When pride still matters

Chapter 395 Things Kobe can never do

The attack only targets one direction, which means that no matter how confusing the opponent is, the opponent can defend on the right path.

Generally speaking, only people who are talented enough to crush their opponents will do this.

For example, those ruthless people with start-up speed that makes people unable to react, or humanoid tanks like James who can stand up one-on-one and are unstoppable.

Yu Fei is still close to being a tank, and his starting speed is top-notch for his height, but it is not so fast that Kobe can't react.

What's incomprehensible about him is his height. Coupled with his precise shooting skills, once he is in form, he can really ignore any defense of his opponent.

Kobe once again reduced the score to single digits with a cut-out catch-and-shoot shot.

Then, Yu flew across half the court and caught the ball. He forced his way past Kobe's right hand and relied on his body to gain a certain positional advantage. Then he suddenly stopped to unload his force, pushed Kobe half way away, and directly collected the ball for a jumper.

"Shh!"

Yu Fei scored consecutively on Kobe's head without resorting to any tactics, all in rough singles.

Kobe, who is about to turn 30, is theoretically in the prime period of his sports career. His skills, body, mentality, and experience have all reached their peak.

Yu Fei pointed at the scorer and reminded Kobe that the situation was not good.

This is no longer a reasonable offense like just relying on tactics to catch and shoot, but a strong attack with the ball in the face of Du Fei's full defense.

Now, Yu Fei's stimulation triggered a huge change in Kobe.

Roy then chose to take a step back on the defensive end to give Kidd room to shoot. He wanted to know whether Kidd would rather take action himself or help Kobe win the MVP.

13 minutes

Roy turned around, locked his eyes on Yu Fei, who was about to hit the ball, and threw the ball forward with all his strength.

"I'll fight back!" Kobe said fiercely.

The only person who can stop Kobe from completely destroying the Lakers' tactics is Kidd. He has the qualifications and prestige that others do not have.

Yu Fei's long arm swung out, and finally touched Kobe's ball with his fingertips.

From Kidd's point of view, this is a question that does not require too much thinking. Kobe still has many offensive opportunities. How many opportunities do his opponents have to take the initiative to leave him open?

Before the triangle offense started, Kobe asked for the ball.

"Come on!" The sixteen-day-old Komi didn't seem to be worried about Kobe's rampage at all, "I'm waiting!"

However, his physical condition was obviously affected by injuries.

Finger problems cannot be overcome by simply overcoming them.

When Kobe came to that familiar position again and asked for the ball, Kidd refused him, "Kobe, you have to move!"

Every Kobe can cite a situation where Kobe ignored his teammates during a one-on-five game, which was proof that Kobe's sanity was eroded.

Kobe continued to dribble and then forced himself to shoot, but was caught by Yu Fei.

With a "bang", Roy got the rebound.

Yu Fei caught the ball, took a step, and then collected the ball from outside the three-point line, strode into the free throw line, and glided for a long-distance dunk.

Kobe's desire to compete was aroused. It was the beast deep in his heart. Once activated, he would fall into complete madness.

Kidd once again shot a three-pointer, and this shot went into the basket crisply, making Roy dare not give him a chance to shoot again tonight.

"Is this your 'fight back'?" Yu Fei asked jokingly, "So I can also ask my teammates to help fight back?"

Counterintuitively, Kobe doesn't like the trash-talking Jordan that he imitates day and night.

Yu Fei's frivolous joke did not wait for his response.

But on the defensive end, Kobe's strength in flying down has not diminished at all.

Kobe, who plays at home, is undoubtedly the best perimeter defender in the world. He has skills and experience, as well as standard exemptions. He can do whatever he wants to the attacker.

Yu Fei sank into a low position and suddenly blocked the person with his back.

Once again, Supersonic's attack came to Yu Fei.

How many times has this happened? No one remembers it clearly, but it doesn't make anyone feel weird.

Yu Fei has always left an impression on the basketball world that he is both selfish and team-oriented.

When he wants to play alone, his teammates may not be able to touch the ball for several minutes. However, when he's done with it, he can let his teammates fire for an entire quarter.

He is only willing to play one kind of game, and that is a game dominated by his will.

Yu Fei slammed into Kobe, used his weight advantage to push him away, and then turned right and hit a jump shot.

At this point in the game, someone finally discovered that Yu Fei was deliberately attacking Kobe Bryant's right side.

"Maybe it's a coincidence, maybe it's not, but Frye has used Kobe's strong side hand on all three possessions in the last three possessions," ESPN's Mark Jackson said. "Is this a coincidence?"

Jeff Van Gundy interrupted: "I wouldn't be surprised if Frye said to Kobe, 'I'm going to finish every ball in your right hand.'" "Larry Bird?" ESPN commentator Mike Brin said in surprise, "Isn't this the classic reappearance of Larry Bird?"

The commentator's words successfully made the audience pay attention to Qi Yufei's offensive style.

Yu Fei's next attack did not come until two minutes later.

Yu Fei and Kobe Bryant's teammates attacked each other and supported the team's MVP in their own way.

