229. The retreat of the Zen master

Kobe Bryant attacked with the ball, because of the referee's unfair decision, the morale of the Pistons was a little low, Prince was stunned, Kobe Bryant seized the opportunity to break through from him like the wind and rushed to the restricted area. Billups came up to make up for the defense, Kobe Bryant shook his shoulder to the left sharply in the face of him, handed the ball in his right hand to the left hand, and took a quick step with his left foot, looking to break through from Billups' right side.

Billups stepped back, Bryant's shoulders shook again, the ball was handed to his right hand and the whole person moved two feet to the right, avoiding Billups and rushing into the box.

Wajben pushed O'Neal away to appear in Kobe's field of vision, and the latter calmly made a back-to-back single posture, but passed the ball to O'Neal's hand.

Seeing that Huaben was attracted out, O'Neal got the ball and turned around, pulled the ball back of his head with both hands, and jumped into the air with his fat body, seeing that he was about to come to an imposing two-handed buckle. As soon as he jumped, he suddenly heard a voice sound: "No! ”

At first, O'Neill thought it was Huaben's voice, and he smiled proudly, but after careful reflection, the voice was a little familiar, a bit like there was no thought behind it, and a terrifying force hit the ball between his hands, and the force was so great that it seemed like a comet falling from the sky and falling into his hand.

The huge force slapped against the basketball, as if it had installed an engine on it, and wildly broke free from O'Neal's hands. The shark turned back in horror and saw a No. 3 jersey fluttering behind him, like a flag against the wind, uninhibited, wild, proud and fierce!

The ball fell, Kobe hurriedly pounced up, Hua Ben fell directly after landing, hugged the ball into his arms, Kobe reached out to grab it, Hua Ben swept up with an elbow, and directly pushed Kobe far away.

At the same time, the referee's whistle sounded, and Huaben raised his head angrily, his elbow swing just now was very hidden, and Kobe Bryant pressed on him, so it was impossible for outsiders to see it.

Crawford's heart trembled twice at Waben's tyrannical gaze, and he rarely explained the reason for the whistle: "Your coach asked for a timeout. ”

Hua Ben got up, handed the ball to the bald party, and walked off the field proudly, leaving the fans with an indifferent expression and a lonely back.

Brown arranged the tactics, the Pistons players were about to play, Huaben suddenly called everyone down, he looked at the scoreboard and said: "Now we are almost 10 points behind, how do you feel?" ”

Mirisic said simply: "Isn't it just chasing back." ”

"Chase back?" Waben sneered, and something very dangerous flowed in his narrowed eyes, "You know what happened to us, don't you?" , I bet the league doesn't want to see us win! Because we're poor, because we're not famous, because we're the villains Detroit! All the referees are helping our enemies, all the fans here are rooting for our enemies, you know, we're fucking enemies of the world right now! ”

The Pistons players looked at Huaben in a daze.

"It's not just a game now, bro, do you think our opponent is the Lakers? No! Our current enemy is the aristocracy of the whole world! They don't want poor people like us to win the championship, and in their eyes, we damned niggas are slaves, devils who deserve to go to hell! Now you only have two choices, either to compromise with the worldly forces and recognize us as weakling, or maybe these nobles will give us some bones to gnaw at that time! Otherwise, then use our fists to reclaim our dignity, break free from the shackles that bind our necks, and show the world that poor teams can win the championship as well! You can be the king of the world! Hua Ben roared with blazing eyes, "How do you choose?!" ”

"King of the World!" Everyone stood up and roared.

Hua Ben stretched out his strong arm and shouted haughtily: "Use your strength and let the noble Purple and Gold Legion see what kind of enemy they are facing, and tell them with facts that they have chosen the wrong opponent!" Let the people of Los Angeles shut their mouths! ”

"Kill!"

In midfield, Rashid passed the ball to Billups, whose muscular body rushed forward, violently crushed Fisher, and broke into the box to attract Malone's defense.

As soon as Malone came up, Billups immediately shared the ball, Rashid was running inside with all his might, and when he got the ball, he raised it directly above his head and took three steps to make a layup, and with the advantage of Warben stuck with O'Neal, he violently smashed the ball into the hoop.

Bryant turned his back to Prince and moved his feet to test the vain position of the latter's defense, and the little prince's arm was across Peter Pan's back, and every muscle of his thin body was tense, and he stuck Peter Pan in a high position.

O'Neal reached out for the ball, and Wahben's thick arm pushed his chest, fiercely fighting with him for the card position under the basket, completely at the cost of physical strength.

Bryant dropped the ball inside, and Mirisic, who was roaming around the horns, lunged at the basketball and poked his fingers at the ball, changing its gliding trajectory and landing to the side.

