The Lakers and Pistons won and lost each other, the Lakers crushed the Pistons on the inside, and the Pistons fired on the outside and exploded the Lakers.

After Bryant attempted a three-pointer in the final minute of the first quarter, the Lakers ended the first quarter with a 32-30 lead over the Pistons.

As soon as Kobe Bryant came, he asked Phil Jackson in a deep voice: "Phil, do you think we are satisfied with the game in the first quarter, whether you are satisfied or not, anyway, I feel very aggrieved, the Pistons shot us from the outside, you are indifferent, don't you think you should do something." ”

Phil Jackson is known as a Zen master, and his most successful tactic is the triangle offense, and it has been successfully applied to the Bulls and Lakers, but this tactic is too harsh, and you have to have a group of great superstars, or there is no way to implement it. And he thinks that no matter what kind of offense, as long as the core players are happy.

Phil Jackson replied calmly: "Don't worry, Kobe, aren't we still ahead, Gary Payton and Karl Malone, those two guys are old, and it will be your world in the future, so let's be patient." ”

After listening to Phil Jackson's answer, Kobe Bryant asked: "Then how long are you going to let me endure, I played a full quarter, only 4 shots, and I only had a chance when I grabbed the rebound or made a steal by myself, that guy from Gary Payton didn't cooperate with me at all, I didn't have a chance to shoot, you might as well let me play as a substitute." ”

"Kobe, then I'll give you the second quarter a full quarter, and let you play." Phil Jackson said.

Kobe Bryant knew that Phil Jackson was a well-known peacemaker, and when he saw someone saying something, he didn't demand anything, and said in a deep voice: "It's better to use Derrick Fisher on the court in the second quarter to replace Gary Payton, Gary Payton doesn't pay much attention to me, if he is still there, I can't get the ball at all." ”

Phil Jackson didn't speak, just nodded in agreement, and when Kobe Bryant turned around and left with a satisfied look, Phil Jackson suddenly felt bitter in his heart, he really had to come when he should come. The four kings of the Lakers sound strange and scary, but it is impossible to coordinate these four people, O'Neal, Karl Malone, Kobe Bryant These three players all need the ball, and they can't play their maximum power without the ball, but they all have the ball, and the team will fall into a situation of fighting alone, and the most difficult thing to solve in the superstar group is the problem of ball ownership. Forget it, don't think about it so much, let's let them adjust and adapt themselves.

At the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Phil Jackson really sent Derrick Fisher on the court to replace Gary Payton, and Karl Malone was also replaced off the court to rest, at which time the Lakers returned to the traditional mode during the Lakers' three consecutive championships, that is, the OK mode.

Kobe Bryant immediately smiled when he saw the head coach's adjustment, after all, his complaint was also valued by Phil Jackson, and his tactical status in the Lakers was still quite high.

At the beginning of the second quarter, Bryant turned on his own offensive mode, taking over Derrick Fisher's point guard function and acting as the initiator of the offense.

He first made a cross change past Richard Hamilton and rushed into the Pistons' interior, Taysha Ann Prince made up for the defense, Kobe Bryant threw the ball out with a stop-and-go jumper, but unfortunately the iron was hit, but O'Neal could save the game, and after O'Neal grabbed the rebound, he added two points to the Lakers with a powerful dunk.

The Pistons, on their side, also began to fight back, and the main point guard Chauncy Billups began to take advantage of the poor tempo, dumping Derrick Fisher and then shooting the basketball to add two points to the Pistons.

When Osborne saw Chaunsibilups' goal, he exclaimed in his heart: He is worthy of being a rhythm master and a player with a big heart, and he is a player who can take the lead at critical moments.

The Lakers' counterattack came quickly and quickly, Kobe Bryant singled Richard Hamilton with his back, and after shaking Hamilton, Kobe saw that O'Neal was in a position of a face frame, Kobe directly hoisted the ball to O'Neal with a fake pass, and O'Neal received the ball as a dunk.

If you want to talk about Kobe's passing skills, it can definitely be ranked in the NBA, but Kobe Bryant is confident in his offensive ability, and he really can't find a player who can let him pass the ball in the later stage, and O'Neal is one of them, Kobe's passing is very deceptive, and even his own people can be deceived, but O'Neal can receive it, so their cooperation played a decisive role during the Lakers' three consecutive championships.

Kobe now feels that he finally has some feeling of being the boss, and he can play at will according to his heart, which is really cool, but when he sees the flexible fat man on the inside, he feels very uncomfortable, after all, O'Neal is also his best partner, but neither of them wants to be the second child, they both want to be the boss.

Kobe Bryant began to shoot on the outside non-stop, he continued to shoot on the outside, but he didn't feel good and hit the iron many times, but fortunately, there was an inside shark O'Neal sitting on the inside of the Lakers, otherwise with Kobe Bryant's duangduang iron, the Lakers would have been blown up a long time ago.

O'Neal felt that he was about to become a blue-collar player, and kept putting out the fire for Kobe Bryant, and finally after Kobe Bryant hit the iron again, O'Neal couldn't bear it anymore and pointed to the basket with his finger, Kobe Bryant also felt a little embarrassed after seeing it, so he decided to change his offensive strategy.

He started to attack the interior again, sometimes giving O'Neal assists, sometimes making his own pull-up jumpers.

As Bryant shifted his offensive strategy, the Pistons also began to shift the core of the offense, with Chauncey Billups as the main attacker and Osborne in possession of the ball and the delivery of cannonballs. This is thanks to Osborne's beautiful passing skills, otherwise Osborne is a big colander for the current Pistons, and it is also thanks to Devin George who is not the main offensive player, otherwise the Pistons will definitely be blown up.

Osborne also followed Kobe's example, occasionally shooting three-pointers himself, or playing for Prince himself.

Osborne had watched Kobe Bryant start to go berserk, and he felt that he should do something about it. Then he also kept shooting three-pointers, attracting the rest of the Lakers' defensive firepower.

Kobe Bryant killed all sides on the court, making Richard Hamilton, who defended him, very passive and uncomfortable, after all, Kobe Bryant made a lot of small movements on his back alone, especially showing black elbows from time to time, which made Hamilton extremely angry.

Hamilton finally couldn't help Kobe's movements, and the game was getting bigger and bigger, and Kobe didn't care, he really wanted such a confrontation, and then he scored a three-point jumper against Richard Hamilton's defense.

Larry Brown saw this, and felt that he had to call a timeout, otherwise Kobe Bryant's shooting could really shoot dead, and by the way, adjust the player's condition.