Chapter 887: Kobe Is Tired and Yes Is Happy!

At the beginning of the game between the Lakers and the Supersonics, Kobe seemed to treat his opponent in his own way.

First, he disrupted Yes's touch test.

Everyone was completely in the dark about their own touch tonight, let's see who can't help but shoot first to test the touch!

Kobe has a theoretical basis for formulating such a strategy in this game.

The Lakers and the Supersonics can match each other in every position, but it is obvious that if he and Yes are taken out of the lineup.

The Lakers must be ahead of the Supersonics!

In the past, he didn't understand, and always couldn't help but shoot first to test, and finally was pitted to death by Yes.

Yes quietly completed the test of the touch and disrupted his test of the touch!

This time, he must learn to hold back, and never test before Yes tests the touch first.

At worst, the two of them will not shoot once in this game, and completely leave the game to the teammates to decide, so he will also make money!

Of course, in Kobe's view, this is the most extreme situation, Yes can't not shoot!

With regard to the unknown situation of Durant in the Supersonics, Yes would definitely not be able to hold back during the game!

This way, he can strike back like Yes did before!

But!

What the hell?

What happened?

In the first attack of the Supersonics, after seeing his intention, Yes really didn't think about it and passed the basketball to Durant!

Yes actually held back!

With a clang!

Durant missed the shot in the face of Artest's defense.

The sound of the shot was quite crisp.

It also brought Kobe's thoughts back a little.

Although it was not Yes who missed the shot, it didn't sound as crisp, but it was also quite crisp.

Artest's attention was on Yes just now, so Durant had a chance to shoot, but even so, facing Artest's slow defense, Durant still missed the shot.

What does this mean?

This means that Durant can't be trusted now!

So, Yes, can you really hold back like me?

Although Yes's cross pass just now made Kobe, as a master of psychology, feel a little bit of pride damaged.

The master of psychology actually guessed wrong in the first prediction.

Well, it's a little embarrassing.

But the result of Durant's iron shot is still on his side.

On the court, after the game started, Kobe's face had a lot of expressions, so much so that Yes was a little surprised. I don't know what this old friend and old rival was thinking.

Such a strong defense at the beginning, it seems that he is not going to attack at the beginning, and put all his energy on the defense?

Yes used this method on Kobe before, disrupting Kobe's touch test at the beginning. When the player's physical strength is the best, it is the time when the touch is most sensitive. After the touch decreases, it is not so sensitive.

Kobe will not use the same strategy against me in this game, right?

Do you think this can disrupt my touch test?

Yes looked at Kobe's stubborn face and lowered his head slightly.

54…46…56…48…60…44…

No need to test, the feeling in this game is not very good.

“How is it, are you starting to worry?”

Seeing Yes’s face was surprised after Durant missed the shot, and then he lowered his head and fell into deep thought, Kobe was very happy!

Hahahaha,

This kid also noticed the strategy of Uncle Ko and felt that this game was difficult!

Damn, as expected, this psychology master should have used such a strategy against this kid a long time ago!

But I didn’t know it clearly before.

Now it’s clear, it’s not too late!

"Yes showed his trust in his teammates and Durant at the beginning. Durant had a good chance to shoot just now. When he shot, Artest was not in the defensive position. In the playoffs last season, when facing the Rockets, Durant's efficiency of receiving the ball and shooting directly was very good. But after returning this year, Durant's efficiency of receiving the ball and shooting in open space is extremely low."

It is not only extremely low. According to many media statistics on the series between the Supersonics and the Mavericks in the last round, Durant's open or uninterrupted shooting percentage against the Mavericks is less than 35%!

Durant's average shooting percentage in the last round of the playoffs was 35%, which means that Durant's open shooting percentage is not as high as his shooting against people.

"This is very unreasonable!"

Not only Su Qun was depressed after Durant missed a good opportunity, but Zhang Heli, the coach next to him, was even more depressed.

The first attack of the Seattle Supersonics failed because of Durant's iron hand.

It was the Lakers' turn to attack. Bynum took the backcourt rebound and passed the ball to Kidd. Kidd dribbled the ball across half court and prepared to find Kobe.

Kobe is a partner that makes Kidd very speechless. It's really too bad to cooperate with Kobe!

It's not that Kobe's basketball IQ is not good and he can't cooperate with tactics.

Kobe's basketball IQ is very high, and his passing is actually very good.

The key is that he himself is often unwilling to cooperate!

However, this time, seeing Kobe receive his pass, he didn't try to step there for a long time. Facing Yes's very high-quality defense, he directly chose to pass the ball to Randolph on the side. Kidd was a little confused.

The ball was passed so quickly this time? !

Not only Kidd was a little surprised, even Randolph, who received the ball, was almost surprised and a little unsteady.

When Millsap came forward to confront him physically, Randolph, who received the ball a little unsteadily, threw the ball out in a lopsided manner.

Clang!

Another crisp sound of hitting the iron!

