The best teammates in the NBA
Chapter 225 Playing Mamba (9600 words chapter)
Chapter 225 Play Mamba (9600 word chapter)
In NBA games, emotions have always been a double-edged sword. Some players will perform better after facing provocations.
Just like when a bunch of cute new members challenged Michael Jordan, most of the time this great god would have the last laugh and say something extremely arrogant:
"Don't provoke Black Jesus..."
As a loyal fan of Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant naturally has to imitate his idol. For example, in most games, he doesn't even bother to talk trash with his opponents. When he encounters provocations, he usually increases his physical confrontation and the number of shots.
In Kobe's peak period, he was able to output both offense and defense with all his strength, and he could beat almost all the outside players in the league, but unfortunately, the current Kobe is about to turn 33 years old, and Li Ze, who is facing him, is not an ordinary player, MVP No parallel imports!
The game in the first quarter is about to enter the official timeout, and the head coach Phil Jackson on the sidelines is frowning.
Kobe took 5 shots in the first half of the game. Although he hit two mid-range shots, the number of shots was still too high. The big players ran back and forth on the court, which was completely different from the game strategy he formulated before the game...
In this Lakers offense, Gasol finally received a pass in the low post. Fisher is still relatively clear-headed. Of course he knows where the team's advantages lie.
After receiving the ball from the low position on the left, Gasol released the ball with his right hand, pretending to go up the line to break through, and immediately turned around with the ball.
"Shh!"
The Oklahoma City fans at the scene still felt that Kobe should continue to attack. Everyone prefers to watch Kobe strike the iron.
In the case of 1-on-1 single defense, Ibaka still suffers a bit. With the Lakers playing hard on the inside, the Thunder have no good way on the defensive end.
"Just control the fouls! We need offensive rebounds!"
Li Ze came to the bottom line to serve, and by the way, he encouraged Ibaka to keep the opponent clear-headed. With Kobe defending alone by Li Ze, defending the Twin Towers is the Thunder's top priority.
"OKC! OKC! OKC!"
Amidst the rhythmic sound of cheering, Turtle dribbled slowly through the half court, noticing that the Lakers had not changed their defensive strategy, they were still half-marking, and immediately made a tactical gesture.
Durant and Li Ze both penetrate the baseline, and then use the cover of Perkins and Ibaka to come out and receive the ball.
Durant successfully received the ball at the elbow on the left side of the free throw line. Turtle immediately moved to the left corner, taking away Fisher's defense, and Li Ze came to the right flank outside the three-point line.
After the three threats, Durant chose to hold the ball in his right hand to speed up the breakthrough, but Artest has been guarding his right hand, and Bynum also began to shrink inward.
After Durant dribbled the ball and hit the wall, he did not forcefully attack. Instead, he took advantage of the trend to protect the ball and began to move to the right flank. It was still a simple hand-to-hand tactic from the outside.
Kobe, who was outside the three-point line, couldn't directly pull Li Ze. Seeing that Li Ze suddenly accelerated, he could only follow up quickly. When Li Ze moved to the top of the arc, he suddenly paused, his body swayed to the right, and made a reverse run to catch the ball. ball fake.
At this time, Kobe's defense was forced to stop, and before he had time to adjust his body's center of gravity, he saw Li Ze start again, moving quickly to the top of the arc.
With a curse in his heart, he immediately chased and defended desperately, and Li Ze, who came to the top of the arc, handed over to Durant easily. Artest naturally noticed that Kobe's defense was not in place, so he immediately switched defenses, and Kobe I had no choice but to follow Durant to the left flank outside the three-point line.
After receiving the ball, Li Ze released the ball with his left hand, moved his left shoulder back, and made a half-turn fake. , the left hand holds the ball and accelerates at full speed.
The sudden sudden stop and quick start completely paralyzed Artest, who was not moving fast at all, and before he even had time to pull and defend, Li Ze easily passed him in one step.
On the inside, Bynum just returned to the lower left position of the basket and continued to defend Perkins. He didn't expect Artest's defense to be as paperless. He broke it with one poke. He saw Li Ze hit the penalty area and took off directly. , subconsciously took off and blocked the shot.
But Bynum in the air soon discovered that due to insufficient take-off, he couldn't reach Li Ze's right hand catching the ball at all, but hit Li Ze's right shoulder...
Amidst the exclamation of the fans, Li Ze and Bynum were not affected at all after the aerial confrontation. They grabbed the ball with one hand with their right hand, condescendingly, and smashed the ball into the basket hard!
"boom!"
"squeak…"
"Kayce Gets inside! OH! Slam duck! That's good!"
Amidst the huge cheers from the fans at the scene, Mike Breen, who had been in a state of excitement since the opening, shouted passionately for Li Ze's dunk in the commentary seat of ESPN.
"Oh!"
After landing, Li Ze yelled first, then beat his chest angrily, and then posed for the camera under the basket, while Bynum was a little annoyed, and received two fouls in less than half a quarter...
The head coach Phil Jackson on the sidelines was also speechless. If you make a foul, you will pull the opponent down. As a result, you are still scored 2 points, and Li Ze has the opportunity to add a penalty.
Just as Li Ze stood on the free throw line, the Oklahoma City fans at the scene began to cheer loudly again:
"MVP! MVP! MVP!"
Adjust your breathing, make free throws steadily, and then the game enters the official timeout. Kobe is still holding his face. Seeing that Mamba seems to be getting more and more angry, Li Ze smiled lightly at the opponent, and then slowly walked towards Thunder team bench.
"The Lakers should slow down their offensive rhythm. At the same time, the outside defense must also increase aggressiveness. Try to give the ball to the inside. Oh! Bynum has already received two fouls, which is not a good one for the Lakers. information."
Taking advantage of the timeout, Jeff Van Gundy began to criticize the defensive state of the Lakers again, but he could be regarded as saving face for Kobe, and did not point out too many outside shots.
"It may be a good choice to take Odom in advance, so that the Lakers can also open up the offensive space on the court, but the Thunder are in such a good state in this game, this kind of game rhythm is exactly what they like, Kayce Haven't missed it yet!"
Mark Jackson has been paying attention to the situation of the Thunder. Unlike his analysis before the game, the Lakers seem to be not strong enough on both ends of the offense and defense, and did not play the suffocating defense he expected...
In the ESPN commentary booth, the three began to analyze again, but after the timeout came back, the performance of the Lakers made them completely speechless again.
Perhaps it was the cries of MVP that stimulated Kobe again. After returning from the timeout, the Lakers lineup became one big and four small, and the offensive space was released.
After the screen came out, Kobe came to the elbow area to the left of the free throw line to catch the ball. Li Ze lowered his center of gravity and kept a close eye on Kobe's movements. After two tentative steps, Kobe quickly released the ball with his right hand and crossed the ball on the right side to dribble. breakthrough.
Li Ze easily predicted Kobe's movements. While sliding backwards, his left hand kept stepping forward to interfere. Just when he was approaching the paint area, Kobe pulled the ball back with his right hand, his shoulders trembled confusingly, and then he twisted his body and immediately fell back for a jump shot. shot.
The moment Kobe took the shot, he realized that the situation was wrong. Li Ze didn't hesitate at all. His set of graceful fake moves didn't seem to work on Li Ze. In order to avoid being blocked, Kobe was forced to increase the arc.
"Bang!" Still striking the iron.
Perkins under the basket firmly stuck Gasol, and Ibaka easily protected the backcourt rebound. Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, the Thunder quickly launched a conversion attack.
The running game made the Lakers a little uncomfortable. Turtle rushed through the half court and found that the Lakers' defensive position had not been completed. After changing direction with his right hand, he accelerated with his left hand.
Fisher was once again missed by one step... After the turtle entered the penalty area, he jumped with both feet, dodged Gasol's block in the air, and succeeded in picking the basket with his left hand.
After scoring the goal, Turtle was very excited, and after making a strange cry, he slowly retreated to the half court. Kobe didn't say a word. Be confident that your next shot will hit.
