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Chapter 186 Who Is The Strongest Number 8?
Just after Daben was finished, the Lakers suddenly made a quick baseline pass. Kobe dribbled the ball to the frontcourt like lightning, made a forward change and passed Hamilton, and rushed to the basket with a backhand dunk.

Hamilton hurriedly signaled to his teammates that the ball belonged to him, and Wang Dalin patted him on the shoulder to show that the ball was nothing to worry about.

Just now, everyone paid attention to O'Neill who was running forward slowly. No one expected that Kobe would completely ignore any tactics and complete the attack by himself... During this period, sometimes Kobe would indeed do this.

"Defend, keep up with your own people!" Kobe shouted to his teammates after quickly running back to his half court.

Wang Dalin noticed Kobe's cold and bloodthirsty eyes, and couldn't help but feel "thump" in his heart... Oh no, this guy looks like he's about to go crazy!

It is said that as long as the Lakers can defend O'Neal, half of the success is achieved, and the other half is that someone must be able to match Kobe's "black mamba".

Although Hamilton is great, it is obviously unrealistic for the Pistons to rely on him alone to offset Kobe's role, so the team leader Wang Dalin has a heavy burden on his shoulders... In addition to helping Da Ben defend O'Neal, he also has to keep up with Kobe Bryant.

Sure enough, after the Pistons advanced to the frontcourt, Wang Dalin found that Kobe and Fox had switched positions, and Kobe was going to defend him in person.

As one of the members of the best defensive second team this season, Kobe's defensive ability is obviously better than Fox's, and his super physical fitness is enough to keep him quite aggressive on both ends of the offense and defense.

"You still can't help it, can you?" Wang Dalin caught the ball with one hand and put on a pose with a smile, "But what's the use of you defending me, you can only waste your energy in vain!"

Kobe replied: "If you are still so careless when you meet me, be careful and you will make a fool of yourself soon!"

It was too late to say it, but it was too fast... As soon as the words fell, the "Black Mamba" suddenly jumped forward and slapped the ball off Wang Dalin's hand. He kept going and wanted to grab the second spot, but Wang Dalin slid over and grabbed the ball again.

"Damn it... I almost lost the ball. Fortunately, I have good hands!" Wang Dalin was terrified, and he didn't dare to put on such a dishonorable pose of catching the ball with one hand. He held the ball in both hands and assumed a three-threat pose.

At this time, his position was more than two meters away from the three-point line. Even if he assumed a three-threat posture, Kobe didn't think he would pull up so far away, so his defensive position was a little bit behind.

"Cough? How dare you let me go so far?" Wang Dalin pulled it up and threw it.

Kobe quickly turned his head and shouted: "Grab a rebound!"

O'Neal stubbornly stuck Da Ben outside the three-second zone. As long as the goal is not scored, even if it is a long rebound, he has a [-]% chance of grabbing it.

But the basketball went through the basket with a "swish"... This super long three-pointer was scored!
Wang Dalin really doesn't like shooting three-pointers from such a long position, but that doesn't mean he's incapable of shooting ultra-long three-pointers... Although it's not as accurate as regular three-pointers, if no one is defending, his shooting percentage can be more than [-]%.

I really thought that the 90-point three-point ability plus the hit rate of the S-level star skill "McGrady"...is it so useless?
Kobe was obviously a little surprised that Wang Dalin could make such a long shot, but his psychological quality is notoriously good, so his expression remained the same, and he came to the frontcourt on his own.

After Fisher dribbled the ball for halftime, O'Neal hurried into the inside to get a position, but Big Ben refused to let him grab a favorable position this time, and kept entangled with him.

Fisher hesitated a little, or first passed the ball to Kobe outside the three-point line on the left.

Hamilton squatted down and stared at his right shoulder... Kobe's dominant hand is right-handed. As long as he breaks through, usually he will use his right hand for the first dribble.

