Chapter 119: Counterpoint Kobe
At 8 p.m. on December 10, 2013, the Staples Arena was brightly lit.
"Hi, Mojay." Anella Sangra, who was sitting in the second row, smiled and said hello to Li Mojie.
"Hey, Sangra, who are you rooting for today?" Li Mojie also approached the audience with a smile and said to Anella. Anella Sanguera is a Lakers fan, he has known for a long time, and many of the photos on Anella's INS are taken wearing Lakers jerseys.
"Uh, I hope you do well and then the Lakers win." Anella said with a wink.
"Damn, this little bitch." Unexpectedly, Jenkina, who had just sat in the first row, took in the scene and pouted.
"Oh, didn't you say that this guy couldn't find the north because of your fascination? Why are you being hooked by others now, usually you are arrogant like a peacock every day, why can't you do it now, are you not attractive enough? Kardashian next to her scoffed.
"Hmph, what's mine is mine, who can snatch it?" Jenkina snorted coldly, "It's you, what kind of sex did you hook up with after breaking up with that Odom?" Harden? Who is this, I have never heard of it! You and your sister have exactly the same taste, just look for some unknown juniors! ”
"Hmph." Kardashian also snorted coldly and stopped talking. If you want to say that the most powerful star in the limelight now, it is naturally Li Mojie, the second Chinese champion, he is currently Adidas's top brand, and the number of jerseys sold ranks third in the United States, even Staples, the No. 24, is a head below him, and he also has a vast Asian market, and countless media have high expectations for his future.
At this time, two of ESPN's famous commentators, former Rockets head coach Jeff Van Gundy and Mike Brin who is a big name in the commentary world, are broadcasting the lineups of both teams.
Lakers starting five: PG: Steve Blake (6'3"), SG: Jodimeks (6'4"), SF: Kobe Bryant (6'6"), PF: Shaun Williams (6'9"), C: Pau Gasol (7')
Suns starting five: PG: Eric Bledsoe (6'1"), SG: Middleton (6'7"), SF: Lee Mojie (6'8"), PF: Markieff Morris (6'9"), C: Channingfrye (6'11")
After Nash joined the Lakers, due to his age and leaving the Suns, injuries continued to hit him, and today he continued to sit in the stands because of a back injury, and he also had a good exchange with Li Mojie before the game.
"The game is officially on!"
With the referee's whistle, the game on the court officially began, Gasol and Frye jumped the ball, although the Lakers fans always have a big white soft impression of Dajia, but to be honest, Gasol's physical fitness is not bad, Gasol's jump ball success rate has always been in the top ten in the league, and even the future jump ball success rate in the Spurs ranks sixth in the league, so Dajia easily helped the Lakers take the lead in getting the offensive rights.
After Steve Blake controlled the ball to the half, Gasol lifted the block, and the ball was immediately handed to Gasol's hands, who threw directly into the middle of the shot, and Li Mojie grabbed the rebound and went directly to the fast three-point shooting, which was also missed.
The defensive rebound was grabbed by Sean Williams, who passed the ball to Kobe, who dribbled past half court and met the opposing Lee Mojie.
Kobe Bryant played at small forward today, not only because there are too many guards in the Lakers, but also because Kobe Bryant is no longer the Kobe who rushed a few people and then hit the basket.
In the 2012-2013 season, Bryant averaged 27.3 points, 5.6 rebounds, 6.0 assists and 1.4 steals per game, shooting 46.3%, which was the highest shooting percentage of Bryant since the 2008-2009 season. In addition, in the 2012-2013 season, Kobe's true shooting rate was 57%, which was the highest after the 07-08 season, and his 50.4% shooting efficiency was the highest in Kobe's career. Bryant believes that the 12-13 season was his strongest season.
Unfortunately, it all ended on April 12 with the Golden State Warriors. In the fourth quarter, Bryant habitually tried to break through from the left as usual, but this time, he tore his Achilles tendon. An eternal warrior, Bryant hit two key free throws — because he knew the Lakers had to win the game to make the playoffs — and he limped into the locker room, and he knew the season was over for himself and the Lakers.
That's a huge blow to a team that finished the season with just 17-25 losses in January and a 28-12 finish in 40 games. This change in results also seems to hint at the results of this season. Because Bryant knows that many of his teammates — including Steve Nash, Pau Gasol and Dwight Howard — are plagued by injuries and this team can't stay healthy. So he stubbornly insisted on playing ridiculously long hours on the pitch, playing 48 minutes and missing only a few games to ensure the team's victory.
