Don't talk trash to him.

Chapter 204 Good Night Kobe

Chapter 204 Good Night Kobe
Kobe frowned slightly and asked back, "Phil, do you think I'm no match for Su Wan?"

Must we not anger him in order to win the game?

今晚他砍下了29分6篮板5助攻2抢断；苏万的数据是25分6篮板3助攻2抢断2盖帽；

In terms of shooting percentage, his is around 46% and Suwan's is 47%.

No matter how you look at it, he is no worse than Su Wan.

Phil Jackson was not surprised by Kobe's reaction. He said: "You are the one who has the upper hand most of the time, there is no doubt about that!"

Then Kobe is even weirder.

Since he was the one with the upper hand, why did Phil Jackson tell him not to provoke Suwan?
He was well aware of this practice.

This is how those guys treated Michael Jordan in the 90s in order to win.

There are even perverts who, in order to live in peace with Michael Jordan, joined his "Praise Group".

Is this to let Suwan enjoy the same treatment as Jordan?

and……

Or in front of him?
It was difficult for Phil Jackson to explain to Kobe. He couldn't say that Su Wan would play more excitedly when he heard "trash talk", right?
What’s the difference between that and advising Kobe to continue talking trash to Suwan?
"Kobe, just believe me this time. In the next game, no matter how Suwan scolds you, don't respond. Then you will notice for yourself why I ask you to do this!" Phil Jackson acted like a "charlatan".

Kobe's whole face was twisted.

This was the most uncomfortable thing when he was getting along with Phil Jackson. He knew that this guy was fooling around again, but he couldn't help but want to try it according to what Phil Jackson said.

He wondered if Jordan would have felt the same way when facing Phil Jackson...

The "Zen Master" had been observing his expression, and when he saw his eyes flickering, he knew what Kobe said. Kobe listened, but his pride was still struggling. Phil Jackson did not "strike while the iron is hot" because he was not sure what he said was wrong and touched the "reverse scale" of this guy.

Otherwise he wouldn't have found Kobe difficult to coach.

Su Wan also finished the interview. He didn't look too excited. Winning the first game was like the "first step of a long march". The hardships were imaginable. And after the first game, he knew that the Lakers would be the biggest obstacle to the Pacers' "three consecutive championships" dynasty.

——Congratulations, Su Wan, you won the game tonight.

--Thanks.

——Don’t you think I’m your lucky goddess?

——Then at least several thousand goddesses of luck came tonight.

——Is it so difficult to find a reason for you to buy me a drink?

——If there is a chance.

--Wait for you.

After the conversation, Suwan did not ask Ivanka why she came to Indiana, and Ivanka did not say either.

This is……

Self-awareness of the relationship between two people.

Crossing that line can actually feel like a burden.

The next morning, the discussion about the first game of the finals was much more lively than previous finals.

The competition between the two teams, whether at the tactical level or at the star level, is very interesting, and naturally there are many things to discuss.

Many media people are giving advice to the Lakers. They think Phil Jackson's use of Yao Ming is too cumbersome.

The Pacers clearly wanted to use Yao Ming's physical strength as a breakthrough point. If that's the case, it would be better to let Yao Ming play as the main offensive player in the first three quarters. Anyway, from the first game, the Pacers had no inside players who could match Yao Ming's strength.

And in the fourth quarter, let Kobe step up and win the game!

With Kobe's current ability, he can definitely do what he did in the early 00s.

Although the opponent is also the "king of the final quarter" and has performed countless explosive performances in the final quarter, judging from the first game, Kobe is still the guy with more sustainability.

Phil Jackson didn't know if it was like the online writers who liked to copy "book reviews" to crowdfund their books, but the Lakers' playing style in the second game showed obvious changes, and it was just like what these media people said, letting Yao Ming be the "main attacker" in the first three quarters of the game, constantly attacking the Pacers' inside line.

The effect is very obvious.

Foster's defensive ability is considered top-notch in the league, but he was unable to form an effective defense when defending Yao Ming alone.

