Versatile Point Forward

Chapter 342 The Power of Fans

The Lakers' two home games were tied 1-1, and the third game will be moved to Portland's Rose Garden Arena.

Although the team lost the second game, it seems that the fans of the Trail Blazers did not criticize the players very much. Instead, they unanimously pointed their guns at Bynum, who made bad words after the first game, as if he was the Trail Blazers The culprit in the loss of the second game.

In fact, it is not the first time that a sudden cold feeling has appeared in a basketball game. There are various reasons hidden behind it. Maybe the players did not have a good rest before the game, or they are not suitable for the local climate, or maybe Bad stomach, collective cold, mental explosion... anyway, there are many reasons, and they are not known to outsiders.

But this time the Trail Blazers fans believed that it was Bynum's fault. If he hadn't cursed a wave during the interview, how could the team play like this in the second game?So after the game, there was a lot of condemnation of Bynum on the Internet, and even emotional fans said that they would come to Los Angeles to compete with the Sharks and teach him a profound lesson.But looking at the profile picture of this buddy, it seems that he is the one who will be taught a lesson...

To the Blazers players' surprise, not only did fans make their voices heard online, but they weren't too kind to the Lakers offline.I don’t know which fan’s supernatural powers got the time when the Lakers flew to Portland. When Kobe and Fisher followed the team staff out of the airport, they faced more than a dozen huge slogans and banners. There are no blatantly insulting words on the issue of quality, but the irony between the lines can be heard by anyone.

Especially when Bynum walked out of the airport, the fans started booing him in a tacit understanding, and even felt like they wanted to cover up the loud noise of the plane taking off.Bynum knew that this was aimed at him alone, and his face was so gloomy that it seemed as if water would drip.

He naturally knew the reason why he had such "treatment", but he still swallowed his anger and got on the bus with his teammates with his luggage.It's not that he doesn't want to retort at fans who he thinks are very stupid, but the league will not let him be such a defeated professional player, so he has no choice but to die.

However, for Bynum, this was just the beginning. On the night when the game officially started, he realized that those slogans and banners at the gate of the airport were simply childish, and there were even more terrifying noises waiting in the Rose Garden Arena. he.

When the on-site DJ introduced the players, Kobe, Artest, and Gasol also got boos, but they were not too big, especially when Kobe played, and even a little faint cheers could be heard.But when Bynum walked out of the player tunnel, the boos instantly increased by many decibels. He could not hear what his teammates were saying clearly.

Obviously, the fans do not intend to let him go easily, even if they know that the poor performance in the second game is only due to the problems of the Blazers players themselves, but there is no doubt that they can completely throw the blame on Bynum. What about saying those words after the first game?

After the game started, Bynum quickly became the most uncomfortable person in the audience.As the team's starting center, he has indeed learned some skills from Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and his inside partner Gasol is a guy who likes to pass the ball to his teammates, so he still gets a lot of independent attacks at the basket Opportunity.

But as long as he gets the ball, there will be horrific boos almost the same as at the beginning of the game. When he caught the ball for the first time, he even trembled in fright. copied away.He clapped his hands vigorously, as if venting his inner depression. Seeing his demeanor and actions, the fans booed even more vigorously. Now their purpose is to make Bynum feel better.

At the same time, other Lakers players have also been implicated. Of course, fans booing away players is not within the scope of the NBA's prohibition. As long as they do not do anything aggressive, the league will not take action against the fans.Rao is Kobe and other veterans who are determined, but Bynum alone disrupted the team's rhythm on both ends of the offense and defense, not to mention his poor shooting rate of 5 of 1 shots at the basket.

Of course he would attribute his poor state to the crazy harassment of Blazers fans, but in the eyes of professionals, this test is the psychological quality of each player. After all, in the entire long season, as long as you play away games, You will definitely hear the boos from the fans, the only difference is how much they hate you.Obviously, Bynum's psychological quality is not very good, and the Trail Blazers fans deliberately targeted him, so he fell into such an embarrassing situation.

Thanks to the "assists" of the fans on the scene, the Blazers firmly suppressed the Lakers at the beginning, completely denying their opponents a chance to counterattack.The weird incident in the last game finally did not happen again this time, perhaps because this is their home court, or maybe it was because the fans cheered for them inspired inner strength, anyway, the Blazers' shooting has returned to The normal level is no longer the downcast appearance of less than 30 points in a single quarter.

The Lakers also played very tenaciously, after all, their leader is a tenacious player.Kobe has been working hard to lead his teammates to bite the score. Under his guidance, the Lakers' shooting percentage is not bad.Well, after Bynum was excluded, Gasol was too embarrassed to pass the ball to him because of his inefficient inside offense, so he could only repeatedly distribute it to outside shooters or teammates who slipped the baseline and walked through the back door. Time Bynum played like a blue-collar player on the court.

Of course, Bynum couldn't bear such treatment. There was a time when he even looked down on Kobe, so why would he obediently stay near the three-second zone and wait for rebounds?He doesn't care if anyone passes him the ball, as long as it's the Lakers' offensive round, he will fall to the low post, and then reach out for the ball. Shout him out on the field.

In fact, Bynum is indeed a young man with outstanding talent. If he can get rid of his weakness in character, then he should be able to support the Lakers inside in the near future.But if he can't change it, then it is a double-edged sword. When Phil uses him, he must be careful not to cut his hands.

(End of this chapter)