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Chapter 258 The Paranoid Kobe

After returning from the timeout, Riley maintained the lineup he had before the timeout.

"It seems that Riley has adjusted his tactics."

Smith judged.

The Heat attack.

Li Lei was still holding the ball at the top of the arc, and he looked up at the score: 12 to 5.

Afterwards, Li Lei gestured towards the basket.

O'Neill brought it up.

Pick and roll tactics!

Heat team, started to play with.

Unsolvable Leo pick and roll.

Odom bumped his head against O'Neal's gigantic body, his head full of stars.

"This thing is used as a cover, are you sure it's not a hack? Who can get around it?"

Li Lei took the opportunity to get rid of Odom.

Mim, who came out with O'Neal, was forced to switch defenses.

Li Lei changed direction and accelerated again, easily making the "big pyrene" live a clean life.

The basket is already empty.

Brian Cook jumped in to defend, but was obviously a step slower.

Without hesitation, Li Lei stepped on the floor, jumped into the air, raised the basketball with both arms, and slammed it into the basket.

boom!
12:7.

Cook, who rushed in, was a step slower after all, and Li Lei, who was hanging on the frame, directly knocked out of the bottom line and fell down.

"Roar!"

The entire American Airlines Center arena exploded in an instant, and the Miami fans jumped up and cheered, whistling, and making all kinds of weird noises.

John Lavigne on the sidelines tried to maintain a gentlemanly demeanor, but the blood in his veins was rioting.

This is basketball?
"Roar!"

Li Lei, who landed on the ground, also roared with his fists, and then shouted: "Return to defense!"

The Heat rushed to the backcourt to defend, but did not give the Lakers an easy chance to score.

Lakers offense.

The ball is naturally still in Kobe's hands, but the defender has changed from "little boy" Wade to the tall and stalwart Posey.

Posey displayed the strength of a top wing defender and created considerable difficulties for Kobe.

Li Lei also assisted in the defense at the critical moment, and finally forced Kobe's shot to go out of the frame.

Kobe's score finally broke.

O'Neal jumped hard to protect the backcourt rebound.

The Heat attack.

Or Leo pick and roll.

Kobe knew in his heart that Mim, a big center, would never be able to keep up with Li Lei's speed, so he jumped over to help defend the moment Li Ao took it apart.

However, Li Lei looked at all directions and listened to all directions, and threw a ball directly to Posey who was emptied outside the three-point line.

Kobe saw the pass and immediately returned to defense.

But how can a person run the ball.

Posey catches and shoots.

Swish!
One hit.

12: 10.

Posey this season is really the top 3D.

Defensively, three-pointers carefully.

The defensive end can cause huge trouble for the opponent's top scorer, and the offensive end is particularly accurate in three-pointers.

Of course, some fans have discussed: why role players are particularly accurate in three-pointers when they come to the Heat.

Like Damon Jones last season.

James Posey this season.

In fact, it is very simple. If you have O'Neal, Wade, and Li Lei as the three major scorers, you can also get more and better opportunities.

Some fans ridiculed: O'Neal's grandma came to this Heat team and could score easily.

The game continues.

The Lakers attacked, and their point difference was only 2 points.

Bryant was closely guarded by Posey and handed the ball to Odom.

Odom faced Li Lei.

Li Lei stood on the left side and blocked the left side, forcing Odom, a left-hander, to go to the right.

Odom really hit the move and broke through from the right.

Li Lei seized the opportunity and went straight to the intensity.

Odom encountered a confrontation and his body was unstable. After all, the ball-handling skills of his right hand were much worse than that of his left hand, showing his flaws.

Li Lei reached out for everything.

Snapped!
Steal.

Afterwards, Li Lei took advantage of the situation to grab the basketball and made a fast break by himself.

Kobe and Odom were left behind, but Smush Parker stood back and barely kept up.

But such a thin guard like him is not worth mentioning in front of Li Lei.

Li Lei jumped up directly, pushed Parker in the air, and smashed the ball into the basket.

boom!
12: 12.

After returning from the timeout, the Heat played a 7:0 offensive wave and directly tied the score.

Lakers offense.

Odom was once again targeted by Li Lei.

This time, he defended the basketball with difficulty and passed it to Parker.

But facing the strong Wade, Parker couldn't get any benefit at all, so he reluctantly made a shot and made a direct shot.

Walker received the rebound, made a fast break himself, and assisted Wade in the frontcourt to score a layup.

12: 14.

