The 20,000-seat Staples Center is packed with some of the most passionate fans in the entire NBA league! Because the history of the Lakers is glorious enough, many of the fans sitting here are old fans, drinking beer, eating popcorn and fried chicken nuggets, cheering on every wonderful goal of the Lakers.

Normally, NBA stars rarely give interviews before games, and if necessary, send the team's locker room leader to accomplish this task, but in the Lakers' home game against the Hornets, star Kobe Bryant gave a rare interview.

The game was broadcast live across the United States, and ESPN sent the famous beauty commentator and reporter Doris Burke to do the pre-game interview.

Burke: "The trade deadline is fast approaching, is there anything you don't like about the team's configuration at the moment?" ”

Kobe Bryant: "Oh no, we have an impeccable roster, we have the best interior combination in the league, Gasol and Bynum, I have me on the outside, Fisher, Artest, Odom on the bench, Blake, Brown, Famar, Barnes, Wharton, Vujacic, Turiaf, Morris and Mbenga, we are already very strong and our goal is to defend the title or it will be a losing season." ”

Burke: "I also believe you're a championship-caliber team, but others do have a different voice, and recently ESPN ranked the Lakers in fourth place in terms of overall strength, the first three being the Miami Heat, who formed the Big Three this summer, the Boston Celtics with Pierce, Garnett and Ray Allen, and the San Antonio Spurs with Duncan, I want to know what you think about that. ”

Hearing this, Kobe Bryant couldn't help but snort coldly a few times, and said, "I don't care about the useless things they only use data and pen and paper to list, winning a basketball game depends on the five people who play on the court, not those who only know how to hide in the office door panel and talk nonsense about the data, I want to ask, have they ever watched an NBA game?" Any idea how many points I can score in each game right now? ”

Bryant's words obviously didn't take into account Burke, who was also an ESPN reporter, who had a little embarrassment on his face, Burke chuckled twice to resolve the embarrassment, and then said, "Let's talk about tonight's game, Rockets vs. Hornets, a lot of interesting matchups, I wonder what your ideal rhythm is?" ”

Bryant: "It's not about the tempo, it's about winning. ”

Burke: "Then let's refine, the Chinese player Bai Xiaofei of the Hornets has played very well recently, scoring 20+10 data in a row, do you think Andrew Bynum can finish the task of defending Bai Xiaofei?" ”

"If you can't do it, you have to finish it!" Kobe Bryant glanced at Bynum, who was warming up on the court in a long-sleeved training suit, and said, "As the main center in a championship-caliber team, he must have this confidence!" ”

Bryant said these words with a loud voice, and there was an irrefutable ability in his words, and Burke said, "Kobe, talk about your opponent tonight, Trevor Ariza, who is a very good player on the defensive end right now, what can you say about him." ”

Two seasons ago, Artest has not come to the Los Angeles Lakers, the Lakers' starting small forward position belongs to Ariza, in the 2008-2009 season of the finals, Ariza used several key, valuable steals to save the team in the fire and water, for the Lakers to win the championship made a great contribution, after the end of the season Ariza left Houston was trained as a leader, who wanted to work not well, just one season, the impatient Rockets traded Ariza to the Hornets, Although Ariza can no longer fight alongside Kobe, in the eyes of Ariza or Kobe, they are also the best brothers to each other, Kobe regards Ariza as a younger brother, and Ariza regards Kobe as a brother, and they are close to each other.

"Ariza? Hahaha," Bryant laughed, "Ariza is a very good wing defender now, oh, it wasn't like that when he first came to the Lakers, his defense was constantly blown up by me in the internal training games back then, he couldn't defend me, and now he still can't." ”

Kobe Bryant's words are full of confidence, and it is also that since Ariza left the Lakers, as long as he faced Kobe, he was beaten by Kobe, although he is a very good defender, but he can't prevent Kobe Bryant at all, I don't know if it's because of technical reasons or psychological reasons.

