Chapter 32: Osborne's 100 percent shooting percentage
Kobe and Osborne's mutual explosion is something that most people didn't expect, but they are still amazed by Osborne's 100% shooting rate.
For Kobe, although his shooting percentage is good, he is still not as good as Osborne's performance, and it is impossible to make Kobe admit defeat.
After the start of the second quarter, Kobe Bryant insisted on the ball, but Gary Payton, who controlled the ball, was originally coming for the big shark O'Neal, not for Kobe Bryant, and Gary Payton didn't like Kobe's cancerous style of play, so he ignored Kobe's action of asking for the ball. This made Kobe very annoyed, but there was nothing he could do, in the Lakers, Kobe Bryant's status is not very high, the boss is the big shark Shaquille O'Neal, as for the second is not Kobe Bryant, may be hovering between Karl Malone and Gary Payton, Kobe can only be regarded as a junior or fourth.
Osborne saw that Kobe Bryant was ignored, and immediately said sarcastically: "Iron God, you have been ignored sometimes, it's really pitiful, I won this game, regardless of the team or the data." I've got the support of the whole team, and you've caused a lot of outrage. ”
After saying that, Osborne ignored Kobe's expression of wanting to kill, and turned around to help defend the others.
Kobe Bryant was angry when he saw that he was ignored by his teammates and was ignored by Osborne, a rookie player. But there is no way, after all, his tactical position is not high in the current Lakers.
Then Kobe Bryant accepted the status quo and defended Osborne wholeheartedly, after all, it was this guy who made his excellent performance unpolished.
Osborne didn't expect Kobe to be such a character who never admits defeat, even if he can't score to win, he has to beat the opponent with defense, which is really a paranoid.
The current Lakers are only 8 points behind the Pistons, exactly 16 points for Kobe Bryant and 24 points for Osborn, but the Pistons scored 36 points in the first quarter is really a crazy statistic, and the Lakers also scored 28 points, Kobe Bryant scored 16 points, O'Neal only scored 4 points, Karl Malone scored 8 points, and Gary Payton didn't score a point. That's why he was very dissatisfied with Kobe Bryant, the Lakers are an F4 team, not Kobe Bryant's team alone.
At this time, Osborne felt Kobe's defense and pressing defense, which made Osborne very uncomfortable and couldn't easily run out of the empty space. However, the chemistry on the Pistons' side is still better than that of the Lakers, and his teammates are still willing to give him the ball as long as Osborne runs out of the open space.
Osborne worked hard to turn back and run, and finally ran out of the empty space, Big Ben saw Osborne run out of the empty space, and also threw the ball to Osborne, Osborne received the ball without any hesitation, a Maddie-style dry pull-up jumper met Kobe's defense, three-point shot and then hit, Osborne scored 27 points, still maintaining a 100% shooting rate.
widened the margin to 11 points, and Osborne also completed the joke he said before, as long as the pass is an assist. Every starter on the Pistons got an assist.
At this time, the head coach of the Lakers, Zen Master Phil Jackson, finally couldn't sit still, and quickly called a timeout to adjust, he needed to limit Osborne's terrifying touch and prevent the game from being knocked out in the second quarter. This is very demoralizing for the Lakers, so Phil Jackson will not allow this to happen.
On the Pistons' side, the starters recognized Osborne's strength and potential, and gave Osborne a smile when he left the game.
The head coach of the Pistons was also very happy, but he still reminded the players to guard against arrogance and rashness, not to take it lightly, and to keep it until the end. Osborne and his teammates both replied solemnly: "Absolutely do the Lakers, and let the Lakers lose a layer of skin."
On the Lakers' side, Phil Jackson felt that the players on that side were so united, and there seemed to be a little flaw on his side, so he decided to let Kobe Bryant give up the ball, hand over the main offensive direction to Big Shark O'Neal, hand over the task of defending Osborne to Gary Payton, and give the task of chasing points to Kobe Bryant.
After all, Payton, nicknamed the glove, once defended Michael Jordan in the Finals and only scored more than 20 points, shooting less than 40%, so the Bulls lost that game unsurprisingly. And Gary Payton is also the only player in NBA history to win the best defensive player at the point guard position. His kraft candy-style defense is simply suffocating, so people give him the nickname "Glove".
Osborne doesn't have any image of Payton, but although Payton is at the end of his career, he said with respect for his old-timers: "Gary Payton, your defense is still so sharp, but it's useless, I'm ready to get up, but even I'm afraid of myself."
Gary Payton was very disdainful of talking to Osborne, but since Osborne took the initiative to say it, Peyton responded to Osborne: "You stinky boy, you are so arrogant, Kobe's kid can't compare to you, then let me teach you a lesson, save you no one in the future."
Osborne didn't expect Gary Payton to be so arrogant, he didn't see that his time had passed, and he was still living in his own fantasies, Osborne liked to expose people's scars the most, so Osborne replied: "You guy is really arrogant and rude, you are just a few years older than me, you dare to call yourself a senior, I want you to know that you are just a remnant of the Jordan era, garbage." I don't deserve to be my senior, you know, I don't even look down on Michael Jordan. Your time has passed, and my time has just begun, and on my opposite, there is only one destiny and failure. And today is just the beginning of failure. ”
Gary Payton was ruthlessly exposed, and he immediately became angry and said, "You arrogant boy, let me tell you what it means to respect your seniors."
Although Gary Payton's words have been spoken, Osborne doesn't care about a veteran's defense at all, Osborne used speed to break Peyton's poor self-esteem, and quickly got rid of Gary Payton, and then Osborne received a pass from Chauncy Billups, this time Osborne did not throw it himself, but faked a real pass, and passed the ball to Ben Wallace, who was in the vacant position, Wallace did not hesitate to receive the ball, and subconsciously jumped up and dunked.
Ben Wallace didn't expect Osborne to pass the ball to himself, and Osborne knew that every shot he made attracted a lot of attention. So Osborne passed the ball to someone else on a whim, instead of waiting for the Lakers to wrap it up.
Osborne also threw in a few three-pointers from time to time, and then also integrated into the Pistons' offense to play team basketball. Osborne still maintained a 100 percent shooting rate, and the statistics were quite eye-catching, with 35 points and five assists. The Lakers are trailing the Pistons by 13 points and have a growing trend, but O'Neal's form is getting hotter and hotter, and the second half will certainly be another scuffle.