Chapter 51: Record-Breaking Ambition
"Ben, it's normal that you can't stop Bryant, and then I let Lore Deng play, and Kobe Bryant will hand it over to him."
After listening to Scott's words, Gordon had no choice but to nod, although he was more conceited, he knew that he really couldn't prevent Kobe, and he was a little unhappy in his heart, because Scott said so directly in front of everyone that he couldn't prevent Kobe, although this is true.
"Deng, when you come on the court, try to limit Kobe Bryant, don't expect him to not be able to score, but hope you can make it difficult for him to score."
"Good coach, I know what to do." Lore Deng calmly told Scott his answer.
When it comes to Lore Deng's defense, some people may be misled by the impression he had when he first entered the league, with the young Deng being scorned on the defensive end because of his thin body, and the most feared is Pierce, Anthony and other strong small forwards who are good at playing in the low post. But after all, he has a 7-foot-1 arm span, a positive attitude and a superb basketball IQ, after a few years of training in the NBA, now Lore Deng is already the Bulls' defensive elite on the outside, and it is not unreasonable for Scott to let him defend Kobe.
"Gordon At the same time, you have to pay attention to Kobe's defense, when it doesn't work, you can and Deng and the two of you can trap Kobe, and you can control the specific situation on the court."
Gordon and Luoer Deng nodded at the same time, and Gu Fei on the side also nodded secretly, after a heads-up with Kobe, he knew that defending Kobe Bryant alone was basically an impossible task, so he felt that it was necessary to wrap the bag.
The referee blew the whistle and urged the players to get on the pitch.
Lore Deng stepped on and replaced Sefrosa at small forward, while also bolstering the Bulls' offensive firepower.
As soon as he got on the court, the Bulls handed it to Lore Deng in the first round, and Lore Deng showed his strength as an important offensive point for the Bulls, and forced the Lakers' Brian Cook to turn and score a jumper from outside the box.
Many people are not very familiar with a player like Brian Cook, who was drafted by the Lakers in 2003 in the first round at No. 24, an alternative power forward who is keen on three-point shooting, and has little defense and rebounding. The main way to score is to wait for an opportunity on the outside after blocking with Kobe. Fear of physical confrontation. The offensive ability is considered to be above average, and the defense is almost non-existent, and it is often blown up by the opponent's interior line. Weak ability to card under the basket, weak confrontation ability, weak blocking ability, weak rebounding ability. On the court, it is generally the Achilles' heel of the Lakers' defense, and sometimes they can't even commit fouls. So for Lore Deng, who is the same height as him but plays small forward, he can't stand it.
The offense on the Los Angeles side is still left to Kobe Bryant to choose, given that Kobe Bryant's consecutive scoring and hot hand Lore Deng are very close this time.
Bryant shook off Lore Deng's center of gravity with consecutive feints and randomly went straight to the Bulls' basket on the left side. Because the Bulls' interior defense was very fast, Lore Deng's follow-up was also very fast, and Bryant was forced to stop near the free throw line.
Seeing that there was no hope of breaking through, Kobe Bryant immediately changed his approach, leaning his back against Big Ben directly on the left side of the free throw line, ignoring Big Ben's much taller height and strengthened defense.
Because of his weight, Kobe only symbolically pushed inward a few times, of course, Big Ben did not react, and then Kobe held the ball in both hands, constantly feints left and right, Big Ben's center of gravity has changed, and he was deceived by Kobe, and finally Kobe Bryant turned right and followed up with a backward jumper to make Big Ben jump hard and there was no way to interfere, and finally the basketball accurately fell into the basket.
Seeing that he didn't stop Kobe's scoring, Big Ben waved his fist in annoyance.
Looking at the Bulls' side, Gordon quickly rushed to the Lakers' basket with a pick-and-roll, but was fanned out by a big hat from Bynum, who had already prepared, and the ball fell right in front of Kobe.
