Reborn as Kobe

Chapter 13: Wandering on the road

   The Lakers management worried that Kobe would be left behind and put him on the daily watch list. Kobe is very dissatisfied with this, his body knows that after further medicated bath, he recovered the next day. But his arm can't twist his thigh, he can only choose to obey, after all, the management is also out of good intentions.

O'Neal and others care about Kobe, mostly because of his teammates. Kobe, who is not arrogant in this life, is still more popular, but Fisher is a little too considerate and cares, and it can even be said to be flattering, so Kobe Very alert.

"Bryant, I think the boss of the entire Lakers should be you, not the big fat man O'Neal. After all, you are young and you don't have to say, what will that fat man do? Not even free throws!" Fisher has a long and sincere language. .

Kobe glanced at Fisher meaningfully and said naively: "Derek, O'Neal is my eldest brother. As long as he is with the Lakers one day, he will always be the Lakers' boss. I will always be his brother. Brother, I will live my life as a brother."

Fisher sighed lightly, and said with a heart-to-heart: "I'm afraid you think so, others don't think so. Kobe, you have made so fast. The league has already compared you to Jordan. You think that fat guy will have nothing else. Ideas?"

"I'd rather ask Big Brother to take me down, I will never fail to take care of Big Brother. Derek, I know you are good for me. I hope I won't say such things again in the future, so as not to make people misunderstand. Besides, I believe that Big Brother O'Neill is absolutely honest and selfless People." Kobe's tone was extremely firm.

  Fisher saw Kobe's attitude and felt very contemptuous in his heart. He thought that Kobe was a "silly black sweet". It seemed that he would not experience the ravages of years and would always be just a little white flower in the greenhouse. Fisher put down the supplements he bought for Kobe, shook his head and left with hatred.

   Kobe looked at Fisher's slightly bleak back and sneered. In the previous life, the original body fell out with O'Neill. It is estimated that this little fish did not contribute much. The third son of the Thunder, Lao Yan, also has a direct relationship with Fisher, and in the end, the two of Fisher and the Zen master completely pushed the Knicks into it. The abyss that was never recovered. Therefore, Kobe decided to be more alert to this little fish in the future, and Kobe also glanced at the door of the locker room and smiled meaningfully.

   O'Neal returned to his seat and sat down, his expression was very complicated. He did not expect that Kobe, the little brother, would actually defend himself in this way. Just outside the locker room, O’Neill overheard Kobe’s "heart-felt words" and felt that he was a **** as a big brother. How could he want to think about it because of the league's support of Kobe? You should also care more about your own brothers, so that you can no longer have bad ideas.

O'Neill eavesdropped outside the door. In fact, Kobe has long been aware of it. After a year of death torment in this life, Kobe has already become clear and perceptible, far beyond ordinary people. Therefore, everyone is responsible for their own words, because there is no way to specify Sometimes there will be ears on the wall.

On November 22, Kobe missed the first game. The Lakers beat the Spurs at 96:86, but the general manager Popovich sitting next to him didn't care very much. The purpose of the Spurs this season has been clear. That is to take advantage of the opportunity of David Robinson's injury to strive for next year's number one pick.

   On November 24th, Kobe again missed the game. This time the Rockets succeeded in revenge. In the absence of a big dream, the Rockets defeated the Lakers 90:85 away.

   Kobe caught up with the away game in the first game of his comeback. The Lakers will challenge the 76ers in Philadelphia.

The game was broadcast nationwide by ABC. Prior to this, the league had warmed up for a long time regarding Iverson and Kobe’s 96-star double-star showdown. Basketball enthusiasts across the United States wanted to see what was called the "enemy of life". "Which of the two is better?" Since the start of the season, whether it is in scoring, rebounding, or assists, Kobe is temporarily ahead. Therefore, before the game, Iverson called Kobe specifically to say that he will win the game.

   On the evening of November 26, the competition between the two sides kicked off.

   When the players played, Kobe received enthusiastic applause. After all, Kobe belongs to the Phillies and spent his entire high school years here.

   It was Iverson's turn to play. The home fans gave him a huge applause. Iverson has gradually gained the favor of Philadelphia fans.

