The Fifth Point Guard

"Kobe, do you still remember the fight before our game?"

"of course I remember."

"Is the warm-up over?"

"No problem, let's start now!"

Starting from the middle of the second quarter, Shentong and Kobe started their personal offensive and defensive show for half a quarter.

Kobe Bryant actually dared to shake his gun in front of him after he hit a three-pointer just now?

So, shouldn't I be able to make a fool of myself?

The Chinese Dragon Cannon is well-earned.

STO directly shot a three-pointer one step away from the three-point line.

Kobe didn't expect Shentong to shoot from such a distance, and watched Shentong calmly throw the ball.

"Uh-huh."

The sound of the ball passing through the net is very beautiful.

Shentong, who was so excited to kill, raised his hands and accepted the worship of the home fans.

I don’t know about other places, but at least in Cleveland, STO is the king here.

Kobe is not a bad guy either. He can become one of the four shooting guards and has a vague reputation as the number one shooting guard after Jordan retired. However, he was once again ranked second after the sudden rise of Shentong.

Facing Shentong, Kobe did not choose a three-pointer. Instead, he dribbled the ball from his lower body to his left hand and broke through directly from Shentong's right side.

Kobe is a little smart.

He knew that Shentong's right foot had just recovered from injury.

Although he didn't do it deliberately or deliberately, he deliberately chose to pass from the right side of Shentong.

With the sound of his sneakers rubbing against the floor, Kobe made a dodge in the air and hit a layup with an underhand shot.

On the offensive end, Kobe was not weak at all against Shentong.

At the end of the first half, the Cavaliers led by 4 points.

Shentong scored 21 points and Kobe Bryant scored 20 points.

After North Carolina had already lost, STO now officially launched a decisive battle against West Coast.

In the third quarter, the offense and defense between Shentong and Kobe were even more dazzling, a feast for the eyes.

James is excited to watch two of the best scorers in the league up close.

But in the second half, the Cavaliers' depth advantage began to emerge.

Following a 10-1 run, Lakers coach Phil Jackson had to call a timeout.

On the Lakers side, Jackson said to Kobe in a serious tone: "Kobe, this is not a game between you and Shentong alone. We need to bring the whole team together."

Kobe wiped his sweat with a towel and nodded expressionlessly, but he was obviously not convinced.

However, in front of Jackson, Kobe was still willing to listen to the old man's opinions.

It's like no matter how arrogant the Chinese men's football team is, they have to bow down in front of Milutinovic.

The qualifications and status are there.

You can’t help but refuse to listen or accept it.

With a score of 77-70, the two sides entered the final quarter of the bayonet battle.

After a quarter and a half of frenzied attack, both Shentong and Kobe's physical strength was greatly depleted.

Especially Shentong, although his right foot has recovered, it already feels slightly sore at the moment.

Just recovering from a serious illness, even Shentong, who is as strong as an ox, is a little overwhelmed by using his feet so intensively.

After all, the ankle is the thinnest part of Shentong's body.

Kobe isn't much better.

Compared with Shentong, Kobe almost never passed the ball in the third quarter.

He only assisted Yao Ming on one goal in the entire quarter, and the rest was all done by himself.

The shooting rate is not bad, about 45%, but the other players combined only have a shooting rate of 30%, including Yao Ming's 2-for-4 shooting.

The Cavaliers are different.

Although Shentong plays a lot of singles, his shooting rate is extremely high, about 60%, which is comparable to Kobe's score.

The rest of the ball is used to help teammates score.

In the live broadcast room, Jackson also expressed this view.

"Do you know why the Cavaliers can lead the Lakers by 10 points now? In terms of offense and defense, Kobe Bryant is not inferior to STO at all, but other Lakers players are not playing well. Odom made 1 of 3 shots and Radmanovic 4 Parker made 1 shot, and Parker made 0 of 2 shots. Only Yao Ming barely reached 50% with 2 of 4 shots. On the Cavaliers side, Shentong's score was slightly lower than Kobe's. However, compared to Kobe's 0 assists in the third quarter, Shentong was in the third quarter. In the quarter, he sent 5 assists. These 5 assists were given to James twice, and Wagner, Big Z and Gooden were given 1 each. In other words, while scoring by himself, Shentong did not forget to take care of the touch of his teammates, which made the whole team The team's offensive status has always been maintained at a certain level of enthusiasm, not like the Lakers where one end is hot and the other is cold."

