I just play ball

Chapter 168
At 10 pm on the 4th, Las Vegas, Cox Arena.

Amidst the cheers, Covington led the Lakers players into the scene. Li Yue, wearing a yellow T-shirt, walked low-key at the end of the team, but the DJ specially called his name, and the cheers in the arena reached their peak.

Li Yue didn't want to steal the limelight from the players, but many fans at the scene had already waited for two games, and because of the special viewing mechanism of the Summer League, they had to buy tickets and line up again when they left the field halfway. Many of them were tired and depressed, and simply waved in response.

The fans at the scene immediately responded with shouts of 'MVP', and all the cameras shot at him.

Li Yue sat down quickly, lowered his head and explained the precautions to the players, and finally diverted his attention.

"The Cavaliers are good at breakthroughs, but their shooting is relatively poor. We can use partial three defenses and two defenses when encountering pick-and-rolls. If Dion Waiters plays singles with the ball, we can double-team moderately. Gobert tries to prevent Tyler Zeller from receiving the ball near the free throw line. , As long as the two of them are strangled, the knight's offensive threat will be halved."

After Li Yue finished speaking, the whole team nodded.

I wanted to say a few more words, but the bell rang for the start of the live game, and the starting players of the two teams entered the field.

Point guard Josh Selby v Jermaine Taylor, shooting guard Rodney McGruder v Corey Higgins, small forward Covington v Bennett, power forward Elias Harris v Justin Harper , Center Gobert V Tyler Zeller.

Seeing that Waiters didn't start, Li Yue was a little surprised. He subconsciously glanced at the Cavaliers' bench. master.

Li Yue didn't understand what this operation was, and didn't intend to think about it carefully, so he turned his head and focused on the field.

The referee holds the ball and stands in front of the centers of the two teams, holds the ball with both hands and gently throws it upwards.

Gobert and Taylor jumped up and stretched out their hands almost at the same time, and the basketball was forced to fly towards the Lakers half court.

Selby picked it up, took it across the half court quickly, stopped on the right wing to slow down and control the ball, and called for tactics at the same time.

Seeing this, all the generals of the Lakers settled down and moved. Three seconds later, Rodney came up to set up a wall as a cover.

Selby took the opportunity to get rid of the defense, twisted his hips and kicked the ground, stepped into the inside of the three-point line, and rushed towards the hoop.

Corey switched defenses and chased closely. His speed was a little slow, and he was half a body behind in a blink of an eye. He could only call Taylor to defend.

Selby rushed all the way to the basket, stopped and braked suddenly, and took off and threw the ball directly at the ring.

Taylor jumped up to try to block the shot, but the ball passed between him and flew straight into Gobert's hands.

boom!The basketball hit the board and rebounded into the net. The Lakers attacked for the first time, relying on the lob to cooperate to score easily.

There was some cheering at the scene, Taylor picked up the basketball and retreated to the sidelines, and handed it to Corey.

Corey took the ball to the top of the arc, raised his hand to open the space in the left half, and threw the ball to the elbow.

Bennett took off to catch the ball, landed with his back to the ring, and sat down with his knees bent.

The audience stood up and applauded. After all, the No. [-] pick made his public appearance for the first time, and the atmosphere was supposed to be grand.

Seeing that Bennett was about to get the BUFF bonus, Li Yue immediately stood up from the bench: "Robert, finish him!"

Hearing the words, Covington seemed to have absorbed super energy suddenly, took a deep breath, and rooted his feet and strengthened his head.

Bennett stopped instantly, like a high-speed car crashing into a concrete wall, leaving no room for a single step.

The audience booed upon seeing this, as if they were quite disappointed with this performance, and the disgust of "tsk tsk tsk" burst out everywhere.

Bennett's face turned black and his neck was thick, and he turned forward in a hurry, but he hit the ball on his foot.

Covington immediately bent down to press, the two fell to the ground in the elbow area, and the game became a little fierce.

