Reborn My Name Is Kobe

After about fifteen minutes of rest at halftime, plus a period of meditation of decent quality, I already felt that my spirit had recovered a lot and I was full of energy again. In the third quarter, we were bound to close the gap.

Try to make it as big as possible, and it is best to take away the Celtics in one wave in the third quarter. In this way, if the fourth quarter becomes garbage time, we can end the game early and rest.

Of course, another situation may arise, that is, our Lakers team is pulled away by the Celtics early, and then the fourth quarter becomes garbage time, so we don't have to go on the court to play.

But think about how this Celtics team can do that kind of thing with the strength and talent of its players. However, the score keeps rising alternately like in the first two quarters. It will be more difficult for us because

If the winner cannot be determined until the end of the game, it will undoubtedly be a huge test for our physical fitness and willpower.

Of course, I actually hope that the game can always be in a tense and intense state. Only in this tense and exciting state can I maximize my potential, so that I can improve faster.

The second half of the game then kicked off. The ball in the first attack belonged to the Celtics. Their offensive pace seemed to slow down a little after the start of the second half, maybe during the halftime break.

Their head coach made special tactical arrangements for them. Of course, you can't tell the whole situation just from the first ball.

The Celtics organized the offense in an orderly manner at this time, and suddenly became quite patient, which made us, the Lakers, a little unaccustomed to defending. In the first half, they were always thinking about speeding up.

We spent more time on us who were not physically fit enough. After we had almost adapted to the fast-paced game, the Celtics now began to control the rhythm of the game again.

Because we are really not used to being controlled, our Lakers players began to become more aggressive on the defensive end. Van Exel and I spontaneously began to attack the Celtics ball-handling players in advance.

Double-teaming and interference, but the Celtics still seemed not to be greatly affected.

Instead, Van Exel and I lost our defensive zone by rushing out to double-team and delay, giving the Celtics a better chance to break through.

And because the other Celtics players have pretty good shooting abilities, our Lakers still adopted man-to-man defense after the start of the second half. At the same time, they didn't expect that Van Exel and I would gamble and lose.

In the defensive position, at this time only Shaq stepped forward to block the Celtics players who broke through.

However, as soon as Shaq left the paint, the Celtics breakthrough player passed the ball to his teammate who had already cut in along the baseline in a hand-off way, and then easily hit the shot off the board.

Seeing this result, Van Exel and I were both a little discouraged. I don't know why I suddenly started to lose my composure. It seemed that the Celtics' offensive tactics against us really worked.

Once we lose our composure, we will enter a state that is more beneficial to them. In this way, the mood of the entire Lakers team may be affected.

In the next offensive round, another very low-level passing error occurred among our Lakers players. It was not that the Celtics' defensive intensity was high, it was completely like our entire Lakers team after the start of the second half.

None of the players on the team were able to get into the game and were still in a sleepwalking state. I knew it wouldn't work if it continued like this.

However, the more impatient I am, the harder it is to play the game well. I can only really play the game well by focusing on the game itself and trying to relax myself as much as possible without being disturbed by things on and off the field.

I talked to myself deep in my heart, letting myself relax, telling myself that there is still a long time before the game, and being impatient will not help me win the game.

This kind of psychological suggestion can obviously have a good effect. At least now I am not as anxious as before. The meditation during the intermission had already restored my inner calm, but it seems that there is something else in my body.

A force is becoming active. I know that this should be Kobe's own soul awakening. With Kobe's own character, it must be quite easy to enter a state of anger.

I must learn to control now. Maybe one day in the future, Kobe's soul will come back to take over his body, but at this time, I should still do what I want to do. After all, I am not Kobe, and it is impossible for me to do the same thing as Kobe.

It's the same choice, but I'm really looking forward to what changes will happen between us when Kobe's soul reawakens.

The game on the field is still in progress. The Celtics have become very patient on the offensive end and will always look for the best offensive opportunities before taking shots. The most important point is that they have greatly reduced their shots after the start of the second half.

Instead of shooting three-pointers, they try to use the defense to attack the inside. And because Shaq is defending inside, they will have many people cutting inside when they break through, trying to find ways to adjust Shaq at any time.

