I just play ball

Chapter 347 The Cat and the Mouse
The pause ended and the long whistle sounded.

Li Yue got up and stepped into the infield, looked up to the Spurs, and found that Ginobili played to replace Green.

"Is it possible that Popovich also found that his players were too disciplined, and he was too embarrassed to point it out publicly, so he simply sent a demon knife to increase diversity and unpredictability?" Li Yue secretly speculated, turned and handed it to Iguodala. eyes.

Iguodala immediately looked towards the Spurs, followed by nodding to express his understanding, then turned his head and pulled Covington on the bench to give instructions in a low voice, as if to communicate the details of the coordination between the sideline and the wing, Covington nodded repeatedly in response.

The referee whistled and the Spurs kicked off in the backcourt.

Ginobili received the hand, moved his elegant body, like an eagle soaring in the air, smoothly and quickly brought it to the left side of the frontcourt at 45 degrees, faced Iguodala's defense, and did not hesitate to sink his shoulders Suddenly, seeing that it was not established, the horse stopped and retreated.

The audience on the sidelines booed and interfered, and Duncan went up to the wall to cover the side.Ginobili tried to break through again, but Gobert immediately made a delay in grabbing, so he simply stopped, holding the basketball up with both hands and waiting.

Duncan, who was originally dismantled and down, diverted to the left and ran to the waist, received a pass from Ginobili, put his back on Iguodala, who was changing defenses, made a slight test, directly bent his knees and made a strong top, turned forward and took a free throw Wire.

At this time, Li Yue squatted at 45 degrees on the right side, witnessed all Duncan's operations the whole time, and was about to shrink the defense, when he suddenly felt a gust of wind running past him, he immediately turned to chase, and suddenly found Leonard cutting the ball.

There was a loophole in the defense, Covington decisively gave up Diaw, and moved laterally from the right corner to help defend.

Seeing this, Li Yue ran to the bottom corner decisively, ready to make an exchange, but Leonard did not force a shot, nor did he distribute the ball to Dior, who was temporarily unguarded. The ball is thrown to the left short corner.

Parker received the ball, took off on the spot, made a smart throw, the basketball went into the net, and the Spurs chased to 12 to 21.

Li Yue hurriedly raised his hand to indicate that it was his fault, mainly because he did not expect Leonard to suddenly become so spiritual, taking advantage of the timing when he turned his head to observe the movement of the basketball, he made precise air cuts, and unconventionally threw the ball towards the crowd place to pass.

Of course, this can also be understood as tactical design.

But since this kind of performance occurs, we have to use a 120% state to defend later.

The Lakers attacked, Kobe dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, moved to the left with the help of Gobert's cover, and passed the ball against the Spurs' double-team attack.

when!The basketball hit the hoop and fell.

The referee's whistle blew at the same time, whistled Diaw to block the foul, and gave Gobert two free throws.

Dior was very dissatisfied, with a questioning expression on his face, the referee walked past him and turned a blind eye.

The audience cheered, Gobert caught the ball and patted it lightly, and shot with a little hesitation, the basketball bumped and fell into the net.

The second free throw was also hit, and the Lakers led 23 to 12, continuing to maintain a double-digit advantage.

The Spurs attacked, and Parker caught the ball in the backcourt and advanced, and deliberately stretched out his left index finger to his ear.

Such a movement was [-]% a tactical gesture. Seeing this, Li Yue quickly looked over for a moment and found that Ginobili nodded in response. It seemed that a consensus had been reached, and he subconsciously thought that this gesture represented the Spurs' tactics.

Before he could figure it out, Parker took the ball to the right 45 degrees and threw it to Leonard on the right wing.

Li Yue approached him close to him, forcing him to adjust his space, and when he was about to fall backwards, he immediately retreated.

Leonard patted the ball lightly, and suddenly it hit the ground, and he kicked off the ground to accelerate and run straight to the bottom line.

