NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 323: Tie Kobe’s legs
The Lakers' starting lineup is O'Neal, Horry, Battier, Kobe and Billups, a ridiculously strong lineup on paper.

On the bench, sat Fisher, Fox and Samaki Walker.

Such a set of eight-man main rotation is the Lakers' confidence for revenge. They have only one goal, to regain the championship that should belong to them.

The Kings' starting lineup is Divac, Weber, Stojakovic, Lu Yuanzhi and Bibby.

Stojakovic missed most of last year's game against the Lakers due to a concussion.

But as soon as the game started, the legendary Yugoslavian shooter gave the world a surprise.

The Kings' first attack was not initiated by their team boss Webber, nor by the recently popular Lu Yuanzhi or Bibby who performed well last year. They chose to let Stojakovic play the first attack. .

Stojakovic was defended by Kobe Bryant, the Los Angeles second-teamer who has been selected to the defensive first and second teams all year round.

Stojakovic did not wait outside the three-point line as usual, or look for shooting opportunities through running, but directly entered the mid-range, received the ball and started to single out Kobe.

"Kenny, what do I see? Is Peja going to post up Kobe?"

"Why is he so confident!"

On the commentary table, Barkley saw this scene and started yelling.

Indeed, Stojakovic's impression has always been tepid.

He is the three-point king and a deadly outside shooter, but post-up situations do not seem to be his area of ​​expertise.

Kenny Smith was also stunned by the scene in front of him. Of course he could see that the 206 cm Stojakovic was half a head taller and half a circle bigger than the 198 cm Kobe.

But when it comes to post-up play, you can't necessarily succeed just because you have the physical advantage. Otherwise, there wouldn't be the legend of a mountain in Puerto Rico.

Does Stojakovic have such singles skills?

As far as they know, no!

But since he dared to take it out in the Western Conference finals, and it was the first attack, there must be something to say.

Stojakovic relied on his size advantage to violently attack Kobe's defense. Kobe was pushed away, but he quickly moved back.

Kobe was not worried that Stojakovic would use this gap to turn around and break through him. In terms of footwork, he was much more flexible than the Yugoslavian.

The only thing you need to pay attention to is your opponent's shooting.

Kobe Bryant has extremely rich defensive experience. Although he couldn't figure out Stojakovic's approach, he defended him smoothly and didn't give him a chance to shoot at all.

But the next moment, Stojakovic launched.

After he hit Kobe hard, he turned back and left Kobe's defensive range.

Kobe quickly adjusted his focus and wanted to continue to stick up.

But at this time, an incredible scene happened.

Stojakovic's back turn was very large, and he suddenly opened up more than half a body. What made Kobe even more desperate was that the Yugoslavian landed on one foot and raised the other foot, blocking him from continuing to move forward. Then he kept his body leaning back and jumped back, further widening the distance between the two.

After confirming that the distance between the two was large enough that Kobe could not block him, Stojakovic took a shot in the air and easily sent the ball into the basket.

0: 2!

The Yugoslavian scored the first goal of the Kings' opening, still using a post-up shot.

Not only were Barkley and Smith on the commentary table stunned, but even Kobe himself didn't understand the situation.Why did you give your opponent such a big shooting gap?
Kobe was very sure that the technique used by Stojakovic was not a fadeaway jumper at all, because he himself is an active fadeaway jumper master, and he clearly knows the details of every technical action of the fadeaway jumper.

But Stojakovic's every technical move was not on point, but the effect was the same as a genuine fadeaway jumper, creating a huge shooting space for the shooter.

Before Kobe could reveal the secret of Stojakovic's offensive skills, the Yugoslavs' second attack came again.

It was still an unpretentious post-up single, and it was still an unpretentious back-turn. This time Kobe gave up the breakthrough route and took a step forward to pounce on him, but Stojakovic did not choose to shoot after turning around, but turned again. I came back and wanted to break through.

Kobe was startled and quickly returned to the defensive position to block Stojakovic's path. Then he saw the Yugoslav turned back again like a top, raised one leg, and was steady again. A "fallback jumper (fake)" scored the ball.

Damn!

How to defend this kind of attack!

In the commentary box, Barkley looked at Smith, "Kenny, do you understand? Peja's offensive method?"

"Did he perform the backward turning movement on the ground?" Kenny Smith was a little unsure. "This way, he doesn't need to turn in the air, and he doesn't need such strong core strength."

Buckley scratched his head, "It is indeed possible."

"And compared with the traditional back-edge jump shot, Peja's set of technical movements is less sudden, but more flexible."

"More importantly, he can use his technical movements to open up shooting space!"

"If you give a sharpshooter space to shoot, it means your defense has completely failed."

"Let's see how Kobe will respond!"

Kobe's response method was simple. He strengthened his marking of Stojakovic without the ball and prevented the ball from coming to his hands.

That's right, it's Deny!

Since I can't find a way to deal with your shooting moves now, I will cut you off at the source so that you can't get the ball at all!

But this also means that Kobe must focus all his energy on defending Stojakovic, and cannot relax at all, nor allow his teammates to help defend.

Stojakovic still got the ball with his skillful movement, but Kobe pressed harder and gave him no room to attack.

"beep-"

The referee whistled a foul on Kobe because he violated Stojakovic's body.

The Yugoslavs' third attack was finally contained, albeit in such a way that was not worth showing off.

The Kings saw Kobe's defensive intensity and no longer allowed Stojakovic to play hard.

This kind of attack consumes a lot of Stojakovic's physical strength. What's more, the first two attacks were somewhat lucky. The Yugoslavs were not very skilled in mastering the independent offensive skills of the Golden Rooster.

Perhaps if Stojakovic is given another offseason, he will be able to perfect this skill and make defenders helpless like Nowitzki, Doncic and Jokic will do in the future.

However, enough is enough!

The strategic goal of tying Kobe's legs by taking advantage of Stojakovic's mid-to-long-range threat has been achieved.

Next, is the real offensive intention of the Kings.

　Let’s take a chapter first, and let’s go to the next chapter before one o’clock!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)