Leave the penalty area, and then attack through the inside pass.

This offensive method of the Celtics really had a big impact on our Lakers' inside line at the beginning. After all, Shaq couldn't guard against all inside attacks by himself. He was too heavy and his turning speed was slow.

It would be slow, so when the Celtics kept looking for opportunities through inside transmission, Shaq was made dizzy.

The most critical point is that our other Lakers players have not been able to interfere with their in-pass and in-pass after cutting inside. Originally, this kind of passing was not easy because of the mutual passing.

The space is quite small, making it easier to make mistakes. However, in fact, the Celtics players are quite proficient in such passes, and they have played several such balls in a row without making any mistakes.

When the Lakers attacked, they repeatedly made passing mistakes, and these mistakes seemed to be very low-level mistakes. The result was that our Lakers' half-time lead of six points was suddenly chased by the Celtics.

Come back, the game has once again entered the heat. It seems that there is no way to determine the outcome of this game too early. The rhythm of this game is a bit like the last game between us and the Philadelphia 76ers. Obviously we

The lineup on the field is obviously stronger than the opponent, but it has been unable to widen the point difference.

Or perhaps a certain score advantage was achieved in a short period of time, but this score advantage was still destroyed in a very short period of time. What exactly is the problem?

In the last game, the Philadelphia 76ers had Iverson, who scored almost half of the team's points. However, the Celtics' scoring in this game was very average. Now they have played

Eight of the top ten players have scored, four of them have scored in double figures, and Antoine Walker, the top scorer, only scored 12 points.

A team like this that scores so evenly is really scarier than the Philadelphia 76ers that had a runaway Iverson. At least when defending Iverson, I can still have a clear goal.

Defensive goals, although defending Iverson also makes me feel a little desperate, but now everyone on the opponent can score, it is not a very desperate thing.

Head coach Silver Fox Harris called a timeout at the right time. It was obvious that something was not quite right about the situation on the field. If we include the minute or so at the end of the second quarter, we had played in the previous four minutes.

We didn't score a single point in the time, and the Celtics beat us 11-0. This is obviously a bit unjustifiable.

In fact, the Celtics' performance on the offensive end can only be considered okay, but our Lakers' own performance on the offensive end seems too bad, and this sudden scoring drought came very suddenly, but it was not

suddenly.

After all, there was a half-time break, which shows that our poor offensive state continued from the first half to the second half. This is really a very bad sign. If we don't deal with it well, the Lakers may not use a wave in the second half.

The flow harvested the game, but the Celtics used a wave of flow to harvest the game.

We don’t want that kind of thing to happen to us. For a fateful matchup like the Celtics, players from the Los Angeles Lakers will also have an extra desire to win. I believe this desire is in every Laker.

It's all present in the players to some extent, but I don't know if we can express this strong desire to win in this game.

Head coach Silver Fox Harris also began to take the game seriously this time, and he pointed out the areas of criticism without mercy. He was particularly dissatisfied with our defense. Among them, Shaq and I were mentioned.

defense.

Shaq and I didn't get angry when we heard Silver Fox Harris's criticism. We didn't refute anything. Maybe it was because we both recognized the criticism of our coach Silver Fox Harris from the bottom of our hearts.

From this point, I can see that Shaq actually really wanted to win this game today. His attitude towards the game is pretty good, especially on the defensive end. Although he still can't defend, he has been very good at it.

We worked hard on defense, which was the root cause of such a big problem on our defensive end.

I'm afraid it's still the lack of tacit understanding between our Lakers players on the defensive end, which has led to some problems with their respective positional senses. Many times, there will be repeated fillings, delayed fillings, etc.

In front of the Celtics, who have excellent passing speed and passing awareness, our defense is full of loopholes. In the first half, they shot three-pointers, but their shooting percentage was very poor. If they had

If the three-point shooting rate was good, we might have been behind by more than ten or twenty points. However, they changed their offensive strategy after the start of the second half.

Facts have also proved that they have indeed captured the defensive weakness of our Lakers team, so the next question is what we can do to make up for this defensive weakness as much as possible.

