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Chapter 161 158: A strong winning streak, the undercurrent of the playoffs (4K for tickets)

Kobe was on the bench, just sitting there.

His eyes were fixed on the court, but they were very empty.

No one knew what he was thinking at this time, no one knew whether he was missing that invincible shark.

But what is certain is that tonight is a very embarrassing night for Kobe.

"Beep~~~"

The buzzer blares throughout the Staples Center, and the game is over.

104 to 91, the Indiana Pacers were on the road and won the Lakers by 13 points.

Judging from the score, there seems to be no suspense in this game.

But only those who have watched this game know how intense and wonderful this game was played.

Tough hand-to-hand combat, difficult scoring and never-ending trash talking.

Kobe and Wayne, no one knows where these two people who met for the first time got so angry.

Perhaps, it was all caused by the desire to win that was stronger than the desire for luck.

At the end of the game, Wayne happily went up to high-five his teammates to celebrate.

With 17 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 blocks, Wayne's statistics today are not too explosive.

At least compared to the previous games, it seemed much mediocre.

It's true that Lamar Odom caused Wayne a lot of trouble.

But the most classic picture of this game was created by Wayne.

The scene where he proudly stepped over Kobe became the most impressive moment today.

Statistically speaking, Kobe beat Wayne today.With 40 points in a single game, Wayne still can't hit such a statistic.

But I don't know why, everyone always thinks that Wayne beat Kobe

It really responded to the news headline commonly used by the domestic media: "Wayne beat Kobe with 17 points and 40 points."

Maybe it's because of that span, maybe it's because of Kobe's poor shooting percentage.

In short, although Kobe scored 40 points today, he did not receive much praise.

Kobe stood up and looked at Wayne in the distance.

Those who keep saying that one generation is not as good as one generation should look at you, just like I look at you, love and hate!

Who said that today's players don't know what confrontation and trash talk are?Wayne knows it all!

How dare a rookie deal with a man who has three championship trophies like this.

This made Kobe think of his own year.

When he faced Michael Jordan back then, was he ever afraid?

Wayne's persistence and pursuit of victory deeply attracted Kobe.

Of course, if you asked Kobe to go over and hug Wayne now, you would definitely not want to!

Want me to admit to your face that you are strong?

Go dream!

So, Kobe just hugged Payton.

"Everything will pass, this is a process." During the hug, Payton comforted his former teammates.

"Well, by the way, Gary, the number 99, did he learn his trash talk from you?" Kobe looked at Wayne who was being interviewed by reporters, and asked Payton by the way.

"Me? Hahahaha, I can't teach him. He was the one who taught me how to irritate Wade when I played with the Heat."

"What!?" Kobe was startled.

In addition to often asking Payton for defense, Kobe also asked Payton for trash talk.

In his opinion, Payton, who can upset Jordan, is the No. 1 active trash talker.

However, Wayne, a first-year rookie, went to teach Peyton to talk trash!

What the hell, god left all your talent points for trash talk!

"Don't worry about it, Wayne said that he just wanted to win the game. He's actually a nice person, so don't take it to heart." Payton patted Kobe on the shoulder, and Kobe nodded slightly.

"He's great, Gary. Every team needs a player like him. It's annoying to play against him, but to be a teammate with him." Kobe shook his head helplessly. The Lakers lacked such a person.

Quietly, Bryant left, just as he quietly appeared yesterday.

The shark on the sofa in front of the TV drank two sips of beer happily. Kobe's disappointed expression was the most wonderful picture in the world!

Now, Oban felt relieved.

If Wayne wins, Kobe can't beat the Sharks.

People who I Shaq can't beat, you Kobe can't beat the same!

If Shaq had been there, he probably would have rushed into the arena, hugged Wayne and kissed him passionately on the cheek.

Looking at it this way, Wayne has a bull beep.

First cut 03 Jane Wei melon, then cut OK Kobe Shark.

This hatred has basically offended all the powerful people in this alliance.

As expected of a reverse courtesan.

Sharapova still had her hands on her chest until now, and she could even feel her heart beating violently.

The picture of Wayne hitting a three-pointer and stepping over Kobe makes Sharapova's heart beat even now.

Hot man, he is really strong!

Rebellious, defying power, and daring to challenge, no matter if you are Kobe or Guagua, number one in the league or the pride of heaven, I will not accept it, I am not afraid, I just want to do it with you!

