Reborn as Kobe

The timeout ended, the game restarted, Adam Kiffe was replaced by veteran Brian Russell.

Kobe is one step away from Russell, defending against penetration and not throwing. With someone else, Kobe may defend closely, facing Russell, who is beginning to decline, and he has time to block the opponent from this distance.

Bryan Russell felt uncomfortable. The others pulled away. He dribbled the ball with his right hand and led to the middle. Kobe moved gently, his left arm opened, keeping the distance, Russell took the ball and turned to the right. Toward, prepare to hit the bottom line.

Stockton ran over to respond, and Malone also pulled out for pick and roll screens. Russell went straight to the basket, jumped up with the ball in his right hand, dodges Nowitzki to block the backhand, but another person flies up from the basket on the other side. Rasheed Wallace nailed a big cap Pressing the ball on the backboard, Nowitzki got stuck in the position, grabbed the rebound and hugged it in his arms, propped up his left and right elbows.

The audience was booed, and I didn't know whether he was booing his opponent or his own player.

With the rise of the Rockets and other Western powers, the Jazz have not introduced reliable players in these two seasons. No way, the market is small and the owner is still poor. This kind of gap makes Jazz fans very uncomfortable, but they don’t know what to do. How to change.

Kobe quickly went down and received a pass from Mobley in the three-second zone of the baseline, attracting Hornacek and Adam Kiefe to double-team the ball to Jalen Rose. Jaylen Rose took the ball non-stop, rushed into the inside and avoided the changing defense Polinis throws the ball in. 2:11.

After the opening, the Jazz were at a disadvantage, and the Lakers seized the initiative in the opening.

The advantage of the Lakers comes from the overall strength of the players is stronger than the opponents. Although the strength has declined compared with last season because of O'Neal and others, and the two major insiders have been injured at the beginning of the season, the depth of the lineup still allows them to surpass the league. Most teams.

Jerry Sloan sat on the sidelines, his face was not so good, he now feels that if the team does not introduce other powerful players, they will not be able to beat the two abnormal teams of the Rockets and Lakers. Before the game, he also said to his disciples: "The Lakers dismantled the winning lineup, and the introduction of Mourning and Sabonis were also reimbursed. This is an opportunity for us because we have an inside advantage." It is really great to think about it now. The irony.

Sloan began to shout to the court, and the Jazz also changed their strategy, allowing Malone and Stockton to lead the pick-and-roll non-stop, putting all the offensive focus on the basket.

Stockton passed most of the ball to Malone and Polynes. Malone hit Nowitzki and shot 4 of 6. Although Nowitzki has worked very hard, his lack of defensive experience makes it difficult for him to effectively limit. Living with each other, this also made Nowitzki, who won the championship with the team last season, started to vigilance. He was a little erratic before, thinking that he was already a famous power forward. Nowitzki began to re-examine himself and think it is necessary Continue to learn from Kobe and continue to work hard to improve yourself.

The Jazz are now trying to slow down the pace of the game as much as possible, wishing that each offense will run out of 24 seconds, the Lakers are the complete opposite, as long as they scored a rebound, the first time it is a fast break.

Kobe won't avoid playing against Russell, he will take the initiative to find physical contact every time, carrying the opponent and rushing inside. In the face of Kobe’s unconventional style of play, Brian Russell can only withstand the impact of the opponent with one breath, but he dare not rely on extra extra moves to defend like other people. On the one hand, Kobe's speed is too fast and it is easy to be thrown away. On the other hand, the referee takes care of Kobe. As long as he moves too much, he will inevitably be called for a foul.

Kobe made two consecutive deductions in the counterattack. Malone came to help defend once. Kobe threw the ball from the top of the two people into the air. On the other side, Rasheed Wallace flew up and was a two-handed dunk. Since coming to the Lakers Later, the roaring Tianzun was completely activated.

This is a real seven-second run and boom, and when everyone in the Jazz is in a good position, the Lakers have already shot.

Sloan had to request a timeout again. The score was 29-16. The Lakers widened the point difference to 13 points. During this time, the Lakers scored half of the points scored by Kobe.

Zhang Fangyi laughed: "In the first game of this season, Kobe changed his style of playing last season and took a lot of initiative on the offensive end. There are too many newcomers on the team and he has to take the initiative to play more."

Sun Zhengping echoed: "Kobe is not a selfish player, but the Lakers lineup has changed drastically this season. If he does not take the initiative to stand up, he will not be able to compete with his opponents only by the rookies in the team. Kobe alone has carried the Lakers. All important tasks."

If Kobe heard Zhang and Sun in the CCTV broadcast room praise him so much, he would definitely be ashamed, because of the flapping of his big butterfly wings, the Rockets and Lakers team's lineup has become super abnormal.

Sloan replaced Polynis and replaced the basket guard Osttag. There is no way. In order to limit Kobe's impact on the Jazz penalty area, he can only do this, but the speed of the Jazz will be slower. Up.

Now Sloan is in such a mentality, you hit your fast break, I hit my position, I will compete with the Lakers, and I will never be led by my opponent.

Both teams are doing their best. Although the Lakers are currently pressing the Jazz, they can't beat their opponents down for a while. The Jazz's toughness is too strong. .

With the Lakers on the ball, Russell continued to defend against Kobe, while Stockton stared at Mobley. Mobley really can't handle Stockton one-on-one, the opponent's defense is too dirty, Mobley is afraid of being injured by the opponent.

