Staples Center, Los Angeles, 10:30 p.m.
Players from the Lakers and Thunder were already on the court for warm-up training, and the game was about to begin.
The two teams were very friendly before the game.
Facing Thunder superstar Westbrook, who has been under great pressure recently, Kobe Bryant said that he is one of the most energetic players on the planet. He does not need to listen to anyone and can get everything by being himself.
At the same time, facing Du Kang, the Lakers' new head coach who has attracted much attention, Thunder head coach Scott Brooks, who is a former NBA young coach representative, also gave a very high evaluation.
It said that Du Kang now has all the conditions to become a famous NBA coach, and all he lacks is time.
In short, in such a good atmosphere before the game, players from the two teams also interacted constantly while warming up on the court.
On the training ground, Durant did not warm up with other Thunder players, but warmed up with Kobe, talking and laughing.
As for Westbrook, Westbrook, who makes Du Kang think all about the Turtles now...
At this time, he was banging the iron with his stubborn little mouth stuck out.
Looking at this stubborn superstar, Du Kang even wondered if the quilt would be full of turtles when he went to bed tonight.
To be fair, he has simulated a lot of games, and he has also encountered giant opponents like James and Wade.
But to say that the opponent that made him most nervous, adrenaline-challenged, and most unreasonable was his senior from UCLA.
The past eight hours of simulation have driven Westbrook crazy.
Many Thunder fans say that Westbrook can drive their fans crazy.
In Du Kang's view, he can also make rival fans crazy! !
Du Kang withdrew his gaze from Westbrook, and then looked at the Lakers' own players on the court.
Kobe, Artest, Pau Gasol, Howard, Jordan Hill, Clarkson, Chris Duhon, Blake, Meeks...
Except for Nash, who has been protected by him, all of them have been tortured by the turtles.
The Laker he built was really just a tiny bit away from being penetrated by Westbrook alone!
"Du, are you okay?"
Seeing Du Kang's dazed expression at this time, Ham was a little worried.
Is it because tonight's game is too late?
Why do you feel like Du is a little weak?
"Darwin, I'm not here for revenge tonight!"
"..."
After Du Kang gritted his teeth, he walked back to his coaching bench from the sidelines.
Ham, who was behind him, was trembling as he looked at Du Kang's back.
Am I not here for revenge tonight?
Fake, with Du's character, is there any difference between this and directly saying that he is here for revenge tonight?
By the way, who offended him?
Full of doubts, Ham followed.
At this time, the warm-up of the players on both sides of the court was also over, and they came off the court one after another to make final preparations for the game.
How the Lakers will play in this game, Du Kang has already explained in the locker room.
With Du Kang's current prestige with the Lakers, no one dares to question his decisions in the game.
Including Kobe.
Therefore, facing the Lakers players surrounding him, Du Kang sat in his seat with a calm expression.
It was Clifford who gave the final tactical guidance to the Lakers players.
Well, Du Kang's instructions in the locker room are relatively macro, and Clifford needs specific and detailed arrangements.
For example, this game allowed Nash to focus on the offense, let Nash move more without the ball, and let the Lakers players provide more cover and support for Nash who moved without the ball.
So how does Nash move, from the inside out or back from the sideline, the bottom line, and how to go around.
How do the Lakers players support and cover Nash? Which formation should they choose for support and cover?
The last thing is, how to pass the ball to Nash? Should Nash wait for Nash to completely run out of the open space, or should Nash get rid of the defense before passing the ball?
In short, just a tactical guidance that allows Nash to focus on offense and allow Nash to move without the ball requires a large number of subdivided tactics to support it.
Before getting help from Clifford, Du Kang made arrangements in a hurry, relying on the Lakers players' own understanding and technical and tactical abilities.
Fortunately, the Lakers players are all veterans, so they can really understand Du Kang's intentions.
If the Lakers are a team dominated by young players, I am afraid that even if Du Kang can simulate victory, he will not be able to accurately convey the simulated tactical arrangements and various designs.
At that time, there may be a butterfly effect in the game, and the game that was originally simulated to win will be lost.
Seeing Clifford who was eloquent at this time, Du Kang was very satisfied.
From today on, Clifford is four-fifths of him.
Well, upgraded from three-quarters to four-fifths.
Keep up the good work and the next upgrade target is five-sixths.
So, Steve, come on, try to upgrade to 100% Wolong one day!
After drawing tactics and giving eloquent key points on the Lakers' tactics tonight, Clifford looked at Du Kang, who was sitting there with his hands folded and a calm face, with a somewhat hesitant look on his face.
In fact, not only him, but also the Lakers players were hesitant at this time.
Recalling Du Kang's abnormality just now, Ham even wondered if Du Kang had lost his head tonight.
"Du, are you really going to let Steve play against Westbrook tonight and let Bryant guard KD alone?"
Let’s not talk about the offensive tactics Du Kang arranged for this game, let’s talk about the defensive tactics.
