"Huh!" The basketball hollowed into the net, and at the same time the whistle sounded at halftime, Wang Meng was slightly certain in his heart, "I finally have to catch up." ”

At this time, the game was already halfway through, and the score between the Hornets and the Lakers was 57:60, and the Hornets led by 3 points.

The score was very anxious, and it was impossible to see which team had more advantages, but Wang Meng was a little fortunate that Kobe Bryant did not occupy too many shots in the second quarter, and the shooting percentage was also slightly reduced compared with the first quarter.

Bryant scored 14 points in the first quarter, but in the second quarter, he scored just four points.

18 points in the half, which is definitely a high score, but Wang Meng is still relieved, because Kobe Bryant's score in the second quarter is not even one-third of the first quarter.

After a quarter of catching up, Wang Meng was finally close to the goal of scoring more than 20 points.

Kobe Bryant scored 18 points in the half, while Wang Meng scored 26 points in the first half. Not only that, Wang Meng also handed out 6 assists and 4 rebounds, 1 steal and 1 block.

"12 points left to complete the mission, 6 assists, 3 rebounds, 1 block, 1 steal!" Wang Meng secretly calculated in his heart, "But this is when Kobe Bryant will not have any data growth in the second half, and Kobe's data will not rise?" Is it possible? ”

Wang Meng's heart was extremely bitter, but in the live broadcast room, Barkley could be described as proud.

"See? O'neill! Be ready to gamble and lose! With 26 points and 6 assists and 18 points and 2 assists, it goes without saying that it is a little stronger. Barkley looked at O'Neill triumphantly and laughed.

O'Neill glanced at Barkley and said angrily, "What are you looking for?" It's only half time, with the strength of a player of Kobe's level, he can cut 20+ in one game, and it's not necessarily who loses and who wins before the end of the whole game. ”

"Really? Then keep reading, you guy, you really don't die if you don't have the heart of the Yellow River! "Barkley doesn't care, Kobe Bryant is the kind of player who can cut 20+ in one quarter, why not Wang Meng?

"The next tactics continue to revolve around Wang Meng, Gasol and Wang Meng do more blocking and dismantling cooperation, and other players also create more shooting gaps for Wang Meng." Monty explained the tactics of the second half of the game unhurriedly, Monty could see that Wang Meng felt good today, and the attack was very strong, so the surname Suo arranged the tactics with Wang Meng's style of play. "Roy is going to rest off the court for a while, you've been on the court for about 15 minutes in two quarters, and for your safety, you can only play about 10 minutes more in this game, so you're ready to play the whole game in the fourth quarter, and the bench will let Fisher and Barnes be in charge of the main offense."

"And!" Monty looked at Auden, his eyes revealing a hint of dissatisfaction, "Auden! You've got to be efficient on the court, and in the first half alone, you had Howard grab three frontcourt rebounds! ”

Oden nodded wryly, "I'll work hard as a manager." ”

Also as the champion, Oden's play in this game can be said to be completely suppressed by Howard, whether it is rebounding or offensive with the ball, Howard has taken advantage of Oden when facing him. In the first half, Howard picked up three frontcourt rebounds on Auden's head, but Oden only snatched one frontcourt rebound from Howard's hands, or with Gasol's cooperation.

However, it is expected that Oden was suppressed by Howard, after all, Howard was the champion in 04, and Oden was the champion in 07, not to mention that Oden only played for less than a season in total, and the three years from 04 to 07 alone were enough for Howard to learn a lot of inside means and skills than Oden.

Oden's draft template that year was Admiral and Olajuwon, although his physical fitness was very strong, but he still relied more on basketball IQ and interior skills to eat, but since joining the NBA in 07, Oden has not played many games at all because of frequent injuries, and the so-called interior skills have no chance to learn and use.

Without skill, Oden still relies on physical fitness and awareness to play a lot of the time, in this case, how can Oden beat Howard, who is currently the first in physical fitness in the interior?

