I just play ball

Chapter 254 Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers
How did Matthews know this, he ran all the way to the left waist of the frontcourt and stood on the fixed wall, blocking Iguodala abruptly.Batum took the opportunity to rush beyond the three-point line, received a pass from Lillard, waited with his hands raised, and Kobe chose to switch defenses to intercept.

Almost at the same time, Matthews stuck sideways and raised his hand to ask for the ball, but turned around and rushed to the baseline in the next second, and ran to the right half with the help of Adelaide's cover. bit hanging pass.

Ade catches the ball and hits back, Li Yue feels powerless to carry it hard, and directly 'withdraws the chair' to interfere with the offensive rhythm.Unexpectedly, Ade took advantage of the situation and turned forward with the ball, rushed to the top of the free throw coil in two steps, and skillfully took off and threw.

Li Yue gave up trying to block the shot and turned around ahead of time to grab the rebound, but saw the basketball go into the net hollow.

The whole process was like training in the Trail Blazers team, which was relaxed and enjoyable, and the audience was a little confused about it.Li Yue strode forward and pointed his eyes at the coaching staff members on the bench. With Adelaide's professional low-post footsteps, it was difficult for him to defend in the case of a huge difference in stature, and most of the rest would be for nothing.

D'Antoni nodded, then raised his finger to the end of the bench, Landry got up and unbuttoned his coat and ran to the technical table.

Li Yue received the ball from the right wing, tested Batum in a three-threat posture, and found that the opponent's defensive footsteps were sharp and his awareness was excellent, so he decisively raised his hand and called for cover.

Batum squeezed through the screen and chased behind him, Lopez moved forward to intercept, Li Yue accelerated to the short corner, stopped suddenly and raised his hand to throw the ball from above his head to the right elbow, dismantling Gasol who cut inside After receiving it in the hand, he stepped on the spot and made a mid-range shot.

The basketball went into the net hollow, and the Lakers led 7 to 2.

The Blazers attacked, Lillard dribbled the ball across the center line, passed it to Batum at the top of the arc, and continued to run to the bottom corner.

Batum received the ball and shifted to the right. With the help of Lopez's cover at a 45-degree position, he twisted his hips and went inside and went straight to the basket.Gasol switched defenses and moved laterally to intercept, and Iguodala was also chasing after him, and Batum rushed to the short corner to hit the ball.

Lopez, who disassembled and went down, caught the ball at the elbow area. The whole process was exactly the same as the Lakers' previous offense, but Lopez's mid-range shooting was far inferior to Gasol, so he didn't dare to shoot in place, but kicked in. rush.

Gasol returned to the defense to intercept, and Nash also shrunk to assist the defense from the bottom corner. He was about to push Lopez into a desperate situation, but the basketball suddenly flew out of Lopez's hands. Lillard, who was unguarded, caught the ball and made a three-pointer .

The basketball hit the circle and hit the net, the Blazers caught up to 5-7, Nash raised his hand and took the responsibility for the point loss, the Lakers didn't take it seriously, Nash was right to double-team, but he never thought that Lopez, a rough guy, would have Such delicate handwork.

Li Yue ran to the right wing and stood still, received a pass and went straight to the hoop, Batum chased close to him, Lopez and Adelaide shrank to the basket and cut off the high and low connection space at the same time, successfully dividing the half court into two area.

After thinking for a while, Li Yue gave up the idea of ​​forcing a layup, walked along the baseline to the short corner on the left, and vacated the ball.

Gasol received the ball at the top of the arc and immediately turned around. Kobe ran up to take over and handed over the legend. team away.

Kobe made a sudden stop, the basketball smashed into the net, and the audience cheered and applauded.

The Blazers attacked and Lillard dribbled the ball to the top of the arc.

Matthews started from the bottom corner, used Lopez's cover to shake off Kobe and rushed to the right wing to receive the ball, bowing in a triple-threat position.

As a draft pick in 09, Matthews' progress over the years is visible to the naked eye. From being able to play without the ball to starting today's strong teams, his skills are a little bit better, but he still dare not play the ball easily in the face of Kobe. He just holds his hands up, down, left, and right Dance back and forth.

