Seven Hundred and Ninety-Nine. A New Opponent that Makes Kobe Excited

This game went into overtime, Kobe scored 8 points with 3 of 3 shots and Odom scored 5 points and 2 assists in overtime.

In this wonderful battle, the Lakers relied on Kobe's 31 points, Gasol's 26 points, 9 rebounds, 6 assists and 6 blocks, Bynum's rebounds, and Odom's 23 points, 6 rebounds and 7 assists. The Lakers won 13 to 7 in overtime, and won three consecutive victories against the Thunder, raising their record to negative.

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On April 12, the day for the Grizzlies to challenge the Lakers away has arrived.

On this day, the Grizzlies' regular season has entered the last week of the countdown. The regular season of each team in the league this season will end on the 14th, and the playoffs will start on the 20th.

The Grizzlies will play the Lakers on the 12th, play the Suns away on the 14th, return to their home court on the 15th to play the Suns back-to-back again, and play the 76ers away on the 18th.

After watching the Lakers' game last night, Sun Ce felt that it would be difficult to play against the Lakers in the playoffs.

We can only hope that the Spurs will lose at least one more game... to give them hope of hitting the first place.

But to keep this hope, they have to work hard on their own.

Fortunately, as Sun Ce said to Wang Keying yesterday, they have an advantage tonight!

In the morning, Sun Ce and the team came to the Staples Center to prepare for the game. The whole team was very motivated. They defeated the Spurs and the Lakers by the way!

On the other side of the training ground, the Lakers players just made simple runs. Playing back-to-back against the Grizzlies, the Zen Master was also a little headache, but it was right to play.

At this stage of the season, the playoff teams, especially the teams that are likely to meet in the playoffs, have reached the point of bloodshed.

Moreover, the Lakers, like the Grizzlies who played against the Spurs the day before yesterday, can only keep the chance to surpass the Grizzlies if they defeat the Grizzlies head-on.

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The preparation time for the day passed quickly, and Sun Ce once again felt that time was not enough. Although only Sun Ce and Yi Jianlian went to watch the game last night, others were not idle. Several big men who like to study tactics watched Time Warner's national live broadcast in the hotel and had some ideas to deal with the Lakers. Whether it is useful or not is one thing, and the most important thing is to make efforts to prepare.

But it is not an easy thing to quickly integrate into the team's style of play.

At 7:40 in the evening, after the pre-match warm-up time, the players of both teams entered the court.

Sun Ce was very surprised when he entered the court. It was not that someone cheered for him. There are many Chinese students, Chinese and Asians in California, and he has changed from being unwelcome to being quite likable here because of Kobe. There were cheers when he came last time, and the fans were much friendlier than last season.

But this time the fans were too enthusiastic! The atmosphere on the scene was very different from the last time Sun Ce came here to play and the regular season last season!

The reason is very simple. The last time Sun Ce came here, he competed with Kobe and had a crazy duel of +. This is the second time Sun Ce came here this season and the last time in the regular season. The fans at the scene can't help but imagine whether Sun Ce and Kobe will compete again?

After the two teams came out, there was another exchange, and they posed for reporters and live cameras to show the friendship of the two teams.

After meeting again after nearly a month, Sun Ce looked at Kobe and immediately thought of the last duel.

Kobe also felt very excited. In the past two years, he has rarely had this feeling in the regular season.

But now meeting Sun Ce, it seems to have returned to ten years ago, when he competed with Iverson, McGrady, Carter, Nowitzki, Garnett, Duncan and others.

But now, Iverson and McGrady can't find a place to play. Carter is a wanderer. Even if he plays against Nowitzki and Duncan in the regular season, there is nothing special to be excited about. He is excited to play against Garnett, but it is only because of his identity as a Lakers player. Even if he played against the Thunder last night, Kobe just felt very happy because of his love for basketball and wanted to abuse the young players.

But playing against Sun Ce, a second-year player who is younger than Durant yesterday, Kobe seemed to have the same excitement as when he played against Iverson, McGrady, and Arenas.

This is the excitement that Carter can't give him. Kobe looks down on Carter. Carter has talent, strength, and a strong body. But even Carter before his serious injury would think in the game, "How can I dunk this ball well?", "Let's dunk together with the former dunk king", "You just made 9 three-pointers in a row, I want to try too"...

This is Carter's thoughts that Kobe has personally felt, and Kobe even heard Carter say some words in the game.

This made Kobe describe Iverson as the strongest opponent, McGrady as the opponent who put the most pressure on him, and Carter as the best dunker when he mentioned the other three shooting guards.

None of them were as high as Arenas, and Arenas was evaluated as a former strong enemy who did something wrong.

At 7:58 p.m., the starting players of both teams came to the court.

The Lakers still used the same old tricks. The Zen Master preferred Fisher. Even though Fisher did not play as much as Blake this season, Fisher, Kobe, Artest, Gasol, and Bynum still appeared in the starting lineup.

The Grizzlies adjusted their starting lineup. Sun Ce put on his equipment, applied some magnesium powder, and appeared in the starting lineup with Tony Allen, Paul George, Randolph, and Gasol.

If Battier did not play, it would be difficult for the Grizzlies to jump ball...

At 8 o'clock, Bynum easily defeated Gasol in the jump ball, and the Lakers attacked first.

This is an adjustment based on the situation in the last match with the Lakers. Let Tony Allen first to fight against Kobe. Don't let Kobe play in the beginning of the game, otherwise he can't be stopped!

The last time, Sun Ce scored 72 points in a single game to defeat the Lakers who scored 60+ in a single game.

And Paul George... In the last match, Paul George defended Kobe for several rounds and was almost beaten to death. It's better to use him against Artest. The young guy is not afraid of being killed by the muscle knot on the opposite side, which can reduce Sun Ce's consumption in defending Artest.

After Fisher pushed forward to the front court, Tony Allen had already started fighting with Kobe. Kobe was also a strange man, and was fought by Tony Allen. Every time he fought with Tony Allen, both of them elbowed each other and made each other bruised and blue. But Kobe was like a masochist, and praised Tony Allen to death every time they fought. This season, Tony Allen has a very high reputation as the first defense, and it is hard to say that it has nothing to do with Kobe's flattery.

Paul George followed Artest, and Sun Ce...

Fisher saw Sun Ce waiting for him at the top of the arc, and felt that the opponent really looked up to him!