Chapter 293: Section 1... Let Kobe kneel

The Staples Center has long been brightly lit.

The Lakers ranked second in the Western Conference this season, and the Hornets have won a lot of victories. Now the Lakers want to catch up with the Hornets in terms of record, and this also requires the Hornets to lose several games in the middle.

However, although the record is like this, in the eyes of many people, the regular season and the playoffs are incomparable.

The Lakers are not in a hurry at all.

But they still want to win this game, not only because Kobe wants to prove himself with Zhong Yu's blood, but also because the Lakers are now being suppressed by the Hornets in terms of record, and many Hornet fans are already clamoring to clear the Lakers...

They also want to use victory to shut up these people, let them know how excellent the Lakers are, and let them know that the Hornets lost at all last season.

So, with this idea, the Lakers are also very motivated today and are ready to solve the Hornets as soon as possible.

Kobe saw Zhong Yu with a expressionless face, smiled a little, nodded, and Zhong Yu also smiled and replied, even if he said hello. Kobe is a person who rarely talks. He really values ​​Zhong Yu very much, and thinks that Zhong Yu is one of his opponents and will say hello like this.

After all, they are not very familiar with each other.

Last season, as a rookie, Zhong Yu scored 30 points many times on Kobe's head, which made Kobe feel very unhappy and was waiting for an opportunity to seek a chance to take revenge.

The Hornets and Lakers also had espn's national live broadcast, and the commentators arranged by espn today are two very well-known old guys - Smith and Barkley.

As the game was about to begin, Smith said: "Heyboy, does today's game remind you of seven years ago."

"Seven years ago?" Barkley thought for a while and knew what he meant, and said, "It's been a long time since the incident..." He knew that the kid was talking about him kissing the donkey's butt because of Yao Ming.

"But I think you will definitely miss the smell of the ass...and I heard it was a female donkey."

The American commentators are different from those who are very stern and need stable commentators at all times. The American commentators are fantastic and often create a little "gunpowder smell" appropriately during live broadcasts. It may not be that they are really angry, but to attract the attention of the audience.

After all, they made a living by making a living.

"Don't mention this. In this game, I'm very optimistic about the yellow-skinned No. 5. His recent performance is surprising..."

"Did Yao make you feel fear of the Chinese?" Smith quipped.

"No, but this Chinese performs very well...at least when facing the person who even sticks out his tongue and wants to imitate others, but changes to a number 24, he will prove himself with his actions..."

Smith knew that this old boy was talking bad things about Kobe again... he imitated others with his tongue, and No. 24... there was only Kobe.

"It may not be like this... A player who has just entered the league, and a player who has been playing in the league for more than a decade, may not be the same as the end of last season."

"I believe Zhong Yu can perform well," Barkley said: "Of course, it's limited to this game against the Lakers..."

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The competition officially begins.

In this game, basically the main players of both sides appeared.

The Hornets' starting lineup is still: Zhong Yu, Paul, Peja, West, Chandler. The Lakers' starting lineup is: Kobe, Fisher, Odom, Gasol, Bynum. Both teams start and all the five tigers appear.

It is conceivable that this may be a continuation of last season's Western Conference Finals, and the good looks of this game is easy to imagine.

"Bang!" The first jump ball was snatched away by the Lakers and came to Fisher's hands. Fisher took the ball through half the game, and then the Lakers spread out their own formation.

The Lakers still use triangle offense.

Today, the Hornets also used a mixed defense between man-to-man and joint defense, with Zhong Yu and Kobe playing against each other.

The first ball, Kobe went to the forty-five degrees of the right wing and received a pass from Fisher.

Then, he used his skillful turnover jump shot, and his feet turned, making it difficult for Zhong Yu to grasp his true direction. Then, after a rotation with his right foot as the axis, Kobe suddenly jumped up, and then the turnover jump shot had already arrived.

"Bang!" The first ball missed.

The Hornets began to hit back, and the ball was passed to Zhong Yu. Zhong Yu saw that Peja had a chance and passed the ball over, and Peja's jump shot was also off.

Fans who watched this game did not expect that they originally thought that this would be a war of the century... Who knew that at the beginning of the game, the sound of irons from the two teams was blowing one after another.

The two teams made a splash like this, and they played for a minute and a half, and the two teams had not made any shots.

"Look, the basket was hit by a skew..." Barkley said: "Bryant's jump shot... nothing to say."

Smith smiled and said, "Didn't Zhong Yu not scored a goal either?"

Barkley: "Look at it..."

Now, the ball is in the hands of the Hornets, and they have not scored so far, which makes Paul's possession seem very cautious.

When the Lakers were defending today, they used regional joint defense.