In the remaining few minutes, Kobe began to catch the ball non-stop, always looking for an opportunity to teach Li Ze a lesson, but facing Kobe's offense, Li Ze became more and more excited as he defended and devoted most of his energy to On to the defensive end.
Kobe seemed to be restrained by Li Ze, and then he continued to fight hard. As the pace of the game became faster and faster, Turtle and Durant were like ducks to water.
At 22:28, the Thunder easily led by 6 points.
李泽单节4中3,三分球1中1,罚球1中1,轻松砍下8分2篮板1助攻。
And Kobe, who made crazy shots, made 9 of 3 in a single quarter, 3 of 0 three-pointers, 2 of 1 free throws, and only scored 7 points...
"In comparison, the Grizzlies seem to be stronger. Kobe is not in the right state!"
During the break between festivals, the Chinese media reporters were all discussing Kobe's status, it was a bit too serious...
"Kobe didn't seem to score in sports in the second half of the quarter. Li Ze is really good! Defense alone can limit Kobe."
On the bench of the Lakers, coach Phil Jackson directly pressed Kobe on the bench during the rotation stage, and if he continued to play like this, the game would really be over...
"Matt, try to contain Lee on the defensive end! We have to play tougher!"
Coach Phil Jackson didn't put too much emphasis on tactical play. In his opinion, falling behind is just that the team's defensive strength is not enough.
Due to Bynum's two fouls in the rotation stage, the Lakers took Gasol ahead of time, and the perimeter was mainly defensive. Steve Blake and Odom controlled the rhythm, Matt Barnes and Artes Special turns against Li Ze.
The Thunder still have a normal rotation, with Li Ze and Dai Kun Cook partnering in the backcourt, Sefoloza and Ibaka on the front line, and Nick Collison at center.
"Kayce, use the pick-and-roll at the 5 position a few more times, and try to continue to speed up the game, Serge, pay attention to the number of fouls."
Coach Brooks is very satisfied with the team's performance. The trio played very efficiently in the first quarter. He believes that under this rhythm, the team has a high probability of winning.
The most important thing is that Ibaka on the inside only got 1 foul, and Perkins did the same. He didn't have any trouble with fouls. After the second quarter, he could let go of his hands and feet in the second half.
Hearing what the head coach said, Li Ze immediately nodded to indicate that he understands that when he is in the lead, there is a high probability that he will still play for more than 6 minutes. At this time, remember to take more shots and fight for a stick to hit the Lakers on the ground.
After the start of the second quarter, the Thunder team took the lead in attacking. Collison served from the bottom line and followed Li Ze through halftime, still in a simple "V"-shaped position.
Daequan Cook stood in the left corner, Sefolosha stood in the right corner, Ibaka came to the left elbow of the free throw line, and Collison came to the free throw immediately after halftime Elbow position on the right side of the line.
When the interior line was cleared, Gasol had to follow up. Li Ze saw Matt Barnes looking at him viciously from beyond the three-point line, and was speechless in his heart:
"You perimeter defenders can always come up with some new tricks, no matter how fierce your expressions are..."
"OKC! OKC! OKC!"
Amidst the rhythmic cheering, Li Ze dribbled the ball under the crotch continuously outside the three-point line. Matt Barnes immediately chose to stick to the defense, not giving Li Ze a chance to find a rhythm.
Seeing the opponent sticking up, his right hand suddenly dribbled the ball behind his back twice in a row, then lowered his body's center of gravity, and held the ball in his right hand to pretend to break through. Swipe right and try to get past the screen.
But at the moment of sliding to the right, Matt Barnes saw Li Ze suddenly turn sharply, and subconsciously wanted to adjust his center of gravity and continue to stick to the defense, but due to inertia, he directly hit Collison. As a result, Li Ze easily got rid of the defense.
Gasol is numb, what about strengthening the perimeter defense?As a last resort, he had to raise his hands again to delay Li Ze, but Li Ze on the three-point line pretended to push the ball with his left hand to change direction, and his body also swayed to the right, which made Gasol's defense subconsciously deflect to the right shift.
Successfully tricking the opponent, Li Ze instantly in and out with his left hand, quickly lowered his body's center of gravity, and accelerated his breakthrough with the ball in his left hand.
The Oklahoma City fans at the scene only saw Li Ze's body moving from right to left on the move. After two slaps, Gasol was broken through. They noticed that Li Ze rushed into the penalty area, and everyone cheered loudly.
At this time, there was no one under the basket. After the double jump, Li Ze's head was flat on the basket, his left hand grabbed the ball, stretched his body in the air, stayed in the air for a short time, stepped down and changed hands easily, and then exerted force with his right hand, pressing the ball hard into the basket!
"boom!"
Successful crotch dunk!
"Oh!!"
"God! Am I in the slam dunk contest? Crazy dunks, unbelievable performance!"
In the commentary booth of ESPN, Mike Brin, Jeff Van Gundy, and Mark Jackson first screamed together, and then called God!
The wonderful dunk completely ignited the atmosphere in the Ford Center Arena, and the fans at the scene shouted excitedly.
Especially the fans in the front row under the basketball stand, after seeing Li Ze complete the dunk, they looked paralyzed, posing coolly to the camera, and almost rushed up to celebrate with Li Ze in excitement...
Seeing everyone's reaction, Li Ze smiled inwardly. Sure enough, fans like players with paralyzed faces and pretending to be cool.
On the Thunder's bench, Turtle and Durant waved the towel wildly with the atmosphere team, while on the Lakers' side, Kobe still held his face, but the little flame in his heart began to simmer again. To make such a fancy dunk in the playoffs, the provocative intention is very obvious...
Matt Barnes felt a little embarrassed when he saw the back of Li Ze returning to the defense. This round was definitely his defensive error, which led to a series of subsequent consequences. He raised his hand to his teammates to indicate that it was his problem. .
With the Lakers in rotation, Odom is the main attacker on the offensive end. This lineup is not good at shooting three-pointers. Therefore, after passing the ball continuously from the outside, Odom catches the ball and uses Gasol's pick-and-roll. The left hand holds the ball to accelerate the breakthrough.
The Thunder naturally also made a targeted defense against the left-handed magician. Ibaka was ready to put up the defense immediately. With the same height, Ibaka did not suffer on the defensive end.
Odom was also prepared for a long time. After making three big strides, he made a false pass and gave the ball to Gasol under the basket.
"Shh!"
Every time Gasol scored a goal, the Oklahoma City fans booed loudly. After all, in last year's playoffs, Gasol almost single-handedly blew up the Thunder's inside line, which made the Oklahoma City fans There are already some psychological shadows.
Quickly sent the baseline ball, Li Ze quickly rushed across the half court, and then directly hit the pick-and-roll on the right flank outside the three-point line. Matt Barnes also played hard this time, although he failed to squeeze through the screen in the first time, But with the help of Gasol's big delay, he finally succeeded in chasing and defending, constantly interfering on the right side of Li Ze.
Matt Barnes wanted to cooperate with Gasol to let Li Ze quickly take the ball, but when Li Ze, who had been protecting the ball, came to the top of the arc on the three-point line, his left wrist flicked, and the ball passed directly under Gasol's crotch. Before the two of them could react, Li Ze exerted force on his feet and quickly squeezed through the middle.
The right hand took advantage of the trend to catch the ball, and after a big dribble, Li Ze took off directly, ignoring Steve Blake who was assisting the defense under the basket, and after a large circle of the ball in the air, he grabbed the ball with one hand and swung it in. basket!
"Boom!" The big windmill made a successful buckle!
Seeing Li Ze beat his chest and roared under the basket, Matt Barnes was paralyzed, how should he guard against this?Double teams are useless?
Phil Jackson on the sidelines felt a little helpless when he saw Matt Barnes' melancholy look. He had already put out the best defensive lineup, but the effect was not very good. He glanced at Kobe who looked calm again. Earl Jackson felt that he should wait a few more minutes.
