Jim Bass Ambition

Chapter 217 The End of Kobe's Terminator
Kobe Bryant quickly found the state of the game, which is great news for the Lakers, but for the Lakers' opponents, this is undoubtedly a disaster.

Ruben Patterson, who was selected by the Lakers with the second overall pick in the second round in 98, once defended the third-year Kobe Bryant in the training of the Lakers. A 20-year frontman, being so provoked by a later low-level pick, of course, the mood will not be much better. The two usually have little communication, and the training is full of gunpowder.

Due to overlapping positions and limited strength, Patterson was quickly kicked out by the Lakers. As a result, his resentment towards Kobe deepened. Patterson.

Every time Patterson's team plays against the Lakers, the matchup between the self-proclaimed "Kobe Terminator" and Kobe will become a point of attention in the game, but it is by no means how exciting the matchup between the two is. Fans What people are concerned about is how many points Kobe can score on Patterson's head.

In the final game of the regular season, the Lakers faced their old rival, the Trail Blazers.

After Sabonis, Pippen and Rasheed Wallace left the team, the Blazers’ luxury battleship, which had fought seven games with the Lakers, was completely disintegrated. Before the game, the Blazers’ record was 41 wins and 40 losses, behind the Houston Rockets and Denver Nuggets With the Utah Jazz, the playoffs are hopeless.

The block king Theo Ratliff, the scoring master Raheem, the small flying mouse Stoudemire, the 13th overall shooting guard Derek Anderson, and the scrapped lottery ticket Darius Miles exchanged from the Cavaliers, formed the The Blazers are now in the starting lineup, and another scrapped lottery ticket, Stromile Swift, has been relegated to the bench in the second half of the season.

The Lakers, who are firmly ranked No. [-] in the Western Conference, have already begun to consider their opponents in the playoffs. The Rockets, Nuggets and Jazz all have the last game left. The final ranking depends on the results of today's game.

So at the beginning of this regular season, the Lakers seemed a little slack, which was reflected in the specific situation on the defensive end. Darius Myers, who had to suffer every time he played the Lakers, scored 9 points on 5 of 12 shots in the first quarter. It seems to have played the level of the league's first-line small forwards.

In the second quarter, Ratliff and Raheem were on the line again, one blocked shots, the other grabbed rebounds and scored, and they were extremely happy inside the Lakers.

The Lakers trailed 39 to 57 by 18 points at halftime, and Phil Jackson sat on the bench without saying a word.

Kobe played 4 rounds against Ruben Patterson in the first half, made 4 of 2 shots, and scored 5 points. This was also his only 5 points in the first half.

"What's the matter with the Kobe steak? You look delicious, look at how your father Ruben educated you." During the halftime break, Patterson and Kobe passed by each other, talking trash talk viciously.

Kobe walked back to the locker room without saying a word.

After returning from the second half, Kobe's offensive desire was obviously different, and his teammates also cooperated to create opportunities for him.

Leaning mid-range shots, breakthrough layups, flying dunks, strong 2 plus 1, Kobe used various methods to destroy Derek Anderson's defense, and on the defensive end, the Lakers regained the playoff-level confrontational strength, Raheem and Miles showed their true colors in an instant. They couldn't get such an easy shot in the first half, and the shooting percentage of barely shooting showed a precipitous decline.

Seeing that Kobe scored 13 points in less than half a quarter and narrowed the point difference to single digits, Trail Blazers coach Maurice Cheeks decisively sent Ruben Patterson to try to limit the touch. Burning Kobe, even if the victory or defeat is irrelevant to whether he can enter the playoffs, but in front of the home audience, it is also important to be able to pull down the overlord who has stood at the top of the league for several consecutive years and the Lakers who have been suffering for many years in the playoffs. Nice season end.

Patterson posted Kobe as soon as he came up, and did not give Kobe any starting space. Every defensive move will be called a foul after 10 years.

But Kobe, who entered the killing mode, didn't care who the defender was and how strong he was. The only thing that could stop Kobe from scoring was his own touch. Under Patterson's tough close press, Kobe twisted his body, He made a three-pointer on the edge of the walk, which is definitely not a good shot choice.

A three-pointer hit, and Kobe beat the Trail Blazers 16 by 4 in the third quarter.

Swift, who came on the field, planned to improve the morale of the team through his own offense, but his basic skills were too impatient. After Malone let him take three steps and didn't care about shooting, he hesitated for a long time, and finally chose to force After breaking through, the ball did not leave his hand, and he took two steps out first. The sideline commentary was stunned.

I planned to complete a handsome dunk, but I didn't expect it to be a funny walk. Swift's five embarrassing performances made the Blazers' low morale even worse. Looking back, Kobe took advantage of Malone's off-ball screen After getting rid of Patterson, receiving a wonderful pass from Billups, dodging Ratliff's help defense block, and scoring an easy layup, Swift had no awareness of changing defenses and missed a clean one.

Everyone felt cold, and the Blazers' offense was more like scratching the lottery. This time it was Patterson's turn to try to shoot. Under Kobe's interference, he barely missed the shot.

Malone blocked Swift and received the rebound. Swift had a powerful bounce, but in front of the old ball ruffian Malone, there was no room to display it.

Patterson is still annoyed here, while Kobe is about to go down there, scoring a one-handed dunk.

Kobe Bryant 20 vs. Trail Blazers 4.The Blazers owner Paul Allen on the sidelines looked livid, but he was helpless.

Damon Stoudemire finally broke the Blazers' scoring drought, but Kobe, who was running wild, was unstoppable. Facing Patterson's defense, he scored 3 points again, narrowing the point difference to 1 point.

Under such crazy performance, the Blazers home fans began to defect. It is rare to see the Rose Garden Arena cheering MVP for visiting team players.When Kobe missed a shot, the fans were even more regretful than the Lakers.

The third quarter was coming to an end, Kobe had already scored 32 points in a single quarter, while the Trail Blazers only had 13 points. The Lakers reversed the point difference and led 78 to 70.

In the last 2 seconds, the Lakers served from the backcourt. Garnett's long pass accurately found Kobe. Fei Xia dribbled the ball and pulled out a shot with a standard shooting posture 3 steps away from the three-point line. three points.

Ruben Patterson held out his palm in despair.

The goal light came on, and Kobe set his scoring score in a single quarter at 35, breaking George Gervin's scoring record in a single quarter.

The demoralized Blazers lost their armor and armor in the fourth quarter and gave up resistance early. After the Blazers replaced the bench, Kobe did not continue the game and scored only 46 points.

113 to 91, the Lakers ended the long regular season of the 0304 season with a victory.

(End of this chapter)