Chapter 165: Go to your philosophy

The Timberwolves only took one quarter lead. From the second quarter, the Lakers played better and better. Kobe's killing mode was opened, and Wei Xia's only passer was Kobe, which led to the Timberwolves' embarrassment that Kobe could not defend even after multiple defenders.

Since the score was tied, they have switched back to Garnett.

Although Garnett has a lot of energy, he cannot withstand Kobe's killing on the offensive end.

In terms of strength and role, Garnett is no worse than Kobe. He is a rare wizard in the world. There are many swingers of the same type as Kobe in the league, and Kobe is the pinnacle of this type.

But Garnett, no player in active service is similar to him.

A super Spider-Man, who has both body skills, speed and explosive power, is a waste of resources to prevent the whole team from accelerating and competing with him holding the ball to break through the basket. If he plays normally according to this routine, he averages 27 or 8 points per game, and four or five counterattacks and dunks per game, which is too easy.

In fact, this is a path that the future Greek monsters have taken after repeated trials by the team. Looking back, Garnett is a talented person who averages 17 points, 8 rebounds, 2 blocks and 50% shooting percentage at the age of 20. It seems that it is not very difficult to achieve similar achievements in the small ball era.

Unfortunately, he did not allow him to do this. In 1995, when Garnett entered the league, the era of Greek monsters dominating the world was only 24 years - when Michael Jordan won the cup for the first time, he looked back 24 years ago, which happened to be the era of Chamberlain and Russell. From Jordan to ancient times, the middle distance of the big man who shot a little further was considered deviant and was criticized by all media. Therefore, the Timberwolves' development of him in the early days of his career was actually very old-fashioned.

Therefore, Garnett's all-round and historical top talent, which is constrained by the times, is often not as useful as Kobe's unreasonable attacking demon kings who enter the state.

This is even more so in this battle.

How did the Lakers win? Substitute Smash Parker and then concentrate most of the ball on Kobe's hands.

Kobe, who is aggressive, ignores the Timberwolves' defensive posture. Whoever will destroy whom, as long as the double team is not in front of him, he will be sure to solve any opponent one-on-one.

Wei Xia deliberately fed the ball, which eventually allowed Kobe to score the highest 55 points, 7 rebounds and 3 assists next season with an astonishing 80% singles rate.

After Wei Xia joined the Lakers, her playing time reached 30 minutes for the first time.

The Zen master killed Parker, and Wei Xia was not involved in the foul crisis. Since he only saw Kobe, Kobe happened to have a strong desire to attack and felt good.

Wei Xia, who has not shown her organizational skills, became the Lakers' first player to double-double assists this season.

In the whole game, Wei Xia scored 12 points, 7 rebounds and 11 assists.

According to on-site statistics, Wei Xia's 11 assists were won by Kobe 8 times.

There are many goals he gave to Kobe, not a chance.

Kobe just wanted to stay in the position and catch the ball and make a jump shot.

The Timberwolves almost grabbed his arm, and there was no shortage of interference and confrontation on the defensive end, but this was his condition. As long as he was in a draw, he could make a move, and he could make a shot even if he was not an opportunity. Wei Xia's assists increased slowly.

At the end of the game, the Lakers defeated the Timberwolves 112-101, and did not let the loss to the Hawks happen again.

The Timberwolves were still in the Western Conference Finals two years ago and had the best players in the league, but last year they couldn't even enter the playoffs. If nothing unexpected happens this year, the playoffs goal will still be closed tightly to them. If the Lakers want to return to the playoff stage, teams like the Timberwolves must win.

Kobe, who scored 55 points, was surrounded by reporters.

Kobe was in a good mood and was completely different from the first quarter.

“It’s all we need to play aggressively, and it’s our goal all the time,” Kobe stressed. “If we can fight like we’re going tonight every night, I believe we can beat any team.”

The reporter naturally asked him what he commented on Wei Xia.

"He is a special player. He can not only challenge his opponents on the court, but also bring challenges to me off the court. We have a lot of active competition, and his presence has completely refreshed the team's atmosphere." Kobe's comment on Wei Xia was quite high.

Wei Xia, who won the Lakers' first double-digit assist this season, maintained a concise and concise style.

"What does a double-double mean to you?"

“A good start.”

"Do you think you should be the starter?"

In an obvious trap-like question, Wei Xia rolled her eyes and replied: "The coach has the final say."

"There are many people who have high expectations for this year's Lakers. What do you think of these people?"

"Thank you for your support." Wei Xia seemed to be born to be disgusted with the spotlight. The media approached him instinctively rejected him. He wanted to avoid these people, but he could not directly refuse the interview.

In the past, his answers were stinky and long, so he tried his best to let the media take a detour when they saw him.

Now he did it again.

The reporter doesn’t hate interviewing him, but after interviewing, there will be an ethereal inspiration that releases the essence of his body.

Wei Xia's answer made the reporters feel that they were doing something meaningless because his answer was so monotonous that it made people uninterested.