"The Lakers have some problems with the pick-and-roll defense. As we mentioned before, the defender has to bite Kayce, disrupt his dribbling rhythm, and add some fouls if necessary!"
Mark Jackson heard Jeff Van Gundy say something different:
"I think the Lakers have done their best in perimeter defense. We can't ask role players to limit the MVP. Therefore, the Lakers should take Kobe!"
While the two were talking, Gasol scored another 2 points for the Lakers. After the pick-and-roll, the free throw line was mid-range, and Ibaka had no temper.
The Thunder were not affected either, and quickly sent the baseline ball. Li Ze made an offensive gesture, and then quickly passed the half court.
This time, all four of the Thunder are standing on the line. Ibaka and Collison are still separated on the left and right elbows, while Dai Quinn Cook and Sefolosha are standing on the left and right flanks outside the three-point line. .
After halftime, he immediately gave the ball to Sefolosha on the right flank, and then immediately passed the ball outside the three-point line. The moment he received the ball, he released the ball with his right hand.
After taking a big step, Li Ze pushed the ball with his right hand to change direction, and then changed direction very quickly with his left hand. At the same time as he turned his hip, he quickly lowered his body's center of gravity, and accelerated with all his strength while holding the ball in his right hand.
This time Matt Barnes did not completely lose his defensive position, but Li Ze's continuous shaking easily blocked half of the opponent's body. Baka's upper screen moves quickly from the left flank to the bottom corner.
Because Li Ze's breakthrough speed was too fast, Gasol's help defense was just in place when he found that the ball in Li Ze's hand was gone.
After getting rid of Steve Brett's defense and coming to the left corner, Daiquan Cook made a slight adjustment after receiving a pass from Li Ze, and shot an open three-point jumper.
"Shua!" The three-pointer hit the net hollowly.
"Excellent Hammer action tactics, Kayce's continuous breakthroughs, forced the Lakers to focus on him defensively, and Cook on the weak side simply screened and got an open shot. Let's see what the Lakers can do next No response on the outside line."
Jeff Van Gundy briefly interpreted the Thunder's tactical coordination, and by the way, he also praised Li Ze's role.
In the next few minutes, the Lakers did not mess up because of the Thunder's offense. All the offenses were all to the inside, while the Thunder combined sudden shots, Li Ze's aggressiveness was full, and Matt Ba Erns was almost pressed to the ground and rubbed.
When entering the official timeout, the Thunder widened the point difference to 9 points, which made everyone on the bench smile, it was so easy!
And Li Ze was 5 of 4 in the half quarter, scoring 8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists efficiently. Coach Brooks also replaced Li Ze in advance. After all, according to the plan, the main lineup will play the second half.
After the timeout, coach Phil Jackson took Fisher and Bynum, and Kobe also played in rotation.
In the second half of the game, Durant and Turtle played well, taking turns attacking the inside of the Lakers. Kobe, who was resting in the half of the quarter, seemed to have withdrawn from the Mamba state. Three points.
At 48:54, the Thunder entered the second half with a 6-point lead.
Coach Phil Jackson is very satisfied with the second half of the second quarter, what is a champion coach!The tough-headed Mamba can also be tamed by him, and the reasonable Kobe is back!
During the half-time break, people in the media seats were also discussing the performance of the two teams.
"Kobe made 12 of 4 in the half and scored 12 points. This performance is indeed not as good as Li Ze. After all, he is still old."
"9 of 7 in the half, 16 points, to be honest, I don't even feel that Li Ze didn't exert his strength. I guess he will explode in the second half. The first half of the two sides can be regarded as a trial, and the Lakers also overcame it." With the foul crisis, the next game is probably better!"
When Director Zhang heard what the two said, he immediately said cheerfully:
"The MVP is not selected blindly. Li Ze is the number one shooting guard in the NBA this season. Just watch, the second half will definitely explode!"
In the third quarter of the game, the two sides took the starting lineup again, and the Thunder team took the lead in attacking. Li Ze could clearly feel that the referee seemed to relax the scale of whistle-blowing. It happened under the nose of the line judge, but the opponent didn't intend to whistle.
"Whistle calls that are biased toward the weaker side increase the game's enjoyment. The whistle in the NBA is really nothing new..."
Li Ze complained inwardly, then slammed into Kobe covertly, and at the same time exerted force with his feet. With the help of Perkins' cover, he quickly came to the left block position and turned his back to ask for the ball.
Turtle's passing speed was extremely fast, Kobe's defensive rotation was just in place, Li Ze had successfully caught the ball, leaned back hard, his shoulders trembled in confusion, then turned around on the spot with his left foot as the axis, and his right foot followed suit. Take a big stride, pretending to break through with your right hand.
Kobe's defensive center of gravity had just shifted to the right. Li Ze quickly retracted his feet and swayed, raised his head to aim at the basket, and made Kobe subconsciously pounce, and then immediately realized something was wrong in his heart.
Before he had time to adjust his defensive focus, Li Ze quickly released the ball with his right hand and made a breakthrough. After one dribble, he shot a jump shot with a slightly backward emergency stop in the paint.
"Shua!" The two-pointer was easily scored.
Hearing the huge cheers from the scene, Kobe was very upset, and then Li Ze's frivolous voice came from his ear:
"Like someone said, you can easily stop me? I've got 18 points, man, how many points have you got so far?"
The little flame in Kobe's heart blazed upwards, but he didn't pay attention to Li Ze, he just ran forward with a blank face. Li Ze of course wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and came to Kobe's side again while retreating. whispered:
"It's okay, I'll help you remember that, you took 12 shots and scored 12 points, such a scoring efficiency is really good!"
Kobe used his death stare, but Li Ze remained indifferent, anger surged in his heart, and he turned on Mamba mode in an instant, feeling ruthless in his heart:
"We must let this rookie know the fate of provoking the Black Mamba!"
The two began to fight again in the left block position. In order to prevent Kobe from catching the ball easily, Li Ze continued to use half-rounds to defend, which made Fisher a little embarrassed. Fortunately, Kobe has excellent positioning ability and dexterity Turning around and getting Li Ze stuck behind him, he received Fisher's pass.
In the trial step after the three threats, Kobe found that Li Ze didn't want to shake at all, so he put the ball directly with his right hand, hit the ball twice, and it was difficult, approaching the paint area, then pulled the ball back with his right hand, quickly turned around and joined the ball, adjusted High-arcing, fadeaway jump shot.
"Shua!" A two-pointer was scored!
Before Kobe could pretend to be X after scoring the goal, Li Ze's smiling voice rang in his ears again:
"14 points! Only 4 points to catch up with me..."
Without waiting for Kobe to react, Li Ze quickly ran to the frontcourt, and this behavior made Kobe angry again.
When the Thunder attacked, Guigui, Li Ze, and Durant began to circle the figure, making consecutive hand-to-hand passes away from the three-point line, while Ibaka and Perkins stood at two elbows. Area.
The three circled around, and finally Li Ze received the hand-to-hand pass from Guigui at the top of the arc, suddenly lowered his body's center of gravity, and quickly changed direction with his left hand. While shaking his body to the right, his left foot moved forward. Take a step, then change direction with your right hand under your crotch again, and accelerate with all your strength while holding the ball in your left hand.
Shaking twice in a row, he successfully blocked half of Kobe's body, and Li Ze crushed Kobe's defense to the free throw line.
Then he immediately backed up to protect the ball, slapped Kobe twice, took his right foot as the axis, and quickly pulled the ball backwards with his left hand, shaking Kobe slightly, then he twisted his body and exerted force on his feet, ignoring Kobe's move Blocks, mid-range fadeaway jump shot.
"Twenty!"
The moment he shot, Li Ze uttered a word directly.
"Shua!" A steady hit in the middle distance!
Such an arrogant performance completely angered Kobe. He has scored 81 points, and the rookie wants to compete with him?
"Wow! Almost the same technical moves, this looks really pleasing to the eye, I like this set of matchups, but our MVP seems to be talking trash all the time, it seems that he succeeded in angering Kobe!"
