Chapter 168: Angering Bryant
Kobe Bryant scored, and then Zhang Guan also scored, but the strange feeling in Kobe's heart became stronger and stronger. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
In the attack, Zhang Guan is always able to seize the gap and complete the score; In defense, Zhang Guan did not make any mistakes, if it wasn't for Kobe Bryant's backward jumper being too accurate, maybe Zhang Guan would have been able to defend it.
This is also thanks to Zhang Guan's opponent Kobe, so Zhang Guan has always used Kobe's experience to speculate Kobe's movements, how to replace James or Wade, Zhang Guan's defense is not so handy.
"How do I have a feeling of being seen through?" Bryant felt a little awkward, and it was all the instinct of a top basketball player.
Although he can score the ball every time, if it is reasonable, no matter how stable the step-back jumper is in the emergency stop, it is not a hundred shots, maybe the next time he is unlucky, he will not be able to shoot.
However, the current Kobe Bryant has strong self-confidence, he thinks he can throw in, and his hand is also hot, Kobe Bryant in this state is obviously an unreasonable Kobe.
After a few heads-up battles between the two, a lot of time passed, and when Kobe Bryant got the ball again, there were already two digits left on the timer in the court.
57 seconds, this is the time left so far, according to this time, the United States team has at least two more offensive opportunities, and the Chinese team has at least one more offensive opportunity, if the play goes smoothly, if both sides do not foul, the Chinese team may also have two offensive opportunities.
In terms of scores, the Chinese team is still 1 point behind.
If it is a European team, at this time, the head coach will definitely call a timeout, arrange the offense and defense, and play some tactics at the last moment that the opponent cannot parry, but the American team is different, at this time they handed the ball to Kobe, and they still chose to let Kobe and Zhang Guan go head-to-head.
In the NBA basketball game, when the two sides are inseparable, it is very common to hand over the ball to the team's ace, we can often see that the ball is handed over to the team's boss after half court, and the other players open up the space, and the boss dribbles to the last moment to make a lore, this kind of ball has no tactics at all, it is one-on-one, you win if you shoot, and you lose if you don't shoot. That's the basketball culture in the United States.
Now, Team USA has brought that basketball culture to the Olympics, and in the final moments, they chose to hand the ball to Kobe Bryant.
If it were two years from now, it might be James who would have done the final offense, but now it would be Kobe Bryant. And Kobe himself has been in a similar situation many times, and he has long been used to this feeling.
I saw Kobe Bryant dribbling while staring at Zhang Guan, but his mind was thinking about how to attack next.
"Do you only shoot basketballs?" Zhang Guan suddenly asked in English.
"Huh?" Kobe Bryant was stunned, perhaps because he didn't expect that Zhang Guan, a Chinese, would suddenly speak English to himself; Or maybe he was too focused on attacking and didn't hear what Zhang Guan was talking about; Or maybe Zhang Guan's English is not very slippery.
"Do you only shoot basketballs?" Zhang Guan repeated, and then he continued: "I can only break through, I thought I was the only one like this!" ”
"Huh?" Kobe Bryant made another questioning voice, and he still didn't understand what Zhang Guan meant for a while.
"I only started playing basketball a few months ago, so I'm just going to break through!" Zhang Guan showed a proud expression, and continued: "But everyone said that my breakthrough was very powerful!" ”
Kobe Bryant finally understood what Zhang Guan meant this time.
"What do you mean I can only shoot? What do you mean it's just you? You're a rookie who has been playing for a few months, and I've been playing basketball since I was a kid! I'm the best basketball player in the world! I'm the one who wants to surpass Jordan! I'm Kobe Bryant! How could I only shoot? How could I be like you basketball rookie? You are really good enough in track and field, but in basketball, you are not qualified to look at me like this! ”
Kobe Bryant's heart suddenly rose with anger, and he was angered by Zhang Guan's words.
Under normal circumstances, Kobe Bryant may not be so easily provoked, after all, all kinds of trash talk in the NBA are also part of the game, the more powerful the athlete, the more they are taken care of by trash talk, and many superstars themselves are trash talk masters, so Kobe Bryant should have been used to it for a long time. But today, Kobe Bryant was scored several goals by Zhang Guan in a row, which couldn't prevent the opponent, and there was already some fire in his heart, coupled with Zhang Guan's identity as a track and field athlete, which made Kobe even more popular.
Just imagine, how can a world-class basketball player not get angry when he is despised by a track and field athlete in his own basketball program, and he really doesn't take advantage of it?
It's like a programmer saying to a chef, you can't stir-fry your food like this; A cook said to a racing driver, "You can't drive like that." A racing driver said to the doctor, you can't look at this disease, the other party must be unpleasant, and the good-tempered person will ignore you at all, and the bad-tempered person directly asks: Are you a doctor or am I a doctor?
