I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 201 Deer Hunting
The Bucks sent away the inside gatekeeper Bogut. The inside line is almost empty, and the offense and defense can only rely on the outside Gemini.But the combination of outside twins Jennings and Ellis seems to have some problems.

Jennings is a fast left-handed guard with scoring instincts. He has a high arc of outside shots and can advance the rhythm. It can be seen from the 55 points he scored in his rookie period.However, these 55 points have also become the highest score of his career, and he has never been able to perform like this again. This is due to the fact that after the opponent's research on him is clearer, he finds that his shortcomings are also obvious.First, he doesn't do much as a passer, scoring just 40 points per 6.3 minutes even with the ball in his hands most of the time.His right hand breakthrough is still not good, so he missed a lot of opportunities.Fast but not tall and strong enough, only 1.85 meters and 76 kg, on the right side, he often chooses step-back jumpers or drop shots instead of hitting the basket for a layup or passing the ball easily.

Defensively, Jennings is still a bit unstable.The Bucks conceded an extra 100 points per 10.7 possessions with him on the floor, but he's not all to blame for that -- his other stats aren't bad, and they weren't that bad in previous years.Jennings might be mid-to-bottom defensively, but no worse -- he can steal the ball with both hands and rarely draws fouls.

However, the addition of Ellis somewhat magnified Jennings' lack of height and defensive weakness, and he had to face bad matchups.

Because as a shooting guard, Ellis is only 1.91 meters tall, fast and accurate in shooting, but he suffers from height, lack of wingspan, gambling defense and not working hard enough.

The NBA player Ellis first admired was Michael Jordan, and he watched the Bulls win several championships.Later, Kobe Bryant rose and became the object of Ellis' imitation.

He once claimed to be the second best man in the NBA.

It was March 2010, 3. Monta Ellis, who was still playing for the Warriors at the time, said in an interview with Yahoo Sports that he was the second best player in the league. He ranked himself behind the Lakers player Kobe Bryant. · Bryant's back.

"I would say number three is LeBron James," Ellis said. "He can do everything on the court, including passing, scoring, defending, blocking shots. And No. 2, I have to Say, that’s who I am. I can do a lot of things: defend, score, pass, whatever I need to do.”

"First, I would pick Kobe Bryant. No one can guard Kobe one-on-one. He has a lot of skills, and he can defend. Of course, he also won four championships." Ellis added.

At the end of the interview, he also shared a story about himself and Kobe Bryant.

Ellis said: "I used to be one-on-one with Baron Davis and others in practice. In one game, I was on Kobe, and he made those crazy difficult shots. He Always on the attack, he's in kill mode. If you think he's slacking off for a while, don't think it's over, he's just waiting for his chance to come up. If you say something crazy, if he gets any excitement, he'll Going into unstoppable mode, it's so hard to guard him."

But Ellis was excited as soon as he beat Kobe, and he had a thrilling confrontation moment with him.It was the 2010-11 season. The Warriors faced the defending champion Lakers. Ellis just scored 26 points on Kobe's 15-for-38 shooting. Kobe scored 39 points, but the Lakers won.

In that game, Ellis was full of firepower, making breakthroughs and three-pointers frequently. Kobe's defensive ability has long been recognized by the league. As a player, his breakthrough is his offensive skill, and he also has a long-range shooting skill.Once this kind of player finds the feeling, it will be difficult for anyone to guard against him.

Ellis made a killing on the offensive end, and finally got proud in front of Kobe.

But only once, but this is enough, because there are really not many shooting guards in the league who can do this in front of Kobe.

2009-10赛季，当时24岁的埃利斯场均上场41.4分钟，可以得到25.5分、5.3个助攻、4个篮板、2.2个抢断，投篮命中率为44.9%。

2009-10赛季，25岁的詹姆斯场均上场39分钟，可以得到29.7分、8.6个助攻、7.3个篮板、1.6抢断，投篮命中率为50.3%。

科比在2009-10赛季的时候已经31岁了，那个赛季他场均上场38.8分钟，可以得到27分、5.4个篮板、5个助攻、1.5个抢断，投篮命中率为45.6%。

Which is strong and which is weak, the benevolent see benevolence, the wise see wisdom.

However, Ellis has Kobe's heart but not Kobe's life.

After the 2009-10 season, his data began to decline continuously. After joining the Bucks, in the 2011-12 season, he could only average 17.6 points, 5.9 assists, and 3.5 rebounds per game, which was almost obliterated by everyone.

This is because he is a shooting-first, severely right-leaning guard who lacks height and wingspan defensively. The fast break is obviously great, but he likes mid-range shooting very much. He has become a bit like the poor man's version of Anthony—high Scoring, but mediocre efficiency, little defensive value.

When the Bucks got Ellis, the ESPN scouting report once made suggestions for the Bucks, suggesting that Ellis should be played as the sixth man. smaller.

It's a pity that he is still a big star in terms of fame, and his usage is also the way of a big star.

So, Jennings, who likes to hold the ball and is 1.85 meters, partnered with Ellis, who is 1.91 meters in the first shot, and Chu Xiao and Kobe, who are both 1.98 meters for the Lakers.

As a result, the Lakers set up their guns and started hunting deer.

After the game opened, Kobe took the lead in taking advantage of Ellis, succeeded in stealing, counterattacked and scored, and did not give Ellis a shot for a long time. The Lakers took advantage of the situation and played a wave of 10-0 offensive.

