Kobe Bryant through time

Chapter 131 Playoffs

A series of awards in the regular season have come out, and it is time to be happy and happy. Next, it will be time to fight for the last award.

champion.

In the first round of the playoffs, the first pair is the eighth, and the second is fighting against the seventh. In this way, the Lakers will fight against the sixth sun. This can be regarded as an old opponent, but, surprisingly, It's a bit unbelievable that this team, which started with a 9-game losing streak, finally made it to the playoffs and ranked sixth.

The fight in the playoffs was much more intense than in the regular season, because none of the teams that made it to the playoffs wanted to win the first round or be swept out.The team didn't want to, and neither did the players, so they played harder.

Because the ranking is higher than the Suns, the Lakers have home court advantage, and the first game, that is, tonight, the Lakers will face the Suns at home, and a fight is about to begin.

"Bryant." Del waved at Ling Yu lightly.

Ling Yu froze for a moment, then rushed over to Del.

"what happened?"

Del smiled slightly, and said lightly: "This is your first playoff game, how are you doing, are you nervous?"

"Nervous?" Ling Yu looked at Del in astonishment, and said to himself, "I've played the regular season for a whole season, and you still ask me if I'm nervous? Is this nonsense?"

Still smiling, Del said softly, "Yes. For a kid like you, it's always a little nervous to play in the playoffs for the first time."

"Hehe! Don't be nervous, it's just like a regular season, just play well."

After speaking, Del patted Ling Yu's back lightly, as if to ease Ling Yu's emotions.

I'm not nervous at all, I'm excited.

Facing such an "innocent" Del, Ling Yu could only smile lightly and said, "Well! I'll play as if it were a regular season."

"That's right." Del laughed, looking very happy, and said, "Go back and get ready, the game is about to start."

At this time, there are only 8 minutes before the start of the game, and the players of the two teams are active on the sidelines, eager to try, waiting for the bell to ring, to kill on the court.

After 8 minutes passed, the referee called out to the players on both sides and briefly divided the basket. Then the whistle sounded and the game began.

O'Neal will have a few more games to come back. Without the inside pillar, Del will focus on the outside line, and Ling Yu is naturally the peak figure of the team, holding the ball and organizing the team's offense by the way.

The Suns also don't have any heavyweights inside. Just like the current Lakers, one of their strongest points is Kidd on the outside. It's just that Kidd's position is different from Ling Yu's.

"I'll defend Kidd later."

Ling Yu whispered to Eddie beside him, and ran forward.Eddie was aware of Ling Yu's character, he was competitive, so without saying anything, he ran towards the Suns players on the side.

"I'll guard against you." Ling Yu snorted coldly, stared at Kidd and said, "Use your strength, it's best not to release water."

"Hmph! I will."

Kidd replied coldly, then bent down, slowly dribbled the ball forward step by step, and looked around from time to time.

The most powerful thing about Kidd is not scoring, but his broad vision, awareness, passing awareness, and rebounding awareness. They are all so outstanding. This is his most dangerous place.

Ling Yu was clearly aware of this, and didn't dare to think about it, so he hurriedly stepped forward to meet Kidd, with his hands open, waving non-stop, trying to interfere with Kidd's line of sight, and cut him off from the players under the basket as much as possible. connection.

"Come up."

Kidd shouted at his center, signaling him to come up and cover.

Covering himself will definitely lose his position, so Ling Yu hurriedly shouted: "Change defense."

The center pulled up high, Kidd went down, and used the cover to sacrifice a mid-range shot.

"Bang!!" It hit the front of the basket and bounced out. Knight took the rebound and gave Eddie a quick kill.

Eddie held the ball and looked around from time to time, as if looking for something.

Seeing Eddie's posture, Kidd hurriedly stood in front of Ling Yu and cut off the connection between them.

In fact, before the game, the coach of the Suns observed the Lakers game during this period and found that Eddie must hand the ball to Ling Yu for half court and let him play.Therefore, the coach of the Suns formulated a defensive tactic against Ling Yu, that is, to go around and prevent him from receiving the ball. At the same time, he also asked his best perimeter defender to defend himself, just in case.

Kidd is not only good at "triple double", but also good at defense, especially his sticky candy-style oppressive defense, which forced many players to make mistakes.Therefore, in addition to defending around the front, Kidd still has his own thoughts in his heart, that is, when Ling Yu catches the ball, he rushes forward and uses his body strength to squeeze him to the side to prevent him from making a sudden kill easily. bottom of the basket.

Of course, this is just a defensive strategy in Kidd's mind, because the kind of thinking just now is easy to be broken or fouled, so Kidd has another thought in his mind, that is, to shoot and not to rush, and Ling Yu Keep a distance, as soon as he breaks through, I will immediately stand in front of him, blocking his way, forcing him to reorganize.In this way, the attack time is about the same.

