NBA: Start by torturing Jordan and add points to upgrade

Chapter 654 Christmas Battle! Showdown between super scorers!
"This is definitely an extremely exciting offensive battle!" Before the game started, Barkley and Kenny once again sat in the commentary seat. Barkley said excitedly: "These two teams are not only the most popular teams in the league today, but also the teams with the most fans."

"They are still one of the most offensive teams this season!"

"The Knicks are averaging 118.4 points per game this season and are still the league's offensive king! The Lakers are also averaging 114.5 points per game this season thanks to the top individual abilities of Kobe and McGrady! This statistic ranks fifth in the league!"

“The head-to-head matchup between the two top five teams in the league will definitely bring us endless surprises and a wonderful two hours!”

Kenny continued, "In addition to the teams' offense and tempo being among the top five in the league, these two teams also have three, or five, of the league's top offensive players!"

"So far this season, the top scorer is Allen Iverson, who has the highest average score in his career. Although this little guy's team has not performed well this year, his personal average of 35.4 points per game ranks first in the league!"

"Ranked second is Lin, who has been killing it in the past month, averaging more than 12 points per game in December and averaging 45 points per game so far this season!"

"In third place is Kobe Bryant, who averages 30.1 points per game, and in fifth place is Tracy McGrady, who averages 28.4 points per game!"

"The Lakers' Kobe-Mac duo is the highest scoring duo in the league! And if we add Anthony who averages 22.3 points per game and Stoudemire who averages 20.9 points per game to the Knicks, then the trio of them and Lin Tian will be the highest scoring trio in the league!"

"Who will have the upper hand and win tonight's match between the strongest duo and the strongest trio?"

Barkley and Kenny were both very excited. Obviously, they were looking forward to the game just like the fans.

"Tonight I will defend you, beat you, and win." Before the game started, Kobe maintained his usual arrogant and cool attitude, walked up to Lin Tian and said, "Then, I will get all the US dollars in the 'Super Lotto'."

"You can get that by beating me? Don't I have to become the chairman of the players' union to get it?" Lin Tian was stunned for a moment. Kobe's words confused him.

What's going on? Is my information wrong?

This group of people are so boring that they are not trying to make me the chairman of the players' union, but to beat me up?
Are you mentally ill or are you tired of living?
Kobe was also stunned at this moment.

What's going on? Is my information wrong?

This group of people are so bored that they don’t want to beat Lin up, but want him to be the chairman of the players’ union?
Are you mentally ill or are you tired of living?
Kobe and Lin Tian, ​​with four eyes, met each other with suspicion and confusion. Neither of them could understand what was going on, nor did they understand whose information was correct.

But anyway, neither of them is going to admit defeat tonight!

Who cares what the reason is? Who cares what bullshit it is.

If we win tonight and defeat our opponent tonight, then won't everything be solved?

A simple one!
Just do it!

As the referee walked onto the court, the five starting players from each team also walked onto the court.

In addition to Kobe and McGrady, the remaining three players of the Lakers are starting point guard Smush Parker, power forward Brian Cook, and center Andrew Bynum!
Compared with last year, this five-man team has changed players in four positions. Except for McGrady, who has made obvious improvements, the Lakers have clearly declined in the remaining three positions.

Although Bynum is nicknamed 'Little Shark', he is still in his growth stage and cannot be compared with O'Neal. Smush Parker is a supporting role who has never had any chance in other teams in the league.

As for power forward Cook, he had to be forced to take the starting position because of Kirilenko's injury, but in terms of ability, he and Kirilenko are completely incomparable!

In other words, McGrady is a clear improvement compared to Prince last season.

McGrady's powerful firepower is also the reason why the Lakers still have an 8-18 record and rank fifth in the Western Conference even though they have only played 12 games so far due to injuries.

The offensive front line combination of McGrady and Kobe is truly the best forward combination in the league!

Looking at the entire history of the league, the firepower of these two people is probably not as good as the duo of Lin Tian and Jordan.

others?
They all have the confidence to fight!
And tonight, it is obviously time to test the quality of this top offensive combination of Kobe and McGrady!

The Knicks did not change their starting lineup. Thanks to Lin Tian's performance in December, the team only lost two games at the beginning of the month. It can be said that the team is in its peak state!
That is to say, the Celtics have also been in hot form recently and have not lost a single game in the entire December, so they have always firmly occupied the top spot in the Eastern Conference. Otherwise, based on the form of Lin Tian and the Knicks this month, they would have regained the top spot in the Eastern Conference long ago!

From this point we can also see that although the Pistons and Nets exploded, the competition among the top teams in the Eastern Conference is still quite fierce!
Soon, Bynum and Okur stood in the center circle again to prepare for the jump ball, while the rest of the players took their positions, waiting for the game to begin.

On the sidelines of the court, Knicks head coach Nelson and Lakers head coach and former Rockets championship coach Tom Janovich also crossed their arms and frowned, looking as if they were facing a formidable enemy.

Obviously, both coaches are determined to win this game and attach great importance to it.

"How to win today!" This was what Tomjanovich was thinking.

