Chapter 158: Kobe Bryant, the Spoiler
Pat Riley sat on the Heat's bench with a smile on his face, and the team's interior felt very happy with O'Neal's defense.
As long as the offensive and defensive progress continues, the Lakers will soon fall behind, and once they fall behind, there are many attack points, and the tactically rich Heat can suppress the Lakers' counterattack, and this game will be won.
This is the script of the God Operator!
But the situation on the court changed rapidly, and the Lakers failed for the first time under O'Neal's strong basket. Kobe Bryant ignored O'Neal's request for the ball and directly chose to provoke the offense himself.
The Heat's outside defense is simply not a level compared to the inside, if the interior defense is the first in the league. Then the perimeter defense is the bottom of the league. Without PJ Brown and Mourning wiping their butts on the inside, the Heat's outside defense would have been broken by the rest of the league.
With this kind of defense, Kobe Bryant doesn't have to work hard, and he can try to avoid scoring inside points that are already a mess.
Outside the three-point line, he first leaned sideways against Woshan-Leonard, and did not use explosive power, but a breakthrough that was stable and suppressed with strength.
That's right! In the face of Vochan-Leonard, Kobe's power has the advantage! And a Kobe Bryant with an advantage in strength is enough to bring out all the skills of his 20-year career!
Cut to the left free throw line, step across, roll over and jump back.
Woshan Leonard's height couldn't interfere with Kobe's picturesque lean, and Kobe even hovered in the air to aim for the basket before he shot the ball and hit!
Pat Riley frowned and gestured to Tim Hardaway.
Tim Hardaway nodded, pushed into the half, pulled away, and he was going to single Kobe Bryant for a ball.
Pat Riley needs him to kill Kobe's majesty!
"Boy, I heard your defense is pretty good?" Tim Hardaway didn't even bend over to press his center of gravity, boldly straightened up to face Bryant's dribble.
Bryant didn't reply, his eyes fixed on Tim Hardaway's movements. If a regular defender can still follow when he changes direction and breaks through, but for a top point master like Tim Hardaway, every physical movement can be a feint. So you have to look at Hardaway's overall movements, not stop at the ball or your shoulder.
Don't speak? Tim Hardaway feigned a break to the right and used a hesitant step. The right hand grabs the ball and stagnates for a second, then changes direction to the left in an instant!
Top ball handlers are never cumbersome to change direction and often take only one or two moves to get rid of their opponents. The same can be said of Tim Hardaway's hesitant step, super deceptive combined with top-of-the-line speed. A body change of direction has completed the breakthrough!
So fast! Tim Hardaway's change of direction is more sophisticated and fluid than the current Iverson, Kobe Bryant continued to retreat, trying to press a 1.83-meter historical ball handler is impossible to succeed, Kobe Bryant retreated, choosing to retreat continuously, at least not to give Tim Hardaway a chance to attack the basket directly.
Keeping up? Tim Hardaway was surprised, originally thinking that a single acceleration would be able to pass Kobe.
Doesn't matter! Since you've stepped back and made way for space, cast! Tim Hardaway is just as confident in his projection!
Mid-range jumper! The shot was fast, the arc was flat, Kobe Bryant raised his hand to interfere, and the ball still fell steadily into the basket.
Tim Hardaway gave him a defiant look at Bryant and turned back to his own half.
Awesome, Kobe Bryant was excited. Tim Hardaway's series of offensive ball-holding is not weaker than Iverson at the peak!
Very good! This is interesting, the stronger the opponent, the more Kobe Bryant likes it.
Basketball is all about competition! The opponent is not strong enough, how can it be interesting?
After receiving Eddie Jones' baseline serve, he also asked for a one-on-one strategy, and the Lakers players pulled away, and Kobe Bryant faced Woshan Leonard at the top of the three-point arc.
Tentatively to the right, Vochan-Leonard hurriedly backed away.
Kobe Bryant pulled the ball and center of gravity back, Vochan-Leonard staggered, and Kobe took the opportunity to shoot three-pointers!
The basketball spun backwards, crossed a perfect arc, and fell into the net.
"Huh." The sound of this moment is the most beautiful sound in the world.
"It's soaring! Kobe Bryant and Tim Hardaway are soaring! We saw two top outside players face off at the beginning, and this game is sure to be a great match! Jim Fagan was excited, and it was rare for a superstar to burst out like this in the opening stanza. It is often the case that the body is moved first to find the state, let the teammates play, and then exert the strength at the last moment.
"Beautiful! Kobe Bryant's tentative step is no worse than Jordan's! Whether it is the oppressive force or the continuation of the follow-up action, it can be called a textbook-like classic. The Magic specifically analyzed the offensive details of Kobe Bryant and Tim Hardaway.
Tim Hardaway didn't dare to eat Kobe Bryant alone for the second ball, Kobe Bryant's defensive pressure on him was still very high, and with his height advantage, Tim Hardaway thought that his offensive efficiency would not be very high.
And Pat Riley on the sidelines made another gesture.
Hit the inside line!
Tim Hardaway passed to Mourning, the league's fifth-largest center with a big four, who has always had a dream of surpassing the big four. Facing O'Neal's tough guy, Mourning looked very excited.
Mourning's style of play is mainly focused on the basket, and last season, he averaged 23.2 points, 10.4 rebounds and 2.7 blocks per game, and also scored 10.2 free throws per game!
When you meet on a narrow road, the brave wins! Mourning didn't care about his back and slammed into O'Neal!
"Bang!" The beast-like bodies of the wilderness are colliding!
"Whew!" Basketball shoes clatter against the ground!
Kobe Bryant seems to be able to hear the collision of two people's bones, is this the inside competition in the 1990s? From the card position, to the catch, to the back, to the shot. Any action will blow the whistle when placed in the future referee, but in this era, these are allowed by the referee!
This is Iron Basketball!
"Ahh Mourning yelled, turned around and forced a layup.
"Get down!" O'Neal jumped high with a bouncing ability that didn't fit his body and raised one arm high to fan Mourning's basketball out of the baseline!
“OMG!!! What do I see!! "The Lakers fans on the sidelines cheered loudly, and Shaq's performance was so uplifting!
"Shaq is good!" Kobe Bryant also cheered for O'Neal's block, this big shark is really powerful when he gets serious.
"Amozo without eggs! On the offensive end, you don't have PJ Brown to wipe your ass! O'Neill vented all his dissatisfaction with this cap!
"Fack! What the hell are you talking about! Mourning was already furious when he was blocked, and O'Neill's provocation directly angered him. Rush forward and put O'Neill face to face and jack the cow!
The two macho men spewed trash talk face to face, and the spitting stars were sprayed on each other's faces.
The referee panicked, if these two guys fight, no one on the scene can stop it!
Hurry up and blow the whistle! At the same time, let their teammates pull the two apart, so that no conflict broke out.
Since there is no conflict, let's not blow it. The referees deliberated for a while and decided not to punish either side.
This is the iron-blooded scale of this era! As long as it's not a fight! Referees don't take it seriously!
The smell of Mars is heavier on the field! The defensive movements of the players on both sides unconsciously became bigger!
This is more suitable for the play of the old fritter Kobe, who made two fouls in a row and directly knocked Woshan Leonard down.
"Clever! So smart! Kobe Bryant is taking advantage of your emotional instability to make you have another wave of mentality! "The magician is happy.