"Kobe shouted, and Jas released the ball.
But with a rushed shot and Roger’s interference, the outco was predictable.
"Bang!"
"Things aren’t looking good," Mike Breen felt like he was watching a replay of the previous seasons. Roger had completely gotten under Jas’ skin, "LeBron missed both shots; he seems hesitant."
Roger laughed deliberately, "Yep, just like Scott’s three-pointer."
Jas, angry, imdiately chased back to personally defend Roger.
Seeing this, Roger raised his hand for the ball, then directed everyone to spread out.
He got the basketball and faced the guy whom he had defeated so handily in last season’s finals.
Roger didn’t call for a screen or any help; he just changed his dribble rhythm, continuously alternating the ball between his hands.
Near the three-point line, Roger accelerated to the left. When he saw Jas moving sideways, Roger spun to the right.
But after the spin, Roger didn’t continue to break through. Instead, he stepped back, completely shaking off Jas and getting a space for his shot.
He shot, and scored.
to 2.
Roger spread his hands, "Good thing I don’t have useless teammates like LeBron around , Kobe, why don’t you just attack directly?"
On the bench, Phil Jackson cursed. He knew Roger was targeting number 23, trying to drain number 23’s rationality.
This is why he hated Roger. Roger not only wanted to defeat his opponents but always tried to destroy them psychologically.
LeBron Jas was furious, feeling like he was becoming the weak link in this Super Lakers team.
One possession later, when Jas was bringing the ball up, Kobe shouted for it.
Jas passed it, which imdiately drew Roger’s taunt: "Good doggy, even more obedient than Scott."
Kobe made a turnaround jumper and missed, giving the Warriors another chance to extend their lead.
The most critical part is that LBJ’s breathing was starting to beco heavy. Not because he was physically tired, but because his emotions were on the brink of collapse.
Agitated, he continued actively defending Roger, which completely disrupted the Lakers’ deploynt.
At that mont, Roger actually admired LBJ quite a bit.
He was actively defending the Warriors’ strongest player instead of just standing behind Kobe, Billups, and Howard with his hands on his hips.
Roger swore that if he had a vote, he would cast it for LBJ as the best defensive player.
LeBron couldn’t have been better than this.
But LBJ’s defense failed again. Roger and Stoudemire set a screen, LBJ’s body couldn’t quickly navigate around it.
Chauncey Billups had to co up for help defense, but Roger calmly passed to the cutting Roy, who scored a layup past Howard and the skier’s double block — as a fan of Roger, Brandon Roy had rigorously trained this skill.
Howard used his terrifying jumping ability to swat the basketball away, but the whistle blew imdiately; it was goaltending, and two points counted anyway.
Passing, long-range shots, cutting to the basket... Brandon Roy persistently exhibited everything like a woman in an Amsterdam red-light district window.
LeBron Jas kept getting lost. Although this ball was scored by Roy, the collapse of the defense started with him.
He couldn’t defend Roger and still wanted to reserve so energy for offense, so he didn’t have the determination to put his whole heart into defense.
"LeBron, are you going to break the curse of not being able to beat this way?"
to 2, the Oracle Arena was nearly overwheld by the fans’ cheering.
Nobody could believe the ga would start like this, that the Warriors would completely suppress the Super Lakers at the beginning.
Roger’s strength was as consistent as ever, while Roy was putting on a perfect performance
One possession later, Kobe passed inside to Howard for a low post play, but Amar’e Stoudemire fouled.
This almost decided the outco of this offensive possession, as Dwight Howard’s free throws were unreliable.
Phil Jackson sighed; the Lakers’ offense was quite disorganized.
They wanted too much to show their selflessness, but it resulted in a ss.
At this mont, they needed a stabilizing core to establish the situation for the Lakers.
Instead, the ball ended up in Dwight Howard’s hands.
Sure enough, Howard missed both free throws, and the score remained 9 to 2.
Stoudemire grabbed the rebound and instinctively found Roger, who drove down wanting to attack the break.
But Kobe was sticking to Roger, forcing him to slow down with physical play and preparing to jump for a block at any mont.
As he chased into the paint, he saw LeBron Jas also trailing from the diagonal rear.
If there was a zood-in shot, fans would see that Kobe’s eyes looked like a lion trying to kill the foolish dog in front of it.
Kobe couldn’t understand why LeBron Jas was beside him when he was already defending Roger. Shouldn’t LBJ be guarding soone else at this point?
This was normal, even Rajon Rondo and others didn’t know why Jas had to chase like a bone-collecting dog during the fast break.
Jas wanted to regain his face too much and wanted to block Roger too badly.
This caused him to overlook the whole defense.
He had lost the most basic rationality.
Roger leaped into the air, LBJ’s arm wound back and slamd forcefully, only hitting the backboard because Roger turned a shot into a pass, giving the ball to Tayshaun Prince.
On this fast break, he should have been LBJ’s defensive assignnt.
Little Prince caught the ball and effortlessly took a wide-open three-pointer. Even with LBJ’s strong athletic ability, there was no way he could chase from the paint to the three-point line.
"Swish."
to 2, this score was a disgrace to Los Angeles fans, a disgrace to this starting lineup.
And it belonged to LBJ’s disgrace.
The ball went in, and Roger gave Tayshaun Prince a thumbs-up.
Then he looked at number 23 and 15.
"LeBron, you’re not in the sa league as Brandon, you’re much worse. Kobe, I’m very sorry, you chose a loser as a teammate and brought another loser back as a coach. Combined, you will be a massive failure."
The ga was paused; LeBron Jas didn’t speak, just looked at Kobe.
He hoped Kobe would pat his shoulder like before and gently say, "It’s okay, LeBron."
But Kobe didn’t do that.
He simply turned and walked away.
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