Reborn in 96, I started by taking charge of the Dallas Mavericks.

Game start.

Zydrunas Ilgauskas and Lakers' white center Larry jumped for the ball at center court.

Both were white, but Big Z was a full head taller than the other.

Taking advantage of his height, Zydrunas Ilgauskas easily jumped to possession of the ball.

After Nash dribbled the ball up the court, he passed it directly to Kobe.

Before the game started, Chen Fang had instructed that Kobe would be the main offensive target in this game.

As soon as Kobe received the ball, he dribbled outside the three-point line, looking for an opportunity.

His opponent was Lumil Robinson, whom the Lakers just signed this summer.

罗宾逊是90年第一顺位10号秀，可身高只有1米88，进入联盟7年已经换了5支球队。

Kobe naturally wouldn't take him seriously.

Kobe dribbled at a 45-degree angle on the left side, and without any fancy moves, he simply accelerated past Robinson's defense.

After getting past Robinson, Kobe had an open space in front of him.

Kobe took a step, jumped, and finished the attack with a spectacular one-handed windmill dunk.

Robinson didn't realize what was happening until Kobe landed.

Kobe walked past him without even glancing at him, and ran straight towards his own half of the court.

"Wow, that's fast!"

In the stands, the Chinese men's basketball players exclaimed in amazement after seeing Kobe's breakthrough, "His starting speed is too fast, and his hang time is terrifying!"

Because they were going to play the Mavericks tomorrow, everyone watched the game very seriously from the very beginning.

Lakers have possession of the ball, and Fisher is in control.

Old Fish Fisher, oh no, now it should be Little Fish Fisher.

Fisher won five NBA championship rings in his lifetime, all of which were won alongside Kobe Bryant.

Unfortunately, Kobe was snatched away by Chen Fang in this life, and Fisher will probably never win a championship.

Fisher brought the ball up the court and, after some movement, lobbed it to Sean Lukes in the paint, who was matched up against Ben Wallace.

Of the five players on the Mavericks' court, only Ben Wallace was a second-round pick; the rest were first-round picks. Naturally, he became the Lakers' weak point.

Unfortunately, the Lakers knew absolutely nothing about Ben Wallace.

In fact, Ben Wallace is the best defensive player among the Mavericks' five players on the court.

After receiving the ball, Shawn Lukes signaled to his teammates to spread out, as he was going to post up and take on Ben Wallace.

Upon seeing Sean Lukes's posture, Big Ben immediately took a deep breath and quickly pressed himself against him.

"You want to take me all by yourself?"

Big Ben chuckled, then began to exert force throughout his body, pressing his hands firmly against the other person's waist, while his legs remained motionless as if filled with lead.

Since joining the Mavericks, Bzdelik has been rigorously trained, which has further enhanced his already excellent defensive abilities.

Now, he is quite confident in his defensive abilities, even believing that his defensive skills are in no way inferior to Dennis Rodman's.

Sean Lukes tried to push back, but found he couldn't budge Big Ben at all, so he quickly passed the ball out.

Upon seeing the opponent pass the ball, Big Ben immediately switched to trash talk mode and started spewing insults.

"You coward, you wimp, weren't you going to take me down one-on-one? Why are you passing the ball?"

"Didn't your mother teach you to play like a man on the court?"

"..."

Big Ben talked trash for ages, but Sean Lukes remained unmoved, which left Big Ben quite frustrated.

At that moment, the basketball returned to Fisher's hands, and Nash immediately went to defend him.

Both were rookies born in 96, but their styles are very different.

Nash's playing style is fluid and agile, while Fisher is very composed and has the demeanor of a veteran at a young age.

The two, with their vastly different styles, immediately clashed when they first took a position together.

Defense has always been Nash's weakness, and Fisher quickly found the loopholes in Nash's defense.

He faked out Nash and drove straight to the basket.

Fisher's movements were simple and unpretentious, and not particularly fast, but he excelled in rhythm, and his strength was significantly greater than Nash's.

So Nash fell into Fisher's trap right from the start, since it was their first time playing against each other and they didn't know much about each other's technical characteristics.

After Fisher got past Nash, he made a sudden stop and was about to shoot.

Seeing Nash get beaten, Kobe, who was defending on the baseline, rushed up like a viper that had smelled its prey.

Fisher had already leaped high into the air. He caught a glimpse of Kobe coming from the corner, but he didn't pay any attention. With a slight flick of his wrist, the basketball flew towards the basket.

Snapped! ! !

Suddenly, a large hand appeared from the side and forcefully swatted the basketball out of bounds.

After landing, Fisher stared in disbelief at Kobe, who was wearing the number 8 jersey in front of him.

He clearly saw Kobe was two steps away from him, so Kobe shouldn't have been able to block him at all. This is really unreasonable.

But the fact is, the unreasonable things just happened in a reasonable way.

Kobe blocked his shot.

The good news is that Kobe swatted the ball out of bounds, and the Lakers still had possession.

The Lakers inbound the ball, and Fisher still has possession.

This time, Fisher was much more cautious. After breaking through Nash's defense, he didn't rush to shoot but waited for Kobe to help defend. Kobe did come over to help defend.

Seeing Kobe coming over, Fisher decisively passed the ball to Rumir Robinson in the corner.

Lumier Robinson received the ball beyond the three-point line and immediately took a shot.

But as soon as the basketball left his hand, a tall figure appeared in front of him.

Big Ben had appeared in front of him without him even noticing, and the instant he made his move, he leaped high and snatched the basketball from the air.

Hat snatch!

Big Ben blocked the ball with a block, and after landing, he made a quarterback-style pass, throwing the ball forward.

Meanwhile, Kobe had already sprinted to the Lakers' half of the court.

At this point, the Lakers players had not even crossed half-court.

Kobe received the ball, faced an unguarded basket, and once again delivered a spectacular dunk.

He started the game with two powerful dunks, which immediately ignited the entire arena.

"So handsome!"

"too strong!"

"Number 8, awesome!!!"

Hearing the cheers from the fans, Kobe was very excited and waved his hands to interact with them.

"Well done, Kobe!"

When Kobe was on defense, his teammates came up and gave him high-fives.

"Benjamin, you're not bad either! That clap-up was really nice!"

While the players celebrated on the court, the Mavericks' bench on the sidelines was also having a great time.

The Mavericks' defense just now was Bzdelik's masterpiece.

Although the concept of "switching without limits" didn't exist at that time, there's no doubt that the Mavericks' defense was already showing signs of it.

"Jeff, thank you!"

Chen Fang said sincerely to Buzdelik beside him.

Upon hearing this, Bu Shuai was taken aback for a moment, then smiled and said, "I should be the one thanking you. If it weren't for your discerning eye, boss..."

"Alright Jeff, I didn't know you'd learned to flatter people. Let's watch the game."