You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 291 Direct Confrontation of MVP Popular Candidates
Another day later, the Lakers came to a familiar venue, preparing for the second game of the first round.

There is an interesting phenomenon.

Although the two sides will fight you to death in order to advance to the next round after playing, they are basically friendly off the court.

Since the Cardinal retired from the front office, not even a consultant, and only lived in his apartment in Washington, D.C., the "little gifts" and mysterious surprises prepared for the away team have all disappeared.

Today, the Suns prepared a "gift" for the Lakers.

The same locker room with the "Win everything" banner two days ago.Today, it was replaced by "lost everything".

"Let them cheer themselves up, we just need to win!"

Assistant coach Brian Xiao said with a frown.

In the second game of the series, the starting lineups of both sides remained unchanged.

Wei Xia continued to sit on the bench. Before the start, Sean Marion came over and gave him a hard time, "Isn't this the actor who was delayed by the NBA? Why, coach Jackson won't let you start? That's a pity."

"Sean, secret weapons cannot be used casually." Jackson said something for Wei Xia.

'You can start your performance, we have made a highlight of your diving clips from the last game and sent them to the league office, just wait and see! Jackson frowned at Marion's threat.

He believed that Marion wasn't bluffing. According to the news they got, none of the referees from the previous game were present for tonight's game.

Although it is common for the referee list to be replaced, all three of them were replaced at once, which to some extent shows the attitude of the league.

Back then, the Pistons used all kinds of dirty tricks against Jordan, but the Bulls protested on the spot to no avail. Later, they also made a "high-definition small movie" of the Pistons and gave it to Stern to watch, so as to let Mr. President know that if you don't do anything, your baby will be beaten to death by the villain.

That year, the Bulls and the Pistons lost until the tiebreaker, and were terminated by the Motor City for three consecutive years. The proud Jordan collapsed in front of the general manager of the Pistons, and the league issued a malicious foul in the next year, completely ending the era of the Bad Boys.A few years later, Pat Riley led the gang of New York to inherit the dirty and dark of bad boys, but Jordan and his minions were no longer Wuxia Niu.

For Jackson, it wasn't too bad for the Suns to edit clips of Wei Xiabiao's performance into a video and send it to the league office.

Maybe they can win to the end like the Pistons back then?

But as soon as the game started, Kobe hit the iron.

Smash Parker made [-] of [-] free throws for the foul.

Kobe Bryant made another shot. Odom, who bravely scored 19+14 rebounds in the last game, missed a tip-up.

Fortunately, the feeling of the sun on the opposite side is not continuing.

Raja Bell, who performed well in the first game, set an example for the whole team: Look, please, like me, hit the ball to the neck of the basket!
Bell missed an outside shot.

Dior complied with the wishes of his teammates, and after performing a set of magician-like moves, he licked the basket and slid out of the basket.

Also in the first game, Tim Thomas missed a long-range two-pointer. Fortunately, the rebound went out of bounds, and the Lakers lost a chance to counterattack.

In this way, the Suns missed three offenses. Instead, the Lakers took advantage of Smash Parker's mudslide-like two free throws to lead the Suns 1-0.

"This game is full of weirdness." TNT commentator Steve Kerr said, "Steve Nash was silent, and Kobe was also silent. The much-anticipated Mars hitting the earth turned into a clumsy shooting performance. It's better to let the Lakers send Wish. At least we can expect how he will be shot and fell to the ground on the spot."

Kerr's sarcastic remarks somewhat aroused Nash's fighting spirit.

Zonda considers himself an MVP winner, so he doesn't want to do the same thing as Kobe, otherwise others will think that he is the same player as Kobe.

So he fired.

A long-range three-pointer, 3 to 1.

Parker speeded up [-] meters to send the head, and the layup that seemed to have no problem was blocked. Nash caused Reaper's second foul during the counterattack.

Kobe tried to shoot a three-pointer, but the good touch still deviated from him.

Bang, the sound of iron striking is crisp.

As a result, Nash was determined to show his aggression, charged hard, and scored Parker's third foul within 3 minutes.

Jackson watched the game seriously, looked back, saw Wei Xia, nodded: "Wish, I hope you are ready."

Wei Xia got up and took off his appearance uniform. A set of movements was more uncomfortable than Kenji Fujima who tried to pretend but failed.

He put the jersey in place, replacing Parker, who had started a super ghost.

Nash made two free throws and scored 5 points in a row. The Suns took all the points in the opening game and took the lead with a 5-1 advantage.

Kobe who made 2 of 0 shots and scored 0 points is still Kobe.

He was just about to play with the ball, Sun defended in front and chased in the back, and there were people around him at any time. For this reason, Wei Xia and Sprewell were all empty, but he felt that he was not at a loss.

