At the beginning of the death entanglement, Curry followed me to slam dunk

Chapter 47 The Man Closest to God?

Despite the harsh words on his lips, Du Zhe was still quite afraid of Kobe, an all-around single player.

From frontal breakthroughs, to back-to-the-basket singles, to mid-range shots, three-point long shots... Kobe's arsenal has dazzling offensive skills.

Today, after working hard in the league for more than a dozen seasons and winning four championships, some people have begun to call him "the man closest to God".

Although there is still a certain gap between Kobe and God in terms of honor and strength, the appearance of such remarks is not groundless, and to a certain extent, it can also reflect Kobe's tyrannical strength.

What Du Zhe has to do today is to bring the man who is closest to God back to the mortal world, so that he can experience what it is like to be a mortal for the first time in a long time.

From the beginning of the matchup, the tension between the two broke out.

As the leader of the team, Kobe has unlimited firepower. He made zero shots in the first quarter, and directly started the singles mode at this time.

Facing Du Zhe, he didn't even bother to call a pick-and-roll and wanted to use his speed to eat the opponent alive.

It's just that although Du Zhe looks very strong, his steps are not sloppy at all. In addition, he has already predicted Kobe's breakthrough route, so the defensive position has always been stuck.

Seeing that he couldn't get rid of Du Zhe, Kobe used his housekeeping skills, trying to use an emergency stop jumper to shake the defense and gain room for shots.

And Du Zhe, who had been on guard for a long time, kept his center of gravity balanced at all times, so he could stick to the defense immediately.

"This kid's center of gravity is maintained very well. Kobe couldn't shake him away." As a well-known defensive champion, Artest first saw something.

Anyway, the ball is in Kobe's hands, and he doesn't expect to pass it. Since he is idle, Artest can't help but comment on Du Zhe's defense.

Although the two had played against each other last season, they were fans of the authorities.

This time, from the perspective of a bystander, as a defensive expert, he has to admit that Du Zhe does have something on the defensive end.

It seems that I was not wronged when I suffered a loss from this kid last time, but I don't know how Kobe will deal with it today.

Artest even looked forward to this contest of spear and shield.

While speaking, Kobe sighed and successfully missed the first ball.

But Andrew Bynum stepped up at the basket, pressed Hunter to grab an offensive rebound, and made up the ball.

"Be tougher! Hunter, don't give him a chance even if the next shot is a foul." Seeing Hunter's limp look, Du Zhe suddenly became angry.

He knew that the current Hunter was not only lacking in strength, but also seriously lacking in confidence.

It's not okay for a seven-foot man to be timid on the court. The most urgent task now is to let him build up the courage to fight for his life.

So Du Zhe pointed to the scoreboard and motioned Hunter to check the current score.

"What, what's the matter?" Hunter's tone was hesitant, his eyes drifted, obviously he didn't understand Du Zhe's meaning.

Although the team lagged behind quite a bit, Hunter didn't play in the first quarter, and he, a substitute who only played 1 minute, couldn't be blamed for this!

Afraid of taking the blame and would rather do nothing than make a mistake, this is Hunter's current mentality.

Seeing Hunter's timid appearance, although Du Zhe was angry, he did not show it: "I mean, the second quarter has just started, and we are already 16 points behind. This is already the worst start. You I’m still afraid of a ****!”

Du Zhe's words made Hunter finally realize that, yes, the main players of the team lost 14 points in the first quarter, so there is nothing to be afraid of him as a substitute.

It's better to go all out and maybe perform better.

In the next offensive round, Hunter took the initiative to run to the outside to provide a pick-and-roll for his teammates. With his screen, Curry got rid of his opponent Jordan Farmar and went directly to the inside.

Facing the oncoming Lakers players, Curry chose to throw himself out and used his body to get a foul.

Seeing Curry, who was thin and short compared to himself, confronting those tall men in the paint without fear, Hunter seemed to understand the meaning of what Du Zhe said.

In the next round, the Lakers' offense was still initiated by Kobe.

Other Lakers players have long been accustomed to this, after all, the situation in the first quarter is not the norm.

But the other players of the Warriors would not watch the duo single-handedly. Ellis, who was waiting for an opportunity, saw that Kobe was about to shoot a fallback jumper, so he saw the opportunity and sent a big cap from behind.

