Guard With a Knife

April 12th in Los Angeles was cloudless and sunny, the temperature was rising, and the hot wind from the Pacific Ocean was refreshing from the bottom of my heart.

The Chicago Bulls are also feeling the heat in the City of Angels.

Bill Walton, the commentator at the time, saw Kobe Bryant walking into the arena carrying a thermos cup through the video signal, and immediately frowned. This is not easy.

"Kobe Bryant should no longer be called the Black Mamba. He should be called the Healthy Mamba. With the way he is playing now, I think he can retire later than Snoopy." Bill Walton complained. : "He has played very loosely in the past two months. He has almost played hard one game and loosened up twice. Judging from his state tonight, he is probably going to loosen up."

"This shows that Snoopy's reform of him was successful. It also shows that he has complete trust in Snoopy and finally does not have to strain his nerves like a hedgehog that never gets tired and goes all out in every game."

Reggie Miller's ideas are somewhat different from Walton's. He strongly supports Kobe's style of play: "I believe that Lakers fans also agree with my current thoughts. In fact, since the Black Mamba released Snoopy as the core of the Lakers, he He has already been relegated to the second tier. And the major rankings have already ranked him outside the top ten or even the top fifteen in the league. In this case, he should have room to fight. "

"The most important thing is that now Snoopy takes care of everything for the Lakers. He must have allowed or even forced Snoopy to do this. I trust Snoopy!"

Reggie Miller has been a die-hard Duke supporter from beginning to end.

To a certain extent, he is even more die-hard than Barkley from his friend station.

…

As the two commentators speculated before the game, the Black Mamba is in shape again tonight. What they didn't expect was that Snoopy was also recuperating tonight.

It can be seen that the Lakers' three top decision-makers are all working for the inside. They continue to pass opportunities to Milicic, Whiteside, Jordan Hill, and Carlos Boozer.

This is very difficult for Bill Walton to understand.

"Does it mean that the people of Los Angeles think their inside line can compete with the Chicago Bulls? The Bulls have the most gorgeous inside line-up in the league, and can even be said to be the deepest inside line-up in the past ten years."

but.

Question after question.

The Lakers' internal group play is really not bad. Milicic showed his advantage whether he faced Joakim Noah or Dwight Howard, and even performed a beautiful Serbian dance move in the second half of the second quarter. .

As for Whiteside, he showed his style in the game. When he faced off against Pau Gasol, he used his tough defense and blocking ability to make Gasol uncomfortable.

Lakers fans at the scene even recalled the scene in 2008 when Gasol was made inhuman by Perkins and Garnett.

However, the mood at that time was heart-wrenching and uncomfortable.

Now...Phew! Being a sister-in-law is so refreshing.

In addition, players like Jordan Hill and Carlos Boozer also completed their work in a satisfactory manner during their time as substitutes.

Although most of the Lakers' inside opportunities are forced from the outside, it also confirms the fact that the Purple and Gold Army is now a team with no obvious shortcomings. At the beginning of the season, those who claimed that the Lakers, except for Kobe and Snoopy, were just a bunch of old, weak, sick and disabled, were completely slapped in the face.

Although the Lakers have been having fun and going crazy this season, they have not delayed the slightest bit of business.

This is the Purple and Gold Army under Snoopy's command.

When the two sides reached the fourth quarter, the Lakers trailed the Bulls by only 7 points.

This left endless reverie for the commentators.

But at this time, Duke Snoop, who is averaging 42.5 minutes per game this season, said he was tired. He told Mike Brown that he wanted to go back to the locker room and rest.

Mike Brown was not sure what Snoopy meant. He once nervously asked the team doctor to come over and check Snoopy's figure.

However, the Black Mamba banned him. Who among the Lakers knows Snoopy better than Kobe Bryant? He slept with Snoopy last night, and as a pillow person, he understood Snoopy's current mood very well.

So, he accompanied Dougal on his exit.

Steve Nash saw that the other two members of the Senate stopped fighting. He doesn't play anymore either.

Ever since, after entering the fourth quarter, the Lakers directly dispatched their substitute lineup.

