Chapter 250: Dou
Tiger watched the basketball plunge into the basket, put his eyes back on Kobe's face, hooked the corners of his mouth, and showed a smile, this smile in Kobe's opinion, is so dazzling, Kobe just responded to Tiger's provocation, completed a pull-up layup, Tiger immediately shot back an outside three-pointer, Kobe Bryant wants to care about it is very difficult, the fans of the two teams on the scene have already made a fuss again, cheering and boos mixed together, such a home scene, can only be seen in the Los Angeles derby.
Looking back, the Los Angeles Lakers began to attack, Kobe Bryant reached out for the ball again, Derrick Fisher handed over the basketball to Kobe again, and now Kobe and Tiger are obviously competing, Derek Fisher, as a teammate, can only choose to support Kobe, he knows that if he doesn't hand over the basketball to Kobe at this time, with Kobe's character, the next game, I don't know what will happen!
Kobe Bryant received the ball outside the three-point line and faced Tiger's defense again, Kobe made a feint again, Tiger was unmoved, Kobe jumped directly on the spot and shot, Tiger didn't jump, and he didn't look back to look at the basket, so he started to rush to the backcourt, this is a contempt, contempt for Kobe's three-point ability, Kobe clenched his fists angrily, or chased Tiger, because the basketball really didn't go in, Kobe Bryant used too much force, the basketball was bounced far away, and Stephen Jackson picked up the rebound.
Tiger's defense, and other defensive players, the biggest difference is that when Tiger defends, he judges the actions of the opponent from the actions made by the opponent, Kobe Bryant's shooting action just now, obviously a little too urgent, and the body is not fully into the shooting state at all, Tiger bets that Kobe Bryant will not score, and starts directly quickly, which is the confidence in the rebounding ability of the Los Angeles Clippers.
Of course, sometimes there will be mistakes in such judgments, if Tiger's judgment is wrong, there are only two results, one is that the opponent directly throws the basketball in, and the other is that the opposing player grabs the rebound, which does not affect Tiger's early start, the opportunity of fast break, is often fleeting, and the ability to predict in advance is a more important part of fast break.
When Tiger ran into the three-point line, Stephen Jackson made a long pass, and the basketball came to Tiger's hands, and Kobe Bryant behind him also chased after him closely, Tiger did not dribble, and took three steps directly, and then stepped on the line in the three-second zone, jumped high and pressed the basketball into the basket, when Kobe ran to the basket, Tiger was already hanging on the basket, all this happened in a few seconds, Kobe was only nearly 2 seconds late Tiger started, and he was completely thrown away.
This fast-break dunk, and the cheers of the audience, made the morale of the Los Angeles Clippers completely up, in the basketball game, although the strength is the most important, but the morale and home atmosphere, these are also very important, especially when the two teams compete. The Los Angeles Clippers played more unrestrained in the next few offenses, but the Los Angeles Lakers began to have problems in the next few offenses, Kobe Bryant was more obsessed with singles, Derrick Fisher wanted to carry out tandem, and found that Billups strengthened his defense of his passing and receiving the ball, and it was difficult for him to complete the tandem with the inside.
Coach Phil Jackson quickly called a timeout, and the Los Angeles Lakers have a serious problem right now, and he has to get through this timeout and do something. Shak O'Neal is also in a bad mood now, when he returned to the sidelines, a teammate handed him a towel, but after being picked up by Shak O'Neal, he fell heavily to the ground, and then sat on the stool, with a black face and did not speak, he was very disgusted with Kobe's several offenses just now, especially the dry pull-out jumper, in Shak's opinion, it was a complete waste of the team's offensive opportunities.
Kobe Bryant didn't get any better, he agreed to keep silent with a black face, he didn't know who Shaq O'Neal was targeting, and now he and Shak O'Neal had reached the stage where they didn't talk to each other off the court and didn't pass the ball on the court. The two were dissatisfied with each other, which made the atmosphere on the Los Angeles Lakers bench even more lifeless.
"This is the NB arena, it's the battlefield, our opponents, the Los Angeles Clippers, they're encroaching on our territory little by little, and what are you doing? Men should defend their territory, protect their dignity, instead of only using tantrums, to vent the anger in their hearts, now half of the third quarter has passed, not only did we not catch up with the score, but were stretched, have you given up resistance? Are you going to leave this arena in humiliation and go home for Christmas? Phil Jackson yelled with a serious look on his face that he needed to put some pressure on his players.
"I don't care what you did before, now, what this game means, you know best in your own hearts. Yes, it's just an ordinary regular season, and he doesn't decide who wins this season, but he is more important than the championship, because Los Angeles can only have one team, and that's our Los Angeles Lakers! If you look at the audience, in the old Los Angeles derby, the whole stadium was full of purple and gold fans, and now? If you continue like this, I believe that the Los Angeles derby will soon be occupied by red, and at that time, will there still be room for you to live in Los Angeles? At Phil Jackson's roar, the Los Angeles Lakers players all lowered their heads, not knowing what was going on in their minds.
"Now we still have time, let's do this, Robert pay attention to move more outside, if there is a chance to shoot resolutely, Rick, when Derrick is limited by defense, do more passing and receiving work, when there is enough space under the basket, Shaq you have to play tougher, you have to tell the LA Clippers kid, who is the league's number one center." Speaking of this, Phil Jackson glanced at Kobe, saw Kobe Bryant lowered his head, opened his mouth, and finally didn't say anything, Phil Jackson has no time now to estimate Kobe's thoughts.
This is Kobe Bryant's situation now, in the Los Angeles Lakers, he is somewhat excluded by his teammates, the team's head coach Phil Jackson, supports Shak O'Neal as the team's boss, a veteran like Robert Horry, is also obviously on the side of Shak O'Neal, disdainful of Kobe, except for Derrick Fisher, the Los Angeles Lakers are now willing to pass the ball to Kobe Bryant, there is no one left, in fact, Kobe also thought about leaving the Los Angeles Lakers, but his contract with the team has not expired, And his heart is still unwilling, what happened to Tiger Washington when he first came to the Los Angeles Clippers was worse than him, but Tiger Washington stayed in the end, why did he choose to flee? To be continued.
(Po Sing Shek Academy)