The Legend of the Hungry Wolf in Basketball

Chapter 112 [No one can stop him]

Thibodeau hopes to replace Dorell Wright to defend Kobe, so that the Lakers will not attack with the inside as the core.

Now Pau Gasol is a bigger threat.Several inside players of the Clippers are too young to adapt to the rhythm of NBA games.Putting on Gortat is just taller than Love. Thibodeau doesn't think he can prevent Gasol.

In contrast, Wright's defense is good.His defensive skills are not solid, but his excellent physical fitness and positive defensive attitude allow him to play a role in one-on-one defense.

Players from both sides returned to the field.Barkley saw that the Clippers changed three people, and said with a smile: "Love, Barnes, and Lowry are all gone. Gortat did a good job defending Bynum alone in the second quarter. Compared with Love, he has Height advantage. However, Chalmers is a second-round pick this year, and Wright is a fringe member of the Heat. I don’t know what the Clippers want to do with these two at this time.”

Kenny Smith said: "Probably to increase the outside firepower. Now the Clippers made a three-pointer, which is Barnes's in the first quarter. No pitcher can't break the Lakers' double-team."

Barkley said: "Kobe has only scored 8 points so far. Hearing the fans in the audience shouting MVP, I don't know how he will feel. Now it seems that Gasol is more like the core than him."

The voices of the fans were harsh to Kobe. Every time Ye Feng scored, the audience would call his name, hoping that he could retaliate, but Jackson arranged an inside attack tactic at this time.The Lakers overtook the score, but Kobe couldn't be happy.He wants a perfect win, a big win for the team and a high score for himself.

After Kobe came on the court, he found that Barnes and Tony Allen were not there, and Wright was standing next to him, and his desire to attack suddenly increased.What passed to Gasol?Now that Wright is on the field, isn't it easy to score?What would the fans think if Wright defended him and didn't dare to attack?What will the newspapers write tomorrow?
The Lakers hold the ball, and Wright is defending against Kobe. Jackson didn't say to adjust his tactics during the timeout just now. At this time, it's up to Fisher to choose whether to continue to play Gasol or pass to Kobe.

Fisher didn't have much room to think, Kobe had already rushed to him to ask for the ball, Fisher understood Kobe's mind and passed the ball.Kobe singles Wright with the ball.Wright is half a step away. If Kobe makes a jumper, he can jump up and block the shot. If Kobe breaks through with the ball, he can defend as much as he can. If he can't prevent the coach, don't blame him. There is no pressure in his heart.

Kobe chose to break through with the ball, without relying on the screen, dribbled the ball to the right, and at the same time Odom moved to the left very smartly, pulling Smith away from Kobe.Relying on his youth and not slow speed, Wright kept up with Kobe.Kobe made an emergency stop and changed direction again. The ball passed from his right hand to his left, passed Wright, and took the ball from the middle into the inside.Smith stepped up to the defense and emptied Odom in the low post.

Bryant jumped, and Smith jumped.Kobe felt that there was a possibility of being blocked, so he changed his shot to a pass in the air, and sent the ball to the inside Odom with both hands.

Mahon is the assistant coach of the Clippers, and Love is not the only person in charge of teaching. Everyone has listened to him, and Gortat is of course no exception.He let go of Gasol, jumped up from the basket, and without a word pulled Odom out of the air and fell hard to the ground.

It was a man-to-ball foul. Gortat took off late, and his arm was still a long way from the basketball.Odom's fall was not light, and it almost turned into a gang fight. Ariza stepped forward and pushed Gortat. Ye Feng hurriedly stepped forward to block between Ariza and Gortat. The Clippers were at a loss. , The players did not react too aggressively, the Lakers were not happy, everyone stood up, Kobe waved to the sidelines to signal his teammates to sit down, the league stipulates that as long as a substitute rushes into the field, he will be suspended for one game.

Thibodeau and Mahon watched this scene from the sidelines and secretly laughed.This vicious foul left a good impression on Gortat in the minds of the coaching staff.The defense was timely and vicious enough to prevent the opponent from making a morale-boosting dunk.

The referee blew Gortat's malicious foul, and the Lakers made two free throws. The atmosphere finally calmed down, and the audience booed bursts.

Ye Feng also stepped forward to look at Odom. Although he wanted to win, he didn't want Odom who had helped him a lot to be crippled.Fortunately, Odom got up quickly and took a few steps slowly, making sure he could continue playing.

Odom was affected by the foul, making only one of two free throws.The Lakers continued to hold the ball, and Kobe used the screen to catch the ball and avoid Wright's pull-up jumper.Wright wasn't as defensive as Barnes, but Bryant, who only made two shots in the second half, was a little cold and the ball bounced off the hoop.

Gortat got stuck inside and grabbed a backcourt rebound.

If a center forward wants to play well, he must be hardened and make a few hard fouls so that others will remember him, so he will not dare to do whatever he wants.Gortat is an ambitious man who does not consider himself inferior to others.Especially after training with the Magic for a period of time, he believes that he has the ability to be the Clippers' starting center.

Chalmers dribbled the ball slowly across the half court, Ye Feng went to the low post to ask for the ball.Gotatra went to the outside to cover for Chalmers, and after Chalmers broke through, he distributed it to Wright at a 60-degree angle on the right.

Wright didn't shoot under Kobe's defense, relying on his height advantage to hoist the ball from Kobe's head into the hands of low-post Ye Feng.Ye Feng stood up straight with the ball in both hands, and leaned back.He didn't want to see the distance from the defender, but he wanted to wait for Kobe to help him.

