You should cross the mountains like a brave man

Chapter 416
Phil Jackson frowned. 10 minutes ago, he issued an order to Wei Xia: get 5 assists in a single quarter.

The Tianwangshan battle in the first round of the playoffs is a game that cannot be lost in the eyes of everyone. Is it really good to let players brush up their statistics?

He didn't know, he just told himself that he must find a way to awaken Wei Xia's instinct to dominate the ball.

He has to be a complete player like Pippen and Derekles, not "a complete defensive elite."Those are completely different things, two concepts, which cannot and should not be confused.

As a result, what did Wei Xia do?

He said to pass the ball to Kobe first, and use Kobe's explosive personal ability to score.

He only made an effort in the whole process—even the lob pass that Jenny Buss could do—for the rest of the time, Kobe’s offense was nothing to do with him, and the goal was purely due to Kobe’s personal ability, and it had nothing to do with Wesha.

As a result, the technical station counted Wei Xia's assists.

Since then, the feeling in Jackson's heart has not been very good.

He never expected that Wei Xia seemed to have forgotten his order afterwards, and his mind was not on assists at all.

The defense was as good as ever, and the Jazz's defense made a few turnovers, and Matt Harpring was angrily replaced by Sloan.

Seeing the opponent's lack of patience, Zen Master was thinking about how to expand his own advantage, and then heard his old partner Tex Winter remind Wei Xia: Wish, you still have three assists to make the difference! "

Wei Xia looked at them intently, as if he had made some determination.

If Jordan or Kobe had that kind of look, Jackson would have thought they were going to take 40 shots and score 60 points;
If Rodman had that look, Jackson specified that he would suddenly disappear in a few days and then appear at his autobiography signing with bridal makeup;
But what if it was Wei Xia?What will happen to him?
Jackson wasn't sure.

After a while, Jackson began to understand Wei Xia's eyes.

It was a look of guilt, a look that violated principles and self.

His third assist came from Kobe.

The Lakers' tactics did not have a chance to follow the general practice until the last five seconds.The ball should be given to Kobe, and then the others disperse, but for some reason, Wei Xia's approach today is to let Kobe run outside to catch the ball.

The only advantage of doing this is that it is safer and you don't have to worry about making mistakes.

The question is, when?Don't you read the time?
The Lakers had only 5 seconds left before Kobe ran. He ran to catch the ball and used up nearly three seconds. Ever since, what was supposed to be ample time for him (a player of this level) became tense.

The moment he got the ball, Wei Xia also reminded Kobe: "Time! Time! Time!"

That means, Xi Ba'er, stop dawdling and make a move!

It turned out that he also knew that there was no time? ?

Things went as Wei Xia wished, Kobe made a three-pointer, and Kirilenko suffocated his hot touch. Apart from not completing the block, his performance was almost impossible to criticize.

"Shh!"

"This is Kobe!"

"Even if there is only 0.5 seconds left, you can't underestimate him!"

"He's a killer!"

"A poisonous snake ready to bite!"

The commentator's reaction summed up the bout flawlessly, and it had basically nothing to do with Wei Xia. It all depended on Kobe's personal ability, and he made one out of nothing.

But the staff of the technical desk still have to count an assist for Wei Xia.

Thank him for throwing the ball to Kobe in the last two seconds, there is no more standard throw than that.

"It seems that the situation is different from what you thought." Old Wen Texiao often laughed.

Jackson wanted to tickle his trigeminal nerve: "I can't help but suspect that Wish might not have organizer instincts."

"You can't say that. You set him a hard target, and he just wants to complete the task. If he doesn't complete the task, how will you treat him?" Old Winter saw through Wei Xia's struggle at a glance."

Jackson justifiably said: "I will 'candidly' point out his shortcomings in tomorrow's review meeting."

"You don't really think he's enjoying your 'candor,' do you?" asked Old Winter, surprised. "You don't?"

Jackson straightened his glasses and asked Old Winter, "You mean, he doesn't like it?"

Old Winter laughed: "Does he look like a cheap bone?"

There was a faint smile on the corner of Jackson's mouth, and he felt from the bottom of his heart that an old bone like Winter could not understand the tacit understanding between him and Wei Xia.

Yes, they have had unhappiness, now and in the future, but they have found a way to live together peacefully.Wei Xia has long been used to his criticism, if he didn't like it, why didn't he resist at the first time?He seemed to be enjoying it too.