The Heat took the lead.

And the momentum has also risen.

Drip!

"Zen Master" Phil Jackson immediately called a timeout.

"Phil's timeout came a bit late! It should be one or two goals earlier, so the Lakers still have the lead and won't be so passive."

Barkley asked in the commentary booth.

"But that's Phil's style of coaching, leaving it up to the players on the field to figure it out."

Reggie Miller knows Zen master better.

In fact, they do not know.

The Zen master wanted to call a timeout very early on.

The essence of the Lakers' problem is that no one can help Bryant.

To put it bluntly, the Lakers this season are the worst in the history of the Lakers, not even as good as last season.

Because of the inaction of the Lakers management in the summer, or negative effects, they lost Caron Butler in exchange for Kwame Brown who dared not catch the ball.

It was simply a failed transaction.

Lakers fans already want to send razor blades to general manager Kupchak's home.

Other than Kobe, only one Odom can make a difference.

The reason why Zen Master didn't call a timeout before was to see if the rest of the Lakers could eat dumplings and give Kobe a little help.

However, it turns out that the Zen master thought too much.

Smash Parker does nothing in front of Wade.

Even Odom, who usually supported Kobe, was restricted to death by Li Lei, and he couldn't do anything tonight.

Therefore, the Zen master told Kobe directly: "Kobe, in the next round, you have to play more aggressively."

The implicit meaning is: the rest of the Lakers are dead, you can only rely on yourself tonight.

Kobe nodded.

He is such a strong man, no matter how difficult the situation is, he will not bow his head.

Back on the court, Kobe used Cook's cover to hit a three-pointer directly from outside the three-point line.

Swish!
15: 14.

The Lakers, overtook.

Director Zhang Weiping exclaimed: "Hey! This Kobe is still really good! No matter how you shoot, you can score!"

But soon.

Li Ao picks and rolls, Li Lei lobs to O'Neal who rolls down, O'Neal squeezes away Odom, who is changing defense, and directly smashes the ball into the basket.

boom!
15: 16.

The scores of the two teams rose alternately, and the game was very tense.

The first quarter is over.

28: 28.

The two teams drew.

But in the first half of the second quarter, Wade and Walker led the Heat's rotation and directly stunned the Lakers.

Without Bryant, the Lakers were scoreless for four minutes.

The Heat took advantage of the situation to widen the point difference.

28: 35.

Facing Kobe's third challenge, Phil Jackson had no choice but to agree.

Just turning his head, he saw Pat Riley opposite him with a half-smile and the corner of his mouth raised as the headmaster.

snort!
Phil Jackson snorted coldly and pretended not to see it.

After playing, Kobe made sudden shots and scored 5 points in a row, helping the Lakers narrow the point difference.

But soon, Wade swayed away from the defender and threw the basketball into the basket.

Subsequently, Wade's rhythm caused a foul by the Lakers' backup center Kwame Brown.

Wade went to the free throw line and made 2 of 2 free throws.

Wade scored 4 points in a row.

He was suppressed by Kobe in the first quarter and could hardly do anything, and finally broke out in the second quarter.

This also means that Kobe has been busy for half a day, and the point difference has narrowed by 1 point.

After that, the head coaches of both sides replaced the main players one after another.

For the Heat, Wade, who played a quarter, rested, and O'Neal and Li Lei continued to lead the team.

O'Neal, Haslem, Li Lei, Posey, White Chocolate.

The first ball after the substitution, the Heat have the ball.

Or Leo pick and roll.

Mihm's defense was not decisive enough, and he was seriously injured, so he reacted slowly.

Li Lei took a step back, retreated beyond the three-point line, and pulled up directly.

Swish!
33: 42.

Lakers offense.

Kobe Bryant sent the ball to the basket again.

35: 42.

But then, it was Leo's pick and roll again.

Brian Cook approached subconsciously and helped Mim pinch Li Lei.

Li Lei found the right opportunity, made a wonderful pass, passed between Cook and Mim, and found Haslem.

Haslem pulls up and shoots.

Swish!
35: 44.

Haslem's open mid-range shot has gradually reached the level of Juwan Howard.

Lakers offense.

Against Posey's defense, Kobe made continuous footsteps, relying on his body and fantasy footsteps to make space with difficulty, and made a shot.

Swish!
37: 44.

Kobe tonight is really omnipotent, he arranged most of the Lakers' scoring.

But look back.

Li Ao picks and rolls, and Li Lei uses O'Neal's cover to easily reach the basket and score a dunk.

boom!
37: 46.

