Silently Writing
Chapter 157 Poisonous James and Kobe
The game continued at the Gund Arena after halftime.
It is worth mentioning that Auerbach, who had been sitting on the bench "dozing off," actually…
Moved!
Good heavens, did the old man wake up?
Or was he awakened by the cheers of the fans?
Or perhaps he was woken up by a special alarm clock belonging to a "magician" wearing jersey number 8?
Just as the "Red Auerbach" got up, the eyes of the entire arena were drawn to the sight of him stretching…
"Substitution. Use that kid to replace that tall, skinny guy."
On the Eastern Conference rookie team's bench, Auerbach said to Miller Karl.
Karl looked in the direction of Auerbach's right finger, then applied for a substitution at the scorer's table.
Dampier in, Camby out.
"It's up to you now." After making this substitution, Auerbach, whose mental state was less than ideal, lay back down on his seat…
To continue dreaming about his Duncan.
This was the only instruction he gave the entire game, but after giving it, the Western Conference's only chance of a comeback was gone.
Wake up! If Camby hadn't been "throwing the game" all night, where would Rasheed and Wright have gotten their chance to shine?
Jokes aside, Dampier's rim protection was much better than some guy who only padded his stats with blocked shots.
On the court, after a foul by the Western Conference, Dampier officially replaced Camby, who didn't dare to complain in the slightest…
Because it was Auerbach himself who made the substitution.
Aggressive shot-blocking on the court, meek and submissive off the court.
Dampier was extremely excited to get his chance to play, and looked like he couldn't wait to pin the Western Conference's entire frontcourt to the floor.
Speaking of which, both he and Ben Wallace were the type of players who weren't suited to playing in an All-Star Game.
Because with these two goons standing in the paint, you want to put on a show?
No way!
On the court, Nash and Rasheed's pick-and-roll was no longer effective, because Ben Wallace, with his "high defensive IQ," had gradually figured out Rasheed's cuts and pops.
The Western Conference's offense repeatedly failed, while on the Eastern Conference side, Ray Allen continued to contribute offensively.
On the Western Conference side, Fisher felt extremely wronged tonight.
Because he couldn't guard Ray Allen, he wanted to switch matchups with a teammate several times, but when he looked over, Nash was guarding Iverson, and Kobe was guarding Su Feng. Fisher was afraid that "Ai Feng" would suddenly awaken…
A dilemma!
Why wouldn't Iverson attack Nash more tonight?
With Nash's defense, in Fisher's opinion, wouldn't Iverson be able to score at will?
Fisher, who was well-versed in intrigue, felt that the Western Conference was doomed after seeing the score gap widen.
Therefore, he thought that Iverson should step up and try to steal the Rookie Game MVP!
Anyway, it's better for old Nash to die than for little Fish to die.
And to prove that he wasn't completely useless, Fisher temporarily loosened his elbows on Kobe's Achilles tendon.
Eager to prove himself on the offensive end, he tried to do it himself on several consecutive possessions.
Clang, clang, clang!
In Su Feng's previous life, people were always giving Fisher credit for his clutch shots and big heart.
But to be fair, with the Lakers' roster during their five championship runs, 99% of his shots were wide open.
With those kinds of open looks, Su Feng wasn't boasting, but if you gave them to someone like Klay, they would show you what a "big heart" really was.
For a point guard like Fisher who was good at passing the buck, Su Feng was surprised that some people in his previous life even claimed that his practical ability was stronger than Paul's or Rose's.
To be honest, even Su Feng, a fifty-eight-year-old Paul hater and one-year Rose fan, wouldn't dare say such a thing.
Fisher's strength was his power, which allowed him to guard some of the opposing forwards and wings when switching.
He was a competent point guard, but as a one-on-one scorer like Paul or a speed-demon slasher like Rose?
He wasn't good enough!
On the court, after Fisher repeatedly gave Dampier and Ben Wallace offensive rebounds, Kobe on the Western Conference side couldn't stand it anymore!
