The rest is just noise

In the third game, the struggling Kings were thinking that they could lose, but they couldn't let Kobe feel comfortable.

There was not a single second of suspense in the entire game.

From the moment the referee threw the ball up, the Kings had lost the game.

Their sparse cooperation, lack of communication tactics, and short and long shots all pushed this game into garbage time earlier.

Benjamin Wilson didn't expect that he would be able to change into his playing uniform and rest after playing only 22 minutes.

It was halfway through the third quarter, the Lakers' lead reached 25 points, and the Kings "justifiably" replaced their main players.

Bill Laimbeer, who was in the NBC guest gallery, was furious: "The Kings seem to want to lose the suspense of this game more than the Los Angeles people. They are so decisive that it makes people think that it is not the Lakers who are taking the lead."

The opponent replaced the main force, and Louis could only follow up.

So, Kobe and others came on stage.

Something magical happens.

The Kings, which were originally a stagnant team, suddenly woke up after Kobe Bryant came on the court.

They were all highly motivated and full of hostility towards Kobe.

The specific manifestation of this hostility is that every time Kobe gets the ball, there are double teams.

No matter where he gets the ball, the two Kings players closest to him will instantly move in to double-team him.

Give a rookie the imperial treatment of being double-teamed by three people when he gets the ball...

"The last rookie who was targeted like this was probably Wilt Chamberlain decades ago." "It's understandable that Wilt was treated like this. I really can't understand how the Kings treated Kobe." Laimbeer was surprised.

He said, "But they used the same vigor as they did against Kobe to compete with the Lakers. This game will definitely still have to be played."

Off the court, Wilson was "jealous".

"This is a treatment that even I don't get."

Since he was double-teamed by three people as soon as he got the ball, Kobe had to be reasonable even if he didn't want to be reasonable.

Any time he passes the ball, there will be a wide open space.

As if they didn't know how to write the word "death", the Kings repeatedly left Nash and Ellis empty.

These are two of the Lakers' three most accurate players.

Ellis hit consecutive three-pointers.

Thanks to Tokobi, he hit three three-pointers in two minutes and scored 9 points.

For this reason, he deliberately patted Kobe's butt: "I can't tell, but you still have some advantages.

Kobe replied dismissively: "You just said that because I passed the ball to you."

Ellis sneered and said: "If you can pass the ball like this every day, let alone praise you a few times without conscience. Even if you say that you are the number one rookie in history, I have no problem with it."

Nash also benefited.

He usually passes the ball to Kobe, but today it is rare to eat the pie sent by the opponent, and it is quite delicious.

Nash didn't have Ellis's leisure. He never quarreled with Kobe.

As an older rookie, he is very cautious.

Because Kobe is the second youngest player in the league, he is only 18 years old. Even if he makes a huge mistake, the team will continue to give him opportunities and wait for him to grow.

He can't.

He is already 23 years old. According to today's standards, which increasingly encourage talented players to enter the league early, he is mostly developed and lacks potential.

Therefore, there is not much room for error left for him.

As a commander, he felt he was doing a pretty good job, but today Kobe showed him a path he had never thought of before.

Why is he always passive in "Beautiful Basketball"?

84 games have passed, and Nash is still playing the role of Wilson and the tragedy maker's "puppet" under the "Beautiful Basketball" system.

It is clear that Nash has a unique understanding of the system, and is becoming more and more familiar with "Whale Landing". He can understand almost every "Meteor" tactical path, but in the system, he only passively follows orders.

Nash always wondered why.

Today, he understood.

Because he does not have the offensive threat to force his opponents to take the initiative to change.

In other words, he was not aggressive enough and did not put pressure on the opponent's defense, so it was difficult for him to play truly "beautiful basketball" with himself as the core.

As for Kobe, he knows a thing about "beautiful basketball"?

He's just a spoiled high school selfish kid.

It just so happens that such a person can still make comfortable passes as long as he is double-teamed without any brains.

You have to say that Nash misjudged Kobe, but his idea was correct.

The result of the Kings' brainless blockade of Kobe was that they lost more in the last quarter and a half than in the previous three quarters.

Kobe finished the game with 0 points, 4 rebounds and 13 assists, with a plus-minus of 39+.

In the end, the Lakers beat the Kings 134-70 by 64 points.

"I always thought he was a selfish brat, and obviously I was wrong."

This is what Buckley said.

"I bet he'll be an All-Star next season."

This is what the tragedy master said.

"I'm happy that Kobe scored double-digit assists, but I'm not happy that the Kings triple-teamed a rookie."