Li Yue twisted his hips to catch up, squeezed through the screen and followed to the bottom line, taking this opportunity to have an overview of the audience.

At this time, the four Lakers teammates stood around the four corners of the paint area, while the Spurs, except Leonard who was running and Diaw, who was holding the ball with his back, all stayed near the three-point line, clearly intending to pass. Force the help defense to create openings.

As expected, he chased all the way to 45 degrees to the left, and at the moment of turning around, he saw Dior turn forward from the corner of his eye, while Iguodala had already rushed forward to help defend, and Ginobili had already bent his knees and put his hands in a position to catch the ball.

Dior pulled the ball up with one hand, as if he wanted to pass it out, but he accidentally dropped it.

Iguodala pounced on the rolling basketball, grabbed it in his hand, and rushed forward with strides.

The Lakers launched a fast break and the audience cheered. Li Yue followed up at full speed from the middle, but it was a pity that he could not get rid of Leonard.

The situation is similar to others. Iguodala rushed across the center line and immediately slowed down, then threw the ball to the top of the arc.

Li Yue received the ball, put his hands on his left waist, and looked up to see Iguodala rushing to the short corner on the left. In this way, all four teammates settled at the free throw line, and the entire upper half was left, forming a natural formation Singles situation.

The audience shouted loudly, and Leonard chose to turn slightly to the left, making it clear that he wanted to push to the right.

There are three Spurs players standing on the right side. Their defensive ability is obviously very strong. Li Yue thought for a while and decided to try to break the morale of Leonard and other Spurs players.

Leonard was slightly dazed, and Li Yue blinked and rushed to the free throw line. Seeing Duncan and Dior team up to block, he kicked off the ground without any timidity, drifted in the air and then made a small throw, like a cloud suddenly flying across the sky.

Snapped!Recalling the clear and loud sound of thugs, Li Yue landed straight on the ground, and the referee whistled Duncan for a foul.

The Lakers bench stood up and applauded, Nick Young whistled to drive emotions, Li Yue took the hands of Gobert and Covington to stand up, and interacted with Kobe and Iguodala with high fives, MVP shouts rang through the Staples Center .

While preparing for free throws, Li Yue carefully recalled the Spurs' previous tactical moves, deduced and found that if Dior made no mistakes, it should be Ginobili catching the ball and shooting a wide open three-pointer, but the key lies in Covington's inability to stop Dior from behind. beat.

The tactic is very simple, but it is also very deadly. I have to remind Covington to pay attention to moving forward later.

While thinking about it, he threw the first ball casually, and it went into the net. The announcer informed Green to replace Diao.

The Spurs put up a big and four small lineup, and D'Antoni adjusted accordingly, and arranged for Landry to replace Gobert.

"Could it be that Dior made a low-level mistake, and Popovich was very upset?" Li Yue subconsciously thought, followed by the referee's pass, and hit the second free throw. The Lakers led 25 to 12, and the advantage was further expanded.

The Spurs attacked, and Parker brought the ball to the right side of the frontcourt, then passed it to the top of the arc, and continued to cut inside.Leonard received the ball, blocked Li Yue sideways, slowly shifted to the right at 45 degrees, and handed over the ball.Green took the ball and ran to the top of the arc, and also handed over the ball. Ginobili caught the ball and moved to the right.

Ginobili came all the way to the right wing, threw the ball to Leonard, and blocked Li Yue by the way.

Iguodala leaped forward, Leonard made a strong shot without fear, the basketball clanged like iron, rebounded and flew to the top of the arc.

Li Yue kicked off the ground and started running. Just when Leonard rushed to the position, he caught the ball in his hands, and he turned sideways to the right and cut obliquely. In the blink of an eye, he came to the front of the center line. The ball turned around and shifted to the middle, not because it was impossible to break through, but because it was worried that a Spurs player would come up to pinch, so as to avoid falling into the embarrassing situation of 'the horse walks the sideline'.

Leonard seemed to put his hands on his waist, and Li Yue quickly turned to face the frame, creating a NO-HANDCHECK foul premise.

