopez's contract.
However, in this game, Howard was sidelined with a shoulder injury and missed the direct dialogue with Lopez.
After the start of the game, the tall man who was banned by the league for two games burst out with great ability, hitting consecutive inside strong attacks and outside three-point shots, and scored 12 points in one go.
"Come on", "Great", "Brother come on" came to the NBA arena for the first time in the summer and Gao Jiaxiu were particularly excited, especially in the case of tall and strong non-stop scoring, the two of them also became one of the few "revelers" in the arena, because at halftime, the Lakers had trailed the Nets by 18 points.
In the third quarter of the game, the margin widened to 20 points, when the team's starting power forward Gasol also left the court due to a foot injury, and the team's starting point guard Nash was also replaced by the Lakers coach due to form problems.
At this time, the Lakers' "super big team" was only one injured Kobe Bryant, and in the first half, Kobe was completely suppressed by the tall and strong who felt hot.
In fact, before the Nets game, Kobe Bryant suddenly reported the injury, and he said that he had inflammation in his right elbow.
Before jumping the ball, Bryant was still actively treating his elbow injury to relieve it, wrapping his right elbow and forearm with a heated pad.
However, Bryant was plagued by an elbow injury, and although he was able to pull off a dunk on a fast break, his shooting percentage was poor overall.
However, after Gasol and Nash went off the court in the third quarter, the "lonely" Kobe Bryant suddenly made a force, he first scored three points and shot back 5 points, and then forced a dunk under the basket and made a defensive foul on Lopez.
Bryant was even more unstoppable, scoring consecutive points on strong offense and free throws, further narrowing the score to 10 points.
It was Gao Da Zhuang who was responsible for defending Kobe, in fact, Gao Da Zhuang was already trying his best to defend, but the one who killed the red eye seemed unstoppable.
In particular, the "unconvinced" and "tenacious" revealed in Kobe's eyes shocked Gao Dazhuang.
After getting into basketball, Kobe Bryant has always been an idol that Tall and Strong admires.
It's not just because of Kobe's ball skills, Tall and Strong likes Kobe more because of his hard work, strong will, and tenacious perseverance.
Kobe's achievements and legends are fought by their own hard work, the winner is king, the loser is the villain, Kobe's story is a good inspirational textbook, he inspires players to always be full of desire to win, always maintain a strong fighting spirit, and never give up.
"Brush" Kobe Bryant once again hit a difficult step-back jumper in front of the tall man, and after the goal, Kobe waved his arms, and the whole arena erupted in huge cheers.
However, despite the injury Kobe Bryant scored 40 points in the game, he was still unable to beat four hands with two fists, and he was unable to turn the tide, and in the end, the Lakers lost 95-102 at home to the visiting Nets.
"After the Timberwolves game, the elbow injury has been bothering me more and more," Bryant told reporters after the game, "I'll have an MRI tomorrow, but it's just a minor injury."
Kobe's words further infected Gao Dazhuang, and Kobe's fighting spirit in this game also made Gao Dazhuang admire.
Through this game, Tall and Strong intuitively felt that Kobe's tenacity is based on his spirit of never admitting defeat, and he will play 100% in every game, with vicious eyes, fierce pressing, and "gnashing teeth" after scoring the goal.
In today's game, every time the tall man scored a goal, Kobe Bryant had to return the "answerball", and despite Kobe's arm and knee injuries, he still insisted on playing and threw the ball in.
In the first half, Kobe Bryant repeatedly hit the iron, but insisted on shooting, some people may criticize, but Kobe's tenacious psychological quality made him feel back, and in the second half, Kobe Bryant turned the court into his stage.
This is the Black Mamba, this is the killer, from the original solo to the leader of the offense, Kobe Bryant is the spiritual leader of the Lakers.
Despite the game-high 41 points, six rebounds and five assists, and the Nets won, Kobe Bryant still taught him a very important lesson - never give up.
After the game, the Associated Press briefed that the Nets were tall and strong and returned from the ban, while the Lakers' Howard was absent, Ci Shiping was suspended, and Gasol was injured, although the tenacious Kobe Bryant scored 40 points with an injury, but the result was no suspense, and the Nets won!
The Lakers' official website said: Howard missed the third game in a row, and Gasol, who replaced him as the starter, also left the game with a foot injury, and we can only rely on the tenacious Kobe Bryant now.
The official website of the Nets published an article saying: After the ban was lifted, Gao Dazhuang scored 41 points, 6 rebounds and 5 assists in the whole game, leading the team to victory, but more importantly, we must learn to win without being tall and strong, and others must step up.
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After the Nets' victory over the Lakers, due to the relatively easy schedule, Gao Dazhuang asked the team for a day off and temporarily left the team.
Gao Dazhuang's girlfriend summer and sister Gao Jiaxiu came to Los Angeles with the team, it was nothing more than that her sister was worried about Disneyland, and when she was in China, Gao Jiaxiu was full of yearning for Disney, and she kept telling Gao Dazhuang on the phone that she wanted to see Mickey Mouse and Snow White.
Fortunately, the Nets are very humane to their "core", not only granting a leave of absence to the tall and strong, but also sending an additional staff member to rent a car in Los Angeles and drive the tall and strong group towards Disneyland.
Disneyland in Los Angeles is divided into two theme parks: Disneyland and California Adventure.
It stands to reason that it will take at least two days to visit Disney, but Gao Dazhuang has to participate in the next competition, so there is not enough time, so Gao Dazhuang can only take them to Disneyland, and California Adventure Park can only go next time.
Disneyland is the ultimate place for children to play, and this fantastic fairy tale world is full of children's laughter, and even adults can't help but evoke the childlike innocence that has disappeared for many years.
However, there are no fewer adults than children in Disney, and some adults don't even have a child around them, so they come to play in a team.
Roller coasters, Ferris wheels....all kinds of exciting games, the two girls did not let go of any of them, and Gao Dazhuang could only hold the camera and keep taking pictures of them because of the contractual relationship.
In the evening, Gao Dazhuang and his party drove to Los Angeles' Chinatown, pressing the camera shutter all the way in summer, the streets were full of Chinese, the yellow people passing by were full of dialects, the style of the building was more like the Hong Kong side, and there were many familiar Chinese snack bars in the local area.
The Chinese stores in Los Angeles' Chinatown are also a major feature, with the products in Chinese and English labeled, and some of the product packaging is directly in Chinese.
In the end, the magical tall and strong actually found rare things such as "56 degrees of red star two pot heads" and "Niulanshan two pot heads", and Gao Da Zhuang decisively bought several bottles, ready to give them to his friends Wallace and Delfino in the team, and on the way back, Gao Da Zhuang kept imagining how drunk they looked. (To be continued......)