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As Yang Rui expected, after strengthening their defense, the Lakers quickly took the initiative.

The Rockets' offensive routine is too simple, relying on outside players to make emergency jump shots or breakthroughs, and there is basically no low-post offense. Center Cato can be left open on the outside, and there is no need to worry if he is misplaced, because he must enter the penalty area to receive the ball to be a threat.

Taylor remains on the court and continues to play. As long as someone interferes in front of him, he has nothing to fear.

On the offensive end, the four Lakers created singles opportunities for Kobe. He hit many jump shots and the point difference began to approach. The convulsed Kobe doesn't need complicated offensive methods. He can dominate the game by just relying on pull-up jump shots. It's so accurate!

At halftime, the Lakers were 14 points behind 55 to 69. Kobe scored 13 points in 6 minutes for a total of 32 points, 3 rebounds and 3 assists.

In the third quarter, the Lakers continued to pull away with four players. Kobe singled out, and Odom provided him with a screen to help him catch the ball in the frontcourt during the position battle.

Kobe completely exploded, hitting three mid-range shots and a three-pointer in the opening game.

Carlisle made a serious mistake and brought on Taylor to strengthen the attack. Although Taylor can make mid-range shots, he is an out-and-out black hole on the defensive end. After encountering pick-and-rolls, he is always slow to switch defenses and unresponsive.

Taylor developed a bad habit of not defending when he was with the Clippers. Once he lost concentration on the defensive end and the coach arranged a zone defense, he would stand and watch the excitement, and he would not run when the opponent moved.

Dawson actually signed a high-paying long-term contract with this guy, which is crazy.

It wasn't until 2008 that the NBA had a guy as relaxed as Taylor, who liked to think about life on the court and transform into a walking zombie at any time, named Michael Beasley. No matter how good his body is or how outstanding his skills, this kind of person cannot become a star.

With Taylor's help, Kobe deliberately got easy shooting opportunities, as easy as training.

Carlisle had no choice but to replace Taylor, and Humphries was not much better. He was just a rookie who had just entered the league.

Kobe is someone who can stay focused throughout the game. Among the many successors to Jordan in the league, Kobe's body is not the best. What makes him most like Jordan is not his skills, but his mental attributes. Both of them have amazing physical strength. Amazing perseverance and never back down.

Whether he's singled out against Rose or Mobley or looking for cover to play inside, Kobe always gets a shot. There were 10 people playing and he completely ignored the other 9 people.

He scored 28 points in this quarter and scored 60 points, 5 rebounds, 4 assists and 2 steals in three quarters.

The Lakers were only two points behind 89 to 91 entering the final quarter.

The atmosphere at the Lakers' home court reached its peak. Whenever Kobe Bryant got the ball, all the fans stood up and watched the ball. When he put the ball in, the fans applauded together, and there was a wave of people on the sidelines. When Kobe made a foul, he stood at the free throw line. , the fans shouted "MVP" together!

There is no doubt that he deserves this title.

In the final quarter, Kobe continued to play, and he was still very energetic. Kobe's physical ability makes it easy to play the entire game.

Rockets coach Carlisle planned to give up winning and strengthen defense at this time, but it was already too late.

Of course, no matter how much Carlisle emphasizes defense, it may be in vain. The Rockets obviously have a strong offensive power, but they can't win the ball. The reason why they are only ranked twelfth in the Western Conference is that their defense is too bad. Everyone's defense on the outside is terrible, and Cato and Mutombo on the inside are only good at defending the penalty area.

Jalen Rose couldn't guard Kobe, and others couldn't.

Mobley has good defensive tenacity, but he is only 193cm tall, so interfering with shooting is a weakness.

Substitute forward Jumaine Jones won a championship with the Raptors. Later, the team did not renew his contract because of defense. It was easy to get passed when defending the 2 and 3 positions, and he was too thin to defend the 4 position.

Kobe became more and more excited as he played against average defense, and his shots were decisive.

