Chapter 396: A good start, a difficult victory
This was Kobe's first foul in this game. In this game, Crawford's three-person phoning was very loose, not a foul of particularly big moves. The three of them wouldn't even swear. These three guys were more like three dogs on the court than being the referee, not to mention how leisurely they were.
The two sides changed offensively, and the Lakers attacked. Fisher arrived at the frontcourt, looked left and right, and looked up and down. He didn't know whether it was passed to Kobe or O'Neal, because both of the big brothers passed the ball.
"Damn it, give me the ball quickly, I'm going to beat this guy up."
Kobe's voice was filled with tremolo, and with the stare of death, Fisher obediently handed the ball to the opponent.
O'Neal was a little unhappy. His touch was still very good, especially after the Bulls got on the old gorilla. If Olajuwon was his victim, then the gorilla was his favorite person to play against the position. He and himself were both the four centers, but this guy's mentality was easier to collapse than David Robinson, and he could basically defeat him in one wave.
Kobe launched his personal offensive mode. After he received the ball, the other Lakers players consciously pulled it away because they knew very well that at this time, there was only one possibility for the ball to return to their hands, that is, if the ball did not make a shot, the rebound fell into his own hands. Apart from this possibility, there was no second possibility.
What makes Kobe better than Li Lei lies in his offensive skills. Although he is several centimeters taller than Li Lei, the height gap is easily compensated due to his wingspan.
Kobe's first goal was not like in the first half, but instead made a big move and chose to force Li Lei. He was betting that Li Lei would definitely not call people in such a one-on-one moment.
Li Lei opened his arms and slid to the right, because Kobe basically went on the right side of the breakthrough route, and there were also on the left side, but very few.
Li Lei was indeed on the right, but Li Lei was not happy, because if Kobe was so simply blocked, he would not be qualified to compete with O'Neal for the boss's position.
Sure enough, before Li Lei's hand touched the basketball, this guy's extremely fast crossover immediately turned into a left-side attack. Li Lei's body pulled back like inertia and collided with Kobe's body. At the same time, his left arm had already touched Kobe's ball. The latter wanted to change hands, but it was too late. Bang, Li Lei slapped hard and the ball was knocked out directly. Richardson was very focused. He picked up the ball and ran to the backcourt at full speed to complete the dunk.
"In a wonderful showdown, Bruce's defensive skills are really underestimated, but I think Kobe won't admit defeat so easily."
Li Lei was gasping for a while. The one-on-one thing he had with Kobe just now really consumed a lot of physical strength, but it also stimulated Kobe's paranoid attributes. As long as Kobe fell into self-attack mode in the third quarter, the Bulls would win half of it. On the stage of the finals, Kobe's deterrence is far less powerful than the Sharks.
Li Lei's collision with Kobe in the third quarter will spark fierce sparks. Kobe scored 10 points in the third quarter, but the Lakers' lead was only 2 points. At the end of the first half, their lead was 8 points. O'Neal rarely received the ball in the third quarter. When he received the ball, he was double-teamed by Miller and Ewing. The Sharks were extinguished in the third quarter.
Li Lei sat on the bench and kept pouring Red Bull into his mouth, but he still used Gatorade bottles to fill it. Speaking of Gatorade, the person who negotiated the contract with Li Lei was fired just like the guy from Nike. Now Nike and Gatorade are waiting for Li Lei's contract to expire, and then snatched Li Lei from the hands of converse and Red Bull. After all, Li Lei's traffic alone is almost the same as the sum of the three major points guards. Carter is currently very popular with dunks and elegant play. As for the other three, he has a place in the league, but Li Lei's godson is still a lot worse.
It is because of this reason that Kobe kept torturing himself to death. His current goal is no longer O'Neal, but Li Lei. Because this guy is better than him, he has done a series of things he has never done before.
"Kobe, you have to pay attention to passing. Shaq only has 4 offensive opportunities in the third quarter. Although you scored 10 points, your offensive efficiency is not very high under the entanglement of Blues, so it is better to hand over the ball to Shaq and let him deal with it." The Zen master rarely spoke, but in the third quarter, the Lakers played too chaotic. I thought they could adjust themselves on the court like Jordan, but obviously the Zen master overestimated the tactical qualities of these people, and the Zen master was actually very uncomfortable.
He has always supported O'Neal in secret. After all, his girlfriend Jenny's socialite Bass also supported him, and Kobe is Jim's loyalty to Comibass.
Kobe wiped the sweat from his head and didn't say anything. The fourth quarter game began with the Zen master's discussion. O'Neal did not play in the fourth quarter, and the Bulls did not let Ewing and the others go, but Chandler and Brand partnered with Li Lei.
Kobe's inside line is Samaki Walker and Medvedenko. The Ukrainian gave Chandler and Brand the opportunity to gain experience. Li Lei was still in constant physical contact with Kobe. Although this is the style of the seven-injury boxing, as long as Kobe is allowed to play singles in this game, the victory of the game will definitely belong to the Bulls.
"The Bulls have already surpassed the score. Bruce played too calmly. He aroused Kobe's competitive spirit and left him with his opponents without any connection." As a legend, Bill Walton saw through Li Lei's plan.
Zhang Heli and Sun Zhengping also shouted at the other end, "Xiao Li played a great game, it's really reasonable. You can pass it when you should, and shoot when you should. It's really a blessing for our men's basketball team to be able to produce such a point guard. I thought Yao Ming and Dazhi were the hopes of the men's basketball team. Now, Xiao Li is the only one. With Xiao Li, the person who carries the flag, Dazhi and Yao Ming's NBA journey will be much easier." Sun Zhengping's voice completely overshadowed Zhang Heli.
The situation on the court has become urgent for the Lakers. Zen Master did not replace Kobe, because if Kobe is replaced, O'Neal is the only strong point in the Lakers, it should not be too simple to target. After all, the point guard of Li Lei's level in the Lakers lineup can pass the ball to other people when the core is targeted.
O'Neal came on the court, Chandler and Brand did not end, and Chandler still had two fouls on him, which made him feel much more confident when facing O'Neal. Although he would be bleeding from his head every time he defended, Chandler was still not afraid. He clearly realized that when he and O'Neal went to exchange one, the Bulls must be the ones he earned, and he was just a defensive tool, and O'Neal was the core of the Lakers.
O'Neal was very uncomfortable by Ewing Miller in the third quarter, but in the fourth quarter Brand and Chandler brought him into the familiar throwing mode. O'Neal was switched by two defensive modes, making him unable to take care of himself.
Kobe still attacks whenever he has the ball on the court. Of course, he has also passed the ball, but after Fisher threw an air ball on the outside, Kobe never passed the ball again.
With less than two minutes left in the game, the Bulls led by 5 points. Li Lei was exhausted with their ball rights. Fortunately, Andre Miller's physique was extraordinary, otherwise he would have been exhausted by Kobe.
Kobe is also very uncomfortable. He and Li Lei both scored 25 points, but Li Lei only used less than 15 shots, while Kobe has made 20 shots and 25 points in 20 shots, which is very Kobe.
Chapter completed!