As soon as Kobe Bryant scored the goal, not only the fans in the audience, nor the American media reporters, but on the Xinlang Weibo in mainland China, countless fans wrote such sentences: "Kobe Shen Mighty!"
"I am immortal!"
"Kobe Bryant the God of War!"
"The Black Mamba explodes!"
"My friends and I were stunned!"
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The commentators at the scene continued to praise Kobe. The actor Nicholson also stood up and applauded Kobe. Under his leadership, the fans at the scene also stood up and applauded Kobe. The head coaches of both sides, D'Antoni and McHale, also shook their heads.
Zhuotou secretly sighed in his heart: "At nearly 40 years old, I can still maintain such good condition and perform such moves. It is really eye-catching."
But Kobe did not throw his head up and roar after scoring a wonderful goal like he did when he was young. Instead, he looked solemn and shouted to his teammates who were still cheering for him: "Get back on defense!"
The score is still 4 points away, and there are still more than 40 seconds left. Now is not the time to celebrate.
Seeing this, D'Antoni sighed secretly in his heart. It seems that the closer Kobe is to the end of his career, the more mature he will be.
The Rockets attack, and Wen Hao starts dribbling the ball at this time. Usually at such critical moments, the ball is handed over to Harden, but in this case, he knows that the Lakers will definitely defend Harden.
Especially Kobe, who will never let Harden have even a chance.
As Wen Hao expected, Kobe Bryant defended Harden all over the court, and Harden had no chance to get the ball. Wen Hao dribbled the ball across half the court and did not rush to attack. He dribbled slowly while raising his head.
Look at the time.
When there were 15 seconds left in the attack time, he suddenly started. In this case, the ball holder would not start the attack until the last six or seven seconds. Nash did not expect that Wen Hao would attack suddenly and was caught off guard.
Wen Hao used his speed to get past him in one step and reached the inside line.
Inside, Gasol came over to defend Wen Hao. Wen Hao had already anticipated this move. He flicked his right hand behind his back and the ball hit the ground and passed to Parsons outside the three-point line.
Parsons was unguarded at this time. After catching the ball, he once again felt that inexplicable feeling that he was bound to hit. With this feeling, he took action without hesitation.
As soon as he took action, he clenched his fists and shouted excitedly: "In!"
But fate is sometimes the trickiest person. Although Parsons felt great when he shot, he could even close his eyes and say that he would definitely score this goal. From any angle of the fans in the audience, this
The arc and power of the ball were both very well controlled, and it was sure to go in as Parsons said.
However, when the ball popped out with a "bang", Parsons was shocked. How could it not go in? He felt very good when he took the shot, so why didn't he go in?
But that's the way basketball is. Sometimes you feel your shot is extremely good, but it just doesn't go in; and sometimes you think your shot is off target, but it still goes in inexplicably.
The basketball bounced high. Although the Rockets' inner towers tried their best to grab the rebound, the rebound eventually fell into Gasol's hands. He handed the ball directly to Kobe.
The moment Kobe got the ball, Wen Hao and Harden double-teamed Kobe. But Kobe is indeed Kobe, and his body's flexibility can be said to be one of the best in the entire league. When he jumped in the air to catch the ball, his eyes
Just look at Harden and Wen
Hao estimated the angle of the double-team between the two of them. Then, using the momentum in the air, he took the ball and landed on the ground, and suddenly jumped forward. With a twist of his upper body, the side of his legs suddenly passed between Harden and Wen Hao.
It slipped through the narrow gap.
"oh!"
Everyone who saw this shot exclaimed. The angle that Kobe's upper body was twisted just now is not something ordinary people can twist out, and the way his legs turned sideways in a very short period of time is also not something ordinary people can do.
Here comes Kobe, a true god.
Kobe passed Harden and Wen Hao in one step and went directly to the frontcourt.
All the fans at the scene held their hands nervously and looked at Kobe.
Kobe lived up to expectations. After striding to the frontcourt, facing Parsons' defense, he pulled a lever in the air and then scored with a basket.
"Wow..."
Staples Center once again set off a storm, and the fans' voices came like a tide, drowning the players in the field.
Kobe made a wonderful fast break to close the gap to 2 points.
McHale hurriedly called a timeout. At this time, there were (seconds) on the clock, and he had to take a timeout to make arrangements.
During the timeout, he said to Harden and Wen Hao: "The Lakers will definitely prevent you from catching the ball, so when you serve, let Parsons catch the ball, and then you will go up as the second wave of players to meet the ball.
After catching the ball, they will definitely guard us, so the two of you can play pick-and-roll. Also, the ball must be released quickly, otherwise it is easy to encounter their double team. Be careful when passing the ball, don't
Been cut off."
Wen Hao and Harden nodded. At this moment, they both put aside their personal prejudices. Now is the time when they need to cooperate.
