naaapseattle Chapter 171 O vs. K (5K Chapter 1)
Chapter 171 O vs. K (5K Chapter 1)
Chapter 171 O vs. K (5k [-]st update)
Sister-in-law Jia and Lao Ai fought each other, and Lao Sha opened the record first.
In the opening attack and defense, the old shark took the lead, and Kobe must return one.
Therefore, in the Lakers' offense, Li Ke stuck close to Kobe, who started without the ball but was extremely eager to catch the ball. His goal was to defend against Kobe who couldn't even catch the ball.
Very bold, but Li Ke is very confident.
The time he defended against Xiao Du, Li Ke tasted the sweetness of defending against off-ball players, mainly because of his unparalleled speed, explosiveness is not bad, and the anticipation brought by S-level defense.
At that time, Xiao Du was tightly locked up by Li Ke, and Kobe must have a chance.
On the court, Kobe circled around and had no chance.
Going around again, still nothing...
He was a little annoyed, heads-up didn't count, and the one-off and one-defense at the All-Stars didn't count. Kobe hadn't actually enjoyed the S-level one-on-one defense of Li Kedi's defense, especially his off-ball defense.
Kobe, who had no ball in two consecutive games at the beginning, was naturally hit hard.
"Kobe was looking for an opportunity to catch the ball to complete his response to Shaq, but he got caught by Sheldon."
"Round after round, Sheldon's defense was so tenacious, he blocked every passing angle for the Lakers!"
"17 seconds passed, Kobe circled back to the top of the arc, and he still couldn't catch the basketball he was craving..."
On the left side of the top of the arc, although Kobe was close at hand, Luke Walton, who was in control of the ball, still didn't dare to pass.
After all, between him and Kobe are Li Ke, who averaged 1.5 steals per game, and Gerald Wallace, who averaged 2.0 steals per game.
Such a pass with obvious intentions is too likely to be intercepted midway.
Kobe was a little helpless. During the two years when he was consumed at the peak, he was used to such teammates, and he knew that the only solution was:
He rushed to Wharton, played a simple and direct hand-to-hand cooperation, and finally...
"Kobe finally got the ball, but he only had four seconds left."
In 4 seconds, Li Ke judged Kobe's first step correctly, and then Kobe could only turn around and shake a high position fadeaway jumper...
Bang-dang-!
The sound of iron striking did not sound unexpectedly.
"One on one, Sheldon stubbornly killed Kobe!"
Kenny Smith glanced at Barkley, what he meant was, nothing else, just Li Ke's defense, locking Kobe alone, is enough for a core evaluation, right?
Barkley rolled his eyes, it's just defense, it has an egg relationship with the core.
On the court, the old shark educated the little shark again. He judged the rebound's landing point with rich experience, then turned around and sat on the little shark, and easily protected the backboard.
Then a slightly delayed pass was passed to Lao Ai.
In this case, the Bobcats will definitely not be able to fight back. This is something that the Bobcats have to give up when the old shark comes.
Not only was he unable to counterattack, but even though the old shark on the field had seriousness written on his face, his cheerful attitude remained unchanged. Li Ke's defense at the beginning was very satisfying to him.
So he walked to the front court slowly, and stretched out his big hand slowly: "Hey, Sheldon, the defense is awesome!"
Li Ke's big hand met Lao Sha's big hand, and the two celebrated their defense in the previous round seven or eight seconds after the Lakers' offense had ended.
After three or two steps, Kobe, who was defending Lao Ai, turned dark.
Of course, what made Kobe's face even more embarrassing was still to come. Old Shark walked to the front court and suddenly turned a corner, turning to Kobe's side, and then it was a side block.
Lao Ai started in the next second, relying on Lao Sha's very strong cover, he threw away Kobe in one step.
In the middle distance, Lao Ai made a running shot, with a bang!
The old shark's voice sounded again on the basketball court: "How about it, Allen, isn't my screen great?"
What else can Lao Ai say?He could only nod: "Of course, Shaq, your cover quality should be the highest in this league!"
Then the voice of the old shark continued to sound: "I strongly suggest that the league should give an assist statistic for such a high-quality screen!"
On the side of the Lakers, An Zhu whispered: Seconded...
Kobe shot him a hard look.
