Legendary star

Chapter 108 Confused Kobe

On the evening of May 5, the third game of the semifinal series between the Spurs and the Lakers will start half an hour later at the Spurs' home stadium, the Alamo Stadium.

On the Lakers' bench, Kobe Bryant sat quietly on the bench after warming up, listening to Mayfair Jackson's tactics for the game with a blank expression.

As a talented player who became famous throughout the United States in high school and a genius who aimed to surpass Jordan, Kobe was extremely proud in his heart. Kobe Bryant, who was helped by Mayfair Jackson this season, ushered in an explosive growth in statistics. Growth, and entered the second team of the league's best team, the first team of the best defensive team, became a popular new star in the league, and was also selected to the All-Star starting lineup this season.

It is precisely because of this that Kobe's self-confidence is getting stronger and stronger, and there are fewer and fewer stars who can be regarded by Kobe. Even the head of the Lakers, O'Neal, in Kobe's view, if he is established as a tactician The core, to be able to have a shot like O'Neal, and his own data will definitely not be worse than O'Neal.

In the series against the Kings, Kobe averaged 5 points, 27.8 rebounds, and 4.4 assists in five games, with a shooting percentage close to 3.6%. In the two games against the Spurs, Kobe struggled very much. Not only did his scoring average drop to 50 points per game, but his shooting percentage was as low as 16%. Facing his own two games, he was able to average 41 points, 8 rebounds and 22 assists per game, and he even hit a key ball on his head.And that big fat man's performance like a god descending from heaven for two consecutive games also deeply stimulated Kobe, and even shook Kobe's confidence in wanting to replace him.

"Am I really not as good as him?" Glancing at O'Neill next to him, and then at Mayfair Jackson holding a tactical board in front of him, Kobe recalled what Mayfair Jackson once said to him, could it be Can I only fight for Jordan for the rest of my life like Pippen?
"No, this is definitely not what I want. I am the unique Kobe Bryant, and I will definitely become the brightest star." Kobe stared at the court and clenched his fists.

"Boy, you're going to be in trouble for this game." Meng Xu, who was listening to Popovich's tactics on the sidelines, suddenly heard Anna's voice.

"What's the matter? It's not good to hear your voice." Now Meng Xu is quite sensitive to the system and Anna's reminder before the game.

"I just received a reminder from the system that the player you are going to face in this game is the afro guy on the opposite side. Now his game status has been changed to bewitched in the system, and his ability rating is 97. You should ask for more Good luck."

"The KFC uncle on the opposite side is also a bad guy, right? O'Neal was in a state of obsession in the last game, and Kobe is in a state of obsession in this game. I might as well send you the championship directly." Looking at Mayfair Jackson in the distance, Meng Xu cursed in his heart. "And Anna, you said yesterday that I can handle as long as you don't encounter a player in a state of obsession, and I will come today. Anna, to be honest, are you trying to trick me on purpose?"

"The player's game state cannot be controlled by the system. You should pray sincerely, and hope that boy with afro will abuse you lightly. I'd better go back and watch my TV series."

"I'm an atheist, and I believe in man's determination to conquer nature. This is the first time I've encountered an outside line with an ability value of 97. I have to feel it." Meng Xu looked at Kobe enviously as he spoke, his eyes met, as if Sensing that someone was looking at him, Kobe also turned his attention to Meng Xu.

"Boy, let's see how I beat you in this game." Just now, Kobe found that his physical condition seemed to have undergone some unspeakable changes, and his self-confidence and desire to fight had become unprecedentedly strong. The big fat man There is no reason why you can't do what you can do.

With the sound of the whistle, the third game between the Spurs and the Lakers officially began. O'Neal beat David Robinson to win the first wave of possession for the Lakers.

In this game, after David Robinson came back, Tim Duncan returned to the position of power forward, Sean Etterio still started the game, and the two starting guards for the Spurs were still Meng Xu and Avery Johnson.

On the Lakers side, Mayfair Jackson also made adjustments to the lineup, starting center O'Neal, starting power forward Robert Hawley, starting small forward Reagan Fox, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, and point guard Ron Haber.

The third head of the Lakers, Glen Rice, sat on the bench for the first time this season. This season, the Lakers started to play the triangle offensive tactics, but as an important member of the team, Glen Rice has never been able to achieve seamlessness with O'Neal Kobe Connection, which also gave Mayfair Jackson the idea of ​​sending him away, but with the presence of Jerry West, Mayfair Jackson is also constrained everywhere.After observing the previous two games, Mayfair Jackson finally made up his mind to put Glen Rice on the bench, not because of his lack of ability, but because of Glen Rice's understanding of the team's tactics.Compared with the Spurs, the Lakers' bench lineup has always been at a slight disadvantage. After putting Glen Rice on the bench, the Lakers' bench lineup will also be reversed in one fell swoop.

The basketball that was sent to the backcourt by O'Neal was directly grabbed by Kobe. After getting the ball, Kobe did not hand the ball to the team's playmaker Ron Haber, but directly took the ball across the half court. Under the circumstances, Meng Xu didn't dare to be careless in the slightest, and went directly to meet him.Meng Xu is still very familiar with Kobe. So far, the Lakers and Spurs have played against each other 6 times in a single season. Meng Xu is very clear about his ability and means, especially the kind of turn and fallback shot that is very similar to Jordan, which makes Meng Xu salivate with envy.

"Boy, I'm going to crush you in this game, including the Spurs behind you." The moment Kobe spoke, he accelerated and started. At this time, something that surprised Meng Xu happened. After accelerating continuously, Kobe made an emergency stop, and then made two fake moves in a row, followed by a change of direction towards Meng Xu's right, and then accelerated again. Just like that, Xu was left behind by Kobe.

(End of this chapter)