NBA: This Center Is So Stable

The best time to see the best, the best time to see the best.

Chapter 269 The confidence of the Zen Master

If the world must choose a paranoid, Wang Song will definitely vote for Kobe Bryant.

This Lakers totem of the next ten years, relying on that will, fought out of the bloody storm of the four major shooting guards + 03 platinum generation, and also led the Lakers to win their own FMVP in the Lakers F4 era.

Behind this is the so-called diligent Los Angeles at four o’clock in the morning, and even more inseparable from the Mamba spirit.

But it is often such Kobe, this spirit has made him successful and accompanied the birth of defects.

This defect is particularly obvious in the OK era, and especially this season, it has ushered in a complete outbreak.

After returning in the second half, Kobe entered his own personal mode, and his main goal was to not give the ball to me, but to pass it to me after getting the offensive rebound.

He tried to shut up O’Neal’s foul mouth by scoring continuously, which happened to coincide with the Knicks’ defensive strategy adjustment.

Knicks substitute player Shandon Anderson was specially arranged by D’Antoni to replace Alan Houston, and Prince, who was in the third position, directly launched a siege mode against Kobe.

Although he had long enjoyed the so-called superstar treatment, it was not Kobe who carried the banner of the Lakers from beginning to end.

It was Shaquille O’Neal who led him to establish a dynasty. As the second-in-command of the Lakers, Kobe could say that even if he was double-teamed, most of the time he would pass the ball to O’Neal in the interior, and the problem would be solved.

Not to mention that most of the time, the opponent did not dare to double-team him at all.

Letting the big shark in the penalty area one-on-one is definitely not a wise choice for any team.

But this Knicks team dared to do so, which puzzled Kobe.

After another missed shot, Kobe’s record in the second half has reached 3-0, and the Knicks’ blockade has played a significant effect.

The discord with O’Neal exacerbated this poor performance. Even though the Big Shark had a good chance under the basket, Kobe still stubbornly chose to force the shot.

For a moment, the fans watching the scene through the camera in front of the TV seemed to see the Lakers after O’Neal left the team.

If the Lakers under Kobe’s leadership were like this, they would rather have frequent conflicts between OK and Big Shark to keep him.

He is too important to the Lakers!

The discord between the two and Kobe’s stubbornness made the Lakers’ original lead slip quickly.

Knicks side.

Despite the lack of Houston’s outside firepower, the Knicks made steady progress when the opponent was silent. With the organization of Wang Song in the inside and Nash in the outside, the Knicks frequently attacked and narrowed the gap to only 1 point.

This made the Zen Master the first coach to call a timeout in the second half!

After leaving the court, the very different positions of Kobe and O’Neal also made the Knicks fans at the scene see the clues.

For a while, Madison Garden was booed.

All kinds of teasing and laughter were sent to the Lakers players’ bench, making the Lakers players on the bench bow their heads.

There were even many fans in the front row who began to imitate the Zen Master’s mouth shape scolding OK.

“Kobe, Shaq, you have to stop your stupid behavior!”

“This is not a team training match where you can indulge in fighting. You should first figure out where this is before you go on the court.”

···

The chattering of the fans in the back row made MJ, who was sitting in the front row, look back. The tone of this imitation was just like the Zen Master himself.

Jordan, who created a dynasty under the Zen Master, was very familiar with this tone. Even he had to admit that the imitation show of the fan in the back row was very successful.

Not only did it successfully amuse the fans around him, but it also reminded Jordan of the memories of the Bulls era.

“What a rebellious guy!”

Then, Jordan locked his eyes on Kobe, who had just missed a lot of shots. The guy’s face was still full of arrogance.

There was no intention to apologize for his recklessness just now!

On the side, O’Neal was complaining to the Zen Master non-stop, glancing at Kobe coldly.

Seeing Jordan’s reaction, Bird smiled awkwardly: “Haha, Mike, weren’t you like this at the beginning?”

“Bullshit! I am indeed arrogant, but I always keep my word. When will I be like this guy who drags his feet and puts on airs?”

Jordan scolded Larry Bird. For him, now is the time to

Kobe is not worthy of being compared with him.

Even after he first entered the league and made a name for himself, Kobe has always been hailed as Jordan’s successor, but MJ has never had a good impression of this No. 8 afro kid.

After all, there are at least 10 or 10 guys who are hailed as Jordan’s successor.

Jordan couldn’t pay attention to every player. As for this young man from Philadelphia, he paid some attention to him at the beginning.

But in his opinion, Kobe is just a complete high school student imitator, and has never reached the level of being compared with himself.

Not to mention, Kobe has not won any championship trophy by himself.

Kobe at this time was not taken seriously in Jordan’s eyes.

Bird saw that the ridicule was effective and couldn’t help but laugh secretly.

Just as Jordan folded his arms to cheer himself up, Olajuwon said, “Don’t you think the second half of the game was a little strange?”

“Kobe is stubborn, but if the Knicks didn’t defend him so specifically, this guy wouldn’t have gotten to this point.”

Bird nodded, “Indeed, I didn’t expect the Knicks to adjust their game strategy after the halftime break. Shaq was supposed to be the target, but they seemed to have predicted it and actually completed the targeted strategy in advance.”

“Despicable New Yorkers, they must have arranged despicable equipment such as listening devices in the Lakers locker room.”

Jordan, who has always had no good feelings for New York, cursed secretly.

According to common sense, the Knicks can only respond in time if they know about the conflict in the Lakers locker room, but how did the Knicks complete the defensive task arrangement without any communication between the two sides in the locker room?

The only way Jordan could think of was to listen in!

Of course, he didn’t know that this was the Asian boy’s temporary idea, and he happened to run into the conflict in the Lakers locker room by accident.

Even if there is no conflict between OK, this is what the Knicks will focus on in the next game, or in the next series.

After a short break, the Lakers made adjustments to the lineup.

OK and OK were both replaced, which was similar to what Knicks fans expected. The Zen Master was very dissatisfied with the performance of both of them.

Although O’Neal had just taken very few shots in the second half, his arrogant attitude and complaints showed that he was not suitable to stand on the court now.

Fortunately, the Lakers have a strong lineup. After Kobe and O’Neal left the court, Fisher + Walton soon took over.

This is the confidence of the Zen Master to suddenly replace the two main players!

(End of this chapter)