Chapter 334: Kobe Bryant went berserk
Although Kobe Bryant didn't like to see Bynum, Bynum was also the team's starting center, and he was still wearing a purple and gold jersey. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 infoAs the boss of the team, seeing his little brother being bullied like this, Kobe Bryant's ruthlessness also came up, and he was determined to give the Trail Blazers a little color.
Known as the "Black Mamba", Kobe Bryant is obviously not the kind of character who directly starts training with the other party, the more angry he is during the game, the calmer he becomes, like a black mamba showing his fangs in places you can't see, ready to kill you at any time.
With Bynum cringing in the first quarter, the Trail Blazers took an eight-point lead led by Ye Feng, and surprisingly, they basically didn't shoot three-pointers from the outside in the first quarter, shooting 7-of-10 from the field. The only one in the starting five who didn't score was Camby, after all, he needed to give up space under the basket for his teammates to break through, but he didn't care, and it was a good thing to be ahead of the Lakers.
The two sides used substitutes to play the first four minutes of the second quarter before switching back to the starting lineup, and of course Phil continued to press Bynum to the bench. Two fouls in the first quarter greatly reduced Bynum's playing time in this game, and for the sake of insurance, Phil only planned to let him play the last few minutes of the second quarter, at least to leave room for him to play in the fourth quarter.
Replacing Bynum and the starting lineup is undoubtedly the Lakers' super sixth man Odom, but he plays as the team's power forward, and Gasol swings to the center position. As a result, the strength of the Lakers' interior line has decreased, but the mobility has increased significantly, and Gasol and Odom can pull out the ball-handler after the pick-and-roll, and can quickly return to the basket, which means that the Trail Blazers' pick-and-roll is half useless.
Just as the Trail Blazers' offense became sluggish, Kobe Bryant suddenly exploded, and Matthews instantly felt tremendous pressure. This pressure does not come from Bryant's constant scoring touch, but from himself, a kind of "no matter how you defend this ball, it will score". I have to admit that Matthews has a strong outside defense, and as an undrafted pick, he can play at such a level as a Trail Blazers' earnings, but it is useless to stop Kobe.
In fact, after entering the late stage of his career, Kobe's offense has become very simple and efficient, no longer using various feints to attract attention as when he was young, and now he pursues efficiency, which is a one-hit kill in the face of defenders. There is nothing more important to him than winning the game, as long as he can score, how simple and how to come, with his identity and status, he really doesn't need to use fancy movements to attract attention like juniors.
Matthews still despised Kobe Bryant at first, after all, Kobe Bryant is very old, and he thinks that he doesn't say that he completely restricts Kobe, but at least he should be able to fight to a draw. But when Kobe Bryant held the ball, Matthews realized that his idea was wrong, Kobe Bryant did enter a decline in his career, but his strength was still there. Matthews tried his best to resist the urge to reach out, just raised his hands to prevent Kobe from breaking through, but Kobe Bryant's body swayed from side to side and easily slipped past Matthews, the movement didn't look complicated, but it really couldn't be prevented.
Matthews was shocked, and quickly turned around and followed Kobe Bryant into the three-point line as soon as possible, trying to block Kobe's breakthrough route from the side. However, he is still very cautious, with Kobe's speed, he can't stand up in advance, and speeding up the pace to fight head-on can only cause a blocking foul, so he can only use physical confrontation on the side to slow down Kobe's speed, so as to leave time and space for teammates to help defend.
A smile appeared on the corner of Kobe's mouth, but that smile was cold, a defender like Matthews had seen a lot in his previous career, even if his speed and confrontation were not as strong as before, but Kobe Bryant didn't care at all. As a young man, Bryant's first choice was to force a break and make a slam dunk on the head of an opponent's post player, but now he clearly has better options, such as shooting.
Near the free throw line, Bryant made an emergency stop, and Matthews didn't rush over the head and stopped as well. However, when Matthews was about to paste it, Kobe Bryant had already completed all the actions of the jump shot, and Matthews' hand had been sealed on Kobe's face, but Kobe's face was as usual, he had hit thousands of shots in this position, and it could be said that he could shoot the ball with his eyes closed, so Matthews' hand did not cause him any trouble. With a "bang", the basketball entered the basket, and Kobe Bryant was still standing in place, maintaining the posture of shooting, just like he had done countless times before.
From this ball, Bryant turned on the killing spree mode, and Matthews was as powerless as a child in front of him. Kobe Bryant proved that he is still one of the top scorers in league history, and Mamba is old, but his fangs are not falling out.
Bryant only scored 6 points in the first quarter, but in the second quarter, he scored 15 points on an out-of-the-box shot, helping the Lakers quickly recover the disadvantage on the court, and the point difference has been completely erased. Kobe's three-point shot is really not very reliable, and his outside shooting throughout his career has been a big weakness, even though he has hit many shots from beyond the three-point line before, but to tell the truth, Kobe's three-point shot has been a big problem most of the time.
But he also has a mid-range jumper, which is his real killer feature. And Kobe Bryant's current mid-range shooting has the charm of Jordan, and the shooting rate is also quite high, especially when Matthews is cautious enough to forcibly control fouls, Kobe Bryant is even more like a fish in water. And Kobe Bryant constantly uses jump shots to score, which can also save physical strength, instead of going to the basket to fight Aldridge and Camby.
Ye Feng also wanted to compete with Kobe, but Artest entangled him like a chicken blood, and he was not afraid of fouls or anything. His suicidal defense made Ye Feng have to pass the ball many times, and although he handed out 5 assists in a single quarter, he only scored 3 points. Under the clamor of Lakers fans, the Trail Blazers' outside feel was also average, and they were suppressed by Kobe Bryant on his own.
As the king of Los Angeles, as long as Kobe Bryant gets the ball, the MVP shouts will ring out all over the court, which is the biggest support for Kobe. At halftime, Bryant walked into the tunnel with his hands raised and a smile on his face, as if the Lakers had won the game.