Chapter 160: Provocation and Bigotry
Kobe Bryant leaned on Zhou Xuan with his back, turned to the left, Zhou Xuan knew that his physique could not completely block Kobe, took a quick step back, widened the distance, and lowered the center of gravity of his body very low.
I was knocked out of balance at once, and I want to play basketball well when I'm so weak? Kobe Bryant turned around and looked at Zhou Xuan's movements, and immediately thought that he couldn't interfere with the shooting anymore, and immediately chose a dry pull-out jump shot.
Zhou Xuan's center of gravity was lowered, but it was different from Fisher. Fisher's movement is to prevent a breakthrough but not to prevent a throw, and his legs are very spread apart, with the aim of retreating. Zhou Xuan took a step back, but he bent his knees and was ready to go, and he wanted to jump forward with all his strength. If Kobe Bryant chooses to break through with the ball, he will pass him directly, but Zhou Xuan's actions are very confusing, he grasps Kobe's psychology, why not shoot if he has a height advantage?
At the same time as Kobe jumped, Zhou Xuan also jumped. Kobe Bryant made a serious mistake, that is, he liked to shake the shot before, but this time he was directly stronger, and before he rose to a high point, Zhou Xuan's hand pressed towards the ball. Kobe Bryant held the ball and wanted to make an elegant shot, but Zhou Xuan went all out and bounced faster, it looked like Kobe Bryant raised the ball himself and hit him, and the basketball was knocked down.
Nice cap!
No one expected that there would be such a result in the confrontation between the two, and the audience was shocked!
This is not over, as soon as Zhou Xuan landed, he rushed out, fast as a sharp arrow, and took the lead in grabbing the basketball. The first thing Kobe Bryant did after landing was not to chase the defense, but to look at the referee, raise his arm and shout at the thug, but the referee ignored him. The referee was also stunned and forgot to blow the whistle.
Zhou Xuan jumped faster than Kobe Bryant in this ball, if the hitter is judged like this, the game doesn't have to be played, just watch Kobe Bryant's free throws from beginning to end. Zhou Xuan passed the half-court with no one in front of him, and easily scored on the basketball. 9 to 6.
Kobe Bryant was furious and gave Zhou Xuan a "death glare". Zhou Xuan didn't look at him, his face was expressionless, and he didn't clap his hands with his teammates to celebrate. Randolph, Azubuke and others all understood the reason why Zhou Xuan's face was expressionless, the score had not yet opened, and there was nothing to celebrate.
This makes Kobe even more angry, rookies beat him, usually very excited, Zhou Xuan's attitude, as if he is a nobody. The big screen in the stadium gave Zhou Xuan a close-up, and the whole audience was surprised, this newcomer was too cold. Chinese fans have gone crazy with joy, forgetting for a moment that Kobe Bryant is the star they run to support every night.
Kobe Bryant didn't have half the time to ask for the ball, and he had to return one. Zhang Reasonable couldn't believe it: "This ball Zhou Xuan actually blocked Kobe, I think maybe it's time for people to re-evaluate his defensive ability, Kobe wants the ball...... It's definitely going to be one back. β
Yu Jia said: "If you guard against him again this time, it will be a god." β
Zhou Xuan knew that Kobe Bryant was going to fight by himself, and stared at his movements intently, no longer caring whether there was anyone on the side. He has no expression on his face, in fact, his heart is boiling, and wearing such a hat is enough to make him so excited that he can't sleep tonight, even if he loses, it doesn't matter.
He analyzes the possibilities, but he still can't put aside the two points of breakthrough and shooting, if Kobe Bryant plays hard and relies on him, he will be very difficult, if it is by skill, he will definitely not let Kobe pass.
This time he did not lower his center of gravity, tightened the muscles of the whole body, Kobe Bryant continued to dribble under his crotch, breaking through to the left, Zhou Xuan watched his footsteps, and accurately blocked the breakthrough route with small broken steps, after entering the Warriors, his most improved was not shooting, nor passing, but defense. When he first arrived at the Warriors, Watson and Azubuke and others were able to play with him, but now they can't. There may not be anyone in the alliance who reacts faster than Zhou Xuan.
Kobe Bryant, who was blocked, immediately changed his move, leaned on Zhou Xuan with his back, turned to the left, Zhou Xuan retreated again to open the distance, bent his knees and prepared to jump. This is a psychological battle, and he thinks that Kobe Bryant is very likely to choose the jump shot, because if he goes deeper, he will be easily trapped, and Gasol is still standing in the low post.
In fact, passing the ball to Gasol early is a better choice, but Kobe Bryant wants to play Zhou Xuan, how can he give up halfway? He turned around and jumped, this time he also added a small back, Zhou Xuan immediately jumped up, and he couldn't cover it quickly, so he could only interfere as much as possible, and the ball bounced out of the frame.
Randolph stuck Gasol and won the backcourt rebound, the Warriors immediately attacked in the third line, the ball was handed to Azubuk, Zhou Xuan retreated before the halfcourt and got the basketball, Kobe Bryant stepped forward to defend, Zhou Xuan immediately passed the ball to Morrow on the left side, Morrow took the ball at the three-point line and shook it for a while, Radmanovic raised his arm, Morrow immediately broke through with the ball and rushed into the three-point line to make a layup. 11 to 6.
Nelson Sr. stood up on the sidelines and led the cheer with his hands held aloft. Turiaf also stood up and waved a towel, he wanted to stay with the Lakers, but the Lakers didn't give him a big contract, the fans booed him, and today he was hoping to beat his old club for revenge.
