Legendary star

Chapter 754 You Can Never Beat Me
"The Christmas game between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Indiana Pacers is about to start in the second half of the game. Judging from the starting lineups of the two teams in the second half of the game, the two teams did not make any adjustments in the starting lineup. It seems that In the second half they will continue the game strategy of the first half."

"No, Charles, although there has been no change in the starting lineups of the two sides, considering that the Pacers will habitually explode in the third quarter, the trend in the second half of this game is likely to be different from the first half."

After the players of the Lakers and Pacers walked out of the tunnel one after another, Kenny Smith on the sidelines commentary also became excited. The matchup between the Lakers and Pacers in the first half was actually very exciting, but for most For those who followed this game, the first half of the game did not meet their requirements, because the scene they expected Meng Xu VS Kobe did not appear. Kenny Smith has reason to believe that after the start of the second half, the scene of Meng Xu VS Kobe will be staged soon.

As the team that failed the opening jump ball, the Lakers have the right to kick off in the second half of the game, and when the Lakers just sent the baseline ball, Fisher, who received the ball, hadn't taken the ball to advance two steps, and found Tyshawn Pullin Fisher, who was pressed by Tayshaun Prince in the backcourt, passed the basketball directly to the frontcourt after serving the baseline ball without the slightest hesitation. Paul Gasol, who received a pass from Fisher, did not choose to advance with the ball himself, but directly passed the basketball to Kobe who had reached the middle circle.

"Meng, can you finally bear it?" After catching the ball, Kobe just turned around and found that Meng Xu was already standing in front of him, but Kobe actually laughed when he realized that the one defending him had become Meng Xu , because Kobe has been waiting for this moment for a long time. In the first half of the game, Kobe kept provoking Meng Xu, trying to provoke Meng Xu to play one-on-one with him, but Meng Xu never responded.

"I hope you can still smile as happily as you are now." After seeing Kobe's happy face, Meng Xu was also speechless for a while. It's too late, how could he be like Kobe, giggling happily.

"Then give it a try." Soon, Kobe's expression returned to calm. While slapping the basketball, he stared at Meng Xu coldly. In addition to Xu, there are James Posey and Tayshaun Prince, two defensive champions, so in recent seasons, Meng Xu has rarely faced Kobe directly. On the contrary, the Lakers have always been Kobe was the main defense against Meng Xu, but Kobe was still very familiar with Meng Xu due to frequent training together and occasional duels.

Compared with Meng Xu, Kobe's biggest disadvantage is physical fitness, so when dealing with Meng Xu, Kobe is very clear that he must not go head-to-head with Meng Xu. Kobe has seen a lot of how Meng Xu bullied Odom , Although Kobe is so confident that he is already a little arrogant, but he knows his own situation. Kobe believes that his physical fitness is still a little behind Odom.

So in this offense, the first thing Kobe did was to lower his body's center of gravity. In order to deal with Meng Xu's outstanding physical talent, defense and guard against the sky, Kobe has worked hard in recent seasons. Although the ball is slightly inferior to Meng Xu's fingertip dribbling skills, but due to his relatively short height, when Kobe uses his fingertips to dribble, the actual effect is not much different from Meng Xu's.

But what shocked Kobe was that his body center of gravity was low enough, and he also used fingertip dribble to control the ball. However, in this attack, Kobe not only failed to get rid of Meng Xu's defense, but also almost He was directly intercepted by Meng Xu, so after dribbling the ball with his body low and unable to get rid of Meng Xu's defense, a strong sense of crisis arose from the bottom of Kobe's heart.

"Meng Xu's defense is really good. Although Kobe's defense is also very good, compared with Meng Xu, his defense is still much worse." Although in the first half, Kobe has been defending Meng Xu , but Meng Xu did not defend against Kobe, so in the first offense after the start of the second half, Meng Xu went to defend Kobe alone. One-to-one rhythm.

"Kobe, if you keep doing this, then you will never be able to beat me." When Meng Xu once again blocked Kobe's breakthrough, Meng Xu unceremoniously mocked Kobe, sometimes it is a good thing to be competitive, but Sometimes it’s a bad thing, like now, if Kobe passed the basketball to his teammates after he couldn’t get rid of himself, the Lakers’ offense may have been completed by now, but Kobe didn’t do it because Kobe wanted to beat him too much. It's Meng Xu.

Kobe, who was still trying to dribble the basketball, frowned more and more when Meng Xu seemed to be reminding himself, and also seemed to be talking trash about himself.

Kobe wanted to defeat Meng Xu, and wanted to prove to everyone that he was no worse than Meng Xu, so Kobe kept provoking Meng Xu, wanting to defeat Meng Xu in one-on-one, but now it seems that this It is very difficult to accomplish things. Even if Kobe managed to get rid of Meng Xu's defense, Kobe, who was already at the end of his strength, would not be able to pose much threat to the Pacers' basket, but Kobe couldn't let go of the dignity and face of a superstar. But when the opponent is against him, passing the basketball to his teammates, perhaps this is the biggest difference between himself and Meng Xu!
While sighing in his heart, Kobe decided to try again. After mobilizing all the abilities in his body, Kobe rushed towards the left side of Meng Xu's body. After Meng Xu occupied the best defensive position in advance, Kobe He took advantage of the situation and leaned sideways on Meng Xu, and then passed the unwilling basketball to Pau Gasol who ran over to meet him.

After Kobe handed over the basketball to Pau Gasol, Phil Jackson, who had been sitting on the sidelines looking relaxed but frowning, had a smile on his face. Looking forward to, Kobe can learn something from today's game.

(End of this chapter)