NBA Backer King Chapter 396

Chapter 396 The answer was struck by lightning and cried

November 1, 1996, the regular season of the NBA 96/97 season officially kicked off.

In the first game, Danny Ainge showed his extremely bold coaching style, and actually arranged for Kobe to play the main shooting guard.

When he announced the starting lineup in the locker room, all the players were stunned, including Pharaoh and Kobe.

Wilkins is in a hurry. He still wants to win the championship. Don't mess with your coaching staff. Kobe is only 18 years old, and his hair has not grown. Can he play the main force? You have played him badly, who will be the No. 2 player in the future?

The same is true of Pharaoh. He does not support placing Kobe in the main lineup now. Kobe has no ability at all now.

But Kobe, eager to try, very excited, looking at Danny Angie, full of heroic sympathy.

But Danny Ainge immediately explained, saying: "Don't think too much about it, anyway, the Lakers are bad, we just use them to train the newcomers."

Only then did everyone understand that it was nothing, as long as the coaching staff didn't mess around.

Wilkins and Pharaoh are also relieved, they are worried that the coaching staff will mess up, and young people like Kobe who have not yet taken root and qualitative, are easy to grow crooked.

Kidd, who is in the third grade, expressed his disappointment. He is also a young man. Why not give him a chance to start? I touched my forehead, is it because of the forehead lines?

"You know, the Lakers will have a new gymnasium, and the project has been approved." Pharaoh said.

"Old K, how did you know?" Kevin Johnson asked.

"Cerballos told me yesterday," he said.

His own K-era sports center is also under construction. The foundation has been laid and the ground construction has begun. The construction period of the hotel will be a little longer, but the main construction of the basketball hall will only take one year. With the decoration, it will be completed in 18 months. When it's finished, after this season, when he goes back, he can see the basketball hall that belongs to him.

The evening of the 1st, 8:15, the Great Western Forum Arena.

Lightning also wanted to see Kobe's ability. Kobe was very hardworking and talented in training. He was still very optimistic about Kobe. With the face of Old K, he went on the court and gave Kobe a lot of passes. .

"Whoosh!"

"Swipe!"

After two consecutive non-sticks, Kobe shouted at the lightning: "Kevin, I will hit the next ball, I have that hunch."

"Bastard, it's better to believe in Jesus." Lightning said angrily.

This can't stop Kobe, as soon as the ball reaches him, it's like entering a black hole, and then there are three strikes.

"Kobe, you are really a little blacksmith! Go down and be a substitute. Also, practice 300 shots at night."

Played 8 minutes in the first quarter. Kobe Bryant made 0 of 5 shots and was blocked by Eddie Jones. He was then kicked off the court by Pharaoh.

"I'm going to practice 500 more times."

Failed to make his debut, Kobe gritted his teeth angrily and went down. When he walked to the sidelines, he turned back and shouted at Pharaoh on the court: "Old K, I will succeed, I know."

The Suns finally won this game. They can't even win if they don't want to. Just the Lakers' broken inside lineup, selling Divac, letting Campbell go, and hurting the big dream again, who else?

Rasheed performed well here, scoring 15 points, 7 rebounds, one block, one steal and two assists.

Robert Horry has become more and more stable after several years of tempering. He made 2 of 4 three-pointers in this game. He performed well and scored 13 points. He has become a fairly stable scoring point for the main lineup.

Wilkins only played for 11 minutes. When someone rotates and trains Kobe, he will not be allowed to play more in the regular season. Even if he starts, it is only a pseudo-starter.

Chapman played for 30 minutes, equivalent to the main shooting guard, 5 of 11 shots, 45% shooting, 1 of 3 three-pointers, plus 3 free throws, scored 14 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

His talent is limited, and he is only a role player. This is his normal performance. With his status in the team, he can only have this number of shots unless he feels overwhelming.

Lightning went down after 27 minutes of play. He was in good shape. He scored 13 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists and 1 steal, which was no weaker than last season's performance. This is good news for the team.

Kidd came off the bench, played 21 minutes, scored 6 points, 1 rebound, 5 assists and 2 steals, and performed well.

Pharaoh himself only played for 32 minutes before going down. When he went down, the score difference was 20 points, and he got 30 points, 12 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, 1 turnover and 1 foul.

Including him, a total of 5 Suns scored in double figures, indicating that the offensive ability of this lineup is not bad.

After playing the Lakers and returning to the home court, the Suns faced the Mosaic, the Timberwolves and the Supersonics one after another.

