naaapseattle Chapter 409 Confronting Kobe
Chapter 409 Confronting Kobe
Chapter 409 Confronting Kobe
13 nights, Staples Center, star-studded.
The underground parking lot, coincidentally, the buses of the two teams parked together.
Zhao Dong got out of the car first, and came to the front of the Lakers bus with a smile, waiting for the Lakers to come.
"Boss."
The Blazers players ran over one after another and stood behind Zhao Dong.
Zhao Dong led the Trail Blazers to the league's first dazzling record with his strong strength. The attitude of all the players towards Zhao Dong is one word, convincing.
Like the Knicks, the Blazers are now monolithic.
After purging the team, Zhao Dong used his strength to successfully transform the future prison into a super strong team that can overwhelm the city.
"This guy wants to play that trick again?"
Seeing Zhao Dong, O'Neill stopped and asked Phil Jackson who was following him, "Phil, what are you going to do?"
"Don't pay attention to him." Kobe ran up from behind and shouted.
Phil Jackson poked his slippery glasses with his finger, glanced at Zhao Dong, smiled, walked up generously, stretched out his hand to Zhao Dong, and said, "Hey, Feilong, welcome to Staples."
Zhao Dong laughed, stretched out his hand and said, "Coach Jackson, we really want to win tonight."
"We also want to win." Bryant ran up shouted.
"The adults talk, the children don't interrupt." Zhao Dong scolded with a straight face.
"Pfft!"
There were many people laughing at the scene, even Phil Jackson and Larry Bird who had just arrived couldn't hold back.
Kobe's face turned red in an instant, and the veins on his head kept twitching. He yelled angrily, "Who is a kid? I'm only one year younger than you. I'm getting married soon, you old man."
"I already have four sons, Kobe, come on, you also strive to have four sons, don't lose to me." Zhao Dong laughed again, patted Kobe on the shoulder, and led his teammates away.
"This bastard, today is our home game, we must kill him!" Kobe stared at Zhao Dong's back and said angrily.
How could it be so easy for him to have four sons?
His father and mother gave birth to three, and he was the only son. It can be seen that it is not easy to have a son.
"Ok!"
All the Lakers players nodded in unison.
Kobe was a little happy, his words were recognized by everyone.
In fact, his relationship with his teammates is very bad now, and the relationship between management and coaches is the same.
He made a high school girlfriend named Vanessa Lani in November last year. The two fell in love at first sight. They have already discussed to get married this year, but unfortunately their relationship is not recognized by everyone. From home to the team, no one Agreed, it made him very angry and angry.
He doesn't even know why these people disagree with him and Vanessa, can't he fall in love and get married?They have no right to interfere with him at all.
At eight o'clock, the two teams announced their starting rosters.
Blazers: Jermaine O, Fortson, Brian Grant, Eddie Jones, Zhao Dong.
Lakers: O'Neal, David Robinson, Rick Fox, Kobe Bryant, Ron Harper.
Larry Bird adjusted the starting lineup tonight, putting Fortson and Grant, the two rotation power forwards, into the starting lineup together.
His purpose is to strengthen the inside defense to prevent being blown up by the Lakers twin towers.
With this lineup, the outside defense will definitely be let go, but in a two-one-two zone defense, Grant and Ford will defend the low post, Jr. will guard the middle, and Zhao Dong and Eddie Jones will defend on the outside. Zhao Dong's defense speed is very fast. Fast, barely.
After the announcement of the list, it immediately aroused heated discussions in the commentary booth and the live media.
Tonight, TNT will broadcast live across the United States, and the commentator Barkley said: "The Blazers are starting, except for Jermaine O'Neal's defense, the other four are all top defensive champions.
In addition, both Grant and Fortson have a tonnage of 115 kilograms, and they can both carry O'Neal, and Larry Bird's purpose should be the same. "
Smith said with a smile: "This is the home court of the Lakers. The Lakers chanted the slogan of slaughtering the gods. There must be a fight between dragons and tigers tonight."
