After the All-Star Weekend, the NBA regular season restarted on February 23, and in the last fewer than thirty games left, all teams have to go all out.

The strong teams competing for playoff spots naturally hope that the higher the ranking of their divisions, the better, so that they can occupy a favorable position in the playoff showdown and go further; as for those teams who want to pick the lottery pick in the draft, they must cleverly win a better lottery probability without affecting the market.

Therefore, the regular season will become more exciting and intense as it enters the final third, and the efforts of the whole year will come to the results in just over a month.

At this time, the number of international media interviewing the NBA has also increased significantly. Usually, there are only three or five international journalists in some games, but now they have doubled. In some focus games, dozens of international journalists have even appeared.

Although the NBA is only a low-ranking North American professional sports league, it is the highest degree of internationalization and has a huge influence around the world.

The NBA's achievement in such a result is inseparable from former president Stern. Since he took office, the NBA has developed from a bankrupt minor league to a behemoth.

Since the 1990s, the NBA has focused on launching superstars led by Jordan, and has been promoted to the world with the development of satellite broadcasting technology.

When the 96 Golden Generation entered the NBA, it was Huaxia TV that began broadcasting NBA games live. In a sense, the reason why Kobe has unparalleled popularity in China is closely related to this time point.

Now, every overseas game in the NBA will attract countless fans and a large number of media attention. While bringing huge economic benefits to the league, it also makes the influence of stars soar.

The increase in the number of interviewed journalists shows the current situation of the NBA's booming development, which means more revenue and greater power for NBA's executives.

In a sense, the NBA league has entered a peak stage, especially after Xiao Feng joined the NBA, it further drove the development of the NBA in China and Asian markets.

Although Kobe is about to retire, the future starlight of the NBA will not dim!

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After the All-Star Weekend, the Lakers turned on the full speed mode like a clockwork machine, and the players who had obtained full rest time were in full state.

The Lakers are visiting Philadelphia, which is also Kobe's last visit to Vacovia Center Stadium. This game has also attracted the attention of media and fans across the United States and even around the world.

Although the 76ers are sinking into the quagmire of reconstruction, it is a huge question whether they can win 20 games this season, but the Lakers are heading for the record of 75 wins, and there is no comparison between the two sides at all.

However, the meaning behind this game is that the media and fans are willing to feel it, as if time was suddenly pulled back 16 years ago or even longer!

Speaking of the Golden Generation in 1996, Walker, Ray Allen, Marbury, Nash, O'Neal Jr., etc. are all familiar superstars. They have shone amazingly in their careers.

For example, Nash, as the first point guard after the Magic to be the regular season MVP for two consecutive years, was pleasing to the eye when the offensive storm he set off in the Suns and is still talked about by fans so far.

As for Walker and Ray Allen, their iron-blooded performance in the Finals was amazing, and their confrontation with the Lakers added a new spark to the NBA tradition.

Some people say that the 96 Golden Generation is a draft year that can be compared with the 84 Generation. Countless young people with outstanding talents stand out in the fierce competition in the NBA and leave their own traces in NBA history.

However, there are two people who cannot get around no matter what, that is Kobe and Iverson!

Kobe doesn't need to mention it. Even if he retires now, he is inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame. Many media and fans even believe that he can rank in the top five or even top three in historical influence!

Iverson, nicknamed ‘Answer’, was the symbol of this ancient American city before he left Denver.

Iverson, who came out of the slums, possessed a rebellious temperament that is completely different from Kobe, a middle-class background. This means that when two outstanding young people enter the NBA in the same year, they will be compared all the time!

In the rookie season, Iverson, who had enough playing time and was more mature in his skills, won the title of "Best Rookie", while Kobe, who was slightly young, lost his rookie season.

But what is more fortunate than Iverson is that Kobe has a big brother in the Lakers to shelter him from the wind and rain, but Iverson has to use his thin body to carry the 76ers' increasingly declining doomsday.

The 2000-2001 season. The answer played the best season of his career. Not only did he win the scoring champion with 31 points, but he also won the steals king and was successfully elected as the regular season MVP. In the All-Star Weekend that was held before, the answer also won the All-Star MVP, which was at its peak!

In the playoffs, Answer led the 76ers to defeat the Pacers, Raptors and Bucks and successfully entered the finals. This was also the most glorious moment of Answer's career.

When Kobe and Answer met for the first time and last time in the finals, the Lakers' "KO" combination was at its peak, and as the defending champions, they had more confidence.

In Staples, Iverson was like the Warriors watching the explosives and bags, rushing into the Lakers' penalty area again and again, and finally scored 48 points, breaking the Lakers' winning streak in the series.

Unfortunately, the answer that was hard to support was finally lost to the finals, losing four games in a row to sell the championship, which made countless people sigh!

Now, 16 years have passed, and the answer has been retired for many years. O'Neal also withdrew from the basketball world, leaving only Kobe, the "old guy", and will also visit the Vacovia Center Stadium as a player.

When the game was about to begin, the live director easily saw the answer in the audience, and the fans on the scene also gave their former heroes the warmest applause.

Although the answer was called a "cancer" when the 76ers, and was even driven out of the team and left his hometown to play in Denver, time has changed. Everyone has discovered that no one can do better than the answer!

People are often so contradictory. They won’t cherish each other when they have it. Only when they lose it can they discover the other person’s goodness!

The answer was heard with deafening applause and cheers, and then look at Kobe who was warming up on the court, showing an extremely complicated expression! If he had won the finals, everything might have been completely different, but there was no if in the whole world!

