Kobe, whose defenses were broken by Ray Allen again, added another stroke to this gentleman's sword in his little notebook.

However, in the short term, forget about getting even...

Because after entering March, according to Coach Lue's arrangement, Kobe's old injury seemed to "relapse"...

Therefore, even if he wanted to use practical actions to slap the faces of those who thought he'd been missing too many shots lately, he could only sit on the bench for the time being.

"Isn't it just arranging for you to rest for two weeks?

That's only seven games in these two weeks, can't you just bear with it?"

That day, looking at Kobe who was holding a "brick" and preparing to smash it into Coach Lue's kidneys, Su Feng said helplessly.

No!

What do you mean by bearing with it?

Don't you know I'm addicted to playing ball?

On the training ground, watching Su Feng "isolate" himself with Coach Lue, Kobe held the basketball and went to the corner to dribble while cursing the two of them.

No way around it.

To get someone with Kobe's personality to accept health-preserving basketball...

That's like asking Wiggins to give up health-preserving basketball.

However, for Kobe's future...

Su Feng knew that no matter how durable this guy was, he had to take it easy.

So, in order to appease Kobe, Su Feng had no choice but to persuade him: "Trust me, once you get through these two weeks, the fans will definitely miss you immensely."

Hearing this, Kobe reluctantly raised his head to look at Su Feng, and said: "Seems like it, because without me, you guys will definitely lose a few games."

Su Feng nodded, "So, thinking about it this way, are you feeling better?"

Kobe shook his head, and said bluntly: "But why do we have to choose to lose games that we can clearly win?"

Su Feng: "..."

Good heavens!

Praise you a little and you start taking advantage of it?

Just you wait!

Wait for us to win seven straight!

Anyway, winning won't be embarrassing then, whoever's absence is, that's who'll be embarrassed!

...

March 2nd.

The Lakers played against the Warriors at Oracle Arena in Oakland.

Due to the big mistake he made in the previous game against the Celtics, in the past two days, on Chinese and American websites, Dragic's birthplace was even changed to Boston.

Moreover, many Laker fans who were venting their anger on him also photoshopped a large number of pictures of him playing in a Celtics jersey.

As a result, this Slovenian handsome young man became depressed.

Because for Dragic, who hadn't seen big scenes yet...

How could he know that playing in the NBA, especially playing alongside Su Feng and Kobe, he not only had to withstand the pressure from within the team, but also had to use his weak shoulders to withstand the fierce bombardment from the fans?

Although one must bear the weight of the crown to wear it.

But the pressure Dragic faced this time was obviously more than the praise he had received before.

Uh...

If he had received any praise before.

On TNT, while doing a preview before the game, Barkley couldn't help but complain: "This season, Goran Dragic's highest score in a single game was 17 points, and the most assists he's had in a single game was 8.

Honestly, apart from the fact that his average turnovers are only 0.4 times, I really can't find any bright spots in him.

Does he really deserve to be the starting point guard for this Lakers team?"

Next to him, Smith, who rarely agreed with Barkley, smiled and said: "As a second-round pick, Goran Dragic has been favored by Coach Tyron this season.

Currently in this Lakers team, his playing time is second only to Su, Kobe, Marc, and Shawn, and he is the Lakers' solid starting point guard."

Hearing this, Barkley curiously interjected: "So now the question is, is Goran Tyron's long-lost brother?

Recently, when I was interviewed by the Chinese media, I learned a new word from them.

Hey, Kenny, do you know what nickname the Chinese fans gave Goran?"

Smith asked curiously: "What nickname?"

Barkley smiled and said: "Chinese fans call him 'Crown Prince'.

Because no matter how bad his performance is, his playing time is always guaranteed."

See!

What is the best growing environment for an NBA point guard?

As we all know.

In the NBA, apart from that small group of people with extraordinary talent, the growth cycle of most point guards is generally relatively long.

Because a point guard is a profession that relies heavily on game reading ability, so being able to get stable playing time in his rookie season is definitely something Dragic never dared to think about in his previous life.

Secondly...

As the saying goes, only when players feel pressure will they improve and grow rapidly.

Therefore, playing in this Lakers team, Dragic can be said to be undergoing tempering at all times.

