NBA: James wants to team up with me

第148章32投50分的王崇与40投45分的科比，天差地别！

Kobe continued to attack with the ball.

Having had the experience of the previous round, Kobe no longer underestimates this little-known player who is responsible for defending himself.

The opponent's reaction and defensive awareness when faced with his back movement just now are outstanding among defenders in the league.

In the second attack, he was obviously more cautious. Although he still didn't call for a pick-and-roll screen, he worked harder than before on the offense. He deceived Bell with a fake move to break through and make a mid-range jumper.

"Shh!"

The basketball goes hollow into the net.

No matter what the defense is, it will always be half a beat slower than the offense because it needs to be judged based on the opponent's actions before taking action.

Therefore, it is impossible to expect Lagar Bell to completely limit Kobe's scoring.

When the Bulls attacked, Wang Chong continued to hold the ball and beat Odom in isolation. After breaking through the opponent's defense, he hit his signature mid-range pull-up jumper.

6: 2!

As soon as the game started, the Lakers' home fans were delighted to see the scoring battle between Kobe and Wang Chong.

But the direction of the game did not develop as they imagined.

Although both teams are attacking with the ball a lot.

But it is obvious that the difference in offensive efficiency between the two can be seen.

Kobe missed far more shots than Wang Chong.

This caused the scores between the two teams to quickly open up at the beginning.

从6:2，到10:4，再到15:7……

As Wang Chong expected, the more this happened, the more obsessed Kobe was in the scoring competition with him. As long as the basketball was in hand, the opponent would resolutely shoot the ball, regardless of how strong the defensive force in front of him was.

On the surface, Kobe was facing Laga Bell head-on, but that was not the case.

Tyson Chandler, who was guarding the basket, would help defend at any time, taking advantage of his height and wingspan to make Kobe's offense extremely difficult.

In addition, Luol Deng, who is responsible for guarding Caron Butler on the wing, is always ready to move. Once Kobe Bryant's breakthrough path with the ball approaches his side, he will not hesitate to step forward and team up with Bell. Anyway, Kobe will basically not choose to pass the ball when he has already hit his head.

Wang Chong is different.

Also because of the large number of shots, additional defensive players began to be assigned.

When Wang Chong faced the double-teaming of Odom and Butler, he would decisively choose to pass the ball.

With a height of 2 meters, coupled with 10% ball control ability and 90% passing ability, Wang Chong can easily find a gap in the opponent's double team and pass the ball out.

The one who catches the ball is often Luol Deng, who was abandoned by Butler. He receives the ball at his favorite position on the wing and directly rushes into the penalty area with the ball to attack the basket and score.

Unlike Kobe Bryant's solo play, Wang Chong's style of play does not feel any guilt at all.

After all, this is a basketball game, not a one-on-one event like boxing or tennis. There is never a true one-on-one match on the field.

Moreover, Wang Chong and Kobe did not face off directly on the court. Kobe, who had been selected to the defensive first team for many years in a row, had no intention of guarding Wang Chong. The two were in different positions and the huge height gap made it impossible for Kobe to guard Wang Chong. Chong's attack.

In addition, Wang Chong is also very aware of his own weaknesses, or the weaknesses of top scorer Kevin Durant, who is not good at dealing with double-team defense.

Although his ability to control the ball is not low, he is still too tall after all, and his center of gravity when dribbling is too high. After all, it is easy for the ball to be stolen on the court. He has never been able to face double-team defenses as easily as Kobe. , although the latter's offensive efficiency under double teams is not high.

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After the first quarter of the game, the Bulls took an 28-point lead at 20:8 in the away quarter.

王崇9投5中，其中包括一记外线三分球，罚球2中2，单节得到13分2篮板3助攻。

而科比则12投4中，罚球4中3，得到11分。

The two scored very close, but their offensive efficiency was very different.

This scene seems familiar. Last season, similar situations occurred many times during the Lakers' games.

On the same team, Kobe and Wang Chong's offensive efficiency was very different. At that time, Kobe's fans could still attribute Wang Chong's high offensive efficiency to Kobe's credit. If Kobe hadn't attracted defensive double-teams, it wouldn't have been as easy as Wang Chong's. Opportunity to take action.

But now the two are fighting against each other again as rivals, and the result is still the same. So what is the problem?

For a while, the fans at the Lakers' home court didn't dare to think about it anymore. They were simply horrified to think about it.

The game continues.

But the more obsessed Kobe is with attacking and scoring, the more he will be manipulated by the Bulls' defense, because whether it is Bell or other players who help defend and double-team Kobe, one thing is certain, no matter what kind of opponent he is facing, Kobe doesn't even choose to pass the ball.

When Kobe is in a hot state, he is indeed an exaggerated figure who can't defend himself no matter how many people double-team him.

But that state doesn't happen often. In most cases, Kobe, who is so reckless, only gets a continuous crisp sound of iron.

