Kobe Bryant's defense is recognized as strong in the league.

The 12-time All-Defensive Team selection throughout his career is the best illustration of his defensive prowess.

Although he didn't win the best defensive player like Jordan and was criticized for his defensive efficiency in the latter part of his career, Kobe Bryant, who was at the peak of his defensive ability during the 05-06 season, can definitely rank in the top three guards in the league, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is the first.

Kobe Bryant would actually come to defend himself, at least Wang Chao didn't expect.

Although Kobe Bryant can be qualified for the position of swingman, after all, he is only 1.98 meters tall, and it is difficult to say whether the defensive effect is good or bad against a tall small forward like Wang Chao at 2.06 meters.

But apparently the appearance of Wang Chao's easy scoring in front of Wharton in the first two games has made the top defender on the outside unhappy.

Wang Chao can imagine how Kobe Bryant sprayed Wharton in the locker room.

"You can't even defend a shooter who can shoot threes? Stick to him and don't give him a chance to catch the ball, right? If not, I'll teach you! ”

As a veteran fan who has traveled here since 2022, Kobe Bryant can be regarded as half an idol of Wang Chao's junior, and Kobe's unexpected news made him quite sad for a while.

Strictly speaking, this world should be a parallel time and space, and many of the things and details that happen are slightly different from the world where Wang Chao is, so he is not sure if Kobe Bryant will encounter such an accident in the future, but whether it will be or not, he will also find a way to remind the other party sideways.

The topic is far away, it is at least a problem that needs to be considered ten years later, and now Wang Chao should have a headache of how to score under Kobe's defense.

Don't look at the big difference in height between the two, but just standing on the court and looking at Kobe Bryant who followed him closely, Wang Chao felt a rushing pressure, which is completely different from when facing Wharton, Vujacic and others, and it is Kobe's unique momentum as the league's top outside defender.

Merely...... Momentum is momentum, no matter how tightly Kobe Bryant's defense is in this game, he must score, because the reward of the system task is something that Wang Chao can't give up no matter what!

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At the beginning of the game, Wang Chao actively ran without the ball, swaying around the streets with Kobe.

Obviously, there is no way to get rid of Kobe Bryant with such a run, Wang Chao's speed and agility are only 74 and 79 respectively, which is not particularly high, but as a big man of 2.06 meters, it is barely enough.

Compared to Kobe, that's not at the same level at all.

Kobe Bryant at his peak, his speed and agility were at least above 90, and his physical strength was 99 at full value, otherwise it would be impossible to score 81 points in the regular season.

There are always people who look down on Kobe's 81 points, thinking that it is just brushed out and has no gold content.

But in fact, if you change a player, I'm afraid that if you don't get 60 points of physical strength, you will already bottom out.

The crushing of physical fitness made it easy for Kobe to keep up with Wang Chao, even if he was separated by Wang Chao's teammates, he could bypass the block and pick up as soon as possible.

In just two or three rounds, Wang Chao's head was already sweating.

"I can't find an opportunity to open a ......"

Not being able to run out of the vacant position is not the key, the key is that there is no vacant opportunity, Nash will not pass the ball to Wang Chao, after all, he is facing Kobe, even if he has an advantage in height, no one will think that Wang Chao can still guarantee a three-point shooting rate under Kobe's defense.

In the first quarter of the game, Wang Chao played a soy sauce almost the whole time, and was replaced in less than 5 minutes after playing, without any chance at all.

Instead, it was Tim who came on as a substitute for Wang Chao. Thomas was on fire, scoring eight points on 4-of-5 shooting for the Suns.

In the first quarter of the game, the score of the two teams was 31:27, and the Lakers led by 4 points.

The Lakers at home are in good shape.

On the other hand, on the Suns' side, Nash shot 0 of 3 and Marion shot 2 of 6, and the performance was not very good. With Thomas' 8 points, the margin could be even bigger.

Suns head coach D'Antoni wasn't in a hurry.

This is just the beginning of the game, and the four-point deficit is not too big, and the follow-up teams can continue to adjust their form, and it is not necessarily necessary to lose the game.

He is not in a hurry, but Wang is in a hurry.

Wang Chao, who didn't score a point in the first quarter of the game, looked at Marion, who had a low shooting rate but a very decisive shot, and was like sitting on pins and needles.

Worse things happened.

In the second quarter of the game, Wang Chao still didn't get much playing time. Thomas's efficient performance in the first quarter earned him more playing time.

However, in the first quarter of the game, Tim was on fire. Thomas, however, took a sharp turn in the second quarter, taking only one shot in the playing time and failing to hit it, and did not score a point in the entire second quarter.

Fortunately, it was not only Thomas who swallowed the egg, but also Marion, who felt really bad in today's game, shooting 0 of 2, also scoring no points, and was replaced after a few minutes.

In this regard, Wang Chao was not happy at all, because Marion was replaced, and he still did not get the opportunity to play. Jones.

Wang Chao could even see Jones glancing at him when he appeared on the stage, his eyes full of schadenfreude.

The Suns played very badly in the second quarter, with the team scoring only 17 points, far from what a run-and-gun team should be.

On the Lakers' side, Kobe Bryant's hand was also not very good, only 1 of 5 shots, but 4 of 4 free throws, plus the other players played remarkably, and the team scored a total of 26 points in the second quarter.

At halftime, the scores of the two teams came to 57:44, with a difference of 13 points.

Looking at this score, D'Antoni couldn't sit still.

If you can't open the situation on the offensive end, this game will really be lost.

D'Antoni, who returned to the locker room at halftime, was still thinking about how to break the game, but Wang Chao walked over to him.

"Coach, I hope you can give me a chance in the second half!"

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"The current situation of the Suns is not optimistic, the whole team does not have a stable scoring point, continue like this, the Lakers can win this game."

"No way, without Stoudemire, the Suns do lack a player who can attack at such a critical moment, although Nash is very strong in scoring, but after all, he is a point guard who mainly passes the ball, Marion's scoring explosiveness is also limited, and others such as Dio, Bell and others can't be counted on."

"Some time ago, the Suns relied on Wang Chao's three-point shot on the offensive end, but unfortunately Wang Chao was immediately exposed by Kobe Bryant's defense in this game, and he has not shot three points so far, which may be the gap between top stars and role players."