One Guard - Chapter 276
Chapter 272 : It ends like this
After the game, the reporters were all agitated. The defending champion Lakers actually lost to the Dallas Mavericks that no one had been optimistic about before. Nowitzki, who has always been called the “soft egg”, has a steady output in this game, scoring 23 points, leaving Gasol and Odom at a loss.
Of course, Yiyang, who was questioned after being selected by the Mavericks, surprised fans all over the world with 30 points and 8 assists. Yiyang used this campaign to tell everyone that the Asian defenders can not only survive in the NBA, but they can also play well here!
Kobe has only 17 points recorded today, and the hit rate is not high. This legend, who has just won two consecutive championships, is now overwhelmed by a rookie. Although Kobe’s injury is the biggest cause of this situation, this result is still beyond most people’s expectations.
Kyle Thompson looked at Yiyang surrounded by reporters. He wanted to back down, but if he didn’t believe it, his reputation in front of fans would be greatly affected in the future.
“Damn it!” Thompson gritted his teeth, stood up abruptly, and walked toward the court. The sharp-eyed reporters immediately spotted him, and then there was a good show…
Yiyang stood in front of several cameras, still answering reporters’ questions perfunctorily. Now Yiyang will never talk to the reporters too much, he has not forgotten how the reporters have planted himself to look down on Kobe. Therefore, it is almost impossible to ask something amazing from this taciturn Chinese.
At this moment, Yiyang found that the reporters’ eyes passed through him and fell behind him. Yiyang turned around curiously, he thought it was Terry making faces behind his back.
However, the guy who came to meet Yiyang was both familiar and unfamiliar.
A slightly thin black man with a bald head and a little sunken cheek was walking towards him with a frown.
“Your performance is really great, also!” The man said involuntarily after walking up, and shook hands with Yiyang directly. As promised, he publicly praised Yiyang in front of reporters.
Hearing the voice of the person who came, Yiyang remembered who this guy was. Kyle Thompson, the guy who threatened to limit Kobe’s scoring to 25 points or less.
“Hello, sir.” Yiyang took a look at Thompson. He was thinking about how this guy would use his **** to throw the basketball into the frame.
For this question, Kyle Thompson himself has no answer. When he was betting, he was full of confidence and just said casually. Who would really think about shooting with the **** unless his brain is really broken.
But at this moment, this seemingly unthinkable thing is what Kyle Thompson has to face next.
“I made a bet that if Kobe can’t get 25 points from your defense tonight, I will shoot with my ass. I keep my promise, but I may need your help.” Kyle Thompson gave up his old face and wanted to keep himself. Reputation.
Unexpectedly, Yiyang waved his hand. Before the game started, Yiyang was still very interested in it. He wanted to see what Kyle Thompson would do after losing.
However, when Yiyang really touched the victory, he felt that all this was not important anymore. Victory is the greatest praise for their efforts. As for the bet of a commentator, who cares?
Kyle Thompson thought Yiyang wanted to do this again another day, so as not to let him lose face in front of so many people and reporters on the scene. Just like Charles Barkley kissed the **** of the donkey back then, he was only fulfilled a few days after losing the bet.
However, what Yiyang said made Kyle Thompson’s eyes widened.
“Kobe did not score 25 points today, but this is not the credit of me alone. Jason, Jeter, Stevenson and everyone else, it is us, we guarded Kobe, not me! So , You didn’t lose. If you didn’t lose, naturally you don’t have to fulfill your promise.” Yiyang finished speaking, shrugged, and showed a slight smile.
After that, the No. 1 guard pushed aside the crowd and followed his teammates toward the player channel. Kyle Thompson froze in place, the way Yiyang spoke just now, he didn’t look like a young man in his twenties.
If the person who won the gambling game at the moment is the 20-year-old Kobe, maybe he will relentlessly supervise Thompson to fulfill his promise. This is the young man, and the young man usually cannot survive after victory.
But Yiyang, looking at the fading figure behind, Kyle Thompson felt that he was more like a veteran. A veteran who doesn’t care about winning or losing for a while, but a veteran who knows what true honor is.
Like Tim Duncan or Tony Parker, do you think they will be invincible for the victory of a normal game? Or, do you think Duncan would take pleasure in humiliating his opponent? No, of course impossible. However, Duncan has been a veteran in the league for many years, but Yiyang, he is just a rookie.
When Kyle Thompson saw Yiyang’s remarks in the newspaper that defending Kobe is not a difficult task, he felt that the Chinese defender was just another young man who didn’t know what to do. So I made such a bet out of anger.
But today, when Kyle Thompson personally contacted Yiyang, he found out. The **** thing is not Yiyang, but the irresponsible reporters.
A terribly mature rookie… Now, Kyle only hopes that his son Clay, who is about to participate in the draft, will be like Yiyang after entering the league.
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After today’s game, the nba official also officially announced that the Mavericks general manager Don Nelson was selected as the nba manager of the year this season. The victory of the game plus the blessing of another person’s honor, the Mavericks can be described as double happiness.
The biggest achievement that Nelson was able to get this honor was that he and Cuban brought Yiyang to Dallas.
Although the Mavericks have a good record this season, the signing with Peja in the middle of the season is also a magical touch. But there is no doubt that Yiyang is the biggest plus point for Jr. Nielsen to receive this honor.
The key victory of the series and the honor of the best manager made the Mavericks return tonight. With so many honours in hand, is it reasonable to not touch the O’Brien Cup?
The total score in the playoffs became 3-0. After Yiyang won the best sixth man, Nelson Jr. won another personal honor. The success of this series made the Mavericks morale high. The Los Angeles Lakers, who were already in a “half-dead” state, fell into a trough.