Nash defends Westbrook, can Nash defend him?
Kobe defends Durant alone and also plays point guard, so does Kobe's offense still need to be used?
In short, in Clifford's view, Du Kang's arrangement was very amateurish, but no professional head coach in the NBA would be so messy in this game.
Hearing Clifford ask this, Du Kang smiled and did not answer Clifford's question directly. Instead, he looked at Nash and Kobe.
"Steve, Bryant, what do you think?"
Nash and Kobe were actually already excited.
In the locker room, when Du Kang arranged the tactics like this, the two of them were already excited.
Nash was very touched that Du Kang trusted his defense and actually let him defend Westbrook alone.
In this world, perhaps only coaches are willing to give him such high defensive trust.
As for Kobe, he had long wanted to have a one-on-one with Durant on the court.
James is his biggest opponent.
Durant is his favorite young player.
In the last game, he defeated James, a competitor on the media's one-on-one list, and if he kills Durant, a competitor on the one-on-one list, in this game, he must be recognized as the number one in one-on-ones in active service, right?
Kobe is very excited about his victory over James in the last game.
"Coach, I will work hard in this game!"
"I will never let KD score 30 points in this game!"
Du Kang nodded with satisfaction, and then looked at Clifford.
"Steve, look, Bryant and the others are very confident."
"..."
Clifford wanted to say something for a moment, but didn't know how to speak. At this moment, Howard next to him grabbed him.
"Steve, you are stupid. The coach is obviously trying to embarrass Kobe in this game. Why did you get involved!"
"..."
Howard looked at Du Kang excitedly, because Du Kang had not taken off the golden wristband on his hand and had no intention of giving it to anyone.
In other words, Kobe has no artifact bonus in this game.
Without the bonus of artifacts, what can Kobe use to fight Durant?
A month ago, this old guy was beaten to death by Durant on both offense and defense.
If the coach hadn't been bullied by the Heat reporter and finally lent Kobe the artifact because he didn't want to be embarrassed, Kobe would have been embarrassed in his last game against James!
After grabbing Clifford, Howard listened excitedly and attentively to Du Kang's final arrangements.
"As for the team's overall defense, you don't have to worry about anything outside the three-point line. The Thunder can do whatever they want outside the three-point line. Dwight, Alian, and Meta only need to help defend around the paint area and above the free throw line. The zone goes to Bryant and Steve.”
After Du Kang finished speaking, Howard shouted very loyally.
"Coach, make sure to complete the mission!"
Seeing Howard like this, Du Kang smiled and nodded, seeming to agree.
From the perspective of other Lakers players, Howard is a flatterer and the most loyal person to Du Kang in the entire Lakers. There is no problem in calling him Huo Zhongcheng.
Howard really rushed to complete any of Du Kang's instructions meticulously.
In addition, in every training, the yellow and blue have to confront each other, and Howard has to torture Kobe once. This has made many Lakers players actually have the idea of changing their ways.
If it weren't for Kobe's special status in the Lakers, I'm afraid many Lakers players would have switched to Howard.
Kobe ignored Howard's look showing off his relationship with Du Kang, and instead stretched out his right hand calmly.
"victory!"
"victory!"
Although he was reluctant, under Du Kang's smiling eyes, Howard, like other Lakers players, extended his right hand.
If he hadn't been afraid that no one would follow him and raise their hands, which would make him embarrassed and lose face, he would have wanted to snatch this privilege from Kobe.
"Hmph, when I become the leader of the Lakers recognized by everyone with the support of the coach, I see how arrogant you are. If you are willing to be my younger brother, I will stay in the Lakers and give you a chance to be Huo's younger brother. If If you don’t want to, just be as bad as O’Neal back then!”
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As the referee on duty threw the basketball in his hand into the air, the game between the Lakers and Thunder officially started.
Before the game, Du Kang was practicing Nash's defense and asked Kobe to teach children how to play basketball. Although due to Du Kang's recent reputation, not many professionals directly laughed at Du Kang and the Lakers at the risk of being slapped in the face.
But many netizens, especially fans of the Miami Heat and Boston Celtics, have no such scruples.
They madly attacked Du Kang on the Internet, saying that Du Kang won a few games, directed a few classic games, and then drifted away. He was so drifting that he didn't even know that he was actually a rookie head coach who didn't even have a tactical system.
When it comes to things like gambling on life, you can win once you bet, and you may still win the second time you bet, but it's hard to say if you bet the third time.
Gambling on life is something like this, and if you don't stop in time, you will definitely end up bankrupt, your body will be destroyed, and your family will be destroyed.
Are these Miami and Boston fans justified in attacking Du Kang?
Of course it makes sense. In fact, most normal and neutral fans think it makes sense.
Let the 39-year-old Nash practice defense. Is this something a normal person can do? Ordinary fans can't do such a thing, let alone a professional head coach.
Or let Kobe teach children how to play basketball. Although Kobe is old, it’s not time to retire and become an enlightenment coach, right?
