The Effortless Boston Celtics

Ding-dong!

Just then, Goodwin received an unexpected text message. The sender was Kobe Bryant.

Kobe asked, "Goodwin, how good do you think our Los Angeles Lakers' chances are in this series?"

After thinking for a moment, Goodwin had initially wanted to reply twenty percent, but then changed it to thirty percent and sent Kobe: "About a thirty percent chance."

Before long, Kobe's reply came: "Hahahaha, that's pretty high! I've got confidence again."

Goodwin hurriedly replied, "That doesn't sound like you, Kobe. Are you admitting defeat already?"

Kobe replied, "I have no choice but to accept that I'm getting old. It's your young people's era now. No, it's your era, Goodwin."

Seeing Kobe's response, Goodwin could not help patting his own head and muttering, "Sigh, it's all because I'm too strong."

Then another message from Kobe came: "Enough talk. I need to get ready and warm up."

Goodwin replied, "Alright, good luck."

In truth, Goodwin was not optimistic about the Lakers, even with Kobe. Their roster looked decent on paper, but it was completely unbalanced—their offense was far stronger than their defense.

At the same time, their bench lacked depth badly!

By comparison, the San Antonio Spurs had a far more complete roster. As the GDP trio had gotten older, there was less they could shoulder, but young players like Kawhi Leonard, Danny Green, and Gary Neal had developed and taken on their burden.

Not to mention the bench led by Manu Ginobili.

Honestly, Goodwin did not think the Los Angeles Lakers had any chance of winning. At most, they might steal a game or two to avoid a sweep, but they could not truly put much pressure on the San Antonio Spurs.

"Beep beep." With the sound of the whistle, the San Antonio Spurs vs. Los Angeles Lakers game officially