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Chapter 334 Let go and go blog
The meaning of Stephen's remarks is very obvious. Looking at the heat and the Nets in G3, LeBron scored 16 points in the first quarter like a god, but he only scored 28 points in the end, and only scored 2 sports goals in the second half. , the other scores all came from free throws, which were restricted by the aggressive tactics of the Nets. In the first round of the Lakers against the Warriors, Li Yue was targeted by the same aggressive tactics, but he helped the team win a big victory through off-ball running and various series. , Comparing the two, it's a bit of a stand-alone taste.

Bill Simmons followed up and tweeted: Stephen probably has forgotten that basketball is a five-person cooperative sport. The root cause of LeBron’s restrictions in this game is that other players on the Heat team are not performing well. We can easily see by opening the statistics. Chris Bosh, one of the Big Three, made 11 shots and only made 3 of them. He also had very few free throws and only one rebound. Except for three blocked shots, his contribution to both offensive and defensive ends of the Heat was minimal.

The tweets of the two received a lot of comments and retweets, and the debate between the two sides was still in a state of inconsistency. Fans who supported LeBron felt that the Heat were teammates in the CBA, while fans who supported Li Yue ridiculed that the Heat lost, but LeBron did not lose.

Li Yue browsed the outline with a smile, put down his phone, and followed his teammates to continue watching the game between the Spurs and the Thunder.

The Thunder, who were two games behind, returned to Oklahoma home court and received the most enthusiastic support from local fans. Ibaka took a very risky choice to play a closed comeback. Relevant people in the industry believe that this move is inappropriate, because playing closed games with injuries, for a player The player's damage was very serious. At the beginning, McGrady played closed against the Jazz, but he completely lost his explosive power since then.

Perhaps it was the strong sportsmanship that played a role. After the game started, Ibaka shot 4 of 4 with the help of a god, grabbed 3 rebounds, sent 2 blocks, and his personal efficiency value was directly full. Unfortunately, Westbrook did not feel good. A total of 3 of 0 outside shots, while the Spurs Danny Green and Manu Ginobili jointly hit a 4-level three-pointer, the Spurs led 29 to 28.

However, what upset the Thunder most was not falling behind, but the fact that the starting center Perkins had three personal fouls, which seriously affected the Thunder's personnel rotation plan. As a result, head coach Brooks could only arrange for substitute center Adams to play in advance and extend his play Fortunately, Adams lived up to expectations and grabbed two offensive rebounds, helping the Thunder easily get 3 points, and it was these five points that gave the Thunder a 5-29 lead in a single quarter, and they were able to return to the locker room with a slightly happy mood.

Back from the halftime break, the Spurs continued to focus on Durant. As a result, Westbrook got multiple open shots and miraculously efficiently grasped them. However, other teammates had very few opportunities to connect the ball, and they were completely unable to resist the full bloom of the Spurs.

But just when everyone thought that the Spurs were about to complete the reversal, the Spurs began to commit frequent fouls. Ginobili, Belinelli and Parker were called for 7 fouls in total, resulting in only 4 two-pointers in a single quarter. 26 to 23 lead.

The Lakers generals felt their scalps tingling, and complained about the shamelessness of the league. In order to maintain the suspense of the game, they actually engaged in such nonsense. Kobe even gave up watching the game, left the meeting room early, and went to the gym for extra training.

Li Yue opened Twitter and found that the fans criticized the penalty in the third quarter as expected. He believed that after Adam Silver came to power, he had played dozens of highly controversial games in less than half a year, which was completely a side effect to the development of the league.

After a timeout between quarters, the Spurs dared to use aggressive defensive strategies. The two teams entered the normal rhythm of the game. Durant finally got a chance to play normally, leading the offensive climax with sudden shots. In the last 6 minutes, the Spurs trailed by 17 points. There is a great opportunity, but Popovich seems to be a little angry to remove all the main players and replace them with the third team, announcing the abandonment of the game in advance.

I thought this game would end during the training of the third teams of the two teams. Who would have thought that the referee jumped out to grab the show again and called Thunder player Perry Jones for three consecutive fouls within 1 minute, with one in between. Sim Thabeet moved to screen for fouls, abruptly raising the total number of Thunder fouls to 24, four more than the Spurs.

If you didn't watch the game and suddenly saw the data of this game, you might mistakenly think that whistleblowing is very fair.

