"Perhaps from now on, every player who wins All-Star MVP will be compared to Kobe's performance in this game." Isiah Thomas let out a long sigh.
On the court in Orlando, the two greatest basketball players in the world were showing everyone the ultimate art of offense and defense!
"Beautiful as a painting! No matter how many times I see it, that is the only phrase I can use to describe Kobe and Michael's shooting!"
"In the fiercest arena, they played the most beautiful basketball!"
"Perhaps this was the basketball Kobe and Michael had always dreamed of! It did not fit coaches' rigid impressions of basketball, but that did not mean this seemingly unreasonable style of basketball was not great!"
"This was the path of basketball unique to warriors!"
"Tonight! The winner will be decided between these two!"
"Old man! Give it up!" Kobe used his arm to ward off Jordan's steal attempt!
Then he dribbled behind his back and blew past Jordan like lightning and thunder.
He drove into the paint and, with Alonzo Mourning rotating over, used a perfect double-clutch layup to evade Mourning's block and calmly laid the ball into the basket!
Art!
A score like that was art itself!
Jordan snorted angrily!
He posted up at the elbow!
Using his strength advantage, he forcibly backed Payton down, took a hop step to the rim, and threw down a one-handed slam!
Utterly domineering!
"Who said Michael was old?!"
"With offense like that, how many players in the league could compare?"
Tense!
The fourth quarter was tense and fiercely contested.
Kobe and Jordan traded shots like madmen!
Scenes from the Finals played out once again!
But this time!
Kobe held the greater advantage!
Suppression!
Even without using his defense, Kobe suppressed Jordan through offense alone!
"Compared to last