Chapter 119: Advance to the second round

Kobe Bryant walked off the court, and the team doctor immediately arranged for someone to help him walk to the locker room, Kobe Bryant didn't insist at this time, even he couldn't help the pain at this time. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

After Kobe Bryant left the court, the Lakers immediately called a timeout, without Kobe Bryant, the Lakers had to rearrange their tactics.

Popovich also rearranged his tactics at this time, to be precise, he directly issued the goal and won the game as soon as possible!

Popovich hopes that the Spurs players can take advantage of the Lakers' panic after Kobe Bryant's departure to win the game in one go.

However, in the first few minutes, the Lakers players did not panic too much, and they were stimulated by the scene where Kobe Bryant insisted on taking free throws with injuries and walked off the court on their own.

It wasn't until a few minutes later, when the Spurs stretched the margin to five points, that the Lakers began to collapse.

Even the scene of Kobe's previous injury inspired the Lakers players, but it is a fact that there is no Kobe on the court, and the Lakers are obviously not suitable for games without Kobe, especially in this series, several games add up, Kobe Bryant is not on the court for more than ten minutes.

In such a situation, when the Spurs showed their old side, withstood the first few waves of attacks from the Lakers, and opened up the point difference, the Lakers began to be unable to resist.

In the past, the Spurs, who had been behind, had already dealt a great blow to the morale of the Lakers, and now Kobe's injury and departure and the Spurs widened the point difference have made the Lakers' morale fall to a low point.

After that, the game became simpler, and the difference between the two teams widened and widened, so everyone knew that this game, this series, was over!

In the last quarter of the game, the score of the two teams was 16:36, in this quarter of the game, the Spurs won the Lakers by 20 points, and in the back, the Spurs also directly sent marginal players, such as Maddy, who has not yet adapted to the Spurs system, played for the Spurs for the first time.

At the end of the game, 99:113, the Spurs won the game with a 14-point advantage and successfully eliminated the Lakers to advance to the second round!

At the end of the game, the Spurs fans in the stadium gave a standing ovation to congratulate the team on reaching the Western Conference semifinals again, although this result was not a big result for the Spurs, but the happy Spurs fans still gave applause to all the Spurs players.

Indeed, being a Spurs fan is blissful because they always see the team win a lot of the time.

When the fans applauded, Li Yang and his teammates waved to the fans, and then walked to the player's tunnel in the corner of the court as usual to high-five Duncan, and then entered the locker room.

"Danny, do you think our opponent in the second round will be the Warriors?"

Coming to the locker room, Li Yang, who experienced the feeling of promotion for the first time, was still a little excited, and he couldn't wait to talk to Danny Green about the second round.

After the game the day before, the fifth game between the Warriors and the Nuggets has been played, and the Warriors lead the Nuggets 3-2, which has a great tendency to follow.

Danny Green was about to talk to Li Yang, when Popovich walked up to Li Yang at this time and said to Li Yang with a serious face: "Yang, there is one thing you need to remember, no matter anyone asks about Kobe's injury, your answer needs to be cautious. ”

"Pop, you mean, someone would think that Kobe's injury was because of me?" After hearing Popovich's words, Li Yang immediately understood what Popovich meant.

Popovich nodded, "If you look closely at the video, of course you will know that Kobe's fall has nothing to do with you, but some crazy fans don't take it seriously, and it's not too easy to tell, if Kobe's injury is serious, these fans are likely to jump out and accuse you, and some reporters, they don't necessarily care what the facts are." ”

Thinking of Kobe's huge fan base, Li Yang didn't think Popovich would be alarmist, after all, there will always be some irrational fans among them.

Thinking of this, Li Yang suddenly said, "I will, pop, thank you for the reminder." ”

Seeing that Li Yang was already alert, Popovich nodded and left quickly, the team successfully advanced to the second round, and there will be a press conference after the game, as the head coach, he naturally needs to participate.

Li Yang didn't have to participate in any more activities, so after taking a shower and changing clothes, he left the stadium with some snacks with his other teammates.

NBA games generally start at about 7 p.m. and will be played until about 10 p.m., sometimes the game may be later if the game is longer, and in order not to affect the game, the players generally do not eat much before the game, and some players do not even eat.

As a result, the team will also have something ready after the game to keep the players hungry.

Out of the stadium, Li Yang was about to walk to his residence, when a figure suddenly rushed to Li Yang, almost startling Li Yang.

"Sorry, Yang, excuse me. Li Yang only saw clearly at this time that it was a thin white man who came out, although he said to disturb, but he didn't seem to have the intention of disturbing at all, and he didn't wait for Li Yang to answer, so he continued:

"Yang, what do you think of Kobe's injury, and what happened between you when Kobe was injured in the game?"

After hearing this person's questioning, Li Yang immediately reacted, looked at the other party's chest, and found that there was indeed a press card hanging on it, showing the identity of this reporter, a reporter from the Los Angeles Times.

Although he was a little surprised at how the reporter could find him alone, and even felt that it didn't matter if the other party didn't answer such a sudden interview, Li Yang still replied when he remembered Popovich's previous advice:

"It's a shame that Kobe Bryant is injured and he's playing like a fighter in this series. ”

Li Yang has now begun to learn clichés from Popovich and others, so it is not difficult to answer this question at all. However, on the latter question, Li Yang's answer is much more cautious.

"Kobe Bryant was in a normal position before the injury, he dribbled and broke through, started up very fast, tried to rush right past me, but only took a step and fell to the ground. ”

As soon as Li Yang's words fell, the reporter immediately asked, "You had physical contact in the middle of this, right?"

When Li Yang heard this, he secretly said in his heart that Popovich's reminder really made sense, and the reporter was digging a pit to make himself jump.

However, Li Yang, who had been on guard for a long time, naturally would not let the reporter buckle the basin on his head.

"Is this your last question?"

Li Yang asked, and after the other party nodded, he continued: "Okay, I know what you want to know, but I have to tell you, there was no physical contact between us at the time, it happened very suddenly, Kobe Bryant started the breakthrough and fell to the ground, and I didn't have time to move at that time." ”

"Also, if you watch the whole series, I think you understand that you shouldn't look at me for Kobe's injury, but for Kobe's playing time from the end of the regular season to now. ”