March 16, 2007

Staples Center in Los Angeles

Another NBA game night, both sides are the Los Angeles Lakers and the Portland Trail Blazers.

The media responsible for broadcasting this game is FSN (Fox     Sports    Net).

In March, the Lakers started with a six-game losing streak, and after Wei Xia came back, they defeated the Nuggets.

No one knows what will be waiting for them after a series of losses. Today, they are again against the Trail Blazers, a team that aims directly at Greg Oden but cannot be underestimated.

Compared to the previous game, Wei Xia's playing time has increased by 10 minutes.

Tonight, he can play for 30 minutes.

Since there are 30 minutes left, Phil Jackson naturally wants to put him on the starting list.

In the game against the Trail Blazers, the Lakers' starting lineup changed slightly from the previous ones: Weisha, Kobe, Odom, Radmanovic and Ryan Hollins who returned from injury.

In addition to Chris Meim, who has been confirmed to be reimbursed for the season, all the Lakers' casualties have returned to the team.

With the remaining 17 regular season games, they must do their best.

The ridiculous person is Vaughan Weaver. He was wearing the appearance uniform. He was obviously not the protagonist, but he clapped with every teammate off the court. He sat down after finishing a set of clapping gifts with special meanings.

The Lakers' opponents, the Trail Blazers who have defeated them several times before, released a young and limitless starting lineup: Roy, Amy Udoka (Ime    SF), Jarret Jack, Lamarcus Aldridge, and Zach Randolph.

By seeing their starting lineup, you can tell that they have ideas about the game.

The Trail Blazers can lose to any team, but they cannot lose to the Lakers.

It is precisely because of the existence of the Lakers that the Trail Blazers' 100 million-dollar lineup was wasted in the early 2000s, and the investment enthusiasm of the boss Paul Allen faded.

The Lakers and the Trail Blazers have an indelible blood hatred.

It is worth mentioning that this deep hatred is only one-sided for the Trail Blazers.

The Lakers don't have so many ideas about them. After all, during the OK dominance of the Western Conference, there were more than the Trail Blazers teams that were killed by them for many years. Neither the King nor the Spurs said anything.

Aldridge's jump ball is comparable to Hollins.

Neither of them seized the best opportunity to take off, and they poked the ball to their own people simply by relying on their arms.

The positions of both sides were set aside.

Aldridge deeply understood his positioning. He was just a small pawn in the prison team, and Randolph was the boss.

Everyone saw that Randolph received a pass outside the paint area on the right. Hollins, who was facing him, was very worried that he would launch a fat body to hit him with all his strength.

He overestimated Randolph.

If this fat man had that enlightenment, he would not be complained frequently.

Radolph was more willing to use his precious body to do hand-to-hand combat, and then shoot at the basket.

The basketball flew out of the paint area and made a brilliant iron.

Kobe controlled the defensive rebounds, took them alone to the frontcourt, and passed them to Odom who was in the front. The latter made a set of left-hand magician layups and successfully completed the end.

2 to 0

"As long as the staff is complete, the Lakers still have the strength to be the top four in the West."

Michael Thompson's confidence in the Lakers who are currently ranked 10th in the West.

But the Trail Blazers continued to look for opportunities in the inside.

Others come back from injury and want to protect themselves and not be hurt again.

The first thing Wei Xia knew was that the swelling on his ankle had been reduced and there was no other discomfort. The team doctor limited his playing time to the safe side, and he had no objection. If he could only play for 30 minutes, he had to find a way to use all the physical strength for 48 minutes within 30 minutes.

The pressing of the whole audience became his first choice.

He took Jack almost 8 seconds to take the ball through half.

The defensive pressure Jack has to bear is difficult for his teammates to see. Wei Xia is very clear about pressing, maintaining a defensive position, and giving pressure at any time. If the opponent wants to advance, he must pass his physical barrier. He always ensures that he is passive so that the referee can't call him a foul. At the same time, the quick horizontal movement is enough to intercept 98% of the defenders.

As long as he is cruel to use the pressure of the whole game, there are only a handful of defenders who can afford to take it.

