My Name is Kobe Bryant

"Tim, are you looking forward to this moment?" The admiral adjusted Duncan's jersey and looked at Duncan expectantly.

Duncan's expression was still dull, but David Robinson could see that a light flashed in Duncan's eyes.

Duncan nodded slowly, and David Robinson laughed heartily at Duncan's response.

"It seems that David is really Tim's best mentor." Popovich was very happy.

At the beginning of the season, Popovich still had a lot of doubts about the integration between Duncan and David Robinson.

Will David's offensive space be affected by Duncan?

Can the Admiral tolerate the emergence of another super insider?

Can the two personalities get along?

Not all super insiders can be combined into an invincible twin tower. This was the combination of Olajuwon and Sampson back then. It was after Sampson left the Rockets that Olajuwon became the all-powerful dream.

Although the two teams with the inside line as their core have a very big advantage in the penalty area battle. Rebounding and defensive end are both very intimidating, but they can easily overlap in function!

A large number of the top insiders' scores are concentrated at the basket. If it weren't for Duncan and David Robinson who both have extremely reliable mid-range shots, the two of them would be unable to move in a crowded offensive space!

Moreover, in positional battles, stars take very few shots. Can David Robinson, who was once the scoring champion, tolerate Duncan encroaching on his shots?

A team can only get so many shots in the penalty area. If Duncan takes more shots, David Robinson will inevitably take fewer shots.

Moreover, the Admiral's outgoing and cheerful personality is completely different from Duncan's dull and shy personality!

Popovich is really lucky that the two of them can get along so well.

"Guys, get ready, the next moment, we will shock the world." Popovich looked forward to the game, scanning the players one by one with his sharp eyes.

Since the disastrous defeat at the beginning of the season, Popovich has always regarded the Lakers as his number one imaginary enemy!

Almost every night, the image of Kobe and O'Neal humiliating Duncan will appear in Popovich's mind! Both his team's offensive and defensive tactics were torn to pieces by OK! There is no routine at all.

Popovich has been waiting for this day for a long time!

He prepared too many tactics for the Lakers. Zhugewei was the first to use a small point guard + big shooter system to target the Lakers' airtight defense under the leadership of Kobe Bryant.

Popovich was also the first to dare to completely liberate Duncan, allowing Duncan to help defend and attack OK at all costs, and let the Lakers shooter tactics go.

And the Spurs did defeat the Lakers head-on! This is something that not even the second-best Jazz in the Western Conference has done.

And now, Duncan is stronger after experiencing a series of challenges from the league's top teams and the hardships of the playoffs!

Popovich even believed that this Duncan was more capable than the peak admiral back then!

The Spurs have the strength to defeat the Lakers!

Popovich believes so!

"David, did you see how Hakeem was beaten to death by me? Now it's your turn!" Shark O'Neal spread his hands in front of his eyes.

Then clenched it into a fist!

A domineering oath!

"Hakim is old, but I am not!" the admiral snorted.

Full of Mars flavor!

On May 2, 1998, the Lakers played against the Spurs at the Great Western Forum.

The game has attracted a lot of attention before it even started. O'Neal killed the dream of being the first of the top four centers! Next comes the battle against the Admiral!

In this era where the inside is king, Ewing is already old. The new king has ascended the throne!

The new No. 1 center in the league will face off against the four established centers plus Tim Duncan, the league's strongest first-team power forward and the new king of the post!

How could you miss such a game that advocates confrontation and insiders?

O'Neal's provocation at the beginning directly made the Lakers fans on the sidelines climax!

overbearing! Lakers fans love such confident stars! Just like Los Angeles is the city of Hollywood, fans love such expressive players!

Game start!

The Lakers' starting lineup has not changed!

Even facing the Twin Towers, Horry still plays four. Harris is determined to carry out the offense to the end. All the team's tactical concepts and personnel arrangements are centered around making Kobe and O'Neal happy on the offensive end!

It’s OK to feel refreshed! No need to consider anything, their offense alone is enough to crush everything!

Harris has completely transformed from an academic coach to a superstar coach. But he was very happy! Not every coach can encounter this kind of change!

It’s like you can drive a sports car! So why use your bike to race against others?

What kind of bike do you want?

Let OK play happily! Just move on and that's it!

Phil Jackson has made Jordan happy, and he has become a top coach in history. If Harris can make OK happy at the same time, he will definitely go down in history!

Coaches serve players, which seems to be a paradox among the famous coaches in the NCAA. But in the NBA, this is the truth!

The Spurs' starting lineup is young general Avery Johnson, Vinnie Denat, Sean Elliott, Tim Duncan, and David Robinson.

Shark and Admiral jump ball!

O'Neal has rarely lost a jump ball this season, but this time, he lost to David Robinson!

"So tall!" The admiral's muscles seemed to be made of bronze! The soleus muscle of his calf suddenly bulged, he jumped to an exaggerated height and pointed the ball towards himself.

"Back off!" The other Lakers players were still a little dazed. They were used to the quick kick after the start, and they were completely unprepared for O'Neal's loss of the jump ball, and Kobe yelled directly.

"Oops." O'Neal threw off his arms and ran towards the basket!

But at this time, the young general had already passed the ball to Duncan, who was supporting in the high position.

late!

Without even looking, Duncan immediately raised the ball high and then smashed it to the ground.

Counterattack pass!

The basketball passed directly through the Lakers' somewhat confused defensive line and went straight into the hands of the admiral who intervened.

Take off!

David Robinson stretched his body into a bow with incredible airborne speed for a big man.

Violent stretch! One-handed dunk!

The basket is shaking!

Get the head start!

This ball made Kobe frown. The Lakers were actually beaten by the Spurs into an opening fast break, which is very rare.

really! O'Neal was still careless.

In this case, Kobe might as well go with the flow and let O'Neal understand how strong the Spurs' twin towers are.

Only by completely awakening O'Neal and letting him put away his arrogant mentality can he finally win the championship!

Arrogant soldiers will be defeated! This is what a Chinese friend told Kobe.