Leonard let go in a hurry, just at this time Landry went up to the wall to cover, Li Yue kicked the ground with all his strength and rushed to the 45-degree three-point line on the right with a double team, took off with one foot, and extended his backhand from the top of his head. Pass left 45 degrees, land and continue to rush in.

Kobe caught the ball in a three-threat pose, Landry moved across to set up a wall as a screen, Parker waved his hand to reject Duncan's proposal of double-teaming, and chose to go around the screen to intercept, a bit like letting go of shots and not rushing. Low.

But Kobe would doubt himself at that time, stop and make a sudden stop, and raised his hand to score a super long three-pointer.

The basketball flew into the air under the eyes of the big and small eyes of the audience, and bounced off the basket with a 'dang' sound.

Sighs suddenly sounded from all around the arena, and Li Yue jumped up high, vigorously flicking the ball out.

Cheers suddenly came from the mouth of the audience, Iguodala took off to catch the ball, and immediately threw it to the top of the arc when it landed.

Kobe received the ball, slumped his shoulders and lowered his waist, and started a three-step layup against Parker, throwing off his body in an instant.

Leonard hurriedly defended, Kobe made a low pass, Li Yue got it, jumped up on the spot, and dunked with a basket.

Boom!The basketball blasted into the net, and the Lakers led 27 to 12, and the advantage was close to [-] points.

The Spurs attacked, and Parker dribbled the ball across the center line, stopped on the LOGO, and raised his hand to direct the movement.

Duncan gave up the cover and retreated, and when the space opened up, he went up to the top of the arc and set up a human wall.

Parker took the opportunity on the left, slowed down at 45 degrees from the three-point line, and continued to take the ball to try, suddenly accelerated and ran to the right. There is an unguarded Leonard.

At this time, Li Yue was shrinking Duncan, who was assisting in the defense, and intentionally let go of the previous three-pointer to hit Leonard. Seeing the opponent catch the ball, he rushed up and pretended to interfere with his right hand. Fortunately, Leonard was not Curry, and his shooting speed was not fast. So fast, there was actually a little interference, forcing Leonard to lean back slightly after taking off.

when!The basketball hit the basket and bounced to the left. Iguodala jumped into his hand and caught it. The Lakers launched a counterattack.

The audience cheered, Kobe received the ball sideways on the edge of the center line, and made a long pass along the other half.

The Spurs didn't have time to adjust their defensive focus. Li Yue caught the ball and went straight to the basket, riding Green's waist to forcefully hit the board.

Beep!The referee blew his whistle, whistled for a foul by Greenla, and gave two free throw opportunities.

The audience applauded and cheered, and Jennifer Lawrence on the sidelines shouted loudly: It's too hard, I like it!

Li Yue turned over and got up, patted his buttocks to the free throw line, and interacted with his teammates with high fives.

Two free throws were made, without any suspense, the Lakers led 29 to 12, and the applause in the arena lasted for a long time.

The Spurs attacked, Parker took the ball to the left wing, patted on the spot and waited.

Li Yue squatted in the right corner and saw the three Spurs players running off the ball in various off-ball screens in the 45-degree area on the right.

Unexpectedly, after tedious running to the end, Duncan moved laterally from the top of the arc to the wall on the left wing as a screen, then disassembled and ran down, received a pass from Parker, and rushed to the hoop with his right hand held high, a little Sina It's a sign that they are about to split Huashan Mountain.

At this time, no one was guarding the basket, and Li Yue took a big step to shrink and intercept, and took off at the same time as Duncan.

boom!The two collided in the air, the basketball hit the basket and fell, and both of them fell to the ground.Leonard, who followed up, picked up the basketball, lifted it on the spot and put it on the basket. The basketball spun twice and fell down. Leonard took off again to catch the rebound, and pushed it up in the air.

Snapped!Li Yue, who just stood up, faced the big hat, and the basketball flew to the top of the arc and fell into Landry's hands.

