"Kobe Bryant's backward shot, that amount of lean, and the distance he drifts through the air, is this really a human action?"

Although Meng Xu can predict Kobe Bryant's shooting in advance every time, and even the direction of Kobe's turn and the timing of his shot can be accurately judged, but every time he is in the air, Kobe's backward amplitude and the distance he drifts in the air make Meng Xu feel like he can't reach him, with Meng Xu's bounce and arm span, most of the outside players shoot in front of Meng Xu, which is a very dangerous behavior, but as soon as this game starts, Kobe Bryant is under Meng Xu's defense, and he hits one after another, and this time is the same. Looking at the basketball flying from a distance of at least ten centimeters above his fingertips, Meng Xu knew that this ball was probably going to hit again.

"Beautiful backward jumper, it's really unimaginable, Kobe Bryant can use the back-to-back jumper to such an extent, if someone said before that Kobe's back-to-back jumper, compared with Jordan, just has its shape and no god, I agree, then what I want to say today is that Kobe's use of back-to-back jumpers is not inferior to Michael's, several consecutive back-to-back shots, the amplitude of this back-back, and the distance of drifting in the air, I'm afraid even Michael can't make it!" Although Michaels said a bit exaggerated, most of the fans at the scene agreed with Michaels' point of view at the moment, and the two commentators Jeff Van Gundy and Magic Johnson next to Michaels also nodded in agreement after listening to Michaels' words.

"It's really unimaginable that you can maintain such a high shooting rate under Meng Xu's defense." Although Jeff Van Gundy has always been resentful of Meng Xu who caused him to step down from class, there is one thing that Jeff Van Gundy has to admit, that is, Meng Xu's defense is absolutely impeccable. Although the Knicks and the Pacers have always been difficult to deal with, in the few seasons that Jeff Van Gundy has been the head coach, Meng Xu has been Jeff Van Gundy's first choice in the selection of the best defensive team for several consecutive years. At the same time, according to the statistics of the New York Times, in the entire league, all outside players will decline to varying degrees when facing Meng Xu, especially the shooting rate is at least 3 percentage points lower than the season average, and the number of mistakes will also rise sharply, but in today's game, in the entire first quarter, Kobe Bryant shot 9 of 14 under Meng Xu's defense, and there was no 1 turnover, and Meng Xu's every defense seemed to be doing his best, without the slightest trace of releasing water. This has to surprise Jeff Van Gundy, is this the real strength of Kobe? Or maybe after a series of failures, Kobe Bryant suddenly had an epiphany?

"Kobe Bryant was really in very good shape today, and Phil Jackson's strategy of making Kobe Bryant's main offense obviously work well today." With the end of the first quarter of the game, Magic Johnson praised Phil Jackson's arrangement today, but when Magic Johnson looked at Phil Jackson, he found that the corners of Phil Jackson's mouth twitched obviously.

The third game of the Pacers and Lakers Finals, from the beginning, showed something different from the previous two games, first of all, the Pacers, after winning two games in a row, the Pacers obviously played a lot more cautious. And Meng Xu, as the core of the Pacers' offense and defense, in this game, there is not much desire to attack the basket, at least in the first quarter, Meng Xu constantly tore up space for his teammates on the offensive end, and at the same time put all his attention on Kobe Bryant on the defensive end, but Hamilton became the main point of attack of the Pacers, in this case, most of the audience on the scene had only one idea, that is, Meng Xu still planned to let his teammates go first in the first three quarters like the previous game, and wait for the Lakers to be consumed, Meng Xu jumped out to pick peaches in the crucial fourth quarter, and took away the Lakers in waves.

As for the Lakers, O'Neal, who scored 40+ in a row in the first two games, has greatly reduced the opportunity to shoot in today's game, O'Neal played 12 minutes in the entire first quarter, but only made 2 shots, and only scored 2 points in 1 of 2 shots, if you follow the rhythm in the previous two games, O'Neal only scored 2 points in a quarter of the game, I am afraid that the Lakers have long been hung up by the Pacers, but today's game is the opposite, at the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Pacers by 9 points 33-24.

