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Chapter 160 The Obsession of MVP

During the break in the first quarter, Zen master did not say anything to the team, but at the beginning of the second quarter, Zen master pressed Kobe on the bench, and the grandfather of KFC proved that he is now very good to Peter Pan. Dissatisfied.

Volute's face was ashen. Although there was nothing wrong with this move from the outside world, he played the entire first quarter, and it was reasonable to rest now, but he just told Mayfair Jackson that he would continue to play.

Zen master replaced Gasol and Bynum in the last half of the first quarter, and replaced them with sufficient physical strength as soon as the second quarter came up. This was originally a rotation lineup that could surprise the Rockets. But today, Adelman replaced Yao Ming and Randolph in the first quarter to rest in order to play a fast-break small lineup. At the beginning of the second quarter, the little giant and the big black bear also came on the stage and played with a group of substitutes. , The Zen master's plan was broken by the crooked attack, and the Zen master said that he was very hurt.

The Lakers are not afraid of the Rockets, but they have no advantage. My sister-in-law always feels that she is better than Yao Ming, because every time he is in the World Championships or the Olympics, the Spaniard always looks good against the Chinese team performance, but the teammates around the little giant at this time are not the same group of rookies as when they were in the national team.

Gasol made a close-range shot, Yao Ming was hooked for another, and his sister-in-law made another mid-range shot. Yao Ming grabbed a rebound and scored a dunk. The first half of the second quarter between the Rockets and the Lakers completely became two On the stage of international insider performances, Dayao's offensive power is even better, but his sister-in-law's high-level support ability is outstanding and revitalizes the whole team.

Then this stalemate continued until the middle of the second quarter. When Adelman brought up the fast-break lineup that had rested for half a quarter and had sufficient physical strength, the Lakers were a little stretched again.

Their big lineup has no rebounding advantage against the combination of Totoro and David Lee, and the speed can't be raised. Zen master tried to use Shannon Brown, Vujacic, Trevor Ariza, Bynum, Gasol, etc. Relatively speaking The small and fast lineup competed with Adelman, but Totoro's strong impact was also exposed. No one in their lineup could block Totoro's body.

This is the ability that a super giant, or a super giant seedling should have. Those who are faster than you are not as strong as you, and those who are stronger than you are not as fast as you. Superior physical fitness is a necessary condition for a superstar, and then the technology is better, such as If you have a stable mid-range three-pointer or something, you have a sharp breakthrough, and your emotional intelligence is a little higher, then it is a proper historical super giant.

Kobe was put on the bench by the Zen Master for a whole quarter, and the Rockets opened the point difference to double digits. With the Rockets in such good condition, the Lakers are still only 13 points behind, which is considered very good for them.

Totoro had 21 points, 7 rebounds and 4 assists in the halftime. Following this momentum, today his seventh triple-double of the season is stable again.

Other players Yao Ming had 12 points and 3 rebounds, Randolph had 10 points and 3 rebounds, Iguodala had 6 points, 1 rebound and 6 assists, David Lee had 12 points, and the Rockets scored 36 points in the second quarter. They used bombardment tactics Destroyed the Lakers' defense.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Zen master still put Kobe on it after all. Although in the locker room during the intermission, there was no progress in the communication between him and Peter Pan, but even a famous coach like him did not make any progress. Maybe a superstar like Kobe will be put on the bench for the whole game.

Rather than being denounced by the fans of the boss and the Bass family later, it is better to release the spiral shell that has been suffocated now. Maybe Peter Pan will become a big fire, and then throw 5 or 6 three in a row by one person. If the ball is divided or something, won't the Lakers come back?
And in order to cooperate with Kobe's full attack, Zen Master also put up a strange formation of Gasol + Odom + Ariza + Shannon Brown. This is the best talent the Lakers can gather so far. A good lineup, Zen master means nothing else, that is, Kobe, you should attack hard, and everyone else will be in charge of defense. Let's see if you can beat the five opponents by yourself.

Kobe, who held back for a whole quarter, is terrible.

