Reborn My Name Is Kobe

After the start of the second quarter, I continued the game with a group of substitute players on the court, while the opposite Jazz team also replaced all substitute players.

To be honest, I feel that among the Lakers' substitute players, they are a bit too lacking in athletic talent. It seems that the Lakers have almost used up most of the salary cap to sign Shaq, and there is not much remaining funds to sign.

A better player now.

In fact, in one or two years, with the contracts of Eddie Jones and Van Exel expiring, it will be difficult for the Lakers to have more funds to renew these two quasi-All-Star players at the same time, not to mention that I

My rookie contract will also expire. Judging from my growth rate, I will definitely need a lot of money to renew my contract by then.

Therefore, the Lakers must make a choice in these two seasons. If they cannot win the championship quickly during this period, they must trade some relatively high-paid players in advance to earn some salary for the Lakers to strengthen their substitute players.

space.

Of course, I don’t want to think about these things more now. First of all, the opponent we faced today was very strong, and we fell behind by a full 14 points in the first quarter.

After the start of the second quarter, although the Jazz's substitute players were relatively weaker than their starters, their tactical execution ability was not bad at all.

The most important point is that compared to the Lakers, whose main players and substitutes don't look very enterprising, the Jazz's substitute players can arrive at the venue so early for training, and the gap will naturally widen.

Yes, although basketball is a sport that relies heavily on individual players' talents, what is more important is individual players' self-discipline and hard work.

Even though the current Lakers bench players, except for me, lack sufficient athletic talent, things other than talent such as shooting and running, as well as the cultivation of personal awareness, can be improved through hard practice.

Perhaps many of the current Lakers' bench players will not be able to survive in the NBA for long, but I still think they should at least have the consciousness to be a monk and beat the clock for a day.

As expected, after the start of the second quarter, our Lakers team was still firmly suppressed by the Jazz on the court. This can be seen from the mental outlook of the players.

The result is that the Lakers' players on the court become less active the further they fall behind. On the contrary, the Jazz's bench players feel like they are playing crazy, and they are full of enthusiasm both offensively and defensively.

Soon the score crossed 20 points, even reached 25 points, and was about to get closer to the 30-point difference.

And I myself seem to have fallen into the same terrible rhythm as the entire Lakers team. Both the offensive and defensive ends are full of situations that make me become more and more frustrated.

When I attack, the Jazz will immediately double-team me. In some previous games, I can rely on my excellent athletic ability, strong physical reserves, and good touch to break the opponent's attack.

Double-team tactics.

So today I almost lost most of what I could rely on, especially when I felt that my physical reserves were a little insufficient today, and it was already difficult for me to get rid of several well-trained Jazz players at once with my speed.

The defensive habits of Jazz players are very good. From this point, we can see that Jerry Sloan is indeed a very good coach. All Jazz players are like well-trained soldiers, able to execute what their coach tells them in an orderly manner.

any order given.

We were completely defeated and could hardly find any opportunities on the offensive end. After the Jazz completely blocked our offensive opportunities, they could focus entirely on the offensive end.

Our substitute players fell into a state of huge confusion. Their mentality gradually changed. Maybe they had completely lost themselves in the Jazz's terrifying wave of offense, as if they had lost a battle.

Like all the soldiers, they began to discard their helmets one by one, and soon completely lost their ability to resist.

And my strength alone is so small that it is impossible to completely rely on my strength to prevent the entire Lakers team from collapsing on the defensive end. In fact, by the end of the day, I myself had almost completely lost the strength to fight.

When I was substituted, it felt like I had been given a chance to be redeemed. I had never felt like this before. I really didn’t want to go back to this damn basketball court.

Fortunately, I quickly got rid of my bad mood. I sat on the bench and looked at Jessica, who was waving to me in the distance.

Warmth, this feeling was so wonderful that I found myself again immediately and did not let the confused emotions continue to erode my heart.

Seeing that the substitute players were completely beaten, Lakers head coach Silver Fox Harris had to replace the main players on the court again. At this time, the Jazz were not in a hurry to replace the main players. In fact, our Lakers' main players

The players themselves have insufficient physical reserves today, and playing early will naturally make their remaining rest time even less.

However, the current situation seems to have no other choice. If they don't go up and pull the score back a little now, then the entire second half will probably become garbage time, and there will be no need for them to return to the game.

Maybe it’s because of the excitement of the nearly 30-point score difference on the field.

When some players' nerves were already a bit fragile, the entire Lakers starting players finally seemed to have woken up and launched a counterattack.

