Reborn as Kobe

At the press conference after the game, the reporters blocked the entire venue, and everyone scrambled to start asking Kobe questions.

A reporter from the "New York Times" asked: "Mr. Bryant, you have created a miracle that is unattainable for future generations. How do you feel about the record in this field?"

Kobe smiled and said: "This score should be attributed to the whole team, to the coaching staff, to the old Mr. Nelson, I alone can't break the record of my idol Michael. The first thought of knowing that I got this score What is it? That is that I will no longer worry about people saying that I hold Shaquille’s thigh. After all, I am really holding Shaquille’s thigh. Without his restraint, I wouldn’t get so much. Shaquille is the best teammate in the phone meeting."

"Chicago Tribune" reporter asked: "Mr. Bryant, don't you think you are playing too alone? You will disrupt the balance of the team."

Kobe took a funny look at the aggrieved reporter and smiled: "Did we lose? If I break the playoff scoring record and the team loses the game, then you can judge me again!"

"Los Angeles Times" reporter asked: "Mr. Bryant, how did you make a shot so far, do you have any experience to share with you?"

Kobe said solemnly: "The reason is very simple, I just put the time for others to drink coffee on basketball."

"New York Daily News" reporter asked: "Mr. Bryant, we all know that your contract is about to end in one year. Would you consider coming to the Big Apple City for development?"

"Everyone is not sure about the future. For me, Los Angeles is still the first choice, unless one day I am not recognized here. I think that is when I leave."

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After a day's rest, the second game of the finals started on the 5th at Staples. There are more people coming in this game, and people want to see if Kobe can make another record.

Both teams did not adjust their starters in this game.

Away Bulls: Jordan, Pippen, Barkley, Rodman, Harper.

Home team Lakers: Kobe, O'Neal, Horry, Jones, Van Exel.

Rodman won the jump ball, the Bulls attacked first, Harper passed to Jordan in the middle and ran away.

After the opening of the game, the Bulls formation was very open, and the Bulls need to break through the space. The Lakers contracted to the basket instead, and only Bryant was on the outside.

In this game, the Lakers are mixed defense, Kobe is responsible for marking Jordan, and the other four are shrinking near the penalty area. This arrangement is very pertinent, that is, to prevent breakthroughs, prevent the restricted zone, and the medium and long-distance bulls can cast casually.

Many teams in later generations have always used this strategy when defending against Kobe, James and other breakthrough stars. In basketball defensive tactics, shrinking defense is one of the variants of man-to-man defense. This is a tactic to help teams that lack athletic talents to compete with strong teams with super athletic talents. When the opponent has a superstar with strong breakthrough ability, shrinking defensive tactics can limit the opponent's star's breakthrough with the ball.

Jordan encounters the Lakers' defense, regardless of whether he walks on the front or the sides, he will be double-teamed when he breaks through. Bryant's super athletic talent in frontal shots can also form an effective interference with him.

This defensive tactic is the result of Kobe's suggestion to the old Nelson. The old Nielsen's flexible mind and Kobe's forward-looking vision quickly determined this tactic.

The last game was a bit too extreme, and the Lakers couldn't always be so adventurous. After all, it is the most unreliable behavior to put the team's victory or defeat on one person's offensive efficiency, and this tactic can only be done occasionally.

Jordan dribbled two steps and handed the ball to Pippen. Pippen made a mid-range shot before Jones stepped forward to interfere. 2: 0.

In the Lakers positional battle, Van Exel attracted Harper's defense to protect the ball from the periphery, break through the opponent by speed and divide the ball to the center.

Kobe ran from the left corner to the high post, received the ball and cut to the basket under Horry's cover, and Barkley moved to the center to help defend. Bryant played Barkley in singles, attracted Rodman and passed the ball to O'Neal. The Bulls were empty and O'Neal dunked the ball. 2:2.

The home fans all stood up and applauded. The Lakers rotated very fast for this ball, and the cooperation was also played out. Since the last victory over the Bulls, the Lakers' confidence has also played out. Previously, the Bulls used their invincible record in the playoffs, which caused a huge shadow on other teams in the league. Not only did the Lakers win the last game, but Kobe even more. It was in front of Jordan that broke the single-game scoring record in the playoffs, which not only caused the Bulls' morale to drop, but also gave the Lakers a psychological advantage.

The Bulls attacked, the Lakers' four players once again retracted the defense, Jordan chose to shoot a three-pointer in the middle, Kobe stepped forward and raised his hand to interfere, the ball missed.

Jordan is a perfect player in all aspects, that is, the three-point shooting rate is not high. This is also caused by the general environment of the league. As for whether Jordan can train three-pointers, Kobe believes this is for sure, after all, even the muscles of future generations. Male James has practiced reliable three-pointers, not to mention the old hooligans who have never conceded. Unfortunately, he is about to retire this season and there is no chance.

A triangle offense is also successful, and a triangle offense is also defeated. The triangle offense has fulfilled the brilliance of Phil Jackson and Jordan, but this set of tactics that rely on forwards to organize the offense virtually abolished the offensive ability of the first position, which also made the Lakers catch. Lived in the bull's death hole. Just after Kobe's rebirth, he approached "Magic" Johnson in his style of play. His height, speed and technique to play point guards became an alternative, an unsolvable problem.

The Lakers attacked, Kobe received a pass in the second half, Jordan bypassed Jones to cover and chase in place, Kobe singled Jordan on the weak side.

After two sudden jumps, Kobe Kobe suddenly jumped up and Pippen immediately helped to prevent interference. Kobe gave the ball to Jones in midair, and Jones made a mid-range shot without defense. 2:4.