   After the introduction of the players, Kobe took the initiative to find Iverson to say hello, and the two hugged. Iverson was very envious of this little brother's achievements, and both encouraged each other.

   Moses Malone, who has just retired, said: "Audience friends, the exciting duel is about to begin. Kobe will face Iverson for the first time. I hope they can join hands to contribute a wonderful game."

   Magic Johnson said: "The Lakers have O'Neal inside, which is a huge advantage. If the 76ers can't open the outside, it will be difficult to win the game."

   Magician's statement fully shows the strength gap between the 76ers and the Lakers.

   Malone said: "The 76ers' offense mainly relies on Iverson and Stackhouse. As long as the two play together, I think I still have a chance to win."

As a famous player of the team, Malone is not very optimistic about the home team 76ers. Now Iverson has not yet determined his position. Stackhouse is selfish and repels the new champion and thinks he is the boss of the team. .

   Kobe made three-pointers while warming up, and he felt good when he practiced shooting in the morning. When he shoots to his level, he only needs to find the rhythm and know if he has it. It is natural to get used to it.

   After looking for a while, the two starters stood in the field.

   The Lakers started five players: O'Neal, Kobe, Eddie Jones, Campbell, Byron Scott.

   The 76ers started with five players: Iverson, Stackhouse, Derek Coleman, Clarence Witherspoon, Scott Williams.

   O'Neal jumped the ball and won and the game began.

   Kobe received the ball and dribbled to the frontcourt. Eddie Jones first went to the right bottom corner and then ran to the top line at full speed. O'Neal pulled out from the low post to help him block Stackhouse. This side off-the-ball screen with the Lakers will play a few times in each game. It has been tried and tested. As long as the opponent's inside defense is not determined enough, Eddie Jones will get a chance to play.

   The 76ers center Scott Scott is simply messing around, but he symbolically blocked O'Neal and it is difficult to extend the defense to the outside. Scott wondered what would happen to O'Neal if he changed defense against Eddie Jones? The reason why the Lakers pick-and-roll is so powerful is because O'Neal is at the peak, fast and powerful, this is completely insoluble.

   O'Neal has had multiple fast break dunks this season, as well as the performance of face-to-face holding the ball to make breakthroughs. At his peak, O'Neal is omnipotent, so Kobe said that O'Neal is the successor of the basketball emperor Zhang Twenty thousand.

   Scott hesitated and changed defenses slowly. Eddie Jones caught the ball for a sixty degree on the right and made a two-point jumper. Stackhouse was blocked by Kobe and failed to catch up. The ball drew a beautiful arc and went hollow into the net! 2: 0.

   When back on defense, Eddie Jones, Kobe, and O'Neal clapped their hands.

Magic smiled and said: "The Lakers completed a beautiful three-man cooperation in the opening game. O'Neal came out to screen, Jones moved, and Kobe's increasingly accurate passing, all teams are not easy to defend. Many people say Kobe's. Basketball skills are like Jordan, but seeing his passing, I think Kobe should be a new generation of magicians."

   Malone said: "It depends on whether the 76ers can return one. If we can't guard the Lakers, we must be efficient offensively."

   Iverson and other teammates pulled away and crossed the middle to make a breakthrough. The first time he changed to the right to keep up with Kobe, the second time the same action was taken on the right, Kobe kept up again and got close. Iverson turned his back to protect the ball, swayed his shoulders and turned to the left, once again entangled by Kobe.

   Kobe's defensive action is very clean, he does not reach out to steal, he just follows close to his body, and the referee has a whistle in his mouth to observe carefully and not blow.

   Iverson forcibly turned around and withdrew a jumper. Kobe predicted accurately. He jumped and blocked the shooting line. Iverson could only increase the arc of his shooting. The ball bounced out and O'Neal grabbed a defensive rebound.

Kobe was in ecstasy after guarding the ball. Sure enough, his national skills have not been practiced in vain, his movement speed and reaction speed have been improved, and he has been able to keep pace with Iverson’s speed, and Iverson has not yet reached the peak. The basketball experience is far inferior to Kobe.

