I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 199 Fighting with Immortals
On January 1, when the Lakers visited San Antonio, the Spurs caused a lot of trouble for the Lakers, but in the end it was the Lakers who won, 9-108, by only 105 points.

In this game, Duncan was still the "No. 21 rookie", scoring 24 points and 14 rebounds, but Chu Xiao scored 22 points and 13 assists. Kobe was even more exaggerated, scoring 25 points on 16 of 42 shots.

It can be said that with Kobe on the Lakers, it is always difficult for the Spurs to win.

Since Popovich became the coach of the Spurs, the Spurs have been strong in the NBA for more than 20 years. They have encountered countless powerful enemies, from O'Neal to the Pistons, to James, to the Big Three of the Heat, and Today's Thunder Three, Warrior Splash Brothers... have faced countless talented players, but there is only one person who is truly called the Spurs killer and natural enemy, and that is Kobe Bryant!

Maybe Duncan can restrain O'Neal, they are "fighting gods", but the gods can't stop Kobe.

The Spurs' usual tactic is to suppress the opponent's players in the inefficient area. This trick has worked wonders on James, Wade and others, but it has no effect on Kobe.

So how much of a headache has Kobe been for the Spurs?One year Kobe was reimbursed before the playoffs, which made the Spurs coach Popovich who met the Lakers breathe a sigh of relief: "We no longer have to spend all our energy defending Kobe."

In one sentence, he exhausted his helplessness towards Kobe.Kobe was reimbursed, but Popovich let out a long sigh of relief. It looked chilling, but I really can't blame this old man. If you want to blame, you can only blame Kobe for playing the Spurs too hard before!

Since 2001, the Lakers and Spurs have met in the playoffs for four consecutive years. The Lakers won three times. The biggest credit should not belong to O'Neal, but Kobe.Especially in the 2001 playoffs, Kobe averaged 33+7+7 per game against the Spurs, and his shooting percentage was as high as 51.4%, which made the Spurs helpless. "The Spurs are not afraid of what is reasonable, but what is unreasonable" was typed by Kobe. At the same time, Popovich famously said, "If there is an MVP in the playoffs, it must belong to Kobe."

The last time Kobe and the Spurs met in the playoffs should be in the Western Conference Finals of the 2007-2008 season. At that time, the Lakers had no O'Neal. A big score of 0 defeated the "GDP" Spurs. At that time, Kobe averaged 12 points per game and shot 4% from the field.

Kobe, who changed to No. 24, is no longer the stunned young man who used singles to win. His body has declined, but his skills and experience have grown. Such a him is still unstoppable for the Spurs.

In 5 games, the referee hardly gave Kobe any whistle, and only got 11 free throws in total.So far, some star players can get 11 free throws in a single game.

Kobe averaged only 2.2 free throws per game, and still averaged 29.2 points per game. Thinking about the offensive rhythm at the time, it was not easy to score 29.2 points against the Spurs!Kobe's main means of scoring points at the time was his unsolvable mid-range shots. He made 52 mid-range shots and hit 26 goals, with a hit rate of 50%. In the entire round of the series, his hit rate was as high as 53.3%. The Spurs are the highest!
To sum up, Kobe played against the Spurs 5 times in the playoffs in his career, averaging 29.4 points per game, with a maximum of 45 points in a single game, and a record of 18 wins and 8 losses.Durant ranks second with 28 points per game, Curry averages 25.4 points per game, and James is obviously the least capable superstar to play against the Spurs. He only has 25 points against the Spurs in the playoffs, far below his career average. The record of winning 5 losses is even more dismal.

"The Spurs are not afraid of what is reasonable, they are afraid of what is unreasonable." This sentence is also a bit practical for the Lakers. Chu Xiao they defeated the Spurs the day before. 101 lost to the No. 116 Thunder team in the Western Conference. The reason for the loss was that Kevin Durant was unreasonable.

面对脚步、体力下降的阿泰斯特，“阿杜”杜兰特也是25次出手16次命中，罚球8投6中，同样轰下了42分，而威少在与楚晓的对位中21投10中，砍下27分、10个篮板和7次助攻。

科比18投8中，只有28分入账，楚晓12投9中获得19分和12次助攻。除了他们二人，痴迷于抢篮板的魔兽8投3中只得到6分，却收获了22个篮板，加索尔和阿泰斯特一个12分一个10分，所以球队输球也在情理之中。

The Lakers met a total of 1 opponents before January 15, and the last one was the Cavaliers.

The last time the Lakers were in Cleveland, Chu Xiao missed the match against "Uncle Drew" Irving because of suspension.This time, the Cavaliers were a guest at the Staples Center, and the two finally ushered in their first head-to-head confrontation.

The teammates on both sides were also very savvy and gave up their positions one after another, so Chu Xiao and Owen started to compete with each other, back luck, crotch, turn, European step, retreat step, hesitant step, ultra-long three-pointer, drastic change of direction... …are all offensive tech streams.

Owen.

