Chapter 886: Psychological Masters!

On the evening of May 19, 2009, Figueroa Street in downtown Los Angeles was packed with people.

As the center of one of the most prosperous cities in the world, the flow of people here has always been very fierce.

But compared with the usual flow of people, the current flow of people like mountains and seas is more enthusiastic!

These enthusiastic people coming from all directions have only one destination, that is, the circular building not far away, the home of the Los Angeles Lakers, the Staples Center!

After the Western Conference Finals between the Seattle Supersonics and the Los Angeles Lakers came out, the matchup between the Supersonics and the Lakers, and the matchup between Yes and Kobe became the biggest topic in Los Angeles.

The Lakers are the darling of Los Angeles, Kobe is the darling of Los Angeles, and Yes is also the darling of Los Angeles!

Yes became famous in the NCAA P-10 League. The core area of ​​the NCAA P-10 League is California, that is, Los Angeles. The P-10 League almost holds its finals every year in Los Angeles at Staples Center.

In addition, Los Angeles is a city with a lot of Chinese and Asian people. It can be said that Los Angeles is definitely the base camp of the three coconut powders after Seattle, New York, and Phoenix!

Many basketball and NBA-related stores around Staples Center like to do some activities when there are Lakers games, such as how many points Kobe scores, how many discounts the store will give, such as how many points the Lakers score, what gifts the store will give, etc.

This is the case when the Lakers play against other teams.

But after the Lakers and Supersonics series matchup came out, the activities of these stores around Staples were completely different from before.

Many reporters from China found that these stores around Staples, whether related to basketball and NBA or those unrelated stores such as restaurants and hotels, their activities are no longer only for the Lakers.

In addition, there are a lot of activities related to the Supersonics!

For example, Yes will give discounts based on the data he gets in the game, such as gifts based on the Supersonics winning the game or scoring a certain number of points, etc.

These reporters from China and around the world made statistics and finally found that the merchants on the side of the team in the Supersonics and the merchants on the side of the team in the Los Angeles Lakers were almost 50-50!

It was the same as the media experts predicted that the promotion probability of these two teams was the same!

It was so close that it was unbelievable!

"It's hard to imagine that the Los Angeles Lakers and the Seattle Supersonics would meet in the playoffs, and it would be such a scene!"

Looking at the fans outside the Staples Center singing and dancing in the Yes Supersonics jerseys and the Lakers Kobe jerseys, many of them were friends, or even a family!

This scene really shocked Wang Han and many reporters from all over the world.

In fact, many reporters in Los Angeles did not expect it.

Although during the regular season, every time the Lakers played against the Supersonics, there were a lot of coconut powders next to Staples.

But it was different inside and outside the court.

Many of the coconut powders in the court were fans from all over the world who came just to watch such a game. As long as they could afford it, 10,000 rich coconut powders could suppress the number of Lakers fans in the court.

But outside the court, this is the time to really compete for the city's influence!

There are more than tens of thousands of fans gathered outside Staples now!

The flow of people coming from all directions is endless, as if the whole Los Angeles has come out!

And judging from the characteristics of their clothing, it is really half and half!

"This series,

For Los Angeles, it is too special, too special!"

This series between the Supersonics and the Lakers is not only special for Los Angeles.

It is also special for Kobe!

This is the first time he has met Yes in the playoffs!

In the past, every time the two played against each other in the regular season, he was almost at a disadvantage.

Don't play those empty games.

Every time he played against Yes, he really felt awkward no matter how he played.

Unless the touch was explosive.

Otherwise, whether the touch was good or bad, he played very uncomfortably.

Kobe used to be confused. When he was in a good touch, Yes defended him very tightly, and when he was not in a good touch, Yes defended him a little loosely.

He was really confused before.

Now he knows, Yes must have understood something a long time ago.

Just like he also understands something now.

So now thinking about it, when he didn't understand it very well before, it was normal for him to feel awkward playing Yes.

Yes is really smart.

He can really endure it.

He has always been undercover, and I have never seen this kid undercover!

It has always been this kid who interferes with his judgment of the feel, and he has never interfered with Yes's judgment of the feel!

Let's not talk about how this kid changed his strategy of defending him by judging his feel at the beginning.

He has cracked this a long time ago.

He also slowly learned to endure when his feel was not good.

Later, this kid learned another trick, which is to increase the defensive intensity for him in the front.

With such a high defensive intensity, unless he has an explosive feel, how can he clearly judge whether his failure to score or the poor hit rate is due to the feel or the opponent's defense?

