Chapter Ninety-One: Piercing the Glove
"Guys, put the performance behind us, let's continue to play every attack according to the tactics!" George Carr cheers the players on.
The emotions of the supersonic players quickly calmed down, they are a team that has experienced the Finals, they have seen all kinds of scenes, although Kobe's wonderful performance shocked them, but they quickly adjusted their mental state.
is worthy of the team that has played in the finals, Kobe Bryant who returned to the court, and looked at the energetic supersonic players with some emotion. It's rare to recover from Kobe's shock so quickly.
Their offense appeared to be undisturbed, with a round of balls passed down and Jose Hawkins cut to the basket.
Calmness and poisedness are the signs they have on the offensive end at the moment.
Offense and defense transitioned, the Lakers possessed the ball, and Bryant passed to O'Neal under the basket, ready to cut again in the air.
"Don't even think about it!" Kemp pounced, as if a big wall was blocking Bryant's aircut route.
O'Neal took the opportunity to turn his back and pass the supersonic big center and dunk under the basket!
Bryant's running took away Camp's defense, freed O'Neal from being bothered by the bag, and freed up O'Neal's offense.
Jim McIlvain alone can't stop O'Neal at all, as long as Kobe can pull Kemp's help defense, for O'Neal's supersonic penalty area is his turf!
Two one-on-one stars were in front of him, and George Karl was so anxious that he stomped his feet.
How can this be prevented?
Fortunately, the team's offensive hand has been good, and the Lakers can't hold off the supersonic offense.
Kobe Bryant once again relied on Campbell's blocking and single-handedly switched to Camp.
This is his intention, Payton has been broken, and then he collapses Kemp, and the supersonic defensive cage system is declared broken.
Kemp's lateral movement is very fast and not as good as the average interior player, and he is a top defender who can defend from the No. 1 position to the No. 5 position.
But he has the common problem of jumping male defense, and he loves to eat and shake!
Kobe Bryant pulled a step outside the three-point line first, Kemp followed hard, and George Karl repeatedly stressed that he couldn't let Kobe shoot a three-pointer.
Bryant suddenly accelerated and broke through on the left side.
Kemp pressed Kobe Bryant with his chest, and his muscular legs were firmly stuck in the direction Kobe was heading.
Bryant was knocked away, stepped back, collected the ball and raised his hand.
"Get me down!" Camp soared into the air, only to see Bryant tucking the ball on his shoulder into his chest.
Feints?
Kobe Bryant dodged Kemp's block and stepped forward, his feet close to the three-point line, and made a jumper.
Long two hits, Kobe Bryant landed and punched.
George Karl looked at the confident Kobe Bryant and knew that his cage defense tactics had collapsed at this moment.
Who was the last one to break Payton and Camp's defense?
Michael jordan!
George Karl stared at Kobe, and the shadows of Jordan and Kobe seemed to coincide.
No kidding! George Carr shook his head, amused by his delusion. Kobe Bryant is just a rookie player, and he's a far cry from Jordan.
Led by Kobe, the Lakers withstood the supersonic comeback in the third quarter.
84:91。 The Lakers went into the fourth quarter with a seven-point lead.
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the SuperSonics still let some starters bring substitutes to the court, and the Lakers still played all the benches.
In 3 minutes, the attack of the supersonic mercury poured out the 7-point deficit to 2 points in 3 minutes.
Kobe O'Neal is on the battlefield, and the final decisive moment has arrived!
93:95。
Bryant with the ball.
Peyton uncharacteristically didn't trash-talk Kobe Bryant, staring at Kobe Bryant.
Bryant lowered his torso and stretched forward with his right foot.
Payton was unmoved, one foot in front and one foot behind the other stuck in Bryant's right side of the path.
New to life? Anti-right or anti-left?
Bryant smiled, hit the ball with his left hand, took a big step to the left with his right foot, and blocked Payton with the side of his torso, directly gaining a half-body advantage.
Payton retreated steadily, he didn't dare to increase the range of movements, and only dared to make defensive moves while maintaining his center of gravity. He didn't want to be shaken down for the second time!
Of course, a conservative defense can't stop Kobe! From the moment Payton didn't dare to make defensive moves, Kobe Bryant completely defeated the gloves.
Half a body advantage became one under Kobe's acceleration, and Kobe Bryant did not pause and directly broke through Payton.
In the face of Kemp's defense, he shrewdly didn't look at the pass and stuffed Campbell to the basket.
Campbell scores on a dunk.
"Defend the next ball!"
"Good!" Bryant's shouts filled his teammates with passion.
Kobe Bryant led by example and began to press Payton from the baseline.
Payton was a little distracted, Kobe Bryant pounced in front of him to react, and was stabbed away by Kobe Bryant in a nervous manner.
Bryant picked up the slid basketball and went straight to the basket.
Kick the ground hard with your left foot, tighten your core muscles after closing the ball, and quickly turn your body after jumping!
Kobe Bryant seemed to hover in the air, turning continuously to dunk the ball with both hands!
Turn around 360° and clasp your hands violently!
With the audience cheering, George Karl hurriedly paused.
"Monster, Kobe Bryant is a beast!" Goodrich has never seen a player like this, with such a good shooting touch, and can contribute such a dunk.
"Incredible, incredibly talented. This dunk can be placed on the slam dunk contest to win the championship. "Worthy is also a dunker, and he knows how rare it is to make a great dunk like this in practice.
"I'm already looking forward to Kobe's performance in the All-Star Slam Dunk Contest."
Payton had already lost confidence in Kobe's beating, and he thought of the man who was like the big devil this summer.
Kobe Bryant and Jordan are so similar that Payton is full of powerlessness.
No more delays.
Bryant took over the game directly.
Shake off the dejected Payton and hit a three-point shot.
Cutting the basket and hitting a toss in front of Kemp.
Running off the ball and hitting a mid-range step-back jumper.
...
The game became a personal performance for Kobe, and with Kobe Bryant's example, the Lakers increased their defensive intensity, and in a wave, they crushed the supersonic who lost their offensive arrow, Payton.
At the end of the game, the Lakers scored the highest points of the season.
SuperSonics 102: 117 Lakers.
Bryant scored a game-high 35 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists, 3 steals, 1 block and 3 turnovers.
O'Neal was in the middle of the pack, with 24 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.
Payton had nine points and seven assists, but none of the points were scored in front of Kobe.
That's right, Payton was kept clean by Kobe.
Detreve Schramf scored a season-high 31 points, 6 rebounds and 8 assists on 12-of-19 shooting, and without him, the SuperSonics would have collapsed early.
Harris took Bryant to the post-game press conference as the winner.
"Congratulations, Kobe. You won the game. Your pre-match rhetoric, 30 points and the victory was delivered. Is there anything you'd like to say? ”
"To respect the opponent is to respect yourself."
Peyton, who was sitting on the other side, had a green face.
"May I ask Kobe, what do you think of Payton's performance in this game."
"It sucks."
Purple.
"You and Payton had a lot of conversations on the floor, what are you talking about?"
"The gloves I bought last year don't quite fit."
Peyton slammed the microphone onto the table and left the table in a rage.