Reborn as Kobe - Chapter 114

The two teams played off the bench for most of the quarter before the main players came back on the court. At this time, the scoreboard was 50:42, and the Lakers were still eight points behind at home.

Kobe took the ball over the half and handed it over to Van Exel. He started to move to the left and relied on O’Neal to cover and avoid Brian Russell to catch the ball.

Horry continued to give Kobe a pick-and-roll, Kobe dodged Hornacek with the ball, and ran the left bottom front jumper for a three-pointer.

The 6-foot-11 Greg Foster is good at defending the inside line and grabbing rebounds. He was selected by the bullets with the 8th overall pick in the 2nd round of 1990, and then passed the Eagles, Bucks and Timberwolves. He is typical Coolie blue-collar, Sloan was also forced to let him into the starting line because the big white bear Greg Ostertag was too slow. This time he was blocked by O’Neal and did not prevent him from leaving the penalty area.

Kobe’s open space was not disturbed, he easily shot, the ball hollowed into the net. 50:45.

The Jazz attacked from a position, Hornacek waited for an opportunity in the bottom corner, Stockton and Malone picked up the middle road to attract Fox to change defense, Stockton passed the ball back to Malone.

Malone took the ball and cut, squeezed Horry to the basket.

Greg Foster tried his best to block O’Neal, and Malone scored a single-handed dunk. 52:45.

The Lakers immediately counterattacked, Kobe received a long pass from O’Neal under a fast break, and carried Hornacek into the basketball. 52:47.

The Jazz’s offense was still a pick-and-roll in the middle. This time Stockton passed the ball to Malone, who scored in the face of Van Exel. 54:47.

Kobe took the ball outside the three-point line, Brian Russell defended close, Kobe took the ball back, left the ball in his left hand and changed direction, Fox screened and blocked Russell, Hornacek ran out to change defense.

Kobe used his strength to squeeze Hornacek away, and after attracting Malone’s defense in the middle, he threw the ball directly into the penalty area. O’Neal knocked off Greg Foster and dunked the ball. 54:49.

The magician exclaimed: “A good ball, 80% of the credit for this ball should be counted on Kobe. The OK combination is so difficult to prevent, because you know how they are going to play, but you just can’t prevent it. Complement the power of the superstar combination.”

Chickheun laughed and said: “There have been many such internal and external super combinations in the league, such as you and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, such as Olajuwon and Drexler. Of course, the reason why O’Neill did not have a combination with Hardaway during the Magic Success, on the one hand, he is not as mature as he is now, on the other hand, Hardaway is inferior to Kobe on both offense and defense.”

Back to the defensive end, Hornacek, who Kobe has defended, can’t get the ball. Although Kobe’s actions are very standardized, the defensive threat still reminds Hornacek of Bowen, who was dirty before the Rockets played.

Nearly twenty-four seconds, Stockton retreated to outside the three-point line and missed a jumper, and O’Neal grabbed the rebound.

Kobe received the ball and Van Exel made a fast break. When Stockton caught up to interfere, Kobe passed the ball to Van Exel.

Van Exel came to the three-point line and jumped directly to shoot the ball. The rhythm of the ball was very good, and the basketball was hollow into the basket. 54:52.

Sloan couldn’t stand it anymore, replaced Chris Morris, Greg Ostertag, Brian Russell, Greg Foster, and strengthened the restrictions on Kobe and O’Neal.

The Lakers also made substitutions, Fox took a break and Eddie Jones stepped up the offense to share the pressure of O’Neal and Kobe on the outside.

The Lakers finally returned to their normal track and began to completely suppress the Jazz.

After Malone’s outside pick and roll, O’Neal and Horry double-teamed him, zooming in on the white bears Greg Ostertag shooting outside the penalty area. The other three changed positions on the outside round to prevent the Jazz from shooting three-pointers outside.

The Jazz only scored two points in four rounds. If Kobe attracts double-team defense, O’Neal will cut to the basket. If O’Neal double-teams, Kobe will assist Horry, Jones and Van Exel score from the outside.

Sloan was forced to request a timeout.

The Jazz are in trouble now. Last season, their pick-and-roll tactics played the Lakers between the palms of their hands, but this time the showdown is no longer possible. Under the command of the old Nelson, the Lakers will not grind positions with you at all. They can play as fast as they can. Soon, the physical strength of many Jazz players has begun to have problems.

