Reborn My Name Is Kobe

Our team finally took a plane to New York City at around three o'clock in the morning. It was close to five o'clock in the morning when I finally fell asleep. It was my first time to come to New York and I was actually very familiar with this super city.

I'm still quite curious, especially why, as an extremely wealthy big city, the Lakers can win so many championships and eventually become a super wealthy team, while the New York Knicks always come back empty-handed, except for making some weird things every year.

Except for the strange news, there is no change at all.

It has even become a famous cemetery for superstars. Those superstars who come here eager to prove themselves often end up being overshadowed by the prosperity of this city and become part of its lavishness. I sometimes wonder if Harden is traded.

When I arrived in this city, I didn't know that even Kardashian couldn't stop him and he could maintain his good form for several seasons.

Only now do I understand why it is often difficult for teams on the road to maintain a good state, and why the NBA must be divided into two regions, the East and the West. The teams in each region will play against the teams in the same division every season.

Four games, but only two games against teams from different divisions.

Even in the 21st century, long-term flights are not conducive to players' recovery. The boarding time for each away game is often different, which causes the sleep schedule of many players to be greatly affected. From my personal experience

For example, when you try to fall asleep on a plane, you can only enter a relatively shallow state of sleep. NBA players' daily physical exertion is too huge. Obviously, this level of sleep cannot fully help players.

Physical recovery.

In addition, the intervals between games in the NBA are very short. In many cases, they can rest for one or two days at most, and there will even be many back-to-back away games. Therefore, the physical recovery of players playing away games will inevitably lag behind that of the home team.

High-intensity NBA games naturally test your physical condition. Long-term fatigue accumulation without adequate recovery will directly affect your competitive state and even make you more susceptible to injury.

When I'm at home, I usually get 8 to 9 hours of sleep, but on my first road trip, I only woke up after less than 7 hours of sleep. This is not because my body is not tired enough, in fact, it's because I haven't slept well enough recently.

The training for a period of time is quite strong. Even with Kobe's physical recovery ability, I still have accumulated some fatigue. The reason why I woke up is more that I am not used to living in a hotel. Kobe seems to have a little bit of trouble.

As for the bed, it feels like sleeping on a hotel bed is obviously not as comfortable as sleeping at home.

But now that I've woken up, I don't want to lie in bed any longer. In this era, there are no smart phones or a lot of video game software that I can play while lying on the bed. The only thing in the room that can count is

The more modern thing on the street was a 21-inch TV. I didn't turn it on, and I didn't know whether it was black and white or color, so I decided to go out for a walk.

It was already around one o'clock in the afternoon, and I came to a steakhouse that looked pretty good. When I walked in, I found that the business didn't seem to be as good as I thought. There were only so many people sitting in the empty restaurant.

There were several pairs of people, most of them looked like lovers.

I came to a seat near the window and sat down. A beautiful blonde came and asked me what I wanted to eat. I don’t know why I feel particularly hungry today. Maybe it’s because my body is still growing.

stage, and I do need to add a little weight to improve my body's resistance.

I ordered a medium-priced steak and an orange juice. For the next half hour, I ate while looking at the crowds of people coming and going outside the window, feeling a little sad.

In my previous life, I dreamed of becoming

A professional basketball player like an NBA player can make a lot of money and then live the life he wants.

Now, half of my dream has come true. I want to become a professional player in the NBA, and I still have the opportunity to become the best in the league. All that is left is to make money and live the life I want.

But if you think about it carefully, I may not know what kind of life I want to live. Even if I can get millions, tens of millions, or even hundreds of millions of dollars in money soon, I need this money to achieve it.

What is my dream?

This is actually a pretty big question. Although money is not everything, money is indeed a very powerful force in this real world, but can the things that can be bought with money really make me feel satisfied?

, this is indeed an issue worth discussing.

Buy a sports car, find a female star to be your wife, buy a big house like a manor, or invest in real estate and the stock market, or open a game company, well, I admit that it’s too early to think about these things right now.

early.

I tried to bring my thoughts back to reality from my random thoughts. The first thing I have to do now is to play basketball well. Helping the Lakers win the championship is the real thing, right?

The game against the New York Knicks officially kicked off at 7:30 in the evening. Through the big screen and the commentator's introduction, I discovered a few familiar guys. Gorilla Patrick Ewing is naturally their star player.

He was also one of the four centers who were as famous as Shaq in the 1990s, followed by mid-range shooting king Alan Houston, aunt Larry Johnson, fighting expert Charles Oakley and John Starks.

I have to say that New York's lineup is quite strong. If nothing else, it will be able to enter the playoffs this season. Of course, because of the good form in the last game, Shaq and I looked pretty good before the game.

