Start punching from this is slam dunk

Chapter 41
This game took place on November 1996, 11. The Lakers were a guest at the Phoenix Suns. Kobe had just entered the league as a rookie, and this season had just begun. Feel what it's like to play in the NBA and help Jiangbei improve his strength faster. After all, problems can be better discovered in actual combat.

The starting players of the Suns are Rex Chapman, Robert Horry, Wesley Person, Danny Manning and AC Green.As the core of the Suns, Danny Manning served as a power forward and was the No. 88 pick in the 20 draft. Although Manning was a first-class player averaging 6 points, 3 rebounds and 15 assists per game in his peak era, he was rarely promoted to the ranks of superstars.Played in the NBA for 2 seasons but has only entered the All-Star Game twice, and has never even been selected to any annual team.

The starting lineup for the Lakers is: Eddie Jones, Shaquille O'Neal, Nick Van Exel, Byron Scott, Eldon Campbell.The Sharks, who have just transferred from the Magic, are planning to show their talents in the Lakers. Last season, O'Neal maintained excellent data of 26.6 points, 11 rebounds, 2.9 assists, and 2.1 blocks per game.

Jiang Bei replaced Kobe in the game, wearing the No. 8 Lakers jersey. Jiang Bei was excited when he saw these NBA stars who had only seen them on mobile phone videos.

At the beginning of the game, O'Neal successfully got the ball with a jump ball. The Lakers attacked. Van Exel advanced with the ball.After this season, the former Lakers meritorious player announced his retirement.

After that, Scott embarked on a coaching career. In 2014, Scott signed a four-year $1700 million contract with the Lakers and became the 25th coach in the history of the Lakers.

Scott, who got the ball, did not hesitate to shoot a three-pointer immediately, successfully hit and scored a three-pointer.Looking back, Horry of the Suns planned to return a three-pointer, but the shot went out of the frame, and O'Neal took the defensive rebound.

In the first quarter, the two sides played back and forth, and the score gap was not too big. The Lakers 21:17, leading the Suns by 4 points.

Jiang Bei didn't have a deep impression of this game, and he didn't know if Nash, who had just joined Phoenix, would be able to meet him. If he could, it would be great. It must be a good experience to play against the "Zon of the Wind" after that. You must know that Nash is also a coach now.I really hope to have the opportunity to play against these 96 golden generation players in the future.

In the second quarter, the main players were off, and it was time for the substitutes, and Jiang Bei came on as a substitute.The Lakers point guard is Derek Fisher, small forward Jerome Kersey, power forward Corey Blunt, and center Sean Lukes.

The Phoenix Suns replaced Nash, Michael Finley and other substitutes.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Suns served and Nash held the ball. During this period, Nash hadn’t developed his elusive passing skills. This season, Nash only averaged 3.3 points, 2.1 assists and 1.0 rebounds per game.

Nash, who had just played, chose to shoot a three-pointer to try his firepower. The moment the ball was shot, Nash felt the ball was crooked. Nash shook his head. It seems that today is not suitable for shooting three-pointers!

However, the rebound was taken by Michael Finley of the Suns, and he hit Sean with his back. Finley's ability was not at the same level as Sean's, and he easily turned around and hit the rebound.

The possession of the ball was changed, Fisher brought the ball to the three-point line, and passed the ball to Jiangbei to handle. Jiangbei who got the ball planned to break through the inside line, but after trying it, he found it was a bit difficult, and Jiangbei almost made a mistake.Although Jiangbei was only facing the NBA's bench lineup, it had to be said that his defensive ability was indeed much higher than that of these domestic players. Compared with the players in this is the slam dunk program group, Jiangbei, who was used to playing against such a tight defense, felt a little uncomfortable all of a sudden.

Jiangbei had no choice but to shoot a three-pointer. Fortunately, Jiangbei's three-pointer was still playing steadily and did not disappoint Jiangbei, otherwise it would be over.

After two or three rounds of offense and defense, Jiangbei finally adapted to the rhythm of the NBA game and began to output steadily.In order to be able to play against Nash, Jiangbei chose to switch positions with Fisher.

Nash was selected by the Phoenix Suns with the 96th pick in the first round of the 15 draft. Through the fight against Nash, Jiangbei felt that Nash was really strong and could give Jiangbei enough pressure on defense.

Jiang Bei couldn't help thinking: "This is still Nash in his rookie period. If it is the Nash who was selected to the best team three times in the future, what kind of feeling will it be like?"

With Jiangbei's continuous performance, the Lakers' lead began to expand continuously. When the point difference was the largest, the gap was once widened to 10 points.The head coach of the Suns, Danny Ainge, saw that the situation was wrong and immediately replaced the main players.

"Silver Fox" Harris also made adjustments immediately, replacing Campbell and Van Exel. Facing the main lineup, the defensive pressure escalated again, but this time Jiangbei did not have much discomfort and quickly adapted to this defensive intensity.

But I have to say that the Lakers did make a lot of mistakes in today's game. Jiangbei's mentality is not as strong as Kobe's. When facing the main force of the Suns, he was still a little nervous. He quickly got two mistakes, was replaced by the coach, and sat on the sidelines.

In the end, the Lakers won the game with 98:88 Suns. In this game, Jiangbei scored 12 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists, 3 turnovers, and 1 foul in the same playing time as Kobe.Four of six three-pointers were shot, with a shooting percentage of 66.7%.

At the end of the game, the scene changed, and he was brought to Kobe again and asked, "Teacher, how is my performance!"

Kobe looked at Jiang Bei and said, "The psychological quality needs to be strengthened, and the ability to break through the defense is not enough. In order to perform well, there are fewer turnovers and fouls than I did at the time, but fewer fouls also means that your defense is not active enough. There are still many problems. I will not talk about it. I will pay more attention to training in these aspects in the past few days. Next time, I will arrange a stronger opponent for you."

(End of this chapter)