Chapter 1 The Only Boss

At the All-Star Weekend, Su Feng, who was being fought over by the basketball stars as a "must-see attraction," had become the undisputed and only Boss of this era, just like Old Jordan whom he once played against.

In February of this year, Andrew Wiggins, the Naismith Prep Player of the Year, said in an interview that he hoped the NBA would once again allow high school players to skip college and enter the draft directly.

Because, for these players who had to wait at least a year after graduating from high school to be eligible for the draft...

What they lost was not some petty cash.

But...

The chance to personally face off against the "God of Basketball" before he retired!

The day after the Houston All-Star Weekend ended, several media outlets in Los Angeles commented on this year's All-Star Weekend:

Only by understanding Su Feng's significance to this era and to the sport of basketball.

Can you understand why the players on "Team Wade" all wanted to play against him at the All-Star Weekend. (Note 1)

Although to this day, Su Feng, who is about to turn 35, has never revealed his retirement date in interviews.

But as Su Feng's age continues to increase...

People know.

That every game of Su Feng's is one less to see.

"Speaking of which, have you considered your specific retirement date?" That day, while doing extra practice with Su Feng after training as usual, Kobe asked with a curious look.

Looking at Kobe, after pondering for two seconds, Su Feng touched his chin and said, "Probably when I'm 38."

"Why 38?

Is it because you feel that by then you'll be too old to even shoot?" Kobe asked.

Su Feng rolled his eyes at Kobe, "Not gonna lie, even if I play until I'm 40, I'll still be the number one player in this league!"

The number one player at 40?

Okay...

If these words came from someone else, Kobe would definitely slap him.

But if it came from Su Feng...

"There's no particular reason why I want to retire at 38.

If you really want me to give you a reason...

Then maybe it's because...

As the old friends from back then leave one by one...

I think saying goodbye to the fans at that time might be a good decision!" Su Feng said, patting Kobe's shoulder.

Upon hearing this, after nodding thoughtfully, Kobe said, "Well, in that case...

I'll choose to retire that year too."

Su Feng chuckled and said, "You mean if I don't play, you won't play either?"

Kobe shrugged and said, "What's the point of the NBA without you?"

"This season is our seventeenth season in the NBA, right?" Su Feng asked.

Kobe nodded and said, "Yes, we're both old guys who have been grinding in this league for nearly seventeen years."

"Retiring at 38...

Tsk! Exactly 20 seasons.

What do you think people will say about our careers when we retire in the future?" Su Feng asked curiously.

"The great King and the great Black Mamba officially bid farewell to the stage they loved.

Since the birth of basketball.

It officially ushered in its darkest day," Kobe said with a smile, mimicking the tone of a media reporter.

Su Feng was amused again by Kobe on the training ground.

After a pause, Kobe continued to ask, "What are your plans after retirement?"

Su Feng put his arm around Kobe's shoulder and smiled, "Of course, to be your chef."

Kobe shook his head and said, "You don't need to say things that we both know.

I'm asking, besides being my chef, do you have any other plans?"

Su Feng thought for a while and said, "Find a quiet place, and then play with you from morning till night, so you'll always live in fear of me."

Kobe shrugged, "Fear? Doesn't exist.

Don't forget, besides me teaching you how to play basketball...

Back then, I was the man who rubbed you on the floor."

This day.

Su Feng and Kobe officially finalized their future retirement dates.

And although...

In this casual chat between old friends, Su Feng didn't give his specific reasons for retiring.

But how could Kobe, who had become more and more clever, not know...

That Su Feng's retirement date was based on his physical condition.

Thanks to the excellent maintenance after that major injury back then.

Even though Kobe couldn't stop the erosion of time, he was convinced that in the next two or three years, he would still be one of the best perimeter players in the league.

Su Feng knew that a person like Kobe would definitely not wait until he couldn't play anymore before choosing to retire.

Just like the way he responded to the doubters in that retirement battle in his memory.

Indeed.

In that retirement battle, Kobe's scoring mainly relied on crazy shots.

But in the world of the NBA, how many 37-year-old and 8-month-old veterans can take 50 shots in a game?