So, when the final game is decided, he needs to gamble.

Kobe Bryant will take over the game no matter if he feels good or not!

If the bet is right, he really feels good, and he is a hero.

If the bet is wrong, he actually feels bad, and he is an undercover.

Very tricky!

Yes's trick is really very tricky!

Every time the Lakers lose, he is an undercover, even if he is a big heart, he can't stand it!

As a psychological master, it is really embarrassing to be tricked by Yes, a third-year NBA young man.

What's more, Phil's eyes made him even more unbearable.

It's as if he is saying, you say I am not worthy of Yes, I admit it, can you be worthy of Master Romar?

In short, although Yes is his good friend, he also admires Yes.

But this kid is really not so authentic!

Really in the past few years, when he didn't fully understand, he tricked him to death!

Now Kobe, who has fully understood, is still really angry when he thinks of this.

Looking at the Sonics No. 9 shooting in the middle circle on the other side of the court, Kobe's face is very excited.

This series is to let Yes know that Kobe Bryant is still the strongest psychological master!

You can cheat me like this, and I can cheat you like this!

Anyway, we can't see the touch, let's see whether you can endure it or I can endure it, and see whether you have more experience in playing games or I have more experience in playing games!

"This series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Seattle Supersonics is definitely the most star-studded series in NBA history!"

As the live commentators of this game, Kenny Smith and Barkley are under a lot of pressure.

There are too many celebrities on the scene.

Although the live commentators of the NBA are not obliged to introduce the celebrities that the camera is aimed at, when the big screen on the scene keeps changing the close-ups of people who look like big stars, it still puts a lot of pressure on the live commentators.

Barkley and Kenny Smith are actually okay, after all, they are Americans.

CCTV's two live commentators, Zhang Heli and Su Qun, are uncomfortable.

Every time they meet someone they don't know, the two of them just laugh and laugh to deal with it, and the scene is quite embarrassing.

There are too many stars in Los Angeles!

This is very unfriendly to foreign commentators.

However, although it is embarrassing, it is also exciting.

The more stars there are, the more influence Yes has, right?

It is an honor!

Moreover, Yes and the Sonics' performance in the playoffs this year really exceeded their and domestic fans' expectations.

The Western Conference Finals!

Before the start of this year's playoffs, who would have thought that Yes could actually make it to the Western Conference Finals?

In China, many experts said that this year's NBA playoffs was a year of Waterloo for Chinese players!

Facts have proved that they were indeed wrong.

There is no Yao Ming in this year's playoffs.

But the remaining Chinese players performed well.

Sun Yue was not so outstanding in the Wizards, but he still made it to the second round by relying on Arenas, and compared with other Wizards' pitfalls, as a point guard who mainly defends and cooperates with Arenas, Sun Yue is not so pitfall, and even looks like the most reliable assistant around Arenas.

Of course, Sun Yue seems to be the most reliable assistant in the Wizards, and Arenas is really pitiful.

There is also Yi Jianlian. As the tactical core of the Timberwolves, Yi Jianlian almost overturned the powerful Nuggets. For Yi Jianlian, who played in the playoffs for the first time, he also completed the task beyond expectations.

There are also Wang Shipeng and Zhu Fangyu. Although they did not perform well, they also made the Celtics sweat when they were with Rose.

Needless to say, Yes, he defeated the strong and performed miracles all the way!

It can be said that no matter what the result of the last round of the series is, Yes and the Chinese players' performance in the environment where Yao Ming unexpectedly did not enter the playoffs is really enough to make them proud and proud.

What's more, this round of series with the Lakers is completely different from the previous two rounds of series. This is really a chance!

It's 50-50!

The possibility of Yes and the Supersonics advancing has reached 50%!

This is still when Durant's status is unknown.

What if Durant is not really fallen and his status has recovered? Is the chance of the Supersonics winning more than 50%?

Of course, Durant may have really fallen. After encountering a stronger defense than the Mavericks, he played worse than the game against the Mavericks, and the chances of the Sonics winning may be less than 50%.

In short, this series with the Lakers is a series with opportunities.

It is a series in which they can imagine defeating the Lakers and entering the finals again!

Therefore, before the series between the Sonics and the Lakers started, the domestic media and fans were really excited.

After defeating the two strong enemies of the Spurs and the Mavericks, the Sonics really met an almost best opponent!

Not the Nuggets, not the Timberwolves, but the Lakers!

"Yes and Kobe are one of the three regular season MVPs in the NBA this year. Now Yes and Kobe are likely to become the biggest winners in the NBA this year."