With 8 minutes and 22 seconds left in the first quarter, Ellis finally got a chance to make a shot and made a mid-range shot.However, for most of the time since then, Ellis was still effectively contained by Kobe. Until 1:06 before the end of the first quarter, Ellis got another chance. He made a difficult layup and missed another shot from close range.

As for Jennings, it was even worse. Chu Xiao gave up many chances to score, actively sent wonderful passes for Kobe and Warcraft, and then concentrated on defending Jennings.

To defend Jennings, Chu Xiao has only one move, which is to block his left side and force Jennings to go to the right side, because he is left-handed, and his right hand still cannot break through, and he often chooses to retreat on the right side Jump shots or float shots, rather than going to the basket for a layup or passing the ball easily, and with a height of 1.85 meters, he is 13 centimeters shorter than Chu Xiao, so it is easy to interfere with his shooting.

At the end of the first quarter, Jennings made 5 of 1 shots and Ellis made 5 of 2 shots, becoming a pair of veritable "difficult brothers".

楚晓虽然只有2投1中，但是得到6个助攻，在他的运筹帷幄之下，科比6投4中收获12分，魔兽5投5中得到10分。

After warming up in the first quarter, Kobe and Warcraft began to fire in turn.

First, Kobe held the ball on the outside wing of the three-point line, used the pick-and-roll of his teammates, and after getting an open shot, he shot calmly and scored a three-pointer.Afterwards, the Bucks missed consecutive offenses, and the game completely entered the rhythm of the Lakers. Kobe scored another 5 points with a breakthrough and a three-pointer. After scoring 8 points in one breath, he led the team to expand the point difference to 10 points.52 seconds before the end of halftime, Kobe even pushed Ellis' body against his body, forced a breakthrough to the Bucks penalty area, and made a layup.

After scoring 10 points in the first quarter, Warcraft did not stop the rhythm of attack.Warcraft, which was on the rise, began to kill the Bucks' inside line continuously, turning around for dunks and layups, causing Essen Ilyasova to foul, and using free throws to score 3 points.

In the third quarter, under the sharp offensive of Kobe and Warcraft, the Lakers established an 18-point advantage, while Kobe had scored 24 points at this time, and Warcraft scored 26 points.

In the final quarter, the Bucks began to chase hard, but the point difference was indeed a bit big, and they were unable to recover in the end.

湖人队在客场以104-88击败密尔沃基雄鹿队，取得两连胜，科比和霍华德两大湖人主将合力贡献了62分。其中，科比19投12中，获得31分、6个助攻和2个篮板，魔兽18投14中，获得31分、16个篮板和4个盖帽。

In this game, the Lakers made full use of Howard's advantage in the interior and drove Kobe and other outside scorers from the inside out.

Howard scored 31 points and 16 rebounds. It can be said that he played the best game since he joined the Lakers.

In addition, Chu Xiao scored 8 points and sent out 17 assists, half of which were given to Warcraft who was about to get off after the cover, and also allowed the latter to enjoy a wave of bonuses after changing their style of play.

In contrast to the Bucks, Chu Xiao and Kobe's tough defense on the outside made the Bucks' "Two Guns" Jennings and Ellis very uncomfortable.As a result, Jennings made 14 of 4 shots and only scored 12 points, 1 assist and 1 rebound. Ellis made 16 of 6 shots, a slightly higher shooting percentage, but not much better, scoring 17 points, 4 assists and 6 rebound. [-] rebounds.

In the interview after the game, the Bucks "Double Guns" seemed to be in a good mood.

Ellis said, "Kobe is still the same Kobe, I am convinced! He is still the number one player in the world, but it is a pity that I did not become teammates with him."

Perhaps what even Chu Xiao didn't know was that Monta Ellis almost partnered with Kobe!
In the summer of 2011, when people were regretting that Kobe could not team up with Paul, in fact, besides Paul, the Lakers also thought about finding another star to combine with Kobe, and this person was Monta Ellis.

In the summer of 2011, the Warriors had started a series of adjustments during the offseason and were preparing to start rebuilding. At that time, it was reported that the Warriors had started negotiations with the Lakers, Bulls, Grizzlies, Magic and Eagles to discuss the trade boss. Ellis, to make way for the rising Curry.Since the Lakers had just lost to the Mavericks in the playoffs at that time, the dream of three consecutive championships was broken, and the lineup was aging, they were eager to find a star player to partner with Kobe, and Ellis was one of the goals of the Lakers.

Unfortunately, due to various reasons, Ellis failed to join forces with Kobe in the end.

Throughout Ellis' career, he seems to have always been a somewhat tragic figure. He has a strong scoring ability and a good style of play, but he has never been selected as an All-Star.He has played in the NBA for 12 years and played for 4 teams, but none of them gave him a sense of belonging. He seems to be a shooting star in the long history of the NBA. Slow to forget.

Jennings is also worthy of the title of "difficult brother" with Ellis. He is the peak of his debut. He averaged 17.5 points and 6.5 assists per game this season, leading the Bucks to rank eighth in the Eastern Conference and entering the playoffs for the second time in his career. .But in the first round of the playoffs, they were swept out by the Heat 4-0.

After the end of the season, Jennings was traded to the Pistons, and then wandered in the Magic, Knicks, and Wizards, and signed with the Wisconsin Bucks, an affiliated team of the Bucks Development League, and played in the European League. After a period of time, he finally came to China's CBA and signed with the Shanxi Fenjiu team. On December 2017, 12, he was cut by the Shanxi team.

At this time, Jennings was still in his prime, so he was still in the mood to joke, "I have to admit that Chu Xiao's defense is very good. Since I claim to be the 'No. Call him 'the strongest Comet'."

(End of this chapter)