For the first ball, he held the ball with one hand and changed direction with one hand. Before changing direction, he changed hands and dribbled the ball.

The second ball, facing Chu Xiao's defense, used the cover of his teammates to move laterally beyond the 45-degree three-point line on the right, then dribbled the ball into the penalty area seemingly stumbling all the way, and then made a layup. The added score shows the sky-defying sense of the ball, which is worthy of the unity of man and ball.

For the third ball, when hitting Chu Xiao with his back, he turned around wildly with his left foot as the axis, and combined with the shooting feint, tricked Chu Xiao into jumping, but turned around and made a jump shot with a gorgeous and coquettish move.

For the fourth ball, the left hand pulls the bar for a layup.

On the fifth ball, he turned around and made a layup.His turns are different from those of Parker and Ellis. They are Alston-style turns, one-handed dribble turns, crotch turns, back turns... There are many ways, just like his control. ball.

The sixth ball, continuous crotch turns, emergency stop jump shot hit
On the seventh ball, the two made an easy layup between the two. This ball was too much like "The Flash" Wade.

The eighth ball feels silky smooth, and the back and turn are seamlessly connected, impeccable.

The ninth ball, a super long three-pointer, was shot from the start.

Chu Xiao.

The first ball was a super long three-pointer, which instantly ignited Staples.

The second ball, first dribbled the ball under the crotch, then forced a breakthrough with the dribble with the left hand, brought up Owen's speed and inertia, then retracted the right hand to make an emergency stop, bounced Ding Owen with the trunk and right hand, and then took a step back three-point action .

On the third ball, he simply used the cover of his teammate Gasol to get a shot, and the direct pull was a super long three-pointer, and Staples bombed again.

The fourth ball, facing Irving with a dribble, dribbled the ball under the crotch, turned around and used the screen while moving, and when Irving squeezed past the chasing defense, he shot a three-pointer seamlessly and made a hit.

The fifth ball, first a back dribble, the ball passed to the left hand, continued to dribble with the left hand, facing Irving who was retreating, made an emergency stop for a jumper, and raised his hand was a hollow.

On the sixth ball, Irving posted very close, so he made a layup with his left hand.

On the seventh ball, when there was a pursuit in front and an interception in the back, he took a left step and made a shot.

……

After 44 minutes of confrontation between Chu Xiao and Irving, ultra-long three-pointers, breakthroughs, float shots, step-back mid-range shots... the skills flowed, and the gods fought. One scored 18 points on 13 of 37 shots, and the other scored 24 of 16 shots. 49 points.

Lakers 113-93 Cavaliers.

Although Irving's team lost, he actively embraced Kobe and Chu Xiao, perhaps because he was happy to have such a great opponent.

Just when the two were hugging each other and talking happily, Kobe teased them abruptly, "Your confrontation is like a fight between gods? That's because you didn't see how I made a clean sheet against Iverson back then. of."

"What?" The two looked at Kobe in shock.

So the Kobe hero also mentioned that he bravely let the two boys understand what a real fight between gods is.

In the summer of 1996, Iverson entered the NBA as the No. 3 pick, becoming the shortest No. 900 pick in history, and signed a three-year, $30 million contract with the team.During his rookie period, Iverson scored [-] points in his debut, and in his rookie year, he successfully won the NBA Rookie of the Year, the Most Valuable Player of the NBA Rookie Challenge and other awards.

On April 1997, 4, in the game between the 12ers and the Cavaliers, Iverson scored 76 points, 50 rebounds and 5 assists. Hottest scorer.

However, Kobe, who was only selected with the 13th overall pick in the same year, was not convinced by him.

In the 1998-99 season, the Lakers were traded due to the starting guards Eddie Jones and Nick Van Exel. Kobe finally became the team's starter. This is the first time he started every game in the season. .

So he and Iverson also ushered in a formal contest.

In the first meeting, Iverson scored 41 points, 5 rebounds and 10 assists in the game against the Lakers, and Kobe's 23 points were not too bad.After the game, Iverson said very face-savingly that if he and Kobe played against each other, no one could guard the other.But Kobe didn't appreciate it, saying that he wanted to get 50 points and let Iverson get 0 points.

In the 1999-00 season, when the Lakers and the 76ers faced off again, Iverson scored 16 points in the first half, so Kobe took the initiative to defend Iverson. Although he failed to score 50 points, he did score 16 points in the second half. Iverson was blocked, and Iverson's scoring was fixed at 28 points, the shooting rate was 25%, and only 7 goals were made in [-] shots.

After that, every match between Kobe and Iverson was a fight between gods and gods, and they refused to give in to each other.

Kobe finally admitted that Iverson was one of the greatest opponents of his career.

Iverson said: "Kobe helped me grow into a game killer. Looking back on my past with him, from the perspective of a basketball player, he made me more mature." Sen and Kobe are the same kind of people, they are both arrogant and even somewhat rebellious, the relationship between the two of them is very much like what people call "enemies for life"!
Great people always influence each other, and the greatest opponent may be the best teacher in your life.

(End of this chapter)