On January 8, the Los Angeles Lakers sat at home and played against the Charlotte Hornets.
The Lakers ranked first in the league with 30 wins and 4 losses, while the Charlotte Hornets ranked fifth in the east with 21 wins and 11 losses.
The Chicago Bulls currently rank first in the Eastern Conference with 28 wins and 5 losses, the Detroit Pistons 26 wins and 6 losses rank second, Miami Heat third, New York Knicks fourth, Charlotte Hornets fifth, Atlanta Hawks sixth, Orlando Magic seventh, Washington bullets eighth.
The strength of the top eight teams in the East is still very high. The Charlotte Hornets' ability to beat the Eagle Magic Bullets is naturally because the team has good strength and heritage.
The team's star, the queen bee Glenn Rice is playing the best season of his career, averaging 26.8 points per game ranked third in the league. The addition of All-Star center Velati Divac also filled the empty space left by tough guy Mo Ning.
At the same time, Anthony Mason Jr.'s efficient play, the all-round performance of 16 + 11 + 6 per game provides richer changes to the team's tactics.
Mason and Divac, two capable insiders, made the attack of Queen Bee Glen Rice easier.
At the same time, they also have Dale Curry, the father of the future Hao brother, leading the team to the top of the league.
Such a team, the offensive end is undoubtedly a top strong team. But on the defensive end, they averaged 97.9 points per game, defensive efficiency is extremely low.
The team lacks a defensive gate inside and outside, and also has a 1.60-meter defensive black hole like Bugs Borges. This leaves their defenses full of loopholes, and is also the reason for limiting the Hornets from the playoff team.
Such a team is perfect for Kobe performance!
Strong team! Fans who score high scores will not think Kobe brushes the data!
There are stars! Also want to enter the All-Star, Kobe Bryant and Glen Rice's performance will definitely be put together for comparison!
Defensive flaws! Unlike the Trail Blazers, the Hornets simply do not have a defensive player to capture Kobe, or even an outside defender who can compete with Kobe.
Charlotte Hornets' starting lineup is PG Bugs Boggs SG Tony Smith SF Glen Les PF Anthony Mason C Verati Divac.
This lineup is too hard to defend the Lakers, neither Kobe nor O'Neal, the Hornets have no way to deal with. Kobe has a hundred ways to easily score high.
Kobe needs to pay attention to ... control points!
Yes, Kobe needs to be careful not to let the game enter garbage time too early. If the game is spent in three quarters, for a game without suspense, fans will not pay too much attention.
Kobe is not very good at this point, but he has to come stubbornly.
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"Kobe! Wait! I will show you what a true All-Star player in this game!" Glen Rice walked to the center line and watched Kobe who was practicing shooting.
Kobe Bryant practiced shooting wholeheartedly, he was experimenting with his feel today. If he feels good, he will shoot more three-pointers. If he feels bad, he will choose to break through the Hornets and get inside. The Hornets have no good way to stop Kobe's breakthrough.
"Duang!"
"Duang!"
Bryant frowned, it seemed a little bit wrong, today's Lakers basket is a little crooked?
It doesn't matter, I can get the rim right.
So continue.
"Duang!"
"Uh!"
Kobe nodded with satisfaction, no problem. After the feel test, I feel awesome today.
The game started in the crazy cheers of the fans in the Great Western Stadium. O'Neill once again pressed Divac's successful jump ball.
In this game, the Hornets defended Kobe with Tony Smith.
Boggs was pulled to Bowen. The Hornets coach did not think that Bruce Bowen, who had no ball holding ability, could eat Boggs alone. Although he was only 1.60 meters, his hand was very fast!
Kobe advanced to the Hornets half, the first goal was still handed to O'Neill, O'Neal sinking into Divac, and with a clever move that does not match his body shape, hooked the ball and scored.
Sure enough, as Kobe expected, O'Neal's single-hit Divac's shooting rate was only as high as 60-70%.
Kobe is the final one. If you want to control points, you must not pass too much to O'Neill. O'Neill opened it, and I was afraid that it would be spent in less than three quarters.
But if you lose this fat guy, you will definitely have opinions!
As fast as 24 seconds to pass to him.
The Hornets attack and Kobe defends Boggs.
1.60 meters of Boggs faced Kobe at 1.98 meters. The difference in height between the two people made the audience on the sidelines of the Great Western Forum Arena laugh.
Boggs tried to break through Kobe, but Kobe always covered Boggs firmly. In the face of agility, it is not inferior to Kobe Bryant, as long as the shot is waiting for him, it must be a block.
Boggs whispered that since he suffered a major injury last season, his speed has not peaked. Now he has no way to get Kobe, can only pass to Glen Rice.
Grunleys jumped before Bowen's blockade and cast cleanly, without giving Bowen the opportunity to interfere.
2: 2 level.
Kobe brightened. It seems that Glen Rice is in good shape! This makes it easier to control the field.
Kobe tried to test the offensive status of every teammate. Eddie Jones hit Glenley with a shooting percentage of approximately 40%, Bowen Kong cut a basket with Boggs with a shooting percentage of approximately 60%, and Campbell played Anthony Mason with a shooting percentage of only 30% .
Understanding these, Kobe can control the field and create a fierce confrontation according to different scores! Then you scored continuously in a fierce confrontation!
Began, Kobe started his performance.
Continuous singles break through Tony Smith, the Hornets couldn't prevent Kobe's breakthrough, even more Kobe's layup.
The most efficient scoring method is the offensive and three-pointers in the basket. Tony Smith is dead, Kobe has no three-pointer opportunities, so a lot of breakthroughs to kill the basket!
The Hornets did not disappoint Kobe. The feeding of Divac and Anthony Mason made Glen Rice repeatedly hit and bit the score.
Kobe Bryant scored 11 points with 5 of 4 in the first quarter.
In the face of the Hornets' defense, Kobe can easily score with a breakthrough layup ~ EbookFREE.me ~ At the same time, he doesn't take too much of the ball, so that his teammates have a lot of mobile opportunities.
Just pull the score! Kobe passed the ball to Campbell. Campbell played against Anthony Mason Jr., an extremely strong player. From the New York gangster, he can be said to be the best defender of the Hornets, and the same difference will return to the same starting line again.
End of the first quarter, the two sides played very fiercely under Bryant's control, Charlotte Hornets 25:27 Los Angeles Lakers.
In the second quarter, the Lakers substitute and the Hornets substitute also played back and forth, both sides are projection type backup groups, and the rhythm of the attack was fast. Dell Curry's shooting stability is very good, this season can shoot 1.9 three-pointers with a 42.6% shooting percentage.
When Kobe played, the score alternately increased many times, Kobe again took advantage of this chaotic situation to cut a wave of points.
End of halftime Hornets 47:51 Lakers!
The perfect rhythm of the game, while Bryant firmly controlled the score difference, scored 19 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists in the half.
"Stuck! This game is too stupid! No one can think that the Hornets and Lakers can bite the score!" In the studio, James Worthy frowned.
"Yes, the confrontation in this game is too fierce, and the two teams alternately lead each other. In such a fierce confrontation, the youngest" 50 points "Kobe can still score 19 points, which is perfect. which performed!"
"Yes. Shaq's performance is equally impressive, 13 points and 5 rebounds. He repeatedly received Kobe's pass and hit a difficult layup. For an insider, his technique is too comprehensive!"
"The Lakers should pay attention to Glen Rice's offense in the second half. He has scored 15 points, and if he is allowed to continue to score like this, it will not be good news for the Lakers."
