The first half of the fourth quarter should have been the time for the bench performance, but Kobe Bryant was still standing on the court, on the one hand, Kobe's bench Shannon Brown struggled this season and couldn't find the state of the game, on the other hand, the Lakers up and down from the players to the general manager no one can limit Kobe's playing time, when Kobe Bryant plays, how long he plays is determined by Kobe alone, in the fourth quarter of the game where the score is so close, Kobe Bryant is obviously unwilling to sit on the bench and waste even a second of time.

The Lakers are played by Kobe Bryant with four substitutes, namely Steve Blake in the No. 1 position, Matt Barnes in the No. 3 position, Luke Wharton in the No. 4 position and Lamar Odom in the No. 5 position, this is a small lineup, Odom, who was originally swinging in the third or fourth position, was put on the center position, and the small lineup will allow players to have a high degree of freedom on the offensive end, speed up, and the signature is defensive counterattack, but fall into the positional battle because there is no tall center who will be at a disadvantage in the interior defense and rebounding confrontation.

The Hornets replaced all the substitutes to give the starters a moment of respite, except for Zhaoqiang, of course, Thorton at No. 1, Belinelli at No. 2, Brightins at No. 4, and Okafor at No. 5.

Blake dribbled just over half, Kobe Bryant pressed Zhaoqiang with his back and stretched out his hand to ask, Blake didn't dare not give, hanging the ball past, Kobe Bryant used his ass to push Zhaoqiang twice, Zhaoqiang increased the strength of his lower limbs, and did not let the defensive position at all, Kobe Bryant turned to the frame with both hands in his hands, and continuously shook the left side of the false action Zhaoqiang was not fooled, suddenly Kobe Bryant broke through on the left side, Zhaoqiang heard the wind and used his body to just press Kobe, who knew that Kobe only took one step and braked his feet, and raised the ball high with both hands!

Pull-up jump shot!

Zhao Qiang was shocked, and hurriedly turned over and pounced, just now Kobe Bryant's breakthrough false shake threw out half of Zhaoqiang's body, Kobe Bryant just used this small gap to gather the ball high above his head, and at the same time his knees sank, and he was about to shoot!

Feints!

Zhaoqiang, who defended Kobe Bryant with all his might, still didn't escape Kobe's dazzling feints, Kobe's emergency stop deceived Zhaoqiang got up, Kobe's body leaned towards Zhaoqiang, who flew over, and successfully deceived the referee's whistle! At the same time, he also adjusted the strength of his hand to shoot the ball steadily!

"Toot toot!"

Hornets Thirteen player fouls!

"Huh!"

Kobe Bryant's two plus one dozen!

Kobe's set of singles shows his skillful skills to the fullest, he doesn't need to fly like Carter, he doesn't need to be as stunning as Iverson, and he doesn't need to be as fast as Wade, Kobe is Kobe, just by virtue of a simple feint, a simple jump shot, he can dominate the game!

The entire Staples Center was filled with cheers and tsunami cheers.

Zhao Qiang's face was expressionless, his hands on his knees, gasping for air, sweat dripping from Zhao Qiang's resolute face, soaking the floor under Zhao Qiang's feet. At this time, he couldn't help but have a trace of fear in his heart, Zhaoqiang was suddenly shocked, he had never thought like this since he was playing, never, not at all!

"Huh!"

Bryant hit a solid free throw, two plus one, and the Staples Center once again burst into a tsunami of applause and cheers.

Hornets 88:101 Lakers, at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Hornets were hit in the head.

Zhao Qiang was beaten into two plus one by Kobe Bryant on the defensive end, on the offensive end, Zhao Qiang, who lacked offensive means, basically could not help the team, unless Zhao Qiang appeared within the three-second zone, Kobe Bryant could wantonly wrap Thorton with the most firepower on the Hornets bench, Thorton was helpless to split the ball in the face of two people and passed it to Zhao Qiang, and Zhao Qiang was undefended within three meters!

Zhaoqiang lifted the ball high and shot it in one step from outside the free throw line!

"Dang!"

Zhao Qiang's hopeful shot turned into a crisp sound of iron.

Odom took off the rebound, no need to hand it over to the point guard, and dribbled to the frontcourt, its speed was more than one level faster than that of the opposing Okafor, Odom dribbled to the three-point line, and gave the ball to Kobe Bryant who was in the left rib position, and ran to the basket himself, Kobe made a shooting feint in the frame, Zhaoqiang was still not fooled, just when Zhaoqiang focused on Kobe's footsteps, Kobe suddenly distributed the ball to the middle, and the follow-up Odom received the ball and strode into the Wasp hinterland with his left hand and split the dunk with his left hand!

"Dang!"

After landing on the ground, Odom's eyes widened angrily, beating his chest and roaring, Kobe Bryant stepped forward to celebrate with Odom's chest! Once again, the entire Staples Center is a sea of fan fun!

At the moment when Odom completed the dunk, Okafor, who returned to the defense, would run a step outside the three-point line and watch Odom complete this powerful dunk.