In the low post one-on-one today, the Lakers players were not very successful in defending Ye Feng, sending him to the free throw line three times.Ye Feng dribbled the ball and began to arch inward with his back against Gasol. Gasol mainly defended the bottom line, preventing Ye Feng from turning around, deliberately leaving an open space in the middle.Ye Feng walks in the middle, and his teammates can double-team and steal. The 122 zone defense looks like man-to-man, but it can actually form a four-man siege in the middle.

Ye Feng still walked towards the middle. The moment he turned around, Kobe came up from the weak side.Ye Feng had been waiting for him to come, he didn't want to shoot at all, he jumped up halfway through the turn and quickly passed the ball out of the perimeter.

Wright received the ball from outside the three-point line and made a three-point jump shot. He jumped very high and shot high, resembling Tracy McGrady.It was too late for Kobe to go back to defend.The ball hits the net hollow. 63 to 64.

"Beautiful!" Ye Feng returned to the defense and clapped hands with Wright.This is his fourth assist of the field.Others watch teammates move and pass the ball. He attracts the opponent's defense and passes the ball, which is simpler and more effective.

Kobe shot hard, and now the defense is out of position again, in a hurry.As soon as the Clippers arrived at half court, they immediately asked for the ball.

Fisher passed the ball to Bryant again.Kobe dribbled the ball sideways, suddenly changed direction, passed Wright with one step, and made a jump shot from inside the three-point line.The ball was too late for Smith to defend, and the ball was scored. 63 to 66.

Although the ball was scored, Jackson frowned, and Gasol couldn't catch the ball again. The Lakers lost the combination of inside and outside, and it would become a one-man show.

Gortat went to the high screen, Chalmers dribbled the ball to avoid the defense, and handed the ball to the left.Ye Feng took the ball within the three-point line and turned around, facing Ariza directly.

He took the ball with his right hand and took a small step. Ariza didn't rush forward to steal it.He held the ball in his right hand and twisted it slightly to the left. He shook his shoulder and handed the ball to his left hand, posing as if he wanted to break through to the left.Ariza moved a little bit. He immediately dribbled the ball back to his right hand. He stepped out with his right foot and went to the middle. He couldn't completely pass Ariza, but he was much stronger than Ariza, and he was accelerated by Ariza's body. , rushed into the encirclement of the Lakers, he took two big strides, resisted Ariza abruptly, entered the penalty area, took the ball with both hands, and jumped to the basket with all his strength.

Both Odom and Gasol were under the basket, and when they saw Ye Feng take off, they just stretched out their hands symbolically.So fast, they didn't even have time to seal the shot.Ye Feng dunked the ball in with both hands, grasping the basket with both hands, swinging his legs as high as the backboard, anyone who was under the basket would probably be seriously injured. 65 to 66.

There was warm applause on the court, and some fans who originally supported the Lakers also began to applaud Ye Feng.This goal must be among the top five. It was completely based on personal ability to break through and overwhelm Ariza's defense with strength.

Kobe singled Wright with the ball in the frontcourt, and there was nothing to stop him from scoring points with Ye Fengbiao.Wright was a little farther away from Kobe this time. Kobe suddenly made a three-pointer at the top of the arc. Wright stepped forward to interfere, but failed to block it.The ball went in! 65 to 69.

Kobe began to show off, this is the scene that the audience most wanted to see, and the audience cheered.

Ye Feng went to the frontcourt and relied on Gortat's pick-and-roll to get the basketball, broke through from the left, Odom followed closely, and Ye Feng returned the ball to Gortat in the high position.Ariza's attention was also on Ye Feng, and Gortat was almost left alone.He caught the ball and shot it in the middle, and the ball went in. 67 to 69.

Gortat and Ye Feng are a bit similar, they only shoot accurately in two positions, the high position and the right corner.But that's enough. Being able to shoot jumpers from the high post makes him a good pick-and-roller.Ye Feng and Gortat also exchanged fists when returning to defense.

Although the score was still behind, Thibodeau excitedly stood up and shouted several times.The Clippers' offense is very smooth, and they are playing like a strong team now.

Kobe is still going it alone.After receiving the pass, he dribbled the ball under his crotch, then turned around and passed Wright, and after a sudden stop, he took the ball with both hands and swayed it. Wright jumped up from the side to block the block and flew past Kobe.Kobe dodged the block and then jumped up to shoot, shaking very beautifully, but another person flew up beside him, Ye Feng let go of Ariza to defend.

As soon as Kobe shot the ball, it was blocked by Ye Feng again. Wright turned around after landing, just in time to see the basketball flying towards him, and Smith shot out like an arrow in the middle, and instantly got rid of Odom and Gasol, Fisher as a guard is not as fast as him.

Ariza was the only one who returned to the defense in time. Wright jumped up and threw the ball from the air to Smith with one hand. The front court was one-on-one. Smith strode into the three-point line, changed direction, and took the ball to the inside next to Ariza. , Jumping up one step before the free throw line, gliding to the basket and hitting the basketball. 69 to 69.The Clippers tied the score!

The Lakers attacked the frontcourt, and Kobe relied on Gasol to cover and catch the ball on the outside. 69 to 71.

Lakers fans are applauding.

Kenny Smith said: "Kobe is attacking very resolutely now, and his touch is back!"

Barkley shouted at Mike: "Yeah, it's so beautiful, no one can stop him from hitting five."

(End of this chapter)