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Chapter 768

Artest is a very special existence in the Lakers. Everyone thought that the Lakers introduced a time bomb, and Jackson proved with facts that he is really good at dealing with so-called thorns like Artest.

When mentioning Artest, the first thing most fans think of is the Palace of Auburn Hills, or the stunned young man who broke Jordan's ribs, or the nicknamed beast, who can always use his cannonball-like muscles to tear apart the opposing players terror defense.

Artest has never been counseled or scared on the court, and he has always been a tough representative, but he also has a true temperament that is rarely mentioned.His true temperament is often shown in matters related to Kobe. The beast never obeys people, but he is willing to escort Kobe and make sacrifices. In front of Kobe, he is the tamed beast.

No one knows what Kobe did to Artestzo to make Artest submit to him.

"Bo Nu, don't be intimidated by his aura, he's just a paper tiger." Bai Jidong encouraged.

Artest said dissatisfiedly: "White Wolf", when you say bad things about others, can you say it behind your back, don't let me hear it. "

"Because I'm a gentleman, and a gentleman won't speak ill of others behind their backs. If I have any opinion on you, I will say it face to face."

Damn it!If it is said that Artest treats Kobe like a brother, then Bai Jidong is a typical bad friend, and the two are tearing each other down all the time.

"You'd better defend me yourself, or I will let this young man know how difficult this game is!" Artest kept yelling.

Bai Jidong said: "Did you see it? The most obvious feature of a paper tiger is that it likes to show off its tongue, and it only knows how to talk, but it has no hands-on ability."

I like to show off my tongue... that is, Vashabek has a good concentration, and others would have laughed out loud. It is so joyful to say this sentence from Bai Jidong's mouth.

"I see." Vashabek nodded.

Artest missed a free throw, Olowokandi protected the backcourt rebound and threw it to Ukic.

The Croatian then dribbled the ball forward, and Fisher blocked him from quickly passing the half-court in the frontcourt.The confrontation was fierce, both of them were small characters, but they fought extremely fiercely.

Bai Jidong shouted: "Roco!"

Ukic makes a quick pass.

"Joko, I am very relieved that you can change, but the current you is not the real you." Bai Jidong wanted to bring Kobe back to the "right track".

Kobe focused on playing reasonable basketball and blocked Bai Jidong's unnutritious trash talk: "No matter what you say, I will just ignore it."

Now that the matter has come to this point, Bai Jidong has no choice but to launch an attack on his own, to see if he can use the attack to wake Kobe up.

Bai Jidong's plan didn't work, his feeling didn't support him to do so.Bai Jidong missed this shot.

The ball was exchanged, and the Lakers quickly pushed back.Artest carries the ball forward like a big truck, and Vashabek is like a petite private car beside him.

"I've told you hundreds of times, get out of the way!"

Artest yelled and elbowed Vashabek.

The referee encourages players to fight with real knives and guns in the playoffs, but does not encourage players to attack in this way of murdering opponents.

Therefore, Artest's offensive foul was not wronged at all.

Although he himself didn't think so, he was full of resentment, "It's because there are too many referees like you, that there are so many old people who say we can play sissy basketball!"

"Shut up, is it reasonable to elbow someone? The referee should expel you, a murderer," Bai Jidong said.

Artest snorted, "That's why this African kid can't resist, so what's the matter with me?"

"Shut up, you murderous devil!" Bai Jidong said.

Vashabek clutched his stomach, he was so overwhelmed that he couldn't get over it all at once.

The Timberwolves can only be adjusted by substitutions.Artest didn't expect that he would kill a general of the Timberwolves with an offensive foul.

"Young people nowadays are becoming more and more careless. How can this continue? Will the NBA be ruled by a group of sissies in the future?" Artest chattered.

Kobe wanted to shut this guy up, but he didn't because Artest, like Bai Jidong, was known for being a big talker.

Considering Artest's impact, Casey did not let other backup forwards replace Vashabek, but asked Bai Jidong to return to the third position, facing Artest, and Spano at the shooting guard position. Reese.

This is a bold attempt, and if you are not careful, you will be eaten by the Lakers to the bone.

"Let the Greek defend Kobe? The Timberwolves are crazy, and Kobe will score 50 points on him!"

"Having said that, but with Kobe's desire to attack tonight, he may continue to choose to pass the ball."

First of all, the Timberwolves have to score this goal.

The Lakers' defense has been arranged, and the Timberwolves are expanding outwards in addition to boldly rushing in.

The line of defense is very tight, but it needs enough wisdom and tactical literacy to break through.The Timberwolves lack neither, they only lack touch.

I don't know what happened tonight, even if they ran out of opportunities, they couldn't throw the ball in, wasting one good chance after another in vain.