That's right, Howard's skills are indeed very rough, but he can't stand people playing in the NBA for a long time, it's now the beginning of December 12, counting 12 years, Howard has played in the league for 8 years, and his rich experience is far from being comparable to Oden.

"Gasol, you take care of Oden on the defensive end, don't let Howard be too active!" Monty naturally understands this truth, but he expects too much from Oden, so it's a little uncomfortable to see Oden being suppressed, in fact, Oden and Howard's results are already very good, at the end of the half, Oden has 6 points, 7 rebounds and 1 block, although it is slightly weaker than Howard's 14 points, 8 rebounds and 2 blocks, but it is very good to be able to get such data in Howard's first half, The league's centers that can get such results in Howard's hands can be counted on two hands, Yao Ming, Duncan, who often plays as a guest center, Garnett, who has started to play as a center this season, Marc Gasol of the Grizzlies may count as one, and Joakim Noah of the Bulls is also counted as one, and that's it.

At the end, Monty looked at Wang Meng a little uneasily, "Wang Meng, can your physical strength support it?" Such a high-intensity attack"

Wang Meng nodded, "No problem, don't worry!" Even if there was a problem, Wang Meng had to bite the bullet at this time, in order to complete the task, Wang Meng was completely desperate.

At the end of the halftime break, at the beginning of the third quarter, Wang Meng appeared again.

"Huh?! Wang Meng is on the field again for the first time? Smith saw this, "In the first two quarters of the game, Wang Meng played for a long time, on average about 10 minutes per quarter, and now he is on the court for the first time in the third quarter, doesn't he have to worry about physical problems?" The current Hornets are not the Hornets with a crippled lineup last season, the bench lineup is neat and powerful, Wang Meng doesn't need to work so hard? ”

Wang Meng didn't want to work so hard, but a certain system forced Wang Meng to play like this.

Due to the small number of shots in the second quarter and the lack of playing time, Kobe Bryant's physical strength was recovered enough, so he also played at the beginning of the third quarter like Wang Meng.

After Wang Meng controlled the ball and came to the Lakers outside the three-point line, Kobe Bryant continued to block in front of Wang Meng.

"Let's get the score out of the way first!" Wang Meng said secretly in his heart, and at the same time used the butterfly to shake off Kobe's center of gravity and jump to shoot to score two points. "10 points missing!"

Lakers backup point guard Blake passed the ball to Ci Shiping, who looked at Wallace, who was as muscular as him, and had a bit of a comparison in his heart, dribbling to Wallace at the three-point line.

The two devil muscles collided violently, and neither let anyone, but in the end, Ci Shiping still won a little bit in pure strength, he squeezed Wallace away, and shot a mid-range jumper.

"Box!" Although Ci Shiping won the competition of strength, his shooting touch made many people feel very relieved, and the sound of iron was expected by many people.

"My rebounds!" Oden's eyes lit up, he pulled it up suddenly, grabbed the basketball in his arms with both hands, and Howard could only shrug his shoulders on the side, helplessly turning back to defend.

"One more!" Wang Meng turned out to be basketball, and said secretly in his heart.

As before, Wang Meng used the butterfly to wear the flower step again, Kobe Bryant carefully took a step back to prevent Wang Meng from breaking through, Wang Meng was immediately happy when he saw this, he immediately stepped out of the three-point line, and immediately jumped and shot.

Kobe Bryant hurriedly caught up, but it was too late, Wang Meng's shot was very fast, and before Kobe Bryant arrived, the basketball had already flown out.

"Huh!" The sound of the net, which was exactly the same as ten seconds ago, sounded again, and Kobe's face was a little unsightly.

"Three-point hit! There are still 7 points left! Soon! Wang Meng's face was expressionless, but his heart was already happy.

Don't Wang Meng succeeded in two singles in a row, Kobe Bryant was a little unhappy, as a paranoid, how could he let Wang Meng beat himself in various singles without any response?

