Chapter 779: Crossing the Mountain
As one of the best players in the league and the active No. 1 scoring guard, Kobe has always wanted to remove the two words and become the first person in the league or even the first person in history, but in front of Kobe Bryant is more than one mountain waiting for him to climb, especially the guy in front of him, every time Kobe takes a step forward, he feels that he can defeat him, but when he looks up, he still can't see the end of this mountain.
The rumors of Meng Xu's retirement are undoubtedly good news for Kobe, without Meng Xu, I believe that with Kobe's strength, there is a great chance to impact the position of the first person in the league, but without Meng Xu, he can't step on him to reach the top, which is also a pity for Kobe, so before the start of this season's playoffs, Kobe vowed to reach the finals of this season, and beat Meng Xu in the finals, beat the Pacers, and step on their bodies to get the second championship trophy of their careers.
However, after entering the finals as he wished, Kobe Bryant found that Meng Xu seemed to be stronger than he expected, although after the disintegration of the OK group, Kobe and Meng Xu had almost no chance of alignment, but in order to take revenge on the Pacers in the finals, Kobe Bryant has been treating Meng Xu as his imaginary enemy for several years, constantly sweating on the training ground, sharpening his skills and will, but in today, Kobe himself feels that he is strong enough to defeat any opponent today, Kobe Bryant felt that he was suppressed by Meng Xu in the finals.
From the first game of the finals, Kobe Bryant has this feeling, although Kobe and Meng Xu do not have many opportunities to directly face each other, but Kobe still feels the pressure in all directions, but Kobe Bryant likes this feeling under pressure very much, either Nirvana is reborn, or defeated, and Kobe's choice is of course the former!
"Come on!" When Meng Xu received a pass from Tony Allen at the left of the top of the arc, Kobe Bryant quickly switched defensive positions with Ron Artest, appeared in front of Meng Xu at the first time, and bowed his waist slightly, opening his arms to make defensive movements.
In the face of Kobe's defense, Meng Xu didn't dare to be careless, but Meng Xu also had full confidence that he could get rid of Kobe's defense, in the sound of defense that resounded throughout the court, Meng Xu took a step forward with the basketball in his left hand, and shook Kobe Bryant with a move to break through, and then changed hands to the right side to break through, while protecting the ball half-sideways, 1 cross step with his left foot, followed by a right shoulder turnover, after this series of actions was completed, Kobe Bryant had been completely shaken away by Meng Xu, although Kobe Bryant, who was shaken away, After a little adjustment, it was quickly pasted, but the moment Kobe Bryant was out of position, it was enough for Meng Xu to calmly throw the basketball in his hand.
"Beautiful, it's so beautiful, Meng Xu's series of actions just now is really beautiful." As a Lakers celebrity, Magic Johnson, who was "firmly" supporting the Lakers throughout the finals, immediately gave Meng Xu applause after Meng Xu hit the shot, and at the same time kept praising Meng Xu's shot.
"It's really beautiful, excellent ball sense, elegant figure, and no muddy and watery action connection, Meng Xu's set of actions is simply the pinnacle of sudden throwing combined action!" After Magic Johnson, Michaels also kept praising Meng Xu's offense, just like he just praised Kobe Bryant's super large backward shot, for beautiful basketball, Michaels and the audience at the scene are defenseless.
"Meng, pretty, pretty, I love this shot of yours!" After Meng Xu shot, Meng Xu saw the direction of the Pacers' bench, Jessica Alba was constantly waving her arms, shouting frantically towards her side, the lady's image was ruined, driven by Jessica Alba, the audience behind the Pacers bench was also cheering and applauding for Meng Xu.
Kobe, who was easily "defeated" by Meng Xu, also tried his best to return Meng Xu after returning to the offensive end, so through continuous running and rotation, when Meng Xu appeared in front of Kobe, Kobe immediately reached out to Ron Artest, who was holding the ball, for the ball.
After seeing Kobe Bryant stretching out his hand to ask for the ball, Artest did not hesitate, and quickly handed over the basketball in his hand to Artest, Kobe, who successfully received Artest's pass, chose his best back dribble breakthrough to deal with Meng Xu, although back singles are considered boring by many people and lack of aesthetics, and now the young people who have newly entered the league have begun to resist back singles, but back singles are a sharp weapon for Kobe's generation of players, especially the backward jumper after turning back, It is almost impossible to be defended by the shooting method, and compared with the face frame breakthrough, flying and violent dunking, although the back singles are boring, but the chance of injury is greatly reduced, so as he gets older, Kobe Bryant, like most of his predecessors, began to take the initiative to adjust his style of play, from a dancer on the basket to a floor flow old man.
"Again." After turning around to the left side of his body for the first time and breaking through and being blocked by Meng Xu, Kobe Bryant immediately began to turn in the opposite direction, and after suddenly realizing that something was wrong, Kobe Bryant pulled back his steps and turned in the direction of the first turn again.
After completing the back turn, Kobe Bryant found that Meng Xu had really blocked the space for him to turn to the right, but now Kobe Bryant has enough room to shoot, even if Kobe wants to continue to break through, there are enough opportunities.
When Meng Xu pounced on Kobe again, Kobe Bryant had already jumped up in place, even though Meng Xu had already pounced on Kobe Bryant's side after Kobe jumped, and stretched out his long arm to jump with Kobe, but for Kobe, Meng Xu's defense was already too late.
The kind of shooting action that leans back to the point where the body is almost out of balance, let alone Meng Xu, even if it is Chamberlain and Russell, I am afraid that they can't stop it, and Meng Xu can barely seal Kobe's face when his body has been tilted to the limit.
With a brush, Kobe Bryant faced Meng Xu's block, and after throwing the basketball in his hand into the basket with a super difficult backward action, the Staples Center instantly boiled, and the Lakers fans on the scene shouted Kobe's name in unison frantically, cheering for their favorite players.