stadium ambition

Chapter 52 Challenge the Best Partner

Seeing that Kobe wanted to play one-on-one with him, Su Yang stood up instantly with excitement, and his adrenaline soared violently. The last time he experienced this feeling, he dunked and killed Santa Margarita High School. It exploded directly.

Now it is the 06-07 season, Kobe changed to wear the No. 24 jersey for the first time, averaged 31.6 points per game throughout the season, defended the scoring champion for the second consecutive year, and scored 4+ points in 50 consecutive games.

The famous "Kobe only scored 40 points" also happened this season. That game was the first game after Kobe scored 4+ points in 50 consecutive games. The Lakers finally narrowly beat the Warriors. Warriors coach Nelson said happily that he could limit Kobe to only 43 points .

There is no doubt that Kobe is at his peak, and now he has a single-handed opportunity, and he has to agree to it no matter what.

Su Yang tried his best to calm down, and continued to check the rest of the email. It was mainly divided into two parts. The first was the time, place and general process of the open training match, and the second was what to pay attention to if he accepted the heads-up. It was probably some disclaimers.

As a directly invited person, you can bring a partner to go together, but no additional souvenirs will be presented.

Seeing that the holding time was just the day after tomorrow, Su Yang felt a little rushed. There was no time for more preparations. With Kobe's character, he would definitely attack and defend when the time came. useless.

Because those NBA coaches, video editors, and players must also be analyzing how to limit Kobe. If they find out how to limit Kobe in a few days, who might as well go home and sell sweet potatoes.

After making up his mind, Su Yang continued to check other emails, one was from Rodney.

The content of the email explained in detail how to build an AAU team around Su Yang. Rodney bluntly said that OJ Mayo is only worthy of being a deputy. The team will currently sweep other AAU teams in Southern California, then dominate Northern California, and finally become the super ace of the United States.

According to Rodney's description, as long as Su Yang joins the team, he will gain a reputation like Derrick Rose, and may even attract ESPN to broadcast the game like LeBron back then, and various benefits will follow. .

Su Yang clearly replied that he would reject it. Singled out Luo Er Deng has already won a lot of fame, so there is no need for such trouble.

After reading all the important emails, Su Yang took a shower and went to bed, but his mind was full of simulations on how to play against Kobe. He didn't fall asleep until eleven o'clock in the night, so he simply got up and turned on the computer to find Kobe's score highlights and watch them.

...

After waking up in the morning, Su Yang rushed to the school and told Ron and the others about the one-on-one confrontation with Kobe.

Hearing what he said, the whole team exploded and came up with suggestions on how to score points under Kobe's defense. At the same time, they also figured out how to shoot high-definition videos.

During lunch in the cafeteria, many students came to Su Yang to ask for his autograph. Those wonderful performances of singled out Luol Deng had been widely circulated on the Internet, and with various media reports, Su Yang was regarded as a man of the school during this time.

Before the class started in the afternoon, Su Yang ran to hang the horizontal bar as usual.

Many students watched and took pictures, and some even took pictures next to him, with various funny poses.

But Su Yang kept smiling the whole time, trying hard to hide his inner excitement, pretending to be cold.

When the whole team practiced together after school, Su Yang told David about the heads-up, and asked to ask for leave to miss the joint practice.

David readily agreed, and also gave several suggestions, the core of which is to avoid injury.

After all, it is a real one-on-one confrontation with the strongest players in the NBA. The intensity of the confrontation must be N times higher than that of Luol Deng in the whole attack. It may be delayed for several days after being hit by Kobe, which will easily affect the follow-up arrangements.

After the joint training was over, Su Yang received a call from Lu Rulan, and the two made an appointment to meet in the grove to briefly communicate about the progress of the picnic preparations at the end of the month, chatted for half an hour, and discussed the upcoming STA exam.

Lu Rulan's academic performance is very good, and her various extracurricular performances are also excellent. Next year, she has a high probability of being admitted to prestigious schools such as Stanford.

Su Yang's academic performance is also very good, but his extracurricular performance is slightly inferior, and he can only excel in basketball.

When the two parted, Lu Rulan smiled and said, "Why don't we apply to the same school, anyway, we can learn from anywhere."

Su Yang didn't even think about it: "It's ok, except for those schools that don't accept students with special sports skills, I should be fine."

Back at the residence at night, just in time for the Lakers to play against the Clippers, Su Yang took Zheng Xiang to watch together.

In the first quarter of the game, Kobe made 11 of 7 shots and scored 20 points personally, but the other Lakers players made 9 of 2 shots. The Lakers only tied with the Clippers. The young Bynum was also easily created by the veteran Brand twice. Defensive foul.

In the second quarter of the game, the Clippers double-teamed Kobe like crazy, causing Kobe to only make 2 of 1 shots in total, while the other Lakers players made 27 of 7 shots and sent 8 fouls inexplicably. Lose a lot of points.

