NBA: I really just want to make money

The regular season was so fast-paced that the Lakers didn't have a chance to savor and celebrate their five-game winning streak in the new season, and the team rushed to Philadelphia to prepare for an away game against Iverson's 76ers.

As a native of Philadelphia, Bryant has a deep affection for the city.

As a result, every time he arrives here, he is full of fighting spirit, striving to conquer the fans and crowds in his hometown with his best performance.

Wealth does not return to their hometown, such as embroidering clothes at night.

Pretending to be forced is still the most effective in your hometown

It's just that this time, the 7-man team gave the Lakers a heavy blow because of the recent winning streak, a little slack, plus they had just experienced back-to-back road trips, and boarded the plane to Philadelphia the next day.

The team itself has inevitably had ups and downs.

Facing the 76ers led by a super scorer like Iverson, the Lakers played a tough game from the beginning.

In an average personal state, and in the face of a defender of Iguodala's level, Kobe Bryant only hit 7 of his 27 shots in the whole game, directly in order to play the iron god, and only scored 17 points in the whole game, and his personal scoring show of five games stopped.

As the core of the offense, Kobe Bryant only scored less than 20 points, which is not a small impact, even if Chen Hao increased the number of individual shots in this game, and the score hit a new personal high, cutting 16 points, but it still could not prevent the team from losing.

It's really the teammate's state is not good.

And on the defensive end, Chen Hao also encountered the most difficult matchup since he entered the league.

Iverson can be said to be the type of opponent that Chen Hao least wants to encounter, with top-level explosiveness, which makes him have a lightning speed, often only one step can pass Chen Hao cleanly, and then like a soldier carrying an explosive bag, he threw himself into the forbidden area.

NOT TO MENTION ITS VERY DOMINEERING CROSSOVER, CHEN HAO SUDDENLY FELT THAT THE CROSSOVER HE USED TO BE USED WAS SO UGLY, AND HIS PRETTY FACE TURNED RED.

Without slowing down and changing direction very quickly, this is an opponent that makes all outside defenders desperate.

Even Kobe Bryant is unstoppable.

The answer at peak is so unreasonable.

But I have to admit that with the current lineup configuration of the Lakers, if the offensive end is not in poor shape, this game is not completely unplayable.

It's a pity that there aren't so many ifs.

In this game, even if Chen Hao did his best throughout the whole game, he did not relax for a moment, and he did not explode because of Iverson's repeated scores, but he only reduced his shooting rate to 43%, and still let the answer hit a high score of 34 and led the team to victory.

In contrast, Kobe's 2.9% shooting rate is really a bit spicy.

It's understandable to lose.

The first defeat of the new season was born, and on the way to Memphis, the atmosphere in the team seemed a little depressing.

"Thank you~"

Xiang Mian smiled and thanked the space that had already poured himself three drinks, and put the small note that the other party had vaguely handed over into Kobe's pants pocket, looked at it and closed his eyes, and his whole body exuded an aura of indifference, Chen Hao said helplessly:

"Black Snake, I just lost one game, don't be so angry, there are a total of 82 games in the regular season, do you have to be angry every time you lose a game, this will be a loss of life~"

Hearing Chen Hao's words, everyone in the cabin cast admiring glances at him.

Dare to tease Kobe Bryant at this time, respect you as a man.

However, Kobe's cold words did not appear, and the black mamba seemed very calm, turned his head, looked at Chen Hao, and responded:

"What the hell is the Black Snake...... I'm not angry, I'm just a little tired~"

"Lie to the kid, you're almost engraved on your face now I'm angry."

Taking a sip of his drink, Chen Hao continued: "Wouldn't it be nice to win back after losing the game, Black Snake, why are you an old guy who has played in the league for so many years, why don't you even have the ability to bear this ....."

Speaking of this, Chen Hao suddenly thought of something, and suddenly spoke: "Anyway, you guys won't be unhappy because you lost in front of your hometown fathers and became an invincible blacksmith, right?"

"I'm not, I don't, don't talk nonsense!"

After denying the three times, Kobe Bryant looked at the people in the cabin who seemed to be closing their eyes and recuperating, but in fact, they were secretly listening to the communication on their side, and suddenly felt a little hearted.

Seeing this, Chen Hao smiled: "The explanation is to cover up~"

didn't wait for Kobe Bryant to respond, but said: "Don't talk about this, I'm going to play against the Grizzlies tomorrow night, you can't do it in this state, or let me attack this game~"

"Just you?"

When it comes to defense, Kobe Bryant definitely admits that Chen Hao is very good, but offense, it's hard to say, only one empty three-point can be seen.

The topic shifted to the next game~

"I only scored one point less than you in the last game, and the number of shots was not even half of yours~" Chen Hao secretly teased Kobe's shooting rate.

Hearing this, Kobe Bryant couldn't help twitching the corners of his mouth, he really didn't open which pot to mention, thinking back to his miserable hit rate in the last game, his heart was irritable, and his face suddenly became serious.....

"In the next game against the Grizzlies, my score will be above 30~"

"What if it can't be done?" Chen Hao asked rhetorically.

"If you can't do it, then I'll practice with you all day~"

Kobe Bryant raised an eyebrow: "What if I do it?"

"Then I'll practice with you all day~"

Bryant: "......"

Eating melons: "......"

You're such a clever little ghost~

In the end, the bet was still set, even if the bet was to practice all day, no matter whether you won or lost, there was no difference, anyway, it was practice.

