Chapter 177

At the beginning of the second quarter, some main players will be added from the bench.

Kobe wanted to play in the second half, but was pressed by Phil Jackson.

At halftime, 60:35, the Lakers trailed by 25 points.

Satisfied, Barbosa left the field. He made 5 of 8 shots in this section and scored 13 points. His performance was extraordinary.

If this continues, he feels like he can replace Joe Johnson in the starting job.

In the second half, the two sides started to play.

Li Ba felt that Kobe's mental state was different, he was no longer in a trance, his eyes were very sharp, and his mouth was tightly closed.

O'Neal also played again, but still had no communication with Kobe.

In the third quarter, the Lakers attacked. Kobe wanted the ball and shot one step beyond the left-wing three-point line. Joe Johnson made a standard eye defense one step away.

"Shua!"

Splashes appeared.

"Aww!!!!!!"

Although the team fell behind by a large score, Bryant scored, and the Staples Center immediately burst into cheers.

"Rookie, I will let you have no rebounds to grab!"

After making the shot, Kobe's eyes lit up, and while stepping back, he said coldly to Li Ba who was running up.

"Is this guy going to explode today?" Kobe's mental state gave Li Ba a bad feeling.

Looking back, Marbury set a pick-and-roll with Joe Johnson at the top arc and then hit a 3-pointer.

"boom!"

Li Ba ran to the free throw line, grabbed the rebound, and threw it to Marbury.

When he returned to the basket, he just heard the sound of smashing the basket again.

This time the rebound bounced far, and bounced directly back to the top arc, and Kobe grabbed the rebound on Marbury's head.

Kobe made a fast break, and he just swayed Marbury directly from the top arc, and then made a three-pointer.

60:41, the Lakers are still 19 points behind at home.

With two consecutive three-pointers, Staples began to boil.

In the Suns offense, Marbury's persistence was comparable to Kobe's. The two were also of the 96 golden generation. Perhaps there was a secret rivalry. He shot another three-pointer from the right-wing three-point line.

Unfortunately, the ball is still missed.

Li Ba noticed that Marbury might make a shot, strengthened his control of the rebound on the right wing, and grabbed the offensive rebound in time.

"Stephen, hit him!"

Marbury and Kobe are persistent, so why not Li Ba himself? He threw the basketball to Marbury again.

Marbury shot again, and Payton made a three-pointer against the glove.

"boom!"

Perseverance does not mean that you will definitely score, the ball is still missed, and the rebound is lost.

The Lakers broke fast, the Suns returned to defense quickly, and switched to positional warfare, Kobe asked for the ball again.

He made consecutive shots and Payton made a pass.

"Listen, kid, I'm literally going to score 60 on you, and you're just looking up to me in desperation."

After taking a step outside the three-point line on the left wing and spitting trash at Joe Johnson, Bryant leaps up, falls back picturesquely, and releases the 3-pointer.

Joe Johnson stretched out his hand in despair, turned his head and looked back, only to see a white water splash in the basket.

60:44, the Lakers trailed by 16 points.

With three consecutive three-pointers, Staples was completely boiling, and the stars in the front row all stood up and applauded Kobe.

"Oh, Kobe was irritated by the hammer. Are you satisfied with the hammer now? Haha!" Barkley laughed.

"He is feeding Marbury with the ball, maybe he hopes Marbury will explode too?" Kenny Smith complained.

"What the Hammer has to do now is to attack, because Kobe is on the outside, he can't defend, he can only use his own offense to help the team."

Zhang Lili shouted.

"Now O'Neal hasn't exerted his strength yet. Once the OK combination fully exerts its strength, 16 points is not too much. The Suns may have problems this time."

Yu Jia also said.

"Hammer, we need to stop the bleeding."

Frank didn't call a timeout, but called for Li Ba to step up his attack.

The Suns attacked, and Marbury controlled the ball from the top arc, signaling his teammates to pull away.

Li Ba mentioned the top arc as a pick-and-roll, but O'Neal didn't come up and protected in the paint.

Marbury broke through Payton through the wall, did not continue to hit the basket, jumped two meters away from O'Neal, and made a mid-range shot.

62:44, the Suns led by 18 points.

"Three-two joint defense."

The Lakers attacked, and Frank changed his defensive tactics.

Kobe asked for the ball again on the left-wing three-point line, and Marbury defended between Payton and Kobe, cutting off the passing line.

"squeak!"

In the sound of the friction of the sneakers, Payton did not pass the ball, but used this to break through and enter the three-point line.

Marbury quickly turned around to keep up.

Marion also moved up from the low position on the right wing to defend Payton, and he and Marbury, who was chasing behind, would form a pincer attack on Payton.

On the left-wing three-point line, Kobe also broke through Joe Johnson one step at the same time and began to cut in.

Payton, who broke into the paint area, only took one step forward. Suddenly, he changed direction and pulled to the right wing. At the same time, he brought Marbury and Marion to the right wing, and the paint area was empty.

At this time, Kobe cut into the empty paint area from the left elbow. There is no defense around him, and Joe Johnson is at least a meter behind him.

At this time, Li Ba is facing the basket in the low post on the left wing, pushing O'Neal out.

When Kobe cut into the paint, Payton seemed to have eyes on the back of his head, and suddenly made a pass back, and the basketball flew to the sky in front of the basket.

Kobe's eyes lit up, good opportunity, empty pick!

At this time, there was no one in the paint area of ​​the Suns. Out of the corner of his sight, he noticed that Li Ba was guarding O'Neal with his back to the basket.

With a kick, Kobe rushed to the basket in one step, took off, and fished for the basketball in the air with his right hand.

When Payton's pass just entered the paint area, it was locked. Li Ba, with his back to the basket, suddenly dropped O'Neal, turned around and rushed to the basket.

The time for his turn to start was before Kobe started.

Turn around, take a step forward, and jump up.

Kobe caught the basketball in the air, his waist and abdominal muscles began to contract instantly, and he swung his right arm vigorously towards the basket.

At this moment, he felt a strong wind from the left.

"Snapped!"

An orange-red basketball instantly jumped high.

"oh!"

The Staples Center screamed loudly.

Kobe lost his balance in the air and fell to the floor with a thud.

"Oh, the flood control dam blocked everything, and the hammer blocked Kobe twice..." Barkley roared.

In his roar, the Suns paint area is changing.

Li Ba landed, the basketball was still locked by him, just behind his head, he was about to turn around to grab the ball, when he heard a bang, and heavy footsteps sounded behind him.

"O'Neal?"

At this moment, he was startled.

In his first reaction, Li Ba suddenly turned around, jumped up, and sealed the locked basketball with both palms with all his strength.

During this process, he was so focused that he didn't even look at O'Neill.

Seeing that Kobe was blocked and the basketball bounced towards him, O'Neal was elated, jumped up with one step, grabbed the ball with both hands, and flew towards Li Ba.

He wants to give the rookie Hammer a serious look, and he wants to ride and dunk the rookie and knock him out of the Staples Arena.

But at this moment, when he was about to hit the rookie in the reasonable collision zone, he found that the rookie had turned around and jumped up.