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Chapter 80 "Performance Time" (Favorites! Recommend!)
The referee, Joe Crawford, with his whistle in his mouth, focused on what was happening in front of him, and the late conversation with Kobe was faintly heard in his ears.

There have always been rumors in the Jianghu that many referees in the league are inextricably linked with outside casinos, and even personally participate in gambling. It's not such an important secret.

After half of this season's schedule, Kobe won the half-time scoring champion with his outstanding performance. In the game between the Lakers and the Rockets, the league intends to praise Kobe-the lone hero singled out the Big Three Rockets. Thinking about this title makes people think Feel excited.

So the league arranged for Crawford to play this game, hoping to make this game more intense. If Kobe can gain the upper hand in the match against the Big Three, it will be even more perfect.

It's a pity that something happened in the middle. The Big Three of the Rockets went to the second place, leaving only one who was late to lead the team. He also had a good record and his personal performance was perfect, so the league wanted to tout the confrontation between the two scoring champions.

However, the Big Three of the Rockets did not come back sooner or later, and they made a comeback in the game against the Lakers, which frustrated the league's good calculations.

It's just that, that's all. The Rockets obviously kept their strength in the first half. The Big Three appeared on the field together for only a few minutes, and they even acted as coaches on the sidelines as late as the entire second quarter, which is simply unreasonable.

Kobe was also a big disappointment. He didn't have a strong desire to attack in this game, and he only scored 6 points throughout the first half.

No matter how much Joe Crawford supports the Lakers, it's impossible for him to blatantly blow the whistle on those little-known role players of the Lakers as stars, right?

Fortunately, Cook is more competitive, playing star-level data, so that the score between the Lakers and the Rockets is not widened.

In the second half, the situation suddenly changed. Late and Kobe had a good relationship as soon as they came on the court, and they started scoring soaringly.

Kobe broke through with the ball, and he couldn't defend when he was late. Crawford still focused on it-he wanted the Lakers to take advantage of this time to recover the score, so as to maintain the suspense of the game and increase the ratings of the game.

But Kobe knew that he had a great advantage in breaking through with the ball, but he suddenly stopped in the middle of the breakthrough, and then began to back up until he was outside the three-point line.

Was this guy stimulated by something?

Joe Crawford was thinking while carefully observing the two people who were confronting.

The late defense maintained a distance of about half a step, and the restrictions on Kobe's shots were not very strict. With Kobe's shooting percentage outside the three-point line, he probably would not choose to shoot.

But Kobe made an unexpected choice. He raised his butt slightly, and Crawford suddenly screamed in his heart.

The signature action of the late three-point shot is not standard at all, and the tiptoe and wrist-shaking shooting method that almost does not jump is not only fast, but ordinary people can't learn it at all.

Kobe's shooting action is as standard as the textbook - except that his shooting posture is a bit strange outside the three-point line, he will poke his butt a little first!
As the biggest lake honey in the league, how could Joe Crawford not understand some of Kobe's little habits, and immediately guessed that Kobe was going to shoot a three-pointer.

Sure enough, Brother Snake raised his butt, jumped up with both legs, and with the advantage of his height and wingspan, he directly shot in front of Late.

Being late and closing his eyes to block his sight could not stop Brother Snake's determination to shoot.

"Bang!"

"Di!"

The sound of smashing the basket and the sound of the whistle sounded almost at the same time. As the parties involved, Brother Snake and Late looked at the referee Joe Crawford with incredible eyes at the same time. The eyes of both of them were clearly saying, who fouled?
Joe Crawford was mentally prepared and gestured his arm vigorously, indicating that the late thug was fouled. Kobe got three free throw opportunities.

Late eyes widened, did I touch Kobe's eyelashes?
Kobe was also a little disbelieving, and then showed a slightly embarrassed smile at being late.

"You're lucky!" Late replied bitterly, without any intention of going to the referee to argue.

Sitting on the team's bench before, looking at the game through the eyes of the coach, I was late and somehow suddenly blessed my heart. I suddenly thought that maybe the president might want to see myself and Kobe score in this game.

Of course, there is no need to curry favor with David Stern for being late, but he has no need to make his career more difficult, so he chose to play against Kobe after playing in the second half.

He is not very sure whether his choice is correct, but he has enough confidence. Even if he can't lead the team to beat the Lakers now, he still has two reliable teammates sitting on the bench. capital.

Bryant made 85% of his free throws this season, did not waste three free throw opportunities, and recovered three points for the Lakers.

To make a digression, more than half of the players in the NBA have a free throw percentage of less than 80%, which is not as high as everyone thinks.

