Healthy basketball, starting from eating the old Lakers F4

Chapter 199 Battle against the Lakers, the decisive moment
The Bulls and Lakers had played against each other more than half a month ago, and they basically knew each other's strengths.

After the game officially started, Tyson Chandler performed as steadily as ever. In the competition with Eddie Curry, he gained an advantage and helped the Bulls win the ball.

After Baron Davis dribbled the ball across half court, he passed the ball directly to Duane.

After Duan caught the ball, Kobe immediately defended him, but the Lakers had no intention of double-teaming him.

In order to save some energy, Duan signaled Tyson Chandler to come out from the inside and play a pick-and-roll.

Eddie Curry can't be defended, and Kobe can't defend one against two, especially when there's a big center among them.

As a result, Duan used the screen to rush inside and fed Tyson Chandler, who was down the line, and the latter easily dunked and scored 2 points.

"Give me the ball!"

During the Lakers' offensive round, Kobe also directly asked Hinrich for the ball.

When playing against other teams, Kobe is still happy to pass the ball, but when playing against the Bulls, it is obvious that Kobe needs to score in order to win.

Hinrich also knew this and immediately passed the ball to Kobe.

After Kobe got the ball, he faced Duen's defense and started with a direct three-point threat. Then he took a tentative step. Duen was unmoved, and Kobe immediately took off and shot a three-pointer.

Duan jumped up immediately, and although he didn't have time to block Kobe's shot, it still caused some interference.

And Kobe's own three-point ability is not as strong as mid-range. This pull-up three-pointer just looks good in terms of movement.

With Duang's snap, Josh Smith quickly grabbed the rebound and then passed the ball to Baron Davis, and the Bulls launched a transition attack.

However, Hinrich's defense still had two problems. Baron Davis failed to get rid of Hinrich when dribbling, and the speed of advancement was slightly limited.

While Luol Deng and Josh Smith followed up, Eddie Jones and Odom also quickly chased to the basket.

When this happens, Baron Davis can only rely on his personal strength to post up Hinrich and use his strength to drill into the basket.

However, Hinrich looks like a white point guard and his physical fitness is not outstanding.

In fact, if he is as strong as Wade, he can't defeat Hinrich with a back attack.

At this moment, Hinrich withstood Baron Davis's back attack.

When Baron Davis' old strength was exhausted and new strength was yet to emerge, Hinrich suddenly turned sideways and reached for the ball.

Baron Davis was not paying attention for a moment, and the ball was intercepted by Hinrich.

Fortunately, Du En reacted quickly and immediately stepped forward to help defend. Although Hinrich had the ball firmly in his hands, he failed to take the opportunity to initiate a transition attack.

When Baron Davis came from behind, Hinrich immediately passed the ball to Kobe on the fast break.

Duan turned around and chased Kobe, but at this time Kobe, who was leading the way, also relaxed his vigilance.

Just when Kobe rushed to the basket and prepared to perform a wave of arm-throwing dunks, Duan actually caught up with him and slapped Kobe from behind, sending Kobe's inevitable dunk away.

"how can that be?"

Affected by Duen's pursuit of the hat, Kobe lost his balance in the air, his face was full of surprise, and he looked like he couldn't accept it.

You know, he is Peter Pan No. [-]!
Although it has continued to gain weight over the years due to increased low-level lethality, it has affected speed and agility.

But with his physical talent, no one can catch up even if he is one step ahead!
"Who the hell took advantage of me?"

Kobe was angry and curious.

After he fell to the ground and turned around to see that the person coming was his former teammate Du En, the expression on Kobe's face suddenly changed and he regained his composure, as if everything was relieved.

"Kobe, are you okay?"

At this time, Hinrich caught up with Kobe and asked about Kobe's condition.

In fact, Du En on the side also wanted to ask, but Hinrich beat him to it.

Regarding this situation where I was obviously the first to arrive, Du En suddenly had a plan in mind.

"Kirk, please step aside." As soon as Duan finished speaking to Hinrich, he stretched out his hands towards Kobe.

Xinrich was a little confused when he encountered this situation.

