My Name is Kobe Bryant

On January 8, the Los Angeles Lakers played at home against the Charlotte Hornets.

Previously, the Lakers ranked first in the league with 30 wins and 4 losses, while the Charlotte Hornets ranked fifth in the Eastern Conference with 21 wins and 11 losses.

The current Eastern Conference rankings are Chicago Bulls 28 wins and 5 losses, Detroit Pistons 26 wins and 6 losses, Miami Heat 3rd, New York Knicks 4th, Charlotte Hornets 5th, Atlanta Hawks 6th, Orlando The Magic are seventh and the Washington Bullets are eighth.

The current top eight teams in the Eastern Conference are still very strong. The Charlotte Hornets' ability to overwhelm the Eagles' Magic Bullets is naturally because the team has good strength and background.

The team's leading star, Queen Bee Glen Rice is playing the best season of his career, averaging 26.8 points per game and ranking third in the league. The addition of All-Star center Verati Divac also filled the gap left by the tough guy Mourning's departure.

At the same time, Anthony Mason Jr.'s efficient play style and an all-around performance of 16+11+6 per game provided richer changes to the team's tactics.

The two insiders who can organize, Mason and Divac, make Queen Bee Glen Rice's offense easier.

At the same time, they also have Dell Curry on the bench, the father of the future brother Hao, who led the team's bench to be among the best in the league.

For such a team, the offensive end is undoubtedly a top team. But on the defensive end, they averaged 97.9 points per game, and their defensive efficiency was extremely low.

The team lacks defensive gates inside and outside, and at the same time has a 1.60-meter defensive black hole like Xiao Chong Boggs. This makes their defense full of holes, and it is also the reason that limits the Hornets from a playoff-level team.

Such a team just happens to be the perfect fit for Kobe to perform!

strong team! Fans with high scores will not think that Kobe is brushing up data!

There are stars! Also want to enter the All-Star, the performance of Kobe and Glen Rice will definitely be compared together!

The defense is flawed! Unlike the Blazers, the Hornets simply don't have the defensive players to double-team Kobe, and they don't even have perimeter defenders who can match up with Kobe.

The starting lineup of the Charlotte Hornets is PG Bug Boggs, SG Tony Smith, SF Glenn Rice, PF Jr. Anthony Mason, C Verratti Divac.

This lineup is too difficult to defend the Lakers. Whether it is Kobe or O'Neal, the Hornets have no way to deal with it. Kobe has a hundred ways to easily score high.

What Kobe needs to pay attention to is point control!

That's right, Kobe needs to be careful not to let the game enter garbage time too early. If the game is spent in three quarters, fans will definitely not pay too much attention to a game without suspense.

Kobe is not very good at point control, but he has to bite the bullet.

"Kobe! Just wait! In this game, I will show you what a real All-Star player is!" Glen Rice walked to the center line and looked at Kobe who was practicing shooting.

Kobe is practicing shooting with one heart and one mind. He is experimenting with his touch 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 also have no good way to prevent Kobe's breakthrough.

"Duang!"

"Duang!"

Kobe frowned, as if something was wrong. Today's Lakers basket is a little crooked?

It's okay, I can hit the rim straight.

So continue.

"Duang!"

"Shua!"

Kobe nodded in satisfaction, no problem. The hand feel test is over, and today it feels great.

The game started amid wild cheers from the fans at the Great Western Arena, and O'Neal once again overwhelmed Divac with a jump ball.

In this game, the Hornets used Tony Smith to defend Kobe.

Boggs is drawn to Bowen's side. The head coach of the Hornets does not think that Bruce Bowen, who has no ability to hold the ball, can eat Boggs alone. Although he is only 1.60 meters, his hands are very fast!

Kobe advanced to the Hornets' half, and the first ball was handed over to O'Neal. O'Neal knocked Divac away with a deep step, and scored the ball with a hook with a dexterous movement that did not match his body shape.

