Chapter 235: The Hornets and the Lakers (Uploaded a little late, sorry)

"You're not kidding, that kid wants to buy the Warriors?" Chamberlain grinned, and his tonsils were almost exposed.

Li Qun snorted reluctantly and said, "Otherwise, what do you think he came to San Francisco for?" Are you looking for an autographed photo? ”

Chamberlain smiled awkwardly: "I thought he was here to soak you." ”

Hearing this, Li Qun immediately raised his eyebrows, and Chamberlain leaned up to hug Li Qun, who slapped away his big furry hand and scolded: "What bad things do you want to do?" It's the playoffs, so get some sleep and build up your stamina to take on the San Antonios! ”

Chamberlain didn't care, he stretched out his ape arms like an eagle catching a chicken and hugged Li Qun into his arms, and said with a sly smile: "Isn't this a misunderstanding?" But I'm still not convinced, why would that kid want to buy a team? Isn't it very profitable? ”

NBA stars are undoubtedly at the top of the social industry in terms of salary income, but in the final analysis, they are still part-time workers, relying on selling their physical strength in exchange for food, and from this point of view, they are not much different from workers, they are all blue-collar workers.

The stars are still like this, the owner of the team is not much stronger, and the investment required to feed an NBA team is not a little bit, many teams such as the Raptors, Bobcats, and Bucks often make ends meet, and the owner has to make money through the team, but also have to post money himself.

Most of the NBA's owners are nothing in the upper class in the United States, which is why Microsoft director Paul Allen bought the Portland Trail Blazers that made such a splash in the sports world. The United States is a country with no cultural heritage, unlike Europe, where the people who play football clubs are industry bigwigs, and many of them are giants in the energy industry.

Richardson knew that his background was not ordinary, he appeared twice and changed two cars, one was a Bentley and one was a Maybach Zeppelin, he could afford to drive these two cars, the business that the family was engaged in was definitely a profiteering industry, and why did people who were engaged in a profiteering industry play clubs?

Managing a team requires a lot of manpower, material resources and energy, and the output and investment are absolutely not proportional, and Dolan, the owner of the New York Knicks, understands this truth, so now he begins to ignore the team and let it go, which has also led to one of the reasons why the Knicks have become worse and worse in the last dozen seasons from the big apple to the bad apple.

Therefore, Chamberlain learned that Richardson was going to buy a team, so he was so unbelievable, what he didn't believe was not that Richardson was young enough to afford this team, but that you don't know how many rich people in the world are in the United States.

Under Chamberlain's various stalking, the two got tired of getting together, and Li Qun obviously still cared about Chamberlain's performance in front of the public before, but when it came to **, Chamberlain punched and beat him violently, and Li Qun only had the share of Jiao Pang****.

After a warm encounter with Li Qun, Chamberlain vented his frustration of losing, he leaned on the ** and opened his notebook, and began to watch the video clips of other teams' games sent by the team's assistant coaches, as well as the analysis of each team's position.

On May 7, the Hornets played away against the Lakers, the Lakers led the Hornets by 10 points at the end of the first half, and after the start of the second half, the Hornets fought back frantically, but in the fourth quarter, Kobe Bryant broke out, West, Chandler both committed 6 fouls, and in the end, the Lakers beat the Hornets 107-101 to get off to a good start.

In Chamberlain's view, there are two monsters in the NBA, one is Nowitzki and the other is Kobe.

Nowitzki didn't endorse any products after joining the league, and his explanation was simple: "I like basketball, I enjoy this kind of game, I want pure competition, I don't want to have anything to do with business." ”

Chamberlain was convinced of Nowitzki, because he could not bend his waist in the face of money, although he also knew that even if he relied on his salary alone, he would be enough to squander in his life.

Kobe Bryant's freak is reflected in another point, that is, he never goes online, yes, in the 21st century technology center of the United States, Kobe Bryant rarely goes online, his entertainment is in addition to fitness is watching movies, this is what he said. Of course, the American people know that he also has a hobby of picking up girls.

