Thanos

Chapter 16 The Invincible Kobe
At 8 p.m., the Palace of Auburn Hills was packed.

The first is the entrance ceremony.

The coaching staff of both sides enter the field first.

Rudy Tomjanovich, Larry Brown say hello to each other, these are two champion coaches, same old school coaches.

Tang Shuai bowed slightly to show his respect.

Brown can be regarded as the most experienced coach in the NBA, and even Popovich has to be called a mentor.

Then, the Lakers entered.

Mihm, Odom, Butler, Kobe, Atkins.

There were loud boos from the audience.

Especially when Kobe entered the arena, the wild Motown fans were even more merciless in their cynicism.

"Loser!"

"Hit the blacksmith!"

"You will still fail tonight!"

Speaking of which, only Kobe and George were left in the main rotation of the Lakers last year.

Motown fans don't mock Kobe, should they mock a role player?
The Pistons are still the Five Tigers.

Center: Ben "Big Ben" Wallace.

Power Forward: "The Roaring God" Rasheed Wallace.

Small Forward: "Little Prince" Tayshaun Prince.

Shooting guard: "The Mask" Richard Hamilton.

Point guard: "Mr. Key" Chauncey Billups.

Before the game started, Hamilton and Bryant walked to halftime and said hello.

The two have known each other since high school and are best friends.

Kobe said firmly: "Tonight, I will beat you!"

If someone else heard it, they must be ridiculed.

Today's Lakers are rebuilding the team, and the Pistons are the defending champions. The two teams are no longer at the same level. Where does Kobe have the courage?
But Hamilton replied seriously: "Then try it!"

They are friends off the court, but on the court, no one will give in.

Game start.

On the jump ball, Rasheed was slightly better and put the ball into the hands of Billups.

Billups was calm and steady.

The Pistons fell to the ground, Prince and Rashid each pulled to a corner, Ben occupied the basket, and Hamilton began to run without the ball.

Except for Big Ben, the other four Pistons all have range, and they hit very good three-pointers, which opened up the space very much.

After opening up the space, the team-type Billups did not pass the ball, but chose to single Atkins.

With a height of 191 cm and a weight of 92 kg, Billups is like O'Neal among point guards, crushing Atkins and easily reaching the basket.

Mim had no choice but to come up to defend.

With sharp eyes and quick hands, Billups passed directly to the vacant Ben, who dunked with both hands.

2: 0.

The Motor City fans cheered, as if they had seen the summer finals.

At that time, it was also Billups who tore through the Lakers' defense time and time again and led the team's offense.

The difference is that in the summer, the point guard of the Lakers was Payton, who was old and slow, and was caught and beaten by Billups.

Now, Atkins is too small to stand up to the strong Billups.

The Lakers attack.

Atkins wants to return a goal, but Billups in front of him is FMVP (Finals Most Valuable Player), 5-time All-Star, 2-time Best Defensive Second Team.

Atkins' autonomous offensive ability was mediocre. After dawdling for a while, he found that there was no chance and passed it to Butler.

However, Butler's situation is not as good as that of Atkins. He is facing Prince, a second-team player of the 4th All-Defensive Team. He is 206 cm tall and has a wingspan of 218 cm, which is 2 cm longer than Ye Heping.

After a while of dawdling, seeing that time was running out, he immediately passed the ball to Kobe.

Ye Heping sat on the sidelines, also staring dumbfounded.

In other teams, the core has never had a chance, and the blame is given to the role players.

And now the Lakers, it is actually a role player who dumped the blame on Kobe.

No way, Butler and Atkins are famous offensive black holes, they dare to shoot when they have the ball, if they don't encounter a super defender, they will definitely throw it out.

And Kobe's situation is not good. Hamilton is the only one of the Pistons' outside trio who has not entered the defensive lineup, but it's not that he is not strong enough. He is the core of the Pistons' outside defense, with the same height and long arms.

Especially as soon as Kobe got the ball, Prince and Billups each took a step closer to Kobe.

This is to pinch Kobe.

This summer, that's how they beat Kobe.

Especially with O'Neal originally, Shuang Wallace dared not leave the basket.

But now, with the Lakers empty under the basket, Rashid directly mentioned near the free throw line, and even Big Ben stepped forward.

It's crazy, five people double-team Kobe.

At this time, the timer has reached 22 seconds, and there is not much left.

Kobe took off without any hesitation.

Hamilton reached out to interfere, perfectly blocking Bryant's view.

However, relying on the sky-defying backlash, Kobe still managed to throw the ball, but it was too difficult.

On the Pistons bench, Larry Brown nodded with satisfaction. The Five Tigers executed their tactics very well. It should be impossible for Kobe to make such a shot.

However, swish!
The ball drew a beautiful parabola and fell steadily into the basket.

2: 2.

Old Brown opened his mouth wide, then smiled wryly.

The players have already done a good job, but this goal is really against the sky!
The Lakers bench immediately exploded, everyone couldn't help waving towels, Ye Heping also couldn't help shouting, this is Kobe!
There was silence at the Palace of Auburn Hills, followed by loud boos.

Facing the boos, Kobe looked up, clenched his fists, and beat his chest hard.

"Revenge, here I come!"

Hamilton couldn't help but shook his head, wondering how much Kobe sweated this summer, watching Los Angeles at four o'clock in the morning several times.

In the subsequent games, the Pistons' offense still centered on Billups, with Hamilton as the main attack point, Rasheed and Prince as the secondary attack points, and Da Ben as the scoring point for missing points (by luck), constantly attacking Atkins' loophole.

As for the Lakers, Atkins was stunned, Butler was unable to defend, Odom continued to slump, and Mihm was constantly pushed out of the basket by Ben, Kobe was playing completely alone.

One dozen five.

However, in 3 minutes, 10:8, the Lakers led by 2 points.

Kobe made 5 of 5 shots and scored all the Lakers' points, and every ball was extremely difficult.

This is a real one-on-five, as if seeing Jordan on the court.

The Motown fans could boo loudly at first, but by the fifth goal, they could no longer boo.

beep!

At this point, Larry Brown called a timeout.

"What are you doing, haven't you had dinner? Are you still a bunch of girls? We are the defending champions, what are the Lakers? They still want to defend their title after playing like this? Go home and retire."

Brown snapped sharply.

To be honest, the Pistons have defended well.

It's just that Kobe is too good tonight to limit.

"Richard, you follow Kobe closely, mainly defending his shots and forcing him to drive."

"If Kobe breaks through, Ben will come up to cover immediately, and Chauncey and Tayshaun will attack."

"Fouls are allowed when necessary."

At this moment, Brown unleashed the Pistons' atomic bomb, Ben Wallace.

4届全明星、2届篮板王、1届盖帽王、4次最佳防守球员、6次最佳防守阵容、5次最佳阵容。

If Big Ben is not the best defensive player in the NBA, but his complementary defense is definitely the best in NBA history, not one of them.

(End of this chapter)