Reborn My Name Is Kobe

When I started to focus on Stockton who was defending me, I found that this guy was thin and had a calm face. You could hardly see even the slightest emotional change on his face. I know such a player.

What's most terrifying is that you can't tell from the details of his eyes and movements what he is thinking and what kind of reaction he will make next.

In the first round when Stockton defended me, I didn't find a particularly good offensive method, because when he is in front of you, you have the illusion that all offensive methods can hit him.

Only when you are mentally prepared to choose an offensive method to attack him will he temporarily change his defensive strategy according to your offensive method.

When the 24 seconds of this attack were about to end, I took a step outside the three-point line with the ball and began to press my center of gravity, preparing to use the simplest cross-step breakthrough to attack the Jazz's inside line.

However, I later realized that this was a trap deliberately set by Stockton and the Jazz for me. He deliberately left me an offensive line with his right end, which was my left end, when he was defending me.

Come to me, and then when I broke through the middle, the other Jazz players double-teamed me very quickly.

The speed of the Jazz players' double-teaming was astonishing. It was obvious that this was a defensive strategy that they had already practiced and used very skillfully. However, when I understood this, it was already too late because their double-teaming speed came too fast.

I didn't even have a chance to pass the ball out immediately. No matter how strong my breakthrough ability was, I dare say that even if the great Jordan entered this pocket defense, he would be pressed to death.

I wanted to force a shot, but the ball was grabbed by Karl Malone in mid-air, just like grabbing a small ball, and my body was pushed by a Jazz defensive player in mid-air.

He lost his balance and fell to the ground.

I could only watch the Jazz players quickly play a fast break, but what I didn't expect was that Shaq, who usually didn't want to move his feet when he had opportunities on the defensive end, actually accelerated from the frontcourt to the back at this time.

Run away.

His speed is not inferior to the opponent's defenders. Of course, in fact, players like Stockton are not good at speed and athletic ability. Shaq's short-distance sprint explosive ability is really strong. It feels like before.

Running from the court to the backcourt didn't even take a few steps. This feeling may be very similar to the later Alphabet Song.

In fact, although Shaq is much fatter at this time than when he first entered the league, he is still far from the chubby state he later became. If he wants to exert strength during a certain period of time in the game,

It's no problem if you run a certain distance.

"Bang!" There was a loud sound. Stockton was about to throw an alley-oop pass to Karl Malone, but Shaq slapped him directly in the air from behind and hit the backboard.

Then Shaq's huge body and unimaginable inertia force directly knocked Karl Malone off the sideline of the game. A large part of Shaq's body was pressed against Karl Malone. If it were other players with slightly worse physical fitness,

, I'm afraid that Shaq will have to deal with it this time.

However, it was Karl Malone after all. He quickly stood up and saw that his expression was very dissatisfied with Shaq. When Shaq also stood up, he rushed to Shaq and gave Shaq a hard push.

Seeing this scene, the referees and players around them rushed forward and tried to separate Karl Malone and Shaq, who was about to become furious.

I also rushed forward, trying to persuade Shaq a few words, but when the words came to my lips, I swallowed them back. To be honest, I actually quite supported Shaq's goal, because it showed that he had deep feelings in his heart.

There is still a trace of bloodiness here. If it had been like this earlier, our Lakers might not have fallen behind by 37 points at halftime.

The referee then awarded two technical fouls to the Lakers and Jazz sides, two of which were committed by Shaq and Karl Malone, and the other two were given to the coaches of the Lakers and Jazz, Silver Fox Harris and Jerry Sloan.

After this brief conflict ended, the match between the two sides officially entered a heated stage. Regardless of the fact that the score difference between the two sides is still as high as 30 points at this time, the intensity of the match at this time has almost reached the post-season level.

level of competition.

And the faces of our Lakers players have completely lost the tired look before. Each of them looks like they have been given a shot of blood. Even though they are not very physically fit, they are running faster and jumping faster than usual.

Higher than usual, this may be the function of willpower and mental strength, which can allow you to gain greater strength than you imagine in desperate situations.

As the intensity of the game between the two sides increases, the referee's penalty standards have also been slightly relaxed. After all, with the current situation on the court that is almost a hand-to-hand battle, several fouls can be called in almost every offense and defense.

The referee does not call many fouls, which also further increases the intensity of physical contact between the two parties. However, a basketball game is not a boxing game after all. Many times when you exert too much force, your shooting touch will quickly decline.

, especially when you use most of your strength in blocking and melee combat, your hands and feet may feel weak, and you will find that you can't control some goals that were originally easy to score.

own fingers.

