Chapter 138: Hello Lakers
Chamberlain played more and more bravely in January, but it was not him who was the best player in the West, but Kobe Bryant, the leader of the Lakers.
After the Black Mamba has Gasol, an inside giant, his power has increased dramatically, and after someone responds, and he is also a high-IQ All-Star level inside player to respond to him, Kobe's lethality on the outside has completely surged, and he can score, defend, assist, steal, and almost perfectly.
35 per game. 5 points, 8. 8 assists, 7. 4 rebounds and 2. 5 steals, if you can't get the best of the month, it's a bit unreasonable. Kobe Bryant actually doesn't care about the best of the month, what he wants is MVP, since he entered the league, he has not won this honor, which has become his biggest shortcoming when comparing with Jordan, Jordan is a six-time MVP winner, and two three-time MVP!
MVP attaches great importance to the team's record, without Gasol as a strong deputy, Kobe Bryant can lead the Lakers to the playoffs is very reluctant, let alone play a super record that can be enough for him to win the MVP?
After acquiring Gasol at the end of December, the Lakers' record skyrocketed, and Gasol showed his amazing adaptability with the Lakers, which is an advantage for all golf players, and Billups was also with the Warriors.
In January, the Lakers played 14 games and won 12 games, and their sudden rise caught the whole league off guard, Kobe + Gasol was recognized as having the strength to challenge the Celtics Big Three, not to mention that they also have a Bynum, if the Little Shark grows well, the Lakers Big Three and the Green Army Big Three will be the most interesting event in the NBA in the next few seasons.
The premise is that the Warriors no longer provide Chamberlain with a strong assistant, and he will be the main pillar alone, for other teams, such a Warriors are a threat, but they will not be terrible.
As a result, shortly after many teams became worried about the Warriors, Billups came to the Warriors.
Chamberlain has a royal passer, and compared to Louis Williams, who has a lot of potential but is not strong enough, Billups is a fierce player who can come to the Warriors and charge.
However, the opponents of the Warriors in January did not have any super strong teams, so although their record is still excellent, the power of Chamberlain and Billups is not very clear to each team, and their touchstone is the Lakers, and the first game in February is that the Lakers sit at home and face the Warriors.
In the past two games, the Lakers have lost one game each to the Warriors at home and on the road, which Kobe Bryant cannot tolerate, and he allows his team to have a slightly poor record, but he does not want to see his team lose to his brother in the same state, and the Lakers have been the No. in California in the past season. 1 Ah.
Relying only on himself, the team lost, which is understandable, he is Kobe Bryant, Black Mamba is a lone hero, not God or God of War or anything like that. Now with Gasol, Kobe Bryant is confident that his chance for revenge has come.
The Lakers' starting lineup is Radmanovic + Gasol + Lamar Odom + Kobe + Fisher, poor little shark Bynum is injured again, and the Lakers have to use Radmanovic to replace him. Now that Gasol has it, everything doesn't matter, go to Nima, you come to the inside line and fight with Gasol for the right to shoot, or let Gasol do it here alone.
Bynum and Radmanovic are good friends, with the former bowling and skiing, and they will go down in NBA history for their achievements in both sports.
The Warriors' starting lineup has stabilized, with Chamberlain on the inside, Petrus as his deputy, Jackson as the small forward, who can attack and defend, Ellis as the scoring guard, and Billups as the new favorite of the Warriors.
Billups and the Lakers are good friends, in the 2004 finals, it was he who led the Pistons Five Tigers to end the Lakers' F4 championship ambitions, and single-handedly contributed to the collapse of the OK combination.
Billups was ahead of Chamberlain at the entrance, but received more boos than the latter, and Chamberlain smiled after entering: "Man, you don't seem to be very popular here?" Work hard today and make them hate you even more. ”
Billups didn't care, shrugged his shoulders and said, "I'm not a dollar bill, how can I make all the fans like it?" ”
Kobe Bryant made a shot at Chamberlain from afar, and told him with his mouth, 'Your kid is going to die today'.
The game started in a fiery atmosphere, Chamberlain easily won the ball when he jumped the ball, and said to the stupid Radmanovich: "You are an expert in skiing, you can't play ball!" ”
Running forward, Chamberlain thought for a while, then turned back and said, "Of course, you can't fight!" ”
Billups motioned for Jackson to come up and help cover, and Fisher stretched out his arms to block Jackson, at which point Billups did not take the opportunity to break through, but passed directly to Chamberlain on the inside.
Oxlade-Chamberlain was under no pressure against Radmanovich's defence, and it was easier to get stuck in a position than to cut in front of the supermarket cashier.
Getting the ball, Chamberlain turned around, his ****** slammed on Radmanovich, the latter screamed and flew away, and Bynum on the field showed a happy smile when he saw this: "Look, the importance of brother is reflected, if there is no brother, who of you can defend Chamberlain, an inside beast?" ”
The Lakers are no longer the Lakers they used to be, and there are not only his little sharks on the inside, but also Gasol.
