Chapter 64 He's the second guy I want to break his leg
Kobe's scoring ability is unquestionable. Although he has not won the scoring title so far, before this season, he had averaged more than 25 points per game in three seasons, and even averaged 30 points per game in the 2002-2003 season. With a boss who has always been on the court who is overwhelming him, this guy can still have such scoring data, which shows how strong his scoring ability is.
This also made it impossible for the Raptors' defense to resist his attack when he focused his entire focus on the offensive end. Mitchell also arranged for double-team defense between Iguodala and Morris, but this could make Kobe's catch difficult, but it could not affect his offense.
That's it. At the end of the first half, Kobe's single-game score had reached 20 points. At the end of the third quarter, Kobe's score exceeded 30 points.
Unfortunately, the Raptors have always grasped the leading advantage in the field. Although they are not very leading, only 5 to 8 points, for the Lakers, they are the point difference that they can't catch up with.
Li Yuan's performance is the most crucial one. Kobe took the initiative to defend him, which once made Mitchell and the fans on the scene very worried, but in the end, Li Yuan relied on the help of the team and his own off-ball running to successfully resolve Kobe's defense, making him useless, and making this point a point that the Lakers have never solved.
Of course, he would definitely not be able to compete with Kobe's firepower alone. Kobe had already scored 31 points when he finished the third quarter, but Li Yuan did not even get 20 points.
The gap in offensive firepower is really not too big!
The person who fills the firepower gap between Li Yuan and Kobe is Chris Bosh. He can be said to be a turbulent inside tonight. Odom, who plays the fourth position, is not a pure fourth position. In terms of playing style, he is more inclined to the third position, but his pace is slower than the third position, and his inattention on the defensive end makes Chris Bosh easily scored as long as he gets the ball.
When the third quarter was finished, Chris Bosh scored 18 points, a few points higher than Li Yuan. He was the guy with the highest score in the Raptors after the third quarter.
The exertion of both internal and external cores is the reason why the Raptors can always lead the score difference.
There is Chris Bosh behind Li Yuan, but behind Kobe, no one can stand up to help him share the pressure, especially in their inside line. Odom and Mim only scored 14 points, which is not as much as Chris Bosh alone.
And the Raptors also completed several dunks.
The gap between the inside line is really unspeakable.
With such an inside gap, and the outside line and Li Yuan's point cannot be solved, Kobe can still continue to score in the fourth quarter, but they still fell behind by 7 points in the last 45 seconds.
With only such a little time left, it is obvious that this score difference will become the final score difference between the two teams.
"Hurry up, give the ball!"
"Man, can't you see it? Hey, give me the ball!"
"We still have a chance, don't give up, ok!"
Li Yuan was very smart to control the time on the offensive end, which made the Lakers players even more desperate. However, Kobe became more and more impatient at this moment, and his voice became louder and louder. From his expression to his tone, he no longer expressed such a meaning: we still have a chance, we can still win, we may not lose!
Even when Li Yuan looked at the obsession with victory, he gritted his teeth unconsciously, and thought to himself: Fortunately, it is over.
He vaguely understood why this guy made the Lakers give up O'Neal. Not to mention because this guy is younger than O'Neal. Parklay used two more young potential stocks to switch O'Neal. From this we can see that this is not the reason Kobe defeated O'Neal.
Li Yuan looked at Kobe who was still fighting on the court and thought to himself: I'm afraid it's even more powerful, right?
This is a fighting spirit that Li Yuan, as an opponent, will also feel moved.
"beep!"
The ball came to Li Yuan's hand in the last few seconds. He moved it and stopped, waiting for the beep to sound, and his expression faintly showed some excitement.
It’s somewhat meaningful to win the first battle of your career!
Finally, the last few seconds of the game passed by Kobe's unwillingness. The final whistle sounded. Li Yuan threw the ball in his hand up and excitedly celebrated that his first regular season game of his NBA career ended in victory. His action aroused cheers from the audience.
In just one game, Li Yuan conquered all the Raptors fans in this stadium. They saw the Raptors' new outside core in this game!
Mitchell was also excited to hug the assistant coaches around him and celebrated his first victory in his head coaching career.
This is also a good sign for him!
Some are happy and some are sad.
Amid the cheers of the fans of the audience, Kobe, who was still breathing heavily, didn't even take the coat from the bench and walked straight into the away player passage. His whole face sank completely. This summer, he squeezed O'Neal away and became the Lakers' new core as he wished. He thought that his story was about to begin, but he didn't expect that the first game of the season made him realize the reality. If he wanted to lead the team to the top, he might have a long way to go.
The Raptors are not a strong team in pre-season media predictions.
But the Lakers can't even beat such a team, and the fate of this team this season is actually imaginable.
It is also because the prospects are not optimistic that Kobe is feeling particularly heavy at this moment. This heavyness is not just because he lost a game, but also because he has foreseen that he will lose more games in the future!
What made Kobe, who was already unhappy tonight, was that when he attended the post-match press conference, a reporter asked him: "How do you think the Raptors newcomer Lee is doing tonight?"
How is the performance?
I can't limit his performance!
What else can it behave?
Kobe snorted: "Do you still need me to evaluate more? This is the second guy I want to break his leg!"
Chapter completed!