I just play ball

Chapter 326 The Way to Win
The free throws are over and the game enters an official timeout.

The Lakers took the opportunity to make personnel adjustments. D'Antoni replaced Kobe Bryant with Meeks, and Li Yue with Blake.

With such a combination, the defensive ability dropped sharply. Harden turned his head and chased Meeks to score two points. Then Blake failed to break through with the screen. Howard grabbed the rebound and handed Jeremy Lin a fast break. .

A wave of 5 to 0, the point difference narrowed to 15 points, the Rockets were aggressive

But the entire Lakers team did not feel nervous at all. Li Yue even played a game of commentator with Nick Young, because the game will last for a long time, and it is best for each player to get a reasonable rest. The behavior of the Rockets is no different. To drink poisoned wine to quench thirst.

After the first quarter, the Lakers led 39 to 28. The audience shouted to see Li Yue and Kobe, but D'Antoni sat on the bench, closed his eyes slightly like an old monk, and only replaced Landry with Covington. It seems to have a plan in mind.

The Rockets players are not hard-core players. McHale arranged for Harden, Parsons, and Howard to rest for 12 minutes in the first quarter. Jeremy Lin led the lineup at the beginning of the second quarter, with Daniels and Asik. .

Such a lineup lost its impact, and the Lakers relied on Gobert's size advantage to perfectly protect the basket.

Coupled with the fact that most of the players were in the hands of Terrence Jones, the Rockets' offense seemed to be in a freezing trap. For a full 3 minutes, except for Jeremy Lin's two free throws, the others did not score a point, while the Lakers' score increased with normal efficiency.

When the starting players of both sides returned to the court, the Lakers led 49 to 30. The game seemed to return to the first quarter, obliterating the hard work of the Rockets' main players for a whole quarter, and McHale was so angry that Jeremy Lin was too poorly organized.

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The referee whistled and the Lakers served in the backcourt.

Kobe caught the ball and pushed it to the top of the arc, and the team settled in a 1-high and 4-low formation.Li Yue lifted up from the right bottom corner, used Landry's cover to get rid of Parsons' entanglement, strode to the right 45 degrees, received Kobe's hand-off pass, and continued to move to the left.

Parsons slid to catch up, as if he was about to go all out, but Li Yue stopped at the top of the arc and threw the ball to the right waist, while Kobe had already locked his position there, with his back against Bei Foley received the ball and took advantage of the momentum to sit and hit.

The entire right half of the area was left empty, and Beverly tried to lower his center of gravity, while using his legs to support the back of Kobe's knees.Seeing this, Li Yue couldn't help but almost laughed out loud. This kind of defensive strategy of blocking power is nothing to deal with Kobe.

I saw Kobe taking half a step forward, kicking the ground with his left foot as the axis and right foot, turning around and taking off chicly, leaning back to shoot.

Beverly quickly turned around and rushed towards the hoop. It seemed that he knew that he could not interfere, and was ready to fight for the chance of rebounding in advance.

when!The basketball hit the basket and hit the iron, then bounced back and flew, and coincidentally fell into Kobe's hands.

Beverly was in the paint at this time, and it was too late to return to the defense. Harden, who was the closest, showed no signs of moving forward to make up defenses. The entire right half was more empty than before. Aim at the basket with your hand, take off steadily and make a mid-range shot.

Swish!The basketball hit the circle and entered the net, 52 to 30, and the Lakers' lead was expanded.

"Be optimistic about your own people, trust your teammates, and give them the task of grabbing rebounds." McHale clapped his hands lightly, and shouted encouraging words to Beverly from a distance, ignoring Beverly's words like a blind man Low level error.

The Rockets attacked, Beverly dribbled the ball to the right wing, and used Howard's cover to get inside.

Bryant went around the wall to catch up close to him, Landry and Gasol also went to the basket to turn around in advance, and the Lakers' inside defense stood like a reinforced iron wall.Beverly failed to try consecutive fake moves, so he had no choice but to move sideways along the free throw line, all the way to the 45-degree area on the left, and passed the ball to Parsons who was rushing to meet him, while Li Yue bent his knees and bent over Prepare to defend.

Parsons held the ball with both hands in a daze for a while, and chose to move towards the top of the arc. His speed was very fast and his movements were large, but he seemed to be afraid of a tiger in front of him. He never took half a step, and finally threw the ball to the right 45 degrees sideways.

Harden took the ball and waited in a three-threat posture. Howard hurriedly went up to the wall to cover. Gasol chose to stay at the free throw line. Seeing this, Li Yue turned slightly sideways and quietly stepped half a foot, ready to help in time.

Harden made several false attempts in a row, then suddenly stepped to the left with shoulders sinking, and used the cover to force his way into the inside line.Iguodala was delayed and couldn't catch up in time. Li Yue stepped sideways and stretched out his hands to interfere, and joined hands with Gasol to form a corner.

