NBA: The start beat Kobe Bryant in his old age

Chapter 129 Maybe This Is The Mamba Spirit
It wasn't just Nick Young who was applauding. Howard and others on the Lakers bench also applauded excitedly.

It was only in the second quarter that Drummond was expelled, which had a great impact on the Pistons' personnel adjustment.

Aaron Baynes, who had not rested for 2 minutes, returned to the court to replace Drummond.

The Lakers reorganized their offense and the ball was in Clarkson's hands.

Seeing Lin Tian reaching for the ball inside, Clarkson passed the ball in without hesitation.

After receiving the ball, Lin Tian shook Baines with his gorgeous footsteps under the basket, and then easily put the ball into the basket.

It is too easy for Lin Tian to deal with the big center in the paint!
Because the center's footsteps are generally slow, the reaction speed in many cases is not as good as that of shorter players.

In terms of flexibility, Lin Tian crushed Baines, the so-called dislocation is like this.

In the next few rounds, the Lakers version of the "Death Five" lineup headed by Lin Tian still had the upper hand against the Pistons' substitutes!
Lin Tian always maintains his aggressiveness in the interior, making Baynes hard to guard against.

In terms of defense, he also spared no effort. It is not a problem to defend Baynes alone, and he is also good enough in assisting defense and supplementary defense.

Lin Tian's outstanding performance made the home fans in Little Caesars Arena shake their heads again and again.

The head coach of the Lakers, Scott, kept nodding. He has led the Lakers for so long and has never fought such a comfortable battle!
And all this!It's all because of that young man from the Celestial Dynasty running around the audience!
Scott had to admit that Lin Tian didn't have any pressure to play the 5th position!At least that's how it looks from today's game.

Even Nick Young played the No. 4 guest role today and played extremely hard, but he didn't let the opponent score a few points.

Soon, the Lakers stopped the Pistons.

Before they knew it, they had already led by 18 points.

When Lin Tian and the others walked to the bench, Nick Young said excitedly: "I said a long time ago that I have the ability to play the 4th position!"

He was facing Anthony Toliver of the Pistons just now, and Nick Young didn't suffer very much, as if he was a little drifting.

Lin Tian ignored Nick Young, but walked to the Lakers bench and high-fived with Howard and others.

Howard said: "Man! He's so handsome! Andre was kicked out by the referee because of you, haha!"

Kobe also gave Lin Tian a look of approval: "Good job! From now on, we just need to bombard the inside of the Pistons indiscriminately!"

Scott came over to arrange tactics. Regarding the next tactical arrangement, his opinion was the same as Kobe's, which was to hit the inside.

The timeout ended and the players returned to the field.

Lin Tian no longer needs to play the 5th position, but came to the 4th position, because Howard is back.

Nick Young's playing time has also increased today. He will play the No. 3 position, and Kobe will play the No. 2 position he is familiar with.

A lineup like the Lakers is already the strongest lineup.

When they returned to the court, Howard and Lin Tian on the inside began to teach the Pistons how to behave.

The two outside players of the Pistons hit the inside again and again, and were interfered by Lin Tian and Howard again and again.

The interior no-fly zone formed by the two of them prevented the Pistons from attacking the interior three times in a row!

So much so that the fans of the Pistons were ashamed!
Countless viewers in the Penguin live broadcast room saw such a scene:
"The combination of Lin Tian and Howard is like an impregnable fortress! What will the Pistons do?"

"Since the moment Drummond was ejected, the Pistons have had no capital to resist."

"The western teams are much stronger than the eastern teams!"

"The arrival of Howard has brought a qualitative change to the Lakers' inside defense!"

"Come on, Lakers! Come on, Lin Tian! I've seen the dawn of the playoffs!"

……

At the end of the second quarter, the Lakers had led the Pistons by a full 25 points.

Such a large point difference at halftime is rare in the NBA.

Back in the away locker room, Bryant asked his physical therapist, Judy Seto, to put ice packs on his legs and give Bryant a massage.

Other players will also do this kind of operation, but usually after the game.

It is almost impossible for Kobe to apply ice packs at halftime, because there is not enough time.

