"OH~MY~GOD~" the Knicks' on-site commentator and famous mouthpiece Mike Breen suddenly said loudly: "What did I see? Kobe, Kobe Bryant, actually punched Dwight Howard???
Is this true? What happened to the Lakers?" This voice made the nearly 20,000 fans in Madison Square Garden look sideways and looked in the direction of the Lakers bench area.
Whisper.
In the T.N.T live broadcast room, there were also several voices exclaiming:
"Ah~ what happened just now? Kobe Bryant punched Dwight Howard in the face? What made the Black Mamba explode? Losing? Not making the playoffs? Or the overwhelmed outside world?
Public pressure?"
"Kenny, no matter what the specific cause is, I think the Lakers are going to collapse right now."
"I agree with you very much, Reggie. Kobe's punch is tantamount to ruining the future of the Lakers." Kenny Smith said: "Even if this season fails, there will still be next season. The Lakers will
After all, the strength of the roster cannot be underestimated. As long as there is enough time to adjust, I think we can still return to the ranks of championship contenders. But if this punch continues, Mitch Kupchak will probably have his hands full.
Got it!"
"Kobe Bryant, the No. 2 player closest to Jordan, is still not as good as Jordan after all." Reggie Miller sighed.
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"You dare to hit me??? Old dog!!! I'm going to kill you!!!" Howard yelled and rushed in the direction of Kobe, who was also ready for a big fight.
He raised his fists and swung his chest. But Howard's attack was unsuccessful, because someone pulled him down and said: "Hey, no fighting, understand? Warcraft?"
Howard turned around and was about to curse angrily, but as soon as he saw the clear face, he immediately calmed down and said: "Dongfang...Dongfang permed, he did it first, didn't you see it?" Who knew that Tang
Qian "Open and aboveboard" said: "I'm sorry, I didn't see it. I just lowered my head to tie my shoelaces."
Tie your shoelaces??? You are the only one who believes me!!!
Howard said angrily again: "You are deliberately favoring the gang, right? You are determined to support this old dog, right???"
"Be careful what you say." Tang Qian said lightly: "He is one of the souls of the Lakers. If I don't support him, who will I support?"
Tang Qian rolled his eyes and said jokingly: "Is it possible that I support you?"
"You bastard! You..."
"Hey, do you want to fight?" Tang Qian deliberately made a "ferocious" look and said: "If so, I will accompany you. As long as you want the high-definition picture of yourself being beaten to be spread across the United States tomorrow,
Oh, no, it's the whole world." When Howard heard this, he immediately lost a few percent of his courage, because the former really beat him badly in the locker room last time. The cell phone video that was secretly recorded,
Howard was frightened every time he watched it.
Now, everyone on the Lakers team, including Howard, has basically determined the fact that Lakers No. 29 must know the mysterious Chinese Kung Fu! Otherwise, can he beat a man weighing 280+ pounds like a rag doll?
Did you think it was Captain America? Did you think it was the Avengers?
After just one incident, the attitude of all Lakers players towards Tang Qian improved significantly.
The first is because Howard deserves to be played. He usually shows off his power and makes troubles to others. Many people in Tang Qian's gang got angry! The second is that the fighting ability of this Oriental center is really terrible! It's so terrible that several substitute players
We even discussed quietly in private whether this Oriental and Captain America could compete for a few rounds!
Compared with comic book characters, this is an almost unbelievable thing.
But within the Lakers, it has become an "open secret."
Don't offend No. 29, otherwise "World of Warcraft" will be a role model!
Well, as for what is "Warcraft fall"? This is an "adjective" that some busybodies in the Lakers team came up with in private. But after Tang Qian heard it, he felt it was very appropriate, so he said: "Or, do you still want to experience it?
A 'Warcraft Throw' again?"
When he heard the word "World of Warcraft", the muscles on Howard's face seemed to tremble involuntarily. The cell phone video that was originally supposed to record him "beating" his opponent has become Howard's most horrifying memory now.
Let’s not talk about whether it’s humiliating or not. The main thing is... it hurts!!!
