roccoschili Chapter 157 I've Had Enough of Body Hair Fouls!
Chapter 157 I've Had Enough of Body Hair Fouls!
Chapter 157 I've Had Enough of Body Hair Fouls!
Howard, Nance Jr., Frye and others next to him looked for water to drink.
For them, such spicy food is obviously unacceptable.
But this is normal, even Lin Tian, who thinks he can eat spicy food from the south, thinks the shredded beef is very spicy, let alone them.
After recovering, Howard asked, "Lin! Tell me who gave this thing to you? I'm going to trouble her!"
Lin Tian naturally only thought that Howard was joking.
Eating shredded beef was just a small episode, and the afternoon training continued as usual.
Kobe was not only training three-pointers in the afternoon, but also conducting targeted defensive training, which made Lin Tian admire him.
Every time Kobe trains, he doesn't seem to know how tired he is. His trainers are out of breath, and he keeps training.
Even though this is the last season of Kobe's career, whenever he stands on the court, he can bring motivation to Lin Tian.
Russell, Nance Jr. and others are actually quite afraid of Kobe because he is too strict!
But they were full of respect for Kobe from the bottom of their hearts.
Subtly, Kobe's efforts are also changing them.
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Seven p.m., Staples Center.
Tonight will be the Lakers' 49th game of the season.
When the Lakers players came to the arena, there were not many spectators who arrived early.
At this time, there is still more than an hour before the start of the game.
The sidelines are full of media reporters and arena staff.
Channing Frye said bluntly: "God! This is crazy! I have never seen a situation where there are more than an hour before the start of the game, and the audience is almost full, and I have received more private messages on Twitter recently than I have received in the Magic team for several years!"
Nick Young patted Channing Frye: "Dude! Calm down! You have already experienced this situation when you played the Warriors last time."
Kobe also said quite rarely: "Are you kidding me? This is the City of Angels!"
Having said that, Kobe also knows that the most important reason for these early audiences is to watch him.
As Kobe said, he took the ball from the caddy and made a three-pointer, and the audience unexpectedly burst into loud cheers.
This is just the warm-up phase!
Lin Tian has never had this kind of treatment.
Not long after warming up, there was a commotion, Lin Tianxia consciously looked to the sidelines, and saw Stallone, father and daughter at a glance.
Sistine did not lie to Lin Tian, she came to watch the battle tonight.
The photographer at the scene also quickly gave a close-up of Stallone and his three daughters.
Stallone didn't have any superstar airs either, he smiled and waved to the audience.
After a while, another celebrity came!The commotion caused was not small.
This person is Kendall Jenner, the younger sister of the Kardashian family.
Next to her was another girl, whom Lin Tian had never seen before.
But judging by his figure and temperament, he should also be a supermodel.
When Jenna was given a close-up, there were a lot of boos in the audience.
It seems that many NBA fans have deep resentment towards the Kardashian family.
Some fans joked:
"The Kardashians! The NBA's Best Defensive Team!"
"Jenna's style is quite different from her older sisters."
"Jordan Clarkson's going to be shattered tonight! Believe me!"
"I'm afraid that Lin will be entangled by the Kardashian family."
"Don't worry! Chinese players are still very self-controlled in this regard!"
When Nick Young saw Jenna, he walked up to Clarkson excitedly and asked, "Why didn't you say Kendall would show up today?"
Clarkson had a weird expression on his face. He didn't speak, but just patted the basketball in his hand.
Nick Yang continued to ask: "Who is that girl next to her? Why haven't I seen it? Do you have her Twitter?"
He seems to have forgotten that he has a fiancée.
Clarkson shook his head impatiently: "I don't know, I don't."
Lin Tian, who was standing next to the two, heard their conversation clearly.
He estimated that Clarkson and Jenna were about to break up.
When he came back to his senses, Lin Tian caught a glimpse of Nicholson, the Lakers' diehard fan.
There are more big names coming to the Staples Center today than the last time the Lakers faced the Warriors.
But all of this has nothing to do with him.
Soon after, players from the away team, the Grizzlies, also came to the arena.
Mike Conley, Marco Gasol, Jeff Green, Vince Carter and others showed up one by one.
These faces are not unfamiliar, he has seen too many times on TV in his previous life!