This made Bill Walton quite difficult to understand: "Now that we are only 7 points behind, is it time to announce that garbage time has arrived? Kobe Bryant and Snoopy have not really shown their strength tonight!"

Reggie Miller shrugged, probably guessing what Doug was thinking.

With Dugger's charisma, when the Bulls and Heat are competing for first place in the Eastern Conference regular season, he will never stab the Bulls.

Although, professional sports are all about winning.

But this season, the Lakers are not entirely focused on record, which is why the Purple and Gold Army completely let themselves go in the second half of the season. And the most important thing is that the effect the Lakers want to achieve or show in this game has been completed. They have verified their inside level through the Bulls' luxurious inside group.

"If we meet in the finals, I will give my best."

Doug walked into the locker room and told the Black Mamba, who was carrying a thermos cup.

Black Mamba unscrewed the lid, blew gently, then took a sip of wolfberry skillfully, and nodded. He made it clear all of Doug's motives for doing this. He is a man who values ​​friendship.

"Do you think the Chicago Bulls can beat the Miami Heat?" Bryant suddenly asked.

Dugg pursed his lips. Before tonight, he thought the Bulls had a much better chance of winning than the Miami Heat.

However, after playing this game, he felt that the Heat might have a greater chance of winning.

Because, he asked Milicic to do the three little things, and Milicic completed them all: grabbing an offensive rebound over Howard, and completing a turn dunk in front of Joakim Noah. Also, the fast break surpasses all opponents.

These are certainly three small things, and Milicic's level has improved significantly through this season. He is already a veritable quasi-first-line center in the league.

However, this ruthlessly demonstrates that the Bulls' inside strength is not as strong as it appears on paper. And they still haven’t solved the coexistence problem.

Tom Thibodeau still can't play his cards well. He's too inflexible and can't resolve the conflicts in the locker room. After all, I still have no experience in love: How can a single man in his fifties handle the complicated relationships in the locker room? Experts like Zen Master, who is still dating Jenny Buss in his seventies or eighties, are the masters who can smooth out all the thorns in the locker room.

In comparison, Thibodeau is the kind of coach who can deliver 70-point food if you give him 60-point ingredients, and when you give him 90-point ingredients, he can only serve an 80-point meal at best.

"Perhaps it would be better for the Bulls coaching staff to directly recruit Howard." Snoopy said seriously: "However, they don't have the courage to put a suit on the league's No. 1 forward. In fact, you have also seen it. Howard's existence makes Joe Kim Noah, Pau Gasol, and Taj Gibson were all uncomfortable. They did not form a centripetal force, which resulted in a very lack of defense against each other. This is why Darko scored nearly 20 points tonight. The strongest thing is the penetration ability. When the Bulls' interiors are fighting on their own, Miami will really defeat them easily."

"What I can do is... make them No. 1 in the Eastern Conference in the regular season and have the home-court advantage."

The young Duke analyzed seriously: "If the series between them goes to seven games, I think the Bulls are likely to win. But if it only goes to five or six games, Miami has a greater chance of winning."

Kobe took another sip of wolfberry.

He felt that everything Doug said was right. Whenever Snoopy analyzed the playoff situation for him, he behaved like a primary school student. Because in this area, he really does not have the logical thinking ability to take the overall situation into consideration, which can also be seen from his playing style.

The game between the Chicago Bulls and Los Angeles Lakers ended quickly.

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In the end, the Bulls only won by 13 points.

Despite the lack of a trident, Artest, Baron Davis, Jamison, Korver and even Carlos Boozer all performed very well in the fourth quarter, and even Baron Davis shook Rose away. Rushing towards the scene of one-handed chop.

It has to be said that after the rampage in the second half of the season, these old guys have become more and more agile, their mentality is getting younger and younger, and their playing style is becoming more and more wild.

Reggie Miller even said in the commentary box: "These old guys give me a feeling that they can absorb the game at any time, even though they are obviously very old."

"So, how far do you think the Lakers can go in the playoffs this year?"

Bill Walton asked casually.

