My Name is Kobe Bryant

"Boss, it turns out that leading a team by yourself is such a difficult thing."

Detroit, regular season Lakers VS Pistons, after the game, Wu Sheng ran up to Kobe Bryant.

Before leaving the Lakers, Stephen Jackson thought that what awaited him was a big contract, the position of being the boss, the cheers and admiration of countless fans, and victory!

but.

It is simply too difficult for a true individual to lead a team in an environment like the NBA!

In this game, Stephen Jackson scored 27 points, 11 rebounds and 3 steals in front of Melo Carmelo Anthony, forcing the young Lakers forward to shut down.

In the end, the Pistons still lost the game 81:112 against the Lakers.

The Pistons have 33 wins and 31 losses this season, ranking eighth in the Eastern Conference. With the addition of Wu Sheng, coupled with the growth of masked man Ty Richard Hamilton and little prince Sean Prince, this team has also Barely breaking into the top eight in the Eastern Conference.

But the team's lineup is still too bad. Except for the three of them, the other players are basically members that fans can't name.

Compared with the Lakers, Wu Sheng felt that the difficulty of the Pistons' game was simply hellish.

My teammates are so shitty!

Stephen Jackson, who is used to being a big-name star in the Lakers, is really not used to playing with such a belly.

This is the first time he has lost so many goals in a season!

angry!

This ball was not played well!

Although the money is quite good.

"Ben, this is why you would rather make less money and go back to the Lakers, right!" Stephen Jackson looked indignant.

Daben scratched his bald head and chuckled secretly.

No one knows better than him how difficult it is to climb out of the Detroit Pistons' quagmire.

This year Wu Sheng can bring this Pistons into the top eight in the Eastern Conference, which is already a very remarkable thing.

After Stephen Jackson came to the Pistons this season, he averaged 23.7 points, 7.5 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 1.9 steals, 0.7 blocks, and 3.1 turnovers per game.

Versatile both offensively and defensively, his team-leading performance is much better than that of Ben.

Many people already believe that if Stephen Jackson can continue to perform like this next year, he will be selected as an All-Star.

"Stephen, you have done a great job." Kobe patted Wu Sheng on the shoulder with satisfaction. With the experience of leading a team alone, Stephen Jackson is now the strongest Wu Sheng.

Even the Pistons didn't expect that the forward they acquired in exchange for their big money would be so useful.

In the confrontation with the league's first-line forwards, Stephen Jackson did not fall behind at all.

Even with Tracy McGrady, the league's number one small forward, Wu Sheng was able to struggle with him for a long time and ultimately lost.

Wu Sheng's performance this year is worthy of his reputation as a former Lakers player and Kobe Bryant's gold medal player.

"I hope this team can add more outstanding players to us in the future." Wu Sheng said bitterly.

This means that in the Eastern Conference, where competition is relatively less intense, if they were in the Western Conference, the Pistons would have been eaten to the point where they wouldn't even have any bones left.

If the team doesn't make any signings, the team's ceiling is just one round out of the playoffs.

Of course, maybe the goal of the team management is just to make the playoffs.

After all, the financial situation in the United States has not been optimistic in recent years. A large number of blue-collar workers have lost their jobs in the Motor City. The team's income is simply not the same as in the 1990s.

After the Lakers defeated the Pistons in early March, the team's record has reached 53 wins and 7 losses.

There is still hope for hitting 70 wins.

"Kobe, on behalf of the U.S. Men's Basketball National Team, I invite you to participate in this year's Olympic Games." Larry Brown's voice came from Kobe's phone.

After Larry Brown resigned as head coach of the Pistons, he failed to find a suitable team for a while.

Just when the national team invited him, he chose to take a year off and form the national team to prepare for the Olympics.

"Larry, thank you for the invitation. However, I need to focus on the playoffs." Kobe declined politely.

Kobe will not participate in this year's Olympics.

"Larry, let me recommend to you, the Lakers' starting small forward-Carmelo Anthony." Kobe thought for a while and provided another suggestion to Larry Brown.

Anthony!

Olympic killer!

Although Melo is not ripe yet, he is still an excellent scoring machine and will never be worse than anyone else on the Olympic stage.

"Okay, Kobe." Larry Brown was a little frustrated.

In the 2000 Olympics, the U.S. team once again achieved dream-like dominance.