Harden made an emergency stop to score the ball, and Li Yue retreated to the top of the arc at the same time, but Parsons chose to pass the ball back.

At this time, there were only 3.5 seconds left in the attack time, and Iguodala stepped forward, unable to prevent the shot from breaking.

It's a pity that just as he stretched out his hand to interfere, Harden kicked off the ground, tilted his head back exaggeratedly, and roared "Ah", his feet folded back as if pulled by an external force, and the basketball also lifted into the air in a very strange arc, with a bang Hit the basket.

The referee's whistle followed, Iguodala fouled, and Harden got three free throws!

"What the hell?" Iguodala was stunned, raised his hands and widened his eyes, asking why.

The referee didn't explain, but just ordered the players on both sides to take their positions, and the audience booed wildly and yelled trash.

Li Yue smiled and clapped his hands, knowing that the referee began to control the field, and Harden's foul-making skills are indeed unique. Although this technique will cause him to be hated by most fans, Harden is like a dead pig who is not afraid of boiling water. Penalty hit.

The Lakers attack, Li Yue takes the ball nearby, slowly brings it to the top of the arc, observes for a while and raises his hand to call for low-post tactics. Leading the score, still will not cause a decline in the overall defensive quality due to non-strategic reasons, and prevent the opponent from playing a wave of offense.

Gasol went up to the wall to cover on the left side. Li Yue twisted his hips to get rid of Parsons and went inside. Seeing Howard stayed at the free throw line, there was no sign of coming up to defend. He seemed to forget his mid-range shot power and immediately stopped. Bend your knees and kick off.

Howard swooped forward, and his whole body was ejected like a cannonball, as if he had been preparing for a long time, just for this moment.

Li Yue adopted a two-stage shooting motion, which was not affected in any way. He just caught a glimpse of Gasol rushing to the basket out of the corner of his eye. Parsons, who was originally in charge of changing defenses, disappeared.

As if the basketball had AI intelligence, it flew to the basket accurately, and Gasol caught it in his hand and scored a dunk.

The audience cheered loudly, but Van Gundy in the commentary seat shook his head slightly, and said that Li Yue had a problem with the way he played just now. Breen curiously asked what the problem was. Van Gundy explained that Li Yue was too talented and could handle basketball with ease. , so to be able to make such an unpredictable pass, children who watch the game must not learn it blindly, otherwise they will be disgusted by teammates and fans, just like those who saw Curry's super long three-pointer and followed blindly. Same.

When Van Gundy finished speaking, the Rockets' offense just came to a standstill, and the situation became Harden's 45-degree singles with the ball.

I saw Harden frequently changing hands under his crotch. After five times, he lowered his shoulders and lowered his waist, and walked left to the top of the arc.Iguodala slid sideways to catch up, and the whole person stood firmly in front of him, which attracted the audience to cheer and cheer in unison.

That thought, Harden stopped at the free throw line and strode back, calmly shooting a three-pointer.

The basketball crashed into the net, 54 to 36.

The Lakers attacked, Kobe took the ball to the right 45 degrees, and his eyes signaled Li Yue to catch the ball.

Li Yue waved his hand, Kobe immediately understood, turned around and waved at Landry, asking for cover.

At the same time that Landry raised his hand, Li Yue took the opportunity to cut to the bottom line, shifted to the left with the help of Gasol's cover, and made an off-ball cross screen with the oncoming Iguodala, successfully ran to the left corner, bent his knee slightly Squat down and raise your hands to get ready.

Kobe also came to the left elbow with the help of a screen, and the Rockets' defensive center of gravity shifted accordingly. Iguodala, who had rushed to the right corner before, twisted his hips and diverted to continue running, with the help of Gasol and Landry. Rushed to the top of the arc, but the Rockets did not pay much attention. Only Jeremy Lin, who was sitting on the bench, yelled weakly.

Kobe passed the ball to the left corner, Li Yue received it, and immediately threw it high above the hoop. Iguodala, who cut in the middle, saw the right position and timing to take off, caught the ball with his right hand, and smashed hard to block the shot. howard.

BOOM!The basketball exploded into the net.

The referee blew his whistle immediately and whistled Howard for pushing with his hand, and Iguodala received an additional penalty.

"YEAH!" All the stars on the sidelines stood up and shouted, and the big central screen immediately gave a close-up playback, and the cheers soon rang through the Staples Center. Li Yue stepped forward to give Iguodala a high-five, shouting praises.

This attack is not a specific tactic, all the steps are improvised, but the team's cooperation is so tacit, Li Yue is so excited that it is difficult to control his emotions. If he can always play this kind of cooperation in the future, why worry about three consecutive championships?
With an additional penalty hit, the Lakers lead 57 to 36.