Chamberlain bumped into Radmanovic and wanted to go to the basket, Gasol slid to his side, jamming Chamberlain from the side, if the latter forced a layup, even if he could score, it would take a lot of effort, and now that the game has just begun, it will take too much physical strength at this time, even if he is as brave as Chamberlain, it will not be easy.
A strong figure moved to the bottom corner of the box like a ghost, and Chamberlain withdrew the ball he was about to shoot, flicked it over.
Billups received the ball and jumped quickly, shaking his hand to shoot the ball out.
Fisher's face was full of helplessness, he was being stuck by Jackson, as for Odom, that guy's defense is the same as his concentration, either explode or finish the calf, unfortunately, Odom didn't break out of the small universe today, he softened.
"Damn, cheer me up, I can't spare you if I lose today!" Bryant scolded Odom, who sneered, without the resentment that should be felt after being humiliated, and honestly ran to the frontcourt, running much more actively.
Seeing this scene, Chamberlain couldn't help but sigh and said, "What a wonder!" ”
Fisher and Billups tangled for a while and passed the ball to Odom, who was still very sharp in attack, especially in the face of Ellis's defensive sieve, he found an open space with a reverse run, took the ball from Fisher and turned to bully Ellis, who was much thinner than him, with his back.
Kobe Bryant reached out for the ball against Jackson, Odom twisted his body sideways, and rushed from Kobe's side with his left hand, Ellis was pushed away by him, and Jackson had to temporarily switch defenses. Seeing this, Odom hurriedly passed the ball to Kobe, which was his purpose.
Ellis's defensive awareness is still quite good, he immediately stuck Kobe, but the fart didn't work, Kobe 'Bang Bang' hit Ellis a few times with his ass, the latter flew crookedly to the side, Kobe put away the ball and turned back, his wrist shook softly, and the ball crossed a beautiful parabola in the air, and fell into the hoop.
Chamberlain is unwilling, if he could go up to cover Kobe Bryant before, but now with Gasol, he doesn't dare to vacate the position easily, Gasol's mid-to-long range shooting and his ability to respond have always been top-notch in the inner line, he and Kobe Bryant are present at the same time, it's hard to say who has more deterrence.
However, Oxlade-Chamberlain then responded, first mentioning that the high post provided Billups as a cover, and then lightning interspersed into the penalty area, landed in the open space, avoided the blocks of Radmanovic and Gasol, and jumped up to receive a pass from Billups for a classic aerial relay.
This is skillful and tacit, this dunk is powerful and domineering, but Nelson Sr. shook his head, it may be a mistake to exchange Billups for him, although the Warriors' record has risen, but Chamberlain's growth has slowed down, he relies too much on Billups and has failed to continue to grow in the direction of the super inside.
Chamberlain had that potential, and the elder Nelson was convinced of that.
Ellis's defense will not always be so sieve, and Odom's attention will not always be so concentrated, he slid the ball to the bottom line and was stuck by Ellis, so he turned around and wanted to pass the opponent, but as soon as he turned around, the referee's whistle sounded, and Odom's ball hit the sideline.
This kind of low-level mistake can also be made? Kobe Bryant couldn't tolerate it, he stared at Odom with hatred, and couldn't help but scold. Gasol stepped forward in time to hug Odom and whispered something beside him, Odom glanced at Kobe Bryant awkwardly and nodded silently, and became much more energetic when he ran again.
This is another role of Gasol, his temper and Kobe Bryant are exactly two extremes, the latter is strong and tyrannical, while he is gentle and sunny, this kind of character is not good to lead the team to be old nature, but it is extremely suitable to be the second leader, such as Pippen to assist Jordan.
Kobe's temper is much hotter than Jordan's, but there are no available soldiers at hand, and if Bynum is injured, Odom can still provide him and Gasol with some help, otherwise if there is a Barnes or Jackson or something, Odom would have rolled back to the bench.
Chamberlain asked for the ball inside and singled Rademanovic, he turned around and pulled the ball up to make a breakthrough feint, the latter hurriedly moved sideways, seeing this, Chamberlain unceremoniously took advantage of his movement and slammed his shoulder, Radmanovic staggered back, Chamberlain came up from behind, grabbed the ball and was about to dunk it.
Gasol shouted and followed up from behind, jumping to block Chamberlain, but Chamberlain's body stretched and contracted, with his left foot as the central axis foot quickly rotated for half a circle, avoiding Gasol and then facing the basket, jumping up and throwing, and easily sending the ball to the basket.
The elder Nelson on the sidelines applauded vigorously, and he gave Thurmond who came with the team an appreciative look, which was the latter's famous stunt in the NBA that year, combining strong physical fitness and skillful interior skills into one, attacking the city and conquering the ground, invincible.