NBA Tyrant

During his pregame interview tonight, Bryant faced reporters asking if he would get revenge on the Magic and Howard at home at Staples Center.

Bryant replied with confidence and affirmatively.

"Of course, tonight I'm just going to fix Howard at home and lead the team to a win over the Magic. My new bet with Howard, I'm going to make it!"

Hearing the bet, the reporter who interviewed him became interested.

"Kobe, did you make

any bet with Howard? What is the bet?" "Yes, I have a good relationship with Howard, we have made a bet before, I win and lose, and whoever wins this bet can take any of the other party's honorary memorials,

including championship rings, MVP trophies, etc.! You can take it anytime, it will be valid forever!"

Kobe Bryant had a crazy look in his eyes.

If you want to talk about this bet, in fact, at present, Kobe Bryant must suffer more, after all, Howard, as a rookie, has not won any honors.

But Kobe Bryant is different, Kobe has been in the NBA for 8 years, and he has three championship rings in the heavyweight class alone.

However, Kobe Bryant didn't think about cashing in on the bet now, with Howard's current performance and momentum, the chances of winning the honorary trophy in the future are not 100%, but they are certainly high.

So Kobe Bryant wasn't worried about losing money.

"Wow! That's a big bet! Thank you for the interview, and I wish you the win, Kobe!"

In the first quarter, Kobe Bryant was hot at the beginning, even if Battier went all out to defend and Howard's supplementary defense, Kobe Bryant was still able to hit difficult goals.

Tonight, for Kobe, the basket was as wide as the sea, and in 10 minutes played, Kobe Bryant made 6 of 8 and got 14 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

On the Magic's side, Howard's performance is still as steady as Tarzan, and the Lakers' starting center Kris Mim is the same for Howard, with and without his defense.

In order not to be pulled away by the Lakers, Howard had a lot of desire to attack, also played 10 minutes, 6 of 7, also scored 14 points, and had 3 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block.

At the end of the first quarter, the Magic tied the Lakers at 31:31.

But in the second quarter, the bench lineup carried by Francis and Hill began to suddenly lose power, not only did Francis and Hill feel nothing.

Mobley, Garrity, and Barty all failed to make the must-go shots when they were in the open space, especially Barty, who was at the bottom of the basket and scored a simple board without interference.

The Lakers took advantage of the cold hands of the Magic team in the first half of the second quarter to quickly pull away the score, and by the time Howard returned, the score had become 42-53.

The Magic trailed by 11 points, and Bryant returned to the court, and Howard first used his own score to stabilize and narrow the score between the two teams.

It's a pity that Kobe Bryant, who is possessed by the god of scoring, did not agree, Howard scored a goal, Kobe Bryant must have responded with a goal, and the score did not succeed in narrowing the gap by the end of the second quarter.

In the second half, the Magic's performance was even more disastrous except for Howard, with Francis being 0 of 2, Mobley of 7, Hill of 3 and Nelson of 1.

In desperation, Howard could only choose to play alone, but two fists were difficult to beat four hands, and in the last minute of the final quarter, Howard struggled to chase the score to 96:100, only 4 points short.

As long as you score 2 more goals, you can catch up with the score, but after a whole game, Mobley, who is now reduced to a substitute, I don't know if it is because he is dissatisfied with playing as a substitute, and his brain is pumping regardless of the tactical arrangement, and he shoots by himself.

Originally, it was safe to hand over Howard to solve the offense, but Mobley willfully wasted two offensive opportunities.

In the end, the game ended, the Magic 98-106 Lakers, and the winning streak was terminated again.

On Dec. 13, back-to-back flights to Phoenix for the Magic to take on the Suns on the road.

Pretty much the same script, with the Magic once again having nothing to do with the exception of Howard, who remained in a steady state, but this game was worse than it was against the Lakers.

The rest of the Magic team felt frozen from the beginning to the end of the game, and there was not even a brief return to the light.

Johnny's pseudo-run-and-gun system for the Francis and Hill lineup was abused into scum under the Suns' real run-and-gun system.

Both offensive and defensive ends were hung up and beaten by the Suns, and when Howard came back and played a star-studded system, he recovered a little point, but the Suns still lost by 15 points in the second quarter.

Nash used his unpredictable passing to trick everyone on the Magic team, and even Howard was deceived by Nash's pass on several occasions and missed the inside Standmire.

This is the consequence of only single defense, without the support of a suitable defensive system, when you can't play on the offensive end, and the defense can't reach the level of limiting the opponent, then you can only be hanged.

In the end, the Suns 121-100 Magic, in the competition for the first place in the league, the Magic team reaped a heavy defeat.

The Suns' offensive and defensive play, as well as their positioning and execution, taught Howard and the Magic a good lesson, especially Johnny, whose brain seemed to have cleared up from complacent arrogance.

On December 15, facing the Spurs, one of the top three in Texas, the Magic team, which had lost two in a row, finally sobered up a lot and began to take the game and opponent seriously.

But unfortunately, a strong GDP combination is not something that Francis and Hill can beat at all, even if Howard moves to the power forward position, which can limit the role of Stone Buddha Duncan.

However, Ginobili and Parker, who had begun to emerge, easily tore apart the Magic's defense in the face of the Magic team without Howard.

In addition, the Spurs focus on team basketball, beautiful and fast ball passing, positive running, and disciplined team culture, all of which crush the Magic on offense and defense.

This puts a lot of pressure on the Magic team, but the old man Bobo likes to take advantage of your illness to kill you, and catching the weakness of the magic team is a burst of crazy output.

It often appears on the court, and the Spurs will always have an open opportunity after passing the ball many times, while the five people on the court of the Magic team are stupidly watching the Spurs players score.

In the last 4 minutes of the game, trailing by 9 points, Howard did not give up, and through continuous inside play, by the last 30 seconds, he chased 91:94, only 3 points away.

The Magic had the ball, Johnny took a timeout to arrange a quick 2-pointer shot by Howard, and then hoped to prevent the Spurs' last shot, get the last offensive opportunity, and beat the Spurs.

However, the plan was very good, but it was an accident again, and Mobley once again disrupted the team's tactical arrangement, and after receiving the outside serve, he did not pass to Howard quickly.

Instead, he was outside the three-point line, against Ginobili's defense, and forced a three-point shot.

And then....

The

rebound was accepted by Duncan, and Howard had no choice but to step forward and foul.

With only 26 seconds left in the game, if Duncan made both free throws, it would be over for the game.

In the end, Duncan still scored a free throw, and the Magic 91-96 Spurs, ushering in the longest three-game losing streak of the season.

Howard gave Mobley a deep look, then turned coldly and walked to the locker room.