In the commentary seat of ESPN, Mike Bryn became more and more excited as he watched, and it had to be such an interesting matchup, but the head coach Phil Jackson on the sidelines was very helpless. He thought that if Kobe calmed down for half a quarter, the situation would be different. It's getting better, I didn't expect the third quarter of the game to become like this again...
Kobe, who entered Mamba mode again, only had the basket in his eyes. Coupled with Li Ze's constant chatter in his ear to help him score, Kobe began to frantically ask for the ball and keep taking shots.
"Nice shot, got 16 points!"
"Poor shot selection, 0 points!"
"It's useless to increase the arc, it's still 0 points!"
"Finally got 18 points, but there is still a gap of 4 points..."
Unlike Kobe, Li Ze put more energy on the defensive end. With one quarter left in the game, he just wanted to consume Kobe's physical energy at this time.
Amidst the exclamations one after another in the Ford Center Arena, the third quarter of the game ended quickly.
In the third quarter, Kobe completely entered the Mamba mode. He made 3 of 10 in a single quarter, including 4 of 4 three-pointers, 2 of 4 free throws, and scored 4 points and 14 rebounds.
And Li Ze didn't take too many shots. He scored 5 of 3 in a single quarter and only scored 6 points. The Thunder had many options on the offensive end. Durant played well in this quarter, scoring 10 points in a single quarter, and Turtle also had 6 points credited.
Therefore, after the third quarter, the two sides battled to 76:82, and the point difference was still 6 points...
During the break between quarters, on the bench of the Lakers, Kobe was gasping for breath, and then began to add tons of water. He took 10 shots in a single quarter, and he had to entangle with Li Ze every time he attacked. After all, he is about to be 33 years old, and his physical fitness is declining.
As for the Thunder team, Durant looked at Li Ze who didn't change his face, and almost turned into lemon essence again. What kind of physical ability is this?In the case of defending Kobe all the time, he didn't even pant, beast...
"Kayce, is your fitness okay?"
Head coach Brooks asked with concern. He replaced Li Ze with 3 minute and 1 seconds left in the third quarter. He couldn't help but worry when he played almost the entire third quarter and defended against Kobe all the time. The physical condition of the golden thigh.
"It's definitely okay to play the fourth quarter, don't worry, coach!"
Li Ze immediately stated that this is the effect brought by the golden badge. With various bonuses to reduce physical consumption, Li Ze can output all his strength. He will end the Mamba in the fourth quarter.
Excited tortoise heard Li Ze's words, and immediately began to applaud enthusiastically, encouraging everyone to continue to strengthen their defense and strive to play a wave in the fourth quarter.
After the start of the fourth quarter, Kobe, who was completely on top, came up and attacked. Facing Li Ze's defense, he received the ball and made a breakthrough. Then he changed direction twice in a row and made a mid-range jump shot.
"Bang!" Angrily hit an iron.
The rebound was directly accepted by Ibaka, and the Lakers immediately retreated, but Li Ze was overjoyed. Kobe's physical fitness really couldn't stand it.
Guigui rushed across the half court and made tactical gestures. Li Ze and Durant began to penetrate the baseline. Flanks pop out.
Kobe chased all the way, but was caught by Ibaka's screen, so he was still half a beat behind. When Li Ze received the pass from the turtle, Kobe's defense had just rotated. Li Ze quickly lowered his center of gravity and held the ball in his right hand. Cross step breakthrough.
Kobe hurriedly slid back, only to find that Li Ze suddenly dribbled the ball behind his back after taking a big step. He quickly adjusted his defensive focus and moved forward.
And at the moment Kobe moved, Li Ze quickly changed direction with his left hand, held the ball in his right hand and pretended to break through, then vigorously dribbled the ball on the spot, exerted force with his feet, and quickly retreated beyond the three-point line, before Kobe could react , Immediately shot a jumper.
"That's good! Kayce hits the three!"
The commentator Mike Brin immediately shouted passionately when he saw Li Ze hit a three-pointer after the opening.
"25 points! I'm going to surpass you!"
After scoring the goal, Li Ze whispered to Kobe next to him. Seeing the black mamba staring at death again, Li Ze shrugged his shoulders and smiled lightly, then quickly retreated.
When the Lakers were attacking, Gasol's pick-and-roll was quickly squeezed by Li Ze. Kobe was about to make a mid-range jump shot, but found that Li Ze's defense was in place. Force a jump shot!
"Bang!" Another strike!
At this time, it was almost a two-for-one basket, Perkins firmly stuck Bynum, Ibaka easily won the rebound again, and the Thunder quickly initiated a conversion.
Guigui noticed that Li Ze was rushing very fast and went straight to the ball, but Kobe didn't dare to be careless when he saw Li Ze receiving the ball, and stared at Li Ze's movements.
On the left flank outside the three-point line, Li Ze, holding the ball in his right hand, suddenly sent the ball forward, then quickly lowered the center of gravity of his body, and pulled the ball sharply with his left hand. After adjusting his footsteps, the fancy Sam Gould directly passed Kobe defense.
Kobe just wanted to chase, but found that Li Ze made an emergency stop outside the three-point line and shot a jumper.
Watching the ball draw a beautiful arc, and finally fell into the net accurately!
"Oh! Kayce From Downtown!"
An emergency stop made a three-pointer, and the commentator Mike Brin screamed, and the Oklahoma City fans at the Ford Center also screamed, switching the three-pointer, Li Ze's signature move!
"Come and restrain me!"
After throwing in a three-pointer, Li Ze excitedly yelled at Kobe again.
Angry!
This was definitely Kobe's worst night. I saw Li Ze win the MVP and was ridiculed by the opponent in the game. Seeing Li Ze chuckling, Kobe went into Mamba mode again, Super Mamba!
As a result, in the next round, Kobe hit the iron again. Fortunately, the Lakers retreated in time. The head coach Phil Jackson on the sidelines couldn't sit still. With a double-digit point difference, Kobe was still on top, and Li Ze's state exploded. This game is not right!
But just one minute into the fourth quarter, coach Phil Jackson decided to watch another round.
Of course, Guigui knew that his good brother was hot, so he signaled to play a double-screen tactic for Li Ze. Li Ze, who was on the line, cut across from right to left, and using the cover of two big men, he successfully received the left flank outside the three-point line. ball.
Kobe, who was completely on top, chased and defended very fiercely. Li Ze just got the ball and immediately stuck to the defense.
On the three-point line, Li Ze put the ball with his left hand, suddenly raised the center of gravity of his body, then dribbled the ball behind his left hand sharply, and pretended to break through with the ball in his right hand. Kobe just slid back, dribbled the ball behind his back quickly, and then retreated without waiting for the opponent to react. Stepping beyond the three-point line, a slightly receding three-point jumper shot.
"BANG! BANG!"
"Another three! Kayce From Downtown!"
The commentator Mike Breen screamed excitedly...
The Ford Center was blown up in an instant, making three consecutive three-pointers. In less than 2 minutes, Li Ze directly scored 9 points, widening the point difference to 15 points. The Oklahoma City fans at the scene were overjoyed!
"It's over! No one can restrain me!"
After Li Ze finished speaking, he immediately celebrated enthusiastically with his teammates. The head coach Phil Jackson next to him directly asked for a timeout. After more than a minute, a wave of 9:0 came directly... It's outrageous!
Kobe, who returned to the bench, cursed in a low voice:
"Fake!"
Then he threw the towel angrily, and then kicked the Gatorade bottle at his feet away...
Everyone on the Lakers dared not speak out, Mamba was furious!
But Li Ze, who was sitting on the bench, accepted the compliments from everyone, he was so awesome, he exploded in an instant, his scoring ability is too strong!
After taking the water bottle handed over by Byron and taking a swig, Li Ze, who was in a good mood, directly leaned back tactically, laughing in his heart:
"This is the strength of the MVP! The Mamba is out of date!"
