Chapter 464: The Battle of the Boss
Because of the long-cherished wish between Iverson and Kobe, the two sides started an offensive battle at the beginning of the first quarter, Kobe Bryant is like a hungry beast, he has not tasted infinite fire for too long, this time with Iverson by the side, he concentrated on launching a single attack mode.
People are like that, desire will never be satisfied, before getting Gasol, Kobe Bryant needed to play alone in every game, at that time he was almost driven crazy by this kind of scene, the game was always a teammate dribbling through half the court, and then handing the ball to himself to watch outside, and he got the ball and shot it in the bag, pinning the hope of winning the game in the hands of God.
Now it's okay, Gasol is here, Bynum is mature, Odom is serious, Fisher is back, and all Kobe has to do is take control of the overall situation and occasionally go to singles when the team as a whole is not going well. Although this game is simple and easy, Kobe Bryant does not enjoy it, and often, he will think of the feeling of being in charge of the offense in the past days when he led the team, and the feeling of God blocking and killing God and Buddha and killing Buddha.
Therefore, as soon as Iverson provoked today, Kobe Bryant returned to his true nature of killing gods.
Kobe Bryant hit his back and turned back and made a jumper, hit!
Kobe Bryant changed direction and hit Iverson, shot from the free throw line, and hit!
Kobe Bryant hit the basket and met Chamberlain, who blocked and Kobe bumped into it, making two fouls and two free throws!
Kobe Bryant jumped up and down from outside the three-point line and hit a three-point shot!
Kobe steals Iverson's pass and holds the ball fast, Jackson fouls, two free throws and two hits!
This is what Kobe did in the first quarter, except for being hit by Iverson in a row at the beginning, in the later matchup, Kobe Bryant had a slight advantage, because Iverson only attacked fiercely, and he was not successful in defending Kobe.
Others also played occasionally, after Iverson hit three consecutive shots, Billups hit a three-pointer from distance, and then Kobe Bryant immediately blossomed inside and outside and scored four points successively, which is the aforementioned step-back jumper and free throw line shot. Chamberlain hit a hook shot, the Lakers launched a counterattack, and Gasol hit a good shot, but the lead was always on the Warriors' side.
Halfway through the first quarter, Bryant suddenly hit consecutive shots or fouls to help the Lakers regain the lead. However, Kobe Bryant alone is difficult to beat the Warriors after all, not to mention Iverson does not lose much to him on the offensive end, with more than 2 minutes left in the first quarter, Iverson broke through and caused Bynum to foul and play 2+1, which helped the Warriors take a 3-point lead. Fisher then hit a three-point jumper from the right side, and the two teams quickly fell into a stalemate, and the Warriors temporarily led the Lakers 32-28 after the first quarter.
Kobe Bryant scored an astonishing 20 points in the first quarter, and the other four plus Odom, who came off the bench, only scored 4 points, like Wharton actually didn't score a point, and Bynum, except for eating Chamberlain's two big hats, he basically had no other statistics.
Iverson scored 18 points on 7-of-12 shooting plus free throws, and the Warriors watched Kobe Bryant play a strong single there, and they simply completed Iverson, and Chamberlain concentrated on defense and rebounding, and grabbing offensive rebounds will inevitably be handed over to Iverson.
After the first quarter, both sides returned to the bench, Iverson took the towel from the caddy's hand, with an excited smile on his face, Nelson Sr. wanted to roar a few times to see that he was still ahead on the scoreboard and because of Iverson's main reason, Chamberlain's physical strength was very good, so he snorted twice and didn't say anything about Iverson.
At this moment, Iverson's biggest worry disappeared, he originally thought that the old Nelson would blame him, after all, the tactics arranged before the game were not to let him play alone.
Zen master Jackson obviously didn't want to see this scene, he asked Kobe Bryant to share the ball several times, but Kobe just didn't, he pretended not to hear, and the offensive end still went to the opponent by himself, regardless of whether he encountered a bag or not.
