This striker is a bit of a monster

Chapter 213 The Bobcats' March Madness (5)

"This is a difficult team to deal with. With team basketball as the guide and a few high-quality shooters, it is definitely a playoff-level team."

If it was before March, Kobe Bryant or the Los Angeles Lakers would never have put the Charlotte Bobcats in their eyes.

But the Lynx team in March was really crazy. They lost only one game in 12 games. They defeated the strong and tenacious Utah Jazz team in the last game with six consecutive victories. A 26-second three-point lore from 0.8 feet away also became the top ten shots of the week selected by the NBA.

The Cleveland Cavaliers, the Houston Rockets, the Utah Jazz, the Toronto Raptors, all are the ghosts of the Bobcats.

Stepping on these playoff-level teams, the Charlotte Bobcats have climbed to the eighth place in the Eastern Conference.

And the Lakers are also changing.

The current battle for the top spot in the Western Conference is intensifying.

The Los Angeles Lakers ranked first in the Western Conference with 49 wins and 22 losses.

But behind the New Orleans Hornets, 48 ​​wins and 21 losses are half a game away from the Lakers, and they may surpass them at any time. ,
And New Orleans still has a game today. Once the Hornets win and the Lakers lose, the Hornets will once again climb to the No. [-] position in the Western Conference.

Therefore, Kobe is determined to win the game against the Charlotte Bobcats in order to secure his No. [-] throne in the Western Conference.

Although the Charlotte Bobcats have reached eighth in the East, the Eagles behind them are only 30 games behind with 40 wins and 2 losses, and the current goal of the Charlotte Bobcats is not eighth, but seventh , or even sixth.

Now the Philadelphia 76ers are 35 wins and 35 losses ahead of the Charlotte Bobcats by 3 games.

As for the Toronto Raptors, because they have suffered a losing streak recently, their winning percentage has also dropped to only 50%.

The three teams still have 11 games left to finish the game, and the distance of 3 wins is not completely unattainable!

Now the Bobcats are in a situation where they are sitting on eight and seven.

You must know that the Boston Celtics this season are extremely terrifying, but no team is willing to touch them in the first round.

Ranking eighth means that the probability of being out of the first round of the playoffs is more than 9%.

Despite the experience of defeating the Boston Celtics, the same is true for the Charlotte Bobcats, trying to avoid meeting in the first round of the playoffs!

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Starting from February 2th, Pau Gasol officially put on the purple and gold jersey, and his arrival has completely transformed the Los Angeles Lakers into a complete body.

So far, in a total of 26 games, the Los Angeles Lakers have achieved a record of 20 wins and 6 losses, with a winning percentage close to the terrifying [-]%!

However, since the battle with the New Orleans Hornets, Gasol has selectively truceed 6 games due to old injuries.

After he was absent, the Lakers only achieved a record of 3 wins and 3 losses. When he was there, they were 17 wins and 3 losses. It can be seen that Paul Gasol played a role in the Lakers.

In today's game, Pau Gasol also chose a truce.

In addition, because of the dislocation of the kneecap of the left knee, but the recovery effect after the operation was not ideal, Bynum has basically announced that he will be reimbursed for the season!
So even if the calculation is magnified, the current Lakers probably only have about 7 success.

The Bobcats still use the same strategy. If they defend Kobe, they may win the Lakers!

Lacking Pau Gasol and Andrew Bynum, the Lakers can only put the team's third center, Ronnie Turiaf, into the starting lineup.

The Frenchman is having the best season of his career.

Of course, it only has 6.9 points and 3.9 rebounds. It is undoubtedly a pure blue-collar.

But the Lakers are not short of scorers.

Another big man from Europe, Vladimir Radmanovic, also entered the starting lineup. Compared with Turiaf, he is a stable and tall fort of 2.08 meters.

Under Phil Jackson, who is trying to play the triangle again, he is currently replacing Gasol's tactical position.

With a height of 2.08 meters, he really plays the small forward position.

Lamar Odom is standing in the power forward position.

And the old fisher Fisher who returned to the Lakers occupied another starting position. His experience and big heart are also the key to the Lakers' full growth this season.