Today, he doesn't need to think about how to pass the ball to assist his teammates or how to play more efficiently. All he has to think about is how to put the ball into the basket. Anyway, no matter how many times he takes the ball, he is allowed.

In fact, Kobe has had this kind of performance opportunity before, but unfortunately the shooting touch was not so good that time.

November 7, 2002

In the Lakers' away game against the Celtics in the regular season, O'Neal was absent due to injury. Kobe made 17 of 47 shots and scored 41 points, 9 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 steals and 5 turnovers. He failed to score 30 goals in a single game, creating an NBA record that is difficult to break. .

Kobe entered a mysterious state, as if his opponent was not the Rockets and this was not a game, but a shooting game that only belonged to him.

Rockets players are not as tall as Kobe Bryant, not as strong as Kobe Bryant, and not as fast as Kobe Bryant. He can play no matter how he plays. The only way to stop him from scoring is to foul.

In the last two minutes, the Lakers had reversed their lead by 17 points. Jaylen Rose committed five fouls and went to rest, while Kobe stayed on the court and continued to play.

Yang Rui was not polite to the Rockets and arranged extreme tactics as if the Lakers were the lagging side.

He asked the players to speed up the tempo and counterattack, giving it to Kobe. Kobe would take it to the frontcourt and hit three-pointers, and he would shoot in front of people, like the "T-Mac Moment" style of play.

Zhang Lili was stunned, his expression looked like a koala eating leaves. "This game was amazing. Kobe defeated the Rockets with his own ability and produced horrific statistics. His teammates stopped taking action and just defended, leaving it to Kobe and letting him shoot."

Yu Jia took a deep breath, and his voice was trembling: "Yao Ming was absent, and the Lakers fell behind by a big score in the first half, forcing the best Kobe. However, without Yang Rui, Kobe would not have been able to accomplish this feat. Probably only Yang Rui in the league would allow it. Players take so many shots a game.”

Zhang Liyi nodded: "It's a pity that Kobe shot a little less in the first quarter and his shooting percentage was not high enough. Otherwise, he might have even broken Chamberlain's 100-point record."

17 seconds before the end, Kobe Bryant hit a three-pointer, setting the score at 124-106.

Rick Carlisle looked helpless on the sidelines, like Truman who found himself trapped in a reality show...

Kobe made 29 of 52 shots, 8 of 20 three-pointers, and 18 of 20 free throws. He scored 84 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals.

When they saw the data displayed on the stadium's big screen, the fans' cheers almost shattered the roof.

In the first half, there was not much media attention to this game. In the second half, Kobe scored consecutive points, and reporters from all over the world began to rush to Los Angeles. In particular, reporters covering the Kings and Warriors games all moved their positions, and some TV stations directly dispatched helicopters.

Online, fans around the world are discussing the record-setting game.

Los Angeles reporters walked onto the court and interviewed Kobe immediately, asking him to express his thoughts.

Kobe smiled and said: "It felt like a dream. Jerry said I had unlimited shooting rights, and he would not blame me for any number of shots. I did it, and then it happened. I want to thank all my teammates for their cooperation."

The Pacers never made it to the Finals, and Jaylen Rose never kicked Kobe in the face, but he still became the biggest backdrop in NBA history, which can be called the most unfair in history.

Rose did not shake hands with his opponent, lowered his head along with his teammates, and returned to the locker room depressed. Rose scored 20 points in this game, but he was completely incomparable to Kobe.

A reporter also interviewed Yang Rui on the sidelines.

Yang Rui said with a smile: "I am very happy that Kobe can play such a great game. He has encountered many setbacks and failed countless times before. People always doubt his ability. Now, he has completely proved that he is a great player." The player will not let any setbacks hinder him, and his scoring ability is not inferior to Jordan's."

More than just equal? Everyone thinks that only looking at scoring ability, especially scoring explosiveness, Kobe has surpassed Jordan and all NBA players!