I just play ball

Chapter 273 Fighting with Immortals
Back from the timeout, the Clippers did not make any substitutions. Rivers’ passionate speech played a role. Paul and Griffin’s flustered emotions were stabilized. The Clippers’ offensive efficiency gradually improved, but their defense remained the same, failing to narrow the gap for a long time .

In this way, the game reached the last 2 minutes and 58 seconds of the third quarter. The Lakers replaced the main players during the timeout, and the Clippers also replaced Paul and Redick, but kept Griffin and Jordan, and let the two lead the second team. Keep fighting.

Covington had difficulty limiting Griffin's singles, Nick Young and Meeks' shooting percentages dropped, Gobert didn't take advantage of Jordan's matchup, and the Lakers' lead decreased at a speed visible to the naked eye.

But D'Antoni sat firmly on the bench until the end of the third quarter, and his expression did not fluctuate, causing the audience to be very puzzled, and even shouted for a timeout.

Taking advantage of the break during the festival, Li Yue stood up and shook his head and waved his hands at the audience behind the bench. Such a big player will pay the price sooner or later, and the Lakers are still in control of the situation, so there is no need to worry about it.

The key is that it is difficult for the two rookies to get this kind of exercise opportunity, which allows them to play more.

The fourth quarter started. D'Antoni arranged for Kobe and Gasol to play with Blake and others. Rivers sent Paul and Redick ahead of time, replacing Griffin and Jordan to rest. The situation became evenly matched again. The Lakers Firmly grasp the 9-point advantage.

In the last 6 minutes and 25 seconds of the game, the Lakers led 103 to 94, and the Clippers requested a short timeout.

In the blink of an eye in 20 seconds, the Clippers resorted to a three-guard lineup with Crawford. The Lakers arranged for Kobe to play the point guard, and equipped with Li Yue and Iguodala at the same time.

The Clippers attacked, Paul took the ball to the frontcourt, passed it to the right wing, and directed the team to open up space.

Crawford received the ball, facing Li Yue's defense, directly bowed and changed hands under his crotch. After three times in a row, he took a step to the left suddenly. The moment Li Yue turned sideways, he suddenly pulled his right hand in front of him with his left hand. Pull up and jump, face the flying pounce and make a mid-range shot.

The basketball hit the circle and rebounded into the net, 103 to 96.

Crawford raised his hands and shouted loudly: "Are you guarding me? You must guard me!"

Li Yue turned a deaf ear, turned around and ran to the right wing of the frontcourt, stuck sideways, and raised his left hand to ask for the ball.

Kobe passed the center line and gave it immediately. Li Yue caught the ball and hugged it with both hands. .

The basketball went into the net hollow, 106 to 96.

The attack took a total of 10 seconds. Just as Jordan stood firm, he picked up the basketball and ran out of bounds.

Paul dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, moved to the right with the screen, failed to shake off Li Yue and changed defense, and passed the ball behind his back to Crawford.Bryant subconsciously bent over to make a defensive move, but Crawford pulled out his hand without hesitation, and the take-off point was still two steps away from the three-point line.

The basketball crashed into the net, 106 to 99.

The attack took a total of 9 seconds, and Clippers owner Sterling applauded excitedly behind the rack.

Li Yue took the ball nearby, slowly brought it to the left wing, and raised his hands to the waist to hang a pass.Kobe took off to catch the ball with his back to Paul, turned forward at the same time, took two steps to the middle of the free throw line, made an emergency stop and leaned back to make a mid-range shot.

The basketball went into the net hollow, 108 to 99.

The Clippers attacked, Paul dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and raised his hand to direct the team 1 high and 4 low.

Without calling for cover, he stuck to Kobe and went left and forced a sudden stop. He stopped at the free throw line and changed hands behind him to go to the right. When Kobe slid sideways to intercept, he suddenly moved laterally and took a big step, and leaned back against Kobe's block. CIC.

The basketball went into the net hollow, 108 to 101.

Kobe smiled and patted Paul on the butt, turned around to catch the ball and moved forward.

The Lakers' frontcourt triangle offense was conducted in a hand-like manner. The basketball went from the top of the arc to the right wing and then to the waist. .

