NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 245: Undercurrent in the locker room

The Christmas game between the Kings and Lakers attracted the attention of the world.

The two teams that played in the Western Conference finals last year will present a wonderful match on Christmas Eve.

This is also the first meeting between the two teams this season after meeting in last year's Western Conference Finals.

Full of anticipation.

It can only be said that the NBA knows how to schedule.

Before the game, the Kings led the Western Conference with 24 wins and 6 losses, while the Lakers also posted a record of 20 wins and 9 losses after a run-in at the beginning of the season, ranking third in the Western Conference.

The Lakers have recently won 7 consecutive victories, and the team's chemistry is good. O'Neal also told reporters that this game should be good for the Kings.

Lu Yuanzhi is too lazy to talk trash before the game. This is a part that fans love to see and a prime time for reporters to stir up the topic, but it is not the focus of the management of each team.

Although Lu Yuanzhi was determined to make good use of the power of the media, he was too lazy to play tricks with reporters who were obsessed with making big news.

As we all know, being weird when you win a game is called demeanor, being weird when losing a game is called tough talk, and being weird before the game starts is called Ma Zai's speech.

When did you see the protagonist first come out to confront the villain?

Isn't that what the younger brother should do?

Therefore, the job of the Kings was taken over by Bobby Jackson.

That is to say, there is really no one with a sharp tongue in the Lakers. It turns out that the job that Fisher should do can only be done by O'Neal's big mouth.

Lu Yuanzhi opened the door of the training hall as usual and continued his special training, but unexpectedly saw a braised egg in the training hall.

spiced corned egg?

Shane?
Billups?

This figure doesn’t even look like it!

Shouldn't we see an afro at this time?
Don't tell me, this braised egg looks a lot like Kobe, that's right. . .

Just when Lu Yuanzhi was confused, Lu Dan turned his head, it was Kobe Bryant!

Lu Yuanzhi looked at the familiar look of Kobe in front of him, his expression a little dull.

Isn't this the boss I've been hacking for more than ten years?
It has finally become something I am familiar with!

In Lu Yuanzhi's time and space, Kobe lost the opportunity to surpass Jordan to win four consecutive championships because of his loss to the Pistons in the 03-04 Finals. He "sharpened his will" in anger and became the familiar bald appearance.

Not to mention, he is even more handsome than when he had an afro.

Therefore, a bald head and a flat head are the only criteria for testing whether a man is really handsome or fake.

Before Nicholas Tse had his bald head, I never recognized him as handsome.

In this time and space, Kobe tasted the bitter fruit of failure a year in advance. After losing to the Kings last season, he missed the opportunity to tie Jordan's three consecutive championships.

Therefore, the timeline came to a wonderful ending, and Kobe also shaved his head after the tragic defeat.

When Kobe saw Lu Yuanzhi's expression, he obviously had a misunderstanding, "You bastard, have you never paid attention to the Lakers or me?"

Kobe Bryant's change of hairstyle was a big news after the start of the new season, but nearly two months later, Lu Yuanzhi showed this surprised expression. Needless to say, he must have never paid attention to Kobe Bryant.

"Hey, who would pay attention to losers?" Lu Yuanzhi immediately heard Kobe's "grievance" and deliberately spoke to provoke Kobe.

"Boy, you're looking for death! Come on, let's win with 21 points!"

"No, no, no, I will finish my training session first, and you can take the opportunity to rest and recover your strength, so as not to say that I am invincible."

Where can I find such an excellent sparring partner as Kobe?Now it's delivered to your door, so of course you can't be polite.

After Lu Yuanzhi finished speaking, he followed Micah to start training on one side of the court. Kobe didn't say much and continued training on the other side of the court.

Lu Yuanzhi took a moment to take a look. Does his jump shot seem to be getting better again?

Are you practicing shooting again this summer?

I wonder if there are any other new tricks?

More than an hour later, Lu Yuanzhi ended his training session and walked up to Kobe Bryant, dripping with sweat, "How are you, have you rested enough? Are you going to start a one-on-one match?"

When Kobe saw Lu Yuanzhi meticulously completing his training before coming to him, he secretly praised him in his heart.

He watched Lu Yuanzhi's post-game press conference against the Jazz a few days ago and strongly agreed with Lu Yuanzhi's words that "only hard work can lead to success."

This kid really seizes every minute and every second to train and strengthen himself, so he was able to make an impact in the playoffs last season.

Although I don’t know how he is doing in other away games, at least in Los Angeles, before every game, I can meet Lu Yuanzhi who comes over for extra practice.

To be honest, Kobe quite likes Lu Yuanzhi's diligent and self-disciplined character.

By the way, this is this guy’s contract year, right?
Do you want to get this kid to Los Angeles?

Compared to Shaq, this kid is much more diligent. If Shaq had worked half as hard as him, the Lakers would not have failed in the Western Conference finals in last season's playoffs.

Thinking of O'Neal, Kobe became even more angry.

O'Neal had surgery in the offseason and returned to normal in the regular season. Ordinarily, Kobe had nothing to complain about. According to Lu Yuanzhi's timeline, O'Neal was playing around in the offseason and didn't have surgery until the regular season was about to start. As a result, Missing the Lakers' first few dozen games was completely different.

But O'Neal was so stubborn that he spilled the beans while chatting in the locker room, saying that he was lying on the hospital bed and eating too many donuts.

Damn those donuts!
O'Neal doesn't even look at how fat he is, and he still eats donuts?

Forget about last season's Western Conference finals, when the Kings picked up speed and started running back and forth on the court, how did O'Neal struggle?

Instead of practicing physical fitness during the offseason to avoid encountering such a situation again this season, you just ignore it and eat donuts?
Can this guy be called a professional player?

With the improvement of Kobe's ability, his scoring last season was very close to that of O'Neal, and the team's influence is also increasing day by day. Newcomers Billups and Battier also turned to Kobe, and with the support of the Buss family, Kobe's voice in the locker room is also increasing.

He had almost forgotten those years when he was his little brother.

Now, Kobe has gradually regarded himself as the boss of the Lakers.

Naturally, Kobe became more and more unhappy with his "little brother" O'Neal's excessive behavior!

An undercurrent is already brewing in the Lakers locker room.

However, everyone's current goal is to defeat the Kings and win back their own championship, and all discord has been forcibly suppressed.

Qian Sibai turned and was forced down. Kobe received the ball and suddenly started after the triple threat. After pushing away Lu Yuanzhi, he made his iconic fadeaway jumper.

Lu Yuanzhi rushed forward to block the shot, but Kobe didn't seem to be affected at all. The ball was released steadily, drawing a beautiful arc and getting into the hoop.

"It's 2:0, kid, wipe your butt and wait for death!"

Lu Yuanzhi thoughtfully picked up the basketball on the ground. Kobe Bryant seems to have increased his strength?

Is he going to start gaining weight?
There is no room for two main attackers in the Lakers' basket!
　Another chapter a little later

　　In addition, Chapter 241 was temporarily locked up in a dark room for a while yesterday. I don’t know why.

　　Brothers who haven’t watched it can go check it out and help me figure out which content deserves to be locked up in the dark room.

　　I'm a question mark!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)