The Rockets attacked, and Beverly took the ball to the right wing, passed it to the top of the arc, ran to the sideline, and stood on the wall as a screen.

Terrence Jones received the ball, turned around and divided it to the left. Harden held the ball with both hands high, trying to pass it to the waist.

However, Gasol is very familiar with the traditional triangle offense. He first stretched his hand around the front, taking advantage of his height, wingspan and position to interfere with Howard's space for receiving the ball, and then retreated behind him to prevent Howard from leaving. Bottom line, the whole off-ball defense is as appropriate and precise as a robot, and has never been given a good chance.

Harden failed a few passes, turned the ball to the top of the key, and set a screen with Terrence Jones.

Landry took a step forward and delayed the defense. When Iguodala caught up with Harden, he immediately retreated to the free throw line to stop Terrence Jones who wanted to make an air cut, helping the team perfectly stabilize the defensive formation.

Harden also wanted to start by changing hands under the crotch, but Iguodala directly blocked the left and put the right, forcing him to use his not-so-good right hand to dribble and break through, and at the same time forcing him to go inside, completely disintegrating his long-range shooting advantage .

Seeing this, Li Yue moved sideways to help control Harden's dribbling space. Landry and Gasol turned around and turned towards the basket, ready to shrink and block at any time. The Lakers assembled four people to deal with it, paying attention The degree is full.

But Harden rushed to the free throw line, seemed to find a trap, suddenly stopped and then withdrew and jumped to shoot.

Fortunately, the basketball hit the basket and fell, Gasol picked it up and threw it to Kobe, and the Lakers launched a counterattack.Li Yue quickly rushed to the left side of the front court at 45 degrees. Seeing Kobe coming with the ball, he decisively set up the wall to cover the side.

The cooperation between the two is too powerful, and at least a hundred cases can be found to prove that Parsons dared not hesitate to switch defenses immediately.Li Yue disassembled and moved down at the same time, and took two consecutive steps to the left waist. Before he raised his hand, Kobe had already passed the ball.

Li Yue took off and caught it. After landing, he put his back against Beverly, took advantage of his height to skillfully pull the ball to the baseline, and firmly protected the basketball with his left hand, like a big truck and a small Alto, driving in parallel on the wide highway.

Anyone can see that Beverley is completely unable to make any restrictions, and McHale anxiously shouted for defense.Terrence Jones heard the sound, Li Yue hit the ball, and Landry, who was unguarded, picked it up and dunked with both hands.

59 to 36, the point difference between the two teams reached a new high.

The large screen in the center is shown on the outermost row of the middle stand on the north side. The general manager of the Rockets, who is not wearing a yellow support T-shirt, is as conspicuous as boogers on a computer screen. He rests his chin on one hand as if thinking about something, expressionless .

The Rockets attacked again, Beverly brought the ball to the top of the arc, and handed it to Harden at 45 degrees to the left.

Howard quickly stepped up to cover, Gasol chose to stay in the paint, Harden took one step away from Kobe and hit the free throw line, then moved laterally to open up space, ignoring Gasol's interference, he confidently took off and made a mid-range shot.

when!The basketball hit the basket and hit the iron, Gasol grabbed it and passed it to Kobe, and the Lakers launched a counterattack.

Li Yue quickly rushed to the right waist of the front court, put his back against Parsons, and raised his right hand to ask for it.

In a blink of an eye, Kobe came to the side, handed over the ball, and continued to run to the baseline to help open the space.

Li Yue was about to take a step forward, when he suddenly found that Beverly did not run to the bottom line, but stopped. As soon as he realized it, Beverly stretched out his hand to press from the left rear, and Parsons pressed from the right front. Joint flanking.

The situation was extremely dangerous, and the smiles on the faces of the audience on the sidelines disappeared suddenly. The coaching staff and teammates on the bench also directed Iguodala to respond in the upper zone, but Li Yue smiled slightly, raised the ball above his head with both hands, and lightly swayed back. throw.

A true passer never looks at a person, even if he doesn't know what's going on behind the scenes!
"Ah!" There was an exclamation in the arena, and Li Yue turned his head to check, just in time to witness Kobe dunking Terrence Jones.

The Lakers led by 25 points. McHale raised his hand to ask for a timeout. The audience celebrated wantonly. They were not worried about falling behind the Rockets in all directions.

The on-site commentary believes that the Rockets' tactics rely too much on Harden, which is not the preferred strategy for winning.

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After more than one quarter, the game came to the last 4 minutes of the fourth quarter. The situation was as most people expected. The Lakers' lead was still hovering around 25 points.

In the end, the Lakers won 119 to 92, leading the series 1 to 0.

(End of this chapter)