Capítulo 1431: Chapter 448: LeBron Is the Leader, But Only for Three Minutes
Roger almost burst out laughing, while Kobe glanced at Jas.
Jas’s trash talk and his recent self-centered behavior made Kobe aware of so subtle changes on the court. He vaguely guessed what Jas was trying to do.
That guy must be getting impatient.
But now Kobe has no ti to worry about the ambitious Jas; now is not the ti to fight for power within the team. Besides, the pass just now wasn’t a mistake and helped the team score successfully, right?
The Lakers continue to lead, and the Warriors need a successful score to suppress the Lakers’ montum.
Roger didn’t hold the ball anymore; instead, he chose to pass it to Brandon Roy.
Sa old tactic, use off-ball moves to break the double-team.
No need for Spoelstra to shout; Roger already knew how to adjust.
Kobe also saw what the Warriors were trying to do, so he began to use trash talk to provoke Roy.
“Hey, Brandon, still want Roger to shield you? Aren’t you out for revenge in the playoffs? Co on, be a man and go one-on-one. Or, you can act like a coward, help Roger play ball, and let him continue to shield you.”
Unintentionally, Kobe used the word “shield” to describe Roger’s protection of Roy, but that word just happened to hit Roy’s sore spot.
Last sumr in Shanghai, during the China visit, it rained heavily, and Roger handed Roy an umbrella to shield him from the storm.
This year, in the last regular season ga against the Lakers, he was locked down by Kobe and was emo in the locker room after the ga, with Roger accompanying him. After going out, it started to rain heavily in Los Angeles, and Roger handed him an umbrella again.
He always forgets to bring an umbrella, and Roger always shelters him from the wind and rain at those tis.
For Roy, it was a concrete symbol, and he didn’t want to be sheltered by Roger over and over again.
Kobe’s unintended taphor made Roy grit his teeth.
At this mont, Roger had already started moving, but Kobe saw Roy was only staring at the hoop, and he smiled.
LeBron couldn’t wait, and Brandon was certainly the sa.
This kid won’t pass the ball to Roger anymore; he’ll get caught up in one-on-ones!
Roger bypassed the screen and got to the best position, but Kobe thought Roger was just wasting energy.
Yet the next second, Roy, who was staring at the hoop, actually passed the ball to Roger’s position outside the three-point line.
Chauncey Billups fought hard to interfere around the screen, but he was still half a step slow. Roger calmly took the shot, igniting the counterattack.
“Swish!”
“Beautiful assist, beautiful movent, the Warriors’ tacit understanding is self-evident, Brandon’s no-look pass was simply wonderful! They don’t need to look at each other’s positions to accurately execute their cooperation!” Mike Breen felt this ga was interesting; Roy and LBJ, these two number twos, had completely different attitudes towards the ga.
What different results will these different attitudes bring to the ga?
Kobe looked at Brandon Roy with new eyes; he didn’t expect that guy to be so calm.
It’s worth noting that in the first regular season ga, Jas completely broke down because of Roger’s trash talk.
Roy very much wanted to take down Kobe, very much wanted to prove himself.
But he would never let his will override the team.
Of course, he would prove himself when the ti was right.
3 to 7, Roger helped the Warriors break the scoring drought.
And just a play later, Jas’s pass was intercepted by Stoudemire.
This play, he wanted to continue showcasing his wild creativity, suddenly pushing the ball inside with one hand without the team being fully set up, and shoving it to Howard.
But Stoudemire, always concentrated, got the advantageous position first, squeezed out Howard, and intercepted the ball.
“Calm down, LeBron!” Kobe shouted at Jas for the first ti tonight.
You can be unconventional, you can ignore the tactics, Kobe himself often did this kind of thing.
The premise is, you have to get the ball in.
If you don’t follow the tactics and can’t score, of course, it’s not allowed.
Despite the mistake, the Lakers retreated quickly on defense, preventing the Warriors from scoring a counterattack.
Roy held the ball again, this ti breaking through Kobe, attracting Howard, but after jumping up, stuffed the ball to Stoudemire.
