Anthony the Reborn

Chapter 132
"Dangdang!"

With a crisp sound, O'Neal's second free throw also went out of the basket, and the rebound was caught in Camby's arms.

"This is a hacking shark... tactic?" Brown said with a slight frown. As a commentator, he naturally didn't want this kind of tactic to appear. He kept fouling players on the court and then made free throws. I guess I really don't know how to explain it...

"I can't see the ball just now, but Shaquille has done too much damage to the Nuggets inside. The defensive Marcus has already committed three fouls. Now it seems that he wants to protect the inside." Johnson analyzed. , after all, this is only the first ball, and there is no clue yet.

As the game continued, the Nuggets adopted a shark-slashing tactic, but this shark-slashing tactic was different from the pure shark-slashing tactic. The Nuggets only fouled early when the Lakers got the ball into O'Neal's hands. Sending him to the free throw line, O'Neal was also very upbeat, the sound of "clanging" was endless, and he almost knocked the basket crooked.

In the last 2 minutes of the second quarter, the Lakers finally realized the foul rules of the Nuggets, so they consciously reduced the chances of O'Neal holding the ball in singles. Transferred from O'Neal to Kobe.

The game returned to the rhythm at the beginning of the first quarter. The only difference is that Bell is no longer the only Bell, but a defensive champion who dared to face Kobe.

The Lakers' inside advantage was weakened, but the combination of Kobe and Payton was still able to maintain their firepower, so they had a tie with the Nuggets until the halftime whistle sounded, and the Lakers led 62:60 by 2 points and entered the second half.

On the sidelines of the game, Kobe, who had just walked off the field, was caught by reporters on the sidelines for an on-site interview.

"Hey, Kobe, you performed well in the first half today. You scored 26 points in the first half. How do you feel about your performance today?" The reporter was a female reporter, a local reporter from Los Angeles TV station.

"Generally speaking, I feel that I can do better. It's not just about scoring. The most important thing is to win the game." Kobe said.

"Well, if the game ends now, you've already won for the team." The reporter joked.

"Haha..." Kobe smiled heartily and looked at the female reporter one more time.

The female reporter was glanced at by Kobe, and her face turned slightly red. If you say that Kobe is considered handsome in the league, but she still remembered that this was a live broadcast, the reporter said again: "Melo from the Nuggets played today. It seems to be very good, he seems to have scored 21 points, did you expect his performance?"

When the reporter asked about Anthony, the smile on Kobe's face gradually disappeared, and he said disdainfully: "Melo? Are you talking about the rookie from the opposite team wearing the No. 15 jersey? I didn't pay much attention. He got 21. Minute?"

After getting a positive answer from the reporter, Kobe sneered a few times: "I remember the last game, there was a player named Frank Williams, he seemed to score more than 20 points in the fourth quarter?"

The reporter looked at Kobe suspiciously, not knowing what he meant.

"You know, it's normal for players to explode occasionally." Kobe said disapprovingly.

The reporter looked at Kobe's expression, and was going to say that Anthony had surpassed him in the scoring list after the last game, but he swallowed it back. It is impossible for Kobe not to know this kind of thing. his own thoughts.

The reporter is not stupid, she immediately sensed Kobe’s disdain for Anthony, she judged the situation and hurriedly changed the subject: “The Nuggets performed very well today, they almost tied the score at halftime, the Lakers seem to be Encountered a little trouble, will there be any targeted tactical changes in the second half?"

Kobe shook his head after listening to the reporter's question, and then said angrily: "The way the Nuggets play, I'm talking about the way they played in the second half of the second quarter, it's not manly enough. Constantly fouling Shaquille and disrupting the rhythm of the game, but don't they know that this will affect the mood of the fans watching the game? Fans pay to watch the game to watch basketball that really belongs to men, not like They do that, use such a dirty game."

The reporter sensed the anger in Kobe's words, knew that he couldn't use that direction any more, and quickly changed the subject: "So, the last question, Kobe, do you think the Lakers will win this game? You must know that the Lakers have not won this season. Maintained a 7-match unbeaten record at home."

"You said it all, didn't we all win in the end?" Kobe asked back.

"Yes……"

"We will not disappoint the fans at home." After Kobe finished speaking, he greeted the reporters, and then walked to the player tunnel.

"Well, thank you Kobe for accepting our interview, let us look forward to the wonderful matchup between the two sides in the second half of the game." Seeing Kobe turned around and left directly, the reporter was a little embarrassed, and hurriedly said the conclusion of the interview.