Just as Su Feng knew himself very well, Kobe also knew...

The reason why Su Feng set his retirement time at 38.

Was because he was sure that he would have the idea of retiring at that time.

Maybe, if he continued to play.

Su Feng could still dominate the NBA.

But as the knights in the martial world became more and more unfamiliar...

At that time, even if he could still reach the top of Mount Hua...

What meaning would it have for Su Feng, who was already immortal in this martial world?

Basketball.

Su Feng would never get tired of playing it.

But no one said that Su Feng couldn't play basketball after retiring.

After a lifetime of fighting.

In the remaining time of his career, just like nineteen years ago.

Su Feng only wanted to win as many honors as possible with that guy named Kobe Bryant.

And, in the way that the first and second players in NBA history fought side by side.

Therefore, when Kobe keenly noticed Su Feng's intention...

He didn't hesitate to say:

If you retire, I'll retire too.

Yes, that's right.

The current Kobe is indeed no longer the best shooting guard in the league.

But that doesn't mean that he, at 34 years and 6 months old, can't help Su Feng defend that damn throne.

…

After the All-Star Weekend.

Capturing the Jazz, defeating the Spurs, winning against the Clippers, and slaying the Mavericks.

Kobe, who scored 30+ triple-doubles in four consecutive games, still dominates the regular season.

He never regretted playing through the pain for the Lakers that year.

He only regretted...

That he didn't win that significant championship for the Lakers.

Ordinary people definitely can't understand Kobe's feelings for Old Buss.

In Su Feng's original timeline, after the "Eagle County Incident" broke out, Old Buss not only did not choose to give up on this "Son of Philadelphia", but instead, after that, he officially determined that the Lakers' future would be built around Kobe.

In addition, later, during Kobe's solo leadership, because the Lakers were always unable to get closer to the championship, and Kobe would "force the palace" on the management from time to time, just when people thought that Old Buss had already made preparations to kick Kobe out, and even Chinese media had already started to calculate what would happen to the New Mosaic after McGrady and Kobe were swapped...

Old Buss saw through Kobe's not-so-smart little thoughts at a glance.

Kid, I know your mind is only on the court.

So don't worry.

Mitch will bring back a helper who can bring you back to the Finals stage in the near future.

Undoubtedly.

If he hadn't met Old Buss...

Even if Kobe could still achieve success...

He would never have the commercial value he has today.

Facing people's questions about Kobe's high salary.

Old Buss just said lightly with a smile, "I give Kobe 20 million, but I can earn 80 million from him."

When Kobe was in a bad mood...

After he calmed down, Old Buss often explained to people, "Kobe's uncomfortable personality is precisely the reason why the Lakers chose him as the core of the team."

As the most successful owner in NBA history to date.

For Kobe.

Jerry Buss is destined to be a very special existence.

February of this year.

The Lakers' journey continues.

Unlike the locker room full of laughter and joy in the past.

Serious and earnest.

Has become the norm in this Lakers locker room.

But...

This kind of seriousness and earnestness is different from the Lakers in Su Feng's memory.

But now...

The entire Lakers team understands what they are carrying on their shoulders this season.

At the end of the month.

Although they lost the "Earth Defense Battle Three" to the Warriors in Oakland...

But without Su Feng and Kobe having to remind them, the other Lakers players quickly walked out of the shadow of the loss.

Sadness and sorrow are destined not to belong to the Lakers this season.

In March, after winning consecutive back-to-back battles with the SuperSonics...

In the last game of the regular season against the Warriors, the Lakers, who had just been washed by the Warriors with the most powerful firepower in history in Oakland a few days ago, fully demonstrated their tenacious resilience and fighting spirit to the world with a double-overtime thriller at Staples.

In the game, Su Feng and Kobe scored 48 and 41 points respectively.

After the game, "Baldy" Van Gundy sighed in an interview, "Tonight, no one can beat the Los Angeles Lakers at Staples."

On March 10th, the Lakers, who defeated the Bulls in a back-to-back game, officially won their 60th regular season game of the 12/13 season.

