I just play ball

Chapter 277 Fixed-point blasting
The time came to 06:30 in the afternoon, and the game between the Lakers and the Magic was about half an hour away, but the scene was largely empty, and only a small number of fans entered the arena ahead of time, and the Staples Center was already full.

When Li Yue passed by the sidelines and returned to the player channel, he heard the on-site commentary and sighed: Howard’s good memories of the city have completely disappeared. He failed to make the playoffs for two consecutive years. The number of Magic fans has greatly decreased and the attendance rate has also increased reduce.

This is the case in competitive sports. Tens of thousands of people support when they win, and flee when they lose. Diehard fans are always a minority.

Entering the locker room, the atmosphere of the team is still dull.

After all, he is a teammate who has been with him for a long time, and he is suddenly traded away. It is human nature to be sad.

D'Antoni didn't force him to cheer up, but just arranged the offensive and defensive priorities as usual: the Magic focused on mid-range shooting, and the number of shots at the basket and three-pointers ranked last in the league. For defense, you can intercept by going around the screen. As for the Lakers' offensive end, it depends on the situation.

Li Yue suddenly felt a little weird when he heard it, because when the Magic reached the finals in 09, Howard played the inside most of the time, and Nelson, Lewis, Turkoglu, Courtney Lee and others shot three-pointers from the outside. .

At that time, the Magic and today's famous shooter JJ Redick, the team's average number of shots per game ranked second in the league, and surpassed the third for a full 5 times, but now it ranks at the bottom of the league.

Everyone nodded in response, each started to prepare before the game, and went to the stadium together.

There are still very few spectators, and there are no people in the high-priced seats on the sidelines. There is no cheering, and there are very few people taking pictures. The entire Amway Arena is extremely deserted. To liven up the atmosphere.

When the DJ started to introduce the Magic players and called Nelson, the arena burst into cheers, as if seeing an old friend who hadn’t seen him for a long time. Perhaps it was because after Turkoglu was waived for violating the excitement clause, the only players who made it to the finals were He was alone.

The pre-match ceremony ended in a blink of an eye. Li Yue entered the field and stood still, with his hips on his hips to observe the starting players of the Magic.

Point guard Nelson, as a veteran who entered the league in 04, is still the Magic's thigh this season. Compared with last season, his scoring average has dropped slightly, mainly because his physical strength has deteriorated with age, and his playing time and number of shots have decreased.

His personal organizational ability is quite satisfactory, and his shooting percentage is only 39%. The diligent confrontation in his youth also rarely appears as he grows older. In addition to his limited height, his defense is particularly poor, but his ball control is extremely stable.

Shooting guard Oladipo, last year's No. [-] pick, has a good breakthrough, poor shooting, and qualified defense.

Another shooting guard, Afflalo, as a three-point master, has spent most of this season in mid-range shots and has a strong defensive ability on the flanks. He was known as the "Kobe Terminator" at the time, but the statistics did not reflect his contribution. The Magic scored first. hand.

Forward Tobias Harris, the Magic's second scorer, likes to break through the middle. He basically doesn't have three-pointers, and his mid-range shooting efficiency is average.

Center 'Big Baby' Davis, as a nimble fat man, is now the only fat man left, but with his good consciousness and fighting spirit, he averaged [-] points per game in the Magic, which is contending for the No. [-] pick. Miracle.

For the Lakers, Gobert served as the starting center for the first time in his career. When he stood in the middle circle, his expression was obviously a little nervous.Seeing this, Li Yue walked up, and like Kobe killed a chicken for Yao Ming, he also gave Gobert one.

"Relax, you can hit the guy on the opposite side casually, and make good use of your height advantage."

Gobert nodded hard, his expression seemed to be relaxed, but when the referee held the ball and came to the middle circle, he tensed up again.Li Yue smiled, and made up his mind to help the link pressure as soon as possible after the fight started.

After the short whistle was played, the referee threw the ball up with both hands, and the DJ shouted loudly at the same time: lets begin! ! !

Gobert jumped up, easily touched the ball first, swung it back vigorously, and let out a long breath after landing.

