Legendary star

Chapter 109 The Violent Kobe

After Meng Xu was thrown away by Kobe, Duncan directly pulled out from the inside to defend Kobe. Now there are only O'Neal and David Robinson under the basket. If Kobe can find an opportunity to pass the ball to O'Neal, then O'Neal The chance to play David Robinson one-on-one. With O'Neill's current state, David Robinson without a helper is definitely not O'Neill's opponent.But Kobe didn't do this, but directly faced Duncan.

"Kobe's offensive choice has a big problem. It is too unwise to go to Duncan now." Seeing Kobe directly facing Duncan, Michaels, the guest commentator on the scene, was also a little puzzled. It must not be Mayfair. Jackson's tactical arrangement, as the power forward with the strongest ability to protect the basket in active service in the league, in Duncan's current state, any outside player will not be able to please him.

Mayfair Jackson on the bench also frowned slightly. There is no doubt that Kobe's offensive choice this time violated his established tactics. In the current triangle offense of the Lakers, the end point is O'Neal, and Kobe is just a serial player. Because Kobe's current strength is not enough to become a Terminator like Jordan O'Neal.

After two consecutive feints, Kobe, who saw Meng Xu rushing to double-team him with the ball on his side, turned half-turned in front of Duncan and jumped up. He raised his head and threw the basketball in his hand.

With a swipe, the basketball made a hollow hit. At this time, no matter whether it was the bench on the sidelines or the audience on the court, they all fell into a brief silence. The shock that Kobe's shot brought to them was too great. Kobe's shot The first shot, the posture and the range of the back is very similar to Jordan's back, and Kobe's movements in the air are extremely elegant.Since Duncan entered the league, there have been only a handful of outside players who have successfully singled out Duncan face to face, and Kobe even broke through Meng Xu's blockade before singled out Duncan.

After landing, Kobe shook his hands fiercely. Before the game started, Kobe felt that he was in a very good state. He couldn't wait to find Meng Xu with the ball and beat this embarrassing rookie. Fans, to show Mayfair Jackson his true strength, to prove to them that he can lead the team to victory.

"Is this one of the four strongest shooting guards in the first decade of the 20th century?" When Kobe leaned on Meng Xu outside the three-point line and hit a three-pointer with his back turned and leaned back, he looked at Kobe's extremely elegant shot With the domineering celebration, Meng Xu was also shocked by Kobe's performance.

Only 3 minutes into the first quarter, Popovich called a timeout. The trajectory of the game was completely out of Popovich's expectations. In 3 minutes, Kobe made 5 of 4 shots, including 3 of 3 2-pointers. , One person scored 10 points. Kobe's outburst after the opening completely caught the Spurs by surprise. O'Neal, who was taken care of by the Spurs, has only scored two points so far.

"Greg, the No. 8 on the opposite side is not normal today." Mike Budenholzer was also a little worried about Kobe's fiery state.

"It seems that it is not easy to win this game." Although the Lakers achieved the best regular season record of 67 wins this season, they only had 1 win and 3 losses against the Spurs. The two main players, the Spurs with Duncan and David Robinson as the two insiders and the best defensive player of the season, have a lineup that is very restrained by the Lakers, but this restraint is based on Duncan and David Robinson being able to limit O'Neal. The premise is that Xu can lock one of Kobe and Glen Rice, but judging from the situation in the previous two games, it is very difficult to limit O'Neal, and Kobe suddenly broke out in this game.

In Popovich's view, any player, including Jordan, has ups and downs. Even a role player will occasionally explode once or twice, let alone a star like Kobe. Once the seed explodes, just like O'Neill in the previous two games, he is simply invincible.It's unfortunate that Kobe exploded in the series against the Spurs, and it was such a crucial game.

After the game restarted, perhaps because of the timeout, Kobe's shooting percentage began to decline, but Kobe's offense was still very threatening. In the previous game, Kobe, who had been unable to break through Meng Xu's blockade, had already escaped three times in this game. Meng Xu was killed, and he went inside to face Duncan.

When Kobe faced Meng Xu with the ball again, Kobe was also very excited. When Meng Xu made the first breakthrough in the game and singled out Duncan, Kobe became more and more excited.In the previous two games against the Spurs, Kobe was questioned. Although the media who kept touting themselves in the past did not like the title of Jordan's successor, Kobe still liked the praise in his heart, but these days These media suddenly changed their direction and began to belittle themselves in different ways.

In Kobe's heart, his goal has always been to beat Jordan and surpass Jordan.But now the first thing is to defeat the kid in front of him and blow him up completely, and Kobe's performance in the previous game has obviously laid a solid foundation for this small goal.

"Let me crush you completely." This time, Kobe did not directly choose to shoot from the outside. At the beginning, after facing Meng Xu and making two consecutive 30-pointers, Kobe’s confidence soared, but the next three missed three-pointers brought Kobe back to reality. In the end, Kobe still chose breakthroughs and mid-range shots as his main goals. means of attack.

The moment Kobe started to accelerate, Meng Xu, who had been prepared for a long time, immediately blocked Kobe's breakthrough route. With Meng Xu's moving speed and judgment ability, almost all breakthrough players in the league would be deflated when facing Meng Xu However, even Iverson's kind of weird breakthrough cannot guarantee that Meng Xu can be thrown away every time.Just after Meng Xu blocked Kobe's breakthrough route in advance, Kobe, who was about to hit Meng Xu's arms, suddenly stopped suddenly, followed by two consecutive fake moves, and accelerated in the opposite direction again. After Meng Xu followed, another With a feint and a change of direction, relying on the inertia of acceleration to wipe out Meng Xu, he stopped for a jumper on the edge of the paint, and the basketball hit again.

"Very beautiful breakthrough and jump shot. Meng's defense is good enough, but he still can't limit Kobe Bryant." Blow it." To Michaels, finding a way to excuse Meng Xu was a piece of cake.

(End of this chapter)