"This speed ?!!!" Kobe Bryant was surprised, since he joined the NBA, he has not seen a fast one, like Wade, Paul, Rose and others, all have a rare speed in the league, but like this speed now, Kobe Bryant has only seen one person, the No. 3 little man who has been steadily pressing himself when he was a rookie.

The speed here does not refer to the simple straight-line breakthrough speed, but the rapid disguised speed in motion, if you only talk about the simple straight-line speed, there are many people who are faster than Iverson, not to mention anything else, Wang Meng is obviously much faster than Iverson when he breaks out again.

But now, Wang Meng actually has the same speed as Iverson, how can Kobe not be surprised?

Kobe Bryant subconsciously turned his head, and as expected, Wang Meng was in his opposite position, shooting safely.

"Want to make a move so easily?" Kobe Bryant's speed increased suddenly, and when Wang Meng was about to shoot, he arrived at the horse, as long as Wang Meng dared to shoot, he would definitely be greeted by a big hat.

How could Wang Meng give Kobe a big hat for nothing?

As one of the players who knows Kobe Bryant best, Wang Meng certainly knows Kobe's strength, so he never thought that Kobe would be directly passed by himself because of a simple disguise.

When he flew up, Wang Meng took advantage of the situation to take the basketball back.

"Oops!" Kobe Bryant's heart was cold, and he hurriedly wanted to retract the momentum, but just now he had already jumped with all his strength, how could he say that he would retract it at this time?

Kobe Bryant's body uncontrollably hit Wang Meng's body.

"Squeak!" This is the home court of the Hornets, and the referee naturally does not have the slightest intention to shield this kind of foul, and the whistle blows immediately. Wang Meng is like throwing a basketball out to create a 2+1, but unfortunately the old Kobe Bryant simply hugged Wang Meng and completely broke his thoughts.

"Yes, it looks like you've learned something good since the Olympics." Kobe Bryant said to Wang Meng.

Wang Meng smiled, didn't say anything, and stood at the free throw line and hit two free throws.

Taking advantage of this penalty dead shot, Monty was replaced by Roy.

At this time, the game was only less than a minute into the game, and Monty had already replaced Roy, and there was a reason for this, because Tony Allen's offense was too poor, even in the face of the skinny Paul, Allen's offensive efficiency with the ball would not be too high, it was better to let Roy play early, with Roy's offensive ability, Paul couldn't prevent it, because after all, Roy was much taller than Paul, and he also had an advantage in strength. And on the defensive end, Roy's ability is not much worse than Tony Allen, and he can also contribute more to limiting Kobe.

On the defensive end, Roy went to mark Kobe, and Wang Meng continued to look at Paul.

When facing Wang Meng, Paul didn't think about the offense at all, he glanced at Kobe, but saw that Kobe was intimately "catching up" with Roy on the side. So hoist the ball to Howard on the inside.

The difference between the current Lakers and the previous two years is very big, although the original Lakers are very powerful, there are strong players in any position, but after all, it is still Kobe's team, but now it is different, the boss of the Lakers is really difficult to say now, although it seems to be Kobe Bryant on the surface, but it is Paul who has occupied the ball for a long time, and the defensive gate is Howard, which is a very standard Big Three model, and the Big Three actually have no real boss. Because any of the three of them have the ability to dominate the game.

Howard received the basketball, his ass leaned back slightly, and Oden's bottom plate was very solid, and he didn't move at all. Howard was not in a hurry when he saw this, his lower body strength has always been undominant on the inside, but his speed is the fastest on the inside.

Leaning on Oden, Howard suddenly turned and rushed to the basket, as fast as thunder, not much slower than some guards. Although Auden had been prepared, he couldn't keep up with Howard's footsteps and was thrown off half of his body. It's under the basket, and half a body distance is enough to do something.

"Drink!" Howard roared, the muscles of his arms bulged for a moment, and he pulled up on the spot and dunked the basketball into the basket.

