Fengshen NBA

Chapter 247 The Spurs vs. the Lakers

Chapter 247 The Spurs vs. the Lakers

During the discussion between Xing Tian and Taylor, the game had already started.O'Neal's jump ball lost to Captain Robinson.The opponent seemed to avenge the loss of the All-Star starter, and deliberately raised his eyebrows at O'Neal.

However, Duncan missed the rebound in the middle distance, and Johnson grabbed the rebound and went all the way down.Kobe cut in and directly scored a two-pointer. Taylor beside Xing Tian winked at Xing Tian, ​​looking like a real couple.

Kobe's breakthrough is still very sharp, and Ginobili's physical fitness is still not good enough. He can rely on experience to defend, but he has nothing to do with physical fitness.

However, the Spurs have Uncle Bao, who obviously intends to use it to deal with top-notch players like Kobe. Popovich, an old guy, might let him succeed tonight.

Because the Spurs played the first ball very simply, they played very complicated this round. Xing Tian was like an explanation, explaining the Spurs' tactics to Taylor.

Although Taylor couldn't understand, he still listened to Xing Tian's explanation seriously, and looked very admiring.It's not like Avril Lavigne at all, as long as Xing Tian opens his mouth to say a few words, he becomes impatient.

After becoming a professional player, Xing Tian saw a lot more things than before. He used to watch the game only to see whether the game was exciting or not, and whose dunk was sharper. Now he watches the game more about tactics.

The Spurs failed in their first tactic until the last three seconds when they completed their second tactic.Leonard received a pass from Duncan in the middle distance, and the basketball was passed by all the Spurs players.

In Liu Yu's view, the Spurs play team basketball like this.There are too many things I have to learn from the Spurs. If I put it on the Chinese team, it will definitely cause a mistake or a 24-second violation in the end.

In the first quarter, it was Leonard who defended Kobe, but Leonard defended very cleanly. Although there was physical contact in the defense, it was all based on the premise of not fouling, so the effect of defending Kobe was very small.

At this time, because there are few players in rotation during the season, everyone's movements are very big, and the referee is used to this kind of referee, so the referee will not blow the whistle unless forced to do so.

However, the two teams played very carefully. In the first quarter, everyone tested each other and did not show their respective strengths. However, the Lakers temporarily led their opponents by 4 points by virtue of the atmosphere at home.

Kobe played very well in this quarter, scoring half of the Lakers' points alone.Leonard couldn't guard Kobe at all, like a wooden person.

Taylor was very proud, as if the supper tonight had been decided by Xingtian. After all, Kobe scored 12 points in the first quarter, which was getting closer and closer to the 35 points agreed by Taylor and Xingtian.

At the beginning of the second quarter, everyone replaced the substitutes. The Lakers replaced Gasol and the Spurs replaced Bowen.However, the performance of the two after playing is completely different.

After Gasol came up, he completely released Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and scored three consecutive inside shots.When paired with O'Neal, Kareem rarely enters the penalty area. With Gasol, Kareem is like a duck to water in the paint.

Bowen's mission was also very clear, which was to follow Kobe all the way.Kobe was not given a chance to catch the ball at all. Even after Kobe received the ball, it was very difficult to make a shot. Even Bowen slapped him three times, and the referee didn't sound his whistle.

As a defensive player, he had already figured out the referee's penalty scale tonight in the first quarter. This defensive method made Kobe very uncomfortable.

Fortunately, the team had the ball in Johnson's hands. Kobe asked for the ball many times, but Johnson didn't give it to him. He and Bowen only played for a few minutes, and they were already angry.

Xing Tian knows Kobe very well, and now Kobe definitely wants to beat Bowen hard, and use actions to tell the opponent whether he can defend him.

Xing Tian must admire Kobe's heroic actions in normal times, but at critical times Kobe must restrain his temper a little.

Walton looked anxious off the court. He really wanted to replace Kobe to rest. Such a fight could easily injure a player, and he was a player with a strong fighting spirit like Kobe.

At the same time, Walton also felt that the opponent was deliberately stimulating Kobe. As long as Kobe lost his mind, the Spurs would have a chance.

Popovich seemed very calm. From the first time he saw Bowen, Popovich decided to make this defensive and aggressive player a substitute for his team.

Although he didn't expect that there would be extremely powerful shooting guard players like Kobe and Jordan in the league, he felt that the team is indeed such a player who dares to fight and is not afraid to do dirty work.

Although Bowen's physical fitness is not very good, Popovich is very satisfied with his defense against Leonard and Ginobili during training.

When facing the Warriors, Popovich didn't take him out, just waiting for today.How would a proud player like Kobe deal with such a defensive player?