And at this time...

Who would have thought that they, who were not favored at the beginning of the season, had only lost three games when they achieved the 60-win mark?

By this time in the regular season, most teams in the league had encountered injury waves.

On the one hand, this is related to the fact that the schedule at the end of the NBA season is too dense, and the intensity of the games is not comparable to before.

On the other hand, it is because the players of each team are in their most tired state at this time of the year.

Oakland.

In order to ensure that the Warriors could stay healthy in the playoffs, after entering mid-March, Van Gundy had completely given up the idea of competing with the Lakers for the best regular season record in NBA history this season.

Although this season, the Warriors' lineup depth is so thick that it cannot be described in words.

But after 4 games against the Lakers...

No one in the entire Warriors team believes that they can steadily win against the Lakers in the upcoming playoffs.

So, after Curry sprained his ankle in a game in mid-March, while rotating the lineup more extensively, Van Gundy also officially announced his withdrawal from this long-distance competition with the Lakers.

As the saying goes, there's plenty of time ahead.

Right now, leading these players to win the championship is the king in Van Gundy's eyes.

So even if the Warriors really have a great chance of creating a new historical best regular season record...

In Van Gundy's eyes...

This is also a very uneconomical deal.

After all...

Based on the current focus of the Lakers and Warriors on the regular season...

Even if the Warriors also break the historical best regular season record created by the Heat back then, they are very likely to be second only to the Lakers, who also have a very high probability of achieving a new historical best regular season record this season.

Therefore...

In Van Gundy's opinion, instead of wasting energy and physical strength in this long-distance competition, it is better to take the healthier Warriors to the playoffs and wait for the Lakers.

So now the question is.

Since this season's Warriors are the most severe challenge Su Feng has faced in his life...

Then why are the Lakers still working so hard for the historical regular season record?

First of all, in terms of age, as Kobe and Su Feng's ages continue to increase, it will only become more and more difficult for the Lakers to break the NBA historical regular season best record created by Su Feng leading the team back then...

Secondly, having fought to this point, how could Su Feng and Kobe, who have always been "nitpicky", spit out the meat that is about to reach their mouths?

Finally...

And the most important reason.

That is...

Who told you that...

Su Feng, who has had the "five years and three championships failure experience" in Toronto, will continue to repeat the same mistakes?

Like the past five years.

While the star players and main players of each team in the league are busy carrying fruit baskets to visit the nurses of their respective teams...

Inside the Lakers team...

The Lakers' team doctors always feel that if these Lakers players don't catch a cold or prick their fingers again...

Then, they will feel uneasy about earning this money.

How could Su Feng take on this job without the skills? (idiom - not translated literally)

Just like when the Miami Heat created the NBA historical regular season best record.

Although every Lakers player will give their all when they are on the court...

But under Coach Lue's strict control, the Lakers are the team with the most frequent rotations in the NBA this season.

By reasonably allocating the players' playing time, and selecting the players with the best on-the-spot state and the best physical condition to play the game, the Lakers not only effectively reduced the probability of injury to the players on the court, but also fully guaranteed the combat effectiveness of the players on the court.

Of course...

Theoretically speaking, if it is just rotation, the Warriors next door have not only been doing it, but can even do it better than the Lakers.

But...

Here's the problem.

Because of choosing to rotate, the overall strength of your team will definitely be affected...

Plus, NBA games are basically one after another, and once a game is lost, it is very likely to cause a series of chain reactions...

Therefore...

The reason why the Lakers can continue to win while constantly rotating...

Is precisely because they have an advantage that other teams do not have.

As of March 18th.

In the 69 games that the Lakers have played in the 12/13 season, Su Feng, who has started for the Lakers 69 times, has an amazing average playing time of 41.8 minutes!

Especially after the All-Star Weekend...

In order to ensure that his teammates can get enough rest...

Su Feng has played the entire game in seven consecutive games.

In addition, because Kobe has to get the regular season MVP this season, his playing time must be above 33 minutes, so in order to reduce Kobe's pressure on the defensive end...

In March of this year...

