The glory of the basketball gods

Chapter 234 In the summer of 2001, the eyes of the king (third update)

Since the start of this season, the Lakers have achieved a record of 4 wins and 2 losses. They are in the second group of the Western Conference. The four opponents they have defeated are the Spurs, Eagles, Magic and Mavericks. There is no lack of traditional fish belly like the Bobcats in the game.

In general, the Lakers lacked Phil Jackson, and their performance fluctuated a lot at the beginning of the season. Mike Brown's impromptu command also began to be questioned by the harsh Los Angeles media. His performance has been very stable, that is, the head star Kobe Bryant, whether it is scoring or hitting the iron, Kobe has performed very well. While scoring 34.5 points per game, he also almost knocked the opponent's basket.

Under Kobe's wonderful performance, Artest, who changed his name to Ci Shiping, also learned half of Kobe's essence, and added icing on the cake in the process of Kobe's blacksmithing. Since the start of the season, Artest has only averaged 7 points per game, and his shooting percentage has dropped to A career-low 39.4%, and a career-low 29.6-point shooting percentage of 1.5%. Fortunately, Artest's defense is still there, and he can contribute a team-high [-] steals per game, otherwise Kobe would definitely roar at Artest, Where did Mr. Artest go.

The Lakers did not fall apart because of the resignation of the coach. The core lineup of last season was still maintained. On the point guard, although the old fisher Fisher was gone, Blake, who performed well in the Trail Blazers period, successfully took over and replaced Fisher. Compared with the age of the old fish, the young Steve Blake has an advantage in defense, and at the same time, he is not worse than Fisher in scoring.

The Lakers' starting lineup for this game is as follows:

Center: Bynum, Power Forward: Gasol, Small Forward: Artest, Shooting Guard: Kobe, Point Guard: Blake.

The team's sixth man, Lamar Odom, has left the team, but there are still some freshmen on the bench. Matt Barnes, Troy Murphy, Josh McRoberts and others are enough to make up for Odom's vacancy.

Facing the Lakers who have completely become Kobe's team, the Cavaliers will remain unchanged and respond to all changes. Whiteside, Jamison, Yuan Man, Klay, and Irving's starting five all appeared on the field.

"Yuan Man! Yuan Man! Yuan Man!"

Although the game has not yet started, the home fans have already started to shout Yuan Man's name.

"This guy has become like LeBron." Kobe felt in his heart that this guy named Yuan Man is only 20 years old, and his future is really limitless!
"I didn't expect Yuan to have such a great influence. He has already become a symbol of Cleveland." Gasol couldn't help but think.

What Artest thought was, "When we met last season, Yuan was just a young kid. I didn't expect that he would make his mark in Cleveland in just one season. It's really enviable."

Seeing the home fans shouting Yuan Man's name, Barkley in the live broadcast also said emotionally: "Yuan is really amazing to be able to quickly win back the hearts of the fans after LeBron left. Success when it comes to the Rockets."

After a pause, Barkley quickly added: "No, he has surpassed Yao!"

At this moment, with the cheers of the fans at the scene, the game began!

Whiteside won the ball for the Cavaliers, and the Cavaliers attacked first.

"Yuan Man, just let the horse come here." Before Artest finished speaking, Yuan Man had already passed him with the ball.

Just past Artest, when there was still a big step away from Gasol who was defending, Yuan Man seized the opportunity and made a very appropriate half-shot.

This take-off position is very good, Artest behind him did not catch up, Gasol in front of him is also a bit far away, and Yuan Man's take-off height is very high, so there is a lot of room for shots.

Yuan Man watched himself take off, and watched himself stay in the air. The time in the air was so long that Yuan Man even had time in the air to see a little fat man sitting in the second row on the sidelines eating a Yuan Man card. American sausage!

After watching the little fat man chew and swallow the sausage in his mouth, Yuan Mancai threw the ball in his hand and made a sure hit!

Yuan Man, who landed on the ground, couldn't believe what happened just now. Just when he took off to shoot, everything around him, including time, seemed to stand still!
This is such a powerful stagnation, this is the feeling that Yuan Man has never experienced after he got Mai Di's talent!
From Yuan Man's first shot, Kobe noticed Yuan Man's difference.

Yuan Man has improved, and more than a little bit. Although Yuan Man played very well last season and won the best rookie award, judging from today's first shot, Yuan Man this season can completely suspend him. Play yourself last season.

Of course Kobe doesn't know that the current Yuan Man is a combination of himself and the god of basketball.

Meeting an opponent is what every scorer is most willing to see, and the opponent's performance will also stimulate his own desire to score.

After Yuan Man's goal, Kobe did his part, and a change of direction in front of his body accelerated to throw Clay away. Although Clay tried his best to block it, he only followed the first two steps before being thrown away by Kobe.

Kobe, who rushed into the inside, faced Whiteside, seemingly not paying attention to him at all. Facing Whiteside's block, Kobe made an aerial change of hands and hit a layup with his left hand, scoring 2 points lightly.

"Kobe really is Kobe." Barkley immediately commented on Kobe's attack.

"The only person who can stop Kobe from scoring is Kobe himself. On this earth, no one can really guard him." Smith also praised this guy who is known as the closest basketball god after Jordan.

But right away, Yuan Man scored again on Artest's defense. The movement of catching the ball with one hand was swayed, but it was different from the usual movement of catching the basketball. This time, the arm was raised 45 degrees to maintain the posture of catching the ball. , and then despised Artest, who sank his center of gravity and raised his neck, with the air of a condescending king.

Seeing Yuan Man's eyes, some panic flashed in Artest's heart. For many years, Artest hadn't felt this way for a long time.

When was the last time? Artest's thoughts drifted to the summer of 2001. The man he was facing up to at that time had the same look in his eyes. Because he was too frightened, he didn't control the strength of his body and moved too much when defending. Big, broke the opponent's ribs
The corners of Yuan Man's mouth rose slightly, and at the moment when he retracted his arms, he swung his body slightly to the left, making a fake move to break through to the left, just as Artest quickly withdrew his thoughts, and his body inertially moved to the right to defend , Yuan Man had already transformed into a breakthrough to the right, sprinting from the left side of Artest's body.

In this attack, Artest completely misjudged the direction, and Yuan Man rushed to the inside line defended by Gasol and Bynum with the ball.

(End of this chapter)