Reborn My Name Is Kobe

The time of the second quarter of the game was relatively slower than that of the first quarter, because both sides began to commit more fouls in the second quarter, and the game was fragmented. Of course, such a result occurred.

This is also what the Nuggets want to see. They hope that the rhythm of the game will be a little chaotic or a little slower, so that they can have a little chance.

Because Shaq's free throws are indeed not very good, even if the Nuggets' offensive state is not good, we have been unable to open up the score between the two sides. This has led to a problem. In fact, it stands to reason that the head coach should

Shaq came off the court, but head coach Silver Fox Harris didn't do that. Maybe he was thinking about letting the Nuggets keep accumulating fouls. In fact, it is not a long-term solution to keep fouling Shaq. After all, when they

When the starting players have committed more than three fouls on average, their defense in the second half will definitely not be able to use fouls to solve problems as it does now.

After all, they played like this in the first half. Even if the score did not open up, they would not have so many remaining fouls to use at the critical moment of the second half. Of course, for the Nuggets, this is also a no-brainer, because at least

This can ensure that the point difference will not be widened for the time being. If the point difference has been widened early, then it will not matter the critical moment of the fourth quarter, so it seems that the Nuggets' choice does not really matter.

Big mistake.

Shaq himself actually felt a little numb, because in less than half a quarter, he had already made more than ten free throws in a row. In fact, he had experienced such intensity of free throws before, but that was during the season.

In the critical moments of the playoffs, it is not that common to be targeted in this way just in the regular season like today.

At the beginning, Shaq's face showed some unhappy expressions, but later on, the expression on Shaq's face turned into a smile, even a rather weird smile, as if he was talking to

The Nuggets players said, let the storm come more violently, I can handle it.

Of course, after most of the second quarter, with one or two minutes left, head coach Silver Fox Harris finally took Shaq off the field, and the rest of our starters were also taken off the field.

, I feel a little strange about his substitution.

Because it seems that none of our starting players can open up the score, so can substitute players change the situation on the field?

However, in fact, when the substitute players led by Eddie Jones and Scott came on the court again, they did have a good effect, knocking the Nuggets' lineup to pieces in a short period of time.

In fact, this reason is very simple, because at this time, the Nuggets players on the court are still the starters who have committed more fouls. They may not have expected that our Lakers will replace substitute players in the last two minutes, so there is no

The bench players were also replaced, and at this time, the starting players had too many fouls due to the previous foul on Shaq.

So at this time, facing our Lakers substitute players, they seem a little timid on the defensive end. Soon, their defensive effect will definitely be very bad in this situation, which will allow us to gain a good result.

The opportunity to hit the inside.

At this time, Eddie Jones played his most important role as the sixth man in our team. Under his singles with the ball, he beat the Nuggets two and one in a row. In this way, the Nuggets

The two players inside the Golden Team had already committed four fouls in the first half. It can be said that these two fouls he committed were extremely critical.

Because of the large number of fouls, the Nuggets' inside players were not decisive enough when defending. They wanted to guard against Eddie Jones' breakthrough, but did not dare to guard against it. At this time, Eddie Jones used physical contact and some appropriate blocking.

The rich facial expressions used in the foul seemed to be possessed by Deng Ge for a moment, so the Nuggets' inside players were called for defensive fouls even though they did not put much effort on defense.

The Nuggets players looked quite confused. They kept going to the referee to talk and complain about the fouls they had just committed, but the referee obviously didn't want to listen to their complaints. After all, the referee was addicted to calling fouls in this quarter.

Sometimes you can’t really stop just because you want to.

At this time, it was time for the Nuggets to reap the consequences. I didn’t expect that the old fox, Silver Fox Harris, had such a trick. It seemed that he was really underestimated. In this way, he not only further dealt with

The Nuggets' starters caused huge damage, and also widened the score on the court, and also gave our starters some more rest time. How can this guy have Popovich?

The feeling of possession.

At the end of halftime, the point difference between our Lakers and Nuggets was close to 15 points again. 15 points is a very critical number, because once the point difference exceeds 15 points, the players on the court will have a huge psychological impact.

Changes in the situation will cause greater psychological pressure on the side that lags behind.

