Learning in the NBA can make you a god

Chapter 120
The time came to October 2008, 2.

Today is the fourth game of the Lakers, and they are a guest in New Jersey to challenge the Nets.

The conflict between the two teams can be traced back to the 01-02 season, when Kidd led the team to the finals, and in the finals they met the Zijin Lakers, who were in full swing. The result can be imagined.

O'Neal at his peak and Kobe, who has grown up, easily solved it 4-0 like chopping melons and vegetables.

After that, Kidd made it to the finals again, and met the Spurs who led the team dully. They lost the finals again 4-2, and then the Nets gradually declined.

In the 04-05 season, the Nets management traded Vince Carter from the Raptors, hoping that the team could reach the Finals again. Kidd also hoped to win a championship with the Nets, but things always backfired. The Nets haven't even made it out of the Eastern Conference for several seasons, let alone the Finals.

The Nets fell out of the playoffs this season. For this reason, Kidd's opinions on the management are getting bigger and bigger, and he also applied to the team for a deal.

Looking at the situation of the Lakers and Nets at this time, it is simply a world of difference. The Lakers have just traded an important puzzle for the team to win the championship, and they have become the team with the highest desire to win the championship; while the Nets are gradually declining. The star has already applied for a trade, and this season fell out of the playoffs.

Before the start of the game, Kidd looked at the Lakers' lineup after completing the transaction, and his eyes were hot for a while.

"Jason, what are you thinking?" Carter, who had been traded to the Nets for several seasons, saw Kidd's abnormality at a glance, and asked.

"It's nothing, I just feel that the management is doing nothing. After a season." The disappointment with the management is beyond words.

"Hey." Carter sighed, not only for himself, but also for Kidd. "Jason, are you sure you want to leave here?" I still don't want Kidd to leave the Nets this season. He just jumped out of his contract and signed a new four-year contract with the Nets, ready to fight Kidd field.

But the Nets' record this season is not generally bad.

"Vince is sorry. He has already proposed a deal to the management. We will never win a championship here." Kidd has played in the league for more than ten seasons. He has entered the finals twice, but he failed .

This season, the team's management did nothing, and the record declined, making him determined to leave the Nets.

Carter saw that persuasion was fruitless, "I hope you can be traded to a team with championship potential." He could only send blessings to his old friends.

The two chatted for a while before continuing to warm up.

Watching the two teams start, Yu Jia looked at Director Zhang beside him, "Director Zhang, what do you think about Li Tian being traded to the Lakers?"

"Being traded to the Lakers is an opportunity for him, and of course there is also a crisis. The goal of the Lakers this season must be the championship, and it is impossible to have too much time to cultivate rookies.

It depends on whether he can seize the opportunity and use his ability to conquer Phil Jackson. If he plays well, he will be favored by the team, and he will be greatly improved in the team's low positions." said Barabara For a long time.

Yu Jia also understood it, and concluded, "Mr. Zhang, it depends on Li Tian's performance. If he performs well, he will become the team's championship puzzle; if he does not perform well, he is a drinking fountain player. Is that what you mean? "

"Your conclusion is very reasonable." Director Zhang laughed.

Domestic fan forums burst into laughter.

"Director Zhang also commented, it's so funny."

"Haha, the reasonable teacher is still so reasonable."

The time came to 9:00, and the game officially started.

Lakers starters: Fisher, Odom, Radmanovich (skier), Gasol, Kobe;
Nets starting: Carter, Jefferson, Kidd, Williams, Boone.

In the first game of the Lakers, Li Tian was still on the bench.

Because Bynum was reimbursed for the season due to injury, Gasol still appeared at the center position that he didn't want to play, which is also a kind of helplessness.

At the beginning of the game, Kobe did not break through with all his strength at the beginning, but used his deterrence to attract the defense and create offensive space for Gasol.

After playing 6 minutes in the first quarter, Gasol scored 5 of 2, scored 4 points and 3 rebounds, and was replaced by Phil, also to give Gasol a rhythm to adapt to the Lakers game.

1 point behind the Nets, the score came to 12-13.

Li Tian replaced Gasol, and the skier was pushed to the center, replacing the skier as a power forward.

"Paul, you're a little weak today. You haven't experienced the romance of Los Angeles yet, and you're starting to feel a little hypocritical. It's not good." While high-fiving Gasol, he joked.

"Go away! This is not suitable for the comparison rhythm of the Lakers, you play well." Gasol encouraged.

