Reborn as Kobe

Chapter 78: Pitino who recognizes reality

   The timeout ended, Pitino asked Duncan to start the attack, and Antoine Walker assisted. Duncan and Dibron made a high pick-and-roll, dislocation facing Van Exel and scoring the basket, 16:7.

   Duncan's count is too fast, Campbell can't keep up with the defense. The young Duncan's playing style is very rough, and he likes to bully opponents with his super body. In a word, the uninjured Duncan flies to the sky and is omnipotent, worthy of the title of flying devil.

   The Lakers attacked, Kobe took the ball to organize the ball high, divided the ball to Eddie Jones, Jones singles Ron Mersell, broke through the non-component ball to Van Exel made a mistake, was successfully intercepted by Dibron.

   Di Brown dribbled the ball quickly and was entangled by Van Exel, Di Brown lobbed Duncan, and Duncan made a rebound in the face of Campbell.

  Old Nelson immediately requested a substitution. Campbell and Eddie Jones went down, Fisher and Joan Barry went up. The Lakers played double point guards and Kobe played center, continuing to strengthen mobility.

   Old Nelson hadn't thought about defensive problems when he let Kobe play the 5th position, because no matter how good Kobe is, there is no way to guard Duncan. His height and weight are both weak. His purpose for Kobe to play center is to improve speed, because of the lack of O'Neal, the Lakers suffer a lot from playing the position.

   Kobe played center, no matter who Duncan or Walter McCarty defended him, it was a misplacement. Walker's defensive ability is even worse, he put all his mind on outside shooting.

   Fisher dribbled the ball to the frontcourt and passed it to Kobe. Duncan stepped forward to defend. The other Lakers players began to cross-run. Pitino arranged for a man-to-man press. Joan Barry and Horry moved to cover, while Fisher sneaked down to the right bottom corner.

   Kobe took a look at Van Exel, who was entangled with Dibron, and passed the ball from under the crotch to Fisher, who was open. Fisher caught the ball and made a three-point jumper. The rhythm was perfect and the basketball hollowed into the net. 19:7.

   The Celtics attacked, and the Lakers almost all shrank to the penalty area, only Horry staring at Walker.

   Walker played a pick-and-roll with Dibron and made three-pointers from the outside. Today Walker's touch is not good. Although he ran out of position, the basketball still bounced out of the frame. Kobe and Fisher duo caught Duncan, and Joan Barry grabbed a backboard.

  Fisher dribbled the ball and all the Lakers players opened. Pitino instructed the Celtics to switch defenses, Walker went to mark Kobe, and Duncan followed Horry.

  Fisher passed the ball to Kobe, Kobe turned to face the frame, held the ball in a three-threat position, took a step to the right and was stopped by Walker.

Kobe leaned on Walker with his back, swayed his right shoulder, his left foot was the axis, and his right foot took a light step towards the center. The right hand held the ball and swayed. His central foot was unchanged, and his right foot quickly moved toward the bottom line. Step, turn around and face the frame, shaking the ball with both hands.

   Walker took the first fake move, turned around forcibly based on his physical fitness, jumped up the cover before he could think, took another fake move, and was swayed. Kobe shrank and jumped forward, avoiding the defending Duncan, pulling a rod to layup, and making a light rebound. 21:7.

   Larry Bird sighed: "Kobe's series of moves is so beautiful, this ball perfectly shows his extraordinary movements and super waist and abdominal strength."

Bede said: "If Pitino can't find a way to restrict Kobe, there is no way to open the deadlock. I think Duncan must be very depressed. As a rookie, not only did he not get the care of the old players, but he also needed to help them put out the fire and paint them. butt."

Larry Bird commented: "I think the Celtics need to make a big deal. They need to find a suitable helper for Duncan. Walker is simply not qualified. He cannot effectively cooperate with Duncan. The Celtics Need a Kobe player."

   Di Brown dribbled the ball and the Lakers shrank to the basket again. He could only distribute the ball to Antoine Walker who was running outside.

Walker has an obvious physical advantage, but he always likes to play outside. Before he made continuous shots and shots, he didn't dare to use the simple offensive method of dry pull jumper. Faced Horry's defense, he passed the ball and ran to the right. Ron Mercer.

   Ron Mercer and Duncan got rid of Joan Barry without the ball screen, and made a mid-range shot before Kobe came forward to help defend. 21:9.

   Exel and Fisher alternated dribbles, Kobe, Joan Barry and Horry went straight to the basket.

   Fisher passed the ball to Kobe and ran back to the right corner. Duncan, who returned to the defense, clung to Kobe and prevented him from taking a jump shot. Kobe threw the ball to the left.

   Horry had already got rid of Walker at this time, and made a shot from the bottom corner. He stepped on the line with his right foot when the ball took off, 23:9.

   The Celtics have no strategy to attack, and the defense of Walker becomes a colander. Pitino on the sidelines

   frowned, still holding his arms around his chest, but without the aura of confidence in the opening. He saw many shortcomings of the Celtics, and for the first time understood the lethality of a superstar like Kobe.

   Pitino has already begun to anticipate the exchange of players after this game. He thought of some of the better small forwards in the league, thinking about what kind of bargaining chip to use to trade.

   In the second quarter, Campbell and Eddie Jones debut, and Kobe returned to the third position.

   The Celtics sent Duncan, Ron Mercer, Antoine Walker, Tyrese Knight, and Dibron. Pitino did not replace Walker, but he had warned Walker during the break and asked him to strengthen his defense.

   Pitino has no good way, this game has completely exceeded his expectations before the game.

The Celtics began to use Duncan’s strong point to play a pick-and-roll offense. The Lakers had nothing to do with Duncan. They could only let Campbell and Horry double-team, but Duncan's passing was also very good, and the two teams soared. Outside shooting.

   Duncan passes to Mosser to hit a mid-range shot, and then Kobe will assist Campbell to hit a hook. The Lakers pinched Duncan to prevent him from dunking in the penalty area, and the Celtics doubled Kobe to prevent him from shooting. In the last two minutes of the second quarter, Walker began to feel warmer. Hit two three-pointers, the Celtics also took the opportunity to narrow the gap with the Lakers.

   The first half ended, the score was 58:46, and the Lakers still led by double digits.

   In the second half, Rick Fox replaced Van Exel, Kobe returned to the point guard position, and the Lakers unexpectedly launched a half-court offense.

Campbell and Horry still pinched Duncan when defending. Kobe was completely liberated. If he didn't double-team, Kobe would shoot a long three-pointer from beyond the three-point line. When double-teamed, he would break through and find Horry or Jones. A strong point.

   Duncan looked at Walker who was taking a walk, and suddenly had the urge to leave. Feelings He is desperately on the court, but the uncle Walker only cares about his own statistics.

   Duncan simply gave up the pass and started to play hard inside. Anyway, the support from his teammates was unnecessary.

   With two minutes left in the fourth quarter, the Lakers led 116 to 91, and the game entered garbage time.

   Pitino replaced all the main players, and Duncan left the arena without waiting for the end of the game.

   The Lakers bench kept the advantage to the end, the final score on the court was 122:95, the Lakers won the away game.

   Bryant played 34 minutes, scored 21 points, 11 rebounds and 14 assists in a triple-double. Campbell had 20 points and 7 rebounds, Van Exel had 22 points and 6 assists, and the Lakers scored in double figures with seven players.

   Celtics Duncan had 29 points, 16 rebounds and 5 assists, and there was little cooperation with his teammates.

   Walker played for forty minutes, making 8 of 26 shots, 5 of 6 free throws, 21 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists. The data looks good, but the efficiency is low, and the defense is completely dragging back.

  

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