At the press conference that night, the media confirmed several things.

Wei Xia is willing to beat the sixth person, so don’t worry about the media.

Kobe himself doesn't want to score 62 points, so don't blame the Zen master alone.

The Lakers are in harmony with each other, and there is no open and secret battle at all. Don’t try to make big news all day long.

For the media, Kobe scored 62 points and it was really annoying. There was so much time in the fourth quarter. With Kobe's condition at that time, he played on the court for half a quarter, and 70 points were expected. Kobe didn't want to play. Doesn't Jackson know the significance and value of setting a record? How can he be repaired!

For Kobe and Zen Master, this is normal, but for the media, these two people are like deliberately opposing them, causing them to lose the opportunity to report a greater miracle - 70 points have not appeared in more than ten years, and as for Chamberlain's single game, 100 points are as unshakable as a totem. However, when Kobe scored 62 points in 33 minutes, everything suddenly has the possibility. People suddenly feel that those times that have been sleeping in history seem to be awakening in front of their eyes, which is a throbbing that humans can never refuse.

So, the Zen master's behavior was severely criticized by the media. By the way, Kobe was also attacked.

Bill Simmons criticized Kobe: "Great players should be responsible for their honors. Kobe, you will never be able to perform like this today again. You will regret the rest today."

The New York Times is more direct: "Bryant, you are a coward!"

Because Kobe is unwilling to create a more brilliant record in garbage time, he went from being a superhero who fought one team to a coward.

This is really strange, and it is a mistake to be unwilling to score points.

For Kobe, criticism from the outside world is just like a tide. Sooner or later, they will retreat, and his world will not be affected in any way.

Since the summer of 2003, he has seen through the essence of the world.

The only way to shut up is to do every minute of the moment.

But no matter what, Kobe's behavior in that winter gradually began to attract attention from the whole world. He randomly presented the 40 points dreamed of by most players, which made the audience dizzy. Every day when browsing sports news, people would tremble with expectation, as if they were afraid that Kobe would suddenly get a score outside of his imagination.

The Lakers have 4 games left to finish the December game.

After the legendary battle against the Mavericks, they waited for three consecutive away games.

One of the away games was a Christmas Eve game against the Miami Heat.

Wei Xia was not with her family for the first time in her life.

The league likes gimmicks, and to make fans excited, it also needs gimmicks.

The Heat and the Lakers have a huge gimmick.

Goodbye, OK.

Not to mention what kind of sparks Dwyne Wade, the Heat's young core, will create with Kobe, just talk about the history and grudges between him. The league will not miss such a good opportunity.

When the Lakers missed the playoffs last year, the Sharks said sarcastically in front of the media: "Is this a surprise? I tell you that this is not surprising, this is Shaq's curse of fate. They left me and it's not a big deal. Los Angeles is the most hypocritical city in the world, and they can no longer succeed!"

The Sharks' words naturally attracted a tide of attacks for him, but it is a fact that the Lakers missed the playoffs.

There are so many reasons and excuses that cannot compare to the results in front of you.

December 23

The Lakers head to Orlando.

Although Magic has not been established for a long time, it has had two eras worth remembering in less than 20 years.

The Shark and Penny Age, and the Maddie Hill Age.

The biggest feature of magic is to create hope and dreams. Last year, you saw that they had a bright future and full of potential, and it seemed that the future of the alliance fell on them.

If you look at it another day, you will find that they suddenly become big ships that hit the iceberg.

It took less than a day to sink the team for four or five years.

Fucking with the shark, using pennies to get rid of Hill, then using McGrady to get rid of it, and having McGrady to get rid of it.

Hill is still there, but Devil Mountain has a good temper, so he probably won't fall out with Magic. The injury that invaded Devil Mountain gave Magic a good reason to smear, so they put Dwight Howard, who made the Sharks willing to give up the title of "Superman", plus Steve Francis, Deshaun Me and James 55 Stevens, and the watery No. 5 No. 5 Show Tony Barty.

At first glance, the Magic lineup is OK, not that bad.

After the two teams started playing, the Magic were too worried about becoming the second Mavericks, and they were so strict and harsh about Kobe's defense.

Wei Xia has never seen a team asking everyone to defend Kobe, just like him, starts pressing from the backcourt.

Stevens takes on the highlight of the mission.

He needs to be entangled with Kobe forever, striving to make necessary physical contact with Kobe every moment. Their wishes and dreams are to wait until the game is over, Kobe will temporarily forget the feeling of having sex with Vanessa's skin, and always remember the physical contact from Orlando people.

