In the same city derby, the Lakers were upset. Kobe Bryant scored 38 points in his debut! He grabbed 17 rebounds! - Los Angeles Times.
In the preseason, the shooting percentage was less than 20% in 5 games? 0-for-16? Is it an illusion? ——The bleachers.
Continuous dunks at the beginning! Black Mamba tried his best?——Lakers Nation.
Kobe's status cannot be judged by one game! - ESPN.
According to Lakers insider reports, I don't think Kobe Bryant has fully recovered. - ESPN data expert Kevin Pelton.
Kobe played a good game with all his strength! The future? Who knows? - Sports Illustrated.
In response to such comments, Kobe and Tang Qian were both ready to fight back.
In the second game, facing the Warriors, who were almost mature, the two sides fought hard to separate each other. Especially after Tang Qian's physical strength declined, No. 24 was the one scoring. In the end, Kobe scored 20 points in the last quarter and took away the game.
Scored an astonishing 48 points!
Moreover, he completely locked up his opponent Klay Thompson, causing him to fall into a strange singles circle.
Klay Thompson was the key to the Warriors' final loss, because he was completely suppressed by Kobe on both offense and defense. Well, because this Kobe is not the Kobe of the original time and space. At his full peak, Klay Thompson was almost
No chance of winning.
On November 1, 2013, the Spurs played at home against Duncan Kawhi and Leonard was absent. They harvested easily and were completely beaten by the Lakers both inside and outside. Kobe faced the old Manu Gee who was one year older than himself.
Nobili scored mercilessly, scoring 40 points again, and also sent 7 assists. Tang Qian benefited from this, and scored 17 points in the game.
Kobe's 40+3+7+2, Tang Qian's 17+21+8+2, combined with the inside and outside, destroyed San Antonio, whose main force had not returned.
In the blink of an eye, the Lakers won three games in a row and led the Western Conference Pacific Division.
Finally, some local media in Los Angeles couldn't bear it anymore, and a columnist publicly wrote an article:
Hey~ look~ who is that? That’s not the Black Mamba! That’s Peter Pan!
This article quickly appeared in major newspapers in Los Angeles, making Lakers fans very excited.
Someone left a message on the fans forum:
Who said Kobe can't do it? 38, 48, 40 in three games. If he can't do it, tell me who can do it?
Forget about the preseason, that was the Black Mamba teasing us. No matter how ferocious the animal is, it has to take a nap, right?
I really can't wait to see how Kobe Bryant satirizes ESPN! This will definitely be a bubble drama!
Keep it up, Los Angeles, don’t slump in the middle of the climax!
Regarding this news, the league and Stern are also very satisfied. What could be a more interesting script than being injured, resurrected with full health, and returning as the king? Especially Los Angeles is also located in Hollywood, which is also a very Hollywood plot. I thought about it for a while.
After a while, the old Jewish man ordered Adam Silver beside him: "Just give me some instructions to strengthen the Lakers' home sentinel during this period."
It can be seen that Adam Silver has stood out from several NBA vice presidents, and now he is somewhat taught by David Stern. Because the latter has stated that he will retire this season and let new candidates take over.
Own.
"Okay, Mr. Stern, I will give the instructions. By the way, do you want to take appropriate care of the Lakers' Eastern center?" Silver asked. "What do you think? He is a player of your generation.
Anyway, I will leave this season, so you can take care of the affairs of the young players yourself." David Stern seemed to trust this person, so he did not intend to interfere more.
"Well, I understand, Mr. Stern, I will handle it as appropriate."
On November 3, 2013, U.S. time, the Lakers played their fourth game of the regular season against the Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference.
The Hawks are still a team on the fringes of the playoffs this season, so they can't help but fight. After Kobe scored 36 points, the game entered garbage time early, and both sides came on the bench. Of course, Tang's potential insider is also an Optimus Prime-like existence.
This made the Lakers extremely satisfied on the 24th.
At the post-game press conference, Kobe Bryant did not hesitate to praise him and publicly said: "My Eastern guy, he must be the DPOY of this season! His energy on the defensive end even surpasses that of peak Ben. Wallace and Dee
Kembe Mutombo! He is the strongest blue-collar player I have ever worked with! He is a superstar among blue-collar players!"
