super small forward

Chapter 592 592. Kobe's Answer

11 to 0, the Lakers dominated the game on both offense and defense.

Facts have proved that Kobe, as an offensive containment point, relying on his previous deterrence, is much more helpful to the team than he is the main scorer!

Kobe attracted away the strongest point of the opponent's defense, and Liu Ren and Antetokounmpo played very well, reaching the power of Liu Ren and Kobe's offensive partner last season.

After being beaten 3-11 in the first 0 minutes, Raptors coach Casey quickly called a timeout.

Change defense!
Kobe is really dead, the Lakers have abandoned him!Just use him as a cover to attract defensive firepower!It was a lie to let Kobe play the main game when he played against weak teams before!Lie to such a strong team and honest people like them!
The game had only started for a few minutes, neither side had reached the point of substitution, and the game continued after the timeout.

When the Lakers attacked again, Carroll stood in front of Liu Ren, and DeRozan ran to entangle with Antetokounmpo. Although DeRozan was more than ten centimeters taller than Antetokounmpo, the difference in height was not as high as Lowry encountered. Antetokounmpo was so big at the time, it wouldn't be as high as the opponent's chest.

So, Bryant faced Lowry's defense.

Kobe was shocked and immediately asked for the ball.

How could Ke Juxia refuse to give the ball?Antetokounmpo uploaded it right away.

Kobe's first shot in this game!Kobe is under a lot of pressure to play tall. After more than ten games, opponents have found that his explosive power is really bad, and his ability to make strong shots has been greatly reduced. Therefore, those defenders who are taller than Kobe are completely uneasy, so Kobe It's hard to play, the explosive power is not good, the opponent doesn't eat it, and the strong shot is interfered, it is natural that the shooting rate drops.

But against opponents who are shorter than himself, Kobe is very comfortable. He is considered a tall guard among the guards.

So Lowry, who just thought he got rid of the two demons of Antetokounmpo and Liu Ren, was going to follow Kobe to chase Kobe to death, suddenly found that Kobe had the ball, and he was still so powerful one-on-one.

When Kobe leaned on Lowry to score two plus one, Lowry suffered a critical blow again: "Coach, you are lying... Who said Kobe can't do it..."

……

……

109 to 75,

The Raptors were beaten by the Lakers.

This is not a big deal, the Raptors are not regarded as the master of a real strong team, the key is that they have been completely played!

In the previous game of the Lakers, it was clear that Kobe was the arrow figure, and the Lakers gave him a lot of ball rights to find his status.

Even when they were playing against one of the best teams in the East like the Knicks, the Lakers still played like that, and then the Knicks stared at Kobe's defense. The players defended against Kobe, then bucked the trend to tie or even overtake the score, and finally used the excellent offensive firepower to seize the situation. If it wasn't for Fisher's really ineffective, on-the-spot command, and a stupid move, the Knicks have a great chance Beat the Lakers!

Therefore, other teams believe that Kobe's self-contained style of play this year will hurt the Lakers. If it weren't for the Lakers' overall strength and good start schedule, they would have been defeated by their main opponents long ago.

The Raptors came here with such an idea. Who knew that Kobe suddenly stopped playing hegemony and became a wretched uncle with a wretched development!
When the Raptors used Carroll or James Johnson, who came off the bench, to defend Kobe Bryant, he would move in a wretched position, occasionally running out of the open space and taking a cold shot to show his presence, and Antetokounmpo With Liu Ren and even Nick Young and McCollum who came off the bench, they all caught the Raptors' weakest defensive tyrant. This person is poor Lowry. The Lakers scored a total of 86 points today. Got it on his head.

The Raptors used DeRozan, James Johnson, and Carroll to defend against Liu Ren and others. Instead of defending Kobe, they used Lowry or Corey Joseph, whom the Raptors dug from the Spurs, to defend against Kobe. Kobe caught the Raptors point guard, the weakest part of the defense, and was tyrannical, and Kobe was really good against players shorter than himself. In the end, there is no such stubborn look as before.

Kobe played only 17 minutes today, and hit 10 of 7 shots, setting a new high for this season. He completely switched to a role player's style of play, which not only improved his offensive efficiency, but also made his teammates more comfortable, and scored 10 points. minutes of playing time to Antetokounmpo.

Antetokounmpo and Liu Ren formed an outer defensive circle, with Green, Whiteside, Black and Nance Jr. defending well on the inside. They kept the inside and locked the Raptors!

Since the beginning of this year, the Raptors have performed very well in the backcourt and have been dubbed the Super Brothers because Lowry and DeRozan have a very good relationship. Lowry has not found a rented house when he first arrived in Toronto. And only signed for three years when he was reluctant to buy a house, and stayed at DeRozan's house for more than half a year. The two of them got together like wearing a pair of pants. "The fan relationship is so good.

