Our Lakers bench players didn't stop Grant Hill's offense after coming on the court, but they still played well on the offensive end, and Byron Scott and Eddie Jones were able to hit back-to-back shots from beyond the three-point line, so the two sides were evenly matched in the final minutes of the first quarter.

The score also alternated with each other, during which the Pistons briefly overtook the difference, but then our Lakers re-overtook the score again, until the end of the first quarter, the two sides were tied 28-28.

Grant Hill played quite well in the second half, scoring 11 points and three assists in the first quarter, while our Lakers Shaq also scored 15 points in the first quarter, and the rest of the two teams didn't score much.

During the first interval, I briefly went into a meditative state, and what happened during the first quarter flashed back to my mind, when a voice suddenly sounded in my head.

"I don't think you're aggressive enough on the offensive end, you shouldn't have let Shaq shoot so many times, it's clear that the other side really wants Shaq to play alone, and you can't let the other party's plan succeed easily."

This voice is still very familiar to me, it is Kobe's soul talking to me, only in my meditative state can I have a conversation with Kobe's soul, at least for now, I don't know if it will change in the future.

"Do you think I'm not aggressive enough on the offensive end? Maybe, but I also have my own considerations, and I want to save as much energy as possible in the second half. ”

"You don't need to deliberately retain your physical strength, I have also seen all the efforts you have made in the training section during this time, so I believe that with your current physical strength, you can easily exert your strength in these four quarters, take action, don't let the opponent underestimate your strength, and completely ignite the fire in your heart."

The two-minute break was too short, and I quickly woke up from my meditative state, but what Kobe Bryant had just said still reverberated in my head, and the sounds seemed to ignite a fire in my heart like some kind of spur.

Yes, I know that it is the power that Kobe's words brought to me, let me completely unleash the infinite power that this body has.

At the beginning of the second quarter, our starters were back on the court, and I had a strong desire to score, and even before I knew it, there was a change in my eyes, of course, I couldn't see the change in my eyes, but I could feel the change.

The Pistons also brought on their starters at this point, but Grant Hill was still resting off the court because he played the full first quarter, so it was a pretty good opportunity to go and reopen the score.

Because Grant Hill wasn't there, I re-faced the Pistons' shooting guard Joe Dumas, who had a physical advantage against him, and he had an experience advantage, as a member of the former Pistons Bad Boys Army, who helped the Pistons win two straight championships and hit basketball god Michael Jordan in the playoffs two years in a row.

So I know he's a strong-willed fighter and a very tough player, and I really can't be too careless against him.

When Grant Hill wasn't on the floor, Bridge Dumas became the commander and tactical core of the Pistons' current on-court lineup, calmly directing the other players' movements, and it was clear that he didn't want to score over my head with a one-on-one, but was prepared to look for offensive opportunities through a series of pick-and-rolls.

At this point, Shaq is also back on the court, so the Pistons plan to reexploit Shaq's weaknesses on the defensive end and look for possible opportunities from the outside.

Shaq also simply returned to his previous style, that is, no matter how the opponent blocked and replaced, he firmly occupied the defensive position of the restricted area, not giving the opponent the opportunity to use the tactics of air cutting, and if there was an empty space on the outside, it could only allow our other four Lakers players to make up for it.

In fact, after many games this season, we have now summed up a set of defensive systems on how other players can make up for when Shaq can't make up for it, although this defensive system is not particularly skilled, but it has made some progress compared to completely letting go of the opponent's outside line in the past.

And the Pistons at this time the player with the highest three-point shooting rate on the court is Joe Dumas, his three-point shooting rate this season is able to exceed 40%, so I don't dare to let him go when defending him, even if I encounter a block or even multiple blocks, I am directly grabbed to defend, fortunately my pace is fast enough, and the Pistons' interior players are not good at blocking and dismantling, so most of the time I can keep up with the footsteps of the bridge Dumas, making it difficult for him to get a better shot.

And Joe Dumas himself has a worse height and arm span than me, and he is not a very fast catch-and-shoot three-point shooter like Curry or Klay, so as long as I follow him all the time, he has no way to shoot three-pointers.