Waben scooped up the ball, Billups and Prince both raced down, and the basketball whizzed like a cannonball over the court until it landed in front of them.

"Stop him!" Bryant yelled, his footsteps were fast, and he quickly chased after him.

When Prince rushed to the three-point line, he suddenly slowed down, turned around and went up to Kobe, stopped Kobe with his body, Billups picked up the ball and flew up, held the ball with both hands and spun it in the air, reflexively looked back, and the backhand windmill was staged in the Staples Center.

The Pistons' counterattack made Barkley excited, and he laughed and said, "The Detroit people are really kind, not only did they not get hit, but they angered them, these bad boys, I knew they could do it!" I think David. Stern's shit must be very happy to see this game, this year's finals are exciting enough! ”

New York, the first city on the East Coast, in the "Olympic Tower" building at 645 Fifth Avenue.

A white man with glasses is smiling at the game, and the TNT logo is clearly visible in the upper left corner of the LCD TV screen. Listening to Barkley's words, the smile on the white man's face became thicker and thicker, and he slowly said to a beautiful woman in OL professional clothes next to him: "Love, remember to help me sue this guy Charles, he insulted me." ”

At the end of the first half, players from both sides left the field with solemn faces.

68:68, now the score is tied by the Pistons, so the Lakers have a solemn face; The Pistons are trying to tie the score, and the players are seriously overdrawn, so they have solemn faces.

The second quarter continued the high shooting rate of the first quarter, and the two teams rushed to shoot, and the hoops in this game were like the sea, and both sides were shooting how to have, so that the Lakers' effective joint defense was useless. The Pistons' stronger defense still relied on individual ability and tandem command, but it had some effect, and it was with the help of strong defense that they got the opportunity to equalize.

The atmosphere in the Lakers' locker room was tense again, and the opening lead once gave them hope that they could win together, but now that the Pistons are catching up, they are feeling the pressure.

For this championship regulars, two consecutive defeats are not afraid, and they are confident that they can win four of the next five games; But three consecutive defeats will not work, and the next four consecutive wins? Do you really think God is in love with Los Angeles? Los Angeles is just the city of angels, not the city of God!

The Zen master looked at his disciples, his heart was a little gloomy, he had already said everything he could say, and he had done everything he could do, and now, there was really no way to deal with it.

Kobe Bryant sat in his place and took out a CD player and listened to music with a headset, with an indifferent expression; O'Neill played with his phone, straight blank. Malone and Peyton whispered together, occasionally shaking their heads, as if vetoing something.

The Zen master sighed and suddenly said, "Next season, I may not coach the Lakers again, boys, I think, this is the last time I will appear in the Finals." "He's telling the truth, when he was with the Bulls, he trained Jordan Pippen Rodman, and when he got to the Lakers, he wanted to train O'Neal and Kobe, and the fans only saw how much honor he got by relying on these talented stars, and who saw the hard work he put in?

Before the 2003 draft, Brown insisted that the team should select Serbian and Montenegro star Mirisic, and said that even if he had a first-round pick, he would not choose LeBron, a talented high school student who won the championship in the United States. James. On the one hand, he is optimistic about Mirisic's potential, and on the other hand, he is really afraid of these heavenly pride, Brown once joked that his career in the 76ers coaching AI gave him a short life of ten years, which shows how difficult it is to command these talents.

Compared with Jordan Shark Kobe, AI's rebellion may not be much exceeded, at least he has a self-motivated heart and is willing to sacrifice a lot of things for the championship, Kobe Bryant is not so general compared to O'Neal, in order to compete for the boss, they can sacrifice the championship.

Everyone was stunned, O'Neill threw away his phone and said, "Hey, Phil, what's wrong with you?" How do you say these stupid things? We still have a lot of championships to win in the future. ”

The Zen master changed his stern image and said with a kind smile: "Although the championship is very tempting, but the family is more important, children, thank you for accompanying me to go so far on the road of competition, I think, I have come to the end, and you have given me a lot of surprises along the way, so that I have countless honors!" ”

Kobe wanted to speak, but the Zen master motioned for him not to speak yet, and continued: "Young men, I am older than you, so I can see some things better than you. Shaq, Kobe, you're all talented players, and you're all adults now, and there are some things that I haven't said before, because I think you all understand, and I still don't want to say it, everyone has their own path in life, and it's up to you to decide how to go about it. Changing the mind of an adult, I always thought it was a very stupid thing to do.

Only, I hope you don't regret your choice. Twenty or fifty years from now, you will look back on your career, and you will have gained and lost. There are some things that will make you laugh out loud; There are some things that will make you sad. Children, I hope that there will be fewer things that make you sad, and you will be happier, because basketball itself is happy. ”

(To be continued)