"Hello, Kendrick, I haven't seen you for a few minutes. Do you miss me?" Tang Qian said to Perkins as soon as he came on the stage.
"You, stop talking nonsense! I won't be afraid of you!" Perkins puffed up his chest.
After seeing Tang Qian walk away, Ibaka approached and asked, "What's wrong? Kendrick? Why do you look so ugly?"
"It's nothing, boy, don't take it lightly." Perkins replied.
The Lakers have the ball, and Sessions has almost no room to display when facing Westbrook.
Westbrook's amazing momentum is very much like Kobe Bryant when he was young.
In order not to make a mistake, he passed the ball to Kobe Bryant as soon as the half was over.
Seeing this, Tang Qian shook his head silently in his heart, because the purpose of the Lakers selecting him in the first place was not to ask him to do this.
In fact, Kobe's ability to play singles with the ball has been much weakened this season compared to when he was young. If he is allowed to play singles with the ball frequently, his efficiency will not be very good. However, the word "cowardice" is not in the Black Mamba's dictionary, so he received
Sessions' pass, without saying a word, he started to single out the defender, Thabo Sefolosha.
After two consecutive small tentative steps, Kobe suddenly started with his back foot, and then relied on his excellent sense of rhythm to gain a favorable position of half a body. Thabo Sefolosha was not willing to just admit defeat. He was 84
Young people are not yet 28 years old, so their physical fitness is at their personal peak.
He was slightly taller than Kobe, and he stretched out his arms, just like the latter pounced on him.
Beep beep~
Kobe's layup was interfered with and he didn't score, but the referee still gave him two free throw opportunities.
When~
Brush~
Only 1 of 2 free throws were made. Kobe's physical strength declined particularly quickly during the game against the Thunder.
As a veteran who will be 34 years old in four months, the magic of Father Time has finally begun to appear on him.
96-88, the Lakers only scored 1 point in this round.
The Thunder attacked. After Westbrook broke through, he quickly distributed the ball and the basketball passed into the hands of Kendrick Perkins.
Perkins was just about to shoot, but as soon as he saw the yellow-skinned No. 29 approaching him, he shrank inexplicably, stopped shooting, and passed the basketball. Tang Qian had quick eyes and quick hands. With the blessing of the bronze agility card, he
A touch with his right hand destroyed Perkins' pass.
The basketball was taken by Ci Shiping, who passed it to Sessions, who pushed it across the court.
After halftime, Sessions didn't even have a basic desire to attack, so he passed the basketball to the Lakers' No. 24. Seeing this scene, people who didn't know thought that Lao Yu had not transferred.
As soon as Kobe got the ball, the Lakers subconsciously opened up, providing ample space for the Black Mamba to play one-on-one.
This habit was developed because Kobe was too capable in the past. Especially in the three seasons from 2007 to 10, the Lakers basically played casually in the first three and a half quarters, and Kobe took over the game in the last half. It had to be.
Admittedly, this tactic in those years was very effective, simple and crude, and unbeatable. But this season, Kobe has lost the ability to combine offense and defense for 48 minutes. If he is to kill from start to finish like he did before 2010,
It has become a luxury.
Starting from this season, Black Mamba really needs helpers and support.
But what is a little sad is that few people in the Lakers team can see it.
Maybe Kobe himself ignored this matter.
Whether it's intentional or unintentional.
Durant and Kobe have played against each other many times, so he also has his own experience on how to defend Kobe. Before 2010, he basically had no idea about Kobe, because in terms of combining sudden shots, Kobe did it after Jordan.
The most extreme one. If you guard tight, he will break through; if you guard loose, he will jump directly and shoot. Before 2010, no one could guard Kobe. Whether he made a shot or not was entirely up to him.
It doesn’t matter who is defending. But after 2010, Kobe and Durant found some defensive experience. Due to Kobe’s speed and explosive power declining, his breakthrough threat was greatly reduced. In this way
First, all you have to do is stick close to him. After all, the former still has an absolute advantage in terms of height and wingspan. Known as "Du Qichi", this name is not given in vain.
In addition, Durant is not yet 24 years old, which is the age when his athletic ability is bursting, so he came to defend Kobe, which caused great interference to Kobe. At least when it comes to shooting, it is difficult for Kobe to do whatever he wants.
Kobe VS Durant, this is exactly the drama promoted by this game. The first scorer and the second scorer, who can finally become the scoring king this season, the audience will wait and see.
Kobe is also the kind of person who can't change his character. If he had another change, he would not continue to play alone, because whether it is physical fitness or age, Kobe will suffer against Durant and neither will have an advantage. But
Kobe has the blood of old-school point-shooting flowing in his body. The so-called old-fashioned point-shooting, starting from Michael Jordan, as long as it is a one-on-one situation, there is no option to turn around and escape.
As long as it's one-on-one, let's do it. You didn't negotiate!
This is Kobe’s basketball philosophy and persistence in basketball.
