The Godfather of Basketball

There was a burst of excited booing at the scene.

Tang Tian also looked at the Lakers' half court.

In the previous life, due to McGrady's back injury, the number of duels between peak Kemai was pitifully small, and it was only limited to the regular season.

Now McGrady is not troubled by back injuries, and he is facing the peak Kobe, and it is still in the playoffs. This is absolutely unprecedented.

McGrady took the ball with his back, turned his head and saw that there was enough space, turned around directly, and took the ball in a three-threat pose.

The so-called three threats are actions that can break through, shoot, and pass.

As a top star who can shoot and pass suddenly, Tracy McGrady's three-threat posture is the most difficult to guard against.

Kobe opened his hands at this time, sank his center of gravity, and looked directly at McGrady's eyes.

As a star known for his offense, Kobe has defended the second team 2 times and the first team 5 times so far. His defensive strength is definitely the top in the league.

This is definitely the duel of the strongest spear and shield.

McGrady dribbled the ball down his crotch with his left hand, leaned forward slightly, and made a forward movement of breakthrough.

Kobe quickly took a small half step back, ready to move to block McGrady's breakthrough at any time.

At this moment, McGrady withdrew his body, dribbled the ball continuously under his crotch, and suddenly glanced at the basket.

Kobe turned his head back.

At this moment, McGrady suddenly stopped and pulled out.

Kobe turned around and found that he was shaking, and quickly jumped up and stretched out his hand to interfere, but McGrady's stem was too high, and the scissor legs almost reached his chest.

The basketball flew over Kobe's head toward the hoop.

"Shua!"

McGrady scored against Kobe's defensive goal!

Cheers and whistles erupted instantly.

This kind of collision between top stars is really exciting to watch.

After the goal, McGrady was also slightly excited, waving at the audience non-stop, holding back for a week, he finally released.

During the retreat, seeing Kobe dribble directly across the half court, McGrady and Pietrus greeted each other and went straight up.

Pietrus didn't even defend a few balls, McGrady is preparing to come by himself.

Unlike Kobe, McGrady has never been selected to the defensive first team in his career, and the only second team was under Tang Tian's rule this season.

It's not that his defensive ability is not good, but that his investment in the defensive end is very limited. There are one or two high-profile defensive performances, but he can't do it for a season.

This has something to do with the player's personality, physical strength, choice (reserve more physical strength to attack), coach's requirements, etc., but defense is also talented. McGrady's movement speed, wingspan, and reaction speed are all superb. Seriously, the defense will never lose to Kobe, especially after winning the championship last season, he is more willing to defend.

Kobe took the ball to the high position and directly chose to sink his weight and play with his back.

This is Phil Jackson's tactical requirement.

The emotions of the fans at the scene were mobilized again. McGrady hit Kobe earlier, and Kobe was going to hit "answer.ball"!

The Lakers pulled Radmanovich and Fisher to the other side, Odom and Gasol, one in the right corner and one in the high position, forming an offensive triangle, leaving Kobe enough space for singles .

Unlike McGrady, Kobe's offensive style is a bit like Jordan's, and he prefers to use his back to attack.

After Kobe leaned on McGrady, he sank his center of gravity and chiseled in. Did he turn his body to adjust McGrady's center of gravity while digging?

The Rockets did not choose to double-team, which allowed Bryant to play more freely on the offensive end.

At the moment when McGrady's center of gravity shifted, Kobe made a sharp turn to the bottom line.

However, McGrady is obviously not a vegetarian. After forcibly retracting his center of gravity, he also took a big step back to seal Kobe's breakthrough space.

After Kobe saw it, he took a step back and shot back.

McGrady then stretched out his long arms and rushed forward.

The ball was well defended, and Kobe almost lost sight of the basket in a fallback.

But Kobe is Kobe after all, and he still chose to shoot based on his feeling for the basket.

The basketball flew over McGrady's long arms and headed straight for the hoop.

"Shua!"

With a crisp sound, Kobe's difficult shot is still in!

Tang Tian smiled helplessly. McGrady's defense was much tighter than Pietrus's just now, but it was too hot to hold Kobe.

At this time, the fans became more and more excited.

This kind of peak duel is like the righteous duel between Iron Man and Captain America in Marvel, it is exciting no matter how you look at it.

The next period of time also became a time for Kobe and McGrady to face each other.

Both of them lost their temper, both wanted to defend the opponent's next shot, and both wanted to hit the next shot over the opponent's head.

All kinds of high difficulty, all kinds of fairy balls, the fans watched the climax after another.

With more than 3 minutes left in the first quarter of the game, the Rockets and the Lakers tied at 26.

Kobe scored 14 points, McGrady also scored 13 points.

At this moment, Tang Tian waved to Battier, indicating that he was ready to play.

The Lakers' offense, Kobe turned around and caused McGrady's foul, and the game entered dead time.

A short whistle came from the sidelines, and Battier replaced McGrady on the field.

McGrady was a little upset, but Tang Tian's decision, he didn't show it, he walked to the bench and sat down holding his breath.

In the playoffs, or the Western Conference finals, the main players will play very long in the first quarter, because at this time the players have the most physical strength, so it is natural to hope that they can play for a longer time, usually with more than 1 minute left Tang Tian made the substitution a little early, especially when Ke Mai faced Biao.

"The Rockets replaced T-mac at this time, which is a bit puzzling. Jeff, you used to be the head coach of this Rockets team. What do you think?" The commentators for this game were Mike Breen and Mark Jackson , but this time the commentary also has a special guest, TNT's new commentator Jeff Van Gundy.

"Don is a very talented coach. His choices will always be unexpected, but they will be unexpectedly effective." Van Gundy said with a smile.

Both Brin and Jackson seemed a little surprised. They didn't expect Van Gundy to speak so highly of Tang Tian, ​​who "pulled him down" from the position of head coach.

"But the current situation on the court is not good for the Rockets." Brin said after watching two rounds.

After Tracy McGrady left the field, the Rockets shifted their focus from the outside to the inside. Phil Jackson was no idiot, and quickly signaled that the defense was shrinking inside.

After the first quarter, Kobe played the entire quarter and scored 20 points. The Lakers also led the Rockets by 6 points 36-30.

Tang Tian's sudden substitution seemed to put the Rockets at a disadvantage in an instant.