Chapter 398 Kobe Bryant's first match against Jordan

   At half past eight, the game started.

  Rasheed Wallace and Rick Schmitz jump ball and the Suns attack.

  Pharaoh enters the low post, and Rick Schmitz implements a close-up defense. He is taller. This way is better, and it also avoids a strong confrontation with the old K. Of course, with his confrontation ability, there is no capital at all to fight against the old K.

  Pharaoh didn't go in when he came outside the reasonable collision zone, blocked Rick Schmitz from the outside, and began to ask for the ball.

   The Lightning and Ron Harper are competing on the outside at the moment, one has to find a way to pass the ball into the hands of old K before the end of the attacking three seconds, and the other has to stop it.

   As a result, Lightning was superior. Just when three seconds were about to end, he avoided the opponent and passed the ball in.

"boom!"

  There is no suspense anymore. Rick Schmitz was pushed outside, the ball flew over his head, and Pharaoh's figure suddenly rose from behind. The moment he grabbed the ball with one hand, he smashed the ball into the basket with his backhand.

Seeing this ball, Albert laughed: "Rick Schmitz's defense itself is average, and it is not a great defense at all. Even though old K's basket attack is limited by K law, it is not his It can be defended alone."

Kevin Harlan said: "The existence of Rasheed Wallace made it impossible for Rodman to double-team Old K in time. This is different from last year when Ben Wallace was the main power forward. Last season, Old K was frequently double-teamed. , and not this season."

   nodded, and Albert added: "In addition, the Bulls don't seem to plan to go all out today, Jordan didn't switch to the Lightning, otherwise the Lightning wouldn't be so easy to pass the ball in, and he was a lot shorter than Jordan.

  Ron Harper's defense is good, but his defense is not as good as Jordan's, and he is injured, and his state is not as good as the Lightning. "

   "Pippen didn't help defend the Lightning either. It seems that the Bulls really don't intend to play with the Suns in the regular season, and there is really no need for that." Kevin Harlan said.

  Albert said: "Jordan is not too young, Pippen is injured, and it is impossible for a team like the Suns to be real in the regular season.

   Especially when playing against the old K, even if there is a law of K, can the lethality of the old K be completely limited? The 1995 finals must have left them with lingering fears. Before the finals, the Bulls will not be in real contact with the Suns. This was the case in the regular season last season. "

  Kevin Harlan nodded and said, "From the analysis of the situation this season, the Suns have a good chance of reaching the finals, and the Bulls really need to be prepared."

   The game on the field continued, and Jordan turned around and hit a three-pointer to overtake the score.

   After six minutes of play in the first quarter, it was tied at 14:14 and the second team drew. The Bulls called the first timeout.

  The Suns took the opportunity to make a substitution, the Lightning and Wilkins went to rest first, and Kobe and Kidd played.

   Kevin Harlan laughed: "I heard Mr. Pat Riley said that the Suns have problems with the 3-position bench and the main force at the 2-position, and these situations do exist.

However, the Suns' bench is really much stronger than last season. There are five important benches and 10 important rotation players. This is completely enough. A high-quality bench lineup has the ability to better share the pressure of the main force. .

They have Holt Red Williams on the inside, who was still playing the main force last season. Tisdale has no problem playing a few minutes per game. Kidd and Chapman are on the outside. The season is also the main role, Kidd is still the boss of the Mavericks, haha, well, let's not talk about this. They also have rookie Kobe Bryant, who also has a steady contribution of eight or nine points per game. "

   "The bench is really strong. It's no wonder that Old K's shots have decreased this season. He is now averaging 30 points per game. It's not bad. I think his points will drop sooner or later." Albert laughed.

"It shouldn't be. Old Tisdale is about to retire, and his state has dropped a lot compared to last season. It's a bit difficult for Williams to substitute two positions by himself, so old K's playing time will not be less, and even in the future with the regular season. The depth of the team will increase, and once the team is injured, I think his scoring average will increase in the future." Kevin Harlan laughed.

   On the court, the timeout ends and the game begins.

  The Bulls attacked, and Kobe stood refreshed in front of Jordan holding the ball, bent his body, and made a defensive posture.

   was his idol half a step away, and at this moment, he was very excited and in high spirits.

