Chapter 50: Home vs. Bulls
Bryant looked calm in the face of Jordan, and he was looking for a pick-and-roll to get a break through Jordan. Pen ~ Fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info" commentary explains everything that happens on the field.
After half a season, Kobe Bryant has improved a lot in his game experience.
At this time, he was calmly dribbling the ball in front of Jordan's defense.
Tony quickly pulled up and made a block for Kobe, who seized the opportunity to break through directly, but he was hindered halfway, and the Bulls' center Lang Li came up to defend him.
Lang Li is 2.18 meters tall, he is a very tall big man, and he weighs 120 pounds, and his whole body is full of strong muscles and tendons, which is extremely rare among white people, standing in front of Kobe Bryant He looks like a screen, almost obscuring the view of the basket.
But Kobe Bryant, of course, will not be frightened by Lang Li's huge figure, he easily slid past Lang Li by changing direction in front of his body continuously, but Lang Li didn't care, his goal of delaying Kobe had been achieved, and taking advantage of this effort, Jordan also got rid of Tony and guarded up.
When Lang Li saw Jordan follow, he didn't hesitate anymore and turned back to defend Tony.
The Bulls' defense can be said to be very good, but Bryant still took a chance from it, and he passed the ball under Jordan's defense.
Toni was already down when Kobe Bryant just broke through, and when Lang Li returned to defense, he had received Kobe's pass very comfortably, and after receiving the ball, Tony did not pause at all, and the whole person rushed to the basket like a tank, Lang Li followed closely behind him and chased after him, and Rodman saw that Tony came in and hurried over to make up for the defense.
Tony naturally saw Rodman's figure, and he immediately rose into the air, facing the defense of the two people in front and behind.
Rodman also jumped high to knock Tony down, and he didn't allow Tony to dunk in front of him.
Tony naturally found out in the air that if he was buttoned like this, there was a chance that he would be covered by Rodman, so he made a very stretched dodge in the air, he pulled his hand and immediately let go of Rodman's palm, and then Tony flicked his wrist and gently picked the ball out.
When Rodman saw Toni dodge his block, he lost the opportunity to interfere and could only watch the basketball float lightly into the basket.
Tony finished the offense in the opening first round, and he earned the Lakers two points first.
"I didn't expect this big man to be just soft and soft, just now his action of dodging and picking baskets in the air is very beautiful, it looks like he does have two shots." Jordan said to Pippen expressionlessly after seeing Tony's series of movements.
"Yes, it's really good." Pippen nodded in agreement.
The ball came to the Bulls' side.
Although Jordan's physical talent is still unprecedented, he is now gradually transforming from playing only on his body, he has increased the proportion of offense with high and low backs, and only occasionally will he dunk to remind opponents that he is still the god of basketball.
Ron Harper dribbled past half-court and saw that Jordan had caught Kobe Bryant with his back in the waist position, and he didn't hesitate to hoist the ball over.
Jordan jumped forward, turned around and faced Kobe Bryant as he received the ball. Kobe Bryant didn't dare to relax at all and stared at Jordan tightly.
Jordan probed forward with his left foot, trying to see if he could trick Kobe Bryant's center of gravity, but Kobe was unmoved.
But he wasn't surprised, he didn't think it would be so easy to fool the little guy in front of him, but his movements didn't stop, only to see Jordan raise the basketball and make a gesture.
Jordan's movements were very realistic, and Kobe, who was in a highly stressed situation, couldn't help but jump up when he saw his shooting feints.
Worst!
Seeing Jordan withdraw his hand, Kobe Bryant knew in his heart that he had been fooled, but it was too late.
I saw Jordan elegantly dribble to the right, and the man dodged Kobe, made a quick stop jump shot, and the basketball fell into the bag.
After finishing the shot, Jordan whistled easily, and there was no pressure on him to score like this.
The two sides continued to play back and forth, Kobe Bryant's opening hand was also quite good, and for a while the Lakers also played a close game with the Bulls.
Jordan is worthy of being known as the strongest man, he seems to have done it on purpose, showing his offensive skills in front of Kobe, Kobe's defense is very serious, but what makes him helpless is that Jordan is simply unstoppable.
He could tell Jordan was a fake move on a lot of balls, but fuck it, Kobe Bryant's mind knew it was fake, but his body would jump as if it was uncontrollable.
This is enough to show that Jordan's current skills have reached the point of perfection, and he can deceive his opponent to be shaken up unconsciously knowing that it is wrong.
But Kobe Bryant's refusal to admit defeat naturally will not allow himself to be played by Jordan like a fool, he also plays very decisively on the offensive end, and he has repeatedly looked for opportunities to go head-to-head with Jordan.
Maybe it's the home advantage or what, Kobe Bryant can still guarantee a good shooting rate in the face of Jordan's suffocating defense today, there are several extremely unreasonable shots that seem to be completely blocked, Kobe Bryant still shot, this kind of character explosion made Jordan shake his head and express helplessness.
Kobe's shots are very similar to his, with some backs, and although Jordan's big hands can easily interfere with Bryant's shots, Bryant widens the arc of his backs a little more, so that he can get rid of Jordan's interference.
It stands to reason that this way of shooting is very harmful to his body, and the shooting rate is not stable at all, but Kobe Bryant just threw it, and he made more than one goal.
This made the on-site commentators exclaim every time Kobe Bryant got the ball, and he even ignored Tony, who was still talking to Jordan before the game, and almost focused his attention on Kobe.
After all, Kobe Bryant, a rookie, can not lose the upper hand at all in the confrontation with Jordan, and can also explode with him, which even some well-known guards in the league can't do.
Many people have begun to believe Tony's words before the game, with such Kobe Bryant, maybe the Lakers really have a chance to compete with Jordan in the finals.
The first quarter was mainly the heads-up time of Kobe and Jordan, and the rest of the court did not complain too much, and they were very happy to see such a wonderful heads-up.
By the end of the first quarter, the two sides had also played a 25-25 draw.
Among them, Jordan scored 15 points in 6 of 7 in a single quarter, and Kobe Bryant here in the Lakers was not bad at all, and he also scored 14 points in 5 of 8 in a single quarter.