My Name is Kobe Bryant

"Beautiful Akobe!" During the timeout, the Lakers praised Kobe, who led the team to a 7-0 spurt in the opening game.

No one on the team expected such a smooth start, thanks to Kobe's suppression of Payton.

Why Kobe can play so freely in front of the glove?

First of all, Kobe's current disadvantage is strength confrontation. He will suffer more when facing strong defenders with good defensive skills, that is, ordinary blue-collar forwards.

But when it comes to skilled point guard defenders, whether it's Payton or Stockton, there are different ways to score.

No matter how good your skills are, they are not as good as mine.

No matter how rich your defensive experience is, it is not as rich as mine.

For a defender like Payton who is not as tall as Kobe and whose strength is not much different from Kobe, Kobe has many ways to score points on him.

Compared with Payton, Kobe is more afraid of purely talented defenders, like Hill, or the later James, Kobe will be more difficult to fight.

The game continues, the Sonics have the ball, Payton and Sean Kemp hit a pick-and-roll, and then hit the ground pass to Kemp who is running down, Kemp soars into the air and swings the ball into the basket

"Boy, have you learned it? This is called point guard, and this is called passing!"

Kobe wanted to sew Payton's mouth shut.

Kobe held the ball and fought head-to-head. He played a pick-and-roll with O'Neal, threw the ball high, and O'Neal dunked in the air.

"Yo ho, it seems that our magic boy and the glove are on the bar. The current Kobe is not frightened by the fierce defense of the glove at all. His offense is very decisive." Goodrich was a little surprised, the best defense last season The players couldn't restrain Kobe, and even showed signs of being blown up.

"Kobe and Payton are talking non-stop, talking trash to each other crazily, I really want to know what they are talking about." James Worthy is curious, and few people can use trash talk to compete with Payton.

The game was in full swing just after the start. Payton's own offense was restricted by Kobe, but he still organized the team's offense and repeatedly assisted his teammates to score.

The Sonics' outside touch is hot, and neither Eddie Jones nor Bruce Bowen can contain their firepower.

The main reason is that the two sides played a lot of offensive and defensive transitions, the offensive rhythm is very fast, and there are few situations where the position is hard-pressed.

Kobe's performance in the first quarter was very impressive, fast down, three-pointers, organization, and defense. Gary Payton was eclipsed by a wonderful performance.

"You can't guard me at all, I will hit a three-pointer here." With 18 seconds left in the first quarter, Kobe held the ball for halftime and pointed to the huge LAKERS logo in the Great Western Forum Arena.

"Don't be kidding, this is a midfielder." Payton thought Kobe was playing tricks and took the opportunity to break through.

Kobe really thought so, as long as Payton stepped forward to press, he would break through.

But Payton didn't.

So, just vote.

Regardless of Kobe's disregard, he jumped directly on the LOGO, shot in a single action, and pushed the ball out with one hand.

Like the training ground, like the shots practiced before the game, the standard posture can be written into the textbook.

Payton rushed up to grab the interference.

It was late, Kobe finished his shooting, raised his right hand, and hung his left foot to Payton's feet.

"Shua." A very far distance from the basketball frame, a high arc fell into the basket, and at the same time the referee whistled.

"Fuck, he hit me himself." Payton was mad, and Kobe's feet got entangled with him, and he fell to the ground after shooting.

"The goal is valid, 3+1!" The referee didn't care, he judged that Payton interfered with Kobe's continuous action.

"WTF!" The audience erupted, what did they see!

3+1 near the midfield LOGO!

Is there any scene that this group of Lakers fans who have experienced countless superstar games have not seen?

They had never seen this scene.

In front of the best players in the league, in the midfield LOGO, scored 3+1.

This is Kobe.

"It's too good, Kobe's shot is too good." Goodrich had goosebumps, as a shooter, he knew the difficulty of this shot.

"Didn't you say that the coach would kill him? I think the opposite coach, George Karl, wanted to kill him." Worthy laughed.

"Thank you Jerry for bringing us this genius, God bless." Goodrich directly crossed himself on his chest.

Kobe made the free throw steadily, and whispered to Payton who was furious: "This glove doesn't fit."

Payton was in a hurry, but he didn't dare to make any moves with two fouls on his back.

"Kid, don't be complacent, there are three quarters left in the game, let's wait and see."

At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led the Sonics 28:22 under Kobe's bombardment. Kobe played the entire first quarter, 6 of 9 shots, 2 of 4 three-pointers, and 16 of 28 points.

On the Supersonic side, Detlef Schramf scored 11 points on 4 of 6 shots with his height advantage and excellent touch. Kemp scored 8 points on 3 of 5 shots in front of Campbell.

Payton was 0 for 3, his back was blocked, and Kobe interfered with his two mid-range shots, and he missed.

"I don't know if Payton will be ashamed when he recalls Kobe's zero seal before the game. At least in the first quarter, he was zero seal." Goodrich praised Kobe, and he has become an absolute fan of Kobe.

"But the Lakers need to guard against other players in the Sonics. The Sonics are not a team that will lose if they misfire their offense." Worthy pushed his glasses, and Detlef Schramf's excellent touch made him a little worried .

In the second quarter, the Lakers sent a full bench lineup, while the Sonics let Jose Hawkins play to lead the second team.

To everyone's surprise, Fisher locks up Jose Hawkins!

Jose Hawkins is a 1.91-meter shooting guard. His main offensive method is mid-range shooting, and he has strong breakthrough ability.

It may be that after returning to Los Angeles, Kobe gave Fisher a few tricks. Fisher followed Jose Hawkins closely, suppressing him with excellent strength and unable to score normally.

After Jose Hawkins was suppressed, the three Musketeers of the Lakers immediately opened up the score. Seeing that the situation was not good, George Karl replaced Payton.

Payton, who was suppressed by Kobe in the starting match, was like a duck having fun at this time, crazily eating Van Exel in a low position, and the score instantly widened.

"Kobe, are you going to play?"

"No rush." ​​Kobe thought for a while.

"Ben!" Kobe yelled at Big Ben in the field.

Ben Wallace understood in an instant, and in the next round, he directly threw his defender to help defend Payton and gave Payton a solid cap.

"Great!" Kobe jumped up, shook the towel, and the technique he learned from Thackeray stunned his teammates on the bench.

The Lakers started again in the middle of the second quarter, and the Supersonic starters recovered the point difference from 6 points to 2 points.

With Daben's defense, Payton was terrified every time he scored, but finally broke the zero seal.

And Detlef Schramf's heavy artillery continued to show off in the second quarter.

Finally, the starters of both sides appeared at the same time again in the second half of the second quarter!