Legendary star

Chapter 807 The Last Kobe
On December 2012, 12, the annual Christmas War is about to kick off. Unlike previous years, the number of games in this year's Christmas War has been directly increased to five games, and the game time also starts at 25 o'clock in the morning in the United States. With an interval of 8 hours, it lasted until the night of Christmas.

Today's five Christmas games, according to the order of the game, are the Celtics at home against the Nets, the Knicks at home against the Pacers, the Rockets at home against the Mavericks, the Thunder at home against the Heat, the Lakers at home against the Spurs, five consecutive Christmas games , from early morning to night, a series of five focus games continued to hit the fans' attention. With the growing influence of the NBA, the Christmas game has also developed from the previous two or three games to the current one. Five games, from the previous Christmas decorations, into a real gluttonous feast.

From the order of the beginning of the five games, it can be seen that the game between the Lakers and the Spurs is the dinner tonight. Although the NBA has been trying to create a pair of rivals since the first two seasons, it is trying to promote East James and West James. Durant, these two popular small forwards, but no matter how the league pushes the flames, the influence of James and Durant cannot reach the influence of Dong Mengxu and West Kobe, so after Meng Xu's comeback, it has been several seasons The Spurs, who have never played in the Christmas game, have entered the list of the Christmas game again, and they are still with the Lakers as the finale of the Christmas game.

At 7 o'clock in the evening, in the locker room of the visiting team at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, the Spurs had already finished their tactics. While packing up their equipment and making final preparations before going on the field, they looked up from time to time at the TV hanging on the wall. , the game between the Heat and the Thunder has entered the last few minutes of fighting.

Due to the salary cap this season, the Thunder gave up James Harden, one of the Thunder's three minors, and sent him to the Rockets in a sign-and-trade manner. However, the Thunder lost Harden, and it was not as expected Such a decline in the record, but before the start of the Christmas game, it achieved an excellent record of 20 wins and 7 losses. It is currently second only to the Spurs with 21 wins and 6 losses, ranking second in the West.

However, in this game against the Heat, the Thunder still exposed some of the old problems that existed last season. In the last 5 minutes of the game, the Thunder team only made one sports goal, and their physical strength declined seriously. Kevin Durant made only 4 of 1 shots at the last moment, while the rest of the Thunder players were even more unbearable. All 5 shots were ironed. Lost the Christmas battle.

After the game between the Thunder and the Heat, it was the turn of today's grand finale. Originally, at the beginning of the new season, the Lakers, who had gathered six All-Star players, once surpassed the defending champion Heat and became the overall leader of the season. The championship is very popular, but who knows that after the start of the new season, because so many star players have been stumbling, they have not been kneaded into a whole, and Mike D'Antoni's tactics are also problematic, so the Lakers After the start of the new season, It has been going down all the way, and currently only ranks 6th in the West with a record of 13 wins and 14 losses. One is the first in the West and the other is the 10th in the West. showdown.

Although Meng Xu and Kobe were very restrained before the game, and did not fight a war of words like the Thunder and Heat, but for such a game, the Spurs VS Lakers, Meng Xu VS Kobe, just listen to the name, It can make people's blood boil.

Since Popovich took over the Spurs, the Lakers have been the old opponents of the Spurs. In the past 15 years, the Lakers and the Spurs have met in the playoffs many times. The Spurs stepped on the shoulders of the Lakers and won the championship. The Lakers also won the highest honor across the Spurs' corpse. If you make a list of the Lakers' most hated teams, the Spurs are definitely in the top three.

The entanglement between Kobe and Meng Xu lasted from the time Meng Xu entered the league until Meng Xu retired. Meng Xu joined the Spurs in his first season and helped the Spurs eliminate the Lakers in the playoffs to defend the championship. After the Pacers, Meng Xu won six championships, and three of them reached the top by stepping on the corpse of the Lakers. The powerful OK combination and F4 combination fell apart under Meng Xu's blow, so Meng Xu's Pacers also once surpassed the Celtics and became the Lakers' most hated team.

