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While the few of them were discussing, the situation on the court suddenly changed. The Sonics, who had a weak lead, failed to score for four consecutive rounds. Overtake the score together.

Although Kobe only scored two points in this wave of offense, he sent two offenses. It can be said that all seven points are directly related to him. On the other hand, Stephen, during this period of time, he was behind in both shots. , and also made a very low-level mistake, dribbling the ball to the foot, which directly caused the opponent's fast break score.

But Stephen quickly made adjustments. He had to pass the ball at the beginning of the attack, and directly attacked the basket. Although the first attack failed, he quickly made a comeback again. Drove over Kwame Brown's block and dunked the ball into the basket with one hand.

Dunk, an offensive weapon, has been used less and less in Stephen's arsenal. Apart from worrying about injury, dunk is also a relatively physical offensive method, but the effect is not very good. When you can dunk, generally Can also layup.

There are many people who fail to make a layup, but there are not no dunks and dunks. In the final analysis, what offensive method to use depends on the situation at the time. It's been much better.

In the past few minutes, the offense of the Lakers is quite full-blown. Even Kwame Brown scored a small hook, and the Sonics, relying on Stephen alone, how can they resist the Lakers? What about the offensive.

Carlesimo called a timeout, arranged the team's offense, and at the same time asked the players to strengthen their own defense, because the team's problem is not Stephen alone, but the whole team's offense and defense have problems. How to solve it, Carlesimo still chooses Stephen.

Because Watson can't play, Ridnour is not familiar with the main lineup of the starting lineup. This is the main reason for the problem of the Sonics' offense. Instead of just playing some simple small-scale cooperation like at the beginning of the season, they played some more complicated tactics, but most of these were related to Watson. be prepared.

After Carlesimo discovered the problem, he immediately changed his tactics.Abandoning these complicated styles of play, returning to the previous simple and effective style of play, that is, all offensive possessions must first pass Stephen's hands, and then distributed by Stephen. Although this style of play is more dependent on Stephen, but In this case, it is more appropriate.

After returning to the field after a timeout, although the Sonics' defense has not improved much, their offense has improved a little, but they can barely keep up with the opponent's scoring and will not be pulled away by the opponent. There was no persistence either. They were playing well just now, but they suddenly fell into a scoring shortage. Stephen seized this opportunity to score five points in a row, chasing the score to only a four-point gap.

As Kobe began to stand up like a lonely hero, Stephen also seemed to be stimulated, and then began to score. At this time, the two talents have entered the scoring confrontation mode. You get two points, and I get three. Points, you get three points, I get two points.

While Stephen scored [-] points in the first place, Kobe followed closely and scored [-] points, and then the first quarter ended. The performance of the two people in this quarter's confrontation was basically the same. Stephen's shooting percentage A little lower, but he takes a little more shots.

This is exactly the opposite of the performance of the two of them in normal times. In normal games, Stephen's shooting percentage is better, and Kobe's shots are too many, but now it is exactly the opposite. However, [-] points in a single quarter is very important to them. For both, it is not a super-level performance.

In the second quarter, both of them remained on the court, but the teammates around them changed a lot. The inside line of the Lakers was replaced by Odom and Turiaf, Ariza, Jordan Farmar and Kobe Bryant. The outside lineup, while the Sonics still retain the outside lineup except for two insiders.

Ariza did not expect that Durant, who is so tall, would be so flexible, especially the speed of dribbling and breaking through. He is outstanding, but he can't help Durant. After Stephen discovered this, he increased the number of passes to Durant.

Kobe seized this opportunity to score consecutively, but Stephen's energy was used to assist his teammates. However, the situation of the two teams remained stalemate. defensive strength.

Similarly, Kobe didn't relax too much with Stephen. Stephen didn't feel any difference, but Kobe felt that his defense had improved, but he didn't shrink back because of it. Instead, he played harder. Stephen quickly got his first Two fouls.

"This is the difference in willpower between two people." This is Steve Kerr's comment, which is rare, and the other two people nodded in agreement.

Although Stephen didn't hear what they said, he gradually changed his offensive style and played tougher. Kobe had no choice but to strengthen his defense against Stephen. After Stephen felt Kobe's defensive strength improve, he smiled in his heart. stand up.

Stephen is very convinced that if two people enter into an all-round duel, he should be the one who will gain the advantage, so he increased the intensity of the game early so that Kobe had to go all out to play. at last.

Kobe and Ariza suddenly switched their defensive targets, saw that the person in front of him was replaced by Ariza, but Kobe stood in front of Durant, hey, Stephen didn't think much, he raised his hands and feet and forced to squeeze towards Ariza, Ariza Although Zha's defense is also very good, but strength confrontation is not his strong point. After he was squeezed by Stephen and gradually approached the basket, it was too late to foul. Stephen scored two points with a small throw.

Stephen continued to defend Kobe, but Kobe's offense was hindered. After being fought by Stephen for a long time, he still couldn't get rid of Stephen's defense. The two had confronted many times before, but Kobe had never felt that Stephen was so difficult. .

If his pass was a little slower, Stephen's hand would reach his feet. Kobe looked at Stephen coldly, but didn't say anything, but Stephen dodged to block Ariza's shot. When there was a problem, Stephen chose the starting capital-defense.

Starting from defense, it’s not just Kobe alone, but the entire Lakers team. Driven by Stephen, the Sonics team’s defense has also improved, and the Lakers still pin their hopes on offense. , but under Stephen's full interference, their offense played very poorly.

This is the time to test the superstar's ability. After Phil Jackson rarely called a timeout, Kobe returned to the field with fighting spirit in his eyes. As soon as he played, he used a three-pointer to widen the gap to five points. , but Stephen immediately hit a three-pointer.

Kobe used a change of direction to speed up, got rid of Stephen's defense, and scored two points with a shot looking back at the moon. Stephen scored two points with a bottom line layup. Kobe scored two points with a step-back jumper. Score shots from beyond the three-point line.

For several consecutive rounds, the offense played very fast, and at the same time, the other players of the two teams basically did not participate, except to help cover or block people, let them both score. This time, Stephen was slow With one shot, Kobe took the lead to score 32 points. Although Stephen surpassed his score immediately, by the end of the first half, Stephen led Kobe's 31 points with [-] personal points, but the Sonics fell behind the Lakers. two points.

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I don’t know what’s going on today. Sitting there, my right leg hurts continuously. It’s really hard to calm down and type. I’m sorry, the number of words is not enough.