In fact, a 15-point difference in this era is harder to chase than a 20-point difference in the small ball era. In addition, the Nuggets' own offensive state is so bad, and they are still working hard to slow down the game.

rhythm, which is even more unfavorable for them to chase points. These are all very beneficial parts for our Lakers.

Of course, we cannot be too complacent. After all, there is still half a game to play. All we need to do is to widen the point difference as much as possible in the third quarter to the point where the Nuggets feel desperate.

In this way, we can clock out and clock out in three quarters. I have gradually come to like this feeling of clocking out and clocking out in three quarters.

Of course, the opponents we have encountered in these games are not very strong. If we have the opportunity to clock out early, we should clock out early. After all, we should try to consume as little as possible in the regular season. In this era

Regular season breaks such as resting are not popular.

Of course, Shaq is actually very likely to choose to rest in certain games. This season, Shaq actually has some old injuries, which also makes head coach Silver Fox Harris use his

He seems more cautious at times. Although Shaq has not rested a game so far, I know that this situation cannot continue forever. After this season, he should still rest for at least ten games.

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If an old injury occurs on his body, he will have more time to rest at the end of the season, but for the sake of the playoffs, he really cannot use Shaq excessively in the regular season. This guy himself also likes to stay in the regular season.

Strength, and then show it in the playoffs.

During the halftime break, I entered a state of meditation again, and this time Kobe's soul once again communicated with me about what happened in Sir Faustin's manor.

"Have you forgotten what happened when you went to Sir Faustin's Manor?"

Faced with Kobe's question, I really don't know how to answer him. I know that Jessica and I seemed to have gone somewhere yesterday morning, but I really can't remember whether we went to Sir Faustin's manor.

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"I can't remember. Do you still remember those things?"

Kobe's soul did not seem to be affected by this, and now I can only find out from him where Jessica and I were yesterday morning.

"Forget it, if you can't remember it, don't think about it. Knowing too much about some things is not a good thing."

"I didn't expect you to speak in such a tone. Hahahaha, maybe it was affected by the memory of my previous life. The tone of your speech has changed."

"Maybe, the memories of your past life touched me a lot, but what you and Jessica have experienced during this time really made me feel how huge this world is, and how small we humans are.

of insignificance.”

"Hey, I don't know if it's a good thing for you to see these things, but for me, these things have actually caused a lot of trouble to me. Sometimes I also think about it, if I didn't know Jessica

If so, will I still be involved in all this?"

"Then ask yourself, do you think meeting Jessica is a good thing or a bad thing?"

Kobe immediately stunned me with his question, and I didn’t know how to answer him. In fact, for me, Jessica is really, really important. Of course I will not regret meeting her.

But to be honest, what I encountered after meeting her also caused a lot of trouble to me. Her family, her parents, the secrets hidden in her family, and what are the secrets surrounding my previous life.

, it often bothers me. Now I finally believe what that sentence says. For us humans, sometimes knowing too much may not really be a good thing. Maybe not knowing anything is actually a bad thing.

A gift.

But now that I know these things, if I don't know the whole truth, it will make me even more miserable. Thinking about it, I still feel that this pain is temporary after all. No matter what you do in this world

No matter what choice you make, you must pay a certain price. No one can truly have the best of both worlds. You always have to give up something for a choice.

"For me, I have never regretted meeting Jessica, so now that all this has happened, it no longer matters whether her appearance is a good thing or a bad thing for me. The most important thing is that we will

Stay together, face these unknown things and challenges together, and ultimately overcome all difficulties and find the path of destiny that truly belongs to us."

"Okay, you're right, don't think too much about it. As a man, don't regret the choices you have made. You know, when I see the Kobe Bryant in your past life memory,

After making the special choice, I thought a lot, and now I understand one thing, that is, I am the kind of person who will not regret the choice I make. Maybe I will leave some regrets in my career in the end, but for me

Those are not important. The most important thing is that I have the courage to make a choice. As long as it is my choice, I will not regret it no matter what the consequences are."

"So you've figured it out too?"

"Yes, after telling you this today, I am even more sure that we are indeed the same kind of people, hahaha!"

After finishing the conversation with Kobe, I recovered my mental state in a meditative state. I need to focus my attention through meditation. This is a kind of

This is very helpful for the competition itself, but during the process some pictures seemed to flash in my mind.

