‘The most glorious day in a person's life is not the day he achieves success...

But the day he regains courage amidst Su Feng and Kobe's Versailles moments, and continues to move forward with a brave will.’

Inside the Lakers' training facility.

Looking at Su Feng, who would mention "12/13 season scoring champion" every three minutes, and Kobe, who would bring up "12/13 season assist champion" every two minutes and fifty-eight seconds, Marc-Fleurbaey Gasol silently sighed in his heart.

The 12/13 regular season concluded.

Su Feng, who started all 82 games for the Lakers, averaged 37.4 points, 11.5 rebounds, 6.1 assists, 2.9 steals, and 1.8 blocks per game in 41.9 minutes of playing time.

During the regular season, besides breaking the NBA's single-game scoring record with 104 points on Christmas night and raising the NBA's single-game three-point record to 18...

In the 12/13 season, Su Feng, who scored a total of 3067 points, 943 rebounds, 500 assists, 238 steals, and 148 blocks for the Lakers, continued to break his own NBA regular season scoring record.

Furthermore, while winning his twelfth scoring title, this 35-year-old veteran also raised the current NBA all-time three-point record to 5001 after the final regular season game against the Mavericks.

In addition, thanks to Stern giving back the cylinder in the 12/13 season...

Su Feng also became the player in NBA history to score 35 points per game with the fewest attempts, averaging 21.6 shots per game.

As Su Feng's advanced statistics were released...

In addition to being shocked that this 35-year-old veteran could score for the Lakers with a 53.4% overall field goal percentage, 45.8% three-point percentage, and 91% free throw percentage...

Su Feng's 74.4% field goal percentage in the restricted area and 72.2% true shooting percentage became the ultimate rebuttal to those who constantly criticized him for taking too many shots.

Yes, you read that right.

72.2% true shooting percentage.

Since the NBA introduced the true shooting percentage calculation formula...

Su Feng, who had always been seen by his detractors as relying on high volume shooting to get high scores, casually raised the bar for "efficient scoring" in the NBA by an entire level at the age of 35.

And as for his 443 three-pointers this season?

Ha!

Such a casually achieved historical record...

Was simply not worth mentioning in the face of the series of amazing achievements Su Feng created this season!

Seventeen-year professional career.

Twelve scoring titles.

Kevin Durant, who was often criticized by experts and the media for not being decisive enough in the regular season, was "impressed".

Because even though Su Feng only took about one more shot per game than him...

He was behind Su Feng by as many as 6 points on the average scoring list!

Unfortunately.

"Durant the Second" once again became Su Feng's backdrop, much to everyone's regret.

On the other side...

As the sixth-ranked shooting guard in the league in ESPN's preseason shooting guard rankings...

Kobe, who started all 82 games for the Lakers this season, averaged 30.1 points, 11.7 assists, 10.5 rebounds, 1.2 steals, 0.6 blocks... and a career-high 5.4 turnovers per game in 34.2 minutes of playing time.

Kobe, who had been leading the assist and turnover charts since the beginning of the regular season, adjusted his scoring structure in December of last year. In the 12/13 season, he scored a total of 2468 points, 960 assists, 861 rebounds, 98 steals, and 49 blocks for the Lakers. With an overall field goal percentage of only 41.7%, a three-point percentage of 35.8%, and a free throw percentage of 85%, he successfully had his most efficient season.

In addition to a true shooting percentage as high as 60.8%, Kobe, who attempted 827 three-pointers this season, also broke his personal single-season three-point record with 296 three-pointers made.

In addition, relying on his lifelike shooting fakes and the "beautiful-as-a-painting point-and-initiate-fraud" technique, Kobe, who attempted 1035 free throws in the 12/13 season and made 880 of them, also became the player who drew the most fouls per game this season.

Online, when Kobe's detractors opened Kobe's statistics, intending to criticize his abominable shooting this season...

They immediately saw the news that "Since the NBA has had complete statistics, Kobe has become the second most efficient scorer in NBA history after Su Feng"...

