Chapter 134: Kobe Shows His Power in the Peak Showdown
()Chapter 134: Kobe Bryant shows off his power in the peak showdown
More than half of the first quarter quickly passed between the exchanges between Adrian and Nash. At this time, the Lakers trailed the Suns by two points at 18:20. The Los Angeles Lakers took the lead in making substitutions, using Lamar-
Odom replaced Luke Walton to enhance the offensive power on the court. Just after this substitution, Odom, who was substituted, had not had time to perform, and he had already taken over the game.
Kobe Bryant.
After being silent for most of the quarter, the 'Black Mamba' finally revealed his fangs full of venom. When Nash intended to cooperate with Stoudemire for a beautiful alley-oop, he had already seen through it.
Kobe Bryant, who intended to pass the ball, suddenly shot out diagonally from the left and directly picked Nash's pass from the air.
After landing, Kobe pushed forward quickly, and Raja Bell was wrapped around him like a piece of candy. However, Kobe easily avoided it with a swaying left and right dribble, and headed towards the Suns' basket.
Under Nash's interference, he scored two points with a light layup.
This wonderful one-stop layup was not the end of Kobe's performance, but the prelude to Kobe's time. After the first game, Kobe had no intention of restraining. When the Suns' fast break, Marion used an extremely awkward shot.
After the gesture was completed, just after passing the midline, Kobe immediately opened his hand and asked Adrian for the ball!
In recent games, Kobe has rarely reached out directly to Adrian to ask for the ball. Part of this is because he may realize that it is more reasonable and more efficient for Adrian to handle the ball than to hold the ball in his hands for a long time.
Efficient. Secondly, although he had the ball, Adrian always left ample singles opportunities for Kobe. He always paid attention to ensuring Kobe's right to shoot. This made Kobe very satisfied, so he let Adri
Ann controls the ball.
But today, Kobe's desire to attack was obviously activated after the initial silence. So much so that just after halftime, he impatiently reached out to Adrian for the ball. As for Kobe's attachment to the ball, Ah
Adrian has always been accustomed to trying his best to be satisfied. So even though he knew that letting Kobe play alone at this moment was not a good choice, Adrian still chose to believe in him and his singles ability, which is second to none in the league.
After receiving the basketball, Kobe stopped one step above the three-point line, holding the ball with both hands, and kept moving his left foot to take probing steps, threatening his defender Raja Bell.
This is not the first time these two have played against each other. The most famous one was in Game 5 of the Suns vs. Lakers series in the 2006 playoffs. When the game entered the fourth quarter with 7 minutes and 33 seconds left, Bell was on defense.
When Kobe Bryant, the Lakers' top star, suddenly rushed up and hit Kobe on the neck with his elbow, and then strangled him down. The referee immediately ejected him for a flagrant foul, and the league punished him for this bad behavior.
An additional penalty of one game suspension was imposed.
After the fifth game, the war of words between the two teams continued. In the sixth game when he was suspended, Bell repeatedly emphasized that his flagrant foul against Kobe was a personal act after someone repeatedly slapped him in the face. With the Suns
The team as a whole has nothing to do with it. And Kobe himself sneered at this statement.
"That's how they want to win."
Both sides disagreed on this matter. But after this game, Raja Bell was dubbed the 'Kobe Bryant's Nemesis', and the Lakers also lost that round of playoffs. The two of them
The relationship between the two has become a fire-and-water relationship since then, although the two did not have any close relationship in the first place.
After several attempts, Raja Bell always maintained a defensive posture, keeping less than one step away from Kobe. Just when Raja Bell thought that Kobe was looking for an opportunity to break through, Kobe was one meter away from the three-point line.
Suddenly pulled up...
This action was so sudden. Raja Bell probably didn't expect that Kobe would dare to pull up the jumper so simply when there were still more than ten seconds left in the attack time. His interference was delayed by a step.
When he jumped up to block the shot, Kobe Bryant had already shot the basketball in his hand.
"Bang~~"
The shot did not go as expected. Although the shot was quick and unexpected, it seemed to be a little short due to lack of force and hit the front of the basket.
"Get out of the way!" Turiaf roared, and forcefully knocked away Marion, who was trying to block him, and grabbed the rebounding front man before the 'little bully' Stoudemire.
As soon as the rebound hit the ground, Stoudemire and Marion were immediately entangled with each other like two pieces of candy. They kept waving their arms to interfere with Turiaf's movements and sight, and at the same time, they tried to get rid of Turiaf.
A basketball was stolen from Turiaf's hands.
"Give it to me!" This was an extremely firm voice, somewhat familiar. Turiaf, who could not see clearly, simply threw the ball in the direction of the sound.
Kobe took a sudden step forward and waved his arms to fend off Raja Bell, who was competing with him for position. This was a move that would definitely be controversial, but at this critical moment, the referee did not give any indication and rushed to take over.
After reaching the basketball, Kobe stepped on the three-point line and jumped up. His eyes were as firm as ever, and he shot the basketball in his hand firmly and persistently.
Bang bang... brush!
This time the basketball did not disappoint Kobe again. It hit the backboard first, then rebounded and hit the front of the basket, and then flipped backwards and fell into the hoop.
The Suns launched an offensive again. Kobe directly took over Adrian's task of defending Nash, and pressed Nash from the beginning. Inspired by Kobe, the Lakers' defensive intensity immediately increased. Nash has been entangled by Kobe and unable to attack. In desperation,
He could only pass the ball to Marion in transition. Marion intended to pass to Raja Bell, but his passing intention was too obvious. Adrian, who was driven by Kobe to defend Raja Bell, directly intercepted Marion.
pass the ball, and then quickly throw it forward.
Kobe immediately took the ball and single-handedly entered the Suns' inside, and scored two points with a throw. At the same time as the throw, Marion, who quickly returned to defense after being intercepted, slapped Kobe on the arm, which added to the score.
One foul and one free throw opportunity.
Kobe did not waste the extra free throw opportunity he got. The basketball was firmly put into the basket by him.
In less than a minute, Kobe scored seven points in a row. The score expanded to 25:20, leading the Suns by 5 points. (To be continued.)
ps: It's a little late today. Also, thank you to Tin Man for the reward.