This time the offense saw that the Pistons were about to be prevented from violating the rules for 24 seconds, Joe Dumas hurriedly wanted to shoot, but I was quick-eyed, and at the moment before he shot, he cut the ball directly out of his hand, at this moment my reaction speed was extremely terrifying, when I had already rushed far away, Joe Dumas estimated that he had just reacted to what was happening.

My speed reached its limit at this moment, probably the fastest I had ever run, and the flames burning in my body kept burning brighter and brighter, and the words Kobe Bryant had told me kept coming back to me.

I hesitated too fast, and no one on the Pistons could catch up with me, so in the end they simply gave up chasing me, and could only watch me rush to their basket like a purple lightning bolt.

And I had a strong desire to perform in that moment, to show off my athletic talent in front of the Pistons' home fans.

This is a new attempt, I have never tried to dunk, although I will also do some dunk training in my usual training, but it is generally some more ordinary dunk training, because in the game, I will still choose the ordinary dunk action that consumes less physical strength and has a higher success rate.

But this time, I wanted to do a different slam dunk performance, so that I could completely release the passion in my body.

Of course, there was almost no time left for me to move, and I was able to pull off the dunk with my own momentary feelings.

When I crossed the free throw line, I started to take three steps, stepped on the free throw line more than one meter and approached two meters, and then jumped on one foot with the help of a very fast running speed, and in the air my body turned my back to the basket, and then in the air I wrapped the ball from my right hand to the back, and after receiving the ball with my left hand, I rotated with my whole body, and finally smashed the ball into the basket head-on.

There is no doubt that this dunk can get a full score if it is placed in the dunk contest, and I can actually do it in actual combat, at this moment I once again came up with the idea of participating in this year's All-Star Slam Dunk Contest, presumably Kobe Bryant will also quite support my decision.

After this dunk, not only did the entire Pistons home fans let out a burst of exclamations, but the guys on the Lakers' bench were completely crazy, and I myself stood stupidly under the basket for a few seconds, and then I saw the Pistons players come and serve, and I kind of reacted.

If you want to say what it feels like to complete this dunk, to be honest, I was stunned at the time, as if my body was completely out of my control after the jump, and it seemed that there was another person who helped me control my body and make those unbelievable movements.

Then I slowly realized that it must be Kobe's soul who helped me, and when I hadn't even figured out what action to use after I had already jumped, it was he who subconsciously helped me control the movement of my body, and only Kobe Bryant could think of such imaginative movements.

I can't help but be a little amazed, so it seems that Kobe's soul can already help me control this body at some critical moments, this can be regarded as a kind of progress, to be honest, I don't want to monopolize Kobe's body, if he is willing to come back to control his own body, I am quite willing to take the initiative to hand over control.

The feeling of being in charge of a body with another soul is something strange, like a dream, and there will be more interesting things to happen in the future.

My dunk made many Pistons fans on the scene turn against me, and they actually began to call Kobe's name, and the corners of my mouth involuntarily showed a smile when I heard these shouts.

And a voice came to my mind.

"Well done, keep up the good work, you're going to beat them and conquer the fans here."

I knew it was Kobe's voice, and he was using his voice to convey to me a belief, a determination to win, a powerful energy, a mental energy that could help me become invincible.

In the minutes that followed, I was fully energized and felt both offensively and defensively, and when I scored the ball with a difficult break through the lever to dodge multiple defenders in the air, the Pistons' home court cheered for me as an away player.

Of course, this also led to a burst of boos at the home of the Pistons, and it is obvious that the fans at the scene have been divided into two factions, and I am extremely happy to see that my hard performance can be exchanged for the support of the home fans, and I believe that Kobe's soul will be happy to see all this.

I didn't intend to show mercy to my subordinates, and when I saw that the head coach of the Pistons didn't call a timeout, I kept hitting the Pistons' interior line, and their interior line was already shattered under the onslaught of me and Shaq.

My forced breakaway directly tore through the Pistons' forward defense and greatly eased the defensive intensity around Shaq, so that as long as I broke through to the area inside the free throw line, it would be difficult for anyone to block the connection between me and Shaq.

