Reborn as Kobe

Tom Thibodeau was always upset about the Rockets' failure to prevent the Rockets in the last game. Although the game won, the lucky value accounted for a large proportion, and it had nothing to do with him. Thibodeau came to the Lakers because the Rockets' overall positioning is contrary to him. He wants to prove his defensive supremacy theory is correct.

The training intensity of the Lakers increased again, because Thibodeau increased a lot of man-to-man single defense training, which made the veterans complain. Later, under the mediation of old Nelson, Thibodeau reduced the training volume of O'Neill, Barkley and others. , He also understands that he has acted too hastily. Fortunately for young players, veterans are easily disqualified. Thibodeau also re-adjusted his defensive strategy. When encountering a team with a bad three-pointer in the league, except for Kobe, the others try to shrink near the penalty area and put their opponents to shoot far away from the basket, and have a three-pointer against the Rockets. The pitcher's team can only speed up the rotation and assist defense speed, but these cannot be practiced overnight.

According to the rules of the league, to put it simply, a person must follow an offensive player, not too far away, more than three seconds will be called "illegal defense." If you think of a half court as a chessboard, the defender and his opposing offensive player must be in any two adjacent squares. If the two are not in the adjacent squares, when it reaches three seconds, Will be called "illegal defense."

However, this rule has long existed in name this season. If the referee really blows it like this, there will be more "illegal defense" in each game than both sides fouling, which can exhaust them. In another season or two, after the league allows joint defense, this This rule has completely disappeared.

From the first day of the game, it is not difficult to see that the league’s scores have decreased a lot this season. In the early 1990s, the league averaged 107 points per game. In the following years, it was mostly around 105 points. The 94 and 95 seasons averaged. 101 points and 99.5 points per game in the 1996 season. After Kobe entered the league, he drove the Lakers' offense. The league averages in the 97 and 98 seasons were 103 and 108 points per game. It is not difficult to see why Stern I like Kobe so much.

Originally in history, the league's defensive value this year will reach a historical peak, averaging only 91.6 points per game. In the shrinking season, in order to save energy, all the teams invariably adopted the approach of positional offense and defensive supremacy, shrinking the penalty area and betting the opponent's outside shooting percentage. To put it bluntly, it was 122 zone defense and collective illegal defense.

In this environment, the Rockets and the Lakers played a gorgeous offensive battle in the first game. It has to be a good start to the season and attracts a large number of fans to pay attention to the NBA.

On February 7, the Lakers ushered in the Jazz challenge at home. The two teams can be described as old enemies, and they have always matched the playoffs in the past few seasons.

The two elders Xuan Ming are one year old, and the time left for them is running out, and Sloan is also looking for a successor to the two elders. However, Kobe admires Malone and Stockton very much. It is not their skills but their ability to maintain the state. This is in the 1990s. The younger emperor James spent millions of dollars on maintenance every year for his body. And Malone and Stockton do not have such conditions, but they can still be in such a state in the past forty years, which is a miracle.

Now Kobe spends about two million dollars in physical maintenance every year. This is no secret in the player circle. Many people also want to learn from Kobe, but the conditional professional attitude is not enough, and the attitude can persist. , But can't afford such a large price, now more than half of the league's player salary is about the same as the cost of Kobe to maintain the body.

Kobe also provided some non-core prescriptions and training methods to the laboratory. Now the Rockets, Manchester United, Shencheng Dongfang, and Shenhua Shenhua teams under Kobe have also begun to give the team under the guidance of the laboratory staff. Players provided help; Barkley, O'Neal, Novus, Ray Allen, McGrady and others also established player files in the Rocket Lab under Kobe's suggestion, and also hired trainers from the lab for scientific training.

After more than a year of development, Rocket Lab has become the world’s top medical sports center. Kobe also asked Liu Xiaoli to go around the world. Among them, more than 20 experts and professors have been hired in various regions of Europe. At the base, five national players were hired to specialize in the research of Chinese medicine on sports injuries. In addition, the laboratory also dug the two chief team doctors of the Suns into the laboratory. People in later generations often said: Spurs assistants, Rockets substitutes, Thunder rookies, Suns doctors are the guiding lights of the league. Although Kobe was dubious about this, the Sun team doctor who dug up did not disappoint him. The leg injuries of several old Manchester United players were caused by the two team doctors of the Sun. The postoperative recovery was very good.

This game the visiting team Jazz starting five: Karl Malone, John Stockton, Brian Russell, Jeff Hornacek and Greg Ostertag.

The Jazz lineup has not changed much, and many players have left. There is no way. Whoever makes the Jazz remote, and the owner is relatively poor, there is no big bowl player to consider joining, so it can only do so.

The Lakers started five players: Kobe, O'Neal, Barkley, Ray Allen, Nowitzki.

Nowitzki appeared in the third position. The old Nelson valued him very much and wanted to cultivate him as soon as possible.

O'Neal jumped the ball to beat the Great White Bears, Kobe received the ball and dribbled to the frontcourt to give Ray Allen, and then ran to the left corner.

Kobe led Stockton away. On the surface, he sacrificed the ball and created opportunities for his teammates. In fact, Kobe wanted to play a little easier in the shrinking season. The playoffs are the stage he values.

Ray Allen and Barkley made a pick-and-roll in the middle, holding the ball to break through the middle, changing direction to get rid of Hornacek, Russell hurriedly stepped forward to make up the defense, Ray Allen jumped up and made the ball to the right forty-five. Degree location.

Nowitzki made an easy shot with no one to watch and made a steady three-pointer. 0:3.

The Jazz attacked, the Lakers fell on defense, Stockton divided the ball to Malone, let him single Barkley.