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In NBA games, emotions have always been a double-edged sword. Some players will perform better after facing provocations.
Just like when a bunch of cute new members challenged Michael Jordan, most of the time this great god would have the last laugh and say something extremely arrogant:
"Don't provoke Black Jesus..."
As a loyal fan of Michael Jordan, Kobe Bryant naturally has to imitate his idol. For example, in most games, he doesn't even bother to talk trash with his opponents. When he encounters provocations, he usually increases his physical confrontation and the number of shots.
In Kobe's peak period, he was able to output both offense and defense with all his strength, and he could beat almost all the outside players in the league, but unfortunately, the current Kobe is about to turn 33 years old, and Li Ze, who is facing him, is not an ordinary player, MVP No parallel imports!
The game in the first quarter is about to enter the official timeout, and the head coach Phil Jackson on the sidelines is frowning.
Kobe took 5 shots in the first half of the game. Although he hit two mid-range shots, the number of shots was still too high. The big players ran back and forth on the court, which was completely different from the game strategy he formulated before the game...
In this Lakers offense, Gasol finally received a pass in the low post. Fisher is still relatively clear-headed. Of course he knows where the team's advantages lie.
After receiving the ball from the low position on the left, Gasol released the ball with his right hand, pretending to go up the line to break through, and immediately turned around with the ball.
"Shh!"
The Oklahoma City fans at the scene still felt that Kobe should continue to attack. Everyone prefers to watch Kobe strike the iron.
In the case of 1-on-1 single defense, Ibaka still suffers a bit. With the Lakers playing hard on the inside, the Thunder have no good way on the defensive end.
"Just control the fouls! We need offensive rebounds!"
Li Ze came to the bottom line to serve, and by the way, he encouraged Ibaka to keep the opponent clear-headed. With Kobe defending alone by Li Ze, defending the Twin Towers is the Thunder's top priority.
"OKC! OKC! OKC!"
Amidst the rhythmic sound of cheering, Turtle dribbled slowly through the half court, noticing that the Lakers had not changed their defensive strategy, they were still half-marking, and immediately made a tactical gesture.
Durant and Li Ze both penetrate the baseline, and then use the cover of Perkins and Ibaka to come out and receive the ball.
Durant successfully received the ball at the elbow on the left side of the free throw line. Turtle immediately moved to the left corner, taking away Fisher's defense, and Li Ze came to the right flank outside the three-point line.
After the three threats, Durant chose to hold the ball in his right hand to speed up the breakthrough, but Artest has been guarding his right hand, and Bynum also began to shrink inward.
After Durant dribbled the ball and hit the wall, he did not forcefully attack. Instead, he took advantage of the trend to protect the ball and began to move to the right flank. It was still a simple hand-to-hand tactic from the outside.
Kobe, who was outside the three-point line, couldn't directly pull Li Ze. Seeing that Li Ze suddenly accelerated, he could only follow up quickly. When Li Ze moved to the top of the arc, he suddenly paused, his body swayed to the right, and made a reverse run to catch the ball. ball fake.
At this time, Kobe's defense was forced to stop, and before he had time to adjust his body's center of gravity, he saw Li Ze start again, moving quickly to the top of the arc.
With a curse in his heart, he immediately chased and defended desperately, and Li Ze, who came to the top of the arc, handed over to Durant easily. Artest naturally noticed that Kobe's defense was not in place, so he immediately switched defenses, and Kobe I had no choice but to follow Durant to the left flank outside the three-point line.
After receiving the ball, Li Ze released the ball with his left hand, moved his left shoulder back, and made a half-turn fake. , the left hand holds the ball and accelerates at full speed.
The sudden sudden stop and quick start completely paralyzed Artest, who was not moving fast at all, and before he even had time to pull and defend, Li Ze easily passed him in one step.
On the inside, Bynum just returned to the lower left position of the basket and continued to defend Perkins. He didn't expect Artest's defense to be as paperless. He broke it with one poke. He saw Li Ze hit the penalty area and took off directly. , subconsciously took off and blocked the shot.
But Bynum in the air soon discovered that due to insufficient take-off, he couldn't reach Li Ze's right hand catching the ball at all, but hit Li Ze's right shoulder...
Amidst the exclamation of the fans, Li Ze and Bynum were not affected at all after the aerial confrontation. They grabbed the ball with one hand with their right hand, condescendingly, and smashed the ball into the basket hard!
"boom!"
"squeak…"
"Kayce Gets inside! OH! Slam duck! That's good!"
Amidst the huge cheers from the fans at the scene, Mike Breen, who had been in a state of excitement since the opening, shouted passionately for Li Ze's dunk in the commentary seat of ESPN.
"Oh!"
After landing, Li Ze yelled first, then beat his chest angrily, and then posed for the camera under the basket, while Bynum was a little annoyed, and received two fouls in less than half a quarter...
The head coach Phil Jackson on the sidelines was also speechless. If you make a foul, you will pull the opponent down. As a result, you are still scored 2 points, and Li Ze has the opportunity to add a penalty.
Just as Li Ze stood on the free throw line, the Oklahoma City fans at the scene began to cheer loudly again:
"MVP! MVP! MVP!"
Adjust your breathing, make free throws steadily, and then the game enters the official timeout. Kobe is still holding his face. Seeing that Mamba seems to be getting more and more angry, Li Ze smiled lightly at the opponent, and then slowly walked towards Thunder team bench.
"The Lakers should slow down their offensive rhythm. At the same time, the outside defense must also increase aggressiveness. Try to give the ball to the inside. Oh! Bynum has already received two fouls, which is not a good one for the Lakers. information."
Taking advantage of the timeout, Jeff Van Gundy began to criticize the defensive state of the Lakers again, but he could be regarded as saving face for Kobe, and did not point out too many outside shots.
"It may be a good choice to take Odom in advance, so that the Lakers can also open up the offensive space on the court, but the Thunder are in such a good state in this game, this kind of game rhythm is exactly what they like, Kayce Haven't missed it yet!"
Mark Jackson has been paying attention to the situation of the Thunder. Unlike his analysis before the game, the Lakers seem to be not strong enough on both ends of the offense and defense, and did not play the suffocating defense he expected...
In the ESPN commentary booth, the three began to analyze again, but after the timeout came back, the performance of the Lakers made them completely speechless again.
Perhaps it was the cries of MVP that stimulated Kobe again. After returning from the timeout, the Lakers lineup became one big and four small, and the offensive space was released.
After the screen came out, Kobe came to the elbow area to the left of the free throw line to catch the ball. Li Ze lowered his center of gravity and kept a close eye on Kobe's movements. After two tentative steps, Kobe quickly released the ball with his right hand and crossed the ball on the right side to dribble. breakthrough.
Li Ze easily predicted Kobe's movements. While sliding backwards, his left hand kept stepping forward to interfere. Just when he was approaching the paint area, Kobe pulled the ball back with his right hand, his shoulders trembled confusingly, and then he twisted his body and immediately fell back for a jump shot. shot.
The moment Kobe took the shot, he realized that the situation was wrong. Li Ze didn't hesitate at all. His set of graceful fake moves didn't seem to work on Li Ze. In order to avoid being blocked, Kobe was forced to increase the arc.
"Bang!" Still striking the iron.
Perkins under the basket firmly stuck Gasol, and Ibaka easily protected the backcourt rebound. Amid the cheers of the fans at the scene, the Thunder quickly launched a conversion attack.
The running game made the Lakers a little uncomfortable. Turtle rushed through the half court and found that the Lakers' defensive position had not been completed. After changing direction with his right hand, he accelerated with his left hand.
Fisher was once again missed by one step... After the turtle entered the penalty area, he jumped with both feet, dodged Gasol's block in the air, and succeeded in picking the basket with his left hand.
After scoring the goal, Turtle was very excited, and after making a strange cry, he slowly retreated to the half court. Kobe didn't say a word. Be confident that your next shot will hit.