Burke: "Did you know that there is a player on the Hornets team called Zhaoqiang, he is from the East like Bai Xiaofei, he is also a very good defender, I think the two of you will be very interesting to match. ”

"Zhaoqiang?" Kobe Bryant said disdainfully, "I'm sorry, we've heard of this person, the base salary player signed, please, there are many such players in the league, don't take it out and talk about it......"

"Zhaoqiang, this player has been playing well lately......"

"As I said, I don't know this player, a small character, and it deserves a pre-match interview......

Kobe Bryant ended the interview in a few words, Burke took the microphone and walked out of the staff passage stupidly, just in time, the Hornets players came over, it turned out that their bus was stuck in traffic at the airport, and it was nearly half an hour late, Burke hurriedly beckoned his companions to set up the camera, ready to routinely interview the Hornets players, but the Hornets captains Paul and West were eager to warm up and declined the interview.

"Zhaoqiang, this section of the interview must interview you, just now we had a pre-game interview with the Lakers' star Kobe Bryant, he talked a lot, about the NBA, about the team, about the Lakers, about the Hornets, about Ariza, but only didn't talk about you, Kobe Bryant is now the idol of young players in the whole league, I know that you have performed very well in the last few games, but I want to know, what will you think in your heart when your name is not valued by Kobe?"

"It's normal," Zhao Qiang looked at the camera and said word by word, "Of course Kobe Bryant won't pay attention to me, because I haven't conquered him yet!" ”

"Conquest?" Burke was taken aback when he heard Zhaoqiang's words! He never imagined that this young man who had just entered the alliance would have such a big breath! "You used one word, conquest? Are you sure we misheard? ”

"Yes, I'm sure your ears are easy to use, I just used such a word, conquest, the court is like a battlefield, I want to conquer Kobe, conquer the Lakers, conquer the whole of Los Angeles, and not be taken seriously by Kobe? Jokes, why should I make him pay attention, as long as he is opposite me on the court, he is my enemy, I will do my best to beat him, conquer him, whether he is an ordinary player, a star, or a superstar, I will not show mercy! ”

Zhaoqiang left, leaving Burke alone in astonishment.

With a whistle, the game officially begins! Los Angeles Lakers vs. New Orleans Hornets!

The starting lineup of the Lakers, Derek Fisher at No. 1, Kobe Bryant at No. 2, Ron Artest at No. 3, Pau Gasol at No. 4, and Andrew Bynum at No. 5!

The starting lineup of the Hornets, Chris Paul at No. 1, Allen Iverson at No. 2, Trevor Ariza at No. 3, David West at No. 4, and Bai Xiaofei at No. 5!

Bai Xiaofei relied on his excellent bounce to pick the ball into Paul's hands, and Paul slammed the ball twice on the floor, and then controlled the ball and slowly ran to the front court.

This game is not only broadcast live in the United States, but more than 100 countries around the world have sent press corps to watch the game, the entire spectator seat is covered with microphones, wires and cameras, don't get me wrong, in the Staples Center, enjoy this high-spec not only the Hornets, almost every home game is like this, Los Angeles is so developed, the Stamps Center is so charming.

Paul controlled the ball, West stepped forward to block and dismantle, this block blocked Fisher solidly, Paul strode into the basket, the Lakers' restricted area sat on Bynum, Gasol two All-Stars, two people in a clip, sandwiched Paul in the middle and couldn't move, Paul had to pass back to West, the latter shot, the basketball knocked on the front of the basket, Bynum was about to grab the rebound, and a black shadow jumped into the sky between the crowd, took the basketball from the pop-up frame with both hands, and dunked it from top to bottom!

It's Bai Xiaofei!

The powerful impact made Bynum stumble!

The originally bustling Staples Center was instantly quiet!

The Lakers attacked, Fisher controlled the ball to the front court and handed it to Gasol, the Lakers' tactics are very complex triangle tactics, the most important thing in this tactic is to have a big man who can pass the ball and attack and shoot, and Gasol is undoubtedly the best candidate, I saw Gasol holding the ball and playing West, and the rest of the people kept running around Gasol without the ball, and Gasol closed his back to test West's strength.

