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Chapter 52 Kobe, it may have been connoted!

Phoenix, America West Arena.

July 3th night.

The Lakers' No. 16 opponent in the regular season is the Suns.

The Phoenix Suns were a strong team in the 90s. In 87, the mayor Kevin Johnson was traded and immediately started to take off.

Then, in the 92/93 season, he was traded to the Flying Pig Bacchus, and reached the 93 NBA Finals in one fell swoop.

Next, because of injuries, because of the Rockets, the Suns failed to go any further.

Fortunately, the Suns got the benefits of Kevin Johnson and set a team building concept with point guards as the core.

The future Kidd, Nash, and Paul when Li Mu didn't pass through all led the Suns to a good record.

Sure enough, innovation is easy to die, copying your own is the best.

It is with this correct concept that the Suns used Michael Finley + AC Green + Sam Cassell as bargaining chips in the 96/97 season to trade from the Mavericks to point guard superstar Jason Kidd.

This transaction is quite an exchange of three All-Stars for Kidd. It has to be said that Kidd is too strong.

Speaking of which, in the past few years, the strength of the Suns has been declining. It is because of Kidd that the Suns have a good record in the regular season. first round.

However, like McGrady, he can't pass the first round now.

The premise is that the Suns can make the playoffs, and Kidd has done it. He can make his teammates better and make a mediocre team perform well.

That night, after a simple appearance and warm-up exercises, the starting lineups of both sides were also displayed on the big screen in the arena.

The Lakers started with 5 players, point guard Billups, shooting guard Kobe Bryant, small forward Bobby, power forward Ben Wallace, and center O'Neal.

The Suns started with the Five Tigers, point guard Kidd, shooting guard Rex Chapman, small forward George McLeod, power forward Tom Gugliotta, and center Luke Langley.

beep~~
As the whistle sounded, the basketball flew into the sky and the game began with a scrimmage.

Shark VS Australia Mobile Great Wall!

Australia has the Great Wall?
They only have kangaroos shaking hands, the Great Wall really doesn't have one.

Snapped!
O'Neal defeated Longley, who was not the Great Wall, and scored the first attack for the Lakers.

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frontcourt.

Billups organized the ball and wanted to lob the ball into the paint, but Kidd blocked the passing route.

George McLeod on the left, while helping to defend, completely ignored Bowen buried in the corner of the three-pointer.

In just the first round, it was clear what the Suns' defensive intentions were.

"This is to lock O'Neal's offense! This season's O'Neal is too lethal, and it is normal to be targeted." Mike Breen explained on the commentary stage.

Billups felt very uncomfortable being watched by Kidd. Since he couldn't make a pass to the inside, he followed the pre-match arrangement of head coach Li Mu and gave Kobe the ball to single out Rex Chapman.

In other words, the Lakers want to go further in the playoffs, and Kobe's training is also very important.

Outside the three-point line on the left, Kobe caught the ball and put on an offensive three-threat posture.

Chapman can only fight and retreat, retreating to Kobe's favorite shooting sweet spot, twisting his waist, jumping up, staying in the air, raising his hand and throwing a two-point jumper when Gugliota is not in place...

Chapman is strong in offense and weak in defense, and his explosive power has long been swallowed up by injuries. He is 1 meters tall and can only actively fight.

Jumping over can only prove that he is working hard. Nash also learned this trick in the Suns, but it doesn't work at all for defense.

Swish-!
Kobe Bryant did not turn his back on the three irons, and scored 2 points for the Lakers.

2 to 0! !
Off the court, Suns coach Danny Ainge nodded. The Suns did a pretty good job of restricting O'Neal's offense in the first round.

It is not surprising that the Lakers can score from the outside, which is within the calculation of the Suns.

The only way to limit O'Neal is to tie up his hands and legs and fight the Lakers for outside offense.

The Suns have a sliver of chance to beat the Lakers.

Next, it's just about playing offense, and the Suns aren't afraid to play offense.

On the court, the offense and defense switch, and the Suns attack.

Kidd hit Billups with his back, attracting Kobe to help defend, slammed the ground, the basketball fell into Chapman's hands, caught the ball, jumped up and shot a three-pointer...

When Kobe turned back and turned back, it was already too late.

Swish-!
The three-pointer landed firmly, and after landing, Chapman saw Kobe who was rushing back desperately, but pounced on an empty Kobe, suddenly his head became hot, and he said a bland sentence.

"Kobe, I like your defense, you work as hard as Michael."

"Thank you, but next time, don't try to shoot so easily!"

Kobe thanked Chapman earnestly, and at the same time, replied harshly.

Same as Jordan!
He actually recognized me so much.

It has something to do with Jordan, which makes him unable to turn his head back for a while.

He blurted out a thank you, and soon, Kobe's face changed, and he suddenly remembered who this Rex Chapman was in front of him.

At this moment, he felt that he might be connoted.

It's not possible, Kobe must have been connoted.

In the 94/95 season, Rex Chapman suffered from his Mediterranean haircut.

He didn't choose to do some hair transplant like James, but cut his hair.

Then, he became bald and stronger at the same time.

In the 95/06 season, facing the mighty Bulls team led by Jordan.

In a regular season without any suspense, this person suddenly broke out. Chapman scored 39 points on Jordan's head, made 10 of 9 three-pointers, and led the Heat to an upset victory over the Bulls.

After the game, Chapman was a little bit flustered. That was Jordan, the god of basketball, and he actually defeated Jordan.

Facing the reporter's question, he said: I like Jordan's defense very much.

Jordan is such a vengeful person, how can he bear it?

Kobe couldn't bear it either.

Looking back, Kobe directly reached out for the ball.

Billups tried to pass the ball into the paint several times, but failed.

Kidd's defensive awareness is so good that he even made a close press, only to transfer the basketball to Kobe's hands.

Catch the ball and play the offensive triple threat.

Kobe lifted the ball a little bit, but Chapman ignored Kobe's three-pointer.

Immediately received the ball, Kobe chose to start accelerating and rushing.

Being followed by Chapman's lateral movement, Kobe simply carried Chapman's body, rushed to the paint area, pulled the ball up, and under the attack of Gugliotta and Chapman, he dunked with one hand Send the basketball into the hoop.

At the same time, the referee's whistle sounded, calling Chapman's defensive foul. Kobe's two-pointer was valid, and there was another chance for an additional penalty.

After landing, Kobe came to Chapman and replied, "As you wish, I will blow you up like Michael!!"

In other words, what Kobe did now was to blow up Chapman, and the former Jordan did it too.

The vengeful Joe gang leader, after Chapman's arrogant big talk, every time he meets Chapman, he will be very desperate to dominate both offensive and defensive ends, and directly beat Chapman to the ground. .

At the free throw line, Kobe missed a free throw, made 1 free throw steadily, and succeeded in scoring 1 points.

5 to 3! !
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(End of this chapter)