Kobe himself is not an enthusiastic person, but he still maintains the habit of this season today, which is to greet his opponents.
The first person on the Grizzlies side to hug Kobe was Vince Carter.
When the two hugged, many fans stood up and applauded instantly.
Carter was born in 1977. Since entering the league in 1998, he has played in the league for 19 years.
And he is older than Kobe, and now he has gray temples.
Both of them entered the league at the end of the last century, and they, Tracy McGrady and Iverson are called the "Big Four".
Now McGrady and Iverson have already retired, and Kobe is about to retire after finishing this season.
Starting next season, Carter is the only one left in the legendary four spots and will continue to fight.
Carter has been selected to the All-Star team eight times in his career.
He is very different from Kobe. Carter, who is in his twilight years, is now willing to be a green leaf, just to dissipate the heat.
In the Grizzlies, his playing time was extremely limited, averaging only 15 minutes per game.
His defense has long since failed, but his three-point ability is still remarkable.
The two kept chatting with smiles on their faces, but they were not talking about basketball, but about life and family matters.
Lin Tian also began to hug other Grizzlies players.
The first person to hug him was Mike Conley, Lin Tian was so impressed with this guy!It's not because he's great!
It's because, if nothing else, Conley will sign the largest contract in NBA history this summer!The price is 5 million in 1.53 years!
When Lin Tian in his previous life saw the news, he was a little confused.
At that time, it was difficult for him to understand that a player who was 1.85 meters tall and had never been in the All-Star and the best team in his career could get such a big contract!
Even though the NBA's TV broadcasting contract soared that year, it was still difficult for Lin Tian to understand.
Although Conley's performance was fairly stable later, it was obvious that his performance was hardly worthy of this big contract.
Lin Tian looked at Kangli, as if seeing a pile of money, envious.
Then, Lin Tian hugged Tony Allen again.
He copied the ability of the peak Tony Allen, and seeing the real master standing in front of him at this time, he couldn't help but feel a little weird.
Although Tony Allen is 34 years old this year, he was also selected to the first team of the All-Defensive Team last season.
Not only that, but his defense this season is still extremely terrifying, and if there is no accident, he will definitely be able to enter the best defensive team.
However, Tony Allen was not born to attack, so he was never selected as an All-Star.
The preference of NBA fans has always been to focus on offense and light defense, which has always existed.
Lin Tian secretly sighed in his heart, who would have thought that this seemingly simple and honest player was actually a defensive iron gate.
He is even the best No. 2 defender in history in the minds of many active stars.
Tony Allen looked at Lin Tian enviously: "Rookie! I've seen you play! Your defensive style is exactly like mine!"
When he said this, Tony Allen showed envious eyes.
He envied Lin Tian for having an offense that was even better than defense.
In the first few years of entering the league, he also felt that as long as he was given a chance, he could do anything on the offensive end, but the reality slapped him in the face.
When he was with the Celtics in those years, Rivers told him to focus on defense and not steal Pierce's limelight on the offensive end. At first he didn't take it seriously, but after practice, he had to admit that he really didn't know much about offense, so he said that "famous saying."
Lin Tian smiled and said nothing.
After the players on both sides greeted each other, more than half an hour later, the game finally started.
The Lakers' starters for this game are: Russell, Kobe, Lin Tian, Channing Frye, Howard.
The starters for the away team in Memphis are: Mike Conley, Tony Allen, Jeff Green, Zach Randolph and Marc Gasol.
The Grizzlies are a very distinctive team, they defend strong and attack weakly.
They averaged less than 100 points per game this season, but they were able to keep opponents' scoring low.
Especially their perimeter defense, it is not an exaggeration to call it the strongest perimeter iron gate in the league today.
The perimeter defense of Conley and Tony Allen is enough to make any opponent feel intimidated.
Even if they meet the Warriors, even if they can't win, they can still make the Splash Brothers peel off.
This season, the goal of the Grizzlies is actually to go to the championship.
They also have this capital.
In the opening game, Gasol helped the Grizzlies grab the jump ball.
Point guard Conley dribbled the ball across half court and then passed the ball to Gasol Jr. inside.
Gasol shook Howard with his nimble footsteps and scored two points!
