"Ah..." Kwame Brown did not know what to say for a moment.
Although he and Zhou Ze were close, come on... did Zhou Ze even know what he was saying?
That was Kobe.
Uploading footage of beating him one-on-one to the internet... that was not exactly a good idea, was it?
"Relax, Kwame... Kobe isn't some petty guy. Why would he care about that?" Zhou Ze said with a laugh.
"Hmph." Though Kobe snorted coldly after being praised by Zhou Ze, there was a faint trace of pride at the corner of his lips.
Kobe was a perfectionist. In his eyes, the runner-up was the biggest loser.
But he could accept defeat.
Nor did he shy away from mentioning his losses.
Kobe had not intended to stop Zhou Ze from acting like a jerk, but in their next one-on-one matchup, he would undoubtedly unleash an overwhelming desire to score and tear Zhou Ze apart.
"Bastard, get some proper rest when you go back. Don't let Shaq dunk all over your head tomorrow," Kobe reminded him.
Of all the Christmas Day games, the most anticipated was naturally the matchup between the Lakers and the Heat.
The game had been hyped up since the previous week.
Clearly, it was a clash steeped in old grudges.
Phil Jackson had returned to the Los Angeles Lakers.
By coincidence, Pat Riley had also returned to coach the Heat.
At that moment, it was as if the two had returned to the last century, with Pat Riley and Phil Jackson once again staging the battle for the best coach of the 1990s.
On the Lakers' side, Kwame Brown was taking an extended absence over a minor injury, allowing Chris Mihm to return as the starting center.
The Lakers' starting lineup remained Parker, Kobe, Lamar