I just play ball

Chapter 342 Surpassing Jordan
The inter-section rest soon ended, and the second quarter officially started. The Lakers arranged for Kobe, Gasol, and Landry to play, but they faced the Spurs second team dominated by Mills and Green. It seemed a little too excited, and failed three consecutive strong games. The Spurs took the opportunity to hit an 8-0 counterattack climax, which scared D'Antoni to ask for a timeout.

Back on the bench, Kobe took the initiative to admit that he did not play well and promised to lead the team to stabilize the situation.

He did what he said, turning into a point guard to connect the whole team, but the Spurs had already opened up and failed to gain too much lead. When the main players of both sides returned to the court, the game returned to the second half of the first quarter. ' Mutual score situation.

Li Yue was still invincible, scoring 45 points in the half, and the Lakers only led by 73 points 69-4.

Back in the locker room during the intermission, the whole team gathered to discuss and found that the number of assists was 11 fewer than that of the Spurs. The reason was that Li Yue scored too many points in singles. The feeling of the whole team.

Li Yue readily agreed, knowing that the playoffs are the sum of multiple rounds of the series, and it is necessary for his teammates to find their condition, to win the championship with the strength of the whole team, and try to avoid the embarrassing situation where Michael Jordan lost with 63 points, but he faintly felt that something was wrong .

Unsurprisingly, such a change did not bring a lot of benefits. In the third quarter, the Lakers drew with the Spurs, and Li Yue only scored 8 points. Go-ahead momentum.

During the break between quarters, the whole team gathered on the bench, waiting for D'Antoni to lay out the key points of offense and defense, but there were only so many things in the comeback, because there was indeed no major problem, and the details could not be [-]% perfect.

The whistle sounded as the timeout was about to end, and all the players showed a slightly puzzled look on their faces.

"Don't engage in egalitarianism!" Kobe said suddenly, "We have discussed this issue before the game. The Spurs are best at team rotation defense. Only superstar singles can cause fatal damage to them. We can't imitate them and disrupt their own. Rhythm, Li Yue is in such a good state tonight, what kind of assists do you need, what do you need to join the team?"

Li Yue finally realized why it didn't feel right before. The Lakers also learned from the Spurs just now.

"I agree!" Iguodala raised his hand in agreement, "Winning is the first goal, not playing reasonably. Li Yue is mainly responsible for scoring, and we are mainly responsible for opening up space. If double teams appear, we will only score. .”

"Totally agree!" Gasol said. "We've been practicing it for so many days, why not use it?"

"It makes sense!" D'Antoni nodded again and again, "We made a mistake before, and then we will play like that."

As soon as the voice fell, the referee blew his whistle to remind the Lakers to enter and take their positions.The second teams of the two teams clashed first, and the Lakers had a slight advantage with the excellent performances of Iguodala and Landry. When the first official timeout of the fourth quarter, the Lakers led 106 to 101.

After the timeout, the two sides all switched back to the main force, point guard Kobe vs. Parker, shooting guard Iguodala vs. Green, small forward Li Yue vs. Leonard, power forward Landry vs. Diaw, center Gasol vs. Duncan.

"The decisive battle is coming! Li Yue currently has 53 points, 7 assists and 6 rebounds, and is very likely to achieve a large triple-double."

"It's a pity. It's probably hard to see Kobe's picturesque mid-range shots in this game. This kid Li Yue lied to me before the game."

The referee whistled, the Lakers served the ball from the baseline, Kobe received it and handed it directly to Li Yue.

The audience cheered and cheered, Li Yue slowly brought the ball to the top of the arc, threw it to Gasol at the left elbow, and then strode to the left waist, setting up a human wall as a positioning screen, and Iguoda La took the opportunity to get rid of the defense and rushed along the baseline to the left half.

At the same time, Landry raised his left elbow from the basket, received a pass from Gasol, and waited with his hands held high.

The entire right half was almost empty. Li Yue put his back against Leonard, caught the ball and turned to face the basket, with both hands on his left waist, and observed from a three-threat position. Seeing Leonard rushing towards him, he acted decisively. Pull out your hand.

Snapped!The two hands automatically collided, the referee whistled for a foul and gave two free throws.

Leonard was full of annoyance, Popovich roared and roared, the audience cheered and applauded, booing and demanding a technical foul.Li Yue stepped to the free throw line and made two free throws easily. The Lakers led 108 to 101.

