Chapter 966: This Is the Old Enemy
Because of Christmas, Staples Arena is in full swing.
The fans in Los Angeles are not very die-hard, so there are not many Lakers jerseys on the scene, and more children are gasping for Christmas clothes to watch this game. On the contrary, the Warriors fans were almost all dressed in the jerseys of Chamberlain and others, and the players stood up and cheered together when they entered.
TNT broadcast the game live, and Barkley had been muttering disgruntled before the game: "This is the capitalist, hey guys, you see, this is the capitalist!" It's Christmas, God is on vacation today, but we still have to go to work, how unfair it is. â
Smith laughed and said, "Come on, Charles, today's salary is five times higher." â
Barkley pursed his lips angrily and said, "What is this, is Uncle Charles still short of money?" â
"Then you can skip work." Mark Jackson said.
Barkley glared at him and said angrily, "You stupid, you will be deducted five times your salary if you skip work!" â
His inconsistencies made Smith and Jackson laugh, and fans loved Barkley for his goofy cleverness.
The players played, and even if the commentary got to the point, Barkley hit the nail on the head: "The Lakers are inferior to the Warriors in all aspects, including appeal, you see, the Warriors fans are still wearing the team's jerseys, and what about the Lakers fans?" I didn't see a few Lakers jerseys anyway. â
"But then again, the cheerleaders babies still look good in Christmas outfits." West rubbed his chin as he warmed up, and looked at the cheerleading beauties who were showing off their long black legs and said.
"Beauty, dating?" Jackson's shameless shouting directly at the cheerleading girls, the girls looked at them with a grin, but no one answered.
Kobe Bryant slapped the ball and walked over, and George, who was helping Curry stretch his legs, directly pushed the handsome guy away, walked towards Kobe Bryant excitedly, and then the two met, Kobe Bryant stretched out his right hand.
George trembled with excitement, idol, living idol, he also quickly stretched out his right hand to shake hands, and thought happily in his heart, look, look, this is Kobe, what a gentleman.
As a result, Kobe Bryant stretched out his hand and pushed him away directly, walked towards Chamberlain, and said lightly: "You haven't lost a game this month?" â
Chamberlain looked at George who was almost desperate and laughed, and laughed enough before he said to Kobe: "Not only this month, but also next month!" â
Kobe Bryant shrugged and said, "Then you're going to be disappointed, your winning streak is over today." â
After saying this, Kobe Bryant didn't give Chamberlain a chance to fight back, turned around and ran away, Chamberlain pointed at him and scolded: "****, you don't pay attention to it!" â
Kobe Bryant stopped again when he passed by George, he laughed, and said: "Boy, I deliberately teased you just now, you did a good job, you didn't embarrass Los Angeles, and you deserve to be a golfer who went out of Los Angeles." â
George is like the spare tire of the goddess, and the goddess Kobe Bryant made him desperate and sad just now, but it will give him a smile, and he immediately put his hot face on the goddess's ass.
Curry shook his head helplessly, IQ is a hard injury, no wonder the doctor said that brain damage cannot be cured, and George in front of Kobe Bryant is brain dead.
Kobe Bryant encouraged George a few words, and George saw the virtue of Daddy Mao in a picture of the Red Army, and he was chest and waist, so he almost knelt and licked Kobe.
Finally, Kobe Bryant said: "I'm very optimistic about you, PJ, do a good job, from you, I see myself fifteen years ago." By the way, I think it's better for the players in Los Angeles to play for the Lakers, how about it, do you have any thoughts of going back to Los Angeles? It's also close to your house, and you can drive home in an hour, right? â
"No, half an hour is enough." George said.
Chamberlain and others looked at George with intriguing eyes, but George didn't care, but he didn't answer Kobe's invitation, but impatiently introduced Kobe Bryant to how to drive from Los Angeles to Palm Town as quickly as possible: "Don't take Highway 8, although it was a smooth road at that time, but in fact you will take a lot of unjust roads, I don't know which son of a bitch built Highway 8, and it actually went around California a big circle, which is fucking funny!" â
"Take Robinson Secondary and turn into Highway 16 when you get to Hardford, drive all the way east, drive for about five minutes and you will see an intersection, then you turn right, it's not far from Palm Town, if I were you, I'd stop at this time......"