"Of course."
Barkley said with a smile: "The Lakers are strong in the main lineup, and the Blazers are strong in the depth of the lineup. Neither of them has the strength to win."
During the CCTV live broadcast, Zhang rationally analyzed: "Tonight, Grant and Fortson played at the same time. Obviously, Larry Bird doesn't want to lose, and the Blazers want to win.
In addition, Zhao Dong may face Kobe on the outside tonight, and he will definitely not defend Ron Harper. "
Su Qun said: "Ron Harper's condition this season is mediocre, with constant injuries. He is 36 years old and is close to retiring."
At a quarter past eight, the starters started.
"Slaughter God! Slaughter God! Slaughter God..."
When Zhao Dong played, there was no booing at the Staples Center, but violent shouting, which was very neat, which shows that the Lakers fans are very unified on this point.
"What the hell, I'll kill you tonight!" After sweeping around the stands viciously, Zhao Dong cursed and ran towards the stadium.
"The morale of the Lakers is available, we will win tonight."
Magic Johnson was also on the scene, as well as the famous Lakers Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. At this time, he said to the latter: "As long as the Big Three work together, we can beat any team."
"Yes, I think the same way. Our advantage around the basket is too great. As long as the ball is passed in, we can score. If we pass the bench time, the victory will be ours."
Jabbar laughed.
When leaving the court after warming up, Zhao Dong greeted the magician Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and saw Kobe’s girlfriend Vanessa sitting not far away, which reminded him of something about Kobe.
For example, when Kobe got married, none of his family, friends and teammates were there, and there was no blessing. This kind of regret must be very mindful of Kobe.
"Hey, Kobe, is that your girlfriend?" Zhao Dong pointed to Vanessa and asked.
"Yes." Kobe said a little nervously.
He really wants his relationship with Vanessa to be recognized and even blessed by more people.
Zhao Dong nodded, and then returned to the bench.
Seeing Zhao Dong leave, Kobe was somewhat disappointed.
His relationship with Vanessa, if he can get the approval of the basketball god Zhao Dong, it will be easier.
But so what, people all over the world are against it, and he still wants to be with Vanessa.
At 08:30, the game started, O'Neal won the jump ball and the Lakers went first.
"Oh, look, Zhao Dong really went to defend Kobe." Su Qun shouted.
Zhang Lili said with a smile: "Now the Nets are playing the tactic of killing gods from the inside to open up the outside, but the Lakers have never played this tactic. Phil Jackson still insists on his triangle tactic, and then plays the double tower tactic. Among them, O'Neal is still the first offensive point, and Kobe and David Robinson both play a tactical role in containment.
But no matter what kind of tactics, Kobe's breakthrough is very important. If Zhao Dong can prevent Kobe, this game has a chance. "
"Kobe, I want the ball, can't you get the ball?" Zhao Dong began to talk trash.
Kobe entered the game state, snorted coldly, and really stretched out his hand to the top of the arc.
But Ron Harper didn't give it to Kobe. According to the tactical requirements, he went to O'Neal first.
David Robinson pulled to the right wing and took Grant away.
The left wing was low, and O'Neal carried Fortson and squeezed towards the basket. At this time, the ball came down and he caught it with one hand.
Reasonably positioned one step above the collision zone, O'Neill, who was guarding the middle, quickly sank, preparing to double-team O'Neal at the basket.
With a bang, O'Neal dribbled the ball back, and the huge tonnage formed a huge impact under the blessing of strength. Fortson couldn't hold it, staggered back, and lost his defensive position.
O'Neal seized the opportunity, strode into the basket, and then lifted into the air like a behemoth, which was a one-handed dunk.
"boom!"
The moment the basket was smashed, the ball jumped up.
Xiao Ao made a great contribution, and when he came down from the top to double-team, he just sent a big hat.