Note that this is the first time someone has called Tang Qian a superstar in public. In the past, he was just an All-Star player at best.
Tang Qian replied humorously: "Hey, my Western guy, I just want to ask, is my performance worthy of being the 103rd player in the league?" Kobe also laughed and mocked the ESPN reporter in the audience:
"Of course, we are all great value for money, right? After all, I am only the 25th player."
This topic was so powerful that it completely set ESPN on fire.
Many experts are calling the beast, no, it is the experts and professors who have published articles and columns saying:
What does 4 games represent? There are too many teams in the history of the league that started well and died miserably!
Look at the Lakers' offense and defense. The efficiency is low. They hardly move the ball. Their second and third pass statistics are at the bottom in the league!
Oriental Hot! Wait until you really become a DPOY before you say such things!
In the fifth game, the Lakers finally got the opportunity that ESPN had been waiting for. Because of their winning streak, many teams in the league began to put away their contempt and carefully watch the Lakers' season tapes and videos. Among these teams, including Game 5
The opponent, the Dallas Mavericks.
The Mavericks used misplaced play to specifically avoid Kobe and Tang Qian, and used quick attacks to increase offensive and defensive rounds. This was fine for a short time, but as time went on and there were more rounds, several other starting players would "show their cowardice". Of course, this
We can’t blame them, Steve Blake, Jordan Hill, and Wesley Johnson. Among them, Blake has the highest annual salary, but it is just 4 million US dollars. Among them, Wesley Johnson has a minimum salary.
Players, what can you expect from them?
In this case, it's OK to hit the ball with the wind. After all, we are all professional players, but what about the ball against the wind? There's nothing we can do about it.
Compared with the four-game winning streak at the beginning, the league has now taken the Lakers seriously. Tang Qian and Kobe don't matter, but the other three have become a breakthrough point for the opponent. After all, basketball is played by five people. You can't do three points.
Still hard to win.
The Dallas Mavericks took advantage of this and specialized in playing Steve Blake, Jordan Hill, and Wesley Johnson, especially the German Dirk Nowitzki. His style of play was like
It's the same as specifically restraining big centers like Tang Qian. No matter how strong or awesome your defense is, I just shoot, shoot, shoot from outside the penalty area!
What can you do to me? I'm accurate! My shooting range is directly beyond the three-point line!
Tang Qian really has no idea about this. It's not that he's unwilling to sacrifice data and go out to defend Nowitzki. It's just that with the Lakers' current starting lineup, if he goes out, the power of the inside will be useless. What do you expect from Jordan?
Er? Isn't this funny?
But if you don’t go out and switch defenses, okay, Nowitzki will just throw the ball into Jordan Hill’s head one by one. Especially in this game, the Germans were so explosive that they beat Jordan Hill even more in the face.
Swollen nose and blue nose. In this fast mismatched style of play, the Lakers fell behind. Kobe Bryant scored 48 points in the game, but he could not save the overall situation.
Nowitzki scored 39 points with a super shooting percentage of 69%, which was efficient enough to offset the Lakers' No. 24.
123-104, the Lakers suffered their first defeat of the new season.
After seeing the Lakers' 19-point defeat, the media, led by ESPN, immediately felt like they were in a panic. Many people posted on Twitter:
19-point defeat? The Lakers revealed their true colors?
Kobe's style of play is too vicious! It hurts the team! He is still the biggest cancer in Los Angeles!
Analyzing the data, the Lakers’ 4-game winning streak at the start of the season was due to luck!
No one can win all the time. 82 wins and 0 losses is basically impossible to achieve, but ESPN's attitude made both Tang Qian and Kobe angry. The next opponent will probably be unlucky.
And what a coincidence, the next opponent is the Houston Rockets.
This game is broadcast live on ESPN 1. After all, it is full of gimmicks and full of highlights.
The battle between Kobe and Harden for the No. 1 spot!
