Basketball: Serious injury at the start!Turn on hell mode

Halftime, Lakers locker room.

"Kobe, you completely overwhelmed Duke in the first half. In a way, you've won."

Phil Jackson first praised Kobe, and then the painting style changed again.

"But, I guess you'd prefer to beat each other both as a team and as an individual?"

Phil Jackson meant something.

Kobe naturally understood what the other party meant and nodded, indicating that he knew how to fight.

Phil Jackson is also very satisfied, he naturally doesn't care about the Knicks team.

The first half was just for Kobe to vent his emotions, and he didn't even call a timeout in the first half.

On the other side, in the Knicks locker room.

D'Antoni is encouraging his players.

"Just play as in the first half, keep Kobe in a singles state, Yi, David, the two of you are ready to defend at any time."

"Duke, on the offensive end, you have to switch with the ball and off the ball at any time. When Kobe is guarding you, use Yi and David's screens to run out of space......"

However, at the beginning of the second half, the Knicks players found that the imagined scene did not appear.

When Kobe jumped up to shoot after hitting the inside line once, Ah Lian and David Lee rushed forward at the same time.

But Kobe took the ball back in the air, found Gasol in the high position through the air, and passed the basketball.

Gasol didn't waste the opportunity and hit the ball steadily.

Immediately after the next round, when everyone thought that Kobe would pass to an open teammate, he chose to lay up by himself again, playing the UAE who came to defend for a while.

Duke was also secretly shocked.

Sure enough, Kobe who can pass the ball is the scariest.

Kobe began to perform, and Duke was naturally not far behind.

After handing over the ball, he started to run aimlessly on the field, relying on the cover of Ah Lian and David Lee to keep shuttling on the field, which upset Kobe who was following the defense.

The hard work paid off, and under the active running position, he also ran out of a corner three-pointer.

Chris Duhon, who had been observing at the top of the arc, was also ready to pass the ball, and passed the ball the moment an open space appeared.

Duke shot a three-pointer from the bottom corner.

"Shh!"

Another hit.

Kobe also frowned. Duke's actions reminded him of Hamilton of the Pistons, the man who had been running all game.

And when Duke ran out of space again in the next round, Ariza finally couldn't help but ran over to defend.

Duke, who has a broad vision, threw the basketball at a 45-degree angle, and Marion caught the ball and scored another three-pointer.

"Shh!"

Consecutive three-point hits!

The two sides come and go, and the point difference is always maintained within 5 points. The Lakers can't pull away, and the Knicks can't catch up.

Phil Jackson on the sidelines didn't panic at all, because he knew the Knicks wouldn't last long.

Back-to-back games will put the physical strength of the Knicks players to a severe test, and the Knicks players obviously do not have enough physical reserves.

Sure enough, by the fourth quarter, the physical fitness of the Knicks players had begun to bottom out.

The efficiency on the defensive and offensive ends has also begun to decline.

The Lakers took this opportunity to play a wave of offensive climax, expanding the point difference to more than ten points.

D'Antoni is also helpless. If it is other problems, he can deal with them by substituting players or adjusting tactics, but he has nothing to do with physical problems at this moment.

"When we go back, we need to strengthen the physical reserves of the players, otherwise it will be difficult in the playoffs."

He no longer has much hope for this game, and all he thinks about is the future of the team.

Pause back, and the game continues.

The Knicks, who rested for 2 minutes, still couldn't stop their decline.

By the time there were 4 minutes left in the fourth quarter, the point difference had reached 16 points.

"Shh!"

Duke faced Kobe and scored a three-pointer at the top of the arc, helping the team narrow the point difference to 13 points.

This is also his 25th point in this game, which has already surpassed Kobe's 20 points or less.

But the team went in the opposite direction to the goddess of victory.

As Gasol once again caused the Knicks inside the shooting foul.

D'Antoni chose to replace all the main players and directly announced that he had given up the game.

In the end, the Knicks lost to the Lakers 101-114 in an away game, and they still couldn't cross the hurdle of 4 consecutive victories.

Duke's performance was acceptable, with 25 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists proving that Kobe's so-called defense against death is nonsense.

On the other side, Kobe scored 39 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists, taking an absolute lead in scoring.

Duke was very depressed. Although he personally lost to James in the last game, the team won anyway.

This time not only the team lost, but the individual also suffered a disastrous defeat. The only consolation is that he surpassed Kobe in all statistics except scoring.

"Rookie, your progress is so fast, I won't be able to suppress you in two years."

Kobe came over and said to Duke with a smile on his face that the team's victory put him in a good mood.

"Still suppressing me? Two years later, I will beat you to the ground."

Duke said bitterly.

Kobe laughed out loud.

"Hahahaha, then I'll wait and see, don't lose to me again then, it would be too shameful."

The two no longer have the atmosphere of confrontation on the court. After all, they are enemies on the court, but they are friends off the court.

The friendly conversation between the two was also photographed by the reporter, making them secretly call it a pity.

They also counted on the two of them to be ruthless, so that they would have room to hype.

The harmony between the two also made there not be much disturbance after the game.

No one even mentioned the result of the declaration of war between the two before the game.

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The next day, the nba official website announced the new rookie of the week, and Duke was selected without any suspense.

He has already become numb to this, because if nothing else happens, this year's Rookie of the Year will also be his, so such a small Rookie of the Week can no longer cause waves in his heart.

On December 12, the Knicks returned to the home court and once again ushered in the challenge of the Bucks.

This game also didn't attract much attention, because the Bucks' Reed and Bogut were both injured again.

The absence of the two also made the game lose suspense, and Duke also missed Bogut again.

In the end, the Knicks defeated the Bucks by a big score of 115-92 at home.

Without Bogut, Duke lacked interest, and only scored 21 points in three quarters, and sent out 4 rebounds and 8 assists.

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