I just play ball

Chapter 36 The Heart of a Champion
After the official timeout came back, LeBron started the crazy scoring mode, which was unstoppable like a god descending from the earth.

After the first half of the game, Li Yue only defended against LeBron's three attacks, but other Heat players performed poorly under the Lakers' iron bucket defense. The Heat never opened up the scoring gap, but the Lakers led 45-44.

The on-site commentary said that this is very good for the Lakers. After all, the Heat are the defending champions, and the Lakers are still struggling for a place in the playoffs. However, during the intermission, Kobe severely warned the generals that KW should not relax because of a little lead.

All the generals expressed their understanding, but after the third quarter, the Heat's performance was still normal, and Howard and others gradually became slack, not so active in grabbing rebounds, and not so fast in changing defenses, as if they were sure of winning.

Kobe reminded him many times, but the Heat did not increase the pressure, and Howard and others continued to play slack.

In the last 5 minutes of the third quarter, the Heat suddenly expanded their defensive area and used quick rotations to force the Lakers to make a lot of mistakes. They took the opportunity to play a wave of offense and defense transitions, and quickly widened the point difference to gain the lead.

Kobe Bryant intends to increase his number of storms, but he feels cold, only 7 of 1 shots.

After three quarters, the Lakers trailed 65 to 73, and the team was still out of breath because of back-to-back games.

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Intersection timeout, the Lakers bench.

D'Antoni finished laying out the strategic points in a few words, and was about to signal for the team to disband, when Kobe suddenly clapped his hands.

The whole team looked over subconsciously. Kobe put his hands on his hips and opened his eyes like lightning.

"Last year's loss to the Heat made me feel very sorry, but it was acceptable for a few people to be injured at that time, but if I lose today, I believe you can't accept it as much as I do, because we are now fully staffed, and one more is enough Li Yue, who is fighting against LeBron. We must win this game, and I will take the lead in every defense. I hope everyone will join me and prove to the world that we also have the heart of a champion and we have the strength to win the championship."

After the words fell, Kobe raised his right hand.

D'Antoni also raised it up, and the whole team put their hands together one after another, counting down in unison to cheer.

Li Yue saw everyone's expressions in his eyes and found that most of them didn't really listen. He immediately made up his mind to demonstrate with Kobe and encourage every teammate with actions.

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In a blink of an eye, the timeout between quarters ended, the game continued, and the lineups of both teams were adjusted.

On the side of the Heat, LeBron and Bosh sat on the sidelines to rest in accordance with the rotation practice, and Wade and Bosh led the bench.

The Lakers didn't dare to take risks, so they directly sent Li Yue and Kobe to play with Nash, Howard, and Gasol.

With bursts of cheers in the American Airlines Arena, the Heat began to attack.

Chalmers took the ball to the frontcourt, Wade rushed to take the pass, slowed down the ball, lingered and waited.

Ray Allen ran up to cover the wall on the left side, Wade immediately dribbled the ball to the left, and Li Yue quickly switched defenses with Kobe.

But as soon as the two moved their feet, Ray Allen disassembled and moved to the right ahead of time, and Wade also pulled the ball to the right to change direction.

With such a short time difference, Kobe couldn't return to defense. Li Yue was worth chasing, but he was blocked by Joel just after he rushed to the top of the arc, and Wade twisted his hips and rushed inside to single out Howard. At the same time, Ray Allen ran to the right wing to stand still and Two meters around the body is unguarded.

The situation was critical, and Li Yue didn't have time to think about it, so he quickly squeezed sideways through the cover, and rushed to the right wing like a firefighter.

Sure enough, Wade didn't make a shot but turned around and gave the ball to Ray Allen, who made a lightning-fast three-pointer.

Both attacking and defending are extremely fast. The basketball thrown by Allen just flew past Li Yue's fingertips.

But Na Zeng thought that the basketball landed too far forward and didn't even touch the basket.

Joel flew to save the ball and failed, the referee whistled for an out-of-bounds violation, and the ball belonged to the Lakers.

Howard immediately stood out of bounds and took the basketball from the referee, but only after a long observation did he throw the ball into the court.