Not on the Internet does not mean that Kobe Bryant does not understand the biggest controversy in the NBA today, in fact, whether it is a sports program on TV or a magazine or newspaper, they are arguing about the topic of Kobe Bryant and Paul who is the MVP this season, and the call for Kobe to steal Paul's MVP is higher.

Including Chamberlain, many people believe that Kobe Bryant won the MVP because of the league's partiality, because he is the image spokesperson of the league, and the NBA image spokesperson does not have an MVP, which is obviously incredible. It's a well-established fact that Kobe Bryant can make himself stronger, and Paul can make his teammates stronger.

But Kobe Bryant didn't think so, he had long thought that he should win the MVP - Iverson, Garnett, and Duncan all have MVPs, and O'Neal certainly has MVPs. Winning the MVP honor this season is not only a matter of course for him, but it is still too late, and the league should have made him MVP a long time ago.

However, Kobe Bryant is not a person who likes to fight, he likes to tell the answer with practical actions, so this playoff match against the Hornets gave him this opportunity.

After the start of the first quarter of the game, Kobe Bryant wanted to play alone for the first time, facing Morris Peterson's defense, and after receiving Gasol's pass, he came to a turnaround jumper, but unfortunately the shot was too quick and the shot was missed, Paul **** passed Chandler, assisted the latter to come to a flying dunk, and took the lead in the start.

The Lakers' cup continued, Bynum turned to make a layup and was blocked by Chandler, and he was embarrassed against the boxing champion Little Shark, and then Odom broke through Peja to open the game for the Lakers.

The Lakers had a bad start and wanted to focus on Kobe, but Peterson actively pestered the black mamba, which made him suffer a lot at the beginning. Peterson is not very famous, but he is actually a defensive giant, a lesser-known excellent defensive player in the league, with a hard-working and scrappy attitude, his height and movement are not inferior to the league's top swingmen such as Kobe, Maddy, and Carter.

Unlike other first-class defenders, Peterson has fewer small defensive moves, and defending Kobe Bryant is a simple gummy defense, so that Kobe Bryant will have to spend more physical energy than usual to reach the goal if he wants to score, and there is nothing to say: Peterson defense has always been clean.

Fortunately, the Hornets continued to hit iron, the shooting percentage was very low, and they didn't even score a point in the first 3 minutes except for Chandler's dunk, and both teams were playing defensive battles, and the fans in the Staples Center arena kept booing.

Kobe Bryant can't stand this kind of scene first, but he wants to prove that he is more suitable for MVP than Paul, how to prove that he can't score? By assists? That's not his black mamba style.

The Black Mamba was very angry, and the consequences were serious, he no longer played with his back but broke through, causing Peterson to open the scoring after a defensive foul, and then scored another 2 points on a mid-range shot, and Kobe Bryant, who was on the rise, played more and more, and when he attacked the third time, he slipped directly to the bottom line and hit the basket with a backhand dunk, helping the Lakers lead the Hornets 10-6.

The Hornets had to call a timeout, and Mr. Scott, who had just won the best coach, developed a new tactic, but after the timeout, the Hornets' shooting percentage did not improve, but the turnovers increased. The Lakers, on the other hand, had a brilliant record, Odom made a basket for West's foul and hit two free throws, and Kobe Bryant hit a three-pointer, and the Lakers were firmly in control.

It's like cooperating with Kobe, the Hornets are getting worse and worse, Nene breaks through the dunk and dunks the ball away, seeing this scene Chamberlain, who was lying on the bedside, almost laughed at his big teeth: Are you guys in the playoffs? Why does it look like the comedians are playing comedy basketball?

Kobe Bryant was murderous, and after he scored a layup, the Lakers' lead grew wider and wider, directly leading the Hornets by double digits at 21-10. Finally, the Hornets offense began to wake up, first West won the game, and then Paul stopped organizing the team and attacked on his own, scoring six points in a row.

But on that side, the Lakers' offensive efficiency was also very high, Odom and Fisher combined to contribute 5 points to suppress the Hornets' momentum, and at the end of the first quarter, the Lakers 32-23 Hornets.

