rpbooks Chapter 208 Mamba Mentality
Chapter 208 Mamba Mentality
Chapter 208 Mamba Mentality
Harden is from Los Angeles, California, and grew up a Lakers fan.He was not a rising star in the basketball world before high school, but after he grew up suddenly, he improved year by year and attracted the attention of scouts.The struggle process is in line with the setting of the inspirational story.
But for any basketball player who came out of California after the 21st century, one name that cannot be avoided is Kobe Bryant.Harden is also a Kobe fan, which few people may know.
Harden's high school coach talked about him in an interview. At that time, Harden would argue with people around him-he thought Kobe was the best player in the league, and obviously others didn't necessarily think so.
However, this does not affect the progress of the game.
Harden made two free throws, 11-13!
Bryant received the ball across half court, faced Terrence Jones at the top of the arc, bent over and dribbled for a single.
Harden took the initiative to sink to the low post to defend Josh, and handed over the task of defending Kobe to Terrence Jones.
Kobe's athletic ability has declined, but it is easy to break through the slow power forward. He quickly rushed to the free throw line and pulled Howard's defense out.
Tyson Chandler has an open basket.
Kobe was so red-eyed that he could no longer pass the ball, ignoring the Rockets' front and rear defenses, and made an extreme fadeaway jumper.
Tyson Chandler turned quickly, ready to grab the offensive rebound.
The basketball moved flexibly on the rim, and after a few rebounds, it fell into the basket lightly.
15-11!
Beverly's mood has calmed down, and he couldn't help clapping his hands and sighing when he saw that Kobe, who was heavily defended, could still make a shot.
Harden received the serve from Howard, walked slowly through half court, and pressed time to prepare for a single.
Xu Tian came to Harden again and lowered his focus to defend.
Superstars are difficult to defend, let alone those who are good at offense.
Harden broke through with the ball, attracting the attention of the three Lakers players, helping Ariza create space, and splitting the ball in place instantly.
Ariza did not adjust outside the three-point line, pulled up and shot directly.
The arc is perfect, hollow into the net!
14-15!
Xu Tian dribbled the ball across half court slowly, and dribbled the ball at the top of the arc to organize the attack.
Ariza reached out to touch George, looked at Xu Tian, and at the same time took care of the defense of the two offensive players.
Howard stood near the restricted area, like a giant spirit god in ancient mythology, ready to block the guarded Nantian Gate at any time.
Xu Tian dribbled the ball and broke through two steps, attracting Ariza to move laterally and split the ball to George on the left.
George's first attack was blocked, and he was really upset. He dribbled the ball and started to attack the basket.
Kobe stood in the right corner with his hands outstretched, ready to receive George's pass.
Howard took a big step, blocked George's breakthrough route, bent his knees slightly, and put up a [-]-point mental defense.
George soared into the air, trying to ignore Howard and go straight up, but when he saw the big hand slapping the ball in his hand, he inevitably hesitated a little in his heart.
The dunk must be determined, and there must be no hesitation.
Kobe saw George's changing eyes, realized that this attack was likely to fail, slipped the bottom line and ran towards the penalty area.
George was interfered by Howard's strong defense and was unable to complete the dunk. He changed his offensive method in the air and licked the basket softly with his right hand.
Howard's defensive deterrence is too strong, causing George's touch to deviate.
The basketball hit the right side of the basket and bounced slowly towards Kobe's direction.
Bryant leaped, touched the flying basketball with his fingertips, and completed the tip-up with years of muscle memory.
Fantastic goal!
17-14!
Howard took the falling ball and slapped it vigorously with both hands, venting his dissatisfaction with the defensive defeat.
Harden stayed in the backcourt, waited until Howard had vented his emotions, received the serve from him, and pushed it slowly across half court.
Kobe realized that Harden was trying to drive his teammates, followed his younger brother Ariza closely, and did not give him room to catch the ball.
Harden broke through two steps, couldn't find a shooting opportunity, and couldn't foul Xu Tian. When he was in a difficult situation, he found D'Angelo Russell standing on the right corner.
The pass was received with only 3 seconds left on the shot clock, leaving D'Angelo Russell completely out of room.
George lowered his center of gravity and focused on defense, trying to block the inevitable shot.
D'Angelo Russell has received the baptism of the Mamba spirit. He believes that as long as he is determined enough, miracles can be created. He resolutely resorted to the well-known trick of the fadeaway jumper and made a three-pointer at the buzzer.
tie!
17-17!
It was D'Angelo Russell's first shot of the game.
D'Angelo Russell gradually vented the pent-up emotions in his heart through this scoring.
Harden high-fives D'Angelo Russell as he steps back.As the boss of the team, he has to encourage the rookies in the team, especially when playing against his old team.
Kobe felt hot, and his competitive state was very good. In order to maintain his momentum, he took the initiative to ask Xu Tian for the ball.
Xu Tian split the ball with his left hand and passed it to Kobe without saying a word.
D'Angelo Russell switched to Kobe who was holding the ball, and used all his energy to defend, trying to prove that he was worthy of the second pick in front of Kobe, who was not optimistic about him.
Kobe saw D'Angelo Russell's fighting spirit, and switched to a back-up mode, holding the ball and playing singles against Russell.
D'Angelo Russell lowered his center of gravity, put his right arm on Kobe's back, tried his best, and moved towards the basket as slowly as possible.
Kobe turned and leaned back and used it countless times, almost relying entirely on instinct to make moves, and shot a picturesque fadeaway jumper.
Feeling hot and unstoppable!
19-17!
Kobe has not scored consecutively for a long time, and once again touched a little shadow of his peak period, and felt a completely different joy from that time.
The referee blows his whistle and the game enters an official timeout.
D'Angelo Russell walked to the Rockets bench in silence, took Gatorade and towel from the ball boy, and sat on the bench to rest.
Bickerstaff didn't expect the Lakers to temporarily change the organizer. Before the timeout, he was always thinking, and finally came up with the old tactic against the Lakers - double-teaming Kobe.
The highlights of James Harden before the timeout were replayed above the stadium. After the slow-motion offensive shots, it was obviously much better than usual, successfully attracting the attention of the fans.
After the timeout ended, Xu Tian, Kobe and George still didn't rest, they just replaced Tyson Chandler and Josh with Black and Nance Jr.
Harden didn't wait for the Lakers' defense to settle down, dribbled the ball quickly, went inside and went directly to Nance Jr., and won the chance to get to the free throw line without any surprise.
Bryant knew Harden would read defenses and wasn't surprised that he attacked where he was weakest. He put his hands on his thighs and bent over to recover.
Harden made two free throws to tie the score again!
19-19!
Xu Tian slowly dribbled the ball across the half court, continued to pass the ball to Kobe, ran to the left corner and stood still, forcing D'Angelo Russell to follow him by his shooting ability.
Kobe singles Harden at the top of the arc.After holding the ball for continuous trial steps, he dribbled the ball with his right hand and made a breakthrough.
Harden predicted the breakthrough route in advance and unexpectedly blocked Kobe.
Taking advantage of the heat in his hand, Kobe simply collected the ball on the spot.
Lean back to the limit and throw the basketball!
(End of this chapter)