I just play ball

Chapter 226
Lakers bench.

After D'Antoni emphasized a lot of precautions, he was silent for a moment and continued: "Meeks, you go to play at the 2nd position, Andre goes to the 3rd position, and Li Yue goes to the 1st position. If you miss the shot, first Make a retreat."

The three nodded upon hearing the words. This is the best way to limit the Mavericks' fast break, just like the Bobcats did.

In terms of momentum, it is a bit timid, but the primary goal is to win the game, there is no need to be hypocritical.

In addition, Meeks will be at a disadvantage against Ellis, but the team's current two generals are injured, and there is no way to always weaken a position. This arrangement requires that Ellis not feel as hot as before.

The whistle sounded as the timeout was about to end, and players from the two teams stepped onto the court one after another. The Mavericks, as if they had expected it, replaced Harris and White with DeJuan and Calderon. Switch to center forward.

Li Yue ran to the bottom line and stood still, secretly admiring Carlisle for guessing his own tactical thinking. With the arrangement of Nowitzki switching to center forward, the role of Gasol and Landry's internal cooperation was greatly weakened, because Novitzki Except for the relatively poor 45-degree three-point shooting rate on the right side, Cisky can basically come to other positions with open hands, and the Mavericks have a lot of space.

Right now, there is no way to pause and re-arrange, so we can only play like this first.

The referee whistled, Li Yue took the pass, quickly took it across the center line, and raised his hand to call for the -2 position to circle around.

Seeing this, the four teammates settled down respectively. He dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and passed it to Meeks who was 45 degrees to the left.

Meeks catches the ball and runs towards him. He takes over and returns the pass to the left, and Meeks continues to rush to the right sideline.

He rushed to the left 45 degrees, suddenly pulled the ball in front of his body and changed direction, diverted to the right, dropped his shoulders and lowered his waist to force the inside line. At the same time, Meeks rushed to the basket with the help of Gasol and Iguodala. Down.

He failed to get rid of Marion's interference, but continued to rush in with Landry's cover. Nowitzki was forced to shrink and intercept under the basket, just blocking Ellis who was chasing Meeks, and Meeks rushed to the left side bottom corners.

Seeing that the vacant space has been run out, Li Yue took off with the ball and passed the ball to the left in the face of interference from the Mavericks.

Meeks received the hand, took a step back to the outside of the three-point line, and calmly aimed at the basket to shoot.

Swish!Hollow into the net, the Lakers chased 104 to 106.

Seeing the goal, the four Lakers players quickly turned around and retreated. Li Yue rushed straight to Calderon. He just intervened closely and did not press down. He used sliding steps and Z-shaped moves to drive Calderon to the sideline.

But Calderon seemed to know what he was thinking. After changing direction twice in a row, he called for a backcourt pick-and-roll. Nowitzki ran to the middle circle as a cover. He flew around and continued to chase. Calderon had already thrown a position.

Li Yue accelerated with all his strength, and finally caught up again at 45 degrees on the right, and encountered De Juan's side cover again.

Calderon took the opportunity to get to the free throw line, took off against the interference of Iguodala and Landry, and passed the ball vigorously. Ellis received the ball from the bottom line to the left 45 degrees, took the opportunity to break through the top of the arc, and easily He rushed to the free throw line, made an emergency stop and made a pull-up throw.

The basketball smashed into the net, 108 to 104.

Li Yue stood at the bottom line to catch the ball, knowing that the thinking of the two teams had not changed, and they were still playing at their weaknesses. This kind of play was not good for the Lakers, because the game time was getting less and less, and the Mavericks were in full swing. too difficult.

He dribbled the ball across the center line, raised his hand and called for the elevator door tactics at position 1, and Gasol slowly moved towards Landry.

When he rushed to the right wing, Meeks immediately went up, and the two cooperated hand in hand, and Li Yue used the cover to hit the bottom line.

Iguodala was approaching, and Marion hurriedly went out of bounds to try to bypass the cross screen of the two, but Li Yue suddenly stopped the button under the basket and changed direction, and went straight to the left wing. Landry and Garcia Saul set up the elevator doors left and right.

Li Yue passed through quickly and received a pass from Mick to move at the top of the arc. Nowitzki's footsteps were a little slower and he failed to catch in time.

The basketball flew into the air, hit the basket, rebounded and spun several times, and finally flew out of the basket and failed to hit.

The Lakers retreated quickly according to the tactical arrangement, and Calderon moved forward with the ball.

The Mavericks were positioned in a 1-high and 4-low formation at halftime. After several off-ball screens, Ellis circled to the top of the arc to catch the ball. With the help of Nowitzki, he rushed to the right 45 degrees and suddenly pulled out. The length of the hand is two points.

The basketball crashed into the net, and the Mavericks led 110 to 104, with 2 minutes and 46 seconds left before the end of the game.