It was literally a worldwide tour.

Larry Brown wanted to repeat that legend, but as a result, several players he invited this year, whether it was Kobe, Carter, Iverson, or Duncan, declined.

Do we really have to rely on a group of young generals to conquer the world?

Larry Brown was a little helpless.

And he is also thinking about which team he will go to next season.

Unlike Phil Jackson, who returned to the Hornets, Larry Brown really wanted to change his environment.

He wants to win the championship.

March 21, 2004.

Boston, Fleet Center.

The game between the Lakers and Celtics, the two favorites to win this year, has reached the end of the last quarter!

This is the highlight of the final stage of this year’s regular season!

Yellow and green battle!

Kobe McGrady!

The Lakers currently have 59 wins and 8 losses! This is a game about whether the Lakers can break through 60 wins!

Score: Lakers 112:110 Celtics.

Anxious!

The Celtics used various methods to slow down the Lakers' offensive rhythm, allowing them to score 'only' 112 points.

Cut the big bucks!

Billups uses power to suppress Nash!

Tracy McGrady personally defended Kobe!

Ground serve consumes time.

play hard! Pitino inherited Auerbach's mantle and frequently made various underhanded moves.

The Lakers average points per game this season is 131.7 points!

This game is missing nearly 20%!

There is no doubt that the Celtics' slow-paced offense greatly disrupted the Lakers' offensive rhythm.

Billups, the point guard, showed his talent in rhythm control. In this game, he actually suppressed Steve Nash, who was second in the MVP rankings!

This is the final year of Billups' contract.

His poor performance in the Finals last year made Danny Ainge already have the idea of ​​sending him away.

But this regular season, Billups has improved to another level!

His defense!

His rhythm control!

Although the data is still unremarkable, his role in the team is no longer easy to replace in the eyes of Pitino, Auerbach and others.

"Put it in!!!"

Again!

McGrady grabbed the rebound!

With Ben and Yao Ming around him, every inch of McGrady's offensive space is locked up!

No chance!

McGrady has no chance to take action!

Once he takes action, what awaits him is a hot pot!

Pass the ball to Billups!

Billups took a deep breath.

Poker face.

Nash in front of him waved his hands.

"I'm not the same person I was last year."

Billups held the ball firmly on his shoulders and pushed it away.

The basketball flew through the sky above Fleet Center and hit the net.

"THREE POINT!!!"

"Chauncy Billups!!! A huge lead at the last minute!"

Boston Fleet Center is boiling!

Celtics players flocked to Billups like crazy.

finally!

Billups finally stood up!

"The game isn't over yet! Only Penny is wide awake."

The Lakers still have 7 seconds of attack time.

This ball!

Must be guarded against!

Defeat the old enemy Boston Celtics!

Defeat the first in the league!

At the same time, you may also be able to defeat your opponent in the finals!

"The Lakers have one more choice at critical moments after Nash joined the team!"

"Although Nash's key shots are still a little worse than Kobe's, they are equally good. He has repeatedly stood up at critical moments this season to help Kobe hold on to the situation!"

"Let's see what the Lakers' last offensive options are!"

Yao Ming serves!

Nash caught the ball and broke through in an instant!

Billups spread his hands.

Nash passes Kobe behind the back!

The defender in front of Kobe is Tracy McGrady!

McGrady and Penny switched positions to defend~!

The first time Kobe received the ball, he jumped high into the air without any hesitation!

"I knew you would take action!" McGrady roared and jumped into the air!

Two players beloved by God are flying in the air!

Stay in the air!

pause!

At the highest point in the air, Kobe threw the ball.

Whistle!

Light!

Lakers win!

"A decisive kill! The Lakers have another decisive victory!"

"Incredible performance! The Lakers won their 60th win!!! Their legend continues!!!"

"Maddie's defense has gone to the extreme!"

"The God of Ultimate Killing!~~He is the God of Ultimate Killing after all!!"

60 wins and 8 losses!

The Lakers won their 60th victory against the Celtics!

"The legend continues!!! The Lakers have continued to dominate the league since the All-Star Game!!!"

"Run and gun dynasty!!! The combination of Kobe and Nash is sweeping the entire league like a hurricane."

"The Lakers are leading a new trend, and their running and gunning is causing countless teams and players to imitate!"