Relax.

When Shaq was in the locker room, he was still performing the part that he didn't have time to perform at the nightclub party last time. His huge body was twisting in a seemingly rhythmic way, which made people angry.

Everyone including the head coach burst into laughter, so much so that the head coach finally forgot to give us tactics.

And Shaq just told everyone to just give him the ball. He will make the gorilla cry tonight in front of tens of thousands of fans in New York. After saying this, he did not forget to imitate a crying look. It is indeed shocking.

People can't help but laugh.

However, when the game officially started, the New York Knicks gave us a heads-up. Obviously Ewing and his group of boys did not intend to let the Sharks dominate their territory so easily, so they took the lead.

Not only did he perform a very targeted shrinking defense against Shaq, he also took advantage of Ewing's range advantage on the offensive end to frequently punish Shaq defensively from mid-to-long distances.

Contrary to our 15-5 start in the last game, this time the team that only scored 5 points with the same 15-5 score became us. Shaq was obviously irritated by the opponent, and he yelled at

Xiang Ewing, everyone saw that something was wrong and stepped forward to pull him.

For this reason, Shaq paid another technical foul. He already committed two fouls in less than 6 minutes after the opening. And when our entire team was misfiring, we were already 15 points behind 10-25, leaving our opponent with 6 seconds left.

Scoring 25 points with less than a minute left, this has to be said to be a very humiliating thing.

I also came on the court with anger, because when I was off the court, I could clearly see the dirty tricks used by the guys on the opposite side. Those very hidden foul actions could often escape the referee's decision.

When you are dissatisfied with this and complain to the referee, you will be further targeted by the referee, so I really can't complain about the referee. No matter how little tricks my opponents play, I have to respond to them with strength.

I did feel a bit like a game with the first two goals. A pull-up three-pointer and a half-stop layup after a breakthrough hit the basket steadily.

However, they then sent Charles Oakley to focus on my defense. Originally, I was supposed to be facing off against the mid-range shooting king, Ara Houston. Now, Charles Oakley, a strong black man, has set his sights on me. I was able to take advantage of him.

I saw a murderous look in my eyes. Normal people would show fear when they see this kind of eyes. However, I am not an ordinary person. I am now Kobe Bryant. I am a newbie in the league who is not afraid of anything.

Rookies who are not afraid, I will stand on their heads and reach the top of this league!

So when I faced him in the first defensive round, I didn't flinch at all. I just held the ball and prepared to fight with him. However, in fact, my experience was too lacking. It was obvious that I had been in the league for many years.

Oakley taught me a lesson at this time. He took advantage of my somewhat easy-going personality and introduced me into the whirlpool of singles.

And he cleverly used physical confrontation and small defensive moves to make my offensive rhythm become scattered and disordered. Three consecutive attacks ended with my strike. At this time, the coach couldn't stand it and called out our second player in this game.

a pause.

I was so angry that I couldn't even listen to what the coach said to me afterwards. I even ignored the look Shaq sent me.

Beat Oakley one by one.

Maybe the power of anger is indeed useful at certain times. Soon our team's overall offensive rhythm picked up, but because the opponent's main player left the field, the guy who came on the bench had not yet quickly entered the state, and in the end

The important point is that their lineup on the field lacks a real core at this time, so they will also fall into the quagmire of one-on-one without coordination.

And my one-on-one singles ability is far superior to these guys, so during the rest of the first quarter, I scored another 8 points in one breath, and I scored 13 points in the first quarter alone.

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Just when I wanted to play at the beginning of the second quarter, the coach pinned me down on the bench. Already a little overwhelmed by this, I started shaking my head and even started talking trash to the coach.

The head coach didn't say anything, he just let me keep whining like a kid who couldn't get candy.

"Stop talking, I know when to let you play, you should trust my judgment."

I was completely speechless about this. After all, this guy was the head coach, and now I was just a rookie on the bench. I sat heavily on the chair, my mind gradually cleared up, and I began to pay attention again.

He returned to the playing field.

In the second quarter, the offense of both sides fell into a stagnant state. Even if I played again later, I was no longer as good as in the first quarter. The score of both sides in the entire second quarter was 18 to 13, and we scored 18 points.

The opponent scored 13 points, but because we were behind by a lot in the first quarter, we were still 10 points behind 43-53 at the end of the half.

Although a 10-point point difference does not seem like much, in the 1990s, when the game was not fast-paced, defensive actions were heavy, there were few three-point shots, and the overall shooting rate was very low, it was still relatively difficult to recover the point difference quickly.

Difficult things.