I just play ball

Chapter 348

The moment Li Yue saw the text message, Li Yue felt a little unreal. All this happened too fast. It has only been two days since Ferrari revealed its intention for the first time. There are still many netizens expressing their opposition. Why is it suddenly finalized?
Out of curiosity, he left the Staples Center, drove back to the Ramona apartment, and called Taylor to inquire about the details. The time limit is shortened, and the plan to engage in the traffic star model that changes every three years is purely to gain popularity, and whoever is popular will attract others.

According to Taylor, the originally scheduled 2000 million endorsement fee has dropped to 1000 million. The brokerage team is ready to fight for more. Li Yue feels that it is not that important. , and it is possible to get more invitations from high-end brands and luxury goods, and perhaps zero endorsement fees can be regarded as earned.

Hang up the phone, call Chenxi again, briefly explain the cause of the injury, and tell her that there is nothing to worry about.

At noon the next day, Li Yue arrived at Los Angeles International Airport by car, met with the team, and departed for San Antonio.

As soon as he got on the plane, Nick Young invited his teammates to play Booray card games. Li Yue also joined in and played two small games.

The G2 game between the Lakers and the Spurs, after a whole night of discussion by people from all walks of life, has already slipped from the hot list, but many views have successfully become mainstream views on Twitter due to a large number of likes and retweets.

[Stephen A. Smith: After the Spurs' wonderful performance in the first 3 minutes of the first quarter, to be precise, after Duncan's wonderful performance, they lost the game in a new way.They made a wrong rotation last time, and this time it was unnecessary hesitation, and the reason for all this is that Coach Popovich does not want to believe in his players, and is too optimistic about the tactical system that can play in the playoffs In many cases, if you should play singles, you must play singles, and if you should insist on a certain person, you must persist in singles.

Of course, I am very sure that this was not intentional by Coach Popovich, but that he failed to embrace the changes of the times. The striker's main attack with the ball has become the first tactic, but the Spurs are still engaged in complicated off-the-ball moves, but the final result The method is the most basic pick-and-roll, the first time may be able to deceive the defender, the second time and the third time are almost useless. 】

This tweet was liked by more than 2000 people and forwarded by more than 8000 people. A large number of comments believed that Stephen accurately summed up why the Spurs lost. Some people said that the Spurs' loss was expected, but it should never be. It was humiliated by a big score for two consecutive games. With the strength of the Spurs, they should play until the last moment, and the point difference should not exceed [-] points.

Li Yue felt that it made sense, and swipe the phone screen to continue browsing.

[Bill Simmons: I watched the two matchups between the Spurs and the Lakers carefully. Now I have two thoughts. One is that the Spurs should start from the third game with Kawhi Leonard as the core and develop offensive and defensive strategies around him. The second is that the Spurs should resolutely use foul tactics to destroy the Lakers' offense when Gobert is on the court, and don't consider face issues.

Let me explain why in detail below. In the past two games, and even in the past few years, the Spurs have used Parker and the pick-and-roll man to launch the offense in almost every round. No matter how complicated and difficult to distinguish off the ball, the idea is always It is too obvious and too easy to be studied and seen by the Lakers. The solution is to increase Leonard's shot rights, because Leonard has three-pointers, mid-range shots, and even almost extinct low-post shots, but Coach Popovich is too much. They are too conservative, or unwilling to believe that Leonard has these abilities, or they may not realize that Leonard has improved so rapidly. It can be said that it is a great waste to use Leonard with the standard of 3D players. I hope they can After losing two games in a row, he completely gave up the previous routines.

As for foul tactics, it is mainly aimed at Gobert's low free throw percentage. Jeff Ayers, Matt Bonner and others can be used to execute them. Don't be stingy with the number of timeouts. After all, they are 10 behind It's better to bid again. 】

This tweet received more than [-] likes, and Spurs star David Robinson forwarded it and endorsed it. It seemed that he was making suggestions to the Spurs coaching staff, or Popovich, in this different way. Some people speculated based on this No one paid attention to Robinson's speech inside the Spurs, and it was deduced by the way that Popovich is a headstrong person.

