For a period of time, the competition completely became Kobe's solo performance show.

He used practical actions to explain what is the strongest offensive player in the league, one of them!

Breakthrough layup, backward jump shot, breakthrough and emergency stop throwing, long-distance shooting, three-point shooting and other offensive methods were all used by Kobe.

His offense has no blind spots at all.

He used such explosive performance to make the Knicks and Suns complain, and there was no way.

If you double-team, Curry and Jiang Chen, two historical three-point shooters, cost the Suns a heavy price, but if you don’t double-team, Kobe’s continuous singles make the Suns’ defense of him useless.

Suns head coach Kim Terry is very conflicted and doesn't know how to break this situation.

Originally, in the previous game plan, his focus on defense was Jiang Chen.

After all, in the past two seasons, Jiang Chen has gradually replaced Kobe and became the Lakers' number one offensive player and number one scorer.

Under Jiang Chen's halo, Kobe seems to be gradually being ignored, and there are no particularly explosive performances for two consecutive seasons.

Unexpectedly, Kobe broke out without warning in this playoff game!

It reminds people of the years when he ruled the league with an unparalleled offense.

Unconsciously.

The first quarter ends.

26:35.

The Lakers scored a 9-point lead.

The development context of this quarter is also very clear. Kobe and Nash scored in the first half of the quarter, and Kobe danced solo in the second half of the quarter...

Kobe played 12 minutes in the first quarter, making 7 of 11 shots, 2 of 5 three-pointers, 6 free throws, and scored 22 points, 2 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 steal in a single quarter.

It shows a destructive and destructive momentum on the offensive end.

"Oh huh! This game has completely entered Kobe's time! 22 points in a single quarter, which is his highest score in a single quarter in the past two years."

Barkley said excitedly.

"Not only did we not expect, the Suns were also confused at this time. Shouldn't the Lakers' offensive arrow be Jiang Chen?"

"You can tell from Gentry's performance that he is not prepared for a strategy to target Kobe's outbreak."

Reggie Miller said, shaking his head as well.

When Kobe performed such a powerful performance, the Suns basically had no chance in this game.

After all, another Chinese player, Jiang Chen, who is more powerful than Kobe, has not started to perform yet. When Jiang Chen also started to explode, the Suns had to surrender.

Just thinking.

Jiang Chen, who was leading the team at the beginning of the second quarter, suddenly broke out and scored two three-pointers in less than a minute, directly expanding his lead to 15 points.

Stop the Suns.

During the timeout, Kim Terry emphasized the offensive and defensive transformation. Since the positional war was suppressed so hard, he could only start the cannoning tactic.

Pause back.

The Suns significantly accelerated and accelerated the pace of offense and defense.

So the two sides entered a chaotic war.

Suns substitute Barbosa used his speed to play defensive counterattack twice in a row, breaking through to the penalty area to complete a layup.

The Lakers didn't score.

In this chaos, players shoot whenever they have the chance and don’t adjust their rhythm at all, which makes the offensive shooting rate very low.

Jiang Chen had no chance to attack for a while.

The Suns played a 9:3 offensive climax.

The gap was narrowed to 9 points.

The second quarter took 5 minutes and the two sides tied.

Then, the two teams successively changed back to the main lineup.

Kobe had just made the game and broke through to the penalty area and scored a 21-game, continuing his hot state in the first quarter.

The Suns' Nash, Richardson and other veteran players also began to play, and they all hit three-pointers.

The two sides were in a stalemate.

The half-time game ends.

59:65.

The Lakers led by only 6 points at the end of the half.

The Suns showed their tenacious side, and the running and bombing tactics made Nash feel as if he was in a good position, and he assisted Sir, Barbosa and others to score.

Barkley also sighed repeatedly during the halftime break, and the Suns' hard work is heartbreaking.

I hope to have a good result if I work so hard, but the enemy is too powerful.

The Lakers have now become a public enemy of all the countries. The other 29 teams in the league are extremely eager to defeat the Lakers, but how many teams can do it?

The long halftime break ends.

The second half begins.

Lakers head coach Phil Jackson took the initiative to change the lineup, put Gasol on the bench and brought Mike Miller to the starting position.

In this way, Odom was pushed to the center position.

According to the usual rhythm of the team's substitution, the Lakers will only replace the "Death Five" to collect the game when the third quarter is about to reach the middle of the game.

Now the "Death Five Little Little" has been launched at the beginning of the second half. Obviously, Phil Jackson is also a little afraid of the Suns and wants to resolve the battle as soon as possible.

The Suns still use the first half lineup.

In this way, Robin Lopez became a living target for the Lakers, and the player Lopez made a sieve for consecutive small plays.

At the same time, the fast offense and defense made Lopez unable to keep up with the pace of the game at all, and could only run back and forth with breathlessness.

It took only less than three minutes to play.

Kobe, Jiang Chen, and Curry scored one after another with quick conversions, scoring one after another, and climaxed 11:2.

The score was instantly widened.

Seeing this, Kim Terry decisively replaced Lopez, replaced Barbosa, pushed Stoudemire to the center position, and began to play the run-and-shoot tactics.

Although he advocates emphasizing positional warfare, judging from the current situation, only a small lineup with running and bomb tactics can barely compete with the Lakers' "Death Five Smalls".

In the prediction before the start of the series, many basketball experts pointed out that although the Suns' overall strength is not as strong as the Lakers, they have the capital to compete with the Lakers.

This capital is the running and bombing tactic.

Even though the running and bombing style has many flaws, it has to be said that this style of play is unparalleled in the offensive end and is the only way to compete with the "Five Death Smalls".

So Kim Terry also abandoned some of his coaching philosophy and added his running and bombing style.

Pause back.

The game became exciting.

Both sides made beautiful attacks.

High-speed ball rights conversion and extremely short shot shooting are all stimulating the audience's adrenaline.

I have to say that this fast playing style is really pleasing to the eye.

But the Suns still fell into a disadvantage in a very short period of time.

This has nothing to do with tactical playing style, it is purely related to the player's ability.

The players on the Lakers are too tough.

Just Jiang Chen and Kobe are the two superstars who are worth a drink from the Suns.
Chapter completed!