Kobe seemed to only have eyes for the basket, with a vicious look. Prince immediately defended Kobe after receiving the ball. His excellent defensive short steps and the height and wingspan that could suppress almost all outside players in the league gave Prince the advantage.

Enough confidence to guard Kobe.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! After Kobe received the ball from the top arc, he kept making tentative steps. Liu Mang looked at Kobe and felt something was different!

Kobe Bryant's previous games against Liu Mang, Prince, and Barnes were all test moves, but Liu Mang always felt something was different!

"Ding... The stubborn level 5 effect is suppressed, from Kobe Bryant, the suppressor Phil Jackson."

When Kobe suddenly started dribbling and pressing towards Prince, Liu Mang understood what was wrong when he heard the system prompts. Kobe was taking a tentative step from outside the three-point line! Instead of his previous continuous mid-range shots.

When he took a tentative step inside the three-point line, Kobe was going to break through!

Liu Mang immediately rushed towards Kobe's possible change of direction. After Kobe pressed up, Prince immediately wanted to push back, but missed. Kobe made a sharp change of direction and took a big step to the right.

When Liu Mang made up for it, he pushed past Liu Mang and rushed to the basket!

Kobe's first step is not as fast as Wade's, his first three steps are not as fast as McGrady's, and his drastic changes of direction are not as powerful as Iverson's. However, with these skills, he is almost among the top five in the league! Taken together, he is the strongest.

Outside players!

Liu Mang was squeezed away! The main reason was that although he reacted immediately to attack from a flank, reacting and predicting were two different things. By the time he reacted, he had actually lost the opportunity!

Liu Mang quickly chased after Kobe. Prince's defensive awareness was really good. He immediately switched to guard Fisher. Kobe instantly judged that there was no chance on the outside and continued to rush inside, facing Rashid who came out around O'Neal.

-Wallace's defense forced a jump!

Both Liu Mang and Rasheed Wallace jumped towards Kobe. Rasheed Wallace took off vertically to block Kobe's forward space, and Liu Mang chased after Kobe's lever.

The defensive tacit understanding is very good, but Kobe's ability to pass to the center is stronger! The tacit understanding of the OK combination is better! Kobe's line of sight is completely blocked by Rasheed Wallace, but the tacit understanding is there, taking the ball back in the air

He hit the ground and got under Rasheed Wallace's crotch. O'Neal received the ball and slammed it into the basket, knocking Rasheed Wallace away. Rasheed Wallace, Liu Mang

, and Kobe, all three of them were hit and almost fell to the ground!

After O'Neal scored, he made an exaggerated expression, with his mouth wide and round, and his eyes widened. While retreating toward the backcourt, he pointed at Kobe and screamed strangely!

The fans at the scene had not seen this scene for two or three years, and the Staples Center was in a rare state of excitement.

At this moment, both Kobe and O'Neal had an indescribable feeling, as if they were dreaming back to four years ago!

It's a pity that only at this time can the two of them still have the same feeling as before...

But just for a moment!

The OK group reunited again and unleashed amazing power!

O'Neal's physical fitness is not enough and he can only be used as a defensive containment point. He is unwilling to get stuck. The main reason is that the 32-year-old O'Neal's physical fitness is worse than in previous years.

In this case, Kobe will help O'Neal create an easy dunk opportunity!

Chicken Soup for the Soul master Phil Jackson once again mobilizes the OK group!

2 on 4, the Lakers still scored easily!

In transition, the Eagles attack.

The Hawks continued to play the pick-and-roll. After Liu Mang advanced to the frontcourt, he continued to cut in from both sides and then ran out from the other side of the cut-in direction. After picking and rolling with Boozer without the ball, he ran to a 45-degree angle on both sides.

But this time, after Liu Mang cut out from the inside, he found that Kobe and Fisher rushed to his side and released Boozer!

Boozer's first reaction was to cut into the basket, but this time O'Neal did not defend him. Instead, he returned to the basket after Liu Mang ran out. Fox shrank in faster and blocked Boozer.

Boozer's catch-and-shoot mid-range shot, O'Neal guarded the basket to prevent Fox from hitting the basket after being squeezed away by Boozer. Stockton's best passing candidates became Rasheed Wallace and

Prince!

The Lakers' defensive strategy became very targeted. Liu Mang and Boozer were the two most accurate shooters. The Lakers decisively strangled them, preferring to let Prince and Rasheed Wallace catch the ball rather than let the Hawks catch the ball.

The team has to attack the basket and prevent Liu Mang from getting the ball and shooting quickly!

Stockton did not hesitate and immediately distributed the ball to Rasheed Wallace, the Hawks' third three-point shooter who averaged 1.3 three-pointers per game. Rasheed Wallace took the ball.

The ball was taken out and the three-pointer was made, and the opportunity was not wasted.

61 to 53, 8 points difference, the biggest point difference in this game!

When the Lakers attacked again, Liu Mang already knew that Kobe would no longer continue to shoot in his crazy pride, but would instead start to break through and distribute the ball, so he began to prepare to flank Kobe's breakthrough.