Without waiting for Blake's request, Bryant reached out to the baseline serve to get the ball.

As the boss of the Lakers, who would dare not give Kobe Bryant the ball? Seeing Kobe Bryant receiving the ball, Wang Meng's heart sank slightly. If Kobe Bryant scores, then it will undoubtedly be much more difficult for Wang Meng to complete the task. Originally, Wang Meng thought that he could prevent Kobe Bryant with a single defense, but it turned out that he was a little too overestimating his strength, Kobe Bryant is the top player in the league after all, and it is impossible for him to completely prevent Kobe.

"Aaron!" Thinking about it, Wang Meng and Tony Allen, who retreated together, said: "If Kobe Bryant wants to single me in a while, you will come over and wrap him with me immediately!" ”

"Bag clip?!" Allen was stunned for a moment, you know, because the Hornets players have a high personal defensive ability, so the Hornets' defensive system is basically just a single defense of man-to-man, only when the opponent is on an errand, there will be a situation of supplemental defense or packing, but after all, the opponent is Kobe, and the bag is understandable, thinking, Allen nodded and said, "Okay!" ”

Kobe Bryant dribbled the ball, thinking about how he could easily shoot in front of Wang Meng.

The best way to do it must be to have two successful step-back jumpers before, but after all, the back-to-back jumper shooting rate is very flawed, and Kobe Bryant can't guarantee that he will hit every time.

There is another way, call the block, use the blocker to temporarily isolate Wang Meng from himself, and then take advantage of this opportunity to either shoot or impact the inside.

It's just that in Kobe's heart, if he called for a block, wouldn't it be a disguised surrender to Wang Meng?

Although he thought so in his heart, Kobe Bryant still chose to wave and call for the dismantling.

Seeing this, Jamison, the power forward who came on as a substitute, immediately ran over to block Wang Meng.

Kobe Bryant quickly passed Wang Meng and rushed towards the inside. But just as he was speeding up, he suddenly found that Tony Allen was in front of him.

"Bag clip?" Kobe Bryant reacted quickly in his mind, turned around, and saw Wang Meng also coming up from behind.

Wang Meng and Tony Allen went one after the other, sandwiching Kobe Bryant like a sandwich.

Hardly any hesitation, Bryant immediately passed the basketball in his hand.

was let go by Tony Allen, Blake, who was standing at the three-point line to play soy sauce, received the basketball and immediately raised his hand to shoot at the three-point line, Gasol immediately stepped forward to make up for the defense, Blake passed the ball out again when the basketball was about to shoot, and Jamison, who was standing one step outside the free throw line, received the basketball, and then hit a mid-range jumper.

"Actually passed the ball?! It was a bit unexpected to me, I thought Kobe Bryant would face Tony Allen and Wang Meng and force a shot! It's not like him at all! Seeing that Kobe Bryant chose to pass the ball, O'Neal was a little disappointed.

"You have to understand that Kobe Bryant is also 34 years old, and he is no longer the same as before." Smith said in a deep voice: "Especially after losing to the Heat in the finals last season, Kobe's mentality has changed a lot compared to before. ”

Indeed, if it was the original, Kobe Bryant would never call for a block, because he wanted everyone to prove that he was the strongest, and no one could stop him!

But now it's the same, thanks to the help of Wang Meng in 11 years, Kobe Bryant won the sixth championship of his career, officially tied Jordan, although Kobe Bryant is still a little behind Jordan in other honors, but Kobe, who has at least six championships, has been able to be compared with Jordan in the same position. Not only that, but if Kobe Bryant can also win his seventh championship and complete the overtaking of Jordan, then all doubts will disappear.

Kobe Bryant originally thought that the arrival of Paul and Howard would easily achieve his seventh championship in his life, but the truth made him a slap in the face.

