: Six hundred and seventy two: Passing the King's Scepter (1/5)

Link hasn't seen Kobe smile since he entered the field today.
If this is Staples, in Los Angeles, perhaps Kobe would smile when he saw his daughters and his wife.
But unfortunately, this is the Federal Express Arena, Tennessee. Vanessa and her daughters did not go with Kobe. Therefore, there is nothing here to make Kobe laugh.
It is not unreasonable for Kobe to be so desperate. In addition to Link's opponent excited Kobe, Kobe can not accept the Lakers not making the playoffs.
The last time the Lakers didn't make the playoffs was in the 04-05 season, almost ten years ago.
At that time, Kobe still wore size 8. He has not yet transformed into a "black mamba." At that time, Kobe was still young and he had plenty of opportunities for trial and error.
But now, for a real superstar, but also an extremely competitive superstar. Not being able to make the playoffs is undoubtedly a shame.
Kobe cannot accept such a thing, so he will do his best to fight every game. Just like last season, I didn't hesitate to fight for a ruptured Achilles tendon.
He is 35 years old, what else can be kept? In addition to seizing the last opportunity to bloom desperately, Kobe couldn't think of any way to survive the end of his career.
When warming up, Kobe looked up at the dome of the Federal Express Arena. For the past ten years, this place has been empty. There is no pennant of honor, nor even a retired jersey.
This team seems to have no history and will never experience glory.
But now? The three honorary pennants of the division championship, the Western Conference championship and the championship have been hoisted in the sky.
From scratch, the Grizzlies only waited for Link for three years.
Kobe shook his head. He knew Link would succeed, but he didn't expect it to be so thorough.
Now, I am challenging the best player of this era!
"Paul".
Before the game started, Kobe looked at Gasol and yelled softly.
"What's the matter?" Gasol responded immediately, this Spaniard, perhaps the only teammate Kobe can call his confidant now.
"Today's game, we are very difficult to play. Can you believe it? We are now in front of the defending champion."
"We have experienced a lot of difficult games, Kobe. But most of them, we won." Gasol smiled slightly and patted Kobe on the shoulder, "Don't worry, I will work hard with you. "
Kobe took Gasol's hand on his shoulder and smiled for the first time today.
The game started very quickly. Although the game was very heated, the players from both sides greeted each other politely before the game. Only Kobe, he just stood in his position and didn't talk to anyone.
Link knows what this means, which means that this game cannot be played in accordance with the rules.
The Lakers’ starting lineup was a bit shabby. Point guard is Mikes, shooting guard Kobe, small forward Wesley Johnson, power forward Gasol, center Jordan Hill...
This lineup looks inferior to the 04-05 season.
In the 04-05 season, Kobe has at least Caron Butler and Odom by his side.
But as long as Kobe is there, the Los Angeles Lakers are dangerous.
Bill Simmons likes Kobe's current expression. He believes that Kobe can completely defeat Link, the "false ticket king"!
The referee threw the ball into the air, Hill and Gasol's arms intertwined. In the end, Jordan Hill relied on his stronger jumping ability to win the ball for the Lakers.
After Kobe got the basketball, he directly controlled the ball. The Lakers have no point guard in this lineup. On the surface, Jodie Meeks is playing the first position, but in fact Meeks's style is completely a second position.
So far in his career, Meeks has averaged the most assists per game in a season, but 1.1.
This lineup is really in control of the ball by Kobe and Wesley Johnson. Johnson was an all-around forward in college and had a certain organizational ability.
And Kobe, many people may not believe it. Kobe has averaged 6.3 assists per game this season, the highest in his career!
After Kobe held the ball slowly for halftime, he handed the ball to Johnson, and then quickly ran away.
Finally Kobe found that it was not Iguodala who was chasing him, but Link!
Kobe licked his lips, this is the result he wanted!
After Kobe went to the right mid-range position, Wesley Johnson immediately returned the ball to Kobe.
In the first round of the opening, Kobe is going to heads-up with Link!