Barkley agreed with Jackson's view and said: "I agree with Mark. Kobe was too caught up in the personal duel with Shentong and ignored the feelings of the entire team. In fact, it was not the other Lakers players who played Too bad. Although the shooting percentages of players, including Odom, are very bad, think about what kind of sport basketball is. There are five people on the court, and there is only one ball. Everyone wants to touch the ball! If you don’t touch it, It's easy to feel cold when you play the ball. Once it's cold, even if you hand the ball to Jordan, he may not be able to throw it in immediately. Kobe plays like this, although his statistics will be very good, but for the entire team It’s hard to say what the pros and cons are.”

In the fourth quarter, Kobe began to implement Phil Jackson's instructions.

Pay more attention to passing the ball.

Under the control of Kobe, Yao Ming was liberated.

In this Lakers team, Kobe and Yao Ming are both players who need double-teaming, so when Kobe starts to move the ball, the Lakers have more openings.

Just like the butterfly effect, once there are more open spaces on the outside, opportunities inside will also come.

Yao Ming hit three consecutive shots in the paint, and the big Z committed 5 fouls and went off to rest.

Varejao was of no use when he came up. He was dunked on the head by Yao Ming, and his wig almost flew off.

Fortunately, the Cavaliers' perimeter is very accurate.

JR Smith seemed to be atoning for his previous stupid behavior, hitting consecutive three-pointers in the open. He was already 4 of 5 in this game.

So for this kind of player, you need more tolerance and care.

Don't slap him to death just because he does something occasionally, but focus more on the strengths of others.

Smith, who scored consecutive goals, screamed to the sky with excitement and high-fived Shentong in celebration.

With 3 minutes left on the clock, the Cavaliers still led by 6 points, 89-83.

Kobe decided to take the ball back.

Parker dribbled the ball across half court, and Kobe ran without the ball to the high post to catch the ball.

Shentong's right foot had begun to hurt, but he couldn't let Kobe see it.

But Kobe's eyes were sharp, and he was very keenly aware of the slight changes in Shentong's footsteps.

What kind of eyes does Kobe have?

I fell in love with Vanessa at first sight, and it didn’t happen in vain.

So, Kobe signaled his teammates to pull away, and he planned to play Shentong alone.

With Kobe's inside attack and back-up play, Shentong, who has a problem with his right foot, will definitely not be able to stop Kobe.

Sure enough, after relying on Shentong for a few times, Kobe easily turned around and slipped into the paint, slipped into the basket from Shentong's right side, and succeeded in a layup.

On the defensive end, Shentong also resorted to back-up play.

Kobe couldn't help but find it funny to see how you turned around.

Just when Kobe made up his mind and waited for Shentong to jump and shoot to the highest point, he gave him a moment. Unexpectedly, Shentong didn't take off at all after half-turning. He turned over to shoot and hit the ball with a straight-arm shot.

This guy doesn't dance at all?

Yingnian is bleeding on the floor so early?

But Kobe didn't care because he knew that Shentong was unable to stop him on the defensive end.

Get stuck inside, open your hand to ask for the ball, and then take a good pose after receiving the ball.

All the foreplay was done well.

Just when Kobe turned around, lowered his head, and was about to enter the main scene, a stench suddenly hit him!

Poisonous gas? !

What a smell!

So rich and turbid, it seems to be fixed in the air for a long time.

Kobe took a deep breath and almost died on the spot.

Just when Kobe was confused and confused, Shentong saw the right opportunity and intercepted the ball.

The Cavaliers took advantage of the situation and launched a counterattack.

Wagner took the lead and succeeded in a layup from Shentong's long pass.

"Referee, he fouled! That's definitely a foul." Kobe complained to the referee.

The referee shook his head and replied: "Kobe, I saw it clearly. It was a good ball. It was broken very cleanly. There was absolutely no foul."

Kobe's head shook like a rattle.

"No, no, no, I mean the front, there's a foul on the front."

"In front?" The referee held the whistle and looked at Shentong, his eyes suddenly showing confusion.

Shentong shrugged, as if to say, he didn't know what this kid was talking about.

"Shentong didn't move at all in front, why was there a foul?" the referee asked.

"He, he interfered with me. When I attacked just now, he was right here. Come here."

Kobe pulled the referee to where he was standing just now.

At this moment, the turbid air has dissipated.

"What's going on here?" The referee looked confused.

"Forget it, just pretend I didn't say it."

"Kobe, don't tease me. If it happens again, I'm going to brag about you."

The Lakers fell into position.

Shentong is responsible for the defense.

This turbid air does not come just by chance.

Although Shentong felt a little uncomfortable in his stomach today, this trick cannot become a routine technique.

Therefore, STO thought of other ideas.

"Kobe, do you want to go to Happy Planet?"

"What is Happy Planet?"

"What, Happy Planet?"