   "Michael, have the guts to challenge me." He actually started to provoke his idol.

  Jordan was extremely surprised. He seldom encountered such a bold rookie, little B boy, who dared to fight me one-on-one. Is it the confidence that old K gave you? Then today I'm going to show you, who I'm going to teach a lesson, old K can only watch from the side.

   He remembered playing the Suns against Philadelphia and the Lightning taught Iverson a lesson. Today he will learn from the Lightning and teach Kobe a lesson.

"boom!"

   Grabbing the ball with one hand in his right hand, he took a step to the right with his right foot. Under the tentative step, he retreated Kobe, and Jordan quickly started to break through from the left.

   At this time, Kidd at the top of the arc came over to double-team, and Rasheed Wallace in the low position also rushed up from below, forming a three-to-one situation, which could be formed soon.

   But at this moment, Jordan made a sudden stop and made a jump shot. The rhythm and shot were very fast. With a swoosh, the basketball pierced the net with precision.

   "Rookie, welcome to the NBA." He smiled at Kobe while retreating.

"Humph!"

   Kobe snorted coldly and ran forward desperately.

  Sun attack.

  Rasheed Wallace pulled to the three-point line, Da Zong followed out, and Wang Tiejun played against Rick Schmitz in the paint area.

   Kidd pushed the ball to the frontcourt, and had no idea of ​​rushing to shoot. After a few games, he has been transformed into a basic non-attacker, and the offensive end is dominated by organization and passing.

   "Jason, give me the ball." Bryant shouted as he ran to the three-point line on the right wing.

   Low position, Pharaoh glanced at Kobe.

  The team's current positioning for Kobe is to play without the ball. He is too young to give him the ball easily. Let's exercise his ability without the ball first.

   Even in the bench lineup, because there is a Kidd in control of the ball, Kobe can't get any ball rights and can only play without the ball, not to mention occasionally in the main lineup.

   But Kobe's character is a little rebellious. The more he doesn't give him the ball, the more he wants it. Although he won't rebel under his suppression, he should relax his control appropriately.

"give him."

   he suddenly shouted to Kidd.

   You can’t just suppress it blindly, and you have to give some sweetness when you have the opportunity. This is called giving both kindness and prestige. Then take the good opportunity tonight and let Jordan teach this kid a lesson, so that I don’t have to do it myself.

"what?"

   Hearing this, Kidd's forehead became more tattooed.

  I was not allowed to play the main force, and playing as a substitute also deprived me of my pass, I became a base and no offense, and now I have to deprive me of the ball, so what else can I do on the offensive end, isn’t that the superfluous one?

   Too much, too much, after my rookie contract, I have to run away from Phoenix.

   But after thinking about it, the ball was honestly passed to Kobe.

   Seeing the ball flying over, at this moment, to be honest, Kobe felt like his whole body was going to float up, I have the ball!

"Snapped!"

   In the next instant, his eyes went dark, and only a crisp sound was heard, and a person swept past him.

   "My Ball!"

   In a mixture of grief and anger, he angrily rushed towards Jordan who had stolen the ball.

   "Stolen the ball! Jordan broke the pass, he is going down fast, and the rookie Kobe is chasing." Albert roared loudly.

   "The trapeze is flying!" Kevin Harlan roared excitedly.

"boom!"

  Jordan took the ball from the left wing and took off directly from the left waist in the paint area. With a tomahawk-style dunk, the United Center cheered.

   "Rookie, welcome to the United Center!" Jordan once again expressed his welcome to Kobe.

"Humph!"

Kobe snorted coldly, rushed to the basket, picked up the ball, and then retreated to the baseline. Looking at the frontcourt, he saw Old K beckoning to him from a high position. He quickly pushed with both hands, and the ball flew to the frontcourt. When Jordan reacted It's already half a beat.

   "Be careful with long passes!" A commentator shouted sharply at the scene.

But it was too late, high position, Pharaoh received the ball with his back against Rick Schmitz, Rodman rushed forward, he immediately arched his back quickly, then turned to the right, avoiding Rodman's grab for the ball, He jumped the defender behind him, dribbled the ball once, and threw himself to the basket.