The latter chopped fiercely at Hua Mountain, helping the Warriors narrow the gap to 3 points.
Roy still was very calm, while Jas was already a bit anxious.
He likes to play when the wind is in his favor, but once pressure arises, he starts to think all kinds of things.
At a ti like this, as a leader, he should step up. So, Jas again chose a mid-to-long-range jump shot.
But LBJ clearly overestimated his shooting accuracy. Maybe he’s considerably more accurate than before, but his mid-to-long range is nowhere near Jordan, Kobe, and Roger.
And Roger was already prepared ntally, knowing he might take a shot, so this ti the interference was very quick.
The basketball bounced off the rim, and Kobe couldn’t stand it.
“LeBron, calm the hell down, Brandon did better than you!” he repeated, albeit with so dirty words.
Jas was furious; he didn’t appreciate Kobe shouting at him, because he was not Kobe’s underling.
He disliked being compared to Roy even more.
He just missed one shot, but what about Kobe? He often produced jaw-droppingly high brick numbers, so how could he criticize ? How?
Probably only LBJ would think about all kinds of nonsense things in such an important ga; his heart was too sensitive.
This ti, Roger didn’t play without the ball during the counterattack but directly broke through Billups. Jas was distracted; those miscellaneous thoughts slightly distracted him, so he didn’t double-up on Roger in the first instant.
Jas frantically chased back, while Roger challenged Howard after breaking into the paint, tossing the ball towards the hoop after an aerial confrontation.
At this mont, Jas just happened to chase after, very unwisely swinging his hand on Roger’s forearm.
The whistle blew, and the basketball went into the net.
Originally 2 points was turned into 2 1, all because of LeBron Jas’s extrely uncalm chase.
Roger landed and clapped hard for Jas: “Pass the ball to your thigh, rubbish. With your ability, you only deserve to lead this team for three minutes.”
Jas didn’t reply with trash talk but lowered his head and stepped away, his previous aura seed gone.
Roger hit the free throw, succeeded in the three-point play, tying the score, 7 to 7!
The Lakers called a tiout, and their advantage vanished in an instant.
When pressure appeared, Jas played like an idiot.
Kobe suppressed his anger, refraining from yelling at Jas.
Phil Jackson didn’t urgently reprimand Jas either because it would only make his focus less intense.
Mike Breen’s co-comntator, Jeff Van Gundy, actually praised Jas’s performance just now: “Despite so mistakes, LeBron’s performance can still be considered outstanding today; he is like a leader.”
Mike Breen shook his head: “It’s too early to conclude now, whether a player truly has leadership qualities depends on what he does in adversity; it’s a test for LeBron.”
Roger also felt the sa way, in favorable situations, Jas is strong, confident, with very concentrated attention. But just now Roger slightly pressured Jas, just made the Lakers’ situation slightly unfavorable, and Jas already started to get distracted.
What if this pressure continues to increase?
Roger had an evil plan, a plan to completely expose LBJ.
But this needed Roy’s cooperation.
“Brandon, keep helping play later, I want to shoot more in the first three quarters.”
“Of course,” Roy answered without thinking, but soon realized sothing wasn’t right, “Wait, the first three quarters? What about the fourth quarter?”
“In the fourth quarter, I’ll let you do what you desire,” Roger quickly added, “Tonight, it’s your turn to shield.”
He wanted to continuously pressure LBJ in the first three quarters, defend him fully, score continuously, aiming to have LBJ completely lost under high pressure in the fourth quarter, just like in 2011.
Of course, this would exhaust a lot of Roger’s energy. So in the fourth quarter, Roger needed Roy to help share the burden, increasing his one-on-one percentage.
What will people see then?
They’ll see that the guy who bragged loudly was no match for Brandon Roy in critical monts.
Honestly, Roger really wanted to see Kobe’s reaction when LBJ turned weak in the crucial monts.
That would certainly be a beautiful scenery.
After all, his temper is not as good as Dwayne Wade’s.
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