In these three games, the Suns are still constantly adjusting their lineup, and the other four main positions are fixed, that is, adjusting the No. 2 position.

Chapman was a starter and played for 35 minutes. His efficiency was not enough. His body could not last for such a long time. The efficiency of the next ten minutes declined very seriously, so the coaching staff immediately denied that the main No. 2 was handed over to him. The idea, can only let him play the bench.

In the end, the coaching staff decided to let Wilkins play the pseudo-starter at the No. 2 position. If it is an unimportant game, let Kobe play the No. 1 substitute, and the playing time and shots will be more. If the opponent is strong, let Chap When Mann plays the No. 1 bench, Kobe's chances will be less.

For Wilkins, his position is not just a pseudo-starter at No. 2. Because of lack of space, No. 3 can't find a good substitute, so he must also play as the first substitute at No. 3. This position is at least one game. It takes 15 minutes to play, even longer than the time at the second position.

Bryant did not start again, and was honed in the bench lineup. In most cases, he played the 2nd position, and occasionally made a cameo at the 1st and 3rd positions, giving him an average of 24 minutes per game.

In terms of shooting, if the first game is not counted, these three games totaled 10 of 24 shots, and averaged 8 shots per game, which is not a lot, and the shooting rate was 41.6%, which was in line with the level of a rookie, relative to his age. , did not disappoint.

He really does 500 shots every night now. Originally, he had to train 1,500 times a day. Now it is 2,000 times a day. A thousand times or so.

Now his shot is not stable, in addition to technical reasons, but also because under the confrontation, his weight is not enough, after the tonnage will come up, strength training will come up, and the shot will be more stable.

The Suns have won all their first four games and won the first record in the Western Conference.

But there are many teams as strong as the Suns. The Jazz also won all four games, and the three first-tier teams in the East, the Bulls, Knicks, and Pacers, also won all four games.

In the past four regular season games, there have been five winning teams, and the media chanted that this season will be a situation of five heroes competing for hegemony.

8, the Suns arrived in Philadelphia, the next four away games, the next away is the Bulls.

On this day, the Spurs suddenly reported injury news, David Robinson was injured, and he was directly reimbursed for the serious injury.

On the same day, bad news came from Magic, and the newly identified core Anfernee Hardaway was seriously injured and reimbursed.

"real or fake?"

Pharaoh expressed doubts. After the big dream was injured, he lost confidence in the news that the serious injuries were reimbursed.

"The news of magic should be true. The media reported that Hardaway had been admitted to the hospital. His agent said he was going to come to Phoenix for surgery, and he would arrive in two days." Lightning said.

"Where's the Spurs? David Robinson is two years younger than Da Meng, is he really seriously injured?" Pharaoh asked.

"Anyway, the person is in the hospital, and the reporters can't see him. I don't know if it's true or not." Lightning said.

"Regardless of them, we are playing against us anyway. There are so many opponents of the same level this season, so we must go all out." Pharaoh said.

Lightning nodded, he knew what Old K wanted, the regular season MVP, the championship, everything. Now, Old K is in his prime, when he is desperately pursuing honor. As a brother, he wants to eat more cans of chicken. Eat, he has to support, and that's why he's been working hard in the offseason.

This afternoon, the league officially announced the MVP rankings for the first week.

Jordan ranks first, averaging 32.5 points, 6 rebounds, 4 assists, 2 steals, 0.5 blocks, 2 turnovers and 2 fouls per game.

Wang Tiejun ranked second, averaging 31.5 points, 16.5 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, 3.4 blocks, 2 turnovers and 3.4 fouls per game.

In terms of shooting percentage, Jordan's shooting percentage is 49.5%, and he is 62%.

Offensive efficiency, he is still the first in the league, higher than O'Neal's 61.5%, Jordan as a perimeter, even lower.

Defensive efficiency, he is the fifth in the league, Jordan is the third in the league.

Individual efficiency value, he is the first in the league, Jordan is the second.

"How is this arranged? Is there a standard?"

In the hotel, after seeing the MVP rankings on TV, Pharaoh was very dissatisfied.

Lightning just came over to invite him for coffee and said: "It should be compared with your data from last season and this season, your scoring data has dropped a lot, it must be the reason.

The selection of MVP is for comparison. If your performance has declined compared to last season, there is a high probability that the MVP will not be awarded to you.

But it's hard to say, from the data point of view, you are better-looking than Jordan, there is still a chance. "

Pharaoh nodded. Since the beginning of this season, he has indeed played less fiercely than last season, and he has not made as many shots.

