Of course, Chen Jie would not waste two free throw opportunities. Although this was not the result Chen Jie wanted, although he finally allowed Kobe Bryant to successfully foul. But Chen Jie would not waste such a scoring opportunity.
After all, victory is accumulated point by point.
Steady two free throws. From a utilitarian point of view, Kobe's foul was somewhat undeserved. Not only did it not prevent Chen Jie from scoring, because Chen Jie finally scored these two points, he also got a foul.
.
However, from Kobe's point of view, such a foul is worth it, because it represents Kobe's attitude.
That is, Kobe will never give up his defense at any time!
At least Chen Jie understood his attitude.
After two free throws, the Eastern team had 63 points, the Western team had 57 points, and Chen Jie had 30 points. These are the most important statistics right now.
The Western Conference team is behind by more than five points. In this league, except for some very few teams and very few games, there are several thresholds for falling behind.
Within five points, it is not actually a lead. After a few rounds, the situation may be reversed.
Five to ten points is a not very conservative but not too dangerous lead. At least you can take a breather.
And more than ten points is considered a relatively safe lead.
More than twenty points is a big lead.
Now, the Eastern team can say that it is ahead of the Western team.
But it is not difficult for the Western team to catch up. Within ten minutes, and it is not at the last stage of the game, but at the beginning of the third quarter of the game. The outcome of this game is still difficult to predict. The Eastern team just takes advantage of
Just a little advantage.
And Kobe now wants to lead the team and eat away at the Eastern Conference's advantage.
The three post players on the Western Conference team, Garnett, Duncan, and Yao Ming, are all post players who have the ability to play in post-up situations and have a high success rate in one-on-one post-up situations.
McGrady is also a talented player on the outside of the Western Team, and he just created a miracle of 35 seconds and 13 minutes this season, so he is very popular.
But it seems that only Kobe is the core of that offense.
It can even be said that with Kobe on the court, no team will have another core, because he, Kobe Bryant, will be the only core no matter where he is. Even Shaquille O'Neal and Kobe
I don't want to give him this position.
Chen Jie has always felt that players like McGrady, after they can no longer stay in the NBA, will move to some teams and serve as substitutes or backup players. But for Kobe, once he cannot maintain his competitive state, then he will definitely just
Choose to retire.
His pride does not allow him to do anything to others.
As long as he is on the court, he must be the absolute core.
Even if he is surrounded by players like Yao Ming and Maddie Duncan, the same is true for Kobe.
When the Western Conference attacked, McGrady took possession of the ball just after halftime, and Kobe pulled out to ask for the ball.
McGrady found it hard to understand Kobe Bryant's aggressive pursuit of a championship. However, McGrady also saw that Kobe Bryant wanted to compete with Chen Jie, and knew that Kobe Bryant probably wanted to win the trophy today, so McGrady cooperated very much.
He passed the ball to Kobe.
After Kobe got the ball, Chen Jie did not approach him immediately.
Now Kobe is standing near midfield. Even though his offensive talent is astonishing, Chen Jie feels there is no need to start pressing Kobe at this time.
That would also be a big test for your physical strength, and it's totally unnecessary.
Because of Chen Jie's idea, Kobe got a lot of space, took the ball, and turned around. At this time, Chen Jie appeared one step or so in front of Kobe.
The two people are still about three or four meters away from the three-point line.
Kobe began to dribble the ball, and he approached Chen Jie step by step.
Chen Jie felt that there was no need to start fighting with Kobe at this position. He slowly backed away, wanting to wait for Kobe to come to the three-point line before starting to seriously defend Kobe!
Facts have proved that Chen Jie's choice was wrong.
Because he fought and retreated, he left enough room for Kobe to take shots and adjust before taking shots.
Kobe dribbled the ball and watched Chen Jie retreat step by step. Kobe, who originally planned to break through, changed his mind!