Finally, about 7 minutes into the second quarter of the game, the head coach of the Pistons finally couldn't help but call a timeout, and at this time, our Lakers had led the Pistons by as many as 10 points, that is, in these more than 4 minutes, our Lakers scored a full 10 points more than the Pistons.

I could see the look of frustration on the face of Bridge Dumas, who was the main player of a former championship team, the glory has long since faded with the passage of time, there is no doubt that the cruel thing in the world in this world is time, it changes everything, it is both a friend to all of us and an enemy to all of us.

"Well, I'm okay!"

During the pause, I went back into a meditative state, trying to communicate with Kobe's spirit.

"Well, it's not bad, but don't give them a chance to breathe, and destroy their will in one fell swoop."

"Anyway, that imaginative dunk just now was made by you manipulating your body! It's an unimaginable slam dunk action, and if you use such a move in the slam dunk contest, you will definitely be able to become a champion directly. ”

"Hahaha, I can really help you control it occasionally, but I don't know what kind of state I'm in now, but no matter what, I may still come out to help you at a critical moment in the future, after all, this is also my body."

"It makes sense, when we learn how to switch control over our bodies freely, things will be much easier, and I will be able to think more subconsciously about it."

After the timeout, the Pistons replaced their main scorer Grant Hill, of course, I also re-aligned with him, at this time I had a faint murderous look in my eyes, Kobe Bryant was right, the basketball game is to take advantage of the opponent's illness to kill the opponent, if you can't win the game in one go when you have the advantage, then the opponent will always be able to find an opportunity to fight back against you.

In the final analysis, competitive sports are like a spiritual continuation of ancient wars, and many of the applicable norms in wars can be applied to competitive sports, and it is precisely because people cannot use swords and firearms in peacetime, so in order to find a normal and reasonable way to release people's excess energy and hormones, various items in competitive sports will be born.

In fact, not only competitive sports, but almost all sports are derived from the hunting activities and warfare of ancient humans, so it is not an exaggeration to call sports wars in peacetime.

In a relatively complex team competitive sport like basketball, there are not only star players with outstanding combat effectiveness, but also some ordinary players with average combat effectiveness, as well as the head coach who sits in the rear command, which is a sport with very high requirements for team cooperation, even the strongest players need to find the best balance between the individual and the team as a whole, so that the ability of the whole team and the individual can be brought into full play.

In fact, after observing Grant Hill's style of play off the court late in the first quarter, I found that he is indeed a potential leader-level player, he can effectively mobilize the enthusiasm of his teammates when he is on the court, and can sort out the appropriate offensive line for his teammates, and can find a good balance between individual offense and team offense, which reminds me of LeBron James as a forward player.

Of course, Grant Hill's comprehensive strength is still much worse than LeBron James, at least the body's endurance is much worse, if he can keep healthy all the time, he may not lose to LeBron at the peak, but the strongest thing about LeBron James is that he has an invincible body and super terrible self-discipline, which can keep him in the top competitive state for nearly 20 years, which is difficult for 99.9% of other players to do.

Grant Hill held the ball to look for opportunities outside the three-point line, which is his more common ball-holding action, this time I didn't put him with a particularly large shooting space, but directly lowered the center of gravity, and a hand reached out in front of his eyes to interfere with his vision, I decided to put more defensive pressure on him, so that he could not dribble too easily.

In fact, I've tried to give him a step to shoot before, but obviously Grant Hill has too much room to accelerate, and if I stick to him to defend, he won't be so easy to start, as long as his speed can't go straight up, then my defense is more than half successful, and the first thing I have to do is force him to make a dribble error or pass the ball.

As long as Grant Hill's offense is delayed enough and my personal defense is able to get him to pass the ball before he threatens and shrinks the inside, then my goal is achieved, so that the ball he passes can't directly form an open shot, and it can make it easier for the rest of our teammates on the Lakers court to defend themselves.

At this time, Grant Hill also seems to have felt the huge defensive pressure from me, I saw that he kept changing the position of holding the ball in place, trying to get rid of my interference, he has not started directly at this time, and seems to be looking for the best time to start.

Anyway, he will only have less and less time to attack like this, and it will be more and more beneficial for our defenders, and finally Grant Hill is ready to start, but as soon as he starts, he is blocked by my open arm, so he can't accelerate in the first place.

