I just play ball

Chapter 25
Kupchak waved his hand: "It's not that serious. Kobe never interfered, and never commented on the private lives of his teammates. Even if a rookie player went to a nightclub until the early hours of the morning when he was on the road, he would not say anything to stop him, and he would even take the initiative to accompany the rookies. Go together, but he will also knock on the doors of those rookies at five o'clock in the morning, asking for training together. The ultimate goal is to warn those rookies that it doesn't matter how you play, but it cannot affect training and games."

"So, now Kobe wants to remind?" D'Antoni said.

"I think so. Kobe has high expectations for Li Yue. I am looking forward to his response. After all, for so many years, no rookie has played at a high level under the special care of Kobe. This is a way to improve the team's chemical reaction. What do you think of this good opportunity?" Kupchak stared at everyone on the field with his eyes bright.

"If he can maintain the previous performance under Kobe's key care, leaving aside the chemical reaction and so on, at least it can help the team change a lot of trouble, and the work of the coaching staff will be much easier." D'Antoni excitedly Said.

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The yellow team attacked and Blake dribbled forward.

Li Yue ran forward quickly, Kobe followed closely, and the two stopped on the left wing one after another. Seeing Blake dribble to the top of the arc, Kobe raised his hands and went around the front to intercept. Li Yue ran back and rushed to the basket, shouting for a pass .

Blake, who was coordinating with Gasol in the pick-and-roll, immediately stopped and threw the ball toward the baseline with both hands. However, the shot was rushed and the angle was slightly off, which caused the landing position to be far behind. Li Yue hurriedly raised his head Small steps backwards.

snap!Li Yue firmly grasped the basketball, but before it started, Kobe was already in front of him again.

Considering the disadvantages of the previous entanglement, Li Yue kicked off the ground and took off, sideways to separate Kobe from Bryant, and aimed at the basket to throw a shot.

Kobe jumped up and stretched out his hand to interfere, the basketball brushed past his fingertips, and with a swish sound, it went into the net hollow.

"Beautiful!" Howard clenched his fists and shouted, and Nash and others nodded.

Kobe still ran to the front court expressionless, as if nothing happened.

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The white team attacked, Nash dribbled to the top of the arc, and passed to Kobe who ran up to ask for the ball.

Blake did not switch defenses at all, and there was no delay, Jodi Meeks did not run open, and Artest walked away early. The entire right-wing area was reserved for Kobe and Li Yue to use one-on-one. .

Kobe started to dribble the ball under his crotch, the speed was getting faster and faster, the center of gravity was getting lower and lower, and the shaking of his shoulders was getting bigger and bigger, like those people playing streetball in Rock Park, determined to use horse fleas Action to break through.

Li Yue watched Kobe's waist and knees with both eyes, ignoring all kinds of fancy movements, like an old monk in meditation.

The two teams faced each other for 8 seconds, and Kobe suddenly raised his shoulders and turned sideways, kicked his feet on the ground, and rushed towards the top of the arc.Li Yue originally wanted to control the speed to prevent Kobe from making a sudden stop and retreating, but Kobe's resolute eyes were like looking for light in the dark night, and he had to catch up at full speed.

The two rushed to the free throw line in the blink of an eye. Kobe combined his hands to initiate a three layup, and Li Yue followed closely with his knees bent.

squeak!The sound of basketball shoes rubbing against the floor was like fingernails scratching a blackboard.

Kobe suddenly stopped and raised his hand, Li Yue jumped up to defend.Just when everyone thought that a big cap was about to be produced, Kobe used his left foot as the axis, turned around and avoided it calmly, and then took a step forward, aiming at the position of the basket to pick the basket and shoot.

Seeing this situation, everyone in the white team except Howard showed admiration, while everyone in the yellow team looked regretful.

It was thought that after Li Yue landed, he immediately jumped up like an over-inflated basketball, and flew towards the basketball.

Snapped!The basketball was slapped from the side, Li Yue smiled while still in the air, and Kobe curled his lips slightly.

Howard grabbed the rebound, Blake caught it, and asked Li Yue if he wanted to catch the ball early in the backcourt.

