Updated: 2012-12-13

Before Stephen got off the basket, the Lakers called a timeout. Although they were only led by the Supersonics by one point, from leading to falling behind, the game was going into another direction.

Sometimes the game is like this. Perhaps in some fans' eyes, how difficult it was when the Supersonics chased after just now, and the Lakers seemed to be at ease and firmly controlled the game's throws, but because of one round of negligence, the Supersonics overturned one point.

However, many professionals can see that the Lakers have been chased by the opponent very hard. They barely support them until now, and finally can't support them anymore. Although on the surface, it seems that Kobe was blocked by Stephen and then Stephen scored a fast break, in fact, it was in the confrontation that Kobe represented the Lakers finally lost.

Phil Jackson called a timeout very decisively. He did not set up any tactics, but let the players on the court sit down and rest, especially for players like Kobe, as long as he takes a breath, he can exert his different combat power.

At the same time, let the players not panic. You should know that until now, not only one side is exhausted, but the other side must be at the end of their strength. Now it depends on whoever has stronger will and desires for victory, and whoever can win the final victory.

Phil Jackson's words sound very simple, and he didn't say it to all players. Some players were useless no matter what they said, while others said every word to their hearts.

For example, among the five people on the field, Odom was habitually distracted, and sitting there seemed to be a soul wandering outside the sky, but in Phil Jackson's opinion, it was not a bad thing, because according to his understanding of Odom, distracted at this time and being on the field was a good thing.

But Kwame Brown sat there with a towel covering his head, lowering his head to the middle of his legs. This was a very lack of confidence. Kwame Brown had the body needed for a great player and the skills needed for an excellent player, but God joked that he only gave him a weak heart. I don't know if this was a teasing of him or if this body should not belong to him.

A player without confidence and strong will has no future in this highly confrontational sport. Phil Jackson once hoped to use his own abilities to help the opponent find confidence. Even if he cannot play a role in replacing O'Neal, at least he will not suffer any loss when using the inside lineup composed by him and Odom in the league. Unfortunately, even he cannot change his personality.

As a player, he was afraid that others would pass the ball to him. I wonder if he first met Jordan and then became a teammate with Kobe. This would be a great bad luck for him, and it might be better for him to go to other teams.

Luke Walton was tidying up his hair, while his eyes were still peeking at a beautiful woman on the VIP seat. At this time, he still had this idea. He was a player who was useless. With such a lineup, he wanted to attack the championship. Phil Jackson despised Buss in his heart.

Only Derek Fisher is still qualified in the starting lineup, but he is old after all, and although his condition is not significantly reduced, he was not a capable player when he was young, let alone now.

However, Ariza, who was sitting on the bench, is pretty good, but her ability and strength are still a little different from Phil Jackson's requirements. It would be great if he and Luke Walton could combine it together. His defense and game attitude, coupled with Luke Walton's offense and pass, would be a weakened version of Scotty Pippen.

After the timeout, the players of both sides returned to the court. Just now, Kobe was like a lively person on the court, and he attacked the Supersonics' defense with the ball. However, after the rest, Stephen's energy was also restored, and he kept following him closely, making him unable to find a chance to take action.

Stephen pays great attention to Kobe's mid-range jump shot. Although Kobe has a lot of scoring methods, it can be said that he is extremely skilled in attacks that a shooting guard should have, but the most lethality is his mid-range step shot.

Whether on the left or right, Kobe's jump shot is very lethal and looks very simple to jump up and shoot. However, Kobe found the only attacking opportunity with the slightest adjustment of the offensive timing and the slightest adjustment of his body.

What Stephen has to defend most is his point. He wants to attack outside the three-point line or try to hit the basket. Stephen can relax a little bit, but he just doesn't let him take action at the middle distance.

This is his best weapon, and Stephen insists on limiting him in this regard. Logically speaking, the success rate of shooting at the basket is higher, and the efficiency of chasing three-pointers is higher, but Stephen just lets him go in these two events.

When the first three-pointer appeared, Kobe resolutely let it go. The three-pointer shooting rate was too low. At this critical moment, it was not suitable to use three-point offensive methods. When Stephen forced him to walk to the basket, Kobe did not act accordingly, but reached out to Odom for a cover.