How amazing is the "Curry/Harden" style of shot selection?

In the 12/13 season, Su Feng and Kobe combined to contribute 67.5 points per game for the Lakers while taking a total of 40.8 shots per game.

And you should know...

The rest of the Lakers players combined only managed 52.3 points on 49.2 shots per game.

As everyone knows.

In the NBA, it is common for the first and second options to combine for 30 to 40 shots.

According to NBA average efficiency statistics, the efficiency of the other Lakers players is not low.

Because in the NBA, getting about 1 point per shot is also a common phenomenon.

It's just...

That the report card turned in by this "Los Angeles Geriatric Duo" this season...

Was a bit too outrageous.

The 12/13 regular season had just ended when North America's chief Kobe hater, ESPN, urgently revised the 12/13 NBA shooting guard rankings.

In the latest shooting guard rankings, Kobe, who had just won the assist title, returned to the top spot without controversy.

Also, on that day's playoff preview program, ESPN's hosts and guests called Su Feng and Kobe the greatest perimeter duo in NBA history.

"Don't joke around, how could I put up Kobe's efficiency this season?

Can't you guys check the data yourselves?

Even Michael Jordan is only worthy of carrying Kobe's shoes in the face of Kobe this season!"

Scottie Pippen, who has made a small fortune by wildly hyping up Su Feng and Kobe in recent years, commented on Su Feng and Kobe this season on the show.

However...

Pippen's vision is still not big enough?

Because Pippen, who felt that he had enough to live on by making a few small bucks, did not know...

That in another 10 years...

A live streamer's "hard-earned" money from two years of "blood and sweat" would be enough to buy a lower-mid-table Premier League team and be worth countless celebrities. (Note 1)

In the 12/13 season, in addition to the scoring title and assist title being taken by the "Los Angeles Geriatric Duo"...

The rebounding title, steal title, and block title were won by Vučević, Paul, and Ibaka, respectively.

As the big white bear in the Grizzlies' "black and white double bears," Vučević successfully benefited from the Grizzlies' retro-style defensive play this season.

As the NBA version continued to iterate, the Grizzlies, who only managed 95.4 points in the regular season this season, were clearly out of sync with other teams.

Relying on a "grueling style of play" that made opponents and their own fans feel extremely pained, in this era when the "Western Three Bears" could all score over 100 points per game...

The Grizzlies, who ranked last in the league in team average points per game this season, were undoubtedly the league's number one oddball.

But...

Thanks to a defense that only allowed opponents to score 92.4 points per game, no matter how odd the Grizzlies were, they were still the fifth-ranked team in the West this season.

In the 12/13 season, the Grizzlies only allowed more than 105 points in 4 regular season games.

And the teams that were able to beat the little bears so badly were:

The Lakers, the Lakers, the Lakers, the Lakers.

Look!

What is the Lakers' most loyal "little brother" in the league?

Although the main reason the Grizzlies allowed over 105 points in these four games was because the Lakers played too well.

However, for other teams that knew the relationship between the Lakers and the Grizzlies...

They all agreed...

That in these four games, the Grizzlies' defensive attitude was completely different!

Damn it!

After the game, the Knicks fans, who witnessed the opponent's "miracle" at their home arena, immediately deprived Jackson of his "peeing rights" and "speaking rights," just like they had deprived Ewing of his breathing rights back in the day.

On the court, it was unknown whether Jackson really had to pee or not...

Anyway, when he rushed to the toilet after the game...

The New York media surrounded him and yelled at him, "You don't deserve to use the toilet here! Leave here, immediately, right now!"

Inside the player tunnel, Jackson, who couldn't hold it in, was almost crying.

However...

Before he could speak, the reporters who blocked him continued, "You're a liar! A complete liar! You ruined the Knicks!"

Jackson, who was still enjoying the Knicks fans' worship two years ago, was now heartbroken.

Because he thought he could become the Knicks' Godfather...

How could he know...

That even God wouldn't dare say he could save the Knicks?

