rpbooks Chapter 172 Kobe Bryant Returns
Chapter 172 Kobe Bryant Returns
Chapter 172 Kobe Bryant Returns
The whistle for the end of the first half had just blown. Coach Mike Brown of the Los Angeles Lakers hurried back to his team's locker room. What is the injury?
Inside the locker room, Kobe Bryant was lying on the bed in the massage room, and the Lakers team doctor was treating Kobe Bryant.Coach Mike Brown didn't have much time to spend in the massage room, because he had to arrange the tactics for the players in the second half of the game.However, it didn't take long for Kobe Bryant to appear in the Los Angeles Lakers locker room.
"Hey, Kobe, is your injury okay?" Coach Mike Brown asked Kobe Bryant.
However, Kobe Bryant did not answer Coach Mike Brown's words, but went straight to his seat and sat down.
At the same time, the Los Angeles Lakers locker room also fell silent. Everyone, including coach Mike Brown and other Los Angeles Lakers players, were waiting for Kobe Bryant to give an answer.
"To be honest, Kobe's injury is not optimistic," the Los Angeles Lakers team doctor walked into the player's locker room and said, "Just now Kobe collided with Roy Hibbert and fell heavily on the floor, so we still have no Not sure if Kobe's injury has worsened."
"So can Kobe play tonight?" Coach Mike Brown asked.
However, before the team doctor could speak, Kobe Bryant spoke.
"Of course I want to play!" Kobe Bryant said.
"Don't force it, man!" the Lakers team doctor advised Kobe Bryant.
"I've decided, I want to play!" Kobe Bryant said coldly in an irresistible tone, "I know that the team is nearly ten points behind them now, and now the team needs me, and I must step forward. "
The Lakers doctor looked to Coach Mike Brown.
"I think it's better to forget it," Coach Mike Brown said hastily, "This is just a regular season."
"We've already lost to the Pacers once in Indianapolis, don't you want to continue to lose at home?" Kobe Bryant said loudly.
"Stop arguing like this!" Los Angeles Lakers assistant coach and NBA legend "Skyhook" Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said. Coach Mike Brown and Kobe Bryant saw that the old man had spoken, so they stopped talking.
"Kobe, like you, I have experienced such a thing." Kareem Abdul-Jabbar said to Kobe Bryant, "If I were you, I would not play, after all, your body is not as good as it was when you were young. Now, you have to protect your body to prolong your career."
"But now the team needs me," Kobe Bryant said, "I think you can see it, those fans are waiting for me, waiting for me to play to reverse the situation, I have no reason to shirk!"
Kareem looked at Kobe Bryant and couldn't help shaking his head.Kobe Bryant's stubborn Kareem Abdul-Jabbar knows that as long as it is something Kobe Bryant has already decided, no one will let him change his mind. "Okay," Kareem said with a sigh, "if you want to play, then play."
As a result, coach Mike Brown had nothing to say, and had to agree to let Kobe Bryant play.
"I hope Kobe's injury will not be aggravated." Coach Mike Brown and the Lakers team doctor thought at the same time.
As the second half began, home fans in the Staples Center were pleasantly surprised to find their superstar, Kobe Bryant, back in the game.
"Look! Kobe Bryant is back on the court!" Sir Charles Barkley yelled frantically from the sidelines. "Kobe Bryant is playing The Return of the King! Miracles happen! Miracles happen! !Trust the Los Angeles Lakers will turn things around in the second half because Kobe Bryant is back!"
"It's unbelievable." Charles Barkley's commentary partner Kenny Smith shook his head and sighed.
"Hey, man, did you see, Kobe Bryant is back." Danny Granger said to Roy Hibbert.
"What will happen when he comes back, we will definitely win the game in the end." Xu Nuo said standing aside.
"You underestimate Kobe Bryant, rookie!" Danny Granger exclaimed.
"Oh?" Xu Nuo raised his eyebrows.
"Now that Kobe Bryant is back, he is likely to play harder than before!" Danny Granger said, "Because Kobe Bryant is a person who will never admit defeat, Kobe Bryant suffered such a big loss in the collision with Roy in the first half, and Kobe Bryant will definitely pay back twice in the second half! Therefore, we should be careful and be careful!"