The more uncomfortable Kobe is now, the happier Popovich is.As long as Kobe is limited, the Spurs' chances of winning will increase.After all, Kobe is the one with the highest output on the Lakers. It is a pity that Popovich forgot that there is another player on the Lakers called Irvin Johnson.

"Who is that mustache that makes Kobe so uncomfortable!" Taylor also began to panic. It has been 5 minutes in the second quarter, and Kobe has not scored a point.

"An excellent defensive player!" Xing Tian also frowned. He had heard that Uncle Bao's defense was dirty before, but he never expected it to be this dirty.

As long as the referee can't see the angle, Bowen will pull Kobe's clothes, as long as Kobe wants to catch the ball, various tricks come into play.

Not to mention Kobe, if he gets closer to such a player, he probably has already lost his temper.In such a crucial game, neither Kobe nor Xing Tian would be willing to be completely defended as a spectator by such a person.

Bowen's physical fitness is completely better than that of Kobe, but Bowen completely interfered with Kobe with his small movements, and Kobe's mentality began to have problems under these small movements.

When playing, the opponent keeps using these dirty moves to mess with himself. Anyone will be annoyed to death, let alone Kobe who has always been proud.

Johnson also insisted on his own thoughts, even if he died, he would not pass the ball to Kobe, and Kobe would not ask for the ball in the box.He is also aware of Johnson's personality. Although the captain is usually relatively peaceful, no one can reverse the things he decides.

Popovich finally frowned, he knew very well what kind of player Kobe was.A player that the coach loves and hates, but this game he was very peaceful.

When Bowen was on the court, Kobe pulled away far away, and Bowen didn't dare to let Kobe go.Kobe's three-pointers are also as high as 30.00% nine, so Bowen didn't dare to let Kobe open.

Four-on-four Spurs are not the Lakers' opponents. The combination of Duncan and Robinson can't beat the combination of Gasol and Kareem Abdul-Jabbar.

The main reason is the confrontation between Parker and Johnson. Parker's speed is very fast, but Parker can't guard Johnson at all.As soon as Johnson entered the inside line, Duncan could only make up the defense, and as soon as he made up the defense, he would make a mistake.

Parker's passing was not as sharp as Johnson's, so Parker became the team's breakthrough instead.After 8 minutes, the score was pulled to 7 points. Popovich had to replace Parker with Ginobili.

In this way, the Spurs' offensive strength has improved a lot, but Ginobili's passing point is not as good as Parker's, and the points are slowly being pulled away.

At the beginning of the third quarter, the Spurs began to play the full starting lineup, and Kobe was released, but Kobe's shooting percentage was a bit bad, which gave the Spurs a chance to chase points.

Although Kobe's efficiency was not high in this quarter, he also scored 8 points. It can only be said that Uncle Bao's influence on Kobe is too great, even after Kobe's influence, the dirty man is still disturbing him .

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, the game came to 75:70. The Lakers led the home court with a three-pointer. At the beginning of the fourth quarter, it was Parker who rested.

Popovich still felt that Kobe was too important to let Kobe open.As long as Kobe opens up and O'Neal has enough rest, the Spurs really have no hope at all.

Kobe seemed to have received some special instructions. After receiving the pass, he did not play singles. Instead, he passed the ball to his teammates. The teammates on the inside also started to take off after receiving Kobe's pass.Especially O'Neal, he had no idea that Kobe would pass the ball like this.

Walton did make it clear to Kobe at halftime that Kobe can play freely in the third quarter, but team basketball will be played in the fourth quarter.

Kobe agreed without even thinking about it. Uncle Bao’s defense made him very uncomfortable. If he continued to play like this, he might be injured in this game, so after playing a few times in the third quarter, he also felt his own strength. The feeling was wrong, and the team started playing team basketball in the fourth quarter.

Kobe's conversion surprised Xing Tian. He knew that Kobe could pass the ball, but he didn't expect Kobe to make such a big sacrifice in a game.

At the same time, Johnson was also surprised. Seeing that Kobe was willing to be a transfer station, after breaking through the ball, he handed over the basketball to Kobe more diligently.

The most helpless is Popovich. His previous strategy was to provoke Kobe, but he didn't expect Kobe to play like this.In desperation, they lost to the stronger Lakers.

In the face of absolute strength, the Spurs had nothing to do. Kobe also scored 8 assists in the last quarter of the game, scored 26 points, 12 assists and 6 rebounds, and also won the MVP of this game.

O'Neal played very happily in this game. The Lone Ranger finally passed the ball to himself. Although he lost the MVP of the game, O'Neal scored a game-high 38 points.

Now the entire Lakers team is happy, and they have successfully become the Western Conference champions, only one step away from the championship, as long as they work hard, the Lakers are very likely to become the first championship team.

(End of this chapter)