roccoschili Chapter 195: The final battle of the regular season!
Chapter 195: The final battle of the regular season!
Chapter 195: The final battle of the regular season!
What Kobe really wanted was a sixth championship trophy.
After accepting the gift from the Bass family, Kobe and Lin Tian soon went to the media room to attend the pre-match press conference.
Although the Lakers are more likely to enter the playoffs, judging from today's media battle, this is more concerned than the finals.
In his 20-year career, Kobe has long been used to being surrounded by spotlights.
Facing questions from the media, he reviewed the past 20 years.
The pre-match press conference, which was originally scheduled to last only 10 minutes, was abruptly opened for nearly an hour.
This is also the longest pre-match press conference that Lin Tian has participated in.
But listening to Kobe telling his previous stories, he didn't feel impatient at all, and even enjoyed it as if he was listening to a wonderful story.
Regarding tonight's duel with the Jazz, the media asked fewer questions, even though tonight's game is crucial to the Lakers.
After Kobe finished chatting, a reporter suddenly asked Lin Tian: "Lin! Are you ready to pass the ball to Kobe?"
Lin Tian smiled confidently: "Yes! This unparalleled night will belong to Kobe! And I will be responsible for leading the team to victory!"
On the way back to the locker room from the media room, Kobe said seriously to Lin Tian: "Lin! Don't worry too much about passing the ball to me tonight, just play normally!"
"Kobe, you don't have to worry about it so much, just let go tonight! Leave the rest to me and Dwight!"
Howard on the side also nodded heavily: "The Jazz's internal strength is very average, I am responsible for rebounding and defense!"
In Lin Tian's previous life, Kobe made 50 shots in this final battle!Angrily scored 60 points!
In this life, Lin Tian must not let Kobe be wronged.
Seeing that the two were so persistent, Kobe just laughed and scolded: "Okay! But our main task tonight is to win! You two guys, don't mess it up!"
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An hour later, the Staples Center ushered in the most lively moment of the year.
Under the introduction of the home dj with vibrato, the Lakers players trotted all the way from the player tunnel to the arena.
As usual, Kobe Bryant played the finale.
Kobe, wearing the team's warm-up suit, trotted to the Lakers bench and high-fived his teammates.
When the lights of the scene focused on him alone, he blew a kiss to the audience, which again aroused the cheers of the audience.
As the most popular basketball player of this century, in some ways, Kobe's influence has even gone beyond basketball.
He has a large number of fans all over the world, and the ones who can gather in this arena today are the iron fans among the iron fans.
Of course, in addition to iron fans, you also need money.
According to what Lin Tian learned, the average price of tickets for today's game is almost $2000, setting a record in NBA history.
And the seat next to the technical table, a ticket is as high as hundreds of thousands of dollars!Ordinary people may not earn more than one ticket for a lifetime.
There are hundreds of media reporters from all over the century.
Staples Center is not a small arena, but with so many people gathered, it still looks very crowded today.
Those big names who often come to the Staples Center to watch games will naturally not be absent today.
Including Nicholson, the Beckham family, and the Stallone family, etc...
There are also many stars in the basketball circle gathered here, the Lord of the Rings Russell, the regular season scoring champion Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Shaquille O'Neal, etc...
Before the start of the game, the on-site commentary introduced the stars who came to the audience, and joked: "Those who don't know may think that tonight is Oscar night."
Kobe was busy greeting the big shots at the scene, and Lin Tian also walked to the seats of Stallone and his family.
Although Stallone is not young, his body is still extremely healthy. When he shook hands with Lin Tian, he said: "Lin! The Lakers need this victory!"
Lin Tian nodded: "I won't let everyone come here for nothing."
As he spoke, he looked at Sistine next to Stallone.
Sistine, who was usually quite outgoing, seemed a little reserved at this moment, which obviously had something to do with his father being by his side.
Stallone didn't know that his daughter had a good relationship with Lin Tian, nor did he know that Sistine had already dated Lin Tian.
So, under Stallone's nose, Lin Tian and Sistine greeted each other face to face.
This way of greeting is extremely normal in the United States.
Only Sistine's sister showed a rather strange expression when she witnessed this scene.
After returning to the court, Lin Tian briefly accepted an interview with Xiaoxue and Zhang Weiping.
