Reborn My Name Is Kobe

In the first offense after the timeout, Van Exel carried the ball from the backcourt to the frontcourt. I came to a 45-degree position outside the three-point line and wanted to get the ball, but Van Exel did not.

With the idea of ​​continuing to pass the ball, he didn't even call Shaq out to give him a basic pick-and-roll, but directly faced Stockton's defense and shot a three-pointer.

I was a little confused at the time. The confidence in this shot was comparable to that of Ku Xtian. Of course, his hasty shot was unlikely to score. In the end, the ball hit the edge of the basket.

It popped up quite a distance.

I saw that the rebound bounced far away, so I was ready to fight for the rebound. However, just when I judged the correct rebound point and was about to get the offensive rebound, Karl Malone's strong body looked like

A wall stood in front of me, and Stockton, who came after me, took the rebound.

I didn't have time to think about anything more, so I accelerated directly towards Stockton, trying to steal him while TIMEING was in his hurry to launch a fast break and ignored the situation behind him.

However, I still underestimated Stockton's ability to dribble and protect the ball. Originally, I thought that I could hide the ball from behind him by hiding it from his sensory organs. However, Stockton's reaction speed was very fast, and just before I

The moment he was about to take the ball away, this guy made a circling movement behind him at a very fast speed, and just took the ball away from my hand.

This time I also lost my center of gravity when I took the ball, but Stockton's dribbling speed did not slow down at all because of my take-off. By the time I recovered and tried to chase him, it was already too late.

Stockton passed the ball to Hornacek, who was already ambushing outside the three-point line in the corner, and hit a three-pointer. The difference between the Lakers and Jazz came to 16 points.

Robert Horry quickly served the ball. After receiving his serve, I did not wait for other Lakers teammates to get into position. Instead, I accelerated towards the Jazz's inside line. This attack started very quickly, even

It was completed before the Jazz players returned to their defensive positions.

I bumped into Karl Malone's arm, and I felt that my whole body was instantly out of balance. The ball in my hand was about to lose my control. I could only throw the ball to the sky at will, but my body was thrown heavily towards the sky.

Flying outside the baseline.

My unbalanced body hit the reporter filming on the sidelines, and he fell backwards, knocking several other sideline reporters to the ground.

I stumbled up from the ground. I heard the referee's whistle just now. Then I raised my head and looked at the score above my head. It turned out that the ball I casually threw into the sky actually scored, and it also caused Karl

Malone's fifth foul means that Karl Malone will become a defensive weakness that we can focus on.

I calmed my breathing and made a steady free throw. At this time, the score between the two sides returned to 13 points, but there were only 6 minutes left before the end of the game.

Next, the Jazz obviously slowed down the overall rhythm when attacking, trying to consume 24 seconds of each attack until the end, and we have no way to do this. After all, our physical fitness is now very limited.

, we must still retain some necessary physical fitness to fight again in the last two or three minutes.

However, when the Jazz deliberately slowed down the pace of the game, it actually caused a lot of damage to their own offensive rhythm. Even if they have top organizers like Stockton in the team, the change in the pace of the game will still affect

Their overall offensive feel.

Shaq steadily won the defensive rebound, and I rushed to the frontcourt and signaled Shaq to give me a long pass.

Shaq looked a little hesitant at the beginning, but then he threw the ball directly from the Lakers' baseline to the Jazz's half. Shaq's power was really terrifying, such a long shot from so far away.

The pass seemed very easy in his hands, but the accuracy of his passing was indeed not very good.

Fortunately, I reacted quickly and almost hit my face with this long ball like a cannonball. After barely catching Shaq's pass, my brain almost went blank again and I didn't think about anything.

For things that have nothing to do with attacking the basket, all I can see at this time is the Jazz's basket.

The Jazz defensive players soon discovered my intention, because the other Lakers players were still in the Lakers half and had not come over, so several Jazz players started to double-team me, and I had to be in front of them.

Complete this offense before the double-team pocket formation takes shape.

Of course, my best choice is to rush to the inside of the Jazz to cause damage. After all, Karl Malone, one of Utah's two evils, has already committed five fouls on his body at this time, so when I go to attack Karl Malone,

He doesn't dare to foul me, of course I hope he fouls me, haha.

However, in a very short period of time, I remembered the pocket formation that the Jazz used against me before this game. When multiple Jazz players double-teamed me directly, even if they committed a foul, the referee might not be able to see clearly.

, so at this time I can't easily rush to the Jazz's inside line.