"Give me a Kobe! I'll give you a dynasty! These are the exact words of Isaiah Thomas! And I believe countless coaches in the league think the same way."

"We did not lose to the Lakers, we lost to Kobe again. Pitino's words after the game made countless fans in Boston cry quietly."

"70 wins are just around the corner!"

The Lakers legend continues.

On April 1, the Lakers 156:141 Kings won an offensive battle between the first and second in the Western Conference in Saxon!

In this game, Weber scored a super triple double of 35+17+12!

Pierce scored 31+7 against Anthony.

The Kings twins opened up completely and led the team to score 141 points! A crazy high score.

It's a pity that the performance of the Lakers players was even more monster.

Nash scored 27 points and 21 assists!

20+20!

Lakers offensive blowout!

The effect is that Nash can do almost anything on the court!

Pass the ball!

Lakers players can hit every pass!

Kobe scored 41 points, 7 rebounds, 6 assists and 2 steals!

Anthony scored 31 points!

Yao Ming scored 20 points and 14 rebounds!

In this crucial and focused battle, the two sides fought almost from beginning to end!

The Lakers finally performed their best offensive performance of the season and won the game!

"150 points! Scored against the Kings? Are you kidding?" This was the first reaction of all coaches in the league when they heard the result of this game.

This offensive firepower!

What an exaggeration!

They can accept that the Lakers score 150 or even 200 points against an underdog.

But this is second in the West! The third-ranked King of Saxon in the league!

In today's extremely popular era of basketball, each of the top eight teams in the league is as strong as the championship teams in previous years.

At the same time, the popularity of every top team is terrifying!

It's not surprising that the Lakers defeated the Kings. The key is the way they won and the beautiful performances of the players on both sides of the game!

"Basketball may start with the Lakers, and the popularity will become as good as football." Stern crossed his hands and placed them in front of his forehead.

This game is almost what he wants to see the future of basketball look like.

Wonderful!

This season, the legendary running and gunning of the Lakers has once again raised the popularity of the NBA to a higher level!

‘Maybe they really win the championship this year? ’

On April 13, 2004, the Lakers played against the San Antonio Spurs at home.

Before this game, the Lakers' record reached 69 wins and 12 losses.

Only one game away from 70 wins!

Their April record was actually not ideal.

9 wins and 4 losses.

It can be seen that the Lakers' players' physical fitness has been affected during the sprint period at the end of the season.

Especially because of the presence of a large number of rookie players, these newbies fucked hard as soon as they came on the court.

The result was that they were as strong as a tiger in the first half of the season, but hit the wall one after another in the second half.

The Lakers coaching staff does not want the team to suffer large-scale injuries, and in many games they do not let the starters play for a long time to compete for victory.

There is another reason, that is, the entire league is sniping at the Lakers!

No one wants to be the backdrop for another 70-win Lakers run!

Almost every game the Lakers play now can be said to be highly anticipated.

Any time you beat the Lakers, it will cause a sensation!

All teams go all out when facing the Lakers!

As a result, the Lakers' record in the last 15 games dropped significantly.

But their goal was never the regular season.

"Guys, go show your talents." D'Antoni's arrangement before the game was just this sentence.

Opposite is last year's championship.

But the Lakers are no longer the team they took away last year.

Fate!

Reincarnation!

The Spurs defeated the Lakers and won the championship.

And this year, the Lakers won their 70th win against the Spurs!

Spurs 81:145 Lakers!

Explode!

A terrifying victory with a score difference of 64 points!

The Lakers' firepower directly destroyed the twin-tower Spurs composed of Duncan and Mutombo!

The bulky Spurs twin towers were completely unable to keep up with the Lakers' pace.

The game is not even half over yet!

Popovich's face is already purple!

He knows that it may be impossible for the Spurs to win the championship this year.

But he couldn't accept being nailed to the pillar of shame by the Lakers!

Crazy deployment of troops!

Adjust your lineup and adjust your tactics!

But in front of the Lakers who are in good condition, it's not enough!

"Congratulations to the Los Angeles Lakers! At home! They won their 70th victory of the season!" Collins' deep voice, and countless color films fell from the ceiling.

The fans cheered wildly!

The players hugged each other!

The Spurs exited sadly.

This is the third time the Lakers have won 70 games!

It’s also the first time since the OK Dynasty!

Now!

The Lakers will start a new dynasty!

A new era.