The originally relaxed atmosphere in the locker room became serious because of Kobe's series of operations. They all knew that Kobe was holding up.

Kobe smiled and said: "Hey! Why are you all showing bitter faces? Those who don't know think we are behind!"

Only then did everyone show a rather forced smile.

Nick Young took the initiative to stand up and liven up the atmosphere: "Everyone performed very well today! Wait for Channing Frye to come! We are a championship-level team!"

Howard nodded: "This is the last season of Kobe's career! No matter what! I will definitely do my best! Give everything for the team!"

Seeing Howard, who was invincible in the past, become what he is now, a warm current flowed into Kobe's heart.

He pondered for a moment and said: "Guys! It doesn't matter whether you can make the playoffs this season! I can walk through this last season with you! I am very proud."

Kobe, who has always been unsmiling, stern and serious, said such words out of his mouth, which made the Lakers players a little uncomfortable for a while.

Nick Young scratched his head: "Kobe, I'm still a little uncomfortable with your sudden change of style, or you should be more serious."

"Hahahaha!"

……

After the halftime break, the game officially started in the third quarter.

The Pistons didn't adapt to Drummond's absence at all. Even after halftime adjustments, they still couldn't adjust.

Howard killed the Quartet on the inside, and Kobe was like a duck to water on the outside.

Lin Tian, ​​on the other hand, greatly reduced his desire to attack and took the initiative to connect the teams.

The one he feeds the most is Howard, because he wants to help Howard better adapt to the team's system.

Kobe has also greatly increased his three-point shots in recent games.

He has practiced hard for three-pointers these days, and judging from these few games, he has achieved good results.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers have led by 32 points!The game is completely overwhelmed!

There are even some home fans who have already started to get up and leave the field at this time.

The entire home arena was filled with boos, and these boos were given to the Pistons players by the home fans.

The performance of these players is difficult to satisfy fans like them.

In the studio, Barkley and Smith also chatted because the game was over.

Barkley said: "Drummond is very important to the Pistons. Today's game is a good proof that the Pistons can't do without him."

Smith nodded: "That's right! But Charles, have you noticed a problem? Kobe seems to have increased his three-pointers recently."

"Man, I'm not blind, of course I found out! Since Lin joined the Lakers, Kobe seems to be developing off the ball."

"A player who is used to having the ball in his hands, in the last season of his career, would make such a big sacrifice for the team to win. Maybe this is the Mamba spirit."

"In the last few games, Kobe has made 20 of 9 three-pointers! The shooting percentage is also unbelievable."

……

After the start of the fourth quarter, Lin Tian and Kobe were not in a hurry to appear on the stage.

The Pistons are still struggling to counterattack, but the effect is not good.

Whether it's Reggie Jackson or Pope, today's hit rate is very low.

At this stage, Marcus Morris scored the highest score for the Pistons.

The Pistons' offense is like constipation, but the Lakers' bench players are like a godsend.

Especially Nick Young, as soon as he played in the fourth quarter, he showed his extreme level of singles king, and his shooting accuracy was extremely high.

The score has not been narrowed by the Pistons.

In this case, Lin Tian and Kobe will not have to play for the time being.

With the last 5 minutes left in the game, Scott walked up to Lin Tian slowly and asked, "Lin, do you want to go up and play for a while?"

Lin Tian was a little puzzled, the game was spent like this, and he still needed it?
Knowing what Lin Tian was thinking, Kobe smiled wryly and said, "Lin, the coach just wants to know whether you want to keep your 40+ points."

Kobe's words made Lin Tian suddenly realize that he played too little time today, and scored 30 points in less than 39 minutes.

If he doesn't play, his consecutive 40+ scoring games will end in this game.

Scott wanted the beauty of an adult and asked Lin Tian to continue scoring.

Besides, even if Lin Tian's recent statistics are against the sky, he is only a rookie, and many teams will let rookies continue to play when they have garbage opportunities.

Knowing Scott's purpose, Lin Tian smiled and said, "No, I'd better sit here and watch the battle."

In such a situation, it is impossible for Lin Tian to go up to collect points.

With his current strength, no one would regard him as a rookie anymore.