So I first took a big step along the baseline toward the Jazz inside. After attracting many Jazz players, I turned around and came out from the bottom corner, dribbling the ball and sticking to the Jazz.

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A defensive player rushed towards the free throw line again.

When the Jazz defensive players discovered that they had been fooled, their center of gravity and inertia no longer allowed them to defend in time. At this time, the only defensive player in front of me was Karl Malone, who had already committed five fouls.

Already.

I could see from his face that he was full of hesitation and contradiction deep in his heart at this time. Should he guard my ball or not?

Of course, I wouldn't give him this time to think. When he stood in front of the basket and stretched out his hands straight, a bolder idea appeared in front of me.

At this time, other Jazz defensive players on the other side were rushing toward me quickly. I didn't have any more time to think about it, so I grabbed the ball tightly in my hands and charged from the free throw line.

Karl Malone did not commit a foul in the end. In fact, he wanted to cause an offensive foul on me. However, I jumped directly in front of him and went high over his head. At this time, the entire Jazz home court

Everything became quiet, my breathing stopped, and my blood seemed to stop flowing.

When I flew directly over Karl Malone's head, I was not able to complete this extremely amazing flying dunk. Although the basketball finally entered the basket, the whole action was very similar to Howard's later dunk contest. That dunk he completed while wearing a Superman suit.

The distance I flew was obviously not enough, and in the end I could only hit the ball toward the basket. The ball was actually hit by me instead of dunked.

Of course, all this is shocking enough in the eyes of the surrounding audience. Maybe tomorrow's NBA headlines will include my dunk over Karl Malone.

But I wasn't in the mood to think about so many things at this moment. I didn't even look at Karl Malone's expression at this moment. I just wanted to quickly return to defense to block the Jazz's next attack.

With the 5 points I scored in a row, the difference between the Lakers and Jazz has reached 11 points, but the Jazz called a timeout. It is obvious that Jerry Sloan is very experienced in coaching and he does not want us as the Lakers. My momentum was completely ignited by my dunk, and I wanted to use a timeout to interrupt our continuous pursuit of points.

However, the Lakers players, who had been suppressed for almost the whole game, were completely excited because of my ball. Shaq rushed over from behind me and hit me on the head. Just as I looked at him inexplicably, At this time, I saw this guy was extremely excited, as if he had completed the dunk just now.

I also took a long breath. To be honest, the dunk just now scared me. I don’t know what I was thinking at the time. I dared to fly over this guy Karl Malone. The muscles and the expression on his face At first glance, he is very difficult to mess with. It's hard to tell whether he will hold a grudge. I don't want to be hit by his iron elbow out of nowhere. You must know that I have already tasted the feeling of being hit by Shaq's iron elbow before. I don’t want to experience a more terrifying elbow attack again.

However, at this time, the atmosphere of the entire Lakers team was really boiling because of my less than perfect dunk. The home fans of the Jazz were also unimaginably quiet at this time, and all the cheers and boos disappeared. Already.

Head coach Silver Fox Harris made detailed arrangements for our next game. Surprisingly, the Lakers players were listening carefully to his tactics at this time, which was completely different from what we usually do. Almost ignored his tactical explanation.

When I listened carefully to the tactics of Silver Fox Harris, I found that this guy is actually not that useless. Although his team control ability is not very good, he does have his uniqueness in certain tactical applications. Yes, it is said that a person who can be the head coach of a wealthy NBA team can have no level at all.

It's just that because he doesn't have enough leadership skills to get the Lakers players to obey his tactical arrangements, many of his pretty good tactics can't actually be used. This is probably the gap between ordinary coaches and top coaches. Bar.

Top coaches must be able to control superstars, just like Phil Jackson or Pat Riley, or someone like Popovich who has a strong enough personal aura to be able to control those superstars. Only in this way can To be able to fully unleash the power of superstars without losing necessary control over them, guys like Shaq really need someone to discipline them. Of course, such a coach may not have been born yet.

But it’s really hard to imagine what kind of terrifying heights Shaq can reach if he can meet a coach who can shock him and then correct his training attitude and game attitude. Maybe in basketball

The title of God of God is not given to Jordan but to Shaq.

After the timeout, the Jazz changed their lineup again. This time they actually sent out a lineup without a center. Just like the small lineup they had used before, Karl Malone directly came to the center.

in position.

Oh my God, are they going to give up interior defense? They actually let Karl Malone, who has already committed five fouls, take the center position. I thought so at the beginning, but then my mind turned 180 degrees.

Gradually I figured out why the Jazz did this.

They did strategically give up on the inside.