In the remaining few minutes, Kobe began to catch the ball non-stop, always looking for an opportunity to teach Li Ze a lesson, but facing Kobe's offense, Li Ze became more and more excited as he defended and devoted most of his energy to On to the defensive end.
Kobe seemed to be restrained by Li Ze, and then he continued to fight hard. As the pace of the game became faster and faster, Turtle and Durant were like ducks to water.
At 22:28, the Thunder easily led by 6 points.
李泽单节4中3,三分球1中1,罚球1中1,轻松砍下8分2篮板1助攻。
And Kobe, who made crazy shots, made 9 of 3 in a single quarter, 3 of 0 three-pointers, 2 of 1 free throws, and only scored 7 points...
"In comparison, the Grizzlies seem to be stronger. Kobe is not in the right state!"
During the break between festivals, the Chinese media reporters were all discussing Kobe's status, it was a bit too serious...
"Kobe didn't seem to score in sports in the second half of the quarter. Li Ze is really good! Defense alone can limit Kobe."
On the bench of the Lakers, coach Phil Jackson directly pressed Kobe on the bench during the rotation stage, and if he continued to play like this, the game would really be over...
"Matt, try to contain Lee on the defensive end! We have to play tougher!"
Coach Phil Jackson didn't put too much emphasis on tactical play. In his opinion, falling behind is just that the team's defensive strength is not enough.
Due to Bynum's two fouls in the rotation stage, the Lakers took Gasol ahead of time, and the perimeter was mainly defensive. Steve Blake and Odom controlled the rhythm, Matt Barnes and Artes Special turns against Li Ze.
The Thunder still have a normal rotation, with Li Ze and Dai Kun Cook partnering in the backcourt, Sefoloza and Ibaka on the front line, and Nick Collison at center.
"Kayce, use the pick-and-roll at the 5 position a few more times, and try to continue to speed up the game, Serge, pay attention to the number of fouls."
Coach Brooks is very satisfied with the team's performance. The trio played very efficiently in the first quarter. He believes that under this rhythm, the team has a high probability of winning.
The most important thing is that Ibaka on the inside only got 1 foul, and Perkins did the same. He didn't have any trouble with fouls. After the second quarter, he could let go of his hands and feet in the second half.
Hearing what the head coach said, Li Ze immediately nodded to indicate that he understands that when he is in the lead, there is a high probability that he will still play for more than 6 minutes. At this time, remember to take more shots and fight for a stick to hit the Lakers on the ground.
After the start of the second quarter, the Thunder team took the lead in attacking. Collison served from the bottom line and followed Li Ze through halftime, still in a simple "V"-shaped position.
Daequan Cook stood in the left corner, Sefolosha stood in the right corner, Ibaka came to the left elbow of the free throw line, and Collison came to the free throw immediately after halftime Elbow position on the right side of the line.
When the interior line was cleared, Gasol had to follow up. Li Ze saw Matt Barnes looking at him viciously from beyond the three-point line, and was speechless in his heart:
"You perimeter defenders can always come up with some new tricks, no matter how fierce your expressions are..."
"OKC! OKC! OKC!"
Amidst the rhythmic cheering, Li Ze dribbled the ball under the crotch continuously outside the three-point line. Matt Barnes immediately chose to stick to the defense, not giving Li Ze a chance to find a rhythm.
Seeing the opponent sticking up, his right hand suddenly dribbled the ball behind his back twice in a row, then lowered his body's center of gravity, and held the ball in his right hand to pretend to break through. Swipe right and try to get past the screen.
But at the moment of sliding to the right, Matt Barnes saw Li Ze suddenly turn sharply, and subconsciously wanted to adjust his center of gravity and continue to stick to the defense, but due to inertia, he directly hit Collison. As a result, Li Ze easily got rid of the defense.
Gasol is numb, what about strengthening the perimeter defense?As a last resort, he had to raise his hands again to delay Li Ze, but Li Ze on the three-point line pretended to push the ball with his left hand to change direction, and his body also swayed to the right, which made Gasol's defense subconsciously deflect to the right shift.
Successfully tricking the opponent, Li Ze instantly in and out with his left hand, quickly lowered his body's center of gravity, and accelerated his breakthrough with the ball in his left hand.
The Oklahoma City fans at the scene only saw Li Ze's body moving from right to left on the move. After two slaps, Gasol was broken through. They noticed that Li Ze rushed into the penalty area, and everyone cheered loudly.
At this time, there was no one under the basket. After the double jump, Li Ze's head was flat on the basket, his left hand grabbed the ball, stretched his body in the air, stayed in the air for a short time, stepped down and changed hands easily, and then exerted force with his right hand, pressing the ball hard into the basket!
"boom!"
Successful crotch dunk!
"Oh!!"
"God! Am I in the slam dunk contest? Crazy dunks, unbelievable performance!"
In the commentary booth of ESPN, Mike Brin, Jeff Van Gundy, and Mark Jackson first screamed together, and then called God!
The wonderful dunk completely ignited the atmosphere in the Ford Center Arena, and the fans at the scene shouted excitedly.
Especially the fans in the front row under the basketball stand, after seeing Li Ze complete the dunk, they looked paralyzed, posing coolly to the camera, and almost rushed up to celebrate with Li Ze in excitement...
Seeing everyone's reaction, Li Ze smiled inwardly. Sure enough, fans like players with paralyzed faces and pretending to be cool.
On the Thunder's bench, Turtle and Durant waved the towel wildly with the atmosphere team, while on the Lakers' side, Kobe still held his face, but the little flame in his heart began to simmer again. To make such a fancy dunk in the playoffs, the provocative intention is very obvious...
Matt Barnes felt a little embarrassed when he saw the back of Li Ze returning to the defense. This round was definitely his defensive error, which led to a series of subsequent consequences. He raised his hand to his teammates to indicate that it was his problem. .
With the Lakers in rotation, Odom is the main attacker on the offensive end. This lineup is not good at shooting three-pointers. Therefore, after passing the ball continuously from the outside, Odom catches the ball and uses Gasol's pick-and-roll. The left hand holds the ball to accelerate the breakthrough.
The Thunder naturally also made a targeted defense against the left-handed magician. Ibaka was ready to put up the defense immediately. With the same height, Ibaka did not suffer on the defensive end.
Odom was also prepared for a long time. After making three big strides, he made a false pass and gave the ball to Gasol under the basket.
"Shh!"
Every time Gasol scored a goal, the Oklahoma City fans booed loudly. After all, in last year's playoffs, Gasol almost single-handedly blew up the Thunder's inside line, which made the Oklahoma City fans There are already some psychological shadows.
Quickly sent the baseline ball, Li Ze quickly rushed across the half court, and then directly hit the pick-and-roll on the right flank outside the three-point line. Matt Barnes also played hard this time, although he failed to squeeze through the screen in the first time, But with the help of Gasol's big delay, he finally succeeded in chasing and defending, constantly interfering on the right side of Li Ze.
Matt Barnes wanted to cooperate with Gasol to let Li Ze quickly take the ball, but when Li Ze, who had been protecting the ball, came to the top of the arc on the three-point line, his left wrist flicked, and the ball passed directly under Gasol's crotch. Before the two of them could react, Li Ze exerted force on his feet and quickly squeezed through the middle.
The right hand took advantage of the trend to catch the ball, and after a big dribble, Li Ze took off directly, ignoring Steve Blake who was assisting the defense under the basket, and after a large circle of the ball in the air, he grabbed the ball with one hand and swung it in. basket!
"Boom!" The big windmill made a successful buckle!
Seeing Li Ze beat his chest and roared under the basket, Matt Barnes was paralyzed, how should he guard against this?Double teams are useless?
Phil Jackson on the sidelines felt a little helpless when he saw Matt Barnes' melancholy look. He had already put out the best defensive lineup, but the effect was not very good. He glanced at Kobe who looked calm again. Earl Jackson felt that he should wait a few more minutes.
