My Name is Kobe Bryant

The fourth game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Houston Mosaics this season will start again at the Great Western Forum.

In the first three games, the Lakers had 2 wins and 1 loss. If this game is won, it will be a 3:1 lead. Entering the playoffs with such a psychological advantage is undoubtedly very advantageous.

If they are equalized and enter the playoffs with a score of 2:2, then the Lakers' psychological advantage will disappear, while Houston will lose two games first and win both games after adjusting the lineup. In this way, Houston will have an absolute message that it has an advantage against the Lakers with the current lineup.

In fact, the difference between the Lakers and Houston is still relatively large. So far, the Lakers have 52 wins and 7 losses, while Houston has 49 wins and 12 losses. It is not so easy to catch up with such a difference in victory and defeat. The league originally believed that the Lakers would collapse in February after the Lakers lacked O'Neal. However, Kobe used the performance of the best player of the month to lead the team to only lose 3 games in a single month. This performance allowed the team to continue to top the league and the Western Conference.

It's really hard to say the top position in the league. The recent state of the Bulls and Michael Jordan is simply supernatural, in a state of supernatural change. Any team, any superstar will be frustrated if they collide with each other. Reggie Miller personally proved that the current Michael is the pinnacle basketball overlord and the world's number one basketball player. Jordan played against the Pacers more easily than Kobe. Jordan scored 65 points and obviously still had room to spare.

In addition, Michael Jordan's 65 points in this regular season is also his second highest scoring record. His highest regular-season score, 69, came in March 1990 against the Cavaliers. The third highest is 64 points, scored against the Orlando Magic in January 1993. There are also two 61-point games, both of which were scored in 1987. Michael Jordan's 60+ times are 5 times, second only to Wilt Chamberlain's 32 times in history.

And the rookie Kobe has already scored 60+ twice! This is an incredible achievement! The big difference may be that Kobe shoots more three-pointers, and the scoring efficiency of three-pointers is obviously higher than that of two-pointers. With a three-pointer like Reggie Miller, only Bird scored 60+ in a game against the Hawks in 1985. Stronger than Olajuwon, only 2 times 50+ in his career!

Kobe's two 60+ times have completely established his superstar status, and his scoring explosiveness has been recognized by everyone. Players and coaches in the league currently agree that Kobe must not be able to play smoothly, otherwise he can really single-handedly destroy the existence of a team. Kobe's scoring explosive power is already one of the best in the league, perhaps only Michael Jordan can match it.

The point is that Kobe is only 18 years old! And Michael is 34 years old! The big dream Olajuwon is also 34 years old! 84 The diamond generation has come to the end of the era, and their era is about to pass.

How many years are left in Michael Jordan's year? The future must belong to Kobe. This is a fact recognized by all basketball players. It can also be seen from this sneaker craze that Kobe is not just playing well, his commercial value, and his attractiveness to fans are ahead of all rookie stars of this era! Stern made an exception and named the best player in February Sending it to him is a signal that the league should support Kobe to reach the top!

Even if you don't reach the top now, the future must belong to Kobe.

Both Michael Jordan and Olajuwon know this. As the two strongest members of the 84 diamond generation, they have been going all out for the game recently because they are not reconciled to the passage of time. If the future does not belong to them, then at least grasp the present!

After many years, Michael once again started the mode of killing a thousand horses. Olajuwon began to train the insiders of the new era of the league one by one. Garnett, Webber and others have all become his dead souls.

Olajuwon wants to seize the end of his peak, and the peak period of a basketball player is different. There are some reckless players who rely on their bodies to play, and their peak is the short five years between 22-27 years old. As time passed, or even time passed, their bodies would be devastated.

For players with a normal style of play, players with both physical and technical skills, the peak period is generally 25-32 years old. After this age, it starts to decline.

And a player like Olajuwon who first develops his body to the extreme, and then develops his technology to the extreme, will not exceed 35 years old at his peak. Now he can rely on his historical inside footsteps to exert 90% of his peak ability, and in another year or two, there will be a precipitous decline.

Even as confident as Olajuwon, he believes in the power of time.

The final pinnacle, the final challenge for a champion!

This is Olajuwon's long-cherished wish. He always wants to stand on the stage of the finals and defeat Michael Jordan head-on once, so that everyone can realize that he is the well-deserved king of the diamond generation! The inside line is always stronger than the outside line!

It's a pity that Olajuwon and Michael Jordan missed it perfectly in the years when they entered the finals. Their two inside kings and outside gods have never had a peak duel.

"Perhaps, this year is the last chance." Olajuwon, who was sitting on the flight to Los Angeles, suddenly had such an idea in his mind.

Looking out through the glass window, the lights on the west coast of California were brightly lit. Olajuwon looked at his teammates who were sleeping beside him, and secretly clenched his fists.

Recalling the care of Ralph Sampson when he first came to Houston. In the late 1980s, Otis Thorpe played alongside his own. Then there was the addition of Kenny Smith in the early 1990s, and finally won the championship on the young O'Neal and Penny after Michael Jordan left the league and retired. In the second year, Drexler took the initiative to join in when he felt that he had no hope of winning the championship. The two defeated the Jagged Knicks 4:3 and won a rare double championship in history.

Last season, the defending champion Houston, who had no personnel adjustments, was swept by the Sonics 4:0. Payton locked all Houston's outside lines by himself, and eventually he couldn't catch the ball at all, and was swept by a big score. This season, Charles Barkley, another superstar, joined.

In the past ten years of his career, Olajuwon has experienced too much. The teammates around me have changed one after another, and my own style of play has also been adjusted again and again. In what way will my career end in the end? After I retire, what kind of historical position will the commentators and fans put themselves in?

Olajuwon has no way of knowing these things. He only knows one thing. As an African-American, if you want to gain the respect of the United States, then you must be the number one winner.

The number one winner of the NBA, there is only one in a year, and that is the championship!

Olajuwon's goal has never changed since entering the league, he just wants to win respect.