Kobe did not pay attention to the question of who to choose between his former teammates and his current teammates, because when he fell just now, the referee blew the whistle.

Tonight is a battle that attracts the attention of the entire United States. The three referees on the scene are all well-established and represent the will of the league.

In fact, the referee who blew the whistle didn't see clearly whether Duane committed a foul, but no matter what the situation, blowing the whistle was beneficial to both Kobe and Duane.

Kobe won the free throw, and Duane will show off his extraordinary talent time and time again in the live replay.

If Duan had chased Kobe without fouling, then Duan would still have received the sympathy of fans across the United States, as well as the support of more passerby fans.

To a certain extent, it is the referee who sacrifices his personal self to achieve his greater self.

"Pull me up!" Kobe said to Du En.

Because a free throw was about to be executed next, Kobe immediately reached out and grabbed Duan.

When Du En heard what Kobe said, he also pulled Kobe up from the ground.

"It seems like you're fine?" Duan said, patting Kobe's butt.

Kobe looked up at the display screen in the dome and watched the scene that just happened.

"I have to admit that your defense was very successful. But sorry, I will use free throws to get the score back."

The monitor under the United Center dome kept replaying the scene of Duan chasing Kobe Bryant.

After watching the replay, Kobe himself admitted that Duan's chase was aimed at the ball and should not have been called a foul.

But, the whistle has blown and that’s part of the game!

Bryant got two free throws, and the referees were booed by the Chicago fans.

Kobe also made two free throws under the interference of Chicago fans, helping the Lakers even the point difference.

The Bulls regained the ball, and Duan continued to get the ball from the frontcourt, calling Tyson Chandler to come out and play the pick-and-roll.

This time Odom took the initiative to help Kobe delay Duan.

However, Duan still relied on his own strength to change direction and pass Kobe at the moment when Kobe passed the screen, and then accelerated past Odom and went straight to the basket.

Eddie Curry moved sideways to interfere with Duen's offense, but was scored by Duen with a two-plus-one.brush--

Duan also made a free throw, and the point difference widened to 3 points.

Duen originally thought that Kobe would continue to take the ball in the high post and beat him alone, but who would have thought that Kobe would also start to adapt.

I saw Kobe suddenly running low and pulling Duen to the bottom corner.In this way, Duen's assisting defense effect will be greatly reduced.

At the same time, Hinrich played a pick-and-roll with Odom in the high post. After getting rid of Baron Davis, he took advantage of Josh Smith's unsteady footing and shot directly from the mid-range.

Although it's not yet the contract year, why doesn't Hinrich want to become a top-paid player and try to get a big contract with 30% of the salary cap?

The Lakers naturally have high exposure, and Lakers players are more likely to be selected for the All-Star lineup.

In particular, Hinrich is a relatively rare white player in the NBA today. He has finally succeeded. Even if he cannot be selected as a starter, it is possible to be selected as a substitute.

And once you are selected for the All-Star team, you are more likely to be selected for the All-NBA team.

Therefore, this season, Hinrich is also seizing opportunities and taking advantage of the point guard's own possession of the ball as much as possible to find more opportunities to take action and improve his scoring data.

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Hinrich felt pretty good tonight and hit a mid-range shot as soon as he came up.

However, Kobe will not always stay in the low post.

Regarding the idea of ​​winning tonight, Kobe would rather use personal offense and personal strength to win everything.

Since then, Hinrich has returned to the role of dribbling guard, and the Lakers don't need him much in offense.

At the same time, because Eddie Curry couldn't get the ball, he played more and more passively and had less and less fighting spirit.

It's like just waking up. He's not willing to jump to grab rebounds. He just stretches his hands and shows off.

But this is normal. How much money does Eddie Curry get?He was never a strong defensive player, but now that he can't get the ball, the team doesn't need him to attack. Isn't it enough to go to work and fish for fish?
Seriously speaking, when he came back to play at the United Center and faced off against Tyson Chandler again, Eddie Curry originally wanted to "repay" his old club and show his former teammates a little bit of talent.

