I just play ball

Chapter 311 Champion Strength
After finishing the interview, Li Yue went back to the locker room, took a shower and changed clothes to wrap around his ankles.

Owner Jim Buss came to give a speech, encouraging the whole team to play a wonderful performance, suggesting that as long as they successfully defend the title, there will be various rewards. Lakers celebrities such as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar walked with him, encouraging all players one by one, especially rookies such as Gobert.

When the condolence group left, Kobe called the whole team into a circle and started with his 18-year career experience, telling the team that winning the championship is a wonderful journey, and defending the championship is quite difficult, but it will be even more enjoyable.

He hopes that the whole team will take each round seriously, don't be proud of the lead, and don't be slack when behind, until the final bell rings.

Everyone nodded in agreement, shouted one, two, three, come on, and Li Yue led the team to the arena.

...

In the field, ESPN commentary seats.

"Welcome everyone to watch the 2013-2014 playoffs, the first round of the Western Conference game between the Lakers and the Warriors. I am Mike Breen. In the next time, I will jointly bring you commentary with Jeff Van Gundy. The first thing we want to talk about The topic is 'Curry Law', do you think the Lakers need to target Curry like this? Or is it just trying to mislead the Warriors?"

"I think it is entirely possible that Curry's current style of play, many people think he is like Reggie Miller, like Chris Jackson, in fact, his organizational ability and defensive ability are at least one level higher, and he is still in the true sense. The starting point guard who uses points as the main scoring method belongs to No.1 in the history of the league."

"What strategies do you think the Lakers will use?"

"A large number of double-teams, early delays, and physical exertion, the method is very simple, and it depends on the execution."

"OK, in this game, veteran Jermaine O'Neal will replace Bogut as the starting center. Can he make up for it?"

"Not at all. Jermaine has lost a lot of athletic ability. Gasol and Gobert can both gain advantages through strength and speed. I speculate that the Warriors will frequently use small lineups with David Lee as center. Barnes will be more As a power forward."

"Understood, the home team appearance ceremony is about to take place, let's listen to the cheers..."

...

Amidst the shouts of the announcer, Li Yue took the lead to run out of the player channel, and the cheers on the scene rose like a tsunami.

Meeks, Landry, and Gasol followed closely behind. Kobe made his grand finale, and the cheers reached the top.

As a team representative, Li Yue walked to the center of the court and gave a speech: "Thank you for coming to watch the game. We promise to play a wonderful performance. I hope you will have a pleasant experience, for the sake of the Lakers and for the championship!"

The audience stood up and applauded, Li Yue put down the microphone, turned and returned to the bench, male stars such as Escouber and Leonardo clenched their fists to cheer, female stars such as Taylor Swift and Theron showed admiring eyes, Jennifer Lawrence shouted "I love you" you.

The national anthem ended in a blink of an eye, the long whistle sounded, and the starting players of the two teams entered the field.

Point guard Kobe vs. Curry, shooting guard Meeks vs. Clay, small forward Li Yue vs. Barnes, power forward Landry vs. David Lee, center Gasol vs. O'Neal. The three referees on duty are respectively Sean, Garretson, Callahan.

Li Yue gave a high-five to the Warriors players one by one. Curry said with a smile that he hoped to be more ruthless to him later, so don't show mercy.

Callahan, as the referee, held the ball to the middle circle, explained the precautions as usual, and then lightly threw his hands upward.

Snapped!Xiao Ao touched the ball first and moved back with force.

Curry picked up the basketball, slowly brought it 45 degrees to the right, hit the ground and passed it to the top of the arc, and strode to the bottom corner.

O'Neal took the ball and then divided Clay on the left, then ran to the free throw line and stood on the fixed wall with both feet.David Lee used the screen to get rid of Landry, rushed to the top of the arc, received a pass from Clay, raised his hands for a moment, and shifted to the right.

Curry rushed forward, looking like he was going to go hand-in-hand.

Kobe chased closely, stuck firmly like a magnet, and did not give any room to catch the ball.