But you have to give Kobe a step down~

With Kobe Bryant's fighting spirit, the team's originally depressed and depressing atmosphere immediately dissipated.

Everyone is starting to focus more on the games that are going to be played in the future.

But it must be said that the bastard who arranges the regular season schedule is really not human, 4 of the first six games of the new season are on the road, and one is back-to-back, the intensity is not insignificant, Chen Hao began to wonder if the Lakers offended some people in the league.

Otherwise, how could the schedule be so fucked up.

Having just completed back-to-back games on the road, with only one day of buffer period, the team is going to play the Grizzlies on the road, and although the physical fatigue has recovered most of the time, the mental fatigue is inevitably pent-up.

In the long run, the state will definitely suffer.

Fortunately, Kobe Bryant's fighting spirit was stimulated by Chen Hao in advance, which changed the overall atmosphere in the team, and this game should still be played.

This season, the Grizzlies' performance can be said to be first depressed and then improved, after three consecutive defeats, followed by four consecutive wins, and currently ranked fifth in the West with a record of 4 wins and three losses, and the Lakers still occupy the first position in the West with a 5-1 record, pressing the Spurs.

Knowing that the whole team was relatively tired, the coaching staff did not have a training schedule that day, and after a day of rest in the hotel, the game came as scheduled on the second day of arriving in Memphis.

The core player of this Grizzlies team is undoubtedly Pau Gasol from Spain.

Supplemented by excellent players such as Eddie Jones, Sean Battier, and Mike Miller, the competitiveness is still very strong.

As soon as the game began, Pau Gasol showed his technical characteristics, as well as excellent static physical fitness, and his height and arm span were very good for a center forward, which was very reassuring to watch.

But for opponents, such a center with a large range, a strong face frame, excellent back play, excellent passing awareness, and a very good ball intelligence is undoubtedly a nightmare.

Anyway, Kwame Bulang, who originally opened the door to a new world in the last game, completely stopped this game, not to mention the door, even the window was nailed by Gasol, and there was no room to play at all.

No way, Gasol is not Garnett's real man's style of play, his selfless style of play, his personal offensive ability, and various offensive methods make it difficult for him to limit him.

The inside line is basically not counted on~

In the defense on the outside, in the face of the man who once pressed Kobe Bryant to the bench and couldn't play in the Lakers once upon a time, Chen Hao was full of firepower and did not give Eddie Jones a chance to play.

The latter is already 34, and his competitive state has dropped significantly, and he has no way to do it in the face of Chen Hao's mad dog-like tight defense.

On his side, Kobe Bryant was strongly blocked by Sean Battier, contributing 7 hits in the first quarter, and the second quarter of the game will adapt to Battier's defensive style, and his hand will begin to pick up.

The halftime ended quickly, and the Lakers led the Grizzlies by three points at 43:40.

Odom was the biggest contributor to the team's lead, contributing 13 points at halftime, and White was completely unable to limit the play of the left-handed magician.

The team's second highest scoring was Kobe Bryant, with 12 points, and the efficiency can only be regarded as average, but it is undoubtedly a lot better than the last game.

As the team's outside defensive core in the first half, Chen Hao perfectly completed the task assigned by the coach, and prevented Eddie Jones, the Grizzlies' second scorer, from scoring only 2 points and 4 turnovers in the half.

All of his mistakes were converted into Chen Hao's steals.

There were already 4 steals in the half, and Chen Hao felt that he could challenge the goal of stealing a double today.

In this contemplation, the half-time break ended quickly and the game began again.....

With the ambition of stealing a double, Chen Hao was very active at the beginning of the game, and his defense was very tight, and he didn't even give Eddie Jones a chance to catch the ball.

This made the latter very irritable.

On the offensive end, he began to run frequently, and Eddie Jones said that his old arms and legs have long been unable to keep up with the pace of young people.

The key is that he is still a little afraid to follow, his family knows his own family affairs, if he really follows Chen Hao's endless running on the field, his physical fitness will soon have problems, and the result can only be left early.

Once the Grizzlies don't have Eddie Jones, a scorer who averages 13+ points per game from the outside and shoots 43% from three-point range, the pressure on Gasol on the inside will become even greater, and the team will undoubtedly fall into a more passive situation.

Battier's defense is indeed very good, but the active offensive ability is insufficient, not to mention that it is Kobe Bryant who defends him, and he can't pose much threat on the outside.

As for Damon Stoudemire..... The years are not forgiving, and the flying squirrel that has been near has not made such sharp breakthroughs as before, and the hit rate has been reduced to less than forty percent, and the height of 1.78 meters, combined with the thin body, has become a defensive hole on the field......

Defensively, the Lakers' targeted tactics caused the Grizzlies a lot of problems.

On the offensive side, the recovery of Kobe's state, Odom's continued strength, and Chen Hao's many opportunities to shoot in the open position through running, the Lakers' side can be described as an offensive tide, Gasol is difficult to support, and the score is gradually widening.

Without losing streaks, the Lakers beat the Grizzlies by 15 points on the road, ending the road trip.

Finally being able to return to the home stadium to fight, everyone breathed a sigh of relief.

Chen Hao was a little disappointed when he looked at his 7 steals, and finally failed to steal the double.

It's just that soon, Marbury's remarks on the Knicks, the next opponent, attracted his attention. _

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