"If you burn my turkey again tonight, I'm going on a hunger strike in protest!" This is Old Nelson.

"Dudu!"

As the referee blows the whistle, the game begins!
Bynum is worthy of being the youngest player in NBA history. When he made his first appearance in a game last season, he was only 18 years and 5 days old. No one has ever played in a game at a younger age than him.

And as the NBA bans high school players from entering the league directly, this record will inevitably be completely sealed and will belong to him forever.

Being able to enter the league at such a young age and being selected in the lottery indicates two problems.

1. His talent is truly obvious. His size, feel and sense of smell are all top-notch!
2. He is really immature and is an absolute rough diamond.

As soon as Bynum came to the team this season, the Lakers mobilized their own advantages and brought in Kareem Abdul-Jabbar to give Bynum special training, and also let the naive and immature Bynum and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar learn the principles of how to behave in society and how to play basketball.

So far this season, although Bynum has only averaged 8 points and 5 rebounds per game, the potential and talent he has demonstrated have made the Lakers management very happy!
They all believe that although the O'Neal trade has made the Lakers lose hope of winning the championship in the past two years, the people they got in return are strong enough and the chips they got are rich enough.

With a McGrady, a Bynum and a top ten draft pick in 07, the Lakers' rise again will surely come quite quickly!

3 years at most!
Anyway, Kupchak is confident that he can get the Lakers back on track within three years!

This was a great start for him.

Relying on his extraordinary talent, perfect physique and athletic ability that did not match his physique, Bynum easily defeated Okur and got the first wave of offensive possession for the Lakers.

The basketball came into Parker's hands. As a well-known "Grim Reaper" in the streetball circle, Parker has extremely high self-confidence and an overwhelming desire to perform. His physical fitness is excellent even in the NBA.

There are really only two problems with him.

1. This guy obviously doesn’t think his level and ability are limited to being a role player. He thinks he is Jordan.

2. The only thing this guy has in common with Jordan is that his basketball IQ is about the same as Jordan's grandmother.

In short, after coming to the frontcourt, this guy looked at Lin Tian and started to show off his fancy street dribbling skills, dribbling between his legs and behind his back.

You know what, it’s really cool.

But, apart from showing off, his moves were useless. He was still standing there without moving, and Lin Tian didn't move either.

But Kobe and McGrady already wanted to curse.

Two months! They've been putting up with this bastard for two months.

If the team had no other point guard who could step up, Kobe and McGrady would have kicked this guy out long ago.

You see, at this moment Kobe is blocking Barnes in the low post and keeps reaching for the ball.

This offseason, because O'Neal left, the Lakers' low-post offense had a vacuum, so Kobe spent a lot of money to find Olajuwon to learn footwork, and also gained several kilograms in weight, in order to be able to punish opponents in the low post.

The points he scored in low-post singles this season also jumped to first place among all players in positions 2-3!
At this moment, McGrady was reaching out for the ball at a 45-degree angle on the other side. Compared with Kobe, he has stronger ability in organizing and distributing the ball. He is better at forcing shots and launching attacks from high positions, so this season these two guys often stand one above and one below, and do not interfere with each other.

Of course, when it comes to the critical moment, the Lakers also have a trick, which is to let these two people stand on one side and play high and low post cooperation, which can be regarded as another version of the OK connection.

But unfortunately, no matter how Kobe and McGrady asked for the ball, Parker had to show off his beautiful but useless dribbling first, and then finally raised his head to look for his teammates.

But would Lin Tian give him this opportunity?
The reason why he didn't steal the ball just now was because he wanted to see what this guy could do. Lin Tianquan just treated it as a show.

Now that you have finished your action show and want to organize an attack, then Mr. Lin has to jump out of the show mode and teach you how to be a man!
So, Lin Tian, ​​who was just 1 meter away from Parker, suddenly took a step forward, blocked his position, and then pressed his body tightly against Parker, preventing him from dribbling easily.

Then, after Lin Tian's sudden increase in defensive intensity forced Parker into a state of panic, he quickly seized an opportunity and stole the ball.

"Snapped!"

This move was definitely fast, accurate and ruthless! The basketball instantly escaped from Parker's control and was stabbed away by Lin Tian.

"FUXX!"

At the same time, similar roars were heard almost simultaneously from every corner of the stadium.

Lin Tian took a quick glance and saw that at least three people, Kobe, McGrady, and head coach Tomjanovich, were roaring.

Do you really think this is a Rock Park show?
You thought you were playing against a street basketball player? Your opponent tonight is Lin!

Accompanied by the roar of the Lakers players, Lin Tian rushed to the frontcourt and made a one-arm slam dunk, setting the first record for the team.

"Good dribbling, keep it up." After completing the dunk, Lin Tian did not forget to pat Parker on the shoulder to encourage him, saying that the young man is doing well.

Such provocative words instantly made Parker's blood boil and he got excited!

This is also this guy's signature skill.

It explodes at the slightest touch and gets you intoxicated at the first spray.

And there is absolutely no ability to match it.