Because he was directly connected to Penguin Sports Live for the live broadcast, he always had a smile on his face.
After a season of internship, Xiaoxue has become more mature in terms of dressing up and asking questions.
The questions she raised never deliberately made things difficult for Lin Tian. Sometimes she felt that she had asked a bad question, and would take the initiative to ask Lin Tian to admit her mistakes after the game.
After accepting Xiaoxue's simple interview, the camera moved away, and Lin Tiancai asked Xiaoxue: "How popular is Penguin Live now?"
His own mobile phone was placed in the locker room, and he did not bring it to the court.
Xiaoxue hurriedly took out her mobile phone and checked the popularity of the Penguin Sports live broadcast room: "The current popularity has reached 4200 million! Breaking the record!"
Lin Tian nodded, not surprised at all.
Although popularity is not equal to the number of people, such a high popularity is enough to show how influential Kobe is.
This is just the popularity of Penguin Sports. In addition to Penguin Sports, there are also live TV broadcasts in China, and the ratings will definitely not be low.
Zhang Weiping came over and showed an amiable smile to Lin Tian: "Lin Tian! You must work hard tonight! The audience all over the country is watching you!"
Lin Tian smiled and nodded: "I know, Director Zhang, don't worry! We will definitely win the game today!"
Xiaoxue, who was looking at her phone, suddenly laughed: "Wow! That's great! The Mavericks are already 12 points behind the Raptors!"
As the main opponent of the Lakers in the playoffs, the Mavericks also have a game today, an hour earlier than the Lakers.
Don't talk about Lin Tian now!All Chinese fans probably want the Mavericks to lose to the Raptors.
Because if they lose, the Lakers will enter the playoffs regardless of whether they win or lose today.
Lin Tian nodded his thanks, and then returned to the court to start warming up.
Half an hour later, the end of the regular season between the Lakers and the Jazz kicked off!
The starting lineup sent by the Lakers for this game remains unchanged: Clarkson, Kobe, Lin Tian, Tucker, Howard.
The Jazz's starting lineup for the away game is: Shelvin Mark, Rodney Hood, Gordon Hayward, Trey Lyles, Jeff Vichy.
The Jazz's powerful center Gobert is absent due to injury, so their two inside players today are not very strong.
Jeff Vichy is their center. This person is a second-round pick in 2013. He is skinny and has not performed well in all aspects.
Trey Lyles is a first-round pick this season, averaging six points per game, and is also thin.
So in this game, Lin Tian had already agreed with coach Scott that he would be the team's fourth position, and Tucker would play the third position.
Lin Tian is taller than Tucker, and he can jump higher than Tucker. The main purpose of the coach's arrangement is to grab rebounds.
With the referee's whistle, the first ball was grabbed by Howard.
He passed the ball to Kobe as soon as he grabbed the jump ball, which was negotiated before the game.
The first ball will naturally be handed over to Kobe.
Kobe did not hesitate, facing Jazz shooting guard Rodney Hood, he dribbled straight inside.
Just when he was about to burst, Kobe suddenly jumped up and made his iconic turnaround jumper, the posture was perfect!
Swish!The basketball made a hollow hit, causing screams again and again!
The offense scored two points in the first round, which is undoubtedly a good start.
Those spectators who were not seated also sat down after Kobe made the ball.
The Jazz served quickly and Shelvin Mark dribbled the ball across half court.
The biggest problem for the Jazz this season is injuries, and this Shelvin Mark's scoring ability is not very strong.
He handed the ball to Hayward.
At this time, it was Tucker who was defending Hayward. He followed Hayward tightly and did not give Hayward a chance to break through.
Lin Tian followed Trey Lyles and did not give Hayward a chance to pass the ball inside.
Although Hayward holds a lot of possessions, he is not a small forward with great assist ability.
Without a chance to pass the ball, he chose to singles Tucker, and finally made a rather hasty mid-range shot.
This shot hit the iron, and Lin Tian and Howard, who were guarding the basket, jumped up and competed for the rebound.
In the end, the rebound was grabbed by Lin Tian.
He strode forward with the ball, and the Jazz were also very active defensively, quickly standing in defensive positions one by one.
When they were about to block Lin Tian's strong charge, Lin Tian, who rushed near the free throw line, suddenly jumped up and passed the ball to the flank, because of where Kobe was standing.