When returning to defense, Kobe and Jones slapped their palms to celebrate. Due to Kobe's enchanting performance in the previous game, the Bulls became a surprise, which also made it easier for Kobe to return to assists.

In the offense, Harper first passed to Jordan, and he moved to the basket. Van Exel directly doubled Jordan with Kobe. Jordan split the ball to Harper. Harper shot the ball from the open mid-range, and the rebound was grabbed by O'Neal. under.

Harper shot 44.1% from the field during the regular season, 19.0% from the three-point range, and averaged 9.3 points and 2.9 assists per game. He is actually a perimeter defensive blue-collar, and his shooting percentage is more than 40% when he is shorted. In later generations, he was once brought down by the Zen master, because he was familiar with the triangle offensive tactics. Many people are Harper’s role that data cannot reflect, but the key is that the Bulls’ triangle offense has always been organized by Pippen, scoring by Jordan, and defense. Relying on Rodman, what is Harper's role? Harper's only role in the last game was to defend Van Exel.

Kobe ran to catch the ball, rushed to the inside from the left, and met Jordan, Pippen and Harper in the penalty zone. Kobe returned a pass to Van Exel, and Van Exel made a hit before the free throw line. 2:6.

The Bulls attacked, Jordan received the ball in the second half, Kobe and Van Exel once again blocked Jordan.

Jordan dribbled two moves, passed the ball to the right in the gap between the two, and Pippen scored in the open shot. 4:6.

O'Neal handed the ball to Van Exel, Van Exel launched a counterattack, and passed it to Kobe outside the three-point line.

Kobe leaned on Jordan to rush to the penalty area at full speed on the right, attracted Pippen to chase, and threw the ball with one hand. O'Neal slammed Rodman into a dunk. 4:8.

Kobe used his offensive deterrence to assist his teammates, allowing the Lakers' offense to blossom.

The Bulls attacked, Jordan was double-teamed by Kobe and Van Exel, and could only score the ball to Pippen. Pippen's mid-range shot missed under Jones interference.

Pippen's offensive efficiency is higher than that of Jordan, but he is used to the second-hand style of play and doesn't shoot much. The Lakers are betting on how the Bulls outside players feel and how selfless Jordan is.

The Lakers immediately counterattacked. Kobe received a long pass from O'Neal at halftime. Seeing Jordan retreated relatively far behind, he made a two-step three-pointer from the arc top three-point line. It was too late for Jordan to pounce, and he couldn't stop him from shooting, and the ball went into the net hollow. 4:11.

Phil Jackson hurriedly requested a timeout, and he would be destroyed if he continued. Kobe's style of play made him feel big. He shot three-pointers from a long distance, broke through and assisted at a short distance, couldn't defend one-on-one, and missed double-teams.

Magician analyzed: "In the finals, we found that although Kobe has strengthened his offense, he has not lost his ability to organize assists. This kind of inability to grasp the characteristics of play really makes opponents more headaches."

Chickhearn laughed: "When you think Kobe will continue the last game, he suddenly changed his style. When you think he returns to his job, he starts shooting three-pointers in singles, how to defend and how to limit him. I think this is a problem that Phil Jackson must solve."

After the timeout, the Bulls made a substitution adjustment, replaced Harper, replaced Tony Kukoc, this is to strengthen the penalty area offense.

The Lakers also replaced Campbell **** for tat, replaced Van Exel, and Kobe returned to the number one position against Harper.

After the kick-off, the Lakers continued to double-team Jordan on the outside. Campbell went around the front to prevent Barkley from receiving the ball. Rodman and Harper were emptied.

A lot of later generations knew that Qiu Di blew Rodman this female big bug into the sky, what monoclonal antibody O'Neill, disdain to score. In fact, the only thing Rodman is better than the big team is that his free throws are not so cheating, but if you want to say how good Rodman offensive is, it is just open eyes and nonsense. In the business league of NBA, the value of top-level defensive players is not comparable to that of offensive players. No one does not love money, and Jordan will not distribute his money to his teammates who work hard and hard, Rod To put it plainly, players like Mann mean that they really don't have anything to do with defense.

Rodman missed the basket and dunked two goals. The Lakers did not change their defensive tactics. If Harper and Rodman can shoot the Lakers to death, they would also admit it.

Kobe switched between offense and assists freely. The situation was the same as the old Nelson had imagined. Kobe scored after attracting a double-team. Jones and Horry both made high mid-range shots and got many open positions. After missing a few people, the Bulls were not so determined to double-team Kobe, and Kobe started looking for opportunities to shoot outside the three-point line~www.readwn.com~ Kobe scored 9 points and 7 assists in the first quarter, and O'Neal 6 points and 4 rebounds. , The Lakers lead the Bulls by nine points 31 to 22. The Bulls have not played a good triangle offense.

In the second quarter, Kobe and Jordan did not rest, Kobe continued to play with the bench, Zen Master began to do the main force.

In the playoffs, the Bulls actually only had eight rotations. Jordan averaged 43 minutes per game, Pippen averaged 44 minutes per game, and Rodman averaged 40 minutes per game. Even Barkley, who was injured, played 41 minutes per game, not them. Willing to be an iron man for such a long time is really no one on the bench.

In the finals, Kobe will not be stingy, and he will continue to play before the outcome is determined. The other four Lakers are Fisher, Campbell, Van Exel, and Rick Fox. Kobe has actually moved to the fourth position.

The Lakers continued to retract the Bulls' mid-range shots near the inside line. Fox was responsible for dealing with Jordan, and Kobe was in the high position to help defend and defend, playing very much like the later Jazz's Andre Kirilenko.

The Lakers' double-teaming against Jordan can be called frenzied. They don't care about other people who are open on the outside. As long as Jordan enters the three-point line, Fox and Van Exel must follow closely like guards.