“I’ll punch Bao through his chest.”

After the success of The Last Dance, a documentary about Michael Jordan’s career, Netflix returns to basketball to remember the character of Kobe Bryant. In this case, they are not focusing on his character but on the role of the US team since 2008, when he conquered the Olympics after several defeats. Titled “The Recovery Team,” something like “The Recovery Team,” Netflix reviews what happened during the successes of the team coached by Mike Krzyowski.

The documentary narrates the rebirth of the United States national team after the failures of the 2002 World Cup or the 2004 Athens Olympics. In an effort to recreate the successes of the Barcelona 92 ​​dream team, in 2008 the NBA stars conspired for a victory. In the foreground, Kobe Bryant and LeBron James.

Before the match, Kobe visited the Olympic Village. It was part of his strategy to temper me.”

Paw GasolFormer player of the Spanish national team

In a preview of the Netflix documentary, it was said what happened before the final, which saw them face Spain. “Before the game, Kobe visited me when the US team came to the Olympic Village,” Pau Gasol says. “My older brother came to see me and my teammates were freaking out, ‘Wow, Kobe’s in our apartment, what a blast. In fact, I think it was part of his strategy to temper me,” he explained.

Which is that Bryant was very clear that he wanted the title and that’s why he was willing to do anything, even attack his partner and friend Pau Gasol. LeBron revealed some of the phrases Kobe Bryant said about Pao. Kobe told us, ‘I’m going to hack Bao into the damn box. “..God, we’re not going to lose that match. We’re going to crush Spain.”

Kobe told us, ‘I’m going to hack Bao through the damn box’

LeBron JamesLos Angeles Lakers Players

“He came towards me and pushed me in the chest and knocked me to the ground,” Gasol recalls. “It was a message, not just for me but for his own team: ‘This could be my brother, he plays for my team and he’s my friend. But the only thing that matters to me is winning,” Bao said of the first play of the final, in which Kobe beat the Spaniards. Without a doubt, the success of the documentary is guaranteed.