There is nothing wrong with his defensive thinking, but Kobe's skills have surpassed most NBA players, so he can't simply bet on probability with this thinking.

Sure enough, Kobe dribbled the ball with his left hand and rushed inside from the left. Although Hamilton made a mistake in his judgment, he moved quickly and followed closely.

But this was just Kobe's feint. He stepped down and dribbled the ball to change direction and then burst to the right.

Kobe took his time in the mid-range shot and the ball went in.

"You better guard me, your third brother can't guard me!" When running back, Kobe deliberately passed by Wang Dalin, leaving such a trash talk.

Wang Dalin smiled and said: "You should guard against my third brother first!"

Billups and Wang Dalin pick and roll at the top of the arc. After Wang Dalin received the ball, Kobe immediately posted it, but he didn't stop the ball and passed directly to the inside.

Hamilton cut to the basket with a reverse run near the baseline, and immediately flew to the basket after receiving the ball... The ball was missed under Horry's interference, but Horry also lost a foul.

Hamilton made two free throws and the Pistons led the Lakers by 11 points 7:4.

It was the Lakers' turn to attack. This time Kobe directly took the job of dribbling the ball to the frontcourt. After coming to the frontcourt, he had no intention of passing the ball at all, and just dribbled the ball.

Hamilton's footsteps are not bad, and Kobe has never been able to rush into the basket easily, but Kobe still has the mid-range shot.

Looking back, Billups shot a cold arrow from outside the three-point line and hit the iron...

Then O'Neal of the Lakers made a strong move at the basket and got a hot cap from Da Ben...

On the Pistons side, Wang Dalin also jumped out of the box...

……

At the beginning of the game, the offensive efficiency of both sides was quite good, but after several attacks, the two teams began to play various irons, and the basket seemed to be covered, no matter how hard they shot.

Until 2 minutes and 58 seconds later, it was Kobe's tomahawk dunk after a breakthrough that broke the deadlock and caused Williams' thug to foul... 2+1!

The game lasted 6 minutes and 53 seconds, and the score between the two sides was only 10:11, which is low enough.

However, the head coaches of the two teams didn't change their faces. They didn't want to play a wonderful game to please the audience. The most important thing was to win the game. As long as they could win...even if they only scored 60 points, so what?
Wang Dalin responded with a mid-range shot after a "double change of direction of death". This time when he shot, Kobe was only close to blocking the ball, but it was only a little bit short.

With Wang Dalin's repeated high-profile performances this season, all teams have studied his offensive routines, especially Kobe, a top perimeter defensive player in the league, knows his offensive methods like the back of his hand.

But Kobe felt very helpless... There is no way, Wang Dalin's height, it is too difficult to block his shots, even if he has tried his best, he is still a little bit short.

Don't underestimate this little gap. In many cases, this little gap is like an insurmountable gap. No matter how strong you are, you can't go any further.

At 10:13, the Lakers trailed by 3 points. Kobe received the ball from outside again, and called O'Neal for a pick-and-roll for the first time in this game.

With Kobe's breakthrough ability, he called the pick-and-roll not because Hamilton's defense made him find it difficult to break through, but because he finally began to take the initiative to cooperate with O'Neal.

During the regular season of this season, Kobe and O'Neal had many conflicts. They were even unwilling to talk for a long time, and they played their own way on the court.

Fortunately, the strength of both of them is strong enough, and they can play a record of 57 wins and 25 losses by themselves. But after the playoffs, it became more difficult for both of them... especially Kobe.

As an outside player, limited by the disadvantages of height and wingspan, Kobe's shooting percentage cannot be compared with the inside behemoths such as O'Neal, and his three-point shooting during this period is not very stable... Of course, the three-point shooting percentage of his entire career is not too high.

In the first round, the Lakers played against the Trail Blazers, and it was quite difficult for the two to fight each other;
In the second round against the Spurs, after David Robinson retired due to injury, only Duncan was left alone, and they were considered dangerous.

