Chapter 4 Kobe James Breaks
Zeng Yu, who came back to his senses, looked at Huang Jun who walked past him, and said in his heart, "It turned out that I was deceived, he first made me think that he would choose to attack himself for the next attack with a firm gaze, and then after I thought so, he chose to pass, and the reason why he chose to pass the ball was to shock me and make me think about those things, and at the time of the distraction, James passed the ball back to him again, and then passed me directly before I came back to my senses, and then chose the same attack as I just now"
After thinking about all this, Zeng Yu thinks that Huang Jun's progress is very great, and he is not below himself at all.
Next, after Zeng Yu held the ball to the halfcourt, he did not choose to attack by himself, but passed the ball to Kobe, who received the ball, and Bhart, as if there was not much offense, passed the ball directly to Gasol on the inside.
Gasol, who received the ball, did not choose to attack by himself, but passed inside and passed to Bynum, who was also on the inside, and Gasol was still very good at passing.
At this time, Bynum was completely empty, and Gasol's pass just now was just right, impartial, and just right. And Bynum is also very comfortable receiving the ball, such a good ball he will naturally not live up to Gasol's pass, and under the defense of no one, he directly ended the attack with a violent dunk.
And the defender Ilgoska has just chased down Bynum's side, but the attack has been completed, and I don't know what the point is in running back now.
Next, the ball on the Cavaliers' side, Huang Jun attracted the defense with a breakthrough, and then passed the ball to the big Z who had just run outside the three-point line, and at this time there was no defender around him at all, and Bynum's ball just now was very empty, but the distance he was at was indeed far from the basket, and Bynum was very close to the basket.
However, everyone knows that Big Z's three-point shot is still very powerful, so with such a good opportunity, Ilgoska aimed well, and then shot, and the basketball did not disappoint him, he fell directly into the net and hit a three-point shot.
In the opening two attacks, James and Kobe Bryant had very few chances to touch the ball, neither of them had an offensive shot, and from the performance of the two just now, the two of them will attack very small, as if they don't want to attack at all, as long as the ball is in their hands, they will eventually choose to pass, why is this?
In this way, the first quarter lasted until six minutes, James and Kobe Bryant surprised everyone, did not take a single shot during this time, and completely handed over all the opportunities to the other players of the team, as if the two were secretly competing, to see who could not help but shoot first.
In the past six minutes of the first quarter, the Cavaliers won thirteen to twelve, temporarily leading the Lakers by one point, and this Lakers called a timeout, not because of the score behind and called a timeout, it was completely because of Kobe's wrongness, Kobe Bryant's non-shot completely disrupted Phil Jackson's plan, Kobe's role in the triangle offensive tactics is very large, and almost every offensive finisher is in Kobe's hands, Kobe's score is very important to the Lakers.
The Cavaliers didn't expect much of a shot from James, because James usually brings his teammates up first, and then chooses to attack himself, but the head coach of the Cavaliers doesn't think so, although James did this more than once in the past, but James at that time had assists in the account, and then the game has played so far, only one assist, and the score is zero, and the zero shot is naturally zero points.
"Smith, what is the matter with the two protagonists of this game, who have such a tacit understanding and choose not to shoot, but like a spectator, watching the game from zero distance on the field? I don't know what you think about this? Barkley said to Smith, who was bored next to him, that he really didn't understand, and that he didn't say it to embarrass Smith.
"I think I know a little bit about why they didn't shoot, I remember that the first offense of this game was launched by the Lakers, and then that offense didn't pass through Kobe's hands, and the final finisher was naturally not Kobe, when James saw this, he must have understood something" Smith said here, paused, as if thinking about something, and then said, "And the thing that understands is probably that it is from knowing that Kobe's offense in this game is not strong, or because he doesn't want to be the protagonist of this game, Instead, give the protagonist to his teammates."
"Oh? So why is that? Barkley then asked.
"It's very simple, because they are all very strong players, if you really want to let them match, then the highlights are natural, but there is still no way to know who loses and who wins, this is not to say that the game wins and who wins, if it is not up to them, which team wins, on the contrary, that player will play a greater role in the team, it's not that the team can't win without you James Kobe, but this is just my guess, this is very stupid, I hope it's not what I guessed, because James and Kobe Bryant are indispensable people to the team." Smith uttered his guess in one breath.