"Hey, Kobe, why are you going, listen to me, I'll introduce you, there's a great steakhouse at the crossroads, I remember you like steak, don't you?" Isn't your name, Kobe Bryant, the name of a steakhouse in Kobe, Japan......"
"Damn, look back, Kobe, why are you so ruthless?"
"Well deserved!" West gloated, and even the always good-natured Hill nodded, "I'm glad to hear it." â
After the warm-up, the cheerleaders left the stadium and the game officially began.
The starting lineup of the Lakers is: Bynum + Gasol + Artest + Kobe Bryant + Steve Blake, Fisher sprained his ankle in the previous game against the Thunder, when Westbrook's little bastard almost broke the ankle of the old fish with a continuous change of direction, if it weren't for the old fish and cunning and well-informed, it would have been planted at that time.
The Warriors' starting lineup is Chamberlain, Ibaka, Jackson, Carter and West, Curry has now changed to the sixth man, and the little handsome guy is very unwilling, but the old Nelson is arranged like this, and he can't help it.
"Actually, there's nothing wrong with the sixth man," Iverson said with a grin, "Come on, boy, let me teach you a few tricks, maybe you'll be the best defensive player this season." â
West touched Curry's head and said, "You learn from your AI brother first, and then the mad dog brother will be gone, and I will teach you a few hands, so you mad dog brother and I am a sixth-person master." â
After saying that, without waiting for Curry to scold his mother, West ran onto the court in a hurry.
Chamberlain moved his ankles and wrists on the halfway line, and Bynum stood across from him, deliberately making a blank face to add to his deterrent.
Chamberlain tilted his head to look at him and said, "Boy, why do I feel that you are a lot taller?" â
Bynum suddenly felt happy in his heart, and secretly said Could it be that Lao Tzu ****** superstar style came out, which made this guy increase the pressure and have the illusion that I have increased in height?
As a result, Carter's subsequent words broke his heart: "This idiot actually has long hair, hehe, it does look a lot taller, but it is inflated, his arms must still be so short." â
"I see." Chamberlain suddenly realized.
The referee blew the whistle, the basketball flew up, and Chamberlain got up and flicked his wrist and gave the racket to West.
West rushed directly to the frontcourt, standing outside the three-point line, his shoulders shook quickly twice, his right hand leaned forward with the ball to make a breakthrough posture, but the whole person rushed to the left, his right hand turned behind him, the ball turned half a circle behind him and fell into his left hand, directly past Blake and rushed out.
Against Blake, West has an absolute advantage, and there is no pressure to break through him.
Inside Bynum and Gasol saw West's breakthrough, but they didn't dare to make up for him, but wrapped Chamberlain in advance with one left and one right.
As a result, West saw that no one cared about him, so he simply rushed to the basket, so he went directly to Gasol, and the Spaniard had no choice but to take a step forward and open his arms to defend West.
At that moment, West flicked his arm and passed the ball to the ground, which fell right into Chamberlain's hands.
Chamberlain hit Bynum hard the moment he received the ball, so that the route to the basket was empty, Chamberlain received the ball and took a step inward, jumped up into the restricted area, and sent the ball into the hoop with a wrist pick.
Blake's offense is average, he is level-headed, broad-minded, but he lacks organizational talent, let alone the talent to create zĂ o passing, and when he gets to the frontcourt, he gives the ball to Kobe, which is his task, and Lao Yu told him before.
The Black Mamba bared his fangs, received the ball from the three-point line, dribbled two steps to Jackson's defense, and slammed into the interior.
Jackson stepped back and waved his arm back to defense, just about to block Kobe, but the black mamba twisted his knee and suddenly stopped the advancing figure, and when Jackson also stopped, he accelerated again, hitting such a speed difference, and just passed Jackson.
