Chapter 15: The Battle

At the beginning, the Lakers used full-court pressing tactics and quickly counterattacked to stop the Chinese team.

"What are you doing, have you ever learned to play basketball? If you don't know how to fight, I'll be off, Hu Weidong, you have been passed in one step? Li Nan serves to someone else?" Gong Luming roared at the players who were off the field.

"No, Coach. It's that kid's defensive sense of smell is too sharp, as if he knows where the ball will be. Liu Yudong helped his teammates defend.

"Don't say more, keep the ball well, play tactics and play with style. The domestic audience is watching. No matter how powerful he is, he's just a milky hairy boy! Gong Luming knew that it was useless to blame, so he arranged the next tactics.

"Li Xiaoyong controls the ball, Hu Weidong, you pull Kobe Bryant into the corner. The main attack on Liu Yudong's point, they are pressing, and they are hanging back to the point of the center with a long pass, and their white center moves very slowly, do you understand? ”

"Understood!"

The atmosphere on the Lakers' side is not as tense as the Chinese team at all.

Rambis looked at his elite soldiers and was full of confidence. Although American basketball is dominant in today's world, it is exciting for him to lead a summer league team and beat other countries' national teams.

"Guys, good fight. Continuing to press, our goal is to keep the Chinese team from half-time. Rambis took out the tactical board and circled for a while.

"Okay, the coach meant to let us withdraw the press and play steadily. Hit ball by ball, don't rush in, guard the basket. Got it? "Kobe Bryant knows that the Chinese team is experienced, and they have a large number of excellent strikers, and the pressing tactics cannot continue to work. It also severely depletes your stamina.

"Yes, Boss!" The players responded to Kobe Bryant.

"But, but what I just said is to continue to press." Rambis stared blankly at the players who had already played, and he felt that he was losing control of this team. The 17-year-old seems to be the coach, and is he just an assistant?

Back on the court, the Chinese team had the ball, and they looked at the Lakers who retreated to their own half. Li Xiaoyong controlled the ball and advanced to the Lakers half. Fisher stared at the defense, and Li Xiaoyong asked Liu Yudong to step forward and make a block. Ben Wallace followed the defense out.

Liu Yudong has a wide body, and a solid block hangs on Fisher, causing dislocation. He took the opportunity to open the shaft area to ask for the ball, jumped up easily, and took advantage of his height to shoot steadily in front of Fisher.

"There's something about this guy." Fisher was a little surprised, and then a chill came from behind him. The old fish didn't dare to look back, and he didn't have to look back to know that it was Kobe's eyes. Damn, I'm going to show some strength, I'm not afraid of being repaired by Kobe Bryant after the game, I'm for the team's victory!

Switching between offense and defense, Lao Yu dribbled the ball through the half, Li Xiaoyong's defense did not bring him too much interference, and he controlled the ball steadily. Kobe Bryant took Hu Weidong, went around the basket, and ran out of the open space with the help of Ben Wallace and Tyres Knight's cover.

Fisher made a quick and accurate through stop, Kobe Bryant caught the ball outside the three-point line, opened the position, jumped shot, and hit.

The first quarter of the game was spent in the back and forth between the two sides, and Kobe's defense was pulled to the bottom corner by Hu Weidong. He didn't dare to let go of Hu Weidong to flank the attack, resulting in the Lakers' obvious lack of aggressiveness in the outside defense. The Chinese team's fast passing and control also made the inexperienced Lakers players take care of each other.

Hu Weidong tried to play Kobe Bryant twice, but failed. Bruce Bowen also looked at Li Nan steadily, so the point of outbreak was Liu Yudong. Liu Yudong repeatedly got the opportunity to shoot in the wrong single or vacant position with the help of blocking and dismantling, and he was physically strong and had solid basic skills.

Bryant didn't have the ball in the first quarter, and he asked Fisher to distribute the ball. A large number of off-ball moves also opened up a huge offensive space for the team, and the Chinese team did not dare to put Kobe's three points, and a lot of defensive energy was invested in Kobe's off-ball running position. Bryant still caught the needle, making three three-pointers.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers had a small advantage at 25:21.

Kobe Bryant took the starters to the second quarter to start the break, and the Chinese team replaced the inside and outside twin tower combination of Battelga and Wang Zhizhi. The Lakers' bench was a little overwhelmed. THE 2.11-METER-132KG BATTLE IS JUST 21 YEARS OLD THIS YEAR, AND HE IS LIKE A DOOR GOD WITH INFINITE STRENGTH, SHOOTING THE LAKERS' INTERIOR OFFENSE ONE BY ONE.

"Hey, this big guy is fierce." Fisher shouted.

Wang Zhizhi performed even more wonderfully, he was only 19 years old. The offensive skills have been superb, with dexterous footwork and soft mid-range shots, playing with the Lakers' backup power forward. At 2.14 meters, he is still very thin, but his ability to move quickly and his excellent skills make him look comfortable in the competition.

"These two young insiders are really good. There is potential, see if we can dig into our school. There were scouts on the sidelines who were surprised, Battle's defense, Wang Zhizhi's offense all made their eyes shine. They didn't expect such a talented teenager to emerge in Asia.

The best local players in the United States will be quickly carved up by the elite schools when they go to college, and some schools that can't recruit young talents have already started to poach players from overseas to play in the NCAA. These two interior players are completely up to par, and they are fully capable of starting in the NCAA to blow up the Lakers' summer league bench.

Halfway through the second quarter, the Lakers, who were blown up inside, were quickly tied or even overtaken by the Chinese team. Kobe Bryant couldn't sit still and went into battle.

Kobe Bryant took the ball from Fisher, changed direction, and shook Xiao Li Feidao Li Nan.

"This is my territory!" Battle made up for the basket with a fierce look.

Bryant is not afraid, he can make a jumper from mid-range, and he can also share the ball to an open Tyrese. But Kobe Bryant didn't, he wanted to stop the bleeding for the team and cheer the team up. He knew how to do it, and he had done it countless times.

Stride forward, collect the ball, and leap high into the air. Kobe Bryant, who jumped with all his might, jumped so high that his head had already exceeded the basket. Bryant pulled the ball back in the air, bent into a bow, and slammed the ball into the basket against Battle.

The picture is frozen at this moment, like a poster, the jumping Kobe Bryant is holding the 2.11-meter giant Battle on top of it, splitting Huashan!

"OMG, what did you Fack do!" The teammates were already incoherent, and they rushed up and picked up Kobe, who fell to the ground unsteadily. Kobe pouted, this was the effect he wanted, and the Lakers gained momentum.

The Chinese players were stunned by this dunk, and their giant under the basket was actually dunked head-on. Battle kept his hands outstretched with his eyes glazed over, as if he was still on the defensive, and the dunk didn't happen.

"Did you take a picture?" Reporters on the sidelines questioned each other.

“KOBE! KOBE! KOBE!” The American audience understands the ball and cheered Kobe's name, Kobe's goal is too exciting.

"The game is not over, no matter how beautiful the dunk is, it is only two points!" Liu Yudong looked at his somewhat frightened teammates and let out a low roar.