Bryant passed the ball to Weixia to show respect for their double-teaming.

Wei Xia received the ball, and what was in front of him was a good opportunity.

He lowered his center of gravity, shot the ball, and the opportunity was in front of him.

boom!
The cold touch made his shot go out of the basket.

But it's not a big problem. The Suns' offense only relies on Nash alone. They use running and bombing as their selling point.

Dior missed a shot, and Kobe grabbed a defensive rebound to help Wei Xia get his first assist of the field with a quick layup.

Then came the sun state.

Diaw went inside, drew a foul on Brian Cook, and made two free throws.

Kobe returned a long-distance two-pointer, and his personal score was broken.

Nash's sudden score helped Tim Thomas score his first goal with a three-pointer from the outside, 10 to 5.

Facing Wei Xia's single defense, Nash rushed to the basket, and Wei Xia, who always put his hands behind him to maintain pressure, was decisively called a defensive foul by the referee.

The whistle sounded, and Nash missed a layup but had two free throws. Wei Xia turned around with a puzzled expression on his face. He walked towards Nash and the referee, wanting to say a few words for himself, but his hand caught Nash intentionally or unintentionally.His approach was regarded as a provocation by Nash, so Nash swung his elbow fiercely and missed anyone, but it was an extremely unfriendly gesture, and the referee immediately made up a whistle.

"Take care of your people, Kobe!" Nash shouted, waving the arm that Wei Xia was hanging on.

"You should fucking take care of yourself!" Kobe has been dissatisfied with Nash for a long time. The world said that Nash can make his teammates better. He used his selflessness to contrast Kobe's "selfishness". In addition, this season's epic offensive performance can only be ranked fourth on the MVP prediction list, and Nash is ranked first.

His resentment, his anger, and his unwillingness all came out.

They say he can't make his teammates better, well said, he also wants to make Shawn Marion, Boris Diaw, Raja Bell, Tim Thomas, Leandro Barbosa better.But all he has around him is Smush Parker, Brian Cook, Chris Mihm, and a few old and sick.Wesha and Odom can get better without him, but a championship team cannot rely on only three players to play.

Then, the on-site director just cut the camera to the high-level plaque of the audience.

That card says "Kobe is not MVP, Nash is"

(Kobe is not the MVP, Nash is)

From this, the fans in front of the TV deeply understand that the grievances between the two have a long history, and it is by no means purely for their respective younger brothers.

The referee chose a soft and muddy approach. Wei Xia and Nash each hit [-] rebounds, and they were both called technical fouls.

Since Wei Xia had one more common foul, the penalties for technical fouls offset each other, and Nash went to the free throw line to make two free throws.

When he made the free throw, Bryant's face was full of anger.

"I won't thank you, you are the BOSS, you should protect me and others." Wei Xia was still in the mood to make sarcastic remarks.

Kobe bared his teeth and still looked fierce: "Stop being sentimental, I'm not fucking for you."

Nash, who made nearly 90% or even more than 90% of his free throws all the year round, did not waste free throw opportunities in vain. He made two free throws and made all of them.

7 is better than 12
The smell of gunpowder has come out since then.

Nash got angry rarely, and showed Wei Xia his offensive rhythm. After shaking back and forth, he found a space for his shot and made a large backward jumper.

14 is better than 7
So far, in the first quarter alone, Nash has scored 9 points, which is unusual for him, just like the first game.After the performance of 11 points in a single quarter, the second and third quarters died down, and it was not until the fourth quarter that they made a big attack.

But Nash was not angry in the first game, but now he is.

Maybe, his offense will continue.

Wei Xia gave Odom a lob, and he gave the Suns a hook in return.

9 is better than 14
Nearly half a quarter passed, the Suns' offense improved slightly, and Nash called the pick-and-roll to make a breakthrough.This time, Wei Xia's defense change affected Thomas' three-point shot.His shot hit the front of the basket and flew out. Kobe made a quick pass and Odom made a long pass.

Nash overwhelmed to catch up.

The league No. 1 in the field of transparent defense is ready to defend one-on-one against the most dangerous offensive weapon in the new century.

Of course he was dreaming.

Kobe took off and dunked violently, knocking Nash over and causing a foul by Zonda.

Kobe's disdainful expression swept across Nash, as if to say: You, dare to chase my fast break?
Nash, who failed to defend, didn't see any frustration. He patted the ashes on his body and got up calmly.After Kobe made an additional free throw, in less than ten seconds, he returned a three-pointer.

The direct confrontation of the MVP favorites has unknowingly started.

　Thank you @睥着公 for the rewards, I owe a chapter +1, and thank you @李什么iiii for the reward.Kudos to you, beauties of the world - all dues will be due in the next few days.

　　
　
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