Nash catches the ball, advances quickly along the left sideline, and at the same time makes a baseline ball gesture.

Seeing this, Li Yue immediately turned around and ran to the right corner, commanding his teammates to move to the right by the way.

Nash rushed to the frontcourt, slowed down slightly to observe, then passed the ball to Gasol who was raised to the left wing, then rushed up to take over the pass back, and used his screen to get rid of Chalmers, and strode to the left With a short corner on the side, facing Joel Anthony's frontal defense and Chalmers' back double-teaming, he made an emergency stop, took off, and threw a throw to hit the board.

boom!The rebound angle of the basketball was slightly off and missed.

But the unguarded Howard picked up the rebound, took off on the spot, and dunked with both hands!
Easy to attack the Heat, Wade catches the ball in the backcourt and advances. Facing the delay of Kobe's defense, he smoothly changes hands behind his back to avoid it, but Kobe immediately slides and moves laterally to intercept, as if he has issued a military order and must complete the task.

The fierce battle between the two was in full swing. Joel stepped forward to cover the side, and the fans booed in disappointment.

Wade took this opportunity to get rid of it, strode to the left-wing three-point line, collected the ball and started a layup.

Howard and others shrunk to intercept, but Wade threw the ball to the right wing. Nash wanted to return to the defense but was blocked by Joel who was late.

Chalmers took the ball and took a step forward, kicked off the ground and made a two-pointer.

Swish!Hollow into the net.

The Heat led 75 to 67, and the fans cheered.

Pau Gasol served the ball from the bottom line, Nash received it, and facing Chalmers' backcourt lead defense, he was fast and then slow, then fast and then slow, skillfully using rhythm changes, steadily bringing the ball to the frontcourt, following the trend Howard does high pick-and-roll coordination.

Joel switched defenses and went up, successfully delayed Nash and returned immediately. At the same time, Cole bypassed the screen and rushed to the front to intercept. Ray Allen moved laterally from the bottom corner to block Howard from going down. The Lakers pick and roll this time.

Li Yue immediately rushed to the left wing to receive the pass, and strode into the inside line before the opponent returned to defense.

But Ray Allen reached out without hesitation and forced him to stay in the elbow area.

The referee whistled and whistled to block the foul, but the number of free throws had not yet been triggered, and the Lakers served from the sideline.

Although he had time, Li Yue did not call for a discussion, but passed the tactics with his eyes to the team, then retreated to the left side of the boundary, took the basketball from the referee and held it high, pretending to throw it inside, but actually passed it outside, handing over After going out, he dodged and rushed into the field.

Gasol took the ball from the left wing, didn't stick to his hand for a moment, and immediately passed back to the inside.

Li Yue received the pass, and with the help of Kobe's cover, he rushed to the three-second zone smoothly, carried Joel's defense on his shoulders, and underhanded the basket.

boom!The basketball hit the board and bounced into the circle, bumped and bumped, spun back and forth several times, and finally fell into the net.

Sighs suddenly sounded in the arena, as if complaining that the dribble was too good for this goal, and Lil Wayne even cursed.

Wade catches the ball in the backcourt again and advances, but at a faster speed than before, and Kobe catches up all the way.

Both of them seemed to be back to the top, rushing to the top of the arc in just three seconds.

Wade observed briefly, used Joel's cover to escape, rushed to the free throw line to face Howard's defense, and made a pull-up throw.

bass!The basketball wiped the net hollow, and the Heat continued to maintain an 8-point lead.

Gasol immediately picked up the basketball and retreated to the bottom line. Li Yue took it and slowly moved forward while observing the situation on the field.

When he crossed the center line, he raised his hand to indicate the 23 formation, rushed to the right wing, stopped and passed the ball to Gasol at the top of the arc, then turned around and ran to the bottom corner on the right, and made a cross without the ball screen with Kobe.

Kobe came to the right wing to receive the pass from Gasol, turned around and rushed inside, facing Joel to block the shot.

The basketball hit the board and rebounded and fell, and the Heat got together under the basket, easily leaving Howard aside to grab the rebound.

Wade pushed forward with the ball, facing Kobe at 45 degrees on the left side of the front court, and waved Joel to go away without covering.