The fourth assist made Jackson even more dizzy.

After Wei Xia broke through, he passed the ball to Kobe and scored beautifully.

Kirilenko's defense gave Kobe a chance to jump in.

Bryant dribbled in from the baseline. He encountered many problems. In order to prevent his offense, several people left their posts at the same time.

Kobe saw that to score, you need to go through the defense of three people?
Only three?
In order to help Wei Xia with an assist, he decided to fight hard and catch the ball with one hand, probably because he was afraid of dropping the ball. His way of catching the ball was with the palm facing up.

Kobe's body twisted in an astonishing arc in the air, and it was hard to imagine how good core strength was needed.

He passed the three Jazz players smoothly, hit the back basket with his hands, and made a hit.

Wei Xia only provided help for Kobe's breakthrough in an attack that shocked everyone, and only Kobe scored the next goal, but the technical stage still has to give Wei Xia a credit.

With 3 minutes left in the first quarter, Wei Xia had already scored four assists.

Jackson found that Wei Xia's approach had completely deviated from his original intention, and he couldn't stop it.

The fifth assist was the best chance of those passes to Bryant.

One minute before the end of the first quarter, Wei Xia called for tactics.

Kobe Bryant ran out of the ball screen to score.

So far, Kobe has completed the feat of 17 points in a single quarter, and Wei Xia has 8 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists in a single quarter, and he and Kobe boarded the big screen at the scene.

Lakers fans applauded their performance loudly.

Michael Thompson said excitedly: "As long as there are these two people, the Lakers' revival can be expected!"

What he said was exactly what Lakers fans expected.

32 is better than 19
The Jazz fell into a comprehensive disadvantage, and their team scored only 2 points more than Kobe alone.

This problem is very serious. It not only shows that their defense against Kobe is completely ineffective, but also shows that the Lakers who have returned to the home court have completely stepped out of the shadow of Salt Lake City.

Weixia, who played abnormally in Salt Lake City, took control of the overall situation after returning to the home court.

After the first quarter, he has already harvested 0.5 triple-doubles.

It was Wei Xia and Kobe's outstanding performance that Jackson had the confidence to let them down for a while.

The game entered the second quarter, and Sloan also replaced Kirilenko.

The Russians didn't defend Kobe well, but it wasn't his fault.

Take Wei Xia's four assists to Kobe as an example, three of them have nothing to do with Wei Xia's passing timing. It can even be said that Kobe was in greater trouble because he gave the ball to Kobe at that time.

Kobe used his personal ability to solve the trouble, throwing all those fairy balls, and none of them fell.

This is not something ordinary people can do.

Although the Lakers lead, Weixia and Kobe can't sit still.

The Jazz's second unit is centered around future All-Star Paul Millsap.

From offense to passing, except for the poor defense, Millsap has played a dominant role in the competition of the second team.

The Jazz chased all the way, falling behind by 13 points and leaving 7 points in a blink of an eye.

At that time, the second quarter only went for 3 minutes.

Jackson had only substitutions.

He replaced Weixia, Kobe, and Odom in one go.

The Jazz retained Millsap and let the other four main players debut.

Harprin is back.

Sloan found that it would not work without him. The Jazz's entire lineup is strong everywhere, but the wings lack depth.

Starting with Kirilenko and replacing Harprin, the two are usually enough in rotation, but it is not easy to play against the Lakers, who have two strong points on the wing.

Especially Harpring's "sudden onset" in the first quarter caught Sloan off guard.

In the end, the veteran was also arrogant. In order to prove himself, he threw a three-pointer against Wei Xia in the second quarter.

Quickly, accurately and ruthlessly, with a swish, the handicap fell to 4 points.

"I'm not fucking afraid of you!" Harprin declared.

"But I'm afraid of you." Weixia doesn't want the ball, because the Lakers' current point guard is Smush Parker.

He chased Harprin and said, "I'm afraid that your instinct to talk big will infect me. I don't want to be a big talker."

Wei Xia reminded Harprin again, who said at the beginning that he would limit his shooting percentage to less than 40%.

Before Halprin could answer, Wei Xia took over Parker's ball and rose unreasonably like Kobe.

Phil Jackson's head got bigger.

As the saying goes, if you are close to Zhu, you will be red, and if you are close to ink, you will be black.

He is still looking forward to Weixia becoming Pippen next to Kobe, or Derecles, won't he finally hope for Kobe 2.0?
(End of this chapter)