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"Grant Hill shoved Kobe aside! Using his physical advantage, he scored the first points of the second half and cut the gap back to eight!"

"Once Hill came to his senses, instead of facing Kobe up off the ball, he posted him up—his physical advantage could finally be fully displayed!"

"Hill should've played like this a long time ago! That's the right call!"

"Is Kobe going to answer right back? Or will he hand it over to O'Neal?"

Kobe brought the ball up.

During halftime in the Lakers' locker room, Harris had a similar conversation with Kobe.

Harris wanted Kobe to take a breather and let O'Neal become the primary scoring option.

But Kobe refused.

"Leave everything to me. I know when I should pass and when I should attack!"

Harris was persuaded.

Let the player make his own judgment! That was what a head coach should do, rather than restricting players within a narrow framework!

Especially when coaching a GOAT-level player like this—Kobe had proven time and again through his performances that he was right, so why not trust him?

Kobe faced Hill with the ball!

Grant Hill spread his arms wide!

His fingers trembled slightly!

His pupils dilated to the limit!

No matter how strong Hill's mentality was, after being bombarded by Kobe in the second quarter, he was still nervous!

Still afraid!

Faced with the murderous Black Mamba, an instinctive stress response was simply human nature!

Hill had only regained a bit of confidence on offense! He had successfully backed Kobe down once, which allowed him to vent hard.

Otherwise, he might even have considered giving up on defending Kobe.

Kobe's style of play was simply too devastating!

For defenders, the psychological impact of Kobe's absurdly difficult makes was far more shocking than Jordan's simple, straightforward style!