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Chapter 139 [Hurricane failure, thorny transaction]

In the Lakers' back-to-back away game against the Warriors, Phil Jackson gave Kobe unlimited shots, and allowed Guo Xuyun to pass the ball in half, pulling the ball to attract defense and taking the ball.

Kobe was in a state of great shape during training in the morning, and Jackson wanted to see how effective he was to be the first core of the team.

Kobe broke out and scored crazily with Warriors boss Antoine Jamison. Both sides fought fiercely. After an overtime game, the Warriors defeated the Lakers 125-122 under Jamison, defending their home honors. Before this game, they had only 5 wins and 13 losses, and were weak teams in the Western Conference.

Kobe played for 51 minutes, made 18 of 35 shots, 2 of 7 three-pointers, 13 of 13 free throws, scored 51 points, 7 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 steals, and had 4 fouls and 8 turnovers.

O'Neal played for 40 minutes, with 25 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 blocks and 5 fouls. Because of the foul, he didn't play for a long time on his regular basis.

Guo Xu created opportunities for his teammates throughout the game, and he made few moves, and he was still the team's third scoring point, making 4 of 8 shots, 2 of 5 three-pointers, 1 of 2 free throws, and scoring 11 points and 7 assists.

The Lakers are Kobe who is the main player in the ball and the scoring points are too concentrated. Apart from the Trident, only "Cobra" Grant scored 10 points, and only four players in the team scored in double digits.

On the side of the Warriors, Jamison played for 53 minutes, made 21 of 29 shots, 2 of 5 three-pointers, 7 of 8 free throws, and scored 51 points, 13 rebounds, 5 assists, 2 steals and 1 block.

Kobe's 51.4% shooting percentage is already very high, and Jamison's shooting percentage is even more outrageous, reaching 72.4%. He played Grant and Fox were easy, and he was not afraid of O'Neal, and he broke through with the ball and caused two 2+1.

Jamison is 203cm tall and weighs 101 kilograms. He is a swingman at No. 3 and 4, and an all-around warrior. Vince Carter was his younger brother in college. After entering the league, he quickly became the boss of the Warriors. He currently averaged 24.5 points, 8.6 rebounds and 2 assists per game this season.

In Guo Xu's previous life, Jamison was a star who was born in the wrong era and his strength was seriously underestimated.

At his peak, the NBA's forward competition was extremely fierce. Duncan and Garnett almost won the first team of the year, and Nowitzki and Weber were regular visitors of the second team. In addition, Pierce, O'Neal Jr., Walker, Stojakovic, Marion and other All-Stars competed for the third team. Jamison had no advantage over any of the above-mentioned people.

Later on, James, Anthony, Stadameer, Gran Gasol and others rose one after another, and Jamison had no hope at all. He averaged 20+10 per game and could not attract much attention.

Generally speaking, players who can get 20,000 points in their career are the bosses or second-in-commands of the team. They should have won many personal awards, including the second and third-tier teams of the best teams, the best week, the best month, etc. But Jamison, a 20,000-pointer, has only one award that he can win, and he has never won the championship in his career. No one has ever suffered such a decline.

The Lakers team has a day off and will face the challenge of the Supersonics at home on the 8th.

It is worth mentioning that Isaiah Ledel didn't play for a minute in this game. On the morning of the 7th, the NBA officially announced that the Lakers and the Nuggets reached a deal, and exchanged Ledel for the Nuggets' base salary substitute forward Ryan Bowen.

Ledell has never been able to integrate into the Lakers. Guo Xu's rise has made him unable to even play the familiar ball-holding battle. He averaged only 6.5 points, 2.3 rebounds and 1.3 assists per game. The only reasonable is only 44.6% shooting percentage and 37.5% three-point shooting percentage.

This season, Liddle was late for training on the team many times and missed once. Although this was just a little bit compared to his past performances, it still caused the coaching staff to be very dissatisfied. Liddle was absent from training last month, and a Los Angeles reporter said that he saw him appearing in a nightclub in Los Angeles last night.

If Leidel just trains to be lazy, the management can tolerate it. After all, O'Neal is often lazy, but what's crazy is that this guy doesn't take Kobe seriously and never does.

Leder publicly challenged Kobe in many training sessions, and squirted trash words at Kobe, "Pick up your tail and roll back to the kitchen." "Don't show off in front of me, I'm also a star player. When I'm an opponent, I've also got a lot of points on your head."

This is true. Since Kobe entered the league in 19 games, the two have played against each other in 19 games. Ledel averaged 16.9 points per game and beat Kobe's 13.6 points. In the last match between the two in the 99-00 season, Ledel scored 33 points and beat Kobe's 30 points.

Leider was dissatisfied. He felt that as long as he had the ball, he could get a high score by himself, which was no different from Kobe.

Last week, Kobe finally got angry and sweared back at Ledel: "Do you really think you can score on my head? You and I, come on one-on-one."

Leider agreed happily: "Come on, I'm not a softie, who is afraid of whom?"

Then, under the gaze of a group of melon-eating teammates holding drinks and popcorn, Lydel was in a tragedy. Kobe pulled out jump shot, backward jump shot, breakthrough, long shot, dunk, left layup, right layup, and various scores. The one-on-one match ended soon, with a score of 10-1.

At this point, the management completely lost patience with Liddle, an idiot who was not self-aware, and decided to trade. If you test your IQ, Liddle could only get Mike's score in "The Troubles of Growth" (some 27 points). The meaning of his existence is to affect the harmony of the locker room.

This is actually the butterfly effect caused by Guo Xu's joining the Lakers. Without his extra scoring point, the management will continue to tolerate Leidel for a while until he can't bear it in the second half and exclude him from the playoffs roster.

Ryan Bowen, who changed to "star", is 201cm tall and weighs 98 kilograms. He was selected by the Nuggets in the second round in 1998. After the draft, he was not retained by the Nuggets and joined the Nuggets after working hard in Turkey for a year. This season, he averaged 12 minutes per game, scoring 3.4 points, 2 rebounds and 0.5 assists.

Although Bowen has no data, it is a win-win deal.

The Nuggets lack attack points and need a master to lead a substitute in chaos. The team averaged 99 points per game. It was impossible to see where Bowen could defend well. This guy could give up at any time. In the summer, they chased Ledel. When the offer was twice as high as the Lakers, Ledel chose the Lakers.

The Lakers need to find a small forward who does not take the ball and is willing to work hard to defend as a substitute. Bowen almost does not have to attack. The team does not need him to attack. George can only be a blue-collar worker when he plays.

After reading the news, Guo Xu felt that the Lakers made money, and it was best for the lunatics like Lydel to leave. After knowing each other for more than two months, he and Lydel said less than 10 words in total. He said hello and was very cold-hearted, and he seemed to want to fight. Guo Xu initially thought he was targeting him, but later he found out that he was like a bird to everyone, and even O'Neal was too lazy to pay attention to it.

Although Bowen's offense is very poor, he can help the team on the defensive end. In Guo Xu's previous life, Bowen joined the Rockets' camp in the 2004-05 season, starting three games in 7 playoffs in 2005, responsible for the main defense Nowitzki, averaged 18 minutes per game and scored 2.6 points.

Nowitzki shot 128 times in seven games, hitting only 45 goals, with a shooting percentage of only 35.1%. In the previous regular season, Nowitzki's shooting percentage reached 45.9%. The reason why he lost his level was Bowen's candy-style defense.
Chapter completed!
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