Throughout Kobe's entire career so far, including his rookie season, he has never been benched by a coach for a whole quarter. This is a shame for him with strong self-esteem, and even more so for him who has already become famous in the league. It's a shame. He hates Mayfair Jackson very much, just like the Zen master hates himself. The reason why Peter Pan works with him is just for the sake of the championship.

So, now he is full of anger, but he will not pour out this anger on his teammates and coaches. He regards basketball as his life, and he regards victory as more important than his own life. What he has to do now is to attack and fight again. Offense, use his historical scoring ability to restore the Lakers' disadvantage, and use practical actions to tell Zen Master that his set was wrong, and the choice he made in the first quarter was the right one.

At the beginning of the third quarter, Volute didn't let Shannon Brown, a real point guard, touch the ball. He ran to the bottom line and clapped his palms towards Odom who was serving. How dare Lama hand the ball to someone else?
But Kobe didn't work hard without the first ball. Instead, he abnormally gave Gasol inside.

Totoro immediately rushed out from the flank to help David Lee double-team his sister-in-law. Gasol saw that the opponent's defense speed was ridiculously fast. He was born with a "soft" personality and did not dare to force it. He passed the ball back to the outside Bryant.

According to the usual boss, the ball will be shot in all likelihood.

But now Peter Pan is obviously not in a normal state. After receiving the return pass, he throws the ball back to Gasol without hesitation, and immediately shows his sister-in-law who is about to grab a rebound. Confused.

What the hell is this? !
Gasol didn't have time to think about it. Totoro and David Lee were in front of each other. One was in charge of the front hard top, and the other was in charge of side interference, locking all his ball routes. The Spaniard had no choice but to carry two people to shoot the ball due to the pitiful mistake on his head. This shot was also thanks to his height and wingspan, otherwise 100% of the time he would be slapped down by the Totoro who squatted aside for a long time.

It’s just that the ball was thrown smoothly, but don’t expect to score a goal. Iguodala carded Odom and Ariza grabbed the rebound, and Totoro ran forward again desperately. A football quarterback-like long pass for an easy layup.

"Hey"

Zen master said that he was very tired. Of course he knew what kind of tricks Kobe was playing. This was a sign that the boss would play infinite singles. Usually Kobe would pass a few balls to his teammates to let them attack, and wait until they failed to score. If he makes a shot by himself, if he wins the game, then he will be a hero in the eyes of the fans and the media. Even if he loses the game, he can still find excuses for his teammates to be too scum, and the media will definitely catch him passing the ball, but his teammates can't make a shot. Make a fuss, help Kobe clean the ground, who made him the city symbol of Los Angeles?
With one goal, two goals and three goals, Kobe almost passed all four teammates on the field. Anyway, he has the ball in his hands and he can pass it to whoever he wants. No one can avoid that attack, but Kobe's this The group of teammates didn't waste the boss's pass. Shannon Brown scored a three-pointer with a big fadeaway in front of Lowry. Volute gave him another one in the next offensive round, and he took a risk the second time There is no more smoke.

"You scumbags!"

Peter Pan cursed inwardly. In this state, he didn't like anyone or any of his teammates, including Gasol whom he had tricked and kidnapped. Kobe stared angrily. Finally shot.

An unreasonable ultra-long-distance pull-up three-pointer, a two-pointer after a post-up single, followed by a 1v5 pull-up layup, and then a textbook-like fake shot and foul to hit 2+1 success, Kobe 1 He scored 23 points in a row in 10 seconds, quickly narrowing the point difference from 20 points to less than 10 points.

The consequences of the boss's defense are very serious. Adelman quickly called a timeout to make Kobe's hot hand feel cold. Among the four balls, except for the last Totoro who helped defend and was inexperienced, the other defensive teammates had no major problems. Well, Kobe's ability to go in is his personal ability, and this has long been out of the question.

"Don't worry about Kobe. Let's follow the tactics that we arranged before the game. Don't worry, no matter how powerful he is, he is still a man of flesh and blood. We just need to do our own offense well. Could it be that the five of you together can't beat Kobe alone? person?"

