Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 33
With Fisher's rare fast-break dunk, the Lakers played a small climax near the end of the first quarter and entered the second quarter with a 34-23 lead.

The Lakers started the second quarter with a five-man rotation: point guard Mike James, shooting guard Bruce Bowen, small forward Dan Marley, power forward Stephen Jackson, and center Mamie. Te Okur, this is also Mike James' debut on behalf of the team.

For the 76ers, Iverson and Haprin are still on the court, and Raja Bell and Corey Blunt replace Mutombo and Snowdein.

Mike James advanced quickly with the ball, and when the 76ers' defense was not in place, he made a mid-range shot and scored the first point of his NBA career.

Without Snow's possession of the ball, Iverson did his part to hold the ball from the backcourt and kill the Lakers directly to the basket, ignoring James' defense and scoring a layup.

The rhythm of the two sides is getting faster and faster, and the offense is extremely simple. All the Lakers, including Okur and Jackson, basically shoot directly when they see an opportunity, and they don't rush to grab offensive rebounds. The first priority is to return to defense quickly. Stop Iverson from scoring.

Among them, Mike James took 4 shots in just 6 minutes. Without the slightest awareness of being drafted or a rookie on the team, he hit a mid-range shot and a three-pointer.

Okur and Jackson each hit a three-pointer. When the two sides entered the official timeout, the score was 45 to 32, and the point difference has been very stable.

Mike James has done his job.After the timeout, Zen master replaced Fisher, Kobe, O'Neal and Big Ben, leaving Jackson on the court.

The number of shots taken by the team in a game is very stable. Except for the stars, the opportunities for role players and substitutes are limited. Under normal circumstances, the limited three or four opportunities are shot by Ray Allen or Steve Cole shot, in fact, the difference is not very big.But if the role players steal the star's role too much, it's better if the efficiency is high, but if the efficiency is low, it will be difficult for the coach to tolerate it.

Fortunately, Mike James's messy sticks were not completely ineffective. The rhythm of the 76ers was brought up a bit fast. Iverson missed consecutive simple shots and was hit by the Lakers.

By the time Anthony Mason returned to the court with about 4 minutes left in the second quarter, the score had come to 54 to 37, and the Lakers were far ahead.

The two teams that were fighting against each other in the finals last season quickly widened the gap after an offseason of ebb and flow.In the subsequent games, the 76ers failed to cause any trouble for the Lakers, defeating Staples 76-102.

艾弗森36投13中，独得40分，而科尔曼13投只有4中，得到12分7个篮板。

奥尼尔同样砍下40分，但只用了22次出手，科比得到21分10篮板11助攻的三双，本·华莱士得到6分17个篮板5次盖帽。

With the prestige of sweeping the 76ers, the Lakers are a guest in Golden State to challenge the Warriors.

From Chamberlain and Rick Barry in ancient times to the famous RUN-TMC, the Warriors have never lacked good scorers, and their crazy offensive firepower has become their label.

Although the recent situation is not good, the Warriors still insist on their happy basketball. In the team, Antwan Jamison, who had 51 points against Kobe, and Larry Iverson, the shooting guard known as "Big Iverson", were all in the team. Hughes, and the rookie Jason Richardson with the best physical fitness, the three guns, with the inside meat shield Adonal Foyle and the rebounding madman Danny Fortson, as well as Bob on the bench · Sura and rookie Troy Murphy and other gangsters often fought back and forth with strong teams on the scene.

In the game between the Lakers and the Warriors, facing the inside combination of O'Neal and Ben Wallace, Fortson was like a god, grabbing a career-high 24 rebounds, providing Jamison and Hughes and others with a steady stream. Ammo Guarantee.The fiery Warriors crazily accelerated the tempo, played freely and unrestrainedly, and wonderful scenes emerged one after another.Jamison scored 39 points, Hughes scored 32 points, and Richardson also scored 21 points. A total of 6 Warriors scored in double figures.

The fast pace is obviously not good for the Lakers. The important organizer Mason only played 20 minutes, and all the offensive burdens were all on O'Neal and Kobe. O'Neal contributed 35 points and 12 rebounds, and Kobe scored the highest score in the game. 46 points, but the poor performance of other players did not provide more support to the OK combination. In the end, in this soaring score battle, the Lakers lost to the Warriors 118 to 126 and received their second loss in the next season. It has been tied by the king who has been racing all the way.

Mike James, who was signed by the team, performed poorly. He made 6 of 0 shots and only scored 2 points from free throws, and made 3 turnovers.In 10 minutes of coming off the bench, he scored a horrifying plus-minus of minus 23, becoming the first minister of the team's collapse in the transition period.

Due to Arenas being injured and will continue to be absent for a period of time, the backup point guard has become a major weakness of the Lakers. The style of play in these two games is completely injuring the enemy by one hundred and self-injury by two thousand.Jim, who has seen the deputy company commander, expressed his deep understanding of how much damage a cheating point guard can bring to the team.

Jim, who was considered exhaustive during the offseason, this signing has been questioned.Both Kupchak and Stevens called Jim privately. Although Zen Master and Dr. Bath have not spoken yet, if James is allowed to act like this, sooner or later, I am afraid that problems will arise.

The last time Mason and Jackson had a conflict in training, and finally managed to save the day under his own control, without causing too much trouble, but it also sounded the alarm for Jim, and now the players on the field are real people , It is not the data of computer games, people will have various unexpected situations, and it is impossible to execute everything according to the set script.

In the final analysis, Jim actually didn’t have much hope for the fake gang leader. This player’s style of play is extremely unique. The lack of independent attack ability of seats.If it really reaches the playoffs or key games, the team has Kobe's physical strength, and unless there are extensive injuries, there is basically no need to worry about lack of manpower.In addition, if possible, let Mike James collect some data and sell it, this is the ultimate goal.

How can James show a good performance so that he can buy a good price?
After thinking about it, Jim felt that it was still necessary to talk to the Zen master and James separately. On the one hand, he was going to get to the bottom of it and explain the plan; on the other hand, he was feeding some chicken soup to see if he could be rescued.

In case of bad hands, my reputation in this life will be completely ruined.

　Thank you again for your support~ Looking forward to a new season~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)