To be honest, with Yao Ming's height and sophisticated skills, it is easy for ordinary inside players to be confused.

O'Neal Jr. could only help with defense.

Moreover, he couldn't defend Yao Ming like he did with other inside players, blocking him when he turned around and then making up for him.

Yao Ming has a lot of shooting options after turning around, including high rebounds, hook shots, close-range jump shots, and one-handed dunks, which are all Yao Ming's common methods.

But when O'Neal Jr. double-teamed him in advance, Yao Ming was able to pass the ball calmly.

This is also a player who averaged 2.3 assists per game in his peak period.

And this data was obtained against the Rockets' terrible lineup.

The Lakers' configuration is much more reasonable. From the No. 1 position to the No. 4 position, they all have good shooting abilities. The only problem is that they are not stable enough.

Just with Yao Ming's strong attack under the basket, coupled with Kobe's occasional catching and shooting, and attacking with the ball, the Lakers led the game from the beginning to the second half of the second quarter.

At this time, Yao Ming was in the fatigue period of the first stage. The Pacers seized this opportunity and began to counterattack with three-point shooting from a "small lineup".

In the last minute of the first half, the Pacers successfully took the initiative.

However, Kobe's buzzer-beating three-pointer allowed the Lakers to enter the second half with a two-point advantage of 54 to 52.

Barkley looked at the Pacers who had been in a passive position tonight and couldn't help but say: "The Lakers may win tonight!"

And just after he said this, in the crucial third quarter, the Pacers decisively changed their formation, starting from 2 minutes and 23 seconds, and directly used a "small lineup" to attack the Lakers.

Yao Ming gave the performance that a top center should have until 7 minutes and 34 seconds before the third quarter.

You know, by this time tonight, he has already scored 25 points!
The performance was nothing short of outstanding.

Yao Ming, who scored 25 points, was also the highest scorer on the Lakers.

Kobe only scored 20 points.

He has done his best!
Next up is Kobe...

Kobe saw Phil Jackson's eye signal and began to increase the frequency of his attacks from the outside.

During this period, the Pacers were not sure whether the Lakers had really changed their offensive focus, so they did not relax their defense against Yao Ming. This period also became the easiest time for Kobe to play.

At the end of the third quarter, thanks to his 6 consecutive points, the Lakers widened the gap to 7 points.

"They can win, the Lakers can really win tonight!" Barkley said again.

Kenny Smith next to him always felt that this "flying pig" wanted to use his "poisonous milk" skills to do something. He took a look at Su Wan's data; "Su Wan's performance tonight is not ideal!"

It can’t be said that it is not ideal...

16投7中，三分球3投1中，罚球4罚4中，也拿到了19分。

But compared with Kobe who scored 26 points, he was obviously one level lower.

Although Suwan was slightly suppressed by Kobe in the last game, judging from the data, the two of them are still at the same level.

"It seems that Kobe has found a way to suppress Suwan!" Kenny Smith could only infer this.

But the "Su Wan fan" next to him was unhappy when he heard this: "Su Wan is not that easy to defeat. It's just that the other players on the Pacers were in excellent three-point form in this game, so he gave these opportunities to his teammates!"

Kenny Smith: “…”

If Barkley insisted on saying so, he couldn't refute it.

The Pacers' three-point attack was really fierce tonight, and they had made 13 three-pointers by the end of the third quarter.

This is an exaggerated number of three-pointers in the current NBA playoffs.

But the fact that the Lakers are still leading shows that the NBA at this time is still in the "traditional center" era. When a team has stable offense under the basket and wing offense, they are the top team.

Let alone this Lakers team, even the original Lakers team was the only Lakers team that completed the "defending" after the Lakers in the 00-02 season.

From this we can see the destructive power of the "OK" combination to the current league.

Well, not only in this league, 17 years later, a core lineup similar to the "OK" combination can still win the championship in the "small ball era". It's just that the division of labor of the "OK" combination at that time was very different from now.

The one holding the ball on the outside focuses more on the offensive end, and his other roles are shared.

Of course, this also has a lot to do with Murray's own characteristics.

