Chapter 36: Is It So Easy to Coax?

On the first day of November, the Lakers continue to sit at home, and they will face the Minnesota Timberwolves.

Before the morning training, Li Wan, who had finished the interview, found Odom: "If there is someone, Kobe Bryant texted him, but he didn't reply to ......"

"You didn't have a message back to Kobe?"

"Yay~" Li Wan leaked a voice from between his teeth, "You react so fast, if it was on the court, I think Phil would be happy to death!" ”

"For the sake of his health, I won't." Odom suddenly realized, "No wonder Kobe Bryant did that to you yesterday, you're finished, man, I told you, this guy is very vindictive, very, very, very feudal!" ”

Odom's face was sympathetic and incredulous. Kobe Bryant always sent him messages in seconds, and even his mother couldn't let him do it to this extent, of course, Kobe Bryant usually doesn't send him messages.

He couldn't believe that Li Wan actually dared not reply to Kobe's text message.

"There's a reason for that, but it doesn't matter anymore, if I had a time machine to go back to that time, I'd definitely send him a message back, it's not about me to ask about it, man, I just want to know what to do to keep him from targeting me!"

This morning, the Lakers opened their training ground, and a large number of reporters entered the arena, Kobe Bryant has not looked for Li Wan until now, but after a few eyes met, Li Wan knew very well that this stingy man did not let this matter pass like this.

He now knows how stingy Kobe Bryant is!

"It's not going to be easy, unless you can get 11 points in five minutes like you did in the last game......"

"It's so simple...... No, that's fine? Is it so easy to coax? ”

Li Wan didn't expect Odom to come up with such a plan.

Odom spread his hands: "He's such a weirdo, as long as he wins, everyone is a good brother, but if he loses, in his eyes, farting is a capital crime." ”

"Okay...... I'm Sean Connery tonight! ”

Although Li Wan didn't understand, what he wanted to do now was just to let this matter pass quickly. Kobe Bryant is at ease as the boss of the Lakers, and he continues to develop quietly, and the well water does not interfere with the river water. Kobe Bryant looked at him with snake-like eyes all day long, putting aside who was affected.

This summer, there was a "big trade craze" in the league, and many of the league's star players have changed their positions, including the NBA's top power forward "Wolf King" Garnett.

He left the Timberwolves for 12 years and moved to Boston, where he formed Boston's "Big Three" along with Paul Pierce and Ray Allen.

The Celtics have become the league's top powerhouse this season, the closest team to a championship this season. Minnesota, on the other hand, began to rebuild with a lot of chips from Kevin Garnett's "1-for-7" trade, waiting for the birth of the next "Wolf King".

The Minnesota media is still optimistic, with the Celtics sending good chips, especially Al Jefferson, who is unanimously favored by experts to become an NBA-level interior player.

Al Jefferson did not disappoint them either, and in the first game of the Timberwolves, he handed over the "20 plus 10" data. This made Timberwolves fans look forward to this game against the Lakers, and they want to see what kind of performance Al Jefferson will play when he meets Bynum, known as the "little shark".

The result is being educated......

In the last game, because he had been in the rhythm of switching offense and defense, he only scored 11 points, and Bynum, who played a little aggrieved, showed his skillful low-post singles as soon as this game came up.

Al Jefferson was solid in the lower handicap, but Bynum shook the space with his feet and scored twice.

The Lakers fans at the scene immediately let out a huge cheer, and they have been looking forward to this image since Buslet Jr. selected Bynum in '05. From '05 to '07, for three full years, they finally waited for Bynum's growth.

Bynum also had some smugness on his face, and he looked to the sidelines for ESPN's reporters. He wanted to ask these guys, do they dare to underestimate him?

Coupled with Kobe's play, when the first quarter reached 9 minutes and 15 seconds, the Lakers had easily led by 7 points, and Phil Jackson waved his hand to let Li Wan and them play.

Only Fisher was left as the starters on the field.

Odom high-fived him when he got off the court, walked up to Li Wan, and whispered to him: "If you stretch the difference to more than double digits before Kobe Bryant goes off the court, I think that matter will definitely pass." ”

Li Wan nodded and made an "OK" gesture with him.

Kobe Bryant noticed Odom whispering to Li Wan, slowed down and waited for him to come up, with a slight meaning in his eyes: "When did you have such a good relationship with him?" ”

"Hey, Kobe, I'm his big brother, just taking care of him."

"Really?" Kobe Bryant thought of something and asked again, "If you send him a message, will he reply?" ”

"Return, he'......"

"Alright, got it!"

"Uh......"

Odom looked at Kobe's more gloomy back, looked back at Li Wan with some embarrassment, and quickly took two quick steps to sit next to Kobe.