The impact of K's Law is one reason, he's been double-teamed more, so he's been scoring more shots.

In addition, he must also take fewer shots, not as crazy as last season.

In fact, he still wants to compete for MVP this season. He averaged 40 points per game last season, but he is not lacking in strength. Now he has entered the peak period in terms of physical fitness, skills, or game experience. When to fight?

But he also knows that because of the existence of K-law, his overall efficiency has dropped, so he needs to occupy more shots, and the data of his teammates will drop.

In the regular season last season, he averaged 25 shots per game. According to the current 62% shooting rate, if he wants to reach 40 points, he needs to average about 27 shots per game.

27 shots, which is a very scary number of shots. With the main lineup this season, this is simply impossible.

Teammates are not puppets. Everyone needs data. Otherwise, their personal value will be greatly reduced, and their identity will also shrink. He can't always grab a teammate's shot for himself. Over time, there will definitely be infighting, the team will split, and the record will decline seriously. , not to mention competing for the championship.

The reason why he made so many shots last season is because Big Ben doesn't attack very much. He takes the shots from the No. 4 position. This season is definitely not acceptable. This season, his shots have remained around 20 to 21 times.

What should I do if I can't make it, and I want to compete for MVP again?

No way, you can't have both.

In the case of a strong lineup, he still wants to play that kind of super-explosive data, unless he ignores the thoughts and interests of his teammates as a brush, unless he ignores the interests of the team, but he can't do that.

9, match day.

"Old K."

"Um."

In the player tunnel, Pharaoh saw Iverson again.

"Old K, you can call me the answer, this is my nickname." Iverson said excitedly.

"Rookie is the common nickname for you little guys. Now you don't even deserve a name, let alone a nickname." Old Wang said.

"Puff!"

There was an uncontrollable laughter from behind, it was Horry and Wilkins.

Iverson's face collapsed, old K, I'm going to **** you today.

One minute later, the two teams played one after another.

"I will definitely surpass him in the future."

When Kobe saw Iverson, his eyes gleamed with brilliance.

His debut was not successful and he only scored two points, but Iverson, the No. 1 pick, had an extraordinary debut. Against the Bucks, he made 12 of 19 shots, 63.2% from the field, and 2 of 4 three-pointers. , 4 of 6 free throws, efficiently scored 30 points, 2 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, 3 turnovers and 5 fouls.

Comparing the two, he was ignored by the media, and the other was highly praised by the media, which made his mentality a little problematic.

He glanced at Lao Wang, this cheap master didn't want to recognize him, and he didn't buy him any time, he always suppressed him, and earned his hard-earned money.

Iverson also saw Kobe Bryant. During the draft, the cows were blowing loudly, and now it's just a substitute.

And he has been an unstoppable main force from the first game. The number of shots in the first game has reached 19 times. The team does not limit his shots at all.

Now he really understands what David Frank said. If he is in the Suns, I am afraid that, like Kobe, he will sit on the bench for more than ten minutes in a game and only make a few shots. In which year can he grow up?

"Kevin, have a good time with that kid Iverson." Before playing, Pharaoh said with a smile.

"Leave it to me." Lightning nodded with a smile.

The game started, two power forwards Rasheed Wallace and Derek Coleman jumped the ball, and the Philadelphia team attacked.

Allen Iverson took the ball and faced the Lightning. He made a fake throw and made a sudden move, and the result was predicted by the Lightning.

"Snapped!"

Lightning intercepted the ball, played a fast break, and Iverson, who was carrying the chase, made a successful layup and hit a ball.

"Rookie, welcome to the NBA." Lightning said with a smile.

"Kevin, I'm afraid he won't be able to hit the basket, please tell me something later." Pharaoh shouted in the backcourt.

"Okay." Lightning laughed.

Iverson was so angry that his eyes were burning, and he rushed forward to the court after receiving the ball, wanting to play a fast break.

Lightning is chasing him, he is a little taller, and his tonnage now has an advantage of at least ten kilograms. Although he is old now and does not have the lightning speed of his youth, he can use the tonnage advantage to squeeze Iverson to slow him down.

The effect is obvious. Iverson only rushed a few steps, his speed was reduced, and the ball almost lost control. He finally advanced to the frontcourt. play out.

"Rookie, look behind me, Rasheed Wallace, old K, they're all waiting for you, just cast it here." Lightning spat out trash talk.