"Phil!" On the Lakers bench in the Staples Center, Lakers assistant coach Jim Clemens gently pushed Phil Jackson behind his back, from the end of the first quarter of the game, several Lakers starters came off the court, the atmosphere on the Lakers bench was extremely weird, O'Neal, Kobe, Malone, Payton, the bigwigs of these teams, including the Lakers' bench players, were silently wiping the sweat on their heads, or they lowered their heads to tidy up their shoes, the Lakers had more than 10 players, and none of them made any sound, And the head coach of the Lakers, Phil Jackson, also held the tactical board and kept silent, the Lakers led the Pacers by 9 points in the first quarter, but there was no joy on the Lakers' bench.

As the head coach, Phil Jackson naturally knows where the problem is, the Lakers did not play according to the tactics formulated by Phil Jackson before the game in the entire first quarter, under the "help" of Janeiro Pargo, Kobe Bryant took most of the Lakers' shooting opportunities, O'Neal and Malone, and even Phil Jackson were very dissatisfied, but under Kobe's continuous singles, the Lakers actually suppressed the Pacers, which made Phil Jackson unable to attack, after all, everyone's goal is the same, That's to win, that's why in the pause, Phil Jackson kept holding the tactical board and didn't open his mouth, Phil Jackson really didn't know how to speak, how to arrange the next tactics, and continue to let Kobe Bryant play alone? O'Neal certainly won't want to, but stop Kobe's behavior on the court? Unless Phil Jackson or O'Neal and Kobe Bryant break openly, there is no reason for Phil Jackson to force Kobe to change his current style of play when the team is dominant.

"Okay, let's take time to rest and make persistent efforts in the second quarter of the game to win this game." Seeing that the timeout was about to end, and Phil Jackson's lips moved several times in a row without making up his mind, Jim Clemens, as the Lakers' chief assistant coach, had to go beyond Daypool and say a few innocuous and ambiguous words, and then arranged for Malone to take the team's bench lineup on the court.

"Shaq, relax, as long as you can win, as long as you can get the final victory, you don't lose." Seeing O'Neal, who had been controlling his temper since he was off the court and was reluctant to explode, Peyton, who was sitting on the side, began to comfort him softly. O'Neal's temper and temperament, Payton is very clear, as the boss of a team, only two shots in a quarter of the game are enough to embarrass O'Neal, and what makes O'Neal even more uncomfortable is that when he barely played, the team actually took a big lead, isn't this just a change of direction to slap himself in the face? But Payton doesn't think so, the reason why Payton and Malone came to the Lakers is for the championship, the Lakers won the championship under the leadership of Kobe, or won the championship under the leadership of O'Neal, in fact, there is no difference for Payton. And Payton doesn't think that the Lakers win under the leadership of Kobe, which is a bad thing for O'Neal, although Kobe Bryant wants to compete with O'Neal for the leadership of the Lakers is already a well-known thing, but in Payton's view, as long as the Lakers win the championship this year, all problems are not a problem, even if Kobe's performance is good, it can't shake O'Neal's position, even if he retreats to the second, O'Neal can maintain the position of one of the two cores. And if the Lakers fail again, it will be a catastrophe for O'Neal, as the core of the team, losing to the same opponent in the Finals for two consecutive seasons, doesn't it just prove that O'Neal is no longer suitable to continue to lead this team?

"Hmph." O'Neal, who was already sulking, snorted fiercely after listening to Peyton's words, how could Peyton's meaning be unclear about O'Neal? If O'Neal was willing to share leadership with Kobe, O'Neal and Kobe would not be what they are now, arrogant as O'Neal, after Hardaway, he never considered sharing the leadership of the team with anyone, as long as he is still at the peak, he is the only king of the Lakers.

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45-40, by the time the main lineups of the two sides reappeared, the bench lineup led by Reggie Miller had narrowed the gap between the two sides to only 5 points.

"I'll go, is Kobe going against the sky in this game?" After returning to the court, Kobe Bryant did not feel bad because of a long break, but still maintained a very high scoring efficiency, and after he came on the court, he shot 3 of 3 and scored six points in a row, widening the difference between the two sides to 9 points again. In this case, Meng Xu finally couldn't sit still and began to take over the game in advance, wanting to narrow the difference between the two sides before the end of the half, although Meng Xu's shooting rate in the third quarter of 7 shots and 4 was good enough, but under Kobe's extraordinary play, at the end of the half, the difference between the two sides was still widened to 10 points.