In fact, the role of emotions has a huge influence on the current Lakers team, especially considering that the team boss Shaq himself is a guy who is very easily affected by emotions. Although he is sometimes lazy,

But that doesn't mean this guy will act like a gentle kitten when provoked.

You must know that this guy is an out-and-out big shark. When he opens his bloody mouth in anger, it means that a bloody storm is about to come.

Facing the Jazz's main player Shaq, he was a bit submissive, but when facing the Jazz's substitute players, of course he had to strike hard. Shaq immediately showed his bloodthirsty nature as soon as he came on the court and began to attack the Jazz inside with all his strength.

Indiscriminate bombing.

When Shaq was playing with emotion, no one dared to stop him. In fact, even Karl Malone was unstoppable when facing Shaq at this time. Three Jazz insiders came up to double-team Shaq.

After being pressed by Shaq, Gram's player rebounded with great force, pushing the three of them several meters away. Then Shaq slammed the ball towards the Jazz's basket.

I could clearly see the painful expressions on the faces of these three Jazz players on the sidelines. At that time, the three of them went up to double-team Shaq, but Shaq knocked them all away for a long distance.

The distance shows how terrifying Shaq's explosive power is.

And the most incredible thing is that when Shaq started to show off his power, his physical energy seemed to be endless. This guy was obviously tired in the first quarter, but now it gives me the feeling

The more you hit, the smoother you will be, and the more you hit, the more powerful you will be.

Soon, under Shaq's massacre, the Jazz's bench players finally began to collapse, and the score difference between the two sides finally returned to 19 points - within 20 points at least, even though the Lakers faced it with a big weapon.

Jazz bench player.

Then the Jazz calmly called a timeout. During the timeout, Shaq finally started his unique roaring session again. It can be seen that he was really angry just now. In fact, Shaq has a very bad temper.

Big but nice, he often loses his temper deliberately to appear irritable, but those who are familiar with him know that most of the time he just pretends to be angry. If he really wants to anger Shaq, there is no way to do it.

It's not an easy thing, of course if you really do it, congratulations, you will face the terrifying wrath of a terrible fat man.

Although head coach Silver Fox Harris was still very satisfied with the strong murderous spirit shown by Shaq, when he saw that the score difference between the two sides was still 19 points, his face that had just been slightly relieved suddenly darkened again.

Silver Fox Harris still emphasized the importance of defense and told Shaq that he must protect defensive rebounds. The Jazz's ultra-high outside shooting rate will definitely not last a whole game. They only need to protect rebounds.

, and then use rebounds to play a few beautiful defensive counterattacks, then the momentum on the entire court will slowly return to our Lakers side.

In fact, I still agree with Silver Fox Harris's point of view in this aspect. At this time, our Lakers must defend well and protect the rebounds in order to find opportunities to quickly counterattack and score easily.

However, he didn't find a way to break Utah's high pick-and-roll. He seemed to have missed this point on purpose, but in fact, I know that he had no way to break Utah's pick-and-roll.

In fact, let alone him, even for a Bulls team with three Defensive First Team Players of the Year, it is impossible to easily defend against Utah's unstoppable pick-and-roll, not to mention the outstanding players in our team now.

There are almost no defensive players. Shaq may have enough deterrence when defending the inside, but when faced with the pick-and-roll of Karl Malone, who has a strong shooting ability, and Stockton, who has a keen sense of passing, he is almost completely useless.

Used.

The Lakers can only hope that the Jazz's outside touch will slowly decline over time, and our Lakers need to perform better offensively to bring the score back to single digits.

However, the idea is very good. Today, the physical reserves and staffing of our Lakers team cannot pose any threat to the Jazz. In the final analysis, players like Shaq are just relying on their own physical strength most of the time.

He is just a guy with the talent to bully others. Although he also has some good low-post hooks and footsteps, his physical energy will always be consumed faster when facing Karl Malone, who is not inferior to him in strength.

Even when facing super defensive players like Mutombo and Olajuwon inside, Shaq will not feel so uncomfortable, but in fact, the best defender against Shaq is never someone taller than him.

A player or a player with excellent shot-blocking ability is the kind of player who is shorter than him, but has very strong lower body strength and can directly withstand Shaq.

Whether it is Karl Malone, Rodman, Ben Wallace, or even Yao Ming, these players who can effectively block Shaq all have very strong lower body strength, which can effectively make it difficult for Shaq to bring an absolute advantage in the low post inside.

And the most important point is that Shaq, who was in a state of excitement just now, is gradually showing signs of fatigue. The harder he exerted before, the less energy he has left.

