As soon as the second half began, the two teams broke out in a more intense confrontation because the Pistons' momentum of chasing points became stronger.

Villanueva made a long shot and triggered a 10-4 counterattack climax. In less than 4 minutes of this quarter, the Pistons narrowed the gap to 3 points. Paul Gasol became the only scoring point for the Lakers in the first 5 minutes of the quarter. At the critical moment, Derek Fisher made a three-pointer, and Kobe and Paul Gasol took turns to fire the Lakers quickly expanded the lead to 10 points. Kobe felt hot and his personal score quickly broke through 20 points, but the Pistons' fierce attack also made it difficult for the Lakers to further expand the gap. Faced with Kobe's bombardment, the Pistons' defense gradually became a little difficult to support, and even had to use malicious fouls to stop the Lakers.

Austin Dayer defended Kobe by misplaced, and was hit by Kobe with an elbow, and then a low-post throw. Austin Dayer was young after all, and after being hit by Kobe with an elbow, he was very dissatisfied. Coupled with Kobe's previous hot touch, he was furious, so he pushed Kobe directly when Kobe made a throw. All of this was directly seen by the referee on duty. Although Austin Dayer thought he was secretive, the referee blew Austin Dayer a malicious foul. However, Austin Dayer was not convinced, but ran to the referee to argue that Kobe had already made a foul first. However, the referee did not buy Austin Dayer's account at all. Austin Dayer was dissatisfied with the referee for conflict, which resulted in himself being expelled from the court. Kobe made four consecutive free throws to expand the Lakers' lead.

"Ste! Whose home court is this?" When he walked towards the player channel, Austin Dayer, who had been expelled from the game for defending Kobe, couldn't help but swear. Once the referee heard it, the consequences would be unimaginable, so Austin Dayer broke out when he walked into the player channel.

Water dispenser player Dajuan Samos walked up and patted Austin Dayer on the shoulder, persuaded him a few words before returning to the bench. Pistons head coach John Custer frowned and looked at all, thinking in his heart that Austin Dayer was still too young and not mature enough. Although he was older than Zhou Yi, his mind was much worse than Zhou Yi. Thinking of this in his heart, John Custer shook his head and ordered Taychen Prince, who had been tired and had a little rest for a while before, took the field to replace Austin Dayer, and then focused his attention on Zhou Yi.

The game continued, and the Lakers firmly held the lead since then, but the Pistons' counterattack led by Techelle Prince was also quite sharp. However, in the following game, Kobe's desire to attack became stronger, assisting Andrew Bynum to make two points, and then he scored another three-pointer, leading the Lakers to a 7-0 climax to expand the lead to 15 points. In the face of the strong attack power of Kobe and the Lakers, the confidence of the Pistons players was severely frustrated. The Lakers pressed step by step and quickly extended the offensive climax to 19-7, and the score difference between the two teams reached as much as 20 points.

At 4 minutes and 24 seconds after the third quarter, McGrady replaced James Percy and quickly blocked Ron Artest's layup. The morale of the Pistons was greatly boosted and he also chased for 5 points in one go.

Zhou Yi held the ball and rushed side by side with McGrady to the Lakers' half. Seeing McGrady rushing to the Lakers' basket without defense, Zhou Yi swung his hand and the ball flew directly above the basket. After McGrady received the ball, he directly dunked a big windmill. Although he did not have the elegance of the past, he had an extra domineering aura.

With 1 minute and 12 seconds left in the third quarter, Kobe broke through and made a layup in a fast break, but was blocked by McGrady. Out of inertia, Kobe's body directly hit McGrady, and forced McGrady to the ground. Kobe quickly adjusted his body and did not fall to the ground. Seeing McGrady falling to the ground, Kobe hurriedly squatted down and asked McGrady if there was anything. On the other side, the referee paused the game in time.

McGrady lay on the ground for a while, trying to relieve her breath. Seeing Kobe's nervous look, McGrady immediately smiled on her face and smiled at Kobe, "It's okay."

After listening to McGrady's answer, Keru let out a sigh of relief and carefully pulled McGrady up from the ground. Then he lay in McGrady's ear and whispered a few words. McGrady's smile became even more serious as he listened.

"Is that ball cap just now so good?" Kobe asked with a smile, not caring about being blocked by McGrady.

"Haha, it's really good. You are now a golden signboard in the NBA. If you hat you, I'm in a good mood." After saying that, the signature smile that belonged to McGrady appeared on his face.