This ball, Kobe received the ball directly from the backcourt, without the ball or something, it is not suitable for him who is now determined to kill.
"Catching the ball in the backcourt, Sheldon didn't lead the whole field..." Kenny Smith mentioned the whole field leading defense abruptly,
"What impressed me the most about his off-ball defense was his game against KD. He first defended against KD who couldn't catch the ball at all. KD chose to catch the ball from the backcourt, and he directly led the defense. In that game, Sheldon contributed a shocking single-defense performance..."
Xiao Du is very innocent, talk about the ball, talk about the ball, why mention me well?
On the court, Kobe wanted to prove that he was different from Xiao Du.
Faced with three threats, his teammates pulled away, but Anzhu came up in a troublesome way and gave a pick-and-roll.
This time Kobe didn't refuse any comers. He readily accepted Anzhu's pick-and-roll, and then stepped over, directly facing the old shark who was defending in the middle distance and had an embarrassing expression because of his surprise.
Faced with Kobe's impact, Lao Sha struggled to move his footsteps, and Li Ke also struggled to avoid the cover, but Kobe was unable to stop it.
Clang!
It wasn't the sound of iron striking, but the sound of Kobe hanging on the rim.
Little Shark's cheers sounded immediately: "Run on the horse and give me an assist, Shaq!"
This time it was Old Shark's turn to turn dark, and he responded very rudely: "You are going to find David Stern!"
Sure enough, the brain circuits were the same from shark to shark.
But Kobe is different from these two guys. He didn't celebrate, only ruthless.
"Pretend to beep!"
Li Ke came to the conclusion very decisively. If Kobe didn't celebrate, he was pretending to be cruel.
In order to prevent Kobe from pretending to beep again, Li Ke decided: "Hey, Shaq, the Lakers will play the pick-and-roll later, you take two steps back a little, and give Gerrard the space in the middle distance."
Old Shark is of course OK, he doesn't want to defend Kobe again.
Leading 4 to 2, the Bobcats hold the ball, and Lao Ai still controls the ball.
But for this ball, the old shark sank to a low position and succeeded in getting a position.
On the left waist, Hua Er Er passed the ball in as a transfer, and then the old shark "bullied" the little shark.
In the 07-08 season, Xiaosha made a lot of progress, but the improvement of the Lakers' record has little to do with him. Because of knee injuries, he missed too many games.
In many respects, Xiaosha is still very immature. For example, when the old shark turned around on this ball, Xiaosha thought that the old shark was about to dunk again, so he hurriedly took a step away.
As a result, the old shark just turned around and hooked his hand.
Xiaosha reacted, but the basketball had already slammed into the hoop.
"Shaq, with a back-turned quick hook, the ball went in, and he scored another 2 points, leading Kobe once again!"
Then, on the defensive end, what Li Ke was going to meet was Kobe who came aggressively.
An Zhu wanted to do a pick-and-roll, but this time Li Ke was not polite, and directly elbowed him, and then quickly evaded the screen.
On this ball, the old shark's screen was gone, but with Hua's No. [-]'s supplementary defense, Li Ke, who quickly bypassed the screen, blocked Luke Walton's loophole.
Kobe couldn't pass the ball, maybe he didn't know how to pass the ball either, so he relied on his momentum, against Hua's second, and went all the way to the basket.
The basket was strong, but what sounded was an incomparably clear voice and the roar of the old shark.
"Don't try to get past me!"
With a bang, the old shark guarding the basket took a shot of the basketball and pulled Kobe to blow himself up.
The two fell to the floor of the Time Warner Center, and the referee was stunned for a moment before blowing his whistle.
Then there was another moment of hesitation, and finally gave the old shark a defensive foul.
At the free throw line, Kobe made two free throws and evened the gap between him and the Sharks.
But the old shark also showed his attitude, if you want to detain me, there is no way!
6 to 4, the lead is still the Bobcats, and the Bobcats are still in possession of the ball.
With Lao Ai's quick breakthrough, Hua's second slid from the baseline to catch a pass and made a layup, leading the score to 8-4.
Then there was the Lakers' offense, and Kobe took the ball very directly. His goal for this ball was to overtake the old sharks.
It's still a pick-and-roll. Li Ke feels that Kobe doesn't want Bilian anymore. How about feeling my defense?What's the matter with you returning the pick and roll?
