You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 867 The Highest Respect

"You will definitely have fun tonight." Wei Xia motioned Kobe to look somewhere, "Look."

Kobe looked in the direction he pointed—Joe Bryant, Pamela Bryant, his parents came to the scene.

"Why are they here?" Kobe asked unexpectedly.

"Your father is a famous player of the 76ers. Is it normal to come to watch the old club's game?" Wei Xia stuffed the exposed jersey into his pants. "Besides, this may be the last time you come to Philadelphia as a player. Although you never care about what your family thinks, they also want to come here to watch you play one last time."

Kobe was silent, and then, the game began.

The 76ers won the jump ball, Wesha broke through Jabari Parker's defense, flew to the layup, and scored 2 points.

2 is better than 0
"Let Kobe have a good time, Jabari." Wei Xia said with a smile.

Parker and others naturally know who the main character will be tonight. The Lakers are currently ranked tenth in the Western Conference, and there is a gap of two wins from the ninth in the Western Conference. Counting tonight's game, there is only one game left in the regular season.In other words, they are destined to miss this year's playoffs.

Now that the result is doomed, they naturally have to fully cooperate with Kobe and let him play the last few games of his career happily.

The transfer of the ball, the movement of people, Kobe came to the high position on the left wing to get the ball.

That's two steps inside the three-point line.

Ten years ago, this was a battleground for superstardom.

All superstars must have the ability to score points in this position.

Today, a decade later, a one- or two-step shot from inside the three-point line is considered irrational, inefficient, and team-damaging shot selection.

Today, Kobe no longer cares about other people's opinions. The most important thing is to play comfortably.

Facing Wei Xia's defense, he turned around directly, jumped up, and leaned back.

His physical fitness is not as good as it was back then, and his height is far behind his peak. In order to avoid Weixia's block, he must improve his shooting arc.

"Shh!"

This ball brought back some pleasant and unpleasant memories of Wei Xia.

Happily, although the three years with the Lakers were difficult, he was very fulfilling and experienced all kinds of life.

What is not pleasant is that he has to withstand the high pressure of the Zen master on the court, against the opponent's arrow figure, deal with Kobe's challenge off the court, and avoid being caught by the media off the court - until the politically incorrect incident, he has been very good.

In any case, he missed those three years, but he didn't want to go back to those three years.

This is a contradiction.

A paradox that we know that that experience was important to us, but again, you never want to go back to the old way.

There is also Rondo who wants to settle old scores with Kobe.

Rondo called a pick-and-roll, and the opponent consciously went around the screen to defend.

Just because his shooting is not a threat, if it were Curry, no one would dare to defend like this.

Rondo used his speed to make a way out abruptly. The Lakers' rookie D'Angelo Russell had a high altitude and was far behind in defensive details, so he was played around by Rondo.

Rondo dribbled into the paint, and Roy Hibbert popped up and was tricked by his back pass, ignoring his true intentions.

"Boom!"

Rondo's signature one-handed behind-the-back feint layup.

4 is better than 2
Wesha's old teammate Luke Walton turned the Lakers into an awkward team.

Except for Kobe, everyone else has equal opportunities regardless of the status of the team, and they have completed a kind of passion on the court.

Not even Jabari Parker has much more possessions than rookie Russell.

As long as Kobe doesn't get the ball, others will pass a few angled balls that are not threatening, and then hit back to the point where the ball is held.

Hibbert moved casually, his back hit did not pose a challenge to Cousins' defense at all, he just played a set of fake moves, and then hooked.

"boom!"

"How did you teach me to grab the ball back then? Why didn't you teach the rookies in your team?" Wei Xia asked curiously.

Kobe sneered and said, "You think I'm an idiot? Of course I said it, but I can't slap you. Some people are not as thick-skinned as you, understand?"

Wei Xia is not convinced, why should he say he has thick skin?

"There's no one like you who just arrived on a team and took more than 30 shots in ten consecutive games, and the shooting percentage is still so low."

Kobe gave Wei Xia a whole smile.

"Then tell me, who gave me such a brazen suggestion? My skin may indeed be a little bit thicker than ordinary people, but the person who made the suggestion has a heart to kill, right?"

Wesha and Kobe hurt each other, and Cousins ​​taught Hibbert in the same position: on how the traditional inside should play back.

I saw Cousins ​​swaying left and right with his huge body, and suddenly turned around to shoot a jumper.

Play cricket.

6 is better than 2
The Lakers were in a stalemate for a while, but no one dared to play, so they gave the ball to Kobe.

