On the evening of May 12, the third game of the semifinal series between the Spurs and the Lakers will kick off in half an hour at the Alamo Coliseum, the home of the Spurs.

On the Lakers' bench, Kobe Bryant, who had warmed up, sat quietly on the bench, listening to Phil Jackson laying out the tactics of the game on the side.

As a talented player who became famous in the United States in high school, a genius with the goal of surpassing Jordan, Kobe Bryant's heart is extremely arrogant, and Kobe Bryant, who was righted by Phil Jackson this season, ushered in explosive growth in statistics, and entered the league's best team for the second team, the best defensive team for a while, became a popular star in the league, and was also selected for this season's All-Star starting lineup.

It is precisely because of this that Kobe's self-confidence is getting stronger and stronger, and there are fewer and fewer stars who can be put in Kobe's eyes, even if the Lakers' star O'Neal, in Kobe's opinion, if he is set up as the tactical core and can have a shot like O'Neal, his data will definitely not be worse than O'Neal.

In the series with the Kings, Bryant averaged 27.8 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists per game, and nearly 50% shooting rate in 5 games, and this series also pushed Kobe's popularity and prestige to the top, but in the two games with the Spurs, Kobe Bryant struggled very much, not only did the average score drop to 16 points per game, but the shooting rate was as low as 41%, and the rookie who averaged 8 points per game in the first round against himself faced his two games, was able to average 22 points, 7 rebounds and 6.5 assists per game, and he also hit a key shot on his head. And the big fat man's god-like performance for two consecutive games also deeply stimulated Kobe, and even shook Kobe's confidence in wanting to replace him.

"Am I really inferior to him?" glanced at O'Neal beside him, and then looked at Phil Jackson who was holding the tactical board in front of him, Kobe's ears once again recalled what Phil Jackson once said to himself, can he only fight for Jordan for the rest of his life like Pippen?

"No, it's definitely not what I want, I'm the one-of-a-kind Kobe Bryant, and I'm going to be the brightest star." Bryant stared at the court, his fists clenched.

"Boy, you're in trouble for this game." Meng Xu, who was listening to Popovich's tactics on the sidelines, suddenly heard Anna's voice in his ears.

"What's wrong? It would be bad to listen to your voice. "Now Meng Xu is quite sensitive to the system and Anna's prompts before the game.

"I just received a prompt from the system.,The player you want to play against in this game.,It's the explosive head kid opposite.,Now his game status has been changed to a demon in the system.,Ability evaluation 97 Oh.,You're still asking for more blessings."

"Uncle KFC on the other side won't be a hanging B, O'Neal's state in the last game was a demon, and Kobe Bryant is in a demon again in this game, so just send the championship directly to you." Looking at Philip Jackson in the distance, Meng Xu said in his heart. "And Anna, you, yesterday said that as long as I don't encounter players in a demonic state, I can deal with it, and I'll have one today, Anna, to be honest, are you deliberately manipulating me."

"The state of the player's game is not something that the system can control, you better pray sincerely, hoping that the explosive head kid will abuse you lightly. I went back to watch my TV series. ”

"I am an atheist, and I believe that man will conquer heaven. The outside line of the ability value of 97 is the first time I've encountered it, so I have to feel it. Meng Xu said and looked at Kobe Bryant with some envy, looking at each other, as if he noticed that someone was looking at him, and Kobe's eyes were also on Meng Xu's side.

"Boy, this game will see how I beat you." Just now, Kobe Bryant found that his physical state seemed to have undergone some indescribable changes, and his self-confidence and desire to fight became unprecedentedly strong.

As the whistle blew, the third game between the Spurs and the Lakers officially began, and O'Neal beat David Robinson to win the first wave of ball possession for the Lakers.

In this game, after David Robinson returned, Tim Duncan returned to the position of power forward, Sean Etellio still started, and the Spurs' two starting guards were still Meng Xu and Avery Johnson.

On the Lakers' side, Phil Jackson also made adjustments to the lineup, starting center O'Neal, starting power forward Robert Hawley, starting small forward Reagan Fox, scoring guard Kobe Bryant, and playmaking guard Ron Haber.

The Lakers' three-in-command Glen Les sat on the bench for the first time this season, and this season the Lakers began to play a triangle offensive strategy, but as an important member of the team, Glen Les has never been able to achieve a seamless connection with O'Neal Bryant, which also made Phil Jackson have the idea of sending him away, but with the god Jerry West, Phil Jackson is also constrained everywhere. After observing the first two games, Phil Jackson finally made up his mind to put Glen Les on the bench, not because he was incompetent, but because Glen Les had a problem with the team's understanding of the team's tactics. Compared with the Spurs, the Lakers' bench lineup has been in a slight trend, and after putting Glen Les on the bench, the Lakers' bench lineup will also be reversed.

The basketball that was dialed to the backcourt by O'Neal was directly grabbed by Kobe, and after winning the ball, Kobe did not hand over the ball to Ron Haber, the team's organizational core, but directly held the ball himself and took it through the half. For Kobe, Meng Xu is still very familiar, so far the Lakers and Spurs have played each other 6 times in a single season, although in a few games in the regular season, the two did not directly face each other, but for the Lakers' outside offensive core, Kobe's ability and means Meng Xu is very clear, especially with the kind of turn and backward shooting that is very similar to Jordan, which makes Meng Xu envious.

"Boy, I'm going to crush you in this game, including the Spurs behind you." The moment Kobe Bryant spoke, he directly accelerated and started, although he had been prepared for Kobe's breakthrough, but the moment Kobe Bryant was posted on the side, something surprising Meng Xu happened at this time, Kobe Bryant directly stopped after continuous acceleration, and then two consecutive feints, followed by a change of direction towards Meng Xu's right side, and then accelerated again, Meng Xu was left behind by Kobe Bryant.