Iverson was both envious and admired his old opponent for being able to get out of a series of serious injuries such as fractures, rupture of Achilles tendon, and other serious injuries.

Iverson and Kobe are both paranoids who have infinite desire for victory. Only two people with the same qualities will appreciate each other and only have the greatest respect for their opponents.

But when ‘personal heroism’ gradually disappears in the NBA, Kobe may be very lonely, right?

Kobe turned around and saw Iverson and patted his chest hard. The communication between the two men did not require too much words, only two proud people could understand each other's thoughts.

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After the game started, the Lakers had the advantage in strength and quickly took the initiative in the game. The score was widened to 12 points in the first quarter, and the scene was one-sided.

In fact, this is also normal. The 76ers are a young team that has been rebuilding. It is understandable that they have no ability to fight in the heyday of the Lakers. However, what made the fans and Iverson unable to bear was that the players on the field almost lost their fighting spirit after the second half of the second quarter and gave up resistance, allowing the game to enter garbage time in advance.

At this time, the senior 76ers fans remembered the 76ers led by Iverson back then. They had a kind of iron-blooded temperament and would never give up even when facing a strong opponent!

Over the years, as players' salaries get higher and higher, the game has become more elegant and there are no more passionate scenes that make people feel excited.

Perhaps. This is an important reason why people become extremely sentimental about Kobe's impending retirement, because the last representative who represents the spirit of not giving up is about to leave!

With the recommendation of the game, the score gap has become larger and larger. Fans on the scene have turned against each other and booed the home team all day long. The Lakers' wonderful performance is the warmest applause!

After halftime, the Lakers' lead had reached an astonishing 25 points. Kobe and Xiao Feng were replaced one after another. Kobe shook his head secretly when he left the court.

Before the game started, Kobe was thinking about doing his best like he had back then. This was the respect for his old opponent, but he never expected that the 76ers would not have even had less than two quarters to resist, which made Kobe, who had breathed a sigh of relief, extremely depressed.

Iverson, sitting in the stands, watched the team retreat step by step, and the fans at the scene turned against each other, and the expression on their faces could only be described as ugly.

If my teammates were in the team, if they were slacking off, they would be awakened by his roar. How could they see such a walking corpse-like performance in front of them?

Some people say that their own set is outdated, and professional basketball is just a job and is not worth working hard; but in the past, people regarded basketball as life, and the gap between the two is as wide as the Pacific Ocean!

Perhaps, after Kobe retired, people can only see the collision between blood and flesh from the mottled video tape, and see paranoids doing their best to win.

In the future, fans can only see what James and others call "reasonable tactics". The game is very consistent with the rules of basketball, but it lacks an indescribable temperament.

Time is gone forever, and nothing can go back to the past!

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In the end, the Lakers defeated 76ers away, continuing the team's seven consecutive victories after two consecutive losses. The rumbling tank was eye-catching.

The fighting spirit and combat effectiveness shown by the 76ers also disappointed local media and fans in Philadelphia, believing that these players could no longer find a trace of the temperament left by the original answer, which is undoubtedly a kind of sadness.

At least when the answer is, the team will lose even if they lose. They can be defeated but cannot be defeated!

Now, seeing these players who are behind in the score and can chat and laugh on the bench, the Phillies can’t be angry, and the most heartbroken one is to die!

After the game, Kobe and Iverson hug each other. Perhaps this will be the main content of the major media tomorrow. As for the game, it doesn’t matter!

Leaving Philadelphia, the Lakers continued their own away trip. Their next stop was Washington. The Wizards were unable to cause any trouble for the Lakers. The Lakers' winning streak was unstoppable.

Now the Lakers have played 57 games, and they have only lost 3 games. As long as the Lakers lose only one game in the remaining 25 games, they may set a new victory record. Even if he loses a few more games, this season is still extremely brilliant. After all, his invincible image has long been deeply rooted in people's hearts.

Now major media have launched various surveys, and most fans are confident that the Lakers have set a new victory record. This is the performance in two seasons that has won the fans' recognition.

However, within the Lakers, this record is not taken seriously. After all, the record is not the championship, and the team has begun to prepare for the finals.

The main players have begun to rotate consciously. Once the score leaves, the victory is in hand. Kobe, Xiao Feng, Mark and Albert will come off the court and let Jeremy Lin bring substitutes on the court.

The playoffs are more intense than the regular season, and the opponents they face are even more difficult to deal with. Although the Lakers have amazing combat power, they still cannot be careless. Therefore, adjusting their playing time from now on, retaining enough physical strength for the playoffs and avoiding injuries has become the most important topic in the next month.

In this way, fans could see Xiao Feng, Kobe and others playing for the first half, and most of them sat on the sidelines to watch the game in the second half, watching the Lakers Second Team maintain the lead until the final game.

Even so, these bottom teams in the East really cannot pose too much threat to the Lakers. The Lakers won four away games in the East in a row, which was simply to sweep the East.

However, when the Lakers arrived in Boston on April 2, the media in the entire United States and around the world were excited. After all, there are endless stories and grudges between the Lakers and the Celtics.

This is also Kobe's last visit to Boston, where he had left his pale face and bright smile. Every bit here is an indispensable part of Kobe's wonderful career.

On this day, countless media gathered in the Garden Arena, and the Purple Golden Dynasty once again arrived in Boston. It has various elements that make people's adrenaline surge. What kind of performance will Kobe end his performance here? It is worth noting! (To be continued ~^~)
Chapter completed!