Chapter 52: Bloody Battle

At the start of overtime, the Lakers lineup was PG Kobe Bryant, SG Eddie Jones, SF Bruce Bowen, PF Ben Wallace C Shaq O'Neal.

Campbell's fitness has bottomed out, and he's all about getting what he wants in front of Barkley. Harris could only let Ben go on the pitch to try it out.

Houston didn't make any changes to their roster, and their stars didn't want to take a break.

At the start of extra time, O'Neill jumped the ball in front of Olajuwon.

"Old fellow, are you tired? Why don't you go down and watch me perform on the sidelines? ”

"Little fat man, wait, don't cry your nose."

Kobe Bryant controls the ball, and the defender is still Drexler. As long as Drexler is willing to keep defending, Rudy Tomjanovic won't dampen the confidence of his star.

Bryant looked directly at Drexler, his defense had been done to the extreme, but his physical strength made his feet slow and his center of gravity began to change uncontrollably. This is an important reason why Kobe Bryant can explode in the fourth quarter, and a Drexler at his peak is not something that Kobe Bryant can break up now.

But now, Drexler is no match for Kobe Bryant to consider.

Kobe Bryant was short, broke through from the left side with a change of direction, and his strong explosiveness and body coordination allowed Kobe to distance himself from Drexler in an instant.

Damn, this kid is really tough to deal with. Drexler turned around and could only see Kobe's back.

Kobe Bryant faced Olajuwon's help defense, Barkley went to make up for O'Neal's position, as long as the pass would be a mistake!

Bryant didn't pass, he jumped high, drifted back, and threw the ball to the limit in front of Olajuwon's block.

Again!

The ball was almost struck, and Olajuwon's ability to help defend and block was too strong.

"I won't have that luck next time." Olajuwon stared at Bryant.

Bryant shrugged.

Houston possessed the ball, Drexler threw the ball to Barkley, Barkley held the ball high, and the team's perimeter player quickly cut to the basket.

Barkley didn't pass the ball, and said to Big Ben in front of him: "Yo, that old guy from Campbell doesn't dare to defend me?" It's not a good errand to defend me. ”

Big Ben didn't dare say a word, he stared at Barkley firmly.

Barkley saw that Ben Wallace was not distracted, and turned around and began to hit Wallace in the back.

"Still?" Feeling the power coming from his back arm, Barkley was a little surprised. Barkley has the strength to crush the vast majority of the interior in this era, and he ate a turtle in front of a losing draft?

Then, with his footsteps, Barkley raised his shoulder to the left and swayed, quickly turning to the right and cutting in.

Blocked! Ben Wallace stuck in Barkley's way forward! Barkley even almost conceded the ball in a fierce physical confrontation!

This kid's strength and speed can keep up with me! Barkley's 9-ten-10 turn was blocked, and the time was almost up, and he had no choice but to split the ball outside Mario Elie.

Mario Elie misses jumper in front of Eddie Jones.

Kobe Bryant held the ball and shouted to O'Neal to pull out the block, and Houston directly changed the defense.

Olajuwon's single-defense Kobe!

Bryant was always composed, dribbling back and forth with his crotch down.

Olajuwon didn't say anything, he was preoccupied with Kobe Bryant, and Hakim didn't know how long it had been since he had been in that form in the regular season.

Left, right, left. Kobe Bryant's rhythmic dribbling made Olajuwon not dare to press forward, and adjusted his pace back and forth with Kobe's footsteps.

Kobe Bryant was strolling leisurely, and at the moment when Olajuwon's steps were a little staggering, he took two steps outside the three-point line!

What the? Olajuwon, who didn't expect Kobe to shoot, didn't have time to jump at all, and watched Kobe's artistic jump shot.

Goal again! Super long three-point shot! In the arena, there was a gasp on the court.

Rudy Tomjanovic called for a timeout.

O'Neal rushed over and jumped up to hang on Kobe, but was dodged by Kobe's deft back.

"Dead fat, get away." Kobe Bryant was terrified, and if he was pounced on by O'Neal, he was afraid that his rookie season would end here.

The coaches of both sides did not set up tactics, and the players were in control of the game at this time.

Olajuwon took the ball from the baseline, dribbled across half court himself, shook off O'Neal with a big crossover, and scored a layup in front of Ben Wallace's defense. 2+1!

Bryant hoisted the ball to O'Neal, who crashed away from Olajuwon and scored with Olajuwon and Barkley hooking.

Barkley made a dummy jumper from beyond the three-point line, and Ben Wallace was spotted and scored a layup inside.

Kobe Bryant took advantage of O'Neal's block and scored on the inside.

"Their defense can't keep up with us anymore!" Kobe, who jumped from under the basket, tore at his jersey and vented the fire in his heart.

Olajuwon let out a low grunt and passed to Drexler from mid-range, who hit a close-range throw from the basket.

In overtime, under the performance of the superstars of both sides, it came to the last half minute, 112:112 draw. Olajuwon controlled the ball, the basket continued to change footsteps, O'Neal was spotted away, and the unguarded layup scored.

112:114, the Lakers are two points behind! There are 15 seconds left.

The Lakers called a timeout and served in the frontcourt.

Bryant took advantage of Ben Wallace and O'Neal to cover and catch the ball under the pinch.

Staggered to possession of the ball to the inside, jumped back and hit a mid-range shot under the pinch of Drexler and Olajuwon.

Equalizer, double overtime!

Damn it! Olajuwon watched Kobe Bryant in front of him score the key goal again, and couldn't help but hammer the floor with remorse.

The physical strength is really not enough... Am I old? If you are 5 years younger, you will not only be 3 years old. I'm going to be able to get this ball down.

In the second overtime, Houston had already dried the last drop of sweat.

The Lakers went 13-2 in the second overtime, and the Big Three's missed shots brought the game to a close.

"Kobe, that's your name, isn't it?" Drexler approached Kobe Bryant, and he was very bullish on the young man's performance, which would be the future of the league.

"Yes, that's right."

"Let's swap jerseys, it's awesome! But next time you won't win! Drexler smiled.

"Little fat man!" Olajuwon stepped forward and hugged O'Neal, who had 34 points and 15 rebounds.

"Old rascal, what are you doing?"

"Old rascal? Damn, that's what you call your seniors? Olajuwon's eyes widened and he swallowed the praise on his lips, it seemed that the next game was going to teach this little fat man to play basketball.

"Hey, good defense." Barkley found Big Ben, and in double overtime, Ben Wallace defended Barkley very well.

"Hey, hey." Ben Wallace cheekily touched his explosive head.

"Even if you lose the draft, you can play in the future, you know what I mean?"