But how did he know that it was impossible for Tang Qian to do "Warcraft Throw" now? Howard, who was "Shadow of the Bow Cup Snake", had no courage to "try again". The shadow last time made Howard's
Inside, a great sense of fear has arisen.
So after that incident, although Howard hated Tang Qian in his heart, he only dared to do evil things, and this thought never occurred for a second.
In short, Dwight Howard was frightened by Tang Qian.
"Is this how you treat your teammates?" Howard was at a loss for words and timid, so he could only "defend" like this. But would Tang Qian take this kind of weak question to heart? The latter was just
He smiled slightly and said: "Are you our teammate? Or in the future?" This question made Howard feel guilty. He almost thought that the Oriental center had seen through his heart.
"Of course, of course." Howard said with some confidence, "Am I not wearing a Lakers jersey?"
Unexpectedly, Tang Qian suddenly said something he didn't understand: "I am in Cao's camp but my heart is with Han. This kind of thing cannot be hidden from history in the end." "What are you saying that you are in Cao's camp and your heart is with Han?"
What the hell is that? Why can't I understand it at all? Old English? Ancient opera lines?" Tang Qian did not answer Howard's question. He only said one sentence: "Respect the jersey you are wearing. This is what you do.
The most basic professional ethics for professional players, right?"
"I, of course I know, you don't need to tell me this." Howard said hesitantly.
What people didn't expect was that the conflict between the Lakers did not escalate. It was like they were about to light up a raging fire, but were suddenly poured a bucket of cold water on them. Everything suddenly calmed down.
At least for the time being.
For the purpose of his subsequent "revenge" plan, Howard chose "a good man will not suffer the immediate consequences" and chose to "endure humiliation and survive".
Seeing that Howard was calmed down by Tang Qian, Kobe had no intention of further expansion. He turned around and continued his previous suggestion: "Mr. D'Antoni, I suggest replacing Howard, otherwise the New York team will continue to implement off-ball foul tactics."
Mike D'Antoni also knew that Kobe was right, so after thinking for a while, he nodded in agreement: "Okay, let's replace Dwight temporarily."
"Who should I replace? Should I change the iron?" D'Antoni asked Kobe's opinion.
Kobe glanced at Tang Qian on the bench, nodded and said, "Let's replace him."
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"Haha~ As long as I continue to 'cut Huo' a few times, tonight's victory will be considered secure!" With a big lead in hand, Carmelo Anthony finally showed a smile and said loudly: "That's it.
Let's send the people of Los Angeles to hell!"
However, Carmelo Anthony's idea was doomed to fail, because with less than 3 minutes left in the third quarter, the Lakers replaced Dwight Howard and replaced No. 29 Tang Qian in advance. This is
In recent times, it has been extremely rare.
As soon as Tang Qian walked on the court, he said to Carmelo Anthony: "Hi~ Did you just score enough points?"
Anthony asked solemnly: "What do you mean?"
"It's not interesting." Tang Qian simply replied: "I'm just going to play."
"And you, too, have to stop scoring."
Beep~ The referee blew the service whistle, the Lakers kicked off, and Steve Blake dribbled the ball across half court.
It may also be that the leading score was relatively large, so Kidd did not defend particularly tightly from the beginning.
This allowed Steve Blake to successfully dribble into the Knicks' half.
He passed the ball to Gasol inside, and Gasol dribbled the ball with his back, but at the moment when he was about to turn around, the Spaniard discovered Jamison's shooting gap, so he quickly released the ball, and the basketball flew directly into the Lakers 4
No., in the hands of Antoine Jamison. Jamison shot, the rhythm was okay, and there was no interference during the shooting process, but it was just a basketball, and with a "bang" sound, it hit the basket and came out.
But the rebound was taken away by Tang Qianli. Before forming a double-team inside, he passed the ball to Pau Gasol on the other side of the inside. Gasol immediately made a hook shot, brush~, basketball rebound,
It penetrated the Knicks' net at a 45-degree angle.
There are only 18 points left.
