Chapter 120 The Lakers' First Battle

Author: Dust and Flowing Years

Chapter 120 The Lakers' First Battle

Time is February 5, 2008.

Today is the fourth game for the Lakers to challenge the Nets when they visit New Jersey.

The conflict between the two teams can be traced back to the 2001-02 season, when Kidd led the team to the finals. In the finals, he met the powerful Zijin Lakers. The result can be imagined.

O'Neal at the peak and Kobe who has grown up have easily solved it 4-0 like cutting melons and vegetables.

After that, Kidd reached the finals again and met the Spurs led by Daidai, who lost the finals 4-2 again, and the Nets gradually declined.

In the 04-05 season, Nets management traded Vince Carter from the Raptors, hoping that the team can reach the finals again, and Kidd also hoped to win a championship at the Nets, but things always went against their expectations.

The Nets haven't even rushed out of the Eastern Conference for several seasons, let alone the Finals.

The Nets have fallen out of the playoffs this season, and Kidd has increasingly had greater opinions on the management and has also applied for a deal from the team.

Looking at the situation of the Lakers and Nets at this time, it was a huge difference. The Lakers just traded an important puzzle for the team to win the championship, and became the team with the highest call for winning the championship; while the Nets gradually declined and were in charge.

The stars have applied for a deal and have fallen out of the playoffs this season.

Before the game started, Kidd looked at the Lakers' lineup after completing the deal and felt a little excited.

"Jason, what are you thinking?" Carter, who was traded to the Nets for several seasons, saw Kidd's abnormality at a glance and stepped forward to ask.

"It's nothing, I just feel that the management is mediocre again and has passed a season." The disappointment with the management is beyond words.

"Oh." Carter sighed, both for himself and for Kidd. "Jason, are you sure you want to leave here?" Still don't want Kidd to leave the Nets this season. He just jumped out of the contract.

He signed a new four-year contract with the Nets and was preparing to have a big fight with Kidd.

But the Nets' record this season is not an average bad one.

"Vince is sorry, he has proposed a deal to the management. We will never win the championship here." Kidd has been struggling in the league for more than ten seasons, and has entered the finals twice, but he has failed and returned.

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This season, the team's management did nothing, and the decline in the record made him determined to leave the Nets.

Carter saw that the persuasion was fruitless, "I hope you can be traded to a team with potential for championships." He could only send blessings to his old friends.

The two chatted for a while and continued to start warm-up training.

Looking at the starters of the two teams, Yu Jia looked at the coach Zhang beside him, "What do you think about Li Tian being traded to the Lakers?"

"Being traded to the Lakers is an opportunity for him, and of course there are also crises. The Lakers' goal this season is definitely the championship, and it is impossible to have too much time to train rookies.

It depends on whether he can seize the opportunity and use his own abilities to conquer Phil Jackson. If he performs well, he will be attracted by the team and will be greatly improved at the team's low post." Barbara said

It took a long time.

Yu Jia also understood and concluded, "Teacher Zhang, that depends on Li Tian's performance. If he performs well, it will become the team's championship puzzle; if he performs poorly, he will be a water dispenser player. Is this what it means?

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"Your summary is very reasonable." Director Zhang laughed.

Domestic fan forums were full of laughter.

"Guide Zhang also commented, it's so funny."

"Haha, the reasonable teacher is still so reasonable."

The time is 9:00 and the game officially begins.

Lakers starters: Fisher, Odom, Radmanovich (ski man), Gasol, Kobe;

Nets starter: Carter, Jefferson, Kidd, Williams, Boone.

When he arrived at the Lakers' first game, Li Tian still made the bench.

Because Bynum was injured and was reimbursed for the season, Gasol still appeared in the center position that he was unwilling to play, which was also a helplessness.

At the beginning of the game, Kobe did not make every effort to break through at the beginning, but instead used his deterrent power to attract defense and create offensive space for Gasol.

After 6 minutes of the first quarter, Gasol made 2 of 5 shots, scored 4 points and 3 rebounds, and was replaced by Phil, in order to give Gasol a way to adapt to the Lakers' game.

One point behind the Nets, the score came to 12-13.

Li Tian replaced Gasol, and the ski man was pushed to the center, and the ski man played the power forward.

"Paul, you're a little weak today. Before you can feel the romance of Los Angeles, you're starting to feel a little weak, which is not good." He joked while clapping Gasol's high-highlights.

"Get out! This is not adapting to the Lakers' rhythm, you can play well." Gasol encouraged.