Of course...

In the process of undergoing tempering, whether Dragic will be bent and broken, or straightened out and go forward bravely, depends on his own good fortune.

Because in this cruel and ruthless league...

Opportunities are always earned by yourself.

However...

No matter what Dragic has encountered recently.

At least in Su Feng's view...

This Slovenian handsome guy is worthy of being the leader of the Slovenian men's basketball team before Dončić.

Fun fact.

As early as 2013, Dragic led the Slovenian men's basketball team to successfully top the European rankings.

Admittedly.

Before, when he was being angered by the Laker fans, Dragic was once so depressed that he considered going back to Europe to play.

However, this thought only stayed in his mind for a brief moment before being dismissed by him.

Because, similar to Su Feng and Kobe...

Dragic is also a "masochist" in his bones.

In the NBA, some players will become depressed because of setbacks.

But people like Dragic are destined to find a way out of desperation.

"Tonight you will be our main offensive point, as long as the Warriors don't double-team you, I will allow you to keep shooting.

How about it, any problems, Goran?" On the Lakers' bench, patting Dragic's shoulder, Coach Lue said while arranging tactics before the game.

Dragic shook his head and said, "Is this tactical arrangement because the player guarding me tonight is Steve Nash?"

Su Feng smiled and waved his hand at Coach Lue, changing to explain to Dragic: "No, this tactical arrangement is because our starting point guard is Goran Dragic.

During Kobe's absence, you and Shawn must seize the opportunity to practice mismatch isolation plays against the opposing team's smaller guards.

Because when it comes to the playoffs, this will become one of our valuable weapons."

For the past half year, at Su Feng's request, Livingston and Dragic would stay behind after each Lakers training session to practice one-on-one.

Although Livingston's pull-up jumpers and fadeaways couldn't be mastered in a short period of time.

However, Dragic, who already had some strength, gradually adapted to the rhythm of NBA isolation plays.

And as the king of one-on-one in this league, after initial acceptance, in Su Feng's view, the Lakers can now appropriately design some big-on-small, or small-on-big tactics for Dragic in actual combat.

Take the previous game between the Lakers and the 76ers as an example.

When the opposing team knows that you will call for a screen, how easy is it for Su Feng and Kobe to switch Iverson to their side?

But...

What if Su Feng and Kobe don't need to switch Iverson to their side, and instead Dragic directly attacks Iverson?

Su Feng knew that even if he and Kobe could successfully call for a switch, if the person isolating Iverson on the court was himself or Kobe...

Then the 76ers' wing players would inevitably come to help defend.

However...

Dragic would not have such troubles.

Because once the 76ers' wing players dared to abandon their defensive positions to intercept Dragic...

Then, what would be open would be the two strongest scorers in this league.

So, taking advantage of Kobe's rest this time.

In Su Feng's view, instead of刷多点数据 (shua duo dian shuju, pad stats)...

It's better to leave the resources to this group of teammates who are eagerly waiting.

After all, based on Su Feng's understanding of Stern...

Even if he has already achieved an "8-game streak of 60+" in games this season, which is unprecedented and probably will not be repeated by anyone in the future, as long as Stern is still the Stern in his memory, then the regular season MVP is destined to be out of his reach.

Therefore...

How wise is Stern's decision to establish a "phenomenon award"?

No bragging.

Even if Su Feng is always full of enthusiasm for basketball.

Because he is always being cheated in the past two years...

His enthusiasm for padding stats on the court has been unable to compare with when he was padding a season average triple-double with the Heat.

And on the court, just as the warm-up of the two teams ended, on TNT, Barkley was also driven crazy by Smith.

Because when Barkley was complaining about Dragic the most...

Smith actually said to him that tonight, facing the "backcourt double guns" who are recognized as the worst defenders in this league, Dragic may have a good performance...

So, in order to prove that his vision is more vicious than "Old Rogue", Barkley bet with Smith: "Let's not talk about 30 or 40 points, which is something Goran definitely can't do.

As long as he can get 20 points tonight, then I will let you kick my butt."

Hearing this, Smith nodded after thinking for a while and said: "Deal!"

Oracle Arena.