Sure enough, as Kobe expected, O'Neal's singles hit rate against Divac may be as high as 60 to 70%.

Kobe has the final say, if you want to control points, you must not pass the ball too much to O'Neal. O'Neal opened up, I'm afraid the game will be spent in less than three quarters.

But without the rumor, this fat man will definitely have an opinion!

It's better to pass it 24 seconds faster and then pass it to him.

The Hornets attack and Kobe defends Boggs.

The 1.60-meter Boggs faced the 1.98-meter Kobe. The height difference between the two made the courtside audience at the Great Western Forum laugh.

Boggs tried to break through Kobe, but Kobe's always firmly covered Boggs. Facing Kobe, who is not inferior to Boggs in agility, as long as he makes a shot, he must be blocked.

Boggs snorted that since he suffered a major injury last season, his speed has not been at its peak. Now he has nothing to do with Kobe, he can only pass it to Glen Rice who wants the ball.

Glen Rice jumped up and shot before Bowen's blockade, clean and neat, without giving Bowen any chance to interfere.

2: 2 flat.

Kobe's eyes lit up. It seems that Glen Rice is in good shape! This makes the field control easier.

Kobe tried the offensive state of each teammate. Eddie Jones hit about 40% of his shots against Glen Rice, Bowen hit about 60% of his shots against Boggs under the basket, and Campbell only hit about 30% of his shots against Anthony Mason. .

After figuring this out, Kobe can control the field and create a fierce confrontation according to different scores! Then he scored consecutive points in the fierce confrontation!

It started, Kobe began his performance.

Breaking through Tony Smith in consecutive singles, the Hornets couldn't prevent Kobe's breakthrough at all, let alone Kobe's layup.

The most efficient way to score is to attack the basket and make three-pointers. Tony Smith sticks very hard. Kobe has no chance to make three-pointers, so he breaks through and kills the basket a lot!

The Hornets did not disappoint Kobe either. Divac and Anthony Mason's feeds allowed Glen Rice to make consecutive hits to seal the score.

Kobe scored 11 points on 4 of 5 in the first quarter.

Facing the Hornets' defense, Kobe could score very easily with a breakthrough layup. At the same time, it doesn't take much possession of the ball, allowing teammates a lot of shots.

As long as the score is widened! Kobe passed the ball to Campbell. Campbell was up against Anthony Mason Jr., an incredibly strong player. He can be said to be the best defensive player of the Hornets from the gangsters of New York. This point difference will inevitably drop back to the same starting line again.

At the end of the first quarter, the two sides played very fiercely under Kobe's control of the court. The Charlotte Hornets 25:27 the Los Angeles Lakers.

In the second quarter, the Lakers' substitutes and the Hornets' substitutes also played back and forth. Both sides are projection-type substitutes, and the rhythm of each other's attacks is very fast. Dell Curry's shooting stability is very good. This season, he can make 1.9 three-pointers with a 42.6% shooting rate.

When Kobe played, the score rose alternately many times, and Kobe once again took advantage of this chaotic situation to score a wave of points.

Halftime Hornets 47:51 Lakers!

With a perfect rhythm of the game, Kobe scored 19 points, 2 rebounds and 4 assists in the half while firmly controlling the score difference.

"Closed! This game is so close! No one could have imagined that the Hornets and the Lakers could tie the score!" In the studio, James Worthy frowned.

"That's right, the confrontation in this game was too fierce, and the two teams led each other alternately. And under such a fierce confrontation, the youngest 'Mr. 50' Kobe could still score 19 points, which is simply perfect Performance!"

"That's right. Shaq's performance was equally impressive, with 13 points and 5 rebounds. He repeatedly received Kobe's passes and made difficult layups. For an insider, his skills are too comprehensive!"

"The Lakers should pay attention to Glen Rice's offense in the second half. He has already scored 15 points. If he continues to score like this, it must not be good news for the Lakers."