NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 154 Kobe's Defensive Vulnerabilities

In Kobe's entire career, he defended the first team 9 times and the second team 3 times. But looking at his playoff experience, there are two players he defended the worst.

One is Richard Hamilton in the 03-04 season finals. In the finals, he averaged 21.4 points per game, shot 40.2% from the field and 40% from three-pointers. Kobe could hardly limit him.

The other is Ray Allen in the 07-08 season finals. In the finals, he averaged 20.3 points per game, shooting 50.7% from the field and 52.4% from the three-point range. Kobe could hardly restrain him.

What do these two players have in common?

some!

Hamilton and Ray Allen both played offense without the ball.

Because of his high sensitivity to the ball, Kobe's defense against off-ball attacks will be relatively poor.

He always wants to help defend his teammates, but instead he will be taken advantage of by the unmarked players.

Therefore, in the 09-10 season finals, when Kobe faced the Celtics again, he was arranged to defend Rondo or Pierce.

Therefore, when Lu Yuanzhi saw Kobe coming to defend him, he was not worried at all, but a little excited.

Hey, Kobe, unexpected, I actually know your defensive weaknesses!
Coming to the offensive end again, this time Lu Yuanzhi stopped pretending and led Kobe on the field from the very beginning.

Kobe didn't know that his defensive loophole had been discovered. Just kidding, the earliest confrontation against Hamilton hadn't happened yet. Except for Lu Yuanzhi, who knew that Kobe, who was defending for a while, had such a defensive loophole.

Can't even think about it!

After Lu Yuanzhi sprinted for a while, he suddenly slowed down one step inside the three-point line. Kobe took the opportunity to turn his head to watch Bibby and Webber on the other side playing a pick-and-roll, wondering how the Kings ball is currently circulating.

See if you need help defending the past.

But when he turned around, he was stunned.

What about people?

Where did Max go?
Look again.

Fuck!How did you run so far!
chase!

Lu Yuanzhi took advantage of the moment when Kobe was observing the ball holder and accelerated again, because Kobe's hand was not on him and he didn't even notice that he had run far away.

Lu Yuanzhi went around the basket from outside the baseline and came to the corner on the other side. Bibby, who had just finished the pick-and-roll, found Lu Yuanzhi with a precise pass.

Lu Yuanzhi caught the ball and released it quickly. At this time, Kobe's block was long overdue.

Yes, if you want to play a good off-ball offense on Kobe's head, there is another hidden requirement, which is to shoot quickly.

Both Hamilton and Ray Allen are famous fast shooters.

Um?There's something wrong with that word. . .

Otherwise, if you slowly aim there, Kobe, who is active in defense, will never give up. He will come to the top of your head at the moment you take a slow shot, and then slap the ball hard!
With this ball, Kobe did not interfere with Lu Yuanzhi's shooting at all.

This ball was lucky, Lu Yuanzhi hit a three-pointer!

"Wow, did you see Kenny, Answet Ball! I told you a long time ago, Max has potential, and he is scoring against Kobe!"

On the commentary stage, Barkley excitedly praised Lu Yuanzhi to Kenny Smith.

Ever since Lu Yuanzhi overthrew Karl Malone, he has had the craziest fan on TNT - Barkley.

Both Smith and the fans in front of the TV knew that Barkley had always been bitter about Malone. When Barkley praised Lu Yuanzhi before, they also laughed it off.

But this time, it seems to be really different.

Kobe played against Lu Yuanzhi for several rounds in a row. Looking back, Lu Yuanzhi also responded in his own way.Although it seems that Lu Yuanzhi's offense is relatively passive and requires the passing of his teammates, he is not as gorgeous as Kobe.

But scoring is scoring, this is a fact that no one can deny.

Kobe and Lu Yuanzhi scored one assist and two points for their respective teams.

"Yes, Charles, I have to admit that Max's performance in this period is very eye-catching. He did not fall behind in the battle with Kobe Bryant."

Smith considered his words and continued, "As a young player, he stood up at a critical moment and withstood the counterattack of the Lakers led by Kobe Bryant. This is commendable!"

"But what I want to say is that Max has only realized part of his talents. More of his talents can only be fully realized after continuous training and competitions!"

Yes, Lu Yuanzhi's size and athletic ability have a very high upper limit.

But there is a saying neither Barkley nor Smith said, in the NBA, the talent that is realized is called talent, and the talent that is not realized is a lump!
No one cares what a bright future that lump has.

There may be teams who bet once, twice, but never a third time.

This is the case with the Kwame Brown we are familiar with in the future, this is the case with Darko Milicic, and the same is true for the smart Wiseman.

There are always people who are greedy for the talents of these players, thinking that others have buried the talents of these players, but they can discover the talents of these players themselves, so they are willing to gamble again.

But when everyone knows that your talent can't be fulfilled, that's when you will be kicked out.

But fortunately, the talent that Lu Yuanzhi has fulfilled looks very good. He has already established a firm foothold in the NBA, so he doesn't have to worry about being kicked out.

Lu Yuanzhi: Can't fulfill your talent?As long as I play in the NBA for one day, I can become stronger!
With a system, there is no fear of not being able to fulfill the talent of this body.

My upper limit is the sky!
Kobe, on the other hand, didn't care about Lu Yuanzhi's throw after he got rid of the defense.

Come on, what does a three-point shooter hit an open three-pointer have to do with my defender!
At the beginning of the 21st century, what is the so-called leakage, that is, the opposing player gets rid of your defense, cuts to the basket, and directly attacks the basket. This is called defensive leakage.

Isn't it normal for a three-point shooter to find a shot through the cover of his teammates?

So, you see, Kobe was beaten up by Hamilton in the finals of the 03-04 season, but he didn't feel that he was beaten up at all. He just thought that Hamilton could run and shoot goals.

Just an annoying fly, annoying, but by no means the reason for the Lakers' failure.

Then against Ray Allen, Bryant tripped over the same rock twice.

But is this just Kobe's fault?
Didn't look at his idol Michael Jordan, let alone Hamilton.

As the real thigh of the Wizards, Hamilton was even directly rejected by Jordan.

"Richard, my sneakers are for all-star players!"

Get it, looking down on Hamilton and this type of pitcher, Kobe is definitely in the same line.

What kind of star is he who can't even drive into the basket and dunk a center, can't even shoot under a three-man double-team, and only knows how to run open shots from the outside?

At best, it is a more reliable role player!

Therefore, seeing Lu Yuanzhi shoot from outside the three-point line, Kobe was even more relaxed.

If he keeps hitting the basket like before, O'Neal will be fouled by him sooner or later.

Now, Kong has such good physical fitness, but he goes outside to shoot three-pointers, is he as stupid as Ray Allen?

But since you dare not respond to my defense directly, then I will blow you up on the offensive end!
Boy, die!

(End of this chapter)