Barkley listened to this, thought for a moment and then said, "I don't think that's the case, they probably gave the first half of the game to their teammates, and in the second half they will step up, the first half belongs to their teammates, the second half belongs to their duels."
After listening to Barkley's words, Smith also felt very reasonable, but this is just speculation between the two, what the real answer is will be known later, and they also know that this timeout, the head coaches of both sides will tell them to start attacking, there is no doubt about it.
So when the game comes back, Kobe Bryant and James will probably be involved in the offense, unless they don't listen to the coach's arrangement, they will definitely be involved in the offense.
The game is back.
On the Lakers' side, Zeng Yu passed the ball to Kobe Bryant as soon as he received the ball, apparently allowing Kobe to attack directly.
Kobe, who received the ball, glanced at James, then turned to Battier who was defending him, and said, "Your blindfolding method will indeed make me very uncomfortable, but in the entire league, only I can defend me"
Battier didn't know what Kobe Bryant meant by this, but he didn't care at all, didn't think about what he meant, what to do, what he still did, and didn't divert the defense from contemplation because of Kobe's words.
Kobe Bryant was not surprised that Battier was not affected by his words, and what he said just now was not to divert the attention of the other party, there was really no one in his heart who could prevent him, and he was indeed the only one who could prevent it.
Kobe Bryant started, not to change direction and break through or anything, but to choose to play with his back, and at this time the position was one step inside the three-point line, but it was still very far from the basket.
Kobe Bryant didn't care about this at all, and singled out Battier with his back, squeezing it in little by little, although Battier said that he withstood it, he still let Kobe Bryant score a little towards the basket.
After Kobe Bryant's direct turn around feint, Battier still stood in place, and did not deviate from the center of gravity because of Kobe's feint, because Battier and Kobe Bryant have been in the opposite position many times, so they still know Kobe a little bit.
Seeing that Battier was unmoved, Kobe Bryant pulled it up directly, and then threw a backward jumper, Battier's reflexes were still very good, when Kobe pulled up, he also pounced, and covered Kobe's eyes with his own feel, and this time the blinding was very successful, and Kobe Bryant's eyes were not seen at all, and in turn Kobe could not see the specific position of the basket, and completely dialed out the ball in his hand by feeling.
After watching Kobe Bryant's shot, Battier, who landed on the ground, turned to look at the basketball that flew forward, brushed, and the ball went into the net, even if there was no beautiful sound, Battier saw the ball go in.
Battier didn't care about it at all, and there was no pity on his face, as if the goal hadn't been scored.
In fact, he thought very simply, as Kobe Bryant said, there is only one person in the entire league who can defend him, and that is himself, and Battier also knows that he can't defend him, so he can only do his best to defend, make him uncomfortable, cover his shooting vision, and minimize the opponent's shooting rate.
As long as he can do one of these, he is very satisfied, it is impossible to keep Kobe Bryant, no one in history will do it to keep a clean sheet for a superstar scorer like Kobe, which is very unrealistic.
It was the Cavaliers' turn to attack, James saw Kobe Bryant's shot, and said in his heart, "Since you have already shot, then the showdown that belongs to us has also begun, and I thought that you might not shoot for the entire first half or the entire first quarter, but I didn't expect you to make a shot in the end, I think you are not because of Jackson, but you can't suppress the heart that wants to attack." ”
At halftime, Huang Jun passed the ball to James without any hesitation, because he was also very clear about the situation on the court, seeing that Kobe Bryant had made a shot, he felt that James would also shoot, so he passed the ball to James and asked him to deal with the ball.
James, who received the ball, faced Ariza, who was also a defensive warrior on the other side.
He doesn't know Kobe's kind of step-back jumper, so he directly rushes to Ariza with an acceleration change direction, completely trying to use his physical fitness to deal with Ariza.
And this move is really effective, James who knocked away Ariza, directly made a layup, scored the ball, and at the same time the referee also blew Ariza's defense, two plus one.
James, who was standing at the free throw line, successfully made free throws, 16-14, and the Cavaliers led by two points.