After the start of the second quarter of the game, Jordan Farmar who came off the bench scored 6 points in a row, and the Hornets also sent a bench, and the benches were obviously not good at defending this kind of tough battle, they launched an attack, Paul hit a shot in the middle to fight back, Ujacic hit a three-point shot, the Lakers continued to maintain a lead of more than 10 points, Kobe assisted Mbenga dunk, and the Lakers still maintained an 11-point lead.

The main force of the Hornets appeared again, this time West got the hang of it, he scored 4 points with a free throw and dunk to lead the Hornets to chase points, but Kobe Bryant scored 7 points in an internal and external shot, and the Wasps were embarrassed, and the whole court burst out with a volcanic eruption-like 'MVP' shout, Kobe Bryant looked like he was shining, but he played too hard in front, and he was still facing Mortenson's kraft candy defense to attack, although he scored more, but his physical exertion was more powerful.

Seeing Kobe Bryant's down, the Hornets took advantage of the situation to chase points, Paul threw a shot, West scored 4 points in a row, the Hornets played momentum, and once the Hornets chased the score to 50-56, seeing that the Zen master couldn't sit still, he called a timeout. At the end of the timeout, Paul stole the old fish's pass and scored quickly, and the Lakers focused on Gasol, who scored consecutive points, and Kobe Bryant also played, so that the Hornets couldn't bear it again, and at the end of the first half, the Lakers led the Hornets 64-54 and the margin returned to double digits.

After the start of the second half, the Hornets began to fight back, West scored three points, Paul scored 4 points in a row, on the other hand, the Lakers suffered an offensive crisis, in the first four minutes, the Lakers only Kobe Bryant shot 2 points, West made a layup to add two more points, and the Hornets chased the difference to three points, which was the smallest gap between the two sides after the opening.

The Zen master couldn't sit still again, and shouted again, this time he replaced Odom with Radmanovic, this trick proved to be effective, Radmanovic hit a three-pointer as soon as he came on the court, opening up the situation for the Lakers, Wharton Jr. added two more points in the middle of the shot, and the two teams started to attack again, Paul made a layup, Peja hit a three-pointer, and the Lakers maintained a slight lead at 71-68.

After the start of the fourth quarter, both teams had a drop in shooting percentage, and Odom, who was back on the court, began to get distracted again, he first passed the ball off the court, then grabbed the rebound and then passed it to Paul, who was stunned when he got the ball, buddy, did you hire an undercover agent?

Kobe Bryant was furious and wanted to pass the ball and go it alone, he broke through to make two fouls and hit two free throws, and strengthened the defense on the outside, causing the Hornets to score a point in the first two minutes.

Paul also made a breakthrough, the old fish had nothing to do about his breakthrough, he could only watch him score a layup to open the situation for the Hornets, and then West dunked it, and the two teams continued to stalemate, Paul, who had a tepid performance throughout the game, showed his fangs at this critical moment, and he broke through and threw to score 4 points, and the two sides were tied at 85.

Not to be outdone, Kobe Bryant rushed to the basket and hit a three-pointer successfully, but then Paul launched a counterattack, he swam on the outside, Kobe pushed away the old fish Fisher to defend himself, and the two MVPs met at this moment.

Paul's ability was vividly displayed at this moment, he broke through the emergency stop and withdrew from the three-point line to shoot a three-point shot, but deceived Kobe into jumping the block and making a foul, and the former hit all three free throws!

Black Mamba's anger is MAX, he volcanic eruption inside and outside combination scored 7 points in a row, Paul was not to be outdone during the period of 5 points in a row, the playoffs became a confrontation between two superstars, the last two teams fought to a 95 draw, and then Kobe Bryant added two more points, Paul missed, Gasol made a layup to help the Lakers stabilize the situation, and with 40 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Lakers led the Hornets 103-98.

But then, Peja hit a three-pointer, and the Hornets had another chance, but then Gasol received a pass from Odom and dunked, and the big picture was decided, and in the end, the Lakers won 107-101 at home against the Hornets.