Those well-known free throws are not specifically named. For example, the cheeky Wade played for 16 years in the original history. Only one season has a shooting percentage of more than 80%. His career free throw percentage is only 76%.In McGrady's 15-year career, there was only one season where his shooting percentage exceeded 80%. Even after entering his peak period, LeBron James often had a season shooting percentage of more than 60%, so a player's free throw percentage can exceed 80%. It's pretty good—as a center forward, Yao Ming's free throw percentage is more accurate than most outside players, which is one of his scary things.

Rockets offense, Late single-core led the team to play for almost half a season, the players have already practiced a lot of cooperative routines, and once again used cover tactics to provide Late with room to shoot.

Joe Crawford suddenly blew the whistle again, blowing David Lee for an illegal screen.

David Lee was stunned at the time. I stood one step inside the three-point line and didn't even move. How could I have illegally screened?

The ball was exchanged, and the Lakers got another chance to attack. Unfortunately, Kobe missed a strong hit this time and failed to close the score again.

Kobe's defense was slightly relaxed lately. He had already guessed that Joe Crawford was planning to let the Lakers use the gap in free throws to slowly catch up to the score.

The Lakers take advantage of free throws, it is no longer a one-time or two-time thing, and it is completely understandable to be late!

What a ghost!
Why should the advantages we have worked so hard to be interfered with by the referee who is an outsider?

As the saying goes, the more you think about it for a while, the more angry you become, and the more you think about it when you take a step back, the more you lose.

Being late sometimes makes mistakes. He can't watch the results of his teammates' hard work being easily destroyed by others.

If Kobe defeated him with his own strength, there is nothing to say about being late, but what does it mean that the referee is biased?
Isn't the NBA a place to pursue the American dream (hehe)?

So in the next defensive round, Late strengthened his top defense, and the physical confrontation with Kobe became more intense.

Being late is not the kind of reckless person. He already knew that he was not as good as Kobe in physical confrontation, so the interference he gave was relatively limited, but Joe Crawford's performance made him start to go all out.

Kobe is a person who likes to meet challenges. Seeing that the late defense is more active, he is very happy: "Are you finally serious?"

"It's those damn referees who pissed me off, they're helping you!"

Brother Snake shook his head: "Because I am a superstar, I have a star whistle, isn't this a normal thing?"

After all, Brother Snake began to speed up to look for opportunities. He gradually accelerated his dribbling speed, suddenly strengthened his strength to fight, and raised his left arm. Brother Snake is not only heavy and strong, but he also knows how to use some small movements when attacking. For example, cross arms.

He was pushed away late, and immediately chose to follow the defense to catch up, but Kobe had already found the opportunity to make a shot, and took off from the corner to shoot.

"Di!"

The whistle sounded again, Kobe made a shot, and there was another penalty.

Being late, he kept his mouth shut and did not show his dissatisfaction on his face.

He can probably guess what the league thinks. Kobe’s performance this season is really against the sky. His explosive scoring ability has become a hot spot to attract fans. As a commercial league, the NBA must launch representative stars to increase its influence. , Bryant naturally became the beneficiary.

Guessing is guessing, but whether you can understand it is another matter.

Being late does not intend to make any concessions, Joe Crawford wants to help the Lakers recover the score, he will not agree to being late!Now that he is responsible for marking Kobe, does Joe Crawford really want to blow himself down?

The peak matchup between the two most explosive scoring stars in the league, does Joe Crawford want to ruin it?

The Rockets players also obviously felt that the referee's whistle was a bit unfair, and there was a very brief panic. They were late and immediately appeased their teammates: "Concentrate on playing and give the ball to me. I will take care of everything."

Under his reassurance, the teammates quickly stabilized their emotions. Mucci Norris dribbled the ball across the half and handed it to Jumbari.

The veteran has rich experience and tried to break through with the ball, but he has lost his athletic ability and the breakthrough is not a threat, so he passed the ball in the end.

David Lee caught the ball near the free throw line, and Cook immediately followed up.

David Lee was not greedy for credit either, he faked a shot and passed the ball to Norris.

Norris dribbled the ball to a sudden stop, and turned back to the late man who borrowed Jumbari to cover and ran out of space.

Kobe is still following closely, but it only takes less than half a second to be late, and he catches the ball and shoots immediately.

Kobe's defense immediately caught up. In the eyes of ordinary people, the defense of this ball is in place, but both Kobe and Late knew that the opportunity for this ball came out.

Sure enough, the late hit from outside the three-point line killed the Lakers' momentum of chasing points.

(End of this chapter)