On January 8, the Los Angeles Lakers sat at home to face the Charlotte Hornets.

Previously, the Lakers were 30-4 and ranked first in the league, while the Charlotte Hornets were 21-11 and fifth in the East.

The current Eastern Conference standings Chicago Bulls are first with 28 wins and 5 losses, Detroit Pistons are second with 26 wins and 6 losses, Miami Heat is third, New York Knicks are fourth, Charlotte Hornets are fifth, Atlanta Hawks are sixth, Orlando Magic is seventh, and Washington Bullets are eighth.

The current top eight teams in the East are still very high, and the Charlotte Hornets are able to beat the Hawks Magic bullets, naturally because the team has good strength and heritage.

The team's star star, Queen Bee Glen Rice, is having the best season of her career, averaging 26.8 points per game to rank third in the league. And the addition of All-Star caliber center Verratti Divac also fills the void left by the departure of tough guy Mourning.

At the same time, Anthony Mason's efficient style of play and his all-round performance of 16+11+6 per game have provided richer changes to the team's tactics.

Mason and Divac are two interior lines that can be organized, making it easier for Queen Bee Glen Les to attack.

They also have Dele Curry on the bench, the father of the future Brother Hao, who leads the team to the top of the league on the bench.

With such a team, there is no doubt that it is a top team on the offensive end. But on the defensive end, they are conceding an average of 97.9 points per game, and their defensive efficiency is extremely low.

The team lacks a defensive gate inside and outside, and at the same time has a 1.60-meter defensive black hole like Bugg Boggs. This leaves their defense porous and is what limits the Hornets from moving further from a playoff-caliber team.

Such a team is just the perfect fit for Kobe Bryant's performance!

Teams! Fans who scored high will not think that Kobe Bryant brushed the data!

There are stars! Also want to be an All-Star, Kobe Bryant and Glen Rice's performance will definitely be compared together!

The defense is flawed! Unlike the Trail Blazers, the Hornets simply don't have the defensive players to wrap up Kobe Bryant, or even an outside defender who can compete with Kobe Bryant.

The starting lineup for the Charlotte Hornets is PG Bugs, Boggs, SG, Tony Smith, SF, Glenn Rice, PF, Anthony Mason Jr., C, Verratti Divac.

This lineup is too difficult to defend the Lakers, whether it is Kobe Bryant or O'Neal, the Hornets have no way to deal with it. Bryant has a hundred ways to score high with ease.

Kobe Bryant needs to be aware of... Control points!

That's right, Kobe Bryant needs to be careful not to let the game go into garbage time too early, and if the game is spent in the third quarter, fans will definitely not pay too much attention to a game without suspense.

Kobe Bryant is not very good at controlling points, but he has to bite the bullet.

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"Kobe! Wait! I'm going to show you what a real All-Star level player is in this game! Glen Les walked to the halfway line and looked at Kobe Bryant, who was practicing his shot.

Kobe Bryant is wholeheartedly practicing shooting, and he is experimenting with his hand today. If he has a good hand, he will shoot more threes, and if he has a bad hand, he will choose to break through the Hornets and go inside. The Hornets also didn't have a good way to stop Kobe Bryant's breakthrough.

“Duang！”

“Duang！”

Kobe frowned, as if something was not quite right, the Lakers basket today is a little crooked?

It doesn't matter, I can hit the basket right.

So I continued.

“Duang！”

"Huh!"

Kobe nodded in satisfaction, no problem. The feel test is complete, and the feel is great today.

The game began with frantic cheers from the fans at the Great Western Arena, and O'Neill once again beat Divac to jump the ball.

In this game, the Hornets used Tony Smith to defend Bryant.

Boggs pulled to Bowen's side, and the Hornets head coach didn't think that Bruce Bowen, who had no ability to hold the ball, could eat Boggs alone, although he was only 1.60 meters, but his hands were very fast!

Bryant advanced to the Hornets half, and the first ball was given to O'Neal, who slammed into Divac and scored the ball with a hook hand with a dexterous move that didn't match his shape.

