My Name is Kobe Bryant

The game between the Lakers and the Jazz in the Utah Plateau is a very important card battle.

The Lakers ranked first in the league with 18 wins and 2 losses, and first in the Western Conference. The Utah Jazz's record of 12 wins and 3 losses makes them ranked fourth in the West. If they win, they can overtake the Sonics in one fell swoop, but if they lose, it will be difficult to climb to the top three in the West in a short time.

The Lakers' schedule in November is very dense, and they have played 20 games so far, while the Jazz only have 15 games.

Yesterday the Lakers experienced a deadly battle with the Sonics, while the Jazz had already rested for two days.

This battle must be won! Jerry Sloan, with the momentum of 7 consecutive victories, vowed to avenge his shame at home.

We must win! The morale of the Jazz players in the video room is like a rainbow. They have watched the last few games of the Lakers. They have summed up the problems of the last failure. They are confident to win this team.

. . .

Kobe, in this game, don't defend Malone anymore. Harris said loudly, with continuous high-intensity games, he didn't want Kobe to get bruised like the last game.

Ah? Kobe was dumbfounded. Didn't he win the game last time by switching defenses infinitely?

Big Ben is starting.

Kobe understood what Harris meant, and Malone relied on Ben Wallace to defend alone in this game.

Kobe went off the assembly line and let Stockton and Malone shoot. Harris continued to explain that he didn't plan to go shopping this time, because the team's competitive state was very poor, and he actually gave up the game somewhat strategically.

If the Jazz feel good, let Malone and Stockton cast the Lakers to death. Harris recognizes this loss.

Campbell walked up to Ben Wallace and punched him.

Big Ben! Get rid of Malone!

Campbell knows that he is an ATM in front of a high-mobility power forward. When he meets Malone or Barkley, he is ready to give up the starting lineup to Ben Wallace or Rob Horry.

En! Big Ben nodded resolutely. Campbell was the player who communicated and confronted him the most during training. He has been helping Ben grow up like a big brother. Seeing that his starting lineup did not make Campbell sad, Big Ben was quite happy.

He wants to use this performance to give back to the coach and to give back to Campbell's trust!

. . .

The players walked out of the locker room, and the insults and boos from the Devil's Utah Delta Center Arena were heard in the player channel.

The words starting with Niger and F all over the mountains and plains made the all-black Lakers starters a little speechless.

They're racist.

Who can control the audience, they are the parents of the league bosses.

The Lakers' starting lineup is PG Kobe Bryant, SG Eddie Jones, SF Bruce Bowen, PF Ben Wallace, C Shaq O'Neal.

Jazz starting lineup PG John Stockton SG Jeff Hornacek SF Brian Russell PF Karl Malone C Greg Ostertag.

Players from both sides stance, O'Neill and Greg Ostertag jump the ball.

O'Neal jumped high and won the jump.

Kobe pushed forward with the ball, and when he reached the Jazz's half court, he found that it was not John Stockton who was guarding him, but Brian Russell!

The 2.01-meter-tall striker blue-collar put Kobe one step away, and didn't press hard!

Oops, this time Jerry Sloan came prepared! Harris thumped in his heart, he clearly knew Kobe's strengths and weaknesses.

Jerry Sloan and Harris looked at each other in the air, and the smile on the corner of his mouth could not be concealed.

Stockton is too short to defend Kobe from interfering with his shooting space. Although Kobe only scored 12 points, 2 rebounds and 7 assists in the last game, Jerry Sloan will not regard Kobe as a player who can only score 12 points .

Kobe's destructive power and scoring explosiveness are obvious to all. Sloan formulated a defensive strategy against Kobe from the very beginning.

This strategy is mainly aimed at Kobe's breakthrough, keeping a medium distance from Kobe. If he shoots, he can also interfere to a certain extent. If he breaks through, Brian Russell will use his physical talent to firmly block Kobe's progress.

Kobe smiled. In his opinion, this defensive strategy is full of loopholes, and it is not even as good as Stockton defending him alone.

But Kobe was not in a hurry to attack, he wanted to save this snack for the most suitable time to eat, Kobe handed over the ball to O'Neal. Malone put aside Ben Wallace and Greg Ostertag to double-team, and O'Neal split the ball.

Bryant received the ball and passed it to Eddie Jones who came out of the pick-and-roll. Eddie Jones missed the shot.

The Jazz's offense still uses pick-and-rolls, and Stockton and Malone launch the offense.

Kobe circled back and Stockton made a three-pointer and made a hit.

These two goals seemed to be the epitome of the first quarter. The Lakers' offense was a bit sluggish, while the Jazz felt hot.

The Lakers' pick-and-roll against Utah Shuangsha uses the most common back-round defense. Utah Shuangsha is used to this kind of defense. In addition to being at home, they bombarded the Lakers' basket with continuous shots.

Stockton made 3 of 4 shots with 8 points and 3 assists, and Karl Malone made 4 of 7 shots with 11 points and 4 rebounds. The two scored 19 points together in a single quarter.

Kobe's rhythm in the first quarter was still based on organization and series.

O'Neal was double-teamed, and Ben Wallace had no scoring ability. Eddie Jones and Bowen didn't feel good, and the score was quickly pulled apart.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers trailed by 9 points at 16:25.

Kobe had a bad premonition that Ben Wallace's appearance did not strangle Karl Malone, but instead caused a great hindrance to his team's offense.

Fortunately, both sides came off the bench in the second quarter, and the Lakers' substitutes maintained a fiery touch. Under Horry's organization, Van Exel and Fisher hit three-pointers again and again.

Campbell's performance on the bench was very vigorous, grabbing offensive rebounds in a row to form a second offense.

After returning to the court with the first double, the score difference quietly narrowed to 4 points.

At the end of the second quarter, Kobe was ready to exert his strength.

Bryan Russell's defense still takes a small step and beware of breakthroughs.

Kobe's shot at this distance will still be interfered by the tall and fast Brian Russell.

So Kobe chose the pick-and-roll, and he called O'Neal and hit a pick-and-roll from the three-point line.

Brian Russell is much bigger than Stockton, so he was directly blocked by O'Neal's pick-and-roll.

And Greg Ostertag, the 2.16-meter, 127-kilogram superstar insider, has no ability to follow up and defend at all. He can only squat under the basket.

Then the only defense against Kobe is Brian Russell, who was blocked by O'Neal's pick-and-roll.

Kobe took advantage of the large amount of shot space obtained by the pick-and-roll to shoot consecutive three-pointers. In the 7 minutes he played in the second quarter, he made 4 of 8 three-pointers and scored 15 points in a single quarter.

However, Kobe's scoring did not bring the team a leading advantage, and his teammates felt really bad. The Jazz are all soldiers, and they use the pick-and-roll to score again and again in the middle and long distances.

Malone didn't specifically single Ben Wallace, but the open space he got through the pick-and-roll also allowed him to score 13 points and 4 rebounds in the half.

At halftime, the Lakers trailed the Jazz 41:43.