No matter how fast a player starts, he always needs to have a relatively spacious starting space, otherwise the speed has been blocked before it gets up, and at this time my defense is like a death entanglement, completely covering his whole person, at this time he is afraid that he only has to choose the way of passing.

However, what I didn't expect was that Grant Hill actually pressed his weight down hard at this time, and then made a turn on the spot, and the basketball went directly through the side of my body like a juggling, and then when I didn't react at all, he used the turn to get past my defense, and the basketball happened to come to his hands at this time.

I was completely stunned by his sudden ball pass, and I didn't expect him to come up with such a way to get past my defence.

Shaq obviously didn't quite have the kind of Grant Hill going straight through my death entanglement, and was a little slow to make up for the block, and Grant Hill rushed into the box and hit the ball on the rebound with a small throw with a very high parabolic shot, and then smashed it into the basket.

Shaq didn't block the ball, although he had jumped very high, but the highest point of the parabola of the ball was probably about 3.8 to 4 meters, so even if Shaq jumped with all his might, he shouldn't be able to block this shot.

Shaq's face showed a trace of chagrin, it seemed that he was very close to being able to block the ball, and I was a little discouraged, after all, the defender who was directly passed was me, Grant Hill's ball made my face quite gloomy, and the Pistons home fans shouted almost frantically one after another, and at this time it was a bit of a home atmosphere.

I was secretly determined to fight back, but we didn't need to panic too much, after all, at this time, our Lakers are still 8 points ahead of the Pistons, and it is quite difficult for them to catch up in a short period of time.

Shaq roared twice, like an angry King Kong, and the other Lakers players around him could clearly feel the energy released from his massive body.

Sure enough, in the next offensive round, Shaq was very powerful, after receiving the ball near the free throw line, he directly used two consecutive back turns, from the free throw line position directly to the bottom of the basket, the Pistons players desperately grabbed his clothes and pants, trying to tear him off, but Shaq still mercilessly smashed the ball into the basket under the encirclement of at least three Pistons players, and he still pulled the basket, when he fell, I felt the whole ground tremble slightly.

The Pistons players signaled to the referee that Shaq's ball could not go, but the referee ignored their complaints, and Shaq began to dance his original shark dance after completing the dunk, the strange dance of stretching his neck, a bit like the kind of dance that primitive people only dance when they don't fall, but he himself is very satisfied with this dance.

The fans at the Pistons' home court couldn't help but let out bursts of boos when they saw Shaq being so arrogant, but the louder the boos Shaq heard, the more excited he became.

It's just that Shaq only cared about himself celebrating there, but didn't think about retreating, and the Pistons players saw that Shaq was slow to retreat, so they directly served quickly, and a long pass was passed to the hands of Bridge Dumas, who had already run to the frontcourt.

At this time, Joe Dumas was ambushed outside the wing three-point line, and our Lakers team had fewer players because of the retreat, and at this time they were all prioritizing the shrinkage of the interior to defend, where would have thought that Joe Dumas would directly shoot a converted three-point shot, and the ball still hit the basket very crisply.

After the ball was scored, the Pistons' home fans shouted frantically, and the difference between the two sides narrowed to only 7 points.

Shaq simply didn't retreat at this time, and started to ask for the ball directly in the front court, and our Lakers team also learned to be smart, after I received the serve, I directly crossed most of the basketball court with a super long pass, and passed directly to where Shaq was.

I still have some long pass parabola, not the kind of direct direct pass, the kind of through ball tire is easy to be broken in the middle, anyway, with Shaq's height and strength advantage, my parabolic pass, he can be relatively easy to follow.

Shaq didn't disappoint me, his huge body directly blocked the two or three Pistons players behind him, and then caught the ball I passed with one hand.

At this time, everyone's attention came to Shaq, but Shaq did not attack at the first time, after all, at this time, there were already three or four Pistons players defending him in Shaq's position, and I was accelerating from the backcourt to the frontcourt.

The moment the ball was passed, I had already increased my speed to the highest level, and the real purpose of my pass to Shaq was of course not to let Shaq go to the free throw line to do more than a dozen, but to use Shaq to attract the attention of the Pistons players, and then I cut into the Pistons team as fast as possible to make a surprise comparison, now it depends on whether Shaq understands my intentions.