Seeing this, Li Yue thought to himself: Since Kobe intends to teach himself a lesson, let's continue.

After making up his mind, he took the basketball, and while pushing forward, he thought about how to break through Kobe with the ball.

Walking to the top of the arc, he finally thought of a countermeasure. Facing Kobe's defense, he began to scramble the ball without hesitation, and Kobe subconsciously retreated slightly.With just such a little time and space, he took a step forward, collected the ball and took off to shoot.

By the time Kobe reacted, the basketball had already flown above the rim, and with a bang, it rebounded into the net.

"Okay!" Howard clenched his fists and shouted again, but no one responded.

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Yi Bianbai team attacked, Nash dribbled to the top of the arc, and turned his head to look for Kobe.

Kobe shook his head and pointed to everyone on the court, as if to say that the number of heads-ups was enough, and the main thing was training.

Nash nodded as if knowing, then raised his hand to call for a pick-and-roll, and Howard raised the wall when he saw it.

After a back and forth screen run, Nash stopped at the free throw line and passed the ball to Gasol, who was left unattended at the elbow.Li Yue was located on the left sideline, and immediately slid forward and moved forward to defend, but Gasol immediately passed the ball to Artest who took the opportunity to cut the baseline.

Li Yue turned around to catch up, intentionally letting Artest shoot, intending to force him to the basket.

But Artest didn't do what he wanted, and he passed the ball back to Gasol directly, and he had to fight back again.Although he failed to complete the interception three times in a row, only 5 seconds remained in the attack time.Gasol hesitated for a moment and was forced to take a shot under his interference.

when!Smashing baskets and striking iron.

Hill got the rebound, Black caught the ball and advanced, and the yellow team launched a counterattack.

Li Yue quickly rushed to the right wing and stood still. Seeing that Kobe did not keep up, the defender changed back to Artest, decisively dodged and rushed to the top of the arc, received a hand-off pass from Blake, dribbled two steps towards the middle, and jumped back to pass to the back. Hill screens and rolls down Blake.

Hill's blocking quality is very good. After Nash squeezed hard, he was thrown away by two positions. In addition, Howard's pursuit speed was too slow. Blake was completely unguarded, and he received a pass back and scored an easy layup.

Seeing the goal, Phil Webb and other four assistant coaches standing on the sidelines applauded happily.

This is a new tactic specially designed by the coaching staff for Li Yue's technical characteristics. It is a variant of high-position double-block. It is not difficult to understand, and it is not very complicated to execute. It's useless, and you have to have a certain height to ensure your basketball vision. LeBron James often plays like this in the entire league.

A few people thought they would practice several times, but they succeeded the first time. Later, they could devise more complex and confusing tactics, making full use of Li Yueneng's advantage of holding the ball and organizing, and greatly improving the Lakers' offensive efficiency.

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At ten o'clock in the morning, the 5V5 confrontation training ended.

Assistant coach Phil Weber called everyone to the video room to watch the video analysis of the Knicks' recent games.

Li Yue walked behind the team wearing a towel, walking side by side with Kobe, but neither of them spoke.

Walking all the way to the door, Kobe finally said, "How do you plan to arrange training in the future?"

The words were quite abrupt, and Li Yue couldn't help guessing what Kobe meant, but he couldn't figure it out after much deliberation, so he had to tell the truth: "It's all some basic physical training, usually starting at 8 am, and sprinting after warming up..."

Bryant then asked: "Can you hold on for a long time?"

Hearing this, Li Yue finally understood Kobe's purpose, which was nothing more than worrying that things outside the court would affect him too much.

"Don't worry, I know what's most important."

"That's good, I hope you will do what you say."

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Soon, the video analysis session began.

As the former Knicks coach, D'Antoni directly undertook all the explanations this time. From the team's tactical style to the players' technical characteristics, he analyzed them in every possible way.

The whole explanation lasted 10 minutes. After it was all over, D'Antoni pointed to Li Yue a little excitedly.

"In this game you start the game, the offensive end consumes Anthony's energy by running without the ball, and the defensive end restricts Anthony's scoring by double-teaming..."

(End of this chapter)