lakers championship

Chapter 285 The Power of Joining Forces
Seeing the two walk beyond the three-point line, the players on the scene began to applaud.

There are three major points to watch in this duel. First, Kuzma and Tatum are obviously taller, which is very beneficial in bullfighting. Second, Kobe has not publicly demonstrated his skills for more than a year. How much fuel is unknown; third, Tianyang and Kobe only defend but not attack, no matter how strong they are, they may make mistakes under continuous trial and error.

"What rules?" Kuzma asked, picking up a basketball.

"Three dribbles." Tianyang pointed out his finger.

"OK!" Tatum nodded in agreement.

"I'm with him!" Kobe pointed to Tatum.

The players on the scene immediately burst into cheers. In the case of 2V2 and limited to 3 dribbles, one person will definitely move a lot without the ball. Tatum is obviously faster. Kobe picked the most difficult bone.

Tianyang served at the top of the arc, Kuzma received the ball and put on a three-threat posture. Tatum seemed to want to give Kobe a face, choosing to bend down and squat in place instead of running without the ball.

I saw Kuzma protecting the ball with both hands on his left waist, sinking his shoulders and moving his right foot continuously, trying to find the most suitable posture.

Tianyang's legs were slightly bent, his left hand was raised high but his right hand was hidden behind his back, and he frequently adjusted his orientation.

For 5 seconds in a row, Kuzma still couldn't find a suitable breakthrough angle, and immediately raised the basketball with both hands, intending to pull it out.

"Crack!", Tianyang slapped the basketball off, the first attack failed, and the audience sighed 'tsk tsk tsk'.

Facing Kuzma's puzzled eyes, Tianyang smiled and said: "You made a mistake in the process of throwing the ball. You should get up first or retreat one after another before shooting. Lifting the ball first will cause the basketball to lose its screen and be very easy to be intercepted. You may Thinking, why didn’t it work before? That’s because the defenders you had in college were so slow.”

Kuzma shrugged and signaled to continue.

Tianyang made a free throw, Kuzma caught the ball and turned sideways to the left, sprinted a step faster, and took off.

Big hook from the free throw line!

Tianyang used cover-up, but he didn't expect this move, the basketball crashed into the net.

The players stood up and cheered. It was not easy to score a goal under Tianyang's defense. Although they had the advantage of height, it was still quite difficult. Besides, the big hook from the free throw line was a bit irritating.

"Not bad, this trick is interesting." Tianyang pretended not to care, but secretly pleased: "Recruit into the team and let Mr. Kareem train him well."

Kobe on the other side blinked calmly.

Tianyang serves again, Kuzma catches the ball and starts with three postures, rushes to the free throw line in one step, makes a fake shot, but actually passes the basketball to Tatum who runs back to get rid of Kobe, the latter catches the ball and takes 3 steps in a single step. Hand split buckle.

The players on the scene stood up and cheered again. Three goals counted as a victory, and now they have scored two. As long as the next nine is one, the difficulty is similar to eating French fries with dipping sauce.

Kobe smiled with his hips on his hips, "It's over, I won't let you score any more goals!"

Tatum naturally didn't dare to reply, but just lowered his head and smiled, pretending not to hear.

Tianyang served again, Kuzma passed it directly to Tatum, and the players shouted wildly.

"attack!"

"attack!"

"attack!"

So excited, I just want to see Kobe's embarrassed expression later.

Tatum also started with the same three-threat posture. Facing Kobe's defense with bent legs and arched back, he directly feinted a shot to the right, then immediately pulled the ball to the left, bent sideways to dribble and sprinted for two steps, received the ball and shot!

But Kobe is like a hill suddenly rising from the ground, blocking Tatum's shooting path.

With a sound of "bang dang", the iron was struck, and the players on the scene sighed.

Tianyang watched clearly from the side. Tatum's movements were very beautiful, but he did not get rid of Kobe's defense. It was a forced shot, and of course the effect would not be good.

Kobe served, Tatum made continuous tentative steps to find opportunities, and finally chose to play with his back.

"Boy, I understand your trick very well!" Kobe smiled.

After the words fell, Kobe suddenly withdrew, and Tatum turned around instead of falling.

"Crack!" Kobe slapped the basketball, and the players on the scene sighed again.

Tatum stopped, hands on hips, skeptical look on his face.

Kobe laughed, "Do you know how I defended you? I noticed that your pivot foot was facing, and I guessed that you were going to turn back, so I started to wait in advance, understand?".

Tatum suddenly realized, and nodded immediately, "I see, I will pay more attention in the future."

Kobe nodded, served again, Tatum dribbled a step to the left, and threw the ball to the hoop.