Seeing that his teammates were having trouble opening up the situation, Lillard rushed to the right corner, and Batum adjusted his body towards the three-point line. The two of them made it clear that they were going to cooperate with the outside screen, and Iguodala took a step ahead of time to prepare intercept.

Batum suddenly diverted to the bottom line and went straight to the right half. Iguodala lost the opportunity to catch up at full speed and was still thrown away. Fortunately, Matthews was interfered by Kobe, and the speed of the ball was more than half a beat slower. Just to smooth out the time difference.

Batum also started with a three-threat posture, and all kinds of step-up attempts were effective, so he had to pass the ball back.

With only 8 seconds left in the attack time, Matthews received the ball at the top of the arc, and with the help of Adelaide's cover, he bent over and kicked the ground straight to the left 45 degrees.Li Yue moved laterally to intercept the delay, and double-teamed with Kobe, approaching like two crushing walls.

Matthews had nowhere to go in an instant, so he had to take off with all his strength and made a very risky cross to the right half.

Iguodala hurried to defend Adelaide at the top of the arc, but the basketball flew to the right wing, and Batum caught the ball and pulled it out.

Swish!A three-pointer hit at the buzzer.

8 to 9, the Blazers bite the score.

In the TNT commentary seat, Barkley nodded again and again: "This young Blazers are very patient in executing tactics. They just play a high-position pick-and-roll repeatedly. They are familiar with all kinds of changes and will definitely make significant improvements this season."

Kenny Smith echoed and said: "Coach Terry Stotts has only taken over the team for one season. It is quite difficult to train these young people to such an extent. Fortunately, the Trail Blazers lineup is similar to the Mavericks, and there are many places to learn from."

O'Neal said: "The two teams also have an excellent power forward and an all-around small forward. The Mavericks have a stronger shooting guard and the Trail Blazers have a stronger point guard. Overall, the lineups are indeed similar."

On the court, after the Lakers cooperated with multiple screen runs, Li Yue hit the iron with two points from the middle distance.

Lopez grabbed the rebound, Lillard stepped forward to receive it, and slowly walked to the 45-degree three-point line on the left side of the frontcourt. After observing for a long time, he passed back to Lopez at the top of the arc, and the latter turned around and then split to the right 45-degree three-point line.

Ade received the ball and held it high, then lobbed it to Batum in the left corner.Li Yue subconsciously turned around to look, Ade suddenly bent over and sprinted, took two strides to reach the free throw line, received a pass from Batum, stepped up against Gasol, and dunked with both hands.

10 to 9, the Blazers took the lead.

Like Nash, Li Yue took the initiative to raise his hand to take the responsibility of losing points, but because of negligence in his heart, Adelaide entered the NBA as the No. 12.02 pick. In the physical test, he ran back and forth in the restricted area in 3 seconds and sprinted in 4/3.43 games in [-] seconds. He can be called a nimble and fat man.

When the Lakers were on the other side of the offense, Kobe stuck in the left elbow, with his back to the basket, and received a pass to single Matthews.After the iconic side-to-side shaking of the shoulders and half-turn, Kobe jumped forward and turned, jumped to the middle of the free throw line and made an emergency stop.

He has used this kind of movement thousands of times in the past 17 years. It is completely dominated by muscle memory and extremely proficient.

Unexpectedly, before the basketball was shot, Matthews swooped down and completed the steal like a ghost!

The audience screamed, Matthews threw the ball to the left sideline, and Lillard rushed to catch the ball.

Nash caught up to the center line and was completely thrown away. Kobe cut obliquely in the middle, and Lillard showed no fear and forced a three-pointer.

Boom!The basketball hits the hoop and into the net.

The Blazers led 13 to 9, and D'Antoni raised his hand at the referee to ask for a timeout.

"Very good!" Barkley applauded. "Regardless of the win or loss, the Blazers, a young team, played against the defending champion Lakers with momentum and demeanor. They are better than the No. [-] Pacers in the Eastern Conference."

(End of this chapter)