My Name is Kobe Bryant

"Jordan's Law! The Blazers actually used the Jordan's Law against Kobe!"

The second half of the game had just started, and Bill Walton stood up from his chair in the ABC studio in an instant.

"P-J-Carlesimo went crazy over Kobe! Double-teamed an 18-year-old high school player???"

"The Lakers are finished for this game." After just a few rounds, Bill Walton came to a conclusion.

The Blazers directly gave up defending the outside shots of the other Lakers players. The two forwards flanked Kobe back and forth. Their height and strength suppressed Kobe, making it very difficult for him to catch the ball. Even after catching the ball, the shooting space is compressed to the extreme.

That's right! 2 personal defense Kobe! The other 3 defend against the other 4 players of the Lakers.

This is Jordan's law. Chuck Dale, the godfather of the Pistons, used this tactic to seal Jordan in the East for many years!

This tactic is an absolute conspiracy. Use two players to get your superstar out of the game. If your four teammates can blow up the remaining three defenders, you will win. If not, no matter how strong a player is, he will be powerless.

Before Pippen, Kukoc, and Hoss Grant around Jordan grew up, they had no way to crack this tactic of the Bad Boys. He has tried many methods, with the ball and without the ball, facing the frame and backing up. But it's useless. This tactic is to bully your teammates for not being good. If your teammates can't stand up, Jordan can't beat the Pistons.

The Jordan Law is a subversion of the traditional basketball concept. The traditional defensive concept is always to use the most defensive players to carry out pressure defense, focus on defending the position of the penalty area, and relax appropriately in the middle and long distances. This defensive concept has occupied most of the history of the NBA, and many top defensive teams in ancient times followed this strategy to defend.

And Chuck Daly subverted all this. He used two players to invite the opponent's star to play, and then used the remaining three players to defend with less. In basketball, offense has an advantage over defense, and it is impossible to defend more with less. Top players are very capable of passing the ball. As long as you defend more with less, you are bound to have a lot of open shots.

Chuck Daly did exactly that, and it worked.

At that time, the background of the Bulls team was so bad, and the Pistons' defensive players were so strong. Even if three people defend four Bulls players, they will not lose. Defensive tough guys such as Rodman Lambert can often defend more with less.

This is the strongest defensive tactic against a single player in history, sacrificing the overall defense of the team in exchange for absolute suppression of a single star.

And this time, P-J-Carlesimo also used this tactic to invite Kobe out of the game.

Kobe stood with his hips akimbo near the midfield LOGO. Even standing so far away, Isiah Ryder and Clifford Robinson beside him were still staring at Kobe.

And Kobe looked at his teammates who couldn't keep efficient hits in 4v3, and shook his head, the general situation is over, this game is gone.

Kobe may be able to continue scoring under Jordan's rules, but the physical energy required to catch the ball and attack cannot support him to complete two quarters of personal takeover. This is why Jordan may be able to score high points against the Pistons, but he still can't win the game.

It's not that they can't score, but that such a score can't hurt the opponent at all, and they can't win the game.

The philosophy of basketball offense is to create open space and then make the shot. This is common in any tactical concept, and when the star attracts the open, but the teammates can't make the shot, then you can't win the game.

The Jordan rule directly gives you the open space, you can't help but vote, right? You want to make a shot, it’s okay to make a shot, but if you don’t make a shot and your superstar is invited out, it must be a disastrous defeat.

At the end of the game, the Lakers 72:88 Trail Blazers.

Disastrous defeat, the Lakers scored the lowest in a single game this season. Even though Kobe played several offensive climaxes on the court to take over the game, in the end the Lakers' offense still couldn't seize the opportunity and took the opportunity to catch up with the score.

"Avidas, you played really well." Shaq O'Neal praised Sabonis sincerely. In this game, Sabonis scored 28 points, 8 rebounds and 6 assists, blowing up the Lakers with shooting and passing.

As expected of the roof of the world, it is hard to imagine that this is the 32-year-old Sabonis who is injured all over. If he can attack the NBA in his early years, maybe he is another legendary center.

"Shaq, see you in the playoffs." Sabonis' resolute face, thick eyebrows and big eyes gave people a natural sense of reliability.

Even though Shaq only scored 11 points, 12 rebounds and 1 assist in this game, Sabonis knows that the Shaq will always be the mortal enemy that the Blazers cannot do without if they want to enter a higher stage.

Sabonis came to the NBA to compete for the championship.

This is just a regular season, and the regular season has thousands of surprises. O'Neal doesn't care much about losing. In his opinion, the regular season is just a regular season after all, and it doesn't make much sense.

But Kobe was different. Every loss made him angry. Even though he has played professionally for 20 years, Kobe still angrily ignored the Trail Blazers and walked back to the locker room alone.

Damn, it would be great if I was stronger.

Kobe made 10 of 18 shots in this game, 23 points, 4 rebounds and 7 assists. It can be said that he is the only player on the Lakers who played normally. Considering the Blazers' defensive arrangement for him, Kobe has done the best he can do There is no way to change any star in the history of the league to do better.

However, the teammates are too miserable, and there is no way to recover.

Kobe summed it up in the locker room. There are several keys to the loss of this game. O'Neal did not play enough aggressiveness inside. The Lakers' defense failed to prevent the Blazers' tactical arrangement of raising inside and outside, and cutting outside. Sabonis' shooting touch is so good that no one interrupts his offensive rhythm.

The most important point is that you can't grasp open shots. In this game, the Lakers shot a season-low shooting percentage of 38.4%. Such a hit rate is too difficult to win.

But the team's sluggish state will definitely recover slowly. It is not surprising to have such a state in 5 days and 4 games.

Kobe is confident that if he meets the Trail Blazers in the playoffs, he can easily take away 4:0.

At this time, the game between the Jazz and the Bulls was being broadcast on the TV in the locker room. In the end, the Jazz lost to the Bulls 89:102. Although Jordan still felt bad most of the time, he only scored 23 points on 8 of 20 shots. After the Bulls lost to the Lakers, Jordan's state has been in a slump.

But at the last critical moment, Jordan still stood up, stealing a single defense against Stockton, killing the suspense of the game with defense, and making Karl Malone's 27 points, 11 rebounds and 6 assists in vain.

In this way, the record of the Chicago Bulls came to 28 wins and 5 losses. Only one more defeat than the Lakers' 30 wins and 4 losses.

Weak teams look at victories, while strong teams look at defeats.

In other words, the current record of the Bulls is similar to that of the Lakers, and the Lakers' No. 1 position in the league has been challenged.

The Lakers' schedule for the next seven consecutive games is very comfortable, and none of them are back-to-back.

The seven home games will be against the Hornets, Heat, Grizzlies, Trail Blazers, Pistons, Mavericks, and Warriors.

But among them are four playoff-level teams, the Hornets, Heat, Trail Blazers, and Pistons.

Kobe was a little worried. If he didn't treat it carefully, he might swallow one or two losses, and then he would really lose the number one in the league.