Defending champion

Chapter 148 Victory over the Lakers

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"Drip..." The long whistle sounded, and the first half of the game ended.

The score was 43 to 56, and the Hornets entered the second half with a 13-point lead.

In the second half, the Lakers' offense still did not improve, and they still relied too much on Kobe's personal ability.

Kobe saw how bad his teammates were, and from the second half onwards, Kobe finally decided to do it alone.As soon as he came up, it was a mid-range shot, and he first got a good start in the second half.

On the contrary, on the side of the Hornets, the players of the whole team are twisted into one rope, and the cooperation is very tacit, and the whole team participates in the offense.The Hornets' offense is very smooth.

JR Smith and Russell Butler ambushed at the two bottom corners of the bottom edge outside the three-point line, Paul's three-point arc held the ball to organize the offense, Hilton and Jack stood at the top of the arc on the center line.The position of the Hornets forced the Lakers to expand their defense.The Hornets' interior space was vacated.

At this time, Paul's breakthrough came in handy. Taking advantage of his speed, he took a direct step and passed the misplaced Walton, all the way to the Lakers' penalty area.

Kwame Brown and Odom at the basket immediately stepped forward to encircle and suppress.They hit the mark, Paul's trap, by doing this.The main purpose of Paul's breakthrough is not to score, but to create shooting opportunities for his teammates.

Before the Lakers' double-team was formed, Paul had already distributed the ball to Jack.Jack stands on his spot, catches the ball, releases it, and hits it.

Lakers attack!
Kobe led the Lakers' offense, Kobe took the ball in the low post, Paul, Mason, and Hilton under the basket immediately went over to double-team him.

Because, except for Kobe, everyone else in the Lakers is out of order.Therefore, they double-teamed Kobe very thoroughly.

Facing the double-teaming of three people, Kobe scored the ball with an over-difficult fadeaway shot. There was a sound of "shabu".Facing the monstrous offensive of the Hornets, the Lakers are only Kobe Bryant who is doing his best to resist.However, basketball is a sport between five people. Even if you, Kobe, have the ability to defy the sky, but two fists are no match for four hands.At the end of the third quarter, the Hornets extended the score to 21 points, 54 to 75 points.

The Hornets completely overwhelmed the opponent in terms of momentum, and the Hornets' offense in the fourth quarter was still very smooth.

After Kobe took a break in the fourth quarter, the Lakers' offense became even more disorganized, and the Lakers lacked a backbone.As soon as the fourth quarter came up, the Hornets played an 8-0 spurt.As a result, the game entered garbage time ahead of time before Kobe came up.

In the fourth quarter, the coach of the Lakers, Phil Jackson, did not send Kobe to play again, because the game had ended early.Although this is very cruel for Kobe who is trying his best to play, but this is the reality.

In the end, the Hornets won this crucial 112-83 victory at the Staples Center.

In this game, the star of the Lakers Kobe Bryant scored the highest score of the game in the first three quarters with 50 points, 6 rebounds, 3 steals, 5 assists and 0 turnovers.However, it is very regrettable that due to the inability of teammates, the final game was lost to the Hornets by a big difference of 29 points.

In this game, Jack also scored 23 points, 15 rebounds, 3 blocks, 3 assists, and 2 turnovers in three quarters.Lead the Hornets to a hearty victory at the Staples Center.

This battle further strengthened the confidence of the Hornets.

After the game ended, Jack received the reward from the system immediately: 20000 experience points and 1 life point.Jack's assist skills can be improved again.

The whistle sounded at the end of the fourth quarter, and Jack also took the initiative to run over to shake hands with Kobe.However, Bryant did not wait to see Jack.Losing on his own turf tonight is very uncomfortable for Kobe.You could tell from his gloomy facial expression.

Jack was rejected by Kobe, but it didn't affect Jack's happy mood today.Cool!It feels so good to win at Staples!
After the game, Jack was caught on the spot because he didn't walk in time.

"Hello, Michael Jack, I'm Harvey, a reporter from ESPN. First of all, congratulations on your victory at Staples today!"

"Yes! Thank you." Jack pinched his nose and replied with a smile while looking down at the journalist next to him who was a section shorter than him.

Harvey is about 30 years old, a heavy build, square face, crew cut, black hair standing up like a scrub brush, clean-shaven and chiseled.

"Do you have any special feeling about today's game?" Harvey continued.

"From the beginning of the game, I felt that we must be the final winner of this game. I don't know if it counts?"

"You are the most confident player I have ever seen, Michael Jack. The day after tomorrow, you are also playing against the Los Angeles Clippers at home. Are you sure you can win the Los Angeles Clippers?"

"The Clippers are a very good team, but in my opinion, the Hornets are the strongest. We beat the Clippers." Jack said confidently.

"Then you mean that the Huang Feng team will definitely win the game against the Clippers, right?"

"The NBA is a place where miracles are born. There are no inevitable events here." Although Jack has the belief of winning, he is not an egomaniac.

"As a rookie, your performance is really good. What do you think makes you so good?"

"Train hard..." Jack answered Harvey in a very official way.

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"Oh, thank you very much for accepting my interview today, once again congratulations on your victory today." Harvey once again expressed his thanks to Jack.

"You're welcome!" After Jack replied, he walked into the player tunnel again.

(End of this chapter)