Legendary star

Chapter 480 Kobe's Counterattack (2)

"Kobe's backward shot, the magnitude of the backward, and the distance of drifting in the air, is this really an action that a human can complete?"

Although Meng Xu can predict Kobe's shot in advance every time, and even the direction of Kobe's turn and the timing of the shot, he can accurately judge the direction of Kobe's turn and the timing of the shot, but every time he hits the air, Kobe's receding range is the same as when he was in the air. The distance drifting in the air made Meng Xu feel beyond reach. With Meng Xu's jumping and wingspan, most outside players shooting in front of Meng Xu is a very dangerous behavior, but this game started , Kobe was under Meng Xu's defense and hit shots one after another. This time it was the same. Looking at the basketball flying by at least a dozen centimeters above his fingertips, Meng Xu knew that this shot was about to hit again.

"Beautiful fadeaway jumper, it's really unimaginable that Kobe can use his back-turning fadeaway jumper to such an extent. If someone said that Kobe's fadeaway jumper is only in shape compared to Jordan, I don't think so. If you agree, then what I want to say today is that Kobe’s use of fadeaway jump shots is not inferior to Michael’s. After several consecutive fadeaway shots, the magnitude of the fallback and the distance of drifting in the air, I’m afraid Even Michaels can’t do it!” Although what Michaels said was a bit exaggerated, most of the fans at the scene agreed with Michaels’ point of view at the moment. The two commentators beside Michaels, Jeff Van Gundy and the Magic Teacher Johnson, after listening to Michaels' words, also nodded in agreement.

"It's really unimaginable that he can maintain such a high shooting percentage under Meng Xu's defense." Although Jeff Van Gundy has always been resentful towards Meng Xu who caused him to be dismissed from get out of class, there is one thing Jeff Van Gundy I also have to admit that Meng Xu's defense is absolutely impeccable.Although the Knicks and the Pacers have always been difficult to deal with, in the several seasons when Jeff Van Gundy was the head coach, Meng Xu was Jeff Van Gundy's first choice for the selection of the best defensive team for several consecutive years .At the same time, according to the statistics of the New York Times, when all outside players in the entire league are facing Meng Xu, various statistics will drop to varying degrees, especially the shooting percentage will be at least 3 percentage points lower than the season average. The number of turnovers will also rise in a straight line, but in today's game, in the entire first quarter, under the defense of Meng Xu, Kobe made 14 of 9 shots and did not make a single turnover. He tried his best, and there was no trace of letting go of water. This has to surprise Jeff Van Gundy. Is this Kobe's true strength?Or after experiencing consecutive failures, Kobe suddenly had an epiphany?

"Kobe's condition today is indeed very good. Phil Jackson's strategy of making Kobe's main attack today has obviously achieved good results." With the end of the first quarter, Magic Johnson praised Phil Jackson. However, when Magic Johnson looked at Phil Jackson, he found that the corner of Phil Jackson's mouth twitched obviously. Could it be that it was not Phil Jackson's arrangement to let Kobe attack?

The third game between the Pacers and the Lakers, from the very beginning, showed something different from the previous two games. First of all, it was the Pacers. After winning two games in a row, the Pacers played more cautiously .As the Pacers' offensive and defensive core, Meng Xu didn't have much desire to attack the basket in this game, at least in the first quarter. Meng Xu kept tearing up space for his teammates on the offensive end. The defensive end put all the attention on Kobe, but Hamilton became the main attack point of the Pacers. In this case, most of the audience at the scene had only one thought, that is, Meng Xu still planned to go up to the next game. As in the game, let his teammates go first in the first three quarters, and when the Lakers are almost exhausted, Meng Xu jumped out to pick peaches in the crucial fourth quarter, taking the Lakers away in one wave.

As for the Lakers, O'Neal, who scored 40+ points in a row in the previous two games, has also greatly reduced his shots in today's game. In the entire first quarter, O'Neal played 12 minutes, but he only took 2 shots and made 2 of 1 shots. Only 2 points, if according to the rhythm of the previous two games, O'Neal only scored 2 points in one quarter, I am afraid that the Lakers would have been hanged by the Pacers, but today's game is just the opposite, the first quarter At the end of the game, the Lakers led the Pacers by 33 points 24 to 9.