Wei Xia found that Parker had gone into a misunderstanding. He wanted to be the leader of the team, but because of Kobe's last season, he couldn't steal the limelight, so he tried to do something else.

This will lead to a problem, that is, the Lakers have never been able to clarify the absolute core.

Other youngsters and veterans will feel that they can play too, and over time, the distribution of ball rights will become chaotic.

In some respects, Kobe is an obstacle to the rebuilding of the Lakers. With him, the Lakers cannot concentrate on rebuilding, but also because of him, the Lakers can get a lot of extra off-court income every year.Compared with these, the growth of young people is nothing to the management. At most, it is just that Buss is anxious to get angry.

Bryant attacked with all his strength, while Wei Xia defended with more ferocious strength.

Boxing is afraid of being young, and Kobe found that he was completely unable to use his own rhythm to disrupt Wei Xia's defense.

The guy in front of him, the bastard he had blown up at will ten years ago, is now the most powerful basketball player in the world.

Kobe back then, do you think of today?

If Kobe said that he thought of it, many people might not believe it.But what made Kobe even more unexpected was that Wei Xia, who had grown to this stage, did not play for the Lakers.

Kobe was so guarded that he had no way to advance or retreat, only to pull out from the outside.

Unexpectedly, Wei Xia even caught his opportunity to attack.

With faster bullet speed, longer wingspan and higher bounce, Kobe's desperate pull-up three-pointer was blocked out of bounds, and the Lakers' attack time was only 2 seconds.

Wei Xia squeezed out a smile on his serious face: "I will let you have fun, Kobe."

Kobe knows that Wei Xia is far stronger than him now.

Will he be afraid?

He dared to single out Brian Shaw at the age of 13 and believed that he could defeat him. How could he be afraid?
The word fear never appeared in Kobe's life.

"Just what I want!" he said emphatically.

In the remaining two seconds, Kobe used Hibbert's off-ball screen to run to the outside to catch the ball and shoot a three-pointer.

Wei Xia was delayed by Hibbert's cover, and Cousins' defense gave enough interference.

Bryant still missed the [-]-pointer, but with Jabari Parker at the basket, he made up for the lack of this offense by jumping up to score a dunk.

4 is better than 6
Wei Xia received the ball after a long absence, and Kobe came to defend him.

The Lakers' strategy against him is different from that of other teams. They use a wheel-to-wheel approach.

Kobe, Russell, and Hill took turns defending.

These three people have a height of 195 centimeters for the most time, so they don't suffer from height, but height is only part of defense.

Switching to Kobe's defense, Wei Xia did not show the traditional virtues of respecting the old and loving the young, but accelerated a step to nail Kobe's defense on the outside.

Kobe had tried his best, and then turned around and pointed at his teammates to ask them to help defend quickly, very much like a traffic policeman directing traffic.

Hibbert made a help defense that couldn't be blamed.

He tried his best to block all Wei Xia's shot angles.

Yes, the shooting angles that belonged to ordinary people are gone.

But superstars have never been in the realm of mortals.

A player who can make you unexpected and unbelievable is the real super giant.

Wei Xia stepped on the edge of the outside line and jumped out.

When he jumped out with his whole body, but lifted the ball with both hands, posing a standard shooting action, and his eyes were already behind the entire basket, the audience knew what he wanted to do.

"My God!"

"A shot from behind the hoop?!"

Wei Xia aimed at the basket, shot the ball with a very high arc, and the good feedback of the shot convinced him that the ball must be scored.

"Shh!"

"The younger generation is awesome!" Joe Bryant opened his mouth wide. "I know this kid is very good at fighting, but I really didn't expect him to be so good at fighting!"

8 is better than 4
Wei Xia ran past Hibbert, leaving him with a look of horror.

Wei Xia and Kobe looked at each other without verbal communication.

The opponent was his benchmark when he was a child, the first teammate in the NBA who had a major impact on him. He once wanted to take him away from the Lakers, but now, he has decided to retire.

Since his revenge plan went bankrupt halfway, Wei Xia could only accept it and bless Kobe.

If tonight's game is the last time he and Kobe will play against each other on the court, then he will show his strength without reservation.

Kobe didn't stand up and get beaten. If it is difficult to score on Wecha with the ball, he will mainly run without the ball.

Parker's one-handed pass is generally underestimated. He predicted Kobe's running position and beautifully penetrated the 76ers' defense from a high post.

Kobe received the ball, made an easy counter-basket, and responded directly to Wei Xia.

(End of this chapter)