After a year of leading the team alone, James Harden has greatly improved his personal ability. He has also been officially praised as the league's first point scorer by ESPN and Sports Illustrated. You can know this by looking at ESPN's pre-season list. First of all
Harden ranked fourth in the 2013-2014 player rankings. Compared with the 2012-2013 season, he improved by 22 positions. And in doing so, ESPN clearly believes that James Harden has become the top five players in the league.
Stars. Then there is the 2013-2014 ranking list. Harden jumped ahead of Kobe for the first time and topped the list. What about Kobe? He was only ranked fourth by ESPN.
For Kobe, a competitive maniac, this was something he had to fight for in the face.
Moreover, he felt very unhappy after losing to the Mavericks in the last game. In this game, he wanted to vent on his opponent.
In addition to the above set of highlights, Howard's "Lakers debut" after the transfer is also a hot topic, especially Howard's words before the start of the season that "the league's first center and the league's first point guard are combined".
This game has been brought to the forefront.
Finally, the Lakers, like the Rockets, currently have 4 wins and 1 loss, so both sides want to destroy their opponents and strive for a higher regular season ranking.
So many things are certainly enough for ESPN to hype up the game before the game. The company's profits in 2013 were as high as 10 billion U.S. dollars, which is close to 70 billion yuan. Therefore, they can't achieve this status without some skills.
Creating topics, fighting hot spots, hyping, preheating, and war of words are all ESPN's usual methods, and they seem to have been effective and enduring for so many years. A 2013 survey showed that ESPN has more than 90 million users in the United States.
Subscription, so it is obvious that its influence is very powerful and its audience is quite wide. Taking advantage of its large user base, ESPN can indeed easily hype a game.
However, this myth will slowly be eroded, and we will talk about this later.
For large and popular games like this, a pre-game press conference is usually held before the game. Usually the home team is in the front and the visiting team is in the back. This is also a good way to increase the topic and audience attention. The NBA has not done this before.
There are many tricks. Since David Stern came to power, in order to increase the energy and influence of the NBA, the old Jewish man has spared no effort to cooperate with major media. In this regard, he has come from behind and reached the forefront of the four major leagues.
Of course, the players have also benefited a lot in disguise. After all, the higher and more developed the NBA is in business, the higher their wages will be. In the United States, no one can have trouble with a beautiful knife that smells like ink.
From the bottom to the top, it's the same, no one is immune.
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"Mr. D'Antoni, the Lakers and Rockets currently have the same record. Do you think you have a good chance of winning?"
"The Rockets are a very strong team, especially this year they have introduced powerful centers like Dwight Howard. We will prepare for the game seriously." D'Antoni's statement was very official, but he was actually unsure about the Lakers.
The team has not injected his tactical system at all, and the lineup is incomplete. To be honest, D'Antoni himself can't believe that he can make such a start.
Therefore, the confidence to speak is not too strong.
But just because the head coach is affable, it doesn't mean that the players will be the same. Especially since the Lakers and Rockets' Howard have a quarrel, some people will naturally go to great lengths to fight against each other. For example, Kobe Bryant said directly: He will not let this happen in this game.
Good luck to Team Rocket!
As a result, someone became interested, and a Sports Illustrated reporter deliberately "made trouble" and said: "Bryant, who are you talking about? Howard? Or the current number one point scorer in the league?
James Harden?" Kobe is not the Kobe of the original time and space. As the saying goes, a man with great talent has great morale, and a man with great skills is bold. With his current body and determination to win in the final season, what do you think he will say?
"Whoever you think is who." Kobe looked at the reporter and said with cold eyes: "But are you sure that James Harden is already the number one point guard in the league?"
"Haha, Bryant, this is from the front row of ESPN, and everyone generally agrees with it." The Sports Illustrated reporter immediately began to change the focus.
"You fucking ESPN." Kobe was already convinced that this was his last season, so he no longer had so much restraint and tolerance in his words: "Don't you want to know? I tell you, I will let the people ranked in this ranking take good care of themselves.
Let me teach you the strength of our team, which is ranked 25th in the league and fourth in the 2013-14 season."
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"Hot, you are far ahead of the second place in the rebounding and shot-blocking charts. Can you keep it up?"
"Of course, there is no problem with this, unless it's enough to go back to the 1990s when dinosaurs were rampant."
