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Chapter 674 Houston wants to lie down
In the same city derby, the Lakers were upset, and Kobe made his debut with 38 points!Hot 17 rebounds! —Los Angeles Times.

In the preseason, the shooting percentage was less than 5% in 20 games? 16 for 0 shots?Is it an illusion? — the bleachers.

Continuous dunks in the opening game!Black Mamba trying his best? — Lakers Nation.

Kobe's state cannot be judged in one game! — ESPN.

According to reports from inside the Lakers, I don't think Kobe has fully recovered. -- ESPN data specialist Kevin Pelton.

Kobe played a good game with all his strength!future?Who knows? —Sports Illustrated.

Both Kobe and Tang Qian were ready to fight back against this kind of brick-and-mortar remarks.

In the second scene, against the nearly mature Warriors, the two sides played inextricably. Especially after Tang Qian's physical strength declined, No. 24 was scoring alone.In the end, Kobe scored 20 points in the last quarter and took the game away.

The audience scored an astonishing 48 points!
And he completely locked up his opponent, Klay Thompson, and let him fall into a strange circle of singles.

Klay Thompson was the key to the Warriors' final loss, because he was completely suppressed by Kobe on both offense and defense. Well, because this Kobe is not the Kobe from the original time and space.At the full peak, Klay Thompson has almost no chance of winning.

On November 2013, 11, the home game against the Spurs, where Duncan Kawhi Leonard was absent, was easily reaped. Both the inside and outside lines were completely smashed by the Lakers.Kobe faced Manu Ginobili, who was one year older than himself, and scored ruthlessly. He scored 1 points again and sent 40 assists. 7 points in hand.

科比40+3+7+2，唐潜17+21+8+2，内外合并，灭掉了主力未归的圣安东尼奥。

In the blink of an eye, the Lakers won 3 consecutive victories and led the Western Division Pacific Division.

Finally, some Los Angeles local media couldn't bear it anymore, and a columnist publicly wrote an article:

Hey~look~who is that?That's not a Black Mamba!That's Peter Pan!

This article soon appeared in major newspapers in Los Angeles, making Lakers fans excited.

Someone posted on the fan forum:
Who said Kobe couldn't do it anymore?Three games 38, 48, 40, if he can't, tell me who can?

Forget the preseason game, that's the black mamba playing with us, no matter how ferocious an animal is, it's going to doze off, right?
I can't wait to see how Kobe satirizes ESPN!This must be a big bubble drama!

Keep it up, Los Angeles, don't let the beginning climax slump in the middle!

Regarding this news, the alliance and Stern are also very satisfied. Is there any more interesting scenario than returning to the king after being injured?In particular, Los Angeles is also located in Hollywood, which is also very Hollywood.After thinking for a while, the Jewish old man ordered Adam Silval next to him: "Just give me a little order, and strengthen the Lakers' home post recently."

It can be seen that Adam Silver has emerged from several NBA vice presidents, and now he is being taught by David Stern.Because the latter has stated that he will retire this season and let a new candidate replace him.

"Okay, Mr. Stern, I will give orders. By the way, the Eastern center of the Lakers, do you want to take care of it?" Silval asked. "What do you think? He is a player of your generation. Anyway, I will leave this season. You can handle the affairs of young players yourself." David Stern seems to trust this person, so he does not Not going to interfere.

"Well, I see, Mr. Stern, I will deal with it as appropriate."

On November 2013, 11, US time, the Lakers played the fourth game of the regular season against the Atlanta Hawks in the East.

The Eagles are still a fringe team in the playoffs this season, so they can't help but play. After Kobe scored 36 points, the game entered garbage time ahead of schedule, and both sides were on the bench.Of course, Tang Qian's presence on the inside is like Optimus Prime, which makes No. 24 of the Lakers extremely satisfied.

At the post-match press conference, Kobe was not stingy with words of praise, and said openly: "My Eastern buddy, he must be the DPOY of this season! His energy on the defensive end even surpassed the peak Ben Wallace and Dee. Kembe Mutombo! He is the strongest blue-collar I have ever worked with! He is a superstar among blue-collars!"