Seeing this, Fisher, always with a "big heart" and willing to shoot, hurriedly clung to Kobe's Achilles tendon again.
What kind of teammates were these?
Kobe, who wasn't playing like himself tonight, not only helped Nash on defense but also repeatedly scored on cuts for the sake of victory.
In the second half, he even contributed several imaginative passes, which made Lakers legend Worthy on the sidelines applaud.
However…
On the court, staring at Su Feng in front of him, Kobe was furious!
Tonight, while "beating up" Su Feng, Kobe's thoughts were also brought back to the days when he and Su Feng fought side by side.
In his and Su Feng's high school days, Su Feng had never let him down!
Because in Kobe's opinion, every time he passed the ball to Su Feng, Su Feng could accurately hit the target and add to his assists!
Ahem…
If we follow Kobe's train of thought, then the question now is…
Was Su Feng's field goal percentage in high school 100%?
Or 200%?
Um…
You might not believe it, but Su Feng's field goal percentage in his high school career was 47.1%…
No!
That's impossible!
It must be those Su Feng haters smearing Su Feng!
Because in Kobe's heart, Su Feng's field goal percentage was 100%!
Actually, this involves an "impression flow" issue.
You see, at Lower Merion, almost all of the shots that Su Feng missed were rebounded by Kobe himself.
Therefore, in Kobe's eyes, wasn't Su Feng's field goal percentage basically 100%?
Fisher was shot. This guy had read a lot of "scheming books" but underestimated Kobe's desire to win.
In Su Feng's previous life, the reason why OK (Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe Bryant) could win championships while arguing was that Kobe and O'Neal could put aside their differences for the sake of victory.
In the future, after completely falling out with O'Neal and playing by himself for two years, Kobe also recognized reality.
And in this life, after Su Feng became an All-Star player, Kobe's demands on himself became even stricter.
Did you really think that the cold wind at four in the morning in Los Angeles was for nothing?
Or that the snot was flowing for nothing?
For the sake of victory, Kobe could play off-ball, because the Western Conference had a passer like Nash tonight.
For the sake of victory, he could transform into a defensive maniac for the Western Conference, helping his teammates everywhere.
For the sake of victory, he could feed his teammates with brilliant passes, showing his passing imagination.
But when Fisher used four consecutive misses to smash the Western Conference's last hope of a comeback, what he also smashed was Kobe's passing button.
On the court, Kobe decided to do it himself.
And like Auerbach, Western Conference rookie team coach Holzman also let the players play on their own tonight.
Anyway, if Holzman were to set up a tactic, that would be his loss!
On the court, young Kobe constantly challenged young Su Feng's defense with his offensive combinations.
Don't look at Kobe's rookie season, where he only averaged a few points, but if you actually watched Kobe's games during this period, you would know that his imagination on the offensive end was already beginning to show.
Simply put, even Su Feng couldn't completely prevent this young Mamba from shooting.
Because on the basketball court, there is no such thing as a complete lockdown.
Let's take the 2014-15 Finals as an example.
In Su Feng's previous life, people always said that Curry was shut down in that Finals, but in reality, Curry averaged 26 points in that series…
How could he be shut down?
You can only say that Curry was "annoyed" to death by Dellavedova, and his efficiency was much lower than his best.
A real shutdown would at least be like Jordan's public execution of Stackhouse last year, where he scored 40+ himself while beating his former underclassman to only 13 points.
Or like Yao Ming hammering Howard, forcing Howard to "gamble" by throwing iron.
On Great Celestial Dynasty TV, while analyzing how strong Su Feng's defense was to the fans, Zhang Zhidao sighed, "Kobe is having a hard time tonight. Look at this play, how are his teammates passing him the ball?"
Su Junyang also chimed in, "Besides Nash, there are really too few players on the Western Conference team who can help Kobe tonight."
In this life, because Su Feng and Kobe were high school classmates, even Zhang Weiping and Su Junyang had a good impression of Kobe.
