I just play ball

Chapter 253 Your uncle is still your uncle
[-] p.m. on the [-]th, Staples Center.

The game between the Lakers and the Trail Blazers is about to start, and the audience fills up the arena as usual, but tonight there are especially many spectators wearing Kobe's No. 24 and No. 8 jerseys. .

DJ shouted at the top of his voice: "Ladies and gentlemen, the following is the starter of the Los Angeles Lakers..."

Hearing the sound, Li Yue strode out from the player tunnel, raised his right hand in response to the cheers of the audience, followed by Nash and Iguodala, and after Gasol ran out, the audience stood up and shouted Kobe's name.

"The last one is MVP, FMVP, championship, All-Star player, Kobe Bryant!" The DJ shouted with a long tail, and the only bright light beam in the field moved to the player channel. Kobe smiled and ran out slowly, cheering loudly vertex.

Kobe went straight to the middle circle, took the microphone and shouted: "I miss you so much, I'm back!"

Cheers, screams and cries erupted from all around the arena as a huge fan meeting took place at the Staples Center.

"Thank you for your long-term support..." The moving speech ended in a blink of an eye, and the national anthem began to be played. Li Yue took advantage of his free time to observe the Trail Blazers team, recalling the pre-match analysis and the opponent's players' style of play.

In the off-season, the Blazers tried their best to transform their weak bench. Not only rookies like CJ McCollum and Thomas Robinson joined in, but also veterans like Mo Williams and Robin Lopez joined in. They have proved that they are not suitable for NBA games Nolan Smith signed for the Serbian League, and Sasha Pavlovic ended his professional basketball career.

In short, the Blazers' strength has been comprehensively improved. Since the new season, they have averaged 106.7 points per game, ranking fifth in the league, but their average conceded points per game have reached 102.8, ranking ninth in the league, so the current record is only ranked seventh in the West.

People have never seen Aldridge play for a long time with the healthy Brandon Roy and Greg O, but now the Blazers youth army has formed a qualified starting lineup, except for the slightly embarrassing height of the backcourt, Other aspects are enough to carve out a path to the playoffs in the bloody Western Conference.

The performance of the national anthem ended quickly, the lights were turned on, the whistle was played, and the audience cheered again.

Li Yue walked to the technical stage, performed a slightly familiar mechanical dance with Nick Yang, then stepped into the arena, went straight to Aldrie, stretched out his hand from a long distance, smiled and expressed goodwill, for tonight's game, he For the time being, he needs to take care of Adelaide on the defensive end. He is at a huge disadvantage in weight and height. He hopes to use etiquette to 'lower' Adelaide's vigilance.

"Wait a while, don't be too aggressive."

Ade chuckled, clapped his hands, and did not respond.

Li Yue stood still in embarrassment. Originally, this was Landry's job, but Kobe had just returned, and the starting position was unshakable. Nash would also start after returning from injury. The coaching staff decided to let Iguodala play in the form of a fake starter.

Of course, this form is not always fixed, and the coaching staff will make adjustments according to different opponents.Except for Ade, the other four starters of the Blazers are point guard Lillard, shooting guard Matthews, small forward Batum, and center Lopez.

The short whistle sounded, and the referee walked to the middle circle with the ball, made simple gestures, and lightly threw the ball upwards.

Gasol jumped up, touched the basketball first and moved it back. Nash trotted and picked it up, and the Lakers first attacked.

The audience chanted LETSGOLA in unison, Nash took the ball across the center line and raised his hand to the left wing.Bryant received the ball and split the top of the arc, then ran over, Gasol took the ball and threw it to the right wing, then ran over, the two crossed without the ball to cover.

Li Yue waited with the ball on the left wing, saw Kobe rushed to the right elbow, decisively hit the ground to pass the ball, and then ran back to the baseline, took Batum to help defend against interference, and left the entire right half for Kobe to play singles Matthews.

The audience stood up and cheered, Kobe feinted "left and right", turned around and jumped to shoot.

when!The basketball hit the rim and bounced to the baseline on the right.

Li Yue saw the flight trajectory, put his back against 'French Pippen' Batum, leaped high with both feet on the ground, grabbed the ball in his arms, turned around when he landed, and passed it vigorously to the right 45 degrees three times Sub-line.