Suddenly, Fisher used Artest's blocking and dismantling at the three-point line to slip into the middle of the line, Gasol passed the ball to Fisher with an armpit pass, the latter attracted the attention of Bai Xiaofei and Iverson, but did not attack, with a flick of his wrist, the ball was passed back to Kobe Bryant, who bypassed Artest again on the outside line, the latter was completely empty, Kobe received the ball, without the slightest hesitation, three-point shot, and the basketball hollowed into the net!

This tactic just now is extremely patient and extremely complicated, first of all, Gasol feints on the inside, Artest makes a wall for Fisher and Kobe on the outside, Fisher slipped into the penalty area in the middle and Kobe Bryant with the help of Artest to find a vacancy, Fisher has a chance, shoots by himself, and if he doesn't have a chance, he attracts the defense to pass to Kobe Bryant outside the three-point line.

After only 4 minutes of play in the first quarter, Kobe Bryant shot 4 of 5, including 2 of 2 three-pointers, and scored 10 points, Ariza can defend 99% of the league, but Kobe belongs to the 1%, tonight, it looks like a high-scoring night for Kobe.

Kobe Bryant's efficiency made the Lakers lead 19:8 in an instant, the Hornets were a rout from the beginning, Paul worked hard enough, but the opponent felt too bad, West's 17-foot jumper was repeatedly missed, Bai Xiaofei scored 4 points in 2 of 3 shots, Paul scored a three-pointer, Iverson scored a free throw, and this is the contribution of all Hornets players in the first quarter.

With such a start, Hornets coach Monty Williams was obviously prepared, and four minutes into the game, Williams called a timeout, and he shouted, "Thirteenth, it's time for you to play, don't forget what I told you last night - ban Kobe!" Even if you don't score, you can't let Kobe score! ”

At the end of the bench, Zhao Qiang slowly stood up, he tore off the white towel draped over his head, and then moved his muscles and bones, and slowly walked towards the technical table, taking off his coat as he walked, revealing a body of well-developed muscles and dazzling tattoos on his arms.

At the end of the timeout, Zhaoqiang replaced Ariza, and the former walked up to Kobe, glanced at Kobe, and then made a defensive stance.

Fisher dribbled to the front court, and then handed the ball to Kobe, Zhaoqiang spread out his hands and stared at the ball in Kobe's hand.

"Boy, I'll show you the cruelty of the NBA!"

Gasol ran up to block and dismantle, but Kobe Bryant waved his hand and signaled Gasol to leave, Fisher, Bynum, and Artest all stood on the weak side, giving Kobe Bryant a space to play one.

"Cruelty? My mission tonight is to let you go! Kill you completely! ”

"Boy, basketball court can't win with words!"

"Come on, then!"

Zhao Qiang's eyes were firm, and his eyes were motionless as he stared at the basketball that Kobe Bryant kept slapping in his hand.

"Will he break through to the left or to the right?" Zhao Qiang was thinking in his heart, Kobe's eyes were indeed interpreting Zhao Qiang's defensive weaknesses!

"Come on, you're the first person in the NBA right now, aren't you? You're not afraid of me, come on, do you want to break through to the left or to the right, I'll block you! ”

Zhaoqiang provoked Kobe Bryant with his words, but Kobe's face was full of calm, and he was not moved by Zhaoqiang's words at all.

Suddenly, Kobe Bryant directly stopped dribbling, but held the ball high above his head and pulled out three points on Zhaoqiang's head!

Zhaoqiang secretly said in his heart that it was not good, because Zhaoqiang was afraid of Kobe's breakthrough, and gave Kobe a half-step distance, but it was this half-step distance that allowed Kobe to be taken advantage of!

Kobe Bryant's knee bent slightly, and he jumped into the air to shoot with a bang, Zhaoqiang had to jump up as much as he could, and interfered with Kobe's vision with his long arms, but in fact, to no avail, Kobe's shooting was very tight, his body bent slightly, and he shot the ball out like a bow, not only that, Kobe's shot was also slightly tilted back, which was very difficult to prevent!

Zhaoqiang, who was jumping in the air, turned his head and saw the basketball slicing through the air and got a beautiful arc.

"Huh!"