Assistant coach Smart laughed: "Donald, we were all wrong before, we still underestimated his defense, maybe he would have done a better job than Corunna by letting him defend the opponent's outside attacker early." β
"Let's see how he does today." Old Nelson didn't expect Zhou Xuan to ask for Kobe Bryant, the effect was really good, in fact, it was easy to deal with Zhou Xuan, he was afraid of misalignment. But will Kobe Bryant keep passing the ball to Bynum and Gasol after blocking and dismantling? In those two rounds, he couldn't even block and pick up.
The Lakers attacked, Fisher brought to the frontcourt, Zhou Xuan was still at the top of the arc, and Kobe Bryant was standing beside him.
Zhou Xuan thought about it, decided to provoke, and said beside Kobe: "You can't get past me, you're old!" β
Recently, Zhou Xuan has been studying trash talk, and trash talk can not only disturb the opponent's psychology, but also cheer himself up. On the court against the Celtics, Rondo kept chattering, and he fought back. "Don't rely on blocking, you can't shoot a piece of waste!"
"I'm going to blow you up, rookie." Bryant responded. He was a little angry, thinking to himself, which onion are you kid?
Kobe didn't know that Zhou Xuan said this on purpose, wanting to get away with it. If it is passed to Gasol or Bynum in the high post after blocking and dismantling, Zhou Xuan will have a hard time defending. If those two blocks and cut inside, he can't do anything, and Randolph and Biedlings are not so reliable in blocking and pick-and-rolling.
Zhou Xuan provoked Kobe Bryant and asked Kobe to defend Kobe, not just because he wanted to prove himself by challenging the superstar, but also because he made a well-thought-out move for the team to win, Kobe Bryant was too famous, and Zhou Xuan could guess his psychology.
Fisher, however, was sober and this time instead of passing the ball to Kobe, he hoisted it to Gasol and let him play alone. Gasol dribbled twice, and seeing that Kobe Bryant quickly ran to the middle with both hands to ask for the ball, he knew that he still wanted to attack and passed the ball over. Zhou Xuan followed Kobe, blocked in front of him, and countered again.
Over the years, Bryant's breakthrough method has changed a lot, and the large side-pull dribble change direction breakthrough in the early years is rare today, replaced by a more delicate walk, almost every movement is calculated, and a little more effort is a waste.
The biggest feature of Jordan's breakthrough back then was the start, and earlier Jordan's skeptics even thought that Jordan walked when he started, and it is said that the argument was so bad that he had to use a slow-motion replay to confirm it, and Kobe Bryant chose this path.
Zhou Xuan saw that Kobe Bryant didn't turn around, and was about to move forward, Kobe suddenly changed to pull the ball in the middle and got up, striding past Zhou Xuan, this place is very far from the basket, just into the three-point line, if Zhou Xuan starts three steps from here, he will definitely not be able to get to the basket, but Kobe Bryant has a big step from pulling the ball to starting, and he rushed to the basket with the ball. 11 to 8.
This is an advantage in physical fitness, Kobe Bryant has big steps, jumps high, and can dodge and move sideways in the air. It's just a ball, Zhou Xuan didn't care. He never thought he could kill Kobe, it was impossible. He took the ball to organize the offense, and at this time the Lakers' defense also changed, Kobe Bryant went to the top of the arc and changed to the main defense Zhou Xuan, and Fisher went to defend Morrow.
Zhang said excitedly: "Kobe Bryant began to compete with Zhou Xuan, and you can see Zhou Xuan's strength from this point alone, he is now fully called an all-star." β
Kobe Bryant kept his distance, prevented from breaking and shooting, his height and long arms could interfere with the shot, Zhou Xuan dribbled under the crotch at the top of the arc, but his feet were motionless. Kobe Bryant felt funny and flashy when he saw him doing the action. He has rich experience in defense, and he knows how to judge the direction of breakthrough by looking at people's shoulders and steps, and it is useless for Zhou Xuan to dribble the ball like this. Suddenly, Zhou Xuan took a step forward, looking like he wanted to hit Kobe Bryant's arms, Kobe took a step forward and was about to get close, Zhou Xuan jumped up with the ball with both hands, and uploaded the ball from Kobe's head to the low position. On the left side, Azubuke and Randolph played a 45-degree off-ball cover, Azubuuk cut to the basket, just received the basketball, and shook off Bynum, who switched defenses, and easily scored in the basketball. 13 to 8.
Zhou Xuan wants Kobe to play alone, but it doesn't mean that he also wants to play alone in front of Kobe, that would be stupid, Fisher and Radmanovic are easier to find a breakthrough in the two positions.
After scoring the goal, Zhou Xuan returned to the defense with an expressionless face and came to a high position. Fisher dribbled past half time and said: "Kobe, he is deliberately provoking you, stop playing alone, this kid is not easy to deal with." β
This was meant to be good, but Kobe Bryant felt very harsh when he heard it. He was the MVP of the regular season last season, and he played very well this season, and he is expected to win a second year, how can he meet a rookie who has just joined the NBA and is not easy to deal with, can't I clean him up one-on-one?
Kobe Bryant knew that if he played blocking and dismantling, the combination of inside and outside would be better, but if he retreated at this time, it would be as if he was blocked by Zhou Xuan, which was equivalent to telling the audience that Zhou Xuan's defense had worked. This made him very unhappy, and Zhou Xuan's expressionless face all the time also made him very eager to beat his opponent.
Knowing that the opponent has a purpose, and being wise is wrong, he still wants to do it, sometimes Kobe's choice is so strange, because he is a superstar, so he has his own pride. This kind of mentality is paranoia.
βCOMEON!β Zhou Xuan stepped on the three-point line with his head held high, looked at Kobe Bryant with his nostrils facing the sky, and began to provoke again.