However, this kind of ultra-high-intensity confrontation is actually good for our Lakers team. The reason is that the main offensive method of the Jazz is still based on mid-to-long-range shooting, and their inside line lacks absolute high points.

The outside line also lacks a superstar outside line who can score under ultra-high defensive intensity.

Whether it's Stockton or Karl Malone, their height and athletic talent are obviously not as good as mine and Shaq's, so when talent really needs to be competed at this time, Shaq and I can actually have a certain advantage.

Of course, all this is based on the unprecedented unity of the entire Lakers team. We who didn't have a tacit understanding at first seemed to have suddenly woken up, or to put it another way, it was like being suddenly connected to the StarCraft world.

Like Kara from the Chinese God Clan, our thoughts and consciousness have begun to become highly unified.

This is particularly important for defense. Previously, the Jazz took advantage of our lack of tacit understanding on the defensive end and used pick-and-roll tactics to easily get open shooting opportunities. But now our defensive intensity has increased several levels, and we started to attack almost after halftime.

The Jazz players conducted a high-intensity half-court press defense.

This also caused the Jazz players' offensive rhythm to be greatly interfered with and delayed, leaving them unable to make effective pick-and-roll cooperation. After all, the Jazz players' tacit understanding is often based on diligent training.

And they must have rarely practiced our high-intensity half-court press.

Disrupting the rhythm can also get us a lot of opportunities. As the Jazz continue to make mistakes in coordination on the offensive end, now our Lakers can play an easy defensive counterattack.

The point difference between the two sides had been reduced to 23 points almost halfway through the third quarter. However, after all, there was still a 23-point difference. You must know that in this half of the quarter, almost all the players on the Lakers team played their best.

The lack of full strength and physical reserves also made us a little weak at this time, which also meant that we had to leave the field and rest for a while. Otherwise, if a few players are tired before the game is over, the gain will not be worth the loss.

Therefore, even though we were chasing points, the head coach of the Jazz was quite calm and did not call a timeout because he knew that our physical fitness would not be able to sustain this intensity of the game for long.

As expected, the person who gave priority to calling the timeout in the end was our Lakers head coach Silver Fox Harris. He did not appear happy at all because the score difference between the two sides narrowed. On the contrary, the black line above his head became more obvious.

In fact, even Shaq couldn't be happy at this time. His physical strength has been exhausted in advance. I can feel that his huge body must be in an overwhelming state at this time. He is doing such a high-intensity exercise with his weight.

Minutes of offense and defense will definitely cause excessive heat in his body. This is actually a very dangerous state. Just like overheating a machine may cause it to be scrapped. If an athlete's body is overheated, he must drink enough water and rest.

I have the best physical fitness in the entire Lakers team, and I felt a little out of my depth at this time. However, I still believe that with Kobe’s physical recovery ability, I can still grit my teeth and persevere in this short-term discomfort, so then I

Tell Silver Fox Harris that I can still persist and let me take the substitute players to play for a few minutes to buy some time for the main players to rest.

This time Silver Fox Harris agreed to my request more readily. It seems that he should be quite aware of our situation. At this time, the other starting players of the Lakers no longer have more physical fitness to continue to fight.

Well, maintaining this intensity of defense for five to six minutes is almost their limit.

And then the Lakers' substitute players couldn't find a player who could be the core player on the court, so I could only let me continue to play with the substitute players for a few minutes. If I could hold on until the beginning of the fourth quarter, the score was tied.

If it expands further, the main force will come up and fight for a few more minutes at that time.

If the point difference between the two sides is too wide at the beginning of the fourth quarter, the Lakers may simply give up the game and let the remaining substitute players finish the last quarter. Naturally, the Jazz will also use

The substitute player plays out the rest of the game.

Therefore, the last half of the third quarter is very critical for our Lakers team. The point difference between the two sides is now 23 points. If we can get it back to within 20 points or even 15 points, then we will fight again in the fourth quarter.

There is still a chance. Even if we can't come back and win, the feeling of recovering such a big point difference is still very good.

After all, the Lakers really don’t have many headwinds this season. In fact, there was a game before where we reversed 30 points and won a derby against the Clippers. However, the overall strength of the Clippers in that game was completely inferior to ours.

But today's game is a back-to-back away game in the Utah Plateau, and the Utah Jazz itself is also a powerful team in the league.

Therefore, it can be said that it is extremely difficult for us to complete the reversal when our physical fitness is almost exhausted. However, for us at this time, the final victory or defeat is no longer important. We can only fight for one breath and lose 37 at halftime.

The humiliation of points has deeply stimulated every Lakers player. Even if we lose, we must fight until the last minute.