In the locker room of the Nuggets, D'Antoni was summarizing the first half of the game and the requirements of the second half with the players. In it, he praised Dior. Although this substitute only played for about 6 minutes, But in this short period of time, he contributed 4 points, 2 rebounds and 5 assists, and the assists were the highest in the team.

To sum up, in the end, D'Antoni asked the players to continue to use the shark-slashing tactics, and also asked Bell to pester Kobe and constantly consume the latter's physical strength.

At the end of the summary, Anthony found D'Antoni alone and proposed a strategy of his, not on the technical and tactical level, but on the tactical level. Simply summed up, it was to irritate Kobe and let the Lakers fall into Kobe's singles mode. This disrupts the offensive rhythm of other Lakers players. Basketball is a five-person sport. No matter how good one person is, without the participation of his teammates, he will definitely lose in the end.

D'Antoni simply adopted Anthony's suggestion. After all, if he played sternly, even if he resorted to the shark-slashing tactic and killed [-] enemies and lost [-], it would be troublesome for the Nuggets to fall into a foul crisis.

Anthony saw that D'Antoni adopted it and didn't say anything else. The reason why he suggested this was because he knew that irreconcilable conflicts between Kobe and O'Neal had sprouted. It's better to use the foresight to at least win this game, at least let Kobe realize that he is not alone in his desire to win.

After Anthony and D'Antoni chatted about the same, the intermission time was almost up, and they left the locker room and walked towards the field.

Players from both sides arrived on the field and started the warm-up before the start of the second half.

Anthony was practicing shooting when he suddenly saw Kobe walking towards him from the other half. Although he didn't know what he was going to do, Anthony went up to meet him.

"Boy, you performed well in the first half, but you will definitely lose in the second half, I promise." Kobe said with a strong provocative meaning as soon as he came up.

"The game is not over yet, no one can know who will win and who will lose, can't they?" Anthony respects Kobe and doesn't want to talk to him for a while.

Because it was the Nuggets' half court, seeing Kobe approaching Anthony, Nene and the others unconsciously stopped their training and surrounded him behind him.

Kobe glanced at it, smiled and said, "I look forward to your next performance." After speaking, he turned and left.

"Mello, he didn't care about you, did he?" Bell asked with concern as soon as he came up. He can be said to be extremely grateful to Anthony now. I'm afraid Anthony would ask him to go up and fight, and he would not hesitate at all.

"Hmph, just play for a few more years and see what kind of dick he is!" Nene looked at Kobe's back and said with disdain.

"Melo, don't care, that's just Kobe's way of playing, you don't have to pay too much attention to what he said, as long as you play your own ball, it doesn't matter whether you win or lose." Mutombo stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder and said, he He has been in the league for so many years, and even encountered Kobe in the finals. As someone who has experienced it, he sees Kobe from a deeper perspective.

Anthony turned around and looked at the Nuggets players, smiled, and said, "It doesn't make any sense to talk about winning. We strive to win the game. Isn't this the best way to deal with this kind of thing?"

"Yes! Kill him!" Nene was the first to respond.

"We were able to play like this in the first half, and if we work harder in the second half, we will definitely be able to do it!" Bell echoed.

"Yes, we will win! We will win..." The other Nuggets players expressed their attitudes one after another.

"Okay, let's go back and continue training." Anthony looked at the Nuggets players and said, he knew that after a halftime break, their fear of the Lakers returned, which made them self-motivated Down is not necessarily a bad thing.

"Let's go!" Nene pulled Wallace beside him and walked towards the half court, and the Nuggets players followed one after another.

"Melo." Mutombo didn't leave. He stopped Anthony and said meaningfully, "Don't care too much about winning or losing the game, just try to be yourself. If you care too much about winning, you won't be able to afford to lose." .”

"Well, I know, I will remember what you said." Anthony smiled and said, Uncle Mu is right, if you fall with too high expectations, you may not be able to get back up.

"I know we won by surprise in the second quarter. If the Lakers adjust in the second half, our game will be much more difficult. I am mentally prepared." Anthony continued.

"It's good that you know, you still have a long way to go, you have to learn to adapt." Uncle Mu said quite gratified, as a rookie, it was indeed beyond his expectations to have such an understanding.

"I will." Anthony nodded and said with a smile, "Let's go too. The second half is about to start. I don't want to sprain my feet because I haven't exercised."

"Well, let's go!" Mutombo smiled, and the two walked towards the field.

(End of this chapter)