After the breakthrough, Kobe Bryant did not continue to rush inside, but stopped and braked to make a jumper, and with a steady flick of his wrist, he shot the ball into the hoop.
The Warriors' counterattack came immediately, West rushed to the frontcourt, this time he didn't need his breakthrough, Chamberlain stuck at the top of the arc of the penalty area, Bynum reached out for the ball, West hoisted the ball to him, he received the ball and hit it hard twice, and then suddenly turned around and came to a delicate change of direction, past Bynum and rushed to the penalty area.
Gasol had been preparing to make up for the defense, and when he saw Chamberlain's breakthrough successfully, he chased after him from behind, and Chamberlain jumped up as soon as he raised his arm.
Chamberlain didn't care, he just stood up and waved his arm to come to a tough buckle, Gasol stretched out his hand to block, but instead ate a foul and was beaten 2+1 by Chamberlain.
The Lakers' offense is naturally still presided over by Kobe.
Blake's task is simpler than Fisher's, he can pass the ball to Kobe Bryant in the frontcourt, and then run along the three-point line himself, looking for open space to make a battery.
Kobe Bryant still chose to play with his back, he leaned on Jackson and pushed back firmly, Kobe's strength was very strong, Jackson couldn't bear it, and he pushed him into the free throw area step by step.
Stepping into the free throw area, Kobe Bryant took a quick deep breath, and then his shoulders shook irregularly, Jackson's body subconsciously retreated, Kobe Bryant seized the opportunity to turn around and cut forward, stepping over Jackson's block and approaching the inside.
Chamberlain's eyes widened, and he immediately killed him, waving his long arm to block Kobe's way.
That's what Kobe Bryant wanted, and as soon as he saw Chamberlain rush up, jam the opponent and pass the ball to the flank.
Flank Gasol ran out of the open space with the help of Bynum's cover, he tacitly received Kobe's pass, and then rushed into the penalty area in two steps, held the ball with one hand and flicked his wrist, and steadily sent the ball into the hoop.
At 5-4, the Warriors led by one point.
Both sides started the game smoothly, but the reason is that both wanted to test the strength of each other's defense, and their own defensive strength was not raised, in fact, the Warriors and Lakers are one of the three best defensive teams in the West, ESPN previously rated the four best defensive teams in the league, that is, the Warriors, Lakers, Green Shirts and Spurs.
When the temptation is over, the two sides begin to move in earnest.
The Christmas game is no less important than the playoffs, so both sides will do everything to win and put a lot of effort into defense, although such a game is not very pretty.
Oxlade-Chamberlain went to the high post to ask for the ball, and the defender was replaced by Artest, and Gasol and Bynum did not follow. Artest doesn't suffer a loss in defending Chamberlain, he is strong enough, he can't resist Chamberlain can also block him to buy defensive time on the inside, if Chamberlain wants to break through, then he will enter the inside, and he has Gasol and Bynum's bag to deal with him.
Chamberlain tried several times to deceive Artest and simply attacked, but as soon as he got close to the inside, Gasol and Bynum flanked him from both wings.
Chamberlain didn't dare to stick to the ball, and immediately passed the ball to the vacant Jackson, as soon as Jackson got the ball, Kobe Bryant switched defenses and almost stealed, he had to pass to Carter, at this time was running out, Carter jumped up decisively, and then shot into a piece of fine iron and bounced out.
Similarly, the Warriors on the defensive end were more serious, Kobe Bryant was stared at by Jackson and failed to receive the ball, and finally slipped to the bottom line to borrow Bynum's help to run out of the empty space to get the ball, but in this way he faced Chamberlain, Kobe jumped up firmly, Chamberlain tried his best to stretch his arms, although he failed to block, but forced Kobe to lean back and deform, and the shot also turned into fine iron.
In this way, the two sides do not give in to each other, you have a goal, I have a shot, you have a iron and I am a long, and it can be regarded as not giving in to each other, so the score will naturally not be opened.