In the Western Conference Finals, they finally met the Kings, a truly strong opponent. This time they were not so lucky!

The "OK Group" was finally forced to join forces under the huge crisis, because they knew that if they didn't unite again, they might be out.

Under the huge temptation of the highest honor of the championship, Kobe and O'Neal finally let go of their prejudices. This period of the Western Conference Finals may also be the time when their relationship has been the most harmonious in the past few months this season.

Finally made it to the finals, the Lakers team was united, when faced with adversity, Kobe would of course choose the most sure tactic, and it is also the most powerful tactic of the Lakers at present... pick and roll!
Some people will say it's wrong, isn't the Lakers' tactic a "triangle offense"?

When did it become a pick and roll?
That's right, the Lakers' offensive system is indeed a "triangular offense", but their most powerful offensive system with the highest success rate is Kobe and O'Neal's pick-and-roll.

Through the pick-and-roll, if the opponent switches to Kobe, he can eat the opponent's center one-on-one, or pass the ball to O'Neal to displace the opponent's shooting guard.

If you don't switch defenses, as long as you pick and roll, there will be some space in the opponent's defense. Kobe's own attack or pass to O'Neal who is running down is a good choice.

The Pistons' "mixed zone defense" can indeed protect their own inside line very well, but O'Neal can't only attack at the basket.

As long as he enters the three-second zone, even if it is a step inside the free throw line, he can shoot with a hook, and the shooting rate of this kind of shooting is quite high!

As for Kobe... as long as he gets to the three-point line, he can shoot from anywhere.As long as he doesn't feel his hips, his offensive efficiency will definitely be stable!
After Kobe and O'Neal started the pick-and-roll on the Lakers side, their offensive efficiency immediately improved to a new level. The Pistons' "hybrid zone defense" was like paper, and was immediately riddled with holes.

If it weren't for Wang Dalin and Billups who also repeatedly responded to the ball through the pick-and-roll, it is very likely that the Lakers will have a small climax.

However, the situation on the court was still grim. Carlisle called a timeout after thinking for a while... Firstly, it was time to rotate players, and secondly, he wanted to explain defensive tactics to the players.

The key to the defense system of "mixed zone defense" is not "zone defense", but "mixed"!
It can focus on man-to-man or zone defense... After all, the "legalization of zone defense" is a new rule just introduced this season, so teams are very conservative in the use of zone defense, and the Pistons are no exception.

In fact, they were really playing zone defense during the period when Da Ben was injured. After Da Ben returned, they played man-to-man most of the time.

As we all know, man-to-man cannot prevent pick-and-rolls, otherwise the pick-and-rolls of Malone and Stockton would not be so unsolvable.

In this case, Carlisle will of course arrange for the players to play zone defense. Only in this way can they better limit the pick-and-rolls of Kobe and O'Neal.

Of course, since it is called "mixed zone defense", it is essentially different from "area zone defense" under FIBA ​​rules, because it takes into account man-to-man in zone defense, so the man-marker is very important.

The Pistons currently don't have a real perimeter defender, so Carlisle can only hand over this difficult task to Wang Dalin...Under this defensive system, his task is to keep a close eye on Kobe.

In the TNT live broadcast room, Bird first discovered this, so he smiled and said: "Coach Rick made Darling Wang and Kobe match up. I remember the last time they confronted each other in March, right?"

Smith looked down at the information and replied, "That's right, it was the home game of the Lakers on March 3. The Pistons won that game, and Darling Wang made the game-winning three-pointer at the last second!"

Bird nodded and said, "That's right, I was very impressed by that game. Darling-Wang's lore shot is very much like my style back then!"

Smith couldn't help but rolled his eyes, with a speechless expression on his face.

If you say Darling-Wang, just say Darling-Wang, why are you talking about yourself?
How much do you like to pretend?

