I just play ball

Chapter 219 Like to watch fouls?
Pause back, and the game continues.

The Rockets' adjustment strategy did not work. The defensive end was still riddled with holes, and the offensive end was still fighting each other. Howard had zero touches in the full 3 minutes, except for rebounds.

And Harden was brutally restricted by Iguodala, Parsons was unable to do what he wanted to face Li Yue, and the Lakers continued to feel hot. Blake hit his third three-pointer. After the first quarter, the score was 36 to 19. leading.

The 130-second rest time ran out in a blink of an eye, and the second quarter continued. McHale seemed very dissatisfied with the performance of the main players. Except for Parsons, he did not stay, and directly replaced 4 substitute players, which seemed to be a warning intentionally.

The Lakers only left Blake and Landry as the two main players. Jeremy Lin had never thought that Jeremy Lin would steal Jordan Hill in back-to-back singles and lead the Rockets to a wave of offensive climax. After two consecutive hits helped the Lakers stabilize the situation, and McHale removed Jeremy Lin in time, the point difference did not narrow too much.

After halftime, the Lakers led 64 to 50.

In the third quarter of the game, Harden, who made 12 of 4 shots in the first half but scored 20 points, finally found the right idea.

He voluntarily gave up the "cold hand and hard shot" style of play and changed to a series offense with the whole team, but Beverly hit the iron three times in a row, obliterating the effect of other players' goals, and the Rockets still failed to further narrow the point difference.

Surprisingly, McHale replaced Jeremy Lin in advance, and Harden cooperated with him to score 11 points in a row. In addition, Blake and Meeks became colder. Li Yue was fouled and played less than 5 minutes. Howard, who was fully defending, interfered, and the Lakers' scoring situation was not ideal. After the third quarter, the Rockets managed to catch up to 80-81.

During the break between festivals, the Rockets fans who saw the hope of winning again excitedly discussed that if they beat the Lakers in this game, they could win the championship this season. Several fans sitting behind the Lakers bench deliberately loudly Li Yue kept making all kinds of strange noises, trying to interfere with the Lakers' tactical arrangement. Li Yue couldn't help smiling happily when he saw it.

"It's hard for the Rockets' inside players to get the ball. They like fast breaks and three-pointers. We need to implement more one-man marking to encourage and lure the opponent's main singles. On the offensive end, we can use Harden's off-ball defense as much as possible. It was sent as a breakthrough, but the defensive end must beware of him making offensive fouls, and if it doesn’t work, block him on the left.”

"Li Yue, you lead the team as a point guard for 2 minutes. Gobert, Nick Young, Meeks, Landry, you four go together. When the first timeout comes, Iguodala and Gasol Replacement pictured above."

After finishing the arrangement, D'Antoni raised his hand and called the whole team to surround him. Everyone joined hands and shouted in unison: 3, 2, 1, Lets Go.
The short whistle sounded immediately, and the break time was about to end, and the players of the two teams returned to the field.

Li Yue twisted his neck, feeling very upset that he was severely whistled in the third quarter. Two consecutive times in one minute, the first time the screen was violated, and the second time it was actually an offensive foul. In the case of profit.

If it weren't for the early rest, the probability of the Rockets catching up to only one point is zero, and it will be much easier to play now.

The unhappiness flashed by, and amidst the boos of the fans, he received the pass from the bottom line and slowly moved forward.

Walking to 45 degrees to the right, the Rockets' small forward is Francisco Garcia, who has a particularly poor defense. He decisively called Nick Young for a pick-and-roll, and either singled out Cassia himself, or Nick Young misplaced and singled out Beverly.

Nick Yang rushed over from the left at 45 degrees, and the moment he set up the wall, Li Yue changed direction behind his right hand, pushed his right foot on the ground at the same time, and dribbled the ball with his left hand diagonally towards the free throw line. He succeeded in taking three steps. Arrived, at this time Garcia had just finished moving laterally to prepare for a delay in changing defenses, Beverly had just bypassed the screen and chased behind him, he decisively passed the ball over his head with his left hand.

Nick Young catches the ball and confidently shoots an open three-pointer, and the basketball goes into the net.

