godfather in black

Chapter 160 164: War Songs, War Drums, Blood Burning

164: War Songs, War Drums, Blood Burning

"Hello, viewers. Welcome to ESPN's NBA 2004-2005 season. The Western Conference Finals. The Los Angeles Lakers vs. San Antonio Spurs. Right, I hope the result of today's game will be the same as the result of the jump ball."

"Today's Los Angeles can no longer lose. They have been given a suspended death sentence in the last game. If they lose this game again, they will usher in the fifth sweep in history."

"Qin Tao sat on the coaching bench after the game started today, does that explain the problem?"

"In the past few games the Lakers lost, Qin Tao has been standing on the sidelines since the game started!"

The commentator said one sentence to another, but the players played happily on the court.

From the moment Kwame Brown won the jump ball and Kobe Bryant caught the ball, the Lakers went on the offensive.Kobe rushed out like a cheetah. Facing the oncoming "Kobe Killer" Brewer Bowen, he changed directions and turned one after another, passing Bowen who was obviously leaning forward.Chris Webber and Kwame Brown came to either side of the free throw line, and Tim Duncan and Nesterovic were both pulled outside.Webber and Brown leaned on Duncan and Nesterovic on both sides of the free throw line. Kobe's speed advantage was undoubtedly revealed at this moment. Ginobili wanted to go up to help defend but could only watch Kobe finish his turn and dunk. The ball sighed.

The Los Angeles Lakers, this king's division used the first attack to warn the San Antonio people that the giants have not fallen, and the Zijin Army will continue to move forward.

One Lakers offense did nothing to shake the minds of the San Antonio Spurs, a rock-hard team whose mentality is as tough as its defense.Duncan grapples with Webber in the paint, and Nesterovic engages Kwame Brown at the free throw line.

Parker dribbled the ball to Nesterovic after half court. Duncan found a chance in the struggle with Webber, and the basketball came to Duncan's hands in an instant, and then Duncan shouldered hard , turned around and scored a goal with a hook.

When the Lakers were about to sing forward, the Spurs also told them with practical actions that we are the most stable team in the league.But even if the Spurs are still stable as usual, they can't stop the climax of the Los Angeles Lakers.

In the 3rd minute of the first quarter, the Lakers ushered in their first wave of offensive climax.Qin Tao has absorbed the lesson from the last time he played against the Suns. The time for him to use the potion is no longer fixed at the beginning of the first and third quarters. He will randomly find a time to use the speed potion in these two quarters.

The Lakers' offensive climax is still initiated by their number one superstar, Kobe Bryant.Webber responded at the free throw line, Bryant slid from the baseline to the basket, and Webber sent the ball through Duncan's crotch.Bryant caught the ball, turned half around and shouldered Bowen, and then he put on a footwork that every big man in the league needs to marvel at.Kobe used his left foot as the axis, the basketball passed back and forth between his hands, and his right foot kept changing positions.Kobe pushed his body hard, sent the basketball to the upper left corner, then turned to the right for more than half a circle, and then turned back to the left.He shook Bowen away, jumped up on the spot, the top of his head seemed to be level with the basket, and he poured the basketball into the hoop with his right hand.

"Roar! God! This is the footsteps of a big dream! Kobe—Bryant—he is the most perfect combination created by God after Jordan." But Kobe had another meaning in his ears.

Kobe didn't mean to surpass Jordan, but he didn't like people comparing him with that man.That man became a god from a man, but he is also walking on the road from a man to a god. He is him, Kobe Bryant.He is not anyone's successor, he does not want to compare with others, and he does not deserve to be compared with him.Kobe frowned, and another flame in his heart gradually burned up.

Kobe didn't like the commentator's words, but the fans enjoyed it very much.Their cheers came out together, "Kobe-Kobe-Kobe-Kobe-" They were calling the name of their god.Tony Parker dribbled the ball across half court, followed by boos, and the transition from cheers to boos was natural at Staples.

"Qin, do you think we can win this game?" Brown Xiao didn't know what to do.

Qin Tao looked at the field and said, "You have to have confidence in us, Brown."

"However, we are still 1 point behind them now!" Brown Xiao was very worried.

"Don't worry, Brown, the fun has just begun." Qin Tao was very calm, and seeing Qin Tao so calm, Brown-Xiao's heart slowly eased.

At this moment, a voice came over, "Brown, don't worry, my brother is the best head coach on the planet." Hearing this voice, Qin Tao's heart warmed.It was this man who woke him up with his voice and true feelings when he was about to collapse.

"Du, you really have confidence in Qin!" Brown Xiao laughed.

"That is, he is my Du Peng's brother! We are brothers!"

