One Guard

　　 The Mavericks completed a 14-point reversal and won the defending champion Los Angeles Lakers. Yiyang and the Mavericks once again made the headlines of various sports websites and newspapers. As for these, Yiyang has already taken offense.

This season, the Mavericks have brought too many surprises to everyone. From a 12-game winning streak in the regular season to an excellent performance in the playoffs. People's perception of the Mavericks team seems to have been refreshing.

Now, the Mavericks can take away the victory with Kobe scored 36 points, undoubtedly another feat. And Yiyang, who blocked Kobe's lore, has also become a subject of scrutiny.

In the past few days, because of Yiyang's popularity, even Vignali couldn't quietly change a hotel. Because the house where she originally lived was surrounded by reporters every day. If Vignali wants to go out, he must spend more than 20 minutes crossing the "wall" formed by reporters.

The Mavericks have a 1-0 lead, which is a great success. But the Los Angeles Lakers, which received the most attention, were completely silent the day after the game.

The reporters gathered outside the training hall rented by the Lakers, hoping to interview a certain Lakers player, or Kobe himself. But this time, "Zen Master" Jackson gave everyone a "password." Except for regular press conferences, neither he nor his players will confide a word in front of the media.

Therefore, no one knows what the Lakers are in. In yesterday's press conference, Kobe criticized Artest by name, which undoubtedly made the reporters smell the smoke of gunpowder.

Who is Artest? That was the fierce beast that Kobe faced. Although he got along well with Kobe after coming to the Lakers, he should be very upset because of Artest's character and being criticized by Kobe by name.

The reporters had all kinds of speculations in their hearts, but they couldn't find anyone to ask questions. As a result, various rumors spread quickly.

What Artest is at odds with Kobe, what is the two fight in the training ground. Without news, the ability of journalists to make up news can sometimes be more exciting than facts.

Now, Jackson has issued a password all over the line, which is even more "evidence" to the reporters. Inside the Lakers, something must have gone wrong!

Rumors were flying outside, but Jackson and the other Lakers players were not in the mood to pay attention to it.

In fact, after Kobe criticized Artest by name, the "beast" immediately admitted that he was not focused enough on the defensive end tonight. As for the conflict with Kobe, there is no such thing as a fight with Kobe.

The reason Jackson does not want to be disturbed by reporters now is because he has more difficult things to deal with.

"At a critical moment, the injury has come to disrupt again!" In the office of "Zen Master" Jackson, an old white-haired man with a tired face threw a few reports on the table disappointedly.

Those pieces of paper are the diagnosis report of the Lakers medical team on Kobe. The examination proved that Kobe's ankle sprain was aggravated and his knee injury began to spread. As for the fingers, there is still some time before recovery.

"Our suggestion is that it is best to let him truce for two weeks!" This sentence is the summary of the medical team attached to the end of the report.

This season, the Lakers are in very good form after the All-Star Game. They played a wave of 8-game winning streak, and then a 9-game winning streak after losing to the Heat. At that time, they were only 0.5 wins away from the No. 1 Spurs in the Western Conference. Unfortunately, Kobe sprained his ankle in the penultimate game of the winning streak, and his knee injury became more serious, so he suspended the game. And after Kobe's truce, the Lakers experienced a 5-game losing streak after the winning streak.

Despite the bumps, the Lakers squeezed the Mavericks to second place in the Western Conference. "Zen Master" Jackson is ready to show off his skills in the playoffs, but what is unpredictable is that Kobe sprained his ankle twice in the playoffs!

This time, the Lakers were miserable. But Kobe insisted on playing, defeated "Queen Bee" Paul, advanced to the Western Conference semifinals, and endured pain and scored 36 points in the last game.

But it is precisely because of Kobe's hard work, so now, his injury has become less optimistic.

"Zen Master" took off his glasses and rubbed his tired eyes. His eyes fell on the last sentence of the medical report.

"Two weeks of truce..." The Zen master knew that when Kobe returns from the truce for two weeks, the Lakers might not know that they are still in the playoffs.

This is not Jackson's distrust of his other players, but Kobe's position on the Lakers, both tactically and psychologically, is really too important.

"Your opinion, is it a truce?" Jackson raised his head and looked at the team doctors in front of him.

"If you insist on playing, the ankle and knee will become a stubborn illness in Kobe's career. From a medical point of view, we cannot take his career at risk." The doctors answered truthfully, the truce is the result of everyone's discussion.

"But this season we are in a very good situation. I think it is our best chance to create another dynasty..." In the middle of the talk, Jackson did not continue. He knew that in addition to winning the championship, he was also responsible for Kobe's career.

"Well, I see, you all go to work." Jackson nodded and motioned for the team doctors to go out.

After a few people left, only the "Zen Master" remained in the strange office. The old man sighed wearily, neither he nor Kobe seemed to be showing his old age...

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On the training ground, Kobe and other teammates are doing the same training. It seems that this guy is fine, but all the Lakers team doctors look at Kobe with a monster look, because only they know how much pain Kobe takes to do these actions.

"Bryant!" In the middle of training, Jackson suddenly walked out of the office, his shouting in the empty training hall into the ears of every player.

Kobe stopped his movements and turned his head with a smile. In fact, when Kobe saw several medical team members coming out of Jackson's office, he had already guessed that Jackson would come to him.

"Stop your training and go to the team doctor for treatment. For the next few games, I want you to truce!"