These pictures are a little familiar and a little strange to me, because I feel very familiar, but I can’t remember when I saw them. Judging from Kobe’s tone, Jessica and I must have been to Sir Faustin’s manor yesterday morning.

, and some very strange things must have happened inside. At least the disappearance of my current memory about this period must be related to Sir Faustin's manor. Those flashing scenes may also be part of this process.

appeared.

A bunch of keys and Jessica's weird smile appeared repeatedly in these scenes. It was a Jessica who was a bit unfamiliar to me. Although she still looked like Jessica, her smile gave people a different feeling.

The usual Jessica is completely different. I have never felt that strangeness even when the artificial intelligence possessed Jessica.

And that bunch of keys gave me an even weirder feeling. It gave me the feeling that I had seen it in another place, but in fact, when I thought about it carefully, I had never seen this bunch of keys anywhere else. This kind of

It's as if the familiarity doesn't belong to me, as if someone has forcibly transplanted this familiarity into my brain in some weird way.

When I thought about this possibility, I couldn't help but feel a trace of cold sweat on my back. I might not have sweated much even if I played for several minutes on the court, but the cold sweat was clearly visible on my back.

It flowed down.

The half-time break is relatively limited. Although I am not so sensitive to the passage of time when I am in a meditative state, just like when we usually dream, we seem to be less sensitive to the passage of time.

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When I woke up from my meditation state, I saw that head coach Silver Fox Harris was arranging tactics for everyone. His idea was also very simple, which was to play a wave of our Lakers in the third quarter and strive for a win.

The tone will widen the score difference to more than 20 points or even 30 points, so that you can enter garbage time earlier.

The second half of the game soon began. The first offense was initiated by the Nuggets. The Nuggets seemed to have changed their starting players in the second half. The main adjustment was the replacement of interior players. They seemed to have replaced

The fifth position has a stronger shooting ability. In fact, many times when these teams play against teams with Shaq, they will consider replacing the fifth position with a center who can have three-point shooting ability. After all,

Based on Shaq's defensive habits during the regular season, many times he will directly let go of the player at the fifth position. If other outside players on the Lakers team go to make up the defense, the player we are guarding will be missed.

Of course, if the player we are guarding has relatively poor three-point ability, we can temporarily let go of that player and let him break into the paint, so that Shaq can fight the player inside.

It's a better make-up defense.

This is also a trick that head coach Silver Fox Harris has come up with now. Of course, this also depends on the three-point ability of the player we are defending on the outside. If the player we are opposing has three-pointers,

If his scoring ability is relatively good, there is no way to help Shaq defend the player at the fifth position.

Moreover, this kind of supplementary defense sometimes causes dislocation. If the opposite No. 5 position is an all-around center who can shoot three-pointers, hold the ball and play singles, and can also post up, then such a supplementary position will

It is also relatively ineffective.

Of course, there seems to be no center player with such ability in this era. Of course, the other three of the four major centers like Gorilla Ewing, Dream Olajuwon and David Robinson are actually very capable.

They have mid-range shooting ability, so if Shaq has difficulty making up for them when defending them, although they will not shoot from outside the three-point line, if they keep letting their mid-range shots go, it is still very likely that they will be allowed to shoot directly.

Throw away.

And if our outside players cover up such a big center, they will face the result of being caught in a post-up. If Shaq comes to double-team them in a post-up at this time, these top players can often use their own back.

Play to attract the attention of the defense, and then use teammates to cut inside to create easy passing opportunities.

In any case, this threat from the fifth position will give them a considerable advantage in tactical initiative due to Shaq's defensive habits. With this advantage in tactical initiative

, our entire defensive system of the Lakers will become more passive.

In the previous away game at the Pistons' home court, Shaq actually had a pretty good attitude on the defensive end, and would often try his best to defend. Although his attitude today was not as good as that game, at least it was better than last season.

He was a little better at the beginning, and I wasn't too worried about the Nuggets' fifth position being able to blow us up.

After all, the Nuggets' forward line lacks shooters who can hit three-pointers consistently and stably, so our Lakers' outside players can actually devote more energy to defending the opponent's fifth position player. In this way,

Then their tactical advantage will not be that great for us.

