บท 173: 104. When it comes to being annoying, you've got to look at the little brother.

11 to 19 behind, Scott called a timeout and substituted JR Smith out.

He had hoped JR Smith could break the situation, but instead, the gap widened from 4 to 8 points.

Scott had been teammates with Kobe during Kobe's rookie year, and back then, he thought Kobe was quite stubborn.

But after coaching the Hornets for over a year, he realized that Kobe's play back then was incredibly smart; at least Kobe knew to adopt different strategies against varying types of opponents, and if he couldn't win, he'd learn more techniques.

JR Smith played the same way against everyone, and you couldn't even criticize him because if you did, he played even more stubbornly.

The high school player on the other side, however, was different. His defensive choices were smart and executed firmly, and on offense, he knew how to exploit JR Smith's propensity for risky steals, decisively moving without the ball when facing a strong defender like Paul, and maximizing his existing abilities...