Sure enough, as Kobe Bryant expected, O'Neal's shooting rate for Divac alone was only as high as six or seven percent.

Kobe Bryant calculated, if he wants to control the score, he must not pass the ball too much to O'Neal. O'Neal opened it, only to be afraid that the game would take another time in less than three quarters.

But if there is less rumor, this fat man will definitely have an opinion!

It's better to pass it to him in 24 seconds faster.

The Hornets attacked, and Bryant defended Boggs.

The 1.60-meter Boggs faced the 1.98-meter Kobe Bryant, and the height difference between the two made the courtside audience at the Great Western Forum Arena laugh.

Boggs tried to break through Kobe, but Kobe Bryant's was always firmly covering Boggs. In the face of Kobe, whose agility is not inferior to Burgess, as long as he shoots, what awaits him must be a block.

Boggs snorted that his pace had been out of his game since he suffered a major injury last season. Now he has no choice but to pass to Glen Les, who wants the ball.

Glen Les jumped up and shot before Bowen's blockade, cleanly, without giving Bowen the slightest chance to interfere.

2:2 draw.

Kobe Bryant's eyes lit up. It seems that Glen Les is in good shape! This makes it easier to control the field.

Kobe Bryant tried the offensive status of each teammate, Eddie Jones hit Glen Rice with about 4 percent, Bowen hit Boggs with about 6 percent from the field, and Campbell hit Anthony Mason with about 3 percent.

After figuring these out, Kobe Bryant was able to control the court and create a fierce confrontation according to different scores! And then cut points in a row in a fierce confrontation yourself!

It began, and Kobe Bryant began his show.

broke through Tony Smith in consecutive singles, and the Hornets couldn't prevent Kobe's breakthrough at all, and they couldn't prevent Kobe's layup.

The most efficient way to score is to attack the basket and three-pointers, Tony Smith is very dead, Kobe Bryant has no three-point chance, so a large number of breakthroughs to kill the basket!

The Hornets didn't disappoint Bryant either, as Divac and Anthony Mason's feeds allowed Glen Les to hit back-to-back shots to keep the score in check.

Bryant scored 11 points on 4-of-5 shooting in the first quarter.

In the face of the Hornets' defense, Bryant can score very easily with a breakthrough layup. At the same time, it does not possess the ball too much, allowing teammates to have plenty of opportunities.

As long as the score is pulled away! Bryant passed the ball to Campbell. Campbell was playing against Anthony Mason Jr., an extremely strong player. Coming from the New York Gangs, he is arguably the best defensive player for the Hornets, and this point difference will inevitably drop back to the same running line.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides played very fiercely under Kobe's control, and the Charlotte Hornets 25:27 Los Angeles Lakers.

In the second quarter, the Lakers bench and the Hornets bench also played back and forth, both sides were projection-type bench groups, and the rhythm of each other's offense was fast. Dell Curry has been very consistent with his projection, making 1.9 three-pointers on 42.6 percent shooting this season.

When Kobe Bryant came on the court, the score rose alternately many times, and Kobe once again took advantage of this chaotic situation to cut a wave of points.

Halftime Hornets 47:51 Lakers!

The perfect rhythm of the game, Kobe Bryant scored 19 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists in the half while firmly controlling the score difference.

"Stuck! This game is so close! No one could have imagined that the Hornets and Lakers could bite the score! In the studio, James Worthy frowned.

"That's right, it was too much of a rivalry, with both teams alternating the leads. And under such a fierce confrontation, the youngest 'Mr. 50' Kobe Bryant can still score 19 points, which is a perfect performance! ”

"That's right. Shaq's performance was also brilliant, 13 points and 5 rebounds, he repeatedly received Kobe's passes and hit difficult layups, and his skills are too comprehensive for an insider! ”

"The Lakers are going to pay attention to Glen Rice's offense in the second half. He's already scored 15 points, and if he continues to score like this, it won't be good news for the Lakers. ”