Matthews, who was about to double-team, rushed over, but Kobe had already shot a wide open three-pointer.

when!The basketball hit the basket and fell, Gasol caught it with a roar, turned around and passed it to Kobe again.

Kobe took the ball and made a shot. After hitting Matthews, he rushed to the free throw line step by step, and took off and made a mid-range shot facing the ring.

when!The basketball hit the basket and hit the iron, Ade caught it, and the Blazers launched a counterattack.

Bryant strode back, shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands towards Li Yue, as if to say "I am also surprised", the central big screen showed a close-up, the audience laughed, and the Lakers bench was full of joy, no one in the audience was worried.

In the TNT commentary seat, O'Neill raised his hand and patted his forehead: "My brother's sound of blacksmithing is still so beautiful."

Kenny laughed: "It's still a familiar feeling and a familiar posture. Kobe is really back!"

Barkley winked: "Please be patient, Kobe Bryant needs games and time to adapt to his return from a serious injury."

"OK, that's the end of the joke." Ernie pretended to be serious, but the smile on the corner of his mouth was hard to hide.

On the court, Lillard brought the ball to the right wing, stopped and raised his hands to pass the ball to the inside, but Lopez was not completely locked in the position. Nash took the opportunity to press close to him, so he had to twist his body and throw the ball to the inside. Ade at the top of the arc.

After Lillard passed the ball, he ran along the sideline to the bottom corner, and Lopez took a step up to set up a positioning screen.Adelaide threw a pass back with both hands, and as soon as Lillard received the ball, Nash bypassed the screen and caught up to block it sideways, leaving only space for the baseline.

For this kind of temptation, Lillard was not fooled, but instead held the ball tightly with both hands and waited.

Lopez quickly ran up to cover the side. Seeing Gasol step up to grab the flank, he hurriedly stepped back, raised his right hand and shouted for a pass. Lillard.

Lillard swung a long pass, and Adelaide took it and turned to the left to find someone. At this time, there were only 8 seconds left in the attack time. Li Yue raised his hands to interfere without hesitation. Pass the ball and immediately follow suit.

The potential energy of the basketball was greatly reduced, and it fell directly to the top of the arc. Kobe picked it up and rushed forward.

The audience cheered and cheered. Li Yue followed up in the middle, accelerated to get rid of Adelaide, rushed to the free throw line in the frontcourt two steps ahead, received a pass from Kobe and directly started a layup. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Matthews catching up and deliberately slowed down the pace.

Matthews chased after him in the blink of an eye, Li Yue jumped up and passed the ball back in the air, Kobe followed up to catch the ball and jumped, like countless times in the past, gliding and dunking with one hand, the cheers at the Staples Center burst instantly .

When Kobe landed on the ground, he pulled up his jersey with both hands and shook it to celebrate. Li Yue gave him a high-five to celebrate, and the two returned to defense side by side.

The Blazers attacked, Alder and Lopez separated the left and right elbows, and Batum and Matthews separated the left and right bottom corners.

After Lillard dribbled the ball across the center line, Lopez started running to the right sideline, bent over and set up a wall to block Kobe, and Lillard himself passed the ball to the top of the arc, and passed it up to 45 Adelaide on the left. Accelerate towards the right sideline.

Matthews used two screens in a row, struggled to get half of Kobe away, rushed to Adelaide's side to take over the pass, rushed to the left wing, bent down and hit the ball in a low position on the left, where there was no screen Lopez then ran over.

The other teammates of the Blazers shifted to the right one after another, leaving room for Lopez to single Gasol, and finally ran the tactics.

But Lopez just put the ball on the floor and patted it. Before he could make any technical moves, Kobe suddenly double-teamed, took the basketball away like lightning, and passed it to Nash who was standing at the free throw line.

The Lakers launched a counterattack, Li Yue followed up from the right, received a 45-degree three-pointer from the frontcourt, and accelerated to the inside.The three of the Blazers shrunk and attacked, Kobe was emptied and had already stood still, and Li Yue made a long pass in the air.

Kobe took the ball from the left wing and made a smart shot. The three-pointer went into the net, and the Lakers led 5-0.

Matthews shook his head and sighed, Li Yue was happy: Kobe is still the same Kobe, your uncle is still your uncle.

(End of this chapter)