My Name is Kobe Bryant

In this game, the Lakers continued to use the previous starting lineup, and Del Harris does not intend to change this lineup that has won many victories.

The starting lineup for the Phoenix Suns is PG Rex Chapman SG Wesley Person SF Robert Horry PF Danny Manning CA.C Green.

Since Kevin Johnson was injured in early-season practice, they moved Rex Chapman to PG and Wesley Person from the bench to the starter.

This is undoubtedly a change that makes things worse.

This lineup can be said to be very mediocre. It seems that every point is a high-quality role player, but there is no offensive core and no defensive gate.

This Suns team needs a brain, or if the stars integrate the team, they will have a very good combat effectiveness.

The poor record of the team has caused frequent conflicts between the team members and the coach. Failure is the fastest way to disband a team. This team, which was a strong team in the playoffs last year, is now facing a crisis of disbandment. Many players have died. Being put on the shelf, the coach may be fired at any time.

At the beginning of the game, O'Neal overwhelmed AC Green and succeeded in jumping the ball. The current O'Neal's bounce speed is very amazing.

Kobe has the ball and Wesley Person posts it.

"Boy, don't try to please me in front of me." Wesley Person played against Kobe in the preseason, and Kobe was suppressed in front of him in that game.

At the age of 25, he has a standard shooting guard template body of 1.98 meters and 88 kilograms. With his strong body, he has good offensive and defensive abilities. This season, he averaged 2.1 three-pointers per game with a 41.3% shooting rate.

Kobe just wanted to try, how the improvement of his physical fitness and three-point ability would bring him changes.

Kobe Bryant has the ball into the half court, and Wesley Person is tight. Breakthroughs are easier when the defender is closer to you.

Kobe took a step to the right and pulled away instantly. Wesley Person subconsciously reached out and grabbed Kobe's jersey.

"Doo! The goal is valid, and a penalty is added!" The referee blew his whistle, and the action of grabbing the jersey was too obvious.

Kobe smiled slightly. This player is too young to play basketball so impatiently.

In the first quarter, the Lakers led 21 to 17 by 4 points. The Suns' offense was completely scattered. The Lakers did not have a very urgent defense and still had a scary low score.

Kobe trained Wesley Person continuously in the first quarter, as if he wanted to find the place where he was suppressed last time. Singles, breakthroughs, mid-range shots, and three-pointers. This embarrasses Wesley Person very much.

Wesley Person didn't expect that just a few games later, the high school student had grown to the point where he couldn't handle it.

In the second quarter, the Lakers played more offensively. Kobe scored Eddie Jones and Bruce Bowen hit outside shots again and again.

At halftime, the Lakers 47:39 Suns. The score was slowly opened.

O'Neal was happy on the court. He wobbled in the first half and only scored 8 points but received 6 assists. He had a special pleasure in dominating the game with passing.

"Guys, catch the pass from the great point center Shaq, I'm gonna get a triple-double!"

"No problem, Shaq. Everyone help Shaq achieve a triple-double today!" Kobe was the first to stand up and express his support. It is also very good to help his teammates improve their statistics in this stable win situation.

At the beginning of the second half, the Suns players stepped onto the court amid the roar of Cotton Fitzsimmons on the sidelines.

A group of Lakers players started running around O'Neal without the ball. O'Neal held the ball at the top of the arc, made exaggerated tentative steps, and cross-dribbled the ball, causing the audience on the sidelines to laugh.

A 2.16-meter fat man playing CROSSOVER was too scary. Del Harris worried that either O'Neill's ankle was broken or AC Green's rib was broken, so he called a timeout to stop him.

"Okay, coach. I promise not to do this again." O'Neal resignedly promised, he just wanted to shoot a three-pointer to try his hand.

The game continued, O'Neal held the ball in a high position, and Kobe and Eddie Jones interspersed with running positions on both sides. They tore the Suns' defense, and took O'Neal's passes and hit them again and again.

Although there are not many teams implementing this high-post tactic, Kobe has played a lot of similar cooperation with Gasol in the triangle offense. His off-ball movement creates a lot of offensive space and makes the Suns' defense exhausted.

Cotton Fitzsimmons made a lot of attempts, replacing the starter, double-teaming, pressing and a series of tactics. But it didn't affect the Lakers too much. Kobe can still easily run out of opportunities. Even if O'Neal doesn't take the initiative to rush to the basket, the Lakers' outside offensive power alone is enough to penetrate the Sun's weak defense.

At the end of the third quarter, the Lakers have led by 13 points at 71:58. With the offensive efficiency of this era, it is very difficult to catch up.

The Lakers replaced all starters early in the fourth quarter, and Cotton Fitzsimmons also replaced the starters.

At the end of the game, the score was fixed at the Los Angeles Lakers 102:88 Phoenix Suns.

In this game, O'Neal almost made a triple-double before the end of the third quarter. He made 7 of 12 free throws and made 2 of 5 free throws. He had 16 points, 13 rebounds and 10 assists.

Kobe played 25 minutes, 7 of 15 shots, 4 of 5 free throws, 18 points, 3 rebounds and 6 assists. He surrendered the team's right to initiate the offense in the second half in order to give O'Neal a stat. After receiving the pass from O'Neal, he shot immediately, so the hit rate is not high.

Eddie Jones was in good form in this game, scoring 16 points efficiently on 8 of 14 shots. He is getting more and more comfortable playing next to Kobe and O'Neal, which is a very good thing.

None of the Suns' starters scored more than 20 points. Instead, Michael Finley played well off the bench. Got 20 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists.

Cotton Fitzsimmons knew that maybe his coaching career in Phoenix was coming to an end. Although he lost 8 games in a row without the team's star Kevin Johnson, in this era of winners and losers, all excuses are redundant.

"Hi, Robert." Kobe found Robert Horry after the game. In this game, Horry made 5 of 15 shots and scored 14 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists.

"What?"

"Do you want to come to the Lakers to play? There are me and O'Neal here, and we can hit the championship together. Don't you want to feel proud in front of Houston who gave up on you? This is something Phoenix can't give you." Kobe blocked his mouth and said to Huo Lee said.

Horry looked at the young Kobe in surprise. He really wanted to change teams. After adapting to a leader like Olajuwon and Horry after victory, he couldn't adapt to a losing atmosphere like Phoenix.

Especially on the bench, and with a rising star like Michael Finley, Horry doesn't feel like he's in the team's future plans.

"Dude, let's leave a call. Can we call?" Horry was a little moved, and exchanged communication numbers with Kobe.

"Hey, Kobe. What are you talking about?" Nash stepped forward, and Nash strengthened his offensive shots this time. Nash, who came off the bench in this game, made 4 of 8 shots and scored 10 points and 4 assists in 21 minutes of playing time. His and Finley's performances were the team's only bright spots.

"Nothing." Kobe smiled, he would not tell Nash that he was poaching his teammates.

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