The Lakers complained one after another, and Nick Young even tweeted that the referee manipulated the game. In a blink of an eye, he received advice from the team's public relations department, hoping that he would not arouse the disgust of the referee union and prevent the team from being targeted.

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Li Yue returned to his room and wanted to rest early, but because he was too relaxed in the afternoon and lacked sleepiness, he simply turned on the computer to browse the news and found ESPN's interview with the Rockets coach, which mentioned that the Rockets will make major changes in G4.

A large number of fans commented on this speech. Some people joked that the Rockets should arrange Harden as a substitute; some suggested that the Rockets should learn from the Nets and Spurs and use a lot of defensive resources to target the core players of the Lakers; Successfully established a defensive formation and won by relying on the average age advantage.

Li Yue thought for a while, and found that among the many suggestions, only the high-speed counterattack strategy is indeed possible, especially the Rockets, a team with the most three-point shots, will be difficult to target once they open their hands, but the average age advantage is simply a joke , The main reason for the long-term 8-man rotation of the Rockets in the playoffs is that the owner Alexander likes to save money. Except for a few main players who can barely start, the others are either old or biased, and cannot adapt to high-intensity confrontation at all.

The other is to launch an offense with Howard as the center of gravity, but the Rockets have basically never played like this this season, and there may be no temporary cramps, unless McHale dares to offend Harden at the risk of leaving himself.

In addition to McHale, Harden also accepted an interview. In the video, he called on Houston fans to go to the Toyota Center to support the team, because the Rockets urgently need to win a victory to avoid the embarrassing situation of being swept 4-0.

Howard, another main force of the team, also said that after losing three consecutive games to the Lakers, the team needs to significantly adjust its offensive and defensive strategies, otherwise it will be difficult to defeat the Lakers in a familiar way, suggesting that his intention to attack is like the sun in the sky.

What is more surprising is that Jeremy Lin also released an interview video. He talked about McHale's criticism of himself, thinking that this is just a way for the coach to hope that he will become stronger, and firmly stated that he will work harder to implement tactical arrangements.

For Jeremy Lin's speech, Li Yue felt confused. McHale's words were obviously unreasonable accusations. Why did he say that there is no problem against his will? At that time, there was a difference in understanding of the situation, and such a statement would only make people feel weak and deceptive.

After browsing through it roughly, I was about to fall asleep forcibly when I received another call from Taylor.

The team that specially formulated the development strategy for Li Yue has already formulated a plan. As long as he can play a strong performance in the game against the Rockets, various publicity and public relations methods will be launched together, and he will try his best to stabilize his No.1 public opinion foundation in the league.

As long as it can be achieved, immediately cooperate with the public relations company to increase the endorsement offer and seek cooperation with luxury goods.

Li Yue had a rough look at the plan, had some expectations in his heart, and finally decided to follow the trend.

Early the next morning, the whole team held a regular joint practice to discuss what the Rockets might do.

Li Yue told the results of his thinking last night, and everyone felt that it was impossible, but D'Antoni emphasized that just in case, he should carry out double-team rotation supplementary defense training to deal with the possible Howard main attack situation.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the whole team arrived at the Toyota Center by bus to warm up before the game as usual.

Nick Young proposed to play a mid-circle shooting game, specifically requiring Li Yue to be the last to shoot, and directly adopt the rule of three goals and two wins. Others agreed, but Meeks hit two consecutive goals, leaving only Nick Young dumbfounded.

As the training continued, the time soon came to six in the afternoon.

The Lakers team stopped shooting and returned to the locker room. After taking a bath and changing clothes, wrapping ankle straps and other preparations, Li Yue made a brief speech, hoping that the whole team would stay focused and put in the most energy to end this round of the series. .

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In the field, ESPN commentary seats.

"Good evening, fans. Welcome to the 2013-2014 Western Conference Semifinals of the Playoffs brought to you by ESPN. The two teams are the Houston Rockets playing at home and the Los Angeles Lakers playing away. In the following time, I will I will be explaining with Jeff Van Gundy and Mark Jackson, first let's talk about why the Lakers are so strong?"

"The reason is very simple. They are like buying a lottery ticket for the high school grand prize. They successfully waited until Li Yue fully recovered. Li Yue's personal strength is very close to that of Michael Jordan. His defense may be slightly worse, but his scoring and organizational skills are stronger." Mark Jackson Said, "Plus they already have Kobe Bryant, so powerful is as easy as turning on a cheating device."

