Chapter 46: Battle for the Lakers
(I'm sorry to be late!) )
It was already dawn when we came together, Gu Fei packed up and came to the hotel's restaurant.
When I went downstairs, I saw Noah, Hinrich, and Lore Deng sitting together for breakfast, but the others did not notice them.
"Why didn't you see anyone else? Is it out? ”
"I don't know, but when I got down, I saw the two of them here, so I came over with them," Noah was the first to speak.
"They shouldn't have gotten up yet, they didn't train today, and they played late last night."
After listening to Luo Erdeng's answer, Gu Fei nodded as if he understood, and then sat down to have breakfast with them.
After a while, others also got up, but because there was no training, everyone went their own way.
Gu Fei didn't go out, he went back to the room after breakfast, ready to watch the video of the Lakers game.
In fact, when it comes to the Lakers, as long as you are a basketball fan, you must be no stranger, whether you like this team or not, the Lakers and Celtics have won half of the championships in NBA history, which is an undeniable fact.
In particular, the Celtics withdrew from the championship after "Big Bird" Larry Bird, and from the 1995-1996 season, the Celtics failed to make the playoffs for six consecutive years, until the 2001-2002 season, when the Celtics broke into the playoffs again under the leadership of Pierce and Anthony Walker, and that year they reached the Eastern Conference Finals, losing 2-4 to the New Jersey Nets. But then the team went downhill again, and by last season it had fallen to the bottom of the East, with an 18-game losing streak due to Pierce's injury.
But this year, they have a big three, but they are very good, uh... It seems to be a bit off-topic, continue to talk about the Lakers.
Looking at the Lakers in the late Celtic period: In the 1999-2000 season, Phil Jackson became the head coach of the Lakers. [6] That season, the Lakers eliminated the Trail Blazers after a thrilling seven-game battle to reach the Finals. In Game 7 of the Finals, the Lakers trailed by 13 points in the fourth quarter, but O'Neal and Bryant combined for 16 points, and the Lakers came back from defeat to win the championship for the first time since 1988.
In the 2000-01 season, the Lakers were unstoppable in the playoffs, winning 11 in a row. Although the winning streak was ended in Game 1 of the Finals, the Lakers then won four games in a row to defeat the 76ers with a total score of 4-1 and win two consecutive championships with a playoffs record of 15-1. O'Neal averaged 33 points and 15.8 rebounds per game in the Finals, becoming the Finals MVP.
In the 2001-02 season, the Lakers faced the Kings in the Western Conference Finals in seven games before meeting the Nets. The Lakers defeated the Nets 4-0 to win three consecutive championships. O'Neal averaged 36.3 points and 12.3 rebounds per game in the Finals, once again becoming the Finals MVP.
Although in the 04-05 season, due to the intensification of conflicts within the team, O'Neal and Kobe Bryant were destined to have one to leave
On, the Lakers chose to renew Kobe's contract after a painful choice and rebuild around Kobe. Phil Jackson left the team that year, while O'Neal was traded to the Miami Heat in exchange for Ramar Odom, Bryan Grant and Caron Butler. The rebuild was a long and painful wait, and in this season, despite the best efforts of Kobe Bryant and others, they still fell short at the last minute and failed to make the playoffs this season.
In the next two seasons, the Lakers only reached the first round of the playoffs, but no team in the entire league dared to underestimate the Lakers, because that man still existed in the Lakers, not to mention the continuous poor record Kobe has been asking the team's management for reinforcements, and the Lakers' management has agreed to Kobe's request, I believe they will make a big move soon.
In fact, the Lakers don't have Kobe Bryant, but there is another person who is also worthy of everyone's attention, that is, Phil Jackson, who is called "Zen Master" by Chinese fans, although the controversy about this person has always been relatively big like Kobe, but his performance as a coach is not fake: as the head coach of the NBA, Phil has led the team to win the championship 11 times, including leading the Chicago Bulls and the Los Angeles Lakers to complete three consecutive championships three times; Four-time head coach of the NBA All-Star team; In 1996, he won the NBA "Best Coach" award.