Adelman cooked chicken soup for the soul to Totoro and the others, but this bowl of chicken soup for the soul was not poisonous enough. Except for those simple-minded black players, Totoro and Yao Ming didn’t take it seriously at all. What the old man said was pure nonsense, like Kobe Such a superstar is playing alone, and how can it be impossible for the other four to overtake the score?Back then, Iverson single-handedly reached the finals. Adelman's arrangement was purely for his own face, and he was afraid that changing his tactics would affect the dignity of his coach.

The order given by the head coach who knows how to play at this time should be to focus on double-teaming Kobe. Anyway, anyone can guess that Peter Pan will not pass the ball at this time, even if there are five people horizontally in front of him. , Kobe has to hit five and throw the ball for you to see.

So after playing, Totoro didn't count as obeying Adelman's orders at all. He had his own little plan, like setting a trap for the volute, and setting up a big blood cap for Kobe to use as his background to send him to the top five. Good ball to shine.

But before he can play tricks, he has to complete an attack first.

Adelman brought Yao Ming and Randolph up, and the Rockets resumed their regular lineup. After all, the Rockets are not a team known for bombardment. If he plays against a strong team like the Lakers, that's a bit too contemptuous of others.

Battier served the ball to Totoro, and Odom came out from the inside and wanted to stick to him, but before he reached Totoro, a large yellow-skinned figure blocked him tightly.

"Quick, stop him!"

Odom said to Bynum that it was rare for the Sharks to recover quickly, but how could a fat man weighing 270 pounds stop the Totoro, whose speed was comparable to that of a shooting guard?

Totoro got the ball from beyond the three-point line one second, and ran to the free throw line in the next second. The poor little shark couldn't catch up with the Totoro with the catapult starter installed on the back even if the weight of his legs was chopped off. , Gasol wanted to come over to block it, but Totoro didn't wait for the Spaniard to settle down at all, and he took off after only one step into the free throw line.

The sister-in-law had no choice but to stop, because it was a malicious foul when he went up to touch the opponent at this time, and if Totoro forcibly buckled the ball, he might be another tragic player like Boozer. The background god, the poor anti-bone boy is still lying in the hospital, but the video of Totoro stepping over his head has been replayed over and over again by the fans. According to rumors, Boozer is about to be retired. Gaso Er Xin said that she would not be so stupid to risk herself.

"Boom!"

It was another morale-boosting dunk. Totoro used this actual free throw line dunk to make the Toyota Center fans who were already crazy in the audience fall into a climax again. Everyone raised their arms and made a gesture of worship to Totoro. There were still many fans at the scene booing and shouting for mvp, and Peter Pan, who was originally expressionless at the side, suddenly had blue veins when he heard it.

Kobe has a lot of honors, three consecutive championships of the KO combination, the league's active scoring champion, the slam dunk contest champion, the holder of the highest active single-game scoring record, etc., but he is such an excellent superstar, but his number of mvp is pitifully small, The vertical and horizontal league has not had a regular season mvp or a finals mvp for more than ten years, but it has won three all-star game mvp, but this is of no use.

This year, Peter Pan still performed bravely. Up to now, he averaged 27.4 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1.1 blocks and 1.4 steals per game. The record of the Lakers is now the highest in the league. Today is the best chance for Peter Pan to win the MVP. One season, but before he got it, what Kobe hated to hear the most was someone discussing the word mvp in front of him!

"Let him in, you just need to control him to shoot, I can handle him!"

The emotional changes on Volute's face were palpable. Totoro couldn't help being happy again when he saw his fans' good assists. He quietly pulled Iguodala and whispered something in his ear.

"Really, are you sure?"

Brother Yi couldn't believe his ears. Peter Pan was in a brave state today. He has scored nearly 30 points in front of him and Battier, two of the league's best defensive gates. This is a shameful thing. But there is no way, who asked Adelman to give them the task of defending Kobe alone?Now that Mr. President is going down to rest, the hard work will naturally fall on his own head.

But now Totoro is going to take the initiative to take over the pot. Iguodala thought that he couldn't be suffering from being abused so badly that he had auditory hallucinations, right?
"It's okay, I'm sure, I'll take responsibility for the coach if something goes wrong!"

Totoro replied confidently, Brother Yi immediately nodded in agreement, as long as there is a word from Totoro, everything will be easy to handle.

(End of this chapter)