The margin had widened to fifteen points, and Hornets head coach Monty Williams called a timeout.

"Guys, cheer up, there's still plenty of time!" Williams cheered up the momentum of the players with a hoarse voice,

"There are still ten full minutes left, and no one can predict what will happen in those ten minutes! Guys, put aside the outcome of this game and play our own basketball! ”

Paul stood up from the bench and Williams said, "I think we're going to be looking at the number of three-pointers and the success rate at this point. ”

Williams nodded, took the tactical board from the assistant coach's hand, and said,

"After the timeout, Paul, West and White played early, and Peja temporarily replaced Iverson as the starting No. 2," Williams seemed to glance at Zhaoqiang inadvertently, shook his head slightly, and said, "Ariza, you replace Zhaoqiang on the court, okay, let's arrange a two-axis single-block and pick-and-roll tactic of three-point shots at the top of the arc, West stands at the free throw line, Paul borrows West's block and kills into the basket, attracts the defense and then passes the ball to West, of course, Paul should not miss a good opportunity if he has the opportunity to make a layup." ”

Williams drew the route of Paul and West with a pen, and then he looked at Peja and Ariza and said, "When Paul burst in, Peja quickly moved closer to West and took advantage of David's block to run out of the open three-point position, if the Lakers are at the No. 3 position, then Peja is passing the ball to Ariza in the bottom corner, understand?" ”

Peja is 208 cm tall and serves as a forward, and his technical characteristics are to shoot three-point shots, except for three-point shots, there is basically nothing to be good Chen Keshan, making Peja on the court is a dangerous move, when he was young, Peja's defense was below the average level of the league, and Peja's physical condition in recent years is not too good, and the defense is as brittle as paper paste, but Peja is tall and has perfect three-point shooting, if he shoots it in his hand, the three-point shot is like a cannon, this kind of moment is sent to Peja, indicating that Monty Williams is at a critical moment, Still trust the veteran.

At this time, there are only ten minutes left before the end of the game, and the Hornets are a full fifteen points behind the Lakers 88:103, and it is very difficult for the Hornets to win!

After the timeout, the Hornets played a game of tactics under the leadership of Paul, Paul broke through, attracted the inside pack, and divided the ball West, who made a wall to block the defender for Peja, and Peja received the ball and made a three-point shot!

Peja's shooting is very centered, eye, ball, and frame three-point line, Peja is one of the best three-point shooters in Hornets history, with a career three-point shooting rate of more than 40%, but on this night, when the Hornets need three-pointers the most, Peja's hands are cold.

"Dang!"

Peja didn't take advantage of the opportunity, he shot a little shorter three-pointer, the basketball smashed in front of the basket and bounced on the rebound and then fell, and Odom and Wharton both stuck in the rebound position under the basket, only to wait for the rebound to fall into the bag.

Off the basketball court, Hornets head coach Williams shook his head gently, and if this goal is not scored, it will be difficult for the team to win.

Suddenly, behind Odom, a figure sprang out, and a huge figure completely enveloped Odom inside, only to see him leap into the air, grab the basketball with both hands, and dunk it into the basket fiercely!

"Dang!"

The basketball hoop made a painful ** sound, and the huge impact knocked Odom to the ground!

It's Bai Xiaofei!

Bai Xiaofei, who is in extremely good physical condition, dunked the ball into the basket with a dunk that was almost devastating, and this ball made the broadcast station exclaim!

"Top 10 balls! No! No! Today's top five balls! It's really the clasp of death! ”

The Lakers' bench was silent, and everyone seemed to be stunned by the momentum of this ball!

Before everyone could come to their senses, Kobe Bryant took the ball and went inside, causing Ariza's foul! At the free throw line, Kobe Bryant was not affected by Bai Xiaofei's death buckle in the slightest, his face did not change, his heart did not beat steadily, and he hit two free throws.

At 90:105, the score difference between the two teams on the field still did not change.

For the Hornets at this moment they are already standing on the edge of the cliff, time is passing by the minute, the shadow of defeat is getting heavier and heavier, and at this moment, the leader of the Hornets, Chris Paul, suddenly broke out!

The Lakers still used the bench lineup led by Kobe, point guard Steve Blake couldn't do anything except a stable three-point shot, the defensive pace was slow, Paul broke through to the right, a quick stop to shake off Blake's defense, and the three-point shot was shot directly!

"Huh!"

Basketball hollow into the net!

93:105！

The Lakers made free throws in the backcourt, Paul made a steal to Blake at the free throw line, and made a layup!

95:105

And the Lakers responded to Kobe Bryant, who used Odom's block to hold the ball and hit the basket to cause Ariza's foul again, Kobe Bryant made one of two free throws, the score of the two sides was 95:106, and there were 6 minutes left!

The Hornets are still dominated by Paul, he is the sharpest thorn in the Hornets' pair, I saw him shaking continuously outside the three-point line, with the help of West's block and kill into the basket, take three steps, and shoot high! The basketball jumped over Odom's fingers and landed pinpointingly into the net!

