"Damn! James Posey! In less than two minutes after the start, he scored seven points and successfully defended against two Kobe Bryant ball-handling attacks, and successfully blocked one! My God! What a wonderful performance this is!"

Smith and all the viewers in front of the TV were shocked by James Posey's performance.

This second-year player, who has always been a role player in the past, showed such a performance as soon as he came up today!

It would be okay if he faced some unknown players, but what he was guarding was Kobe Bryant, who has been in the spotlight in recent years!

In the office, Dawson was stunned as he watched the picture on the TV.

He had thought that Han Ning would create some opportunities for James Posido, but he did not expect that under Han Ning, he averaged 10.7 points per game last season. The first quarter of this game was not even halfway through.

It’s about to reach last season’s scoring average.

The game continues.

Kobe held the ball, used his teammates' pick-and-roll to get rid of James Posey, and scored three points against Mobley.

Han Ning couldn't help but shook his head on the sidelines.

Kobe's touch was really good tonight.

Turning around, James Posey held the ball at the top of the arc and wanted to score a three-pointer.

He felt that he was in pretty good shape tonight, and with Francis passing the ball to him all the time, he unconsciously regarded himself as the team's leading scorer.

"Clang!"

Unfortunately, the basketball hit the basket and Yao took off and pushed the ball into the basket with one hand.

"bang!"

When Han Ning saw this, he shouted loudly: "Percy! Percy! Use tactic number two! Tactic number two!"

This is a tactic specially set by Han Ning for James Posey, which means using pick-and-rolls to hit more mid-range shots.

The Lakers' Samakie Walker beat Yao under the basket but failed to score. The rebound was taken by Kenny Thomas, and then Francis advanced with the ball.

After reaching the top of the arc, he handed the basketball directly to James Posey.

James Posey looked up and saw that the player responsible for defending him had become Kobe, and he felt a little excited.

After making a three-threat action, he held the ball with both hands and raised it up, making a pull-up three-pointer.

Previously, he scored a three-pointer as soon as he came up, which impressed Kobe so much. Now he didn't dare to neglect it and rushed over to block the shot.

After James Posey saw Kobe being shaken up, he quickly retracted his hands, dribbled away from Kobe, and made a jump shot as soon as he stepped into the three-point line.

"Bang!"

"Whoosh!"

The basketball drew an arc in the air and fell into the net!

There was silence inside Staples Arena.

Tonight, they thought that Francis would continue to break through in their team's penalty area, and they also thought that Yao might wreak havoc under the basket without O'Neal's protection.

But I never thought that James Posey would perform like this.

Not even halfway through the first quarter, the Lakers were already 8 points behind! The total score came to 13 to 5. Of the Rockets' 13 points, nine of them were scored by James Posey alone!

After James Posey performed such an outstanding performance, the Lakers focused their defense on him.

Suddenly, James Posey's offensive efficiency dropped significantly, and Han Ning had to make new tactical arrangements after the first quarter.

"Posey, if the offense doesn't go well next, you can try to pass a few more balls to Dayao. The Lakers can't guard Dayao without O'Neal. If the Lakers shift their defensive focus next, we will continue to play

Posey, I can give you enough mid-range shooting opportunities tonight! Posey, I only have one request for you, it must be higher than Kobe's score, and you must work hard on the defensive end to keep him in check.

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Han Ning's words made the other Rockets players a little confused.

This is simply treating James Posey as the star of the Rockets!

Not only was he given unlimited firepower on the offensive end, but he was also given the most important task on defense.

Turning around to look at Francis and Dayao, they seemed to have no objection at all on their faces and accepted the result very calmly.

On the other hand, Mobley was a little unhappy and looked unhappy, but Francis and Dayao didn't speak, and he didn't take the initiative to say anything.

James Posey's heart was about to burst with joy. This was the first time that he had such a high tactical status in the team, and he suddenly felt full of confidence.

"beep!!!"

After the timeout ended, Han Ning looked at the back of James Posey with a smile.

The guy is still a little young.

According to Han Ning's method of using James Posey today, it is almost equivalent to catching a person and killing him.

Not only does he need to take on the offensive responsibility, but he also needs to take on the task of defending Kobe.

Ordinary head coaches would not use a player like this during a long season.

The NBA season is very long, and even a head coach who likes to use the main force and doesn't like to rotate has to consider the physical strength of each player.

Han Ning's use of James Posey in this way will only have one consequence, that is, James Posey's state will be very sluggish in the next game, and his physical reserves throughout the season will be affected to a certain extent.

But... Han Ning doesn't care!

For a player who is about to be traded, why don’t he take advantage of the opportunity to squeeze out the remaining value and still retain his physical strength for the New Year?!

It's a pity that James Posey only thought that he wanted to reuse him, but he never thought that the better he played today, the sooner he would leave the Rockets.

After the whole game, James Posey made 13 of 17 shots, scoring 31 points, 10 assists, 5 rebounds and two blocks, superstar statistics!

Whenever the Lakers shifted their defensive focus on him, James Posey would pass the basketball to Dayao, who easily crushed the Lakers in the paint and scored.

After one game, James Posey also received ten assists from Yao.

Francis' statistics in this game are some rare assists in double figures, most of which were obtained after passing the ball to James Posey.

James Posey has never felt that a game can be played so easily and happily. When double-teamed, he passes the ball to Yao for assists and makes mid-range shots when there is space.

The most critical thing is that Kobe only scored 26 points in normal games when he was guarded by him, and his shooting rate was as low as 40%!

You must know that this month, Kobe's average points per game are as high as over 35 points! This kind of defensive performance can be said to be quite outstanding.

The only bad thing was that after the game, he was so tired that he lay on the floor and couldn't get up.
Chapter completed!