The glory of the basketball gods

Chapter 93 The Black Mamba's Fangs
After the fierce inside battle in the first quarter, the Cavaliers withstood the Lakers' opening inside attack and gradually brought the rhythm of the game back. The two sides began to enter their favorite game methods.

Yuan Man is still the main breakthrough player and scorer of the Cavaliers. The Lakers adopted Artest and Barnes to take turns to defend Yuan Man. Yuan Man's performance in the first half was obviously not as good as before. In the entire first half, he only made 8 of 3 shots. Among them, he made 4 free throws and scored 4 points and 10 rebounds.

Kobe’s performance in the first half was also relatively mediocre. Like the Lakers, the Cavaliers also adopted a two-man defense mode that took turns to defend. Anthony Parker and Alonzo Key alternated defenses. Kobe’s performance was a little better than Yuan Man’s. , 10 of 5 shots, 2 of 2 free throws, 12 points and 3 rebounds.

After a regular tactical play in the first half, the Cavaliers trailed the Lakers 44-52 by 8 points and entered the second half.

"Hey, Charles, why do I think this game is a bit boring? There is no contest between Mars and Earth as I imagined before. You know, this game is the current No. [-] in the Western Conference against the No. [-] in the East." Kenny Smith thought The first half of the game was more than intense, but not exciting enough.

It's no wonder that throughout the first half, Yuan Man and Kobe hadn't contributed that kind of bloody dunk or wonderful performance, and their performance was somewhat lower than people's expectations before the game.

But Barkley offered a different view.

"Do you know, Kenny, a basketball game consists of four quarters, and the outcome of a game is often the most critical in the second half. From my personal experience, both teams have their strengths. Especially Yuan Man and Kobe, I can feel that they were still playing in the first half, and the second half should be exciting."

In the Lakers locker room, Odom, who was sitting next to Kobe, said, "Kobe, it's time for the second half."

"Did you see it?" Kobe couldn't help being a little surprised by Odom's vision.

"Huh? Ah, isn't this your usual tradition? Besides, you are all at Yuan Man on Twitter. It is impossible to take 10 shots in the entire first half."

Kobe smiled, thinking that he deserved to be the third head of the team. After following him for so long, he knew his temper very well.

But Odom didn't seem to want to leave. Kobe unscrewed a bottle of mineral water and said strangely: "Lamar, is there anything else you want to say to me?"

"I just saw Malone touching Vanessa's hand and whispering." Odom lowered his head and whispered to Kobe as if he had done something wrong.

"Pfft~~" The mineral water Kobe just drank sprayed out a long way, and sprayed Fisher and Barnes, who were hooking their shoulders and backs to exchange game experience, in the face.

"How about it, Kenny, Chinese tea tastes good, isn't it very fragrant?"

At halftime, Barkley finally persuaded Smith to try the Chinese tea he had been drinking.

"The tea water is very fragrant, but the tea leaves are a bit old and bitter to chew." Smith frowned and chewed the tea leaves in his mouth slowly.

"There is a saying in China that good medicine tastes bitter. Look at me. After drinking it for a month, I defecate on time every day, and my stomach has become smaller."

If it weren't for the live broadcast and Smith's obstruction, Barkley would be about to show his big belly in front of the American audience.

"Hey, there seems to be something wrong with the auditorium." Smith noticed what was happening on the sidelines.

"Oh, it seems to be Karl Malone, and the other is Kobe. The two seem to be arguing about something." Barkley stretched his neck and stared at the scene on the field.

"Kobe seems to be chasing Carl, what's going on?"

"I've already said that Vanessa's clothes are so cool, and she's so close to Carl, even a man can't bear it." Barkley seemed to see through everything.

Smith silently put a piece of green tea leaves on Barkley's head, and then Buckley pressed him under the table in the live broadcast room. It seems that he reported the tea together with the teasing from his nostrils just now.
After some argument, Malone stood up, spread his hands, and motioned for Bryant to calm down, then smiled at Vanessa, turned and left.

Vanessa seemed dissatisfied with Kobe's attitude, and sat in her position ignoring Kobe.

Kobe turned around and walked to the court with a black face.

"The Cavaliers are not doing well. Kobe seems to be in a bad mood right now." Barkley returned to his Buddha-like appearance after the exercise, and said while eating with a cup of tea while sitting in his seat.

Smith, who got up from under the table, straightened his collar and said, "The black mamba's fangs are about to show!"

The black mamba is a snake, a member of the cobra family, the longest and most terrifying venomous snake in Africa, and the fastest crawling snake in the world, with a speed of 16~20km/h. It is the deadliest snake in the world Snake, once the black mamba shows its fangs, all creatures will be afraid of its aggressiveness.

As Barkley said, at the beginning of the second half, Kobe launched a frenzied attack. It seemed that he had saved his strength in the first half, and it seemed that it was because of the dispute with Malone and Vanessa just now. In short, Kobe began to show his sword.

On the first offense in the second half, Kobe used his speed to overwhelm Parker. When he used his speed to get to the basket, Kobe did not slow down. Varejao, who came over to meet the defense, remembered the dunk and stretched out his hand to block the block. Varejao didn't touch the ball, but it hit Kobe's shoulder, and Kobe's dunk was right between Varejao's arm and head.

A wonderful 2+1 dunk!

No one thought that the second half of the game would be so explosive at the beginning, the fans immediately boiled up, the live broadcast camera was shown to the stars present, and everyone had expressions of anticipation and joy on their faces, this is just like Kobe's game !
An extra penalty hit, 44-55, Kobe used his first personal attack in the second half to widen the score gap to double digits.

Now that Kobe started to attack, Yuan Man was not far behind. Facing Artest, Yuan Man used a direct pull-up jumper after a probing step. The hand was very soft, the parabola of the shot was beautiful, and the ball hit the ball!
46-55
"." Kobe felt that this action was so familiar.

When it was the Lakers' turn to attack, Kobe held the ball at the top of the three-point arc and reached out to make a "1" gesture.

Seeing Kobe stretching out his index finger to make a gesture, all the players immediately dispersed to both sides to make room in the middle. Parker put on a defensive posture with all his strength as if he was facing a big enemy.

Kobe bent down, dribbled the ball back and forth under his crotch, and slowly moved forward, while Parker opened his hands, kept a distance from Kobe step by step, and retreated following Kobe's pace.

Kobe suddenly straightened up, looked like he was about to shoot, but suddenly accelerated, and Parker was thrown in place in one fell swoop!

(End of this chapter)