"You asked me what you mentioned?"

"If you want to know what a happy planet is, I will take you to study it now."

"Are you playing ball? If you don't want to play ball, hurry up and roll the bear for me! Yeah"

The familiar turbid air came again.

There are 30 seconds left on the clock and the Lakers are 4 points behind.

Kobe dribbled to the frontcourt, and Odom stepped forward to pick and roll.

Shentong was blocked.

James immediately stepped forward to defend.

In front of the solid James, Kobe did not choose to force a breakthrough, but directly used a cold shot from the outside.

"Boom."

Three point hit.

95-94, the Lakers were only 1 point behind.

With 15 seconds left, the Cavaliers paused.

There is no doubt that the Lakers will use foul tactics.

Whoever pays more attention to details at this moment is likely to win the game.

On a stage like the NBA, there is no room for sloppiness.

Silas replaced Big Z and formulated a tactic for Gooden to serve. Hardaway, whose free throw rate was close to 90%, replaced Big Z.

Yao Ming stood in front of Gooden and shook his arms desperately.

Perhaps this game was too intense, and the smell of Yao Ming's armpits made Gooden, whose head was at this height, a little uncomfortable.

Shentong exerted force with his left foot and rushed out of the crowd.

After receiving the ball, Shentong turned around and dribbled, avoiding Parker's foul and dribbling quickly to the bottom corner.

Kobe quickly caught up and hugged Shentong.

It took 4 seconds.

Shentong went to the free throw line.

Kobe walked next to STO and said: "Today is the weekend, the courier will not be working."

Shen Tong laughed when he heard this.

"Kobe, you think I'm Karl Malone? But seriously, you should really be careful and watch out for him."

After Shentong finished speaking, he made two free throws steadily.

97-94, the Lakers called the last short timeout.

There is no timeout for either side, this is destined to be the last attack.

The big screen was pointed at the Lakers' bench, and Kobe, surrounded by stars, stood opposite Jackson, listening to the final offensive tactics.

There is no doubt that this ball belongs to Kobe.

With only three points to reach overtime, the Lakers had no choice.

The short pause is only 20 seconds.

time flies.

When Kobe came on the court, he adjusted his left wrist guard and then called Yao Ming to stop.

Yao Ming bent down, Kobe whispered a few words in his ear, and Yao Ming nodded repeatedly.

Everyone stood still.

Yao Ming serves.

When Yao Ming, who is 2.26 meters tall, serves, he is looking down on the earth, and everyone's position is clearly visible.

Under the cover of Odom and Radmanovic, Kobe quickly slipped out and received Yao Ming's pass.

Raise your head, there are still 10 seconds left.

After dribbling on the spot for 3 seconds, Kobe waved to Yao Ming, who immediately stepped forward to cover.

Yao Ming is relatively large, and with such a big mountain like Yao Ming as a cover, Shentong, who is responsible for following the defense, cannot get around it at all.

Putting aside Shentong, Kobe, with an open space in front of him, stood at the top of the front three-point arc and jumped up to shoot.

But just when the ball was raised above his head and ready to be released, a huge palm covered Kobe's ball, and with a hard flick, the ball was blocked!

It's James!

It turned out that just before the short pause ended, Shentong specifically found James.

"LeBron, what do you think of the last possession?"

"It's definitely Kobe's time."

"Yes, for Kobe, these last moments belong to him, even when Shaquille O'Neal is here."

"So, we should focus our defense on him."

"Yes, if I guess correctly, Yao Ming is very likely to use the high position to cover him, because his covering space is very large. If Yao Ming blocks me, you must remember to cover it in time and let it go directly. Your guys, don’t worry, Kobe is not going to pass the ball at that time.”

"no problem."

"we won!"

The ball that James dropped bounced high on the floor and flew out of the court.

Before the ball even hit the ground, the referee blew the whistle to end the game.

The buzzer beater failed, and there was no chance of a buzzer beater at all.

An annoyed Kobe held his hands and muttered, looking very helpless.

The Cavaliers players surrounded James, who finally successfully defended Kobe's shot.

Quicken Loans Center turned into a sea of ​​joy.

Countless colorful ribbons floated down from the sky.

This focus battle ended with the Cavaliers narrowly defeating the Lakers 97-94.

When the Cavaliers won, they ended the Lakers' recent 7-game winning streak.

Shentong scored 40 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists, and James had 19 points, 5 rebounds and 6 assists.

Kobe Bryant had 38 points, 10 rebounds and 3 assists, while Yao Ming had 19 points, 9 rebounds, 5 assists and 3 blocks.

Tianlong vs. Xidu, it seems that Shentong won.