Reborn as Kobe - Chapter 119

After the start of the second quarter, both sides replaced the bench. Although the Bulls have Luke Langley on the bench, the big center has long lost the courage of the past, moving too slowly, and both offense and defense have become colanders.

On the Lakers side, Rick Fox, Campbell, and Fisher were all able to be the starting players on other weak teams in the league. After a season of running-in, the cooperation became more and more tacit, and the Bulls collapsed in a few rounds.

Less than two minutes after the start of the game, Phil Jackson replaced the main player. There was no alternative. The substitute was too weak and he could only practice the main player to the death.

After Jordan waited for the main players to play, the Lakers’ bench was instantly suppressed. The Bulls, who have been smashing the league for many years, have become refined, adding small defensive moves, and the Lakers’ shots have begun to hit the iron one after another. No wonder small ball tactics were so unpopular before 2005, and the defensive intensity was so strong before the league’s restructuring, it was difficult for a shooting player with poor ability to make a difference.

After six minutes of play, the Bulls not only evened the points, but also surpassed them by one point. When Kobe, O’Neal and other main players came on the field, the score was 41 to 40, and the two teams could be said to have returned to the starting line.

Kobe scored a goal as soon as he came off the field, relied on O’Neal’s screen to catch the ball, and forced a breakthrough in the face of double-teaming. When he was about to hit Rodman, he turned and pulled the ball, picked up the lever, and scored with the fingertips to pick the basket and score. 41:42.

Kobe’s picking action was learned from the iceman George Gervin, and also combined with a little magician’s picking skills.

In later generations, almost no one will pick the basket with their fingertips to shoot. On the one hand, the quality of the players is too high. On the other hand, as the pace of the game becomes faster and faster, such complex technical moves are no longer practical.

Many people in later generations boasted how powerful the ancient gods were, and what a pity the lost technical movements were. But after learning these movements systematically, Kobe found that he couldn’t use them on the field at all. Even if they could be used, they would do it occasionally. .

Later generations of players who were more than chicken thieves even saved the change of direction breakthrough in high-speed dribbling. The reason is that this kind of action is very easy to be injured. Why did Curry reduce the ball-holding breakthrough and increase long-range shooting after a serious injury? It’s here.

Jordan received a pass from Harper in the first half of the game, and played a pick-and-roll with Pippen. After getting rid of Kobe, he went directly to the penalty area. When Jones stepped forward to change defense, Jordan stepped back, leaned back, and dodged. Jones blocked the ball and threw the ball into the net. 43:42.

Kobe shook his head next to him. Jordan’s iconic fall-back jumper can’t be defended at all. If his hands are smooth, it’s not a problem to score four or fifty points in a game. This is also important for Jordan’s winning so many points. the reason.

Van Exel drove the ball into the three-point line, Kobe ran to the right corner to catch the ball and flicked, then Barkley’s unsteady footing flew and hit a three-pointer. 43:45.

The Bulls attacked. Pippen forced a pick-and-roll to break through Horry. When he jumped to the layup, O’Neal caught up with the pegboard cap from the side and the ball bounced into Horry’s hands.

Horry threw the ball directly to Kobe, Kobe took the ball and immediately made a fast break, dribbled the ball to the middle of the three-point line and made a shot, facing Jordan’s three-pointer. 43:48.

Jordan took a slower shot for the ball. Although his hands had covered Kobe’s eyes, Kobe took advantage of his height and shot the ball.

During the official timeout, the magician smiled and said: “Kobe was completely crazy in this game. The Lakers used O’Neal’s powerful containment power to create opportunities for Kobe and other perimeter players. This is something that many people did not expect before the game. After all, not everyone dares. Determined to use the league’s first inside line as a tactical cover, that is, the mad scientist Nelson dares to do so.”

Chickhearn said: “Before Kobe helped attract the defense and allowed O’Neal to score easily, but in the finals, the situation suddenly turned upside down. This is something that no opponent can adapt. The strength of the OK combination is not that Kobe and O’Neal are both. Superstars, but the two of them played the role of one plus one greater than two.”

In fact, O’Neal didn’t want to play like this. After all, he was used to the protagonist, but the Bulls had Rodman and Barkley blocking the basket. If the previous tactics were still used, it would be difficult for the Lakers to win. In the end, O’Neal desperately wanted to suppress the championship. Lived with his selfish thoughts and started to fully cooperate with the team’s tactics.

After the timeout, the Lakers replaced Van Exel and Rick Fox, and Kobe came to the number one position.

The Bulls have the ball, and Fox, who just came on the field, defended Jordan alone, allowing Jordan to break into the interior and easily layup without defense. 45:48.

The Lakers attacked, O’Neal and Horry started to double screens for Kobe. Kobe moved the ball from the left corner to the right, and then ran back to the center. Fox and Jones blocked Pippen and Jordan who were chasing.

Kobe kept dribbling the ball out of the three-point line and turned around to make a three-pointer. 45:51.

Kobe held the ball for a long time. He seldom had such a sticky time. Fortunately, he finally scored.

Jordan and Rodman played the pick-and-roll in the middle, and they missed Eddie Jones and scored an easy layup. 48:51.

Jordan and Kobe are on the bar, quite a bit of a needle-point meaning to Maimang.

Kobe relied on Jones’ cover to get rid of Jordan, Pippen let go of Fox to help defend. Kobe reacted quickly. After two consecutive dribbles under the hips, he changed to extraordinary, and Jordan also caught up. Kobe took the ball and broke through the penalty area, Barkley let Horry and Jordan formed a double-team.

Kobe scored the ball to the right, Horry made an easy shot unguarded after receiving the ball from the bottom corner and hit a three-pointer. 48:54.

The Lakers also had holes in their defense. Fox was slow to defend Jordan. Kobe rushed to double-team ~www.mtlnovel.com~ Jordan took the opportunity to split the ball to Harper, who missed the basket with an open mid-range shot.

O’Neal grabbed the rebound and threw it directly to the frontcourt, and Bryant quickly passed the half court after receiving the ball. Two steps away from the three-point line, without waiting for his teammates to be in position, directly grab the three-pointer. Although Jordan has tried his best to catch up, he is still a step slower. The basketball hits the basket twice and finally enters the basket. 48:58.

The entire Staples became a sea of ​​joy, and his own team pressed the Bulls led by the big devil Jordan, and it felt so fun.

Then Kobe was frequently double-teamed by the Bulls, and he immediately switched to assist mode. Teammates such as Jones, Fox and O’Neal received many open assists from Kobe and made mid-range shots.

Although the Bulls could not defend the Lakers, they did not have any problems with their offense, especially Jordan and Barkley. The two cross screens made the Lakers defensively lose each other, and the Bulls held the score tightly.

On the final attack of the second quarter, with only two seconds left in the game, Kobe threw the ball just past the center line. What people did not expect was that the ball went directly into the net and even Kobe himself was shocked. Ball luck accounts for the main factor.

At halftime, the Lakers led the Bulls by 11 points 68 to 57.