Reborn My Name Is Kobe

After the second quarter, I still stayed on the court, and Shaq also needed a rest during this period. However, when the second quarter started, the opponent's defensive strategy finally changed. The first was to use small forwards to counterattack.

Me, it seems because they found that my post-up efficiency was quite high, so they wanted to use my height to suppress my offense.

This strategy did effectively limit my offensive status at the beginning. When I wanted to single out the opposing players as I did in the first quarter, I found that the guy I was facing was very good at using some small defensive moves.

, such as removing the stool, using dark strength, or using knees and elbows to interfere with my attack.

These moves are very concealed and very fast. It is difficult for the referee to detect them in a very fast offensive and defensive game. I tried to respond to this, but obviously I am still a little too young after all. For these moves

The preparations were still not sufficient, so mistakes occurred in many attacks.

And my emotions were also affected by these situations. When I complained to the referee about the bad actions of the opposing defensive player, the referee did not listen to me at all, and the player who was defending me smiled at me when he saw this.

Spewing trash talk quickly made my anger reach its peak.

In the next two rounds, I decided to look for opportunities on the off-ball end as much as possible. However, the tacit understanding between me and several other substitute players was really insufficient, so that when the ball was in their hands, the entire game on the court

The rhythm slowed down, and some fast break opportunities and shooting opportunities that I ran out of were unable to receive timely passes in the first place, so we wasted a lot of opportunities.

Time passed very quickly. In fact, as soon as the second quarter started, we were beaten by the opponent with a 10-2 spurt. This made Silver Fox Harris a little crazy. He was obviously very dissatisfied with my performance. I was angry.

Yi returned to the bench, full of anger but didn't know where to vent it.

The second quarter of the game went very quickly, and the offensive and defensive rhythms of both sides were greatly improved compared to the first quarter. O'Neal did not come on the court so early, so the Lakers used a lineup of one large and four small.

The ball was mainly in the hands of Van Exel, and he had a good chemical reaction with Robert Horry at the power forward position. Soon after they scored a three-pointer, the other coach couldn't bear it.

A timeout was called.

After the timeout, Shaq returned to the court again, and the opponent's coach also put all the main lineup back on the court. The contest between Olajuwon and Shaq began again.

Perhaps because of the two previous three-pointers, the Rockets' defensive strategy changed back to man-to-man defense, allowing Olajuwon to defend Shaq alone. At this time, Shaq finally began to ask for the ball in the low post to beat Olajuwon alone.

Rajuwang is gone.

However, Olajuwon's defensive experience is indeed sufficient. When Shaq turned his back and tried to use fake moves to make Olajuwon lose his defensive focus, Olajuwon was not fooled at all. No matter what Shaq used,

He was always able to predict Shaq's true next move in time with every move, which made it impossible for Shaq to defeat Olajuwon through skills and could only choose to use his own brute force to fight hard.

But this fell into another of Olajuwon's schemes. It turned out that Olajuwon would consciously judge Shaq's true offensive intentions when he was defending Shaq.

At this time, he will withdraw his strength appropriately and let Shaq's body lean forward. If Shaq thinks this is a rare offensive opportunity at this time, he will immediately be cut by Barkley who comes after him.

Barkley struck hard and fast, and Shaq didn't even have time to react before Barkley took the ball away from his hands. The Rockets' fast break counterattack was also extremely fast, especially when the glider Drake

Under the leadership of Sler, their fast breaks can often end with dunks.

After Shaq's continuous failure in the interior, he had to engage in internal and external pass-and-cut tactics with the outside. However, the Rockets are also quite good at defending high pick-and-rolls, because Barkley and Olajuwon can switch defenses at any time inside, so regardless of

No matter how Shaq picks and rolls, he can't completely tear apart the Rockets' interior defense.

Fortunately, these inside cuts compressed the Rockets' defensive space to a certain extent and gave the Lakers' outside players enough room to shoot. During this period, the Lakers' outside players hit consecutive three-pointers, including one from Horry.

He hit three three-pointers. This guy usually looks unattractive, but he can always become a trustworthy teammate in key games or critical moments. And he usually likes to play dead and can also confuse the opponent's defensive players.

When the opponent tries to double-team Shaq and release him, he can sometimes really seize these open three-point opportunities.

Of course, Horry's state is actually relatively unstable. For example, in the first few games, he did not perform as accurately as he does today. Of course, it is only the first few games of the regular season. You must know that this guy has won 7 points in his career.

championship ring, and in the playoffs he will become even more powerful than in the regular season. This is a bit like Iguodala of the Warriors later, who typically pretended to be dead in the regular season, and then showed up in the playoffs.

force.