When he couldn't directly squeeze through Karl Malone's full defense in the low post, his inside threat

It's much smaller. After all, when his physical fitness declines, even his hook shooting rate will drop significantly, and he almost doesn't have much physical fitness to perform those complicated inside moves. Even his best shark

The pace also slowed down to a good pace.

By the time he completed the Shark Step, the opponent's double-team players had already surrounded him. With Karl Malone at his back, the other double-team players could quickly take the ball out of Shaq's hand.

As a result, the Jazz's main players played for less than five minutes, and the point difference between the two sides once again widened to around 30 points. However, this time they never gave the Lakers any chance, and directly continued to widen the point difference from 30 points to 30 points.

The points started to go all the way towards 35 or even 40 points.

This was simply a humiliating game. The Lakers lost to the Jazz by 37 points at halftime. This is probably a huge shame that the entire Lakers team has never experienced in so many years.

What's more, our Lakers' lineup and record this year are so good. Before this game, our record was tied with the Chicago Bulls for first place in the league. As a result, after this game, we may be nailed to a certain place in the long history of the NBA.

The pillar of shame is on.

The atmosphere in the entire Lakers team suddenly became extremely gloomy. In fact, the Jazz fans at home would laugh at the Lakers at first. However, later they seemed to feel that today's Lakers team was a bit too miserable. They laughed at them.

The voices slowly disappeared, and even the cheers of the fans after the Jazz scored a goal were much quieter.

This situation is really a huge insult. This kind of pain is difficult to describe in words, but I believe that this unforgettable pain will definitely bring some changes to the entire Lakers team at this moment, at least to their

It leaves a scar deep enough in their hearts to allow them to think carefully when they face a similar situation again.

As I said before, in the extremely cruel league of the NBA, no matter how brilliant your achievements have been before, no matter how unparalleled your talent is, as long as you do something that wastes your talent, then

You will definitely be punished. Some of these punishments will come very quickly, while others will appear slowly.

Head coach Silver Fox Harris was so angry that his nose was almost crooked. I could see that his throat seemed to be completely blocked by anger, and he began to stutter when speaking. However, his anger was now

There is no way to stop the entire Lakers team's decadent state of defeat.

However, I secretly vowed not to let the Lakers continue to sink in the second half.

I directly told Silver Fox Harris to put me in the starting lineup for the second half, point guard Van Elsel, shooting guard me, small forward Eddie Jones, power forward Robert Horry, and center Shaquille O'Neal.

None of the other Lakers players seemed to have any reaction to my proposal, and Silver Fox Harris suddenly frowned. He seemed a little unprepared for my bold proposal, but facing almost

In such a desperate state, he may also feel that a dead horse can be treated as a living horse. Since I have the will and courage to continue fighting, it is better to believe in me, or at least let me become a catfish to inspire this moment.

The main players of the Lakers are already a little lifeless.

Shaq didn't speak during the entire halftime break. When I greeted him, he seemed to be deaf. This is very different from his usual self. Although I am a little worried about this, I believe

With Shaq's ability to control emotions, no matter what emotion he is feeling at this time, he will eventually express it clearly.

When the second half began, the Jazz directly sent out a lineup of half the main team and half the substitutes. Of course, I believe that their head coach Jerry Sloan must have had his own intentions in doing so.

In fact, the Jazz's best players in the first half stayed on the court. The main Utah duo and three players who performed well on the bench formed their starting lineup for the second half.

It seems like Jerry Sloan really wants to put our Lakers on the pillar of shame. The 37-point difference at halftime didn't even make them put down their butcher's knife. It's time to show them some real color.

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At this time, I saw a slight change in Shaq's eyes. This may be the first time I have seen his eyes look so serious since I have known him for so long. To be honest, Shaq, who did not have a smile on his face, was just like

Like Dwight Howard without a smile on his face, he always gives people a weird feeling.

I didn't think about it any more. I was able to get involved in the game as soon as the second half started, and my concentration on the game at this time had increased to the highest level I could achieve.

Maybe it was because they had too much of a lead in the first half. The Jazz seemed a little too relaxed after coming up. However, as I started the second half, I didn’t want to give them any chance. All my offenses became more focused, no matter what I did.

Whether running or taking action, the rhythm is a beat faster than usual.

And the more decisive I am in my shots, the higher my shooting percentage seems to be, even if I start to face more and more defensive players in front of me, as I hit more and more shots.

, my shooting confidence also began to grow explosively.

At this time, I saw that the opponent actually sent an unexpected person to defend me. He was Stockton, the main point guard of the Jazz. NND What kind of medicine was sold in Jerry Sloan's gourd?