Li Yue also agrees with Simmons. The Spurs have indeed failed to give full play to the role of Leonard. Offensive and defensive system.

However, people often say that the country is easy to change and the nature is hard to change. It is difficult to persuade a person to make a change, let alone an old man who has a glorious history in the past. His confidence is absolutely bursting. Saying "the opponent is more focused than us, and grasps the details better than us", it is difficult to admit that you have made a mistake.

The plane landed in San Antonio in a blink of an eye. The whole team took the bus and headed straight to the hotel. Just as they were about to get off the bus, they saw fanatical Spurs fans holding slightly insulting signs and blowing horns with various strange sounds. Shout and shout.

The security team immediately asked to stop getting off the bus. After an emergency discussion, the logistics department decided to activate Plan B. The driver had to order the bus to start again and go straight to another hotel in the Holy City, while the logistics department took the time to make contact.

After some twists and turns, the whole team finally settled in and got rid of the fanatical Spurs fans. The original plan to go to the ATT Center, the home of the Spurs, was cancelled, and the whole team stayed in the hotel for free activities.

Nick Yang initiated a Texas Hold'em invitation, and Li Yue joined in. He played until 8000 pm and won more than [-] US dollars.

When the dinner was over, the whole team gathered in the meeting room to watch the G2 game between the Heat and the Pacers.

Li Yue had little interest, because he had already determined how to restrict the Heat, but it was not good to be absent from such collective activities, so he simply sat on a chair with his mobile phone in his arms, and prepared to observe and analyze the game situation while browsing the news or sending and receiving messages.

When the game started, the Pacers still used the tactic of "single defense against LeBron and choking everyone else". The Heat also responded. Coach Spoelstra arranged for LeBron to run without the ball first, then use screens to catch the ball, and finally make a fast break. .

But the effect was mediocre. After all, LeBron had to hold the ball no matter what, which caused LeBron's own rhythm to be chaotic. Not only did he not send out assists, but he frequently shot and hit the iron. He only had 2 points and 4 rebounds in a single quarter, like the team's fifth choice.

However, LeBron's offensive energy, which has no place to vent, is all used on the defensive end. He made Paul George feel a little bit reluctant in almost every shot, and even restricted David West many times through assisting defense.

After the first quarter, the Pacers led 21-20.

Taking advantage of the holiday break, Li Yue opened the REDDIT community and found that a large number of fans believed that LeBron had regained his demons. His competitive state was a bit like the 11 game against the Mavericks with only 8 points.

These remarks were unreasonable and illogical. Li Yue immediately responded to object. Fans complained that he could not understand NBA games at all. By the way, his English was not authentic. He should learn more and speak publicly on social networks.

He replied with a 'hehe' expression, put away his phone and continued to watch the second quarter.

The offensive and defensive rhythm of the two teams is still very slow, but LeBron is sitting on the bench to rest. The Pacers seem to have lost their target and become a little at a loss for a while. At the start, Bosh seemed to be targeted by the referee. He was called for three fouls in just 2 minutes, which caused the Heat's offensive rhythm to be chaotic.

Coach Spoelstra was forced to arrange for Bosh to rest. LeBron came on the court with anger. He still did not hold the ball and continued to focus on the defensive end. He quickly sent out two blocked shots, which directly or indirectly caused Paul George to make 5 of 0 shots. And every defense is a clean textbook level, and he has never given even a free throw opportunity.

In this way, although the Heat only scored 21 points in a single quarter, the Pacers only scored 16 points in a single quarter. After halftime, the Heat took the lead 41 to 37, but fell behind by 10 rebounds.

During the halftime break, Nick Young suggested a bet, hoping to win the chance of not having to buy PS games, and he chose to support the Pacers first. The reason was that the Pacers had a lot of rebounds and fell behind because of their poor hand feeling. As long as they returned to normal, they would definitely win.

Li Yue readily accepted and automatically chose to support the Heat. In fact, he also supported the Heat in his heart, because as an NBA player, he felt the aura of "I will win you no matter what" emanating from LeBron.

Back from the halftime break, the Heat's strongest third quarter did not appear, and LeBron never turned on the avatar mode. Although the defensive end was still extremely hard, George felt warmer, and the Pacers led by 5 points in a single quarter.

