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Chapter 17 The Strongest Lineup

Intersection timeout, the Lakers bench.

Seeing the whole team arrived, assistant coach Phil Webber first announced the lineup and tactical adjustments: Hill and Jamison on the inside replaced Howard and Gasol, Jodi Mix replaced Kobe on the outside, and Li Yue organized the offense at the top of the arc.

When he finished speaking, D'Antoni went on to say: "Attention! We have played a wave of 2 to 12 in the past 0 minutes. Keep going, strictly implement the switch delay, don't hesitate when you need to double-team, let's take the lead into the second half."

After the words fell, Li Yue took the lead in applauding, and his teammates responded one after another.

Seeing this, the fans on the sidelines cheered and shouted, and then fans from other regions joined in.

In just a few seconds, the Staples Center was as lively as a festival.

The DJ felt it, and immediately changed the BGM, and Mariah Carey's "I still believe" sounded slowly.

"Woww Babe, No No No No No No No Done..."

Howard twisted his butt to follow the rhythm, and Thackeray waved the air, and the atmosphere suddenly became a little funny.

Kobe shook his head and smiled awkwardly, beckoning everyone to gather around, the whole team raised their right hands together and counted down in unison to cheer.

...

Soon, the whistle sounded that the second quarter of the game was about to start.

Li Yue went straight to the frontcourt and waited, observing the adjustment of the Thunder lineup by the way.

Durant did not stay on the court, but sat on the bench, holding a glass of Gatorade in his hand, talking and laughing with Westbrook and Ibaka, with no worry on his face, as if he was sure of winning generally.

The replacement is Kevin Martin, the former mayor of JDZ, who is good at three-pointers and touches.

Li Yue did a survey and analysis before the game. Martin averaged 27.8 points in 14 minutes per game this season, and the highest other statistics were 2.3 rebounds. It can be said that he is a pure scorer.

Except for Martin, the Thunder did not make any other substitutions.

With such a lineup, there is a serious lack of breakthrough ability.

Li Yue speculated that the Thunder might focus on three-point tactics in the future, and immediately reminded his teammates to pay attention to the perimeter defense.

...

The referee served and the Thunder officially started to attack.

Fisher dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, slowed down for a while, and broke through from the left with the cover of Perkins.Hill's switch was delayed, Blake squeezed through the screen to catch up, and formed a double-team trend in the blink of an eye, but Perkins took the opportunity to make an air cut and raised his right hand for the ball.

Hill completed the delay and immediately returned to the defense. Fisher could not pass the ball and turned around to the top of the arc.
After observing for a moment, Fisher raised his hand again to cover.

Collison went up to the wall, and as soon as he touched Blake, he immediately retreated and ran to the left.

At the same time, Martin started from the left wing, and half a second later, the two cross-screened at a 45-degree position.

In order to avoid fouling people, Li Yue was forced to move a position outside, and the pursuit speed slowed down instantly.

In such a short time, Martin rushed to the top of the arc smoothly, received a hand-off pass from Fisher, and rushed to shoot a three-pointer.

But Jamison had been reminded by Li Yue before that he had already made defensive preparations and took off almost at the same time as Martin. With his height and wingspan advantages, he blocked most of the shooting space.

when!Shots hit the iron.

Hill grabbed the rebound, Blake received the ball and advanced, and the Lakers launched a counterattack.

Still in the V-shape formation, Li Yue took the ball at the top of the arc, covered by Jamison, got rid of Martin and rushed to the free throw line.After Jamison blocked him, he immediately ran to the right elbow to help Hill block Perkins.

In this way, the Lakers have a two-pronged approach, at least three ways to end.

The Thunder adopted a conservative strategy, shrinking the bottom corners on both sides together with the inside line to the basket.

Li Yue rushed straight to the bottom, stopped suddenly, and twisted his body to pass the ball to the left corner.

Blake received it, and there was no one around two meters away, and he took off for a three-pointer calmly.

Swish!The basketball is hollow into the net.

The Lakers lead 34-30.

...

ESPN commentary seats.

Jaylen Rose looked anxious: "The Thunder should replace Russell and Ibaka in advance. Now this lineup is too defensive. The Lakers are currently feeling hot. If they wait until the TV is suspended, I am afraid they will lose close to 10 points."

