Famous Quotes Attack: Put Away Your Damn Pick and Roll!

The Lakers inbounded from the baseline, and the ball quickly found its way into Kobe Bryant's hands.

His chest was still heaving violently, but the fury in his eyes had been replaced by an icy focus.

He raised his head, his gaze piercing like a blade toward Li Fei, who had already settled into his defensive stance.

Throughout the Staples Center, everyone's eyes were fixed on those two men.

Kobe called no play. He merely waved off O'Neal, who was about to come up and set a screen, signaling for him to clear out. He wanted to answer Li Fei's provocation in the most direct way possible.

He began to dribble, his rhythm accelerating from slow to fast. The ball danced at his fingertips, producing crisp, sharp sounds.

He stared at Li Fei before him. That massive body was like an insurmountable mountain, but the Black Mamba had never had the word "retreat" in his blood.

Suddenly, Kobe thrust his dribbling right hand outward while throwing an incredibly convincing fake drive to the right!

Li Fei's enormous body immediately slid laterally, trying to cut off his driving lane.

Now! Kobe roared inwardly.

He yanked the ball behind his back into his left hand, his body coiling like a spring. Then, with an explosively quick crossover, he forced his way past Li Fei's left side! A textbook in-and-out move!

"Kobe beats him!"

At the TNT commentary table, Kevin Harlan's voice instantly rose. "Kobe shakes Li Fei with a dazzling crossover! He's past him! He's going to the rim! Kobe's answer comes that fast! That decisively!"

The Lakers fans, silent only moments ago, erupted in an earth-shaking roar that nearly blew the roof off the Staples Center!

Kobe had gotten half a step past Li Fei. He took his three long strides,