Wasp 97:106! Paul scored seven straight points alone, led the Hornets to bite the score, and stopped the Lakers, who were forced to call a timeout.

After the timeout, the Lakers replaced all the starters, Derrick Fisher at No. 1, Kobe Bryant at No. 2, Artest at No. 3, Pau Gasol at No. 4, Andrew Bynum at No. 5, while the Hornets replaced Peja and brought on Iverson. Zhaoqiang still didn't play, Zhaoqiang's first battle with Kobe Bryant made head coach Monty Williams completely lose confidence in Zhaoqiang, and if there are special circumstances in this game, he should not be on the court.

But what no one noticed was that Ariza had received two fouls in two minutes just now, and now he has four fouls on his back, and Ariza also did not bargain for anything in the matchup with Kobe.

Lakers serve, after the return of the twin towers, the Lakers' offensive focus shifted to the inside, Bynum's left rib forced a position, and after winning the ball, he beat Bai Xiaofei, Bynum and Bai Xiaofei are equally young, with unlimited potential, Bynum's offensive means are rough, in the face of Bai Xiaofei, who weighs more than himself, Bynum can't squeeze at all, and he doesn't get the slightest offensive space, only scoring the ball to Gasol at the free throw line, there is not much offensive time left, Gasol missed in a hurry, Bai Xiaofei grabbed the rebound and passed to Paul, The latter rushed all the way to the basket, Fisher was old, and his legs couldn't keep up, but the alert Kobe Bryant blocked Paul's offensive line, Paul jumped up and passed the ball to Iverson outside the three-point line! And standing in front of Iverson is none other than Ron Artest, the league's best defensive player of the 2003-2004 season!

Iverson misplaced Artest attacked Artest and won with dexterity, only to see him break through to the right with a feint, deceiving Artest's center of gravity and then suddenly pulling back! The basketball on his right hand went from Iverson's crotch back to his left hand, and the magnitude was unimaginable! To be honest, Artay's defensive toughness is more than dexterous enough, and he can limit James's physical fitness flow, but he is helpless against Iverson's four-to-two punch, he is shaken, garlic is mixed under his feet, and a butt is sitting on the ground, and the 20,000 fans at the Staples Center can't help but let out an exclamation!

Iverson shook Artest for a layup and easily scored two points to help the team chase the score to 99:106!

With three minutes left in the game, it's time to fight for bayonets! The Lakers serve, Kobe Bryant hits Ariza with his back, the latter desperately makes up for the defense, Kobe Bryant sacrifices a killer move, and after continuous shaking, he turns forward and backs up and shoots! The posture is picturesque, Ariza waving his arms and jumping high in a desperate attempt to block Kobe's shot! But Kobe's recline is extremely large! Ariza's long arm only hit Kobe's elbow!

"Huh!" Bryant threw the ball with one hand while being hit by Ariza's hand, and the basketball drilled into the net bag with the precision of an eye!

“Yes！”

Kobe Bryant, who was on offense, frowned tightly and his lips, with a confident and resolute look on his face, and raised his right hand into a fist high!

"Toot toot!"

Ariza has five fouls! Ariza spread out his search and looked at Williams helplessly, who had no intention of substitution, and Ariza had to stay on the court.

"Huh!"

At the critical moment, Kobe Bryant's two-and-one made the Lakers step into the threshold of victory

, Hornets 99:109 behind by 10 points! There are only three minutes left in the game!

Ariza hung his head and returned to the defense, Bai Xiaofei was also a little frustrated, West looked at the scoreboard blankly, and the Hornets bench was wrapped in a white towel, looking frustrated, obviously, such a result is something that no Hornets player wants to see.

Iverson slammed the basketball into the ground and signaled for the referee to take a timeout.

The sudden timeout stunned the Hornets players, and Iverson called Bai Xiaofei, Paul, West, Ariza, Zhaoqiang, Peja and all the Hornets players together and shouted in the most agitated voice,

"Hey, hey, my guys, it's not over yet, anything can happen, it's not a very insurmountable barrier, as long as we work hard enough, as long as we play passionately, the score can be rewritten! Guys, don't care if you win or lose this game, but we're going to prove our faith and passion to the Lakers and to the 20,000 Staples fans in the room! We can accept failure, but we can't be afraid of failure! ”

Iverson kept clapping and encouraging the young players, and the words that followed were almost shouted, "Even if we don't take a win away from the Staples Center, so what, even if we leave, we have to raise our attitude and leave as a hero!" ”

A kingly temperament burst out from Iverson's body!

Iverson's pause remarked, the whole reversed the weak momentum of the Hornets, all the players were like playing chicken blood, among which Iverson was the first to bear it, he held the ball all the way from the backcourt to the Lakers hinterland, the moment he picked up the basket, Bynum's body pressed over, and slammed Iverson out of the court with a slap, before landing Iverson's wrist shook slightly, the basketball rubbed against the rebound, and rolled down the net bag!

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