With the skillful cooperation of the Heat's Big Three, Kobe, Paul, and Howard can be said to have completely failed in their own play. Losing his seventh championship, Kobe Bryant thought carefully about why.

Why would the Lakers, who are clearly stronger than the Heat's Big Three, lose instead? There is only one reason, that is, cooperation, after a year of running-in, the Heat's lineup has become very tacit, James and Wade can handle the ball of two people very well, and both of them have a certain reduction in ball possession, but they won the championship.

So Kobe, who is 34 years old, began to reflect when he had Paul and Howard around him, two extremely talented players.

The current Lakers are no longer Kobe's team alone, and if Kobe still wants to play according to his own wishes, then he will only get farther and farther away from the championship.

With this in mind, Kobe Bryant has already made adjustments at the beginning of this season. He cut back on his time on the ball, giving more possession to the more efficient Paul and doing more of the work of a shooter who runs off the ball and shoots. In the past few seasons, Kobe Bryant's personal score has always been above 25 points, and since the beginning of this season, Kobe's average score per game is only about 23 points, but his shooting rate has improved greatly, with an average shooting rate of 50 percent per game, and before that, Kobe's highest shooting rate per game was only about 46 percent.

Such a changed Kobe Bryant is undoubtedly much more terrifying than the original Black Mamba, especially when the Lakers still have stars like Paul and Howard who are not inferior to Kobe.

The choice of this passing Kobe Bryant is very correct and in place, although it is a little different from the previous Kobe, but it is undoubtedly very effective.

However, compared to Kobe Bryant, who likes to score alone, Wang Meng likes the current Kobe a little more, because Kobe Bryant passes the ball like this, at least he won't score on his own.

What Wang Meng is most afraid of now is that Kobe Bryant suddenly broke out in the second half, cutting down forty or fifty points in the whole game, so the difficulty of his task is too great.

Now, although Kobe Bryant is connected with the whole team's offense, making the team's efficiency far beyond usual, at least Kobe himself did not score, which is enough for Wang Meng.

Blake on the Lakers' side threw in a three-pointer, and Wang Meng immediately returned another one. Then Gasol's block, Wang Meng shot a step outside the three-point line, and the basketball also hit. Chase the three points back.

"Four points short!" A moment after the start of the third quarter, Wang Meng scored two three-pointers and one two-pointer in a row, and scored 8 points alone, raising his personal score to 34 points.

"Wang Meng is already unstoppable, even if Kobe Bryant personally watches the defense, he can't effectively restrict Wang Meng." Smith lamented.

"Damn it!" Kobe Bryant scolded hatefully in his heart, if he was a few years younger, when his speed and explosiveness were at the peak, where could Wang Meng be allowed to score points here casually? Kobe Bryant has been selected as the All-Defensive First Team and Second Team for 11 consecutive years, and his defensive ability goes without saying.

The game continued, in the face of Wang Meng and Tony Allen's bag, Kobe Bryant would choose to pass the ball most of the time, rather than playing by himself, because Kobe successfully passed the basketball after attracting the bag, so the Lakers' offensive efficiency was very good, and the score was not pulled away by the Hornets because of Wang Meng's play.

Wang Meng was not frustrated by the delay in the score, as he gave examples of mission goals getting closer and closer.

"Drink!" Flying high in the sky, Wang Meng, who has the effect of instantaneous explosion blessing, completed a powerful dunk, and then couldn't help but shout, because after completing this dunk, Wang Meng's personal score rose to 40 points, and the goal set by the task was officially achieved.

A few minutes before the end of the third quarter, Wang Meng had already scored 40 points, and correspondingly, Kobe Bryant scored 20 points.

Twenty points in the third quarter of the game is already good, especially Kobe Bryant still maintains a shooting rate of more than 50%, which is even more commendable, but in the third quarter, in the bag of Wang Meng and Tony Allen, Kobe Bryant only scored 2 points, which is a fact that no one can deny.

(To be continued)