I just play ball

Chapter 387 Sudden power failure
On the court, the Rockets attack.

Beverly took the ball to the right 45 degrees, patted on the spot and waited.Ariza started from the left wing, covered by Anthony and Howard successively to the top of the arc, received the pass with his hands on his waist, and also patted on the spot and waited.

Harden started running from the basket on the right side, circled to the left 45 degrees with the help of a screen, received a pass from Ariza, stood sideways against Kobe, raised his hands high, and passed it to Howard at the waist. space.

Howard bent his knees and played hard. With his strength advantage, he squeezed into the paint area abruptly, then turned around and took off to put the basket.

As soon as the basketball was released, the referee blew his whistle, whistled Gasol to block the foul, and gave two free throws.

The audience immediately shouted "garbage referee" in groups, and Li Yue waved his hand to signal to stop making trouble. It was clear just now that Gasol did make a foul, and he didn't want to play "reasonable offender", but he needed to release it to the referee. Goodwill, lest the standard be raised.

Amidst the boos of the audience, Howard made his first free throw, walked two steps forward, and high-fived Anthony and Ariza on the left and right sides. Harden also took one, but Harden stood in the LOGO position with his hands on his hips, showing no sign of interacting, and could only turn around and continue to make free throws.

when!The second free throw hit the basket and fell.

Li Yue caught it with a light jump, landed and threw it to Marshall, and the Lakers launched a counterattack.

Gasol set up a wall at the top of the arc as a screen, Marshall dribbled the ball to the right and broke through, and Beverly went around the wall to intercept.

But Marshall was not so fast, passively got two body spaces, decisively pulled the ball to change direction, made an emergency stop and made a mid-range shot.

when!The basketball hit the hoop and fell.

Howard picked it up, and the Rockets launched a counterattack.

Harden received the ball, took it to the top of the arc with his left hand, and forced a breakthrough in against Kobe's interference.

Seeing this, Li Yue moved laterally to intercept, and took off at the same time as Kobe, who was chasing, and Gasol, who was shrinking, stretched out his hands to interfere.

Snapped!Li Yue slapped his hat on the side, and the basketball flew out of the baseline.

The referee blew his whistle and gave the Rockets the right to the baseline.

The audience applauded and cheered, and McHale gestured and shouted one after another on the sidelines, eagerly arranging his position.

Li Yue followed Ariza to the top of the arc and found that Howard and Anthony were standing along the boundary of the left paint area. The two faced the left half court, while Harden was standing on the left waist. Foley, quickly turned his head to think.

With such a formation, Trevor Ariza and Harden must be the screeners for each other.

Considering that there are many people in the right half, it is best to focus on the left half.

While thinking about it, the referee blew his whistle, Ariza bowed and started running, and Harden ran towards him.

Li Yue dodges around, and then takes a big step to reattach Ariza, leaving no room for an easy pass and catch.

Beverly put down his raised hand hastily, and turned his head to look to the right. At this time, Harden happened to pass through the elevator doors erected by Anthony and Howard, and Kobe was still blocked from the door.

"Change defense, change defense!" Li Yue hurriedly shouted a reminder, and Gasol raised his hands high upon hearing this.

I thought, Beverly just raised his hand to pass the ball at this time, and the basketball hit Gasol's arm with a 'bang'.

The audience shouted excitedly, Gasol grabbed the basketball and threw it to Marshall under the basket.

The Lakers launched a counterattack, and Marshall rushed to the right wing with the ball, then turned and threw it to the top of the arc.

Gasol catches the ball and turns around, then divides 45 degrees to the left.

Li Yue received the ball, with his left foot as the axis, posing in a three-threat posture, and his right foot made successive tentative steps.

Bryant took a look, took Harden to start from the left corner, and rushed to the right with Landry's cover.

Seeing this, Li Yue crossed the ball, took two big strides, and jumped to the short corner on the left.

Ariza wanted to catch up, but he was blocked by Landry who came up, and Anthony rushed forward in a hurry.

But Li Yue stopped abruptly, jumped up on the spot, and shot steadily.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 15 to 12.

"Kobe took Harden's cell phone perfectly. If it was a little later, Ariza would block the left line." Kenny Smith said, "At the same time, the timing of Li Yue's breakthrough was perfect. It can be said that the two cooperate very tacitly, and they only need to win three consecutive championships to write history."

"That's because Kobe has changed, he has become more willing to share with his teammates." O'Neal smirked, "If it was changed to the three consecutive championships at the beginning of the century, he had already let Rick Fox, who was also a small forward, pass the ball. past…"

On the field, Harden received the ball about two meters behind the center line, ran slowly with small steps, and suddenly raised his hand for a long pass.

