"Good morning audience friends, welcome to watch the 2012-13 NBA regular season brought to you by CCTV Sports Channel, today is the Sacramento Kings away game against the Los Angeles Lakers, in the studio we also invited the familiar Zhang to be a guest commentator."

"Hello audience friends."

"Coach Zhang, Li Tian, who came off the bench in this game, is likely to face Kobe Bryant again, what kind of performance do you think he will have."

Li Tian's recent performance has made his popularity in China begin to rise, and the King's game has also attracted more and more attention from fans, coupled with Kobe's popularity in China, making this game super popular in China. After a brief opening remarks, the host Yu Jia led the topic to the confrontation between Li Tian and Kobe, which is the topic that attracts the most attention from domestic fans.

"Li Tian has been getting more opportunities to play lately, his performance has been unexpected, Li Tian's off-ball running and shooting is very good, and the defense is also very good, and the matchup between him and Kobe Bryant should be exciting."

While the two commentators were chatting, fans were also discussing this topic.

"Li Tian's off-ball running skills are excellent, his scoring mainly depends on his own feel, it is not easy for defenders to completely lock him up, and Kobe Bryant is very likely to stimulate Li Tian's desire to score, so Li Tian should have a very good performance in this game."

"Kobe Bryant's defense is experienced, not to mention the offense, Li Tian is still too far behind Kobe Bryant, just strive for more points not to be abused"

"The game hasn't started yet, this kind of discussion is not very interesting, maybe Li Tian won't have a chance to play against Kobe Bryant today."

Every fan has their own opinion, and various opinions collide in the discussion area, and it will be up to the game to decide who will become the prophet.

To the cheers of the fans at Staples Arena in Los Angeles, the starters of both teams took to the center of the stadium to prepare for the start of the game.

The Kings' starting lineup is the same as before, with DeMarcus Cousins at center, Jason Thompson at power forward, Marcus Thornton at small forward, Tyrek Evans at shooting guard, and Isiah Thomas at point guard.

On the other side, the Lakers introduced Howard and Nash this summer, and the lineup was unusually luxurious, but Nash was suspended for this game because of a back injury, and was replaced by Steven Blake, the scoring guard is naturally Kobe, the small forward is Ci Shiping, the power forward Pau Gasol, and the center Dwight Howard.

The Lakers have a lineup known as the new four kings in the new season, but in fact their performance did not satisfy the fans, in the preseason the Lakers lost eight in a row, and after the start of the regular season, the Lakers lost three in a row, setting the Lakers' worst start in 34 years.

Later, the team suffered injuries again, Nash, Kobe, and Howard were all injured, and the Lakers' record once fell out of the top eight in the West, and even now, they are still hovering in the seventh and eighth positions in the West, and such a position is not safe, and after that, the Rockets and Jazz are in hot pursuit.

For the current Lakers, every game counts because it determines whether they can make the playoffs.

Li Tian sat on the sidelines, taking advantage of the game to start he looked around, although the Lakers' current record is not satisfactory, and there is a lot of criticism from the outside world, but the attendance rate is still very high.

The Lakers are a team that is always in the spotlight, and few teams in the league can match that. It's all about the performance of a great player, the flag that symbolizes the highest honors overhead, and of course, the allure of the Los Angeles urban agglomeration.

"Tick!" As the referee blew the whistle for the start of the game, Li Tian also took his eyes back and began to devote himself to the court.

Howard beat Cousins on the jump ball to help the Lakers get the ball, and to the cheers of the Lakers fans, Blake carried the ball to the half court and then handed the ball to Kobe.

Originally, Nash's arrival was expected to solve the Lakers' organizational responsibility, but now, the task of organizing has to be handed over to Kobe.

Kobe Bryant, who got the ball, did not stick to the ball, dribbled and feigned offense, and the ball in his hand was immediately sent to Pau Gasol's hands.

After Gasol took the ball, Howard, who was originally on the baseline, cut to the basket, Gasol saw it and tried to send the ball to the ground, but Howard, who was blocked by Cousins, stopped at this time, so that Gasol had to take back the ball that was about to pass.

Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jason Thompson quickly cut his hand to the ball and cut it off.

After getting the basketball, Thompson pushed straight forward and sent it to the fast-break Thomas. Two-on-one, after Thomas accelerated to get rid of Blake, the Lakers had only one defender in front of Kobe, while the Kings had Evans and Thomas on a fast break.

After two consecutive balls, Bryant was finally out of position, and Evans scored two points with a one-handed dunk.

Every game is important for the Lakers now, and the Lakers are desperate to win this game, but the process is not what they wanted.

Relaunching the offense, Kobe Bryant tried to complete a match with Howard, Kobe's pass also turned into a mistake, after Cousins took the ball down, Evans picked up the ball before Kobe, and the Kings launched a counterattack again.

Although the Lakers' retreat speed increased this time, and the Kings lost the opportunity to complete the fast break, the Kings still completed the scoring by relying on Cousins' secondary offense.