  When I returned to defense, Iverson had a stormy sea in his heart, and the masters could see the level of the opponent.

how can that be? How could his speed change so fast? Although he has not played against Kobe before, Iverson has always believed that in terms of pace, there will be no players in the league who can match him. Now this idea has been ruthlessly broken by Kobe.

Before the start of the game, Iverson and his teammates watched some of the Lakers' previous game videos. Kobe beat all the previous point guards. Players shorter than him are not good at preventing him from shooting, and are about the same height as him. The player's speed is not as fast as him, and he is easily changed one-on-one.

   After watching the video, Iverson felt that he could do it too, thinking that the strength of these league point guards was not strong enough.

   It's so shallow on paper, I never know that I have to do it myself. Today, Iverson clearly feels that Kobe's reaction speed is no different from his own.

   Kobe slowly took control of the ball to the frontcourt, instead of single-handedly singled Iverson, the center played a pick and roll with Byron Scott and went to the left.

   Iverson was chasing in place this time. Kobe didn't make a strong shot. He hit the ground and passed the ball to O'Neal, who was in the left low post for the ball, forming a triangle with Eddie Jones. Campbell and Scott opened up the space on the right, and it was time to test the 76ers inside.

   After Kobe passed the ball, he stood 60 degrees on the left to attract the defense. Eddie Jones stood high. If he wants to double-team O'Neal, he can only go on Clarence. O'Neal attracts a assisted defense and Kobe will easily make a move.

   Clarence didn't double-team, O'Neal pushed Scott twice on his back and turned to the center to throw the ball in. 4: 0.

   Kobe did not assist in this ball, but the opportunity was created by him. In the previous few games, the Lakers played such a weak inside team and easily settled the opponent.

   76ers offense, Stackhouse offensive with the ball. He changed his crotch dribble to pick up the dribble from the back and then stepped back. He avoided Kobe's block in the long-range shot and shot the iron. O'Neal grabbed a defensive rebound.

   Kobe retreats to catch the ball and slowly takes the half-court to the ground.

   Harris asks Kobe to control the rhythm and ensure the success rate of the battle. In this regard, a group of blue-collar 76ers inside can't compare with the Lakers.

   Eddie Jones screened Kobe from outside the three-point line. Iverson actively pursued and defended but failed to catch up. Bryant took the ball into the three-point line and hit the ball to O'Neal.

   Coleman knew that Scott could not resist solo defense and contracted to help. O'Neal dribbled the ball to the mid laner Eddie Jones, who made a jumper and made a 6-0.

  The magician said: "Coleman turned around and then rushed out to guard against Jones too late, unless he is as fast as Iverson."

   Malone said: "The Stackhouse defense was too inactive. He didn't follow Eddie Jones at all, giving his opponent too much space."

   Iverson held the ball and Coleman played the pick-and-roll, Kobe saw the right time to retreat, bypassing Scott's left, into the three-point line to block Iverson's breakthrough route.

   Iverson forcibly failed to break through and gave the ball to Stackhouse, who ran out of the position on the left. Eddie Jones was a step slower in defense, and Stackhouse made a 3-pointer with a jumper. 6:3.

   Kobe took the ball to the frontcourt and gave O'Neal a secret signal, then passed it to Scott on the right. He ran to the right corner at full speed. At this time, Jones slipped the bottom line and cut to the basket.

   Iverson was blocked by a screen, Stackhouse did not keep up with Eddie Jones, Kobe caught the ball and made a 3-pointer from the corner. The rhythm was perfect and the ball went into the net with a hollow. 9:3.

   Kobe's current three-pointer has been tempered, and it has reached the point where it can penetrate Yang in a hundred moves. If the ultra-long three-pointer is undefended, he can also reach a seven-layer shooting rate. This is terrible, because almost no one will defend the long-range three-pointer. But Kobe has never shown a super long three-pointer, because there is no game and player that forces him to use it.

   The 76ers attacked, Iverson played the pick-and-roll, Bryant and O'Neal double-teamed him, venting State.

   Iverson scored the ball, but Statt was unattended near the free throw line. He aimed for a shot, the ball bounced out, and O'Neal got the rebound.