Kobe Bryant also faced the media for the first time after the news was released and gave an interview. Regarding the reimbursement of his season, Bryant said that there was no doubt that it was a frustrating season, "When I entered the arena, I felt like I was going to kill everyone, I was more anxious than anyone else, and the injury was just driving me crazy." ”
Bryant did not play in the first 19 games of the season because of the injury of recovering from a ruptured Achilles tendon, which was Bryant's second game of the season. In his last game at home, he played 28 minutes, hitting 2 of 9 shots, shooting 22.2 percent from the field, 5 of 7 free throws, and only 37.3 percent true shooting percentage, and finally the Lakers lost 94-106 at home to the Raptors.
"The duel between the two, Kobe Bryant vs. Li Mojie, see what the result will be?" Brin explained excitedly.
Van Gundy said worriedly: "Although Lakers fans hope that Kobe can return as a king, but the impact of Achilles tendon lap surgery on athletes is fatal, and I still hope that Kobe can recover well from the injury." "ESPN's two people are biased towards academics, and their commentary style is not like ESPN's living treasures.
"Boy, do you think you can stop me?" Kobe Bryant dribbled the ball and stared at Li Mojie and smiled, Kobe Bryant is still very interested in Li Mojie, who has been in the limelight recently.
Unexpectedly, Li Mojie said amazingly: "Actually, I want to meet you in the 09 season!" This is Li Mojie's sincere words, no one knows Kobe's fate in the next few seasons better than Li Mojie, for example, this season Kobe Bryant only played 6 games and was hit by injuries again, and the season was reimbursed again. But what could he do? Do you want Li Mojie to tell Kobe Bryant, don't you play so hard in the next game? Jokes, this is an insult to another great player.
So far, Li Mojie has been paired with James and Durant, and he will definitely have the opportunity to meet the strongest two in the future, but unfortunately he has no chance to meet the strongest Kobe, which has to be said to be a pity.
"Oh?" Kobe Bryant was surprised for a moment, and said secretly: This kid is a bit like himself at the beginning! Isn't it, didn't you have such thoughts when you met Jordan in the first place?
Kobe Bryant faced Li Mojie on the left side of the paint area and first tried to make three threats, and everyone opened up the distance with tacit understanding, and the audience also watched the wonderful 1v1 duel on the court with bated breath.
"It's started, and sure enough, everyone pulled away, Kobe Bryant and Li Mojie's 1V1 showdown." Brin took a sip and stared at the field without blinking.
Kobe Bryant took the ball with one hand and shook it a few times, and found that the physical fitness of the Chinese champion was indeed one-on-one, so he changed to his back. Li Mojie bent his right elbow on Kobe's back, and his left hand guarded against Kobe's hand that held the ball.
Some people say that Kobe Bryant's poor physical fitness compared to Jordan is that he has small hands, it depends on who he is for, and he is naturally small for monsters like Brother Alphabet and Leon Ryder, but what does it matter? Kobe Bryant has held the ball in one hand is not a small number of times, and since he can hold the ball in one hand, then the size of his palm is fine.
However, Kobe Bryant's arm span is indeed insufficient, although Kobe Bryant admired Jordan when he first entered the league and reported his height as 1.98M, but Kobe's actual height is between 1.99M-2.01M, of course, it is not ruled out that the 18-year-old Kobe Bryant will grow taller after entering the league, but Kobe Bryant's arm span is only 2.11 This is certain, compared to the 198CM Jordan arm span of 2.16M, Kobe's arm span is indeed shorter.
Kobe Bryant shook a few times but didn't succeed, so he showed off his back singles against Li Mojie, but Li Mojie also lowered his center of gravity, and his body that practiced martial arts with his father since he was a child showed his advantage.
"This kid, is the next game so stable?" Kobe Bryant was surprised to think that what he didn't know was that in the Suns' heads-up, even the 208CM, 250-pound Markieff had no way to take Li Mojie, basically no one in the Suns team could beat Li Mojie, which is also the reason why the team's coaching staff formulated an interior strategy for Li Mojie.
"I can't help it." Thinking that the time was almost up, Kobe Bryant turned directly to the right, then pulled back to the left, and burst in from the bottom line.
"Oh, Li Mojie stopped for a moment, obviously deceived, but Li Mojie's turn was really fast, and he immediately followed." Van Gundy watched intently at the breathtaking showdown on the field.
"So fast!" didn't wait for Kobe to enter the inside line, Li Mojie had already made up the defense in place, the position had been stuck, the ball was already dead, there was no way to get in, and in desperation, Kobe Bryant could only choose to shoot strongly, and the ball popped out of the basket with a "when".