As a Kobe hater, he was actually teammates with Kobe!

In his prime, Paul could even fake dunk on Howard, let alone Zhou Ze now. When Zhou Ze was broken through by him, he had no time to fight back.

In the first half of the game, although both Los Angeles elbows had outstanding performances on the offensive end.

Kobe even tore at his opponents on the defensive end without leaving any trace.

You know, with Kobe's current status, he doesn't need to do such dirty work. The other three of the four shooting guards all have a bit of a "pampered" feel on the defensive end.

Only the Black Mamba gave his all on both offense and defense.

But compared with the Hornets who are well-rested, the Lakers, who are playing back-to-back games, are still relatively weak overall.

The Hornets spent the entire third quarter and the first four minutes of the fourth quarter to narrow the gap to just 4 point.

82 to 81, the Lakers only led by 1 point.

The Zen Master requested a timeout.

At this time, Paul, who had just made a three-pointer on the court and narrowed the score, waved his hands to mobilize the atmosphere on the scene.

In the TNT live studio, Kenny Smith pretended to be a little regretful and said: "The Lakers played well for two quarters, but even so, they still fell short. The tired Lakers were completely unable to withstand the Hornets' offense. Sir Charles, it seems I can prepare a donkey for you in advance."

"Man, who can know the result until the last minute of the game, not to mention that Los Angeles still has a 1-point lead." Barkley said calmly.

"Haha, Sir Charles, you also said that the Lakers are only leading by 1 point now. It's only 1 point. Now many of the Lakers players can no longer run. Their defense is like paper."

Kenny Smith wasn't exaggerating. Aside from Kobe, the Lakers' defense wasn't in great shape. The Lakers, already a poor defense, were now even worse off.

"Just wait and see, the Lakers will win in the end. Zhou will also win the Western Conference Rookie of the Month." Barkley said confidently.

"Oh, Sir Charles, what measures do you think the Lakers can take to solve the current problem?" Kenny Smith asked with a smile.

"Secret!" Barkley, who was full of confidence in the Lakers, gave Kenny Smith a sweet and confident smile, and couldn't help praying in his heart, God, don't let me kiss the donkey's ass again.

Well, Barkley doesn't know how the Lakers will deal with the decline of their building.

He was just being stubborn.

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The timeout ends and the game continues.

It's him!

It's him!

It was still him, the man with the surname "Ko" and the name "Kobe", who gritted his teeth, rushed to the basket, faced the double ghost shots of PJ Brown and David West, moved in the air, twisted his body and made an extreme pull-up shot to score the ball.

"Wow!"

"ouch!"

The Hornets fans, who had finally seen hope of a comeback, suddenly felt a chill in their hearts, and a chill ran down their spines.

I couldn't help but feel panicked.

But then, Paul and David West connected, and the latter hit a long two-pointer. The Hornets fans seemed to have taken a "peace pill" and their heartbeats recovered slightly.

But then, Kobe made a difficult fadeaway two-pointer, and the Hornets fans' hearts were in their throats again.

After the timeout, Kobe scored twice in a row, and the Hornets acted decisively and adopted a "catch-and-double-team" strategy against Kobe.

As soon as Kobe got the ball, he was double-teamed.

Kobe wanted to turn the situation around by himself, and when he shot a 3-pointer under double-team for the first time, Zhou Ze was about to criticize Kobe for his narrow vision and for forcing the opponent alone, not noticing that he was in a small open space.

But the next second, the ball went in.

Zhou Ze had no choice but to swallow the words back when they came to his lips.

At this time, Kobe glanced at Zhou Ze while returning to defense.

"Good shot!" Zhou Ze said reluctantly, as if Kobe saw through his thoughts.

The second time Kobe was double-teamed by the Hornets, he directly got out of the "gap" formed by the two players, and when he dribbled to the free throw line, he attracted David West.

Kobe passed the ball to Zhou Ze in the corner, and the Hornets rotated quickly. Zhou Ze made 4 three-pointers tonight, 3 of which were in the corner. Chris Paul lifted his short legs and rushed towards Zhou Ze quickly, but he was still too slow.

Zhou Ze's three-point shot did not go into the net, but bounced off the basket and fell in.

"Fuck! Damn luck!" Paul said in frustration.

"Dear Chris, I'm so sorry. I didn't see clearly that you were defending me just now. Otherwise, I could wait for you to come in front of me before shooting." Zhou Ze smiled as if he was bathed in spring breeze.

"Humph!"

Paul snorted angrily. In the next round, using a pick-and-roll, Paul took advantage of the time difference and made a low layup under Zhou Ze's block.

Compared to the Hornets, it is much more difficult for the Lakers to score.

Although the Lakers are still leading in the score, in the eyes of Lakers fans, the Lakers are like a dying patient hanging on to his last breath.

In another round, Kobe missed the shot and was touched by his opponent when he shot. According to the body hair whistle, it was definitely a hand-hit, but the referee did not blow the whistle and the Hornets fought back.

Kwame Brown is out of position against Paul.

Lakers fans thought it was over, as Paul was a master at playing smaller and bigger players. Kwame Brown chose to squat and prevent Paul from breaking through to the basket. This defense was clearly a gamble, but unfortunately, Kwame Brown's gamble was right.

Paul missed a mid-range shot, the Lakers launched a counterattack, Kobe connected with Zhou Ze, and the latter made a slam dunk in the air.

"Choosing to dunk at this time will consume a lot of physical strength, but it will also boost the morale of the team!!!"

"A reasonable offensive choice."

Tianchao Sports Studio.

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With three minutes left in the game, the Lakers, who were feeling incredibly anxious and on edge, still held a five-point lead. The main reason for this was their offensive-versus-offensive approach.

Kobe-time + Zhou Ze's unreasonable three-pointer + the "Zerby combination"'s alley-oop slam dunk.

Compared with powerful enemies, immortal enemies are more frightening.

PJ Brown missed the shot in the open mid-range shot!

The Lakers switched offense and defense, and Paul cleverly used small moves to delay Parker's advance, but the referee did not blow the whistle.

The fast break was disrupted and the Lakers were caught in a positional battle. Zhou Ze stepped forward to screen for Parker, and suddenly he moved down. West didn't react, and Paul quickly followed, and at the same time, he called on his teammates in the inside to come and stop Zhou Ze.

When Zhou Ze saw PJ Brown moving towards him, he immediately turned and ran towards the bottom corner.

Paul followed up again, Zhou Ze received the ball, Paul came in front of him, Zhou Ze raised his head high and shot a three-pointer against Paul who was defending him.

Paul stood on tiptoe and stretched out his hand to block Zhou Ze's view.

I have to say that Paul is very, very smart on the defensive end. He would never jump.

However, Paul's height did not cause much interference to Zhou Ze. With a "swish", the three-pointer went into the net.

After scoring the goal, Zhou Ze smiled at Paul and said, "My 3x scope is CP!"

Paul's face suddenly turned ugly, and he said, "Second-round pick, stop bragging!"

However, in a round not long after, Zhou Ze was mismatched again and faced Paul's three-pointer, which was also a hollow hit.

"Hello, this is my eightfold scope!" Zhou Ze made a telescope gesture towards Paul.

Paul was speechless and clenched his fists.

But what made him even more speechless was that Zhou Ze missed the next three-pointer when facing his teammate "Mason".

With 1 minute and 08 seconds left in the game, Kobe hit a mid-range shot to kill the game, and the Lakers led 107 to 96, widening the gap to 11 points.

This goal made the Hornets completely give up hope of catching up.

Hornets coach Byron Scott was the first to withdraw his main players and announced his surrender in advance!!!