This is all the traits that my wife likes!

I'm sorry, the huge stadium, but the back of the number 99 is in his eyes.

After the interview, Wayne was the first to run up to Artest and put his arms around his shoulders.

"Good job today, Ron."

"Good job." The corner of Artest's mouth twitched twice, Kobe scored 40 points on my head, little brother.

You call that a job well done?

I said I almost stopped him before, and now I say I did a good job.

What are you thinking today!

Don't be too arrogant, if I can't beat you, I would have flattened you long ago!

"You really defended well, even though he scored 40 points, but that's because he shot the whole Lakers team.

The points accumulated by the right to shoot can be called points?Thank you Ron, we couldn't have won today without your hard work. "

"Wei" Artest looked at Wayne, and felt that the boy's image had grown a lot.

Don't forget about Big Brother even if you win, yes, yes, enough loyalty!

At this time, another prompt appeared on Wayne's system interface.

His bond with Artest has increased again!

Wayne found that the bond value between himself and Artest was always rising under inexplicable circumstances.

Last time it was because Wayne mentioned Artest in an interview, this time it was because he praised him casually

How boastful are you?

Speaking of which, Wayne found that the bond value between himself and Artest was only a little bit short of the first tick mark.

There is not much left to unlock the reward.

Is this going to start Crazy Quartai mode?

But if the boast is too false, it should have no effect.

And it's much more interesting to complain about Artest than to praise Artest!

This damn bad fun!

Well, next time, when Artest makes another outstanding contribution, hold back a little and don't complain about him, but praise him.

Thinking about it now, Taizi seems to be quite pitiful.

Back in the locker room, Wayne paid close attention to Bryant's performance in the press conference.

Wayne believes that with Kobe's character, he will not let the war end like this.

It is almost impossible for Kobe to admit defeat.

Therefore, Wayne estimated that Kobe would be very angry at the press conference.

However, what Bryant said in the press conference left Wayne in a mess.

"How would you rate Wayne's jumper that caused you to fall today?"

"Great, he hit that shot at the end, didn't he?

In that case, you should make the shot as the first priority and not be disturbed by anything.I appreciate his choices, he's a real fighter. "

"So, what do you think of him stepping over you? Are you angry?"

"Very angry, Wayne doesn't know what respect is! Someone should teach him!"

Seeing Kobe so angry, the reporters instantly cheered up.

Come to work, now there is hype!

After Kobe and Ray Allen, will he have a new feud?

The reporters were full of expectations, but Kobe's next words broke the reporters' backs: "But on the basketball court, sometimes you have to let go of respect to compete! On the basketball court, it's only about winning or losing."

"Are you trying to praise him or complain about him?"

Not to mention that the reporters were confused, even Kobe himself was struggling.

That's probably what it's like to admire someone you hate

Very contradictory.

In fact, Kobe has always had this habit. In Wayne's previous life, Matt Barnes and Kobe in the Magic period almost fought each other on the court, but Kobe turned around and called someone to invite him to join.

When Artest played for Mosaic, the confrontation with Kobe was also quite fierce.

During the playoffs, two bored men spammed each other all night with "you suck," "you suck," "you suck worse" in an attempt to bore each other to death.

As a result, in the second year, Artest put on the Zijin jersey and became close to Kobe.

This is probably Kobe.

Ultimately, Bryant didn't say anything offensive until the end of the press conference.

On the contrary, he gave Wayne a very high evaluation.

Of course, he also praised Artest by the way.

Well, by the way.

After finishing the interview at the press conference, Kobe walked back to the locker room, but instead of changing clothes, he walked into the training hall with a basketball in his arms.

Odom looked straight and shook his head.

Today, Kobe's free throw percentage has dropped significantly. He will definitely hit hundreds of free throws and torture himself until he is exhausted before he is willing to go home.

After fighting Artest for a whole round, he was already so tired, but he still tortured himself.

Odom saw it, and said, "Slip away!"

If Kobe catches them to practice together, hehe, just wait for the next day to die of muscle soreness.

In this way, Kobe spent this embarrassing night at the free throw line in the training hall.

But he was not discouraged, nor was he blinded by anger.

In this damn alliance, there is another interesting opponent

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Wayne stepped over Kobe at Staples.

It is clear that the next day, with the help of the news media, this photo caused a great sensation.

It is estimated that even Schwartz himself did not expect Wayne to be so good at work.