This ball will not go in, Randolph also knows that this is not for scoring, but for making Millsap foul!

So after Randolph shot, he and Millsap looked at Crawford next to him almost at the same time.

Understood in seconds!

Crawford really understood the eyes of these two people in seconds!

"No foul!"

The whistle in Crawford's mouth did not sound. Under the sight of Millsap and Randolph, Crawford made two no-foul movements with his hands crossed and spread out.

"Millsap's action against Randolph just now was a bit too big!"

Wade and the Heat players in front of the TV were a little surprised.

The scale of this game is a bit open.

Generally speaking, even in the playoffs, actions like Kobe hugging Yes just now, or Millsap's body hitting Randolph can be called for fouls.

"It seems that the recent rumors that the league is going retro in some rules are not groundless."

"It's not retro, it's to crack down on fouls and encourage confrontation."

Spoelstra said hurriedly. He didn't want his players to really think that David Stern would go retro, and one by one they would become a bad guy like Laimbeer. Wouldn't that be a trap? !

The Lakers' first attack did not score.

However, both Kidd on the court and Phil Jackson on the sidelines were quite satisfied.

Especially Phil Jackson, he didn't know what Kobe was doing.

This guy who had already started psychological warfare a long time ago, he really couldn't guess it now.

However, no matter what this kid was doing, he could actually cooperate with the tactics so well, which really made him feel that his son had finally grown up.

Damn, it's really not easy to be an old father for so many years!

When Phil Jackson thought of this, he felt like crying.

On the court, Kobe looked at Yes with confidence.

Isn't it just endurance?

Kobe can endure it too!

You guys only see how many times Kobe shot and missed in every game. When Kobe was angry with the media and the dead shark, he often held back and didn't shoot. Look how the dead shark was killed!

Isn't it just itchy hands, itchy heart, and itchy body?

Kobe understands!

After the Lakers and Supersonics game started, the players on both sides were a little tight, and they were familiar with each other and could match up in every position. After the game started, the sound of shooting was endless.

"This may be the worst start I have seen in this year's playoffs!"

"Although it was a bit iron, I actually felt that the game was unexpectedly not boring at all!"

"No, not only was it not boring, I thought it was very interesting!"

Watching the game between the Supersonics and the Lakers and listening to what his partner Barkley said, Kenny Smith was speechless for a while.

He actually wanted to refute what Barkley said.

The quality of this year's NBA playoffs is very high.

Whether it is the East or the West, the quality of the game is very high.

It can be said that the start of the Lakers and Supersonics game is the worst start he has seen in this season's playoffs.

Halfway through the first quarter, the score between the two teams on the field is 9 to 8.

This score reminds people of the 2005 NBA Finals between the Spurs and the Pistons.

Of course, it's just that the score is like the match between the Spurs and the Pistons.

The content of the game is really not very exciting at all.

The Spurs and the Pistons had a slow pace in the series, and the defense was strong.

The start of the Lakers and Supersonics game was not slow at all, the confrontation was equally strong, and of course, equally strong.

Compared with the slow-paced and non-offensive bang-bang of the Spurs and the Pistons, the fast-paced Lakers and Supersonics with a lot of high-quality offensive bang-bang is really interesting. Even if you don't take the score into consideration, this is even a very exciting and intense match!

To be honest, if he hadn't expected too much from this game, he wouldn't be disappointed with the current situation of this game.

The key is that he hopes that Kobe and Yes can have a very exciting matchup in this game!

But what are Yes and Kobe doing on the court now?

Yes became selfless on the court after Durant came back, which is understandable. When Durant was there, Yes would rather take ten shots per game and let Durant take at least thirty shots per game!

The key is Kobe.

When did Kobe become such a team player?

The other Lakers players who are all team players are a little uncomfortable, okay!

The Lakers have been so tough so far, in addition to the fact that the Supersonics can match up on the defensive end, and they are a little tight, and the game is very intense, there is also Kobe's overly selfless style of play in this game, which really makes the Lakers players a little uncomfortable and needs time to adapt.

After half a quarter of the game, Yes and Kobe didn't even take a shot!

No matter how intensely, excitingly and tensely the game between the Lakers and the Supersonics is, can a game in which Kobe and Yes didn't take a single shot be considered an exciting game?

Kenny Smith himself didn't know how to comment. If we don't focus on Kobe and Yes, this game is actually really exciting.

"This kid is really patient!"

He's not really prepared to completely trust Durant in this game, right?

After half a quarter, Yes didn't shoot once, which made this psychological master who competes with Yes in patience a little unsure for a while.

He competed with Yes in patience, neither of them shot, let the two of them stay out of the offense, and temporarily handed the game to his teammates, which was beneficial to him and the Lakers.

According to his estimation, now that half a quarter has passed, the Lakers are at least ahead of the Supersonics by a score that makes Yes more anxious.

At that time, Yes will have to take over the Supersonics' offense by force.