McHale only focused on what he said, but did not think about the current situation. The players were very nervous. How could they remember what he said?
What the Lakers didn't say is that the German coach has handed over the power to Kobe at this time, and Kobe can do whatever he wants. Before becoming the head coach of the Lakers, he knew how stubborn and strong a player Kobe was. Even he once
As Jordan's coach, Lil Jackson couldn't tame Kobe, let alone him. So since taking office, he wisely left everything to Kobe to handle at certain moments.
Kobe didn't say anything at all at this time, but took a sip of the drink, then lowered his head to rest, paying no attention to anyone.
But the Lakers players all understand that at this time, Kobe's attitude has only one meaning - give me the ball!
Of course, now the Lakers are defending and the Rockets are attacking. But after defending the Rockets, give me the ball again!
After the timeout, the Rockets are about to attack. The Lakers will launch a full-court press defense against the Rockets. Of course, the most critical thing is to defend Wenhao and Harden, the two Rockets players with the best ball-handling ability. If these two players can be combined
If you can't catch the ball, it's best to prevent the Rockets from committing a five-second offensive violation. That'll be fine.
But McHale's arrangement was somewhat effective. Wen Hao and Harden did not catch the ball, but Parsons came to the backcourt, accelerated to get rid of Nick Young's defense, and caught the ball. And when Nick
?When Yang was closely guarding him, he suddenly passed the ball to Wen Hao.
After Wenhao dribbled the ball, he quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and then under Nash's defense, he dribbled slowly without pressure. After dribbling for fifteen seconds, Kobe became a little anxious. There were only a few seconds left at this time, even if
It was the Rockets who missed the attack, but as long as the time ran out, the Lakers only had the last 4 seconds left. Although it is not impossible to organize an offense, in such a high-intensity defense in the playoffs, it is really difficult.
Very difficult.
Thinking of this, Kobe immediately moved over to Wen Hao. He wanted to double-team Wen Hao with Nash. In his opinion, Wen Hao was a little bit more of a threat than Harden. After all, Wen Hao was a point guard, and
He is also a point guard who has an extremely high shooting percentage for his teammates who receive the ball. I really can’t let go of such a player.
When Wen Hao saw Kobe moving toward him, he immediately hit the ball and passed it to Harden. Harden received the ball and saw that there were still more than ten seconds left and was about to start attacking. But just when he took the first step
, suddenly found that Nick Young was somehow on his left side. He had no choice but to change the ball to his right hand and break through from the right side.
But Kobe went back quickly and was already in front of Harden. Harden was caught off guard and slightly panicked. Nick Young on the other side lightly bumped into Harden's side. Harden became unstable and lost the ball.
Nick Young picked up the ball and quickly passed it to Kobe. Kobe dribbled the ball and ran forward. Others followed behind Kobe like a gust of wind.
Kobe held the ball in his hands, looked at the basket, and said to himself: "One ball left, only one ball left!"
The fans at Staples Center cheered excitedly when they saw the Lakers steal the ball.
But at this moment, Wen Hao's figure suddenly blocked the three-point line, which shocked Kobe a little.
It turned out that the moment Harden dropped the ball, Wen Hao did not grab the ball at all, but ran to the backcourt to defend in advance.
Facing the menacing Kobe, Wen Hao's eyes were not confused at all, staring into Kobe's eyes. He opened his hands slightly, planted his legs firmly, and was waiting for Kobe.
Seeing this, Kobe's already fast speed suddenly increased by one speed and broke through towards Wen Hao's side.
Wen Hao stood there, motionless.
The next moment, Kobe actually made a cross and then retreated.
When the fans at the scene saw this, they were all confused. Kobe had obviously almost passed Wen Hao, so why did he suddenly retreat?
When commentator Mullin saw Kobe retreating, he sighed and shook his head: "What a pity. Kobe has clearly passed Wen Hao, but he retreated because he didn't expect this in advance. What a pity."
Gener obviously didn't understand and asked: "What's going on?"
Mullin explained: "With Kobe's personality, when there are only a few seconds left on the clock and he is 2 points behind, he will largely choose three points instead of two points. In addition, he is older now.
If overtime is played, it will be very detrimental to him and the Lakers, so he will choose to shoot three-pointers from the outside to a greater extent. He
The reason why he accelerated forward was just a fake move, in order to disrupt Wen Hao's footsteps, and then he pulled back and shot a three-pointer. Wen Hao saw through this, so he stood there without moving. Kobe Bryant
After passing the halfway point, the subsequent retreat movement was already made, but Wen Hao did not move at all."
"If Kobe knew he could get away with it so easily, he would probably choose two points."
"Maybe, but it's too late to say anything now. I can only get three points." (To be continued.)