I held my chin up while watching the game, thinking that my offensive skills were still not proficient enough.

Players with better physical fitness cannot fully create good offensive opportunities when defending closely.

Although the Lakers' outside perimeter was open and they were able to hit three-pointers continuously, the point difference did not widen. The two sides went back and forth in the second quarter, and the scores rose alternately. In just one quarter, they probably had their own points.

Leading four or five times. The reason for this is that the offensive skills of the Rockets' Big Three are too diverse. They have Da Meng's dreamy footsteps inside and Barkley's big back-up play, and the glider's unsolvable mid-range shots and fast breaks on the outside.

Counter dunk.

Both sides scored very high throughout the second quarter. The Lakers scored 35 points, and the Rockets even scored 37 points in the second quarter. You must know that in this era of relatively slow offensive pace and a preference for positional battles, single-quarter scores like this are

Even if it is ranked at the forefront of all the team's games throughout the season, it seems that today's game is destined to be a gorgeous offensive battle.

But the reason why I say this is not because both sides do not defend, but because they cannot defend each other at all. When both sides are in very good offensive condition, instead of wasting their energy on defense, it is better for everyone to attack like crazy together, at least

This will provide the audience with more exciting offensive moments.

During the halftime break, I felt that the atmosphere in the locker room was quite lively. Those outside players who had poor touch before were still in good condition today. Of course, they may not feel surprised because they lost 65 points in the half. After all, the Lakers

The team also scored 67 points at halftime, which was two points higher than the opponent.

As for coach Silver Fox Harris, he didn’t say much of practical significance. I found that he sometimes likes to be mysterious. Many of his tactical explanations are not very understandable to the players. Maybe deep down in his heart

He has a very sophisticated study of tactics and is constantly calculating various powerful tactical positions in his mind. However, when it comes to how to implement these tactics in real games, it is obvious that he is not particularly successful.

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This game can be regarded as the most active offensive movement of the players in this period of time. In the final analysis, it is because they feel hot and feel that they can score goals. In the previous few games, when they felt sluggish, it was like

It was like being sucked dry by some monster. It was like strolling on the court. Except for singles, it was singles. The entire team had no tactical discipline at all, and Silver Fox Harris did not come up with any effective improvement methods.

, except for pouring some insignificant chicken soup, it really does nothing.

The intermission was over soon. When the third quarter began, the Rockets took the lead in launching a fierce offensive. Barkley showed his very fierce side, roaring and resisting Robert Horry's defensive charge.

He entered the paint and slammed the ball into the basket. This dunk was so powerful that it immediately brought the atmosphere of the entire stadium to the highest point. At least at this time, the atmosphere of the fans in Toyota Center was not at all.

Not inferior to Staples, the loud shouts made me a little upset. I really wish I could get on the court earlier and fight instead of sitting on the sidelines as a high-level spectator.

Faced with the Rockets' surging offensive momentum, Shaq was completely aroused to fight. As the boss of the team, he also began to show off his special skill, which is the shark dance that kills everyone. Speaking of

The shark dance is actually a powerful center step. In fact, Shaq, who weighs nearly 300 kilograms, can be considered a flexible fat man. Especially when he turns around behind the baseline, he can often easily switch defenders to his own.

behind him, and then easily smashed the ball into the basket.

In the previous games, when facing super defensive insiders like Camby and Mutombo, Shaq's move was not able to fully exert its power. But today, when facing a skilled defensive insider,

When he dreamed of Olajuwon, he didn't use this technique at the first time. I don't know if he forgot it, but it's not too late to think about it now.

I have to say that Olajuwon's defensive skills are really awesome, but after all, his weight and height are still at a disadvantage in front of Shaq. When Shaq is determined to carry him in the paint today, even Olajuwon

Rajuwan also had no way to stop this violent shark.

I saw Shaq stuck in a deep position in the low post, and then Eddie Jones on the outside quickly hoisted the ball inside. At this time, Barkley, who was guarding Horry, quickly reached out to intercept the pass.

, however, Shaq showed amazing athletic ability at this time. With a slight jump, he took the ball down in mid-air like a monster flying in the air.

Then Barkley immediately began to double-team Shaq. However, Shaq reacted very quickly. Before Barkley and Olajuwon formed an effective encirclement on him, he made a low-post turn and turned Olajuwon.

Both Rajuwan and Barkley were left behind by Shaq, and what followed was the rim being pulled up and down by the huge force, as if it might collapse at any time.

This ball greatly improved the morale of the Lakers, and Olajuwon and Barkley were obviously a little discouraged because of this ball. Shaq didn't forget to talk trash to Barkley after completing the dunk. I heard

It's unclear what exactly Shaq said, but from afar, Barkley's inner anger could be felt through his subsequent body movements.