The Lakers attacked first, and Marshall advanced with the ball.

Li Yue asked for it at halftime, took the ball straight to the top of the arc, raised his hand to call for a cover, and Gobert immediately went up to the wall.

Li Yue bowed and accelerated to get rid of Afflalo, rushed to the three-point line, lowered his center of gravity, slowed down, walked to the edge of the reasonable collision zone, and gently threw the ball over his head to the hoop. Gobert jumped high to catch the ball, Two-handed dunks over Davis' head.

"Let go of your hands and feet!" Li Yue turned and retreated, fingering Gobert loudly, "I'll give you the queen."

Gobert nodded with excitement on his face.

The Magic attacked, Nelson took the ball to the left wing, passed it to the top of the arc, and ran to the bottom corner.

Davis received the ball with his hands up and waited, but Afflalo couldn't get rid of Li Yue, Oladipo couldn't get rid of Iguodala, and couldn't find anyone to pass the ball for a while, looking left and right like a fool, Frequently twist the body.

Magic head coach Jacques Vaughn quickly raised his hand and shouted: "Go back to meet, go back to meet..."

The words flew out, Nelson returned from the bottom corner to the top of the arc, received a hand-off pass from Davis, took the opportunity to get rid of Marshall, strode to the free throw line, faced Gobert who was 33 cm taller than himself, and made an emergency stop to take off and throw.

Snapped!Gobert's super big hat, the basketball flew to the right 45 degrees, Li Yue picked it up and ran forward.

Afflalo followed closely, and the two reached the three-point line with their front and rear feet. Li Yue made an emergency stop and changed direction with one hand IN-OUT. Si teamed up to intercept.

Li Yue continued to walk in, along the baseline to the short corner on the left, and suddenly threw the ball and hit the floor.

The basketball passed between Harris and Davis, rebounded and flew accurately to the middle. Gobert, who followed up, picked it up in his hand, took two steps in a row, jumped lightly, and barely buckled with one hand.

The Magic attacked, Harris dribbled the ball to the right wing, handed it to Oladipo, and ran to the basket quickly.

Davis moved across from the elbow area and was about to set up a wall as a cover, but Oladipo rushed directly to the bottom corner. After just two steps, Gobert and Iguodala jointly blocked him, and he could only twist Throw the ball out of your body.

The basketball flew straight to the top of the arc from the short corner, and Marshall made a sudden pounce, just a little bit short of completing the steal.

Nelson received the ball and immediately turned around and passed to the left. Afflalo took the ball and walked to the baseline. With the help of Harris rushing from the basket to cover, he instantly threw away Li Yue's body, but Landry chose to switch defenses and intercept. Died suddenly.

Afflalo points the ball out, Harris catches the ball and faces the basket, and singles out Li Yue.

Seeing his own players challenge the league's top star, the audience seemed to be finally aroused. Cheers came from around the arena, like a tape recorder that had been out of order for a long time. .

But Harris himself obviously fell into hesitation, and he still hasn't acted for a long time, just like a tape stuck.

The attack time ticked away, Harris finally couldn't help but jumped up and shot, Li Yue jumped up and stretched out his hand to interfere.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Landry grabbed the rebound and the Lakers launched a counterattack.

With 1 high and 4 lows in the frontcourt, Li Yue controlled the ball at the top of the arc and raised his hand to call for a screen.

Gobert went up to the wall, Davis did not follow up to prepare for the delay, but stayed at the free throw line, followed Li Yue to change direction, and adjusted his body orientation again and again.

Li Yue easily rushed to the right wing and was raising his hand to shoot a three-pointer when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Gobert rushing to the free throw line, but Davis, who was in charge of defense, was still staring at this side, it can be said that he didn't notice it.

Nelson, who was watching coldly from the bottom corner, shouted a reminder, Li Yue changed his shot to a pass at the same time, and Gobert jumped high to catch a dunk.

The Lakers led 6-0, all scoring from the inside, all from Gobert, all assisted by Li Yue.

The Magic requested a timeout, head coach Jacques Vaughn was helpless, and Davis was confused.

(End of this chapter)