As expected by Liu Mang, Kobe once again passed Prince with his sharp breakthrough. It was not that Prince was not good at defending, but that he really couldn't defend him! Compared with the relatively simple breakthroughs of many other stars, Kobe's breakthrough choices

Too many! This time Prince was on guard against Kobe's change of direction, but Kobe chose to start in three steps. Liu Mang rushed over immediately. Kobe's timing of passing the ball was perfect. Before Prince changed defense,

It was immediately passed to Fisher, and Fisher's three-point shot from the right corner of the ball was also hit!

56 to 61, the point difference returned to 5 points again!

Then Kobe began to perform in real rush-to-the-field moments. He didn't think about any contradictions or grudges. He was just O'Neal's backup offensive core when he was resting on the court. He was just like the second-in-command in the 99-00 season.

Work hard to play the most reasonable basketball.

Reasonable Section, one of the behemoths of the NBA, is back again!

And having O'Neal inside is the key to the team playing so well. The inside does not dare to block the defense. Even if O'Neal is standing there and picking at his feet, Rasheed Wallace does not dare to let go. Boozer can

Following Malone to defend Malone from catching the ball and making mid-range shots is already the limit. Letting him switch defenses is not as good as following the old Malone. Only Liu Mang or Raheem can make up the defense, which will inevitably cause loopholes in the defensive connection.

Although Lins' defense change was quick, there was always a time lag. Kobe took advantage of this time lag and repeatedly sent the ball to Fisher and Fox. After the two role player pitchers made several consecutive shots, the Eagles were not very happy.

Dare to switch defenses.

Ever since, Kobe made a mid-range pull-up jump shot or started to hit the basket, and started a lot of connections with O'Neal!

This is the biggest problem for the Hawks now. Although Liu Mang is very strong at the basket and has a good mid-range shot, there is obviously a big gap between him and Kobe. Kobe is very efficient in shooting or passing!

The main reason is that he showed a passing threat, which made the Eagles afraid to double-team easily.

On the Eagles' side, when Liu Mang plays without the ball, there is no threat of a pull-up jumper or attack to the basket. The Eagles can only rely on Prince and Rasheed Wallace's open shots.

Although Rasheed Wallace's 35% three-point shooting percentage and Prince's 37% three-point shooting percentage are both good, this is not the regular style of play of the Hawks! Both of them

Neither of them is a normal first shot choice. Although the two of them have shot very well, they are still far behind compared to the connection between Li Ke and O'Neal.

Fighting and fighting, the Eagles seemed to be playing smoothly on the offensive end, with many open shooting opportunities, but the point difference was constantly closing in!

By the time of the official timeout in the third quarter, the Eagles only led by two points, 71 to 69!

And the ball still belongs to the Lakers!

…

Zen Master is worthy of being a Zen Master. He just gave the concept of the triangle offense and left the problems on the field to the players to solve. But not everyone can do this kind of thing. He can only use the three major stars of Kobe, O'Neal and Malone.

When combined together, they can still play relatively reasonably, especially Kobe, an old stubborn player, who can be controlled by him.

Among them, the most terrifying thing about the Lakers now is undoubtedly the return of Zheng Ke. His changes have made the Lakers more active. The Lakers scored 18 points in 7 minutes, relying on Kobe to reach a maximum of 8 points.

The disadvantage is two points.

This time it was the Eagles' turn to be stunned.

After Liu Mang returned to the bench, he couldn't think of many ways. If he could think of ways to deal with Kobe who was playing reasonably, the Spurs wouldn't have been beaten so badly.

The best and only way is to use the tactical strategy that Liu Mang has discussed with Coach Kruger and Coach Mike Woodson many times before!

But that strategy, both Coach Kruger and Mike Woodson wanted to save for the finals.

But now, it seems that it’s time to use that!

Liu Mang came to coach Kruger: "Coach, let's use that move!"

A coach's on-the-spot command is very laborious. Some coaches don't even have the ability to command on-the-spot. They can only be blind when encountering situations that are different from what they expected. Coach Kruger has the ability to command on-the-spot, but when he encounters Kobe like this

It also gives me a headache. This is a guy that Popovich can't even think of a way to restrict.

"Do you really want to use that one?" After hearing Liu Mang's suggestion, Coach Kruger was a little hesitant. He really thought that strategy was great, but he really wanted to save it for the end.

Seeing the hesitation written on Coach Kruger's expression, Liu Mang looked at the special card Reed had kept in the system space that was useless, and suggested again: "Coach, use it, even if they think of a way to deal with it.

It doesn’t matter, I have a better way in the finals!”

"..." Coach Kruger really didn't know how Liu Mang's brain grew. Seeing Liu Mang's determined look, Coach Kruger had no doubt that Liu Mang must have had another bad idea.

To be honest, Coach Kruger really admires him.

After pondering for a while, Coach Kruger was ready to go all out. He had to establish a winning advantage against the Lakers in the regular season. He had to give his players confidence. The Big Four of the Lakers looked really scary. These superstars have arrived.

The playoffs will obviously be even more terrifying. If we lose in the regular season and meet them in the finals, the psychological pressure will be too great!
Chapter completed!