Defense, but more importantly, they want to use confrontation to defeat us. After all, they are still 11 points ahead of us at this time, and if we can only attack through the inside, we can only get 2 points at most every time.

, their strategy is to focus on defending our outside lines and give up the inside lines appropriately.

As long as they can score goals by taking advantage of the mismatch between Karl Malone and Shaq on the offensive end, it will be extremely difficult for us to close the 11-point difference when one side scores two points. What a powerful tactic!

However, the most important point in order to break their tactics is to defend the Jazz's outside offense. After all, on the offensive end, we can definitely gain an absolute advantage over the Jazz inside, but on the defensive end, we will also

It is difficult to defend due to dislocation. Even though our Lakers players are now very motivated to defend, people always have their limits. When our physical fitness has really reached an unsustainable state, how can we possibly defend it?

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Sure enough, facing Shaq's crazy attack, the Jazz's inside line was almost free. Karl Malone stopped fouling and didn't even think about guarding Shaq. All the Jazz players watched Shaq keep scoring, and

Shaq himself was as happy as a child who got a gift. Little did he know that this was completely a trap set by the Jazz.

The Lakers' other outside players were almost completely nailed. The Jazz players' defensive flexibility is very good. Not only are they strong in double-teaming and shrinking inside, they are also very strong in individual defense on the outside. This makes it difficult for players who no longer have the physical ability to move.

The Lakers perimeter players are extremely uncomfortable.

When the Jazz launched an attack, they once again completely slowed down the pace of the game. Almost every ball had to be played after 20 seconds. Moreover, they relied on continuous pick-and-rolls once, twice or even three times.

The ball can always be passed to the player with the best touch or the largest shooting space.

Even though they only have a 40% to 50% shooting rate from the outside, and our Lakers have a 100% shooting rate, because they still have three-pointers, when the game time enters the last 2 minutes, the score difference between the two sides is actually

6 points left.

6 points is not a lot, but if our score difference is still 6 points within 1 minute, it will become very difficult to catch up. The most critical point is that we cannot prevent the Jazz's offense.

After experiencing a long period of sluggish play in the second half, the Jazz players changed their style of play on the court. The previous intense physical confrontation with us was the time when they felt the most sluggish. Then they simply played on the offensive and defensive ends.

Duandu tried his best to reduce the physical confrontation with our Lakers team.

This change directly allowed the Jazz to slowly regain their previous shooting feel and rhythm. At the beginning, we dared to use more intense defensive actions to pressure the Jazz players. However, as our team committed more than 4 fouls,

After that, our defensive intensity was greatly suppressed.

You must know that almost all the players on the Jazz team are free throw masters. If you commit a foul rashly, you will give points to the opponent in vain. But if you don't foul, these Jazz players will play every ball for 24 seconds. It's really

It's disgusting to the extreme.

This makes us feel very frustrated, and we have no place to vent our anger.

There were only 2 minutes left, and our Lakers players on the court began to get anxious, so we decided to use our last strength to fight again, especially on the defensive end, we increased our intensity again.

However, as I just said, these Jazz players began to use tricks to draw fouls. Not only were their movements very lifelike, but even the expressions on their faces looked very innocent. Their acting skills seemed to be possessed by Brother Deng.

Among them, the Jazz player who is the best at making fouls and performing the best is none other than Stockton. On the surface, this guy looks like a harmless white player, but he plays with a ferocious style and makes all kinds of little moves.

He is good at very dirty tricks. Facing such a veteran player, it is really, really uncomfortable. You will suffer all kinds of secret losses that will make you want to cry.

Forget it, our Lakers should lose this game!

In the last minute, we fell behind by 9 points again. Silver Fox Harris used the last timeout to replace all the players on the field. I was as speechless as the other players who came off the field. Shaq threw the towel he just took directly into the audience.

And he himself walked towards the players tunnel with a dark look on his face.

I covered the head of my head with a towel and closed my eyes. Various scenes from this game slowly emerged in my mind.

Although our Lakers lost this game, it can be regarded as the most thrilling and valuable game we have played this season. When I go back, I must find the video of this game and watch it continuously.

I watched it several times, especially the little moves of some Jazz players. I had to watch it frame by frame, so that I wouldn’t be mentally unprepared when I face them next time.

As the final whistle sounded, our Lakers' third regular season loss of the season officially arrived. The full score was 110 to 117. This score is already very high compared to this era.

It's too high. If we want to beat the Jazz next time, we must start by limiting their scoring.

How to break Utah's invincible pick-and-roll has become a question in my mind that needs careful consideration.