Seeing that Shaq didn't attack at the first time, I knew that with his cleverness, he finally understood my tactical intentions, so I increased the speed faster, and in just two or three seconds I came from the backcourt to the frontcourt, and when I rushed to the free throw line, Shaq made a hook move directly in the air with one hand.

The Pistons players thought that Shaq was stupid and wanted to hook up near the free throw line, but the next second I received the ball from Shaq with a hook hand to complete a two-handed dunk, and all the Pistons players and fans on the scene were stupid.

My speed is too fast, and Shaq's eyes are too deceptive, he usually has a significant change in his eyes before he wants to turn and attack, this time he deliberately made such a dazzling action after receiving the ball, but I didn't expect the Pistons players to be fooled, which gave the two of us an excellent chance to cooperate.

After this perfect match, I took the initiative to high-five Shaq to celebrate, this guy finally didn't go to the shark dance to celebrate, but on our Lakers bench, those bench players are now crazy with joy, dancing as if they had completed this perfect match on their own.

The Pistons players have only now shown frustration, and it is clear that they have been the backdrop for our Lakers highlights several times in this game, and it can be seen that they are quite unhappy with this, and even angry.

That's what I'd like to see, and it's best if these Pistons players can bring out their best potential so that I can bring out the best in them.

If I had beaten them too easily, it wouldn't have been a big deal for me.

Sure enough, the fighting spirit of the Pistons seemed to be stimulated after this ball, and in the following minutes, our Lakers and Pistons played several high-intensity offenses and defenses, although they failed to score points in these several mutual attacks, but they did greatly raise the intensity of the game to a higher level.

If at the beginning of the game, the two teams were still mainly focused on the offensive end, then at this time everyone put a lot of effort on the defensive end, and it is precisely for this reason that the physical consumption of both sides is very fast, because many times defense is actually a more tiring thing than attack.

Shaq and I briefly got into some trouble, just like other teams would do when it came to me and Shaq outbursting at the same time, which was to pack me and Shaq at the same time with a very high intensity of early containment and delay, and just let the other Lakers players go.

Neither I nor Shaq will be taken care of by at least two Pistons players, both after receiving the ball and in the process of running, while the other three Lakers players on the court will miss at least two outside spots.

The Pistons were sending us a message that other Lakers players could score, but Shaq and I couldn't, which annoyed me and Shaq a little bit because we both had a strong desire to score on our own.

However, in the face of the Pistons' crazy chasing and blocking, there were several mistakes between us in a row, so that the Pistons got the opportunity to counterattack quickly, I admit that I was a little on top, several times the ball that could have been passed to an empty teammate, I didn't choose to pass it out at the first time, and when there was really no chance to pass, the passing route had already been blocked by the Pistons, and no matter how easy it was to pass, it could only be broken.

Relying on these counterattacks, the Pistons quickly chased the score down to only three points, and there was some friction between me and Shaq at this time, and neither was very satisfied with the other party's performance on the court.

Seeing the sudden change in the situation on the field, head coach Silver Fox Harris had to call a timeout, and at this time, there were less than four minutes left before the end of the half.

I sat on the bench without saying a word, and Shaq's mouth was indeed constantly scolding, I shook my head helplessly, but I felt that I had nothing to say, after all, the few mistakes just now were indeed more responsible for myself, at that moment my brain was carried away by a stream of blood, and it was difficult to make a correct judgment.

Even though I feel very annoyed now, the nameless anger still burns deep inside, as if it is going to burn my whole being.

I couldn't stop listening to what head coach Silver Fox Harris was saying, I couldn't hear Shaq's complaints, and the other Lakers players were talking, but a voice slowly came out of my head.

At this time, I did not enter a meditative state, because of the noisy environment around me and the difficult state of mind at this time, there was no way to enter a meditative state, but I heard the voice, it was the voice of Kobe's soul, and he was able to talk to me without me entering a meditative state.

"Don't be defeated by anger, you should turn it into power."

Kobe's voice slowly came to my mind.

"But what should I do?"

