With three points at the start, Nash begged for a maximum salary to renew his contract

Chapter 38 One-on-one Kobe Bryant
At the beginning of the third quarter of the second half, Wang Chao returned to the field as the team's starter.

Off the court, James Jones looked at Wang Chao with a disdainful sneer, recalling in his mind what Wang Chao said to the head coach in the locker room earlier.

"That guy, I'm afraid he's out of his mind? Do you think the playoffs are so simple? The head coach is also interesting enough. He would agree to such a childish and clumsy idea. Well, after he is exhausted on the court, he will definitely Will be replaced soon, then I will have more opportunities to play."

It is not a day or two for James Jones to see Wang Chao unhappy. The playing styles of the two are similar. In terms of overall ability, James Jones is slightly better than Wang Chao, but in terms of three-pointers, Wang Chao far exceeds Jones. This also caused Jones' stable playing time in the first half of the regular season to be gradually eaten away by Wang Chao.

No matter who it is, it will be extremely uncomfortable to see your competitors.

James Jones had previously isolated Wang Chao with players with better relationships in the team, and deliberately refused to pass the ball to Wang Chao. This also formed a gap between the two sides. The two almost never spoke in normal times, and they rarely cooperated on the court. , are unwilling to pass the ball to the opponent.

It's just that both of them are just role players of the team, so not many people noticed it, and even if they found out, they wouldn't take it seriously. Neither Wang Chao nor Jones has reached the level that can affect the team Degree.

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Wang Chao, who was on the court, took a deep breath. This time, it was really a big gamble for him. If it succeeds, he can gain the trust of head coach D'Antoni and most of the team's players, and he can also prove his ability .

But if it fails, the consequences will be unimaginable.

But Wang Chao has no choice. In order to have the opportunity to complete the system tasks and get rewards, he can only choose this way.

The Lakers had the ball, Kobe Bryant took a mid-range shot under the defense of Raja Bell, the shot deviated from the basket and missed, Dior protected the defensive rebound, and the Suns quickly attacked.

Wang Chao ran in front with his long legs, but Kobe caught up with a faster speed, still like before, not giving him a chance to make an easy shot.

Wang Chao quickly ran to the bottom corner of the three-pointer and stood still, and Kobe's vigilance relaxed a little.

In the first half, Wang Chao was like this when he was on the court. When he was marked by Kobe the whole time and it was difficult to catch the ball, he stood in the bottom corner, so that Kobe could not participate in the team's defense and create space for his teammates.

But this time, things are different.

Nash, who advanced with the ball beyond the three-point line, waited for his teammates to get in position one after another, and then directly chose to pass the ball, and the target of the pass was none other than Wang Chao, who was standing in the bottom corner.

Seeing Wang Chao catch the ball, even Kobe was slightly taken aback.

At this time, he was standing in front of Wang Chao. What did Nash pass the ball to the opponent?
But at the next moment, after catching the ball, Wang Chao didn't make any adjustments, and just raised his hand and shot!
Kobe, who was in the gap, reacted a beat slower. When he jumped up and raised his hand to interfere, Wang Chao had already pulled out the basketball in his hand.

Under the bonus effect of the quick shooter talent, Wang Chao's shooting speed is astonishingly fast.

The basketball soars into the sky while all eyes are on, and...

"Shh-!"

Hollow into the net.

"No way? Did you make a mistake!"

"That guy, actually shooting like this in front of Kobe, is too courageous!"

"Is this completely ignoring Kobe's defense?"

Some of the fans on the sidelines exclaimed, but Kobe's expression on the court became slightly serious.

"Boy, don't try to succeed in front of me a second time with such a sneaky method!"

Kobe, who was a little upset by Wang Chao's sneak attack, started talking trash.

But Wang Chao ignored Kobe and turned back to defend.

As a rookie with an overall rating of only 54, facing Kobe, whose ability value is at least above 95 at this time, and has even reached the peak of 97, how can he score?

Wang Chao's answer is to rely on static talent.

Compared with Kobe, Wang Chao's advantages are only 99 points in three-point shooting ability and 2 meters in height. If these two advantages are not grasped to death, then he will really be in trouble against Kobe's defense in this game. I can only swallow zero eggs.

To be reasonable, Wang Chao has 99 three-pointers after the dribble and 99 three-pointers with interference. Even if he faces Kobe, he will not be particularly shy, especially when his shooting speed has been trained so fast and his height case of advantage.

However, in the first half, Kobe's defense against him was too good. A passing master like Nash would not choose to pass the ball to Wang Chao once he saw Kobe close to Wang Chao.

Wang Chaokong wanted to show his ideas, but he couldn't catch the ball at all.

So during the intermission, he took the courage to make a small request with head coach D'Antoni.

In the second half, he wanted to try to single Kobe.

When hearing this sentence, both D'Antoni and other players in the team thought that Wang Chao was crazy, or that his decent performance in the second half of the regular season made him completely inflated.

Who gave him the courage to single out Kobe, the league's top perimeter defender?
But after some thought, D'Antoni decided to give Wang Chao a chance.

Because in the first half of the game, other Suns players did not perform very well, including the core players such as Nash and Marion, all played mediocrely. The Suns really need someone to stand up and reverse the current unfavorable situation.

No matter whether Wang Chao can do it or not, he must at least try.

Unexpectedly, Wang Chao's first goal was hit.

D'Antoni was quite surprised on the sidelines, and at the same time he was thinking a little bit.

"Is it because I have always underestimated Wang Chao's ability..."

The game continued on the court. Kobe broke through to the basket with the ball, passed the ball and assisted Odom to score a layup, and pulled back a victory for the Lakers.

The Suns attacked, and after Nash dribbled the ball for halftime, he actually passed the ball to Wang Chao again.

Although this choice was very surprising, Kobe reacted extremely quickly, and immediately approached Wang Chao, with his hands constantly interfering, not giving Wang Chao any room to shoot easily.

Facing Kobe's death-wrapped defense, Wang Chao's choice was to hold the basketball high above his head, use his height advantage to protect the ball from being intercepted by Kobe, and then suddenly accelerate his breakthrough from Kobe's side, actually wanting to break through with the ball .

"what?"

Kobe was taken aback. He didn't expect that Wang Chao would choose to break through. At this distance, Wang Chao's advantage of height and arm length was fully utilized. The distance between the two was too close, so the opponent only needed one step to pass him.

At this moment, Kobe retreated quickly almost instinctively, and at the same time moved sideways in the direction of Wang Chao's breakthrough, trying to use his speed advantage to intercept the opponent's breakthrough.

However, after Wang Chao took a step forward with the dribble, he immediately received the ball and then retreated to the outside of the three-point line, jumping and shooting directly.

(End of this chapter)