My Name is Kobe Bryant

"Good evening, ladies and gentlemen~ This game will be broadcast live across the United States by ABC. I am the host Mafu Albert that you are familiar with."

"Hi everyone, I'm Bill Walton."

"Bill! Welcome! How are you doing?"

"It's not bad, but I miss the time on the basketball court."

"I understand. Brought the only championship to Portland, and won the second championship with Bird in the Celtics. They elected you into the Hall of Fame in 1993. You are a well-deserved legend .”

"Haha Mafu, stop talking, stop talking. Let's watch the game."

"Which side do you like in this game?"

"I am more optimistic about the Portland Trail Blazers. Although their record is far behind the league's No. 1 Lakers, you must know that this is the Lakers' fourth game in five days. They just returned to the United States from Canada this morning. I think the state of the Lakers players will definitely be greatly affected."

"Worthy of Bill, well-founded! Knowing that the Lakers have only lost 3 games since the start of the game, will this be their fourth defeat? Let us wait and see!"

Just after the start of the game, the Blazers gave the underprepared Lakers a blow.

The Blazers' starting point guard is Kenny Anderson. The 1.83-meter small point guard can ensure that the ball is not broken by Kobe. After halftime, he handed over the ball to Sabonis.

Arvedas Sabonis has a height of 2.21 meters and a weight of 127 kilograms. He looks one size bigger than O'Neal!

In the last game, he was suppressed miserably by O'Neal. In this game, he thought about it and planned to leave the penalty area and complete the attack in the middle and long distance. You must know that Sabonis has a 37.1% three-point shooting percentage, which is unique among centers. He averaged 1.9 shots per game and can hit 0.7 goals. In this era, Sabonis's three-point ability is not available to other big centers.

And O'Neal's habit of squatting to defend is destined to be unable to pull out to defend the outside offense, especially the sleepless and exhausted O'Neal, who has no intention of defending Sabonis' three-pointers at all.

Sabonis held the ball from the three-point line, looked at O'Neal who was absent-mindedly squatting at the basket, and smiled slightly.

He held up the basketball with his big hand, and shot the ball with the standard shooting posture of a guard. The soft touch made it impossible to feel that this was a 2.21-meter giant center forward.

"Shua!" The basketball fell straight into the basket.

"My Falk! This guy can still shoot three-pointers, isn't it?" O'Neal was taken aback. He was the first team to shoot a three-pointer for the center when he saw the first ball.

"It's not fooled." Kobe frowned. This is a bit difficult to handle. O'Neal's defensive habit can't be adjusted at once, and there is no need to adjust it. Now is not the era when the center forwards in the future will shoot with flying colors. Of the 30 starting centers in the league, only Sabonis has such a long shot.

Don't worry about it, do what you have to do. Kobe thought for a while, and he had no other way, so he took the ball and pushed towards the Blazers half court.

Flank!

Just after the middle and long line, two players, Isiah Ryder and Clifford Robinson, double-teamed!

What?

Attack at the start?

Flinching just after halftime?

This is what Kobe didn't expect, and it's also because the Lakers have been playing games these days, and they didn't watch the video to study the Blazers at all.

Bryant was caught off guard and nearly returned, barely controlling the ball and passing it to Eddie Jones.

Eddie Jones dribbled a circle and passed it to O'Neal at the basket, but time was running out, and Kobe's escape took a lot of time.

O'Neal bumped into Sabonis and found that he was motionless. He didn't know whether Sabonis was in good condition or he was a little weak, so he turned around and made a small hook, and the basketball missed.

Kobe secretly wanted to suffer, although it was just an offense and defense, but Kobe saw a lot of things.

Sabonis' state and feel are very good today, and O'Neal's defensive habits can't limit him at all.

I was flanked in advance, and there was no way to sort out the team's offense. Even if the pass was open, the tired Lakers players might not be able to seize the opportunity.

O'Neal can't beat Sabonis! This is the biggest problem for the Lakers!

As long as O'Neal and Kobe can open the team alone, they are afraid of confronting the Blazers. Both of them are open, and even a bull can fight a bucket. But the current situation is that Kobe was directly cut off from the team by two people, and O'Neal has no way to efficiently single-play Sabonis.

Dangerous.

"Mr. 55 points? I told you not to score 15 points today." P-J-Carlesimo sneered again and again on the Blazers' bench. Earn face in front of me.

On the second ball, Sabonis also held the ball at the top of the arc for a three-pointer, and O'Neal followed up a step without missing the three-pointer.

Sabonis stopped shooting and slammed the ball vigorously towards the ground. Clifford Robinson, who was cut in the air, successfully received the ground pass, used his height advantage to cut into the Lakers basket, and pressed Bowen to score a layup.

Kobe continued to dribble across the half court, but he was still double-teaming. Kobe was ready to quickly pass the ball to Bowen who was open. Bowen missed a three-pointer from the bottom line and was caught by the roaring god Rasheed Wallace. Defensive rebound .

"Fast break!" Rasheed Wallace yelled and threw the ball to the front court. Isiah Ryder received the ball and dunked with one hand!

"WOW!" Rose Garden Arena remembered a burst of exclamation and applause.

Harris chose to pause.

Paul Allen grinned in the box, beating the Lakers 7-0 in the opening game was something he never expected.

The Lakers players looked at each other, not knowing what to say for a while. The team's two big brothers are blocked, how to play this ball?

Harris is also frowning, the team has done too little preparation for the Blazers, and the Blazers are waiting for work and going all out.

He had no choice but to ask the players to do a good job of defense, stabilize the defense first, pass the ball more on the offensive end, and run more tactics to find opportunities.

After the timeout, the Lakers stabilized their defense a little bit, at least they were not counterattacked by the Blazers. On the offensive end, Kobe found open players and began to hit open balls.

But this only slowed down the speed of the score, and the first quarter ended. Los Angeles Lakers 14:25 Portland Trail Blazers. 14 points was the Lakers' lowest score in a single quarter of the season, and Kobe was a little ashamed to see this score.

Sabonis is omnipotent today, as if he has returned to his peak. In the first quarter, he made 5 of 7 shots, 2 of 3 three-pointers and scored 13 points, 4 rebounds and 3 assists. Whether O'Neal or Campbell guarding him, he can easily complete the offense.

Three points! CIC! back! Combined with a sneaky pass to mobilize the running of the Trail Blazers, the Lakers players are overwhelmed.

Kobe was double-teamed early and only scored 3 points and 4 assists.

O'Neal made 2 of 7 shots and only scored 4 points and 3 rebounds. Sabonis not only attacked, but also covered O'Neal on the defensive end, making the exhausted O'Neal deflated again and again.

The Lakers are in danger.