I just play ball

Chapter 249 Ordinary Foul

Thackeray nodded and was about to talk when D'Antoni clapped his hands and called the team together.

"We started very well. The strategy of using the opponent's center to defend the outside line has been successful. According to the plan discussed before the game, we will try the fast break lineup next. Gasol and Marshall, you two take a break first, Corwin Dun took the [-]th position, Meeks took the [-]nd position, and Li Yue changed to the [-]st position..."

With a few simple arrangements, the short timeout ended and the game continued. The Pacers replaced Roy Hibbert with Ian Mahinmi.

Hill received the ball from the bottom line in the backcourt and quickly brought it to the top of the arc in the frontcourt. West went up to the wall to cover him.Hill accelerated to the free throw line, ignoring Covington's slightly slower lateral shift to switch defenses, stopped suddenly and jumped out of the hand to shoot.

The basketball went into the net, and the Pacers caught up to 8 to 22. D'Antoni shouted at Covington: "You have to be faster next time!"

Li Yue caught the ball from the bottom line on the right and ran all the way to the right wing of the frontcourt against George's interference. He slowed down slightly to observe the team's stance, and found that there was no chance to score in the air. top.

This is the idiomatic starting gesture for figure-of-eight running. Iguodala tacitly ran towards Li Yue from the left at 45 degrees. The two met at the top of the arc. Li Yue stopped abruptly and raised his hand. Taking cover, out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of George stopping as well.

Li Yue's heart moved, and he instinctively put down his left hand, suddenly lowered his shoulders and made a strong stride.

With such a short time difference, he easily threw away George and rushed to the left elbow area. He stopped and jumped decisively. Seeing that Mahinmi flew over, he calmly passed the ball to the unguarded Landry under the basket.

Boom!Landry scored dunks with both hands, and the Lakers led 24-8.

Mahinmi picked up the basketball and retreated out of bounds, hit the ground and threw it into the field, Lance caught the ball and rushed wildly.

Meeks chased with all his strength and successfully formed an interception on the left sideline of the frontcourt.Seeing this, Li Yue rushed forward to block the passing route, never thinking that Lance raised his shoulders, almost knocked Meeks to the ground, and continued to sprint towards the basket.

"Foul, foul!" The Lakers' bench yelled collectively. The referee seemed to be deaf and ignored it. Covington quickly shrunk to the basket to intercept, Lance stopped and scored the ball, West caught the ball in the middle, and made a wide-open mid-range shot from the spot. .

when!Smashing baskets and striking iron.

Covington jumped up and caught the rebound. After landing, he passed it to Li Yue nearby. Li Yue turned around with the ball and found that Meeks had crossed the center line and was about to reach the three-point line in the frontcourt. Long guard pass.

With no one in the Pacers team chasing, Meeks ran to catch the ball and rushed to the basket to score with a one-handed dunk.

26 to 8, the Lakers' lead expanded again, and the audience cheered and cheered.

Pacers head coach Frank Vogel turned and walked to the bench, turned around after a few steps, exhaustion, shame, embarrassment and other expressions intertwined and changed on his face, as if performing a classic Sichuan opera-face changing.

Hill slowly brought the ball to the right wing, George picked up the ball from the bottom corner, moved to the top of the arc, beckoned for cover, and Mahinmi raised the wall to block Li Yue.Landry moved laterally to prevent the delay of George, and Mahinmi immediately opened the air cut, rushed to the three-second zone with two strides, received a lob pass from George, jumped high, and dunked with both hands to score.

The Pacers caught up to 10 to 26, with four minutes and 15 seconds left before the end of the first quarter.

The Lakers attacked, and the four of Covington ran to the frontcourt early, all standing in the area below the free throw line.

Li Yue dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, Iguodala and Meeks ran out from the corners on both sides, Landry also went up the wall to cover for him, and Covington moved to the left, leaving all three In the second zone space, the whole team implements zipper tactics.

Li Yue pulled the ball horizontally, took the right to get rid of George, twisted his hips and rushed to the free throw line sideways, and started a three-step layup.

George bypassed the screen and rushed to intercept. Li Yue ignored the interference and forced a jump shot. The basketball bounced off the board and fell to the left.