Every press conference, the Lakers' most nervous person is Phil Jackson.

The glasses hid his flashing gaze, but the aggravated tone revealed that he was very dissatisfied with the reporter's questions.

The reporter asked him why he didn't use Bynum more.

Bynum played well tonight, with 4 points and 4 rebounds in 6 minutes.

With this battle, he successfully increased his average of 0 points per game to 1.3 points per game.

Bynum's talent is visible to myopia. The Lakers lack inside players so much. Whether it is to train new players or keep the inside players high, Bynum should not only have such a little playing time.

Wei Xia and Kobe are right next to Jackson.

Kobe leaned against the chair and watched the fire from the other side of the river. Wei Xia listened carefully. What the reporter asked was something he didn't understand.

"In essence, Andrew is just a child. When we cultivate players, we not only cultivate their skills, but also sharpen their character. We need to make him a good person, not just a good player. At this point, I think Andrew is not ready yet. He is improving every day, I can see it, and you can see it, but this does not mean that he has to get a lot of playing time, it is a philosophical question."

Here comes again, a philosophical question.

Triangular offense is a philosophical issue.

Player development plans are a philosophical issue.

Not giving Bynum playing time is also a philosophical issue.

Why do our head coaches have so many philosophical questions?

and, when did he become a philosopher?

Whenever Wei Xia is powerless to complain about what is around him, he will roll his eyes to express it.

He rolled his biggest eye today, and almost got the talent of the Hinata family and opened his eye completely. Fortunately, that didn't happen, otherwise he would have to be sent to slice today.

Jackson used philosophy as a shield, making the reporters unable to start.

After all, there is no press conference to understand any philosophy in order to target Jackson, and everyone's philosophy is different. You cannot use the sword of the previous dynasty to kill the officials of this dynasty, nor can you use your philosophy to question my philosophy. Therefore, it is not advisable to study philosophy in order to target Jackson.

The reporter asked other questions.

A question closely related to Wei Xia.

"Although there are only five regular season games, there are many data that show that the Lakers perform better when Wish is on the court." After the reporter said, he asked the soul, "Although Smash Parker is a purer guard, he doesn't seem to be the best choice. Do the Lakers have plans to adjust the starting lineup?"

Wei Xia was focused.

Jackson looked at the reporter, wondering if he was going to make a statement about philosophy again.

"This question is probably the most valuable question today." Jackson seemed happy to answer. "Smash and wish have very different styles, one is passionate and the other is calm. I think we need both styles at the same time."

Kobe agreed to Wei Xia be as calm as ice, and as for Parker, he is as enthusiastic as fire?

Oh, the passion of fire always brings fire to itself.

Jackson continued: "We need the calmness of wishes and the enthusiasm of Smash. Smash has more experience than wishes. At present, he is more suitable as a starter. I have said many times that wishes' future is bright. I have no doubt that he will be on the starting list one day in the future, but not now. He is just a rookie and has many places to learn. What we need to do is not to pull seedlings and encourage growth, but to provide him with the best soil to help him grow up healthily."

Wei Xia was forced to roll her eyes.

The best soil? Healthy growth?

Let him guard against Anthony and Marion, is this the best soil?

If any mistake occurs, criticize him in front of the whole team. Is this what he wants to grow up healthily?

It's over, his eyes rolled back.

Jackson is not in a relaxed situation. After only five games in the regular season, many reporters asked why Wei Xia was not the starter.

Bynum can also say that he is a picture of the broken forest, but Wei Xia cannot.

Although he is a rookie, he has rich experience in the game, has a mature mind, a strong overall view, and has good combat power. He looks more suitable for starting than Parker.

Parker has only two advantages.

More like a point guard than Wei Xia, three-pointer.

Today he still used gorgeous excuses to skip the problem, but as long as Wei Xia continues to perform well, he will sooner or later respond positively.

"It seems you're going to continue on the bench."

On the way back to the locker room, Kobe rushed to Wei Xia and said.

Wei Xia is not opposed to being a substitute. If someone on the team is obviously better than him, he has no objection. The problem now is that except Kobe, no defender is obviously better than him. He doesn't think he is worse than Parker, nor does he think that Spreewell, who is 36, is better than him. Since he is not worse than anyone else, why is he a substitute? What does Jackson need him to do?

Or is it that the starting lineup in his eyes not only needs strength, but also needs to meet the requirements in other aspects.

Well, then you have to say what kind of requirements it is, but don’t talk about any philosophy anymore. Besides, Wei Xia is going to be fragrant.

Wei Xia's anxiety would not be answered, and Kobe told him not to guess Jackson's thoughts, because he would never guess. Since this is the case, he had no other way except to accept it calmly.

OK, accept... accept his size!

Wei Xia secretly made up his mind that no matter what Jackson had, he would fight to the end, and prove that he was one of the five best players in the team with a strong performance.
Chapter completed!