After the timeout, Brian Russell returned to the court. Kobe was guarded, forcing the Lakers to slow down and play positions. The Jazz defended Nash in the last round of the game and finally defeated the Rockets.

At the end of the second quarter, the score was 60:62, and the Lakers led by two points.

The Lakers fans cheered vigorously, trying to cheer the home team in this way. The old Nelson didn’t say much during the intermission, but he warned his disciples to be careful of the Jazz’s counterattack. The Jazz under Sloan’s bones are notorious in the league, and they will not give up easily even if they are behind by a big score.

After the start of the third quarter, Kobe directly changed positions with Horry, referring to the fourth position, playing the Princeton tactic of inside support.

This move instantly cracked the Jazz’s defense against him. Although the fast break was reduced, the Lakers’ perimeter offense survived.

In the second minute of this quarter, Kobe organized in a high position, Horry and Eddie Jones reversed from the two bottom corners, and O’Neal broke into the penalty area to attract Ostertag and Malone’s defense.

Van Exel quietly ran to the left bottom corner, and after receiving a pass from Kobe, he made a three-point jumper and avoided Stockton’s block with his excellent rhythm.

He looked reluctant to shoot, but Stockton turned his head to find that the basketball had hollowed out into the net. 65:72.

The magic sighed: “Van Exel doesn’t blame others for calling him a lunatic. Once he is accurate, he is too unreasonable.”

Chickhearn smiled and said: “It can only be said that the players on the Lakers have too much confidence and can score incredible goals.”

With the Lakers man-to-man defense, Kobe directly faced Malone.

Hornacek catches the ball from running to attract Horry to the right corner and hangs the ball back to Malone. Kobe held his opponent in the middle, he now doesn’t suffer from Malone’s height, but his strength is slightly weaker.

Malone hit twice with his back and turned to hook. The ball was touched by Kobe and bounced out. O’Neal got a rebound in the penalty area.

The Lakers counterattacked, Kobe dribbled to Stockton, paused when he came to the three-point line, and then dribbled down two hips and changed left and right directions. Stockton was swayed by this move.

Kobe took a step back, shot a three-pointer at the top of the arc, and scored without interference! 65:75.

Malone passed the ball to Stockton, and the two made a pick-and-roll in the middle. Stockton jumped to the middle of the shot and went wide under the interference of Kobe. Horry stuck Ostertag and O’Neal got the rebound.

Van Exel dribbled the ball to pass Kobe, and Kobe rushed into the basket with the ball and jumped up high with the ball in both hands. His muscles were tight.

Hornacek fouled but failed to hold him. Kobe is not the highest jump in the league, but his stagnation is definitely top-notch. When his body is out of balance, he pushes the ball to the upper edge of the basket with his right hand and scores with a cricket.

Kobe sat on the ground, the referee’s whistle blew, obviously pulling people, 2+1.

Kobe took a deep breath, patted the ball twice, and added a penalty hollow hit. 65:78.

The Lakers led by 13 points, and the Jazz morale took a huge blow, which also made them feel that their physical fitness dropped faster.

The Lakers firmly occupied the initiative on the court. In the second half of the third quarter, Kobe scored a three-pointer in the counterattack and broke through and caused a foul by a Malone thug and made two free throws. Ma Long, an iron man, was also tired, and his defensive movements began to lose shape.

In the fourth quarter, the Lakers continued their fast pass and fast break style. With three minutes left before the game, UU read www.uukanshū. Com Jazz has fallen behind by 25 points, the Jazz collapsed, the game entered garbage time, Kobe, O’Neal one after another.

124 to 100. The Lakers won the first game.

Bryant made 11 of 20 shots, 5 of 8 three-pointers, 9 of 9 free throws, 34 points, 6 rebounds, 12 assists, 1 steal and 1 block.

O’Neal had 25 points, 16 rebounds and 8 assists. This game played very selflessly. The six Lakers scored in double figures.

Only four of the Jazz scored in double figures. Hornacek made 12 of 21 shots, 6 of 10 three-pointers, 5 of 6 free throws, 35 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists, the highest score on the court.

After the game, Malone was very unconvinced, saying that the Lakers were cheap because the Jazz spent a lot of energy on the Rockets and the Lakers were taking advantage of others.

Stockton also said: “This is only the first game of the series, we will not give up hope.”

Both the old Nelson and the Lakers players tried to keep a low profile and didn’t say anything about winning. After all, the final winner of last season was the Jazz. But they all have the same idea in their hearts, that is, to end the battle in four games and enter the final as soon as possible.