The timeout was really not that long. Although the head coach Silver Fox Harris tried very hard to say a few more words, the timeout soon ended and we returned to the court. The two sides were not here.

HOU progress after timeout

Make personnel changes.

The next game will enter a more intense level. Our Lakers finally played some teamwork in the first offense after the timeout. Shaq no longer died under the arrangement of the head coach.

Instead of squatting inside to get the ball, he came to the free throw line and cooperated with other Lakers players.

Although Shaq is not a threat near the free throw line, because of his huge size, there are several advantages in this position. One advantage is that he can flexibly come to the outside at any time to perform high pick-and-rolls. On the other hand, this position itself

It can also be used as an important point to block the opponent's defensive line. It is also a good choice to perform a secondary pick-and-roll with another player. There is even a way to perform a reverse pick-and-roll with a defender.

It is to use outside players to set up Shaq's pick-and-roll, and then get a chance for Shaq to go directly to the basket. Shaq's athletic ability is extremely strong, and it only takes two or three steps to rush to the basket from near the free throw line.

In many cases, he can even jump one step after another and reach the bottom of the basket to complete a dunk.

So when Shaq appears near the free throw line, the Celtics actually don't dare to take him lightly. He can also try to become the core of a team's tactics. When he asks for the ball at this point, he can become

A fulcrum for passing the ball, while our other Lakers perimeter players can choose to run, either cut inside, or use pick-and-rolls outside the three-point line to find shooting opportunities.

At least our Lakers' first offense after the timeout achieved good results. After Shaq got the ball near the free throw line, he raised the ball high into the sky. The opponent's players had no way to reach it, and then

Van Exel ran along the outside of the three-point line. I helped Van Exel conduct a small pick-and-roll. Using a small gap, Van Exel cut in directly along the baseline.

Under the basket, Shaq's passing awareness was quite good at this time. He made a clever top-down hook pass and passed the ball directly to Van Exel's hands.

And because the ball was passed from top to bottom, Van Exel directly raised his arms high when receiving the ball, and immediately threw the ball into the basket as soon as he received the ball.

, without even putting down his hands.

This offensive cooperation was quite successful. The most critical point is that the Celtics players are generally not as athletic as our Lakers players, so it is actually more difficult to keep up with our off-ball movement. As long as

The more actively our Lakers players can run, the harder it will be for them to guard us.

But looking back, on the defensive end, the Celtics' offense is still very sharp. It seems that the timeout has still not been able to solve our problems on the defensive end. Of course, this may also be because the Celtics have already

The shooting feel and confidence have been fully developed, so it is quite difficult for us to suppress their good condition at this time.

Shaq is actually already working hard on the defensive end, but because defense is never just a matter of one person, especially when facing a team like the Celtics that plays team basketball, their passing speed can be greatly improved.

To make up for their lack of athletic talent, after all, no matter how fast a person is, it is impossible to be faster than basketball. Shaq seems a little overwhelmed at this time. I know that his physical fitness must have reached a small level at this time.

The limit, but the time at this time is only more than four minutes into the third quarter. If he has physical problems at this time, then our next game will be very difficult.

The Celtics once again used multi-person transmission to get an open shot opportunity in the mid-range position, and their players were also very decisive when taking shots.

It is very important to take decisive shots in the game. Although many times you may feel that this is not the best time to take shots, but often when you can take decisive shots, your shooting rate will not be too bad.

This is very strange, but it may have something to do with psychological cues. I have always been very decisive in shooting during games, because I have done a lot of shooting training outside of games, just to

It allows oneself to be able to decisively shoot at any position in the game, facing any defense, and having the confidence to shoot.

In the next few minutes, our Lakers took a slight initiative in the entire game, but although it seemed to have a certain advantage on the scene, the problem was still the same, that is, there was no way to completely pull the score between the two sides.

Yes, this Celtics team is not only tactically disciplined, but the most important thing is that the team is very resilient. To be honest, I feel that if they play like we did in every game.

It is estimated that this Celtics team will have no problem entering the playoffs after this season, and may even be able to hit the top six records in the Eastern Conference. This is not my nonsense at all. They have played so many games in the regular season.

