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...Boston's point guard, Rajon Rondo, is a scrappy player, and loves to fish for loose balls and offensive rebounds under the basket. But against Kobe, that could be a a very costly error for a point guard, who is usually expected to be the first defender back. "You want to be more disciplined than usual," says Anthony. "Pick your spots to be aggressive." When playing an explosive team like the Lakers, you're going to have to make sacrifices. What does Boston need more, a few loose balls for Rajon Rondo, or the brakes on Kobe Bryant? If they...
...There you have it, the Kobe rules - ignore them at your own risk. Then again, it may not matter what you do against a player Kobe's caliber. "You have all the right defensive principles, rotations, all that bullsh-t going for you," says Brown, one of the best defensive tacticians of all time. "And Kobe just negates it all. That's what this guy does...
...sees the Laker Girls, and the late-arriving L.A. crowd. Turn his head the other way, a long-limbed defender like Deng is right in this face. Kobe can keep going toward the basket. But if Boston rotates the right way, Kevin Garnett, the NBA's Defensive Player of the Year, should be under the hoop, ready to help. Of course, even this often doesn't work, which means Kobe ends up dunking it in his defender's face...
...Kobe could be defending your worst player, the guy who makes his team's fans cringe when he has the ball. It doesn't matter - against Kobe, you have to treat that guy like he's Larry Bird. Pass him the ball. Make Kobe chase him all over the court, and run Kobe into a million screens. "He has to feel the contact," says Deng. If Kobe can have the luxury of relaxing on the defensive end, he'll have more energy on offense. And is more likely to score 50 points...
Born Otha Ellas Bates in Mississippi, Diddley moved to Chicago as a child and learned to make violins and guitars in vocational school before dropping out to play music. When Chess Records showed an interest, a harmonica player supposedly suggested the stage name Bo Diddley, slang for a bowlegged fool. A few days later, Diddley made his first professional recording, Bo Diddley; it rocketed to No. 1 on the Billboard R&B chart and introduced the world to rock's defining rhythm, the Bo Diddley "hambone" beat--bum-bum-bum, bum bum--that's fueled everything from Buddy Holly...