Therefore, TNT's team made very reasonable speculations at the pre-game team meeting before the game started.
"Coach D is humiliating Kobe. It is impossible for Howard and Kobe to coexist. Coach D finally chose Howard and asked Kobe to teach children to imply and satirize Kobe. It is indeed time for him to retire. Funny, just after the end of this season , I retired from the Lakers, I don’t know what’s interesting, and if I still want to continue playing in the NBA, I have no choice but to change places.”
"As for letting Nash practice defense, this is a choice that the Lakers have no choice. Kobe is the core of the Lakers' perimeter defense. If Kobe really chooses to be humiliated and apply for a trade, the Lakers will always need someone to defend the perimeter, and the Lakers defender There are just a few of them. Nash, as the core, without the protection of Kobe, he definitely needs certain defensive abilities."
It has to be said that TNT's speculation has been recognized by many fans.
"We all know what a smart person Coach D is. Bullying Kobe, making Kobe the first coach, and not allowing Kobe to train. This is asking Kobe, a training madman, to die. Based on my understanding of Kobe, Kobe will definitely not tolerate it. Just wait, there will be a big trade that shocks the NBA during this year's All-Star Weekend!"
"In order to get rid of Kobe, in order to make the Lakers executives and fans think that Nash is enough to replace Kobe in the Lakers, in this game, I predict that Coach D will definitely let Nash guard Westbrook instead of Kobe!"
"At the same time, Kobe will be asked to defend KD. In the last game between the Lakers and the Thunder, KD deliberately asked Kobe for a singles fight and beat Kobe very badly. If I were coach D, I would definitely let KD teach and humiliate Kobe!"
"In fact, if the Heat reporters were not too aggressive in the last game between the Lakers and the Heat, Coach D might have wanted James to humiliate Kobe. But in the end, Coach D had no choice but to take action to defeat James and humiliate Kobe. James!"
O'Neal's vow made the entire NBA excited.
What's even more exciting is that after the game started, Ibaka defeated Howard with a jump ball and got the Thunder's first attack of the game.
And the person standing in front of Westbrook is really Nash!
At the same time, the person who wrestled with Durant and defended Durant closely was not Artest in the past, it was really Kobe!
"Farke!"
"Shit!"
"Shaq, you fucking guessed it all!"
In the first attack of the Thunder and Lakers, Kenny Smith and Barkley were dumbfounded, and even O'Neal himself was stunned.
"Do I also have great prophecy skills?!"
The Lakers fans at the scene were all stunned.
Coach D, their favorite now, really wants to mess with Kobe, their favorite in the past? !
The DJ at the Lakers scene was speechless at this time.
Even Thunder head coach Scott Brooks was looking at Westbrook and Nash on the court with wide eyes.
Let Nash guard Westbrook one-on-one?
In order to mess with Kobe, to support Nash's defense?
"Is Coach D crazy?!"
Coach D can’t really rule the NBA with Sun Tzu’s Art of War, right?
From the perspective of Sun Tzu's Art of War, yes, but from the perspective of basketball, can Nash replace Kobe?
At the same time, Westbrook on the court looked at Durant, who was surrounded by Kobe's death.
Then he looked at Nash, who was letting him go.
Without any hesitation, Westbrook dribbled the ball forward twice in a row, ignored Nash's defense, and pulled it up in front of Nash!
This is Westbrook’s standard zombie jumper!
Straight up and down, very distinctive and very interesting.
"Steve, you don't have to move, you can stay still."
"Coach, isn't this bad? Do you want to stretch your hand?"
"It's up to you. Anyway, if he dribbles forward, just step back. Don't step forward. Let him shoot."
"clear!"
Recalling the coach's instructions in the locker room, Nash chose to reach out when Westbrook jumped so high.
A swipe!
The sound of basketballs brushing the net came, and Staples, who was originally quiet and nervous, became even quieter.
Westbrook made a hit. Instead of focusing on Westbrook, the camera immediately focused on Du Kang!
Well, NBA live footage is really good.
Looking at Du Kang sitting there smiling calmly on the TV, James in front of the TV was really excited!
"Dwyane, do you believe there is retribution in this world!"
A person with such a dirty heart will be buried by his dirty heart sooner or later!
"LeBron, I believe, I believe there will be justice in this world, there will be violence to fight violence, blackness to stop blackness, and a cocoon to bind ourselves!"
The Lakers are trying to get Kobe, and in order to get Kobe, Nash is asked to defend Westbrook. This person is really crazy!
That's right, use violence to fight violence, use blackness to stop blackness, and create a cocoon for yourself!
James is excitedly looking forward to this moment!
On the court, Westbrook, who was diffracting Nash and silencing Staples, pouted a stubborn mouth, touched his neck arrogantly, and looked at the Lakers bench next to him.
"That's my hello!"
Du Kang was still smiling, as if he hadn't seen it.
calm!
I'm not here for revenge tonight!
I came here to listen to music tonight!
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