The audience cheered and shouted. Landry stood there in a daze for a moment. Li Yue waved his hand to remind him to go to the frontcourt and take a position. cast.

Li Yue took the ball to the center line, thought for a moment and decided to continue to look for three-pointers, and raised his hand to call-the weak side hammer zipper tactic.

Seeing this, the four teammates ran separately. He passed the ball from the right wing to Meeks who was lifted up by Gasol's screen, and then rushed up to do a positioning screen to block Ellis. At the same time, Gasol also rushed up to set up a wall to block Ellis. Sri Lanka bypasses the defense route.

Meeks took the opportunity to dribble to the right sideline. At the same time, Iguodala started from the left wing and rushed to the left corner with a screen. The basket area between the two was empty with 10 seconds left on the shot clock. .

Meeks made a strong long pass, Iguodala caught the ball and made a decisive shot, and the basketball hit the basket and hit the iron.

Nowitzki grabbed the rebound and handed it to Ellis, and the Mavericks counterattacked.

Still 1 high and 4 low, Ellis singled out Meeks, and the audience stood up and cheered.

I saw Ellis shaking his crotch continuously, getting space several times, but he didn't rush to make a shot. Instead, he waited until the last five seconds of the attack time, and then took a big step forward to the right, facing the meter. Max interfered with the mid-range shot.

The basketball crashed into the net, and the Mavericks led 112 to 104, with 2 minutes and 09 seconds left before the end of the game.

Cuban applauded excitedly, and the shouts of BEAT LA resounded throughout the American Airlines Center arena.

Li Yue dribbled the ball forward quickly, rushed to the right wing and passed it to Gasol, and then received the pass back in a three-threat pose.

Gasol came to cover, he threw Marion away with one step, but was interfered by Nowitzki raising his hands up close to him in advance.

Considering that the Lakers need to grab points, he changed his left hand behind his right hand, sticking to Nowitzki and breaking through to the top of the arc.

As soon as he rushed to the position, De Juan was also in place at the same time, and he had no choice but to hand the ball to Landry, who was in the air.

With a bang, dunks scored, the Lakers chased 106 to 112, but there were only 1 minute and 51 seconds left before the end of the game.

The Mavericks attacked, Calderon held the ball at the top of the arc and pressed the time, and passed it to Ellis who came out of the screen in the last 5 seconds, and the latter smashed the basket and hit the iron. The whole team immediately retreated and did not give a chance to counterattack quickly. .

Li Yue dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and used Gasol's cover to break through on the right. Nowitzki still raised his hand in advance to interfere.

He made a decisive high-profile pass, and Gasol received it in an air cut, and took two steps to face DeJuan.

Snapped!The thugs sounded.

Beep!The referee whistled for a foul on DeJuan, and Gasol got two free throw opportunities.

Maybe it hurt too much, Gasol grinned and took the first penalty, but he smashed the basket and hit the iron.

The audience was ecstatic when they saw this, and the boos became more and more violent. The second free throw was made steadily, and the Lakers chased 107 to 112, with only 1 minute and 11 seconds left before the end of the game.

Li Yue turned around and retreated. It was quite a headache for the Mavericks' strategy of "resolutely not giving three points, but can take two points, but it will take a lot of time and cost". This kind of conspiracy can only be solved in an unreasonable way. .

Calderon continued to control the timing, like a single loop, passing the ball to Ellis who circled out in the last five seconds.

The Mavericks led 114 to 107, and with 50 seconds left before the end of the game, the Lakers requested a timeout.

The whole team returned to the bench, D'Antoni drew two three-point tactics, emphasized a few key points, and then returned to the court.

At the end of the timeout, the Lakers took the ball from the frontcourt. Li Yue received the ball for a few seconds and was about to make a shot. Marion fouled early.

He made two free throws steadily, and immediately directed the audience to press, and Carlisle immediately requested a timeout.

Back from the timeout, the Mavericks received the ball from the sideline, Calderon controlled the time, and D'Antoni commanded a tactical foul.

The two teams started a penalty shootout. After Li Yue hit a super long three-pointer, the Mavericks directly arranged two people to defend after the free throw. He never got a chance to shoot a three-pointer. The Lakers finally lost 114 to 119.

Li Yue's shooting percentage was low, relying on free throws to get 37 points and 12 assists.

"I didn't expect the Mavericks to be the first team to beat the Lakers in the new season!" Barry exclaimed, "Coach Rick Carlisle has almost exhausted all his ideas. There may be many teams to learn from, and the Lakers may be greatly affected."

"This may not be a bad thing at all," Mike said. "The Lakers' bubble of invincibility has been punctured. They can then become stronger by solving these problems, rather than finding a point guard with a mid-level defensive level."

PS: I don’t know how many games I’ve written. It’s the first time I’ve written about the loss in detail. It might make people a little uncomfortable. I’ve struggled with it for a long time, but the plot is laid out here. It’s necessary to write this way for the sake of making it more enjoyable and reasonable later.

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