"Phil!" On the Lakers bench at the Staples Center, the Lakers' assistant coach Jim Clemens gently pushed Phil Jackson behind the back. The atmosphere on the Lakers' bench was extremely strange when the first starters left the field. O'Neal, Kobe, Malone, Payton, the leaders of these teams, including the Lakers' bench players, were all silently wiping the sweat off their heads. , or just lower your head and straighten your shoes. There are more than 10 players on the Lakers, but none of them made any noise. And the head coach of the Lakers, Phil Jackson, also held a tactical board and kept silent. The Lakers took the lead in the first quarter. beat the Pacers by 9 points, but there was no joy on the Lakers bench.

As the head coach, Phil Jackson naturally knew where the problem was. The Lakers did not play according to the tactics formulated by Phil Jackson in the entire first quarter. Under the help of Janello Pargo, Kobe Taking most of the Lakers' shots, O'Neal, Malone, and even Phil Jackson were very dissatisfied with it, but under Kobe's consecutive singles, the Lakers actually suppressed the Pacers, which made Phil Jackson There is no way to attack. After all, everyone’s goal is the same, that is to win. This is why Phil Jackson kept holding the tactical board and did not speak during the timeout. Phil Jackson is really I don't know how to speak, how to arrange the next tactics, and continue to let Kobe play singles?O'Neal certainly won't want to, but stop Kobe's behavior on the court?Unless Phil Jackson or O'Neal and Kobe broke openly, Phil Jackson would have no reason to force Kobe to change his current style of play when the team has the upper hand.

"Okay, let's hurry up and rest, and make persistent efforts in the second quarter to win this game." Seeing that the timeout is about to end, and Phil Jackson moved his lips several times in a row without making up his mind, as the Lakers The chief assistant coach, Jim Clemens, had to go over Tsudaiura, say a few innocuous and ambiguous words, and then arranged for Malone to lead the team's bench lineup.

"Shaq, relax, as long as you can win, as long as you can win the final victory, you have not lost." Looking at O'Neill, who has been controlling his temper since he left the court, and did not want to explode, sitting on the side Peyton began to comfort him softly.Payton is very clear about O'Neal's temper and temperament. As the boss of a team, taking only two shots in a quarter is enough to embarrass O'Neal, and what makes O'Neal even more uncomfortable is that he hardly played. Under the circumstances, the team actually took a big lead. Isn't this just a slap in the face in a different direction?But Payton didn't think so. The reason why Payton and Malone came to the Lakers was for the championship. Whether the Lakers won the championship under the leadership of Kobe or under the leadership of O'Neal, in fact, for Payton, neither What a difference.Moreover, Payton does not think that the Lakers won the victory under the leadership of Kobe, which is a bad thing for O'Neal. Although it is well known that Kobe will compete with O'Neal for the leadership of the Lakers, but in In Payton's view, as long as the Lakers win the championship this year, all problems will not be a problem. No matter how good Kobe's performance is, he cannot shake O'Neal's status.And if the Lakers fall into the sand again, it will be a disaster for O'Neal. As the core of the team, losing to the same opponent in the finals for two consecutive seasons, doesn't it just prove that O'Neal is no longer suitable for continuing to play? Are you leading this team?
"Hmph." O'Neill, who was sullen at first, snorted hard after hearing what Payton said. How could O'Neill not be clear about what Payton meant?If O'Neal was willing to share the leadership with Kobe, O'Neal and Kobe would not be what they are now. They are as proud as O'Neal. After Hardaway, he never considered sharing the leadership of the team with anyone. I am still at the peak, and I am the only king of the Lakers.

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45 to 40, when the main lineups of both sides reappeared, the bench lineup led by Reggie Miller had narrowed the difference between the two sides to only 5 points.

"I'm going, is Kobe going against the sky in this game?" Kobe didn't feel bad because of the long rest after resuming the game, but still maintained a very high scoring efficiency. He made 3 of 3 shots and scored six points in a row, widening the difference between the two sides to 9 points again.Under such circumstances, Meng Xu finally couldn't sit still, and began to take over the game ahead of time, trying to narrow the point difference between the two sides before halftime, although Meng Xu's 7 of 4 shots in the third quarter was good enough Yes, but under Kobe's extraordinary performance, at the end of the half, the point difference between the two sides was still widened to 10 points.

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