I'm teammates with Kobe

Chapter 22 Chinese Kobe Bryant
In the final game of the fourth quarter, Kobe scored another three-pointer after receiving a pass from Chu Xiao. Popovich was so angry that he immediately called a short timeout, only to hear him yelling at the players, "This can't be done! That Kobe Bryant The old guy doesn't look like he's going to get tired anymore, gotta double-team!"

"What about the others?" Parker said, referring to four other Lakers players.

"Defend if you can, and let if you can't!" Popovich said. "Just don't let Kobe one-on-one."

"Who let go then?" Parker asked again.

This made Popovich flushed with anger, "Who else can let go? Of course it's the rookie. Didn't you see that he is better at feeding others?!"

……

The game continued. After Chu Xiao got the ball, he still looked for Kobe first. He was the team's first offensive point. With Warcraft unable to appear on the field, Gasol was already the second scoring point on the field, followed by Artest, and Chu A rookie like Xiao will only make a shot if there is an open shot, otherwise he will make a wedding dress for his teammates more often.

After Kobe received the ball, in addition to Green's marking, Leonard, who is known for his defense in the past two years, also immediately came to pinch.

At that time, the league was full of amazing physical conditions. Leonard was a nightmare for defensive perimeter players. He was good at using his long arms to interfere with the opponent's dribble when facing the opponent's possession, and then took advantage of the opponent's mistakes Steal again.

So with him defending Kobe, the latter suddenly felt a lot uncomfortable, and was intercepted twice in a row, so he had to let Chu Xiao pass the ball to others first.

For the Lakers at this time, Jordan Hill was watched by Dior, and the opponent still had a lot of energy to help Duncan suppress Gasol together, so it would not work to pass to the inside, and there was only Artest left on the front line. , but his autonomous offensive ability is too poor. In the strong defensive system of the Spurs, he missed all two long shots.

Taking advantage of the Lakers' offensive chaos, the Spurs played a wave of 3-10 in 0 minutes, and the score has already surpassed by 1 point!
At this moment, Chu Xiao couldn't help looking at the coach's bench. Zen Master had a calm face and a calm heart. That's right, he never liked to call a timeout.

"Hey!" Chu Xiao sighed, and actively returned to defense first.

"I'm the coach on the field, and you'll play the next offense. Play Parker like Duhon." The Spurs scored another goal, leading by 3 points, and Kobe took advantage of the gap between servings to arrange for Chu Xiao.

"But……"

"Not so many but, call me!"

"……good!"

In the next wave of offense, Kobe actively ran after halftime. The opponent didn't dare to let him go, so he could only follow the halftime chase, so Chu Xiao unlocked the ultimate singles mode.

At the end of the game with 8 minutes left, he made a double change from outside the three-point line. After passing Parker, he faced Dior, who came out to defend him, and made a jump shot near the free throw line and made a hit!
At the end of the game with 7 minutes left, Parker made a three-point shot after opening the distance from the left wing of the three-point line.

With 6 minutes left, the dome hit another three-pointer!

With 5 minutes left, he broke through to the basket. The Spurs defended very well. Duncan and Diaw were already waiting to block him, but he passed the ball to Artest who was ambushing in the bottom corner in a layup posture. The opponent raised the knife and finally hit it!
After this wave of operations, the Lakers also achieved a lead.

Looking at the Spurs' offense, they started to run into trouble.Kobe, whose offense was restricted, started to devote more energy to participating in the defense after Chu Xiao stepped forward to share the heavy responsibility of scoring. Missed several shots in a row.

Kobe is such a player. As long as he is willing, he can change the situation of the game through oppressive defense, because he will defend whoever the opponent scores.

比如2010年西部季后赛头四场，湖人与雷霆2比2。新科得分王杜兰特被阿泰斯特防住，但二年级的威斯布鲁克在前四场58投32中，得到87分。

After the fifth and sixth games, Westbrook made a total of 33 of 11 shots.The Lakers turned two games in a row to advance.

why?Kobe went to guard him.

It was the same in the finals that year, Kobe defended Rondo from time to time.As a result, Rondo was not as happy in the positional battle as he was in the Cavaliers series before, and could only play a role by switching offenses.

This is Kobe's defense!Here is one more thing that everyone rarely knows, that is, in the first game of the 2001 Finals, it is well known that Allen Iverson scored 48 points single-handedly and defeated the Lakers at the Staples Center.The most legendary scene in that game was Tyronn Lue chasing after Iverson, who fell to the ground and was stepped over by him.

Actually...

In that game, when Kobe defended Iverson, he only made 18 of 7 shots and was blocked by Kobe three times. Many people don't know these things, because Kobe's offensive limelight is so invincible that People often overlook his wonderful performance on the defensive end.

But when he used his defensive ability, look at Iverson who was almost guarded to death, Wade who was guarded to walk in his peak period, and Irving who was guarded so much that he could not dribble in the national team. The most powerful player with the ball in one, ended up like this in the end, and you know how capable Kobe's single defense is.

And the last one to have such an invincible combination of offense and defense at the 2nd position was Michael Jordan.

So when Kobe took the lead to put pressure on the Spurs, the opponent's offensive rhythm was immediately affected, which in turn changed the defensive efficiency. Chu Xiao took the opportunity to play a wave of scoring rhythm.

Seeing this, Popovich adjusted his tactics and adopted zone defense!That is to say, when the whole team did not relax their defense against Kobe, they used the defensive system to put pressure on Chu Xiao.

This change really made Chu Xiao very uncomfortable. Fortunately, he is not afraid of tigers as a newborn calf. It can also be said that he is a bold person with high skills. He still implements the singles mode to the end. Whenever he breaks through and meets the opponent's defense, he passes the ball Kobe played singles, Kobe met the help defense and then passed back...

In the last few minutes of the game, the two took turns playing singles, and they had to assist each other from time to time, making the Spurs do not know who to focus on, and even Popovich, who has always been resourceful, fell into a headache. .

As a result, under the ebb and flow, the Lakers led more and more, and finally defeated their opponents 102-94.

After this battle, Chu Xiao became famous in the first battle. He started 38 minutes and contributed 22 points, 4 rebounds, 2 steals, 2 turnovers and 16 assists. It's 14 points.Under his support, Kobe also scored 34 points with a shooting percentage of over [-]%, which was very efficient.

However, what really made Chu Xiao famous in the United States was what Popovich said in an interview after the game, "We seem to have met the Lakers with two Kobes tonight. The big Kobe kept scoring points, and the little one Kobe keeps assisting and scoring points, how to defend? Can anyone tell me where this little Kobe came from?"

At this time, Han Shuran, who was hiding among the reporters, immediately answered, "His name is Chu Xiao, he is 20 years old, he is a Chinese player, and he wears the No. 21 jersey just like Duncan."

"I don't care how young he is, it's wrong to look like Kobe anyway!" The old man left the media conference angrily.

From then on, Chu Xiao, like all NBA players, had his own exclusive nicknames—Chinese Kobe, Little Kobe.

(End of this chapter)