Reborn as Kobe

Chapter 71: Evenly matched

The Lakers who defended the most pick-and-rolls in the high post were Horry. To deal with the Rockets today, Horry did not dare to pull out, otherwise Olajuwon and Ben Wallace would not be able to deal with O'Neal, but the Rockets’ Nash, Stephen Jackson and Maddie They can't let go either. All three of them can shoot three pointers from the outside and can break through, which is very troublesome.

   The Lakers attacked, Kobe passed the ball to Van Exel on the right, who easily broke through Nash, attracted Ben Wallace to help defend and then dropped the ball to O'Neal.

   Nash is really defensively, but his defensive ability is really scumbag, Tom Thibodeau can only shake his head helplessly on the sidelines, D'Antoni began to comfort him.

   The Rockets are very interesting now. Head coach Rudy Tomjanovich is in the hospital. D'Antoni and Tom Thibodeau are coaching together. One is in charge of offense and the other is defensive, but in a rare harmony.

   O'Neal almost squeezed Olajuwon with the same action as before, went deep into the basket, scored a dunk with one hand, 4:3.

   Olajuwon is experienced, knowing that he can't stop O'Neal who broke into the basket, so he just let go. If he can't hold it, it will be a 2+1. Olajuwon won't foul unnecessarily.

   After O'Neal scored, he quickly ran through the half court to participate in the defense. Today, the Rockets put him under a bit of pressure inside.

   The goal of the Rockets in the first quarter is to consume O'Neal's physical strength. D'Antoni put the offense in the second quarter before releasing. In order to deal with the OK combination of the Lakers, Tom Thibodeau and D'Antoni planned for a long time.

   The Rockets had a record of four wins and two losses in the previous game. The loss to the Sonics was because Gary Payton strangled the inexperienced Nash, and the loss to the 76ers was because of the explosion of the game Iverson.

   The Rockets used various means to separate O'Neal and Kobe, preventing the two from working together smoothly, which invisibly increased the consumption of O'Neal in a solo fight.

   Rockets attacked, McGrady attracted Kobe to defend in the middle, protected the ball with his back, organized the forward play, and Nash started to move sideways.

  Although O'Neal doesn't like to get out of the penalty area, it doesn't mean that he has a low basketball IQ. The number of Rockets offense, old Nelson has already taken the Lakers players to study thoroughly, fast break and outside shooting is the Rockets' deadliest weapon, if you don't guard it, just wait for the Rockets to blossom.

   Nash held the ball and flicked, after breaking through Van Exel, he attracted O'Neal to move laterally, took two steps, hit the ball to the right of the center Ben Wallace, Ben Wallace made an empty cut.

Wallace squeezed Horry to get the ball into the penalty area, and wanted to dunk a dunk. A figure quickly stepped forward and stopped Wallace who wanted to take off. Kobe’s foul was not dangerous, but Wallace Still very upset.

   "Ben, I bet you won't make two free throws, how about a steak?" Bryant smiled and said to Big Ben.

   Ben Wallace glared at Kobe with an angry look, and threw the basketball like a discus, "Choo!" "Choo!" Two free throws were missed.

   O'Neal laughed aloud beside him, "So this guy and I... um!" In short, he felt like a confidant.

   The Lakers attack, Van Exel passes O'Neal again. Just one step after O'Neal received the ball, Stephen Jackson on the bottom line retreated to help defend, ready to steal the ball at any time, and Ben Wallace defended behind him.

   O'Neal took a glimpse and passed the ball to the open corner. Horry took a three-pointer and the basketball drew an arc straight into the basket. 7:3.

Kobe sighed in his heart that this shark became more and more rational under his influence. He no longer always relied on physical brutality. In the future, the NBA will no longer have such a dominant center as O'Neal. Even Yao Yao, at his peak. A little worse than O'Neal.

During this time, Kobe has always been doing defensive and passing work. Although the team is leading the score, he is still worried. You must know that O'Neal is still sitting on the Rockets bench. This is not inferior to Garnett in ability. Inside player.

   Rockets attacked, Nash passed Tracy McGrady in the middle, the same routine, but it made Kobe very uncomfortable, Tracy McGrady who was not injured was really a bit puzzled.

   This time Tracy McGrady took the ball to the right along the three-point line, while Nash ran to the left corner. Olajuwon made a ball-free screen for Stephen Jackson and blocked Eddie Jones.

   O'Neal saw Ben Wallace cut the inside line and didn't dare to pounce too far. McGrady suddenly stopped and shot a three-pointer. Kobe was very focused, reached out his hand to interfere, the ball springed out.

In the future, what will prevent McGrady from achieving greater success is not only the injury, but also the unreasonable play at certain moments. Because of the increase in McGrady’s brainless and selfish attacks, Yao's view of him is getting worse and worse. In the end, it went further and further.

   Although the goal was not scored, the rebound was snatched by Big Ben who was stuck in the position. He turned his head and looked at it and passed it directly to Nash in the left corner.

   Nash was already empty at this time, Van Exel rushed forward to defend it was too late.

   Nash flickered, and hit Van Exel who flew up, hitting a 3-pointer with a jumper, 7:6.

   O'Neal was very depressed. He didn't beat Big Ben in rebounding. This also made him treat this explosive man with a different eye.

   The Rockets do not double-team, O'Neal is the Lakers' main attack point, and Ben Wallace is just a **** used by the Rockets to consume O'Neal.

Old Nelson certainly understands O'Neal's situation. The Lakers cannot give O'Neal a strong attack every round, and he can't fight against his opponents and maintain dominance throughout the game. If he can do it, he should be sent to S.H.I.E.L.D. The blood is sliced.

Van Exel continued to drop the ball to O'Neal. O'Neal leaned against Ben Wallace twice and forced to turn to the bottom line to take a shot~www.readwn.com~ Wallace jumped to block the shot and hit O'Neal with a big hand. , The referee blew Ben Wallace's thugs foul.

   O'Neal stood on the free throw line, took aim for a while and shot, the first free throw missed the basket. The second free throw was crooked, and the rebound was grabbed by Olajuwon. Daben gave O'Neill a thumbs up, as if he had found his long-lost brother.

   Kobe comforted O'Neal. It's not that O'Neal doesn't practice free throws, but that he can't really practice.

   Nash protected the basketball, and when McGrady received the ball, the two teams fell into position. Everyone is pulling and interfering with each other.

   Olajuwon gave McGrady a pick-and-roll screen, Nash passed the ball, and O'Neal changed defense slowly.

   Kobe chased and defended quickly, squeezing McGrady with his body from the right side, so that McGrady could not easily layup.

   McGrady was very uncomfortable being defended by Kobe and could only be assigned to Olajuwon. Olajuwon made a hit with the interference of Horry. 7:8.

   Old Nelson replaced Horry with Campbell and Eddie Jones with Rick Fox. Kobe mentioned the third position.

   The Lakers attacked, and the Rockets were all back on defense. This time Van Exel passed the ball to Kobe, and he slid into the right corner. Kobe began to face Stephen Jackson singles.

Kobe took his left foot and passed Jackson in one big step. Jackson and Maddie in the distance could not believe their eyes, because this is the signature action of McGrady who passed Kobe just now. If you don’t look at the looks and the shirt, There is no way to distinguish the two.

   Ben Wallace also had an expression of seeing a ghost. In desperation, he could only hold down Kobe who was layup. Kobe threw the ball with a soft touch and hit the board, 2+1.

   Kobe also made a free throw. The score was 9:8, and the Lakers only led by one point.

  

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