Because it is a crucial final, Jackson and Carlisle did not let the main players rest for too long at the end of the first quarter and the beginning of the second quarter, and quickly replaced them on the field.

The Pistons players generally have more physical strength. After all, they rested 5 days longer than the Lakers. The Lakers players who have just experienced seven life-and-death battles are a bit overwhelmed.

Kobe was a little better. His physical strength has always been strong, but O'Neal was obviously weak. In the second half of the second quarter, he failed to score two consecutive inside attacks.

整个上半场奥尼尔总共11投5中，加上罚球6投2中，只得到12分7篮板2助攻1盖帽，进攻效率稍嫌拉胯。

科比的表现就好多了，他上半场13投7中，其中三分球3投1中，外加罚球5投4中，砍下了19分4篮板3助攻1抢断。

活塞队这边王大林半场12投6中，其中三分球4投2中，罚球4投4中，得到18分5篮板4助攻1抢断1盖帽……基本上就是他目前这种状态下的标准输出了。

此外，汉密尔顿得到10分2篮板，比卢普斯5分4助攻1抢断，大本4分6篮板2盖帽……“李宁四兄弟”的表现也都不错。

Taking advantage of the intermission, Smith suddenly turned to Bird and asked, "Larry, only Kobe and Darling Wang have been selected to the best team of the season in the league currently wearing the No. 8 jersey. It can be said that they are the strongest No. 8 on the surface...Who do you think is the stronger one?"

Bird thought for a moment and said, "It's better to be Darling-Wang... Although his single-handed defense ability is not as good as Kobe's, he is even more incomprehensible on the offensive end, and he does not lack the ruthlessness that a leading star should have, and his key ball ability is also strong!"

Smith asked rhetorically: "But Kobe has already won two championships, Darling-Wang is still a little weaker in terms of team honor!"

Bird smiled and said: "Don't forget how Kobe won the championship! I admit that Kobe is a very good player, and he also has everything that a team leader should have, but no matter what, the Lakers' two championships... the biggest contributor is Shaq, Kobe is just the second master!"

Smith smiled: "You mean... If Kobe can't lead the team to achieve convincing results alone, he can't compare with Darling-Wang, right?"

Bird shook his fingers and said, "I don't mean that completely... It should be said this way: If the Lakers win the championship this year, Darling Wang will certainly not be able to compare with Kobe; if the Pistons win the championship this year, Darling Wang will definitely be better, at least until Kobe leads the team to win the championship alone!"

Smith pressed: "Winning twice as the No. [-]...isn't it like winning once as the No. [-]?"

Bird shook his head and said, "No! Just take me as an example. People will compare Irwin with me, but they won't compare Scottie with me... Even if he has more championship rings than me, it doesn't matter, because he is just Michael's younger brother, and I am the boss of the team!"

Smith: "..."

You're so excited again, aren't you?
Will you die if you don't pretend?
Bird ignored his white eyes, and continued: "According to my standards, a big leader who led the team to the finals is certainly not comparable to a second leader who helped the team win the championship twice! But as long as the big leader leads the team to win one championship, then... no matter how many times the second leader wins championships, he is no longer qualified to be compared with the opponent!"

Smith suddenly rolled his eyes: "Larry, you are so optimistic about Darling-Wang, how about... how about we have another gamble?"

Bird smiled and said, "I knew you kid wanted to bet again... okay, how do you want to bet?"

Smith laughed and said, "Let's bet on Darling or Kobe who will score more points in this game tonight. If you bet on Darling, I'll bet on Kobe. How about it?"

Bird nodded and said, "Okay, but what's the bet? Well...don't bet on the championship ring again. I have a few of those things, but you don't have many!"

Smith hurriedly said: "No... this time we don't bet on the championship ring, we bet on this, whoever loses will eat it all, how about it?"

After speaking, he took out a white porcelain plate from under the table, and there was a lump of green stuff the size of a baby's fist in the middle of the plate.