At about one step from the three-point line, Kobe suddenly stopped dribbling and took off. Chen Jie, who had been retreating, had no time to fully take off at this time.
Although Chen Jie also tried to block Kobe's shot, the hand he raised could only touch Kobe's shoulder at the highest, and could not even block Kobe's eyes.
Kobe completed this shot very calmly. Although it was a little far from the basket, for Kobe, this distance is not a problem!
brush!
The sound of a basketball passing through the net is very nice, and the three-pointer is hit!
Kobe didn't celebrate, and ran directly to the backcourt, as if he hadn't made the shot just now.
Chen Jie looked at the basketball bouncing and falling on the floor, with a trace of regret in his eyes.
This ball was caused by my own carelessness!
Chen Jie thought so. But immediately, the regret disappeared from Chen Jie's eyes.
Regrets are useless. Chen Jie understands that what he has to do now is to remember this lesson and don’t give Kobe Bryant such a chance again the next time he attacks!
60 to 63, Kobe's three-pointer narrowed the point difference between the two teams.
The entire offense took very little time, about six or seven seconds, of which four seconds were consumed by McGrady dribbling the ball from the backcourt across half court.
Before, no one thought that Kobe would choose such a long-range shot.
Kobe's score also broke through the 20-point mark and reached 21 points!
In the CCTV broadcast room, seeing Kobe hit such a three-pointer, Zhang Weiping said with regret: "Chen Jie's defense was careless. He left too much space for Kobe. Of course, Chen Jie cannot be blamed for this. After all,
No one would have thought that Kobe would take a direct shot from such a distance. Chen Jie certainly didn't expect it either."
Commenting on this sentence, before Yang Yi could echo it, Zhang Weiping immediately said: "Chen Jie's breakthrough just now also caused a foul on Kobe. Immediately Kobe responded with a super long-range three-pointer. The two of them seemed to be competing.
Wow. Haha, the game was great!"
Zhang Weiping's words basically represent everyone's mood at this moment.
Those who support Kobe are happy, and those who support Chen Jie are sad. But these people, including other fans who simply watch the All-Star Game for fun, are also excited.
Of course, the excitement is that the older the game gets, the better it gets.
Kobe Bryant hit such a three-pointer, how should Chen Jie retaliate?
The Eastern team's offense is everyone's biggest question.
Iverson still controls the ball.
Chen Jie didn't open his hand to ask for the ball, but he was already leaning against Kobe at the three-point line and was in a good position to catch the ball.
Next, it depends on whether Iverson will pass the ball to Chen Jie.
Iverson dribbled the ball at the top of the arc, facing McGrady's defense. Iverson dribbled the ball while observing the position of his teammates.
James is on the right side. He has no intention of asking for the ball. He is standing with Garnett, and there is still one step between them.
With O'Neal on the inside, he leaned against Yao Ming to get a position, but Yao Ming worked very hard to squeeze O'Neal. O'Neal had not yet stood firm, and Duncan was still watching eagerly next to him.
Carter stood at the baseline, ready to slide across the baseline to the other side.
Now, Iverson has only two choices. One is to give the ball to Chen Jie and let Chen Jie play in singles, or the other is to do it himself.
In fact, Iverson's first reaction was to break through McGrady himself. For Qiu Yan, who is the boss of his own team, such a reaction is definitely subconscious.
But immediately, Iverson thought of the goal of this game.
He paused and gave the ball to Chen Jie.
Chen Jie got the ball, and Kobe tried to steal it, but failed. Chen Jie raised the ball over his shoulder and leaned against Kobe to protect the basketball.
Chen Jie now has his back to the basket.
Everyone started to get excited after seeing Iverson give the ball to Chen Jie.
What the fans want to see most now is Chen Jie and Kobe. They want to do whatever they want. You hit me and I hit you.
The so-called superstar 1v1, today's confrontation between Kobe and Chen Jie can be said to be a well-deserved interpretation of this term. (To be continued...)