"The Lakers have some problems with the pick-and-roll defense. As we mentioned before, the defender has to bite Kayce, disrupt his dribbling rhythm, and add some fouls if necessary!"
Mark Jackson heard Jeff Van Gundy say something different:
"I think the Lakers have done their best in perimeter defense. We can't ask role players to limit the MVP. Therefore, the Lakers should take Kobe!"
While the two were talking, Gasol scored another 2 points for the Lakers. After the pick-and-roll, the free throw line was mid-range, and Ibaka had no temper.
The Thunder were not affected either, and quickly sent the baseline ball. Li Ze made an offensive gesture, and then quickly passed the half court.
This time, all four of the Thunder are standing on the line. Ibaka and Collison are still separated on the left and right elbows, while Dai Quinn Cook and Sefolosha are standing on the left and right flanks outside the three-point line. .
After halftime, he immediately gave the ball to Sefolosha on the right flank, and then immediately passed the ball outside the three-point line. The moment he received the ball, he released the ball with his right hand.
After taking a big step, Li Ze pushed the ball with his right hand to change direction, and then changed direction very quickly with his left hand. At the same time as he turned his hip, he quickly lowered his body's center of gravity, and accelerated with all his strength while holding the ball in his right hand.
This time Matt Barnes did not completely lose his defensive position, but Li Ze's continuous shaking easily blocked half of the opponent's body. Baka's upper screen moves quickly from the left flank to the bottom corner.
Because Li Ze's breakthrough speed was too fast, Gasol's help defense was just in place when he found that the ball in Li Ze's hand was gone.
After getting rid of Steve Brett's defense and coming to the left corner, Daiquan Cook made a slight adjustment after receiving a pass from Li Ze, and shot an open three-point jumper.
"Shua!" The three-pointer hit the net hollowly.
"Excellent Hammer action tactics, Kayce's continuous breakthroughs, forced the Lakers to focus on him defensively, and Cook on the weak side simply screened and got an open shot. Let's see what the Lakers can do next No response on the outside line."
Jeff Van Gundy briefly interpreted the Thunder's tactical coordination, and by the way, he also praised Li Ze's role.
In the next few minutes, the Lakers did not mess up because of the Thunder's offense. All the offenses were all to the inside, while the Thunder combined sudden shots, Li Ze's aggressiveness was full, and Matt Ba Erns was almost pressed to the ground and rubbed.
When entering the official timeout, the Thunder widened the point difference to 9 points, which made everyone on the bench smile, it was so easy!
And Li Ze was 5 of 4 in the half quarter, scoring 8 points, 2 rebounds and 3 assists efficiently. Coach Brooks also replaced Li Ze in advance. After all, according to the plan, the main lineup will play the second half.
After the timeout, coach Phil Jackson took Fisher and Bynum, and Kobe also played in rotation.
In the second half of the game, Durant and Turtle played well, taking turns attacking the inside of the Lakers. Kobe, who was resting in the half of the quarter, seemed to have withdrawn from the Mamba state. Three points.
At 48:54, the Thunder entered the second half with a 6-point lead.
Coach Phil Jackson is very satisfied with the second half of the second quarter, what is a champion coach!The tough-headed Mamba can also be tamed by him, and the reasonable Kobe is back!
During the half-time break, people in the media seats were also discussing the performance of the two teams.
"Kobe made 12 of 4 in the half and scored 12 points. This performance is indeed not as good as Li Ze. After all, he is still old."
"9 of 7 in the half, 16 points, to be honest, I don't even feel that Li Ze didn't exert his strength. I guess he will explode in the second half. The first half of the two sides can be regarded as a trial, and the Lakers also overcame it." With the foul crisis, the next game is probably better!"
When Director Zhang heard what the two said, he immediately said cheerfully:
"The MVP is not selected blindly. Li Ze is the number one shooting guard in the NBA this season. Just watch, the second half will definitely explode!"
In the third quarter of the game, the two sides took the starting lineup again, and the Thunder team took the lead in attacking. Li Ze could clearly feel that the referee seemed to relax the scale of whistle-blowing. It happened under the nose of the line judge, but the opponent didn't intend to whistle.
"Whistle calls that are biased toward the weaker side increase the game's enjoyment. The whistle in the NBA is really nothing new..."
Li Ze complained inwardly, then slammed into Kobe covertly, and at the same time exerted force with his feet. With the help of Perkins' cover, he quickly came to the left block position and turned his back to ask for the ball.
Turtle's passing speed was extremely fast, Kobe's defensive rotation was just in place, Li Ze had successfully caught the ball, leaned back hard, his shoulders trembled in confusion, then turned around on the spot with his left foot as the axis, and his right foot followed suit. Take a big stride, pretending to break through with your right hand.
Kobe's defensive center of gravity had just shifted to the right. Li Ze quickly retracted his feet and swayed, raised his head to aim at the basket, and made Kobe subconsciously pounce, and then immediately realized something was wrong in his heart.
Before he had time to adjust his defensive focus, Li Ze quickly released the ball with his right hand and made a breakthrough. After one dribble, he shot a jump shot with a slightly backward emergency stop in the paint.
"Shua!" The two-pointer was easily scored.
Hearing the huge cheers from the scene, Kobe was very upset, and then Li Ze's frivolous voice came from his ear:
"Like someone said, you can easily stop me? I've got 18 points, man, how many points have you got so far?"
The little flame in Kobe's heart blazed upwards, but he didn't pay attention to Li Ze, he just ran forward with a blank face. Li Ze of course wanted to take advantage of the victory to pursue, and came to Kobe's side again while retreating. whispered:
"It's okay, I'll help you remember that, you took 12 shots and scored 12 points, such a scoring efficiency is really good!"
Kobe used his death stare, but Li Ze remained indifferent, anger surged in his heart, and he turned on Mamba mode in an instant, feeling ruthless in his heart:
"We must let this rookie know the fate of provoking the Black Mamba!"
The two began to fight again in the left block position. In order to prevent Kobe from catching the ball easily, Li Ze continued to use half-rounds to defend, which made Fisher a little embarrassed. Fortunately, Kobe has excellent positioning ability and dexterity Turning around and getting Li Ze stuck behind him, he received Fisher's pass.
In the trial step after the three threats, Kobe found that Li Ze didn't want to shake at all, so he put the ball directly with his right hand, hit the ball twice, and it was difficult, approaching the paint area, then pulled the ball back with his right hand, quickly turned around and joined the ball, adjusted High-arcing, fadeaway jump shot.
"Shua!" A two-pointer was scored!
Before Kobe could pretend to be X after scoring the goal, Li Ze's smiling voice rang in his ears again:
"14 points! Only 4 points to catch up with me..."
Without waiting for Kobe to react, Li Ze quickly ran to the frontcourt, and this behavior made Kobe angry again.
When the Thunder attacked, Guigui, Li Ze, and Durant began to circle the figure, making consecutive hand-to-hand passes away from the three-point line, while Ibaka and Perkins stood at two elbows. Area.
The three circled around, and finally Li Ze received the hand-to-hand pass from Guigui at the top of the arc, suddenly lowered his body's center of gravity, and quickly changed direction with his left hand. While shaking his body to the right, his left foot moved forward. Take a step, then change direction with your right hand under your crotch again, and accelerate with all your strength while holding the ball in your left hand.
Shaking twice in a row, he successfully blocked half of Kobe's body, and Li Ze crushed Kobe's defense to the free throw line.
Then he immediately backed up to protect the ball, slapped Kobe twice, took his right foot as the axis, and quickly pulled the ball backwards with his left hand, shaking Kobe slightly, then he twisted his body and exerted force on his feet, ignoring Kobe's move Blocks, mid-range fadeaway jump shot.
"Twenty!"
The moment he shot, Li Ze uttered a word directly.
"Shua!" A steady hit in the middle distance!
Such an arrogant performance completely angered Kobe. He has scored 81 points, and the rookie wants to compete with him?
"Wow! Almost the same technical moves, this looks really pleasing to the eye, I like this set of matchups, but our MVP seems to be talking trash all the time, it seems that he succeeded in angering Kobe!"
