The rest is just noise

The Lakers easily defeated the Kings on the road.

This team lacks competitiveness. They have a group of jigsaw players who look okay, but lack the star player who can connect everyone together.

Louis is optimistic that they will continue to participate in the lottery this year.

Then came a tough team, the Spurs.

The rise of the Spurs is not an accident.

The combination of David Robinson, Allen Iverson and Jamal Mashburn gave them a place in the Western Conference.

So far this season, Popovich's transformation of Iverson's No. 1 position has begun to take shape.

Iverson performed very well. Even if he played the one position, he averaged 21 points and 8 assists per game. Although he made 3.5 turnovers, it was already very good for a person who is still learning how to play a point guard.

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In terms of impact alone, Iverson could penetrate the entire Lakers defense.

But if you want to fully unleash your impact, you still need some prerequisites.

Either use your own projection threat to maximize your own threat, or use shooters who can open up space on the outside as part of your own threat.

Iverson's shooting can't reach the level of full shooting, and the Spurs can't recruit so many shooters for the time being. Therefore, Iverson's breakthrough threat is not difficult to deal with.

Just relying on breakthroughs cannot produce a formidable on-the-spot performance.

Louis intends to test every offensive system of the team in this game.

The Lakers came up and used high and low post tactics inside to knock out David Robinson.

Garnett's progress is getting bigger and bigger.

Looking back at the beginning of the season, he was as immature as a high school student in some places, but after participating in the All-Star game, he completely changed.

Louis is convinced the end-of-season effect is happening to Garnett.

The Lakers are a team destined to make a splash in the playoffs, and the greater Garnett's late-season effect, the better.

Garnett's high and low post offense is very smart. In addition to the low post offense taught by Bird, he is still trying to find ways to integrate the low post arsenal with the high post arsenal.

In addition, he also attempted an outside three-pointer in this game.

Although he only shot one goal and didn't score, it was still something to be happy about.

As long as you have this intention, you will not worry about the lack of results.

The Lakers are getting better and better in the high and low post inside, and have gradually become a second offensive system besides beautiful basketball.

By the way, Louis also asked Wilson, Barros, and Dumas to practice the roll call tactics under the 5OUT lineup.

Wilson has everything he needs, but Barros and Dumars each have their own struggles.

The former is mainly because he is not used to such an important tactical position, and the latter is simply not used to fighting like that.

Kobe saw it clearly off the court, and he often came up with an idea - if he were placed in the position of Dumars and Barros, his performance would far exceed that of these two veterans.

If you want to know the source of his confidence, Kobe will tell you directly. It's simple. He is better than those two veterans.

Every time he played against Iverson, Kobe was very nervous.

Especially after Iverson stole Kobe's rookie game MVP, Kobe wanted to compete with him even more.

Tonight, due to excessive excitement, Kobe did not perform well after taking the court.

In order to prevent Kobe from making a mistake at every step, Louis only let Kobe play for two and a half minutes before replacing him.

Coach...can't you let me play a few more minutes? Kobe asked.

Louis said with a cold face: With your current strength, it is too early to compete with Al. Although the current AI is stronger than you, you have your advantages. You must keep your advantages in mind and make full use of them.

Louis said so much sincerely, but Kobe only heard one sentence.

No, I am stronger. If you give me a one-on-one chance with him, I will definitely beat him up!

I don't need you to beat him up. Even if you beat him up, it won't mean anything. I just need you to run tactics well and put down the duel with Al. This is not

It's your game against him, it's our game against them.

Kobe thought seriously for a few seconds, coach, what do you want me to do?

Who doesn’t like obedient children?

Louis smiled, but said without mercy: In view of your good attitude in admitting your mistakes, I will replace you at the appropriate time, but it will have to wait until the second half at the earliest.

What about the first half?

Just sit on the bench with peace of mind.

Louis didn't curse, he just let Kobe understand the power of the authority dog.

Louis doesn't need to curse, he just wants Kobe to establish serious tactical literacy.

How serious to be

It was so serious that Kobe had the subconscious idea that anyone who didn't run the game would be replaced.

This process does not require scolding.

When Kobe did something wrong, Louis would replace him and tell him what he did wrong and being benched would be punishment.

But Louis is not the kind of bad-tempered coach who likes to punish players severely. If he makes a mistake, he will be benched, but he still gives opportunities in the second half.

This kind of gentle and silent training method, if Ewing saw it, he would definitely shout "Louis Double Standard".

After Kobe came off the court, Ben waved a towel and said: Kobe, welcome home!

Kobe snorted: Do the people sitting on the bench have the nerve to laugh at me?

Am I mocking you? I am clearly motivating you in the name of mocking. You must understand my good intentions!

When Kobe is sitting off the court, people often come to him to chat.

Sometimes it was Old Buck, sometimes it was Stevens, sometimes it was Bird.

Like today, Bird specifically came to Kobe and asked him to pay attention to Wilson's movement.

In Kobe's view of hierarchy, Wilson is the highest-level player, worth a fortune, but without any privileges.

He just moved.

This is the reason why he has achieved unparalleled achievements but failed to attract more fans.

However, I am not Benjamin. Kobe said this to Ben.

Big Ben laughed and said: I guess the coach didn't want you to become another Benj. Maybe, they just want you to know that even Benj is working hard to move, so you should stop thinking about the duel with Al.

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In the second half, Kobe returned to the game and partnered with Nash, Ben, Tragedy, and Dumars.

Perhaps because Iverson was not on the court, Kobe was obviously not as aggressive as he was in the first half, moving according to tactics in every round.

Once he starts moving well, his basketball skills will have more room to develop.

Maybe even Kobe himself didn't realize that his shooting fit perfectly with his catch-and-shoot after running.

As a rookie, you're lucky to have a shot like this.

In those minutes, Kobe made 2 of 3 shots and scored 5 points.

After that, the Spurs decided to help Louis test Kobe.

They directly let Iverson play the second position.

Louis felt that Popovich had bad intentions at the time. Which high school student could withstand such a test?

What's even more outrageous is that the tragedy master obviously could not pass the ball to Kobe, but in order to further test Kobe, he actually stopped the tactics and passed the ball to Kobe.

Kobe held the ball and faced Iverson's one-on-one defense. His teammates quietly opened up the space. At this time, Kobe's mind went blank. He tried to imagine the scene where he defeated Iverson, but he couldn't imagine it.

This is not a showdown between me and him.

Kobe reminded himself of Louis' words.

Iverson clapped his hands and shouted: Coon!! You can't say you're scared, can you?

If you are too timid to play, just pass the ball! What are you looking at?

Kobe was so angry that his face was livid. After all, he had no intention of doing anything...I can't bear it!!!!!

He gave up the opportunity to single Iverson and passed the ball to Nash, who had already stretched to the right wing.

The moment Kobe passed the ball, Louis jumped up: Is there something wrong with your brain? Can this ball be passed?

All your teammates are helping you open up space, but you’re not even attacking. What the hell are you thinking!!!

If this was a cartoon, Kobe Bryant should be shown in a Q version crying close-up at this time.

CAZOO! Kobe, you idiot, look what you missed!!!

You must often see this, a certain player's season average, it is worth mentioning that after the All-Star Game, the average data reached XX... This is actually a normal phenomenon, because to achieve that level, as long as

With stable playing time, you can find your form, especially those talented rookies who tend to become more confident the more they play, so the peak of rookie statistics always occurs after the All-Star Weekend.

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