I can still feel the strength of the opponents. Their players' personal abilities are slightly worse, but their tactical quality is not much worse than the Houston Rockets and Utah Jazz we met before.

If they can really have a superstar-level player in their team to lead these players, they might be able to become a strong contender for the championship in no time.

All in all, this is actually a team with considerable potential, and it is worthy of being the largest wealthy team in the league for many years. However, our Lakers can only be regarded as the second largest wealthy team, at least in terms of the number of championships.

Team.

Seeing that the team has been unable to open up the situation, I became a little impatient. I wanted to use my personal ability to score consecutively and give the team the lead in a short time. After all, we are like this.

This is the second back-to-back away game. The further the game goes, the more disadvantageous it is for us.

In the second half of the fourth quarter, if your body really has no physical strength, you will not be able to shoot even if you have a good opportunity. I have encountered this situation before, and our Lakers have also encountered it this season.

However, in fact, the previous two back-to-back games seemed to have ended in losses for us.

Our Lakers have lost a total of three games this season, two of which were in the second game of back-to-back games. One of them was against the San Antonio Spurs, and the other was against Utah in Salt Lake City.

Jazz, I don't want us to suffer another defeat in a back-to-back game today.

Thinking of this, my determination to attack in singles instantly became much stronger, and I no longer had so many worries when I broke through. Facing the multiple double-teams and defenses of the Celtics, I didn’t even think about it for a moment.

Without pausing, he directly used dazzling dribbling to break through their defense.

I realized that the more I tried to hold back, the less I could do it. I had to completely unleash my energy on the offensive end.

I first used a cross step to shift the center of gravity of Antoine Walker who was guarding me, and then easily broke through his first defense. Then, facing the opponent's center to help defend, I first made a quick emergency stop, and then continued

With an action of worshiping Buddha, the opponent's center was directly deceived by my fake action of worshiping Buddha. Then I accelerated and broke through the second defense again.

The opponent's inside line seemed to have no one to defend at this time, but suddenly from the corner of my eye, I saw an opponent's striker rushing towards me from the side. It looked like he wanted to pull me down directly, even if it was a foul.

Without hesitation.

I ignored him and jumped up directly. The ultimate goal of my action was not to dunk, but to do a very difficult pull-bar action in the air after jumping up, using my super core strength.

The resulting time in the air directly evaded the defense of the Celtic striker in the air, and then directly pulled the lever from the right side of the basket to the left side of the basket, and changed the ball from the right hand to the left hand in the air.

Finally, he threw the ball before his body hit the ground.

This action seemed complicated, but it only took a few tenths of a second to complete in the air. The basketball accurately hit the backboard and bounced into the basket. At this time, I fell to the ground and rolled backwards.

After two laps it finally stopped.

The strength I exerted on this ball was really too great, and I felt like I couldn't hold it back in the end.

After completing this extremely beautiful goal, the North Shore Garden Arena, home of the Celtics, instantly fell into a deathly silence.

My goal greatly boosted the morale of our Lakers team, and at the same time it also dampened the morale of the Celtics team. Between the one and the other, our lead on the field gradually began to increase towards the score.

The advantage has been transformed.

Soon the score on the court widened slightly, changing from a few points to more than ten points.

Of course, the Celtics also noticed that the situation on the court was beginning to become unfavorable to them, but they didn't seem to be very panicked at this time, and they still maintained the orderliness they had maintained since the beginning of this quarter.

The rhythm of the game is still to attack how you want to attack and defend how you want to defend.

I still maintained my aggressiveness in the next attack, but soon I found that my shooting percentage began to drop. It turned out that I had scored seven or eight points in a row during this period, but in order to get

With these scores, I have also consumed a lot of physical energy. At this time, I have reached a bottleneck of my physical fitness. It is time to take a good rest.

My offense ended, but Shaq's offense began. He seemed to have become accustomed to the tactical arrangement of catching the ball near the free throw line arranged by head coach Silver Fox Harris.

To be honest, this tactical arrangement is very creative and quite bold, because in fact, judging from Shaq's character and technical characteristics, if such a tactic does not achieve better results at the beginning, it will probably be met with failure.

