NBA: Started as Sakuragi Hanamichi

Chapter 63 Contemporary Gliders

Roy, Randolph, Dixon, Otero, and LaFrentz, these five people, served as the starters for the Blazers.

The starting lineup of the Lakers remains unchanged, Lin Feng at No. [-], Kobe at No. [-], Odom at No. [-], Brian Cook at No. [-], and Kwame Brown at No. [-].

The combination of Roy and Randolph's golden guns in the backcourt should be more than enough.

The game commentators, Wolfe Joe, Harold Gordon.

After the game officially started, Roy looked for no one but Kobe.

He regards Kobe as a chasing target, and wants to prove to Kobe in the Portland Rose Garden that this is their territory.

"Boy, do you want to defend me alone?"

Kobe was amused, he didn't have the ball in his hands, and Roy started chasing him all over the court.

"Kobe, I regarded you as a basketball idol when I was studying, and now I want to challenge you!"

"OK, I hope that young people's hard work can be as good as their mouth."

Bryant fired back quietly. He accepted the challenge and liked the challenge more.

In the 1998 All-Star Game, he also treated his idol Jordan in the same way.

At that time Malone was going to pick and roll, Kobe was still irritated, and asked Malone to put away the damn pick and roll.

This is a good story in the NBA. Every fledgling young man likes to challenge his childhood idol.

In the national team training match many years later, Irving did the same. He also made a bet with Kobe, threatening to give the other party [-] US dollars if he lost.

Kobe did not agree to Irving's challenge, not because he was afraid of Irving, let alone because he felt sorry for the $[-].

In an interview, he revealed to reporters that he admired Irving's courage, just like he challenged Jordan back then.

The reason why I didn't agree with Owen was that I didn't want to destroy Owen's self-confidence.

Because it was too easy for him to win Irving. At that time, Irving was just a brat who had just entered the league. He had both speed and explosive power, but unfortunately he had too little experience.

In order to protect Irving's self-esteem, Kobe did not agree to the heads-up match.

Two years later, Irving finally met Kobe in a regular season. He signaled his teammates to pull away and fight Kobe one-on-one.

As a result, he was slapped away by Kobe's hat, ending the heads-up.

Obviously, in terms of basketball attainments, it is not denied that Irving is a genius. After all, to become the No. [-] pick, there are two brushes.

But he was still a little too tender for a one-on-one matchup with Kobe, who has played in the NBA for more than ten years.

Roy's defense against Kobe tonight is similar to Irving's.

"Lin! Give me the ball, this kid wants to defend me alone."

Kobe shouted at Lin Feng.

Lin Feng understood and passed the ball to Kobe.

"Come on, young man, let me see how capable you are, and just defend me arrogantly."

Kobe caught the basketball from Lin Feng and said to Roy.

Roy took a defensive stance and replied: "Kobe, I admit that you are very good, but your era is about to be ended by me. Come here and see how I can defend you alone!"

"Young man, you are interesting."

Kobe made a feint and sent Roy flying.

He thought that Kobe was going to pull up a jumper, after all, Kobe's strong shot is very threatening.

Subconsciously to block, the result is just a fake action.

Kobe dribbled the ball, the center was his right foot, and with a smart turn, he passed Roy.

Then aim at the basket, turn around and shoot a jumper, and solve the battle easily and neatly.

"Young man, is this all you can do? Are you still arrogantly defending against me alone? You are too young!"

Fake action + turnaround jumper to get rid of Roy, Kobe said with a smile.

Roy didn't respond, he felt ashamed.

What happened?
I am too good at it, it is caused by nervousness.

He admitted that he was somewhat nervous when facing Kobe.

"Hey! Roy, you'd better defend that Lin Feng alone, Kobe will let me handle it."

LaFrentz's task in this game is to defend Kobe, which is the duty assigned to him by coach Terry Porter.

(End of this chapter)