Thinking of this, Kidd smiled slightly and said, "You also show your strength."

"I will."

Ling Yu frowned, responded, and retreated with a stride, followed by Campbell's cover, bypassing Kidd's defense, and ran from the weak side to a 45-degree position on the right.

As soon as Eddie saw that Ling Yu had circled around, he hurriedly passed the ball. As soon as Ling Yu caught the ball, Kidd followed like sticky candy. Ling Yu quickly turned his back to Kidd to protect the ball in his hand.

Judging from the appearance, Kidd's strength seems to be slightly better than Ling Yu's, but what you see on the outside is generally an illusion.

After a season of competitions and continuous training, Ling Yu's muscles have become much stronger.Although it still looks a little thin, but his strength has increased a lot, and he is no longer the brat he was in the beginning.

Although he is very confident in his own strength, Ling Yu still wants to test whether Kidd is stronger than himself.So, Ling Yu held the ball high, pushed it forward, and fell slightly on Kidd's body.At this moment, Ling Yu rushed to his body as if he was against a wall, he couldn't help being startled, and secretly said: "This guy is so hard."

Do not believe this evil.

So, Ling Yu frowned, sank and slowly dribbled the ball, turned sideways, and pushed Kidd hard.But he didn't want to, he still couldn't get the upper hand, tried a few more times, it was still the same, he couldn't squeeze Kidd away, and went to the bottom of the basket.

Kidd's defense is really good, and it's a bit difficult to handle.

With a serious expression on his face, Ling Yu hurriedly withdrew and took a step back, facing Kidd to dribble the ball.At this moment, Ling Yu suddenly discovered that the attack time was only 3 seconds left, so without hesitation, he accelerated and ran to the right. Kidd naturally followed up without giving a step.At this moment, Ling Yu made a move that no one could have imagined, that is, this move deceived Kidd who was chasing after him.

During the high-speed dribble, Ling Yu braked suddenly, dribbled the ball behind his back, and changed the ball to the left. From the start, a super long fade-back three-pointer was sacrificed.

"Shua!!" Hollow entered the net.

Anyone who has played basketball knows that it is not easy to fall back, plus it is a super long three-pointer with a super step back, this difficulty can be imagined.

As the basketball hit the net, the audience couldn't help bursting into roaring applause, followed by wild screams.

"GOOD!"

"My God, this can go in."

Kidd, who was defending Ling Yu, also had an unbelievable feeling in his eyes. He couldn't help but look at Ling Yu more, then ran to the basket, caught the ball from his teammate, and slowly killed him. Go upfield.

At this time, Ling Yu is the No. [-] killer of the Lakers, and Kidd is the most deadly point of the Suns. In other words, as long as these two points are guarded, the damage can be reduced by half, or Directly abolished this team.But who can stop them?
For a while, this match became a duel between Ling Yu and Kidd.They are like two swordsmen, holding long swords, confronting each other, if either party relaxes a little, they will die without a place to bury them.Therefore, they cannot relax.Looking back, Ling Yu faced Kidd's defense and scored a goal. In the next round, Kidd immediately returned it in his own way, or broke through the pass, or went to the bottom of the basket, made a foul, and exhausted everything The method that can be used must recover the score.

Because of this, the two sides played inextricably. After the first half, the two teams tied at 56, evenly divided.

"Bryant." Del patted Ling Yu's shoulder lightly, and said lightly, "You played very well. If you continue like this in the second half, we will definitely win the game."

Ling Yu frowned and looked serious. He glanced at the Suns bench and said firmly, "I must guard against that guy."

"Yes, we can win the game by guarding against him." After speaking, Del's face became serious.In fact, everyone in the Lakers knows that Kidd is the No. win.However, they are more aware that if they want to return to their own thoughts, it is not easy to really restrict them.

Del looked at Ling Yu thoughtfully, and asked, "How can we defend against him later?"

Ling Yu said firmly: "Single defense, I will defend." After speaking, Ling Yu walked to the locker room without looking back.

In the second half, I will definitely guard him,

Looking at Ling Yu's back, Del's face darkened in thought, and he secretly said: "Son, in fact, at this time, it's time to join the defense."

It is a good strategy to defend Kidd without losing position, but Del did not choose to do so, because, from Ling Yu's face, he could see what he had been waiting for for a long time, so he chose to continue to let Ling Yu defend alone.

"Son, I hope you don't disappoint me."

Del smiled slightly and walked through the locker room. At this time, he already had a strategy for the second half in his mind.

(End of this chapter)