NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 25 My grandma can play better than him

The Kings' away game against the Lakers was broadcast live across the United States. On the TNT broadcast station, Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith had already begun to warm up for this focus game.

"Before this focus game, the Lakers had 7 wins and 1 loss, and the Kings had 7 wins and 2 losses, ranking first and second in the Pacific Division respectively. Charles, what do you think of this game?"

"Although the Kings have a good record before, they have not actually experienced the test of a strong team. They lost two losses to Eastern Conference teams, so I am optimistic about the Lakers. The OK combination will blow up the Kings without Chris Webber."

Although Barkley likes big mouths, but in this kind of matchup with clear strengths and weaknesses, he would not deliberately say that the king will win and bring traffic to TNT.

I, Barkley, don't want to lose face?
"It is true that Webber's absence has a great impact on the hard power of the Kings, but we can also see that the Kings' substitutes are very dynamic and can average 40 points per game. Not to mention the best sixth man Bobby- Jackson, this year's newcomers Hedo Turkoglu and Max Lu can also average 10 points and 8 points per game, which is an eye-catching performance."

Smith forced the king to find a winning point. An explanation like theirs is the most one-sided. Since Barkley believes that the Lakers can win, he must find an opportunity for the king to win.

"No, no, no, Kenny, the stats on weak teams are unreliable! Hedo is a 208 cm big man, and his main scoring method is outside, what a bitch; Max is even worse, have you seen it? Does he play? My grandma can play basketball better than him! He's just a layman!"

Barkley's big mouth began to work, reducing Turkoglu and Lu Yuanzhi to worthless.

"Our director edited a section of Max Lu's performance in the summer league. I hope you can still maintain your own point of view after watching it."

Lu Yuanzhi himself didn't know it, because he averaged 2.3 blocks per game, he has already entered the sight of many professional basketball reporters.

Although there are not many games and a small number of samples, a rookie is still playing at the 3rd position, and being able to get into the block list is enough to attract the attention of all parties.

However, this attention has dug out his black material in the summer league.

"Kenny, did you see that this kid dribbled the ball by himself and dribbled the ball to his feet!"

"Look, Kenny, there is an open field in front of him, and there is no defender. This kid actually made a three-point shot! I think Ben Wallace is better at attacking than him!"

A series of mistakes and embarrassments made Kenny Smith unable to find anything to clean up. Fortunately, O'Neal was still playing at this time, otherwise Lu Yuanzhi would definitely be a frequent visitor of the five big embarrassments.

Helpless, Smith could only change the subject, "But we saw that Max showed very good defensive skills when facing McGrady, Carter, and even Duncan."

"It is true that he does a good job on the defensive end, which is why he can play. So, I am here to give a piece of advice to young people, even if your skills are not as good as my grandma, you can still win the coach's favor with defense, Earn playing time!"

The game officially started with the teasing of Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley.

The starting lineup for the Kings is still center Divac, power forward Pollard, small forward Stojakovic, offensive guard Christie, and point guard Bibby.

The Lakers' starting lineup is center O'Neal, power forward Samaki Walker, small forward Rick Fox, attacking guard Kobe Bryant, and point guard Lynch Hunter.

Both teams were a bit slow to start. The Kings, known as the league's strongest offensive team, only scored 19 points in the first quarter.

But they have nothing to worry about. The Lakers on the opposite side feel even worse. In the whole quarter, they only scored 15 points with the OK combination.

Just looking at the score, I thought I was watching an NCAA game!

It may be that he has been the shadow head coach for too long. Adelman has a bad habit. He especially likes to ruthlessly play the main players to ensure the team's performance.

At the beginning of the second quarter, he suddenly realized, no, didn't Karel say to delegate power?Doesn't this mean that my position as head coach of the Kings is secure?Then what am I ruthless about?
With a wave of his hand, Adelman replaced Turkoglu, Lu Yuanzhi and Bobby Jackson, replacing Christie, Pollard and Bibby.

On the Lakers side, O'Neal also took a break for the time being, and Kobe led a group of role players on the field. Anyway, on the Lakers side, except for O'Neal and Kobe, there is no difference between the main force and the backup, and they are all CBA.

As soon as Christie came off the court, Lu Yuanzhi looked around at his teammates on the court and walked up to Kobe very consciously.

Come on, these people on the court, who else can defend Kobe, can only be topped by himself.

"Hey, kid, you're finally here." Kobe smiled at Lu Yuanzhi and punched him.

"Hey, Kenny, did you see that? Kobe greeted that rookie!" Barkley yelled at Kenny Smith on the broadcast booth.

"Hey, Charles, doesn't that mean that Max Lu's strength has been recognized by Kobe?"

"No, no, Kenny, we are all too familiar with that smile. It's a sign that we're going to attack a rookie. Look, Kobe is about to say that classic..." Barkley deliberately paused.

"Welcome to the NBA!" Barkley and Smith said in unison.

Lu Yuanzhi also knew that Kobe was going to play tricks, not because of his smile, but because he wanted to get back to the training ground just now.

Just kidding, do you think Kobe's hands are small?Smaller than his hands are the eyes of his mind!

Not on the court to find the field, or the Kobe we know?

Hunter just dribbled the ball across half court and immediately handed the ball to Kobe like a hot potato. He didn't dare to stay for a second longer. Are you kidding? Didn't you see the look in Kobe's eyes?

Not to mention one second, even if it's half a second later, I won't be able to get a death stare?
Kobe was dribbling the ball slowly outside the three-point line. At this time, No. 8 had basically no ability to carry his back to the basket. Changing directions to face the basket or making a jump shot were his surefire skills.

Lu Yuanzhi opened his long arms and reached out from time to time, not to steal the ball, but to interfere with Kobe's dribbling rhythm.

This kind of interference has no effect on Kobe at all. He made a change of direction in front of his body, and then suddenly started near the three-point line on the right, breaking through from the left.

Lu Yuanzhi did not lose his position, and followed Kobe into the three-point line.

But Kobe suddenly made a sudden stop, his center of gravity was raised, and he seemed to be about to shoot a jumper.

Lu Yuanzhi stopped abruptly, but did not jump. He was waiting for Kobe's next move.

Sure enough, Kobe turned his back and turned towards the baseline, his speed also suddenly increased, passing Lu Yuanzhi's left hand.

Such a rhythm change made Lu Yuanzhi very uncomfortable, but it was not enough for Kobe to throw himself away. He strode forward with long legs and chased towards the baseline.

Kobe came to the bottom line and made another emergency stop, but this time the center of gravity fluctuated so much that his feet almost stood on tiptoe.

Lu Yuanzhi no longer hesitated and jumped up to block the shot.

But what I never expected was that this was still a fake move. Kobe quickly passed Lu Yuanzhi, then came to the outside of the penalty area and took off directly.

Divac, who came over to defend, also jumped up, but Kobe looked like he was doing it in the training hall, arching his body in the air to avoid Divac's block, and then came to the other side of the basket and stretched out his abdominal pull-up bar. , put the ball firmly into the basket.

"Welcome to the NBA, rookie!"

Kobe shook his head and ran past Lu Yuanzhi happily.

(End of this chapter)