Chapter 196: Anticlimax but Snake Ending
"Hey, what happened on the court just now? Did two players use the exact same moves?" TNT commentator Collins said excitedly.
"Yes, you read that right. Young copied Kobe's offense, which is the highest level of answer ball." Kenny Smith said.
"Actually, it's not a copy. It's just that the movements are the same, but if you look closely, there are still big differences. Kobe relies on rhythm to win. And Young relies entirely on instinctive speed and strength." Charles Barkley analyzed.
"Kobe must be so pissed off. He thought he had finally become the second Jordan, but he didn't expect that the third Jordan would emerge before he even retired." Kenny Smith couldn't help but criticize Kobe again, saying he was really 'crazy'.
"Kenny, can your mouth be any more hurtful?" Barkley said angrily. He couldn't bear to listen anymore.
"Of course." Kenny Smith nodded and said, "In fact, it was Young who received the skills taught by Michael Jordan himself. Kobe was the counterfeit, and Young is the authentic successor of Jordan."
"Poof!" Collins couldn't hold it back and burst out laughing.
At the same time, Kobe Bryant competed with Yang Mo in the frontcourt. He first received the basketball from outside the three-point line, and then rushed to the inside. Yang Mo followed closely. Yang Mo had the advantage of physical speed, so he did not allow Kobe any shooting space, let alone let him get rid of the defense.
When he was about two steps into the free throw line, Kobe suddenly stopped, and Yang Mo stopped immediately... snap!
As soon as Kobe Bryant stopped, he made a clean change of direction dribble, instantly shifting his center of gravity from the right to the left, and Yang Mo's defensive center of gravity also changed accordingly.
But the attacker is always more active than the defender. After Kobe changed his center of gravity, he did not break through directly. Instead, he slammed the ball and turned his body to lean against Yang Mo. Yang Mo rushed to defend him, fearing that he would fade away and jump shot. At this moment, Kobe suddenly turned around at an extremely fast speed, bypassed Yang Mo's body, and took a step forward, and then shot... swish!
The basketball went into the net.
This offensive move is very clever. Although it cannot be considered a special skill, it requires a very high rhythm. It cannot be too fast or too slow. Once it is not mastered well, you will get yourself into a quagmire. At best, the ball will be dead, and at worst, it will be directly intercepted.
With Kobe Bryant's preparation, it would be an impossible task for Yang Mo to copy him completely.
So, after scoring the goal, Kobe Bryant couldn't help but say with some pride: "Yang, can you try to copy this ball again?"
After hearing this, Yang Mo smiled slightly, ran to the front court and stopped outside the three-point line.
Qian Mos passed the ball to Yang Mo, who took the ball and leaned forward slightly. Kobe, who had already taken a step back, took another step . He felt that Yang Mo's aggressive personality would definitely defeat him in his own way. At the same time, he also knew that his speed was not as fast as Yang Mo's, so he could only prepare in advance.
However, his advance preparation was obviously wrong. Although Yang Mo loved to fight, he was not stupid. His fighting spirit was based on angering others, and he would not be angered by others.
So the moment Kobe took a step back, he decisively stood up and made a jump shot...swish!
The basketball went into the net obediently.
When seeing Yang Mo shoot a three-pointer, the fans at the scene were stunned, the audience in front of the TV were also stunned, and Kobe was even more surprised: Why didn't he play according to the routine?
"Three points is one point more than two points, so I win this round." Yang Mo said to Kobe Bryant with a smile. Seeing that Kobe Bryant was still a little surprised, he added: "How could I jump into the trap knowing that you dug it? I'm not a fool!"
After hearing this, Kobe Bryant was so angry that his breathing became puffy: Okay, you are not stupid, but I am stupid, okay?
Kobe was really stupid to believe that Yang Mo would continue to play his offensive routine. It's not easy to keep such a pure heart in your thirties! It's rare!
Kobe returned to the half court with a rage, waited for Fisher to bring the ball over, and waved for the ball. After attracting Yang Mo's defense, he suddenly accelerated, and Yang Mo quickly turned around to chase... Bang!
But he hit a wall of flesh directly, causing the wall to stagger and cry out in pain while holding its chest.
Yang Mo looked closely and saw that the flesh wall holding his chest and crying out in pain was none other than Bynum. At the same time, Kobe Bryant had already made a mid-range shot near the free throw line.
"If you cheat, I will also call a pick-and-roll." Kobe Bryant turned around and did not forget to fight back against Yang Mo.
Yang Mo didn't think much of it after hearing that. She would just call back later.
But Bynum felt wronged. Why did you fight one-on-one while I was caught in the middle and got hurt? What did I do to offend anyone?
Let Bynum feel wronged, his level is far from Yang Mo and Kobe. When gods fight, the ones who suffer are the mortals.
Neither of them paid any attention to him and turned around and ran towards the front court together.
Yang Mo had just scored two goals, both of which caught Kobe off guard. When Kobe really focused, Yang Mo would have been hard to resist. After all, Yang Mo was a player with obvious technical shortcomings.
Therefore, on the third ball, Yang Mo did not get a chance to shoot under Kobe's tenacious defense, and finally gave the ball to Michael Beasley. Fortunately, Beasley made a mid-range shot.
In the next few minutes, Yang Mo decisively stopped attacking and focused on defending Kobe. Under Yang Mo's defense, Kobe's hit rate kept dropping. On the other hand, the Heat team, with the cooperation of Beasley and Chalmers, had a better and better understanding of each other and kept contributing points.
Five minutes into the third quarter, Kobe called a timeout again because the score difference had widened to more than 20 points. Kobe left the court with a furious look on his face, and his curses could be heard from a distance.
The Heat team was in harmony, everyone was happy and ready to win.
Soon, the game continued.
The Lakers still showed no improvement, while the Heat played more and more easily.
At the end of the third quarter, Kobe Bryant rushed to the basket and tried to dunk to boost morale, but was blocked by Yang Mo who was following closely behind him. Kobe, who was very competitive, didn't want to be blocked again, so he threw the ball at an incredible angle, but the basketball didn't go in, and Kobe twisted his ankle slightly when he landed.
After being helped off the field by the team doctor, he never came back up.
Kobe's absence meant garbage time was coming. Both teams tacitly replaced their main players in the fourth quarter, letting the substitutes play randomly, since the outcome was already decided.
Just like that, this highly-anticipated game ended in a way that no one could have imagined. No one could have imagined that the bottom-ranked team led by Yang Mo would win, and no one could have imagined that the Lakers would be suppressed from the beginning of the game and that garbage time would arrive in the fourth quarter.
In the past, Yang Mo loved to go on the court to gain experience during garbage time, but tonight he was too tired. He defended all the tough characters of the Lakers and was exhausted. He should just rest if he can.
When the game was almost over, a Heat staff member came over and said to him, "Yang, it seems that you are only one rebound away from reaching 30+25!"
Hearing this, Yang Mo looked up at his own stats on the scoreboard: 31 points and 24 rebounds. There were still two minutes left in the game. It shouldn't be difficult to get another rebound, and even if he was shameless, it wouldn't be surprising to get six more.
But Yang Mo thought that since he had already gotten to the point, he would not go for it. There was still a long way to go. If he didn't get it today, he could get it back later.
