genius point guard

Chapter 367 An Unprecedented Preseason Game
Chris Paul can go to the Lakers, the gimmick of the Southern California Derby is obviously a decisive part, so even in the preseason, this game must be hyped.

In the ranking of active players given by ESPN, Kobe's ranking continued to decline. He fell from seventh to ninth last season. This position is obviously unacceptable for Kobe.

The Lakers faced the Mavericks in the first game of the preseason. The Los Angeles Lakers had fierce firepower in the backcourt. Paul sent 11+14 data, and Kobe scored 31 points. The Lakers beat the Mavericks 99 to 81.

In the interview after the game, when the reporter asked Kobe's views on the next "Southern California Derby", he first used the ranking made by ESPN to clear the way.Reporters who are familiar with Kobe know that when Kobe is aroused to be competitive, he will say more than usual what you want.

The ranking made by ESPN is obviously something that can stimulate Kobe. Kobe said: "For the ninth player in the league, today's performance should be considered a pass! Next we are facing the second player in the league. , we are still very stressed.”

"I am looking forward to that game. Counting the next preseason game, we will meet them four times this season. To be honest, I want to win four times. We will definitely go all out."

Kobe is not the only one who is dissatisfied with ESPN's rankings. Chen Mo is not a person who likes to talk before games, but this issue has nothing to do with games. Chen Mo himself has some criticisms about ESPN's rankings.

"I'm very surprised, why no one pays attention to the number one game?"

LeBron James is ranked first by ESPN in active service. Although the Miami Big Three lost to Chen Mo's Bobcats last season, ESPN commentators believe that if there is no Gerald Wallace to defend James, the Bobcats will soon was eliminated.

The reporters don't want to see Chen Mo's words involve too many questions about rankings. Chen Mo and Kobe are not the same kind of people. Kobe will shut up after answering the questions. He is not a person who talks too much.But after Chen Mo finished speaking, he would always say a bunch of nonsense. Chen Mo's goal was to distract reporters, but reporters who were familiar with his routines were already able to skillfully interrupt Chen Mo's nonsense and directly ask questions.

"Oh, the Southern California Derby! This is an interesting name. I heard a sentence when I returned to China during the offseason. I think it is the most suitable to describe this game." Chen Mo said: "Friendship comes first, competition comes second." .”

As for Chris Paul and Stephen Curry, they can't escape reporters' questions.

Curry smiled cutely at the reporter's camera, and immediately said: "We are all looking forward to this game, after all, this is the last preseason game, and what we are looking forward to is the opening game of the regular season, the season has finally begun. "

And Chris Paul, who has an old grudge with Chen Mosu, is gearing up and looking forward to this game, "Yes, I have never won against him once. But I am born to like to challenge difficulties, maybe I will win him... from this time on. "

As for Chen Mo's two former teammates, Stephen Jackson and Gerald Wallace, both of them chose to avoid this question.

But even if the two of them avoided it, the game still showed a relatively tense atmosphere through the hype of the uncrowned kings.

This game is a rare situation in the NBA to package a preseason game like this. This is also a manifestation of the NBA's increasing commercialization. The strongest sports league.

However, before the game, the players of the two teams did not show too much tension. Chen Mo and Kobe even sat down for lunch before the game.

The Bel Air restaurant on Canning Road is Kobe's favorite restaurant, and the Wiener Grilled Steak here is known as the best in the United States.

"A preseason game has been hyped like this." Bryant laughed: "This was unimaginable ten years ago."

"The times are improving, so is the NBA, isn't it?" Chen Mo said.

Kobe nodded, and then said regretfully: "Although we are great now, it's a pity that you didn't come back."

"Actually, this is pretty good." Chen Mo said: "To be honest, I admire the league's ability to hype games. I never thought that a preseason game could be hyped like this. I just watched it in the past two days. The news made me look forward to this game, and I couldn't help being excited when I thought of this game."

"Me too, so... this game should be difficult!" Bryant said.