"Have you repaired your relationship with Howard? How will you treat this game?"
"No. Not at all." Tang Qian said: "There is nothing to repair between him and me, because it has broken long ago, right? As for this game... My answer is the same as Bryant's, I will not let it go
Team Rocket is having an easy time! Well, that’s it.”
"Oh, you mean you're going to blow up Howard?" the reporter from the bleachers asked excitedly.
"Haha~" Tang Qian smiled and said, "You guess."
"Hot, can you explain the incidents of the 'False ID Gate' and the 'Age Gate'? You have always kept silent. Is there something hidden? Or is it true?" Tang Qian glanced at him and his expression immediately changed.
Liang said: "People from ESPN? Sorry, I'm the 103rd-ranked little guy in the league. Are you thinking too much about finding a little guy like me to stir up news?"
"Are you changing the subject on purpose?" someone from ESPN asked in pursuit.
"What topic should I change?" Tang Qian said directly: "Do you people at ESPN have too many brain circuits and like to make trouble all day long?"
"Then why are you avoiding talking about it?"
"I'm 50 this year, okay, are you satisfied, can you get out? Next one!"
However, compared to Tang Qian and Kobe, the other Lakers players are much more low-key, speaking in official accents and playing Tai Chi.
After finishing the pre-match interviews with the home team, these reporters immediately prepared for the next wave of offensive.
"Harden, Kobe and Feng said that this game will not make it easy for you. What do you think?"
"Haha, this kind of trash talk is meaningless. On the court, strength speaks for itself." Harden is no longer the boss. A year of experience is enough for him to learn to deal with these difficult problems.
"Kobe seems very dissatisfied with his ESPN ranking. Do you think you are worthy of your ranking?"
"Of course I do." James Harden enjoys the feeling of being sought after by the league. This makes his chances of being asked out for sex when he goes to nightclubs increased several times. Think about those plump and round girls.
Big butt, hehe, he drools.
"I think I'm ready. The historical process of the league will always have to be reformed."
On the other side, Howard was also surrounded by media, noisily asking questions and saying:
"Howard, this is Kobe and Feng's statement. What do you think? Are you feeling pressured?"
After coming to Houston, Howard's former superstar feeling returned. These reporters no longer surrounded Kobe and ignored him every time. Rockets No. 12 said with confidence: "I don't have any pressure, our team has
The No. 1 center in the league and the No. 1 point guard in the league, I think we are very strong and I think I feel good."
"How much better than being on the Lakers?"
"Of course, without a doubt."
"Will you give the Lakers a 'special treatment from your old club'?" This refers to a tradition in the NBA where stars "retaliate" against their old club. It's similar to how, you're blind, let me go.
It is your biggest loss.
"Yes! Yes!" Howard said: "You know Superman will always do his best, right?"
"Do you think that because you were not selected for the All-Defensive Team last season, did it cost you your position?" This question is quite bad. It is obviously a provocative topic, and the topic maker belongs to the famous ESPN.
They are very professional in data analysis, and they are also very professional in creating hot topics. Many famous topics in the American sports circle were born from their hands.
Howard felt uncomfortable when he heard the pronunciation of this name. He also put on a bad face and said: "Last season I was just suffering from a back injury and came back early, so I was in bad shape. This season, it will never happen again."
This is a situation. I mean, I don’t just want to be selected for the All-Defensive Team, but I also want to enter the first defense. He is a second defense player, and I never take it seriously!"
Whether the game has started or not, there will be a frenzy of verbal exchanges. This kind of effect is exactly what ESPN wants.
After a series of opening ceremonies, Tang Qian was ready to play. When he turned around, he was stunned, and then said with a wry smile: "Bryant, you, you are... you entered 'The.' before the game even started.
Zone'? Are you trying to cause trouble?" Lakers No. 24 said with a cold face: "We lost the last game, we can't lose this one again, especially the Houston Rockets!"
Well, Kobe is indeed a competitive maniac. He still cares about certain things in his heart, right?
Alas, James Harden and Dwight Howard, just ask for your blessings.
If you want to blame, blame ESPN for letting you lie.
Tang Qian shook his head, took off his training clothes and officially took the field.
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