Chapter 143: Bustling All-Stars
The Lakers eventually dropped Odom, the glamorous left-handed magician who couldn't get on the court in the crucial fourth quarter, sitting on the bench and watching his team struggle and get killed on their doorstep.
Kobe and Zen Master broke out for the Nth quarrel this season, the latter regarded Odom as a very important part when arranging the lineup, but Kobe refused to accept the alliance with Odom, and the quarrel between the two even alarmed the Warriors next door, Chamberlain and others looked at Kobe with envy, this is the boss of the first team, even the head coach is not a bird.
The NBA is actually still a star arena, no matter how popular the head coach is, unless he can achieve the point where Cardinal Auerbach decides the fate of the team, the head coach or general manager is just a nanny in front of the team's star.
But how many cardinals are there in the Alliance? Even if he is as tough as Sloan, he was later fired because of a feud with Jazz core Deron Williams.
The Zen master angrily scolded Kobe for managing too much, Kobe Bryant disdained the Zen master's eyes, and his reason was very reasonable: "What is a win or a loss?" I want the championship! Look at the current team, what has become of it? Fuck, there's a big problem with the atmosphere in our team, and it's not something that can be solved by trading one Pau Gasol. Lamar Odom can't play today anyway, and I want to let him know that if he can't concentrate on playing in the Lakers, then no matter what the team loses, he won't want to play! ”
Hearing Kobe Bryant, who has always been tyrannical and indifferent, say such a thing, the Zen master couldn't refute it, Kobe Bryant was really about to be driven crazy by the championship now, he actually changed his temperament, and his vision was so long-term, which made the Zen master quite pleased, so the short quarrel ended quickly.
A group of birdmen on the Warriors bench watched with relish, and old Nelson was also watching, seeing Kobe Bryant and the Zen master finally shake hands and make peace, he was unwilling in his heart, he most hoped that Kobe and the Zen master would fall out, so that even if Gasol was owned, the Lakers would be finished.
In fact, this game has been played so far, the old Nelson is as frightened as the Zen master, the Warriors have shown all their strength, and they have also broken out once because of Evans' humiliation, what is the result? So far, he has not been able to gain an absolute advantage.
On the other hand, the Lakers, now they are counting on the combination of Kobe Bryant and Gasol, which has not yet matured, the first triangle of Odom's triangle tactics has not appeared, and the Lakers' most powerful offensive means have not yet been shown.
Of course, Kobe Bryant also understands this truth, so he wants to suppress Odom in this game, and he wants to use this means to wake up this ignorant left-handed magician.
Even if you lose this game.
Although they lost the game, the Lakers lost not ugly, they lost by five points at 98:103, if Odom came on the fourth floor, they may not be able to turn the tables, Odom is tall and can defend the No. 5 position, with him and Gasol teaming up, although it will not block Chamberlain, but it can also cause him a lot of trouble.
You must know that at the last moment of this game, the Warriors were a strong attack on the restricted area, and Gasol did not blossom when Chamberlain played him. As for Mbembenga, the judo master had already left the court with six fouls, and in the face of Chamberlain, who was far faster and more agile than him, he had no other way to fight than a foul.
Chamberlain got even better because of Billups' help, and he scored 26 points, 16 rebounds, and made six blocks. Billups scored 15 points but had a game-high 13 assists, and after teaming up with Chamberlain, he was back in the second spring.
Bryant still scored a game-high 30 points on 11-of-22 shooting, Gasol scored 25 points, and the two combined to score more than half of the Lakers' scores.
At the end of the game, Kobe Bryant was in a good mood, he took the initiative to talk to Chamberlain, and said with a smile: "Good job today, rookie, you grabbed a lot of good rebounds, which surprised me, I hope you can continue to work hard, we will see you all-stars, and then give me a good rebound." ”
The reason why he is in a good mood is very simple, Gasol's performance made Kobe very satisfied, the past two defeats, the Lakers have lost by a large score, and the interior line has been blown up by Chamberlain. Gasol didn't do a good job of restraining Chamberlain today, but the latter didn't do a good job of restraining him, so Kobe Bryant was satisfied.
It is not difficult for Chamberlain to lock Gasol, whether it is speed or flexibility, Gasol is a grade worse than Chamberlain, not to mention the strength and resistance to hitting, Chamberlain has more strength in one hand than Gasol in both hands.
But Gasol is very smart, he has been cruising on the outside, playing against Kobe Bryant in the high position, attacking himself when he has the opportunity, and creating opportunities for his teammates when he doesn't have the opportunity. Among the active interior players, Gasol's ability to adapt is definitely one of the best.