And inside players need to have more versatile skills...

If the Pacers want to beat a team like this, they definitely can't rely solely on three-pointers.

Look at how the Timberwolves defeated the Nuggets in 24 years.

There has to be a good enough guy on the wing to step up and add another touch.

this person……

Of course it has to be Su Wan!

Rick Carlisle could feel Suwan's "downturn" today, but he allowed Suwan to have a "downturn" because it was too rare... It would be too harsh to blame Suwan for this.

And this "downturn" also has degrees.

Su Wan didn't do anything too outrageous tonight, he just didn't perform at a "super giant" level, but he is definitely at the upper-middle All-Star or even superstar level.

Most importantly, he believed that Su Wan could adjust.

This is his third year coaching Suwan. He believes that his confidence in Suwan exceeds the trust that any head coach in the league has in the core of his team.

He could say without hesitation:
I, Rick Carlisle, am blindly confident in Suwan's self-confidence. It is completely unfounded. Even if Kobe is standing opposite him, I still believe that Suwan will be the one laughing last.

When such people go to the hospital, the doctor will usually advise them to eat something good.

But Rick Carlisle feels any head coach in his position would feel the same way.

Su Wan wiped the sweat off his face with a towel.

He encountered a difficult situation tonight, so difficult that he felt like he didn't know Kobe anymore:

This B faced all kinds of "trash talk" from him tonight, but he actually held back and didn't talk back.

Su Wan was very sure that he was enduring it.

He saw the corners of Kobe's mouth twitching slightly.

Ok……

It’s very hard to endure!

Phil Jackson looked at Kobe, who was wiping his sweat with a towel and said nothing, and he also knew that he was enduring a lot.

But the lead showed it was the right thing to do.

If he didn't provoke Su Wan, he wouldn't be able to reach that state.

The Lakers' No. 2 position will also become a huge advantage.

However, he did not run to ask Kobe to persist, because he knew that anything he said to Kobe now would be a stimulation to him.

What he wanted to play was an unreserved game. Like now, even if he was ahead in the score, but he had to face Su Wan's endless "trash talk" without responding, what was the difference between this and losing?
So Phil Jackson knows that Kobe is very unhappy now, very unhappy!

But that was from his perspective, from the perspective of the head coach, his tactics were extremely successful.

The fourth quarter then began and Kobe began to take over the Lakers' offense.

But I don’t know if it was because he was worried, he was not in good shape at the beginning. Facing Su Wan’s "trash talk", he held the ball and played one-on-one for three consecutive times, but missed all of them.

The Pacers chased 5 points in a row at this time.

Two of the points came from Suwan's assist to O'Neal in a dunk after he cooperated with him in a pick-and-roll.

The other 3 points were scored by Suwan who faced Kobe with the ball, quickly passed the ball to him, and then made a three-pointer with the help of a pick-and-roll.

Unable to open "The zone"...

This is something Su Wan has always been mentally prepared for.

He thought that there would come a day when no one in the league would dare to provoke him or even refute his "trash talk". Now is the last round of the series of his third season in his professional career, and his vision seems to be becoming a reality.

Even Kobe...

All scared!

But he won't be panicked.

This is the third year of his career and his third Finals. He is now a two-time NBA regular season MVP, two-time Finals MVP, and a man with two O'Brien Cups.

He is the No. 04 who has played the most games in the past three years in the NBA, and he is also the most powerful No. in the past three years. He is no longer like in , with only one breakthrough and the "assist rebound" tactic that he has to play.

Now, he has his signature breakthrough and mid-range pull-up jump shot, as well as catch-and-shoot shots while running. Whether it is mid-range or long-range, he is a two-position player with comprehensive skills, even if he does not open "The zone"...

He can also continue to help the team in various ways and do his best!
He believed he could do it.

When the three-pointer entered the basket, there was a huge cheer at the scene.

This goal not only narrowed the score gap, but also Suwan's score in this game reached 22 points, only 26 points away from Kobe's 4 points... The gap suddenly didn't seem that big.