Although the Lakers won two championships after Meng Xu retired, most of the media did not approve of the gold content of these two championships. Can a championship without defeating Meng Xu be called a championship?So after Meng Xu announced his comeback, the Lakers recruited aggressively, preparing to take revenge on Meng Xu. Although the gap between the Lakers' current record and the Spurs is a bit big, before the start of the game, the Lakers were still strong enough. Get ready to make the Spurs look good at home, especially Kobe Bryant, who has been waiting for this day for a long time.

The game is about to start, and the guest San Antonio Spurs took the lead. When the Lakers players on the scene saw the former No.1 in the league standing at the forefront of the Spurs lineup and the first to walk out of the player tunnel, the Lakers, who have always regarded themselves as aristocrats The players also put down their bodies, and greeted the person they hated the most with waves of boos.

For this generation of Lakers fans, they don't have a good impression of Meng Xu, who defeated the Lakers three times in the finals. If it weren't for Meng Xu's existence, maybe the Lakers would be able to be among the top ten players in the 21st century. In the past year, he has completed two three consecutive championships.

"Although the record gap between the Lakers and the Spurs is very large, it does not mean that the strengths of the two sides are very different. As long as Mike manages properly, the Lakers still have a chance of winning." As the only player in the five Christmas games, A game broadcast by the ABC TV network. The ABC TV network paid unprecedented attention to the game between the Spurs and the Lakers. Not only did they concentrate all their resources on this game, but they also invited Magic Johnson came out again to explain today's game with El Michaels. However, unlike the previous firm support for Meng Xu, Magic Johnson unequivocally expressed his support for the Lakers before the game started. .

After Meng Xu announced his retirement, the magician John Xue did not renew his contract with the ABC TV network. Instead, he planned to take advantage of the opportunity of the Lakers' failure in the finals to try to become the Lakers again. However, Phil Jackson and Jenny - Bass's firm opposition, and the Lakers' subsequent two championships, also completely cut off Magic Johnson's way to become the Lakers.

After a wave of power struggles failed, in order to show that he was no longer coveting any power of the Lakers, Magic Johnson sold all the shares he held in the Los Angeles Lakers and took care of his business empire with peace of mind. Under the circumstances, occasionally cameo a few ABC and ESPN commentary.

"Ervin, you mean the Lakers will win today's game, right?" After Magic Johnson spoke first, Michaels prepared to refute Magic Johnson's remarks in accordance with "convention". , Michaels undoubtedly sees the Spurs more than the Lakers.

"Both sides have a chance. After all, the difference in strength between the two teams is not as big as it appears on the surface, so I am more optimistic about the Lakers who have the advantage of home court." Looking at the Lakers lineup that is playing, Magic Johnson really admires the Lakers The management can trade so many powerful players without having to come back with too many bargaining chips, but what Magic Johnson admires more is their brains. The idea of ​​winning the championship, players who do not conform to the team's tactical system, the stronger the ability, the greater the destructive power to the team.

After Magic Johnson finished speaking, Michaels also nodded with a smile. Although Michaels did not agree with Magic Johnson's rhetoric that the Lakers had a better chance of winning, Michaels still agreed with Magic Johnson's analysis of the two teams. , If you only look at the strength on paper, the Lakers are not inferior to the Spurs, and even stronger, but the Lakers now lack the tactics and strategies to allow these stars to coexist and produce a chemical reaction, so the Lakers' current record is far away. Can't match his own paper strength.

Therefore, judging from the records of the two sides, the Lakers will definitely not be the opponent of the Spurs today, but Michaels will not allow this to happen based on his understanding of Kobe, because Kobe can lose to anyone, but not He is willing to lose to Meng Xu, so in today's game, regardless of the state of the other Lakers players, Kobe will definitely do his best.

As Michaels expected, when the main players of the two sides left the bench and began to enter the court to warm up, Meng Xu and Kobe went directly to the middle circle with a tacit understanding, and stopped there, looking at each other.

When the confrontation between Meng Xu and Kobe appeared on the big screen at the Staples Center, the entire Staples Center was boiling, and the two ABC commentators on the scene, Michaels and Magic Johnson, also expressed their concern. It was emotionally watching Meng Xu and Kobe who were confronting each other. The scene on the scene undoubtedly reminded them of the most exciting and most watched round in NBA history that Kobe and Meng Xu jointly staged four seasons ago. finals.

