My Name is Kobe Bryant

On April 27, the Lakers only had a day off before they ushered in the second game of the first round of the playoffs at the Great Western Forum.

The current first round adopts a 5-match, 3-win, 221 format game, that is, two home games with the highest record, two home games with the lowest record, and then the home game with the highest record.

The game was still held at the Great Western Forum. There are still four games going on at the same time today, namely the Eagles against the Pistons, the Bullets against the Bulls, the Suns against Houston, and the Magic against the Heat.

The Lakers' game time was a little later, and the players watched the live game in the locker room for a while before the game started.

The game between the Eagles and the Pistons is also the second game. In the first game, the Pistons 75-89 the Eagles. Grant Hill made 8 of 19 shots and scored 20 points, 14 rebounds, 7 assists and 4 turnovers. His breakthrough faced Uncle Mu, the best defensive player of the season, and he didn't get much favor in this game.

On the other hand, Uncle Mu exploded in front of Thorpe and Theo Ratliff! Not only did Hill not perform super well on the defensive end, but he limited Hill's breakthrough threat to an acceptable level for a team, and he made 10 of 14 shots! Scored 26 points, 15 rebounds, 1 assist, 1 block and 1 turnover! (real data)

Simply wonderful! Say you are the best defensive player? How to score higher than Hill.

On the other side, Laettner had 18 points, Smith had 17 points, Bray Rock had 13 points, and Corbin had 11 points. Five Atlanta Hawks scored in double figures!

Apart from Hill, only Dumars scored 17 points for the Pistons. After that game against the Bulls, Joe Dumars has been in pretty good shape.

After the game, Grant Hill has been criticized by the Motown media for being too soft! Too few shots! He was guarded to death by Uncle Mu!

And the second game of Grant Hill was a bit crazy.

7 of 19 shots, only 36.8% hit rate, but he went to the basket every ball, caused 13 free throws and hit 11, scored 25 points, 5 rebounds and 3 assists. Grant Hill's ruthlessness also caused Uncle Mu to get into foul trouble early, and finally tied his hands and lost the game.

"Hill is very contradictory." Kirtland Biss sighed.

"Yes, he wanted to play reasonable basketball, he wanted to drive the offense and defense of the entire team, but he finally found that if he wanted to win, he could only play giant stars in a Pistons team that only equipped him with teammates like this. "

"The conflict between basketball philosophy and style of play is the most painful thing for a star. But Hill is not the kind of hero who would rather me lose the world. He cares too much about what his teammates and the media say."

"If I were Hill, I'd ask for a trade to threaten the team to equip me with a championship team, not accompany Dumas Thorpe to retire."

Kobe looked at Hill, who won the game, but smiled restrainedly. shook his head.

That is to say, in this great era, He Hill's personality will do this. In future generations, the league's No. 1 small forward and the No. 2 small forward can play mahjong together. And they all won the championship. It is too miserable for Hill to fight so hard that he is half disabled, and finally has no championship for life.

Even so, can Hill really lead the team to victory? Kobe is skeptical. A famous coach like Wilkens definitely has a hundred ways to deal with the Pistons' superstar tactics.

"Okay, let's play guys!"

"GOGOGO! ONE TWO THREE! CHAMPION! CHAMPION! CHAMPION!" The Lakers players formed a circle, hooked their shoulders and buried their heads together, roaring in victory, then rushed out of the locker room and ran to the court.

The second battle between the Lakers and the Kings has begun.

In the first game, the Lakers easily defeated the Kings. After Kobe scored a 30+10+10 triple-double, the media's wind direction has completely turned to the Lakers. Now almost no one thinks that the Lakers will lose this series. Although the first game is just an exception, there are countless examples of losing the first away game in the playoffs and winning the game later. But Kobe and O'Neal's outstanding performance made people clearly realize that the Lakers, a 70-win team, is definitely not comparable to a team like the Kings that happened to enter the playoffs because of other strong teams.

The Kings made adjustments in this game. First, Mahammad Lauf, who was on the bench, was put on the starting lineup. In the Nuggets last year, this point guard averaged 19.2+6.8 per game next to Uncle Mu. In fact, he is more similar to Ty Lawson of the Denver Nuggets in later generations. The same short breakthrough offensive guard who is less than 1.9 meters, also fell quickly after leaving the Nuggets. Mahmoud Lauf has been put on the bench by the Kings in the second half of the season, and his data has dropped to 13.7+1.6+2.5.

One was because of an injury that slashed his speed, and the other was that Mahmoud Lauf was uncomfortable playing next to Richmond. Originally, the King wanted to find an excellent guard to partner with Richmond, but it turned out that Mahammad Lauf became a drag on the King.

The reason why Eddie Jordan replaced Mahammad Lauf was just to make a desperate move and increase the offensive points. Anyway, there is no chance of winning against the Lakers, and it might be miraculously effective to replace it with a master of chaos.

The trend of the game was indeed closer to Eddie Jordan's expectations at the beginning. After Richmond handed over the ball and began to integrate into the team's offense, Bowen, who was the main defender, had no way to deal with it.

In the last game, the trio of Kobe, Jones, and Bowen teamed up to kill Richmond, but in this game Richmond learned to be smart and didn't break through! It's a wave cast!

And the goddess of luck seemed to be standing by his side, and he hit consecutive three-pointers and long-range shots.

The score between the Lakers and the Kings in the first half was 55:58. The two sides fell into a fast-paced, multi-rotation game, and the Kings felt very good in the first half. In addition, Kobe and O'Neal didn't exert too much force, they wanted their teammates to play more. After all, the playoffs are still long, and it is almost impossible to win all the games with the Gemini alone.

In this game, the two veterans, Curry and Horry, took the lead in finding the touch on the bench. It's a pity that Xiaoyu's condition is still not good. Eddie Jones brought the second team for a while, and the effect was mediocre.

In the third quarter, the Lakers entered the king bombing mode, and Kobe and O'Neal took turns to harvest singles games.

The offensive end is the Gemini King Bomber, while the defensive end is the youngest best defensive first-team player Kobe Bryant led the press.

The Lakers' full-court press has become their signature. For those without star-level backcourt stars, this tactic is fatal.

After Mahammad Lauf was intercepted several times by Kobe, Richmond had no way to advance with the ball again. The effect was not very good. Kobe directly killed the King's point guard, and Richmond did not dare to break through with the ball, and his shooting touch began to deteriorate. This caused the Kings to fall into a scoring drought.

Kobe made consecutive mid-range jumpers and received a one-handed dunk after a breakthrough. Pulled the score to double digits.

On the other hand, O'Neal tightly controlled the score in the fourth quarter, and the point difference never narrowed.

The game ended with the Kings 97:116 Lakers.

Kobe had 26 points, 5 rebounds, 8 assists and 2 turnovers.

O'Neal had 31 points, 15 rebounds and 2 assists.

Richmond had 28 points, 8 rebounds, 2 assists and 4 turnovers.

The Lakers won their second victory in the playoffs, 2:0. As long as they win another game, they can advance to the second round with their heads held high.