In such a situation, Zheng Xiang, as a black man in the lake, couldn't help but sigh with emotion: "After Jerry West left, Kupchak had no real power, and Old Buss didn't care about it. The Lakers management formed this weak lineup. It's a waste of Kobe's prime..."

Su Yang is powerless to refute. The Lakers are backed by the big market in Los Angeles. They have achieved so well in the past and can make money casually. Bass Jr., Jenny and others can stage family struggles without fear, so they will care whether Kobe is at the top Woolen cloth?

The two continued to watch while making complaints. The Clippers' crazy double-teaming failed in the fourth quarter. Kobe seized the opportunity to exert his strength and scored 10 points. Finally, he scored 40 points and helped the Lakers win a narrow victory.

...

After school the next afternoon, Su Yang and Ron drove to the Staples Center.

The traffic in Los Angeles is particularly bad. The closer the two are to the city center, the worse the traffic jam will be.

It was expected to arrive in about four or 10 minutes, but it took an hour and a half in the end.

Entering the Staples Center, the Lakers staff came to greet them. They took the two of them and others together to visit the Lakers honor showroom first, then went to the locker room for a tour, and finally went to the court to wait for the training game to start.

The two sat down on the sidelines, looking at the audience, they didn't see Kobe, only Odom and others were shooting and warming up boringly, perhaps because this kind of training game was not within the established plan, it should have been a rest after the game day time.

Head coach Phil Jackson also didn't come, and the training mission seemed to be presided over by assistant coach Brian Shaw.

Kobe was late, so the training game was late. Many spectators who also came first began to look for opportunities to take photos with the Lakers assistants, players, and mascots. Su Yang took a basketball to practice his hand and warm up by the way.

It wasn't until five o'clock that there was finally a noise from the player tunnel.

Su Yang turned his head and saw Kobe walking into the court wearing the No. 24 jersey, smiling and waving.

Cheers erupted at the scene, and Odom and others immediately became energetic, and the atmosphere of the entire arena changed drastically.

Kobe walked to the sidelines, stood in front of Su Yang, put his hands on his hips and shouted: "Who is Su..."

Before he finished speaking, Su Yang stood up with a smile, and Kobe followed suit with a smile on his face, and the two interacted with each other by high-fiving.

"I've watched the video of you singled out Luol Deng before. Your basic skills are solid, and your instinct to seize opportunities is also excellent. It reminds me of my high school days. You must continue to work hard and strive to perform on a higher level stage. .”

Su Yang nodded, and Kobe said again: "You wait, I will fight you one-on-one after the training match."

"OK!" Su Yang gestured, Kobe turned around and entered the field, and the relevant personnel began to prepare.

But the game couldn't be played quickly, because there were only nine Lakers players present, and Smash Park encountered a serious traffic jam on the way here, and it would take at least half an hour to arrive. The staff hoped that the audience would wait.

Su Yang, like many audience members, expressed his understanding with his mouth, but his face showed displeasure.

This is a natural reaction. We have been waiting for a long time, and waiting will affect other arrangements.

"Don't wait!" Kobe suddenly said, and then pointed to Su Yang. "You come to play point guard, is there any problem?"

Hearing this, Su Yang was stunned for a moment, and quickly stood up: "I'm completely fine."

As a high school student, now I have the opportunity to be teammates with Kobe, and I still face a regular NBA team. As long as I can run, jump and shoot, I may score an unknown number of points with Kobe. Such an experience, there is no reason to refuse.

"Not good?" Assistant coach Brian Xiao showed concern. "The intensity of confrontation may be too much for him."

"It's okay!" Kobe waved his hand and turned to the other Lakers players. "Be gentle with him on defense."

Odom and others expressed their understanding, and Brian Shaw shook his head again: "I still have concerns about tactical communication. Although this is just an exhibition game, he also needs to know our basic running position, or should you arrange it?"

Bryan Shaw said it carefully, as if to imply that the main team will hand over the whole process to Kobe. Anyway, the public training is only half an hour, and most of the audience are here to watch Kobe, so there shouldn't be any complaints.

When he said this, many audience members looked forward to it, and some even voiced their support for Su Yang to play.

"Don't worry." Kobe chuckled. "Harper told me that this kid knows the triangle offense."

"Really?" Brian Xiao turned to look at Su Yang. "Is Harper exaggerating?"

Kobe stopped answering the call and beckoned to enter the arena quickly. Su Yang trotted to the middle circle.

"You will take control later." Kobe patted Su Yang on the shoulder. "Don't worry about mistakes or anything else, just treat it as leading your high school team. I also want to see what the next Iverson Harper calls is at the end."

Su Yang nodded: "Okay, I just want to challenge, can I be stronger than Derek Fisher?"

"Oh?" Kobe asked curiously. "Why did you mention that guy all of a sudden?"

"He's probably the best point guard you've ever played with..."

(End of this chapter)