On May 8, the Lakers and the Mavericks faced off in the fourth game. The level of attention of this game is far less than the previous three games. Although at this time, there are still a small number of fans who think the Lakers will create a miracle of four consecutive games to complete a big reversal, but they still think so, it is always only that small group of people.
Most sane people, including the Lakers themselves, know that they are powerless.
Phil Jackson came to the locker room early today because he knew that this is likely to be the last game of his coaching career.
He did not put too much pressure on the players, nor did he put too much pressure on himself. At this moment, the “Zen Master” felt that he was really old. The champion godfather, who was once infinitely prosperous, is now so calm when facing failure.
Where’s Kobe? He has also recognized the reality. Today, he will continue to play with injuries. It’s just that the desire for victory is no longer so strong.
In this series, the fatal flaws of the Lakers apart from Kobe’s injury, the inability to prevent the Mavericks from outside is also one of the reasons that led them to such a field. Today, the Lakers have completely collapsed psychologically, and the defense of the Mavericks outside is in vain.
In the first quarter of the game, Nowitzki, Terry, Kidd and Yiyang made four three-pointers for the Mavericks. In order to save, Kobe tried to score on the court. But Kobe’s resistance now looks so weak.
However, in the first quarter of the game, the Mavericks’ three-pointers were only a test, and the second quarter was the beginning of the full-scale explosion!
Terry, Yiyang’s big brother, feels hot today. As long as Yiyang puts the ball in his hands, he can get an assist.
In just 12 minutes of the second quarter, Terry, who came off the bench, made 5 three-pointers and scored 20 points in the half. Peja, who also came off the bench, also had three three-pointers.
This powerful outside firepower made the already collapsed Lakers even more unable to resist. At the end of the half game, the score became 63 to 38. The defending champion lags behind, and the game seems to have lost its suspense. Even Mike Brin said that this kind of score, even in 2k games, has to be played on simple difficulty.
The Lakers were thrown into a mental breakdown. Kobe made only 1 of 5 shots in the second quarter and only scored 2 points. Bynum and Gasol also frequently missed the basket. They have lost the power to resist, and the Mavericks’ unreasonable three-pointer obliterated the last glimmer of the Lakers’ fantasy. Equalizing or even overtaking has become impossible.
Faced with a game that is doomed to lose, how many people are willing to work hard? In the second half of the game, the Lakers’ defensive loopholes continued to increase. The Mavericks shooters really went crazy today.
Peja, Terry and even Barea, who didn’t play much time, all made great contributions outside the three-point line today, and the Lakers were caught off guard. The more the Mavericks make three-pointers, the less the Lakers are motivated to resist. And the Lakers do not have the motivation to resist, this game will become a unilateral massacre. Such a vicious circle makes the points difference bigger and bigger. At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers had fallen behind by 29 points, and only less than half of the fans were still sitting in the Staples Center.
You know, the price of tickets for the Lakers’ home games in this series is as high as the first in the league! But this unexpected ending of the game caused a serious discrepancy in value between the ticket price and what the fans saw.
In the fourth quarter of the game, Kobe did not play again, the Lakers took out a rotation lineup and completely gave up resistance. On the Mavericks’ side, the three-point rain hasn’t stopped. Mike Brin commented on the game while looking up the information with glasses. Because everything the Mavericks have done today is moving closer to the NBA’s records.
When the game went to the last minute, Mike Brin didn’t know how to organize his own language. The defending champion was defeated and lost the game in such a humiliating manner. The Mavericks, as if playing a game, tied several NBA history records.
“In half of the game, the Mavericks made 11 of 15 three-pointers, which tied the best record of the NBA playoffs! Full game, 20 of 32 three-pointers, also tied the best record of the NBA. Jason. Terry was even more shocking. He made 6 of 7 three-pointers in the first half and scored 20 points. He made 9 of 10 three-pointers in the game, tying the NBA playoffs personal best record. Jett made all of them today. Played for 25 minutes and scored 32 points. There is no doubt that this unruly old boy is the only protagonist today!”
Under Terry’s eye-catching performance, Nowitzki scored only 17 points, and Yiyang only scored 14 points. But because the Mavericks’ shooters were exceptionally strong today, in addition to 14 points, Yiyang also scored 14 assists, only one short of which tied Yiyang’s career high assist record.
Although under the exaggerated three-point shooting rate of Terry and others, Yiyang is somewhat overshadowed today. But the large double-double data of 14+14 is really not worth mentioning? It can only be said that today, UU reading www.uukanshu.com Mavericks’ performance is too exaggerated. Even 14+14 has become a norm.
After the game, the score was fixed at 122 to 86, with the away team ahead and the home team behind. The Lakers ended their journey to the defending championship with a humiliating 36-point difference, and also completely shattered their dream of recreating a dynasty after a lapse of ten years.
Kobe dragged his exhausted body to end the journey of the season, and a generation of legendary coach Phil Jackson ended his coaching career in the NBA in this indecent way.
4 to 0, this incredible score was presented to the world by the Mavericks. When the Mavericks and the Trail Blazers fought anxiously in the first round of the series, people said that even if the Dallas people advance, they can’t go far.
But now, they have swept the defending champion and advanced to the Western Conference Finals in a high profile!
Yiyang stood in the center of Staples Field. He stood in this basketball temple, and in the most exaggerated way, he won the game he wanted to win the most.
In the past, Yiyang will experience all this in the game. Experience the scene of a duel with Kobe, and experience the scene of winning at Staples and being sought after by thousands of people.
Yiyang raised his head, and under the white light, Staples looked extraordinarily beautiful. This is no longer where he can only come in games and dreams. This is the same street basketball court that used to be downstairs from the apartment in the Wood District, it is the ground he has conquered!
This is not a game, this is reality!
Yiyang watched the score on the big screen at the scene and couldn’t help but clenched his fist.