Brin nodded in response: "Talk about the feeling of playing against them before? The Warriors won one of them."

"Haha, that game..." Mark Jackson laughed suddenly, then forced himself to hold back, and shrugged slightly, "The biggest feeling is powerlessness. At that time, we used various methods to restrict Li Yue. Although we occasionally succeeded, Kobe and Andre Iguodala stepped up ruthlessly to lead the Lakers forward, we can't do it completely, we can only accept the result of failure."

"Based on my many years of experience," Van Gundy said, "It is very difficult to beat the current Lakers in a conventional way, unless LeBron joins the Warriors to form another super team as discussed on social networks."

"Is there another way?" Brin asked, "or is there another combination?"

"If the three core members of the Spurs are young for a few years, they can still compete with the Lakers." Mark Jackson said. Way."

"OK, the Rockets players will be on the stage soon, let's come to Kangkang, what major changes have they made..."

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On the field, the Lakers bench.

As the announcer shouted loudly, Li Yue subconsciously looked up at the Rockets, and found that McHale really did what he said, and the Rockets made major changes from the starting players. Asik, who had been on the bench for the previous three games, was the starter.

Regarding this arrangement, Li Yue was a little puzzled. After much deliberation, he could only guess that McHale wanted to strengthen the Rockets' inside defense, but Akshi's ability to move laterally was so weak that it was basically free when encountering a misplaced single. Have a move?
I can't think through it for a while, maybe I may go to the doctor in a hurry, and I am too lazy to think about it.

The opening ceremony ended in a blink of an eye, the lights were turned on, and the whistle sounded, Li Yue got up and walked into the venue.

The entire Toyota Center still seemed a little empty, and Harden failed to call too many fans to watch the game.

Iguodala caught up from behind, patted him on the shoulder and whispered: "Tonight is an excellent opportunity for you to establish your No.1 status in the league. I will do my best to help you, just focus on offense and defense. I'm going to worry about things."

Regarding this relationship, Li Yue had already thought about it last night. If he can play a dominant masterpiece in the face of LeBron's sluggish performance, it will completely suppress the opposition and become the veritable No. 1 in the league.

Just as he was about to respond, Kobe also caught up from behind, patted his shoulder lightly, and gave him encouraging looks.

He didn't speak, but what he wanted to say, Li Yue knew very well that since the two teammates were very supportive, he just let go and gambled.

The short whistle sounded, and the starting players of the two teams entered and stood, point guard Kobe vs. Beverly, shooting guard Iguodala vs. Harden, small forward Li Yue vs. Parsons, power forward Landry vs. Thicke, center Gasol vs. Howard.

The referee held the ball to the middle circle, made simple left and right hand gestures, held the ball with both hands and tossed it lightly upwards.

Snapped!Gasol hits the ball first and flicks back hard.

The basketball flew to the Lakers half court, and Kobe caught it at the spot where it landed, and slowly pushed forward.

Li Yue landed on the right wing, received the pass and assumed a three-threat posture, and after a little observation, he shifted to the top of the arc.

Parsons followed closely, and Landry mentioned the 45-degree position of the wall as a cover.Seeing that Asik was trying to come up with heavy steps to delay, Li Yue decisively stopped to collect the ball, took off against the interference behind him, and raised his hand to make a long shot.

Swish!The basketball went into the net hollow, and the Lakers scored a three-pointer first.

The Rockets attacked, and the announcer shouted loudly to cheer, but the audience responded a little. The sound of "come on" sounded like a painful cry at the last moment, which made the atmosphere in the arena extremely awkward, and only dynamic BGM could be played to relieve it.

Beverley dribbles the ball to the top of the arc, flips it to the left wing, and rushes over to screen.

Harden received the ball and moved head-on, taking the opportunity to get rid of Iguodala's entanglement, but was intercepted by Kobe's defense.

But he didn't panic at all, and with the help of Howard's cover, he dribbled the ball steadily to the right at 45 degrees to single out Gasol, and Howard took the opportunity to dismantle and cut to the basket. That's how the big picture came about.

Li Yue witnessed the whole process, and immediately realized that the Rockets' major change should be to play more pick-and-rolls.

It’s funny, even unbelievable, but there are very few teams that can really play the pick-and-roll well, because the same bull-horn tactic may have wildly different effects against different opponents, and the Rockets have no specific tactics at all before. .

(End of this chapter)