I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 142 An Unforgettable Showdown

Zen Master, who was sitting on the sidelines, saw the two aces in the team bickering on the court, and he couldn't help muttering, "I don't know why, Howard, who came back from injury, is very different from him in the Magic period. One is that he likes He stays at the basket and doesn’t come out, and second, he always wants to show off his low-post singles skills, who can tell me why?”

Even the chief assistant coach Xiao shook his head, and the others didn't know the answer.

Although Varejao is dubbed the "Brazilian Movie King" by fans, and he just used his superb acting skills to trick Warcraft into a technical foul, but he is not a vegetarian.

With 3 minutes left in the second quarter, Irving easily broke through Duhon's defense and chose a wonderful pass. Varejao got the ball from the basket and scored a strong attack. At the same time, he also caused a foul by Howard.

In the next round of offense, Varejao received another wonderful pass from Irving. He first used a fake move to pass Howard, and then dunked the ball through Jordan Hill, who replaced Gasol, with a one-armed dunk.

Immediately, the Lakers made another mistake in offense. Du Hong passed the ball to Warcraft under the basket, but the latter slipped and couldn't hold it.

However, the Lakers immediately recovered the disadvantage, relying on Kobe's consecutive jump shots to help the Lakers tie the score, and then the Lakers stole the ball, 2-on-1.

In the last 30 seconds, Kobe took a break and McGrady replaced him.

Meeks dribbled the ball and handed it to McGrady after halftime. McGrady broke through to the basket and scored to Jamison, who was outside the front three-point line, but the latter missed a three-point shot, leaving the Cavaliers with 7.3 seconds of attack time. Irving quickly Going straight to the basket, suddenly a blind man scored the ball. Zeller tried to dunk with both hands and was fouled by the Lakers. Zeller made two free throws.

In 1.5 seconds, Meeks missed a long three-pointer.

In this way, the first half ended, 49-54, the Lakers trailed the Cavaliers.

Bryant scored 10 points on 7-for-16 shooting.But Irving performed even better. Duhon and Meeks were defending him, so Irving scored 14 points and 7 assists. Especially before halftime, he continued to play Meeks' defense in the offense, allowing the The fans were hooked.

Warcraft's performance was disappointing as always, scoring only 7 points on 2 of 4 shots.What's even more puzzling is that Kobe said, "Just give up the treatment", and he really gave up the treatment. During the rest of the second quarter, he didn't get stuck or the ball, and occasionally grabbed two A rebound was thrown out as quickly as it was hot.

During the intermission, Master Zen invited everyone to gather together. He wanted to talk about the strategy for the second half of the battle. He raised his head and glanced at Warcraft. The latter chose to be silent, put on headphones, and isolated himself from the surrounding world.

"Leave him alone," Kobe said. "In the second half, you guys are ready to catch and shoot. I will actively attract double-teams to create opportunities."

"That's what I mean." The Zen master echoed, and then took out the [-]x mirror again, and Warcraft alone guarded the inside line. Meeks, Kobe, Artest and Jamison made three-pointers.

At the end, Kobe hesitated for a while and walked towards Warcraft, "I hope you can put more energy into covering your teammates and defending the basket, OK?"

This can be regarded as a kind of active reconciliation, and it can also be regarded as a form of pressure in disguise - I am still the boss of this team, you have to follow the arrangement in terms of tactics, you can't expect yourself to be the World of Warcraft in 2009, just wait inside A teammate passes the ball and scores or draws a foul.Such days are gone forever. After all, the NBA has changed. Traditional centers are no longer popular. Those space-type insiders who can shoot outside the three-point line are becoming the new favorites.

Warcraft nodded with his earphones on, then shook his head again, not knowing whether to agree or refuse.

Kobe sighed, turned and left again.He won't persuade you a second time, accept it or not, it's up to you.

In another battle, the Lakers strengthened their defense and successfully limited the opponent's offense. The Cavaliers only scored 7 points in more than 3 minutes.Although the Lakers' offense was not smooth, Kobe scored 5 points in a row by breaking through and hitting three-pointers, and assisted Meeks and Jamison to hit three-pointers respectively. The Lakers overtook the point difference by 11 points with an 3-3 offensive. 60-57.

Kyrie Irving once again showed his singles ability in the first half, ready to play Meeks' defense, but Kobe took the initiative to switch positions with the latter, wanting to defend this high-spirited young man himself.