In the commentary seat of ESPN, Mike Bryn became more and more excited as he watched, and it had to be such an interesting matchup, but the head coach Phil Jackson on the sidelines was very helpless. He thought that if Kobe calmed down for half a quarter, the situation would be different. It's getting better, I didn't expect the third quarter of the game to become like this again...
Kobe, who entered Mamba mode again, only had the basket in his eyes. Coupled with Li Ze's constant chatter in his ear to help him score, Kobe began to frantically ask for the ball and keep taking shots.
"Nice shot, got 16 points!"
"Poor shot selection, 0 points!"
"It's useless to increase the arc, it's still 0 points!"
"Finally got 18 points, but there is still a gap of 4 points..."
Unlike Kobe, Li Ze put more energy on the defensive end. With one quarter left in the game, he just wanted to consume Kobe's physical energy at this time.
Amidst the exclamations one after another in the Ford Center Arena, the third quarter of the game ended quickly.
In the third quarter, Kobe completely entered the Mamba mode. He made 3 of 10 in a single quarter, including 4 of 4 three-pointers, 2 of 4 free throws, and scored 4 points and 14 rebounds.
And Li Ze didn't take too many shots. He scored 5 of 3 in a single quarter and only scored 6 points. The Thunder had many options on the offensive end. Durant played well in this quarter, scoring 10 points in a single quarter, and Turtle also had 6 points credited.
Therefore, after the third quarter, the two sides battled to 76:82, and the point difference was still 6 points...
During the break between quarters, on the bench of the Lakers, Kobe was gasping for breath, and then began to add tons of water. He took 10 shots in a single quarter, and he had to entangle with Li Ze every time he attacked. After all, he is about to be 33 years old, and his physical fitness is declining.
As for the Thunder team, Durant looked at Li Ze who didn't change his face, and almost turned into lemon essence again. What kind of physical ability is this?In the case of defending Kobe all the time, he didn't even pant, beast...
"Kayce, is your fitness okay?"
Head coach Brooks asked with concern. He replaced Li Ze with 3 minute and 1 seconds left in the third quarter. He couldn't help but worry when he played almost the entire third quarter and defended against Kobe all the time. The physical condition of the golden thigh.
"It's definitely okay to play the fourth quarter, don't worry, coach!"
Li Ze immediately stated that this is the effect brought by the golden badge. With various bonuses to reduce physical consumption, Li Ze can output all his strength. He will end the Mamba in the fourth quarter.
Excited tortoise heard Li Ze's words, and immediately began to applaud enthusiastically, encouraging everyone to continue to strengthen their defense and strive to play a wave in the fourth quarter.
After the start of the fourth quarter, Kobe, who was completely on top, came up and attacked. Facing Li Ze's defense, he received the ball and made a breakthrough. Then he changed direction twice in a row and made a mid-range jump shot.
"Bang!" Angrily hit an iron.
The rebound was directly accepted by Ibaka, and the Lakers immediately retreated, but Li Ze was overjoyed. Kobe's physical fitness really couldn't stand it.
Guigui rushed across the half court and made tactical gestures. Li Ze and Durant began to penetrate the baseline. Flanks pop out.
Kobe chased all the way, but was caught by Ibaka's screen, so he was still half a beat behind. When Li Ze received the pass from the turtle, Kobe's defense had just rotated. Li Ze quickly lowered his center of gravity and held the ball in his right hand. Cross step breakthrough.
Kobe hurriedly slid back, only to find that Li Ze suddenly dribbled the ball behind his back after taking a big step. He quickly adjusted his defensive focus and moved forward.
And at the moment Kobe moved, Li Ze quickly changed direction with his left hand, held the ball in his right hand and pretended to break through, then vigorously dribbled the ball on the spot, exerted force with his feet, and quickly retreated beyond the three-point line, before Kobe could react , Immediately shot a jumper.
"That's good! Kayce hits the three!"
The commentator Mike Brin immediately shouted passionately when he saw Li Ze hit a three-pointer after the opening.
"25 points! I'm going to surpass you!"
After scoring the goal, Li Ze whispered to Kobe next to him. Seeing the black mamba staring at death again, Li Ze shrugged his shoulders and smiled lightly, then quickly retreated.
When the Lakers were attacking, Gasol's pick-and-roll was quickly squeezed by Li Ze. Kobe was about to make a mid-range jump shot, but found that Li Ze's defense was in place. Force a jump shot!
"Bang!" Another strike!
At this time, it was almost a two-for-one basket, Perkins firmly stuck Bynum, Ibaka easily won the rebound again, and the Thunder quickly initiated a conversion.
Guigui noticed that Li Ze was rushing very fast and went straight to the ball, but Kobe didn't dare to be careless when he saw Li Ze receiving the ball, and stared at Li Ze's movements.
On the left flank outside the three-point line, Li Ze, holding the ball in his right hand, suddenly sent the ball forward, then quickly lowered the center of gravity of his body, and pulled the ball sharply with his left hand. After adjusting his footsteps, the fancy Sam Gould directly passed Kobe defense.
Kobe just wanted to chase, but found that Li Ze made an emergency stop outside the three-point line and shot a jumper.
Watching the ball draw a beautiful arc, and finally fell into the net accurately!
"Oh! Kayce From Downtown!"
An emergency stop made a three-pointer, and the commentator Mike Brin screamed, and the Oklahoma City fans at the Ford Center also screamed, switching the three-pointer, Li Ze's signature move!
"Come and restrain me!"
After throwing in a three-pointer, Li Ze excitedly yelled at Kobe again.
Angry!
This was definitely Kobe's worst night. I saw Li Ze win the MVP and was ridiculed by the opponent in the game. Seeing Li Ze chuckling, Kobe went into Mamba mode again, Super Mamba!
As a result, in the next round, Kobe hit the iron again. Fortunately, the Lakers retreated in time. The head coach Phil Jackson on the sidelines couldn't sit still. With a double-digit point difference, Kobe was still on top, and Li Ze's state exploded. This game is not right!
But just one minute into the fourth quarter, coach Phil Jackson decided to watch another round.
Of course, Guigui knew that his good brother was hot, so he signaled to play a double-screen tactic for Li Ze. Li Ze, who was on the line, cut across from right to left, and using the cover of two big men, he successfully received the left flank outside the three-point line. ball.
Kobe, who was completely on top, chased and defended very fiercely. Li Ze just got the ball and immediately stuck to the defense.
On the three-point line, Li Ze put the ball with his left hand, suddenly raised the center of gravity of his body, then dribbled the ball behind his left hand sharply, and pretended to break through with the ball in his right hand. Kobe just slid back, dribbled the ball behind his back quickly, and then retreated without waiting for the opponent to react. Stepping beyond the three-point line, a slightly receding three-point jumper shot.
"BANG! BANG!"
"Another three! Kayce From Downtown!"
The commentator Mike Breen screamed excitedly...
The Ford Center was blown up in an instant, making three consecutive three-pointers. In less than 2 minutes, Li Ze directly scored 9 points, widening the point difference to 15 points. The Oklahoma City fans at the scene were overjoyed!
"It's over! No one can restrain me!"
After Li Ze finished speaking, he immediately celebrated enthusiastically with his teammates. The head coach Phil Jackson next to him directly asked for a timeout. After more than a minute, a wave of 9:0 came directly... It's outrageous!
Kobe, who returned to the bench, cursed in a low voice:
"Fake!"
Then he threw the towel angrily, and then kicked the Gatorade bottle at his feet away...
Everyone on the Lakers dared not speak out, Mamba was furious!
But Li Ze, who was sitting on the bench, accepted the compliments from everyone, he was so awesome, he exploded in an instant, his scoring ability is too strong!
After taking the water bottle handed over by Byron and taking a swig, Li Ze, who was in a good mood, directly leaned back tactically, laughing in his heart:
"This is the strength of the MVP! The Mamba is out of date!"
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