It can only be said that compared with Li Ke, the shark is Kobe's real opponent.
Relying on the pick-and-roll to get rid of Li Ke, but this time, the second Hua got stuck in the position ahead of time. Kobe didn't want to pass the ball, and he couldn't move the ball. He could only turn around on the spot and throw the ball.
Clang.
The second Hua also defended against Kobe.
Lao Ai picked up the rebound at the basket, but the Bobcats ushered in a long-lost opportunity to chase and counterattack.
Li Ke ran wildly on the left side, and Lao Yu was not so strict with him, so he walked around Hua Er Er, who was also not slow, and went straight to the basket...
"Counterattacked, AI's pass, Sheldon received the ball..."
Bang!
Li Ke hung on the basket.
With just this buckle, the momentum was overwhelming, and the entire Time Warner Center cheered crazily for it.
"A slam dunk that abused the frame, and Sheldon finally scored on the offensive end, but what I want to know more is, why doesn't he participate in the slam dunk contest?"
Barkley first emphasized that Li Ke has only scored 2 points since the beginning of the game, and then mentioned a hot topic recently, why there are two death dunks, and there are always dunks on weekdays. The aesthetics may be ordinary, but there are so many dunks.
Everyone thought that Li Ke would be the next phenomenal dunker after Vince Carter. As a result, this dunker rejected the invitation to the dunk contest.
What else to say: the time is not ripe...
Le Bang has reason to suspect that Li Ke is copying him.
Li Ke's ball directly opened the score to 10 to 4. For the Lakers, this score deserves their caution.
Zen Master has already sat firmly on the coaching bench, but on the court, the Lakers' self-adjustment has already begun.
Kobe played off the ball again, he released the ball, and then Jiasao responded with a high pick-and-roll, assisting Luke Walton to slip to the basket and succeed in throwing.
10 to 6, the Lakers regained two points, the Bobcats attacked, Li Ke encouraged the old shark:
"Shaq, let's play another one. What's the point of you being tied with Kobe?"
Therefore, the old shark readily appeared in the low position.
Then Lao Ai walked around the waist and passed the ball to Lao Sha.
But for this ball, An Zhu didn't give him a chance, Lao Sha turned around and hooked it quickly, and he directly judged it, an interference that was almost blocked...
With a bang, the old shark's quick hook missed.
After that, it's the Lakers' turn.
The old shark tried one and failed. Kobe seemed to use a goal to create a strong contrast with the old shark. He caught the ball at the top of the arc and singled out Li Ke.
This time there was no pick-and-roll, because the Bobcats' strategy of defending against the pick-and-roll was very successful. Kobe didn't think that the pick-and-roll could easily tear apart the Bobcats' defense. He would rather believe in himself.
So, leaning against Li Ke in a high position, he swayed left and right, looking for the rhythm of the shot.
Although the back attack of the god is only D-level, Li Ke has received a lot of teachings from God Qiao, and he knows very well how to defend against this thing.
Kobe's left and right movements were all fake moves, but Li Ke remained motionless.
Anyway, he just didn't give him a chance.
So after three or two shots, Kobe turned left and turned back to shoot, Li Ke stepped up quickly, closing his eyes to defend...
Bang-dang-!
Turning his head, Li Ke also defended Kobe with a fine iron.
The old shark was pleasantly surprised and shouted: "I love you so much, Sheldon!"
He was almost overtaken by Kobe.
The one-on-one match between Kobe and Shaq didn't last long. When the game entered the first official timeout, Sam Vincent made a substitution and replaced the old Shaq.
The reason for the replacement is simple. The old shark's physical condition has not been adjusted to the best, and the playing time needs to be strictly controlled. In the first half of the game, the old shark has already consumed a lot.
The opening dunk and the subsequent turnaround fast hook, coupled with the mid-range shot from the open space at the back, before the first official timeout, the old shark made 5 of 3 shots and scored 6 points.
On the other hand, Kobe was in trouble.
Relying on the pick-and-roll, he scored 4 points, but when facing Li Ke's defense head-on, he made an embarrassing 4-for-1 hit. Although he also scored 6 points, but the same 5 shots, his hit rate was 5-for-2...
The old shark left, but Kobe still had to face Li Ke's siege and interception.
