Chapter 97

Raymond Felton was turning into a tragedy. Kobe Bryant locked onto him, treating him like a turtle in a jar, suppressing him at will.

The money he spent didn't have any effect.

His teammates couldn't help him at all.

This was probably the disadvantage of not having a superstar sitting in charge. If Carmelo Anthony were still in Denver, he would go head-to-head with Kobe Bryant, and then Raymond could compete with Fan Xi.

"Damn it."

After another fruitless effort, Felton cast a venomous look at Fan Xi sitting on the sidelines.

He didn't have the ability to deal with Kobe, and he didn't even dare to complain about a superstar like Kobe who had been famous for a long time. He only dared to hold all his resentment against Fan Xi.

Fan Xi raised his head and happened to meet the venomous Felton's eyes.

Fan Xi didn't dodge at all.

He knew Raymond Felton was very strong, even knocking a tough football player to the ground right in front of him.

But so what?

Fan Xi's eyes met his very sharply.

Raymond Felton felt a strong provocation and shouted at the bench: "Coward hiding behind others, if you have the ability, come up and face me!"

This provocation made everyone's eyes focus on Fan Xi.

If Phil Jackson allowed it, Fan Xi would go to the court immediately.

However, the Zen Master was still closing his eyes at this time.

He didn't think about letting Fan Xi return to the court so quickly.

At this time, Kobe on the court had already come looking for him. Raymond Felton hurriedly switched defenses with Ty Lawson. He cursed Fan Xi as a coward hiding behind others, but in fact, what he was doing was the real cowardly act.

When he reached the front court, he also passed the ball out immediately; he didn't confront Kobe.

He shrank his head, waiting for Fan Xi to come on the court without any success.

The first quarter ended quickly.

The Lakers led by 7 points, 35:28.

This was normal operation.

During the timeout between quarters, Fan Xi stood up and walked in front of Phil Jackson, trying to attract Phil Jackson's attention.

But the Zen Master "turned a blind eye." Old Winter, the assistant coach on the side, found it funny, thinking that these two were really "pretending to be reserved."

Phil Jackson still let Derek Fisher play and used Luke Walton to replace Lamar Odom. He let Kobe handle the flank offense, especially playing more tactical routes with Mike Dunleavy as the offensive finisher.

The Zen Master had already started preparing for the playoffs.

The playoffs were the real severe battlefield.

The Zen Master had great ambition for this season; he wanted to complete his fourth dynasty in his career, so every aspect had to be tempered to perfection.

Beep!

The whistle blew, and the game continued.

Fan Xi was still standing on the bench. Fan Xi deliberately did two stretching exercises in front of Phil Jackson and "talked to himself": "It's really strange, I don't have any altitude sickness at all, my breathing is so comfortable."

Pfft!

Matt Barnes laughed out loud directly.

The Zen Master also gently bit his lower lip under his dense white beard; he was holding back laughter.

He knew exactly what Fan Xi was thinking. This guy was a natural fighting maniac; how could he tolerate Raymond Felton's provocation?

It's just that the Zen Master really didn't want Fan Xi to go up and bump into Raymond Felton.

What kind of stuff is Raymond Felton? Is he worthy of bumping into my super heart-and-liver baby?

That's what Phil Jackson thought.

The Nuggets made personnel adjustments in the second quarter.

They brought on JR Smith and Wilt Chandler, and at the power forward position, they also brought on Gallinari, who was traded from New York, a tall Italian shooter.

A team like the Nuggets without a superstar is actually very "democratic." The strength of the main force and the rotation lineup is not much different; whoever is good gets more shots.

Originally, tonight should have been Raymond Felton's "shooting night."

However, he was targeted by Kobe.

He didn't dare to confront Kobe head-on, so he passed the basketball quickly and decisively.

This was a style rarely seen in his career.

Therefore, when he quickly passed the basketball to his teammates, the Nuggets succeeded instead.

In the first round, Raymond quickly held the ball to the front court. Kobe had just run over to defend him, and he had already quickly passed the basketball to JR Smith.

JR Smith is a famous "crazy hand" in the NBA.

When he goes crazy, even superstars are a little afraid.

He received the basketball, two meters away from the basket, and jumped up to shoot directly... This kind of shot tests the head coach's heart endurance.

George Karl wanted to swear at that time.

But... Swish!

The basketball hit the net.

JR Smith went crazy.

The F-word on George Karl's lips turned into "Oh my god!"

He loudly encouraged JR Smith.

JR Smith is particularly interesting. He said to Felton: "Raymond, you are simply more Nash than Nash. I saw your passing talent long ago."

He was triumphant.

Raymond didn't expect such a twist of fate.

Kobe returned to the half-court. When he received the basketball from Derek Fisher, he didn't choose to deal with JR Smith.

For him now, there were more important things than one-on-one. He wanted to make the flank offense stronger and let Mike Dunleavy integrate faster.

Therefore, he chose to pass.

However, Dunleavy just received the basketball, his shot speed was a bit slow, and he was interfered with by Wilt Chandler who flew over.

Wilt Chandler is a very tough player.

Instead, Nowitzki said there: "Jack, we must unite. We must win this game."

After being traded to New York, he originally thought he could show his skills at Madison Square Garden. His data under D'Antoni was quite good.

But New Yorkers are picky and want to do big things. With the arrival of Stoudemire and others, his data gradually declined, and then he became a filler and was traded to Denver.

Coming to Denver, he was surrounded by players who were "neither high nor low" just like him.

So, he was full of anger.

But there was nothing he could do. This is the NBA; luck is also a big factor.

Not everyone can step on the right level at every step like Fan Xi and seize every opportunity given by God.

Chandler vented his temper on Dunleavy.

He felt annoyed whenever he saw Dunleavy.

Because he was sold off by Dunleavy's father, old Dunleavy, back then.

He always blamed old Dunleavy. He felt that without old Dunleavy, he could have had a better career instead of running to the Nuggets and not even being able to start.

Dunleavy looked at Chandler's eyes that could spray fire; he didn't know when he had offended this person.

But the game continued.

Raymond Felton passed the hot potato quickly again; this time it was passed to Gallinari.

The Italian received the basketball and hit it again outside the three-point line.

Now, even George Karl was shocked.

Two consecutive three-pointers.

He held his head, and a terrible thought formed in his mind: Could it be that Raymond Felton has really enlightened?

Is he really going to become the Steve Nash of the Denver Nuggets?

Heaven has opened its eyes.

Colorado has finally welcomed a true super point guard.