Kobe had tried his best. In the second half of the game, his handsome step-back jumpers, beautiful fadeaways, and graceful layups even captivated Michael Jordan sitting on the sidelines.
Jordan felt that he saw his younger self in Kobe.
Especially that never-give-up spirit!
Um…
The "Old Rogue" definitely wasn't looking at Kobe so favorably just because Kobe gave Su Feng a few elbows!
He, the dignified God of Basketball, a gambling sheep, wouldn't be as petty as Pippen!
"This Lakers number 8 is playing well," Jordan commented from the sidelines.
But James, who was sitting in front of Jordan, shook his head…
Because in James's opinion, it was Su Feng who stubbornly blocked that bad brother time and time again with his tenacious defense.
Young James was moved by Su Feng, because Su Feng really did what he had said yesterday, that he could play against his opponent all day long!
And when attacking, Su Feng wasn't greedy for the ball and repeatedly passed to his teammates.
Go for it, "the.king", don't give that bad brother a chance!
Young James clenched his fists, vowing that he would become a player like Su Feng in the future, willing to sacrifice and contribute for the team!
…
On the court…
Su Feng never expected that he just wanted to slack off, but he was still forced into full defensive mode by Kobe on this night.
Let's rewind to a few minutes earlier.
"Ding! The mission \[Fervent Admiration from LeBron James] has been activated.
Please help little LeBron 'teach' his 'bad brother' Kobe Bryant a lesson.
Mission requirements: In the Rookie Challenge, limit Kobe's second-half field goal percentage to below 40%.
Mission rewards: 10 million brick-laying points.
Mission failure penalty: None."
Su Feng: "…"
Wait, why did James suddenly become such a fervent admirer of himself?
Su Feng felt completely confused at this moment.
But whatever, 100 million brick-laying points, in Su Feng's opinion, was still worth taking seriously.
And Su Feng knew that because he had just "given Kobe a pass" a few times, Kobe's pupils were getting bigger and bigger when he glared at him.
People like Kobe were also toxic, you know?
So, in order to protect Kobe's and James's smiles tonight, Su Feng officially upgraded his defensive package to the Hardaway version.
However…
You have to say, Kobe's touch really came alive!
On the court, after making two consecutive shots, Kobe joked to Su Feng while retreating, "Your All-Star starter's defense is too weak, right…"
"Ding! The mission \['Disdain' from a Friend] has been activated.
As a player who holds grudges, how can you tolerate your best friend Kobe's taunts?
Mission requirements: In the Rookie Challenge, limit Kobe's second-half field goal percentage to below 40%.
Mission rewards: 10 million brick-laying points.
Mission failure penalty: None."
Wait…
Who's holding grudges here!
Su Feng was speechless.
Were James and Kobe toxic?
But then again, if you ignored the system's taunts, in Su Feng's opinion, wasn't this just his number one human plug-in and future number one human plug-in teaming up to give him brick-laying points?
Think about it carefully, if he just played the last ten minutes or so seriously, he could potentially get 200 million brick-laying points.
"Oh my Westbrook, how many skins' worth of brick-laying points is that?"
Su Feng admitted that he was tempted by the system.
Of course, the main reason was that Su Feng was a player who treated every game as if it were his last.
…
So…
Iron Man versus Iron Man, Su Feng was the one who laughed last.
In the end, the Eastern Conference successfully won this year's Rookie Challenge with a score of 114 to 99.
Kobe shot 10 of 27 from the field, including 2 of 8 from three-point range, and 8 of 10 from the free-throw line, scoring a game-high 30 points, plus 6 rebounds and 5 assists.
"Ai Feng" combined for 24 points, and the Eastern Conference's leading scorer was Ray Allen, who hit 5 three-pointers and scored 27 points.
On the sidelines, Jordan was happy after watching this Rookie Challenge.
Because looking at Su Feng gasping for breath with his knees propped up after the game, the "Old Rogue" couldn't have been happier.
Su Thief, so you have this day too?
Jordan felt that he had to find an opportunity to bring Kobe under his wing.
