Chapter 56: “Together we are invincible, but apart we are each powerful”
In the next round of defense, the Lakers player who pointed out the defensive strategy by Ke Yan during the timeout did not panic again during the defense. Weber was blocked by Odom after getting the ball, and there was no comfortable space to deal with the ball. However, the moment Weber turned around to protect the ball, Peja threw away Butler through counter-running, received Weber's "god hand" and made a layup easily.
"Bang!"
If Peja scored this goal, then Webber's pass, which he completed when turning around, was very likely to be included in the highlights of his career, but Anderson's magical weapon fell from the sky and destroyed this "work of art" and made the highlight of his career.
Anderson's enthusiasm is sometimes a double-edged sword, and often he will be fouled by the other party, but often he will give away a wonderful block that makes people excited!
On the sidelines, Ke Yan was also shocked by Weber's beautiful pass. Peja had a good sense of running, but his physical explosive power was still weaker. If he had been replaced by a player with better physical fitness, he could really achieve a classic.
Kobe and Anderson's wonderful offense and defense boosted the team's morale. The Lakers took advantage of the situation and widened the gap to more than 10 points again.
At the end of the half, the Lakers led the Kings by 12 points 57:45.
During the halftime break, Tom Janovic affirmed the team's performance! The Lakers controlled Webber in the second half of the second quarter, which made the Kings' offense silent, and they could only rely on Bibi's strong play to encourage and maintain it.
Compared to individual singles, Bibi can win Kobe? This is unrealistic!
"The beginning of the third quarter is a good opportunity for us to completely solve the game!" Ke Yan analyzed.
Most academic coaches have a characteristic: every half-time starts, they have to implement their own A plan and run tactics. When the A plan is blocked, then make adjustments. Ke Yan wants to take advantage of Adelman's psychology to solve the Kings at the beginning of the second half!
At the beginning of the second half, the Kings made a wonderful attack at the beginning. After Bibi handed the ball to Webber, Peja immediately prepared to slip into the baseline and look for opportunities in the inside. When Peja was about to go out of the baseline, a pretended to run back to the basket got rid of Butler who had been following him, and then immediately retreated to the right corner. At this moment, Webber's ball also passed, with a long diagonal pass at a long distance, with several players separated by several players. Not to mention the average inside, even many point guards could not pass such a ball. The ball speed was very heavy, yes, it was heavy rather than fast. This was a feeling of passing the ball, which made the teammates who were receiving the ball very comfortable!
After Peja received the ball, he did not make any adjustments at all. Webber's pass was very comfortable, and Butler was already thrown away by his back-run.
"What a beautiful pass!" Ke Yan couldn't help but praise.
Odom's support ability has been developed by Ke Yan, but his passes rarely make it as freehand as Weber's, and the quality of the passes is not that high. In this regard, no inside line in the league can compare with Weber.
Thinking of this, Ke Yan couldn't help but blame Kupchek in his heart, unable to handle even Dior who had not yet been beaten!
"Swish!" Peja made a three-pointer, looked at Butler provocatively, and then quickly evacuated the Lakers' half because the Lakers' fast break began to advance again.
On the Lakers, Kobe, Odom and Atkins' rapid advance also tore open the Kings' defense line. Kobe chased Mobley, causing the opponent to make a mess when he retreated and was fouled by Kobe.
Adelman protested loudly on the sidelines: "Bryant chased my players and couldn't even hide. This TM also called a foul! F***K OFF!"
It can be said that Kobe used the rules, but the rules are rules! Adelman's complaint not only failed to change the referee's penalty, but also got a T because he was rude to the referee!
With a technical foul free throw, Kobe made all three free throws, bringing the gap back to 12 points.
The Kings attacked, Weber's free throw line opened Odom, but missed the shot under Kobe's interference, and the rebound was obtained by Anderson and he was directly thrown into the frontcourt. Kobe, who was moving forward at a fast pace, stepped into the joint camp and scored a dunk.
Bibi dribbled to the right side and suddenly accelerated and slanted. After taking a step, he immediately stood side by side with Atkins. He drove the ball with one foot and immediately jumped to the inside line. As soon as his body landed, he raised the ball and prepared to get up and jump shot. Anderson, who was resting on defense, was tricked to jump up. When he jumped up, he found that he had been cheated. Before he landed, Bibi had already jumped up and hit the ball with a time difference, easily hitting the board into the basket.
The Lakers attacked, Atkins hanged the ball into the inside, Odom took a step forward and passed the ball out. Kobe caught the ball and dribbled the ball. Mobri didn't know whether Kobe was breaking or shooting, so he stabilized his center of gravity to defend.
The basketball bounced onto his left hand under Kobe's crotch. Suddenly, Kobe suddenly got up and shot. Mobri rushed forward and stretched out his arm to block the block. But it was too late. Kobe's ball in his hand finally said goodbye to his index finger, and drew a arc and flew into the basket.
Kobe kept his shooting posture for a second, and then returned to defend with a loud whisper of the whole game.
The game continued in the fierce confrontation, and the Lakers relied on Kobe to crush the Kings' wing. Facing the defense of Mobry and Stojakovic, Kobe made 6 of 8 shots in the first half of the third quarter, leading the Lakers to widen the gap to 20 points.
A team without an elite defender on the outside, facing two wing singles players who are in excellent form, is too obvious. Adelman has reached the extreme in selecting materials. Mandarin prefers white players with weak athletic ability, and ignores the elements of physical fitness and athletic ability, which also leads to the team's ability to break through the situation once it falls into a passive position.
Half past the third quarter, the score difference reached more than 20 points, and the general trend of the game was decided.
The fourth quarter game became the time to train. Kobe, who had scored 37 points in the third quarter, was arranged to play for 3 minutes in the fourth quarter, increasing his score to 41 points, and was willing to be substituted.
For the Lakers, occasionally satisfying Kobe's mentality of wanting data is also beneficial to management, which is what Ke Yan learned from Tom Janovic.
The final score was frozen at 124:109. The Lakers defeated the Kings at home. The team's record reached 20 wins and 10 losses, tying the Dallas Mavericks. It was temporarily ranked fifth in the West because of the victory or defeat, and it was only one win-win gap from the Seattle Supersonics, which ranked third in the West. The team went to Atlanta to face the Hawks, the last in the league. If they could win, they could continue to put pressure on the two teams.
With excellent personal data and improved team record, Kobe was also included in the shortlist of MVP. The OK combination "will be invincible if it is combined, and each one is awesome if it is divided." The two are ranked second and third in the MVP list, second only to Nash.
Considering that Nash's personal data is slightly disadvantaged compared to Kobe and O'Neal, his confidence comes more from his own joining to improve the Suns' record. If the weight of the player's personal data is increased, Kobe is not completely out of the way.
Chapter completed!