There is a saying that there is a specialization in the art industry, and after achieving top achievements in a certain field, and then being devalued by laymen, if you don't come up with some means to fight back, it will definitely be impossible.
Today's sentence of Zhang Guan is like a track and field athlete saying to a basketball player: Hey buddy, we both play basketball as well!
This is tantamount to being ridden in the face, and Kobe Bryant's temper can't bear it. He is the best basketball player in the world, and of course has the dignity of a top basketball player, and this dignity is inviolable!
"Breakthrough, huh? You're not the only one in the world who will break through! My breakthrough will be stronger than yours! Kobe Bryant's eyes showed a sense of determination, and the next moment he suddenly started and launched a breakthrough.
For Bryant, it was reasonable to use any offensive means. Kobe's skills are too comprehensive, he can be said to be proficient in all basketball skills, and Kobe's offensive means are also unusually rich, and in terms of breakthroughs, Kobe is also the world's top.
Some players break through by speed, and some players break through by relying on changes in rhythm, and Kobe Bryant obviously has both, there are speed and rhythm changes, if it is a player who is not familiar with Kobe, it is likely to be played by Kobe.
But it's a pity that Kobe Bryant met Zhang Guan, who may be the most familiar with Kobe's style of play in the world.
Zhang Guan seemed to deliberately let go of a gap for Kobe Bryant to break through, in fact, he was ready to interfere with Kobe's layup, Kobe did not hesitate to seize this gap, and when he made a layup, Zhang Guan was ready.
Zhang Guan jumped high, and two big hands blocked Kobe's layup, Kobe had to change direction and throw the ball, but at the moment when the ball was thrown, Kobe knew that it had missed.
"Rebounding!"
"Grab the rebound!"
Zhang Guan and Bryant shouted at the same time.
Da Yao and Boozer were desperately trying to grab the position, but Da Yao, as the defender, was even better, and he held this key rebound. Then Da Yao directly handed the ball to Zhang Guan's hand.
In the next second, Zhang Guan turned into a cheetah and rushed forward. Zhang Guan wants to fight a quick counterattack.
The players of the American team are faster than one another, so the opponents of the American team do not have many opportunities to play fast attack, and now, Zhang Guan is just rushing forward with the ball alone, and other teammates can't keep up with Zhang Guan's speed even if they want to help.
But there are people in the American team who can keep up with Zhang Guan's speed, Kobe Bryant has just completed a breakthrough and has not yet eased up, but James, Anthony and Wade reacted immediately, and the three of them rushed towards their own half, and they went hand in hand with Zhang Guan.
However, Anthony's defense doesn't seem to be so resolute, and Zhang Guan's speed is fast enough, from the basket on one side to the basket on the other side, a distance of more than 20 meters, Anthony is about to fall behind.
Zhang Guan went straight to the basket of the United States, and when he ran into the free throw line, he immediately chose to jump.
"Jump so early! Can you be motivated? By the way, he is a long jump world champion, and if others can't score a goal from this distance, Zhang Guan will definitely be able to score. It's too late, it's time to foul! Wade was the first to realize this, and he knew that regular defense was no longer able to stop Zhang Guan
Wade jumped up without hesitation, and went directly to pull Zhang Guan's arm with both hands, and he simply chose to foul.
However, Zhang Guan made a lever movement in the air and shook Wade's hands.
"Oops!" Wade secretly shouted that it was not good, but he also reacted quickly enough, and directly changed to push Zhang Guan, hoping that Zhang Guan would lose his body and miss the ball.
But at the moment when Zhang Guan made a move, another strong arm slapped Zhang Guan's hands. That's LeBron James.
"Smack!" Zhang Guan felt a sharp pain in his arm, and the ball flew out of bounds.
James and Wade, at the cost of a foul, finally stopped Zhang Guan's layup, but Zhang Guan still had to make two free throws. So it's more of a foul tactic. At this point in the game, it's definitely better to let the opponent make free throws than to let the opponent score two points outright.
The whistle sounded immediately, and James decisively raised his hand to signal that he had committed a foul. However, Wade came up to high-five James, if it weren't for James, this goal would probably be scored by Zhang Guan, and the Chinese team would also overtake the score, so in the eyes of the American team, it is definitely worth it to use a foul to destroy Zhang Guan's fast break at this time.
"It's James, it really hurts!" Zhang Guan looked at his forearms, they had already been patted red by James, and he couldn't help rubbing them.
On the sidelines of the court, the coaching staff of the U.S. team immediately flipped through the information in their hands, and they wanted to find Zhang Guan's free throw shooting percentage.
"Found it!" D'Antoni said to everyone: "So far, Zhang Guan has made 8 of 15 free throws in the Olympic Games, and the free throw shooting rate is 53.3%, and we have earned this foul!" (To be continued.) )