"You have to learn to control, control your anger, let it be your powerful weapon, not an obstacle that blocks and limits you, try to forget everything around you, only you and the basketball in your eyes, imagine how you do those actions in training, no matter how many opponents are defending you, you have to believe in the basketball in your hands, but also trust your own hands, trust your eyes and your intuitive judgment."

Kobe's voice gradually faded away, gradually dissipated, but his words still reverberated in my mind, since Kobe Bryant told me to believe in myself, then I tried to believe in myself.

The timeout was very short, and when we got back on the court, head coach Silver Fox Harris brought Eddie Jones on the court, and at this time we had the best five players on the court for the Lakers, and the five players who were used to harvest the game in key moments.

After coming on the court at this time, I tried to control my emotions as Kobe Bryant said, so that those anger slowly turned into a force, a force that allowed me to focus more on the game itself, everything around me, whether it was the audience on the sidelines, or the teammates on the bench, or the other players on the court, I blocked it all, and the world seemed to become a story between me and that little basketball.

I need to use my hand to put this little basketball in the basket not far away, and I need to believe that I can do it all like I've done countless times in training, and it's going to be a night of my own, and the sound keeps coming to my head.

Focusing on the game itself has become a trick for me to gain strength in the game, the more focused I am, the more competitive I can show, and to be honest, my brain is really affected by some off-court situations a lot of the time, so I can't keep myself in the highest level of performance.

But at least I need to know that when I need to stay focused, I can do all of that and take my game to the next level and be able to do it for a long time.

In the next few minutes, my form picked up dramatically, and when I was very focused, it was very difficult for the Pistons players to make me make mistakes, even if they sent two, three or even four players to chase me down, I was able to make the right choice with a very fast reaction time, and now I know what it means to wear a butterfly.

It seems that getting past the Pistons players is as easy as crossing the road in the early morning, of course, it is certainly not that easy, but there is nothing wrong with me at this time, the more I believe that I can do those seemingly impossible things, the more I can gain more strength and improvement, as long as I no longer hesitate, no longer pause, no longer doubt, then I can charge forward and fight tirelessly.

The Pistons' box was overwhelmed by me alone, and I didn't even pass a ball to Shaq during that time, and I want Shaq to see how strong I am when I really break out.

At the beginning, Shaq kept scolding me, saying that I was too lonely and bold, and dared not to pass the ball to him.

But then I had a red eye in the Pistons restricted area with terrifying eyes, and even tried to block him against Grant Hill's defense, although in the end this super terrifying long-distance dunk was not successful, but it made my blood completely released, and the Pistons players were crazy from the beginning when they saw me, and they didn't seem to dare to look at me directly at the back, as if my eyes could eat people.

Shaq was also stunned by my crazy performance, and in less than four minutes, I scored 15 points on a free throw, none of which were three-pointers, all of them were unreasonable layups or dunks straight to the basket.

The home court of the Pistons was completely beaten quietly by me, and with Kobe's encouragement, I did release the terrible beast in me, if I could see my eyes now, maybe I would be frightened by myself, maybe it would be a pair of bloodshot horror eyes, like a hungry wolf or a tiger, full of explosive power and desire to kill.

With my crazy performance in the final minutes of the second quarter, our Lakers went into halftime with an 11-point lead at halftime, and I was able to use those 15 minutes to meditate and breathe.

To be honest, although it was enjoyable, it wasn't really good to keep up the whole game, maybe it wasn't because I wasn't physically fit, but because I didn't have the mental strength to maintain such a high level of concentration throughout the game, and I tried to do that before.

But everybody has limits, maybe that's where I am now, once I concentrate for a while, then my concentration may drop to a certain extent in the next period of time, and my form in the game will also drop a bit.

But now I'm not afraid, I can use my rest time to meditate more, meditation can help me recover my mental strength more quickly, and store energy for the next time I focus on entering an explosive state.

As I entered a meditative state, Bryant's voice rang out again.

"I feel like you're better than me in some ways, and that makes me doubt myself a little."

"I can't do it on my own, as the so-called authorities are obsessed with bystanders, after your guidance, I have the opportunity to find my weaknesses, break through my own limits, and become stronger, I believe you can also do this."