After the warm-up and training with the ball, Harris gathered his players.

"Guys, now we're going to split into two teams and play a two-quarter training game. Pay attention to the scale of the movement and don't get hurt. "The confrontation between starters and benches is a common training method in American professional basketball.

Usually by comparing the pros and cons of the opposing players, the coach will decide the playing time of the players.

The Silver Fox Harris already has a starter in mind, starting with last year's starting two big men, Nick Van Exel and Eddie Jones. Both players are 25 years old, and Nick Van Exel is a 15+7 dribble-projection point guard who can shoot 1.9 threes with a 35.7% shooting percentage. Eddie Jones, on the other hand, is a 1.98-meter striker with a 13+3+3 stat last year.

The small forward is Cedric Ceballos, and Harris' plan is to make him the second offensive core in addition to O'Neal.

Interior positions, power forward and center, as O'Neal has not returned to the team for the time being. Served by Corey Blunt and Elden Campbell. When O'Neal returns, he will bring Corey Blunt down, with Campbell and O'Neal forming the twin towers.

This is the Silver Foxes Harris's preferred starter, all four players started last year, with 53 wins in the season, plus an MVP-caliber player Shaq O'Neal, the lineup is perfect on paper.

The bench guard line was filled by two rookies, Fisher and Kobe. BYRON SCOTT IS TOO OLD, HE HAS GONE THROUGH THE SHOWTIME ERA, HE IS ALREADY RETIRING, AND HE IS MORE OF A GLUE IN THE TEAM, AND HE IS ALSO INTERESTED IN DEVELOPING AS AN ASSISTANT COACH.

The bench is played by Bruce Bowen, who has returned from a European league experience, and he is looking forward to a player who is highly recommended by Rambis and has a strong immediacy of play.

Bench interior players will compete in Ben Wallace, Tyrese Knight, and Sean Lukes. In this era, the interior competition is fierce, and under the strong confrontation, there is a high chance of injury, so Jerry West has hoarded a lot of substitute interior lines.

"Toot! The game begins. "The assistant coach, Kirtlambis, acted as a referee.

Elden Campbell won the ball with an easy win over Tyrese Knight. The physically-fit interior leader is second only to O'Neal in the team, with $700W.

Van Axel held the ball and he controlled it firmly and carried it through the half. Gave the ball to Eddie Jones at the top of the arc.

Bryant stuck up, not wanting to give the all-round shooting guard too much room to attack.

Seeing this, Eddie Jones did not force the ball and stuffed the ball to Ceballos, who was in position.

"Haha, it's time for you to show you how good I am." Ceballos was a little excited, he quickly leaned hard after receiving the ball, and did not feel the force, these newcomers are soft! Turn around and go to the basket.

Wait, where did the ball go?

Ceballos, who had already jumped high, found that the ball in his hand was missing.

It turned out that the moment he turned his back, Bowen gave way sideways and poked the ball out with one hand.

Excellent defense, super predictability, Silver Fox Harris saw Bowen's defensive quality from this ball.

Kobe Bryant kept his eyes on Ceballos' side, and he was about to make up for the pinch, and he just picked up the ball poked out by Bowen. Take a step forward and kill the basket on the other side.

Eddie Jones stopped Bryant at the halfway line, and Bryant didn't stick to the ball. Raise your hand to pass to Fisher, who was unguarded, and put the ball in the basket with a calm three-step layup.

Nick Van Exel stared at Ceballos, blaming this guy for being stealed, causing him to leak on the defensive end. Take the ball, stand at the top of the arc, and tell Campbell to step forward to block the pick-and-roll.

Van Exel's took advantage of Fisher's looping space and fired a three-point shot that went into the frame.

Is this a point guard at the starting level of American professional basketball? Fisher was a little upset, and the gap he generated in defense was already very small, and he was still caught.

And in a short time, Van Exel hit the shot.

"Old fish, stick it up and force him to break through!" After two rounds, Bryant had found the hole in this starting team and began to command defensive tactics.

"Their offensive blind spot is on Corey Blunt, the 2.06 power forward!"

"Bruce, Ceballos is up to you. Tyrese, guard the basket. Ben, you've got a tough job, I need you to get moving, get out of Corey Blunt and start wrapping up the opposing ball carrier from mid-range! ”

"Strikes, they don't have players who can hold the ball, Divac is gone!" Bryant was going to put Cory Blunt on offense, guard against the opposing team's shots, force them to break through, and drive them to Ben Wallace's pinch.

In one-on-one offense and defense, Kobe Bryant's side has many weaknesses, but when the team's defense rotates, the opponent's lack of organization will be exposed.

Offense and defense transition, substitute offense.

Fisher dribbled at the top of the arc and Kobe Bryant ran up without the ball, and they practiced a lot of off-ball running tactics in the summer, Bryant easily ran out of space, took the pass, jumped, pulled the ball out, and hit a long-range shot.

"Hey, hey, cheer up, have you been beaten up by this group of boys?" Ceballos was unhappy with his teammates' lack of effort in defending.

Eddie Jones spread his hands and said he would take care of it.

Van Exel, after dribbling past half court, slipped the ball to Eddie Jones, despite Ceballos, who was yelling at him.

"Eddie, give this high school student one back."

Kobe lowered his center of gravity and pressed directly to his body. Eddie Jones was forced to stop the ball and pass back to Van Axel to reorganize.

Van Exel knew that there was not much time to attack, and he didn't call the block, and in disguise, he had to force a breakthrough through Fisher.

Fisher stubbornly followed, and Ben Wallace stepped up. Van Exel had no choice but to pass the ball to Eddie Jones, who missed a forced jumper under Bryant's defense.

Kobe Bryant seized the opportunity to counterattack and scored with a one-handed slam.

"Damn, these rookies are disgusting defensively." Van Exel's height limit and his ability to find open players after the pack were completely unavailable, and he passed high-quality balls.

The back-to-back misses made the players a little impatient, and Van Exel passed the ball to the yelling Ceballos.

Ceballos' turnaround jumper was interfered with by Bowen again and missed!

The substitute team continued to play defensive counterattacks, and when they fell into the position, they could also rely on Kobe's off-ball running position to maintain a good shooting rate.

The seemingly luxurious lineup on the starting side was dead defended. Van Exel was so close to Fisher that he couldn't get a comfortable shot at all, and after the break, he was extremely ineffective at passing or forcing shots against Ben Wallace's pack.

Eddie Jones, under Kobe's defense, was completely unable to guarantee his shooting percentage. He also made 1 of 4 shots and contributed a turnover.

Ceballos was the worst, originally he only had the basket in his eyes, and after facing Bowen and Ben Wallace's defense, he made consecutive mistakes. After just finishing the holiday, his physical condition was extremely poor, and his fat body seemed to squirm on the offensive end.

The inside starters were dominant, but the ball was dominated by their outside teammates, with Elden Campbell and Corey Blunt only getting a handful of offensive opportunities.

The first quarter ended, 24:19. Bryant's bench took a five-point advantage.