Note that this is the first time someone has called Tang Qian a superstar in public. Before, he was only an All-Star at best.

Tang Qian replied humorously: "Hey, my Western buddy, I just want to ask, is my performance worthy of the position of the 103rd player in the league?" Kobe also laughed and mocked the ESPN reporter in the audience: "Of course, we are all big 'super value', aren't we? After all, I'm just a player ranked 25th."

The intensity of this topic is very strong, and ESPN has completely burned up.

Many experts call them beasts, no, it is experts and professors who published articles and columns:

What can 4 games represent?In the history of the league, there are too many teams that started well but died miserably!

Look at the offense and defense of the Lakers, the efficiency is low, they hardly run the ball very much, and the statistics of the second pass and the third pass in the league are at the bottom!
Oriental hot!Wait until you really become a DPOY before saying such things!
In the fifth game, the Lakers were finally waiting for the opportunity by ESPN.Because of the winning streak, many teams in the league began to put aside their contempt and watch the videos and videos of the Lakers this season seriously.Among these teams is the opponent in Game [-], the Dallas Mavericks.

The Mavericks used dislocation play to avoid Kobe and Tang Qian, and used quick attacks to increase offensive and defensive rounds. This is good for a short time, but as time goes on and there are more rounds, the other starting players will "show timidity".Of course, they can't be blamed for this, Steve Blake, Jordan Hill, Wesley Johnson, the highest annual salary among them is Blake, but it's only just 400 million US dollars.Among them, Wesley Johnson is a player with a basic salary. How much can you expect them to do?
In this case, downwind shots are ok, after all, they are professional players, but what about upwind shots?Then there's no way.

Compared with the 4 consecutive victories at the beginning, the league has now taken the Lakers seriously. Tang Qian and Kobe don't care, but the other three have become the opponent's breakthrough.After all, basketball is played by five people. If you can't do it with three points, it's still hard to win.

The Dallas Mavericks took advantage of this and focused on Steve Blake, Jordan Hill, and Wesley Johnson, especially the German Dirk Nowitzki. His style of play is like It's the same as specifically restraining a big center like Tang Qian.No matter how good your defense is, I just shoot, shoot, shoot from outside the paint!

What can you do to me?I am sure!My shooting range is directly beyond the three-point line!
Tang Qian really has nothing to do with this. It's not that he doesn't want to sacrifice his data to defend Nowitzki. It's just that with the current starting lineup of the Lakers, if he goes out, it means that the power of the inside will be abolished.You count on Jordan Hill?Isn't this funny?
But if you don’t go out, don’t switch defenses, okay, Nowitzki just throws balls into Jordan Hill’s head one by one, especially in this game, the Germans have exploded, and they beat Jordan Hill even more. Swollen nose.In this quick dislocation play, the Lakers fell behind, and Kobe scored 48 points in the game, but he couldn't save the overall situation.

Nowitzki scored 69 points with a super shooting rate of 39%, which was enough to offset the No. 24 Lakers.

123-104, the Lakers lost for the first time in the new season.

After seeing the 19-point defeat of the Lakers, the media headed by ESPN immediately felt as if they had been beaten to death. Many people tweeted in succession:
19 points fiasco?The Lakers reveal their true colors?
Kobe's style of play is too poisonous!Hurt the team!He is still the biggest cancer in Los Angeles!

From the analysis of the data, the Lakers started the 4-game winning streak with luck!
No one can win forever, 82 wins and 0 losses, which is basically impossible to achieve, but ESPN's attitude made both Tang Qian and Kobe angry.The next opponent is probably going to be unlucky.

And as it happens, the next opponent is the Houston Rockets.

This game was broadcast live on ESPN. After all, it was full of gimmicks and full of highlights.

Kobe and Harden's battle for the top spot!