On the other side.

When "Brow's Bro," with David West's arm to rely on, and his Hornets made it to the Western Conference playoffs...

He, who was originally full of anticipation and fantasy for the playoffs...

Started self-isolating a week later.

37.

31.

11.

61.

In the four first-round playoff games against the Los Angeles Lakers in the 12/13 season...

The above four numbers represent the point difference in the four games between the Lakers and the Hornets.

Game 1.

Hoping to take advantage of the Lakers' underestimation and win a game if possible.

"Brow's Bro" and his Hornets completely recognized reality with a 37-point defeat.

In Game 2.

Turning to learning as the goal and experiencing the playoff atmosphere, "Brow's Bro" and his Hornets successfully demonstrated their young team's ability to improve with a point difference that was 6 points less than the previous game.

Game 3, back in New Orleans.

In front of their hometown fans, "Brow's Bro" and his teammates put up a tenacious resistance against the Lakers in the first half.

In the end, the 11-point final difference proved that they had successfully narrowed the gap in strength between them and the Lakers in this year's playoff journey compared to the first two games.

However...

As the two teams' Game 4 officially began.

"Brow's Bro" and his teammates found out...

That the price of resisting the Lakers would be so heavy!

125 to 64.

Progress, learning?

On the court, as the final buzzer sounded.

When the Lakers showed a serious and earnest attitude in this game.

The aggrieved "Brow's Bro" realized...

That the experts' and commentators' opinions on the Hornets' progress after Game 3...

Were simply because the Lakers hadn't been playing seriously against the Hornets at all.

April 29th.

After sweeping the New Orleans Hornets 4-0, the Lakers officially became the first team to break through the first round in the 12/13 season.

And so...

In this world called the NBA...

Besides Chris Paul, "Brow's Bro" also became synonymous with "61".

"The 61 New Orleans Massacre".

Also known as "The Great New Orleans Victory".

Those who had been questioning the "gold content" of the Lakers' 78-4 record before the end of the regular season disappeared overnight.

Because when the Lakers entered the next round of the playoffs with an average margin of victory of 35 points over the Hornets in the first round.

At this moment...

The only thing people felt from this powerhouse was...

Fear!

According to the schedule, the Lakers' opponent in the Western Conference semifinals would be the winner between the SuperSonics and the Grizzlies.

After accidentally beating the Hornets, who dared to fight back, too badly...

Looking at the Lakers' only true love in the league...

Both Kobe and Su Feng felt at this moment...

That these little bears...

Were a bit too strong!

In the first two games in Seattle, "Bear Big" Randolph and "Bear Two" Vučević carved up Kevin Durant, forcing him to call the police.

Although in Memphis, the SuperSonics won two games in a row thanks to Roy and Harden's valiant performance...

The SuperSonics' strategic intention of quickly eliminating the Grizzlies and meeting the Lakers, which they had hoped for before the start of this series, had already vanished.

Memphis Grizzlies.

A team that moved from Vancouver to Memphis, received the support of all the citizens of Memphis, and whose team-building philosophy was to let Memphis fans watch as many games as possible. (Note 2)

As everyone knows.

Because all NBA teams' season tickets include the playoffs.

Therefore, in order to give back to the local fans in Memphis.

Even if the team had to tank and rebuild.

The Grizzlies' management would often try every means to complete the rebuild as quickly as possible.

Perhaps.

This team has never been a championship favorite since its inception.

But on the playoff stage.

If you dare to underestimate this team.

Then, as the bears come out...

You will surely be scratched with blood by these vicious bears from Memphis.

And what is obvious is.

That the Seattle Four Young Masters, who haven't experienced enough failures yet...

Didn't take the Grizzlies seriously before the start of this series at all.

"Young people are still young people after all."

That day, while watching the game between the SuperSonics and the Grizzlies with Kobe, looking at Kevin Durant on the court, who was as anxious as if he couldn't drink Scarlett Johansson's bathwater...

Su Feng shook his head and sighed.

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