My Name is Kobe Bryant

At the beginning of the game, the midfielder jumped the ball. The young O'Neal had amazing jumping ability and easily won the jump ball.

Van Exel held the ball, dribbled across half court, and played tricks at the top of the arc.

Bryant stood on the wing and demanded the ball. Van Exel glanced at Bryant, didn't give the ball, and passed it to Ceballos. The defender in front of Ceballos is none other than the league's new superstar, Grant Hill.

Ceballos took a deep breath. Since O'Neal came, the team's offensive tactics have all revolved around him. This makes Ceballos, last year's offensive arrow, very awkward.

Ceballos is not unconvinced by O'Neal, he still admires the ability of this superstar center. The problem is that their offensive areas overlap seriously. Ceballos, who has no outside shooting ability, mainly divides the game with backs and air cuts.

When O'Neal occupies space at the rim, his performance is severely disrupted. His mentality is unbalanced, and his statistics in the past few games are very bad. He averaged 20+8 per game last year, and he averaged only 10+5 in these preseason games.

Ceballos' reluctance turned into mindless recklessness, and he tried to beat Grant Hill. After two pushes, he found that Hill was unmoved, and the turnaround and jump shot had ended.

"Damn, this Ceballos is a piece of shit." Harris was angry, and repeatedly emphasized that the team's tactics revolved around O'Neal, and this Ceballos didn't listen at all.

Originally, he asked Kobe to replace Eddie Jones because he still had hope for the core of last year, but Ceballos' performance undoubtedly slapped him in the face.

O'Neal is also very upset. The current default rule of the NBA is that the first ball is handed over to the team. But this Van Exel and Ceballos have repeatedly snatched the opportunity to attack the first ball.

The Pistons' tactics were very clear. After Lynch Hunter dribbled the ball for halftime, he handed the ball to Grant Hill to organize the offense.

Facing Ceballos' fat body, Grant Hill broke through him with one stride. Hit the mid-range steadily in front of Campbell's supplementary defense.

"It's so fast." Kobe sighed secretly. For a player of this height with such speed and ball-handling ability, he thought of his friend Tracy McGrady.

O'Neal served from the baseline and sent it to Kobe. It was not passed to Van Exel, because the team's performance of one offense and one defense made him a little angry.

This is the first time that Kobe and O'Neal have been on the official court together in this life. Kobe passed the ball to O'Neal who was sitting in the low post under Dumars's not serious marking.

Kobe knew Shaq's character best, and he knew that if he didn't give this fat guy the ball, O'Neal would be really annoyed.

O'Neal caught the ball very comfortably, and the position of the ball and the strength of the pass made him very comfortable. Sitting back hard, Theo Ratliff couldn't bear O'Neill's strength at all, and backed away again and again.

"Boom!" Shaquille O'Neal smashed the ball into the basket with one hand, and the basket wailed. O'Neal took a bully step at the basket.

Harris' eyes lit up, and the connection between O'Neal and Kobe was very smooth.

The Pistons mainly focus on Hill, and Kobe has no good way. Watching Dumars off the ball has already cost him a lot of energy. If Dumars is released to help defend, the team's defense will be full of loopholes.

Ceballos was substituted after going 0-for-3 from the field and covered his head with a towel after stepping off the field. He finally realized that this Lakers team no longer belonged to him.

Eddie Jones, who came off the bench, slightly restricted Grant Hill. With a solid defense, he would at least not be sieved by Hill.

O'Neal's performance in this quarter was outstanding, but he was soon double-teamed by Thorpe. Thorpe, who is experienced, is the inside partner of the Mosaic team and Olajuwon who swept the Magic in the finals.

He has a lot of experience in O'Neal's defense, and the timing of double-teaming is very good. O'Neal didn't play hard either, after all, it was just a preseason game. Passed the ball to other players.

Kobe faced the seasoned Dumars, and did not get too good personal offensive opportunities. The offense without the ball ran out of opportunities, and there was no way to receive the pass in the first place. The opportunity to attack with the ball was taken over by Van Exel.

After starting the game, Harris arranged for Kobe to play the first quarter. Kobe led the Lakers' substitutes back to the situation again after coming off the bench. The tough full-court press made it difficult for the Pistons' substitutes to parry.

Kobe succeeded in counterattacking consecutively, and as the defensive tacit understanding of the second team became higher and higher, the oppressive force became stronger and stronger. There are also more opportunities for their defensive counterattacks. Kobe even felt that the rookie substitutes he led could even make it to the playoffs.

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers 25:22 Pistons. Gained a slight lead of 3 points.

Kobe, who played the full quarter, rested in the second quarter. Harris did not intend to replace Ceballos, and tentatively sent Bowen to mark Grant Hill.

The effect is outstanding! Under Bowen's close defense, Grant Hill could no longer get an easy chance to score. Bowen stuck to Grant Hill like a piece of brown sugar, and his inseparable defense made Hill consume a lot of energy even if he scored.

When the Pistons were in distress, Dumars stood up and scored consecutively. The handicap did not widen.

Harris quickly replaced Kobe, this time it was Van Exel. The Lakers' perimeter defensive lineup became PG Kobe, SG Eddie Jones, and SF Bruce Bowen.

The defensive pressure rose to a new level in an instant, and the Pistons could only score hard under Grant's individual singles.

Kobe, who got the ball, played a pick-and-roll with O'Neal Campbell.

Kobe and O'Neal's pick-and-roll lethality is too great.

Kobe first assisted O'Neal to score under the basket, and then hit an open three-pointer with O'Neal's pick-and-roll. The score was instantly opened.

At halftime, the Lakers 61:52 Pistons. The point difference is not big, but the Pistons obviously have nothing to do with the Lakers' offense. The combination of Kobe + O'Neal is too dominant. At least this Pistons team is unstoppable.

After changing sides, Harris removed Van Exel and Ceballos as starters. Just let Kobe, Eddie Jones and Bowen replace them. Kobe and Bowen used their performance on the court to prove that they are suitable players for the Lakers to start.

Kobe played the point guard role in the second half. Harris liked Kobe and O'Neal's pick-and-roll very much, so he simply let Kobe be the point guard and organize the team's tactics by himself.

Only 1.85 meters, Lynch Hunter saw Kobe on the matchup, and hurried forward to steal it. Kobe protected the ball with his left hand to avoid the steal, and went straight to the basket! Thorpe stepped forward to defend, Kobe passed the ball behind his back, the ball arced through the crowd, came to the unguarded Campbell, and scored a slam dunk.

Campbell gave Kobe a thumbs up, "The kid's pass is awesome." It was very difficult to receive this kind of open pass in the Lakers before. Who doesn't like dunks?

After adjusting the midfield, Grant Hill did not entangle with Bowen, and called Thorpe out to run a pick-and-roll with him.

The experienced Thorpe reached out to grab Bowen's jersey, and Grant Hill took advantage of the gap to break through the basket and dunked.

Grant Hill and Thorpe's pick-and-roll Lakers also have no good solutions. The Lakers are still a little struggling to face superstars on the outside.

In the end, both sides played an efficient offense in the second half, and the Lakers relied on the advantage of the substitute. 95:91 win over the Pistons.

Kobe, who started the game and played a ball-handling role in the second half, scored 21 points, 4 rebounds, 7 assists and 2 steals.

O'Neal, who played back, also performed very well under Kobe's organization, scoring 23 points and 9 rebounds.

The most shining stars on the field are not the two of them. Despite the glorious defeat, Grant Hill still scored 31 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists under the strict defense of the Lakers.