Defending champion

Chapter 147 Interaction with Kobe

The Hornets requested a timeout.

Players from both sides returned to the bench one after another.Although the Hornets are temporarily at the leading level, the faces of Paul and others are full of anxiety. It seems that the pressure that Kobe put on Paul and the others is not a bit of a star.

Byron immediately came over with a tactical board, gathered the five starting players to gather together, and shouted loudly at the Hornets players: "Hey! Dude, don't be nervous, relax, we are leading now. Don't get overwhelmed by the vibe on the set with the Lakers. We play our own rhythm..."

At this time, Byron Scott paused for a moment, observed the expressions of all the Hornets players, and then said: "We have successfully cut off the connection between Kobe and the Lakers, but that's all. It's not enough. We have to set up a defense against Kobe. Jr Smith, go down and rest first, Mason on..."

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"Drip..." A long whistle sounded.Players from both sides returned to the arena, and the scene immediately burst into cheers for the Lakers.

Hornets attack!
The Hornets' offense has been stagnant for a while, and this wave of offense must be scored, otherwise it will really hurt morale.

The Lakers are deep in chasing points, doing their best on the defensive end, and trying to maintain a high shooting percentage on offense.Play more defensive counterattacks.

No matter how the Hornets players interspersed and moved, the Lakers players always pressed it tightly. The 24-second offense has already consumed 12 seconds, and the tactics arranged by Byron Scott are not working. At this time, we can only rely on the personal ability of the players.

Jack came to the low post, with his back against Odom, one hand on Odom's chest.Jack firmly stuck Odom behind him, and Jack successfully took the lead in the low post.

The ball in Paul's hand was also thrown in. Jack held the ball in both hands and protected it against his chest to prevent it from being stolen.

Jack's shoulders shook slightly first to judge Odom's defensive position.

Odom, who has been deflated from Jack, has also become a frightened bird. With only a slight movement of Jack's shoulders, his center of gravity moved backward continuously.From the sweat on Odom's forehead, it can be seen that Jack's pressure on Odom is no less than Kobe's on JR Smith.

Jack used his body to open the way for himself and slammed Odom. Odom faced Jack, whose strength had risen to 80, and was helpless.Suddenly, Jack collected the ball to a sudden stop, and then took his left foot as the axis, like a spinning top.A very agile quick and powerful turn.Knees up, jumps, shoots.This series of actions is done in one go.It looks very freehand.

"Shabu" the ball into!
At this time, the Hornets, which had been silent for a long time, finally relied on Jack's back-turning shot to score.

Lakers attack!
The Lakers still chose to hand the ball into Kobe's hands and let Kobe solve the battle alone.

Kobe was still holding the ball in the same position, facing Mason's overwhelming defense, Kobe made three shots.The arc of the shot was very low, with a "bang", the ball didn't go in.The basketball bounced heavily at the front of the basket...

"The rebound is mine!" Jack yelled loudly, with an imposing manner...

In the rebounding struggle with Kwame Brown and his teammate Hilton, Jack relied on himself, excellent jumping, and the ape-like wingspan to grab the basketball first in the air.

After Jack got the rebound, he immediately made a long pass to Paul who had reached the center line.The Hornets Russell Butler, Mason, and Paul went down the third line and launched a fast break!

Paul made a fake pass and tricked Walton, who was even retreating, and scored him with a small hook at the basket.

The Hornets relied on Jack's scoring and rebounding to stabilize the score again.

Kobe still tried to shoot a three-pointer, but, unfortunately, bread appeared.

Hilton rebounded, Paul stepped forward to meet, and the three lines of Jack, Mason and Russell Butler quickly went down.Paul's ball is given to Mason.Jack received Mason's pass, started straight away, jumped high, looked at the basket with his eyes, and smashed the ball into the basket with thunderous force with both hands.

With a bang, the basketball let out a very reluctant moan.

The fans at the scene were also conquered by Jack's dunk, and the fans at the scene also gave Jack a burst of applause.The Staples Center is a place that worships heroes. As long as you have enough strength, then you will be respected by the fans in this place, and they will not mind that this is their home court.

Faced with so much applause, Jack still felt a little stunned at first, and some fans even shouted: "Michael Jack, come to the Lakers! Go with Kobe to win the championship!"

"Michael Jack the Lakers need you..."

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Kobe saw that he had managed to bring the score closer, but now he was pulled away step by step.Kobe suddenly felt sad and helpless.However, competitiveness has forced Kobe to stand up and go on.

Kobe saw that the touch of the three-pointer had been extinguished. This time he started to single Mason in the low post and succeeded, and he had to add a penalty.

With a bang, the ball went in!
Jack wanted to do the same with Odom in the low-post singles, and the goal was scored, but there was no foul that could cause Odom.Because Jack is not very good at drawing fouls, and Odom is already a veteran in the league.It was so easy to draw a foul.

It was Kobe's mid-range emergency stop shot again, and he made a "shabu" hit!
Jack stood up, Paul and Jack's pick-and-roll, Paul passed the ball back, Jack caught the ball and threw out his hands directly.

With a bang, Jack made a mid-range shot!
Kobe made a series of fancy crotch dribbles. After knocking Mason down, he went straight to the basket of the Hornets and made a dunk with one hand across Hilton!
Jack relied on Russell Butler's empty-handed screen, cut to the basket, Paul passed the ball in time, Jack jumped high after receiving the ball, completely stretched out his body in the past few years in the air, and gave his all With so much strength, he smashed the ball into the basket...

"Boom..." The basket was moaning, and the rack was shaking!

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The second half of the second quarter completely became a duel between Kobe and Jack.Kobe scores a goal, Jack will immediately start to counterattack, and Kobe will do the same.

Only in the second half of the second quarter, Jack scored 8 points on 6 of 12 shots, while Kobe scored 9 points on 6 of 14 shots, including two plus ones.However, Jack also made a bumper harvest of 6 rebounds.Kobe Bryant only scored 2 rebounds.

(End of this chapter)