It was a negative reaction from Shaq. At this time, Shaq saw that this tactic seemed to have good results, so he didn't say anything more and continued to follow this tactical arrangement for the subsequent games.

Shaq's enthusiasm for the game belongs to the type with a valve. As long as his valve on the offensive end is opened, he will enter his offensive rhythm in the next period of time.

But relatively speaking, the difference between Shaq and me is that Shaq’s touch remains intact.

He is better than me. After all, he mainly plays in the paint and his shooting percentage is relatively stable. However, my shooting percentage is sometimes a little unstable, even more like a nerve knife. Once I am accurate,

It is true that no one can guard me in one-on-one defense. Even when many people double-team to defend me at the same time, I can always find some scoring opportunities.

But when I am in a sluggish state, I may miss many shots in a row, or even make some outrageous shots, but I will be more daring to take shots. Even if my touch is not good, I will still be full of fighting spirit for the game.

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With about five minutes left in the third quarter of the game, the Celtics were already nearly 15 points behind our Lakers. At this time, the Celtics head coach finally shouted:

pause.

In fact, I think he should have called the timeout three minutes ago. At that time, we were just starting to gain momentum. However, the Celtics head coach was able to call the timeout very promptly in the first half. How could he do it in the second half?

Has he become stupid?

I can't help but start to have some doubts about this. Is this the Celtics head coach deliberately letting off steam? The purpose is naturally related to their bad strategy this season. The first half was just to show their true strength. Let us

I dare not underestimate it, and it is also an explanation to the home fans. As for after the second half, we should let the Lakers establish a certain lead. On the contrary, we lack the physical strength behind us and cannot beat them directly. That is not their main goal.

What the coach and team executives want to see.

So the current situation emerged. Of course, all this is just my guess. We will know more about the state of the Celtics after the timeout is over, or we have to wait until the fourth quarter to see their performance.

How the head coach arranges his troops can basically be inferred whether he intends to let things go badly.

After this timeout, basically all the main players of our Lakers team were replaced. Of course, I think this is a very wise approach. It seems that Silver Fox Harris’s coaching ability has improved in recent games. In these coaching

The details are all done well, and it can't help but change my impression of him.

At this time, I couldn't help but think that maybe even without Phil Jackson and his triangle offensive tactics, our Lakers would still be able to win the NBA championship. In fact, in my previous life, Phil Jackson's coaching ability may be really good.

It's a bit exaggerated, but one thing I think is true, that is, his greatest strength is not the triangle offense, but his ability to maximize the strength of his superstars.

While sitting off the court to rest, I had the idea of ​​closing my eyes and meditating again. At this time, the game situation on the court was indeed that our Lakers had taken a big lead, so doing some meditation at this time seemed like a good idea.

There is no big problem.

When I slowly closed my eyes, a darkness appeared in front of me. There were some noisy noises in this darkness at first, but these noises were soon replaced by another sound.

I am very familiar with this voice. It should be the voice of Kobe's soul.

"You and I are in the same body now. I think you should know all this. During this period of time, I have been in a deep sleep state, but everything you have experienced is nothing to me.

Like a dream, everything you experience becomes the scene you see while sleeping."

"Are you Kobe? I'm sorry, I don't want to occupy your body in this way, because all this is an unknown mystery to me. If I can see your childhood memories, then will you

Can you also see my past life memories? If you could see it, you should know why I came here, right?"

"I do have your past life memories, but they are too messy and broken. Unlike when you experienced these situations, what I saw in my dreams was more than what you could see directly with your eyes.

, and you can also see things you can’t see.”

"Could it be said that when you were sleeping, you were actually in an out-of-body state? Only in this way can it be explained. Do you exist in the form of a soul now? Is it possible for you to return to this body?

Then, how will we both share this body at the same time?"

"I have also considered this issue. At the beginning, of course I had a huge hatred for your appearance, but then I saw your love for basketball, and I found that you are a person very similar to me.

, at least we all have the same love for basketball, so I gradually accepted the fact that you exist, and if one day my soul will wake up in this body again, then I would be very willing to be with you

Sharing this body together, because you seem to know how to cherish it, I think you have the qualification to become another me in my body. Together, we can create a very great era in the NBA, and even become a person who surpasses Michael Jordan.

