I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 214
Chu Xiao just scored a super long three-pointer, which gave the Lakers the first lead. Afterwards, Leonard of the Spurs missed a layup, and Warcraft grabbed the rebound, which was passed to Chu Xiao immediately.

After Chu Xiao received the ball, he first dodged Parker's first interception, then quickly dribbled the ball and rushed to the frontcourt, facing the second interceptor Green, dribbled the ball from behind, then made a forward change and went in. When the restricted area was blocked by Duncan and Dior, it passed to Gasol from the gap between the two, and the latter easily scored 2 points.

20 seconds later, Chu Xiao drew double-teams in the low post again and assisted Kobe to hit a jumper.

Since then, the Lakers have been out of control, and a wave of 9-0 offensive directly suspended the Spurs.

"What's going on? What's going on?" Before the players were seated, Popovich yelled at them, blushing, but couldn't hear any answer.Duncan stared blankly, Leonard lowered his head and bit his nails with a blank expression, Parker touched his bald head, and hadn't returned from Chu Xiao's thoughts of "beating me up" just now...

Popovich didn't intend to hear the players' answers, so he continued to read, "It's not like this, it shouldn't be like this."

In the tactics designed by Popovich before the game, Kobe must be the Lakers' first offensive player, there is no doubt about it.Kobe's score is at the historical level. His paranoid personality and studious attitude make Kobe's arsenal, which is already superior to others, full of all kinds of weapons. , can easily complete dunks from others. On the offensive end, he can't find his shortcomings.A person who has no offensive shortcomings, of course the team must give him the right to attack.

再加上科比遇到马刺总是特别来劲儿。科比生涯对阵马刺队时，场均得分是26.5分，这个数据排在科比对阵其他29支球队场均得分的第6位（1-5分别是开拓者27.3分、勇士队27分、猛龙队27分、火箭队26.6分、黄蜂队26.5分）。

From the data point of view, when Kobe encountered the Spurs, his performance was better and more exciting than usual, and his scoring data would usher in a blowout.

Therefore, according to Kobe's character and scoring ability, Popovich made a detailed set of defensive tactics for him before the game.From the mental level to the physical level, after more than 10 years of comparison with Ke Ke, Popovich believes that it is time to decide the winner of this final duel.

Let's talk about defense on the mental level first. Popovich said through the media in advance, "Kobe is undefendable."

At first glance, it is undoubtedly the highest praise for Kobe from a legendary figure like Popovich. In fact, this is a "flattering" scam, just like Duncan was very enthusiastic about holding James back then. It's like saying "the future is yours".

Everyone on earth knows that Kobe is a very competitive person, and Popovich knows this very well.So when playing against the Lakers, the first thing he has to do is to lure Kobe into the "trap" he set, which is to stimulate Kobe's desire to score, because "Kobe is undefendable", so Kobe will continue Scoring, using the "offensive kaleidoscope" to reach out, whether it is facing 1 defender or 3 defenders, it is the same. It is an excellent shot opportunity, and it can even be understood as being open... This is Kobe's greatness This is also the mentality of "the brave are not afraid" so that he can always complete all kinds of incredible goals.

In order to prove this "unstoppable", Popovich only let Green defend Kobe alone in this game. Going to help defend personally, at that time Kobe and Ben couldn't stop, they only had the basket in their eyes and no teammates.In this way, he may be able to score 4, 30, or 40 points, but the game is not 60V1. As long as the Spurs try to limit other people's scoring, then winning this series is a sure thing.

But it can be clearly seen that this tactic does not work, because Kobe has no "desire".It was Chu Xiao who had the desire. He took over the Lakers' offense by himself, and he didn't make any sense. The Spurs suddenly felt powerless and wanted to vomit blood.

The Lakers and the Spurs have been fighting for more than ten years. Popovich knows Kobe too well, and the Zen master knows Popovich and the Spurs well.

When Popovich praised Kobe, Zen master adjusted his glasses and told the Lakers players with a smile, "When playing against the Spurs, Chu Xiao is in charge of the offense. Kobe's job is to be a fire extinguisher. As long as the Spurs try to close the score or attack Kobe was like a firefighter when he was on fire, he just stood up and put out the fire with the score, and he just played the role of attracting double-teams at other times."