Iverson glanced inside, and this was really the case. He didn't believe in evil. He gritted his teeth, bang bang bang, and after dribbling the ball under his crotch, he suddenly started the first step, changed direction, and broke through from the right side.

The Lightning was too experienced, and quickly took a step back, stuck to Iverson's left side, and pushed him out to keep him from getting close to the paint and away from the rim.

Allen Iverson took two steps and then he couldn't move, and he would lose the ball if he made another sudden move, so he could only force a jumper.

"boom!"

Pharaoh protects the rebound.

Lightning slowly advanced to the frontcourt, saw Iverson defending, waved one hand, and made a gesture of pulling away. This is preparing for a rookie in the No. 1 draft.

Right at the top of the arc, Iverson suddenly stepped up and implemented a gambling steal.

He wants to let Lightning know that although he is a rookie, he is not easy to bully. Today he wants to kill Lightning.

"boom!"

But just after he grabbed the ball, Lightning suddenly turned around and dribbled the ball, punching him directly, killing the top of the arc, and passing center Scott Williams who was defending the basket, it was a rush from two steps away. Stop throwing, hit a shot.

"Rookie, welcome to the NBA. By the way, this is what Dai Lao K said." Lightning looked back at Iverson and smiled.

Iverson squeezed his fists tightly, these old birds are too bullying!

"Come again! Iverson, don't be discouraged." With a loud shout, Pharaoh encouraged Iverson.

"I won't let you down." Clenching his fists, Iverson nodded.

"Where the **** are you?" Kobe muttered from the bench.

Allen Iverson dominated the ball and attacked with the ball again.

This time, the Lightning still slowed down through rich experience. When Iverson broke into the three-point line with two steps, Rasheed Wallace's help arrived. De Wallace capped.

"I'll say he can't attack me." Old Wang laughed and shouted again: "Iverson, don't be discouraged, come again!"

"Our boss has defected!" Kobe murmured on the bench.

turned around, Lightning hit another shot, pressing the rookie to hit a mid-range shot, which Iverson couldn't prevent at all.

The rookie ABC commentator Magic Johnson explained the game. At this time, he laughed and said: "I think Iverson may not know Lightning, this is a super player who was qualified to compete with me at the peak of the year. Point guard, he is an attacking point guard. In terms of scoring ability, to be honest, he is better than me. With his state tonight, Iverson is likely to be beaten to tears tonight."

As he said, in this game, Iverson was smashed by lightning.

The Lightning played 42 minutes in the entire game, made 13 of 22 shots, and the shooting rate was as high as 59.1%. The rare three-point shot actually made 2 of 2 shots, plus 8 of 8 free throws, and scored a team-high 36 points and 3 rebounds. 8 assists, 2 steals, 2 turnovers and 4 fouls.

The opponent Iverson was hit and only played 30 minutes before he went off the court. He made only 3 of 15 shots, and the shooting percentage was only 20%. He made 1 of 5 three-pointers, 1 of 2 free throws, and only scored 8 points 2 Rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal, 4 turnovers and 5 fouls.

After hitting the back, Iverson has been completely destroyed by lightning. The offense can't score, the defense can't defend, and both ends of the offense and defense are exploded. When he hits the back, he no longer dares to shoot, and the defense doesn't know how to defend. .

In order to protect Iverson, head coach Davis replaced him in advance. He sat on the bench, covered his face with a towel, and there were really tears in his eyes.

Magic Johnson laughed and said: "This is how old birds welcome rookies. Old K was lazy today, Lightning played against the No. 1 draft pick, and gave him the opportunity to perform. Lightning carried the Suns' offensive banner. As a result, Ai Fossen was hurt, this child is so pitiful!"

Seeing what happened to Iverson, Kobe is a little fortunate. He has not experienced such a welcome ceremony. Playing on the bench can avoid this problem. Generally, the bench players of the opposing team do not have the strength of lightning.

He was also a little disdainful. How about 3 of 15 shots for him as a Phoenix blacksmith? Keep throwing, throwing and throwing, maybe throwing in, what are you going to do next?

At the end of the game, Lightning became the best in the game and was interviewed on the spot.

"Kevin, playing for so long today, did you deliberately welcome Iverson?" the reporter asked.

"Oh, I'm just in good shape today. I was a little too excited to meet a newcomer, so I played a little longer, but I didn't specifically target Iverson." Lightning laughed.

"Isn't that on purpose?"

The reporter slandered in his heart and asked, "Kevin, what do you think of Iverson?"

"The talent is unparalleled, but now he is still very good." Lightning said with a smile.

(end of this chapter)

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