"Meng, the winner of this final match will definitely be me!"

After Kobe and Meng Xu, like a pair of enemies and like a pair of old friends, stood near the middle circle and stared at each other for a long time, Kobe smiled and said to the familiar face in front of him. own declaration of victory.

"Kobe, this is what I want to say to you too." Looking at Kobe who declared war on him, Meng Xu also smiled and responded to Kobe, then turned and left, but after walking a few steps, Meng Xu was like Thinking of something again, I looked back at Kobe.

"Bastard, I will definitely defeat you today!" Kobe clenched his fists tightly as he watched Meng Xu's back turn and leave, and said fiercely.

"Cherish it. This is Kobe's last peak. After the end of this season, you will never meet such Kobe again." , what Anna said to herself in her ear, this is the last Kobe!
"Today's game, the Lakers' starting lineup is center Dwyane Howard, power forward Paul Gasol, small forward Ron Artest, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, point guard Steve -Nash, today's game is one of the few Lakers Big Five to start at the same time, and it is still on the stage of the Christmas game. Such a scene, such a lineup, is really rare!"

Just when the warm-up of the two sides was about to end, Magic Johnson in the commentary booth began to introduce the starting lineup of the game to the audience in front of the TV. Although the Lakers formed a terrifying lineup of the Big Five this summer, Steve- Nash and Pau Gasol were injured one after another at the beginning of the season, and they did not return one by one until the few games before the Christmas game. In addition, these five players could not achieve perfect coexistence, so although this season has played close to There have been 30 games, but there are not many games where the Big Five played at the same time.

Therefore, Magic Johnson was very novel and surprised that Mike D'Antoni arranged for the Big Five to play at the same time today. Even when Magic Johnson saw the starting list, the first thing he thought of was that Mike D'Antoni was It’s not that he has found a way for the Big Five to coexist. If this is the case, then Magic Johnson is looking forward to the performance of the Lakers in the next game. He can’t wait to know what method Del Antoni will use. To allow these five players to coexist.

"The Spurs' starting lineup today is center Tim Duncan, power forward Boris Diaw, small forward Meng Xu, shooting guard Kawhi Leonard, and point guard Tony Parker. fixed lineup."

"Kawhi Leonard has made great progress this season. Compared with last season, all statistics have improved by leaps and bounds, especially on the defensive end." After introducing the Spurs' starting lineup, Michaels I specifically commented on Kawhi Leonard alone. As a second-year rookie, Kawhi Leonard has made very fast progress this season, and now he has become an important member of the Spurs. Recently, rumors have flowed out , The Spurs have already regarded Kawhi Leonard as the core of the Spurs' future.

"Another Meng Xu's successor?" After listening to Michaels' words, Magic Johnson showed an unpredictable smile, just like the "Jordan successors" everywhere after Jordan retired. , "Meng Xu's successors" are like mushrooms after the rain, blooming everywhere in the league, the old generation of LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, the new generation of Gordon Hayward, Paul George, and The Kawhi Leonard in front of him, in short, every talented No. 3 position will be labeled as "Meng Xu's successor".

"Hahaha, Erwin, do you want to say again, you are the successor of Meng Xu, the damned successor, when will there be a successor to Magician in this league?" Although Magic Johnson didn't say anything, Michael But Si is very clear that this guy is jealous again. As a king-level figure, the former No.1 in the league, a player who ruled an era, after Magic Johnson retired, the NBA has never had a batch of risky players. There have been magician successors, so when Magic Johnson saw the "Jordan successor" and "Meng Xu successor" growing like leeks, Magic Johnson would inevitably be a little jealous of these two guys.

"You!" After the thoughts in his heart were ruthlessly exposed by Michaels, Magic Johnson pointed at Michaels and smiled helplessly.

　Thanks for the reward only for N no regrets, thank you.

　　Two chapters into one chapter, today is gone, I have something to do in the next few days, and I can't guarantee to update it on time, so I would like to ask everyone for a leave of absence, and I also apologize by the way!

　　
　
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