People once again saw that, on the offensive end, he was matched up against the opponent's top defensive players, and on the defensive end, he was responsible for guarding the opponent's strongest offensive player...

"Daddy-Mom Feng"!

Anyone with common sense should know.

In sports, no matter how you reduce your risk of injury, you cannot completely avoid injuries.

So, when Van Gundy noticed in Oakland that Coach Lue had already activated the ultimate move that all coaches in the league knew in advance...

"Deathly Grind Su Feng"...

How could the increasingly shrewd Van Gundy choose to continue to go all-in with Coach Lue?

In another 10 days or so.

On April 4, 2013, Su Feng will officially celebrate his 35th birthday.

But...

Based on his league-leading playing time...

To quote "True Scientist" Kyrie Irving's words, it is: "Aliens have already invaded the Earth.

What, you don't believe it?

Then explain to me, what's going on with Su!"

In the folk, scientists have been silent about the question raised by Kyrie Irving.

Although recently, Su Feng has been repeatedly photographed after the game as being exhausted, even vomiting, and having to use ice packs before and after the game to relieve his body pain...

But this veteran, who is about to turn 35, has once again shocked the world with his amazing willpower.

Los Angeles, when David Beckham, who has announced his retirement, was interviewed at Staples, he, who is only 3 years older than Su Feng, said with emotion, "I don't know much about basketball.

But I know, to maintain this state at this age, what Su has paid behind the scenes."

"He is an out-and-out monster.

At the same time, he is also a benchmark for all modern professional athletes." On social networks, Lionel Messi, the star player of Barcelona, who has made an appointment with Kobe, said that if the Lakers enter the Finals, he will come to the scene to cheer for the Lakers. Messi, who always feels that he is a 35-year-old veteran compared to Su Feng, said with such emotion when asked how he views Su Feng's continued success in the basketball world at the age of 35.

"He has proven to all of us that a reasonable diet and scientific training can effectively extend the career life of professional athletes.

I look forward to being as young as him when I am 35 years old." Cristiano Ronaldo, who had consulted Su Feng on the secrets of health preservation at Staples years ago, also praised him on his personal social network this day.

And as Messi and C Ronaldo successively expressed their views on Su Feng...

At this time, people realized in a trance.

Those big predecessors in the football world who were once as famous as Su Feng...

Such as Ronaldo, Zidane...

Have already bid farewell to the martial world.

No!

Brother Feng!

It means, having outlasted Ronaldo and Zidane...

Are you still going to outlast Messi and Ronaldo?

Are you...

Really human?

"Pain, pain, pain! Can't you be a little gentler?"

On the 19th, after leading the Lakers to win their third victory this month against the SuperSonics, looking at Kobe, who didn't know the importance when giving him a massage, Su Feng's tears were almost falling from the pain at the time.

No way.

This level of muscle pain...

Because it is not enough to trigger the injury exemption.

So since entering March...

Su Feng has basically been challenging his physical limits in every game.

And if you want to ask...

Why is Su Feng still working so hard at such an old age...

Then now the question comes.

In competitive sports, if you don't fight, do you think you can win?

Recently.

Kobe has become Su Feng's personal masseur.

On the one hand, in addition to Kobe being relatively familiar with Su Feng's body structure.

On the other hand, it is also related to the fact that Kobe's hand strength is relatively strong, and it is more comfortable to knead.

"There are 12 games left.

Win 10 of them, and we will create a new NBA regular season historical record!"

And until this moment...

Basketball fans all over the world have discovered that the horror of Su Feng, the "God of Basketball", has never been in his dominance on the court.

But his never-stopping pursuit of honor and victory.

March of this year.

Su Feng, who is sheltering Los Angeles like a god of war...

Those who block him shall die!

And usually, in addition to being responsible for massaging Su Feng...

Before pulling his own fuse...

Kobe is boringly and tediously improving his average data this season.

You guard Los Angeles.

I guard you.

Even if there are ghosts and gods blocking the way ahead.

I will also cut out a road to the sky for you!

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ps: Tomorrow, we will officially enter the 12/13 season playoff plot! Open the market to bet, buy and leave!