The mental state of the Lakers' bench players has also changed dramatically from before. To be honest, they usually have less game time, so their physical reserves are relatively sufficient, so I can still lead these bench players against the Jazz.

half time

Press the defense.

The Jazz did not replace their substitute players after this timeout. It seemed that they wanted to widen the score in one go enough to make us give up the game.

However, they obviously underestimated the determination of our Lakers players to fight to the end. Soon our Lakers substitute players gave them a loud slap in the face. Under my leadership, these substitute players who were not originally very athletic began to

Use their positivity to contribute to the game.

Especially on the defensive end, the player's enthusiasm is often tested rather than their athletic talent. When the main players of the Jazz, with their already tired bodies, faced the Lakers bench players who were like a group of hungry wolves, their arrogance

He was immediately suppressed, because the referee is relatively loose on the scale of whistleblowing on the field, so many times you can gain an advantage on the defensive end through some relatively large movements.

Under the current circumstances, these seemingly large defensive actions have become so-called defensive aggression. The Jazz's offense has become more and more stagnant, and our Lakers' defensive enthusiasm has become more and more high. For three full minutes

Within a period of time, we actually prevented the main players of the Jazz from scoring a single point.

At this time, the entire Jazz stadium was filled with boos. It was obvious that they were booing the main players of the Jazz. There was really a big gap between their performance in the first half and the second half. The score difference was too big in the previous few minutes.

The audience could still bear it, but at this time, their main players of the home team were guarded like this by our Lakers substitute players. Their depressed mood could no longer be controlled, and they showed it by booing the home team on a large scale.

Seeing this situation, Jerry Sloan had no choice but to call a timeout. At this time, the Lakers were only 19 points behind the Jazz. The reason why the point difference was only narrowed by 4 points was that in the final analysis, the offensive talent of these Lakers substitute players was too poor.

, and my physical fitness at this time is no longer enough to show off my power on both the defensive and offensive ends at the same time.

On the offensive end, after attracting double-teams from several Jazz players, I passed the ball to an open teammate. However, I don’t know if they had too little game time, so the feeling on the offensive end was really bad, even though

The shooting percentage for open shots was less than 50%. Of the five open shooting opportunities I passed out, they only took two mid-range shots.

Therefore, even though we contained the Jazz's offense, our offense was not able to open up.

Of course, in fact, this can be regarded as completing the plan we made at the beginning, as long as we can prevent the Jazz from further opening up the score between the two sides.

Silver Fox Harris saw that my physical fitness was beginning to be overdrawn, so he decisively replaced the other four players except Shaq on the court.

I didn't say much about his arrangement. It seemed that he had gradually begun to trust my abilities. I should have been substituted on the court with Shaq in the last quarter.

Of course our playing time should be around the last eight minutes of the fourth quarter.

In the last three minutes of the third quarter, the Lakers and Jazz fell back into a relatively balanced state of mutual attack. The Lakers were unable to continue the half-court press due to lack of physical fitness, while the Jazz changed

The substitute players also lacked sufficient talent, and they were a little unaccustomed to the Lakers' lineup on the court at this time.

The Lakers usually have a core player on the court. Whether it's Shaq in the starting lineup or me on the bench, their coach can always easily set a defensive focus for them.

However, the Lakers lineup on the court at this time was the first time this season, so they did not find the core of the Lakers' offense for a while, and it was difficult to organize more effective defensive tactics.

The Lakers took advantage of this and hit a few good shots. Seeing this, I couldn't help but think of the question again, that is, why did Eddie Jones' performance decline so much when Shaq and Eddie Jones were on the court at the same time?

Too much?

To be honest, my previous judgments were just subjective assumptions and guesses, but the current situation makes me more and more confused about the real reason. It stands to reason that players like Shaq can provide great offensive opportunities for the outside.

But contrary to expectations, Eddie Jones seems to be more suitable for a space-based tactical system. When the team does not have a super center, he can play well, and when the core of the team's tactics revolves around super center Shaq

, his tactical position cannot be reflected at all, which may lead to Eddie Jones not being able to find his suitable game position, which also affects his performance.

No matter what the reason is, at least now Eddie Jones has played up to his worth when facing the Jazz's substitute players. He hit three consecutive three-pointers, allowing the Lakers to divide the score between the two sides before the start of the fourth quarter.

It was reduced to 14 points.

This also means that our Lakers beat the Jazz by 23 points in the entire third quarter. This is really a bit incredible. This season, our Lakers lost like this in the first half and chased points like this in the second half.

This is already the second game.

But I would rather that we can enter the state earlier, instead of starting to play seriously as if we wake up from sleep when we are in a desperate situation.