Howard finally got the ball to attack, but when he forced a jump under the basket to get ready for a layup, he was directly covered by Cousins, Blake got the rebound, Pau Gasol's mid-range shot also failed to hit, and on the other end, the King's offense was scored again, receiving an assist from Evans, and Thompson hit a mid-range jumper.

At 6:0, after the start of the game, the king who was fighting away took the lead.

After seeing that he couldn't score three consecutive inside offenses, Kobe Bryant chose to attack on his own, and at a 45-degree angle on the right side, Kobe Bryant used a turnaround jumper to help the Lakers score.

"Kobe Bryant...... Bryant! The DJ at Staples Arena shouted Kobe's name at this time, and the fans did not hesitate to applaud themselves.

Li Tian has been observing Kobe, who is also a scoring guard, and Kobe has a lot of things that Li Tian has learned, especially in scoring skills. But at this time, Li Tian could only sigh more, just like this move to turn around and jump shot, his body coordination could not be well supported, not that he couldn't do it, but there was still a big gap between the effect and hit rate compared with Kobe.

This goal, which made Li Tian sigh and envy, was put on Kobe Bryant's body as if a trivial thing had happened, after shooting this goal, Kobe Bryant retreated to the half court with a calm face.

On the offensive end, he helped his team break the deadlock, and on the defensive end, Kobe Bryant did the same, defending Tyrek Evans one-on-one, Bryant snatched the ball directly from Evans who was trying to break through, and then set Staples Arena on fire with a fast-break dunk.

Kobe Bryant scored four points to help the Lakers stabilize the situation, and then Paul Gasol, Howard, and Blake scored one after another, while the Kings also blossomed, Cousins played very aggressively against Howard, and Evans and Thomas also provided enough firepower.

At 17:15, seven minutes into the first quarter, the difference between the two teams was only 2 points.

The Lakers attacked, Blake handed the ball to Gasol, Kobe Bryant outside the three-point line suddenly cut to the basket, but Evans was also on guard, and followed Kobe Bryant's side and did not give him a chance to impact the basket.

Seeing that he couldn't directly catch the ball and hit the basket, Kobe Bryant ran back to the three-point line to receive Gasol's pass, and then smashed the ball on the floor and rushed to the basket. Evans, who had just rushed back to the perimeter, was busy stopping and moving to the basket by Kobe's side.

Stopping and taking advantage of the change of pace, Kobe Bryant found space to break through from Evans' side, accelerated to the basket, and Cousins, who was originally outside the three-second zone, quickly contracted the defense.

But Cousins' defense was still half a beat slower after all, and when he returned to the basket, Bryant was already jumping up with the ball.

"Tick!" Cousins chose an unwise approach at this point, trying to reach out and pat the basketball in Kobe's hand, only to get the referee's whistle.

Handed the ball from his left hand to his right hand, and at the same time as the referee's whistle blew, Bryant threw the ball to the basket with a shake of his right hand.

"Kobe Bryant...... Bryant! The next moment, the DJ shouted loudly, and the Staples Arena was completely drowned out by cheers.

Standing under the basket, Kobe Bryant pulled the jersey on his chest with both hands, and kept nodding his head to accept the cheers of the scene, which belonged to him - the cheers of the Los Angeles kings.

"Kobe!" Li Tian's eyes were firmly fixed on Kobe Bryant under the basket, Kobe's performance on the court and the cheers and support of the fans made Li Tian really feel Kobe's status in this arena for the first time.

Li Tian's eyes are getting brighter and brighter, and in his eyes, there is a desire for a showdown with Kobe, and there is also a vision for his future.

One day, will he be able to become the king of a stadium like Kobe?

"Lee, play!" At this moment, Li Tian heard the voice of acting head coach Jim Ain, quickly took off his jersey, and Li Tian and Hayes went on the court together, replacing Cousins and point guard Thomas, who had already committed two fouls.

"Kobe, I'm coming!" Looking at Kobe Bryant who walked to the free throw line, Li Tian said secretly in his heart.

(PS: I don't know if I will be scolded by many people after these two chapters are released, especially those who don't like Kobe, in fact, I'm not a fan of Kobe, I'm not a fan of James, I prefer Jordan, Wade, Garnett, but this does not prevent me from lamenting Kobe's super scoring ability, lamenting James's all-round and perverted physical fitness.) Before writing this book, I also thought about it carefully, I have read a lot of basketball novels Black Kobe Bryant and Black James, but do basketball books really have to be black stars to be cool? Wouldn't it make more sense to play against the league's top stars, fight against each other, and then admire each other? Even in the real NBA, there aren't many things that really tear the skin. So I was thinking, try not to black stars in this book, write neutrally, and respect the strength and achievements of every star. I don't know if such an idea will be scolded for being naïve or something, but I really don't want my book review area to become a place for war of words between different fan camps like those portals, so these two chapters describe Kobe Bryant as a challenged powerhouse, I hope you understand! ）