Whether the preparations are done well depends on the execution ability.

Stevens's confrontation and off-ball defense were enough, which was completely different from the Mavericks a few days ago.

Think about how civilized and polite the Mavericks are? Kobe still remembers that the first goal he scored was to grab the offensive rebound and watch his shot from one meter away after the opponent grabbed the offensive rebound.

Nowitzki's Kazilan's big eyes seemed to be looking forward to him throwing the ball, but how can everything be as satisfactory?

The Mavericks' painful lessons made the Magic team understand that although the rules of most things are uncontrollable, they can be avoided. As long as the execution and intention are in place, it will never happen repeatedly.

Their defense against Kobe is aimed at preventing the tragedy from happening.

Because of the terrible defense of the Magic's terrible realism against Kobe, the rest of the Lakers got the chance.

Kobe hovered around 35% shooting percentage, while Weisha and Odom happily started pick-and-roll and cooperation at high positions.

You make the ball, I make a layup.

You pick-and-roll, I'll pass it.

Everyone except Kobe was having a good time.

Even Stevens, who almost vomited his lungs to prevent Kobe from killing him, looked at Kobe's hit rate and sighed from the bottom of his heart: "No loss! No loss!"

Devil Mountain also showed off her incomplete talent at some point, and in an amazing first step, he took Kobe's defensive position and entered the Lakers' inside line and scored a scoring point as Chris Meim's head.

The magic that put too much energy into Kobe is destined to lose some aspects of defense.

The vacancy in those places is the root of their defeat.

Although the Lakers' strength is due to Kobe, they do not rely solely on Kobe to win.

Normal Odom, Wei Xia, who continued his high-level performance in the first two games, made 5 assists from Brian Cook who made three-pointers and the "smarest Lakers".

The magic defense is like a ritual sacrifice to Kobe.

At the cost of sacrifice to Kobe, the Lakers played better offensive and defense, while the Magic spent too much effort on Kobe and neglected to prevent other aspects, which seemed to be ineffective.

Hill's performance and Frances' vague suppression of Weisha are the only two things that Magic fans can feel happy.

109 to 88

After defeating the Mavericks by 48 points, the Lakers scored another 21-point victory over the Magic.

Unlike the game against the Mavericks, Kobe is no longer magical against the Magic. Not only did he not replicate the magic of the previous game, he also suffered a terrible defense.

The people of magic swing, mainly Stevens, Hill, Hiddo Tkoglu, and Bo Olotte, Kobe was tortured in one second.

The 21-point defeat proves that the Magic's approach was not successful. Unless they played the game just to make Kobe uncomfortable and disgusted, not to win. Otherwise, even if they defended Kobe, who was as powerful as a god in the last game, to 21 points, 2 rebounds and 9 assists in the whole game, it would be difficult to be called a success.

Kobe was indeed disgusted, but he didn't get anything.

He sent 9 assists, allowing five players in the Lakers team to score in double digits.

Mim's 20 points, Odom's 1488, Weisha's 1654 and Brian Cook's 12 points.

Locking Kobe should be aimed at winning. If it is just to lock Kobe, the price is really a bit too high.

After playing the game, Kobe was disgusted and full of relaxation and pleasure: "How to say, the Magic's defense is very challenging, it would be great if they defended my teammates in a way that would prevent me."

The Magic's firefighting coach, Brian Hill, who once entered the finals with Sharks and Penns, responded with a wry smile when he heard Kobe's comments: "I underestimate Kobe's strictness. Unfortunately, we can't meet his requirements. In my opinion, except for the Bulls in 1996, no NBA team in history can block every player against Kobe as perfectly as we did tonight."

Phil Jackson, who has always been a big fight, made a fuss with Kobe an interesting one: "If Kobe scored 21 points with less than 40% of his shooting percentage per game, he could help us win, what reason do I have to discourage him from continuing to 'play like this'?"

Wei Xia did not accept an interview because he had a "small" 16 points performance and was not even qualified to go to a press conference.

He didn't care much about attending the press conference.

Back in the locker room, he took a shower, changed his clothes, and waited for Jackson and Kobe to come back to have a lecture.

Jackson said nothing, just a few short sentences, and then the Lakers were going back to the local bar to rest and set off for Miami early tomorrow morning.

Their Christmas battle with the Heat attracted worldwide attention, Kobe and the Sharks' past grudges, Kobe and Wade's head-on battle, Jackson and Pat Riley's 1,001 nights.
Chapter completed!