NBA: I am the god of basketball

Chapter 37

Kobe's defense is recognized as strong in the league.

The 12 selections to the All-Defensive Team throughout his career is the best interpretation of his defensive ability.

Although he has not won the best defensive player like Jordan, and his defensive efficiency in the latter part of his career has been criticized, but Kobe's defensive ability at its peak during the 05-06 season can definitely be ranked among the top three defenders in the league, and even directly said It is no exaggeration that he is the first.

Kobe would actually come to defend himself, at least Wang Chao didn't expect it.

Although Kobe can play the position of a swingman, he is only 1 meters tall after all. Against a tall small forward of 98 meters like Wang Chao, it is hard to say whether his defensive effect is good or bad.

But obviously the way Wang Chao scored easily in front of Wharton in the first two games has made this top perimeter defender dissatisfied.

Wang Chao can imagine how Kobe sprayed Wharton in the locker room.

"You can't guard against a shooter who can only shoot three-pointers? Stick close to him and don't give him a chance to catch the ball? If not, I'll teach you!"

As a senior fan who traveled here from 2022, Kobe can be regarded as half of Wang Chao's idol, and the news of Kobe's accident made him quite sad.

Strictly speaking, this world should be a parallel time and space. Many things and details that happened are slightly different from the world where Wang Chao lives. Therefore, he is not sure whether Kobe will encounter such accidents in the future, but no matter No, he will also find a way to remind the other party by insinuating.

The topic is far away, it will be a question that needs to be considered at least ten years later, Wang Chao should have a headache now, how to score under Kobe's defense.

Regardless of the large height gap between the two, Wang Chao felt a rush of pressure just standing on the field and looking at Kobe who was closely beside him, just like when facing Wharton, Vujacic and others. Quite different, it is Kobe's unique momentum as the league's top perimeter defender.

It's just... the momentum belongs to the momentum, no matter how tight Kobe's defense is in this game, he must still score, because the reward of the system task is something that Wang Chao can't give up no matter what!
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At the beginning of the game, Wang Chao actively ran without the ball, leading Kobe to roam the streets.

Obviously, this kind of running can't get rid of Kobe at all. Wang Chao's speed and agility are only 74 and 79 respectively, which are not particularly high, but as a big man of 2 meters, he can barely make up for it.

But compared with Kobe, that's not at the same level at all.

At his peak, Kobe's speed and agility were at least above 90, and his physical strength was at a full value of 99. Otherwise, it would be impossible to score 81 points in the regular season.

There are always people who look down on Kobe's 81 points, thinking that they are just brushed out and have no gold content.

But in fact, if you change a player, I am afraid that if you don't get 60 points of physical strength, you will have bottomed out.

The crushing of physical fitness made it easy for Kobe to keep up with Wang Chao. Even if he was separated by Wang Chao's teammates in the pick-and-roll, he could bypass the pick-and-roll and follow up immediately.

After only two or three rounds, sweat began to appear on Wang Chao's head.

"No opportunity to find an open seat..."

Not being able to get out of space is not the key, the key is that there is no chance of space. Nash will not pass the ball to Wang Chao. After all, he is facing Kobe. The three-point shooting rate can be guaranteed.

In the first quarter of the game, Wang Chao played soy sauce almost all the way, and was replaced after playing less than 5 minutes, without any chance at all.

On the contrary, Tim Thomas, who came on as a substitute for Wang Chao, felt hot and scored 5 points for the Suns on 4 of 8 shots.

In the first quarter of the game, the score between the two teams reached 31:27, and the Lakers led by 4 points.

The Lakers team at home is in good shape.

On the Suns side, Nash made 3 of 0 shots and Marion made 6 of 2 shots. They didn't perform very well. If it weren't for Tim Thomas' 8 points, the point difference might be even bigger.

Suns coach D'Antoni is not in a hurry.

The game has just started, and a 4-point deficit is not too big. The team can continue to adjust its state in the future, and it may not necessarily lose the game.

He is not in a hurry, but Wang Chao is in a hurry.

Wang Chao, who didn't score a point in the first quarter, looked at the "competitive pair" Marion, who had a low shooting percentage but was very decisive in his shots, and felt like he was sitting on pins and needles.

Worse things happened.

In the second quarter, Wang Chao still didn't get much playing time, because Tim Thomas' efficient and outstanding performance in the first quarter won him more playing time.

However, Tim Thomas, who felt hot in the first quarter, took a sharp turn for the worse in the second quarter. He only made one shot but failed to make a hit in the second quarter. He didn't score a single point in the entire second quarter.

Fortunately, Thomas was not the only one who swallowed zero eggs, but also Marion. His touch was really bad in today's game. He made 2 of 0 shots and also scored no points. After playing for a few minutes, he was substituted.

Wang Chao couldn't be happy about this, because Marion was substituted, but he still didn't get the chance to play. It was James Jones.

Wang Chao could even see Jones glance at him when he came on stage, his eyes full of gloating.

The Suns played very badly in the second quarter. The team only scored 17 points, far from what a running and bombing team should have.

Kobe on the Lakers also didn't feel very good. He only made 5 of 1 shots, but 4 of 4 free throws. In addition to the remarkable performance of other players, the team scored a total of 26 points in the second quarter.

At the end of halftime, the scores of the two teams came to 57:44 respectively, with a difference of 13 points.

Looking at this score, D'Antoni couldn't sit still.

If the offensive end fails to start the situation, the game will really be lost.

D'Antoni, who returned to the locker room at halftime, was still thinking about how to break the game, but Wang Chao walked towards him.

"Coach, I hope you can give me a chance in the second half of the game!"

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"The current situation of the Suns is not optimistic. The whole team does not have a stable scoring point. If this continues, the Lakers will be able to win this game."

"No way, without Stoudemire, the Suns really lack a player who can attack at this critical moment. Although Nash is very good at scoring, he is still a pass-oriented point guard. Marion's scoring The explosive power is also very limited, as for others such as Dior, Bale and others, there is no way to count on it."

"Some time ago, the Suns relied heavily on Wang Chao's three-pointers on the offensive end. Unfortunately, in this game, Wang Chao was defended by Kobe and immediately revealed his true colors. So far, he has not made a three-pointer. This may be the top star and role. The difference between the players."

(End of this chapter)