Malone is very excited this season. He wants to take advantage of Jordan's retirement and the Lakers to win a championship. For Barkley, Malone is not at all shocked, knowing each other, Malone is much higher than Barkley, and his strength is about the same.

As a result, Malone received the ball in the horn on the left, turned to the bottom line and was stuck in position by Barkley, then turned to the middle and was followed by Kobe. Kobe and Barkley together prevented Malone from killing him.

Malone will encounter strong interference regardless of throwing or hooking. He had to score the ball from the outside. Hornacek took a three-pointer after receiving the ball. The ball was interrupted by Ray Allen and out of the box. O'Neal grabbed the rebound. Give it to Kobe at a time.

Kobe dribbled the ball for half the time and played a pick-and-roll with Nowitzki. After getting rid of Stockton, Kobe went straight to the basket, relied on Barkley's screen to pass the ball to O'Neal, and O'Neal knocked off the white bear and dunked the basketball. In. 0:5.

With the aging of Ewing, Olajuwon, and David Robinson, O'Neal is about to enter the dominance of the world. The White Bears are in a worse state this season and cannot limit O'Neal at all.

Jazz offensively, Hornacek received the ball in singles and failed to pass Ray Allen by footsteps. This was not what he was good at. The emergency stop jumper was missed by Ray Allen's interference and the rebound was picked by O'Neal.

In the Lakers battle, Ray Allen ran to the right corner to wait for the ball, Kobe and Barkley pick and roll to attract Malone to switch the ball to the center, Nowitzki received the ball to Russell, Russell did not underestimate the rookie , Stepped forward close defense.

Seeing that Nowitzki couldn't get rid of it, he suspended it to O'Neal inside. Malone hurriedly helped to defend the double-team. O'Neal passed the ball to Barkley. Barkley didn't hesitate and scored in the open. 0:7.

The Lakers opened their offense as soon as they opened the game, with clear passing routes and a tacit cooperation with each other.

On the other hand, the Jazz, the athletic ability of the lineup has declined, especially for the fifth position. The Big White Bears who have not donated kidneys are too slow, but the Jazz have no way. Good insiders have always been a non-sale item for each team. There is a sentence in the league draft. As the saying goes, if you don't know who to choose, choose a big man, which shows how valuable insiders are.

Sloan scratched his head anxiously on the sidelines. He knew before the game that the game with the Lakers must be very difficult, but he didn't expect it to be so difficult. He couldn't sign good players. With Malone and Stockton in there, he couldn't choose one. Good rookie, Sloan finds himself too difficult.

From the perspective of the opening form, Sloan felt that if he did not strengthen his defense but attacked the opponent, the Jazz would definitely lose very ugly, but if you grind the position and fight the defense, it may not be any better. O'Neal is really good. too strong.

Sloan screamed at the players from the sidelines, asking them to ensure the speed of returning to defense and strengthen the defense.

The Lakers' offensive rhythm began to slow down, so that although the perimeter offensive power was compromised, the power of Barkley and O'Neal's double fat combination showed up.

The Lakers are not perfect either, Nowitzki has become a colander on the defensive end, which is also caused by experience.

These old jazz scumbags are very chicken thieves. The fact that they played Nowitzki in turn did not make the score too big.

Kobe, O'Neal and others did not demand Nowitzki. This is the inevitable process of rookie growth. There has never been a player in the league like Kobe, who has played a rookie season.

In the first quarter, the score was 21-29, and the Lakers led by eight points.

During the break, Kobe called Nowitzki to his side. "Dirk, don’t be discouraged, remember, don’t always lean on your body to push into the penalty area. This style of play is not suitable for you. You now run more outside, shoot more three-pointers, pay attention to your card position when defending, you don’t need to be comprehensive. You still have our teammates!"

"I understand." Nowitzki nodded solemnly.

Nowitzki is like Yao Ming who just entered the league. Physically, there is no way to compare with black players. Players like them with soft shots and no dead ends are destined to only become technical players.

The year when the Mavericks won the championship ~www.readwn.com~ Nowitzki used footwork skills and perverted projection to extinguish the Big Three of the Heat.

After the start of the second quarter, Nelson replaced Barkley and O'Neal. Although Barkley did not detect a major problem after the last game, the old Nelson still did not dare to be replaced by Mobley and Lewis, and Kobe came to the inside to play the organization center.

Old Nelson’s hobby of trying different tactics remains the same. He doesn’t care about the stability of the lineup. The other four on the court ran fast. The Lakers suddenly became a racing team. Four minutes later, they frustrated the Jazz veteran lineup. The Lakers Except for Kobe, the positions of the others on the court were very vague, which caused the Jazz to mess up and the game point difference was also widened to 20 points.

In the second half, the Jazz veterans used their experience and willpower to confront the Lakers, but the gap in lineup strength was obvious. In the first half, they dug a big hole and chased them in the middle of the fourth quarter, still 18 points behind the Lakers.

This is a contest on a different level. The Jazz have tried their best, but there is still nothing to do with the Lakers.

The final score of 93 to 117, the Lakers won two consecutive victories.

Bryant made 9 of 16 shots, 3 of 6 three-pointers, 4 of 4 free throws, 25 points, 8 rebounds and 13 assists.

Ray Allen made 12 of 20 shots, 5 of 9 3-pointers, 3 of 3 free throws, 31 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists.

O'Neal made 13 of 18 shots, 4 of 9 free throws, 30 points and 14 rebounds. Barkley, Mobley, Nowitzki and Lewis also scored in double figures.

The Lakers won cleanly, and the whole game did not give the Jazz any chance.

When Malone left, he took a deep look at Barkley, who was laughing on the sidelines, and thought a lot, maybe... He took a peek at his old friend Stockton, and a sense of shame surged in his heart.