After the second half started, the Nuggets' first offense really wanted to use the player at position 5 to move to the outside to mobilize our defense. Shaq hesitated and seemed to want to defend, but in the end he chose

Standing in the penalty area, seeing Shaq's choice, I was ready to cover the opponent's No. 5 player.

In this way, the player I was facing was temporarily freed up. However, the Nuggets second-position player I was facing today did not have a very strong desire to attack, so I decided to take a gamble and bet that he would not

Very decisive shot.

My bet was correct. When he received the ball in an open position, he originally had a good chance to directly shoot a three-pointer. However, he hesitated and finally made an inexplicable fake move from the outside because

No one was guarding him at all, and they didn't know who his fake moves were for.

After finishing the fake action, he still chose to break through. It was obvious that he had no confidence in his shooting touch. This also shows that his usual positioning in the team is not a pitcher. Otherwise, a pitcher would be better off.

When given such a good three-point opportunity, it was impossible not to take action immediately.

A qualified outside shooter will always be aware of his off-ball movement and the position of his teammates. They will always be ready to receive a pass from their teammates and then shoot, and sometimes as long as there is a

When given a good opportunity, they won't care whether they are at the best shooting point, they will shoot without hesitation.

For a pitcher, psychological quality is very important. If you miss the first few shots, whether you can still have good enough psychological quality to continue to take shots later is a great test for a pitcher.

Those top pitchers often have the confidence and awareness to dare to keep shooting even if they miss many goals in a row. In fact, even the top pitchers will encounter a cold feeling state at certain moments, like Curry

Such a player, one of the top shooters in the history of the league, has also missed ten consecutive three-pointers in the game.

As another player of the Splash Brothers, Klay Thompson often has ups and downs in some games that have just begun in the regular season. His shooting percentage is often relatively low in the first month or two of the game, but he still dares to shoot in every game.

They all insisted on taking shots and gradually adjusted their competitive state to the best state during the long season. In the playoffs, it seemed that the more critical the game, the more Klay Thompson was able to perform.

In terms of his big heart, Curry is much inferior to him in this regard.

The Nuggets' outside players didn't dare to take action and only dared to break through inside, but you must know that Shaq was waiting for him in the penalty area.

This time Shaq was quite cunning, like a cunning hunter, deliberately exposing his flaws and giving the Nuggets player the illusion that there was an opportunity to break through to the inside and score easily.

However, when he really broke through to the penalty area, Shaq rushed out from his side and grabbed the throw he had just made from the air. This was considered a catch, and the basketball had not yet risen to the level of

At the highest point, Shaq jumped up and blocked the sky and was taken down with a giant palm.

This scared the Nuggets players who broke through and trembled.

Other players on our court were also stunned by Shaq's amazing shot, and enthusiastic cheers immediately erupted on the court. Shaq's performance made the fans at home in Los Angeles go crazy again.

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After Shaq took the risk, he did not pass the ball out. Instead, he once again played the role of a defender and started dribbling directly from the backcourt to the frontcourt.

In fact, this is not the first time Shaq has done this this season, so for us Lakers teammates, it is not surprising for Shaq to make such a move, but the Nuggets players do not seem so strange.

Fully mentally prepared.

The usual scouting reports would not include Shaq's occasionally bizarre behavior, so before the Nuggets players could react, Shaq had already dribbled the ball through half the court.

In fact, Shaq's dribbling speed and skill are nothing like that of a center who is more than seven feet tall and weighs more than 300 pounds. His rushing momentum is really scary.

If someone dared to block Shaq's path at this time, I would definitely think that he was bragging, because if you saw Shaq's terrifying momentum at the game, you would not be so confident again.

Speech.

In fact, some of the Nuggets players seemed to want to block Shaq's path. However, Shaq didn't really use his strength at this time. He seemed a little worried that the Nuggets players would foul him.

, he even used the movements of changing direction in front of his body and turning around to dribble, which directly stunned the Nuggets players on the court and the players off the bench.

When Shaq finally completed this one-stop dribble and scored a dunk, the entire home atmosphere in Los Angeles was completely ignited. If his shot-catching had made the fans a little excited before, now the fans seem to be a little excited.

Completely gone crazy.

I don’t know how many Lakers fans there were wearing yellow clothes on their bodies.