In this way, Gu Fei has been staying in the room except for going out for a lunch, and Kobe Bryant also called to invite him to go out to play, but Gu Fei also refused!
As night slowly fell, the Staples Center began to come alive.
There was still an hour before the start of the game, but a lot of fans had already gathered outside the stadium, and it was slowly starting to enter!
The players began to enter, Odom was the first to walk out of the players' tunnel, the spotlight hit him, and the whole Staples Arena began to cheer, and then the lights went out, Fisher heard the DJ and walked out, walking one after another, and when Kobe Bryant came out, the entire Staples Center fell into a frenzy.
The game was about to start, and at this time Kobe took the initiative to walk over to Gu Fei.
"Gu, I won't show mercy today, not only to blow up Gordon, but also to blow you up."
"Okay boss, if you want to up, I can't do anything, I have to find a way to blow up your little brother."
After a few more conversations, Bryant returned to the Lakers.
"The game has started, China's Gu is still starting the game, I'm a little worried for him, can he withstand the bombardment of the winner Bryant?" Barkley appeared in front of the camera shaking his fat head.
"Charles, I don't think you need to care about this, they chatted together before the game, I heard that Bryant invited Gu to his house last night, maybe he will release water?"
"Okay, Charles, without further ado, Andrew jumped off possession and gave the Lakers their first chance to attack."
"Unsurprisingly, the Lakers handed over the first offense to Kobe Bryant."
"Boy, I'm going to break through, from your left."
Gu Fei didn't have time to react Kobe Bryant moved, there was no fancy dribbling, after crossing the ball left and right, a change of direction and a hard rush back, of course, from Gu Fei's left.
"I told you to break through to your left, and you didn't stop yourself." Kobe Bryant, who scored with an emergency stop and back, said to Gu Fei.
"Bryant easily broke through Gu's defense, and it really didn't cost any strength, it was really like crossing the road in the early morning."
"Charles, can you not spit when you speak, why are you so disgusting?"
The two of them on the commentary bench quarreled, but this didn't matter when Gu Fei was, now he was thinking about how to score in Kobe's hands, because he was really unsure in the face of Kobe's defense.
However, Gu Fei still had to give it a try, and he reached out to ask for the ball at the top arc.
Seeing Gu Fei holding the ball, Kobe Bryant immediately posted it, and now he will not give Gu Fei a chance to score three points.
"Boy, you won't score, I'll kill you."
Ignoring Kobe's trash talk, Gu Fei started dribbling.
It is also a left-right cross dribble, but Gu Fei's dribble is larger than Kobe's, and the center of gravity is lower.
But it seems that none of these have any effect on Kobe, and of course Gu Fei will not have no back-up moves.
Gu Fei began a tentative breakthrough, and although several consecutive feints did not completely deceive Kobe's center of gravity, they were somewhat offset.
Gu Fei broke through to the right and accelerated, extremely fast start, but at that moment, he got rid of Kobe.
Then he took another big stride to the right, and he jumped to his feet.
At this time, Kobe Bryant had already returned to Gu Fei, and in the face of Gu Fei who was jumping, Kobe Bryant stretched out his hand to seal it.
Gu Fei didn't expect Kobe to defend himself so quickly, and he also planned to learn Kobe's sideways jump shots, but now it seems that it won't work, and the same should be added.
Gu Fei began to lean back, the ball was out of Kobe's blocking range, and Kobe, who saw that the blocking was hopeless, covered Gu Fei's shooting vision with his hand.
Moving horizontally and leaning back, one of Kobe's signboards, now Gu Fei uses it, but it is also decent, and there is also an exclamation at the scene.
The audience at the scene didn't think that this rookie would actually learn his signature moves in front of Kobe.
Gu Fei, who couldn't see the basket, threw the ball in with the same feeling.
Towels are now flying on the Bulls' bench, even though it was the Bulls' first goal of the game.
"You kid can, you really learned my tricks, but I won't give you another chance below"
As he spoke, Gu Fei saw a strong fighting intent in Kobe's eyes.
"Maybe I really don't have a chance next?" >