Chapter 56: The Battle of Los Angeles (5)
When it comes to acting, Kobe's dad Joe Bryant is the most performative, but it is precisely because of this that Joe Bryant has not been able to become a top superstar. The best player at the small forward position is Larry Bird, who doesn't have the physique of a black man and is even skinny enough, but he has a very high basketball IQ, and he averages 10 rebounds per game. As a striker, he averaged 6.3 assists per game. He's also a decent defensive player, having been named to the NBA's All-Defensive Second Team three times. Bird's basic basketball skills are very solid, whether it is shooting, cutting, passing, grabbing, sealing, and faring skills, they are all practical and unpretentious. In particular, the shooting is accurate and stable, the field of vision is wide, and the reaction is alert. He has won three consecutive NBA long shot tournament championships. What's even more commendable is that he has an excellent basketball sense, especially good at spotting the characteristics and habitual movements of opponents, and playing against them. He is always able to shoot the most critical balls in the most critical places at the most critical moments, turn the tide, remain resolute and good at fighting, and is one of the NBA's well-deserved superstars.
But the most watchable small forward among the active players is T-Mac Maddie. Although Maddie will stay in the SG position most of the time, it is undeniable that he is the strongest small forward in the active team, needless to say, the offense is needless to say, and the god of Maddie's basketball at his peak can't be prevented, only Bowen can get Maddie down with a black foot; Not to mention defense, Maddie started defense when he debuted (at that time, the offensive core of the Raptors was Maddy's cousin Vincent Carter, Maddie could only defend, and he had to wait until Carter handed over the ball). Dirty work can be done, 1-on-1 situations, few people can bargain in front of him, the grasp of space and understanding of the ball path make him always a master of blocks among defenders. Tends to be perfect at the small forward position.
And Luke chose Maddie's ball path.
There are five of Maddie's tricks: Mai Dry Pull, Mai Kickback, Mai Scissor Legs, Mai Dunk (self-throwing and self-dunking), and Mai First Step. Self-throwing and self-deduction has been robbed of Luke's patent (sorry, all McFans), and Luke will do the other tricks, but he hasn't used it since he was reborn, so it just so happens that he can try it out today.
Luke leaned back against Kobe, dribbled with one hand, leaned forward to dribble the ball, turned 360° and then jumped back directly, using his ability to bounce and stay in the air (I have always believed in this ability, I think it is impossible for people to get rid of gravity, this is not scientific!). )。 Bryant couldn't reach Luke at all, and could only watch as Luke threw the ball. The arc is very high, and then in a split second it suddenly drops and drills into the Nets.
"Whew" Luke breathed a sigh of relief, he hadn't forgotten this action.
"This action is so familiar," Kobe Bryant, who was almost a lifelong enemy of Maddie, sighed, but he never remembered who it was. "No matter, let's attack first." Kobe Bryant said to himself with a resolute look in his eyes.
Kobe Bryant is alone with the ball, at this time he has not learned the dream dance moves from Olajuwon, the low post is not very strong, more with his body and speed to solve the opponent, but this can't get rid of Luke. There was no way, Kobe Bryant had to think of using that trick. "Okay, just do it!" Kobe accelerated in a straight line, Luke defended with the trend, but Kobe Bryant was still accelerating, "I don't want to use that move, but your move is not mature yet!" Luke thought to himself. But Kobe didn't care about this, he started to rush on his own, Luke also let go of the defensive position, and then Kobe's actions were done in one go, stopping urgently, turning around, taking advantage of the time difference to jump, and shooting. Kobe Bryant has a feeling, this ball will score ten times. The audience grew their mouths.
But the truth was not what they thought, only to hear a "bang-", and a white shadow fanned the ball to the audience.
"Huh? Shh
"Hehe......" Kobe Bryant only left a smirk. The guy who covered him was the one who taught him this drift shot - Luke.
"Didn't you say that this trick is not easy to cover?" Bryant asked Luke when the ball was dead.
"It's not easy to cover," Luke said, "but you also have to look at the opponent, if you shoot without looking at the opponent's situation, of course you will be covered, not to mention that you have not practiced this trick and force your shot, betting on luck!" Luke teased.
"Well," Bryant said, "well, I'm not going to use it now." ”
Luke breathed a sigh of relief, and the biggest threat was gone. In later generations, Kobe Bryant used this trick to stage a lore in front of many people. The current Kobe Bryant is not the "God of Basketball" in the future (now Joe has been promoted to "God"), and has become "Peter Pan". Bryant actually passed the ball out after receiving it, which Luke didn't expect.
"It's a game, it's not a heads-up." Bryant said,
"Oh, yes." Luke said this, but in his heart he said again, don't you see the game as a heads-up? You and Marbury are the most alone (of course, this is after O'Neal left, Kobe Bryant didn't have teammates around him, everyone knows).
Ron Haber was very powerful when he was younger, also known as "Jordan of the Bad Team", which can show his ability, although he is now very old, he is thirty-seven years old, but his experience is beyond doubt. In the face of Reed, a rookie, Ron Haber, who couldn't be more tender, directly forced a single, broke through Reed's defense, entered the interior and then handed it to Robert Horry, who shook off Big Ben and shot.
Now the score is 42:36, and the 76ers still lead by 6 points. Luke thought about it, it is very unsafe for the 76ers to only lead by 6 points now, and when the 76ers' shooting percentage and physical strength have declined, and O'Neal is back on the court, the 76ers will be very passive.
So Luke decided to pull the score away and gain an advantage. As for the game against Kobe, you can give it up for a while.
As we all know, how to score the fastest on the basketball court - shoot three points, only after introducing the three-point line from the NBA league, the gospel of outside players will come (how about Kobe's 81 points, "Big Beidou" Chamberlain's 100 points are all obtained by inside offense and free throws, there was no such thing as three points at that time, and Kobe Bryant shot several three-pointers to score 81 points).
So Luke decided to score in the easiest way possible. Dribbled the ball past the front court, stopped directly in front of Kobe, pulled out the jump shot, and threw the ball in before Kobe Bryant reacted (the ultimate in tempering).
"Hehehe, you're like this." Kobe Bryant smiled, "Then you're welcome." Bryant accelerated at half-time, shook off Luke and went inside to make a foul on Nazr Mohammed and score a three-pointer.
Luke used the same tactics to complete the dunk, which also caused a foul by Robert Horry to bring the deficit back to 9 points.
Kobe Bryant was not polite, continued to break through, and completed the violent dunk......
In this way, a good section of the game itself has become a personal performance of two people, empty catch, violent dunk, breakthrough, three points, omnipotent. Both men went crazy, and the score was finally fixed at 76:68, and Luke finally extended the score by two points after a lot of hard work. But I'm too tired to do it. Kobe Bryant was even more miserable, almost unable to walk, so in the next third quarter, Luke and Kobe were pressed on the bench by Larry and Phil respectively and were not allowed to play.
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