Now on the bench, the Zen master hopes that Fisher, as Kobe's best friend, will stand up and remind Kobe at this time, so he will point to Fisher with his eyes and let him have a good chat with Kobe. But he overestimated Fisher's consciousness, Lao Yu is a politician, and good things will appear as soon as he wants, and he can't hide from this kind of bad thing that interrupts Kobe's interest in scoring, how can he take the initiative to make it up?
The Zen master was counting on Gasol again, and he pulled the Spaniard and whispered, "Talk to Kobe Bryant, and pass you more in the next quarter." ”
Gasol is an honest man, he nodded and found Kobe Bryant, and said, "Hey, Kobe, did you play well just now?" ”
Kobe Bryant shook his head and said with a gloomy face: "It's not very cool, damn, those guys on the other side are very tough on defense, which makes me very angry, and I will teach them a good lesson in the next quarter." By the way, Paul, what are you looking for from me? ”
Gasol: "Hehe, nothing. ”
Zen Master: "......"
Fisher and Gasol, the two proud disciples, couldn't be trusted, so the Zen master set his eyes on Bynum, who was biting his ear with Rihanna, who was sitting behind the bench, and Phil Jackson was displeased, what the did you think it was on the big bed at your house? When he was about to get out of the arena, he called Bynum over and said, "Andrew, you didn't play well in front. ”
Indeed, although the opposing Chamberlain only scored 5 points, he cut 11 rebounds in the first quarter! And what about him? 0 points, 1 rebound, Fisher had 2 rebounds, but Bynum thought of a rhetoric, he quibbled: "No way, boss, I have to get Chamberlain's attention, I can't grab rebounds, I need to pester him to create opportunities for my teammates!" ”
This teasing B, Zen master Jackson made up his mind about Bynum, if there was O'Neill under him, Jackson would have asked Bynum to roll as far as he wanted, even if there was a Langli. Unfortunately, the truth was cruel, and he had no one to use but Bynum, so Jackson could only hope for him, saying:
'No, Andrew, I don't think that's the reason, you could have played more on the offensive end, it's just that you don't get enough of the ball.
Hearing this, Bynum's eyes lit up, and he asked tentatively, "Chief, do you mean, let me attack in the next section?" But the ball is in KB's hands, are you going to let him take a break? ”
This big tease, Zen master Jackson once again remade his mind to Bynum, fuck, doesn't he want to do it? Let Kobe Bryant go down so early, are you a vegetarian when you are a black mamba? Whoever dares to touch Kobe's ball control Kobe Bryant dares to move anyone's head, this is the lesson that the Zen master learned after being kicked out of the Lakers last time.
Seeing that he couldn't communicate, the Zen master simply stopped playing tricks and said bluntly: "Andrew, go, you tell Kobe Bryant, just say that you hope to have more opportunities to participate in the offense later, let him pass the ball more." ”
Bynum 2B but not stupid, isn't it a tiger's mouth to ask Kobe Bryant for the ball? Especially now that the team is still behind, he hurriedly shook his head and said: "I'm not going, boss, why don't you go?" ”
In order to win, the Zen master could only explain carefully: "Kobe and I have talked enough just now, he is obviously not interested in this topic, so if he continues to bring up this topic, he will be very impatient." ”
Bynum decisively refused: "I'm sorry, chief, I'm not interested in this idea either. After saying that, he decided to go to Rihanna again.
The players under him couldn't rely on it, and the Zen master could only go on his own, so he risked offending Kobe Bryant and directly pressed Kobe Bryant to the bench, and the scoring guard sent Ariza as a substitute to let Kobe calm down.
Hearing the order of the Zen master to replace himself, Kobe Bryant was stunned, he subconsciously wanted to get angry, but now after all, he is no longer the hairy young man, Kobe Bryant unhappily lay on the bench and covered his face with a towel to listen to the tactical deployment of the Zen master, in order to express his inner dissatisfaction.
