Nickname: Transformers

Chapter 195 The Invisible Humiliation

Joe Johnson held the ball and beat Kobe Bryant in isolation. Kobe's defense was very serious.People are afraid of comparison, and problems will arise whenever there is comparison.

Kobe is comparing Wu Di with himself. If he wants to prove that he is the core, he must do better than Wu Di.Wu Di's defense is excellent, and Kobe is even better than him, so Kobe's defensive attitude is extremely serious.

Joe Johnson squeezed Kobe, trying to squeeze past Kobe.Kobe gave way lightly, and Joe Johnson easily passed Kobe. He was overjoyed at the moment, Kobe is not doing well!I saw him very serious just now, but I didn't expect him to be distracted.

However, Joe Johnson's face darkened in the next second, because he couldn't feel the existence of basketball.Turning back hurriedly, I saw Kobe had an extra basketball in his hand, and was about to rush forward.

Joe Johnson immediately gritted his teeth and chased after him, stopping Kobe just as he crossed the center line.But as soon as Kobe stopped, he threw the ball out. Before Joe Johnson could react, he heard a loud "bang" from behind, and someone dunked.

Joe Johnson turned his head and saw Wu Di falling from the sky, and then ran over to punch Kobe, and the two celebrated in front of him.

It was an alley-oop, and very few people pass it near the center line, because it is too far away and prone to mistakes.

But Kobe and Wu Di did just that. They both had confidence in themselves, which is why they passed such long-distance lobs.

Joe Johnson was very unconvinced, and he continued to look for opportunities to challenge Kobe.A few minutes later, his opportunity came. Joe Johnson shook off Bryant, took the basketball from his teammate, and rushed inside from Bryant.

Insider Bynum came out to defend, but Joe Johnson didn't take him seriously.Directly stop the jumper on the edge of the penalty area and throw the ball.

"Snapped--"

Joe Johnson suddenly had a bad feeling, it was the sound of a block.Before Joe Johnson had time to ask himself, who blocked him, he felt hit, flew half a meter away in the air, and fell to the ground all at once.

"drop--"

The referee's whistle blew, Joe Johnson subconsciously looked at the referee, and the referee gave the opponent a pushing foul.Joe Johnson breathed a sigh of relief. He didn't lose the ball. Although he gave the opponent a block data, he also let the opponent receive a foul.

Joe Johnson stood up and looked at where he had just stood.Wu Di was standing there and raised his hand to signal that he had fouled.

What's the matter with him?Shouldn't it be Kobe?Joe Johnson was puzzled and looked at Kobe, but he saw Kobe looking off the field indifferently, and even waved to a few fans.

Joe Johnson rubbed his hip bones, it still hurts from the fall just now.He blamed the referee a little in his heart, shouldn't he give himself a free throw for this ball?But he just complained in his heart. He actually knew that Wu Di blocked him first and then hit him, and Wu Di didn't make any illegal actions.If he wasn't still in the air, he wouldn't even give Wu Di a push foul, it was a normal collision.

Joe Johnson took the serve and wanted to continue to hit Kobe, but the pain in his hip made him dare not hit hard, so he passed the ball to Mike Bibby and let Mike Bibby organize the offense.

Then because of hip pain, Joe Johnson came off the court to rest and didn't come up until the second quarter.In the second quarter, he played against Kobe, finally without Wu Di making trouble, Joe Johnson can rest assured to play one-on-one with Kobe.

Joe Johnson got a good chance, he got away from Kobe, caught and shot a [-], and he made it.

After hitting a three-pointer, Joe Johnson looked at Kobe proudly, I scored on you!
But to Joe Johnson's embarrassment, Kobe still didn't say anything. He didn't even single himself, but called Gasol to cover.

Joe Johnson threw off Gasol, who was in the way, and rushed to Bryant.Double-teaming Bryant with Josh Smith, Bryant flicked the ball to Gasol, who made a mid-range jumper.

Joe Johnson was very uncomfortable, he felt discriminated against.Of course, this is not racial discrimination. Kobe himself is a black man and belongs to a disadvantaged group.

This kind of discrimination is discrimination in ability. He has shown his ability, but he still doesn't let Kobe take it seriously. Kobe obviously doesn't like his ability, so he feels discriminated against.

There is a kind of humiliation called turning a blind eye, and now Joe Johnson feels like he is being humiliated by Kobe.

Up to now in the game, Kobe didn't even look him in the eye, Kobe only had basketball in his eyes.But as an opponent, Kobe didn't face himself so seriously, and Joe Johnson couldn't accept it. Am I just so non-existent?

Did Kobe really want to humiliate Joe Johnson?Of course not, because in Kobe's cognition, there is no such thing as Joe Johnson.

Even though the two had a classic eagle-snake battle last season, it was Joe Johnson who broke out.Joe Johnson didn't explode today, and the strength he showed didn't make Kobe pay more attention.

For the current Kobe, as long as the opponent is not as good as himself, it is not worthy of attention.He wants to pay more attention to Wu Di. He and Wu Di were teammates for a season last season, but he has not paid much attention to Wu Di's playing style. He only knows that Wu Di is very efficient.

After watching these few games, Kobe had a better understanding of Wu Di's playing style.He is working hard to summarize Wu Di's technical characteristics, how can he have other thoughts to watch Joe Johnson?

But Joe Johnson didn't know!He just felt that he was ignored and discriminated against.For this reason, he even did not hesitate to beat Kobe continuously, trying to attract Kobe's attention.

But it's a pity that Kobe still didn't take a look at Joe Johnson after the game was over.The Eagles were also easily opened by the Lakers because of Joe Johnson's many strong hits, which eventually caused the Eagles to lose the game.

Kobe was still very scary when he was fully focused. In this game, Kobe scored 24 points and 11 assists, a rare double-double.Joe Johnson was a bit more miserable, scoring 16 points, but his shooting percentage was only about 35%, which is not in line with the core statistics of a team.

After this game, Kobe also understood some of Wu Di's technical characteristics. All Wu Di's actions are based on his strong physical fitness, and most people are really too busy.

Kobe can't do it either. Now Wu Di has gradually transformed into an enhanced version of James, who can attack both inside and outside.It is really difficult to find someone in the league who can defend Wu Di.

Perhaps this is also the reason why Jenny Buss identified Wu Di as the core of the future Lakers early on!Such an invincible player, any boss wants to keep it, and his record in the team cannot be bad.

(End of this chapter)