48-66, but this did not alarm the Knicks.
After all, we still lead by 18 points, right?
Kidd passed the ball inside, and Kenyon Martin dunked hard towards the Lakers' basket. The two of them have played together for a long time, so they have a good understanding of each other. Although Martin is old now, he can
He still can't forget his "old trade" of taking off and dunking. In fact, when he can't even do this old trade, it will be time for him to leave the NBA.
Unfortunately, tonight, the Lakers' inside line is stronger than ever.
Snap~
Tang Qian blocked his shot for the tenth time in the game!
Hat giver, New York No. 3, Kenyon Martin!
Tyson Chandler picked up the ball, made a second attack, and shot with a small throw under the basket. The situation was no different from Martin. With a "pop" sound, he was easily slapped away by the Oriental slap. Jamison got the ball,
Then the ball was passed to Steve Blake. Steve Blake dribbled the ball forward.
Here you can see the difference in ability between him and Steve Nash. They are both No. 1, and they are both "Steve". Whether it is passing, advancing speed, controlling timing or vision, this Steve is as good as
There is a huge gap between the latter Steve.
To put it bluntly, there is a bit of a gap in all aspects, not on the same level.
If it were Steve Nash, he would definitely see 3 to 4 passing positions in this defensive counterattack and think of 3 to 4 passing methods. But Steve Blake, he can't do it. This is
Naked limitations on personal abilities.
It's not that he doesn't want to play better, it's just that he can't do it.
With the same physical fitness, the gap between him and Nash is so huge, which shows that the "core ability" of the basketball No. 1 position is not physical fitness and athletic talent.
If you waste the opportunity to quickly defend and counterattack, it will eventually become a positional battle. Compared with the former, positional battles consume many times more physical energy and energy. And the difficulty of scoring goals in positional battles is,
It is not in the same dimension as quick defensive counterattack. Both sides get into position, set up their formations, and then attack and defense begin.
After being trained by Anthony, Tyson Chandler did become more active defensively, which made Gasol find it more and more difficult to attack. This time, he couldn't even get out of the position calmly. Gasol's side
Unfortunately, Steve Blake could only pass the ball to Antoine Jamieson on the other side.
Jamison's opponent is none other than Carmelo Anthony.
Although Anthony has never been on the best defensive team in his career, his defense is still in the upper reaches or even the upper reaches of the league. I have heard this joke before, but any star, regardless of offensive and defensive ability, is better than role players and
Substitute players are naturally taller. Except for some defensive masters who specialize in defense, Anthony's single defense effect is usually pretty good.
As for why he could not win the best defensive team, one is that his defense has no continuity, the other is that he does not have the determination to dominate both offense and defense, and the third is that in order to maintain efficiency and energy on the offensive end, he deliberately
Maintain physical fitness, not seeking merit, but seeking no mistakes. This is very similar to McGrady in the later period. But you want to say that McGrady's defense is not good? He really needs to defend seriously, and he is very strong and very good. But like Anthony, McGrady
It is also easy to fall into the three "defensive circles" mentioned above.
"Come and try, I will definitely defend you, Old Bones!" Anthony said with confidence when he saw it was Jamison.
If this was Jamison's peak period, he would definitely start working without saying a word. After all, he is also a person who averaged close to 25+ points per game in a single season. There is no doubt about his offensive firepower and ability. But now, he feels the aging of his body, many movements and
Technology, he can no longer use it in reality.
You’re almost 37, what more can you ask for?
Moreover, he was not the core player of the Lakers, so he had no need or right to force one-on-one like this, so Jamison chose to pass the ball. The ball was passed to No. 24, Kobe Bryant, who was on the wing.
Sure enough, without Nash, Kobe's offensive end changed from running without the ball and cutting through to holding the ball + post-up singles on the wing.
Compared with the former, the latter obviously consumes much more physical energy.
But now, apart from Gasol, he is indeed the Lakers' only independent offensive point.
Of course, he is also the strongest point in the current league at the No. 2 position.
New York's No. 2 position is no match for the Black Mamba.
