() With nine minutes left in the fourth quarter, Tomjanovich called a timeout and sent Kobe back on.
As for the Bulls, Chen Jie also took the field again.
He rested on the bench for about ten minutes and recovered a little bit of his physical strength. Of course, what made him most comfortable was that Jessica, who had been nagging all the time before, didn't bother him anymore during this period.
At this time, the score on the court was 94 to 98, with the Lakers trailing by four points. The personal scoring comparison between Kobe and Chen Jie was 35 to 27, with Kobe leading by eight points!
In this game, both teams seemed to have no defense. At this time, they scored such a high score.
The basket in Staples Arena is as vast as the ocean, and the shooting percentages of the Bulls and Lakers players are astonishingly high. Of course, everyone knows that all of this is because of Kobe and Chen Jie.
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It was precisely because of the thunderous rivalry between the two that all the role players and substitute players under his command went crazy.
But now, their madness can end.
Because Kobe and Chen Jie are back. And the protagonists of the game are still the two of them!
The Lakers served the ball from the sideline. Kobe used Kwame Brown's pick-and-roll to bypass Chen Jie's defense and came to the right side of the three-point line to receive the basketball. When he received the ball and prepared to attack, Chen Jie should have followed.
Kobe made a triple-threat gesture, looking at Chen Jie, looking for opportunities.
In fact, there are not many real 1v1 singles between the two people. Most of the time, they still use the cover and cooperation of their teammates to find opportunities for fighting.
Kobe remained motionless with the ball, and Hinrich hesitated for a moment before choosing to double-team him. He followed Scales' tactics very well.
Atkins' side was completely empty, but Kobe did not choose to pass the ball. When he saw Hinrich coming this way, Kobe had already started dribbling the ball.
He did not directly break into the inside, but moved horizontally with the ball, pushing his defenders, Chen Jie and Hinrich, with a slight and imperceptible movement with his left hand.
Kobe's lateral movement opened up the Bulls' defensive formation, and Chen Jie followed closely. Hinrich and Chen Jie stood on each side, blocking all Kobe's breakthrough angles.
At this time, Atkins had no one to defend him. He opened his hands to ask for the ball and shouted Kobe's name loudly, but Kobe would not pass it!
His stubbornness is like a double-edged sword. Sometimes it is the sharpest blow to the opponent, and sometimes it is the most critical reason for mistakes and delaying the fighter's chances.
Sure enough, no matter how he moved, Kobe couldn't escape the double-teaming of Hinrich and Chen Jie.
The two people with their hands spread out could be said to have surrounded Kobe, but he was still stubborn and refused to pass the ball.
Finally, Chen Jie's tentative right hand touched the basketball in Kobe's hand, changing the trajectory of the basketball. At the moment Kobe lost control of the basketball, Hinrich quickly fell to the ground, almost like a fish leaping, and he hugged
The basketball was passed directly to Chen Jie next to him without much thought.
shit!
Seeing that the basketball in his hand was stolen, Kobe clapped his hands, cursed, and quickly called back.
Chen Jie dribbled the ball forward quickly, and Kobe just followed him...
The other Lakers and Bulls players could only look at the backs of the two men.
After reaching about one step inside the free throw line, Chen Jie took off and jumped. He was bound to win the ball. It would be a pity if he couldn't seize the fast break opportunity.
Kobe was already upset because of Chen Jie's outburst, and because he was intercepted again, he was holding back his breath and wanted to block the ball.
There was no physical contact between the two people, and they both jumped with all their strength.
Kobe's hand blocked the path of the basketball in Chen Jie's hand. It seemed that Kobe was going to win the ball. No matter whether Chen Jie wanted to dunk or lay up, he would inevitably get a hot pot.
However, in less than a second of gliding in the air, Chen Jie changed the basketball from his right hand to his left hand, avoided Kobe's block, and put the ball into the basket with his left hand.
There was no powerful dunk, no gorgeous and strange pull-bar, just a simple change of hands in the air, which was quite a bit like making a huge difference.
However, everyone can see that after being in the air for such a short time, such a hand-changing action may seem simple, but it actually requires a good sense of the ball and body coordination.
Kobe asked himself that he could do this move, but he didn't expect that Chen Jie could also do it. So, he miscalculated.
Steal, fast break, layup, one-stop. Chen Jie scored two more points!
11 to 3, the Bulls' scoring streak continues! And these 11 points were all contributed by Chen Jie alone!
From the second half of the third quarter until now, Kobe is at a complete disadvantage in the confrontation with Chen Jie!
fuck!
Kobe is really irritated. He is not a person who likes to lose! His philosophy on life, or basketball philosophy, to put it in a very popular sentence, is that if I don’t knock you to death tonight, I won’t be able to sleep.
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The greater the adversity, the stronger Kobe's fighting spirit will be!
If it were someone else, he might have been intercepted once, made a mistake after being double-teamed, and would have been a little downcast. If he encountered such a situation again, he would choose to pass the ball. However, for Kobe, this is not the case.
The more he was intercepted and made a mistake, the stronger his competitiveness became! The more he was double-teamed and failed to score, the more he had to try again!
The irritated Chen Jie was able to explode so powerfully. How could the irritated Kobe be underestimated?
Then, the Lakers attacked again, and Hinrich and Chen Jie were double-teamed again. Kobe still did not choose to pass the ball. This time, he moved laterally. At the moment when Hinrich and Chen Jie had not combined, Kobe passed the ball.
Kobe suddenly changed direction and passed between the two men.
There was an empty space in front of him. Chandler quickly came over to cover up the defense. Kobe took off and faced Chandler, a tough defender. Kobe pushed hard for a layup and seemed to be deliberately seeking physical contact.
While he was in the air, the referee's whistle blew. Chandler committed a defensive foul.
Kobe, however, remained unyielding. The moment he landed, he threw the basketball out. After lightly bouncing on the neck of the basket twice, it fell into the basket obediently.
The referee's finger clicked heavily, and two points were counted!
Kobe's expression was very stern, he didn't roar fiercely, he just lightly clapped his hands with a few teammates and walked to the free throw line.
When the fans in the audience chanted "mvp", Kobe made a free throw!
After scoring nine consecutive points in the third quarter to lead the Lakers on a small spurt, Kobe once again started the continuous scoring mode.
As for the Bulls, Chen Jie refused to give in at all.
If Kobe didn't attack in the first quarter, Chen Jie didn't fight in the second quarter, and the two dominated the game for about three minutes in the third quarter, then the fourth quarter and the last nine minutes were really a duel between the two.
