Chapter 116 Accident Happens
After returning from the timeout, Richard Hamilton was even more active in Kobe Bryant, and kept harassing Kobe, Kobe Bryant also fought back, and also raised black elbows from time to time.
Osborne tried to shoot a three-pointer from the outside, the basketball bounced out of the frame, the basketball hit the inside of the basket and went straight back to the same way, Osborne picked up the basketball again, this time, he didn't rush to shoot but found the opportunity, passed the basketball to Chaunsibilupus, Chaunci Bilupus faced Derrick Fisher's defense and threw a three-pointer, and the basketball went through the net.
Derrick Fisher is not tall as a point guard, and although he is said to be strong, he does not take advantage of a player like Billups. Osborne saw this and passed the ball to Billups to shoot, and the misalignment advantage was too obvious.
This ball finally allowed the Pistons to tie the score and tie it at 49:49, which made Kobe very annoyed, and he finally started to turn around and break through the layup in a back-to-back single, and then a whirlwind 360° strong dunk, this ball immediately ignited the enthusiasm of the audience on the sidelines, because although the game between the Lakers and the Pistons was in full swing, it was not as pleasing to the eye as imagined.
Richard Hamilton felt guilty when he saw that he had allowed Kobe Bryant to easily break through the basket and dunk hard, and then he also used the team's cooperation to complete a mid-range shot.
Then Richard Hamilton strengthened his defense against Kobe, which made Kobe a little unhappy, and finally in a back-to-back single, Kobe Bryant lifted his black elbow and began to shake from side to side, and Richard Hamilton was defenseless and directly used his face to meet Kobe's elbow, Hamilton was suddenly dizzy and fell to the ground. This accident made the game almost become a brawl scene, Osborne hurriedly pushed Kobe away, O'Neal wanted to come over to help, Big Ben resisted O'Neal to the death, the scene was chaotic, even the players on the bench also came on the court to help, and the referee also unceremoniously gave Kobe a second-degree malicious foul, Osborne a technical foul, Ben Wallace and O'Neal were also a technical foul.
Then the team doctor began emergency treatment, Richard was preliminarily determined to have a slight concussion, and then carried off the court on a stretcher, and no one on the Pistons' point guard could match Kobe.
Osborne was very annoyed when he looked at Richard Hamilton's situation, although Kobe Bryant has not yet reached the level of the league-wide push in the future, but after all, this is the home court of the Lakers, and the home whistle is inevitable, so Kobe Bryant is exempt from the punishment of direct expulsion.
Osborne said directly to Larry Brown: "Coach, let me play against Kobe Bryant in a while, although I may not be able to stop him, but I swear he can't stop me, I will definitely humiliate him with a three-point shot." ”
Larry Brown also knows Osborne's temper, and even if he doesn't let him go, he will find an opportunity to do it, and it is better to fulfill him now to avoid trouble.
Thinking of this, Larry Brown replied: "Do whatever you want, you can have unlimited fire for the rest of the game, and I am sure you will win." ”
After Richard Hamilton's injury, it brought a lot of hidden dangers to the Pistons' outside line, such as this game, Richard Hamilton could have limited Kobe's play, but after he was injured, the Pistons no longer had a scoring guard comparable to Kobe, which gave the Lakers a misplaced advantage.
Osborne came to Kobe Bryant, looked at Kobe a little viciously and said: "I really hope you can use basketball to solve the battle, instead of hurting people with your black elbow, it seems that I think highly of you, Michael will never use this way to win, but this time I will defeat you on behalf of Richard Hamilton." ”
When Kobe Bryant heard Osborne's words, he was a little unbearable, after all, he didn't want such an accident, but he would only blame himself, and would not publicly admit his mistakes, that is, he knew his mistakes but did not admit them.
So he was angered by Osborne's words, "I hope your performance can be tougher than your words for a while, rookie, you don't understand the rules of survival in this league at all, and you don't care how many players have been injured under the Pistons' brutal defense, and you don't know that sometimes in order to protect yourself, you have to be tough, so that no one dares to mess with you, otherwise you will be violated countless times, I just fought back, no one wants this to happen." Bryant didn't know why he was saying so much to Osborne.
It's just that Osborne didn't appreciate it, he responded: "No matter how you quibble, the facts are the facts, and my justice is divided by standpoints, and different positions are my enemies, and what you say may be reasonable, but it doesn't make me forgive you, and if you have anything to say, let's wait until you taste the bitter fruits of failure." ”
Kobe Bryant heard that Osbourne was still so unrelenting, and immediately said coldly: "What qualifications do you have to accuse me, you are still playing with mud when I am working hard in this league?" And I don't think you have any special skills to beat me. With that, he gave Osborne a death glare, and then turned to leave.
Osborne saw Kobe's arrogance and couldn't help but sigh: Kobe is Kobe, no matter what the situation, he will not give up the possibility of victory, but this time let you see Ku Hao's three-point shot, don't throw you into doubtful life, I will never use this skill again.
Then Osborne took the pass from his teammates and hit a quick three-point shot, which made Kobe Bryant a little unable to react, and Osborne's three-point shot directly injected a boost into the morale of the somewhat depressed Pistons.
Then Kobe Bryant was not to be outdone, and it was a crisp and neat three-point picturesque step-back jumper to score, Osborne tried his best to interfere, and even used a sealed eye defense, but unfortunately it still had no effect, and the basketball still brushed through the net.
Osborne saw Kobe's performance like this, and sighed in his heart: Eye-sealing defense really doesn't work at all for Kobe's type of player, it is said that when Kobe Bryant shoots, as long as his hand shape remains the same, no matter how his body is twisted, he can throw the ball, and there is a great chance of scoring, which is why Kobe Bryant has many classic shots.
Osborne thinks it's better to give up defending Kobe Bryant and practice offense to the extreme, after all, there is an old saying that the best defense is offense, and the Warriors during the Curry Thompson era did a very good job, which is a good interpretation of this sentence.
Their entire team practiced their three-point skills to the full level, and simply and brutally solved the battle, so much so that their head coach Steve Cole said: "If you continue to play like this, you still need Mao's tactics, I will simply resign, this team doesn't need a head coach at all, as long as the three-point practice is good." ”