Spanoulis, who just came on the field, has unpredictable hot and cold hands, and his teammates decided to give it a try. If his hand feels good, they will open the situation from him.

Spanoulis gets maximum screens and pick-and-rolls, and those unselfish assists create great open opportunities for him.

At the three-point line at the top of the arc, Spanoulis caught the ball and was about to shoot a three-pointer. Kobe swooped forward like a beast.

Spanoulis's shot was obviously interfered by Kobe. Usually, he would score nine out of ten with this kind of ball, but now he shot an outrageous three-non-stick bread ball.

"Is this their own basket? Why are they playing like they're away?"

"I don't know what happened to Minnesota. Their state is extremely sluggish. This is the Western Conference Finals. If they don't get back to their state, they will lose this game."

Throwing three non-stick shots is one of them, and failing to retreat in time is even more fatal.Gasol grabbed the rebound and used his basketball IQ to send a long quarterback pass to Bryant.

Kobe controls the ball in the front court, and Bai Weidong is as close as a flame.

"With me here, you will never succeed!" Bai Jidong said coldly.

"OK..." Kobe dribbled the ball needlessly juggling and passed to Artest who was following him.The Beast took the ball, and his charged hands exploded with terrifying tendons, dunking as if trying to smash the basket.

"I'm proud of what you did today," Bryant said to Artest.

Artest laughed: "Me too, Kobe, this pass is so fucking good, I feel comfortable dunking."

Bai Jidong didn't want to see these two bragging about business in front of him, but he couldn't stop him, so he could only look away and let his teammates quickly serve.

The rhythm of the game has completely fallen into the hands of the Lakers, and the Timberwolves now have two problems.Bad offense and bad defense.

The Lakers are firing on all cylinders, treating Target Center like Staples Center.

However, the Timberwolves don't know how to play at home, and they don't feel how they play. They seem to be the youth team that made it to the playoffs for the first time. They are very stiff in all aspects.

"No matter how many times you fail, don't give up on a reasonable game. You play the right basketball, don't question yourself, those missed shots are good opportunities, you just don't feel good, work harder in the second half, get back the rhythm, I believe you can win this game." Casey poured chicken soup.

"Coach, how is the son of Stank?" Medved was concerned about Vashabek's injury.

Casey said: "He has gone to the hospital for a comprehensive examination now, and he will not play again tonight." "If there is no Bonu, no one will limit Kobe." Ukic said.

A few minutes after Spanoulis and Bryant faced each other, Bryant scored 14 points in a violent manner, leading the Lakers to lead the Timberwolves by 18 points at halftime.

Spanoulis and Bai Jidong were overwhelmed when they switched defenses, which proved the latter's excellence on the defensive end and also exposed the weakness of the Timberwolves on the defensive end after losing Vashabek.

Only when the team loses those defensive talents who are not obvious, fans will know how important they are.

Although their data is inconspicuous, it is an irreplaceable link.

Especially after Garnett left and Shane Battier was reimbursed for the season, Vasha Baker and Bai Jidong formed the iron wall of the Timberwolves.

Now that one of the iron walls is lost, the Timberwolves can only find another way.

In order to share Bai Jidong's defensive pressure, Casey took down Ukic who was lost on the offensive end, let Spanoulis play the first position, Bai Jidong played the second position to limit Kobe, and the second team's forward Antoine White was put on the first team against Artest.

White's ability in all aspects is not as good as that of Artest. He plays mainly as cannon fodder, and he can last as long as he can.

White also didn't want to come in vain, this is a rare opportunity. In the long history of the NBA, there are many inspirational stories of the main players getting injured and leaving the field, the substitutes being ordered in the face of danger, and becoming famous in the first battle.

There are countless precedents out there, why can't I be one of them?

White is extremely confident, and he runs hard after playing. He has a stable mid-range shot, and his hard running won the shot.

Spanoulis got the ball into his hands and White scored a jumper to get the Timberwolves off to a good start in the second half.

"Are you going to retract your head again? I know you are no longer a black mamba, you are a shrinking turtle." Bai Jidong laughed.

"No, I will continue to attack, even if the person defending me is you." Kobe said indifferently.

A drop of cold sweat quickly rolled down Bai Jidong's face, the thing he was worried about happened.

Kobe found his offensive feel by playing Spanoulis.

Kobe's offensive feeling is that as long as the feeling comes, no matter what shooting posture, how far away from the basket, even if there are five people double-teaming, just shoot.

This shot is exactly like this, Bai Weidong blocked his breakthrough, Kobe collected the ball and made a strong shot.

"Shh!"

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(End of this chapter)