Wang Meng frowned slightly, Oden's progress this season has been obvious, but after all, Howard is the first center in the real sense of the league now, although Oden is the same champion as him, but it is still a lot worse.

"This can't be done, let your teammates play out the momentum!" Wang Meng said secretly in his heart.

If you want to play the momentum, the best way is to dunk, but Wang Meng skimmed the Lakers' inside line, Howard and Kenyon Martin, good guys, the super combination of the 01 champion plus the 04 champion, this inside impact is a little too difficult.

This season's Lakers are different from last season, after a season of run-in and Phil Jackson's painstaking management, the Lakers' interior defense this season is much more terrifying than last season, although there is no Titanic West, but Kenyon Martin is not necessarily much worse than West in terms of defense, this kind of steel inside, even if Wang Meng opens an instant explosion, there is no ** that wants to impact.

After hesitating, Wang Meng held the ball or handed the basketball to Roy first, after all, Roy's playing time in each game was only 25 minutes, which could not be wasted.

Roy received the ball, and when he saw Paul, who was only more than 1.8 meters tall in front of him, he was immediately happy, he didn't even make any adjustments, and jumped up and shot directly outside the three-point line, Paul could only look up and watch Roy shoot.

"Huh!" With a three-point shot, Roy stepped back to the defense with a smile.

"I'm rubbing, when did Roy's three points become so accurate?" O'Neill was a little taken aback when he saw this. Before Roy announced his retirement, most of his offensive methods were related to breakthroughs, although he usually shot three-pointers, but the shooting rate could only be regarded as an average version, barely more than 30 percent.

"You don't know." Seeing O'Neal's surprised expression, Barkley suddenly felt very refreshed, "This season, Roy's three-point shooting rate is very high, almost about 40 percent, and most of his offense is now carried out by jump shots. ”

'Roy is a really hard worker. Smith shook his head and sighed: "As early as last season, he was working hard at home to prepare for various training for his comeback, and I also went to his home to do an interview at that time, because his legs were without meniscus, Roy's ability to break through the interior can almost be said to be gone, so if he wants to return to the NBA, he must raise his shooting ability to a very high position, so he has been practicing shooting skills every day, and this training has lasted almost a year now, in this case, It's no wonder that his long-range shooting ability hasn't improved. ”

"I see." O'Neal suddenly realized, "Although I don't know why his injury has suddenly improved a lot, and even has some shadows of the past, the shooting ability that he has worked hard for a year is still retained." ”

Phil Jackson sat on the sidelines and saw Paul being [***] by Roy without any means, and his brow furrowed slightly. Paul's defense can definitely rank in the top five in the No. 1 position, and the prestige of the league's steal king is not given to Paul in vain, but Paul's height and physical fitness determine that he can only defend the No. 1 position, in the face of most scoring guards, Paul has an absolute height disadvantage, when defending, in the face of the opponent's jump shots, especially the rush shot, Paul is difficult to threaten them, Paul is too low.

Originally, Paul had a bit of a role in defending Wang Meng, because Wang Meng was originally 1.93 meters, but now Wang Meng's height is 1.98 meters, the same height as Kobe Bryant and Roy. Some people may say that it is only five centimeters high, which should not be so exaggerated, but you must know that only five centimeters higher makes Paul's hand unable to easily block Wang Meng's vision. In an NBA-level game, having a view of the basket is not much different from an empty spot for a battle-hardened NBA player.

Now the Hornets lineup, the lowest is Wang Meng and Roy's 1.98 meters, and the small forward unknown Wallace is 2.01 meters tall, Paul can't let go of Wang Meng and Roy, that is to say, he can't let go of any player on the field.

After hesitating again and again, Phil Jackson still chose to let Paul continue to keep an eye on Roy, because he knew his former disciple Wang Meng too well, and if Wang Meng was allowed to play smoothly, it was possible to end a game.