Barkley said: "Kenny, did you just say that Su Wan's performance was not ideal?"

Kenny Smith: “…”

Who knew Kobe would suddenly fall into a slump at the beginning of the fourth quarter?

If he had continued to score at the same efficiency as he did in the second half of the third quarter, Suwan would have scored 22 points by now and Kobe's score would have exceeded 30 points long ago.

"Obviously, Su Wan has found a way to limit Kobe!"

What is "toxic only"?

Barkley then responded to all the words Kenny Smith had just said to Suwan.

But at this moment, he obviously forgot his "poisonous milk" attribute... The next second after he said this, Kobe immediately found his form, and the Pacers took turns to use Suwan and Artest for a "round-robin battle", but the result was "both wingers returned home", Kobe scored 11 points in a row, allowing the Lakers to pull the lead back to about 6 points and enter the last 2 minutes.

During this period, although Suwan also scored 4 points, it still cannot be compared with Kobe's state.

The difference between a "superstar" and a "superstar" is reflected at this moment:
Suwan scored 7 points in the fourth quarter, but Kobe's score in the fourth quarter was already over double digits.

If the Pacers hadn't been so good at shooting from the outside tonight, the Lakers' lead would have been much bigger.

But Kobe didn't look happy, or even excited at all.

On the contrary, it is a bit depressing...

He had to endure Suwan's "trash talk" throughout the game. When he wanted to say something back, Phil Jackson's calm and composed look immediately popped up in his mind, so he had to stop, which made him feel suffocated.

He could ignore Su Wan's "trash talk" and respond with actual performance...

He is able to do this.

But now, after he realized that Su Wan, who seemed to have listened to the "trash talk", was the strongest form of Su Wan... he felt that not fighting back against Su Wan would be spiritual cowardice and compromise for him.

How is this different from admitting defeat?
Such a victory...

Can it be called victory?

Kobe glanced at the time and the final score.

With one and a half minutes left in the game, the Lakers led by 1 points...

It looks like the Lakers have already secured victory.

"Look at the score, kid. The way you talk trash made me think the Pacers were leading!"

"Do you know what you should do now?"

"Shut up, accept this defeat, and then go back and review this game carefully, so that I won't be so easy to beat you in the next game!"

Kobe couldn't help it in the end, and after Suwan said another "trash talk", he sprayed him with a lot of trash talk.

After saying a few words of "trash talk", he immediately felt much better.

Knew it!
This is his “Black Mamba” style of playing the game!

He never stopped talking in front of Jordan, so how could he be controlled by Cricket Su Wan?
Phil Jackson, this "charlatan", actually fooled me for so long, and I almost lost my faith!

Why does hearing trash talk make you stronger?

The one I’m fighting is “the strongest Su Wan”!
Kobe thought that with the last minute and a half left and the team leading by 1 points, if he couldn't win the game, he should lose.

Su Wan was stunned for a moment, looking at Kobe, whose expression became a little broken after he finished talking trash. He could probably feel Kobe's psychological activities at the moment.

Yeah!

This is Kobe!

If it weren’t for this kind of “stubbornness”, bah, if it weren’t for this kind of “Mamba spirit”, how could there be 60e’s “die-hard fans”?

Su Wan was not polite and immediately turned on the "The zone" mode.

Then he made a stunning breakthrough and slam dunk, causing Yao Ming to foul and getting a "2+1" opportunity.

The scene, which had already begun to become dull, came back to life after this dunk.

Rick Carlisle's frown suddenly relaxed.

Everyone took a deep breath:

They could feel that the long-awaited Su Wan was back!
Phil Jackson was stunned for a moment, then shook his head helplessly.

TNT's camera happened to be on him at this time, and Barkley thought that his "steaming" had made the "Zen Master" shake his head.

When the "Zen Master" saw Suwan suddenly going berserk, his first instinct was that Kobe must have said "trash talk" to Suwan, and then Kobe's face, which became more motivated, also proved this point.

He really wanted to post this to his friends:
I have been walking on thin ice all my life, why do I always meet such "weird" leaders?