The colored jersey or purple jersey was taken off and either kept waving in the hands, or simply thrown into the air.

It seems that I still underestimated the enthusiasm of our Lakers home fans. At least I didn't expect the roar at this scene to be so loud that you feel like your ears are about to be deafened.

However, many people seem to be completely immersed in this crazy atmosphere, and are completely unaware that their ears may have been hearing damaged.

Of course, to be honest, I am very proud to have such enthusiastic home fans as a Lakers player. Having such fans will make me grateful no matter what, grateful for their support and love for us.

The morale of the Nuggets players is already quite low at this time. This is reflected in the situation on the field. Their movement speed on the offensive end has become much slower, and the tacit understanding between the players has also been greatly reduced.

Soon the situation on the field began to look one-sided.

Seeing that Shaq started to exert his strength, the Nuggets' defensive tactics also tilted towards Shaq again. However, at this time, their starters had too many fouls in the first half, so there was no way to keep fouling Shaq.

, as the score between our two sides continued to widen on the court, when the score difference reached 20 points, the Nuggets head coach finally couldn't help but call a timeout.

I feel that the Nuggets' several timeout choices today were not timely enough. Of course, no matter whether their head coach's timeout was timely or not, there is no way to change their disadvantage on the court, because today our two teams

The status gap between them is really a bit too big.

Of course, this kind of game actually makes me feel a little boring. I am not the kind of player who likes to rack up points in garbage time. On the contrary, I prefer to face the opponent's high-intensity defense, and the opponent is about the same as me or even better than me.

Players, only victory under such circumstances makes me happiest.

Of course, the regular season is so long, and I don’t expect to face strong opponents in every game. If that’s the case, I’m afraid my body or spirit won’t be able to handle it. I still have to wait for a long period of time.

During the season, I faced some relatively weaker opponents, which allowed me to relax physically and mentally.

We will continue to sit at home in the next game, against the Seattle SuperSonics with Glove Payton and Rainman Shawn Kemp. This team is the predecessor of the Oklahoma City Thunder, which is also a team with

With a team that is strong in the playoffs, I may face the defense of Payton, the master defensive glove. This will be one of the strongest defenses I have faced this season.

You must know that Payton's defense against Michael Jordan in the Finals was quite successful. Some people even joked later that Payton's defense made Jordan look like Kobe.

Hahahaha, it’s really dark when I think about it, but such ridicule also reflects the greatness of Michael Jordan from the side. Even when facing Payton, he can still achieve the performance above that of Kobe.

Of course, in the time and space of my previous life, Kobe's performance in the finals was not particularly good, at least compared to the level he performed in the first few rounds of the playoffs.

After this game against the SuperSonics, we, the Lakers, are going to visit the plateau home court of the Utah Jazz again. Salt Lake City is a place with a very high altitude, and we already had a lot of food the last time we were there.

Unfortunately, we will still face a lot of challenges this time, because the previous game actually provided the Utah Jazz with a considerable psychological advantage, and the Utah Jazz team itself is very strong.

, so it is more difficult for us to face them.

The main problem is that Shaq is too weak to defend Utah's pick-and-roll tactics. His dominance in the penalty area cannot help him defend the opponent's pick-and-roll tactics, regardless of whether he is facing

Whether it's the Jazz's pick-and-roll tactics or the Rockets' triangle offense, his advantages on the offensive end can hardly negate the disadvantages he brings on the defensive end.

However, in this game, the Nuggets do not have the personal abilities of the players and the strong team tactical execution capabilities of the Rockets and Jazz that we have encountered before, so at this time they can only choose to call a timeout again.

They have to find a way to make a final effort, because the time has reached almost half of the third quarter. If they can't stop the decline at this time, they may never be able to stop the decline.

The timeout is very short. Since our Lakers are now in a comprehensive lead, our morale and state are relatively high. At this time, head coach Silver Fox Harris usually won't say anything anymore because everyone generally can't listen.

How to talk to him about tactics, and he is not the kind of head coach who is particularly good at instilling chicken soup into his players, so now he just said a few words and stopped talking.

It is still a bit too early to make substitutions at this time. One of the reasons why head coach Silver Fox Harris let our starters rest for so long in the first half is to prepare to let the starters rest in the third quarter.