Landry immediately returned the pass, Li Yue caught the ball and ran forward, suddenly felt liquid slipping from his nostrils, suddenly felt something bad, hurriedly threw the ball to the top of the arc, subconsciously looked up at the referee, thinking that according to the regulations, some players bleed The game should be suspended.

I don't know if the referee didn't see it or thought it was unnecessary. The whistle didn't sound, but Kobe, who caught the ball, found something unusual. He immediately used Covington's cover to get to the free throw line in one step. .

when!The basketball hit the basket and hit the iron, rebounding to the top of the arc and flying backwards.

Iguodala grabbed it quickly with quick eyes and hands, and then passed the left 45 degrees.Li Yue took the ball and took a step forward, ignoring Leonard's interference from the side and Duncan's frontal lunge, making a two-stage shot.

Swish!The basketball went into the net hollow, and the Lakers led 31 to 12.

Kobe eagerly raised his hand to call the doctor, D'Antoni got up and asked for a timeout, and Garivetti ran into the court quickly.

There was still blood falling from the left nostril. Li Yue kept his common sense in mind and did not raise his head to stop it. Instead, he lowered his head slightly, pinched his nose with both hands, and patiently waited for the team doctor to deal with it, because this could avoid excessive bleeding to the greatest extent.

The staff hurriedly handed over ice cubes and towels, mainly to reduce body temperature and promote vasoconstriction, thereby reducing bleeding. Li Yue received them and put them on his neck, walked back to the bench and sat down slowly.

D'Antoni waved his hand, arranged for Blake to appear as a point guard, and informed the referee that the Lakers were over.

Li Yue looked up at the large central screen, and found that Duncan's elbow had rubbed his nose a bit when he failed to hit the buckle. Duncan was forced to try to split the buckle, which shows how impatient Duncan was inside, but he almost didn't play consecutive singles like the opening.

Thinking of this, Li Yue was stunned. Why did the Spurs suddenly give up Duncan's singles?
Is it strictly implementing Popovich's tactical thinking, and scoring more than [-] is selfish?
Before thinking too much, the referee blew his whistle to remind the game to continue. Li Yue turned his head to look at the field, and suddenly found that Belinelli came on the field to replace Ginobili, and suddenly felt confused again: What kind of operation is this?Son for father?Don't want to win?
The Spurs attacked, Parker dribbled the ball to the left, patted and waited on the spot.

The other four stood between the top of the arc and the right wing. Green suddenly ran from the top of the arc and used Leonard to cover for an inward cut. Leonard turned around and climbed to the left wing, and continued to set up a wall as a cover to block Blake.

Parker took the opportunity to dribble the ball to the top of the arc. At the same time, Belinelli started from the right elbow, covered by Duncan, bounced to the right wing, received a pass from Parker, and faced the flying Kobe Bryant, and shot a three-pointer.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Iguodala picked up the rebound, took it straight to the top of the arc, swayed continuously under his crotch, and waited. He suddenly swayed to Belinelli.

Swish!The basketball is hollow into the net.

The Lakers led 33 to 12, and Popovich was shown on the central big screen without any expression fluctuations.

Li Yue applauded along with the audience, confirming that the Spurs chose to give up strategically, not because they didn't want to win, but because they were stunned by playing two games in three days, and they didn't have time or opportunity to make more adjustments.

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The Spurs temporarily gave up their resistance, and the Lakers maintained a steady lead. In the middle of the fourth quarter, Popovich withdrew all attention and announced that he would admit defeat in advance. The Lakers finally won 122-103, leading the series 2-0.

Li Yue played 31 minutes and efficiently scored a triple-double of 26 points, 10 assists and 12 rebounds.

After attending the press conference, Li Yue returned to the locker room, checked his phone and found two new messages.

One is that Chenxi asked about the injury, and the other was that Taylor notified Ferrari that he had finally decided to invite him to become a global spokesperson.

(End of this chapter)