If you score points in garbage time in order to play 40+ games in a row, you will only be despised, and there is no need for it.

Received Lin Tian's negative answer, Scott also breathed a sigh of relief, his psychological pressure is actually very high.

He was worried that Lin Tian would be dissatisfied if he didn't let Lin Tian go. These days, there are almost no players who don't care about personal data. What's more, Lin Tian has a chance to break the record and offend Lin Tian. One sentence Lin Tian faces may cause him, the head coach, to lose his job.

If Lin Tianshang said it, it was almost predictable that he would suffer verbal criticism from everyone.

Now it seems that this young man of the Celestial Dynasty has a big picture!

When the game ended, less than one-third of the home fans in Little Caesars Arena were already there.

And those two-thirds had already left early.

The score was also fixed at 110:80.

林天得到的数据是39分8篮板8助攻3抢断2盖帽。

Howard scored 26 points, 13 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks.

Kobe also scored 20 points today with a very high shooting percentage.

After today's victory, the Lakers' regular season record has also been rewritten to 16 wins and 28 losses.

Since Howard joined the Lakers, they are on a two-game winning streak.

After the game, after being interviewed, the players returned to the hotel.

It was also after arriving at the hotel that Lin Tiancai knew that James, the face of the nba, actually @ himself.

James' current influence in the NBA is much greater than that of Lin Tian.

Not only that, Lin Tian's Twitter followers increased by 10 in just one day!
All this is because of that shocking buckle!
Even the sports news on the front page of Twitter has a picture of that buckle!

Poor Drummond has become a stepping stone on Lin Tianzhang's road to fans!

As for the headlines of the major sports media, they were basically dominated by today's rider!

It's been too long since the NBA has had such a shocking dunk.

Even Lin Tian can't help but take a breath when watching the slow-motion replay now.

He suddenly remembered the scene when Iverson rode and dunked Camby. Is this the terrifying vertical jump of 110 centimeters?

Sistine also sent Lin Tian a photo of him riding Drummond today.

Sistine: This is so cool!I want to print this poster lol!

Lin Tian: How about you print a few more copies and send me one too?
Sistine: No problem. Do you have time tomorrow night?I personally send it to you.

Lin Tian: Yes.

The Lakers don't have a game tomorrow, and the day after tomorrow they will play against the Daigo at home, so he must be in Los Angeles tomorrow night.

After finishing chatting with Sistine, Lin Tian quickly fell asleep.

Early the next morning, all members of the Lakers boarded a special plane back to Los Angeles.

Because of the long distance, sitting on the plane, most of the players can still get a good night's sleep.

Lin Tian took out his tablet computer to watch the game video.

Time passed quickly, and when the plane arrived in Los Angeles, it was already afternoon.

Everyone was hungry and sat on the bus back to the arena.

It wasn't until they returned to the arena that the team's new aid Channing Frye was already waiting for them here, together with Channing Frye and Kupchak.

Channing Frye smiled and hugged every player on the team one by one.

While hugging Lin Tian, ​​Lin Tian patted him on the back: "Dude! It's great that you can come! We need your three-point ability!"

A gentle smile appeared on Channing Frye's face: "Dude! I know! I hope my arrival can help the team."

Channing Frye, who was born in a wealthy family since he was a child, is humble and gives people the feeling of a gentleman.

But he is like a different person on the court. His three-point shooting percentage is the top in the league!
After everyone finished greeting, they arranged for Kupchak to have dinner at a restaurant in the center of Los Angeles. It was a welcome party.

Channing Frye is an eloquent player. When he came to an unfamiliar environment, he was extremely extroverted. He soon got into a group with Nick Young and Howard, and Kobe was a little dazed.

After the meal, Lin Tian originally wanted to go back to the apartment to dress up, but Kobe invited him and Howard to his house, and chatted about Howard's purchase of a villa in Beverly Hills.

Lin Tian was not interested at first, but thinking of Sistine's family seems to be in Beverly Hills, he agreed.

Several people came to the parking lot of the training hall, got into Kobe's Land Rover and headed to Beverly Hills.

　Thank you for staying naturally!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)