Reggie Miller thought for a while and said seriously: "It depends on whether they can surpass the San Antonio Spurs. The Spurs have basically locked in the first place in the Western Conference. Their strength this year is extraordinary. And this is an odd year!"

"If they can beat the Spurs, they have a 65% chance of winning the championship!"

Reggie Miller finally gave his answer.

Bill Walton laughed three times after hearing this and said: "You are too optimistic. I don't even think they can surpass the Thunder. Don't forget, the next step is the playoffs. The physical exertion in the playoffs is not comparable to that in the regular season. Comparatively. The physical fitness of their old players is a huge test, and the game experience of their young players is also a test.”

"Although the Lakers are very promising, at least this year, they have no chance to enter the final battlefield."

Bill Walton gives his insight.

The two are always at odds.

This is also one of the charms of basketball.

…

When the Bulls happily returned to Chicago with two consecutive wins from Los Angeles, the Miami Heat, who were ranked behind them, followed them to Los Angeles.

Their schedule is almost exactly the same as the Bulls'. The difference is that the Bulls played the Clippers first and then the Lakers, while they played the Lakers first and then the Clippers.

With the Lakers' current solid record, it doesn't matter even if they lose both of their last two games.

However, Dwyane Wade had already planned it. Based on his understanding of Doug, the next step was sure to be a fierce battle.

Pat Riley expressed anger after the Lakers lost to the Bulls: "This is a complete murder of the Miami Heat. I simply can't understand why Snoopy and Kobe disappeared in the fourth quarter. They are If they want the Chicago Bulls to be No. 1 in the Eastern Conference, they just want the Bulls to have a valuable home court advantage. This kind of action is a great harm to the league, and the league will never allow this to happen."

However, the Alliance paid no attention to him.

Ron Artest even directly came out to criticize him: "You don't care about heaven and earth, can you still control other people's sex? Kobe's anterior gland is not stable recently and he needs to relieve his little hand. Snoopy is eating before the game. If you have too much stuff, go to the toilet, doesn’t it? Does Pat Riley think he is God?”

"We are very angry about what he said, so we will go all out in the next game to kill their arrogance!!"

Baron Davis also jumped out to speak out and emphasized: "Before this, we all planned to take turns. The game day is my birthday, and everyone planned to relax. But now, they pissed me off!"

What these two people said made Pat Riley jump angrily at home: Does this become my fault? Aren't you deliberately looking for trouble if I don't say these things?

He has the right idea. Recently, there have been frequent incidents of deliberately seeking trouble within the Lakers. For example, Ron Artest was often suspended for entering the practice facility with his left foot first. Who told him to talk nonsense?

It seems that this time, he is clearly attacking Pat Riley.

But the one who was most seriously injured was Kobe. What does it mean that the front line is unstable? It's been pretty solid, okay? Can't you find some other reason? That I brought toilet paper to Snoopy in the locker room? Um...this sounds weird. But can’t you use your imagination?

This is also embarrassing for Artest. If Artest had some imagination, he wouldn't name himself Charity World Peace... These three words have something to do with him. He was beaten so hard by his wife every day at home that he thought of changing his name to calm his wife down. But his wife is not a fuel-saving lamp, she still needs to be beaten.

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On April 14th, Los Angeles was covered with clouds and drizzle. The weather was so bad that it seemed that Americans were also beginning to celebrate the Tomb-Sweeping Day.

Anyway... the mood of the Miami players on the field is not much different from that of the grave.

They guessed that Snoopy would explode in this game.

But they didn't expect that Kobe Bryant would also join in the booing.

Kobe had two three-pointers in the opening game. He was like an old man walking in the park who suddenly threw away his thermos. After a cute roundhouse kick, he ran to the stage and sang rock and roll.

Where does this make sense?

Why are you pretending to be dead when beating other teams, but why are you so energetic when beating us?

The people of Miami may only be able to express their grievances by dialing the number in Oklahoma, but at least they took away 10 bottles of red wine last time they were in Los Angeles. Although today is Davis' official birthday, no one invited the Big Three to attend.

Both parties are trying to kill each other with red eyes.

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