After a year of leading the team alone, James Harden has greatly improved his personal ability. He has also been officially praised as the league's top scorer by ESPN and Sports Illustrated.Just look at ESPN's pre-season list. First of all, Harden ranked fourth in the 2013-2014 player rankings. Compared with the 2012-2013 season, he has improved by 22 positions.In doing so, it is obvious that ESPN believes that James Harden has become a top five star in the league.Then there is the 2013-2014 ranking list. Harden jumped ahead of Kobe for the first time and jumped to the top of the list.What about Kobe?Only ranked fourth by ESPN.

For Kobe, a competitive man, this is a matter of fighting for face.

Moreover, he felt very upset when he lost to the Mavericks in the last game. In this game, he wanted to vent on his opponent.

In addition to the above group of highlights, Howard's "Lakers debut" after the transfer is also a hot topic of discussion, especially Howard's words about "the league's first center and the league's first point fit" before the start of the season are even more so. Pushed this game to the cusp.

In the end, the Lakers, like the Rockets, are currently 4 wins and 1 loss, so both sides want to eliminate their opponents and strive for a higher regular season ranking.

So many things, of course, enough to hype ESPN before the game, the company's profit in 2013 was as high as 100 billion US dollars.Nearly 700 billion yuan.Therefore, even if they have no skills, they cannot achieve this position.

Creating topics, fighting hot spots, hype, warming up, and war of words are all ESPN's usual methods, and it seems that they have been effective and enduring for so many years. According to the 2013 survey, ESPN has more than 9000 million subscribers in the United States, so it is obvious that its influence is very strong and its audience is quite wide. Taking advantage of the large user base, ESPN can indeed easily stir up a game.

However, this myth will be slowly eroded, and I will talk about this after the fact.

For such large-scale popular games, there is usually a pre-match press conference before the game. Usually the home team is in front and the away team is behind. This is also a good way to increase topicality and audience attention. The NBA did not have so many routines before. Since David Stern came to power, in order to increase the energy and influence of the NBA, the Jewish old man has spared no effort to cooperate with major media.This point, on the contrary, came from behind and came to the forefront of the four major leagues.

Of course, the players have also benefited a lot in disguise. After all, the higher and more developed the commercial level of the NBA, the higher their wages will be.In this part of the United States, no one will have trouble with a beautiful knife full of ink.

From the bottom to the top, it's the same, no one is immune.

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"Mr. D'Antoni, the Lakers and the Rockets currently have the same record. Do you think you have a good chance of winning?"

"The Rockets are a very strong team, especially this year they have introduced a powerful center like Dwight Howard. We will seriously prepare for the game." D'Antoni's statement is very official, but he is actually not sure. The team has not injected his tactical system at all at present, and the lineup is incomplete. To be able to make this start, to be honest, D'Antoni himself is a little bit unbelievable.

Therefore, the confidence to speak will not be too strong.

But the head coach is friendly and friendly, which doesn't mean the players will be like this, especially when there is a gap between the Lakers and the Rockets' Howard, and some people will naturally spare no effort when they are angry.For example, Kobe said directly: He will not make it easy for the Rockets in this game!
In this way, someone became interested, and a reporter from Sports Illustrated deliberately "made trouble" and said: "Bryant, who are you saying this to? Howard? Or the current league's top scorer?" James Harden?" Kobe is not the Kobe in the original time and space. As the saying goes, people with high morale and high skills are bold. With his current body and determination to win in the last season, what do you think he will say?
"Whoever you think is whoever you are." Kobe looked at the reporter and said coldly, "But are you sure that James Harden is already the number one player in the league?"

"Hehe, Bryant, this is ESPN's front row, and everyone generally agrees." The Sports Illustrated reporter immediately began to shift the fire.

"You fucking ESPN." Kobe was convinced that it was his last season, so he didn't have so much restraint and forbearance in his words: "Don't you want to know? Let me tell you, I will let the person who ranks this rank take care of himself." Experience the power of the 25th in the league and the fourth position in the 13-14 season."

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"Tan, you are far ahead of No.2 in rebounding and blocked shots. Can you keep it up?"

"Of course, there is no problem with this, unless it is almost the same as restoring the dinosaur rampage in the 90s."

"May I ask if your relationship with Howard has been repaired? How will you treat this game?"

