I just play ball

Chapter 323
After finishing the awards ceremony, Li Yue returned to the locker room, took off his suit and put on his jersey.

Picking up his mobile phone to check, Durant and others sent congratulatory messages, and he responded in person in order, but compared to winning the MVP, the promise of three consecutive championships sparked more discussions, and many fans thought he was too crazy.

A large number of commentators also hold the same attitude. The main theory is that the Lakers' salary structure is seriously unreasonable.

Because since Kobe Bryant renewed his contract early, the Lakers have no room to continue to strengthen. Unless Li Yue is willing to accept a non-maximum salary contract extension, Livingston, Hawes, Meeks and others who performed well in the playoffs can only do so. Can choose to leave, and Gasol's expiring contract, not to mention Nick Young's [-]% minimum salary contract, will definitely be seriously short in the new season.

There is also the problem of the aging of the team. Kobe has become more prone to injuries before, and Nash still failed to come back.

Of course, some people expressed their support for the simple reason that they believe that Li Yue is omnipotent, including the famous commentator Stephen A. Smith. The only hidden danger of the dynasty's eight consecutive championships is that LeBron James left the Heat to join the Golden State Warriors in the summer.

Li Yue liked it and reposted it. Fans began to discuss the possibility of LeBron joining the Warriors, and the doubts were greatly reduced.

After reading the comments for a while, Artest walked into the locker room to congratulate him on his MVP award and thank him for mentioning it in his speech.

This surprised Li Yue, but what was even more surprising was that Goodlock also came to participate. The two chatted about the days when they played in the NBDL Defenders.

People continued to enter the locker room to send congratulations, including Anschutz, the major shareholder of the Staples Center.

When he returned to the court, Li Yue continued to interact with the stars who hadn't had time to say hello before. Yao Ming happened to be on a business trip in the United States and also came to watch the ceremony.

The CBA finals have already been played, and many players have finished their rest. It is a critical period for the formation of the core team, but there is too little time to give an overview. Li Yue suggested that the selection should focus on tactical understanding and actual ability, and put fame aside.

Yao Ming readily agreed, promising to pass on his suggestion, and the two clapped their hands together, tacit understanding.

Howard also came to express his congratulations, and Li Yue accepted it with a smile, but Rockets head coach Mike Hale seemed a little displeased with this. The two of them didn't chat a few words, and they used the excuse of discussing tactics to forcibly pull Howard away, so that Jeremy Lin could only nod from afar regards.

The shooting warm-up ended soon, and a large number of spectators returned to their seats from outside the court. At seven o'clock, the lights around the arena were dimmed, and the announcer loudly announced the start of the pre-match ceremony. The cheerleaders danced and enlivened the atmosphere.

After a brief performance, the announcer introduced the starting players. Kobe was the first to stand under the spotlight, followed by Blake, Landry, and Gasol. Li Yue appeared in the finale, and the audience cheered to the top.

With the bright lights all over the venue and the sound of long whistles, Li Yue got up and walked to the technical stage to perform the POPING dance with Nick Young. After long-term practice, the two became a little more proficient, and their movements looked good. The audience cheered applaud.

The short whistle sounded, Li Yue stepped into the court and settled down, and took the initiative to high-five the Rockets starting point guard Beverly, shooting guard Harden, small forward Parsons, power forward Terrence Jones, and center Howard. And waved at McHale from afar.

McHale pretended not to see it, and the big central screen captured the picture, and the audience booed and booed wildly.

The referee came to the center of the field with the ball in his hands, made simple left and right gestures to explain the precautions, and then lightly tossed up with both hands.

Snapped!Gasol touched first, swung back vigorously, and the basketball flew to the Lakers half court.

The audience shouted LETSGOLA in unison. Li Yue strode to the right waist and stood still. He received the pass from Blake and was about to consider how to deal with Parsons, but he saw Parsons chasing Blake to the basket. Running, and a force came from his waist.

Turning his head and looking, it turned out that Beverly was fighting hard with his elbows, his center of gravity was extremely low, and his legs were on the ground at 45 degrees. If he really wanted to hit hard, it would take a lot of effort. Fear of confrontation, occasionally flopping, and even intentionally hurting others.

After thinking for a moment, Li Yue joined the ball with both hands and turned forward, relying on his height advantage to ignore Beverly's interference, and shot.

Swish!The basketball went into the net hollow, the Lakers scored two points first, and the audience applauded.

The Rockets attacked, Beverly received the ball from the backcourt, took it straight to the right wing, hit the ground and passed it to Harden, and set up a wall as a screen by the way.

Kobe subconsciously strode to squeeze past, but Harden directly collected the ball and took off, resisting Blake's interference and strong shot.

when!The basketball hit the hoop and fell.

Kobe grabbed it, took two steps forward, and suddenly pushed a long pass to the left sideline with both hands.

Li Yue caught the ball while running, took advantage of the momentum and rushed into the paint area with Parsons. He made a Rondo-style emergency stop and turned around. Jump and throw with one foot.

Swish!Hollow into the net, 4 to 0.

The Rockets attacked, Beverly dribbled the ball to the left wing, hit the ground and passed to the left sideline.

After Howard received the ball with his back to Gasol, he turned to face the frame and lowered his waist, and stepped forward to the bottom line.

Seeing this, Li Yue shouted to encircle, and Landry immediately shrank to the basket. The two teamed up with Gasol to encircle.

In a blink of an eye, Howard rushed to the basket, facing the encirclement of the three, who dared to make a shot, and was forced to take two more steps to take off and pass the ball.

But he bounced too well, jumped too high, and had great strength in his hands. The basketball seemed to be thrown from a catapult, and it flew to the right sideline with a whoosh. Harden didn't even jump to catch it, and the basketball slammed Hit the crowd on the sidelines, knocked over the beer glass.

The referee blew his whistle to punish the violation, the staff rushed to wipe it quickly, and the Lakers got the ball in the backcourt.

Li Yue settled on the right wing, received a pass from Blake, pretended to break through to the top of the arc, but actually used Blake to run back against the wall to throw off Parsons, rushed to the bottom corner on the right, and slowed down to observe the situation on the field.

As soon as he saw the position clearly, Beverly rushed forward, the distance was so close that he almost lightened his chest, the continuous small movements of his hands, such as pulling clothes, or lightly pushing lightly, and slightly rude trash talking, exhausted Interfere by any means,
Li Yue frowned slightly, and then saw that the referee had no intention of whistleblowing, even if he was awarded the MVP that night, he would not give face.

He was so angry that he immediately raised the basketball with both hands, twisted left and right to adjust his body, and skillfully made a three-pointer.

Beverly took off with all his strength, but unfortunately he didn't even touch his elbow, and the basketball went into the net with a bang.

With the Lakers leading 7-0, Howard picked up the basketball and stood out of bounds, casually hitting the ground and passing it to the nearest Harden, but Harden didn't pay attention, and didn't have the desire to catch the ball, and the basketball rolled slipperily on the floor.

Li Yue was stunned for a moment, confirmed that the referee did not call a timeout, strode up to pick it up, met Howard's unbelievable eyes, dunked the basket with both hands and scored, and the Staples Center was instantly filled with screams.

With the Lakers leading 9-0, McHale shrugged and asked for a timeout.

In the ESPN commentary seat, Breen said: "Beverly's famous entanglement defense seems to have failed to work on Li Yue."

Van Gundy Jr. nodded: "Li Yue has height, speed and shooting, so there is no need to pester him, just pull it out."

(End of this chapter)