After the official timeout, in the second half of the first quarter, Kobe hit two more irons, finally rushed to the basket, pulled the bar and scored a layup, but the red light was on in the first quarter.
"At the end of the first quarter, the much-anticipated O vs. K only lasted about 6 minutes. Shaq scored 5 points in 3 of 6, and then was replaced for a rest."
"On the other hand, Kobe's performance under Sheldon's defense was mediocre, and he made 8 of 3 shots, which is obviously not so qualified."
"But the Lakers still relied on the overall firepower of the triangle offense to make up for Kobe's 5-iron hit in the first quarter."
"With a score of 28 to 26, the Bobcats' lead once reached 6 points, but at the end of the first quarter, their lead was only 2 points left."
The TNT commentator’s summary of the first quarter focused on O’s vs. K’s, but Barkley still cue Li Ke: “In the entire first quarter, Shelton only took 4 shots and scored two goals, both of which were mid-range shots, scoring 4 points…”
Kenny Smith refused: "After this game, let's calculate these statistics, Charles."
"Ok, then wait until the game is over."
After a few arguments, the game in the second quarter began.
The iron man Kobe continued to play, Li Ke rested, and the defender of Kobe was replaced by the universal tool man Hua Er.
Hua Lao Er's single-handed defense against Kobe is definitely not as good as Li Ke's. Therefore, Sam Vincent also cleverly came up with a strong-side quick flanking strategy.
With the help of this pincer defense, Kobe only made 5 of 2 shots during the half quarter when Li Ke was away.
The Bobcats' offense also pulled their hips as the game progressed.
As the favorites for the championship, the Lakers' defense is definitely not bad. They were beaten twice by the old sharks in the opening game, which was considered a sneak attack. After that, they quickly adjusted and the small sharks found a way to defend the old sharks.
Then there is Kobe, who has indeed proved his defense, and Lao Ai is a little uncomfortable being defended by him.
Not to mention the offense of the toolman Hua's second son, he can do a few swings by himself, but it's too much to expect him to support the offense of the entire Bobcats team.
Even if Li Ke reappeared in the second half of the second quarter, he opened up space and failed to help the Bobcats activate their sluggish and difficult offense.
At halftime, the score was 50 to 52. The Lakers, who were playing away, unknowingly overtook the game by 2 points.
In the locker room, Lao Ai, who was defended for 13 of 5 shots in the half, recalled the past again: "Think about the 01 Finals, Kobe and Derek Fisher took turns, and they couldn't guard me..."
Reminiscing and reminiscing, he came to the conclusion that he was old, and Lao Ai could only withdraw his thoughts.
Then in the locker room, Sam Vincent emphasized very palely: "We must create space. Only by creating space can we have a chance to bring the hope of winning the game back to our side!"
The adjustments made, the only one that made the players think they could give it a try, was: "Shaq, in the second half, you have to appear in the waist position more, and the team needs you to support the offense in the waist position in pick-and-roll screens..."
If it was any other competition, Old Shark might have flatly refused, but in this competition, he nodded with a serious expression and agreed!
So, as soon as the second half came back, the Bobcats played a pick-and-roll support from the old shark's waist.
First, Li Ke took the first bite of the dumplings covered by the old shark's waist. He passed through the cover of the old shark, and emptied the bottom corner and low position on the left side by the way.
Then Lao Ai, who was holding the ball, approached here quickly with his short legs, which were also scuds. After a pick-and-roll, An Zhu suffered from brain damage again. He made a mistake in judgment and went directly to surround Lao Ai.
The old shark caught the ball hand in hand, stepped into the basket, dunked with a bang, and the Bobcats evened the score.
This ball can be regarded as a microcosm of the second half. The Bobcats rely on more pick-and-roll passes and cuts to cooperate and bring the offense back.
Mainly Lao Ai and Lao Sha, the duo played so well that it made Kobe on the opposite side a little bit appreciative.
It would be great if there were no conflicts back then... No!wrong!
It should be... How great it would be if the sharks could take a step back in those days!
Unfortunately, no if.
In this way, the third quarter was finished, and the Bobcats, who were playing at home, relied on the performance of the two elders, Xuan Ming, to kill the score.
77 to 77, 7 will come, the two teams must be a tie, and enter the decisive battle in the fourth quarter...
(End of this chapter)