Paul continued to defend Roy, Roy was happy now, Paul's defense was not bad, and even under his suffocating defense, Roy's dribbling needed to be careful, and he would be stealed if he was not careful, but Roy didn't catch the ball at all now, but ran around without the ball on the court, looking for an opportunity to catch the ball and shoot, even if Paul's defense was strong, there was not much he could do in the face of this situation. On the defensive end, Paul needs to defend Roy, and on the offensive end, Paul also needs to deal with Wang Meng's defense, which makes Paul very entangled.

About 7 minutes into the first quarter, the score between the Lakers and the Hornets was 16:20, the Hornets led the Lakers by 4 points at home, Paul played very average under the care of Wang Meng and Roy, 0 points, 0 assists, 1 steal, 2 shots and 0 hits, and no assists, fortunately, Paul found a chance to complete a steal, otherwise his statistics would be all zero.

Although Paul was suppressed, but the rest of the Lakers' players were not, Kobe Bryant still maintained a strong offensive momentum under the marking of Roy, a shooting guard who did not belong to him, scoring 8 points in 7 minutes, and Howard also scored 6 points.

The Hornets called a timeout, replaced Roy, re-replaced Tony Allen, and replaced Oden, who was devastated by Howard, with Gasol in the center position, and Yi Jianlian as the power forward "The Hornets replaced Oden and replaced Yi Jianlian, it seems that they have given up the competition for the inside line, and want to fully turn the offensive point to the outside, this approach is really soft, if I am on the court, I will definitely easily beat Howard, although he is now the league's No. 1 center, but the level is far behind." As the top interior line of the league at the beginning, O'Neal's team paid great attention to the adjustment of the two teams, and when he saw that the Hornets were replaced by Yi Jianlian, he couldn't help but shake his head and said with disdain.

“no，no。” Barkley shook his finger and said, "You're wrong, on the contrary, the Hornets replaced Yi Jianlian to attack the inside." I bet that in the next ball, everyone in the Hornets will definitely pull to the outside and let Wang Meng break through and attack the inside. ”

"Hornets head coach Monty is really confident, he is so sure that Wang Meng will easily break through Kobe's defense, and then complete the offensive horse before the opposing defenders return to the interior defense?" Smith said curiously, and then he shook his head with a smile, "I'm stupid, during the Olympics, Wang Meng faced Kobe, James and other big-name players alone, and didn't he score more than 60 points in the finals?" ”

"How did it become that you and I were in the opposite position? What about that kid? I haven't had enough of it! Seeing that the player opposite him had become Gasol, Howard cracked his mouth and smiled, and asked with a big grin.

"Huh." Gasol smiled slightly, he had a lot of experience with Howard, and he knew a little about Howard, so he didn't pay attention to Howard at all, and walked towards the corner three-point line by himself.

Wang Meng beckoned, and the Hornets players on the court suddenly scattered outside the three-point line, ready to catch the ball and shoot at any time.

Kobe's heart sank slightly, "Are you ready to play singles?" ”

Kobe Bryant knows that he can't guard against Wang Meng now, in fact, this matter has been determined at the Olympic Games, Wang Meng broke through and even James and their group of guys in the prime of life can't catch up, not to mention Kobe Bryant, who has old arms and legs?

However, if he is timid because of this, then Kobe Bryant will not be called a black mamba, and it is even less likely that people will be used to compare with Jordan.

Facing no one to admit defeat, facing anyone who thinks he is the strongest, this is the paranoid Kobe.

Wang Meng was dribbling, and suddenly found that Kobe's defense level had increased sharply, and it could almost be said that he had defended himself at the level of body hair at the expense of physical strength.

Looking at Kobe's serious expression, Wang Meng suddenly understood something, he looked at Kobe, and a smile appeared on his face.

Once upon a time, Kobe Bryant was the goal of his own position to strive for and surpass, but now, he has unconsciously surpassed Kobe, the kid who was closely behind Kobe and wanted to prevent Kobe Bryant is now the strongest point guard in the league, and no one can prevent himself.

"Now, even you! Kobe, you can't stop me! Wang Meng was full of pride, and the dribble rushed past Kobe.

(To be continued)