Kobe's efforts did not narrow the point difference.

Halftime is over.

48: 63.

The point difference even widened to the level of 15.

Intermission time.

"Zen Master" Phil Jackson fed chicken soup to Lakers players.

At the beginning of the second half, the Lakers players entered the court aggressively.

However, on the first ball, O'Neal turned around and squeezed Mihm out of the baseline, and then frantically slammed the Lakers' basket.

Afterwards, Li Lei made a three-pointer from the outside and raised the knife.

In less than 1 minute, the point difference reached 20 points.

The Lakers players instantly woke up.

chicken soup?

Is that thing as good as a real gun?
And the most deadly thing is that Kobe's touch dropped in this quarter, only 7 of 2 shots.

The Heat seized the opportunity and quickly expanded the score to 30 points.

The game completely lost its suspense.

Under the gaze of Pat Riley on the opposite side, Phil Jackson gradually gritted his teeth, and finally chose to replace the main player and give up the game.

Bryant returned to the bench, without saying a word, just covering his head with a towel, revealing two dark eyes, staring at the scoreboard.

He played such a performance, and the team still lost miserably, why?
Is it because I am not strong enough?
On the court, the bench lineups on both sides played back and forth.

On the bench, Phil Jackson suddenly sat next to Kobe: "Kobe, look there!"

Kobe looked in the direction of the Zen master's finger: Li Lei, O'Neill, and Wade are playing around, having a good time!
Kobe thought for a while: "Phil, what do you mean, it's not enough for me to hit one person, not strong enough. I need to be stronger, so strong that I can hit three with one?"

Phil Jackson: "..."

He felt like he had killed a dog.

Why can't Kobe figure out such a simple question?
What he wants to tell Kobe is: Basketball belongs to five people!Learn to trust your teammates!
Of course it's not that Kobe is stupid, it's just that Kobe is too paranoid and believes too much in his own personal strength.

I think that Jordan also went through this stage.

Because their personal abilities are too strong, other people appear extremely weak in their eyes.

So they would rather believe in themselves than in the team.

And when Jordan understood this truth, he was reborn instantly, and the Bull Dynasty came.

Phil knew this truth well, but he couldn't force Kobe to tell him.

This kind of thing needs to be understood by oneself.

What you realize by yourself is the real transformation.

Kobe is definitely unwilling to accept it if it is imposed on Kobe, and it may even play a "negative" role.

This is a difficult road, I only hope that Kobe can understand it soon.

Phil Jackson shook his head and sat back down again.

Soon, the game is over.

The Heat beat the Lakers 115:87.

After O'Neal came back, the Heat won a wave of three consecutive victories, and they won every game.

Looking at the thriving Lakers, the league's teams seem to have returned to the 2004-2005 season.

That season, the league had only one voice, one ruler.

That is the invincible Heat!
Any team will tremble against them.

And now, they appear to be back.

In an instant, the other 29 teams lost the will to compete.

That Heat team is still there, and the other teams are only worthy of second place.

David Stern, watching from the sidelines, frowned.

He can allow a three-peat team to exist, but never allow an invincible team to dominate the league.

Such a team will attract a lot of attention, but the entire league will suffer a major impact!
After all, we all know the finale, are you still interested in watching the process?

Damn spoilers!
Stern's gaze became more and more serious, and he clenched his fists.

"In any case, this summer, the group LOW must disband!"

this match.

科比砍下全场最高的45分7篮板4助攻3抢断1盖帽。

Odom had 15 points, 9 rebounds and 5 assists.

In addition, the Lakers did not have a player who scored in double figures.

Heat here:
李磊31分9篮板5助攻3抢断2盖帽。

韦德22分5篮板4助攻1抢断1盖帽。

O'Neal had 16 points, 10 rebounds, 2 assists and 3 blocks.

Posey had 11 points, 4 rebounds, 3 steals and 1 block.

……

At the press conference after the game, Li Lei was asked by reporters what he thought of Kobe.

"A miracle! I mean, he's too strong. No one in this league can score 40+ in front of James (Posey), but Kobe did it. For me, 10 points is not bad gone."

"You have to know that James' defensive ability is better than mine. There is no doubt that he is qualified to enter the defensive team."

After saying this, Posey, who came to the press conference together, blushed.

The reporter also rolled his eyes.

We're talking, isn't it Kobe?

How did you become Percy?
James Posey Bryant?
(End of this chapter)