"Of course, O'Neal on the other side also has a lot of opportunities. Now many media around the world are expecting one of the three to become this year's regular season MVP, All-Star MVP and Finals MVP. However, in an interview At the time, neither Ye Si nor Kobe said they had thought about this issue.”

"It was a very, very tough matchup for both of them."

"This is reasonable. This series is very difficult for Leafs and Kobe, as well as the SuperSonics and Lakers. The two teams are too familiar."

Director Zhang Lili nodded after Su Qun finished speaking.

This series between the Lakers and SuperSonics is very close, this is the consensus.

world consensus.

Only such a fierce competition can create such a tense atmosphere!

What a chance for the finals!

Even if this opportunity for the Finals is just a chance to visit the Finals and be beaten by the Heat, it is still an opportunity for the Finals!

Therefore, many professionals on the sidelines, such as Westbrook and Nick Young and Jordan, could clearly see that the players of both teams warming up on the court were a little tight.

"Bang, bang, bang, these two teams made more noise than Russell when they were warming up."

Little Jordan complained contemptuously.

"..."

The turtle boy on the side was speechless.

I do not speak.

Write it down first in a small notebook.

"But it's good to be familiar with each other. The two teams don't have to test their opponents in the previous games and can go head-to-head."

Nick Young, who likes to get into trouble whenever there is a disagreement, has his own expectations for this game.

Although the series between the SuperSonics and the Mavericks was exciting, both teams were testing the waters in the first three games.

The master and Nowitzki didn't start their real fight until the fourth game.

In this series between the SuperSonics and the Lakers, Master and Kobe must be serious about it from the get-go!

When the time comes, the master and Kobe will have to fight for at least four real games in this series, right?

This series between the Lakers and SuperSonics will be very close, which is what many people predicted before the game.

In this round of the series, the two teams will go all out as soon as they start. This is another prediction of these people before the game.

The Lakers and SuperSonics are familiar with each other. The two teams don't need to hide or hide each other. They don't need to think so much, just roll up your sleeves and get started.

This seems to be friendly to the head coaches of both teams.

In fact, Phil Jackson is feeling uncomfortable right now!

In fact, he really dislikes this kind of showdown.

After all, he still likes to play psychological warfare.

But after circling the Lakers players on the court, and then circling the SuperSonics players, he discovered that he really had no psychological warfare to play.

Whether it's tactics or player matchups, the two teams are familiar with each other.

For example, the tactical system of Yes and the SuperSonics is a blame-shifting system. In Yes's blame-shifting system, Yes jumps and passes the ball. This is Kobe's special skill!

For another example, the tactical system played by the Lakers and Kobe is the triangle offense. This tactical system is considered by many to be metaphysical. Yes is one of the few players in the NBA who understands how to play it, and it even seems to be better than Kobe!

How can anyone do this?

This is also the reason why he has been very, very stressed recently.

This series is really unfriendly to him and the Lakers!

Yes knows his tactical system well. ,

After a wave of military training by Nowitzki, these young SuperSonics players gave people a very dangerous feeling.

If there was no series between the Mavericks and the SuperSonics, he would like to believe that the SuperSonics and the Lakers would be a 50-50 matchup.

But the changes Nowitzki and the Mavericks will make to the SuperSonics are unknown, but no matter how big the change is, a 50-50 split is impossible!

No one may believe it if you say it.

In his opinion, the Lakers, who seem to be stronger, are likely to be the weaker side in this series!

Of course, he can only think about this in his own mind.

If you really want to say it out loud, the first person to criticize him is none other than Kobe.

"Sure enough, Master Romar is still reliable. Some people just like to rely on the strong to bully the weak. These people can never reach the level where Master Romar led Curry, Thompson, Green, Thomas and Spencer and other not so outstanding players to win the championship. realm.”

"It's not the ability to rely on the strong to bully the weak, it's the ability to bully the strong with the weak!"

He could even imagine the tone and words Kobe would use to complain about him.

We are all psychological masters, how can we not make such predictions?

Kobe Bryant has really gone overboard recently.

However, he was really convinced by Master Romar.

Bullying the strong with the weak is really strong. It is simply unreasonable to win the NCAA with those crooked melons and at least 20 points in every game.

Just like Kobe is convinced by Yes.

So no matter how much he liked Yes, Kobe only used Master Romar to counterattack and never really got angry.

"Yes..."

Phil Jackson looked at the SuperSonics No. 9 standing with Kobe on the court with fascination on his face.

