There was a burst of excited coaxing at the scene.

Tang Tian also looked at the Lakers' halfcourt.

In the previous life, because of Maddie's back injury, the number of duels at the peak of Komai was pitiful, and it was only limited to the regular season.

Now Maddie is not bothered by a back injury, and he is facing the peak Kobe, and it is still a playoff, which is absolutely unprecedented.

Kobe Bryant took the ball with his back, turned his head and saw that there was enough space, turned around directly, and took the ball in a three-threat pose.

The so-called triple threat is the action of breaking, shooting, and passing.

Maddie, as a top star who can shoot and pass, has the most difficult to defend against in a three-threat position.

Bryant opened his hands at this time, sank his weight, and looked directly into Maddie's eyes.

As a star known for his offense, Kobe Bryant has defended the second team twice and the first team 5 times so far, and his defensive strength is definitely the top in the league.

This is definitely the strongest spear and shield duel.

Maddie dribbled the ball down to her crotch with her left hand, leaning forward slightly, and posing for a breakthrough.

Bryant quickly took a small half step back, ready to move to block Maddy's breakaway.

At this moment, Maddie retracted, dribbled the ball under her crotch continuously, and her eyes suddenly glanced under the basket.

Bryant turned his head back.

At this moment, Maddie suddenly stopped suddenly.

Kobe Bryant looked back and found that he was shaking, and jumped up quickly and reached out to interfere, but Maddie's dry pull was so high that the scissor legs were almost up to his chest.

The basketball flew over Kobe's head towards the basket.

"Huh!"

Maddie scores against Kobe's defense!

The scene burst into cheers and whistles.

This kind of collision between top stars is really exciting to watch.

After the goal, Maddie was also a little excited, waving at the audience, holding it for a week, and he finally released it.

In the retreat, seeing Kobe Bryant dribbling directly across the half court, Maddie said hello to Petrus and went straight up.

Petrus couldn't keep a couple of balls in a row, and Maddie was ready to come on his own.

Unlike Kobe, Maddie has never been selected for the defensive team in his career, and the only second team is under Tang Tian this season.

It's not that he can't defensively, it's that his investment on the defensive end is very limited, and he has a few highlight-reel defensive performances, but he can't do it for a season.

This has something to do with the player's personality, physical strength, choice (retain more physical strength to offense), coach's requirements, etc., but defense is also talented, Maddie's movement speed, arm span, and reaction speed are all superb, and if you are really serious, defense will definitely not lose to Kobe, especially after winning the championship last season, he is more willing to defend.

Kobe Bryant took the ball and fell to a high position, and directly chose to sink his center of gravity and hit his back.

This was Phil Jackson's tactical request.

The emotions of the fans at the scene were mobilized again, and Maddie hit Kobe Bryant one before, and Kobe Bryant was going to play "anser.ball"!

The Lakers' Radmanovic and Fisher pulled to the other side, Odom and Gasol, one in the bottom right corner and one in the high post, forming an offensive triangle and leaving Bryant with plenty of room to play alone.

Unlike Maddy, Kobe Bryant's offensive style is a bit similar to Jordan's, preferring to use his back to attack.

After Kobe Bryant leaned on Maddie, he sank his center of gravity and chiseled in, and at the same time, he turned his body to mobilize Maddie's center of gravity.

The Rockets didn't opt for a pack, which allowed Bryant to play more comfortably on the offensive end.

At the moment when he noticed the shift of Maddy's center of gravity, Kobe Bryant instantly made a large turn to the bottom line.

However, Maddie is obviously not a vegetarian either, and after forcibly retracting her center of gravity, she also took a big step back to seal Kobe's breakthrough space.

After Kobe Bryant saw it, he directly stepped back and threw a shot.

Maddie followed and pounced with her long arms outstretched.

The ball was well defended, and Kobe Bryant almost lost his sight of the basket in the middle of the back.

But Kobe Bryant is Kobe after all, and he still chose to shoot with his feeling for the basket.

The basketball flew past Maddie's long arm and straight towards the basket.

"Huh!"

With a crisp sound, Kobe Bryant's difficult shot, and he also entered!

Tang Tian smiled helplessly, Maddie's defense of the ball just now was much tighter than Petrus's, but it was too hot to stand up to Kobe's hand.

At this time, the fans became more and more excited.

This kind of pinnacle duel is like a justice duel between Iron Man and Superman in Marvel, how exciting it is to watch it.

The next period of time also became the time for Kobe and Maddie to fight.

Both men lost their tempers, both wanted to defend the other's next ball, and both wanted to shoot the next ball over the other's heads.

All kinds of high difficulty, all kinds of fairy balls, fans are also watching the climax.

With just over 3 minutes left in the first quarter, the Rockets and Lakers were tied at 26.

Kobe Bryant scored 14 points and Maddie also scored 13 points.

At this moment, Tang Tian waved his hand at Battier, signaling him to prepare to play.

The Lakers' offense, Bryant turned around and caused a foul on Maddy, and the game went into dead-ball time.

A short whistle sounded from the sidelines, and Battier came on to replace Maddy.

Maddie was a little unhappy, but Tang Tian's decision, he didn't show it, and walked to the bench and sat down with his breath.

In the playoffs, or the Western Finals, the main players will play a long time in the first quarter, because at this time the players have the most physical strength, so they naturally hope that they can play longer, and they will generally be replaced when there is more than 1 minute left.

"It's a little puzzling for the Rockets to replace T-mac at this time, Jeff, you used to be the head coach of this Rockets team, what do you think?" The game's commentators are Mike Brin and Mark Jackson, but this time there is also a special guest in TNT's new commentator Jeff Van Gundy.

"Don is a very talented coach, and his choices are always unexpected, but they can pay off unexpectedly." Van Gundy said with a smile.

Both Brin and Jackson looked a little surprised, they didn't expect Van Gundy to have such a high opinion of Tang Tian, who "pulled" him from the head coach position.

"But the situation on the court right now is not good for the Rockets." Brin followed up after watching two rounds.

After Maddie went off the court, the Rockets' focus shifted from the outside to the inside, Phil Jackson was not a straw bag, and soon signaled that the defense was shrinking inside, Yao Ming's efficiency was not too high, and Kobe Bryant continued his excellent play.

At the end of the first quarter, Kobe Bryant scored 20 points in the entire quarter, and the Lakers also led the Rockets by 6 points at 36-30.

Tang Tian's sudden substitution seemed to make the Rocket team fall behind in the situation.