Nick Yang was delighted to see this scene, and emphasized with a smile that he had a very high probability of winning.

I thought, in the crucial fourth quarter, LeBron teamed up with Wade to start the strongest form. In two years, they made 12 of 10 shots. I can't move an inch.

In the last 87 seconds, with LeBron hitting consecutive free throws, the Heat took an 80-1 lead. The Pacers completely lost hope of a comeback.

Nick Yang couldn't help laughing, and left the hotel directly to buy a PS game console.

"If the Heat continue to maintain this state tonight, then we can definitely win easily." Wharton clenched his fists excitedly, "This journey to defend the title is too easy, it's like fighting to the death for 10 years."

All the players nodded subconsciously, and Kobe hurriedly raised his hand, "Please keep calm, we still have 6 games to win."

"Humility, stay humble!" Wharton shrugged slightly, and bursts of laughter resounded in the conference room.

After chatting for a while, everyone returned to their rooms, and Li Yue logged on to Twitter to browse news as usual.

In this game, LeBron scored 22 points, 4 assists and 7 rebounds, which can be said to be quite satisfactory, but he suffered a lot of criticism. Many netizens believed that he played negatively, mainly because the referee did not give him the whistle treatment that he used to.

Li Yue agrees with the second half of the sentence, because the Pacers defended LeBron, especially when they were defending off the ball, they committed a lot of fouls.

If this kind of thing happened to him, it would be uncomfortable. In addition, Xiao Hua intentionally manipulated the game after he took the stage. Li Yue decisively liked and reposted the tweet, and added that the referee should adopt the correct whistleblowing scale, or keep the same whistleblowing scale.

In less than 2 minutes after the tweet was posted, it was forwarded by more than 3000 people, most of whom were Heat fans.

LeBron's agent left a message and commented: He is very grateful for your voice of support, and the commitment to the finals is still valid.

Active players such as Lillard also followed up and retweeted to express their support, while Chris Paul spoke out as the chairman of the players' association, emphasizing that the players' previous suggestions for penalties have been sorted out and will soon be interviewed by the league.

Li Yue retweeted Paul's tweet and asked for a copy of relevant information, ready to help with the research.

The next morning, President Obama updated Twitter to support the protest initiated by Li Yue and others.

At noon, the league office issued a statement, declaring that it humbly accepts the suggestions made by the players. The specific form is to disclose the referee's report, but it is limited to the last 2 minutes of each game. It does not explain the reason and promises to maintain optimization.

For the league's decision, Li Yue laughed angrily, and the referee's report in the last 2 minutes was meaningless.

First of all, it is impossible to change the result of the game, and the wrong penalty has become history, and the key point is that there will be no guarantee that it will not be repeated in the future; secondly, many mistakes and biased penalties appeared before the last 2 minutes, so this regulation does not provide any supervision to the referee Or motivation; in the end, the referee's report will only lead to more wrangling, and the only effect is probably the popular science and penalty rules.

Thinking of this, Li Yue retweeted to express his refusal to accept it, and asked the league to face up to the three proposals of the players union, and through measures such as the challenge system and the penalty system, to avoid a large number of wrong judgments to the greatest extent and ensure the interests of the players.

Players such as Paul and Wade forwarded their responses one after another, but the league office did not reply.

The public relations general manager Blake called to remind that such an approach would be easily countered by the referee union. Even if the wrong penalty is not intentionally made, it is very likely to raise the penalty standards. I hope this will be terminated and the situation will not expand.

Li Yue thanked for the reminder, and at the same time informed that there will be no termination, and he will continue to fight for a long time.

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Three days of remedial time passed in a blink of an eye, and at 25 pm on the [-]th, the Lakers came to the Spurs home court again.

Li Yue warmed up, shot, and simply ran according to his habits, and then walked to the sidelines to accept reporters.

"Coach Popovich said in an interview just now that he had read the suggestions for the Spurs on social networks, and after careful research, he decided to accept them. The Spurs will play with Leonard as the core tonight. You What do you think?"

(End of this chapter)