Even without his help in the hype, Wayne can create topics and commercial value for himself.

The day after the game between the Lakers and the Pacers, before the start of the game between the Heat and the 76ers, when O'Neal was interviewed by reporters, he was elated when he talked about yesterday's game.

"Let me put it this way, I am now a big fan of Wayne! I bought 99 pieces of Wayne's No. 99 jersey last night. I change one every day and take one to sign for him.

Way's performance at Staples was pleasing.How do you rate the photo of him stepping over Kobe?How else to evaluate, handsome! "

Wade on the side felt bitter after hearing this, Shaq, you have changed your mind!

When we win together, we call him Wei Tiantian.

Now, he is courting another Wei Da.

Bryant was angry when he saw news, photos and videos of Wayne stepping over him.

Where did Kobe's self-esteem suffer from this!

He didn't hold any grudges against Wayne, he just thought the media was disgusting.

Isn't it just across my legs? Does it need such a hype?

Now, he can understand how his former teammate Tyronn Lue felt when Iverson stepped over him

But Kobe thought, as long as a day or two, after the Pacers lose, the heat of this matter will pass.

As a result, the Pacers played a wave of five consecutive victories.

After the first battle with the Lakers, the Pacers' schedule is against the Jazz, Warriors, Cavaliers, Jazz and Nets.

Five games, four opponents, three of which are poor teams

Kobe almost vomited blood when he saw it.

Because the Pacers continued to win and Wayne's performance was very stable, the enthusiasm for Wayne's passing Kobe couldn't stop for a long time!

Kobe could see the replay of that scene on TV every three days or so. Others would not understand this kind of despair.

Except for Lu who knows how to play football.

In addition to Kobe, the 03 class was also taken out to flog the corpse.

He lost again because of the Cavaliers, and James was overwhelmed by Artest's defense again.

03 killer, keep suppressing!

In the game against the Nets, Carter scored a game-high 35 points, and the Nets almost won the victory.

But in the end, the Pacers still relied on a stronger team strength to narrowly win by 6 points.

After defeating the Nets, the Pacers have achieved an excellent record of 3 consecutive victories since March!

The Pacers' unstoppable winning streak has not only put pressure on the Heat, which is No. [-] in the East, but also made the Spurs, who are currently No. [-] in the West, feel a sense of danger.

"No way? Put the Pacers on the list of imaginary opponents in the finals? Do you really think they can reach the finals? I don't think they can pass the Heat. They may win the Pistons this year, but they can't beat Shaq.

Although their recent eight-game winning streak is bluffing, their opponents are not very strong. "

In the head coach's office of the Spurs, Budenholzer, as an assistant coach, put forward his own ideas to an old man with a serious expression.

The old man supported his head with one hand, and gently waved the other hand: "If you want to win the championship, you can't make any mistakes, Mike."

Mike Budenholzer, who recommended himself to then-Warriors assistant coach Gregg Popovich in 1994, became a video analyst for no pay or free Warriors tickets.

Since then began his coaching career.

It wasn't until Popovich returned to the Spurs in 1996 that Budenholzer, who was taken away with him, was finally promoted to an assistant coach, sharing offense with Popovich.

He and Popovich implanted the concept of team offense into the bones of the Spurs.

Because he was a video analyst, until now, Popovich is still used to handing over important video editing and analysis work to his cronies who have followed him for 11 years.

This time, when Popovich asked Budenholzer to collect and study Pacers game tape, the two had the above conversation.

"Well, if you think it's really necessary. I just think we have to put more energy on the Suns, Pistons and Heat, so that we don't lose too much."

It is not without reason that Budenholzer would think so. After all, the last time the Spurs played against the Pacers, the Spurs won by as much as 13 points.

Moreover, as far as the current situation is concerned, although the Pacers have a good record, they have not shown the real strength to win the championship.

They lack finalists, and their offensive system is not as sophisticated as the Suns and Spurs.

The regular season record can't explain anything, because the playoffs and the regular season are completely different concepts.

In a more targeted game, the Pacers aren't necessarily as strong.

Anyway, in Budenholzer's heart, the Pacers have never been a strong enemy of the first echelon.

"We have a game against the Pacers in a few days. When the time comes, I hope you're right, Mike. Hopefully, we won't have trouble with the Pacers."

Popovich sighed as he looked at the stacks of Pacers papers on the table.

Troublesome guy, one more.

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(End of this chapter)