Kobe Bryant picked up the ball and ran to the Bulls' half, Lore Deng and followed, Kobe Bryant quickly passed the half court and was about to reach the Bulls' basket, Lore Deng saw that it was impossible to catch up and was ready to foul.
Kobe Bryant jumped high and at this time, Lore Deng had already stretched out his hands to hug Kobe Bryant and use fouls to stop Kobe's hot hand, but Lore Deng had not stretched out his hand but found that Kobe Bryant threw the basketball raised high back without looking at it, and then Lore Deng only felt a gust of wind behind him.
Looking back, Odom was already in front of him, and it was impossible to jump up to stop it, so he hurriedly retreated backwards to avoid the appearance of a barrier.
After the goal, Odom and Kobe high-fived in celebration, and Kobe Bryant looked at Gu Fei at the same time.
"How is this the same as Gordon, it's not like I look good when I score goals, what does it mean?" Gu Fei kept muttering in his heart.
Another two rounds passed, and this time both teams only scored one, and the score was not pulled apart, Gu Fei looked up at the time, there were more than six minutes left in the second quarter.
"Coach, I want to play."
Scott thought for a moment and nodded, "Next time you will be on the dead ball!" ”
didn't let Gu Fei wait long, that is, one round, he replaced Gordon, who did not perform well in the second quarter.
At this time, it is still the Lakers' ball control, although it stands to reason that Gu Fei and Kobe Bryant should be opposed, but Lore Deng took the initiative to find Kobe according to the arrangement, although it may not be able to stop Kobe, at least it will not make Kobe so easy.
This offense, Kobe Bryant failed to continue the hot hand that has been on the court, and a mid-range shot smashed out of the frame, which was also his first offensive miss in the second quarter, and it also made Lore Deng breathe a sigh of relief.
It was the bull's turn to attack, Du Hong was going to give the ball to Gu Fei, who had just come on the court, Gu Fei saw his intention and made a gesture to him, Du Hong nodded when he saw it, and then raised his hand on his head and made a gesture like Gu Fei just now.
Gu Fei is preparing to run for three points, and it is better to use the earliest ability to run three points to deal with Kobe Bryant when he wants to hold the ball at home.
"Why don't you want the ball, is the kid afraid of me?" Although Kobe Bryant is good friends with Gu Fei off the court, he is ruthless when he is on the court, this garbage is sprayed!
"Really?" With two simple words, Gu Fei didn't say anything more, because he moved.
Before the words fell, Gu Fei's legs exerted force, and after a virtual shake of his upper body, he immediately accelerated and rushed to the inside, and an S-shaped running position continuously shook off Kobe Bryant, who was tightly behind, with the help of the standing cover of the players on the field.
While running Gu Fei looked around, he quickly came to the left side of the 45-degree three-point line, and Du Hong's basketball had already passed over when Gu Fei arrived.
Without the slightest hesitation, he took the ball and threw it.
easily hit a three-pointer, which was Gu Fei's fourth three-pointer of the game.
At this time, Noah, who was still on the field, waved the big towel in his hand and shouted: "Another three!" Gu Fei is awesome today, he will definitely be able to shoot Kobe. Although Kobe Bryant is his idol, he still ruthlessly hacked Kobe in the face of his team and brother Noah.
Scott also nodded with his hands on his hips, Gu Fei completely achieved the effect he expected, of course, this ball can't bring anything, and it depends on Gu Fei's later performance.
But at this time, Gu Fei was stunned for a moment, because the voice of the system sounded in his mind just now.
"Congratulations to the host, the state is very good, because of the three-point feeling of competing with Kobe, the host's three-point shooting rate will be increased by 20 percentage points on the original basis in the next whole game, and the host's three-point shooting rate will reach 80%."
No wonder Gu Fei was stunned, such a high three-point shooting rate could catch up with many people's free throws.
Gu Fei, who didn't have any great hopes for this game, seemed to have found a way to win, and he seemed to be beckoning to him after looking at the NBA records.
At least he plans to break Kobe's record for three-point shooting in this game, and maybe more?
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