Chapter 789: Last season

Li Liang did not expect that Kobe would suddenly say "retired".
Knowing Kobe in recent years, Li Liang has never heard the word "retired" from Kobe's mouth.
It is inevitable that a person will retreat when he approaches his career.
Accomplishment, injury, and family needs are all reasons for players to retire.
These are all Kobe, but he never said he would retire.
What he and Li Liang said most was "I will beat you", "I want to score 40 points on your head", "This year's champion is mine"...
Although none of these have been achieved, Li Liang knows that this is Kobe. He will never lose, and he will never talk.
At the beginning of the season, the Lakers completed the signing, Leonard and Love came, and the Lakers won the championship.
Of course, the shameless Gan Liliang ran to the Thunder to form the Big Three, and there was almost no suspense for the season champion to belong.
But Kobe wouldn't go over him because there was a big mountain in front of him. Instead, he would rather rush to the top of the mountain and see the scenery over there.
The mountain may still be over there, so continue climbing.
Only tonight, this snowy night, the climber suddenly said he was going to stop.
He was tired, tired, and unable to crawl.
The Lakers have a good record this year, and the combination of Love, Leonard and Kobe is quite complementary.
Their record in the West is second only to the Thunder, Warriors and Spurs, ranking fourth in the West.
The gap with the Spurs is also very small, it is entirely possible to rush to the third place.
Because Kobe had taken Li Liang's bruises, he was in good health. Under the leadership of Scott this season, he paid attention to the protective use of Kobe. Kobe played very efficiently.
These Li Liang know, so he thought Kobe will play two more seasons, he has this level and ability.
but…
The snow was still falling, Li Liang sat next to Kobe, and snowflakes fell on his shoulders.
Because of the intense exercise just now, the body is steaming and the snow flakes melt as soon as it touches the body.
The two didn't feel cold. They sat side by side on the side of the road, and snow kept drifting under the lonely street lamp.
"I feel very tired. This is my twentieth season. Did you know that suddenly, for a moment, I didn't want to fight." Kobinu said to Li Liang with his mouth shut.
"When and which moment?" Li Liang asked.
"In fact, just now, just now, when I was playing one-on-one with you. Not because I didn't think I couldn't win you, but...but I didn't want to win. I came to see you, but I felt a fire in my heart seemed to go out. It suddenly went out. I want to go home, I want to accompany my daughter and wife, I don’t want to fight on the field. I want to try it, try one-on-one with you, it turns out that it won’t work, I don’t want to win ." Kobe told his inner thoughts.
Li Liang thought, shit, you can't win me.
Of course, I can’t say that. Li Liang’s thoughts have never been so complicated. He asked:
Corvo, do you want me to go to the Lakers? You want me to go straight to you, why retire? I said, I will go to the Lakers when you retire, but... but you don’t have to retire to let me go to the Lakers, it’s not necessary."
Kobe listened to Li Liang's words and suddenly felt that it was a mistake to come to this pig's head and say what he said.
But he said everything, he still said daringly: "I don't mean that, it's your choice to return to the Lakers. I just don't want to fight. Of course, I still want to win the championship this season, and then Retirement of scenery."
There is no doubt that Kobe hopes to complete his final dance with Jordan in the finals.
In terms of the strength of the Lakers, there is hope, but the Warriors and Thunder are really strong.
Not to mention the championship, the Lakers are very difficult to break out of the West.
If you want to blame it, blame Li Liang. If you don’t follow the rules, you will destroy the free market and make the gap between rich and poor huge.
Many teams have given up this season's championship plan because the Thunder is too strong, and chose to slap it to win the future.
Of course, there are also many middle-level teams, while carrying out the organizational structure of the team, while fighting for the summer to attract Li Liang.
In short, Li Liang changed the ecology of the NBA, no one can tell whether it is good or bad.
Li Liang couldn't understand Kobe's mood, because he had only played in the NBA for four years and had a lot of time to spend.
But looking at Kobe, he knew Kobe was not kidding, he was really tired.
Tired body, tired heart.
He is too good, too strong, such a person is destined to work very tired.
And he can't be so strong forever, the tight string will always break one day.
On this night when the heavy snow fell suddenly, his string broke off without much warning.
As the snow fell, the two felt a little cold, so they left the court and returned to the warm room.
Bryant fell on the sofa, drank some wine with Li Liang, and started talking about his life after retirement.
It's like opening the flood gates. Once the idea of ​​retiring is activated, it is difficult to stop.

I’m going to be an animation, a director, and I’m going to start a basketball training camp. I’m going to make a movie that is more beautiful than
Aerial Slam Dunk
, not necessarily related to basketball. I also want to train my daughter Going to play in the NBA, she has hope, there must be hope, she had better go to the Los Angeles Sparks, I will go to watch her game..."
Kobe, who drank some wine, couldn't stop, but Li Liang took a nap and was in good spirits. He accompanied Kobe to brag at home until late at night.
After blowing it, Kobe didn't want to go back to the hotel and slept at Li Liang's house.
Early the next morning, the two were up, one went to the stadium to adapt to the field, and the other went to the training hall to participate in the training.
No matter how bragging they were last night, they were still opponents the next day.
Bryant couldn't see the gloomy last night, and it was murderous again.
At 7:30 in the evening, in the Energy Center, the Thunder faced the Lakers at home, the focus of the battle.
The Thunder Big Three VS the Lakers Big Three. There is no Big Three in the NBA. You are embarrassed to say that you are a strong team.
Like the last game of playing the Cavaliers, it is still a gimmicky game, which is broadcast live in the United States. Before the game, the TV station forced a lot of Lai Lai.
The Thunder continued to maintain their strong record of one loss and continued their winning streak.
But tonight, the Thunder seemed a little tired.
There are too many victories and players will be tired.
Not physical fatigue, but mental fatigue.
Victory began to lack stimulus, on the contrary, victory began to become a pressure.
The higher the number of winning streak, the greater the pressure, as if the Golden State Warriors finally couldn't bear the pressure and collapsed, losing to the Bucks.
Tonight, the Thunder also collapsed. Li Liang sat on the bench and watched it collapse first.
The Lakers' lineup is aimed at the Thunder.
With Li Liang absent, Love has an advantage over Collison in the power forward position~EbookFREE.me~ In the small forward position, Leonard is one of the best defenders against Durant.
Kobe is getting older, but tonight he is full of fighting spirit, and Westbrook meets.
The Lakers took the lead in the first quarter, and Li Liang did not lead the second team after the debut.
The second team of the Lakers carried the Thunder's attack under the leadership of Love, always maintaining a lead of about 0 points.
Bryant in the second half of the Vietnam War more brave, repeatedly hitting difficult goals.
That night, Bryant scored a high score of 37 points, helping the Lakers beat the Thunder at 5:09 at 09:04 away.
They ended the Thunder's winning streak and gave the Thunder the second defeat of the season.
After the game, Kobe announced his decision to the world in the locker room:
"This will be my last season in the NBA."