Basketball: starting from the nerve knife

Chapter 41: What Kobe Needs and Kwame’s “Butter Hand”

“Bypass, bypass, bypass, bypass from the other side? He can’t get past and the ball will come out! ”

At the end of the first quarter, Bryant took the white towel handed over by the staff after the bench, wiped his sweat while complaining to Fisher.

He was so excited, the Lakers were naturally at a disadvantage.

At 26-30, the Lakers trailed by four points.

Bryant scored 8 points in the first quarter and Arenas scored 7 points, which was similar to the two people, but Arenas gave out another 3 assists.

The rest of the Wizards are also making a difference, and throughout the first quarter, the Lakers have been passive.

Fisher, who did not understand his intentions after communicating several times on the court, became the object of Kobe’s complaints.

Fisher showed a depressed expression and did not dare to speak back.

He does have responsibility, when the Wizards cover each other on the outside, he always can’t get around in time, Kobe Bryant changes defense with him, and he can’t get around.

Arenas’ 3 assists were basically taking advantage of his weakness of slow traverse to play for his teammates.

Caron Butler “had a lot to eat”, and he scored six points in the first quarter, two of which came from Arenas’ passes.

Can……

What can he do, he is 33 years old, his already inconspicuous physical fitness has further declined, and his horizontal movement can’t get up quickly.

On the court, the second quarter began with Li Wan with a substitute rotation, and Kwame Brown was among them.

He looked at Eddie Jordan on the sidelines, his eyes full of fighting intent.

In the 03~04 season, the first season after Michael Jordan’s third retirement, the 21-year-old Kwame Brown averaged a career-high 10.4 points and 7 rebounds per game.

Compared with the same period, this season’s “Little Shark” Bynum averaged 13 points and 10 rebounds per game in three games, and the gap was not very big.

Kwame Brown is also confident of playing better in the fourth season of his career, and he also practiced shooting in the summer, but an injury before the start of the training game left him out of the team, and when he returned from injury, Eddie Jordan’s roster had no place for him.

He then got into trouble with Eddie Jordan, and the management chose Eddie Jordan and sent him away.

This caused Kwame Brown’s self-confidence to take another blow and he became more and more doubtful of his abilities.

Just seeing Eddie Jordan, thinking of his lack of attention to himself at the beginning, thinking that the Wizards chose him between him and himself, no matter how densely packed the person is, he will also have the idea of playing brilliantly.

This is true even for Kwame Brown.

There was no small boos from the audience.

That’s the Washingtonians who were expecting the Wizards to do a big job in the 01~02 season, and in their eyes, Kwame Brown ruined everything.

Brown, who was originally quite combative, instinctively shrank his head, but he was slapped sharply on the back, and when he looked back, it was Li Wan.

“Why are you stunned, it’s our turn! ”

Li Wan signaled him to stand, and Jordan Farmar also dribbled the ball to the front court at this time, and after communicating with Li Wan, he gave the ball to his hand.

Roger Mason stood across from him.

The man who later saved the Spurs’ guard line in the 08~09 season is still working on a stable long-term contract, and Li Wan shouted Kwame Brown to block high.

This is what the “parallel goods champion” is best at doing. Coupled with a sense of anti-blocking, these two sample leaders kept him in the league for 11 years.

Roger reacted quickly and stuck in front of Kwamei, and once Li Wan went around to cover, he could also squeeze in immediately.

The basic skills of this anti-blocking demolition are still good.

Li Wan’s body changed direction, simply did not take the side of Kwame-Brown, lowered the center of gravity, and went straight through.

Roger confronted him, failed to stop, and watched Li Wan break through the free throw line.

Andrey Brac on the inside stopped in front of him, and when Li Wan was about to reach him, he took the ball in both hands, shoved it to the right, a “not looking at people” hit the ground and bounced up, in front of it, a pair of hands that the outside players felt too small covered it.

That’s Kwame Brown who followed up.

“What a ball! ”

Phil Handy clenched his fists and shouted unconsciously, the Wizards big center was chasing behind Kwame Brown, Brach pulled Li Wan outside the reasonable collision zone, the Wizards’ interior line was completely empty, and he had seen Kwame Brown score the ball easily.

Kwame Brown, who was just holding the ball in hand, took a step forward and was lifting the ball, and the ball actually came out of his hand…

Slipped off!

I knew it!

Phil Jackson wasn’t at all surprised.

He once taunted his “buttery hands” by saying in front of the media that “I wouldn’t let Kwame-Brown hold my baby anyway.”

Fortunately, the place where the ball flew was Turiaf.

The “butcher” holds the ball, jumps high, and completes the dunk.

Kwame Brown “missed” seconds into assists.

Seeing that he didn’t lose his great offensive opportunity because of his mistakes, Kwame Brown breathed a sigh of relief. But he still didn’t dare to look at Li Wan, he felt that he had betrayed Li Wan’s trust.

Wizards fans again burst into mocking boos.

Kwame Brown is really still Kwame Brown, it’s really not changed at all!

“Defensive defense, Kwame, if the opposite side also blocks it, you don’t lift it up, get stuck under the basket, just interfere with him.” ”

Li Wan patted Kwame Brown and told him to stand where he wanted him to stand.

Kwamei saw that Li Wan didn’t mention his mistake at all, and the apprehension in his eyes was much less.

The Wizards’ current ball holder is Antonio Daniels.

This is a lesser-known parallel trader, and he was the No. 4 pick in the first round in ’98, when he pressed Maddie and other active superstars behind him.

But so far, the best year of the season average is the 00~01 season, and it is only averaging 9.4 points per game.

He isn’t often seen on the “parallel goods” list because he helped Tim Duncan win the championship in ’99.

It’s just that since leaving the Spurs, his performance has deteriorated.

Weakness: Unable to adapt to high-intensity confrontations, he has always been a surprise soldier on the bench.

“If they block it from the outside, then we will change it too!” ”

Li Wan communicated with Wu Jiasiqi again.

“OK！ ”

Vujasić did not hesitate at all and nodded in response. The defiant look that he wanted to “touch” with Li Wan was completely gone.

Antonio’s idea was expected by Li Wan, who crossed cover with Mason on the outside, and Li Wan immediately switched positions with Vujasić.

This quick shift caught Kobe’s eyes, and it was the speed he always wanted in the first quarter.

Antonio’s speed was not bad, he took the lead and passed Vujasic in the confrontation. But in front of him, Kwame Brown stood up early.

Vujasić forced him to break through from the bottom.

It was also at this time that Kwame-Brown understood why Li Wan let him sink to the bottom line and not lean up.

Knowing that he could not force himself up, Antonio turned back to Mason, and Li Wan waited halfway through, easily intercepting the pass.

The Lakers’ fast-attack opportunity, Li Wan took the lead, the Wizards only Mason returned to defense, and Li Wan and Wuja Sich received him on the other side, fake pass, tricked Mason into shifting his center of gravity, Li Wan split with one hand and smashed the ball into the basket.

It also made the main player sitting on the Wizards bench smash up.

After Li Wan’s goal, they did not have the lead and it was time for the starters to return to the field.

Phil Jackson followed the opposite side to adjust the rhythm and beckoned Kobe Bryant and others to play.

Kwame Brown was reluctant to get off the court, and for more than 3 minutes, he was most impressed by the “hands-off”, and he did not want to leave Washington with such an impression.

(End of chapter)