On the Lakers bench, head coach Phil Jackson's face was as deep as water.

Before this game, he had predicted in advance that Kobe would inevitably fall into a state of exchanging scores with Wang Chong.

For this reason, he also specifically asked Kobe to ask this question. Compared with his personal scoring victory, the team's victory is more significant to them, because even if Kobe's score is higher than Wang Chong, as long as the team loses, it doesn't matter. Up to win.

More importantly, if Kobe loses to Wang Chong in scoring, he will really lose his wife and his troops, and it will be called a complete loss.

Therefore, on the field, he should still focus on the team's victory and then worry about personal gains and losses.

But when Kobe heard this, he just said one sentence. "Am I going to lose to him?"

At that time, he knew that this game would most likely turn out like this.

As a former teammate, Wang Chong knew Kobe so well that he would definitely let the Bulls arrange defensive tactics against Kobe, and Kobe would definitely fall for it.

In the second quarter, things started to get worse.

The Lakers' offense came to a complete standstill. Kobe's offensive efficiency was low and he fell into a cycle of being constantly double-teamed, forcing shots and then making direct mistakes.

None of the other players on the Lakers court have the ability to break the status quo.

Phil once hoped that Eddie Curry on the inside could penetrate the opponent's inside like O'Neal and break the situation.

But although small sharks and large sharks are both sharks, their lethality is very different.

Chandler was challenged inside. Although Eddie Curry had the advantage in terms of tonnage and strength, his skills at the basket were quite rough. Chandler successfully defended several powerful inside attacks, and even caught him head-on. A big hit, very embarrassing.

The Lakers home fans were dumbfounded.

What the hell is this? Does a player like this deserve to be called a shark? It's funny!

Phil also gradually understood why although the Bulls started Eddie Curry last season, Chandler's average playing time per game was not much less than that of Curry who started.

<divclass="contentadv"> He does have certain interior offensive abilities, but they are limited to "certain". His offensive skills are not proficient, his game attitude is negative, and he has shortcomings in rebounding and defense. .

If the Bulls had allowed him to average more than 35 minutes per game and reduced the playing time of Tyson Chandler, who made a huge contribution on the defensive end, they would not have been able to achieve the fourth-best record in the Eastern Conference last season.

Although the Lakers still have players such as Odom, Butler and Hinrich, in terms of ability, they are actually not much different from the Bulls' Luol Deng, Bell and others.

More importantly, Wang Chong is not as inefficient as Kobe. The continuous scoring makes the Lakers defensive end tired of coping, and they have to invest a lot of defensive force to prevent Wang Chong from scoring, but this also leads to insufficient defense for other players.

At the end of half-time, the point difference between the two teams had widened to more than double digits.

This was the result after Ben Gordon came on the scene in the second half of the second quarter and scored points for the Lakers. Otherwise, the point difference would only be even greater.

During the halftime break, after some adjustments, or to be exact, Phil Jackson took the trouble to persuade Kobe Bryant in the locker room, finally allowing Kobe Bryant, who had played the first two quarters of the game, to calm down a little and express what was to come. The game will not continue to blindly compete with Wang Chong for personal scoring ability.

After the second half started, Kobe did exactly that.

Breaking into the penalty area with the ball, Kobe faced Bell and Chandler at the same time. After jumping high, he did not make an elegant fadeaway jumper or a super pull-up layup like before, but Passing the ball straight to Eddie Curry on the other side, the latter caught the ball in an open position and immediately dunked with both hands.

The Lakers finally began to find their offensive rhythm.

But it was at this critical moment that Wang Chong on the opposite side gave the Lakers the most fatal blow.

Two consecutive long-range three-pointers, all from the right corner.

At the bottom corner, Wang Chong's corner three-point shooter badge can be activated, and as the game progresses into the third quarter, his rhythm badge buff is also fully stacked. When he is in a wide open space, his shooting percentage is ridiculously high.

Originally, given the importance the Lakers attached to Wang Chong, it was absolutely impossible to give him a chance to be in an open position.

But it was Odom who defended Wang Chong after all.

Lack of concentration on the court and his tendency to lose focus have always been one of Odom's biggest problems.

With just a dazed effort, Wang Chong seized the opportunity and moved to the three-point line in the bottom corner without the ball.

It was too late for Odom to pursue him again. Luol Deng, who appeared in front of Odom just in time, blocked Odom's pursuit route. Caron Butler had no time to help defend and could only watch Wang helplessly. Chong made a shot from the open position.

Wang Chong hit two consecutive three-pointers, and broke through to the basket with the ball, resulting in 2 of 2 foul shots. Wang Chong scored 8 points in a row, completely destroying the Lakers' hard-fought counterattack.

What's even more terrible is that Wang Chong's offense is far from over. During the remaining game time of the third quarter, Wang Chong directly transformed into Kobe, sweeping all the Bulls' offense.