Durant also saw this clearly, so he had no scruples and defended his opponent with all his strength.
Kobe made a habitual test step, then used his strength instantly to break through to the right. A few years ago, he would have passed half of Durant, but now, he is closely followed by Durant.
Seeing that his opponent was guarding him, Kobe immediately changed his technical moves. He made a movement with his left and right hands and handed the basketball to his left hand. At the same time, he pushed his back, turned around and took off.
However, the strength and amplitude of this recline are lacking. As the saying goes, old people age first. Even if Kobe had platelet-rich plasma treatment in the summer, he would not be able to withstand more than 38 minutes in a game. If it weren't for it,
He was experienced and felt that the backward angle was wrong, so he immediately raised his shot position. Then the ball would most likely be blocked by Kevin Durant.
Durant's height and wingspan are indeed the most powerful among outside players.
Approximately 225cm ~ 226cm, and his height was also lied. In future post-game interviews, he himself revealed his height. The original text is roughly as follows. After "blocking a shot" against Chris Paul in a regular season, Kevin.
Durant blurted out in the excitement: "I know he's going to shoot it, so I need to block him. You know, he's only 6 feet and I'm 6 feet 11 inches."
6 feet is 183CM, and 6 feet 11 inches is 211CM. "Scheming bitch" Durant can see it at a glance.
Coupled with Durant's excellent athletic talent, if you try to play with skills in front of him, you will easily get slapped.
The best way to deal with Durant is actually to play hard, hit him hard, and rely on your body to kill him, like James. Because although Durant has excellent physical fitness and excellent athletic ability, his thin weight
, has always been a flaw. Not to mention the 215 pounds when he first entered the league, he is only 235 pounds now, which is still 5 pounds short of his future peak weight. Why does Durant not feel stronger at all even after he has gained 20 pounds?
?This is because Durant's height has been growing. At first he was only 6 feet 9 inches, but then he grew to 6 feet 10 inches. As for this season, he has grown to 6 feet 11 inches, but in the NBA
Regarding height and weight data, the requirements have always been relatively loose and lagging behind. Therefore, there has been no intention to update the detailed physical data of many stars.
There are many similar situations like this. For example, Malone's weight is always listed as 250 pounds on the official website, which is only 113 kilograms? This is talking about the rookie period. I believe that in the middle and late career, how could it be possible for Biller to weigh this much?
Brown is light? That's absolutely impossible! When he was with the Lakers, Tang Qian remembered that Malone was often confused with O'Neal. You said he was only 250 pounds? What nonsense are you talking about? I remember there was a photo of F4, Malone.
He is stronger than O'Neal, and his shoulders are like city walls. At that time, Tang Qian also joked that Malone may be the only athlete in the NBA whose deltoid muscles are bigger than his head. At the end of his career, his weight was definitely more than 130 kilograms! It's incredible!
The monster that calls the peak version of LeBron magnified 1.5 times!
This is just an example. Kevin Durant is one of them. Tang Qian sometimes even thinks that he is "hunched over" just to hide his true height.
And what about Kobe? Kobe’s wingspan is only 205CM, and his standing reach is only 269CM. Well, in fact, his standing reach of 269CM is already the top of the No. 2 position. Even Michael Jordan has this number. But the person he faces
Who is it? It's Kevin Durant, a monster with a wingspan of 225cm and a standing reach of 279cm. So for the first time, Kobe felt the pressure on the offensive end, especially after his jumping ability declined, he only relied on heightening
Use an arc to avoid your opponent's shot.
Duang~
The shot was shot.
Kobe shouted in frustration: "Rebound!"
The basketball bounced to the area in charge of Perkins, but Tang Qian once again broke through the block, easily occupied the front position, and grabbed the offensive rebound. Then, Tang Qian used his super physical agility to pull out as soon as he landed.
He got up and dunked, but before Ibaka could turn around, Tang Qian gave him a two-handed dunk.
Beep beep~
The referee blows the whistle, 2 points are valid, and one penalty kick is added.
96-90, Duang~, Tang Qian failed to make a free throw, and Ibaka protected the defensive rebound.
Westbrook went straight in and used his super explosive power to successfully layup under the Lakers' basket.
98-90, the Lakers trailed by eight points.
Sessions transformed into Fisher again, handing the ball directly to Kobe after halftime, allowing Kobe, whose physical fitness was seriously declining, to continue to play singles against Kevin Durant.
To be honest, this was indeed the regular tactic of the Lakers in the past. They beat the whole team in the first three and a half quarters, and left the remaining 5 minutes to the Black Mamba. But this tactic is obviously not easy to use this year.
There is no other reason than Kobe's physical strength can no longer support him. Before the age of 32, Kobe has always been a physical monster. Even if I can't beat you in the first 43 minutes, I can explode in the last 5 minutes and beat you with super physical strength.