   After turning around, he immediately grabbed the ball in his hand. After one step, he burst into action. He held the ball in his left hand and blew the basket with one arm.

   "Clap clap clap..."

   Even if this is Jordan's home court, even if this is the United Center, there is applause.

"Beautiful!"

  Albert praised: "To catch the ball at a high position and turn from back to back, the whole set of technical movements is very smooth, without any extra movements. Old K's technical application is getting better and better."

   "O'Neal's agility is just that, old K seems to be another shark." Kevin Harlan laughed.

   "Say, O'Neal looks a little fatter now than he did in the Olympics. Did he gain weight again?" Albert said suddenly.

   "It's possible, he can't control his mouth, haha!" Kevin Harlan laughed.

   Bulls attack.

  Rick Schmitz, who had a precise shot, pulled out and was defended by Rasheed Wallace. Pharaoh sat at the basket and faced off against the big bug.

   On the three-point line on the right wing, Jordan faced Kobe again, controlled the ball with his right hand, and made a gesture of pulling away with his left hand.

  Pharaoh looked below, dubbed him busy, and shouted, "Get out of the way and see how I act B in front of a rookie."

  The field was quiet, and then the players on both sides and those who heard it off the field couldn't help laughing, and even the three referees burst into laughter.

  Jordan froze for a moment, laughed a little, and shouted a little angrily: "Old K, you kind of come out and fight me one-on-one."

   "When I'm stupid, why don't you come in?" Old Wang spouted back.

   "Just come in." Jordan snorted coldly.

   "Michael, calm down." Phil Jackson shouted.

   "Bang bang bang!"

   After a few quick dribbles under the crotch, Jordan started the drive, but just as Kobe pulled back, he stopped and jumped.

"brush!"

  The water splashed and a two-pointer was scored.

   "Damn liar!"

   Kobe believed that Jordan would break through if he died, so he didn't guard against the shot. I didn't expect that he was wrong.

   "Remember, Kobe, a man's mouth and a woman's face are the most unreliable." As he ran to the frontcourt, Pharaoh began to teach the rookie in a timely manner.

   Kobe couldn't hold back, glanced at Jordan, and said, "I know that a man's mouth is unreliable, why is a woman's face unreliable?"

   "Look at what I do?"

   cursed secretly, Jordan's face twitched, you idiot rookie, I know all this, because of plastic surgery.

   "Because you don't eat the broiler chicken from the K martial arts hall, women are easy to get old. Remember, when you find a wife in the future, you must let her eat the medicinal food of the K martial arts hall every day." When he was in the low position, Lao Wang said seriously.

"What?"

  Jordan is stunned, so don't I have to order more copies every day?

   "Damn capitalist, just want to make my money, you said it yourself, man's mouth can't be trusted, so I don't believe you." Kobe muttered.

   "Go away!"

   At this moment, Rasheed Wallace's roar sounded on the field.

   Everyone saw that he and Rodman had fallen to the floor, their arms, legs and feet entangled.

He was about to move just now, but the big bug didn't give him a chance at all, so he was clinging to him, either pinching his arm or blocking him with his body, and all kinds of irritating trash words were sprayed from his mouth, which made him very headache and angry. He pushed the other party, but was pulled to the ground by the other party.

   At this time, the referee's whistle sounded, and he ran to the two of them, pointed at Rasheed Wallace, and gave him a physical foul, two free throws and one throw.

This time, he angered his explosive temper. Under the rush of blood, he got up and roared at the referee: "It was he who was blocking me on purpose, didn't you see? It's him, it's him, it's not me, it's not me. , it's him, it's him, you should have seen it, do you have eyes?"

   "Di!"

   The referee blew the second whistle, a technical foul, and then pointed to the side of the court to signal Rasheed Wallace to leave the court immediately.

  Rasheed Wallace was completely furious at this time, and he immediately roared at the referee, where the referee went, wherever he followed, the oil came out.

   "Our second grade is mighty!" Pharaoh exclaimed, this is more fierce than him, he has never sprayed the referee like this before.