Bird asked in surprise: "What is this? Matcha cake?"

Smith smiled and said, "If you lose, you can eat matcha cake? You can figure it out! Let me tell you, this is a whole 50 grams of wasabi, which is 'Wasabi' in Japanese!"

Bird suddenly turned pale with shock, "Kenny, do you want to play it so big? If you eat this thing...will it spit fire from your mouth?"

Smith said with a smile: "That's not true, but it's inevitable to burst into tears...Why, you dare not gamble?"

Bird hurriedly said: "This is not a matter of betting or not, this is... this is... crying in front of TV audiences across the United States, is this okay?"

Smith laughed loudly and said, "What's wrong? If you don't believe me, ask the director, what do you think he thinks?"

Bird thought for a moment, gritted his teeth, and said, "What else can he say? You and Charles often bet, which time has he stopped you again?"

Smith smiled and said, "It's good that you know... just ask if you dare to bet?"

Bird is still hesitant...I think how can my generation of "forced kings" cry bitterly in front of TV audiences across the United States?This is too embarrassing, okay?

Smith resorted to aggressive tactics again: "Larry, where is the arrogance you had when you participated in the three-point contest? Did you not even have the courage to take a gamble with me?"

Bird pondered for a moment, finally gritted his teeth and said, "Okay, I'll bet you!"

……

The TV in the Pistons locker room is TNT TV station, and everyone couldn't help laughing when they saw this scene.

Big Ben smiled and said, "Fourth brother, why don't you just lose to Kobe, as long as we can win, it doesn't matter how many points you score!"

Carlisle smiled and said, "That's not okay, Larry was my teammate back then, so it's not good to deliberately let him lose, right?"

Billups also said: "That's right, when I was in the Celtics, Larry even specially came to guide me, fourth brother, you can't deliberately punish him!"

Wang Dalin smiled and said, "Don't you ask me if I can beat Kobe?"

Hamilton put his hands on his shoulders and said with a smile: "I believe you... As long as you play hard, Kobe can't match you on the offensive end!"

Big Ben and Billups all nodded and said, "That's right, the ability to score points, who in this league can match you?"

Wang Dalin smiled wryly: "You really think highly of me! Forget it, anyway, I will do my best. As for whether I can score more points than him, I can't guarantee it!"

Just as he finished speaking, there was a sudden "ding" in his mind... The system has released a temporary task again!
"It is detected that the host is about to start a personal duel with Lakers legend Kobe Bryant in the finals, so the system specially issued a temporary task 'Who is the strongest No. 8'!"

"Who is the strongest No. 8: The host needs to score more than Kobe Bryant in this game, and lead the team to win the opponent's team!"

"Reward for completing the task: the host can hit 8% for 100 consecutive attacks at any time in the next game!"

"Punishment for not completing the task: the host will miss 8% of the 100 consecutive attacks at a random time specified by the system in the next game!"

"Note: Considering that the host is currently in a good state, Kobe Bryant will be in the best state of his career in the second half. Please be careful with the host!"

Wang Dalin's face turned pale in an instant after watching it... Kobe's career was the pinnacle of his career, even if he thought about it with his butt, he knew which one it was!
恐怕地球人都知道科比那次单场81分的壮举，不过应该很少有人知道那天他仅在下半场就28投18中，其中三分球11投6中，罚球14投13中，整整砍下了55分……所以王大林才会大惊失色。

This is really not Wang Dalin's cowardice, but a head-to-head PK with Kobe who scored 55 points in the half. The difficulty... seems a bit too high, right?
Who is the strongest number 8?
What the hell!

I admit that he is... withdraw the mission, okay?

　Thanks to "Taxi Boy" and "Ying Huo Chong O(n_n) O Fei" for the monthly pass encouragement!Wang Dalin is about to face the strongest opponent ever, Lao Wang is here asking for votes and rewards!
　　
　
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