Qin Tao ignored Du Peng, he stood up from the coach's bench and came to the sidelines.As much as he likes the Zen master's strategic sense, he knows he is not a Zen master.A Zen master is suitable for sitting on the sidelines and strategizing, and I, Qin Tao, want to combine strategizing and taking the lead.This is the offensive time for the Lakers. Caron Butler blocked Ginobili's layup on the defensive end. Qin Tao felt that he should stand up and cheer for the team.

At this time, Kobe had already sprinted towards the Spurs' basket alone. In front of him was an open "plain" without any obstacles. Butler's ball had already passed, and Kobe easily dunked again.The cheers from Staples were raised to a new level again. The Lakers' offense this time was so morale-boosting that the fans were chanting the names of Kobe and Butler. "Kobe—Kobe—Caron—Caron—" Qin Tao also waved his fists to cheer for the two of them. Seeing this scene, the momentum of the Lakers rose again.

The big screen at the scene was replaying the shot just now. Parker moved the ball in a wide range, and the ball landed in the hands of Ginobili in the bottom corner.Argentine Yaodao twisted his waist and burst into the inside line. He thought he had passed his defender Caron Butler, but he didn't expect that this sure-fire layup was blocked by Butler.In the first three games, Butler was often blown up defending Gino Belgium.The success of the defense this time completely inspired his confidence. He yelled after he landed, and he also yelled when he passed the ball, "Kick their ass, Kobe--" All these undoubtedly inspired the morale of the team again.

The cheers of the fans, Kobe's dunk, and Butler's roar, all of these are like a drum being sounded.Before the start of the game, the battle song of the Zijin Army had already been played, and not long after the start of the game, the war drum of the Zijin Army also sounded.The battle song is played, the drums are beating, and the blood of the soldiers of the Zijin Army is boiling!Their boiling seems to strengthen the "agility potion" effect, and the Lakers are playing faster and faster.

The original Lakers' defensive rotation always had some situations where the rhythm was not right, but with the sudden increase in speed, they completely played the defensive rhythm.A 24-second offensive violation by the Spurs is enough to show that the Lakers' defensive level has suddenly improved.The successive blows affected the morale of the Spurs, and their defense was a little absent-minded. The Lakers seized the opportunity to play fast breaks.Sometimes they managed to score a goal, but because the defense was not positioned in time, the Lakers served from the backcourt to the frontcourt and scored an easy layup.

Popovich's face became more and more ugly, and he called a timeout helplessly after he was sure that his disciples could no longer stop the Lakers' offense. In 3 minutes, the Lakers played a wave of 13 to 6, establishing a 6-point lead.

During the timeout, Qin Tao didn't even pick up the tactical board. The current Lakers don't plan to rely on tactics to win the game. They rely on that momentum, their desperate momentum. "See, the people of San Antonio have nothing to do with us. Popovich can only use a timeout to stop our offense. Next we have to go faster and widen the point difference to 10 points in the first quarter. Remember, We are the great Zijin Army. Now, the great Zijin Army is advancing rapidly."

Qin Tao's words undoubtedly boosted the morale of the Lakers. After the timeout ended, the Lakers still did not give the Spurs a chance.Their speed is so fast that the Spurs are always half a beat behind them.Their tactics are simple, but the Spurs just can't defend.It's not that they don't know how to defend, but that their defensive formation hasn't been set up yet, and the Lakers' offensive players have already reached the basket.

Bowen's defense against Kobe failed in these 5 minutes, and his footsteps couldn't keep up with Kobe at all.Even his seasoned experience and variety of small moves could not prevent Kobe from putting the ball in the basket, but he paid for two fouls and ended the first quarter early.

"Ugh! The Lakers are unstoppable at this moment. They launch fast breaks continuously, and the San Antonio people seem to be unable to hold back."

"It's a miracle. It seems to have surpassed human speed. It's not uncommon for one person to be fast, but Los Angeles is fast for a team."

"Is this L.A.'s 'twitch moment'? Too strong, too fast..."

"Ah!" Butler yanked Ginobili, and he let out a long roar after landing and swung his right fist violently towards the home team stands.His roar seemed to say, "We are the Zijin Army, this is our moment, within 5 minutes, we are unstoppable."

What responded to Butler was wave after wave of cheers, like a forest fire in Daxing'an Mountains. The raging fire was getting bigger and bigger with the help of the wind, and the billowing heat wave swept in. The golden flames could devour everything that dared to challenge him.

The war hymn was sung loudly in the sky of Staples, the war drums echoed endlessly in the City of Angels, and the blood was burning in the chests of the Zijin soldiers... The Zijin Army is advancing, the Zijin Army is advancing, and they will be unstoppable! ! !

(End of this chapter)