Even two-time MVP Steve Nash couldn't stand it, and Jarrett Jack, who specialized in starting and getting on the lead, couldn't do it.

Roy kindly responded, but he couldn't get rid of Kobe behind him.

As soon as Jack's ball came out, Kobe ran away from Roy from behind. If Wei Xia was the referee, he would give Kobe a defensive foul. The view of the sideline referee is different from that of Wei Xia. Can a superstar's defensive foul also be called a defensive foul? He just "lightly" touched Roy. Who told Roy to stop without bumping, and just touched it!

Kobe cut off the Trail Blazers' pass and ran slowly to the frontcourt. The Trail Blazers collectively gave up their defense against him.

Kobe also did not satisfy the fans' expectations and dribbled in the frontcourt and made a layup.

4 to 0

"If it were Wish, he would probably have a free throw line to dunk?" Old Thompson said exaggeratedly.

Spero Dedes smiled and said, "It's not Wish if you don't dunk, but it's understandable that Kobe is past that age."

They said it seemed as if Kobe was about to retire.

Actually, it’s not that exaggerated. Kobe still has a good way to go when he is thirty years old.

Besides, who says that performance belongs to young people?

In the future, there is a baby face who has been in her thirties with three-pointers and still wants to play dunks at all times.

It is difficult for Jack to disrupt Wei Xia's defense with his ability.

Wei Xia's tough confrontation allowed his pace to stay outside the paint area.

He can only pass the ball, because if he doesn't pass the ball, he will only make mistakes.

The Trail Blazers generally seem calm, and they are extremely clear about their strengths.

Keep looking for Randolph!

It must be known that the few games they won the Lakers before were the time when the Lakers were the most empty inside.

Now that the Lakers' regular staff have returned, it is not a smart decision to grab the inside and play.

Randolph gave up his outside shot and started to play behind his back.

This is correct. Every time he pushes, Hollins will take a big step back.

Suddenly, he saw the shoulder shaking movements of a small forward.

His height and physique can make such flexible shoulder shaking, which is enough to prove that he is an inside line full of offensive talent. Hollins easily shakes, and he turns around and holds the ball with one hand and hits the hollow.

2 to 4

No matter how critics despise him or question him, they cannot point fingers at his attack.

He is definitely an excellent inside offensive core. If there is no problem with his thoughts, the reputation should not be just that.

"What else can you do besides passing the ball to Kobe?"

Jack wanted to say something to influence Wei Xia.

"I should pretend that I don't know that you have no other way than to pass the ball to the inside?" Wei Xia said, and the ball was given to Kobe.

Under everyone's gaze, Kobe held the ball with both hands and tried to walk, unable to shake Roy, but instead made his defense tighter and tighter.

Kobe has time and space to do some moves and find better opportunities, but that is not Kobe.

Many people say that Kobe is the most like Jordan.

This word like this is actually very general.

Because its meaning is by no means "playing style".

Jordan did not attack as frequently as Kobe's attacking under extremely difficult shooting pressure.

Jordan was like the Black Panthers in the early days, and no one could stop him from breaking through. He improved his shooting and low-post steps later. He was light on any offense and rarely got as hard as Kobe.

Kobe's choice is still to be tough when fighting Roy.

Roy's defensive position was in good condition, and he made a thrust shot.

What hit Roy very hard was that Kobe scored that goal.

6 to 2

"I really don't know what fun you have to play like this!" Wei Xia expressed his understanding of Jack's sour lemon mind.

If he was also a teammate with Kobe, his passes to Kobe must be more frequent than anyone on the Lakers.

Wei Xia blocked Jack's route with all her might and laughed: "You can never understand how interesting it is to just pass the ball without worrying about the offense."

Wei Xia made Jack believe that even if one day the Lakers collectively wrecked ship and Kobe was the only one who could swim, he wouldn't drown.

Because Wei Xia will definitely hug Kobe from behind like an octopus.

"It's so shameless!"

After Jack said that, he dribbled the ball and hit Wei Xia.

Wei Xia hasn't played basketball for too long, and the muscle memory of the fake fall has not come back, so she missed the opportunity.
To be continued...