Wilson was still thinking about that.

"It's nothing remarkable." Louis threw cold water on the situation. "The Kings have adopted a suicide strategy since Kobe Bryant came on the court. Kobe just did what he should do."

Then, although he did not score but made great contributions, Kobe, who was recognized by everyone except Louis and Liu Yuqing, inevitably snorted: "You know, I am a team player, and I want to break the fans' stereotype of high school players. We are not

We don’t understand the bounds of heaven and earth, we are not selfish, we are not arrogant, we are just... you know, we are just seekers on this road, and this is my way."

Kobe's speech fully demonstrated that Louis' cold water was not enough.

So, in the locker room, when the veterans were immersed in the joyful atmosphere that "high school boys have finally grown up," Kobe promised that he would become a more selfless player.

Louis just smiled and said nothing.

Liu Yuqing looked at him with strange eyes: "Are you sure other teams besides the Kings will double-team you with three people?"

"Cazzo!!!" Kobe said angrily, "Shut up! You don't understand my game at all, because you were already off the game, so you are not qualified to make an evaluation!"

Garnett laughed: "You're right, Jiang Duo, I think you are dissatisfied because you didn't receive Bean's pass."

"Yes, your thoughts are really selfish!" Kobe said arrogantly, "Please learn from me more!"

"Indeed, you are so selfless." Liu Yuqing's words once made Kobe think that he had conquered the meanest person in the team. "Otherwise, he wouldn't have given up the rookie MVP to AI."

At that moment, everyone except Liu Yuqing and Kobe burst into laughter.

Kobe, who still felt resentful about not being awarded the MVP of the rookie game, roared: "That was my MVP! It's completely shady! AI is a thief!"

"I was the MVP of that game!!!"

"Yes, you are!" Garnett once again supported his comrades.

Unfortunately, his smile gave him away.

Obviously, he was also amused by Liu Yuqing's sarcastic words about Kobe, and he was the one who laughed the loudest.

And that sentence just now wasn't even Liu Yuqing's most cruel sentence tonight.

When Kobe was hysterically cursing the judges and the "thief" of the Rookie Game MVP, Liu Yuqing waited for him to finish and then said: "Then you have to be more selfish, otherwise the Rookie of the Year Award will also be stolen by Al."

"Cazzo!!!"

Kobe went berserk on the spot, and the joy brought by playing a good game was completely wiped out by Liu Yuqing's few words.

"With this mouth...it's no wonder he's isolated in Atlanta." Bird snorted, "Although it's not too much, but..."

"Hillbilly,

If you think Jiang Duo is too much, then why are you laughing?"

"I don't!"

"***Tell me no more and you keep laughing!"

"Who said you are not allowed to laugh in the locker room? I laugh because I think of happy things!"

It was a happy night for the Lakers.

They defeated the Kings with an astonishing advantage, swept their opponents easily and happily, and advanced to the semifinals.

The Lakers' semifinal opponents will be decided between the Spurs and the Suns.

The first round between the fourth and fifth teams in the conference is often the most intense series in the first round.

Because the ranking shows that there is not much difference in strength between them.

The series between the Spurs and the Suns lasted five games.

Allen Iverson did not fall behind against Kevin Johnson. What really put the Spurs into a passive position was that David Robinson failed to establish the expected advantage in the paint.

Robinson's opponent, Yu Tiancan, like him, has recovered from serious injuries.

As a result, although Yu Tiancan couldn't defend him, his solid back attack allowed him to easily kill Robinson.

Robinson was unable to gain an advantage on the inside battlefield, so he floated to the high post to play a pick-and-roll with Iverson.

This really hit Yu Tiancan's Achilles' heel.

But the Suns' coaching staff is also determined to block the inside. No matter how Robinson wants to shoot, just let him do it, and the inside will be blocked.

So Robinson actually only needs to seize the opportunities that the opponent deliberately misses to him, and it will be difficult for the opponent to defeat him.

However, Robinson's shooting was not stable enough. He was accurate in one game and inaccurate in another. If Iverson and Mashburn hadn't performed well enough, the Spurs might have died due to his shooting.

In the fifth game, Iverson showed his true qualities as a supernova. He played best at the critical moment, scoring 38 points, 5 rebounds and 8 assists. Robinson still did not perform well, and on the night when Mashburn became the Iron King,

Defeated Kevin Johnson in a bloody hand-to-hand battle and led the Spurs to the semifinals.

"I can't wait to see him bring the trophy (Rookie of the Year) home," Popovich said. "I would be surprised if AI doesn't win unanimously."

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