After Paul broke through, he broke through Fisher. As soon as he entered the inside, Odom inside came up to defend because he was in his area.

Facing Odom, Paul swayed twice in a row, then floated to the center line and made a jump shot.

Odom was unable to stop this backwards and flew out. However, today the two teams may have been cursed by the shooting curse, and Paul missed his jump shot again.

However, the rebound was caught by Zhong Yu, who had just entered the inside line. He returned to the three-point line, and Kobe followed suit.

Kobe raised one hand high to prevent Zhong Yu from jumping, and the other hand prevented him from breaking through.

Zhong Yu used two consecutive ball controls under his crotch to change direction, and then increased his speed!

He increased the maximum speed and broke through Kobe's left. Kobe quickly retreated, and after the two of them got involved, they came to the free throw line.

Then, Zhong Yu used a crotch to control the ball, and his body moved directly to the bottom corner.

Gasol frowned... Kobe forgot his position for this ball. Originally, each player was responsible for his area. But Kobe might have been so angry that he followed Zhong Yu... In this way, in the regional joint defense, once a player does not abide by his own defensive area, it is very likely that the defensive system will be confused.

But now is not the time to complain, Gasol can only stare at West next to him.

When Zhong Yu saw Kobe following him, he didn't hesitate at all. After reaching the bottom line, he jumped up without even standing firmly.

Kobe followed him up, but he had no choice but to do anything about Zhong Yu's backward jump shot. He could only try to put some limited pressure on Zhong Yu. Zhong Yu's basketball has taken action and flew up with the basketball parabola.

"Swish!"

A jump shot hit!

Next to the basketball court, booed and cheered a lot. Because there were many Zhong Yu's fans, and now Zhong Yu's jump shot was hit, he finally gave the two teams a dirty shot...

Even if the lineups of the two teams are good, fans will be bored if they don’t hit the ball.

Zhong Yu just made a jump shot, and the Lakers' ball rights came to Kobe's hands. Zhong Yu's first shot made him feel very unhappy.

It was also after Gasol came to the Lakers that Kobe was a little restrained. Two years ago, when Kobe wanted to score, even if he had made countless irons, he would have to come by himself. The Lakers became a team where one person took action and several other people frantically grabbed rebounds. Now, Kobe has been much restrained, but today his anger has come again.

Maybe it's because I meet the opponent, maybe it's because I want to take revenge...

Kobe received the pass, and then used a tentative step to test Zhong Yu.

Zhong Yu didn't know what he had to react, so he could only take a step back and defend Kobe's breakthrough. If he suddenly made a shot, he could also report it as soon as possible to defend his jump shot.

Kobe really made a jump shot! However, Zhong Yu still couldn't cover him. Kobe drifted a distance in the sky before taking action.

"Bang!" The basketball hit the iron again.

Kobe's face became even colder, but for the next ball, it is conceivable that he will continue to take action!

The Hornets did not catch the rebound, but Bynum caught the rebound, and then forced a layup, but failed, but caused Chandler to foul. Then, Bynum made one of two free throws, 2-1.

The ball returned to the Hornets. Paul immediately entered the inside with Zhong Yu's defense. Gasol came up to defend. Paul shuttled through the cracks, and Zhong Yu also passed through the Lakers' wall and came to a seventeen-foot place!

Paul immediately passed the basketball over.

Zhong Yu shot when he received the ball.

"Swish!" There is another one!

Zhong Yu scored four points in a row, which made Kobe's fighting spirit even more intense. When he returned to halftime, he leaned against Zhong Yu with his back, stuck his position and asked Fisher for the ball.

Fisher passed the basketball to Kobe.

He has been a teammate with Kobe for so many years, and has been around for many years after the Big Sharks traveling east... He knows what kind of person Kobe is and is used to what kind of person Kobe is.

Kobe received the pass and suddenly turned around and forced a breakthrough from Zhong Yu's left. However, Zhong Yu also stuck in the median this time. Kobe was not able to make a move here, so he suddenly retreated, and then another backward jump shot!

Zhong Yu was still a little short of blocking him, but Kobe's jump shot flew out, but was still rejected by the basket.

It can be seen that Kobe felt bad today.

After Zhong Yu came back from halftime, he had another pick-and-roll cooperation with Paul. Paul went to the depth of the inside, attracting enough defensive attention to Zhong Yu. Then Paul passed the basketball out.

Zhong Yu quickly took the ball and left Kobe's area, and arrived at Fisher's area... Kobe and Fisher came up to block it, but the time was a little short, and Zhong Yu seized the opportunity and made a jump shot!

Zhong Yu made three jump shots in a row and scored six points in a row.

On the other hand, Kobe has already started for more than three minutes and he has not scored a single point.
Chapter completed!