"Maybe! Anyway, I will take it seriously."

Although Chen Mo and Kobe ate in a corner, photos of them having lunch together appeared on the websites of major basketball media and social networking sites in the next 10 minutes.

In the age of the big Internet, the speed of information dissemination is unimaginable. When netizens are discussing the matter of Chen Mo and Kobe eating together, the most special game in NBA history is about to begin.

"Is the point guard ranked?" Chris Paul said in an interview before the game. and potential, I can only assure myself that I am moving forward."

ESPN not only ranked all active players in the league, they even made a detailed ranking for each position.Chen Mo ranks first among point guards, while Chris Paul ranks second.

The entanglement between the core players of the two teams is a good topic, but there is no hatred between them, but a competitive competition.

In short, this is a very strange, but very unique feeling, which is what Stern likes.It doesn't seem to be hatred, but it is higher than hatred.

The old pair of Charles Barkley and Kenny Smith sat in front of the commentary stand. They were the commentator combination that commented on Chen Mo's most games.

Before the start of the game, Barkley exaggeratedly said: "Finally, I will explain Jack Chen's game again. I miss this feeling so much."

"I think you probably lost weight." Kenny - Smith said.

Because Barkley commented on Chen Mo's games and was always slapped in the face by Chen Mo, that's why Kenny Smith said this.

Barkley laughed twice, and said indifferently: "Do you still remember the All-Star Game last season? That game was a backcourt combination of Kobe and Chris, and Jack still took away the MVP."

"At that time, Kobe and Chris were not on the same side! It was more like a 1v1v1v1, after all, four people vying for the MVP. Today, the backcourt combination of Kobe and Chris faced Jack Chen and Stephen Cuo This is more in line with the atmosphere of basketball and can inspire a truly exciting game." Kenny Smith said.

"Unfortunately it's just a pre-season game."

"But I believe that with the competitive spirit of these few people, the game will still be exciting."

Just as Kenny Smith and Charles Barkley were talking nonsense, the game had already begun. Biedrins won the scrimmage with Bynum, and Chen Mo slowly pressed the ball to the top of the arc.

Chris Paul opened his defensive posture and stared at Chen Mo's dribble. The two of them can be regarded as old opponents, and they have studied each other very deeply.

"The first ball." Paul said in a "you know" tone.

Chen Mo nodded, and waved his teammates away.

At the same time as his teammates pulled away, Chen Mo's brain began to work rapidly, and he was calculating Paul's defensive focus.

Although Chen Mo can judge his center of gravity through the opponent's movements after the brain enhancement is upgraded again, Paul, as one of the best guards in the league in steals, has some things that cannot be calculated by calculation alone.After all, it is normal for a player like Paul to make some uncalculated actions.

Dribbling...shaking...Chen Mo didn't make any attempts, and came up with his signature fancy dribble.

The picturesque dribble made the fans mesmerized watching, but Paul, who was defending Chen Mo, was not in the mood to pay attention to this beauty. He had to be on guard against the murderous intent hidden in this beauty.

Chen Mo used his body to block the position of the ball, and he pulled the ball behind him.

"Put your left foot firmly, and break through to the right!" Chen Mo saw the best breakthrough route, but he still made a redundant movement to be safer.

Chen Mo handed the ball from his crotch to the front of his body, which gave Paul a loophole, but Paul ignored the opportunity to steal the ball at all, and he stuck in his position.

Chen Mo moved the ball to the left, and Paul's center of gravity was completely on the left.The former uses the flexibility of his wrist to make an extreme kickback action, and then returns the ball behind his back. Using the tip of his elbow, the ball flies to the right in a big way.The latter's reaction was also extremely fast. He immediately made a defensive and stealing action, but it was still a bit slower.

This is an astonishing dribble, an action that shows Chen Mo's dribbling and dribbling skills to the peak.

After Chen Mo shook Paul away, he directly chose a mid-range jumper. After all, Paul's footsteps were faster than him. Chen Mo didn't want to give Paul another chance to catch up. He directly ended the attack with a shot.