   "Old K, won't you stop him?" Horry ran to Pharaoh and asked.

   "It has already happened, just spray it, it's better to beat it up." Pharaoh whispered.

   "This kind of thing is addictive, what if he becomes addicted?" Horry asked, holding back his laughter.

  Pharaoh is stunned, do you want to put a zipper on Rasheed's mouth?

  In the TNT live broadcast booth, Albert suddenly laughed and said: "From the perspective of the lineup, the Suns with Rasheed Wallace, as long as there are no major problems on the outside, the advantage seems to be greater."

   "Why do you say that?" Kevin Harlan asked.

Albert explained: "Because Rodman can't pull away, Rick Schmitz only has a mid-range shot, and the space is not big enough, so the Bulls are on the offensive end, it is very difficult to break in and play, which will definitely affect offensive efficiency.

   While the Suns are on the offensive end, Rasheed Wallace can pull all the way to the three-point line, which can not only support the old K in the low post, but also make the perimeter breakthrough easier.

   The No. 2 position of the Suns, whether it is the main shooting guard Wilkins or the backup shooting guard rookie Kobe, is good at breaking through. Such a lineup will help them improve their offensive efficiency. "

   nodded, Kevin Harlan smiled: "But there are pros and cons. Rodman can't pull out on the offensive end, which helps him grab more offensive rebounds."

  Albert laughed and said: "This is true. In addition, facing the Suns, he has another important ability, which is to mess up Rasheed Wallace's mentality."

"Ha ha…"

  Kevin Harlan laughed and said: "This is something he is very good at. He is very calm when he is on the court, and constantly stimulates his opponents through various temptations, and finally destroys the opponent's mentality."

   On the court, Rasheed Wallace still played and went straight back to the locker room.

The referee was in a bad mood. He was sprayed all over his face, while the rest of the Suns were watching the show, which made him feel bad about the Suns. In the next game, the home whistle was particularly obvious, blowing the Suns one after another. One offensive foul and two violations.

  The Bulls took the opportunity to overtake the score. In the eleventh minute of the first quarter, at 24:29, the Suns trailed by 5 points.

  Pharaoh and Horry went down to rest first, the Suns had all the bench lineups, and the same for the Bulls.

  The Suns are very good on the bench. The guard is Kidd + Kobe, the small forward is the fringe Hancock, the inside is Holt Red Williams, and Tisdale.

   However, the Bulls' bench lineup is also very strong. The inside line is Luke Longley + Tony Kukic, the small forward Jason Caffey, and the back line is Steve Cole + Randy Brown.

Albert said: "In comparison, the Suns' inside line is still too old. Tisdale is approaching retirement, so he made up the number. Although Williams was still the main force last season, he is almost 35 years old and is about to retire. People, they are all walking to play games, this season has not been as good as before, and they can't do Luke Longley and Tony Kukic together, which is a bit of a disadvantage."

   nodded, and Kevin Harlan said: "On the outside, Kidd and Kobe have teamed up very aggressively and can take some advantage."

Albert smiled: "So I said that the score of the old K is likely to increase, because the Suns' inside lineup is actually not strong, the two veterans are too old, and their state is not as good as last season. There's been a big drop."

   In front of the Suns' bench, Colangelo Jr. looked at Williams on the court and shook his head.

   I played pretty well in the Cavaliers last season, but I didn’t expect that my form has dropped so much this season. It seems that people get old quickly, and one offseason is enough.

   And Williams occupies 4 million space, this signing should be considered a failure, and the inside substitute should continue to be reinforced.

  The only consolation, Williams' rebounding is okay, and he is experienced in rebounding.

   Halfway through the second quarter, the Suns were still two points behind, and then the two sides changed to part of the main lineup to fight again.

  Pharaoh and Williams partnered on the inside, and the Bulls changed their inside lineup to pair Luke Longley and Rick Schmitz.

  Luke Langley now weighs 130 kilograms, a standard meat shield, and is responsible for the match with the old king, and Rick Schmitz is responsible for offense and defense.

  The two of them are 218 cm and 224 cm, standard twin towers.

   (end of this chapter)