Li Yue was about to clenched his fists to celebrate, when the referee blew his whistle, Gobert violated the screen, and the goal just now was invalid.

"WTF!" Nick Young rushed to the referee with wide eyes, shrugged his shoulders and stretched his hands, "WHY?"

"Don't say that word! Otherwise, don't say that I am too strict in law enforcement!" The referee stretched out his index finger to warn, turned around and ran away with the whistle in his mouth, leaving Nick Young stomping his feet fiercely amidst the boos of the audience, Gobert didn't know what to do What to do, the audience burst into laughter and ridicule.

Li Yue shook his head and turned back to the defense. He glanced at the large central screen and found that no defense was provided. He immediately recalled with his image memory: the most basic breakthrough tactic implemented by the Lakers just now. When Nick Young received the ball, Meeks should He wanted to get out of the bottom line with the help of cover. Although Gobert's body was not enough to completely block Harden, there was no need for a mobile screen in such a small space on the bottom line. Den prepares to slip around cover.

This is a misjudgment!
It can be regarded as a kind of home court advantage, so there is no need to be too entangled. Li Yue put away his thoughts and began to concentrate on preparing for defense.

As expected, without Iguodala's strong defense on the court, Harden's action for the ball was very firm, and when he received the ball, he made a three-pointer, which was overwhelming and decisive.

The basketball hit the hoop and rebounded into the net. The Rockets took the lead 84-81. The cheers in the Toyota Center were like explosions in a fireworks factory.

Li Yue received the ball in the backcourt and pushed forward quickly. He rushed to the top of the arc and directly signaled the team to pull away. At this time, he needed to score to stabilize the situation. Directly facing Beverly, who was shorter, thinner and slower than himself, was the best choice.

Considering that a small point guard has a low center of gravity and fast hand speed, too many fancy dribbles will easily lead to mistakes, so he bent down, slightly twisted his hips to the right, put his left hand on his waist, and pushed the ball inward with his right hand, like a bulldozer Go to Jr. Alto.

He rushed to the elbow area in the blink of an eye, thinking he was safe, and was about to collect the ball and take off, when Beverly suddenly pounced, his left hand concealedly pulled the belt, his right hand directly reached for the basketball, and hit his thigh hard.

He hurriedly pulled the ball, trying to turn around to avoid it, but his strength was pulled by the waist of his trousers, and his movements were a beat slower than usual.

Snapped!Beverly snatched the basketball and threw it directly to Harden on the right, Casspi followed up on the left, and the Rockets made a fast break on the third line.

Li Yue chased after him wildly, and the Lakers went 3V3 in the frontcourt, but Meeks was unable to stop him, and Harden scored an easy layup.

"That's a foul! You should wear glasses to enforce the law!" D'Antoni complained loudly from the sidelines, but the referee turned a deaf ear.

When the Lakers attacked, Li Yue dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, strongly wanting to take a shot against Beverly, but seeing Meeks running out of a super wide open with the help of Landry's cover, he quickly put away his irritability, Pass the ball quickly.

when!Three-point strike.

The basketball rebounded and flew to the sideline. Harden, who was halfway through the defense, just picked it up. The Rockets fans cheered wildly. He slowly took a few steps forward, suddenly fixed his eyes on the distance, and pushed the ball forward vigorously with both hands.

Li Yue was retreating, subconsciously turned around to check, just in time to witness Beverly launching a three-step layup against Nick Young, who had already stood outside the reasonable collision zone, and after a bang, the basketball rebounded into the net, and the referee whistled 2+1.

Beverly tore his jersey passionately and roared. The fans jumped and shouted. Nick Young turned over and got up. The smile on his face gradually disappeared with the unhappy eyes of the Lakers. After reacting, he rushed to the referee to argue.

"If you say one more word, I will give you a technical foul!" The referee tilted his head and stretched out his index finger, his eyes full of disdain.

Nick Yang gritted his teeth and walked to the basket to stand still. Li Yue patted him on the shoulder: "It's okay, since they like to call fouls, and the audience also likes to watch, let them be completely satisfied later!"

(End of this chapter)