   Blue-collar players can strengthen defense, but sometimes it can be very speechless on the offensive end. What's more, Statt is a pure blue-collar player and has no shooting ability at all. Scores mainly rely on dunks and hooks in the penalty area.

   Lakers positional battle, after Kobe received the ball, he gave O'Neal a lob on the right side, Jones made an empty cut from the bottom line, and received a point from O'Neal and forced a layup to cause Coleman to foul.

   Coleman made two free throws, 11:3.

   The 76ers attacked, Iverson was double-teamed after playing the pick-and-roll, and Kobe can keep up with his speed, it is not easy to create a mobile phone meeting.

As long as Iverson plays the pick-and-roll, the Lakers must double-team and force him to split the ball. Kobe defends the ball without playing the pick-and-roll. This way, depending on the rotation position, it can also interfere with the shooting of role players. In addition to Stackhouse, the 76ers lack players. Range.

   Iverson scored the ball, Stackhouse caught the ball and made a two-point jumper.

   Jones has been defensively in place for this ball, but Stackhouse has a super personal ability. When his hands are hot, ordinary star players like Eddie Jones can't defend it.

   O'Neal's physical talent is so good. Even if he is lazy, he will make the 76ers not dare to make mistakes on the defensive end. In the next few rounds, the Lakers will play inside, and the 76ers can only shoot from the outside.

   The 76ers didn't double-team anymore, O'Neal squeezed Scott twice and turned to the bottom line. He made a strong one-handed dunk. At this time the score has come to 19:7, the first quarter is about to end, the 76ers have no choice but to call a timeout.

After a timeout, Stackhouse received a pass from Iverson, and changed the dribble under the right hip and failed to get rid of Kobe, who was in position. Stackhouse leaned on Kobe and turned to the center. Jump shot.

   His body was tilted very sharply, and he shot without jumping to the highest point. His shot was so fast that Kobe couldn't block it. But how could the shooting percentage of this informal shooting method be so high?

   Stackhouse hit the iron again, and O'Neal grabbed the rebound.

   The Lakers attacked, Kobe passed the ball to Eddie Jones and opened the outside line. Scott ran from the right corner to the left corner. O'Neal blocked Coleman for him on the baseline. Kobe took the ball to the left and wanted to play alone. When Scott ran out of the open space, he passed it.

   Scott also shot, 21:7.

   On the offensive end of this game, the biggest difference between the Lakers and the 76ers is the movement of the ball. The Lakers started with four players who averaged more than three assists per game. Campbell also averaged two at the least. Kobe's assists per game were even closer to fifteen.

In contrast to the 76ers, almost all the assists came from Iverson, Coleman, and Clarence. Originally, Stackhouse had a strong passing ability and could also attract double teams, but now he is playing with Ivor. Sen Zheng's boss, apart from personal data, is totally indifferent to the 76ers' performance.

   The Lakers kept sharing the ball. Under the constraints of Kobe and O'Neal, role players were given opportunities and shot more efficiently.

   Moses Malone shook his head and said: "Now everyone in the Lakers is united by the OK team. Everyone can play their role effectively. This is very scary."

   The magician smiled and said: "O'Neal has a strong offensive inside, double-teaming him outside Kobe and Jones will get a chance, if you want to beat the Lakers, unless the stars play abnormally."

Kobe said to Iverson who was dribbling: "Allen, I believe you can beat anyone, including me and Jordan. You have too many scruples. In fact, you don’t have to consider other people at all. On the court, all you can believe is Basketball, use action to prove that you are the best."

   Iverson was silent for a while, then raised his head again, his eyes becoming very firm. Kobe swallowed unconsciously. He just saw the struggling Iverson just now, and felt that he was very pitiful. Only then did he comfort a few words. God knows what Iverson understood.

At the three-point line, Iverson’s eyes were firm, and he used his signature movement to wear the butterfly step. Kobe is also very skilled at this pace, but Iverson moves faster and has more fake moves. In a disguised form, he almost shook Kobe to the ground. When Kobe stabilized his body weight, Iverson had already penetrated inside, avoided O'Neal's block, and picked a basketball.

  

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