In the center of the court, the starting five tigers of the two teams tonight have successively stepped onto the court.

Lakers starting five: Gasol, Marion, Walton, Su Feng, Dragic.

Warriors starting five: Biedrins, Lee, Bell, Curry, Nash.

This season, with the team's offensive-minded play style, Lacob and his partners have successfully invited back the Warriors fans who were driven away by Cohan before.

Plus Nash chose to stay on the team last summer...

Made the "Na Dou" (Nash fans) in Oakland want to accompany him to finish the last part of his career.

Therefore, in the golden wave of Oracle Arena...

Don't mention it, Dragic really felt a little flustered about what he was about to do next.

On the court, Biedrins jumped the ball for the Warriors.

Warriors' first attack.

Nash originally wanted to find Curry.

But after noticing that the person responsible for guarding Curry for the Lakers tonight was actually this guy Su Feng...

Nash immediately called Lee to screen with him at the high post.

In this lifetime.

Nash has seen a lot of shameless people.

But in his opinion, a shameless existence like Su Feng...

Is unique and has no other branches.

At the high post, Lee cut to the outside after receiving Nash's pass and hit a jump shot.

0 to 2.

Coming back, Lakers offense.

As the only player on this Warriors team who can defend, Bell closely followed Su Feng.

And originally, Nash and Curry had already prepared for Su Feng to find Dragic and Walton to screen...

But who would have thought that after dribbling the ball past half-court and doing a handoff pass with Gasol...

Dragic actually directly backed down against Nash!

Then...

Dragic's next technical movements were as easy as tearing open a bag of Lays potato chips.

Turn around, receive the ball, mid-range stop-and-pop jump shot.

2 to 2!

"Celtic legend" Dragic scored the first point for the Lakers!

On TNT, Barkley, who had never seen Dragic play so proactively after the start of the game, didn't know what to say for a while...

And next to him, Smith took the opportunity to stir up trouble and said: "Great job, Goran!

As long as you can let me kick Charles' butt tonight, then I will be your fan from now on!"

Barkley: "..."

No!

This game has just started.

Is it necessary?

Uh...

It's really not necessary.

But on the court, as Dragic tore open the bag of "Lays potato chips" in front of him one after another...

In the TNT演播厅 (yan bo ting, studio), Smith's smile and Barkley's bitter face formed a sharp contrast.

In the second half of the first quarter, in order to help Nash, Biedrins and Lee both focused their attention on Dragic, who might break in at any time.

However, with the Warriors' paper-thin defense...

In an unprecedentedly relaxed and enjoyable atmosphere, Dragic, who shot 6 of 9 from the field in the first quarter alone, scored 15 points for the Lakers, including three-pointers and free throws.

In addition, with Dragic responsible for the opening攻坚 (gong jian, tackling tough problems) mission, Su Feng also saved his bullets for the first half of the second quarter in this game.

And since Kobe's state has gradually recovered, Mo, who has not had the opportunity to pass the ball to his idol for a long time, also cried in front of the TV, affecting Kobe.

Because his nickname is "Doesn't even pass to Kobe"...

His behavior was already indescribable from the perspective of Kobe!

In front of the TV, watching Mo frantically pass the ball to Su Feng, as if he was saying "I won't play if Su Feng doesn't shoot"...

Kobe hated himself for believing Su Feng's nonsense and accepting Coach Lue's health-preserving arrangement.

And when the two sides successively switched back to their main players in the second half of this quarter...

What Barkley never expected was that his bet with Smith tonight didn't even last until halftime!

Oracle Arena, at halftime, the Lakers, playing on the road, led 69 to 59.

In the first half of the game, Dragic, who played impressively, scored a total of 24 points, 4 assists, and 2 rebounds for the Lakers.

During the halftime break, in the TNT演播厅 (yan bo ting, studio), Smith, who specially asked the director to change to a pair of pointed leather shoes, admitted that he enjoyed himself tonight.

Because at the moment when he kicked Barkley, he noticed that Barkley's expression at that time was as uncomfortable as if he had just eaten sh*t!

And the more uncomfortable Barkley was, the happier Smith was at the time.