"

"If you have the memory of my past life, you should also be able to know that I come from the future. At the same time, you can also see how you in my time and space experienced a brilliant career with ups and downs.

career, do you think the two of us can create a better future? For example, leading the Lakers to win more than five championships, or becoming a great being beyond Jordan as you said."

"Well, I can see some things about me in your memories of previous lives, but in fact they are too fragmentary. Those fragmentary pictures cannot completely piece together a story that belongs to me, so I am very interested.

Talk to you and find out what kind of person Kobe Bryant was in your time and space."

"Are you really interested in knowing? Or maybe it's better for me not to tell you, because I know that my future is actually not good, not to mention that the two of us can create a completely different future together, which will be better than my time and space.

Kobe Bryant is much greater, don’t you think that’s a very cool thing?”

"Brother, to be honest, I never thought I would experience such a situation. You know, I grew up almost alone, and I was quite lonely. My only friend seemed to be basketball. Now suddenly

I suddenly found that there is a guy in my body who can talk to me and loves basketball as much as I do. This feeling is strange, but I think I will get used to it."

"Haha, I should be able to get used to it. You know, I originally thought you would be more difficult to get along with, but I didn't expect that the chat with you was quite smooth. There didn't seem to be any big obstacles."

"Maybe it's because now you and I seem to have become one from body to memory. Aren't talking to you like talking to myself? I have regarded you as another different personality of mine in my body.

, you can also think of it this way, if after a period of time neither of us has further split in personality, then this will be good."

"Or the two of us can do some division of labor. You may not be fully awake now. When one day your soul is fully awakened from its slumber, then you can control all the time related to basketball, and I control all the time related to basketball.

Apart from basketball, we can exchange roles after a while, what do you think?"

"I don't know, because my soul has not fully awakened yet, and I don't know if I will still have the ability to control this body after I awaken. If so, then I am willing to consider your proposal.

, of course it is foreseeable that there will definitely be some embarrassing things happening, but I believe we can handle these things in the future."

"Okay, let's stop talking here today, Kobe. You know that in my previous life, I was your die-hard fan, or a hardcore fan. It is really my greatest honor to be reborn as you, so I hope you can

Believe me, I will never let your name of Kobe Bryant be insulted."

"Well, come on, just remember that I'm watching you anytime, anywhere, hahaha!"

"horrible!"

I gradually returned to a sober state from meditation. The conversation between me and Kobe seemed to take a long time during this meditation, but when I really returned to the real world, I discovered that in fact, time

It took less than two minutes to walk.

It seems that the speed of time passing during meditation cannot be completely judged based on the real speed of time passing. It is like sometimes we feel like we have had a long dream, but when we wake up, we find that time has just passed.

It lasted ten minutes, dozens of minutes, or even just a few minutes. There is no way to fully explain it scientifically.

When I opened my eyes, the Lakers bench players and the Celtics bench players were locked in a fierce battle. Both sides were full of fighting spirit.

What surprised me today is that this old boy, Byron Scott, is very enthusiastic about the game. It seems that he is completely different from the Byron Scott who played against the Philadelphia 76ers yesterday.

Byron Scott’s more than ten years of experience in the NBA is not an exaggeration. After all, he once broke new ground for the Lakers with Magic Johnson, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, and Cobra James Worthy, and won so many games.

The championship made Lakers SHOWTIME a legend of an era.

Of course, if he didn't seem as arrogant and disrespectful as before, I would still respect him from the bottom of my heart. I just feel that he is sometimes too biased towards Shaq, and I feel that his doing so is not good for Shaq at all.

Be warned, Shaq's character is too optimistic. In many cases, he is unable to carry the team on his shoulders like a qualified team boss.

It's not that Shaq doesn't have such strength, but his personality characteristics will prevent him from stimulating enough fighting spirit when facing opponents with the same strength as him or even stronger than him. He seems to be the kind of person who bullies the weak and fears the strong.

My boss, I really met absolute greats like Jordan and Olajuwon. Shaq really didn't seem tough enough during the game, and he didn't have that domineering and responsible attitude.