. Because ordinary superstars and even super giants do not have the bottomless physical strength of Kobe as a guarantee. But now, the Black Mamba feels tired. He has to last 38 minutes of offense and defense, and his body is a little overwhelmed.
This is a huge turning point. If you adjust well, you can continue to maintain a huge halo for two or three years. But if you don't adjust well, you will definitely plummet, or even fall directly into ruin. It is not impossible.
Of course, the key to this adjustment is mentality.
See if you can accept this fact and this change.
According to Tang Qian's memory, Kobe obviously hasn't adjusted his mentality this year.
The fierce battle against the Thunder in the playoffs is proof.
This year, in singles with the ball, Kobe is still the Kobe who "puts away your damn pick-and-roll".
The real change comes in the offseason and next season.
On the scene, Kobe continued to fight Durant, and it still continues.
Kobe also discovered his physical problems, so he hit the ball hard for a while and immediately turned into a high post shot. After Durant saw Kobe changing his moves, he quickly followed up. As the former offensive king of the league,
Kobe's offensive methods can be called a kaleidoscope. Anyone who is careless will be tricked and Kobe will teach him how to be a good person.
Why are there so many pseudo-fans of Kobe?
Mainly focus on the visual pseudo-fans.
The reason is very simple. Kobe's playing moves are beautiful, his technique is exquisite, and his connection is smooth.
For example, in the current confrontation with Durant, Kobe holds the ball with his left hand, butts two opponents with his back twice, then feints with his right shoulder and strides out with his off-center foot, as if making a turn.
Durant also reacted quickly and did not take advantage of Kobe's fake move. He accurately judged it. However, Kobe's action was not over. Seeing that Durant did not take this move, he immediately pulled his non-center foot back.
Then he made a breakthrough action from the left, and half a second later, he dribbled back, stood up and shot a jumper.
This action was very smooth, but Tang Qian still saw the shortcomings, because if it were Kobe before the age of 32, the final movement would not be a pull-up jumper, but a pull-up fadeaway jumper. Although it was only a short
Two words were used, but the effect was completely different. For example, this shot was still interfered by Durant, and the shooting action was slightly accelerated by three points.
The triple decline in movement speed, athletic ability, and physical fitness has caused Kobe's offensive power to drop by several percent.
But Tang Qian knew how to make up for this problem.
"Get a rebound!"
The ball bounced quite a bit. Ibaka originally wanted to block Tang Qian and let Durant get the rebound, but he was too careless. Tang Qian's current physical agility far exceeded his imagination.
Before he could get into position, Tang Qian dodged past his position, then got in front of Durant and deflected the rebound.
The rebound was grabbed by Gasol. Taking advantage of the uneven formation of the Thunder team, he immediately strode out for a layup. The basketball went hollow into the net, 98-92.
"Ibaka, Perkins, both protect the rebounds!" Westbrook was a little dissatisfied with this situation and turned to the two team insiders and said.
This Eastern kid is so agile! He doesn’t look like a big center over 7 feet at all!
However, this can’t help me!
Serge Ibaka said.
Westbrook made a mid-range shot, and the rebound was collected by Tang Qian and passed to Ramon Sessions. After Sessions dribbled the ball through half court, he handed the basketball to Kobe, then ran to the side and "acted like a spectator."
"went.
This situation made Mike Brown very speechless, because he had just told Sessions to take the initiative to attack, but now it seems that Sessions went in the right ear and out the left ear.
But Mike Brown never thought that he would make things difficult for Ramon Sessions. Take a look at Sessions’ previous resume. In the first season, he played 17 games and started 7 games. In the second season, he played 79 games and started 39 games.
In the third season, he played 82 games and started 1 game. In the fourth season, he played 81 games and started 38 games. In the first 41 games of this season, he started 4 games. In total, he only started 89 games out of 300 regular season games. The probability of starting is still low.
Less than 30%. This means that 70% of the time in his career, he has been on the bench. Since he is on the bench, his data is obtained against the bench lineup, and he is suddenly allowed to start to compete with the main force.
The point guard is still Russell Westbrook, and the pressure on him is huge.
Who is Westbrook? A player who averages close to 24+5+5 per game this season. He is an All-Star and the winner of the All-NBA Second Team. He wants to strangle Ramon Sessions. It is simply a joke.
Water is easier.
Facing Westbrook's momentum, Ramon Sessions couldn't even think of taking the initiative to attack.
So I can only leave the basketball to Kobe and become an "old fish" myself.
It's Kobe VS Durant again.
At this time, Kobe's breath was already a little uneven, but since his teammates were all separated, there was no possibility of him retreating.
If you are cruel, you will continue to hold the ball and beat Kevin Durant in isolation.
But at this moment, a voice suddenly appeared on Kobe's right side and said:
"GO! Come from my side!"
PS: The Cavaliers won a big victory today. There is no way. They are missing two main players. It is good for the Warriors to resist to this extent. It depends on whether Green will return in the next game and whether the interior rotation will return to normal. Otherwise, James and Irving will break through.