But today the Raptors scored 21 points, Lowry scored 10 points, and DeRozan scored 11 points. The two made 29 of 9 shots and scored 20 irons.

The Super Bros also became Trash Bros...

After the game...

press conference...

Liu Ren scored 31 points today, the first time this season to score 30+. It was really not easy. He was in a good mood and went to the post-match press conference with Kobe and D'Antoni.

This year, Liu Ren's data has not been the best for the Lakers. There is Whiteside, who averaged 14.1 rebounds per game, second in the rebounding list, and Kobe Bryant, the "data brush" outside, so he did not participate in the press release in the first 11 games Yes, the management and press officer of the Lakers team said they were desperate, so let him do it, but since Liu Ren wants to participate today, they are naturally happy.

Originally, Liu Ren thought that he managed to get the highest score in the audience today, and since he hadn't attended the press conference for so long, the reporters would definitely miss him.

Who knew that after the press conference started, the media all pointed their guns and short guns at Kobe's side, completely ignoring Liu Ren's existence.

To be honest, the media loves Liu Ren's big mouth, and being interviewed is a headline-level news.

but!Liu Ren's miraculous brain circuit and uncontrollable nonsense mouth made the media love and hate. When the news was not bad, they said they hadn't seen Liu Ren.

The media said that today there is such a big event as Kobe who suddenly changed his style of play. The news is enough, you should rest, little ancestor, think about the jokes and we will talk next time.

Regardless of the fact that no one interviewed the resentful Liu Ren, there were a lot of people on Kobe's side who were asking questions.

"Kobe, you seem to have changed your style of play today. Is it the arrangement of the coaching staff to weaken your offensive role?"

"Kobe took only 10 shots today, which is the lowest number of shots since his comeback. The Lakers are going to train other young players. Have you become a player mentor?"

"..."

"..."

Most of the above are relatively polite and friendly cooperative units.

However, the old enemy of espn has a sharp question: "Are you abandoned by the Lakers because of your previous poor performance? You didn't even play in the third quarter today, and you didn't even have a minute of playing time in the second half. Is this the Lakers' plan?" A signal for a change of dynasty?"

The media's questions were like machine guns, and they were directed at Kobe.

Kobe is an old man, he has seen this kind of scene a lot, and he expressed his calmness.

Kobe smiled and said: "Okay, okay, I heard that everyone's questions have almost the same meaning. You want to ask me what's going on with my style of play today, right?"

"The reason is very simple, I found that I am really old."

"I hate to admit it, after last season, I took a month off, you know, I'm old, I'm definitely tired after a crazy season, I was tired, so rest It took a month before returning to training."

"Oh, when I just finished my rest and got ready for training, I looked at me in the mirror, and I was going crazy. It's only been a month, and my belly is as big as when my wife was pregnant."

"I was very upset, so I trained like crazy and I dropped the weight in a month, which I'm very proud of."

"But after I lost the weight, I found that I didn't seem to have changed much. I was still so old and so slow."

"I tried my best from the peak game of basketball, and then slacked off for a month before I realized that I was really that old. This is different from the previous two years. In the previous two years, I was fighting injuries. As long as I get healthy, I I could play well, but now it’s different.”

"I can no longer be like when I was 18 years old. After playing a season, I can eat happily for a month, and then come out to practice for a few days, and I can play 360-degree dunks in front of my teammates. I can no longer complete the crotch change dunk so easily. "

"Are you going to become a role player? My age has reached this stage, but I am not reconciled!"

"I trained very hard and wanted to maintain the previous state and lead the big ship of the Lakers forward as the helmsman like last season, last season."

"However, after a dozen real games passed, I began to realize the cruelty of Old Man Time."

"I don't want to admit that I'm old, I don't want to be a role player, I still want to stand on the front line and confront the strongest opponent, so I stubbornly occupy all the shots and match up with the opponent's best player .”

"But the facts tell me that you are really old."

"I hate to admit it, but I finally accepted it."

"Now I hope I can help the team in the way I can. We have bosses, we have Hassan, we have Drummond, we have Giannis, we have CJ... Wow, I went through a dozen games After the blow, my head started to clear up, I started to notice this, we have the best talent in the league, we have the best lineup, why should I be stubborn?"

"I'm willing to make sacrifices, be put on the sidelines like you guys say, and be a mentor to the young lads."

"We all need to sacrifice, I know we have a lot of kids who are future superstars, but we're in a boat called the defending champions and we all have to sacrifice, like boss, he's taking fewer shots this year than he was last season Halfway through, he knew his teammates had another year of growth and needed more opportunities to perform."

"So I'm willing, willing to be a role player, what's wrong with that? What's better than putting the ball in the basket like today?"

"I don't want to be as stubborn as before and have to do everything by myself. I just want to win the next championship..."

(End of this chapter)