For the Charlotte Bobcats, the former Lakers guard Smush Parker was directly in the starting lineup, with Brandon Roy at the second position, Zhou Lin and Mike Dunleavy on the front line, Emeka . Okafor stood in the C position.

This is also the first time the Charlotte Bobcats have played against the Lakers without a defensive forward.

Gerald. Wallace and Sean. Marion have left the Charlotte Bobcats, but also let the Charlotte Bobcats lack an absolute defensive shield.

There is no such a person who can defend against Kobe to death.

Therefore, facing the Los Angeles Lakers today, the tactics that the Charlotte Bobcats can adopt here is to ruthlessly double-team Kobe.

Kobe this season, after the Lakers made effective signings, finally no longer needed to rely on crazy scoring to change the game, and under the tireless persuasion of Phil Jackson, the paranoid Kobe was finally willing to play in the triangle. Use your brains on tactics.

Data comparison, Kobe Bryant, the scoring leader last season and last season, averaged 06 points per game in the 07-31.6 season. Occupy the league's top scorer position.

This season, Kobe Bryant averaged "only" 28.1 points per game, a drop of about 3.5 points.

It's not that his scoring ability has been reduced. Now he is still capable of averaging 30+ or ​​even 35+ per game, but the compromise he made for the championship. How eager he is to get a championship that belongs to him !
And making this kind of change can also be reflected in another statistic. He restrained his shot rights, which also allowed his assists to reach the second highest in his career at 6.3.

It's not that Kobe can't pass. His keen basketball sense can ensure that he can find the right teammates in the first time. Of course, the premise is that the teammates are worthy of his trust.

From the very beginning of the game, Zhou Lin could vaguely see Kobe's change.

And it was Turiaf, the rough insider, who helped the Lakers get the first point, and Kobe personally sent the assist.

Feeling a bit caught off guard!

But the Charlotte Bobcats are not polite at all. Zhou Lin broke through Radmanovich twice, and Mike Dunleavy also frequently made long-range shots from high positions.

At 6 minutes and 25 seconds into the game, the Bobcats started with a wave of 12-5 and stopped the Los Angeles Lakers first.

As for Kobe Bryant, even though he was dissatisfied when he saw his teammates keep missing shots, he still encouraged his teammates. Compromised.

So far, Kobe has only shot once, but he didn't make a hit.

And everyone can see that Kobe has been restraining his desire to shoot. He hopes that his teammates can make shots first, and his scoring can be placed in the second half.

Luke Walton replaced Radmanovich, allowing Luke Walton to face Mike Dunleavy, while Zhou Lin was switched to Lamar Odom's defense.

After returning from the timeout, Kobe couldn't help but burst out with the natural desire of a scorer.

He missed two consecutive outside draws, but then he bit Brandon Roy tightly, so that the opponent didn't even pass halftime, and he succeeded in stealing, laying up, and scored the first two goals of the game. point.

And in this game, Zhou Lin's touch started very early, and he had a good touch against Radmanovic, even raising his hand for three-pointers from the outside.

Although Kobe once again scored points with a difficult fadeaway, Zhou Lin quickly responded with an emergency stop jumper to score points against Odom's defense.

4 of 4, Zhou Lin has already scored 9 points.

"Lamar, go away, go away!"

Kobe finally got impatient, waved Odom away and said, "Let me do it, let me do it!"

Although he is two sizes smaller than Zhou Lin, he is not worried about physical confrontation with this young player, and he also tries to make more physical contact with Zhou Lin.

"You can't do anything in front of me!" Kobe's eyes were full of paranoid competitiveness.

Zhou Lin tried to break through Kobe with his left hand, but Kobe quickly made Zhou Lin almost lose the basketball with a ghostly steal. Brandon Roy picked up the missed ball from Zhou Lin, and immediately The tacit understanding of playing for two years came out, and Zhou Lin just received a pass from Brandon Roy when he cut down. Kobe Bryant had already lost his position, but then he rushed down crazily to catch up.

He jumped up and grabbed Zhou Lin's basketball from behind.