"Ugh!"
Seeing O'Neal smash the empty basket, there was a sigh of regret in the Staples Center.
The ball fell from the air at this moment, and O'Neal and O'Neal jumped for the second time at the same time. Under the contact in the air, O'Neal's tonnage took advantage, and O'Neal Jr. bounced off the contact, and the ball was caught by O'Neal.
O'Neill shouted angrily, jumped up three times, and was about to hit a heavy dunk with both hands.
But just as he was jumping, Fortson slapped him hard on the hand, sending the ball flying, and the whistle blew.
Barkley shook his head and smiled: "Let Shark get the ball under the basket, only foul tactics can prevent his heavy dunk."
O'Neal panted and walked to the free throw line. His physical energy was exhausted for the first attack, which made him feel that tonight's game will never be easy.
"Shark, I bet you miss two free throws." Zhao Dong, standing near the center line, teased.
"Feilong, if you want to kill me, go ahead, I don't care." O'Neill shouted back.
"really?"
Zhao Dong looks like if you dare to promise, I will dare to cut.
"..."
O'Neill couldn't help but choked up, and quickly changed his words: "Feilong, you are the god of efficiency, I believe it is impossible for you to play that kind of dirty tactics."
"Di!"
The referee's whistle blew, signaling O'Neill to catch the ball.
O'Neal ignored Zhao Dong, took the ball, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and started aiming at the basket.
After aiming for a long time, the ball smashed out, bounced back with a bang, was short, and missed a free throw.
"Get ready to grab a rebound." Zhao Dong reminded from behind.
O'Neill looked back at Zhao Dong in grief and anger, and began to prepare for the second penalty.
Bang, the second penalty was to hit the basket again, but it rolled in.
"Ha ha!"
"Clap clap..."
O'Neill shook his head with excitement, and there was a burst of applause at the Staples Center.
But at this time, Zhao Dong was about to get off and entered the frontcourt.
Fortson immediately picked up the ball and retreated to the bottom line, then threw a long pass to Zhao Dong with both hands.
In the frontcourt, at the top of the arc, Kobe tried his best to interfere with Zhao Dong receiving the ball, but was blocked by Zhao Dong's arm.
"Snapped!"
Zhao Dong grabbed the ball with one hand, turned around and crossed the three-point line, and took the ball to the basket.
Ron Harper, who was pulled away by Eddie Jones, also came to double-team, but it was too late.
"boom!"
Zhao Dong's flying dunk made the Staples Center silent, and then there was a lot of applause.
The offensive plan formulated by Larry Bird today is a fast break.
Fortson is the person on the team who is most familiar with Zhao Dong, and his passing skills are not bad, and he is also very familiar with fast break tactics, which is one of the reasons why he was sent to start.
2:1, the Blazers lead away, and the Lakers attack.
Phil Jackson yelled loudly from the sidelines, and when the players looked over, he made a tactical gesture.
This gesture is that the attack is initiated from the flank.
The first offense failed, and O'Neal was double-teamed at the basket, which showed that the containment force in other positions was not enough, and it showed that the tactic of passing O'Neal directly from Ron Harper was not good, so he decided to use the containment force of Kobe and David Robinson, for O'Neill opened up the space.
Came to the frontcourt, according to tactical requirements, Harper gave the ball to Kobe.
Kobe is now also a superstar with the ability to attract double-teams. The Lakers have three such superstars.
In the entire league, only the Nets can compete with the Lakers.
When Kobe held the ball, in addition to Zhao Dong who was facing up, Xiao Ao's defensive attention in the middle was also attracted. Once Kobe broke through Zhao Dong, he and Grant were the second line of defense.
The Lakers just want to attract his defense so that he can't go down to help defend O'Neal.
At this time, O'Neal is still in the low position on the left wing. As long as Kobe starts to break through, he will immediately enter the basket.
The key point of this tactic is whether Kobe can break through Zhao Dong.
