End of the first session. Los Angeles Lakers 14:25 Portland Trail Blazers.

The Lakers' O'Neal couldn't penetrate the opponent's interior, and after Kobe Bryant was locked in the bag, the offense fell into a scoring drought. Even if it's an open spot, Lakers players struggle to shoot the basketball.

Bryant sat on the sidelines, cheering on the Lakers' bench players and waving toils while thinking about a solution.

Two problem-solving ideas, the first is to feed O'Neal with all his might, counting on him to recover his touch, and beat the Trail Blazers inside, and it is best to beat Sabonis down, so that the Trail Blazers' defensive strategy will definitely be adjusted.

But Kobe Bryant looked at the panting Shaq O'Neal next to him and shook his head, not daring to expect the fat man in this state to be able to penetrate Sabonis. Today's Sabonis gives him a feeling somewhat similar to Yao Ming of the Great Wall of China, with a solid chassis, extremely tall height, and strong strength, and this type of interior line is somewhat restrained by O'Neal, especially O'Neal, who is not in good shape.

The second method is to break the Pioneer's bag by yourself and drop ten times with one force.

There are several ways to break the bag, and the common method such as the one often used by Jordan is to hand over the offensive initiation, play the role of no ball, finish the action as soon as possible after receiving the ball, and complete the attack before the bag is formed. The advantage is that it can avoid mistakes by being caught to the greatest extent, and the disadvantage is that the completion of the offensive action is too urgent, and the shooting rate will decrease.

This is the most common way to break the bag, and it won't be a big problem, but it's hard for non-ordinary players to hurt their opponents. It is also necessary to shoot quickly in the middle distance, which is often not efficient.

The second method is used by Kobe Bryant in the first quarter, attracting the bag and passing it to the vacant player, the danger factor is very high, it is possible to be broken, it is possible to be able to shoot in the vacant position, and it is possible to be successfully filled by the opponent's rotation defense.

It was precisely these possibilities that happened in the first quarter, and the Lakers players were not only O'Neal alone, but the cold touch seemed to be contagious. One by one, they couldn't hit the goals they should normally score. Playing in the open space is the most demoralizing, it will make the ball carrier not know whether to pass the ball or not, and let the player who has the opportunity not know whether to shoot or not.

Bryant knew that it was normal for a regular-season team to have this situation, and that if the long 82 games were at the top, it wouldn't be a long basketball history, with only two teams winning 70.

And today's Lakers are obviously not in shape, the team has such ups and downs, Kobe Bryant thought about it, or he has to break the gap himself to have a chance of survival.

"Coach, we'll use this lineup later." Bryant walked over to Harris and took the tactical board.

PG Derek Fisher, SG, Kobe Bryant, SF, Bruce Bowen, PF, Robert Horry, C Shaq O'Neal.

Bryant played off the ball and possession was given to Fisher and Horry.

This lineup can maximize Kobe's offensive destructiveness, and since you Trail Blazers like to set up high packs, then I'll turn the table for you. He doesn't hold the ball at all, he runs in the middle distance.

Harris has a head and two big, and he has such a smart player, and it is really difficult to be a coach. If other players dared to ask Harris to make lineup adjustments, Harris would have been kicked out of the team long ago, but this is Kobe, his proud protégé, the darling of the team, and the future of the league.

This kind of player's opinion, Harris has to think carefully.

Get~

Anyway, the team is going to lose if you play like this, so it's better to try it your way.

Finally, the Lakers switched to the lineup that Kobe Bryant asked for halfway through the second quarter.

Los Angeles Lakers 31:43 Portland Trail Blazers. The Lakers bench not only did not recover the score, but the point difference widened, which is a rare disadvantage for the Lakers' bench after Horry joined this season.

P-J-Callesimo's pupils dilated and his eyes widened. The players on the court also looked back at the coach on the sidelines, so this Fisher holds the ball, are we still holding Kobea?

"Heh, it's worthy of the silver fox Harris, there's something." P-J Callesimo waved his hand, gave up the high pack, and switched to holding the ball and then wrapping.

The Trail Blazers players nodded their heads in agreement.

And Kobe Bryant had already played a block with Horry at this time and slipped out of the baseline.

Fisher's passing was very accurate, and he practiced the combination with Kobe Bryant many times in practice.

"Huh!" After receiving the ball, it was a picturesque mid-range step-back jumper, without the slightest superfluous movement, and the Trail Blazers did not let alone form a pack, and even the first defender, Isiah Ryder, did not interfere in place.

Sabonis narrowed his eyes.

"One more!" Sabonis holds the ball at the top of the three-point arc, and his teammates scatter and run.

One moment ago, he was still watching his teammates run, and in the second time, Sabonis made a three-point shot.

O'Neal also didn't react, and Sabonis hit the third three-pointer of the game.

Attack! For the rest of the second quarter, Kobe Bryant and the Trail Blazers faced off against each other.

As if it has become a scoring guard teaching video, Kobe Bryant has deduced the most classic way of breaking the bag, concise, efficient and cold-blooded, and a brutal and unreasonable hit.

Isiah Ryder broke out in a cold sweat, although the arena was very warm. But Bryant scored 14 points on 6-of-8 shooting from his head in just half a quarter.

It's scary, is he really a rookie? Under such a high-pressure headwind ball, in the last game of 5 days and 4 matches, under the whole team against the bag.

Can you still play like this?

Kobe, who has completely entered the offensive mode, only has the basket in his eyes, and he does not shoot three-pointers in this half quarter, because he can't ensure the shooting percentage, and he doesn't break through, because the opponent will definitely help defend.

It's CIC!

Play the middle pitch out of the flowers!

Lean back! Dry pull! False shaking! Hit the board! Step back!

Ball by ball, blunt knife cuts meat. used the most typical quarterback style of this era, one person and one team, and the Trail Blazers who were in a fierce state soared to score. Even Sabonis also played at his peak, but the score was still chased by Kobe.

"Damn, there's another Jordan." P-J. Callesimo muttered to himself, asking himself how to defend Kobe Bryant, and any player in the league would suffer except Jordan. It's normal to not score 15 points in a normal game.

But this is Kobe Bryant, a player with peak superstar skills, who can't be locked with just two players, and scored 14 points on the Trail Blazers' head in the first quarter.

At the end of the half, the Lakers' score was close, and the Los Angeles Lakers 49:57 Portland Trail Blazers.

P-J Callesimo pondered in midfield that he is not a coach who is good at adapting on the spot.

"Coach, Kobe Bryant should wrap it up in advance before receiving the ball." Sabonis's resolute countenance showed a hint of determination.

Wrap up in advance?

Two people in advance of the pack? Directly let Kobe Bryant not catch the ball? Put an empty seat?

Absurd! Isn't this Jordan's rule, the Pistons' way of dealing with young Jordan?

Could it be that Kobe Bryant is still comparable to Jordan?

That Bulls can't compare with the current Lakers!

P-J. Callesimo first thought Sabonis's words were simply funny.

Then think about it carefully, rookie Jordan's scoring explosiveness doesn't seem to be as good as Kobe's, that's still Kobe Bryant who plays point guard, when Kobe Bryant comes to scoring guard, 14 points in the half quarter, won't it be 50 again after a game?

If you are beaten by 50 points in front of the boss Paul Allen, I am afraid that the job will not be saved.

"Wrap in advance! Isiah Ryder and Clifford Robinson, the two of you from now on, your mission is not to let Kobe Bryant catch the ball! The other players put them to pitch! "As soon as P-J Callesimo gritted his teeth, the Jordan rule was the Jordan rule.