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Chapter 1289 Kobe is actually a ninja

The Lakers easily defeated the Kings away.

This team lacks competitiveness, they have a group of jigsaw players who look okay, but lack the star players who can tie everyone together.

Louie is bullish on them continuing to play in the lottery this year.

Then came a tough team, the Spurs.

The Spurs' rise was no accident.

The pairing of David Robinson, Allen Iverson and Jamal Mashburn gave them a spot in the West.

So far this season, Popovich's transformation of Iverson's No. [-] position has begun to take shape.

Iverson performed very well. Even playing the first position, he averaged 21 points and 8 assists per game. Although there were 3.5 turnovers, it was already very good for a person who is still learning how to play a point guard.

In terms of impact alone, Iverson alone can penetrate the entire defense of the Lakers.

But if you want to fully release your impact, you still need some preconditions.

Either fill up his own projection threat, or use a shooter who can open up space on the outside as part of his own threat.

Iverson's shooting can't reach the full state, and the Spurs can't make up so many shooters for the time being.Therefore, Iverson's breakthrough threat is not difficult to handle.

Only relying on breakthroughs cannot play a daunting on-the-spot performance.

Louie intends to test every offensive system in this game.

The Lakers first stunned David Robinson with inside high and low tactics.

Garnett's improvement is getting bigger and bigger.

Looking back at the beginning of the season, he was as immature as a high school student in some places, but after participating in the All-Star Game, he completely changed.

Louie is convinced that the end-of-season effect is happening to Garnett.

As the Lakers are a team destined to make a big splash in the playoffs, the bigger Garnett's end-of-season effect, the better.

Garnett's high- and low-post offense is very spiritual. In addition to the low-post offense taught by Bird, he is still trying to find a way to integrate the low-post arsenal with the high-post arsenal.

In addition, he also tried an outside three-pointer in this game.

Although he only took one shot and missed a goal, he was still happy.

As long as you have this heart, you will not worry about no results.

The Lakers' internal high and low positions have become better and better, gradually becoming the second offensive system besides "beautiful basketball".

By the way, Louis also let Wilson, Baros, and Dumas practice the roll call tactics under the 5 OUT lineup.

With Wilson in hand, Barros and Dumars struggled in their own way.

The former is mainly not used to such a heavy tactical position, while the latter is simply not used to playing like that.

Kobe can see clearly off the court, and he often has an idea-if he is placed in the position of Dumars and Barros, his performance will far exceed these two veterans.

If you want to know what is the source of his confidence, Kobe will tell you directly, it is very simple, he is better than those two old guys.

Every time he played against Iverson, Kobe was not calm.

Especially after Iverson "stealed" Kobe's rookie MVP, Kobe wanted to compete with him more and more.

Tonight, due to overexcitement, Kobe played badly after playing.

In order to prevent Kobe from making a wrong step, Louis only let Kobe play for two and a half minutes before replacing him.

"Coach... can't I play a few more minutes?" Bryant asked.

Louis said grimly: "It's too early to compete with AI based on your current strength. Although the current AI is stronger than you, you have your own advantages. You must keep your own advantages in mind and make full use of them."

Louis said so much, Kobe only heard one sentence.

"No, it's me who is stronger, give me a one-on-one chance with him, and I will definitely blow him up!"

"I don't need you to blow him up. Even if you blow him up, it doesn't mean anything. I just need you to run your tactics well and let go of the duel with the AI. This is not a game between you and him, it's a game between us and them."

Kobe thought for a few seconds, "Coach, what do you want me to do:"

Who doesn't like an obedient child?

Louis smiled, but said mercilessly: "Since you have a good attitude of admitting your mistakes, I will replace you at an appropriate time, but it will have to wait until the second half at the earliest."

"What about the first half?"

"Sit on the bench with peace of mind."

Louis didn't curse, but just let Kobe understand the power of the authority dog.

Louie doesn't need to curse, he just wants Kobe to establish a serious tactical quality.

How serious?

Serious enough to make Kobe have a subconscious mind that "people who don't run tactics will be replaced".

This process does not require scolding.

Kobe made a mistake, Louis replaced him, and then told him what was wrong, and sitting on the bench was punishment.

But Louis is not the kind of bad-tempered coach who likes to punish players severely. If he makes a mistake, he will sit on the bench, but he still gives him a chance in the second half.

This kind of moistening and silent training method, if Ewing saw it, he would definitely shout Louis double standard.

After Kobe left the court, Big Ben waved a towel and said, "Kobe, welcome home!"

Kobe snorted softly, "Do people who sit on the bench have the nerve to laugh at me?"

"Am I laughing at you? I am clearly motivating you in the name of ridicule, you have to understand my hard work!"

When Kobe sat on the sidelines, people often came to chat with him.

Sometimes Buck Sr., sometimes Stevens, sometimes Bird.

Like today, Bird deliberately came to Kobe's side to let him pay attention to Wilson's running position.

In Kobe's concept of hierarchy, Wilson belongs to the highest level of players. He is a rich man, but he has no privileges.

He's just running around.

This is the reason why he achieved unparalleled achievements without attracting more fans.

"But, I'm not Benjamin." Kobe said this to Big Ben.

Big Ben laughed and said, "I guess the coach didn't think about making you another Benj. Maybe they just want you to know that even Benj is working hard to move, so you don't have to think about the one-on-one with AI."

In the second half, Kobe returned to the game and partnered with Nash, Big Ben, Tragedy, and Dumars.

It may be because of Iverson's absence. Kobe was obviously not as aggressive as in the first half, and he was running tactically in every round.

Once he starts to run well, the basketball skills he has mastered have more room to play.

Maybe even Kobe himself didn't realize that his shot and the catch-and-shoot after the run fit very well.

As a rookie, you're lucky to have that kind of shooting motion.

In those few minutes, Bryant made 3 of 2 shots and scored 5 points.

After that, the Spurs decided to "help" Louis test Kobe.

They let Iverson play the second position directly.

Louis felt that Popovich had bad intentions at the time. Did he test high school students like this?Which high school student can stand such a test?

What's more, the tragedian obviously didn't have to pass the ball to Kobe, but in order to further test Kobe, he took the initiative to stop the tactics and pass the ball to Kobe.

Kobe held the ball and faced Iverson's single defense, his teammates quietly opened up space.

At this time, Kobe's mind went blank. He tried to imagine the scene where he beat Iverson, but he couldn't imagine it.

This is not me versus him.

Kobe reminded himself of Louie's words.

Iverson clapped his hands and shouted: "Come on!! You won't say you're afraid, will you?"

"Counseled? Pass the ball if you don't dare to play! What are you looking at?"

Kobe's face was livid with anger, after all, he didn't use his temper...I can't bear it! ! ! ! !
He gave up the chance to single Iverson and passed the ball to the tragic division who had stretched to the right wing.

The moment Kobe passed the ball, Louis jumped up: "Is there something wrong with your brain? Can you pass the ball? Your teammates have opened up the space for you, and you are not attacking? What the hell are you thinking?!!!"

If this is a cartoon, Kobe at this time should be added with a Q-version close-up of tears.

CAZOO!Kobe, you idiot, look what you're missing! ! !
⑴You must often see such words, a certain player's average per game in the season, it is worth mentioning that after the All-Star Game, the average data reached XX... This is actually a normal phenomenon, because for that purpose, as long as they have a stable playing time, they can find their status, especially those rookies with strength, they tend to become more confident as they play, so the peak of rookie data always appears after the All-Star Weekend.

(End of this chapter)