Odom's cover did not work. Stephen saw through and bypassed Odom in advance and continued to chase after Kobe. Kobe had no choice but to pass the ball to Fisher, and then bypassed Fisher and got the ball from Fisher.

Fisher blocked Stephen for Kobe. Facing Ridno, Kobe jumped straight in front of him as if he hadn't seen him. This was a two-pointer standing on the three-point line, and the Lakers overturned the score again.

After coming back, Stephen took the ball like Reedno early, and then rushed to the basket without stopping. Kobe didn't want to spend his energy and get involved with him, but he couldn't watch Stephen score, so he had to try his best to stop Stephen's steps while asking Odom to come out to help defend.

If Stephen passes the ball to the inside at this time, Wilcox can shoot after receiving the ball. Although his offensive ability is not too strong, there should be no problem with this kind of empty basket shooting. However, Stephen did not do this, but turned around and came out of the basket.

Kobe had to continue to follow Stephen to the three-point line. Who knew that Stephen turned back and killed the basket, and the speed was very fast. Kobe had just caught up with Stephen, and Stephen stopped in an emergency. Kobe had just stopped forcibly, and Stephen started his steps again.

This forced change of rhythm cannot get rid of Kobe's defense, but it can greatly consume Kobe's physical strength. After repeated attempts, Kobe finally stopped chasing him, and Stephen scored a very ordinary jump shot from the basket.

"Why didn't you chase me just now? Are you tired?" Stephen asked suddenly as the two of them moved forward in parallel.

"Is that so? A victory is nothing. Let's see the next time." Kobe was stunned. Although he was also a trash talker in the league, he did not use this weapon to attack Stephen when he faced Stephen. Of course, it was also because he knew that Stephen did not take this trick, but now Stephen spoke on his own initiative, so he had to speak.

"There is an old saying in China that you don't have the ability to be old. At this age, you should be more at ease when playing basketball and don't work too hard." Stephen's tone was like caring about Kobe, but Kobe was so angry that he was less than 30 years old. Why did he call him old? This is the golden age of a player?

"You don't have to worry." Kobe said, and after receiving the ball from Fisher's hand, he leaned hard towards Stephen, jumped with the force of rebound, tilted his body, and raised his hand to throw the ball towards the basket.

Stephen gritted his teeth regretfully. He did not expect that speaking to the other party would not only fail to divide the other party's mind, but instead distracted himself from being scored by the other party with such simple means. However, when he came back, Stephen made a single on his back and caused Kobe's foul, which was avenged a revenge.

When Stephen was free throwing, Phil Jackson finally couldn't stand Luke Walton's mediocrity on the court and replaced Luke Walton with Ariza. In fact, Luke Walton's passing ability can make him play the role of a forward in the field in the ball control tactics well. But at this time, Kobe is playing the ball alone, and he did not actively participate.

While replacing Ariza, Phil Jackson also instructed Kobe to exchange defense targets with Ariza, and Ariza would defend Stephen. This is a further liberating Kobe's offensive ability. Using Ariza as a new force to defend Stephen is definitely better than Kobe.

However, after Ariza came up, he paid too much attention to Stephen's breakthrough and ignored Stephen's three-point line, because Stephen rarely took action outside the three-point line in the past half quarter. As soon as he relaxed, Stephen obviously made a fake move to shoot.

But this fake move is very fake, and it is obvious that it is a fake move. Not only did Ariza not come over, but instead took a step back. Stephen made no polite adjustments and threw the ball into it.

This led the Lakers by two points at once. Kobe missed the shot after coming back, and the rebound was obtained by Wilcox, but Ariza snatched back during the pass. However, as soon as he turned around, he was snatched away by Cooper again.

When Koopard passed the ball to Ridno, Kobe jumped up and interfered and landed on the floor. Ridno and Fisher rushed over to grab the ball, but they hit the ball out of the sideline. After watching the playback, the referee confirmed that Fisher touched the ball out and awarded the ball rights to the Supersonics.

After attracting Kobe and Ariza's defense, Stephen passed the ball to Durant. Durant made an easy shot and widened the gap to four points. Then the Supersonics never gave the Lakers a chance to catch up and kept the lead until the end of the game.
Chapter completed!