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Chapter 66 Before the Game

Soon after, the starting lineups of the two teams were announced on various platforms. On the Lakers side: Metta Shiping, Paul Gasol, Andrew Bynum, Raymond Sessions, Kobe Bryant.

The Spurs have changed a lot: the inside twin towers Dejuan Blair and Tiago Splitter, and after careful discussions between Borrego and Popovich, TJ Ford was finally the starting point guard. The positions of Yang Ke and Leonard remain unchanged.

Barkley looked at the Spurs starting lineup in his hands, pursed his lips and shook his head, and said, "Three veterans lead two newcomers. It seems that the Spurs have given up on this game and focused on cultivating newcomers."

"How about the two newcomers, Yang Ke and Leonard?"

Smith deliberately said that he wanted to shift the topic to them. After all, Yang Ke and Leonard have been in the hot news recently.

"I'm not interested in knowing."

Lacking interest in this, Barkley said bluntly, threw the starting lineup in his hand aside, turned his head and propped his head with his right hand, looked at the low-key O'Neal, smiled and opened his mouth, and said: "Perhaps In contrast, I would rather listen to O'Neal talk about the interesting things he encountered in the league before retiring."

"........."

O'Neill looked at Barkley with dislike.

"Old man, did you get any news in advance?"

On the other side, Mark Jackson looked at Yang Ke and Leonard, whom Breen had just selected in the Spurs lineup, turned his head and looked curiously at Mike Breen, and asked.

"Don't tell you."

With his hands crossed on his chest, Brin smiled mysteriously, at least he didn't plan to say it now.

In the locker room of the Lakers home team, the air conditioner has been adjusted to the most suitable temperature. The head coach Mike Brown has not yet appeared here. The players are talking and laughing as they adjust their equipment before the game. The entire locker room reveals abnormal Relaxed atmosphere.

"After this game, let's go to the barber shop and change the hairstyle?"

Matt Barnes, who was changing shoes, asked the sturdy Andrew Bynum beside him. He was already thinking about what to do after the game before the game started. It was enough to see that he already thought that the game was over. No stress.

"Of course, I want to change to a suitable hairstyle..."

Bynum spoke quickly, with a look of excitement on his face. He even started to struggle with changing those hairstyles. It seemed that he didn't pay much attention to the game against the Spurs.

Kobe had been frowning because of the relaxed atmosphere in the locker room, but the sudden and rapid discussion between Bynum and Barnes finally made him unbearable. Passed over: "You guys are enough!"

As the boss of the locker room and the team, Kobe is very majestic. Following his scolding sound, and looking at his obviously displeased eyes, the other players shut their mouths one after another. It's unnatural, especially when Bynum and Barnes were taken by Kobe Bryant.

Gasol took this into account, and was a little puzzled by Kobe's sudden anger, but he still reached out and patted Kobe's shoulder, saying, "Hey, Kobe, there's no need to do this, it's good to relax before the game. Without Duncan, their Spurs are not as difficult as before, so it should be easy to solve."

"Even if a lion fights a rabbit, you still have to use your full strength."

Hearing Gasol's persuasion, Kobe didn't let go of his frown. If it wasn't for the fact that the meaning of this game was not so simple, he wouldn't be angry at this time, following the faces of his teammates with a sullen face, After looking at them one by one, he said in a not very good tone: "And the Spurs we are about to face, even without Duncan and the others, is not a weak rabbit!"

After speaking, Kobe lowered his head and packed up his things. He knew that although everyone listened, the effect of his words would not be very good, and he had to wait until the game to let them feel it.

The atmosphere in the locker room froze immediately. Fortunately, it was the head coach Mike Brown who walked in. He immediately felt depressed. He glanced at Kobe who was silent and bowed his head, and then he spoke.

Mike Brown did not talk about any tactical arrangements, but announced a very important thing: "Today, an important audience came to our game site, I hope you will perform well..."

At the same time, in the locker room of the visiting team, the air conditioner was not turned on. The Spurs, who had already changed their equipment, stood tall and straight, forming a small arc. Their eyes were fixed on Borrego standing in front of them.

"You all know how important this game is. We have put in a lot of hard work in the past few days, and now it's time to verify the results!"

With his hands behind his back, Borrego wasn't holding a tactical drawing board, his eyes swept over everyone's faces, and he spoke loudly.

Borrego's eyes finally settled on Yang Ke and Leonard in front of him, paused, and then said: "Yang, Leonard, you two have suppressed too much for a while. Things, now I need the two of you to stop suppressing and let me out! The protagonists of this game will be the two of you!"

"We will."

Yang Ke and Leonard nodded heavily, with extremely firm gazes in their eyes.

"let's begin..."

Borrego nodded in satisfaction, clenched his hands behind his back into fists, looked at the crowd and said three simple words, then ended his speech.

"win!"

Accompanied by the high-spirited and neat chorus of the crowd, amidst the boos of almost all the fans, they stepped onto the field slowly and orderly. This time, Yang Ke was the last one to come out of the player tunnel. The boos of the face rang through the sky.

But Yang Ke was fearless, and stepped on the field step by step with a cold face. When passing by the visiting team's bench, he heard the weak but still strong cheering, and he slowly turned his head to look.

In the auditorium behind the bench, he saw the figures of Duncan and Popovich, Emma and her father Chris, and old Jack and the female doctor Jenny, but what attracted him most was Alice with a small bald head and small hands in the shape of a trumpet, put it in front of her mouth and called out loudly.

"Brother Yang Ke, come on! Uncle Leonard, come on! The Spurs will win!"

The immature and glutinous voice was still so clear and crisp even though it was surrounded by many boos. Seeing that the little girl's face was flushed because of the loud call, Yang Ke turned back silently. He shook his head, his hands clenched tightly into fists, and his eyes were firm.

Alice, we will definitely win this game!

Then the Lakers of the home team, amidst the cheers of the audience, slowly walked onto the court through the player tunnel, and Kobe, who was the last to play in the finale, was greeted by the most vigorous and high-spirited cheers from the audience.

Facing the voices from the fans, Kobe remained expressionless. He slowly raised his head to look at Alice in the audience behind the Spurs bench, and then lowered his head to look at Yang Ke and Leon in the Spurs lineup. Nader thought to himself: Little girl, out of respect for you, I will do my best to defeat your brothers and uncles!

With the appearance of all players from both teams, this eye-catching game will finally begin!
(End of this chapter)