For example, in the second round, he wanted to continue to challenge Lin Tian, ​​and he once again showed off several beautiful dribbling fake moves in front of Lin Tian, ​​which made Lin Tian want to applaud him.

But unfortunately, this guy did not pause after completing the move, but accelerated directly and tried to pass the opponent.

If you pause, Mr. Lin will give you a round of applause to encourage you.

But now you break through directly?

Sorry about that.

"Snapped!"

There was another crisp sound, and Lin Tian took action again and completed the steal again!
"Fast break!" After a loud shout, Lin Tian quickened his pace again, dribbling the ball quickly to the frontcourt. This time the Lakers retreated faster, and Kobe and McGrady both returned to their own half in time.

But Lin Tian was well prepared. After forcing several Lakers defenders into the inside, he suddenly passed the ball from behind and sent the basketball back out of the three-point line.

Okur, who followed up, suddenly stopped, took a look after receiving the ball, and simply shot a 3-pointer!
"Shh!"

5: 0!

The Knicks' start was so smooth!
"FUXX!" Parker clapped his hands with a look of dissatisfaction and dissatisfaction on his face, and shouted at Cook who was preparing to serve at the baseline: "Ball! I'm going to kill him this time."

"Get down here!" Tomjanovich is a championship coach after all, and his reaction is not slow at all. Seeing that Parker dared to lose his temper when facing Lin Tian and made two consecutive mistakes in 20 seconds, how could he dare to let him continue to play on the court?

With a loud shout, he took the guy down, and replaced him with Vujacic, who had a stunning performance in the finals last season.

A pure shooter with almost no organizational attributes.

This is also the reason why a guy like Parker who has no NBA ability at all can start for the Lakers.

Apart from him, the Lakers can only let Vujacic play the nominal No. 1 position.

It's purely nominal.

Because the work of organizing, advancing, passing, and calling tactics are all done by Kobe or McGrady.

If the team had a decent point guard, Tomjanovich would not let Parker start for two months.

He really couldn't help it.

But after the 20 seconds of play tonight, he really didn't want to endure it anymore.

Even if McGrady and Kobe took turns playing the No. 1 position, he wouldn't want to endure it for even a second.

Parker, must DNP!

This is actually the treatment that matches Parker's ability.

After all, throughout his entire NBA career, this guy could not play except for the two years with the Lakers. He could not play anywhere else in the league and was a complete supporting role and water cooler player.

He never achieved success and recognition anywhere else.

That's why he left the NBA stage and went to the CBA at the age of less than 28 without any injury or illness.

This guy really doesn't have the ability and basketball IQ to be a rotation player in the NBA.

Do not believe?

Is there any role player at point guard in the league who dares to not let the top two players on his team receive the ball from the start of the game, and then boasts about his dribbling, and then talks about tactics, passing, etc.?

Only this one, no other semicolon.

Van Nieksell, who was nicknamed "Madman" back then, also had to beat O'Neal a few times first.

But Parker dared to open his arms and ask for the ball from the team leader after making two consecutive mistakes.

This confidence is truly amazing!
But unfortunately, the strength does not match.

"Tracy, you organize it!" Tomjanovich yelled at McGrady off the court. Since Vujacic was on the court, they could only rely on the organizing and passing abilities of Kobe and McGrady and let them play the No. 1 position.

After all, Vujacic is a pure shooter and finisher.

After McGrady took control of the ball, the Lakers' offense immediately came alive. This guy's height of at least 203 cm gave him a very wide field of vision on the court. Coupled with his strong scoring ability and first-class control level, many people call him the most organized forward in the league today.

In the first round after the Lakers changed their tactics, Kobe asked for the ball in the low post, McGrady organized the game from the top of the arc, and then Kobe suddenly turned around, passed Barnes, and ran towards the basket. The basketball also flew into the air at this time and was caught by Kobe who jumped high.

"boom!"

Then there was a loud bang, and Kobe connected!

Barkley praised: "The chemistry between these two is really good. I heard that they have been good friends since high school. They discussed it and decided not to go to college and go directly to the NBA."

Kenny is the same: "In recent years, these two seem to always train together, so their tacit understanding is so good. There is really a lot of chemical reaction between the two of them."

With the first connection between Kobe and McGrady in this game, both sides officially got into the game and started the showdown!
In the rest of the first quarter, McGrady didn't take many shots. He was largely responsible for organizing the team's offense. If McGrady didn't take a shot, then Kobe would naturally become the team's main attacking point.

In the first quarter, facing Barnes behind him, Kobe gave Olajuwon a good advertisement.

His back-to-the-basket footwork, back-to-the-basket skills and the connection between various techniques after back-to-the-basket really made everyone unable to help but praise him.

"This season for Kobe is incredible! He has improved once again! His playing style has changed dramatically once again. I even think that in terms of post-up skills alone, Kobe has surpassed Jordan and is the best outside shooter in NBA history!"

After Kobe taught Barnes a lesson several times with his back-to-the-basket moves in the first quarter, Barkley couldn't help it anymore and gave him a very high evaluation!
(End of this chapter)