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Chapter 41 Los Angeles (2)(1/2)

Staples Center, one of the most luxurious arenas in the NBA:

His glory and influence, exaggerated by the Los Angeles Lakers' five championships, have become the independent landscape of Los Angeles.

However, since Kobe Bryant tore his Achilles tendon in the 12-13 season, they have:

Gold and jade on the outside, ruins on the inside

To make matters worse for the Lakers, their leader, their iconic Kobe Bryant, wrote his own retirement declaration on the Players Forum after yesterday's game.

Kobe Bryant’s retirement declaration will undoubtedly have a huge impact

Originally, the game between the 76ers and the Lakers the next day was not that interesting.

Neither esn nor abt chose to live broadcast.

but

Half an hour after the article was published, TNT and ESN immediately changed their broadcast plans.

Abandoned all the duels in the same period on December 1 except this one.

Let’s broadcast this game.

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The family is middle-class, both parents are here,

There are no invasions by guns and

It’s not that I was influenced by a certain match of my idol.

The starting point of Young's basketball journey is different from that of most stars.

Therefore, this was the first time he saw the man wearing No. 24 up close on the playing field.

Just when he wanted to take a closer look, the man seemed to feel his gaze

Walk straight towards him.

"You played well, work hard, and bring Philadelphia back up. The future is yours."

"Thanks for the compliment, but tonight's victory is ours."

Since Noel sprained his left ankle in the previous game, the responsibility for the jump ball in this game naturally fell on Young.

"Pa"

Facing the jump ball competition with Hibbert who often has 0 points and 0 rebounds

Young lived up to his expectations, overcame the five-point gap and hit the ball into his own half.

After catching the ball that bounced on the floor, Moore headed toward the Lakers half:

Due to Noel's truce, the starting lineup that the 76ers have always trusted was also forced to make changes:

They have backup center Richaun Holmes starting at the 5 tonight.

The other four players have not changed, namely Grant, Covington, Moore and Young.

On the other side, the Lakers have maintained:

The starting five of Russell, Clarkson, Kobe, Randle, and Hibbert.

Moore controlled the ball for more than half of the game. Even without Young's help, he saw an obvious flaw in the Lakers' defense.

As the ball left Moore's hand, Covington, who was still pulling 45 seconds away a few seconds ago, suddenly made a reverse run and got rid of Russell who was following him;

Rush towards the basket

The worst defenses of the 30 teams are fully revealed at this moment:

No one blocked Covington's cutting route, allowing him to easily slip into the vicinity of the three-second zone.

As Covington caught Moore's pass, the Lakers finally reacted.

However, now they only have Hibbert as one line of defense.

Count on Hibbert?

Lakers fans said we'd better give you the dunk.

We don't want to be scored 21

Lakers fans didn’t want to give it away, but they couldn’t stop Hibbert from giving it away. When Covington faked a dunk:

Hibbert flew straight away

Faced with a good opportunity to draw a foul, Covington immediately stepped forward:

"beep"

When the referee blew the whistle, Covington also completed the subsequent actions and threw the ball to the basket.

It has to be said that luck favored Covington.

The ball he threw casually fell into the basket.

"Nice job." He stretched out his hand and gave Covington the most beautiful compliment.

"Luck, luck, but E'Twain's pass was really beautiful." Covington, who was pulled up by Young, turned around and gave Moore a thumbs up.

"clang"

Covington's extra penalty misses

"Retreat"

"Grant, you guard the left, I'll guard the right and the center." Since they don't often grab offensive rebounds for free throws, the 76ers put Moore, who is the weakest, on the free throw line to grab rebounds.

Randall, who was taken off the defensive rebound, saw this scene clearly.

Because originally he was preparing to launch a fast attack.

"DeAngelo" couldn't start a fast break and Randall threw the hot ball to Russell.

"I don't want it, you can hit one first." After understanding Kobe's clear meaning, Russell finally controlled the ball for half the game.

"Your crossover is extremely slow." Since Ohio State University belongs to the second-tier league, Russell, who has never touched Young, said quickly as soon as he came up.

His crossover was taken out after less than 10 years of use.

Facing a 1-on-0 situation, Young didn't want to dunk, so he chose to use a pick-up basket to add two points to his scoring account.

Kobe didn't play in the first offensive round,

Got the ball from Russell in the second offensive round.

Because of a serious Achilles tendon injury two years ago, he lost his speed and explosiveness.

So he can only use his back and skills to beat Covington.

However, he felt good today and hit his first fadeaway jumper.

You know, in the previous five games, his field goal percentage was only 391.

"This speed is even worse than that of a turtle. I'm afraid Hibbert will retire."

Just when Young was complaining about the Lakers' poor retreat speed, Grant's quick baseline ball had already come.

Even though his main focus was on complaining, the rest of his reaction allowed him to grab the ball and throw it towards the Lakers' half.

"Bang" Richaun Holmes, who can run and jump better than Noel, will naturally not let go of the "cake" someone made for him.

"Beautiful quarterback pass, I believe he will definitely have a place in today's top five." Barkley gave high praise when he saw Young make a long pass from the quarterback for the first time.

Back to the Lakers offense

Having no routine, they continued to choose singles.

However, this time they handed the ball to Randall.

Grant can't stop Randall. Everyone knows or knows this.

so

Just when Randall dribbled the ball once, the 76ers' double attack came;

Covington’s appearance doesn’t surprise Randle

But what happened next was beyond Randall's expectations.

It's because of this hand, his ball

lost

"Bang"

In the blink of an eye, Richaun Holmes completed another dunk

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To be continued...
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