Last season, he was an All-Star starter!And his defense is also very strong!
After the Lakers served the ball, the ball came to Lin Tian.
The Grizzlies are responsible for marking Lin Tian at this stage is Jeff Green.
Jeff Green is one of the earliest "Three Young Thunders" with extremely strong athletic ability!
Later, he was forced to undergo heart surgery because of an aortic aneurysm, and he was considered a rather inspirational player.
His downside is that he's a little weak defensively, at least compared to a few of his teammates.
According to Lin Tian's past habits, the first ball was still singles.
After he passed Jeff Green with his skillful disguise skills, Tony Allen actually predicted in advance and came to make up the defense.
Lin Tian slammed on the brakes and made a jumper!Hit too!
The Staples Center erupted in loud cheers.
In the next few rounds, the two sides directly entered into a positional battle!
Russell and Bryant were guarded with almost no chances to catch the ball.
The insiders of the two sides also began to fight hand-to-hand.
Randolph used his strong body to eat Channing Frye hard.
This player, who is 35 this year, still has several percent of his peak offensive ability.
For the Lakers, only Lin Tian, Howard and Frye scored in the first 5 minutes!
Among them, Lin Tian scored the most.
The head coach of the Grizzlies, Dave Jogel, is a coach with not very deep qualifications.
After finding out that Jeff Green couldn't defend Lin Tian at all, he quickly shouted to adjust his tactics and let Tony Allen guard Lin Tian instead.
Although Tony Allen is only 1.93 meters tall, he does not suffer from defending small forwards.
He has an extremely strong body, his weight is almost the same as that of Lin Tian, his lateral movement speed is extremely fast, and his defensive area is huge.
At this time, the Lakers have the ball, and Lin Tian is no longer facing Jeff Green, but Tony Allen.
Teacher Tony opened his long arms, staring intently at Lin Tian's footsteps, ready to attack at any time.
I don't know if it's because the opponent understands him too well. During Lin Tian's breakthrough, Tony Allen almost took the ball away.
Fortunately, he stabilized and collected the ball in time, and finally used his height advantage to throw the ball in!
After the ball was thrown in, Lin Tian's mood relaxed a lot.
Because when Tony Allen defends him, he seems to have a feeling that he is being defended by himself.
The current Tony Allen, in fact, is no longer at the peak, but still has such a terrifying defensive ability...
If he can join the Lakers, the picture is so beautiful, Lin Tian dare not think about it!
The outside line on both sides was fierce, and the inside line was equally fierce.
The Grizzlies are different from most other teams. They like to engage in physical confrontation with their opponents to consume their opponents' energy.
Their toughness is actually not the past two seasons, but the genes that the team has always inherited.
Howard often asked Lin Tian for the ball inside. Facing Gasol Jr., he made 5 of 3 shots, and one was blocked.
After playing for 8 minutes, the score between the two sides was still 18:17!The Lakers temporarily lead by one point!
At this time, the physical confrontation between the two sides became more and more intense, and the fans on the long side became more and more excited.
"The Grizzlies' perimeter defense is too strong! D'Angelo has no chance to connect the ball!"
"This is the game we want to watch! The referee's scale seems to be quite loose. I'm fed up with body hair fouls!"
"At the beginning of the season, I never dreamed that the Lakers would have a chance to play back and forth with the Grizzlies, haha!"
"Although the Grizzlies don't have a superstar! But they are existences that no team can ignore!"
"What's the matter with Howard? You have to be stronger to beat Gasol!"
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in the studio.
Barkley also likes to see such scenes happen: "Rare hand-to-hand combat! It's hard not to admit it! The Grizzlies' game this season is very good!"
Smith agrees: "Yes! The chemistry of these veterans of the Grizzlies is really good! They may even break out of the West!"
"Rushing out of the West is a bit exaggerated, after all, there are Warriors, Spurs and Thunder."
"Don't you remember how Tony Allen defended KD last time? They won't be afraid of the Thunder!"
"I am impressed by this. KD affirmed Tony Allen's defense, but what is surprising is that Tony Allen didn't restrict Lin very much today, at least from the current situation."
"This is just the beginning! If the suspense of the game can be maintained until the fourth quarter, it would be great."
(End of this chapter)