Kobe's breakthrough ability, of course, is the strongest of the Lakers, and now Phil Jackson is pointing at this point.
If this tactic fails again, you can only play the strongest double-tower tactic under the basket.
It's not that the twin-tower tactics cannot be played, but he wants to enrich the Lakers' offensive tactics. If you always play one tactic, it is easy for opponents to crack.
As soon as Kobe got the ball, Zhao Dong pressed forward, and the trash talk came out casually: "Kobe, I can't defend against penetration, so you can just throw a three-pointer."
Kobe snorted coldly, playing against other teams, of course he can shoot three-pointers, but against Zhao Dong's team, he can only play high-quality offense at the basket, how could he shoot three-pointers at will?
Unless he can hit [-]% of his three-pointers, which is equivalent to more than [-]% of his two-pointers, he can shoot three-pointers.
But who is Kobe?A person who is full of self-confidence and persistence cannot shoot three-pointers, but he wants to shoot.
Under Zhao Dong's astonished eyes, he suddenly stood up and made a three-pointer.
Zhao Dong didn't have time to take off, looked back, only heard the sound of brushing, the basketball passed through the basket, and an arrow pierced through the heart.
"Special!"
He could only curse helplessly.
But when he wanted to go down quickly, Kobe, who made a three-pointer, turned around and returned to defense without any celebration. It can be seen that he had already guarded against his fast break.
"It seems that Kobe is very difficult to deal with today!"
Zhao Dong smiled, took Fortson's serve and pushed forward steadily.
At the top of the arc, the Lakers have already set up a defensive formation.
Three-two joint defense, the main defense is outside breakthrough.
Because of Zhao Dong's strong breakthrough ability, and Eddie Jones is also an All-Star who can shoot suddenly, the Lakers play a three-two defense with three defenders on the outside.
This is not to say that they do not pay attention to interior defense, but the Blazers do not have the ability to hold the ball inside. The confrontation has been strengthened, and the low-post offense has been increased, but there are not many offenses reaching the basket, and most of them are low-post jumpers.
The Lakers have O'Neal and David Robinson guarding the low post, which can completely block the Blazers' inside offense, so the outside breakthrough is the focus of defense.
Bryant leaned over, ready to guard against a breakthrough.
"what?"
But just as he leaned down, Zhao Dong jumped up, he was extremely surprised, when he looked back, he saw the scene that Zhao Dong saw just now, the ball just hit the basket.
In the TNT commentary seat, Barkley smiled and said: "Everyone thought that Feilong would break through, because [-]% of his offense was near the basket and under the basket, and the rest were mid-range shots, and he rarely shot three-pointers.
But don't forget, his three-point shooting percentage is one of the best in the league, and Reggie Miller's three-pointers are not as accurate as him. "
"Kobe, why don't we have a three-point contest tonight?" Zhao Dong teased while retreating.
"Come here, who is afraid of you?" Kobe said unconvinced.
Back on offense, Harper's ball was in his hands again.
O'Neal was ready to go to the basket, but at this moment, he was shocked to see Kobe jump again.
"Damn!"
He hurriedly squeezed to the basket, trying to grab a rebound.
"bingo?"
But as soon as he moved, he heard a swipe sound, and saw the ball swipe past the basket. He looked at Kobe in surprise, this kid's hands are so hot today?
Zhao Dong was also very surprised, Kobe made two three-pointers in a row on his head with a fake shot, what a shame!
Coming to the top of the frontcourt, Kobe defended again.
"Flying Dragon, there is a species that will return one on my head."
This time, Kobe took only half a step, sealed Zhao Dong's face with one hand, and then provoked Zhao Dong with trash talk.
This kind of defense is both anti-shot and anti-burst. It is a test of defensive skills. It can be seen that Kobe has put all his energy on the defensive end.
However, Zhao Dong really jumped up and suddenly threw a dry pull.