As soon as "Zen Master" said this, everyone on the Lakers was shocked. In the playoffs, let Kobe take a truce? That guy, but the spiritual pillar in everyone's hearts. If Kobe is not present, everyone will feel unconscious.

"I feel good." Kobe still keeps smiling, he is not willing to compromise with injuries!

"No, you sucked Bryant. We still need you later. Now, I want you to rest and then go for treatment." Jackson knew Kobe's stubborn temper, and he didn't intend to make Kobe obedient immediately.

Kobe twisted his ankle, knee, and moved his fingers. "Do you think these things can stop me, Phil? No, as long as I can play, I will play!"

"The most unclear thing about human beings is their body... Believe me Bryant, I and you are in the same mood. We all hope you will play the game early. After all, it is a critical moment. We need your defense and offense. Ability." Jackson knows that Kobe can't just come with hard, you have to grind hard. "I don't want to rush for quick success and quick profit to ruin your career. You are no longer that high school kid, Bryant, we can't rush..."

"But I don't want to miss the Western Conference semifinals. I don't want to wear a suit and sit on the bench. I can only watch my brothers fight on the court, and I can't do anything!"

"Nobody thinks, Bryant, that's why we need you to rest and then play in key games."

"But the Western Conference semifinals are also a key game. Can you guarantee that we will definitely break through the Mavericks level!?" Kobe's smile gradually disappeared, and he became sincere, serious, and serious.

This time, "Zen Master" Jackson did not answer Kobe's question. Everyone on the Lakers experienced the strength of the Dallas Mavericks yesterday. To defeat them without Kobe? Not impossible, but difficult, really difficult.

Jackson also knows that after two weeks, all the Lakers' games this season may be over.

"If you let me be eliminated because of this, that would be irresponsible to my career." Bryant's last words made Jackson compromise.

The white-haired old man shook his head. "You **** fellow, I only have one request, to reduce physical contact and reduce the risk of injury."

"I can add another condition to win the game!" Kobe's smile returned to his face. Don't his ankles, knees and fingers hurt? pain!

How can this guy still laugh?

Because he is Kobe Bryant.

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The problems facing the Lakers, Carlisle and his players still don't know. Because Kobe's performance yesterday was so good that he didn't seem to be a wounded person at all.

Carlisle looked at the players practicing tactics on the court. He only hoped that the Mavericks would not be behind by more than ten points and then overtake the next game. Carlisle's heart can't stand such a test. What he expects to see is the Mavericks' control of the entire situation.

The attention of this academy coach fell on Yiyang, although the Mavericks just slightly changed their offensive thinking, allowing the players to focus on jump shots. But Yiyang didn't have any discomfort. He was able to quickly send the ball to the place where it should be served, allowing the shooters around him, such as Terry and Peja, to score comfortably.

In this regard, his speed is almost as fast as Kidd.

Three-pointers, this is what Carlisle will emphasize in the next game. There are a lot of guys with excellent long-range shooting ability in the Mavericks, but for the first time in the series, this advantage did not play out.

So in today's training, Carlisle worked hard outside the three-point line, and all shooters will take turns playing to ensure the continuity of firepower.

Judging from the performance on the training field, the Mavericks' offense has indeed improved.

The team's good training status allowed Carlisle to announce the end of training at four o'clock in the afternoon. Everyone can go home early, take a good rest, and prepare for the second game tomorrow.

Carlisle stayed in the office alone, studying the video of the game that played a role with the Lakers.

After watching the video again today, Carlisle discovered a problem. Yesterday, although Kobe scored a high score of 36 points, but the number of times he broke through, but not many.

Most of the time, Kobe uses shooting to solve problems. It’s just that Kobe has too many shooting tricks, such as emergency stops, retreats, backs, backs...so many methods, it seems that Kobe’s offensive methods are very rich, but in fact, they all use COSCO Distance jumpers dominate.

Throughout the game, the number of Kobe breakthroughs can be counted with one hand. And on one occasion, Yiyang and Chandler were alone in a blockade.

Why does Kobe fight like this? This can only show one problem, Kobe's physical condition is not as good as it appears on the surface!

He wants to break through, but he doesn't have the ability to hit the basket. So shooting has become Kobe's only choice.

Thinking of this, Carlisle is like finding a key~www.novelmtl.com~ and finding a key to victory to defeat the defending champion!

Carlisle didn't know how long he watched the video. In short, when he walked out of the office, the sun was about to set.

When this guy walked out of the arena with a briefcase, he happened to see Yiyang driving by his Ford pickup.

"Have you practiced again?" Carlisle was already quite familiar with this. As long as Yiyang controls his extra training time, Carlisle has no objection.

"Well, I practiced for a while in the power room... Want a ride? Boss."

"No, I'll take a taxi and leave by myself. You go back early and rest tomorrow...Tomorrow, I may let you continue to match Kobe." When Carlisle knew that Kobe was in poor health, he had a problem. Got this idea. Maybe to contain Kobe, this time is really not an impossible thing.

"Oh, I'll work hard. Then, I'm leaving now, boss." Although Yiyang's expression was still cold, Carlisle vaguely saw that Yiyang's eyes had a little expectation!

The Ford pickup slowly moved forward towards the setting sun, farther and farther, until it disappeared.

?? After waving goodbye to Yiyang, Carlisle stood alone in the U.S. Route Center Arena in the sunset, looked up to the west, and admired the setting sun for a while.

"It's so beautiful..." Carlisle, who looked at the sky, suddenly sighed. He didn't know if he was talking about the sunset or the future of the Mavericks...8)