Post, turn, fadeaway jump shot, this action is really that apart from Chicago No. 23, only Lakers No. 24 can do it so smoothly, so freely, so elegantly.
Brush~
The basketball pierced the Knicks' rim.
50-66, there is still a 16-point gap.
When the Knicks attacked, Kidd made a three-point shot and missed, but because it hit the front of the basket, the rebound was very strong, so it directly turned into a high rebound. Carmelo Anthony grabbed it.
"Carmelo got the rebound! Carmelo made a layup in the penalty area! Oh~no~ was blocked by Lakers No. 29 again! But Carmelo grabbed the offensive rebound again! Carmelo continued to attack, he did
He made a shooting fake, as if he wanted to deceive his opponent!" Under Mike Breen's commentary, Tang Qian said to Anthony: "Don't bother, I won't take such a crappy fake at the basket.
Action."
"What did you say? You said my fake moves were lame?" Anthony yelled and shot quickly: "Who do you think you are? Olajuwon or Shaquille O'Neal?" Tang Qian replied while taking off:
"I am nobody, I am who I am, but your fake moves under the basket are really lame."
Snap~
"Oh my god! He blocked another shot? Is this Easterner really that strong in blocking shots?" Mike Breen was very surprised and said: "I looked at his statistics for this game, oh~, he has already blocked 13 shots.
When did it become so easy to block shots in double figures? Is it so worthless? Has this happened in the history of the NBA?" Just when Mike Breen was surprised, Walter Frazier next to him suddenly said: "Of course
Yes, Mike."
"Have? When? This is double figures in blocks!" Mike Breen turned around and asked.
"It was the era when we played." Walter Frazier was born in 1945, and Mike Breen was born in 1961. Therefore, the latter has no memory at all of the "prehistoric years" of the NBA, and it is impossible for him to have any memory.
"In that era of ours, although it was rare to have double figures in blocked shots, there were still people who could do it frequently. At least for them, double figures in blocked shots was the same as double figures in points and double figures in rebounds. It was not a big deal.
Difficulty." Hearing this, Mike Breen wondered: "No, is there anyone else who can do it frequently? Is that still a human being? Are you sure you're not playing volleyball?"
"Really." Walter Frazier said: "Their names are Wilt Chamberlain and Bill Russell."
At this moment, Mike Breen stopped talking, because during those NBA years, he had no say at all.
"I know you may not believe it, but I still have to say..." Walter Frazier said: "The blocking abilities of these two people are like visitors from outside the world, especially the former... If we really want to take it seriously, he
It can make you doubt your life." Mike Breen asked: "How many blocks can you average per game?"
"Probably between 8 and 9 careers, but counting just one season, hehe." Walter Frazier said: "Both of them had seasons in which they averaged double figures in blocks per game. And more than once." "Really,
Is it true? If so, it would be too scary." Mike Brin said: "How did you deal with them in those days?"
"Fortunately for me, the Chamberlain I faced was already at the end of his career, and after suffering a knee injury, his athletic ability was not as good as before. As for Bill Russell, he retired in the third year after I entered the league.
But I still remember that every time the New York Knicks played against the Lakers and Celtics that night, I would secretly pray that I would get two fewer blocks." After hearing this, Mike Breen joked:
"Well Walter, how many times have you been overshadowed by them in a game? Can you tell me?"
I thought Walter Frazier would think about it for a long time, but unexpectedly the latter blurted out: "I was probably blocked by Russell 4 to 5 times in a single game. As for Wilt Chamberlain, I remember it very clearly.
It was my first year in the league, and Wilt was still with the Philadelphia 76ers. It was Christmas Eve, after one game, I came on as a substitute and took 7 shots. Without exception, all of them were taken by that monster in the penalty area.
I took all the orders. Then Mr. Reid Holzman, who had just joined the Knicks, scolded me, and then..." Seeing that Walter Frazier stopped at the key point, Mike Breen
He asked anxiously: "What happened next?"
Walter Frazier spread his hands and said, "Then I sat on the bench for the whole game and didn't play again until the end of the game." "Wow~ That's really a sad story, Walter." Mike.
