() At 7:30 the next night, fans in Los Angeles gathered at Staples Arena again.
Today, the Los Angeles Lakers face their eighth opponent of the season, the Chicago Bulls.
There is no doubt that the biggest highlight of this game is that Jay Sean, currently the number one scorer, has a direct conversation with the current star of Los Angeles, Kobe Bryant, who is number two in the scorer list.
Before this game, Chen Jie only led Kobe by 0.5 points. This means that if Kobe can score four more points than Chen Jie in this game, then the first and second places in the scoring list will be easily separated.
Positioned.
Obviously, for a competitive player like Kobe Bryant, he doesn't like to be ranked below others. Therefore, before the game, many media predicted that Kobe would start scoring mode in this game.
How Jay Sean, who is facing him, will respond is something that many fans and media are looking forward to.
You know, Kobe's defensive ability is also very good.
Facing such a superstar with comprehensive offense and defense will be a big test for Chen Jie.
Before the game, when the players from the two teams were warming up, Kobe and Chen Jie, who had a good chat yesterday, walked to the center circle in a friendly manner and gave each other a warm hug.
This scene was also recorded by many cameras.
At this moment, in the front row of the stands, behind the Bulls' bench, a beautiful mixed-race girl wearing sunglasses looked at Chen Jie on the court with a strange expression.
After the warm-up and the entrance ceremony, Staples' atmosphere was completely ignited.
After Kobe Bryant made his final appearance, the atmosphere at Staples Center reached its peak.
And then, the game started.
Looking at Eddie Curry and Kwame Brown jumping the ball in the middle circle, Chen Jie smiled in his heart. It would be fun if these two people exchange clubs in the future.
This game was not broadcast live across the United States, but because there was no Rockets game today and it happened to be the weekend in China, CCTV 5 decided to broadcast this game. In fact, the original plan was to broadcast the 76ers and Celtics
However, due to Chen Jie’s increasing popularity in China recently, CCTV made a temporary change.
In the studio, it is still the pair of Yu Jia and Zhang Weiping.
Among the domestic basketball commentators, Yu Jia has a very distinctive style, with passionate commentary and gorgeous language. As a commentator, Zhang Weiping's explanation of tactics is very good, but occasionally he seems too rigid.
Generally speaking, the cooperation between this pair is quite good. Although it is slightly inferior to Barkley and Smith of TNT, in China, it is good to be able to do this.
Kwame Brown is obviously much more proactive than Eddie Curry. This time Kwame Brown beat Eddie Curry with the jump ball and put the ball into Kobe's hands.
Kobe took the initiative to assume the point guard role of dribbling the ball through half court.
Facing Kobe, Chen Jie seemed very cautious. Even though this person may have some problems with his character, on the basketball court, he is definitely an opponent that should or must be taken seriously.
Kobe didn't seem to have any desire to attack. He straightened his body and dribbled the ball sideways, observing the movements of his teammates.
In the CCTV live broadcast room, Director Zhang Weiping was talking eloquently: "In this game, it seems that the Bulls have a slightly greater chance of winning. The Bulls have been very strong recently, like Chandler, Ruel...
Deng, these players, including Chen Jie, performed very well. On the other hand, the Lakers, except for Kobe who is fighting alone, it seems that other players cannot give him good support. Tomjanovich is a good coach
, but facing this Lakers team is also a bit difficult. In addition, in this game, Lakers insider Divac was absent due to injury, and he was replaced by Kwame Brown, a player who can provide help to Kobe.
Even less. So I feel that the game may be very fierce, but in the end it should be the Bulls who can win!"
Yu Jia, who was standing next to him, nodded and echoed: "Director Zhang, in your opinion, what should the Bulls pay attention to?"
When Zhang Weiping heard this, he cleared his throat and continued his long speech: "The biggest weapon of the Lakers now is Kobe, but this can also be said to be the weakness of the Lakers. After all, Kobe alone cannot defeat someone."
Team. What the Bulls should do is to restrict the other players on the Lakers and let Kobe play. Kobe can score fifty or sixty points, but other players don't score, so the Bulls will still win."
"What Director Zhang means is that this game should be a fierce battle?" Yu Jia asked.
"That's right!" Zhang Weiping nodded and said, "Kobe is now second in the scoring list. Facing Chen Jie, who is first in the scoring list, I must be unconvinced and must show off. And Chen Jie's recent state is also very good.
Yes, as a rookie, he must have the spirit of a newborn calf who is not afraid of tigers, so I feel that both of them should score high scores in this game!"
Just as he was talking, Kobe suddenly accelerated on the court, and Zhang Weiping immediately said: "Look, I said, Kobe is going to play one-on-one. He has been dribbling the ball for almost twenty seconds. Kobe is going to play one-on-one. The other players on the Lakers team are going to give it to him now."
Make some space!"
In fact, Zhang Weiping's words also represent the opinions of many American media. In the eyes of many people, this game should be a fierce battle between Kobe and Chen Jie.
However, they did not expect that it was not what they thought at first.
After Zhang Weiping said this, Kobe took action and quickly broke through Chen Jie's defense. However, he did not shoot or layup, but passed the ball to Atkins on the outside.
Atkins made a direct three-pointer, and the Staples Arena burst into warm cheers, and Kobe also had a smile on his face.
Zhang Weiping in the live broadcast room felt a little embarrassed and explained: "It seems that Kobe wants to mobilize his teammates first. Kobe will not score until his teammates are all motivated!"
Naturally, Yu Jia next to him would not add insult to injury like Smith did to Barkley. He just nodded and said: "Kobe Bryant may want to prove that he can make his teammates better first, and then prove his scoring ability."
Still No. 1 in the league, although these two points may seem contradictory, but Kobe is someone who likes to challenge such limits!"
When they said these words, neither of them expected that it would take an entire quarter for Kobe to mobilize his teammates.
In the 12 minutes of the first quarter, Kobe, the league's second-leading scorer, did not take a single shot.
