167. Do you dare?

O'Neal is old.

OK group is going to die.

If Kobe just listened to these two sentences, there would be no problem.

But what does it mean that the OK group will be finished when O'Neal gets old?

Kobe doesn't like hearing what this rookie said!

It's because he, the little blacksmith from the West Coast, doesn't want to be a member of OK Group anymore, and he doesn't want the name OK Group anymore!

If Old O is willing to give in, he, the best K in the world, is still willing to switch positions and form a KO combination.

"Rookie, you...are you polite!"

After Liu Xiu finished speaking, he put on some magnesium powder and left without giving Kobe a chance to respond.

The Lakers sent a combination of Fisher, Kobe, Luke Walton, Malone and Medvedenko.

The Trail Blazers sent a combination of Liu Xiu, Ruben Patterson, Miles, Randolph and Tianzun.

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Trail Blazers took the lead.

Liu Xiu advanced to the frontcourt, and Kobe extended the three-point line two meters to engage in pressing defense.

Just because of his good physical fitness, he is not afraid of being passed when guarding against Liu Xiu.

Passing the ball? Quickly pull horizontally while changing direction in front of the body to find opportunities to break through?

No!

Liu Xiu protected the ball and used brute force to fight with Kobe!

Kobe was very surprised.

The purpose of expanding to press the defense is to see if Liu Xiu is not ready and can make a sneak attack.

Continuing to defend very aggressively is to force the opponent to pass the ball.

The other party's response...is he trying to use up each other's energy?

Kobe excitedly played bumper cars with Liu Xiu!

Liu Xiu's strength had a certain advantage, but Kobe took the initiative to look for confrontation, constantly reaching out to interfere with steals, and was not afraid of being passed. His explosive lateral speed was faster than he thought... This defense, after 20 years of defense, will have to

Defend 6 fouls at once and leave the field!

After fighting with Kobe for a while, there were 9 seconds left in the attack time. Kobe's defense also stabilized, and the consumption stage was over.

Suddenly, Kobe saw Liu Xiu grab the ball.

Is this... a dry pull?

Seeing Liu Xiu's casual eyes and smiling mouth... Kobe felt a bit like him!

Instantly I felt even more unhappy.

The first time he fought against Liu Xiu, he was unhappy because of this.

But something even more unpleasant came for him...

Dry pull?

Facing the little flying squirrel Liu Xiu dared to fight.

Facing Kobe Bryant?

He passed the ball to the right side of the three-second zone. Randolph received the ball, hit Malone with his back, turned over...jumped and passed the ball!

Liu Xiu passed the ball and cut in the middle. There was no one under the basket. Medvedenko was taken away by Tianzun and could not make up for it...Liu Xiu received the ball without dribbling. He took a step forward and jumped with all his strength, and smashed the ball into the basket with one hand!

Kobe was accidentally cut in by Liu Xiukong, but he immediately turned around to pursue the defense.

If Liu Xiu chooses to lay up this ball, or dribble and then grab the ball and dunk, Kobe will be confident to block it!

But Liu Xiu dunked in!

This kind of goal is equivalent to Liu Xiu dunking on Kobe!

Cheers! Screams!

Kobe watched Liu Xiu detonate the whole audience, and felt ten thousand alpacas running through his heart.

"If you don't buckle, it's enough. If you buckle, it's amazing."

"Things like dunking start with dunking OK combinations"

"Faced with the evolution of the OK group, the warden becomes stronger when he encounters the strong"

"The brave combination of OK, the name of the general shines"

Wait wait wait.

Kobe was already thinking about the postgame media headlines.

Regardless of whether the Purple and Gold Army wins or loses, they cannot escape this type of news!

Kobe ran to the frontcourt, encountered Ruben Patterson's defense, and started a very aggressive confrontation.

Offensive players pressure defensive players? Yes, the two brothers in the OK combination love to do this kind of thing.

Before winning the championship, Big Brother O was often more proactive in finding confrontations than defensive players.

Now O'Neal also likes to compete with opponents for no reason, but he is not so active.

Kobe is in heat right now, how can Kobe's Terminator not know what's going on?

Help the warden block the gun!

As a Kobe finisher, I have never seen such a manic Kobe.

Fisher advanced to the frontcourt and handed it to Luke Walton at the top of the arc. Malone went to the low post on the left side of the three-second zone. Fisher passed the ball and moved to the right corner. The triangle offense started...

Blocked!

Kobe beat Ruben Patterson for a while, but when he felt it wasn't enough, he moved to the high post and leaned on Ruben Patterson to get the ball!

Payton and Malone dared to control the court, how dare Walton disobey.

Kobe catches the ball, turns around to face the basket, takes a tentative step, feints...

Change-of-direction breakthroughs, pull-up jump shots, explosive acceleration, step-back shots, direct pull-ups... In any of these face-to-frame skills, Kobe is not the best in the league, but almost all of them are in the top five or even top three in the league.

Coupled with his superb fake moves, Ruben Patterson flew!

Kobe's finisher, who had extensive experience being hammered by Kobe, reacted quickly and immediately reached out to pull Kobe.

Speaking of which, Kobe is also a weirdo. He seems to have forgotten why he tried to fly past Ruben Patterson.

After sending Reuben Patterson flying, he actually jumped up and shot backwards...

The referee's whistle blew, Kobe's shot was blocked and he got two free throws.

Liu Xiu, who was shrinking, didn't know how to complain when he saw this scene.

Kobe made two free throws, 26 to 30, and the Lakers clenched the score.

The game suddenly became...interesting?

As for the Lakers, Kobe has started a model of trying to get up to the challenge even when there is no difficulty!

This is the situation the Trail Blazers want - after O'Neal goes down, they find a way to let Kobe continue to play in isolation.

Originally, the Trail Blazers wanted to use Ruben Patterson to arouse Kobe's urge to start abusing Kobe's Terminator mode.

The grievances between the two of them back then were quite interesting.

The purpose of letting Kobe play in isolation is to prevent the Lakers from playing a triangle offense with Luke Walton as the core of the tactics, Malone as the strong connection point inside, and Kobe as the main offensive point.

To put it simply, the function of the triangle offense is to create easier one-on-one opportunities for the stars, and mismatches are even better.

In this case, just let Kobe play unlimited singles and that's it.

In other words, the Trail Blazers' goal was achieved.

However, even if Kobe Bryant plays more alone than the Trail Blazers expected, the Lakers can still hold on to the score.

Because this guy is unreasonable!

In the first half of the quarter, Kobe made 2 of 4 shots, including 0 of 1 three-pointers, plus 3 of 3 free throws. He scored 7 points and 1 assist, leading the Lakers to 10 points in the half.

Normally, if a player plays so alone, his teammates will complain and slack off...but not the Lakers!

When Kobe took over the offense, the rest of the Lakers played defense like crazy.

Jackson made timely adjustments. When Kobe Bryant created a difficult situation for one-on-one Kobe's finisher, Jackson replaced Luke Walton with defensive small forward Brian Russell.

Moreover, Kobe can take over the offense while playing defense at the same time.

Lakers players have long been accustomed to this situation.

And they don't think there's anything wrong with Kobe playing like this, because that's how Kobe played when they created the dynasty.
To be continued...