Reborn as Kobe

At the beginning of the season, the Lakers dismantled the winning lineup. At that time, many people thought it was self-destructing the Great Wall, but now it seems that the Lakers' performance has not been affected much, and they have earned the future.

Playing the Lakers in the first round is a terrible thing for the young Timberwolves. To say which insider Garnett fears most now is O'Neal. When Garnett's state did not decline, he could use his retreat style of play and almost all the strong inside lines in the league, including the demon king Duncan, who was in full swing. The Timberwolves struggled to make the playoffs and started again. Encountering the Lakers, this makes Timberwolves fans extremely desperate.

On May 6th and 7th, the old Nelson announced a two-day holiday. He only arranged training on the 8th. The training volume was very low, and his physical strength was mainly restored. On the 9th, he met the Timberwolves challenge at home.

In this shrinking season, the Lakers were fortunately not injured. This is also the result of old Nelson's attention to adjusting the main playing time. After discussion by the coaching staff, the four rookies selected by the Lakers this season announced that they have entered the playoffs. The few water fountain players excluded mean that they will leave the Lakers next season and need to find a new team to sign.

This is no wonder the management team, the league's teams are not open shantang, you are worthless to the team, you will naturally be eliminated, the survival of the fittest in the business league has always been so cruel.

The list of the 13 Lakers playoffs is as follows.

Center: Shaquille O'Neal, Sean Lukes.

Power forwards: Robert Holly, Charles Barkley, Rashard Lewis, Corey Blunt.

Small forwards: Ray Allen, Dirk Nowitzki, Ryan Bowen.

Shooting guards: Eddie Jones, Catino Mobley.

Point guards: Kobe Bryant, Derek Fisher.

During the two days of rest, Kobe didn't stay idle either. Instead, he and Wachowski, now a brother and a sister in the future, discussed the filming plan for the sequel to The Matrix.

With the popularity of the first film, coupled with the release of the second in June, "The Matrix" is bound to set off a punk culture frenzy.

The Wachowski brothers originally wanted to introduce more fatalistic metaphors in the third part, but they were strongly rejected by Kobe. What are you kidding? Why did the original version restart the fourth part after so many years? Isn't it because of too much mystery The metaphor makes the audience see it incomprehensibly, and the starring pay is too high, which has only been pushed for so long.

Seeing the brothers' indignation, Bryant decided to stop cooperating with the two brothers after filming the third part of "The Matrix". It is good for the director to have ideas, but too many ideas can become a disaster.

After discussing the shooting of the holiday movie, Kobe took Liu Yufei to the Star Wars crew and the "Charlie Girl" crew respectively to explore the class, and then returned to Los Angeles to start joint training, waiting for the arrival of the playoffs.

On the 8th, the NBA played four games first. The Rockets easily defeated the Kings 112-95, the Jazz narrowly beat the Blazers 91-88, and the Spurs won the Suns 100-92.

There was a big upset in the East, and the Knicks overturned the Heat 95 to 75.

Throughout the end of the four games, the results are not surprising. After all, the hard power of the team is there. The only surprise is that Jason Kidd actually let the second-year rookie Billups hammer.

Kobe watched the video of the game between the two teams, and had to admire Popovich’s old manners. The whole game had to choke off the other scoring points of the Suns, preventing Kidd from shooting casually from the outside, and Kidd’s unbearable shooting rate eventually ruined the game. .

On May 9, the Lakers made their home game.

The elder Nelson announced the starting list in the locker room. As expected, Kobe, O'Neal, Barkley, Eddie Jones, and Ray Allen will serve as the starters.

"As long as you limit Garnett to the Timberwolves, you will be half the victory." Old Nelson paused and smiled: "Charles has a very heavy task in this game. It's up to you to defend Garnett. Shaquille plays the inside. , Always pay attention to the defense against Garnett."

After the players left, Thibodeau asked old Nelson: "Will the other Timberwolves leave it alone? For example, Joe Smith."

"That guy has been abolished. He didn't realize his talent in the Warriors, and he will only be an ordinary player in the future."

Old Nelson said disdainfully, but his expression was a pity for his former disciples.

The atmosphere of the Lakers' home court was extremely hot, and the cheers of Kobe and O'Neal were deafening when they played.

Philip Sanders looked at the Lakers players across the court, frowned and looked very sad. A look at the lineup knows that the Timberwolves are properly crushed.

The game was broadcast live across the United States, and the cameraman gave a close-up of the front row audience. Many Hollywood stars are well-dressed waving to the camera.

Keanu Reeves also came to the scene from the "Lord of the Rings" crew, and he needed to promote the release of "The Matrix 2".

Timberwolves starting: Garnett, Sam Mitchell, Trier Brandon, Anthony Peeler, Joe Smith.

O'Neal won with a jump ball and the Lakers attacked first.

Kobe held the ball in the middle of the organization, Barkley pulled out the pick-and-roll, and O'Neal gave Ray Allen a ball-free screen on the left.

Bryant got the ball out of Trier Brandon and broke through on the right. Anthony Peler came to help defend. Bryant divided the ball to Ray Allen. Ray Allen missed an open three-pointer and Garnett got the rebound.

The Timberwolves attacked, and the penalty area was blocked by O'Neill and Barkley ~www.readwn.com~ can only think of a way from the outside.

The basketball was conducted a few times, but in the end there was no chance, and he could only be handled by Garnett. Garnett faced Barkley and flicked, relying on his height advantage to turn around and shoot the ball. 2: 0.

The Lakers attacked, Kobe took the ball to the front court, facing the 1.8-meter-tall Trier Brandon, suddenly made a three-pointer at the top of the arc, and the basketball hollowed into the net. 2:3.

The Timberwolves lowered their pace, the players all opened up, Anthony Piller and Garnett picked and rolls, after attracting Jones to change defense, Piller passed the ball to Garnett in the left low position.

Garnett hit Barkley with his back, turned and missed a jumper, O'Neal grabbed the rebound.

Although Barkley's height is not as tall as Garnett, his use of precise card position skills and rich defensive experience undermined Garnett's shooting rhythm.

O'Neal passed the ball to Kobe, and Kobe quickly advanced and took the ball to the frontcourt and gave the ball to Ray Allen who was open. This time Ray Allen seized the opportunity and hit a three-pointer. 2:6.

The Timberwolves attacked, almost running out of twenty-four seconds, Joe Smith missed a jumper under the interference of Kobe's defense, Jones grabbed the rebound and launched a fast break again.

Kobe was double-teamed with the ball and directly suspended to O'Neal inside. O'Neal forced a layup by relying on his strength advantage, causing Garnett to foul, the ball scored an extra penalty, and O'Neal made the first free throw. 2:9.

Old Nelson sits firmly on the Diaoyutai, not worried about the situation on the court at all.

Timberwolves offensive, facing the Lakers man-to-man defense, Brand can't break through Kobe at all, and Garnett can only come out to respond.

The Lakers changed their defenses quickly. Garnett did not succeed with the ball against Kobe. At about twenty-four seconds, he faced Kobe and provoked a mid-range shot. Although Kobe interfered with this ball, the basketball still rolled twice in the basket. Into the net nest. 4:9.