At this moment, Phil Jackson's obsession was interrupted by a sudden uproar at Staples Arena.

When Phil Jackson came back to his senses, he saw Kobe next to Ye Si looking at the big screen with a look of fascination.

Phil Jackson looked towards the big screen. Phil Jackson was surprised by this attribute figure that made the whole scene an uproar.

"Lorenzo Romar!"

Master Romar!

So many stars at the scene couldn't take away the starlight from Yes and Kobe, and only the appearance of Master Romar could divide some of the starlight from Yes and Kobe!

"Master Romar is here too?!"

The excited Kobe became even more excited!

After Yes glanced at the big screen, he stopped paying attention.

On the big screen, being watched like this made Romar a little uncomfortable.

This is also the reason why he rarely attends such public occasions.

To be honest, he is a humble person.

This position...

It's too high!

He is afraid of heights!

He really has to come this time.

As the first head coach of the P-10 League, the P-10 League has a game at home. Can he not be there?

The appearance of Lorenzo Romar is an episode, making the already star-studded Staples even more star-studded tonight.

However, the protagonists tonight are still Yes and Kobe on the court, the Lakers and the Supersonics.

The starting lineup of the Seattle SuperSonics tonight is center Milicic, power forward Millsap, small forward Durant, shooting guard Yes and point guard Rondo.

The Lakers side is center Bynum, power forward Randolph, small forward Artest, shooting guard Kobe, point guard Kidd.

Before the start of this game, many people predicted that the SuperSonics' starting lineup might replace Durant with Ibaka.

The reason is that Durant's status is unknown. Facing the Lakers, the NBA's top forward, Durant may not even get a 35% hit rate against the Mavericks.

Compared with Ibaka, Durant has an advantage in single defense, but defending Artest is not defending Nowitzki and the Mavericks' perimeter, so the advantage of single defense is not that important.

Except for single defense, Ibaka is not as good as Durant. Whether it is offensive status or possession of ball possession, Ibaka is worse than Durant, and is more suitable to start with the Lakers.

This is the prediction of many media experts.

But in the end, the SuperSonics still used Durant as the starting player.

And Durant is the biggest unknown point in this series!

Of course, most people are not optimistic. If the Mavericks' front line defense is the weakest among the strong teams, then the Lakers' front line defense is definitely one of the strongest in the league.

When the starting lineups of the two teams stood on the court, Durant, who was the "accidental" starter, was the focus.

When the game officially started and Milicic defeated Bynum to get the first wave of ball rights for the Supersonics in this game, the focus of the court shifted from Durant to Yes.

To be precise, it should be shifted to Yes and Kobe!

Kobe seemed to have expected Bynum to fail in the jump ball. The moment Rondo received the ball, he almost hugged Yes!

"At the beginning of the game, Kobe showed the world his defensive attitude in this game!"

"Kobe knows that he can't defend Yes's off-ball one-on-one, and there are Artest and Kidd around him to help defend at any time!"

On the court, Rondo, who was dribbling the ball, was very unhappy.

Kidd, this old guy, looks down on people too much.

Your opponent is me, you are so far away from me, why are you staring at Yes!

The Lakers' defense is really disgusting.

He and Yes can't start a fast break at all.

Yes can get rid of Kobe, but there is no way to take two people with him.

Artest and Kidd will make up for Kobe at any time.

The defensive skills of these two are very outstanding.

Ordinary teams can't defend Yes like the Lakers.

However, the Supersonics are also familiar with the Lakers' strategy of defending Yes.

Isn't it just not allowing Yes to fast break, not allowing the Supersonics to fast break?

Isn't it just forcing Yes to sit in the position and play one-on-one against Kobe or Artest?

It's not like they haven't played before!

Rondo passed the half court and handed the ball to Yes, ready to watch how Yes would play one-on-one against Kobe like other spectators around the world who were watching this game.

But...

"Did Kobe's move tonight seem a bit exaggerated?"

"Kobe is testing the referee's standards!"

"Crawford didn't blow the whistle!"

Seeing Kobe almost completely pressing on Yes on the court, Rondo frowned.

"Take the shot!"

"Take the shot to test your touch under such defensive intensity!"

"You played tricks on me before, I want to get them all back in this series!"

"Yes, I will teach you well in this game, what is psychological warfare, what is experience, what is a veteran!"

Kobe's intense eyes conveyed a lot of information.

Just at this moment, the extremely excited Kobe was stunned for a moment.

Horizontal, horizontal pass...

Yes did not test his touch, but directly passed the ball horizontally to Durant next to him? !