However, the referee quickly hammered the foul, while Kobe frowned, made a gesture of scrambling the ball, and chased the referee on duty to discuss an explanation.

The referee has no intention of changing his penalty.

Zhou Lin really felt Kobe's obsession with victory.

Kobe's stubbornness started to rise again. Although facing the crazy pursuit of the Charlotte Bobcats, two or even three people double-teamed, he still chose to make a few forced shots, and Kobe's touch is indeed Very average.

In the first quarter, Kobe made 9 of 3 shots and scored 8 points.

And Zhou Lin felt good here, scoring 7 points on 5 of 13 shots, 2 rebounds and 2 assists.

The Charlotte Bobcats also took a 31-point lead in the first quarter, 22-9.

After Kobe played the entire first quarter, he only took a one-minute break in the second quarter before playing. Zhou Lin guessed that if Phil Jackson hadn't held Kobe down, according to Kobe's personality, he might have I don't want to rest for 1 minute.

And when Kobe felt it, it was truly terrifying.

Although Brandon Roy is already defending desperately, Mohamed and Boris Diaw on one side are also constantly defending Brandon Roy, but Kobe still made a lot of incredible and difficult The shooting action, put the ball into the basket.

The 9-point lead disappeared in just 2 minutes.

When Zhou Lin came up, the Los Angeles Lakers had already led by 37 point 36-1.

During the period, Kobe scored two three-pointers and also had a 2+1 performance.

"Two people, three people? It doesn't seem to be enough."

Kobe Bryant spat trash talk at Brandon Roy: "This is my home court, and this era also belongs to me!"

As arrogant as Kobe, Brandon Roy, one of the heirs of Mamba, could not find any excuse to refute.

The players of the Charlotte Bobcats were also made a little less good at playing by Kobe's scoring performance, but Zhou Lin calmed down first.

"He is a man, not a god!"

Zhou Lin shouted loudly: "He will be exhausted, and he will always fail to make shots."

Basketball is for five people, and the strength of one person will never be able to defeat the combined strength of five people.

Different from the nervousness when he first met Kobe, now Zhou Lin stands in front of Kobe as an opponent, and the only thing he has to do is to beat Kobe!
Appearing again, Zhou Lin also used his actual actions to prove that he is not a little person who can't do anything.

Facing Kobe's pressing defense, Zhou Lin finally used his turn to gain a first-line shooting space, and then made a fake move, and Kobe was also fooled.

Zhou Lin looked at the whereabouts of Kobe, made a shooting posture, and came up with a real touch.

The referee whistles!

The shot from outside the three-point line, so Zhou Lin won three free throws.

In the booing of tens of thousands of spectators at Staples, Zhou Lin used three steady free throws to shut them up.

At the end, Zhou Lin also made a gesture of putting his finger on his lips to indicate that he could silence his voice.

And in the future, this action will also become one of Zhou Lin's signatures. Zhou Lin will use this silent gesture every time he makes a lore or hits a key ball.

"All three free throws were hit, Zhou Lin was not disturbed by the fans at all, really stable!"

"Looking at the replay again, Zhou Lin's shot is really clever. Kobe is considered an old man, but he still followed Zhou Lin's way."

"Today, Zhou Lin is on the bar with Kobe. Now Zhou Lin is in the limelight. In the last MVP ranking, Zhou Lin also entered for the first time, ranking eighth. It can be seen that Zhou Lin is now in the top position. Lin already has the potential to evolve into a superstar."

"Zhou Lin's ability to hit such a high level in the second year is beyond the imagination of many American media people. If Zhou Lin breaks out early, I am afraid that this year's All-Star Game will usher in the first Chinese derby."

"Being able to compete with Kobe already proves Zhou Lin's value. Haven't you seen the way Kobe looks at Zhou Lin now? It's completely like looking at a star of equal status."

CCTV invited Zhang Weiping's partner Yu Jia to explain the game today, and Zhang Weiping, also known as Weiping Bryant, especially likes to comment on the game between Kobe and the Lakers.

Of course, I won’t repeat his classic quotations here.

(End of this chapter)