bigabreads Chapter 184 Fire Lake Christmas War
Chapter 184 Fire Lake Christmas War
Chapter 184 Fire Lake Christmas War
Tickets to the Staples Center are hard to come by.
When it comes to the Christmas war, the ticket price goes up even more.
Li Lei entrusted Bill Duffy to help, and finally got two tickets with better positions.
In the beginning, Li Lei actually asked Odom for help.
But the guy gave his ticket to the young model in Los Angeles early on.
As for Caron Butler, Cato, and Grant, they were all given to their families.
……
That night.
Big names such as David Stern and Jerry Buss also came to the Staples Center to watch the game live.
In the opening ceremony, the visiting team will play first.
Hot fire team:
Wade, Jones, Li Lei, Haslem, O'Neal.
When O'Neal played, Staples booed the sky.
O'Neill's cheeks trembled a few times, suppressing the grievance and anger in his heart.
He brought a dynasty to the city, and the fans here booed him.
And you have to know that O'Neal didn't want to leave on his own, it was the Bass family who forced him away, and Kobe was also an accomplice.
In an instant, O'Neill became a huge volcano that could erupt at any time.
Standing beside O'Neill, Li Lei clearly felt O'Neill's anger.
He clenched his fists and kept shaking.
Furious!
Then, the home team played.
Center: Cato.
Power Forward: Grant.
Small forwards: Odom, Butler.
Guard: Kobe.
When Kobe Bryant played, the Staples Center was full of cheers.
This is in stark contrast to O'Neill's treatment.
Today, Kobe got his wish and became the king of Los Angeles.
Now, the only thing he has to do is to defeat the former king and consolidate his position.
Tell everyone with actions: The Lakers' choice is not wrong.
Commenting on the game are our old friends: ESPN's Bill Walton, Mike Breen.
As a special guest, Magic Johnson was also invited to the commentary booth.
This commentary lineup can be called gorgeous.
Warm up time.
Li Lei, Wade, Haslem, Jones Sr., Wang Zhizhi and others came to the midfield.
Odom, Grant, Butler, and Cato on the other side also came over.
Everyone hugged each other and communicated enthusiastically.
Last season, they were a team that reached the Eastern Conference Finals.
As a stark contrast, Kobe and O'Neal stood in their own half, staring at each other from the air, without saying hello at all.
Look carefully into their eyes, there is fire.
In the commentary booth, the warm-up has also begun.
Brin said: "The first meeting after the disbandment of the OK group, this game is very important. Team O'Neal vs. Kobe, who will be the final winner?"
Walton smiled: "I would rather say...Miami Heat vs. Los Angeles Heat!"
Brin froze for a moment, then nodded.
The Lakers have five starters, four of whom were Heat players last season, except for one Kobe. Isn't this the "Los Angeles Heat"?
"So who do you think is more advantageous?"
Brin rolled his eyes and asked seemingly casually.
This time, Magic Johnson said: "Of course it's the Lakers. This is Los Angeles, the home court of the Lakers. And today, Kobe is very motivated. I know he is ready to fight!"
There is no suspense, of course the Lakers star Johnson will support the Lakers.
This Lakers team is stronger than the historical 04-05 Lakers team.
After all, it is very important to have an extra Cato and a tank center in this era.
In addition, Odom and Butler are also stronger than in the same period.
Odom followed Li Lei into the All-Star Game.
Butler also won a sixth man of the year.
The two of them followed the Heat to the Eastern Conference finals last season and experienced a three-round series.
The strength of the Lakers is obviously stronger than in history.
When it comes to the Lakers this season, many people only remember that the Lakers didn't even make the playoffs.
In fact, this season, the Lakers played pretty well.
Under the leadership of the famous coach Rudy Tomjanovich, the Lakers have 43 wins and 24 losses in the first 19 games.
Continue to play, and it is still very easy to enter the playoffs.
But at this time, Tang Shuai's bladder cancer relapsed and he had to leave the team for his health.
Frank Hamblen steps in.
But his ability is limited, coupled with the Lakers' constant injuries in the second half, the last 39 games were 10 wins and 29 losses.
In a nutshell: At this time, the Lakers are still a strong team that can make the playoffs.
What's more, there is an extra Cato.
Odom and Caron Butler are also stronger than the same period in history.
The current record of the Lakers: 19 wins and 9 losses.
Although it is incomparable with the Heat, it is also the third in the Western Conference, second only to the Suns and Spurs, which is an absolute strong team.
It can wrestle with the Heat.
"I'm more optimistic about the Heat."
On the other side, Bill Walton said: "The Heat have a better record. They just hit 21 consecutive victories and are the leaders in the league."
As a Celtic legend, Wharton's choice is also expected.
After all, the enemy of an enemy is a friend.
Yellow and green are feuds, and the Heat are the Lakers' enemies, so the Heat are Walton's friends.
As for Bill Walton's son Luke Walton playing for the Lakers, he just ignored it.
Drip!
The much-anticipated Fire Lake Christmas War has finally begun.
Jump ball.
Cato had a slight advantage and dialed the ball back to the Lakers half court.
Odom dribbles forward.
He was just past half court, and Kobe was already reaching for the ball.
Seeing the fighting spirit in Kobe's eyes, how dare Odom refuse.
Kobe holds the ball at the top of the arc.
Guarding him was old Jones.
Bryant doesn't have many friends, Jones Sr. is one of them.
Before entering the NBA, the two knew each other.When Kobe just entered the league, he was also a substitute for the old Jones.
On the sidelines, Tang Shuai saw this scene and couldn't help but look at Riley opposite.
Riley looked at each other, and the two smiled, but they both cursed in their hearts: "Old fox!"
Smile on the face, MMP in my heart!
Normally, the Heat will use Li Lei to deal with the opponent's outside core.
But tonight, Riley surprisingly let old Jones deal with Kobe.
Li Lei is man-marking Odom.
"What is this old fox's plan?"
Tang Shuai really couldn't figure it out for a while.
Kobe couldn't control these things, he just wanted to smash the ball into the basket in front of O'Neal with the ball in his hand.
Kobe leaned against Old Jones, made a feint, and started it directly, passing Old Jones by half a body in an instant.
It's not that Jones' defense is poor, but that Kobe's body has evolved to the limit in recent years.
At the age of 27, a player's skills and tactics may still be accumulating, but his body has developed to the extreme.
But the old Jones is experienced after all, he did not give up defense, but put his chest against Kobe, trying to interfere as much as possible.
Although this kind of interference is limited, a little bit of interference is good, at least it can give the teammates who are defending defense more time to react.
In the end, Kobe got rid of the old Jones and made a direct mid-range jumper.
But at this moment, a Big Mac rushed out from under the basket and slapped Kobe to the floor with the ball.
Snapped!
"Shark" O'Neill!
Bloody hat!
O'Neal, who never liked to leave the basket, jumped out tonight.
Not only did Kobe want to beat O'Neal, but O'Neal also wanted to beat Kobe.
As soon as the game started, the smell of gunpowder was strong and terrifying.
Wade picked up the ball, made a fast break by himself, and went forward.
And here, Kobe got up from the ground and chased frantically.
(End of this chapter)