It’s better not to mention Michael Jordan!

Shaquille O'Neal...

Have you ever seen someone taking off all his clothes and rubbing against the head coach just to avoid training?

Now this is even more bizarre, the questions and answers have been told to him, and he is expected to get 100 points, but he insists on changing a set of test papers and answering the questions again.

Moreover, with less than 2 minutes before I was supposed to hand in my paper, I stood up and told the invigilator to change the last question for me. It was too easy and I knew the answer. Please give me a more difficult one.

It has to be the most difficult one!

Su Wan made the free throw, narrowing the gap to 2 points.

"Zen Master" called a timeout.

Kobe saw the helplessness on his face, stared at him, and asked him: "Phil, do you think I can't beat Su Wan in this state?"

Phil Jackson explained: "I don't think you can't win, I just think it will be a bigger ..."

"Phil, do you believe me?"

"Kobe, I have great trust in you, but..."

"Phil, do you believe me?"

"..." Phil Jackson exhaled and nodded in compromise, "OK!"

The staff separated the reporter from the two of them. In addition, Phil Jackson was holding a tactical board in his hand. Because Phil Jackson finally nodded in compromise, Bill Walton thought that he compromised with the tactics: "Kobe insisted on his style of play, but there is no problem with that. Superstars should have their own judgment on the final situation. Stars who wait for the head coach to arrange tactics can only show that they are not confident in their abilities!"

The more "ancient" the stars are, the more confident they are in their abilities, and they firmly believe that they can beat eight opponents alone.

When the "Emperor of Basketball" Chamberlain mentioned Michael Jordan, he always called him "this kid" and believed that Jordan played in easy mode. His reason was that they, the predecessors, helped change many rules, and these rule changes made Michael Jordan's performance on the court possible.

This shows how confident Chamberlain is.

But only those who are confident in their own abilities can stand up and make the final move at the most critical moment.

As long as there are fans who scold the head coach on behalf of their own players, either there are too many players in the team who want to play the last attack and the head coach needs to make a decision, but the head coach cannot make a decision; or no one in the team dares to stand up and make excuses for them to shift the blame.

I haven’t heard of it in the 00s, but the head coach needs to arrange tactics for the last attack at the critical moment of the game.

At most, we can use tactics to allow the core of the team to receive the ball smoothly. How to play depends entirely on the core's own choice.

Just like Kobe at this moment, and also like Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving later...

Taking responsibility is what a leader should do.

Bill Walton understood that Kobe did not agree with Phil Jackson's tactics at this time.

Of course, he had no idea that what Kobe and Phil Jackson were discussing was not what he thought.

The game started again, the ball was in Kobe's hands, sharp eyes met sharp eyes, and Kobe felt that familiar sense of oppression.

Such a game...

It feels good when you win!
Kobe's eyes were fiery and he kept testing Su Wan's reaction.

Seeing that he had not taken the next step, Su Wan approached him directly. Kobe pulled back and increased the range of his dribbling, which made his dribbling more deceptive. The initiative in the game with Su Wan was back in his hands.

But when he took a big step away from the three-point line, Artest also stepped forward and surrounded Suwan.

The Pacers' true defensive intentions in this round also became apparent at this time...

Don't let Kobe be the end of this round!

By the time Kobe noticed this, he had already been surrounded by Artest and Suwan. No one in the world could break through Artest and Suwan under such circumstances.

Michael Jordan couldn't do it, Kobe couldn't do it...

The moment the ball came out of Kobe's hands, the entire formation of the Lakers was in chaos.

Fisher controlled the ball, but when he saw the score difference in his peripheral vision, he dared not shoot. Odom received the ball in the center circle and turned around to shoot a jump shot, but was affected by O'Neal Jr.

The ball hit the backboard with a bang and fell straight out.

"Ho!"

Two shouts rang out almost simultaneously.

Kobe and Suwan collided in the air, but in the end it was Suwan who grabbed the rebound with his longer arms span and bigger hands.

"Get back to defense quickly!"