On the other side, Tianyang and Kuzma took off at the same time, and both of them touched the basketball with their right hands, but they failed to catch it, and instead knocked the basketball out of bounds.

"The offensive team has the ball!!!" The players shouted in unison.

Tianyang didn't argue with them, but went to a cameraman on the sidelines and signaled to return to the video just now.

Kuzma also came up, and after seeing the video, he shook his head with a disappointed expression.

The players on the scene reacted immediately and sighed one after another. They scored two goals in a row before, but now they conceded three goals in a row.

"Tianyang." Kobe said suddenly: "Let them dribble casually, otherwise they will be a bit bullied."

Tianyang did not reply immediately, but looked at Kuzma and Tatum, who shook their heads at the same time.

"No, I believe I can do it, and another hook will solve it."

"I still have skills that haven't been shown."

Tianyang turned his head and shrugged, Kobe pursed his lips, as if to say: "Then let's finish it soon."

Tianyang served again, Kuzma received the ball and started in a three-threat position, and Tatum ran over from the right wing to make a pick-and-roll.

The two really wanted to win, otherwise they wouldn't launch tactics.

Unfortunately, in front of Tianyang, this is simply a child's play. He can even defend Dooku in a pick-and-roll, let alone this.

In addition, Kobe also has a strong defensive awareness. Tianyang came out ahead of time to delay, and Kobe on the other side stuck Tatum tightly. Kuzma was unable to pass the ball for a while, hesitated for a while, and finally chose to pull out hand.

"Kang Dang!" With a sound, three points were struck, and the seventh attack failed.

The players on the scene shook their heads one after another, getting closer and closer to 12 balls, but it was only one short.

"Come again!" Kuzma was not discouraged, but a little more courageous as he fought.

Tianyang gave a thumbs up, stood at the free throw line, and served again.

Kuzma received the ball and turned sideways, took two steps in a row, then held the ball with both hands, and started a three-step layup.

If nothing else, it will be a dunk, and the players on the scene stand up early.

I thought, Kobe suddenly gave up on Tatum, turned around and rushed to the inside, forming a double-team with Tianyang.

If Kuzma passes the ball, Kobe and Tianyang may steal at the same time, so they can only bite the bullet and continue layups.

Unfortunately, under double interference, the layup missed and the eighth attack failed.

"I changed my mind, I accept multiple dribbles!" Tatum shouted, raising his hand.

Kuzma still shook his head, but chose to pass the ball, intending to make it happen.

I saw Tatum leaning against Kobe with his back, and after shaking continuously, he suddenly accelerated and turned forward.

Kobe hesitated a little, and took a step slower, Tianyang immediately defended.

Tatum took a step inside the free throw line and wanted to dunk against Tianyang, but after thinking twice, he chose to look back at the moon and pass the ball to Kuzma.

"Crack!" Kuzma just got the ball, and Kobe slapped it off.

The ninth attack failed. Some players on the scene held their heads in their hands and exclaimed in disbelief; some were full of excitement, as if they were learning defensive skills;

Tianyang served the ball again, Kuzma received the ball and did not attack immediately, but asked cautiously: "I also want to exceed three dribbles, is that okay?"

"Yes!" Tianyang didn't make fun of it, but admired this attitude of doing everything possible to pursue victory.

Kuzma got the answer, and immediately rushed sideways, ordered to sprint to the short corner on the right, and stopped to hook.

Tianyang struggled to take off to block the shot and hit the shot.

Tatum flew to catch the rebound, Kobe stood up early and raised his hands, Tianyang slid forward and double-teamed.

The passing route was blocked, Kuzma hurried to the outside line and clapped his hands for the ball.

Tatum didn't pass the ball, but patted the ball to borrow strength, strong on the spot, and put the ball on the hoop.

Tianyang and Kobe took off at the same time to block the block, and the basketball circled around for several times before rolling out of the circle again.

The tenth offense failed, the players on the scene were numb, and Tatum and his pants were also a little bit depressed.

Kobe immediately put down the basketball and said loudly: "Remember, as long as you are still playing professional basketball, you can't have any unconfident thoughts. If you don't score this goal, you can come back next time; if you don't win the championship this season, the summer will be miserable." Practice your skills; you didn't complete the lore this time, so don't hesitate to make the next shot. You must be confident when playing basketball!"

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The back row of stands on the left side of the arena.

"Kobe spoke very well, you can use this paragraph to encourage the Lakers players." Jim said with a smile.

"It's nothing, Tianyang said these things even more powerfully." Wharton didn't care.

"Speaking of which, Tianyang and Kobe teamed up are a bit strong in defense." Jim sighed.

"Yes, these two players are not weak, at least they are both lottery level." Wharton nodded.

"You mean, Kobe can defend an NBA-level offense now?"

(End of this chapter)