"Alas!" The audience sighed regretfully, but at the same time, Iguodala used Covington's cover to throw off Lance, accelerated the strong conflict to break West, came to the left baseline to grab the basketball, and took off to hit the ball. plate.

boom!The basketball rebounded into the net, 28 to 10.

Hill took the ball to the top of the arc in only [-] seconds, and the Pacers team passed back and forth from the outside, but never got a good shot.The offensive time passed quickly, and coach Vogel put his hands on his hips in a hurry, then put them down, and then put them on his hips again, over and over again, the impatient expression on his face could not be concealed at all.

In the last three seconds, Lance was at the top of the arc, received a long cross from Paul George, and made a strong three-pointer against the defense.Meeks flew to block the shot and slapped the ball directly to the backcourt. Just as he sprinted, the referee blew his whistle and called the thug for a foul.

Meeks put his head in his hands and rushed to the referee, "Why? I don't have any thugs at all!"

The referee turned his head and walked away, the audience yelled 'garbage' in unison, Nicholson stood up on the sidelines and shouted loudly: "Calm down, for the sake of ratings and commercials, you know, we must give them a little hope of resistance ah."

Other spectators on the sidelines laughed when they heard the words, and Vogel, who was standing not far away, turned around to avoid his eyes, his face was like a dark cloud descending.

In the ESPN commentary seat, Brin turned his head to look at Van Gundy, and said with some embarrassment: "From the data of the past 2 minutes, the Pacers scored far more than before. They seem to have recovered on the offensive end. What are the possible reasons?"

Van Gundy chuckled: "In the previous 17 games, they didn't attack like they did in the opening game. Instead, they had a lot of quick counterattacks. They often relied on two excellent pushers, Paul George and Lance Stephenson, to quickly overwhelm other teams' defensive formations. Personal ability to score, just came back from a timeout, and they resumed this style of play."

"Why is the efficiency of the opening game low?"

"The game is okay," Van Gundy said. "The problem is that George Hill is a combo guard who can shoot suddenly, but he is not a good playmaker, and the rest of the Pacers can't take the responsibility of organizing. As a result, their offense often turns into Paul George or David West's singles, and occasionally some bottom-line cuts and first catches, the changes are very small, and it is too easy to see through."

"I think there is another reason." Breen said, "The Lakers' shooting rate is so high that it is difficult for the Pacers to form a quick counterattack."

On the field, Lance made two of three free throws, and the Pacers chased to 12-28.

The Lakers attacked, and Li Yue brought the ball to the top of the arc.

Covington raised the frame wall, West took a step back to make room, George bypassed the screen to intercept, but Li Yue took one step to the right to enter the three-point line, and then took two steps to the waist to face George Chasing and West intercepting, he suddenly stopped and passed the ball back. Covington, who had removed the screen and ran to the right 45 degrees, received the ball, raised his hand leisurely to aim at the basket, and shot a wide open three-pointer like training.

Boom!The basketball is hollow into the net.

With the Lakers leading 31-12, West clapped his hands and shook his head gloomily, as if sighing that he underestimated his opponent.

The Pacers attacked, and Hill's right wing used the screen to break through and was double-teamed, and quickly handed over the ball.Lance catches the ball and rushes to the top of the arc, cooperates with George in the pick-and-roll, but is intercepted by Li Yue's defense, forming a faint heads-up situation.

The audience booed at the opportunity, Lance stopped passing the ball, and switched to shaking hands continuously under the crotch.

Li Yue saw the right moment and raised his foot to the left and stretched out his hand. Lance hurriedly changed hands behind his back to dodge, but Li Yue just feinted and stopped raising his foot immediately. He bent to the right and snatched the basketball from Lance's hand. Take advantage of the momentum and dash forward.

The players of the two teams followed up separately, and Li Yue rushed to the top of the arc, using Iguodala's cover to get rid of Lance's pursuit and continue to rush in.

He once thought that he had just rushed to the free throw line and was about to close the ball for a layup when he suddenly fell to the ground.

The basketball rolled out of bounds, and the referee whistled to stop the game. Li Yue turned over and bent his legs to cover his right ankle, grinning in pain.

The large central screen showed the video playback. When Li Yue sprinted at high speed, Lance stepped on his right heel.The referee blew his whistle again for a common foul on Lance, and the Staples Center erupted in deafening boos in an instant.

(End of this chapter)