Chapter 140 [Strike iron to win, embarrassing proof]
The next day, Isaiah Laidel was traded by multiple media reports because he angrily criticized the Lakers after being traded.
Ledel said angrily: "I expressed strong dissatisfaction with this. I just wanted to play. Is this too much? Otherwise, I would have chosen the Heat instead of the Lakers. I came to help the Lakers defend the title, but they traded me to the Nuggets without asking for my opinion. This made me feel incredible and I didn't get any respect."
Leder's eloquence is also incredible. Isn't this obvious that he looks down on the Nuggets? Without playing a game, he successfully aroused the disgust of the new owner's management. If he continues to do his own thing, it will be difficult for him to complete this season.
After the Lakers' training in the morning, a reporter came to interview him, asking Phil Jackson to evaluate Laider's performance in the Lakers, wanting to know what bad things Laider did with the Lakers. The "Zen Master" chose to keep silent and was too lazy to say anything to this person.
Lakers players also have a tacit understanding and don’t mention Laidall. Everyone has left. There is no need to say offensive words to put down the wrong way. That will make you look very stingy. Anyway, everyone knows that this is a weird thing.
In Guo Xu's previous life, Ledel was not sent away, and his remarks were even more stupid next season. Although the Lakers finally won the championship, there was a ring from Ledel, he thought that this ring was not justified when watching it.
Ledel, who does not eat the food of pity, said in an interview: "To be honest, it does not mean anything to me because I did not play in the playoffs and was not a member of the championship team in the strict sense."
He also said he would get his ring when he was in a fight with the Lakers on November 25, and he thought that this scene happened after the Nuggets defeated the Lakers.
Funny thing is that Leidel failed to wait for the day when the Nuggets "revenge" their old club. He only played 10 games, and the Nuggets management could not bear to cut the cancer. The 14th game against the Lakers...
Since then, no one has provided him with a contract, even if he averages 10 points per game, he only needs a basic salary. As for when Ledel went to the Lakers to receive his own ring, fans don't know.
That ring should make sense to him. In the future, when Laidel goes bankrupt, when abducts a woman and is arrested due to domestic violence, the NBA champion ring will make his life look less failure, and there is a hint of shining. After all, this is something that Malone, Barkley, Ewing and others dream of but have not gotten.
Unfortunately, he didn't even have that ring in this life, and his career was a complete failure.
In the evening, the Lakers vs. Supersonics race started at the Staples Arena, and the Lakers fell behind 26-30 in the first quarter.
Harper did a good job against Payton. Payton made 3 of 5 shots, 1 of 2 free throws, scored 7 points, 2 rebounds and 2 assists, and Harper made 2 of 4 shots, scored 4 points, 1 rebound and 2 assists.
Ruben Patterson performed very successfully on the defensive end. Kobe made 3 of 7 shots, 1 of 2 free throws, and scored 7 points, 1 rebound and 1 assist in the whole quarter. He was not efficient. Patterson made 2 of 3 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, and scored 6 points.
The Supersonics performed better, with Wenbeck scoring 4 points in 3 minutes on the court, and Brent Barry made a three-pointer in the last two minutes.
The Lakers only sent Brian Shaw as a substitute in the second half, replaced Harper, and Guo Xu kept sitting on the bench.
Guo Xu was not in a hurry at all, so he would not take the initiative to ask to play to defend Payton's back. Harper's comeback was just doing such dirty and tiring work. Basketball games were fighting wits and courage. Guo Xu knew what kind of players would restrain him, and of course the coaching staff also knew that he would not let him do things he was not good at.
Payton rested in the second quarter, Guo Xu appeared and had the ball rights. The other four were Brian Shaw, George, Horry, and O'Neal.
Guo Xu and O'Neal played pick-and-roll in the middle and quickly overtook the score with a 11-2 wave.
If you don't have to guard yourself from the inside, Guo Xu can take advantage of the fat man to get rid of the defender on the outside and take action directly.
Ewing, Wenbeck is defending outside, Guo Xu breaks through with the ball, and has a clear advantage in playing big speed.
Even if the big man was not passed by him, as long as he followed the defense to the bottom line, there would be gaps. O'Neal's mid-loop space was unstoppable, so he could only use the "shark-cutting tactic" to send him to the free throw.
A simple mid-lane pick-and-roll, the center forward's basic tactics are not good at supersonic defense. O'Neal's impact is really terrible. If there is no defender who dares to switch to defense, it is suicide. There will definitely be gaps in the repair defense.
O'Neal did not pass the ball and could not withstand the Supersonics could not withstand it even with only one inside line. Wenbeck soon made three crimes and rested. "King Kong" Ewing came up even worse. He was too light in weight and was not fast enough for a foul. He was knocked out of the bottom line by O'Neal in one dunk.
Guo Xu scored 7 points and 7 assists in a single quarter, and his data was soaring. He felt that if he played like this all season, he would be able to have a 20+10 season in his rookie season. As long as he played pick-and-roll, O'Pang's data bonus to the defender was obvious.
During the Magic, Anthony Hardaway, who has a fat man, is recognized as the "Jordan successor". He scored 20+4+7 data for two consecutive seasons, with a shooting percentage of 51.2% and 51.3%. As a result, as soon as O'Neal left the Magic, Hardaway's shooting percentage could not even reach 45%, which was the result of everyone. This is not entirely due to injuries.
Not to mention when he was in the Heat, O'Neal was willing to be a green leaf, which helped Wade develop confidence and achieved hegemony in 2006.
In the second half, the Lakers continued to play pick-and-roll, and role players such as Fox and Horry also made the ball, and the Lakers always kept the lead.
Although Kobe was in poor form, the Lakers still won without any suspense, 106 to 91.
Guo Xu made 7 of 12 shots, 3 of 5 three-pointers, 5 of 6 free throws, scored 22 points, 3 rebounds, 12 assists and 2 steals, and his double-double performance was very eye-catching.
O'Neal scored 34 points, 17 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 blocks. The only drawback is that he made 2 of 11 free throws. If he had made the free throw on time, the game would have been garbage time long ago.
After the game, the media interviewed "Zen Master" Jackson, asking him to evaluate the game, and deliberately pointed the finger at Kobe.
Kobe scored 50+ in the field, with a shooting percentage of more than 50%, and the Lakers lost; Kobe made 8 of 25 shots, 0 of 1 three-pointer, 3 of 5 free throws, and scored 19 points, 4 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 steals. The Lakers easily won 15 points.
Jackson doesn't know how to evaluate it, saying that the supersonic speed is too weak? You can't be weaker than the Warriors, right?
The Lakers played well in this game because they cooperated a lot, and only Kobe was away from the tactics, and the others had a tacit understanding.
Kobe has repeatedly challenged two defensive strong points Payton and Patterson. He probably felt that he had won 50+ on the court and was in good condition. He wanted to beat the Supersonic defensive experts to prove his strength.
The result was a bit embarrassing. Kobe's touch failed to continue this game. It was precisely because of his unstable performance that Lidel dared to challenge and always felt that he could do it. In the last two games, Kobe did not only fail to become Jordan, but also develop in the direction of Lidel.
Jackson has never understood Kobe's personality of competing and fighting against strong defenses alone. NBA has not "winned the Payton Award" or "beat the Best Defensive Player Award". What is he pursuing?
Kobe is actually just jealous. The media often says that O'Neal can beat all the insides of the league one-on-one with his personal ability and is the strongest dominant center, so Kobe wants to prove that he has the ability to beat all the outsides one-on-one.
Chapter completed!