God's hand behind the scenes

Chapter 320
Although Arenas does not need to defend Kobe, it does not mean that he does not have to face Kobe. On the defensive end, Lynch helps him to share the burden of defending Kobe. On the offensive end, he must directly match Kobe. This is also unavoidable for him. responsibility.

Kobe is now undoubtedly a rising star in the league, showing tremendous potential both offensively and defensively.But Arenas is not afraid. After all, Kobe is only four years older than him, and he is not yet unstoppable. He believes that he can score under Kobe's defense and help the team narrow the point difference to an acceptable level. within the range.

However, Arenas' first attack with the ball came back in vain. Kobe seemed to see through all his fake moves. None of the spaces.Kobe's impenetrable defense aroused Arenas' competitive spirit. Instead of using feints, he took two steps back and accelerated to kill Kobe's left side, but before he could breathe a sigh of relief, It feels light in the hand - the ball is lost!

Arenas couldn't understand it in the game, but Brown and Chang Wei on the sidelines knew it clearly. When Arenas passed Kobe's side, Kobe suddenly stretched out his hand, taking advantage of Arenas' brief loss of the ball. When in control, he cut off the ball accurately, and then immediately copied the flying ball in his hands, and made a quick break to counter dunks, helping the Lakers add two more points.

After Kobe made the steal, Arenas also understood that he had made a mistake. He gritted his teeth and chased after Kobe, but he could only watch helplessly as the opponent completed a very stretched gliding dunk. No small blow.Logically speaking, it is not strange for any rookie to be defeated by a famous star, but Arenas is very dissatisfied with his performance. In his opinion, those stars in the league are no big deal, and he will definitely beat them one by one.But he didn't expect that in the first regular game of his career, he suffered a loss in the first offense, which was obviously beyond his expectations.

Chang Wei couldn't help sighing, the gap between Arenas and Kobe is still too big, just look at the system's scoring to know.Arenas' overall score is only 78, although the offense has reached 82, but the defense is only 75, and Kobe's score is infinitely close to 90, even without the full +2 buff of the finals, Kobe's strength is still firmly in Ali above Nass.Therefore, Chang Wei was mentally prepared for Arenas to suffer from Kobe, but he did not expect Arenas to lose to Kobe so quickly. Although this was only the first round, some clues could be seen.

It is unrealistic for Arenas to beat Kobe one-on-one, it depends on whether he can make good use of the strength of his teammates.Brown also knew this, so he stood up, strode to the sidelines, called Arenas' name, and made a gesture to him, which was to ask Arenas to find an inside player to play a pick-and-roll.This is not the way Arenas is used to attacking, but he still nodded to show that he understands that as long as he can get points, it will be fine.

Seeing that the head coach gave Arenas instructions, Snow came to the frontcourt and passed the ball to Arenas again.This time Arenas obviously listened to Brown's instructions. While protecting the basketball in his hand at a 45-degree angle outside the three-point line, he waved to Dalembert under the basket, allowing the Haitian center to pull High position to make a cover for yourself.

That is to say, Dalembert has a good temper and is also a rookie this year. Although he has a higher pick than Arenas, he still moves to the high position obediently.With Dalembert's huge body, Arenas finally got rid of Kobe's defense, faced Horry's raised arms, and scored the first two points of his career with a small throw.

It wasn't until the basketball fell into the hoop that Arenas woke up like a dream.Before that, he had always been used to rushing to the basket with the ball by himself, and then relied on his skills to score the ball, regardless of whether there was a defender in front of him.But this time he felt very relaxed. His teammates helped him get rid of Kobe's marking, which allowed him to easily go straight to the basket and score the ball. It seems that this feeling is not bad?
Arenas, who has always played alone, felt the importance of his teammates for the first time in the game. Seeing him take the initiative to high-five Dalembert, Chang Wei nodded slightly on the sidelines. It's a good start.It would be even better if he can learn how to create scoring opportunities for his teammates, but this cannot be achieved overnight. Now that he has learned to cooperate with his teammates, let him continue to grow slowly, maybe one day he will Can grow into what the team needs.

With the help of his teammates, Arenas gradually returned to normal, helping the 76ers score consecutively, and there is a faint momentum to keep pace with Kobe.Arenas quickly narrowed the point difference to single digits. His outstanding performance made Brown nod again and again. It seems that he made the right bet again in the draft. This guy is well trained and can become a substitute on the bench. a sharp knife.

On the other hand, Zen Master was shocked. Before the draft, he was not optimistic about Arenas at all. Although the latter had good statistics in the college arena, he also believed that it would only be a flash in the pan. Even the draft Sites predict that Arenas can only be selected in the second round.Unexpectedly, the 76ers dared to directly use their first-round pick on this guy, and they made a right bet. Now it seems that this shooting guard from the University of Arizona is indeed a potential stock.

Zen master felt a little regretful, but he didn’t regret it. Even if he picked Arenas in the draft, it didn’t mean much to the Lakers. The best position for Arenas was as a backup scorer. After all, they already had Kobe Bryant, the future top shooting guard.But now the Zen master is thinking about how to limit Arenas' scoring?

Originally, when Arenas was intercepted by Kobe in the first round, Zen master still thought that this guy was nothing to worry about. In his opinion, any player who does not have enough strength and likes to fight alone cannot be a threat at all.But now Arenas seems to have learned how to use the strength of his teammates, and he has scored again and again, which must be taken seriously.

The best way is to continue to let Kobe follow up the defense, but now Kobe is the only one in the Lakers lineup who can score. If he puts most of his energy into the defensive end, how can he help the Lakers score?Maybe it's a better idea to replace it with an inside barrier at this time, don't you like to break through?Then create a no-fly zone!
(End of this chapter)