Phil Jackson shouted anxiously on the sidelines.

OK……

Su Wan's fast break with the ball drove the head coach crazy again.

Seeing that the Pacers' fast break speed was obviously faster than the Lakers', Su Wan simply sped up and broke through the basket directly.

Kobe Bryant intercepts as the first line of defense...

Facing his "sliding step", Su Wan could only use his ultimate move:

Don’t slow down and change direction!
This move had stunned Wade before, but this time, Kobe seemed to know that he would definitely use this move. He reacted in advance, pulled back, and continued to stay in front of Su Wan.

"Dangdang!"

It was a perfect defense. Su Wan didn't expect that even after using the "Seven Injury Fist", he still couldn't get rid of Kobe.

Fortunately, the Pacers had more players on the fast break, and O'Neal Jr. protected the ball and passed it to Suwan.

At this time, all the Lakers players retreated. There was no chance for a fast break, so Su Wan simply controlled the ball and consumed a little more time.

The last 15 seconds, a 2-point difference, and a chance to "make the final decision".

All the fans in the audience stood up, clasped their hands to their chests, and prayed that Suwan would save Indiana again.

Kobe took a defensive stance, like a wild beast looking for food.

Su Wan was his prey.

O'Neal Jr. stepped forward to set a pick-and-roll, but Suwan asked him to just move away.

"Su Wan wants to play one-on-one against Kobe!" Barkley shouted strangely.

David Stern couldn't help but lean forward when he saw this. He really wanted to know the real-time ratings at this time. A staff member actually rushed into his office at this time: "David, 3 million!"

Irene, who was at the scene, had already posed for photos, ready for what was to come. In her heart, the scene was destined to be a historic one.

Under the gaze of 3 million American fans, Suwan watched the time fall below the last 7 seconds and he began to approach Kobe.

The moment Kobe got close to him, he moved towards him.

Su Wan forced a diagonal breakthrough, his speed increased in an instant, and the two men reached the three-point line in the confrontation.

The moment Suwan stepped on the three-point line, Kobe's concentration reached its peak... He had to judge whether Suwan was ready to play overtime or wanted to end the game directly.

As Su Wan's center of gravity became lower and lower, his whole body kept leaning forward. When he was about to get rid of Kobe, Kobe was sure that Su Wan wanted to get 2 points, so he immediately leaned back.

It was also at this time that Su Wan suddenly retracted his center of gravity, made an extremely extreme and large forward change of direction, and stepped back, and actually retreated back to the three-point line.

"Wow!"

This technical move alone left Barkley dumbfounded.

What kind of outstanding physical fitness is needed to achieve this?

Kobe also realized at this time that he had been fooled. When he wanted to chase back, his center of gravity had already fallen backwards. As his feet moved in a disorderly manner, his whole body fell directly to the ground.

Knocked down!

"OMG!"

Now not only Barkley, but even the fans at the scene became excited, with fanaticism appearing on their faces.

Everyone knows what this means, but there is a premise:
Suwan was able to hit the next shot.

Su Wan...

He adjusted his body center of gravity, took a glance at his toes while receiving the ball, and after making sure he was not stepping on the line, he raised his hand and shot a three-pointer.

Irene watched Su Wan in the camera jump up and press the keys continuously at the highest point before throwing the ball.

This is a photo that looks very similar to Michael Jordan's final shot.

Just the background of Michael Jordan's shot was the desperate look of the people in Salt Lake City.

The background of Suwan's shot was the wild excitement of Indiana fans.

This is probably what God is, making enemies despair and giving believers eternal life...

The ball thrown by Su Wan fell into the basket.

The entire Conseco suddenly turned into a sea of cheers.

At this moment, all you can hear is the excited howls of the Indians.

The moment the ball went into the basket, the red light on the backboard lit up.

This means that the Lakers have no chance to fight back at all.

It wasn't just Kobe who fell to the ground, but all the Lakers players...

"Kobe, don't show off in front of me. This is the price!" Su Wan made a "good night" gesture to Kobe who was still sitting on the ground.