Everyone's attention was on Lin Tian, and they didn't notice Kobe at all.
So that after Kobe received the ball, he still had time to adjust the angle slightly, and then threw the ball in his hand.
This time the basketball showed that it hit the backboard before falling into the net. Kobe scored five points in a row.
O'Neal, who was sitting behind the technical table and was in charge of the commentary, said loudly: "Kobe started off hot! He scored five points in a row with two shots!"
After the goal, Kobe gave Lin Tian a thumbs up, saying it was a wonderful pass.
Penguin Sports Live.
After Kobe scored a goal, the popularity of the live broadcast room has reached 4500 million.
Yang Yi and Wang Mang are in charge of explaining this heavyweight match.
Seeing that Kobe scored two goals in a row, Yang Yi exclaimed, "Oh my God! Kobe's touch is incredible today!"
Wang Mang calmed down a bit: "If the ball was dropped just now, Lin Tian would have made a layup by himself! It seems that he mainly wanted to assist Kobe today!"
Compared with the commentary of the two, the barrage in the live broadcast room is much more lively:
"Kobe 666! Dream back to the top! Tears!"
"Brothers! Is there anyone who skipped class to watch the game like me? If so, raise your hand!"
"Although I'm at work today, I hid in the bathroom in order to watch the last regular season game of Kobe's career! It's too difficult!"
"Why did Lin Tian play the fourth position today? What kind of operation is this? It's impossible to play against the Jazz!"
"Why is the live broadcast room so stuck today? It's all crowded! The internet is stuck!"
"Come on, Lin Tian! Come on, Kobe! Fight for the playoffs! Don't be cowardly!"
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Staples Center Arena.
After playing a few rounds, the Lakers have led by eight points.
The Jazz's offense relies entirely on Hayward and Hood.
As one of the teams with the fewest assists this season, it is actually normal for the Jazz to have such a performance.
It was the Lakers' turn to attack again, and Kobe wanted to habitually hand over the ball to Lin Tian to handle it, but Lin Tian waved his hand, signaling him to attack by himself, and then quickly ran into the penalty area to block with the Jazz inside.
Kobe faced Hood's defense, shook the opponent and then made a mid-range shot.
bang!This time, the mid-range shot hit the iron.
Fortunately, the ball was not too crooked and bounced not far, just under the backboard.
Lin Tian leaped and jumped extremely high, directly surpassing the opponent's center by a head!Even Howard couldn't beat him.
After taking off the rebound, he passed the ball to Kobe before his legs landed.
Kobe stood in the original position and threw the ball again, this time it finally hit!
When Lin Tian got a rebound, he also got an assist.
As he ran back upfield, Howard yelled, "Lin! You're jumping half as fast as I was at my prime! Haha!"
Hearing this, Lin Tian smiled wryly and shook his head, Howard is too confident!
In the next few rounds, Lin Tian still seemed to have no desire to attack, just concentrating on doing what a traditional center forward should do.
He does all the dirty work, and Kobe only needs to be responsible for throwing the ball in.
The head coach of the Jazz, Schneider, is not a fool either. Seeing that the Lakers gave Kobe unlimited shots, his face turned livid.
In his opinion, this kind of behavior undoubtedly despises their Jazz team.
So after calling a timeout, the Jazz decisively began to strengthen their defense against Kobe, and even double-teamed the 38-year-old veteran!
Because of injuries and age issues, Kobe has not been double-teamed by opponents for a long time.
Now enjoying this long-lost double-team treatment again, his competitive spirit has been completely stimulated.
Post-up singles, turnaround jumpers, pull-up three-pointers...
He used all the moves in Kobe's arsenal one by one.
In the case of being double-teamed, his efficiency inevitably plummeted, but the fans at the scene seemed to be dreaming back to the past.
Many fans even had tears in their eyes. They knew that Kobe hadn't played like this for a long, long time.
Tonight's Staples has completely turned into Kobe's solo performance, and Lin Tian has also become a green leaf to set off Kobe.
In the second half of the second quarter, as his physical strength declined, Kobe's efficiency also plummeted. He was really embarrassed to continue playing singles and just gave the ball to Lin Tian.
Thanks to Brother Bingwang, looking up at the starry sky, crying of fallen leaves
(End of this chapter)