"Defense! Defense!"
Hansen's offense and defense lit up the fan emotions, their cheers echoing through the arena.
However, such cheers didn't affect Kobe, who faced Hansen's defense again and used his signature post-up move and strung together a series of dribble moves to shake off Hansen.
But just as he was about to layup, Little Gasol stood tall in the paint and nearly blocked his shot consecutively.
Even though Kobe avoided the block, the ball hit the front of the rim and bounced out.
This was the defensive strategy against Kobe that Hansen and his team had discussed earlier: tight perimeter defense combined with solid help defense in the paint.
It was quite similar to the strategy Yao Ming and Artest used against James back in the day.
Of course, Kobe wasn't James, and the success of the strategy was partly due to Kobe being a bit too heated at the moment.