After the halftime break, in the second half of the game, because he was far from the 15 shots that Nelson had prescribed for him, plus because the Warriors were always short of a scoring point tonight, which caused them to fall infinitely behind in the duel with the Lakers...

So, gritting his teeth...

Curry began to give Su Feng steals and blocks.

Although in this life, during his sophomore season, Curry's dribbling had already been strengthened under the guidance of Old Curry...

But compared to the peak小学生 (xiao xue sheng, elementary school student) in his memory...

At this moment, Curry in front of Su Feng was like a kindergarten kid.

But what was even worse than Curry tonight was...

Under the angry gazes of nearly 20,000 fans at Oracle Arena...

Because Dragic, who had gone crazy, couldn't control himself at all...

On the court, Nash's potato chip packaging production speed even couldn't keep up with Dragic's scoring rhythm.

In front of the TV, the Slovenian fans had gone crazy this night.

Because no matter how much the Lakers fans had complained about Dragic before...

In the hearts of the Slovenian fans, Dragic was a hero...

Therefore, watching Dragic, who had scored 38 points for the Lakers after three quarters on the court...

At this moment...

Perhaps only those old fans who had seen Su Feng's performance in his rookie season could understand what the Slovenian people were going crazy for.

The only regret was...

Dragic's stamina was not as good as Su Feng and Kobe's.

Otherwise, with this Warriors team that simply couldn't effectively protect Nash...

Dragic would probably be heading for 50 points tonight.

In the end, because the game had already lost its suspense after three quarters, in the last quarter, Coach Lue also pulled Dragic back to the bench.

And it's worth mentioning that because Dragic had been too heavy-handed before...

When he was last violently attacking Nash, the Warriors fans at the scene had already started cursing at him.

"How is it, does it feel good to be cursed by the away fans?"

On the Lakers' bench, in the final quarter, looking at Dragic, who was outwardly calm, but inwardly as turbulent as a tide, Su Feng smiled.

Hearing this, Dragic nodded and said: "At least it's more comfortable than being cursed by my own people."

Su Feng laughed and said: "Actually, being cursed by your own people is not a bad thing.

Because at least the Lakers fans still remember that there is someone like you."

Dragic smiled bitterly, "Seems like that's the way it is."

This season, because the Lakers' bench also has Jordan Jr. who needs to level up...

Therefore, so far...

Many Lakers cloud fans don't even know that the Lakers have a center named DJ Mbenga.

...

In the end, at Oracle Arena, the Lakers crushed the Warriors 131 to 110.

Dragic, who scored a total of 38 points, 6 assists, and 3 rebounds for the Lakers in the game, was named the best player of the game.

However...

Relying on this game alone, Dragic was obviously not enough to get the Lakers fans to withdraw their prejudices against him.

After all, playing against Nash...

What含金量 (han jin liang, gold content) is there to speak of?

In the eyes of the always rational Lakers fans, even if you replace Shaq's grandmother, you can beat Nash.

But...

What Kobe, who was still fantasizing that the Lakers fans would hate to see himself come back soon, never expected was...

After a short two weeks of rest...

This NBA...

Actually turned into a look he didn't recognize in an instant!

Dragic did not miss the opportunities that Coach Lue and Su Feng provided him.

In the first two weeks of March, thanks to the tactical buff, Dragic was able to contribute an average of "18+5" for the Lakers.

In addition, with his recent outstanding performance, Dragic even made it to the third place on the rookie rankings, second only to Rose and Curry.

And because the Lakers played an extremely smooth team cooperation during the absence of a certain person.

Therefore...

After "returning from injury"...

Looking at the sarcasm from the outside world, young hero Kobe has already picked up his forty-meter-long broadsword...

Don't ask!

If he can't let this group of people know how powerful he is next...

Then Kobe will call whoever he catches in the Lakers team "Big Brother" from now on!

Watch carefully, you bunch of bastards who always like to follow the trend!

I, Kobe...

Am the only true C (center) of this Lakers team!

...

ps: Second update is here! Debt progress 10000/15000, I won't stay up late today, I'll wake up tomorrow and continue to pay it back, otherwise my schedule will be messed up again =. =! (Qiao: I have never seen such a shameless person!)