Gasol's style of play, if it is left on the Grizzlies, it will be a soft egg, because he is the only reliance on that team, but in the Lakers, this is wisdom, the boss and core of this team is Kobe, as long as he can provide enough help to the boss, the team really does not rely on him.
Chamberlain and Bryant sat together and bragged about it, the latter is the standard strong man's temper, if you show enough strength, he will respect you and want to be friends with you, and if you behave badly, then sorry, will neither attract his sympathy nor respect you.
Leaving a sentence of 'All-Star See', Chamberlain left the court, and now there is still half a month before the end of the All-Star, the All-Star voting is over, Chamberlain ranks second in the Western Forward Line with 1.8 million votes, and was successfully selected as an All-Star in his rookie season, even the little emperor James did not do it.
Now that the All-Star starting lineup has been announced, the selection of substitutes is in full swing, and the backup lineup will also be released two days after the All-Star starting lineup appears.
Of these, 14 players are voted for by the coaches of the NBA's 30 teams, and each coach cannot choose the players on his own team. The East and West benches each include two defenders, two forwards, a center forward, and two players in any position.
This season's vote king belongs to Garnett, who played well with the Celtics and became the pillar of this classic old powerhouse, and his passionate style of play and passionate performance made him a fan favorite, becoming the vote king with 2.4 million votes. Yao Ming once again became the starting center in the West, with 1.85 million votes, which shows how prescient Nelson Sr. was, if Chamberlain ran with him as a center, he would have lost.
For the majority of Chinese fans, Yao Ming, a native of China, is their own son, Chamberlain, a Chinese, is just a godson, and for Winnie, Li Qun, Nelson Sr. and others, their task is to find a way to turn Chamberlain, a godson, into the son of the Chinese.
In this vote, another Chinese beloved Maddie was surpassed by Iverson at the last moment, and finally fell out of the starting lineup, which is also normal, Maddie has been injured many times this season, and is no longer the performance of the gods, and Iverson formed a backcourt double gun with Anthony in the Nuggets, and is still out of the limelight.
In the Eastern All-Star starting lineup, the two guards are Kidd and Wade, the two forwards are Garnett and the little emperor James, and the center is Howard.
In the Western All-Star starting lineup, the two guards are Kobe and Iverson, and the forwards are Duncan and Chamberlain. As for the starting center in the west, there is no doubt about it, it is none other than Yao Ming.
In this All-Star vote, Garnett, who switched to the Celtics, was elected as the vote king, and even left the hot James behind.
In the west, Yao Ming is the best choice for the center, and the little bully Stoudemire is still difficult to shake Yao Ming's status, this unlucky kid is more energetic than himself, obviously doing the work of a big forward, a strong report to the position of the center, does he think he is more domineering than Chamberlain? Yao Ming has been an All-Star starting center in the West for six consecutive years, which means that he has been an All-Star starting center since he entered the NBA in 02.
In the All-Star voting in the East, although Yi Jianlian did not appear in the list of candidates for the striker, he was favored by the majority of fans in the All-Star vote, which shows how huge the number of Chinese fans is.
O'Neal lost his All-Star starting center spot and was replaced by a young Howard, so far, this year's All-Star has not appeared in a big team, and any team has a maximum of one player in the starting lineup, but with the addition of the bench, that's more than that.
Coming out with the starting lineup is the head coach of the All-Star Game, which is simple, the head coach of the team with the best record in the East and West, the Celtics coach Docs Rivers in the East, and the head coach in the West is Phil Jackson.
Two days later, the All-Star bench lineup was also released, the Warriors were good, they couldn't even get a hair in the All-Stars in previous seasons, and one Davis also went to play soy sauce, but this time they got two All-Stars, Chamberlain started, and Billups came off the bench.
In addition, the West has two defenders named Nash and Hornet Paul, two forwards are Nowitzki and Anthony, one center is Stoudemire Jr., and two random positions are Billups and Brandon Roy.
Compared with the star-studded Western All-Star lineup, the Eastern All-Star lineup is not very good-looking, the Raptors' leading boss Bosh, the Wizards' leading big brother Jamison and the second master of the Wizards, Caron Butler, the Atlanta Hawks' Eagle King Joe Johnson, in addition to the other two big heads of the Green Shirts, Pierce and Gentleman Ray, plus Billups' former teammate Hamilton, make up this lineup.
Any of the alternate All-Stars in the West has a glorious history or is creating a glorious history, but what about the substitutes in the East? A big wave of brushes mixed in there!
Bustling, the All-Star voting event came to an end, and the fans of the major stars began to fight with each other, O'Neal, who was an All-Star starter last season, didn't even get into the bench this season, and the fans were especially angry, is an All-Star without O'Neal still called an All-Star?