Breen joked: "How many blocks did Chamberlain block in the end?"
"First of all, this is not a sad story." Walter Frazier said seriously: "This is a horror story."
"He seemed to have blocked 18 or 19 times that night, right? Anyway, I remember it was less than 20 times." From Walter Frazier's calm tone, Mike Breen was shocked and said: "No, no
To 20? Are you playing volleyball? Are your hands numb?"
"I don't know." Walter Frazier said: "Fortunately, the block records at that time were not officially included by the NBA, but were only recorded by on-site data recorders and reporters. Otherwise, you will see a more exaggerated "Basketball Emperor"
Of course, I personally don’t think his hands are numb because after playing every day, he has to go to bed to play ball. So if he is numb, it’s on the bed, not on the basketball court.”
"How to limit this kind of monster? How can others fight it?" Mike Brin asked.
"There was no limit during his peak period. Didn't you see that their data were so abnormal?" Walter Fraser said: "But fortunately, Chamberlain has restrictions from Boston, so his championship numbers have never been very high. This is also unfortunate.
Fortunately. Otherwise, I doubt Wilt would have destroyed the competitive sport of basketball." "Celtics? Then who will limit the Celtics?" Mike Breen continued to ask.
"No one can stop it." Walter Frazier said as he recalled: "Didn't you see that Bill Russell had so many rings that you couldn't even wear them on both hands? If you insist on it, only Wilt can stop it.
The Celtics’ eight consecutive championships ended at the hands of the latter. Therefore, there is some basis for saying that the two of them are old enemies.”
"But that was a long time ago after all. Since then, there have never been shot-blocking monsters like Chamberlain and Russell in the NBA, right? I remember that the strongest Olajuwon only averaged 4+ blocks per game.
Well, do you think this Oriental center can achieve that?" Walter Frazier heard this and said: "Averaging 4+ blocks per game is indeed a hurdle. How many strong blocks can't break through that level? I remember the last time
In the 1995-96 season, Mutombo once entered this realm. How many years has it been since then? There has never been anyone with 4+ blocks."
"Yes, I think since the NBA reopened the era of three-second defense, it should be impossible to block 4+ shots again."
"No, I have a different opinion from you, Mike." Walter Frazier said: "You overestimate the power of this three-second defense. In fact, if you give the former shot-blocking masters some time to adapt, they can still dominate.
Fu, the slap gave the opponent a bruise and a swollen face. Not to mention the three-second defensive thing. The NBA had it a long time ago. It was done in the 1960s. Then, instead of restricting Chamberlain and Russell, it actually encouraged them.
The power of the inside line, so after a few seasons, it was stopped by default. Because the weakening of the rules is overall, and their realm is too high, it seems to have weakened the general public, and neither of them has done anything! As for the
Later in the 1980s, there was also a three-second defense, but it was modified to a small penalty area of 12 feet on the weak side. The strong will always be strong, this is absolutely true."
"As for this kid from the East, although I don't like him very much, look at how many blocks he has averaged per game this season? It seems to be 3.3~3.4 per game? He's better than the second-placed Serge Ibaka.
Without it, if nothing unexpected happens, he will defend his NBA shot-blocking title this season." Walter Frazier looked at No. 29 of the Lakers and said: "It's not even the soy sauce time in the first half of the season that dragged down his average blocks per game.
The number should have been 4+ a long time ago."
"But one thing is that the average number of blocks per game in the NBA should be 5+ at most. You haven't done enough homework, Mike~"
"Walter, do you think so highly of him?" Mike Breen was a little surprised, because he knew that Walter Frazier was a man with high vision and would not praise others easily, especially non-Knicks players. Walter Frazier
He said: "It's just a matter of fact. He has already made 13 hot pots now. What else can he do if he doesn't admit it?"
"I just hope the Knicks can wake up soon and not forcefully give away shots on a night when the shot-blocking master is in explosive condition."
But the audience at Madison Square Garden soon discovered that Walter Frazier had hit his mark.
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