Curry braked and ran back, went straight to the sideline, stopped halfway, but still couldn't get rid of it. Just as he forced a start and rushed to the basket, the lineman Sean blew his whistle and called David Lee for an offensive foul.

The audience cheered and shouted, and Li Yue applauded. Just now, David Li Yangzhou hit the corner of Landry's mouth.

The Lakers attacked, Kobe led the backcourt to catch the ball and advanced, and the defender was Klay Thompson.

At this time, Curry is standing in the left corner, ready to defend Meeks, and the protection intention is very obvious.

Kobe raised his hand, and Meeks went straight to the top of the arc. To his surprise, Barnes immediately followed, planning to switch defenses in advance.Seeing this situation, Li Yue took Curry to the left waist, and directed Landry and Gasol to move to the right.

Just as Meeks arrived, Kobe raised the basketball with both hands, and made a long pass from the center line to the left waist.

Li Yue received the ball with his right hand, put his back against Curry, and directly bent his knees to sit up. There was no preparation time, but Curry withdrew almost at the same time, as if he wanted to destroy the center of gravity and make a mistake.

But Li Yue skillfully stopped his movements, turned around and jumped out of his hands to shoot.

Swish!Hollow into the net, the Lakers scored two points first.

The Warriors attacked, Curry dribbled the ball to the right, and O'Neal went up to the wall to cover.

Curry observed for a while, but did not step forward to cooperate, turned around and threw the ball in front of the center circle.

Clay received the ball and transferred it, hitting the ground and dividing it 45 degrees to the left.

David Lee received the ball with his back turned to Landry, made a three-threat move to try, and immediately stepped down the ball to force it.

The entire Lakers team hastened to shrink inside. Unexpectedly, David Lee dribbled the ball to his feet, and the basketball rebounded and rolled out of bounds.Linesman Garretson whistled for a violation and awarded the Lakers the right to the ball in the backcourt.

David Lee made an offensive foul first, and then made an offensive error, which made the Warriors in a circle. The central big screen showed the Warriors head coach Mark Jackson who came to the sidelines. His face was solemn, and Curry did not applaud.

The Lakers attack, Kobe catches the ball and advances in the backcourt, and the defender is still Klay.

This time, Clay attacked ahead of time, blocking left and right in the middle circle, forcing Kobe to go right.

Kobe took advantage of the trend, strode to the right 45 degrees, used Gasol to cover and escape, and led the slow-footed O'Neal to the basket. Relying on two body advantages, he easily scored a backhand layup.

Li Yue applauded and lamented that there was something about Mark Jackson who saw through his own thinking so quickly, but although this method did save Curry from excessive consumption, it also made a comeback
The Warriors attacked, and Curry dribbled the ball across the center line and passed it to Barnes.

Barnes received the ball and then divided it to O'Neal at the top of the arc, while Curry crossed the free throw line obliquely. With the help of Clay and David Lee, he went around the sideline to the left 45 degrees, received the pass, and O'Neal passed the ball. This is a classic FLOPPY move. Unfortunately, he couldn't get rid of Kobe's close entanglement, so he had to hold the ball with both hands and twist left and right, looking for room to adjust the ball.

It's a pity that consecutive attempts failed. David Lee hurried up to cover, and Curry took the opportunity to go left.

Landry stepped forward without hesitation, teaming up with Kobe to double-team, the two of them blocking the way like bullies.

Curry pulled the ball back and stopped, raised his hands for observation for a while, and passed it vigorously to the top of the arc.

David Lee, who disassembled and went down, received the ball, and stepped forward like the last round. The speed was too slow to pass Landry, who returned to the defense. He was abruptly stopped at the free throw line, and chose to go to the right in a panic Corner kick.

Such an action was too obvious. Li Yue was prepared early, and he simply reached out to complete the steal. He looked up and looked at the situation on the field. Kobe had already crossed the center line and decisively swung his arm sideways for a long pass.

Curry was completely unstoppable, and Kobe caught the ball and sprinted to the basket for an easy layup.

The Lakers led 6-0, the scene was completely suppressed, and the strength of the defending champion was undoubtedly revealed.

(End of this chapter)