With this kind of anger, Barkley is

In the subsequent game, he intentionally rushed towards O'Neal's inside line. What surprised me was that Barkley was obviously two times smaller than Shaq, but when he sat in the low post and beat Shaq, he even felt completely powerful.

Not at a disadvantage, but I don't know if this guy's low post skills are too sophisticated or if Shaq just doesn't know how to exert force.

The result was that Shaq was beaten by Barkley's post-up play. It's no wonder that Barkley, with his height of 1.98 meters, was able to dominate the league's interior for so long. His explosive power was really terrifying, even with Shaq's weight.

There is no way to take advantage when fighting against strength in the low position.

Soon the third quarter of the game reached 6 minutes. Since neither coach took the initiative to call a timeout, the game entered the official timeout period. Head coach Silver Fox Harris was still quite satisfied with the team's offensive end.

, but frowned when talking about defense. He pointed out that the team was not focused enough on the defensive end and did not have a tacit understanding of each other's defensive cooperation, allowing Olajuwon and Barkley on the other side's insides to be too weak.

Too easy to pass and cooperate inside.

Shaq seemed very unjust about this. He directly told the coach that Olajuwon was as slippery as a loach in the water. Any defensive method would not be able to deal with the cooperation between Olajuwon and Barkley.

Sometimes he seems very tired.

Seeing that Shaq had said this, Silver Fox Harris couldn't continue talking, and the timeout also ended at this time.

Then I replaced Eddie Jones and once again got the opportunity to play with Shaq. This time I obviously didn't pass the ball to Shaq like I did at the end of the first quarter.

In fact, I also realized that neither Shaq nor I could win this game. The two of us had to put aside our differences and work together to defeat the powerful Big Three lineup.

Shaq seemed to be aware of my change, and began to actively engage in a high pick-and-roll tactic with me. This pick-and-roll tactic of both of us is very difficult to defend. Generally, when we use it, the opponent is unlikely to be able to use it in a short time.

Finding a way to crack it, especially when Shaq and I are at a very high level individually.

During a pick-and-roll with Shaq, the opponent focused all their attention on Shaq's cutting inside. Because in the past few pick-and-rolls like this, I ended up throwing the ball to Shaq, who was cutting inside.

Their focus this time was on Shaq, but they neglected to defend me.

Originally, I had gained enough space to shoot. When my blood suddenly surged, I decided to use a dunk to show the opponent my strength. Therefore, I started to move forward at full speed from outside the three-point line until the opponent was near the penalty area.

The defensive player finally reacted and wanted to come over and cover me.

However, my forward speed was too fast, and it was so fierce that they could not stop the defense if they wanted to. I jumped up high on one foot and raised the ball directly above my head. At this time, I was originally facing Shaq.

Olajuwon, who was stuck in the position, got rid of the entanglement with Shaq at an extremely fast speed, and also started to rush towards me.

Neither of us flinched from the ball. Today, it was either me who dunked on him, or he who was angry at me.

My whole body had been fully spread out in the air like a roc spreading its wings, and I was about to fly over Olajuwon's head to complete the dunk. However, what I couldn't imagine was that Olajuwon was

Juwon's take-off speed was so fast, and he judged my dunk timing so accurately, just like the ball LeBron James dunked head-on against the Spurs center in the 2013 Finals, Olajuwon also

He pressed down my dunk directly on the front of the basket.

My body lost balance in the air, and I fell hard after landing. The referee's whistle sounded. Although I caused Olajuwon's shooting foul, his plan to dunk from the front failed.

When I landed, my right elbow rubbed against the smooth ground for a long distance. I could even feel the surface temperature of the rubbed area rising a lot. I gritted my teeth and straightened up with the help of my teammates.

Fortunately, Kobe's young body is flexible enough, so such a heavy fall didn't cause much damage to me, and I didn't feel any more discomfort besides pain.

Then I steadily hit two free throws. After this experience, I never dared to rush inside with Olajuwon guarding me in subsequent offenses.

The high pick-and-roll between Shaq and I is still going on, but the opponent actually has nothing to do with our tactics. In fact, the Rockets are also constantly using the high-post pick-and-roll tactic when they play against us. This tactic is simple but practical.

Both of us were helpless against each other's offense. At the end of the third quarter, the score between the two sides was almost over 100. If we continue at this pace, we would probably score 120 or even 130 points.

More than ten points.

Head coach Silver Fox Harris showed his inscrutable expression at this time. I didn't have the heart to listen to his strange tactical theory, so I just grabbed the energy drink on the ground and took a big sip.

I know the fourth quarter is when the real game begins.