I just play ball

Chapter 225 The Last Card
At 2 minutes and 57 seconds into the first quarter, Ellis pushed the ball out of bounds, and the referee whistled to suspend the game.

Li Yue returned to the bench, took a towel from the staff to wipe off the sweat on his forehead, and sat down on a chair to rest.

According to the pre-match plan, he was replaced by Nick Young, Meeks was replaced by Iguodala, Gasol was replaced by Thackeray, and Covington was added as an extra. Finally, the second team was assembled. D'Antoni simply arranged a few words The focus of offense and defense, the timeout ends immediately.

The two teams seemed to have made an appointment, and the Mavericks also made huge adjustments. Point guard Devin Harris, shooting guard Jack Crowder, small forward Carter, power forward DeJuan Blair, and center Brandon White came on the stage. Go up and down boldly.

The game continued, the Lakers attacked, leading 30 to 23.

Iguodala received the ball in the backcourt and took it to the right wing with the help of Landry's cover, accelerating off the line and breaking through.De Juan moved laterally to switch defenses, Harris squeezed through the screen and chased from behind, Iguodala pushed the ball with his left hand and hit the ground, and Landry, who disassembled and went down, raised his hands high to catch the ball.

De Juan pulled back to the defense, Landry put down his hands, changed his shot to a burst, and rushed to the basket along the way.

Carter shrinks and intercepts from the left, Landry forcibly jumps and throws, the basketball hits the basket and falls in circles, and the referee whistles at the same time.

Blocking foul, two free throws.

The audience booed and Landry stepped to the free throw line and took the basketball from the referee.

The first free throw was hit steadily, and the boos of the audience became more violent. Perhaps affected by this, the second free throw sounded like iron.

White got the rebound and handed it to Harris, and the Mavericks advanced rapidly.

The basketball passed back and forth on the outside several times, and finally fell into Carter's hands, singled out Covington at the top of the arc.

"Do you think he can defend?" Walton said suddenly, "This seems to be the first time he has faced a star player head-on. I remember you said before that he only needs half a season to adapt to the intensity of the NBA game."

Li Yue shook his head slightly, "Carter doesn't rely on his body to play now, it depends on whether Covington will be shaken, if..."

Before the words fell, Carter stopped to pull the ball and retreated. He made a three-pointer suddenly, and Covington was thrown away by two positions.

The basketball crashed into the net, and the Mavericks chased 26 to 31.

The Lakers attacked, and Iguodala played halftime, and then passed the ball to the left after observing for a while.

Nick Young catches the ball and accelerates to sprint. With the help of Thackeray and Landry two consecutive screens on the left wing, he comes to the short corner along the sideline, faces Crowder and DeJuan double-team, jumps up and passes the ball back .

Seeing this, Li Yue secretly thought it was bad, such an action was too obvious. At the same time, Harris made a steal halfway, and rushed forward with the basketball like a wild horse, and Iguodala chased after him.

As a man who only needs 3.9 seconds from one side of the court to dribble to the other side, Harris is no longer at his peak, but his speed is still much faster than Iguodala, and the distance between the two is gradually widening.

In the end, Harris dunked easily, and the Mavericks chased 28 to 31.

Seeing that the team was beaten 5-1, Li Yue subconsciously sat up straight and started to think about how to deal with it.

Just as he was thinking, Wharton next to him stretched out his time in front of him and snapped his fingers, "What are you thinking? Take it easy."

Li Yue shook his head and didn't answer, Wharton said with a smile: "Let's not talk about Covington, you haven't adapted to the rhythm of the NBA yet."

Li Yue raised his eyebrows suddenly, "What do you mean?"

Walton smiled again: "You only entered the regular rotation at the end of last season. At that time, it seemed that there were only 15 games left, and the playoffs would start later. You have enough energy to toss every round, but this season has just begun. , we have 77 more games to play, you have to learn to relax, otherwise you will break down first, understand?"

"Of course." Li Yue nodded. Wharton's argument made sense. He can invite Ying to play now, but there are still so many games in the future. It is impossible to adopt this method every time he is in trouble. After all, Jordan also needs Pippen and Rhodes Man.

Just after making up his mind, Iguodala made a shot at the buzzer, Carter grabbed the rebound and pushed forward, and Harris caught the ball to control the rhythm.

The Mavericks made multiple passes in the frontcourt, Claude made two long shots, and the basketball hit the basket and hit the iron.

Landry grabbed the rebound, Iguodala took the ball to the right 45 degrees, and Thackeray made a pick-and-roll.

White did not hesitate to grab the delay, double-teamed with Harris one after another, Iguodala hurriedly passed the ball, Thackeray did not hesitate to catch the ball, took off from the spot and made a mid-range shot, and the basketball hit the basket strike iron.

De Juan got the rebound and lobbed it to Harris on the sideline, and the Mavericks launched a third-line fast break.

Harris quickly rushed to the right side of the front court at 45 degrees, and then passed the ball with an emergency stop. Claude, who followed up in the middle, picked it up and hit the basket with the momentum. He jumped up and shot in the face of Landry's interference. Whistle and whistle to block the foul.

Seeing this, Li Yue leaned back to the left, and the second team obviously couldn't handle the opponent, but as Wharton said, it can only be like this for the time being. The only gain is that Iguodala's cameo as a point guard is relatively ineffective. use.

With Crowder making two free throws, the Mavericks chased 30 to 31, and the American Airlines Center Arena cheered everywhere.

The first quarter of the game ended quickly. Not only did the Lakers fail to hold a 7-point lead, but they fell behind by 33 point 34-1.

At the start of the second quarter, the Lakers continued to expand behind, and D'Antoni requested a timeout at 9 minutes and 26 seconds.

Li Yue reappeared after a break of nearly 6 minutes. He teamed up with Gasol and Iguodala to score easily in a row, but still failed to find a good way to limit the high screens of Nowitzki and Ellis. The Mavericks also maintained efficient scoring.

By the end of the halftime game, the Lakers trailed 63 to 69, with many more fouls and turnovers than in the previous 4 games.

The whole team returned to the locker room, discussed in detail, and decided to return Iguodala and Landry to the starting lineup in the second half.

After the start of the third game, such adjustments received good feedback. The two teamed up to successfully limit the high pick-and-rolls of Nowitzki and Ellis. .

I thought it could go on smoothly, but the Mavericks coach Carlisle took the initiative to change the formation, gave up the use of high pick-and-roll coordination, replaced Haas and Blair in advance, and cooperated with Ellis to speed up the fast break. The two teams fell into a situation where no one could prevent the other situation.

D'Antoni didn't dare to take it too seriously, so he arranged for Li Yue to play the entire third quarter, and the Lakers clung to the score.

But after the third quarter, Li Yue took a rest, Harris and Ellis also went to rest, but the combination of Nowitzki and Calderon continued to score for the Mavericks, and the Lakers were once again left behind.

Li Yue took a 2-minute break and hurried on the stage. Ellis and Harris followed suit, and the two sides scored peacefully.

The game quickly reached the last 3 minutes and 50 seconds. The Lakers fell behind 101 to 106. D'Antoni requested a timeout.

"The current situation is very bad for the Lakers." Barry said, "They only have one last card left."

"Li Yue can play unlimited singles?" Mike said, "But the problem is that they can't defend the Mavericks' outside offense. If Li Yue switches to point guard, the small forward position will become a big hole, and others can't restrict Marion from running without the ball. .”

(End of this chapter)