The Spurs attacked, Parker dribbled the ball to the right wing, and Duncan went up to cover behind.

Bryant dodged and squeezed, and chased close to the free throw line, and teamed up with Landry, who moved laterally, to double-team.

Parker suddenly stopped and turned around, jumped up and threw the ball to the top of the arc. Dior caught it and observed it in a three-threat posture. Then he moved to the right and handed the ball to Green who was running towards him. switch.

The breakthrough was blocked, Green scored the ball to the left, Leonard caught the ball and went straight to the hoop, facing Li Yue chasing and Gasol intercepting, he stopped and jumped to the right sideline to score the ball, Parker received it, bent his shoulders and bent forward Suddenly, but Kebi followed him everywhere and didn't give him any space.

With only 5 seconds left in the attack time, Parker had no choice but to pull the ball back and retreat, facing the flying pounce and making a strong mid-range shot.

when!The basketball hit the basket and fell, Li Yue jumped up and caught it in his hand, then turned around and ran forward.

The Lakers quickly went down the four lines, and the Spurs' backhand formation was chaotic. Li Yue hit the ground and passed the ball. With the help of Landry's cover, he entered the paint area. The ball was dunked vigorously with both hands!
Boom!The basketball blasted into the net, and the Lakers led 110 to 101.

The Spurs attacked, and the three positions on the outside quickly transmitted. Duncan caught the ball from the basket and forced it to cause a foul.

With two free throws, the Spurs were only 7 points behind.

Easy to attack the Lakers, Li Yue's right waist singles back, facing Parker's pincers, and passed the ball back 45 degrees.

Kobe caught the ball forcefully, the paint area was held against two people's levers, and the basketball hit the basket and fell.

Duncan grabs the rebound, the Spurs launch a fast break, Diaw catches the ball and advances to the top of the arc, makes an emergency stop to pass the ball to the right wing, Greener gets it in his hands, and makes a three-pointer without warning, Popovich shrugs his shoulders and spreads his hands in surprise.

The basketball hit the board and fell, Li Yue grabbed it and turned around to advance, all the way to the left wing, with the help of Landry's cover to throw off Leonard, and took off in the face of Dior who was flying, raised his hand and scored a three-pointer, the basketball hit the circle and hit the net , The Lakers lead 113 to 103.

"Oh, Li Yue scored 60 points! It is expected to tie Michael Jordan's single-game scoring record in the playoffs."

"Hey, if it wasn't for him being the MVP plus a double, the record is always two."

The Spurs attacked, Parker took the ball to the right wing of the front court, Ginobili received the ball and transferred it to the top of the arc.

Duncan went up to do the pick-and-roll, Gasol reacted a little slowly, squatting at 45 degrees to the left and Li Yue moved laterally to help defend.

The basketball flew into Leonard's hands immediately, and Li Yue hurried back to defend, but it was too late, and the three-step layup had already started.

Just as he was about to call for an interception, the referee blew his whistle and called Leonard for a walking violation.

The audience clapped and applauded, the Lakers got the ball in the backcourt, and Li Yue caught the ball ahead of time and pushed forward.

Walking to the top of the arc, Gasol came up to do a pick-and-roll, Duncan followed up and delayed, Li Yue pulled the ball sideways, lowered his center of gravity and strengthened, sprinted bravely as if driving a light energy messenger, and took off against Dio and Green, twisting his body Pull rod small hook.

boom!The basketball hit the board and rebounded into the net, the referee whistled at the same time, and there was another penalty!
The large central screen showed that Li Yue was only 1 point away from Jordan’s playoff scoring record. The audience stood up and cheered and waited.

The Lakers lead 116 to 103, the Spurs request a timeout, and the Staples Center is in a carnival.

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The timeout ended soon, and the Spurs re-arranged their troops, and targeted Li Yue by leading defenses, interference, early fouls, and quick pincers. However, Li Yue was as unstoppable as the sun rising into the sky. Strategies such as shooting guard-style long pass, counter-running to the bottom line, taking the ball to grab the rhythm, and boldly splitting the ball are perfectly responded to.

In the end, Li Yue scored 69 points and led the team to victory. The Lakers led the Spurs 1-0 in the series.

(End of this chapter)