Especially in the current situation, Tyson Chandler has a bigger contract than him in the Bulls and has a higher team status.

Although Eddie Curry had a great time with the Lakers, why wouldn't he envy Tyson Chandler's situation?

There is a team boss who specializes in feeding the team, a stable starting lineup, and now he is even the third in charge of the Bulls.

Eddie Curry naturally would not have thought that Kobe would often feed him cakes when playing other games.

I never thought that Kobe didn't like to pass the ball to him recently and even had conflicts with him because he didn't like to train and became more and more like the fat guy who played for the Lakers.

Now Eddie Curry just feels that he is not so comfortable playing in the Lakers, so he is not ready to go all out.

It is also because Eddie Curry is unable to work hard, and the Bulls play more easily in the paint.

From the first quarter, the Bulls maintained the lead.

It wasn't until the beginning of the fourth quarter that Hinrich suddenly broke out while Kobe was resting off the court and made two three-pointers in a row, and the situation of the game suddenly changed.

As for the Bulls, they had already established a 16-point lead before the start of the fourth quarter.

Even though they are being chased by a few points now, they still have an advantage of about ten points, so they didn't pay much attention at first.

After all, Duen is also on the court. Normally, if the point difference is maintained, the Lakers will give up the game early if they play for a few more minutes.

However, encountering Kobe, a master who never admits defeat, can only be considered unlucky for the Bulls.

The fourth quarter lasted for more than 4 minutes, and the score on the court reached 84 to 95. Because there was still an 11-point lead, Duen went down to rest for a while as usual.

Du En could guess that Kobe might still want to fight stubbornly.

Therefore, it is better to go down to rest early and wait for the last three or four minutes before coming back to finish the game.

Who would have known that Kobe's hand would immediately warm up with the sound of Doon.

Kobe hit two mid-range shots in a row. The Bulls called a timeout and double-teamed Kobe, but they didn't press Kobe down.

For this reason, Du En only rested for a few minutes and then returned to the court after a dead ball opportunity.

However, Dunn restricted Kobe a little, and Eddie Jones, who was about to retire in a few years, suddenly stood up and transformed into the second Kobe on the court, driving to the basket and hitting consecutive balls.

The score difference was instantly chased to 4 points, and Du En and others were also shocked.

The Lakers suddenly gained momentum, which was something the Bulls did not expect.

As for the fans at the scene and the audience in front of the TV, because of the sudden changes on the field, they began to pay more attention to the undecided and suspenseful game.

All I can say is that the game of strong dialogue is particularly beautiful, and this makes sense.

Strong teams play more tenaciously. When the score difference is not big, it is difficult to judge the final result of the game until the last moment.

Tonight, the Lakers led by Kobe Bryant showed the style that a powerful player in the Western Conference should have.

The Lakers also found an undercover at the critical moment and put Eddie Curry on the bench.

However, the white center Chris Mihm who stayed on the court was not fast either.

In view of this, Du En chose to play low and stabilize the situation.

Kobe tried to restrict Duane in the low post, but the Lakers were not as cautious as the Pistons in using a forward approach to restrict Duane from catching the ball.

After Duen got the ball, Kobe's actions were already very rough, but Duen still combined his strength and footsteps, plus his shooting ability, to keep the point difference between three and four points.

In order to chase points, the game came to the last two minutes. The Lakers used full-court press and foul tactics in advance. Unable to make the Lakers make mistakes in dribbling and passing, they immediately fouled and recovered the ball.

Fortunately, Tyson Chandler has a free throw percentage of more than [-]% and withstood the pressure tonight.

Even if he makes one of two free throws, it doesn't hurt. After all, the Lakers can't score the ball in every round.

By playing steadily and minimizing mistakes, the Bulls stabilized the situation.

However, in the last 16 seconds, Baron Davis was forced by Hinrich to make a mistake.

Kobe quickly recovered two points in the next fast break, and the point difference was instantly wiped out.

For this reason, the Bulls had to call a timeout immediately, arrange the frontcourt service tactics, and strive to hit the last winning goal.

Otherwise, the outcome would have to be decided in overtime.

(End of this chapter)