"You're playing smarter," Paul said.

Chen Mo nodded and said, "I like fancy things."

Paul shook his head, all he could express was helplessness for a player like Chen Mo.There is no one who doesn't like flamboyance, but there is no other person besides Chen Mo who can be as flamboyant as Chen Mo and still maintain a great lethality.

It is worth mentioning that many basketball coaches now love and hate Chen Mo.

Love him because he plays really beautifully, he is the most unique player in the history of basketball.

I hate him because Chen Mo set a very bad example for their students.Those children who watched Chen Mo play all wanted to learn from Chen Mo.Learn from Chen Mo's three-pointers, learn from Chen Mo's fancy dribbling and unconstrained passing.But how can ordinary people learn this?

Paul still chose to use his own strength and speed to take Chen Mo hard. After swinging sideways to make room for advancement, Paul immediately used his body to lean against Chen Mo.

Paul's strength is also unique. The strength of his lower body allows him to repeatedly make fake moves, cancel fake moves, and then do fake moves.

Even though Chen Mo's brain is powerful, he still can't count all of Paul's movements in a quick one-on-one.

Chen Mo was still passed by Paul, but Paul's emergency stop jumper after the pass went out of the basket.

"Obviously, you're not familiar with the Staples basket!" Chen Mo said.

Paul didn't think Chen Mo's joke was funny. Although he passed Chen Mo, he didn't score, and he obviously lost.

"Has anyone ever told you that your mouth is really annoying," Paul said.

"Whether others will find me annoying, I don't know, but you will definitely think my mouth is annoying." Chen Mo said with a smile: "After the game, I still have to eat your mouth with this mouth, you must feel distressed."

Thinking of the agreement of "the loser treats" between them, Paul felt restless for a while. He didn't like Chen Mo's determined look.

"You've got to win the game," Paul said.

"Every time I play against you, there are other benefits, so I am very focused on playing against you."

Barkley said with a smile: "Kenny, you said that Jack is not afraid of the ball being broken when he dribbles and chats with people?"

"Anyway, no one has broken the ball from him so far." Smith said: "But his ability to chat with anyone who is facing him, I think it is really amazing."

"Yeah! Others still reply to him." Barkley said: "Like Gary Payton, they said more, but people simply ignored them."

While Barkley and Smith were chatting, Chen Mo had already used Biedrins' pick-and-roll to break in.

Biedrins is faster than Bynum, so Chen Mo increased the proportion of pick-and-roll with Biedrins in this game.

The head coach of the Lakers this year is no longer the familiar Phil Jackson. The old Zen master has retired, and Bass has appointed former Cavaliers head coach Mike Brown as the new coach of the Lakers.This guy, who is called "Bread" by Chinese fans, is a coach who emphasizes defense.

Mike Brown's defensive tactics are really good. He came out of Po Povic's coaching staff, but some people say that he only learned Po Povic's defense and then rushed out.

The time for the Lakers to practice together is still very short, but they have already done a good defensive rotation this time. Chen Mo was blocked by Artest, and Gerald Wallace blocked Biedrins' air cut route. .

The pick-and-roll between Chen Mo and Biedrins is the same as the pick-and-roll between Chen Mo and Kwame Brown last season. Gerald Wallace knows it very well.

The Lakers' defense rotated very quickly. Chen Mo was amazed at the rotation of the Lakers' defense. Indifferent still found a chance, passed the ball to Kirilenko with his right hand and left.

Kirilenko had a great chance for a layup, but a purple-and-gold figure came after him fiercely, and a big hat slapped the ball out of the sideline.

Kobe swung his fist fiercely under the basket with fierce eyes, while Chen Mo was rubbing his palms aside, wondering what he was thinking.

The smell of gunpowder in the game has begun to rise... This game will not say that it can reach the intensity of the finals and playoffs, but at least it will reach the intensity of the regular season.

(End of this chapter)