Kobe, who had been silent for several minutes, finally found an opportunity to respond to Yu Fei in the low post. He used feints, fake shots, and inset steps. This standard combination of guard low post moves allowed him to score at the basket.

"Good move, but then I'm going to drive right through your right hand and then dunk on Jermaine!"

"There's no way I'm going to let you succeed!"

Durant wanted to come over and play a pick-and-roll, but Yu Fei shouted back: "KD, stay out of the way!"

For the first time, Durant knew that setting up pick-and-rolls for his teammates was "in the way." He took the initiative to get out of the way, and then saw Yu Fei make a move he had never seen before.

Yu Fei took a step forward with explosive aggression, and quickly changed the direction of the ball to the right with his left hand. Kobe could react, but he was not sure whether his body could block Yu Fei, who was breaking through at full speed.

Maybe a flop would be better? The thought occurred only for a moment.

Within half a second, when Yu Fei invaded Kobe's defensive position, he swatted the ball to his crotch, caught the ball from behind with his left hand, and then pulled the ball from behind to speed up again.

Like a hungry beast, Yu Fei tore apart Kobe's defense, fiercely threw him behind him, quickly rushed into the paint area and jumped with all his strength. Xiao O, who had no time to defend, did not want to be a backdrop and took the initiative to avoid. In this final It's a disgrace to the Los Angeles Lakers that they turned into a coward in the midst of a dazzling moment that was selected as Goal of the Season, but who cares?

One year later, five years later, ten years later, people will look back on this moment like this: This is the moment when Frye Yu KOs Kobe in the MVP battle and wins his fourth MVP trophy.

With a loud noise, Yu Fei's dunk landed at the Staples Center like a falling meteor.

"!#￥#!"

"What a magnificent shot! Frye Yu beat Kobe and brought the SuperSonics' lead to 15 points!"

"The Lakers request a timeout!"

Xiao Ao, who had no idea how ugly his dodge ball was, said proudly: "Da Fei, you want to dunk on me? No way!"

"You are indeed superior." Yu Fei said "sincerely".

When did Da Fei become so humble?

Xiao Ao thought to himself, then looked up at the big screen, and saw with his own eyes how he looked like a weakling with fear in front of everyone, and behaved shyly to avoid the fate of being detained.

This... might as well be knocked to the ground!

Xiao Ou began to panic. He thought he could win the championship with the Lakers. Now, if he meets the SuperSonics in the playoffs, it will be really difficult to beat him. Kobe is injured, Kidd is old, and he can only play Who can resist Kwame Brown's fierce competition?

Xiao Ou walked off the court in random thoughts and saw Kobe looking at him with an unhappy face.

Apparently, Kobe wasn't happy with his cowardly move.

"Kobe, listen to my explanation."

Leading by 15 points before halftime was over, this advantage was big enough. Carl decided not to seek stability and sent out a 5 OUT lineup to continue to expand the score.

Karl felt that the Lakers did not exert their full strength tonight, and the gimmick of the MVP race made them focus too much on Kobe.

But Kobe's threat is two-way, that is, on both offense and defense, but Yu Fei's influence is overall.

The two have different definitions of being core and have different impacts on the game.

Also as the absolute core, Yu Fei's team leadership ability is obviously better than Kobe's, not to mention that he is still injured and will not gain any advantage in a head-on confrontation.

Carl didn't know what Jackson was thinking, but he was happy that he was about to add another victory to his record against Jackson.

The SuperSonics' 5 OUT lineup includes Smarsh Parker.

Roy plays the second position, Durant plays the third position, Yu Fei plays the fourth position, and Channing Frye plays the fifth position.

Moreover, in terms of system operation, Yu Fei and Roy have a clear division of labor.

Roy is responsible for activating others, while Yu Fei focuses on playing pick-and-roll with Parker.

Yu Fei had already won the direct dialogue with Kobe, and now Yu Fei wanted to expand his victory with Parker.

For the Lakers, although Jackson brought order to the chaos, letting Kidd dominate the tactics and reducing Kobe's singles, the difference between big ball and small ball, and the difference between conservatives and radicals, was also reflected here.

As long as the five-out lineup of the open and closed team performs normally, its offensive firepower is unmatched by traditional big-ball position battles.

Even though O'Neill has an advantage in playing Yu Fei at the fourth position, and Foster is even better at ravaging Frye, the Sonics' outside offensive is too fierce.

Parker hit two three-pointers, Durant hit one three-pointer, Yu Fei and Roy each scored one three-pointer.

In the last few minutes of the first half, the Sonics scored five three-pointers, while the Lakers relied on their inside advantage to score 11 points, but lost by 4 points. At halftime, they trailed the Sonics by 19 points.

"Frye improved the team more than Kobe. Frye's impact on the game was more comprehensive than Kobe. Frye defeated Kobe in one-on-one situations. No matter what metric or method you want to use to compare the two Personally, Frye is the dominant one." George Karl set the final tone for the MVP battle in a halftime interview. "Right now, I can confidently say that Frye is the MVP this year. Because he made Smush Parker a better player, and that's something Kobe could never, ever, never, ever, ever do. ”

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