"Li Tian made an early appearance. It seems that Phil still values ​​him very much. The Lakers teammates gave him a high-five. He was very popular with the teammates. The atmosphere of the Lakers looks good, and the atmosphere of the team has not been affected by the transaction. I hope he can Better integrate into the Lakers." Director Zhang said.

"Yes, I am looking forward to his return to the state at the beginning of the season and return to the ranks of the best rookie." Yu Jia also sent blessings to Li Tian.

Hearing this sentence, Director Zhang shook his head slightly and thought, "It is very possible to recover, but it is still difficult to return to the ranks of the best rookies. The goal of the Lakers is the championship, not the playoffs." '

Defending him is Williams, the Nets' 07th pick in the first round of 17. The height and weight of the two are almost the same.

Fisher held the ball through half court, ready to attack.

According to the stance of the triangle offense, Li Tian ambushed in the left corner.

After receiving a pass from Fisher, Kobe went straight into the penalty area from outside the 45-degree three-point line on the left. The Nets were afraid of Kobe's offensive threat. Williams left his defender and chose to flank Carter.

According to his style of play last season, two teams have long been used to it. On the premise of winning this game, it is also to examine the two new players of the team.

"This is unreasonable. Facing a double team, he actually chose to pass the ball. Li Tian in the corner received a pass from Kobe and shot a three-pointer directly." Kobe, who always thought double teams were normal, chose to pass the ball. Teacher Zhang Lili was full of doubts.

"Director Zhang, Li Tiandi's open corner is a very good opportunity to open the three-pointer. Kobe's pass is very reasonable." Yu Jia smiled and said to Director Zhang.

"You are right in saying that. I feel that Kobe played more reasonable today." Director Zhang did not forget to praise Kobe.

"A three-pointer from the bottom corner." Yu Jia shouted loudly. "This is the first round he came to the Lakers. He scored three points for the team and made a good start. I hope he will play better and better in the future and get a starting position earlier."

The teammates came over to celebrate with the chest bump.

"Li, your three-pointer is very good, and you have lived up to my pass." Kobe praised.

"That's for sure, do you have the feeling of Bird?" Don't forget to pretend to be a wave of B.

"As long as you are still Bird, you are still far behind. You need to hit more three-pointers to be able to compare with Bird. Come on, man." Odom said from behind.

The first attack helped the team overtake the score and the score came to 15-13.
Looking back, Kidd deserves to be "base does not attack", pass the ball to assist Carter, and he rarely initiates an offense, all of which help the team through assists.

Carter didn't feel good in this game. After being reimbursed by Bowen for the step-up season, the "half-human, half-god" who flew into the sky and escaped from the ground also lost his previous bounce.

Relying on Williams under the basket, Li Tian grabbed a defensive rebound.

Grabbed the rebound and gave it to Fisher.

In any case, the Nets, who have experienced the baptism of the playoffs every year, still have a good defensive awareness, and their quick positioning prevented the Lakers from making fast breaks.

Fisher still held the ball at the top of the arc and organized the team's offense.

Facing Kidd, who is taller than himself and more defensively aggressive, he did not blindly choose to break through with the ball.

The ground pass was passed to Kobe who was near the left half-block. Facing Carter's defense, he turned around to prepare for a post-up single, and his teammates opened up space for him.

Li Tian, ​​who was in the bottom corner on the right, suddenly sped up with one step, throwing off Williams who was defending him, and passed the cover of the men's skiing basketball, completely throwing off the chasing defense.

From the bottom line on the right side to the bottom corner on the left side, Kobe, who was playing with his back, saw that his teammate had another open three-pointer, and without hesitation, he threw the ball to Li Tian, ​​who had just settled down.

Catch the ball and make another three-point shot.

The basketball went into the net hollow without any splash.

Phil, who was sitting on the bench, watched Li Tian's performance, and couldn't help but say, "It smells so good!"

For the team to compete for the championship, it has added another boost.

But it didn't show it, and I still need to continue to investigate. The two shots were empty.

Frank (the head coach of the Nets) saw Li Tian's continuous vacancy, and was very angry with Williams who was defending him, and shouted "Jefferson switched defense."

The Nets still didn't call a timeout.

The score came to 18:13, and the Lakers got a 5-point lead.

Kidd, who dribbled the ball across the half, whispered a few words to Carter.

The team's offensive end stagnated, and the two discussed how to break this situation.

Relying on the advantage of speed, he threw off Fisher's pursuit, received Kidd's lob, and scored a dunk.

The Nets finally stopped the decline.