Joel did as he saw, Kobe immediately pressed, Wade changed hands behind his back to dodge, and then pulled the ball in front of the body to go to the top of the arc.

Kobe was completely shaken away, and it was too late to turn around, and the fans on the scene booed and shouted.

Seeing this, Li Yue felt ruthless in his heart, gave up Lei Allen's sideways defense, and started to press down.

The incident happened suddenly, and Wade had no time to adjust and almost lost the ball, so he hurriedly backed away to avoid it.

In such a short second, Kobe blocked again and returned to the defensive position, and Li Yue quickly returned to the defense.

Wade stabilized his figure, and in the true sense, he was facing Kobe one-on-one. He rushed forward two steps, stopped suddenly and raised his hand to aim at the basket.

It's a pity that Kobe used this kind of fake action often, and it didn't work at all. He could only pass the ball to the left wing.

Ray Allen received the ball, turned sideways, rushed to the penalty area next to Li Yue, and threw the ball to the right corner.

Lewis received the ball, swayed Gasol, who was returning to the defense, dribbled out of the three-second zone, and made a fake pass.

Joel catches the ball from the basket and makes a strong move, Howard takes off and reaches out to block the block.

Beep!The referee blew his whistle for a foul.

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TNT commentary seats.

Marvin looked at the tablet on the table and said, "With 9 minutes and 50 seconds left in the fourth quarter, the Lakers are trailing 69-77. How should they adjust? Especially when LeBron and Bosh are about to return. .”

Cole curled his lips slightly: "I think it is difficult to find too many effective countermeasures based on the current situation of the Lakers, but they have played very well, especially Li Yue. In terms of the performance of this game alone, it can almost be said Tied with LeBron."

Miller shook his fingers again and again: "As long as the Lakers can do a good job of defense, the 8-point gap is not a problem. I am afraid that the Heat will be like the wave at the end of the third quarter. The Lakers players have already lacked physical fitness."

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On the court, Joel made the first free throw and made the second free throw. The Heat led 78 to 69.

The Lakers attacked, and Nash rushed to the frontcourt with the ball, commanded his teammates to position in a 122 formation, and then passed the ball to Howard in the right elbow.

Kobe stepped forward to cover with a tacit understanding, and Nash took the opportunity to go around and rush to the three-second zone. Facing the heat, the three intercepted and stopped the brakes, twisting his body and hitting the left corner to pass the ball.

Li Yue bent down to pick up the basketball, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Kobe running back and cutting inside, and passed the ball decisively.

Kobe took the ball and dribbled in three consecutive steps, rushed to the right waist of Austria, and with the help of Howard's cover, he pulled back!

Boom!The basketball hit the hoop and bounced into the net.

The Heat immediately served from the baseline, Spoelstra gestured on the sidelines, and Ray Allen took the ball to the top of the arc.

Li Yue bent over, with his feet at the same level as his shoulders, his arms fully spread, and he assumed a standard single-defense posture.

Ray Allen held the ball and waited for the demand, but still failed to wait for his teammates to run out of space, and then handed the ball to Joel who was raised.

Joel catches the ball and turns around to pass it again. By the way, he sets up a wall to block Kobe. Wade catches the ball and rushes into the lane, facing Howard to take off and throw.

when!Smashing baskets and striking iron.

Gasol grabbed the rebound, Li Yue caught the ball and took it to the frontcourt. Seeing that there were fewer Heat players under the basket, he immediately made a pass.

Howard took the ball from the waist and hit it with his back. He continued to push Joel hard, and suddenly turned back to hit the board.

boom!The basketball rebounded and fell and failed to hit. Howard hurriedly gestured to the referee to be beaten.

At the same time, Gasol pushed the ball beyond the three-point line and it fell into Li Yue's hands.

Facing Ray Allen's defense, Li Yue decisively scored the ball, and Kobe took the ball from the top of the arc to face Wade and make a three-pointer!

Boom!Hit the circle and enter the net.

The Lakers chased 74 to 78, and the Heat requested a timeout.

　I originally wanted to write a [-]-word chapter, and I will try to write about the playoffs later.

　　
　
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