The Lakers home fans were really dumbfounded.

After leaving the Lakers, Wang Chong's offensive ability has not become weaker, but has even become stronger!

Throughout the third quarter, Wang Chong made 14 of 9 shots, 4 of 2 three-pointers, and 4 of 4 free throws. He scored 24 points in a single quarter, plus 21 points in the first half. After only three quarters, Wang Chong’s score It has reached an exaggerated 45 points!

Just looking at it, Wang Chong's score will go straight up to 50+ after this whole game!

When Wang Chong scored 45 points in three quarters, where was Kobe?

In fact, Kobe's score is not low. He has scored 31 points so far, but 26 of them came from the first half of the game.

In the third quarter, in order to improve the team's team offense, Kobe took fewer shots and used himself more to attract defensive passes to his teammates to score, so he only scored 5 points in a single quarter.

This was very embarrassing. After the third quarter, Kobe was sitting on the bench with a sullen face and said nothing.

In the first half, they said that I took too many shots, which affected the team's offensive rhythm. In the third quarter, I made tactical adjustments as you said. As a result, instead of narrowing, the point difference was further widened?

Okay now, there is only the last quarter of the game left, and the point difference between the two teams is close to 20 points. How can we win?

Kobe has made up his mind that he will never trust anyone again in the fourth quarter.

On the other side of the bench, Wang Chong sat aside, breathing heavily.

Scoring 45 points in three quarters looks great, but in fact it is not that easy.

With nearly 30 minutes of playing time in the first three quarters, Wang Chong was severely exhausted. In the final analysis, he did not have the physical ability value of Kobe and James that reached almost 99.

The current Wang Chong's maximum physical fitness can only reach the upper limit of 92 during Durant's peak period.

This physical ability allows players to play a whole game normally without any problem, but if they have to take a lot of shots, it will really be a test for their physical ability.

As one of the stars with the strongest scoring ability in the league, until Wang Chong crossed over, Durant only had 50 points 9 times in his career, which is relatively rare among superstars.

For comparison, the basketball god Jordan has 50+ times in his career 39 times, Kobe has 25 times, and Harden has 23 times.

Even James, who claims he has never been a scorer, has scored 14+ points 50 times in his career.

As the top scorer, Durant failed to even reach double figures with this statistic, which actually explains the problem.

If James has played four more seasons than Durant and has worked longer, then Damian Lillard, who entered the league as a draftee in 2012, has the same 14 50+ times as James, which is enough for Durant fans. Can't find any excuse.

In terms of historical status, Lillard can barely even see Durant's taillights. In terms of scoring ability, although Lillard is also at the top of the league, no one will ever compare him with Durant.

But in terms of 50+ scoring times, Lillard has more times than Durant.

No way, this is indeed a major weakness of Durant, and it is currently also a weakness of Wang Chong.

The first three quarters of the game were played too passionately, and as a result, Wang Chong now consumes too much physical energy. In the final fourth quarter of the game, it may be difficult to continue to support the efficient scoring output as before.

Fortunately, the Bulls have established a 20-point lead at this time, and the fault tolerance rate is very high. As long as the Lakers don't let the Lakers score an exaggerated score of 40:20 in a single quarter, the victory of the game is already guaranteed.

The current Lakers certainly do not have the ability to score 40+ points in a single quarter. Especially after the start of the fourth quarter, Kobe returned to the solo mode and continued to attack with the ball. Although his offensive efficiency was not bad at this time, But it is still difficult to reverse a 20-point difference by oneself.

In the final fourth quarter of the game, Kobe scored 14 points in a single quarter and shot 48% from the field. The two teams battled to 33:21 in a single quarter. The Lakers recovered a 12-point difference, but they were still unable to recover due to the large point difference. .

At 106:98, the Bulls defeated the Los Angeles Lakers by 8 points on the road.

Wang Chong played about 6 minutes in the fourth quarter and did not attack much when he was on the court. He only made 4 of 2 shots, including a three-pointer. He scored just 5 points, bringing the total score to 50 points.

Kobe also scored 45 points in this game.

50 points vs 45 points, it seems that the two are evenly matched.

But if you look closely at the statistics, you can see the huge difference between the two.

Kobe took an exaggerated 40 shots in the entire game, but only hit 17. He was able to score 45 points, relying on 14 of 11 free throws.

On the other hand, Wang Chong obviously scored higher than Kobe, but he only took 32 shots, hit 18 goals, and shot 56% from the field, including 10 of 5 three-pointers and 11 of 9 free throws.

The scoring efficiency of the two is simply different and cannot be compared at all.

This is also the reason why the Lakers lost this game directly.

After the whistle sounded at the end of the game, Kobe immediately stood up and walked to the tunnel with a sullen face.

He can already think about how the outside world will evaluate him and Wang Chong in this game after this game is over.

Kobe himself never expected that Wang Chong would become so strong!