"No. Not at all." Tang Qian opened his mouth and said: "I have nothing to repair with him, because it has already broken, right? As for this game... My answer is the same as Bryant's, I will not let him The Rockets have it! Well, that's it."

"Oh, you mean you're going to blow up Howard?" the reporter from the bleachers asked excitedly.

"Haha~" Tang Qian smiled and said, "Guess."

"Tang, can you explain the incidents of 'False Certificate Gate' and 'Age Gate'? You have kept your mouth shut, is there something hidden? Or is it true?" Tang Qian glanced, his expression changed immediately He said coldly, "People from ESPN? I'm sorry, but I'm the 103rd player in the league. Are you thinking too much about asking someone like me to stir up news?"

"Are you changing the subject on purpose?" the ESPN person chased after him.

"What topic should I change?" Tang Qian said directly: "Do you people at ESPN have too many brain circuits and like to make trouble all day long?"

"Then why don't you talk about it?"

"I'm 50 this year, okay, are you satisfied, can you get out? Next!"

However, compared to Tang Qian and Kobe, the rest of the Lakers players kept a low profile, playing bureaucratic and Tai Chi.

After finishing the pre-match interview with the home team, these reporters immediately prepared for the next wave of offensive.

"Harden, Kobe and Tang said that this game will not be easy for you, what do you think?"

"Haha, this kind of trash talk is meaningless. In the game, strength speaks." Harden is not just the boss, a year of experience is enough for him to learn to deal with these difficult problems.

"Kobe seems to be very dissatisfied with his ESPN ranking, do you think you deserve your name?"

"Of course I am." James Harden enjoys the feeling of being sought after by the league. This makes him more likely to be offered a sexual encounter when he goes to a nightclub. Think about those plump and mellow girls Big ass, hey, he just drools.

"I think I'm ready, the history of the league is always going to be reinvented."

On the other side, Howard was also surrounded by the media, and the voice of asking questions was noisy and bustling:
"Howard, this is Kobe and Tang's words, what do you think? Is there any pressure?"

After coming to Houston, Howard's previous superstar feeling came back. These reporters no longer surrounded Kobe every time and neglected themselves.No. 12 of the Rockets said confidently: "I don't have any pressure. Our team has the league's first center and the league's first point. I think we are very strong, and I think I feel good."

"How much better than being with the Lakers?"

"Of course, there is no doubt about it."

"Will you give the Lakers a 'special treatment from the old club'?" This refers to a tradition in the NBA where stars "revenge" on their old clubs, similar to how, you feel blind, let the old man go. It is your greatest loss.

"Yes! Yes!" Howard said: "You know that Superman will always do his best, right?"

"Do you think you were not selected to the All-Defensive Team last season, did you lose your position?" This question is relatively bad. It is obviously a topic of provocation, and the topic maker belongs to the famous ESPN.They are very professional in data analysis. Similarly, they are also very professional in making hot topics.Many famous topics in the American sports circle were born in their hands.

Howard felt uncomfortable when he heard the pronunciation of this name. He also put on a bad face and said: "Last season, I was only suffering from a back injury and came back early, so I was not in good condition. This season, it is absolutely impossible for this to happen again." It’s a situation. I mean, I’m not just going to be selected to the All-Defensive Team, but I’m also going to be on the first defense. He’s a second-defense player, and I’ve never paid attention to him!”

Before the game starts, the fierce confrontation will be first, and this effect is exactly what ESPN wants.

After going through a series of kick-off ceremonies, Tang Qian was about to go on the field. When he turned his head, he froze for a moment, and then smiled wryly: "Bryant, you, you are... you entered 'The. Zone'? Are you trying to make trouble?" No. 24 of the Lakers said with a cold face: "I lost the last game, and this one can't be lost again, especially the Houston Rockets!"

Well, Kobe is indeed a competitive maniac, he still cares about certain things in his heart, right?
Alas, James Harden, Dwight Howard, just ask for blessings.

If you want to blame, blame ESPN for letting you lie down.

Tang Qian shook his head, took off his training clothes, and officially entered the field.

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