"Actually, I don't often collect ......"

He wanted to explain, but Kobe Bryant turned his head and looked at him motionlessly, making him automatically silence.

Li Wan on the field didn't know that Odom was messing with him,

North Carolina native Rashad McCantz carries the ball forward.

When Li Wan saw him, he thought of a very interesting point mentioned by the Lakers scouts.

McCantz has been riddled with personality reasons, including a clash with former North Carolina coach Duch and current North Carolina coach Williams, a fight with the U.S. 20 team, and a throat-cutting salute in front of the fans. Considered a locker room bomb by scouts, he wasn't drafted by the Timberwolves until the 14th pick in the first round. But since he entered the league, there hasn't been any negative press about him.

Along with the change in his personality, there is also his style of play.

Before the draft, his template was: the poor version of Allen Iverson, who had a very sharp break. But in the two years since he entered the league, he has become more and more fond of projecting on the outside. The template has also changed from "Poor Man's Edition of Allen Iverson" to "Poor Man's Edition of Ray Allen".

Li Wan specialized in his career after entering the league, and also found a teacher in the university's psychology club to help analyze his changes, and finally came to the conclusion that McCantz should not be able to harden.

Injuries have made him afraid of confrontation, and it has also made him more likely to focus on long-range projection when it comes to attacking options.

But this conclusion was studied by Li Wan himself, when facing him in the first ball, Li Wan didn't dare to go too forward, probably keeping a distance of a small arm, until McCantz was forcing Li Wan to retreat with "hesitant steps", which made Li Wan more bold forward. McCantz didn't have room to shoot, gritted his teeth and walked in, saw Turyaf defend up, dribbled high, and shot.

Miss!

Turiaf retreated while he was shooting, watching the rebound rebound rebound the ball very far away, he couldn't reach it, just in time to see Li Wan rushing over, so he stuck to withstand Walker who wanted to go around and grab the board.

Li Wan successfully rushed to the board, found Jordan Farmar's position and pretended to pass, Randy Foye, who was originally blocking him, grabbed the position in advance, and the space in front of Li Wan suddenly became wide.

Vujacic ran fast on the flank, and Li Wan, who was still in the middle line, passed the ball from a long distance and caught the ball as comfortably as possible by him and made a layup.

"Vujasic is fast attacking, and the assister Li ~ Wan!"

“wow!”

"This pass reminds me of another famous surgeon, John Hunter, who is as precise and sharp as a scalpel in his hand!"

“This great!”

Staples live commentator Cheek Hearn was also ignited by Lewan's pass, and seeing him so sharp again, he wanted to say that this ball was like "Magic" Johnson, but thinking that this was this kid's second regular season game, it was better not to trouble him. I temporarily changed the word to my lips and described it as a "scalpel" again, but I changed the doctor.

The counterattack was successful, facing McCantz again, Li Wan did not try this time, constantly reaching out to interfere with his dribbling, McCantz did not dare to go further and gave the ball to Randy Foye.

Randy Foye, who is in the top physical fitness, didn't rush to attack, but called in Jefferson's pick-and-roll to get rid of Fisher without a hitch. Throw the ball into the frame and score.

Timberwolves head coach Randy Whitman applauded him for this ball, and when he accepted the Timberwolves, Randy Foye happened to be traded, at that time, because of the Trail Blazers' abandonment, his self-confidence was damaged, and he did not recover for a year, and when he entered his sophomore year, he seemed to have regained the courage of his college days.

In terms of talent, Randy Foye is definitely in the upper echelon of the league, and he has what it takes to grow into an All-Star.

Whitman prefers McCantz, who has become more and more one-dimensional.

"We have one more!"

Fisher opened his mouth to stabilize his teammates on the court, which was Phil Jackson's role in keeping him on the court.

Li Wan can feel that the entire defensive formation of the Timberwolves is very aimed at his off-ball running. Kobe Bryant also saw it, and blew a breath with disdain: "For this arrogant guy, do you need to target him like this?" The Timberwolves really suck! It's worse than the avocado food eaten by GIGI! ”

Odom pretended not to hear, afraid that he would say something wrong again.

"Bang dang!"

Turyaf misses a basket and the ball is in Jefferson's hands, the Timberwolves counter, and Randy Foye draws the defense and passes to McCantz.

perfect!

Randy Foye's timing of the pass made Whitman want to give him a high-five.

That's great!

But McCantz, who was originally rushing fiercely, noticed that after Li Wanneng followed him to the layup in time, his momentum weakened suddenly, and he counterattacked and missed the blue in the air.

Li Wan grabbed the ball and quickly counterattacked. After completing the connection with Turiaf, this time he didn't let the opportunity to score under the basket slip away and scored smoothly.