The Zen master doesn't care that he is full of dissatisfaction in his heart, as long as Kobe doesn't make trouble on the spot, throw him a death eye or something, that's fine.
The Warriors also made a change to the lineup, and the old Nelson wanted to replace Iverson, he had the same plan as the Zen master, and he didn't want to play superstar tactics, not to mention that Iverson was not the number one superstar of the Warriors. However, he has an advantage in comparison, that is, he does not have to worry about Iverson's rebellious mentality, but when he was about to replace Iverson, he saw Kobe Bryant lying on the bench with a towel covered, and immediately understood that the Zen master was replacing Kobe.
Although Iverson worked hard to attack before, Kobe's defense was really good, and many of his attacks were contained, this time Kobe Bryant was off, and the old man couldn't think of anyone who could contain Iverson, so he waved his hand and roared heroically: "AI played very well today, I can see that his hand is very hot, boys, let AI lead the offense!" AI, take your little brothers to victory! ”
Iverson couldn't believe his ears, was this what old Nelson said? This is the Warriors? How does he feel like he's back with the 76ers? To be honest, in the first quarter, although he scored high and had a high shooting rate, in fact, he could only be said to be average, at least six offenses, he was restrained by Kobe Bryant and could only choose to pass the ball to his teammates at the last moment, those balls were basically iron, so his data may be more glamorous, but the actual battle is not very good-looking, fortunately, Chamberlain guaranteed the rebound, otherwise they must be behind now.
Iverson thought that the old man was going to put himself on the bench, but he was moved by the latter's support for his attack. The answer is also temperamental, and he immediately patted his chest and issued a military order: "Don't worry, boss, I will definitely help the team get a double-digit lead in the next quarter!" ”
Old Nelson smiled and began to arrange the troops, "Z, you come down to rest, Ibaka is the center; The remaining four are Stephen – oh Curry, Jr., I'm not calling you, I'm talking about Stephen Jackson – DeLongty, Allen, Chauncey, you guys play! ”
A group of players were stunned by this arrangement,, what kind of battle formation is this? One big and four small aren't so small, right? Ibaka is less than two meters tall, which means that the average height of the team's current lineup is less than one meter ninety-eight!
Although the old Nelson behaved kindly, everyone knew his temper, this is a stubborn donkey, the tactics he decided on were useless no matter how others persuaded him, Chamberlain shrugged his shoulders and looked light, he had no problem with this arrangement, the Lakers actually used their own shortcomings to attack each other's strengths today to play superstar tactics with them, isn't this looking for death? What Chamberlain fears is that the Lakers are a team of five, and the feeling of having to defend more than two people at all times sucks.
At the beginning of the second quarter, seeing the Warriors' lineup, there was a buzz of discussion in the Oracle Center arena, they could accept Chamberlain not playing, but sending three guards or four guards - although Jackson is now playing small forward, he is actually a shooting guard - what are you doing on the court?
is worthy of being a mad scientist, after seeing this arrangement, fans can only sigh like this.
Old Nelson didn't hear the fans' doubts, he stood on the side of the court with his arms crossed and his face was expressionless, and only when the referee blew the whistle to indicate the start of the game, he smiled coldly: "It seems that you have forgotten what I like to do most in the past few seasons, Lakers, hehe, aren't you known as the most team?" Okay, I'll break your rhythm, and see what team you still play! ”
The Warriors' inconsistent lineup made the Lakers a little underestimated for a while, Iverson did not live up to the importance of the old Nelson, as soon as he got on the court, he attacked wildly, taking advantage of West's opportunity to carry Ariza, he ghostly rushed up to steal the ball, and then turned to hold the ball and break quickly.
Kobe Bryant is not on the court, there is indeed no one who can limit Iverson, Iverson's offensive speed is much slower than in the first quarter, but no matter Fisher or Ariza, they can't prevent him at all, even if they follow him to the frontcourt, they can still only watch him score layups.