"Boss, it sounds like you're a little afraid of Kobe Bryant." Xu Nuo glanced at Danny Granger and said.
"What did you say?" Danny Granger seemed a little annoyed.
"No matter how unyielding Kobe Bryant is, he is still just a human being, an ordinary human being." Xu Nuo said, "As long as he is human, he must have weaknesses, as long as we identify his weaknesses and attack , we will surely win.”
"Good words!" Coach Larry Brown said to Xu Nuo with a smile after hearing what he said.
"But Kobe Bryant doesn't seem to have any very obvious weaknesses..." Roy Hibbert said with some concern.
Xu Nuo glanced at Roy Hibbert with some disdain.
"Of course the enemy won't expose his weaknesses under your nose!" Xu Nuo said, "We should slowly find his weaknesses during the game!"
"In this way, the second half of the game simply let you defend Kobe Bryant." Roy Hibbert said slightly sarcastically.
"This, I think it depends on the arrangement of Coach Larry Brown." Xu Nuo said.
Coach Larry Brown folded his hands.
"Promise, let you defend Kobe Bryant in the second half." Coach Larry Brown said.
Roy Hibbert said that sentence mainly because he wanted to ridicule the promise, with a joking meaning.But none of the Indiana Pacers players thought that coach Larry Brown would actually send promises to guard Kobe Bryant, including promises himself.
"Perhaps Xu Nuo has really seen the weakness of Kobe Bryant. I think it is the most appropriate for Xu Nuo to defend Kobe Bryant." Coach Larry Brown explained.
"Coach Brown promised to lose to Kobe Bryant in terms of height, weight, skill and even game experience. I think we should let others defend Kobe Bryant." Danny Grant Jay told Coach Larry Brown this way.
"Boss, are you underestimating my defensive ability?" Xu Nuo said disapprovingly.
"Rookie, although you do play very well, don't be too arrogant!" Danny Granger said to Xu Nuo with a gloomy face, "The job of defending Kobe Bryant is more difficult than you imagined. Too much, and he will tear you apart piece by piece!"
"Tear up?" Xu Nuo said jokingly, "Then is there anyone to collect my body?"
The entire Indiana Pacers team stuck out their tongues and stopped talking.Coach Larry Brown glanced at Xu Nuo, and the expression in his eyes was more complicated.
At this time, Dick Bavita, the referee of the game, blew the whistle in his mouth, and the second half of the game was about to begin. "Go!" Coach Larry Brown said to the players, and he looked at Promise.
"Must not let me down!" Coach Larry Brown whispered to promise.
"Don't worry, Coach Brown!" Xu Nuo said with a smile.
It is precisely because Coach Larry Brown sent a promise to defend Kobe Bryant, so at the point guard position, Coach Larry Brown sent OJ Mayo instead of Darren Collison or George Hill, DeMar DeRozan also sat on the bench.In this way, when defending, he promises to be a shooting guard, OJ Mayo is a point guard, and when attacking, the positions of the two are exchanged, so it is perfect to use a combo guard OJ Mayo .
"The Indiana Pacers made promises to guard Kobe Bryant?" Sir Charles Barkley exclaimed in disbelief. "What the hell is going on? How could Coach Larry Brown make such an arrangement?"
"Coach Larry Brown has always been conservative. Under normal circumstances, he would not make such a bold arrangement. I don't know why Coach Larry Brown made such an arrangement tonight." Charles Barkley's commentary partner Kenny Smith said so.
"If it is really a promise to defend Kobe Bryant, then Kobe Bryant will definitely explode in the second half of the game!" Sir Charles Barkley said decisively.
In the first 2 minutes of the second half, Kobe Bryant's performance seemed to verify Sir Charles Barkley's words. Kobe Bryant hit two consecutive mid-range jumpers, narrowing the point difference to only four points.
Coach Larry Brown looked at the promise on the field, his face became more serious.
But Xu Nuo's face was very relaxed.
"I think I already know where your weakness is!" Xu Nuo said to Kobe Bryant with a smile.
(End of this chapter)