In the process of fighting for the ball, Bynum of the Lakers was called a foul by the referee because of his excessive action, and the ball was awarded to the Warriors.

This round caused Bynum to lose a foul, which made Hunter recover a little bit of his confidence, and he happily ran to pick up the ball, ready to launch the next round of offense.

And the ball just rolled to Kobe's feet.

Hunter here had just trotted over, bent down and was about to pick up the ball, when he saw a foot appearing in front of him.

"Bang!" Kobe kicked the ball straight to the frontcourt.

Obviously, two consecutive rounds of blacksmithing made Kobe a little irritable, and he was venting his dissatisfaction.

Anyway, the opponent is a low-level player who can't even remember his name, so what if he blatantly looks down on you?
Hunter's hand stopped in mid-air, and he froze on the spot for a while.

This was only his second game in the NBA. Although he wanted to play back directly like he did in the Development League, facing the dazzling league superstar in front of him, he couldn't straighten his bent back.

Seeing Kobe kick the ball away, Du Zhe immediately turned to look at the referee. This behavior is enough to call a technical foul.

But the referee acted like nothing happened, as if he didn't see what Kobe did at all.

After all, a foul was called on Bynum of the Lakers just now. Another foul immediately after that was obviously not conducive to maintaining the balance between the two teams.

More importantly, Kobe had already eaten a T in the first quarter, and now he calls a technical foul, then Kobe can leave the game directly.

Just ten minutes into the game, a superstar was kicked off the field. This is obviously not what the league wants to see.

Therefore, the referee on the court could only turn a blind eye to Kobe's behavior just now.

But the referee doesn't care, it doesn't mean that the Warriors have to swallow their anger.

"Get the ball back for me!" Du Zhe directly stopped Kobe who wanted to return to the defense.

Kobe, who was blocked, still had no expression on his face. He just pushed hard, trying to push Du Zhe aside.

But the young man in front of him didn't move at all.

Seeing that Kobe and Du Zhe were already pushing and shoving, the players from the two teams rushed forward one after another. The division of labor was very clear between confrontation and confrontation.

Seeing that the conflict on the court is about to break out, the referee can no longer close his eyes and pretend to be dead.

He quickly rushed to the center of the court to separate the conflicting parties, and also asked the head coaches of the two teams to restrain their players, especially to return irrelevant players to the bench, so as not to hinder the normal progress of the game.

It's also thanks to the fact that the coaches of the two teams are old coaches like Nelson and Phil Jackson. If two coaches with less seniority are replaced, they may not be able to control the situation.

Immediately, the staff on the sidelines also took the initiative to pick up the ball, finally calming down the turmoil.

From beginning to end, Kobe remained silent, as if these Warriors players were insignificant ants in his eyes.

When he passed by Du Zhe, he gave him a provocative look, with the attitude of "I'm just like this, what can you do with me".

Du Zhe was not used to it either, and directly said to Ellis: "You don't need to double-team him in the next round, don't let the Lakers say we can't afford it and bully the old man!"

Kobe is now 31 years old. Under normal circumstances, players at this age tend to start to decline, but he still maintains his competitive state well by virtue of his extraordinary talent and abnormal level of self-discipline.

Although Kobe felt that he was at the peak of his age, after all, his age was here, Du Zhe's words still made the corners of his eyes twitch a few times.

In the next offensive round, the other players of the Lakers finally had the opportunity to touch the ball. After a few tactical cooperations, Odom, who reached the power forward position, made a decisive shot, but still missed.

Several consecutive rounds of offense failed, and Kobe became impatient, staring at Odom who had just missed a ball.

Although Odom has a good personal relationship with Kobe, he felt shudder just by catching Kobe's eyes from the corner of his eye.

After missing a goal, the other players of the Lakers obviously lost Kobe's trust again. He made up his mind in his heart that he still had to attack by himself in the next round.

But Du Zhe obviously didn't intend to give Kobe the first chance to attack. In the Warriors' offensive round, he got into a relatively deep position by getting stuck.

Since the start of this season, Du Zhe has not neglected his training despite heavy competition tasks.

After more than a month of training, he is now getting stronger and stronger, almost squeezing Kobe into the three-second zone.