The basketball was flying at a height of at least [-] meters. Howard was completely unprepared, so he jumped up to catch it.

But where can I catch it, the basketball flew straight out of bounds, and I was still unstable on the ground, almost falling down.

Li Yue was about to turn around and prepare to attack, when the referee suddenly blew his whistle, calling Gasol for a defensive push foul, and warned that if there were any dangerous moves in the future, he would be given a second-level malicious foul penalty.

Except for the referee who made the penalty, everyone at the scene fell into a brief state of confusion, and then booed everywhere.

The referee gestured to explain that Gasol pushed Howard's waist with his right hand during Howard's take-off.

Li Yue looked up at the large central screen. The playback showed that there was indeed such a movement, but it was obvious that Gasol saw Howard's movement and subconsciously reached out to sense it. It was purely muscle memory and showed no sign of exertion.

However, this happens to have a montage effect with Howard almost falling down. Suddenly, it is really a foul.

The referee who whistled was also aware of this problem, but did not make any changes.

Taking advantage of the time to arrange the serve, the two teams adjusted their personnel.

For the Lakers, Covington and Iguoda played the first game, replacing Landry and Kobe.

On the Rockets side, Joey Dorsey came on, replacing Howard.

The referee whistled, Anthony caught the ball from the right elbow to the 45-degree three-point line, hugged his hands and waited.After serving the ball, Ariza stepped into the court, his feet covered the ground and set up a wall, perfectly blocking Iguodala, and then disassembled and ran to the left.

Harden took the opportunity to get rid of it, rushed to the right to catch the ball at 45 degrees, twisted his hips and went inside.

Iguodala chased after him, Covington moved laterally ahead of time, and Anthony was left unattended for a while.

Li Yue was about to shout, Harden hit the ground and passed the ball, Covington quickly returned to the defense, but Anthony caught the ball and stopped to take off and make a mid-range shot.

Swish!The basketball went into the net hollow, 15 to 14.

"Carmelo's debut in the Rockets surprised me," Barkley said. "Not because he scored consecutively, but because he was able to establish a tacit understanding with Harden and Howard so quickly."

"One of the important reasons is that he has rich offensive methods," Kenny said, "If the ball is replaced by someone else, it is very likely to choose to hit the basket, even if it is an emergency stop shot, it is not as good as his aim and height. .”

On the court, the Lakers attack.

Li Yue rushed to the right wing with the ball, handed it to Covington who moved across from the top of the arc, and rushed in along the sideline.

Iguodala was coming towards him, and the two screened each other off the ball. Li Yue twisted his hips and rushed to the basket on the right.

And Iguodala took the hand-off pass from Covington, threw the ball directly, and then ran to the top of the arc to open up space.

Li Yue received the ball and turned his back to Ariza. After a little observation, he moved out and came to the waist to withstand the singles. After two consecutive strong pushes, he noticed that Ariza moved forward. He decisively received the ball and turned around to take off. Fadeback shot.

Swish!The basketball went into the net hollow, 17 to 14.

The Rockets attacked, Harden dribbled the ball across the center line, threw it to the top of the arc, and stood still to watch.

Anton received the ball in a three-threat pose, but the top of the arc was not an area he was familiar with. After trying for a while, he chose to pass back.

Harden received the ball, turned sideways against Iguodala, slowly turned forward, pulled low and swept in front of his body, and stepped forward with his left foot.

With such an action, Iguodala subconsciously took half a step back, never thinking that Harden retreated to collect the ball and made a three-pointer.

Iguodala swooped, and the basketball hit the left backboard with a 'bang', bounced and fell.

This is a thousand miles away, the audience laughed, McHale shrugged and spread his hands.

Marshall took the basketball and pushed forward, all the way to the top of the arc, changing hands and waiting.

Gasol ran to the right elbow area, set up a wall to make a positioning screen, and Iguodala took the opportunity to rush to the bottom line, and then suddenly ran back.

It's a pity that Harden didn't catch up in time. Instead, he did a useless effort and didn't get rid of it.

Gasol turned around and raised to the top of the arc, set up a wall to block Beverly, and Marshall took the opportunity to get inside.

The Rockets surrounded by three people, Marshall made an emergency stop and jumped, and threw the ball to the left corner against the interference.

The moment Li Yue received the ball, he saw the Rockets players looking at him at the same time, and decisively passed the ball to the basket.