"Li Tian appeared early. It seems that Phil still values ​​him very much. The Lakers teammates slapped him in high fives and were very popular with their teammates. The Lakers' atmosphere looks good and has not affected the team's atmosphere because of the transaction. I hope he can

Better integrate into the Lakers,” said Director Zhang.

"Yes, I'm looking forward to him getting back to his early-season form and returning to the ranks of the best rookie." Yu Jia also sent his blessings to Li Tian.

When Director Zhang heard this, he shook his head slightly and thought to himself, "It is very possible to perform and recover, but it is still difficult to return to the ranks of the best rookies. The Lakers' goal is to win the championship, not the playoffs."

The defender of him is the Nets' 17th pick in the first round of the 2007 rookie Williams, who is almost the same height and weight.

Fisher passed the ball with the ball and prepared to attack the position.

According to the position of the triangular attack, Li Tianze ambushed at the bottom corner on the left.

Kobe, who received the pass from Fisher, went straight into the penalty area from the 45-degree three-point line on the left. The Nets were afraid of Kobe's offensive threat, and Williams left his defender and chose to attack Carter.

According to his playing style last season, the two have long been used to double-teaming. This game is also intended to examine the two new players of the team under the premise of winning the game.

"This is unreasonable. Facing a double-team, he actually chose to pass the ball. Li Tian from the bottom corner received a pass from Kobe and made a three-pointer directly." Kobe, who always thought he was accustomed to double-team, actually chose to pass the ball.

Teacher Zhang Heli looked full of questions.

"Coach Zhang, Li Tian's open position in the corner is a good three-point open opportunity, and Kobe's pass is very reasonable." Yu Jia said to Coach Zhang with a smile.

"You are right to say that. I feel that Kobe is more reasonable in playing basketball today." Director Zhang did not forget to praise Kobe.

"A three-pointer hit the bottom corner." Yu Jia shouted loudly. "This is his first round when he came to the Lakers, and he scored three-pointers for the team and made a good start. I hope that his performance will increase in the future

OK, get to the starting position as soon as possible.”

Teammates all came over to celebrate with the bumps of their chests.

"Li, your three-pointer is very good, and I didn't disappoint my pass." Kobe praised.

"That's sure, do you feel Bird?" I didn't forget to pretend to be B.

"You are still Bird, but you are still far from it. You need to hit more three points to compare with Bird. Come on, man." Odom said from behind.

The first offense helped the team overtake the score, and the score reached 15-13.

Looking back, Kidd deserves to be a "Ki's No Attack". He passes and assists Carter. He rarely launches offenses, and only helps the team through assists.

Carter felt bad in this game. After being reimbursed by Bowen's footsteps season, the "half-man and half-god" who flew to the sky and the earth also lost its previous bounce.

By driving Williams at the basket, Li Tian grabbed the defensive rebound.

He grabbed the rebound and gave it to Fisher.

No matter what, the Nets, which have experienced the baptism of the playoffs every year, have a good defensive awareness, and their rapid placement prevented the Lakers from getting off the fast break.

Fisher still held the ball on the top of the arc and organized the team's offense.

Facing Kidd, who is more aggressive than himself and has no blind choice to break through with the ball.

The attack was passed to Kobe near the half-basket on the left. Facing Carter's defense, he turned around and prepared to play with his back, and his teammates opened up space for him.

Li Tian, ​​in the right corner, suddenly accelerated and threw away Williams who was defending himself. Through the cover of the men's skiing basketball team, he completely threw away the pursuit.

From the right bottom line to the left bottom corner, Kobe, who was playing singles on his back, saw his teammate get an open three-pointer again, without hesitation, throw the ball to Li Tian who had just landed.

Receive the ball and shoot again.

The basketball was hollowed into the net without a trace of water.

Sitting on the bench, Phil, looking at Li Tian's performance, couldn't help but say, "It's so delicious!"

It has added another help to the team for the championship.

However, it was not shown and felt that it still needed to continue to investigate. Both attempts were empty.

Frank (Nets head coach) saw Li Tian appearing in a row, and was very angry at Williams who was defending him, and shouted "Jefferson switched defense."

The Nets still didn't call a timeout.

The score reached 18:13, and the Lakers scored a 5-point lead.

Kidd, who had dribbled through half the court, whispered a few words to Carter.

The team's offensive end stagnated, and the two discussed how to break the situation.

With the advantage of speed, he beat Fisher's pursuit and received an all-time pick from Kidd and scored a dunk.

The Nets finally stopped the decline.

Facing Jefferson's defense, although Li Tian has an advantage in height, Jefferson's speed and defensive experience are not comparable to Williams, who is a rookie.
To be continued...