In the playoffs, letting a rookie become the main attacker, second only to Jordan's historical second shooting guard, is responsible for attracting double-teams. This is unimaginable in other teams. No wonder Popovich has to continuously ask "Why ?” But that’s exactly what happened with the Lakers.

After the timeout, Chu Xiao continued to attack the basket recklessly, making a super long-range shot when he had a chance to make a move, and breaking through to score the ball without a chance, leading the Lakers players to fire in all directions, but Kobe's desire to attack was really not strong, he played very well. Freehand, very chic.

In the first quarter of the game, the Spurs chased the score to 16-17. Kobe really stood up like a firefighter and stabilized the situation with a dunk; in the first half of the second quarter, Tony Parker made continuous breakthroughs with speed A layup made it 27-30, and it was Kobe who hit back with his signature fadeaway.Later, Chu Xiao used a precise three-pointer and two assists to lead the team to a 9-0 attack wave, gradually opening the score.

Leonard started the third quarter with a jump shot, and Chu Xiao scored 7 points in a row, leading the team to a 9-2 attack wave.

With 9 and a half minutes left in this quarter, the Lakers led 55-41. Popovich asked for a timeout again. He cursed, "Nonsense, it's all nonsense! To let a rookie take the main attack, and Kobe went to help him. What is it if it’s not nonsense?”

After Popovich finished scolding, the two teams came back from a timeout and began to attack and defend each other. The scores on the field increased alternately. The Lakers continued to maintain a lead of about 15 points.

本节还有3分45秒时，马刺队以53-68落后。格林命中3分后，楚晓助攻加索尔连得4分，奥多姆跳投命中，前三节过后湖人队以74-57领先。

楚晓在这一节5投4中、4罚3中独得11分。

In the fourth quarter, Manu Ginobili, the Spurs bench striker, made another three-pointer, but the Argentine's long-range bombing could not offset the Lakers' offensive position at all.Then Artest also hit a long three-pointer from the left wing, and the Lakers' lead quickly expanded to 21 points.

The Lakers led by a big score, and then simply sent all the substitute players: Nash, Meeks, Odom, Jamison, Jordan Hill.

But the Spurs, who had no fighting spirit, had no power to parry at all. Under the leadership of Nash, the Lakers continued their offensive climax in this quarter to 14-3. The difference between the two teams reached 28 points. With more than 5 minutes left in the game Just ahead of garbage time.

In the end, the Lakers slaughtered the Spurs by 101 points 71:30.

After winning the game, "Zen Master" Phil Jackson still looked very calm.

"There's an old saying: winning a home game is a big part of the road to victory, but it only proves that you can carry the series to Game [-]. Now, we know that For this reason, nothing counts until we win an away game, and those guys are likely to hit us back on another field. I think they went through a nightmarish night." Jackson said.

Zen master continued, "They may be a little confused defensively. They don't know how to defend the new roles of Kobe and Chu Xiao. This often happens in many cases. When you encounter opponents in the playoffs. Innovation, maybe that's why, has had an impact on them, but I'm sure those guys will adapt quickly to our changes and fight back."

For the opponent's vulnerability in this game, Zen master did not sneer, but showed his general demeanor. He looked forward to the Spurs' momentum in the second contest between the two sides and contributed to a classic game.

It has to be said that the appearance of Chu Xiao broke the existing matchup between the Lakers and the Spurs. His "unreasonable" shared the pressure on Kobe to a certain extent, and also revitalized the offense of the Lakers. With Chu Xiao, Kobe and Spurs With the containment and attraction of the three superstars of Warcraft, the rest of the Lakers have more opportunities to make easy shots, and the offense is more freehand.

While Kobe's offense and the pressure of being flanked have slowed down, he can finally devote more energy to the defensive end.Kobe, who is more aggressive in defense, has a great impact on the Lakers. Just like Battier of the Rockets, he can rely on one person's strength to affect the Rockets' overall defense in certain periods of time.In addition to the fierce offensive, strangling the Spurs' offense is also the key to the final victory.In this game, under the leadership of Kobe, the Lakers really strangled the Spurs' offense.

In this regard, Popovich only said one sentence after the game, "TMD, the scholar met the soldier."

The Spurs, who abide by discipline and iron-blooded tactics like soldiers, are talents.

The unreasonable Lakers are soldiers.

(End of this chapter)