Nowitzki ran out to make a wall for Mobley, Mobley immediately passed the ball to Kobe, Rasheed Wallace pulled out a high screen, Kobe dribbled the ball laterally to bypass Russell, Malone quickly came out to help defend . Kobe saw the Jazz change defense quickly, chose to stop the jumper, the basketball hit the hoop. 31:16.

With less than 40 seconds left in the first quarter, the Jazz made the last attack. Stockton took the ball to the front court and passed the ball to Hornacek after a pick-and-roll with Malone. Jalen Rose followed closely and Hornace Ke held the ball to the left of the free throw line and suspended it to Malone Nowitzki in the low post. Malone took the ball and hit Nowitzki with his back, and then turned around to make a jump shot. Rasheed hurriedly jumped up to block the shot. After Malone jumped up, he didn't make a shot and sent the ball out of Nowitzki with his left hand.

Russell got rid of Kobe without the ball under the cover of Ostertag's pick and roll, cut in from the center, just received a pass from Malone, and made an open layup. 31:18.

In the last attack of the Lakers in the first quarter, Mobley handed the ball to Jaylen Ross just after passing the center line. Nowitzki, Rashid Wallace and Kobe made three quick moves. Jaylen Ross scored the ball. Kobe on the right, Kobe passed to Nowitzki at the top of the arc, Nowitzki did not shoot, and passed to Rasheed Wallace who had already rushed to the low post.

Rasheed Wallace didn't pause and threw the ball directly into the air. Kobe followed up with an air relay and dunked the ball into the basket with both hands. 33 to 18.

This time the offense was so smooth that the Jazz couldn't keep up with the Lakers.

After Kobe dunked the ball, the red light turned on and the first quarter ended. Jerry Sloan looked at the scoreboard with a serious expression. The players who left the Jazz were also very frustrated. Since Kobe entered the Lakers, the Jazz will encounter this situation every season, and the feeling of being suppressed is really uncomfortable.

Soon, the second quarter began.

The Jazz attacked, Stockton dribbled the ball into the penalty area, Malone pulled out the pick and roll, Stockton gave the ball to the great white bear Ostertag.

Ostertag was stubbornly withstood by Rashid and prevented him from turning around with the ball. The big white bear was too slow. In addition to his tonnage and height advantages, he felt useless. He wanted to force a dunk, but Rashid relied on speed and bounce. The advantage blocked the ball.

After watching Ostertag's performance, Kobe felt that the Great White Bear's effect on the Jazz was completely negative. In addition to being able to fight against O'Neal, it would be a situation of being beaten by a technical insider.

In fact, Jerry Sloan also wants to trade the big white bear, but there is no suitable bargaining chip in the market. As O'Neal gradually reaches its peak, the value of heavy centers in the market has risen, and Sloan is also waiting for the price.

The Lakers took the initiative, Mobley was replaced by Lewis, and Kobe returned to the number one position. This time the Lakers' offense was even faster.

All five of the Lakers on the court have three-point ability, the formation is very open, relying on each other to cross screens, frequently firing from the outside.

Only six minutes into the second quarter, the Lakers widened the point difference to 20 points and scored 51 to 31 on the court.

Sloan sent in Howard Asley, replaced Ostertag, and began to fight the Lakers.

The Jazz attacked, Stockton scored the ball to Hornacek, Russell ran over to cover the Dead Light Gun pick-and-roll, blocking Jalen Rose behind him, Hornacek ran to the right three-point line with the ball In addition, he shoots with open hands. The rhythm of the ball is very good. 51:34.

Sloan is no longer so stubborn. The cruel reality has changed the old coach a lot. Now the Jazz players have increased the number of three-pointers.

The Lakers attacked, Kobe took the ball past Asley and jumped to the high post. Nowitzki ran back to screen and restrained. Kobe took a step and provoked a false pass. UUReading www.uukanshu.com threw the ball to the upper edge of the basket. Rashid jumped and dunked the ball with one hand. The basket. 53:34.

The score opened again, and Jerry Sloan had to admit that the Lakers' athletic talent is too strong and it is difficult to defend once they rush.

The Jazz attacked, Stockton passed the ball to Malone, pulled himself to a high screen, Kobe followed, Malone handed the ball to Hornacek, Brian Russell stepped forward to screen, and Jalen Rose followed very closely. Tight, not being thrown away, Hornacek missed a jumper and Rashid grabbed a backcourt rebound.

The Jazz immediately returned to defense, without any muddle, for fear of the Lakers playing a fast break. Kobe took the ball to the frontcourt and passed it to Jaylen Ross, who ran over to catch it. Lewis screened. Jaylen Ross took the ball into the three-point line and faced Stockton, who was changing defense, and passed the ball back to Kobe.

Kobe handed the ball to Nowitzki in the low post. Nowitzki took a step with his back. As soon as his back touched Russell, Russell slid out like an electric shock and tripped when he fell. Nowitzki.

The referee blew Nowitzki with the ball and hit the man. The German chariot threw the ball aside and wanted to appeal. Kobe hurriedly stopped him and walked directly to the referee to start the theory.

The footage was replayed on the big screen. Nowitzki’s back just touched Russell, who was still moving backwards, and he was touching the ground on his toes. It was obvious that he wanted to fall backwards and was suspected of falling. The referee upheld the original verdict. There was a huge cheer from the audience. The ball was obviously leaning toward the Jazz, but it was at the Jazz's home court. The referee had no choice but to make a penalty.

The Jazz relied on the home whistle to regain the ball. Stockton and Malone passed the ball to Hornacek after a pick and roll. Hornacek used Russell to cover the ball to Eisley. Lewis missed the ball. Now, Asley made an open shot. 53:36.