The players can play a little more time, so we have a greater chance to completely end the suspense of the game in the third quarter.

After the timeout, I found that the Nuggets' lineup had changed again. They replaced their starting inside players. Although these two inside players had committed four fouls in the first half,

, but if it weren't for them, there would indeed be no way to stop Shaq's crazy massacre in their penalty area.

Before, they wanted to try a wave of inside players with stronger shooting abilities to compete, but now it seems that their plan does not seem to be particularly easy to use. The players basically did not achieve the actual effect they wanted on the court.

One of the important reasons is that our defensive end has become better than before, and it is also because the three-point shooting rate of the Nuggets' forward players is relatively low, and they lack that kind of powerful shooters.

If our Lakers perimeter players fill in for their No. 5 player, on the one hand, the No. 5 player will not be able to score in isolation, and on the other hand, he will not be able to pass to other open players in the three-pointer.

They score from outside the line, but once they rush inside, they will still be ruthlessly blocked by Shaq.

You must know that although Shaq cannot defend beyond the three-point line, he has always been extremely cruel to those players who dare to challenge his penalty area. The previous shot was a very obvious example.

However, I haven't figured out how the Nuggets want to crack the Lakers' defense. You know, just relying on their current lineup, I really don't believe they have found an opportunity to score easily.

In fact, in this game, overall the scoring efficiency of our Lakers team on the offensive end was very average. Except for me and Shaq and Eddie Jones on the bench who scored in double figures, no other player even scored more than five points.

So the overall score of our Lakers team at this time is actually not high.

But the key is that the Nuggets' own scoring efficiency is a bit pitifully low. It's almost halfway through the third quarter, and they haven't even scored more than 50 points, so they will be almost 20 points behind us.

It seems that our Lakers team gained the advantage today by relying on defense. If I tell you, you can believe it.

Of course, the Nuggets are in this situation today and our Lakers have also encountered it several times on the road this season. The game that impressed me most was the back-to-back game against the Spurs.

Povich obviously didn't want to win that game, and even created many opportunities to give us the victory.

However, our Lakers team was in an extremely sluggish state in that game, which led to the fact that the Spurs' lineup was not good several times, and even though we didn't want to win, we still failed to win the game. That game was really

It's unforgettable. At least in a short period of time, I'm afraid I won't be able to forget the feeling of being unable to put the ball into the basket no matter how I shoot.

That was an extremely ugly game for the fans. Fortunately, it was not a nationally broadcast game. If that game was broadcast nationwide, I am afraid that our Lakers team would lose many fans in an instant, and at the same time, there might be a lot of Lakers blackmail.

Although the Nuggets have tried their best to chase points, the effect after these players were replaced was still very poor. Shaq and I completely took over the game in the next few minutes. The Nuggets' offensive firepower was only

They recovered a little bit in a short period of time, but compared to Shaq and I's continuous scoring, their scoring efficiency is really not good enough.

Therefore, the point difference continued to accumulate in a larger direction. Then the Nuggets seemed to have no other way. The players on the court fell into a rather listless state, defending Shaq and me.

He also became more and more relaxed.

I knew that at this time they were only a small step away from being completely defeated. As long as Shaq and I seized the opportunity to fight fiercely, the suspense of this game would basically be over.

Although I actually don’t like to fight when facing opponents who have no fighting spirit, in order to end the game as early as possible, I clocked out of get off work in the third quarter and went directly to rest, so I still used all my strength to fight with Sha Ke dealt a powerful blow to the Nuggets inside and outside.

Today, our other teammates on the Lakers seemed a little bit weak. We originally wanted to motivate other teammates, but sometimes there is nothing we can do about things like touch, just like my three-pointer in a previous game.

The feel of the whole game is extremely sluggish. The more you try to get the feel back, the more impatient you will become. In the end, there is no way to really get the feel back.

Soon the Nuggets completely collapsed. The point difference exceeded 20 points, exceeded 25 points, and even tended to widen towards 30 points.

At this time, I deliberately fouled a Nuggets player so that our Lakers starter could be taken off the court.

At this time, there are about four minutes left before the end of the third quarter, and the situation on the court has improved. I guess I won't need to return to the court for the next quarter and a half of this game.