NBA: The start beat Kobe Bryant in his old age

Chapter 178 The Best Inheritor of Mamba Spirit: Pickled Pepper
It was already one o'clock in the morning when Lin Tian and his group returned to the hotel.

After taking a shower and lying on the bed, Lin Tian took out his mobile phone when he was free.

As expected, Sistine sent him a message an hour ago, and Lin Tian didn't start reading sports news until he replied politely.

In recent years, the Celtics have been called the old enemy of the Lakers by the major media, which is also well-founded.

As early as in the "ancient times", the Celtics and the Lakers were incompatible.

In the 21st century, the Lakers led by Kobe and the Celtics led by Pierce also met in the finals several times.

Therefore, the competition between these two teams has never lacked topics.

The titles of many news tonight contain the words Lakers:
"The Lakers beat the Celtics! They won three consecutive victories!"

"In the middle of the season, the Lakers turned out to be the biggest dark horse of the season!"

"From 9 wins and 26 losses to 25 wins and 30 losses! The Lakers have become the most improved team of the season!"

"At the critical moment, Celtics star Isaiah Thomas was hidden!"

……

Lin Tian watched the news for a long time before falling asleep.

The next morning, the players were on their way again, and their next stop was Indianapolis.

The current record of the Lakers has rushed from No.1 in the Western Conference to No.11!
Behind them are the Nuggets, Daigo, Timberwolves and the Suns.

The teams ahead of them are the Kings, Jazz and Rockets.

If they want to reach the playoffs, they must step through these teams.

The current atmosphere of the Lakers team has also completely changed, from the previous lifeless to full of vitality.

Especially with Howard and Nick Young, both of whom never stop on the plane.

Everyone played cards excitedly again, Lin Tian could only wear earphones to catch up on sleep.

After arriving in Polis City, Nick Young and Howard left in style.

They originally wanted to call Lin Tian, ​​but Lin Tian was not interested in it.

Since Russell was traded away, Nick Young and Howard got mixed up, Lin Tian was not surprised at all.

The two of them can be regarded as social experts, and Nick Yang can even be said to be a world-class Internet celebrity because of the emoji that went out of the circle.

The two are also the two players with the most social media fans in the team except for Kobe.

Although Scott did not arrange training in the afternoon, Kobe took Lin Tian into the Pacers' home arena, City Square Arena.

The City Square Arena is considered a relatively small home arena in the NBA, which can only accommodate 17000 people watching the game at the same time.

However, the supporting facilities of this arena are extremely complete, and Kobe greeted some security guards and staff members of the arena quite acquaintedly.

These staff and Kobe are old acquaintances. After all, Kobe has to come to Indiana at least once every season.

Every time Kobe went to the away arena, Lin Tian felt like he was coming home, and almost no arena staff hated him.

This is probably also inseparable from his professional attitude.

Whether he likes Kobe or not, no one dares to deny his professional attitude.

Under the leadership of the security guard, the two came to an idle training hall.

Kobe thanked the security guard.

The black security guard said with a smile: "According to the regulations, this training hall was originally opened to you tomorrow, but who made you Kobe?"

Kobe smiled and hugged the security guard.

Lin Tian is not surprised by this. Playing away games is actually a disadvantage. Sometimes the home arena is not open to the away team at all.

Many away teams have no place to train and can only go to nearby university arenas for training.

The name Kobe has brought them convenience many times this season.

Lin Tian was also very happy to get the right to use the training hall. He said to Kobe, "Do you want to call Nick Young and the others?"

Kobe shook his head: "Some of them are having fun outside, there is no need to call them to come, and if some people come and others don't come, it will not be conducive to team unity."

If he was young, he would definitely call on everyone to train together without hesitation, but now he is no longer young and understands a lot of truths.

Lin Tian also felt that what Kobe said was very reasonable, and the two began to practice shooting carefully.

At five o'clock in the afternoon, the training of the two of them was about to end when a figure walked into the arena.

When Kobe saw someone coming, he first threw the ball out, then shook his head and walked towards that person with a smile.

Lin Tian also set his sights on the person who came, it was none other than Paul George, the current star of the Pacers.

Paul George is still wearing the Pacers' warm-up suit, and it seems that he has just finished training.

As soon as he saw Kobe, he said excitedly: "Kobe! Akers didn't lie to me! You are really here!"

Akers should be the security guard from before.

Kobe also smiled and hugged Paul George, and touched Paul George's head by the way: "Of course I am here, Paul, how are you doing recently?"

Paul George nodded: "Of course!"

Then he smiled and hugged Lin Tian with high fives.

Paul George and Lin Tian are about the same height, and even weigh about the same. Looking at him up close, Lin Tian couldn't help but sigh in his heart that he's so handsome!It is not in vain that he is called McGrady.

Kobe was not surprised by the arrival of Paul George, and so was Lin Tian.

As far as Lin Tian knows, Paul George is a native of California and has been a die-hard fan of the Lakers and Kobe since he was a child.

In his early years in the league, his jersey number was 24, all because of Kobe.

But now his jersey number has been changed to 13.

Among the many "Kobe disciples", Paul George is relatively recognized, because many fans believe that there is a real Mamba spirit flowing in him.

The year before last, Paul George suffered the most serious injury in his career, and the degree of tragedy ranked first in the long history of the NBA for many years.

Everyone thought that he would not be able to return to his peak, and might even fade out of the league because of this.

But after returning this season, Paul George almost slapped everyone in the face!

His scoring average this season is not only higher than before, but his style of play is also more stable, and his mentality seems to be more mature!

In the eyes of many fans, this is not only a medical legend, but also the best inheritor of the Mamba spirit.

Lin Tian was also full of respect for Paojiao. He stopped listening to the conversation between the two and spent his time on shooting.

Paul George glanced at Lin Tian, ​​who was shooting, and said, "Kobe, thank you for inspiring me during that time, allowing me to spend the darkest year in my life."

Kobe just shook his head: "No, boy, all of this is the result of your own hard work, and you did a good job."

(End of this chapter)