Facing Jefferson's defense, although Li Tian's height has an advantage, Jefferson's speed and defensive experience are not comparable to Williams, who is also a rookie.

After a few rounds, the Nets also found that Kobe was only using his threat to compress the defense, creating mobile opportunities for the outside line, and also changed his defensive strategy, giving up double-teaming him.

The two teams each scored, and the point difference has been maintained at around 5 points.

With the last 1 minute left in the first quarter, observing the changes in the Nets' defensive strategy, Kobe also began to attack the basket.

"Kobe spent the entire first quarter driving his teammates to score and focusing on defense. The first quarter is coming to an end, will he start the offensive mode?" Director Zhang has always been Comey, of course he hopes Kobe can launch an offense .

Jefferson had been defending against Li Tian for a few minutes, and he was exhausted.

Bryant suddenly launched an attack. Without double-teaming, this breakthrough went well and scored a layup.

The score came to 30:23, and the Lakers led by 7 points.

Kidd holds the ball, in order to increase the success rate, he started to play tactics, using his teammates to cover, break through the basket, and score to Nakhba who is ambushing in the bottom corner. This season, his three-point shooting rate is above 36%, which is still a certain degree. threaten.Phil also specifically emphasized this point before the game.

The moment Naheba received the ball, Li Tian saw that no one was defending, so he activated the skill of the defense master, raised the lateral speed to the highest, and quickly came to Naheba.

Naheba was ready to make a shot, and there was no time to pass the ball, so he could only force a shot.

Li Tian, ​​who was well defended, jumped up and slapped Naheba's shot out of the bottom line.

The Lakers bench, seeing the domineering block, danced excitedly for an instant, shouting and cheering for it.

"It's great Li, your lateral speed is very fast." Kobe couldn't help but came up to congratulate him.

"Crack!" Odom made another sneak attack and touched his buttocks.

"Lamar, you are too wretched." He looked at Odom with a look of disgust.

Odom blushed for a while, "Lee, is there any problem with this?" He was very puzzled.

He took the trouble to explain to Odom that he doesn't want to be attacked by his teammates every time he has a good performance in the future.

After listening to the explanation, the teammates laughed and unconsciously distanced themselves from Odom.

"You wronged me, what I like is a woman, it's a woman." Odom continuously emphasized that he was not interested in him.

Kidd saw Li Tian's defensive range, which is not like what the scout report said. He has a strong single-defense ability, and he has no ability to assist defense and make up defense.

Think about how to deal with this change.

Malik Allen serves from the baseline to Kidd.

There are only 5 seconds left in the attack time, and there is no time to run tactics, so they can only attack by themselves.

An accelerated, got rid of Fisher's defense, retreated to the three-point line, and hit a three-pointer.

Reduce the point difference to 4 points.

Kobe launched the final attack with the ball and compressed the attack time to the last 7 seconds before launching a breakthrough with the ball.

Facing the double-teaming of Carter and Naheba, Kobe no longer had a hard head, and chose to split the ball to Li Tian, ​​who was one position away from Malik Allen.

After receiving a pass from Kobe, the shooting space is not very good, but seeing that the attack time is only 3 seconds left, it is too late to split the ball and run tactics again, so we can only force a shot.

Taking off for a three-point shot, Allen also followed up at this time, reaching out to interfere with the three-point shot.

"Snapped!"

The forearm of his left hand was hit hard by Allen, who was following up. The shape of his hand changed a little, and he held back the pain to complete the three-point shot.

"Di!"

Standing on the sideline, the referee blew his whistle and watched the basketball fall into the basket, indicating that the goal is valid, and there is another chance for an additional penalty.

He made an extra free throw and played 6 minutes in the first quarter, scoring 10 points, 2 rebounds and 1 block.

Only 1 second of attack time was left for the Nets, and no effective offense was formed.

"Di!"

With a whistle, the first quarter is over.

Teammates came up to congratulate him one after another, bumping their chests and clapping constantly.

"Li, you played well in the first quarter and completed the task assigned to you very well." Phil praised.

The teammates also said, "Your three-pointers are too accurate. Kobe should thank you for allowing him to get 6 assists in the first quarter, which is rare."

I also enjoyed hearing the congratulations from my teammates. I feel that the atmosphere of the Lakers team is very good.

"Lamar, are you saying that I usually have exclusive possession of the ball?" Bryant glared at Odom.

"No, no, absolutely not." Odom quickly explained.

It made all the teammates laugh.

(End of this chapter)