Brin chuckled: "Then why do you think the Lakers feel hot, and it lasted from the last 2 minutes of the first quarter to now."

Hearing this, Jaylen Rose rolled his eyes: "They played with more passion than the Thunder..."

...

In a blink of an eye, the game reached the first official timeout of the second quarter.

The Thunder's second team deliberately pressed time, but the Lakers led 42 to 35 with their extremely high offensive efficiency.

Assistant coach Phil Webber once again announced lineup and tactical adjustments: Kobe/Howard/Artest reappeared, Li Yue switched to point guard when attacking, and Westbrook handed over Kobe to take care of defense.

Hearing such an adjustment, Li Yue was quite excited, silently giving the coaching staff a thumbs up.

In this lineup, the shortest Kobe is 198 centimeters, and the average height is more than two meters.

Except for Li Yue himself, the others are all black and rough, and their moving speed is not slow.

The key is the integration of offense and defense. In the case of Thunder's loose attitude, if the cooperation is tacit enough, it is very likely to play a wave.

Thinking of this, Li Yue turned to look at Thunder's bench.

As he expected, the three of Durant/Westbrook/Ibaka have taken off their jackets and are ready to play, and Reggie Jackson is also preparing.

Surprisingly, Martin did not stand on the periphery, and the representative had to stay on the field.

...

The time-out is over and the game continues.

The Thunder attacked, Westbrook caught the ball and advanced in the backcourt, and the fans shouted for defense.

Li Yue has always been by Durant's side, never leaving.

Just when Westbrook reached the top of the arc with the ball, Durant suddenly accelerated and rushed up.

Li Yue chased after him, but was delayed by Martin's interception at the 45-degree position, and Artest immediately switched defenses.

With Martin present, Li Yue didn't dare to catch up and double-team, so he could only let Artest defend alone.

Durant received the pass without making any adjustments, and directly lowered his shoulders and stepped forward.

Artest turned sideways and slid a lot to catch up.

Considering that allowing the opponent to easily approach the three-second zone is basically equal to rewarding points, Li Yue took a step across and pretended to help defend.

But at that thought, Durant completely ignored it and pulled out without hesitation.

Boom!The basketball hit the hoop and bounced into the net.

The fans at the scene were silent, and everyone could see that Artest's defense was very good, so he could hit all the shots, which really hurt morale.

Easy to attack the Lakers, Li Yue catches the ball in the backcourt and pushes forward. As soon as it is brought to the center line, Westbrook, who is walking forward, suddenly turns back and presses.

Not only aggressive, but also extremely fast, like an electric eel sprinting with all its might!

The incident happened suddenly, Li Yue remained calm in the face of danger, took advantage of the situation, changed hands behind his back, changed to dribble with his left hand and rushed forward.

But Westbrook missed a hit, and immediately shrank back, as if he didn't need to connect his movements, and attacked again!

As soon as he was about to touch the basketball, Li Yue slammed on the brakes, pushed the ground with his left foot as the axis, and turned around easily to avoid it.

Seeing that he was out of danger, the fans cheered and encouraged him in unison, but Westbrook also turned around and accelerated to catch up.

Considering continuing to entangle and disrupt the attacking rhythm, Li Yue leaned forward suddenly, lowering his center of gravity and striding forward.

Even so, it still failed to completely get rid of Westbrook.

Seeing this, Howard raised him as a cover, Li Yue took the opportunity to enter the inside line, and Jamison blocked Durant in the opposite direction.

Li Yue rushed to the right waist, and Howard just followed up to the top of the free throw coil.

Although Westbrook caught up again, only Ibaka was the only one defending the Thunder basket.

Seeing this situation, Li Yue decisively threw the ball over the hoop, making it clear that he would cooperate with an alley-oop dunk.

Ibaka turned around in a hurry, and Westbrook also turned around and rushed to the basket in the face of Howard's jumping interference in the air.

The fans at the scene raised their hands in advance!

Unexpectedly, Howard did not dunk violently after receiving the ball, but passed the ball back!

Li Yue was stunned for 0.2 seconds, rushed up with a roar, jumped high, grabbed the basketball with both hands and smashed it down heavily!

BOOM!

The sound of the basketball hitting the rim burst out!

Li Yue dunks Ibaka and Westbrook almost at the same time!

The cheers from the Staples Center soared into the sky!
(End of this chapter)