Under such high-intensity defense by him and the Lakers, whether Yes forced a shot and proved to be good or bad in the end, it would be beneficial to him and the Lakers.

If he feels good, continue to increase the intensity, or even double-team directly!

If he feels bad, then withdraw some defense a little and put more defensive power on other Supersonics players.

It can be said that as long as Yes can't help it, no matter what happens, he and the Lakers are the final winners and victors.

But now, why does Kobe feel that he is the one who is about to lose control?

Seeing that these "useless" teammates of his can't even beat a small Seattle Supersonics, he is really anxious!

He really wants to take over those irons that were lost by Randolph, Kidd, Bynum and Artest!

"Bear it!"

"I bear it!"

"I bear it again!"

"I must bear it!"

Looking at his teammates who are in a stalemate with the Supersonics, Kobe is still bearing it now!

Seeing Kobe like this, Yes didn't say anything.

It can be seen that Kobe is quite miserable now.

However, after taking his eyes away from Kobe, Yes continued to observe Durant.

Durant was still very iron in the first half of the quarter.

No, it should be said that the entire first quarter was very iron.

After the first quarter of the game between the Supersonics and the Lakers, the score on the field between the two sides was 20 to 19.

Durant, as the main attacking point, made 3 of 11 shots in the first quarter when he had good opportunities, and his efficiency was very, very low.

Durant and the Supersonics did not play well in the first quarter, but they did a good job on defense.

However, with the Lakers' strength, if they cannot get their offense back, they cannot continue to do so well on defense.

After the Lakers players adapt to the style of play and the rhythm of the game, their offensive efficiency will definitely increase.

In fact, after the start of the second quarter, when the players of both teams entered the rotation phase, the offensive efficiency of both the Lakers and the Supersonics increased.

In the rotation phase at the beginning of the second quarter, the Supersonics were led by Barea, Harden, Gasol, Ibaka, and Nick Collison, while the Lakers were led by Fisher, Ariza, Batum, Turkoglu, and Randolph.

The rotation lineups of the two teams were not so tight after they came up.

Of course, except for the relaxation of the game state, the rotation lineups of the two teams really did not feel like they could target each other.

Fisher can't match Barea's point, Barea can't match Fisher's point, Harden and Ariza are the same.

Even after not having to match Millsap, Randolph is more like a fish in water. Although Gasol is not big, at least he is easier to play than Millsap!

It's true that Gasol is taller than him, but he is really not afraid of heights. Duncan is not afraid, so why would he be afraid of Gasol?

He is afraid of Millsap, who is not that tall, but is strong, fierce and smart!

So, when the second quarter of the game between the Supersonics and the Lakers started, the audience saw another style of play that was completely different from the two starters on the court just now.

However, no matter how the style of play changes.

The situation on the court is still evenly matched!

Even after more than five minutes of rotation in the second quarter, the score between the two teams became more tense.

"37 to 37!"

"The strength of these two teams is really close!"

Although many experts and media said before the game that the strength of the Lakers and the Supersonics would be very close in this series.

This closeness could only be imagined before the start of this game. Based on the regular season confrontation between the two teams, imagine the closeness of the two teams in the playoffs.

Until now, the audience at the scene and the audience in front of the TV, even Phil Jackson and old Nelson, realized how close this closeness was.

With more than six minutes left in the second quarter, the two teams once again replaced their starting players.

After sitting on the bench for half a quarter, Kobe's anxious mood was not relieved at all, but became more anxious.

Damn it.

Kobe really couldn't help it!

He really didn't expect that his teammates were so weak!

When playing against the Supersonics before, Kobe always thought that he was holding you back.

Now it seems that we are the same!

If you guys had been a little more powerful, Kobe wouldn't have to endure so much!

He was angry with the media and deliberately held back his shots in Game 3 of the 2004 Finals. He also took 4 shots in the first half of that game!

Although he shot 0 out of 4, he still took a shot.

He didn't make it, but it quenched his thirst.

Now he is really hungry!

He is really uncomfortable all over!

As a psychological master, he has calculated everything, but he did not expect that these reliable teammates around him would be so unreliable and uncooperative!

"Don't worry, I will be patient, they should be able to get their touch back in the second quarter!"

I must hold back!

After the starting players of both sides came on the court, the Lakers' starting players did feel better.

But what made Kobe depressed was.

Because Yes did not shoot, Artest strengthened his defense against Durant.

Damn Durant's hit rate not only did not drop, but it increased!

At the end of the second quarter, when the halftime score between the Supersonics and the Lakers was finally fixed at 54 to 54.

Kobe really felt very tired.

There is always a sense that the whole world is against him, the psychological master.

And Yes on the side, his eyes lit up.

He counted, Durant's hit rate in the second quarter was 8 out of 5!

After shooting 3 out of 11 in the first quarter, his shooting percentage dropped to 8 out of 19 at the end of the half...

This rhythm is very familiar!

He is still the same person!