With such a gorgeous offensive combination and a still-flexible lower back, he was definitely his successor.
Only…
Jordan probably didn't know that after this game, Su Feng, who had gained about "8888" skins' worth of brick-laying points, was also very happy.
After the game, Su Feng walked to the sidelines with a smile and patted James's head, couldn't have been happier.
This Pippen of mine gave me an assist before even entering the league.
Su Feng felt that making good friends was definitely the right thing to do!
Of course, after chatting with young James for a while, Su Feng noticed that Kobe's eyes were still on him on the other side…
"I said, didn't you get 30 points? Can't you be a little happier?" Su Feng said to Kobe, who looked unhappy after the game.
There was no way Kobe could be happy tonight!
Because after the Eastern Conference won, it was Ray Allen who won the Rookie Challenge MVP!
And it was worth mentioning that Su Feng fed Ray Allen five assists in this game!
Kobe was very angry, especially because Su Feng didn't defend him properly at the beginning of the second half, as if he, a Lakers substitute, didn't deserve his full effort as a noble All-Star starter.
If Su Feng hadn't gotten serious later, Kobe wouldn't have talked to Su Feng after the game.
In short, Kobe's mood was very complicated now, and it was the kind that couldn't be coaxed no matter how Su Feng tried.
Su Feng had no choice but to use his trump card.
"Hey, how about we go to that restaurant from yesterday later, and I'll make you another meal?" Su Feng said, putting his arm around Kobe's shoulder.
Huh?
Um…
"How many points did you get tonight?" Kobe asked deliberately.
Su Feng shook his head with a wry smile. "12 points, just 12 points. I was 'destroyed' by the great Kobe tonight, okay?"
"Alas… it's a pity we still lost." Kobe sighed, shaking his head.
"No, no, no, it's the Western Conference that lost. Kobe didn't lose in my heart," Su Feng hurriedly coaxed.
"Alright, let's go get something to eat first and forget about these unpleasant things," Kobe said.
"Then you have to wait a bit. I still have to do interviews. You have to know, I'm an All-Star starter now…" Su Feng said, spreading his hands.
Just like that, after successfully coaxing Kobe and accepting the post-game interviews from Zhang Zhidao and others, Su Feng took Kobe out for a late-night snack.
And young James was picked up by D'Ambrose.
After all, even though he looked a bit old, James was still a kid right now.
Young James was extremely excited tonight because he had personally seen many NBA stars who only existed in legends, and he had also eaten the taco that Su Feng had given him.
James only had one wish now, and that was to grow up quickly and grow taller.
Because that way, he could compete with Su Feng on the same court and personally defeat that bad brother named Kobe in the NBA.
Speaking of which, because tomorrow was the day of the slam dunk contest, Su Feng deliberately asked Kobe about his ideas for the slam dunk contest before taking him to eat beef.
And the result was exactly the same as Su Feng remembered…
Kobe's imagination for dunks was incredibly low!
"Your competition is tomorrow night, right? I'll give you a few ideas, and you should be able to practice them in the morning," Su Feng said to Kobe.
Originally, Kobe was a little unhappy at first because Su Feng was questioning his ideas.
But when he thought about how the ideas that Su Feng had given him during the McDonald's All-American Game were indeed good, Kobe nodded.
"By the way, it seems like you really like that kid from Akron?" Kobe asked curiously.
"Um… because he's really like me when I was young, uh… of course, I'm not talking about looks," Su Feng said, looking at Kobe with a serious expression.
Kobe chuckled, thinking, "I know what you were like when you were young."
"But do you really think that kid is only 12 years old? The more I look at him, the more I feel like he's older than me," Kobe asked.
Su Feng covered his face with his big hand.
Enough already!
You guys are always joking about LeBron's appearance. When you see Oden in the future, you'll know what old really means!
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ps: The minimum first update of 5000 words is here! Sorry, my left kidney hurt a bit today, um… I have golden cores on both kidneys, and I did some jumping jacks for a while, and I feel much better! The next update is guaranteed!