After hearing what McGrady joked, Kobe didn't care at all, and he laughed, hugged McGrady, and was very intimate.

McGrady and Kobe are good friends and brothers. This is almost everyone in the NBA. The two grew up together, grew up together, and walked into the basketball holy land together, and their relationship was even more close than their own brothers.

Kobe gives people the feeling of being arrogant, but he also has precious friendships. For this friendship, he can do whatever he wants. Take the two most convincing examples as an example. In the 2006 All-Star Game, Kobe kept a low profile for McGrady.

Before the 2006 All-Star Game, according to Richard Justice, a columnist at the Houston Chronicle, Kobe decided to make the 55th NBA All-Star Game a stage for McGrady alone, and let McGrady, who was willing to win the "MVP" for the All-Star Game that year, win the "MVP" of that year. So in the game, Kobe almost gave up every offensive opportunity and passed the ball to McGrady.

Before the game, whether it was the debate about 81 points, the speculation of the scoring champion, or the contender for the "MVP" of this All-Star Game, all the topics revolve around one name: Kobe Bryant. But even in this All-Star Game where strong people gather and everyone wants to compete for beauty, Kobe's performance was shocking. He willingly made cover and passed the ball to his teammates, so that people thought he was a game organizer like Steve Nash, especially everything he did for McGrady. "selfless", yes, only this word can describe Kobe's performance in this All-Star Game. But who could have predicted in advance that Kobe's name would be associated with the word "selfless"?

In that All-Star Game, Kobe made only 11 shots (that season, Kobe averaged 26.9 shots, with a highest 46 shots in one game), and only scored 8 points (this season, Kobe ranked first in the league with an average of 35.0 points), but had 8 assists, and 6 of these 8 assists were given to his friend McGrady. In other words, in the highest 36 points McGrady scored, the score from Kobe was 13 points.

In each quarter, we can see the scene of Kobe passing the ball selflessly for McGrady. Among them, the most exciting cooperation between the two was 3 minutes and 11 seconds left in the second quarter of the game. Kobe controlled the ball slowly outside the three-point line. After discovering a loophole in the opponent's defense, he winked at McGrady. The latter understood it and suddenly threw Carter away and rushed to the basket. Kobe quickly threw the ball out. McGrady jumped up and turned 180 degrees in the air, grabbed the ball with his back to the ring and dunked it into the basket. This wonderful aerial relay won the applause of the whole audience.

As the game progressed, McGrady's scores continued to rise, gradually leaving everyone behind. This situation also indicates that once the Western Conference All-Star team wins the game, McGrady will likely win his first All-Star MVP trophy. Kobe knew this clearly, and he also understood that the honor of this All-Star MVP is likely to allow McGrady to get out of the unpleasant things that happened at home and the Rockets' poor record and regain confidence. To this end, Kobe not only spared no effort to continue passing the ball for McGrady, but also stood up at the critical moment of the game - when the Western Conference was 4 points behind the East.

With 58 seconds left in the fourth quarter, Kobe broke through from the right wing circle and successfully entered the Eastern inside. A drift-drawn dunk won a lot of lottery. This dunk helped the Western Conference All-Stars narrow the score to 2 points (118 to 120). Then 32 seconds before the final game, Kobe became the savior again. He completed a signature backward jump shot from the right wing outside. While the ball entered the net, he also tied the score of the two teams to 120.

But unfortunately, Dwyne Wade made a jump shot with 16 seconds left in the game, eventually helping the Eastern Conference Stars defeat the Western Conference Stars by 2 points, which also made Kobe's efforts to be willing to be a green leaf in the game.

Another typical example is the sex scandal about Kobe. Of course, Kobe finally got out of the lawsuit. Because of the impression of this sex scandal, Kobe was in a bad mood at the time. The sex scandal case also made Kobe fall into a fog of love. At this time, McGrady appeared beside Kobe, constantly persuading him, comforting him, and playing the 1VS1 bullfighting match with Kobe, allowing him to relax and relieve the pressure in his heart. Under McGrady's continuous comfort, Kobe's mood improved a lot and gradually came out of the shadow. Not only that, McGrady also helped Kobe persuade his wife Vanessa. Finally, with the help of McGrady and everyone, Vanessa forgave Kobe and reconciled with Kobe as before. It has to be admitted that McGrady plays an important role here.
Chapter completed!