In the chaos, Selby picked up the basketball, switched hands behind his back and shook Jermaine away, and ran towards the frontcourt.

Jermaine stretched out his hand to pull, but only touched the back, and fell into two full positions in the blink of an eye.

Corey continued to chase, Rodney followed up from the side, and the Lakers formed a 2-on-1 advantage.

Considering that Selby likes to show dunks and is prone to mistakes when someone is chasing him, Li Yue stood up quickly, intending to remind him to score the ball, but worried that this would discourage his enthusiasm, so he sat down and let nature take its course.

Unexpectedly, Selby rushed to the bottom of the basket and calmly scored the ball to the bottom corner. Rodney received it and made an open three-pointer!
Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, and the Lakers led 5 to 0.

Li Yue stood up and applauded, turning his head just in time to see Mike Brown making tactical gestures at Jermaine.

Seeing this situation, Li Yue burst into laughter. Mike Brown also used this gesture with the Lakers last season -1 high and 4 low. basket.

Li Yue rushed into the arena and shouted: "Block the bottom line, don't let them inside."

As soon as the words fell, Gobert entangled Taylor closely, and took another step to delay Jermaine's breakthrough.

Taylor took advantage of the situation and turned around to go to the basket. Elias gave up chasing Corey according to the arrangement and strode sideways to defend.

Jermaine braked to slow down, adjusted his face to the left half, with anxious eyes, as if he was looking for someone.

Selby didn't go forward to defend, but turned around and ran to the left half, watching Corey who was unguarded.

The Cavaliers' offense stagnated, Jermaine hesitated for a while, and chose to take a step back and make a mid-range shot.

Snapped!Gobert faced the big hat.

The basketball flew to the right corner, and Covington, who was chasing Bennett here, just picked it up, and the Lakers launched a fast break.

The Cavaliers all returned to defense, and the speed was so fast that Covington had to stop and slowly dribble the ball facing Bennett.

Seeing this situation, Li Yue stood up and shouted gestures, asking Covington to play singles, and hinted at creating a physical confrontation.

Covington hesitated a little, then lowered his shoulders, and broke through from the left side to the inside next to Bennett.

Bennett stayed away from the defense, his attitude was not firm, and he chased to the basket in a blink of an eye.

Covington joined the ball with both hands, roared, and forced a jump for a layup.

Bennett stood where he was, watching the basketball bounce off the backboard and into the net, causing Mike Brown to put his head in his hands.

The Lakers led 7-0. The audience was a little dumbfounded, and they all expressed doubts, as if to say: "Is this really the No. [-] player? It's either a mistake or zero defense. How do you feel that I can do it?"

The Cavaliers attacked, Jermaine dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and Taylor stepped forward to set up a wall as a screen.

Gobert's attack was delayed, but the distance was too far to expose the speed disadvantage. Jermaine got rid of Selby and took off directly to make a mid-range shot.

The basketball smashed the basket and hit the iron, but Justin Harper flew to catch the offensive rebound, landed and then divided Taylor who rushed in.

At this time, the basket was unguarded, and Elias and Covington both shrank and intercepted.

That thought, Taylor made an emergency stop halfway, turned around and gave the ball to Bennett who was unattended.

Covington hurried back to defend against the dive, but after Bennett dodged, he ignored Taylor's position to block Elias, and chose to take off and shoot from the spot.

when!The basketball hit the basket and hit the iron, the rebound fell into Covington's hands, and the Lakers launched a fast break again.

The Cavaliers were unable to return to defense this time. Covington stopped suddenly at the three-point line and hit a hollow ball with a knife in his hand. The Lakers led 10-0.

The Cavaliers asked for a timeout, and Li Yue walked to the sidelines to greet the players. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught Waiters taking off his coat.

"They sent the elite." Dan - D'Antoni reminded from the side.

Li Yue had a smirk on his face: "Come on, we are fighting elites!"

(End of this chapter)