Kobe took off with all his strength to block the shot, but the defensive height still couldn't reach Zhao Dong's shot height. The ball slid past his fingertips and flew to the basket.
Compared with the jumping ability, Zhao Dong's jumping ability comes from Kobe's jumping talent, but Zhao Dong is taller, with a longer wingspan, and with the help of the Silver Devil, Kobe is weaker and has no cap.
"brush!"
Splashes appeared, and Zhao Dong made another three-pointer at the top of the arc.
Zhang Lili yelled: "What's going on today? Kobe hit two right-wing three-pointers on Zhao Dong's head, and Zhao Dong hit two arc-top three-pointers on Kobe's head in a row. A three-point contest?"
Su Qun said with a smile: "Kobe's three-pointers are not as good as Zhao Dong's shooting rate. If he really shoots three-pointers, he will suffer."
Zhang Lili said with a smile: "Shooting depends on the feel of the ball. You can't completely talk about the shooting percentage. Once the feel comes, the basket is like an ocean!"
Su Qun smiled and nodded.
Of course, he has far less right to speak than Zhang Lili, one of the best power forwards in Asia at the time, in matters of playing.
In the first quarter, Zhao Dong and Kobe played against each other. Both sides ignored the original tactics.
Kobe made 10 of 6 shots and 5 of 3 three-pointers. Under Zhao Dong's single defense, his shooting percentage was as high as 60%. In addition, he made 2 of 2 free throws and scored 17 points.
Zhao Dong threw more, and Kobe had to take O'Neal and Robinson's shots into account. He had no scruples, the ball was in his hands, and he had unlimited shots. He made 15 of 11 shots, and also made 5 of 3 three-pointers. He made 3 of 3 free throws and scored 28 points in the first quarter.
At the end of the first quarter, at 39:31, the Blazers led away by 8 points.
Barkley laughed and said, "Today's game was fun. It was all about jump shots. It's a pity that no one can break the league's highest scoring record in a single quarter."
"In 1978, Skywalker David Thompson and George Gervin competed for the scoring title, but they were crushed by the Iceman," Smith laughs.
That was the last regular season game for the Nuggets. Against the Pistons at home, Skywalker actually made 21 of his first 20 shots. The third scoring record in a single game in history, and broke the record for the highest scoring in a single quarter in history.
After Skywalker broke the record, everyone thought that Iceman would lose the honor of scoring champion, because he only had the last regular season game. If he wanted to beat Skywalker, he had to score more than 58 points. is impossible.
Seven hours later, Iceman George Gervin's last regular-season game began. Six minutes before the first quarter, he missed six shots and scored zero points. At this time, most people lost confidence in him, including himself. .
But with the help of his teammates and coaches, he regained his touch. He scored 20 points in the second half and 33 points in the second quarter. Highest scoring record in a single quarter.In addition, this record has been maintained to this day. "
On the Lakers bench, Phil Jackson was trying to persuade Kobe, saying: "Kobe, although you made a lot of shots, you lost your breakthrough and lethality, which is why we fell behind in the first quarter.
You have seen Feilong's scoring ability. His shooting percentage is higher than yours. This shows that you can't prevent his outside shots when you defend alone.
If you continue to compete against each other, we will suffer in the end. "
Kobe was not reconciled. He felt that today's state was really good. His shooting percentage was actually similar to Zhao Dong's, but Zhao Dong took more shots. The reason for the slightly worse shooting percentage was that Zhao Dong's defensive height was higher than that of Zhao Dong. He is taller.
With his [-]% shooting rate, he was not allowed to shoot?He didn't understand, really didn't understand.
He thinks what should be done next is to increase his shots and give him unlimited shots, just like Zhao Dong, he will definitely not lose, he has absolute confidence.
Phil Jackson's words were like a rope, tied to his body, he wanted to struggle out, and then scored one goal after another, blasting the Blazers' basket.
(End of this chapter)