Kobe held the ball to press time, and Kemba Walker rushed up and fouled him.

When Kobe stood on the free throw line, the entire audience applauded him.

His career free throw shooting percentage is not low.

With the entire audience watching, Kobe made two free throws steadily.

The score was further extended to 8 points by the Lakers.

There are only over 40 seconds left in the game.

Kemba Walker came to the court with the ball and shot a three-pointer when he was still two meters away from the three-point line. However, he still failed to make the ball. He shook his head in frustration, with annoyance written on his face.

This was his worst game in the past month.

The players came to the Lakers, and they pressed for time again. Finally, Kobe shot a two-pointer and hit it steadily. The score difference came to 10 points!

After the Hornets served, they stopped playing and just waited for the time to run out.

“Buzz~~”

The buzzer at the end of the game echoed through Warner Times Arena, and the score between the Lakers and Hornets was finally fixed at 98:88.

The Lakers won the game by 10 points.

"Okay, as the referee blows the whistle, the game is over!"

"The highest scorer in this game was Lakers player No. 23 Lin Tian! His statistics are 36 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists, 6 steals, 0 blocks and 0 turnovers!"

"He conquered the audience with an excellent performance!"

"Kobe Bryant of the Lakers scored 24 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists."

Here, Lin Tian and his teammates hugged and celebrated.

At this time, Lin Kuangsheng of the Hornets walked up to Lin Tian: "Man! Oh my God! This is so crazy! You actually scored 36 points, congratulations!"

"Thank you." Lin Tian smiled.

"You guy! It's been so long since I last saw you, you're like a completely different person!" Lin Kuangshou couldn't help but sigh, "Kobe will actually play pick-and-roll for you."

Lin Tian asked back: "Didn't Kobe also play pick-and-roll for you?"

"Haha! Our situations are completely different! Last time Kobe played a pick-and-roll for me, do you know how reluctant he was?"

Lin Kuangsheng smiled bitterly. When he was still with the Lakers last season, his relationship with Kobe was not very good, but he had long since let go because he was walking in the direction of Kobe. "I won't tell you anymore! I'm exchanging with Kobe."

Jersey to go!”

Lin Tian smiled helplessly. Now, whether Kobe is playing at home or away, someone exchanges jerseys with him in every game.

Because everyone knows that this is Kobe's last season.

This also caused the Lakers equipment manager to prepare a few more jerseys for Kobe every time.

After the celebration, Lin Tian and his teammates returned to the locker room. He first took a comfortable shower, and then was notified by the team staff to accept a post-match interview.

Under normal circumstances, after a game, the team boss, second-choice player and head coach will be arranged for interviews.

However, there are sometimes exceptions. For example, if a player performs extremely well in a certain game, he may also get the opportunity to be interviewed by the media.

Today's Lin Tian is obviously such a special case.

Lin Tian, ​​Kobe and Scott came to the media room together.

Scott was the first to be interviewed and said a lot of useless words, but he praised Lin Tian's performance.

Then there was Kobe. He also kept praising Lin Tian, ​​which surprised the reporters off the court.

They know Kobe too well. In previous interviews, in order not to satisfy his teammates, he rarely praised the team's performance.

The next step is to interview Lin Tian.

Although Charlotte's attention is not as high as that of the Lakers, there are still many long shots and short guns aimed at Lin Tian and the others today.

Lin Tian was not nervous about such a big battle.

There were many reporters who wanted to ask him questions. These reporters either raised their hands or raised their microphones or pens just to be noticed by Lin Tian.

Lin Tian casually clicked on a female reporter, who quickly asked a question. "Hey! Lin! You performed very well tonight, scoring a game-high 36 points, and the team also won. This is also the case for the Lakers."

This is the only winning streak this season, what do you want to say?"

"Well... you know, all our players played very hard today, and everyone felt pretty good. This is a great victory."

Lin Tian's answer was very official. They had all taken classes on how to answer questions from the media. This was not a problem for him.

Then a reporter asked a second question: "Lin! You defended Kemba Walker very well in the last few minutes of the fourth quarter. Is this the coach's arrangement or was it your own improvisation?"

This question is a little tricky, because Scott did not ask Lin Tian to defend Kemba Walker at all.

What Lin Tian did was entirely his own decision.

And if you tell the other party this answer, Scott's prestige within the team will be reduced. After all, if you don't listen to the coach, the consequences will be serious.

Although Scott is indeed not a very good coach, there is no need for Lin Tian to offend him.

He took a sip of water: "The coach asked me to try to defend Kemba Walker, because he knew that I was effective in defending Paul in the last game."

When facing the other party's questions, sometimes you have to be more tactful, and you must not be pinched by the nose.

Don't look at the fact that the female reporter who asked this question is very beautiful. If you are not careful, you may fall into her trap.

These reporters are eager to break the news.

Scott, who was sitting next to Lin Tian, ​​looked surprised, but his expression soon returned to normal.

The third reporter began to ask: "This is the third game after you signed a 10-day short contract with the Lakers. According to the rules set by the league, you have now returned to free agency. Can you negotiate a deal with the Lakers?"

Is there a new contract? Have other teams contacted you?"

Lin Tian was thinking about how to answer this question. Kobe on the side suddenly looked at Lin Tian: "Lin, you don't need to answer this question."

Whether it is about transfer or contract renewal, it is an extremely sensitive topic at this juncture, and Kobe obviously knows it very well.

Lin Tian still chose to respect the media. He cast a reassuring look at Kobe: "To be honest, I am not very clear about my future, but who doesn't want to play with Kobe? He is one of the best players in NBA history.

one."

At this time, the staff of the Lakers' public relations department also said that the interview time was over.

After returning to the locker room, Lin Tian sorted out his personal belongings. As for the jerseys and sneakers, they had been taken away by the equipment department.

The Lakers have a back-to-back game tomorrow night and will fly back to Los Angeles tonight.

Although Lin Tian has regained his free agency, he still returned to Los Angeles with the team.

On the plane, they finally had a few hours to rest.

What Lin Tian didn't know was that during this period, news about him had become popular in the entire American sports circle.

The general managers of countless teams wanted to personally call Lin Tian's agent, and some team owners even went so far as to leave the game in person.

But these teams searched around and found a problem. Chinese player Lin Tian! There is no agent at all!

Lin Tian only played 3 games in the NBA. Before that, he had been playing for the South Bay Lakers, that is, in the Development League.

The salary of G League players is vastly different from that of NBA players! Let alone hiring an agent, some players can't even support themselves!

Only some young players with good draft prospects hire agents for themselves, and their salaries are relatively high.

Lin Tian does not have an agent, so the general managers of these teams can only find ways to pry out some information from the Lakers.

It stands to reason that since teams often conduct transactions with each other, they generally do not keep player information confidential.
Chapter completed!