In the NBA world, when defending, opponents in the same position are usually together. The two sides are about the same height and have similar skills. Will go to defend people in different positions, which will cause misplaced defense.

When faced with various misplaced defenses, some stars take advantage of the differences in body and footwork between the two sides to easily create offensive fouls or offensive mistakes, which affect the enjoyment of the game.The league once modified the rules of the game to deliberately avoid some situations where the big defense is small or the small defense is big.

So there are not too many misalignments on the court.

This game is the first confrontation between Irving and Kobe in their careers, especially when the two had set up a one-on-one challenge during the national team training.

Regrettably, because these two people have different positions, Irving is a point guard and Kobe is a shooting guard, and they don't match up many times on the court.

If it is pursued, it was Kobe who approached Irving with the ball in the first quarter, and played him with a back turn sign and leaned back.

Since then, Irving has no chance to really play one-on-one with Kobe.

Even if he worked hard and was unstoppable in front of Duhon and Meeks, but he couldn't really compete with his hero, even if he got 100 points, it would be a great pity.

So Irving has been waiting throughout the game.

At 3 minutes and 46 seconds of the third quarter, he finally waited.

That year, Owen was 20 years old, at the age of prime and prime.Kobe is 35 years old, still in his prime and not old.

At that time, Irving was holding the ball at the top of the arc, and Kobe was a step and a half away in front of him. The rest of the players all dispersed, and the audience stood up and shouted, "Come one! Come one!"

Ask them to come one-on-one.

"I was getting the ball at the top of the key, and I heard the reaction from the crowd, and they started boiling. Everyone started clapping, waiting to see us play. What does that mean? It's a big moment, it's your time. "Owen said later when recalling this heads-up.

Irving began to move at the top of the arc, and Kobe moved a little bit, arms outstretched, and he never lost his position.

Irving dribbles under the crotch with the ball in one, and the ball never leaves his hands, showing his top level of ball control.

"Look, he's going to break through!" It's still the fans who understand Irving.

As superstars in the league, many people often have unique skills, and they are basically unable to be defended in the game, becoming one of their iconic representatives, such as Jordan and Kobe's fadeaway jumper, Tracy McGrady's pull-up jumper, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Dameng's hook, Dameng's footsteps at the basket, Paul's misplaced small hit, Curry's emergency stop three-pointer, James' bulldozer-like layup... These tricks allow them to ignore anyone's defense on the court.

Although Irving is only a second-year player now, he quickly gained a foothold in the NBA, which is full of masters, relying on one of his unique skills. This unique skill is to break through with the ball.

Irving's athletic ability is not top-notch, but his dribbling ability and combination of man and ball are the best in the active league. During the breakthrough, Irving and the basketball in his hand are almost integrated. The basketball is like a part of his body. He can be allowed to operate at will, which makes his breakthrough full of possibilities, making it impossible for defenders to guess his next move.

Cavaliers fans can often see Irving play the opponent through gorgeous ball handling, complete layups or score shots.

When they saw Irving constantly dribbling under the crotch against Kobe, they knew that his breakthrough had already begun. Some old fans even remembered the match between Iverson and Jordan, when Iverson held the ball first The three-threat feint, and then the continuous change of direction from the left to the right in an instant, and after Jordan was still in place for a moment, he realized that Iverson had already made a shot. At that moment, the entire Philadelphia was boiling.At that time, Iverson was fearless. No matter whether you were No. 1 in history, Iverson would just change direction and shake you.Now that Iverson has retired, that matchup has become an eternal classic.

I saw Irving dribbled the ball quickly, changed direction continuously, and went from left to right in an instant. He even made one more fake slide than Iverson in order to deceive Kobe, but unfortunately he failed. Kobe was always with him, and even pressed his chest against his chest, making it difficult for him to continue to make the next move.

Kobe said, "Shoot or pass, give you a chance."

"I did so many moves, and I even used my ability to press the bottom of the box. That guy was waiting there. I was really mad at me." Irving later said that if passing the ball meant surrender, he could only reluctantly The shot, and then was slapped hard by Kobe.

After the game, Owen recalled: "Although I was blocked, this is still an unforgettable moment for me. This is like the duel between Iverson and Jordan. Although I was blocked, I will never forget it."

　In the new year, I wish everyone good luck, good health and good luck in everything! ! !
　　
　
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