Du Zhe then caught the ball and made a hook shot towards the basket that was just around the corner. His shot was delicate and silky. The ball drew a graceful curve on Kobe's bald head and hit the net.

That's right, when he was in a good position, he had already activated the ability of the stealer's glove, and used the hook skill of Gasol who was watching the game for nothing.

Du Zhe is 2 meters tall, while Kobe is only 05 meters. If the wingspan is counted, the gap between the two will be even greater.

Kobe watched the game in the previous quarter and thought that the Warriors' offense would focus on Ellis and Curry, so in order to save energy, he took the initiative to choose to defend Du Zhe.

But I didn't expect this kid to be able to go inside and outside, and to hide his hand, Du Zhe hit a ball on the head unexpectedly.

"2:0" Du Zhe stretched out two fingers and shook Kobe flamboyantly.

This move made Kobe very angry. He thought that his offensive ability was far stronger than Du Zhe's, but somehow this Hua country kid took the lead first.

Kobe, who was extremely dissatisfied, held it in for a long time, and could only reply with a harmless "We'll see."

In the next round, Kobe, who was anxious, finally seized an opportunity and scored a goal.

Kobe regained his energy in an instant, stared at Du Zhe, and said: "Seeing that there is no rookie, do you think you can guard me? The ball I missed and your soft defense are worthless." Go home and rest!"

But Du Zhe looked indifferent, and immediately retorted: "Champion, what's wrong with you? Could it make you so excited to throw a goal in front of me?"

Kobe, who couldn't take advantage of his mouth, could only vent his dissatisfaction with crazy shots.

After all, he is a star who boasts that "even if he misses [-] goals, he will keep shooting." He has extraordinary confidence in his own ability.

In today's game, Kobe has practiced his words to a certain extent.

Facing Du Zhe's defense, he only hit 4 goal in the next 1 shots.

Before the end of the second quarter, Kobe shot 7 of 2 shots and contributed 5 refined irons.

Du Zhe's constant movement on the defensive end also allowed Kobe to use all his precious energy to accompany him in circles.

In addition, from time to time Du Zhe has to go to the low post to get a few positions, which makes Kobe even more exhausted.

It would be fine to say that Du Zhe is the core offensive player of the Warriors, but this guy only runs and gets stuck, but doesn't take many shots. This makes Kobe feel that it is a complete waste of emotion to accompany Du Zhe to wrestle and run around the whole game.

But as soon as Du Zhe relaxed his guard a little and felt confident to take action, he immediately used some cool tricks to give him a few blows, causing Kobe to be extremely disturbed.

In short, Du Zhe gave Kobe Bryant the feeling on both offensive and defensive ends, especially the offensive end, that "the toad gets on his feet-he is disgusting if he doesn't bite".

However, taking the initiative to switch defenses against other players, this is a bit embarrassing for Kobe, who is proud and arrogant.

After all, taking the initiative to do so is tantamount to admitting defeat in Kobe's eyes, which is absolutely unacceptable to him who is extremely competitive.

In the end, it was "Zen Master" Jackson who called a timeout and took the initiative to adjust his defensive tactics, which gave Kobe a step down.

In the second quarter, the Warriors relied on Kobe's performance to successfully pull back four points with a score of 28:24.

The total score of the two teams came to 40:50, and the Warriors still had a huge difference of 10 points.

Although the team held a double-digit lead, Kobe was not happy. Facing Duzhe's defense throughout the first half, he only made 7 of 2 shots and scored 5 points.

Of course, as far as Kobe is concerned, he will never admit that this is caused by Du Zhe's defense. He still insists that he just feels bad. As long as he adjusts in the second half, everything will be fine.

After the first half, because he spent too much energy and energy on defending Kobe, Du Zhe also performed mediocre on the offensive end. He only scored 4 points on 2 of 4 shots. These 4 points were all based on beating Kobe. , obtained with the hook.

The degree of Kobe's paranoia was also an eye-opener for Du Zhe. Throughout the second quarter, he was so entangled by the opponent that he couldn't find any space to take action outside the three-point line.

However, the Lakers obviously couldn't accept the consequences of losing both sides, so at the end of the second quarter, the player who defended Du Zhe was adjusted to Artest.

(End of this chapter)