"Boy, do you remember the first time we practiced back offense one-on-one?" Kobe started talking to Link after receiving the ball.
How could Link not remember? That night Kobe asked him to go to training in the early morning, not to mention, he still tortured himself on the training ground. It was the first time that Link felt so helpless in front of a star.
The second person who made Link feel this way was James. In his rookie season, Link was at the mercy of these two guys.
But in the past less than three years, Link has already crushed the two people who had beaten him to the north.
"Remember, what's wrong?"
"Just remember, so you can prepare mentally in advance." Kobe said, backed up twice, and then turned over for a jumper!
Link thought Kobe would make a fake move, so he didn't force it too hard to prevent being shaken. As everyone knows, seeing that Link did not force him up, Kobe made a decisive move!
Link was caught off guard, and the guy's turning over and leaning back was so terrible, you couldn't judge his next move.
"brush!"
Without any suspense, Kobe made a good start for the Lakers. As soon as the game opened, he used his iconic turn over jumper to score points on Link's head.
The Lakers players cheered and Thackeray waved the towel like a cowboy.
The Lakers need this kind of goal too much. They played very badly this season, and they didn't have the slightest look that a giant should have. Consecutive losses and injuries also made the morale of the Lakers players very low.
And Kobe scored on the opponent's superstar, which will undoubtedly make everyone in the Lakers more confident!
After defeating the Thunder and Durant a few days ago, the Lakers players are ready to follow Kobe and solve the next strong enemy!
Link shook his head, Kobe is really in good shape. I can't believe that this is the power that a veteran who has experienced a ruptured Achilles tendon can burst.
If he is still a fan now, he will definitely support Kobe. Kobe's spirit is worthy of everyone's respect.
But unfortunately, Link is now Kobe's opponent. Moreover, just now because of losing to the Thunder, because of the loss of 20 consecutive victories and was angry.
He will never allow anyone to do anything wrong in the Federal Express Arena, even Kobe!
As soon as Bill Simmons applauded Kobe, he found that Link jumped out with the ball and quickly entered the Lakers formation!
"The Grizzlies sent a quick baseline ball, and Link rushed up quickly. He seems to be eager to respond to Kobe!"
Hubby Brown didn't realize what was going on either, just a daze, and saw Link suddenly rushing through halftime.
Link plunged into the penalty area before the Lakers' defensive formation took shape. Many Lakers players didn't realize what was going on, and just watched Link hit the basket.
Kobe tried to stay by Link's side, while Gasol also tried his best to rush back to the penalty area, hoping to complete the attack with Kobe.
But just when Kobe and Gasol were about to complete the encirclement, Link suddenly took off without warning and threw the ball gently to the basket.
The basketball crossed Gasol's fingertips, and fell into the net with everyone confused!
Until Link scored, many fans looked at each other, "What just happened?"
"A five-second counterattack! It only took 5 seconds for Link to successfully hit the ball from the bottom line! Just 5 seconds after Kobe scored a goal, Link responded! You can see, Lin K is unwilling to fall behind today. After losing to the Thunder in the last game, Link is waiting for a chance to vent. Today, the opportunity is here!"
Hubby Brown cheered on the commentary stage, and it was obvious that Link didn't want to be behind even one round!
"It's not three years ago, Kobe. You don't think that I will be at a loss for your offensive like the night three years ago?"
After Link scored a goal ~EbookFREE.me~, he blinked at Kobe and then quickly returned to defense.
Kobe gritted his teeth, he doesn't like being provoked!
Once, Jordan said to Kobe in the last game of his career with Kobe, "Even if I leave, you will never replace me."
As a result, this sentence was a bit like a ridicule among friends, and Kobe finally scored 55 points on Jordan.
Almost all NBA superstars will not provoke Kobe, because it is too dangerous.
But Link didn't think so. More than ten years ago, Kobe took the king's scepter from Jordan with 55 points.
So today is the moment when he took over the King's Scepter from Kobe!
Link set up a defensive posture and raised his trouser legs.
Today, he will be merciless!