The basketball hit the board and rebounded into the net, 110 to 101.

The two teams came and went for three rounds, consecutive singles hit shots, and all of them were technical streams. The audience feasted their eyes, cheering wave after wave, and the central big screen kept switching the replays of different Lakers players.

The Clippers attacked, and after several moves, Griffin stayed alone in the right half, catching the ball with his back to Gasol and starting a single.

Gasol approached close to him, bent his knees and defended hard. He never thought that Griffin would hit the ball hard. He used his strength to turn around and walk to the baseline. .

Basketball into the net, 110 to 103.

"The Clippers can play like this on the offensive end, but the Lakers must be restricted on the defensive end, otherwise the goal is in vain." Van Gundy said, "The game is not a street duel, and Coach Rivers should remind him."

The Lakers attack, Kobe holds the ball at the top of the arc and waits.

Li Yue started from the right wing, passed the short corner, used Gasol to cover the bottom line, made an off-ball cross screen with Iguodala under the basket, rushed to the left short corner smoothly, and used Landry's cover to circle to the elbow area , received the pass and jumped up.At the same time, Iguodala, who had rushed to the right sideline before, pulled back and ran back, rushing to the basket with the help of Gasol's cover.

Facing Griffin's lunge, Li Yue put the ball straight to the basket, and Iguodala dunked the ball, 112 to 103.

"Unbelievable!" Brin shouted, "If you don't observe carefully, you may mistakenly think that the two teams are playing in the summer league, but the offensive and defensive intensity of the two teams is about to catch up with the playoffs, but the success rate is too exaggerated, and there is no missed shot. .”

The Clippers attacked, Paul took the ball to the top of the arc, and moved to the right with a screen.

Gasol was delayed in switching defenses, Kobe squeezed through the screen and chased from behind, and Jordan took advantage of the situation and quickly dismounted.

Seeing that Kobe was in place, Gasol hurried back to the defense, but Paul took off and passed the ball, and Jordan took two big strides when he received it, facing Landry, who moved laterally to defend, and dunked with one hand.

112 to 105, the Clippers are still scoring momentum.

The Lakers attack, Li Yue catches the ball from the right wing and hits Crawford in a single.

The basketball smashed the basket and hit the iron, and Jordan raised his hands to catch the board. It was thought that Landry broke out from behind and scored a dunk.

114 to 105, the Lakers always maintained the lead, the audience already felt a little ordinary, but the cheers became smaller.

The Clippers attacked, and Crawford caught the ball at 45 degrees on the left side, changed hands under his crotch, and then changed hands behind his back, hopped and moved sideways.

The basketball hit the basket and hit the iron. Li Yue turned around and charged when he saw this. He turned around and raised his hand at the three-point line in the frontcourt. Score.

The Clippers attacked again, Redick continued to use the screen to go around the bottom line, and made a stop jumper after receiving the pass.

The basketball hit the basket, Landry grabbed the rebound, and the Lakers launched a counterattack.The V-shaped formation in the frontcourt is settled, Gasol moves from the right elbow to the right sideline, and Li Yue rushes from the right bottom corner to the three-point line, a typical off-ball screen cooperation.

Crawford chased closely, and the two came to the right wing. Li Yue suddenly stopped and ran back to the basket.Gasol changed the direction of the screen, Crawford was unable to chase, Jordan was too slow to catch up, and Kobe passed the ball through the middle.

Griffin shrunk and intercepted, Li Yue scored the ball with a low hand, and Landry followed up with a dunk, 118 to 105.

The Clippers only had one long timeout left. Rivers made a decisive request, but the passionate speech did not work again. After the timeout, Paul made a shot and Griffin was stolen. The Lakers took the opportunity to expand the point difference to 18 points.

The Clippers' momentum plummeted, and all the main players were replaced in advance. The Lakers won 129 to 111.

When the final whistle sounded, only Paul, Redick, and Collison were left in the Clippers team. The central big screen gave a long close-up, and the Staples Center booed continuously.

Lakers owner Jim Buss was interviewed on the sidelines and said with a smile that he finally no longer had to argue with others, which team is the better team in Los Angeles.

(End of this chapter)