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Chapter 72 The Paranoid Competitor
In the end, Mike Brown agreed to Kobe's request to play early. After all, Kobe's words just now were too heavy for the players.It is also a good choice to let him leave the bench ahead of time, and let him be a white face. It is also a good choice to ease the atmosphere and emphasize it again.

Seeing Kobe taking off his coat and walking slowly towards the technical stage, the assistant beside Borrego looked up at the time card. Only 1 minute passed in the second quarter, and he said in surprise: "It's only 1 minute passed, and Kobe was replaced again." Come up? Isn’t that how superstars use it?!”

"The Lakers' bench can't be reused."

Borrego's expression was very calm. Although he only played 1 minute in the second quarter, he could already see that the five substitutes on the Lakers were terrible. They were messed up offensively and defensively, and they were always under pressure from their own substitute lineup. beat.If this continues, not only will the score not shrink, but it will increase further.

Then, looking at the cold-faced Kobe, Borrego frowned slightly, Danny Green's defense was not good, and Richard Jefferson's physical condition was not good. If he played against Kobe, he would be absolutely inferior.

"Young, Leonard."

Borrego thought for a moment, not wanting the score gap to narrow because of this, then he turned around and waved to Yang Ke and Leonard on the bench.

"coach."

Yang Ke and Leonard were taken aback for a moment, but they quickly put down the energy drink in their hands, got up and trot to Borrego's side.

"Yang, is your body okay?"

Borrego looked at the two people standing in front of him. The two rookies had performed well enough in the first quarter, and a trace of praise flashed in their eyes. They nodded in satisfaction, and then asked Yang Ke on the left.

This game is extremely important, and it is centered on Yang Ke and Leonard. It is impossible for them to play for about 10 minutes, at least for more than 10 minutes. In this way, Bo Lei Ge was worried about Yang Ke's physical strength.

You must know that as an Asian player who is gaining weight, physical fitness has always been one of Yang Ke's unsolved problems.Shorten the rest time. In such a fierce game, replacing Yang Ke in advance is prone to physical problems.

"Don't worry, coach, there's no problem."

Yang Ke nodded without the slightest hesitation, and glanced at Kobe who was warming up in front of the technical stage. He knew why Borrego asked that. The coach was already preparing to let the two of them play in advance.

"Okay, Yang, Leonard, you two go to replace Danny Green and James Anderson. The game is still very long, pay attention to saving energy and slow down the rhythm."

Although Borrego heard Yang Ke's affirmative answer, he didn't feel relieved because of it, but there was no better way. He stretched out his hand and patted the shoulders of the two, exhorting them solemnly.

"understand!"

Yang Ke and Leonard nodded, took off their coats and handed them to the caddy, then quickly ran to the technical stage, first talked to the staff, and then immediately began to do warm-up exercises.

Warm-up exercise is a combination of certain whole-body activities; before the main physical activity, move the limbs with a lighter amount of activity to prepare for the subsequent more intense physical activity, the purpose is to improve the efficiency of subsequent intense exercise, intense exercise safety, while meeting the physical and psychological needs of the human body.

What you need to know is that the functional ability and work efficiency of the human body cannot reach the highest level at the beginning, so it is necessary to adjust the exercise state through warm-up.

In front of the technical stage, Yang Ke, Leonard and Kobe were only separated by a midline. They were doing warm-up exercises without any communication during the whole process.

Finally, during an attack by the Lakers, the ball was shot out of the field by the defending Jefferson. Taking advantage of this dead ball, Yang Ke and the others were replaced.

At this time, the lineup on the Spurs side: Bonner, Mills, Jefferson, Yang Ke and Leonard, a big and four small lineup, and the Lakers' side: Matt Barnes, Devin Yi Banks, Steve Blake, Jordan Hill and Kobe.

As soon as Kobe came on the court, he called all his teammates to his side, saying something with a serious expression.Soon after, the game continued, and the Lakers still had the ball.

"You played great defense and improved a lot from that day!"

The basketball quickly came into Kobe's hands, skillfully controlled the ball, glanced at the lineup and positioning of the Spurs players, and then put it on Leonard in front of him.

Leonard's paralyzed face didn't change at all, and he didn't intend to speak. He lowered his body's center of gravity, and stared at Kobe intently with a pair of eyes.

"But it's not enough to prevent me."

Tilting his head, Kobe said with a sneer. At the same time, the shaking speed of his arms suddenly accelerated, and he stepped forward in a big step, lowering the center of gravity of his body very low, dribbling the ball in a left and right arc and shaking left and right, making a gesture. To break through Leonard head-on.

But just when Leonard moved his center of gravity back, Kobe suddenly pulled back, pulling the ball back from the collapse or directly. It was obvious that his breakthrough was fake, and the step-back jump shot was real!
Leonard clearly realized this, and relied on his flexible response and movements to adjust immediately, and when Kobe was in a shooting position, he quickly rushed over to block the shot.

Sure enough, he still reacted!
Looking at Leonard who was rushing towards him, Kobe's cold face showed no panic at all. On the contrary, there was a slight sneer on the corner of his mouth. He suddenly adjusted his posture quickly, and then jumped up to meet Leonard.

Kobe's attack immediately turned into a cheating foul, and when Leonard took off and jumped over, the cheating foul was already successful.

As the basketball flew out, the referee's whistle sounded!

Leonard made a defensive foul!
"Phew, during this defense, you actually took two feints in a row. You're a rookie, you can't do that well!"

The whistle of the referee at this time is undoubtedly very pleasant, which means that the shooting foul he made was very successful, and both feet landed. Kobe looked at Leonard with a sneer, and mocked unceremoniously.

Taking a deep look at Kobe, Leonard still kept his face paralyzed and did not speak, but his brows were tightly frowned, not taking fake moves easily, which is the premise to ensure the quality of defense.

And Kobe's fake moves were too real, coupled with his natural deterrence on offense, it seriously affected Leonard's judgment on Kobe's fake moves.

This rookie is the same as Duncan. The paralyzed and silent Leonard made Kobe feel very familiar. He tilted his head and said coldly: "This city is my territory. You want to take it from here." Victory requires my consent."

"You don't need your consent, just beat you."

Leonard raised his head, frowned, met Kobe's eyes that were as sharp as the tip of a gun, and spoke for the first time, but it was so concise and direct, full of raging ambition.

"Really?! Rookie, let me tell you that the game has only officially started now."

Squinting his eyes, Kobe said coldly, looked up and looked around, and found that countless eyes had already focused on this place, and Yang Ke had already started to move here.

Kobe knew that if he continued to look at each other like this, it would give others the illusion that he and Leonard were in conflict. When he turned and walked towards the free throw line, he dropped a sentence: "By the way, you'd better be with Leonard." Another rookie said, I'll show him how strong I am defending Wade."

(End of this chapter)