Gasol, who was unguarded for a while, received the ball, took two steps forward, and easily hit the layup to score.

19 to 14, the Lakers took the biggest lead in the game, cheers came and went.

Li Yue raised his hand, wanting to give Gasol a high-five in the air, when he suddenly caught a glimpse of Ariza catching the ball and running wildly.

Rockets are attacking!
Li Yue reacted, and seeing that Covington was alone in the frontcourt, he subconsciously reached out and grabbed Ariza's jersey.

Beep!The referee blew his whistle and called Li Yue for a foul, but the Lakers only fouled 4 times and would not give free throws.

"This tactical foul is very smart!" O'Neal said, "As long as the Rockets don't make a shot, the Lakers have a chance to expand their lead to 10 points, but if the Rockets hit a fast break, then the five-point lead becomes worthless. .”

"Did you go to the flattering course recently?" Buckley laughed. "You can actually say that a retreat error was a planned move. Could it be that Li Yue gave you public relations expenses?"

"You don't understand!" O'Neill showed disdain, "A strong confrontation requires grasping every detail."

On the court, the Rockets kicked off from the sideline of the backcourt.

The referee whistled, Harden received the ball at the three-point line, advanced forward, and raised his hand to direct.

Four seconds later, Harden put the ball across the halfway line, stopped and patted and waited.

Joey Dorsey quickly lifted up from the left 45 degrees, looking like he was going to cover, but turned and ran away halfway through the rush.

Beverley raised from the free throw line, and it seemed that he was going to screen, but Harden took the ball to the left ahead of time.

Beverly was stunned for a moment, and took advantage of the situation to block the chasing Iguodala, and Marshall could only switch defenses to intercept.

Li Yue shook his head helplessly, thinking to himself that he hit the right shot again, and Harden was lucky too.

Just as he was feeling emotional, Harden patted the ball to test for a moment, then suddenly sank his shoulders and broke through.

Marshall is at a great disadvantage in height and weight, but the lateral movement speed is not slow, and he blocked the way ahead of time.

But Harden made an emergency stop to collect the ball, switched his left hand to his right hand, squeezed Marshall away with his physical advantage, and went straight to the hoop.

Li Yue put away his thoughts and shrunk to the basket, and joined hands with Gasol to intercept. Harden took off and threw the ball to the right corner.

Ariza, who was temporarily unguarded, received the ball, ignored Iguodala's sprint and roar, and took off calmly to make a three-pointer.

when!The basketball hit the basket and fell, Gasol grabbed the rebound, and the Lakers launched a counterattack.

Iguodala received the ball from the center line and took it to the top of the arc. Li Yue used the cover to catch the ball, ran to the right, and distributed it to Marshall on the right wing. With the help of Gasol's cover, he continued to sprint in. Tacitly choose to pass back.

This is a classic pass and cut combination. Li Yue made a layup and hit the rebound with Joey Dorsey on his back. The Lakers led 21 to 14.

The Rockets attacked, Beverly dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, turned around and threw the right wing.

Harden received the ball and bowed, his left foot was used as the axis to set up a three-threat posture, and his center of gravity was lowered as much as possible.Iguodala's reaction was a little slow, Harden stepped down the ball and rushed into the inside line, pouted his butt against Iguodala, and resorted to his signature trick-face-to-frame back hit.

Iguodala was immediately surrounded, and he didn't know how to defend, so he could only raise his hands to interfere.

Harden, on the other hand, skillfully pulled the ball back and made an emergency stop for a jumper.

when!The basketball hit the rim and rebounded and fell. Iguodala caught it in his hand, turned and pushed forward.

Gasol set up a wall at the top of the arc as a cover, Iguodala chose to break to the right, and the Rockets chose to double-team.

For a while, Gasol was unguarded and cut easily.

Ariza quickly moved laterally to cover, and Iguodala jumped up and threw the ball to the left sideline.

Li Yue caught the ball and raised his hand, Ariza turned around and swooped, immediately ducked away, took a step forward, and took off steadily to make a mid-range shot.

Swish!The basketball went into the net hollow, 23 to 14.

"Eh... the situation of the game seems to be developing as Shaq predicted." Ernie Johnson said, "Since Anthony made a mid-range shot, the Rockets have not scored for a long time, and they urgently need to break this situation."

"It doesn't matter, Harden will stand up, he is suitable for handling this situation." Kenny said, "From the past two statistics, whenever the Rockets trailed by nearly 10 points, Harden stepped up to improve the situation 42 times."

The Rockets attacked, and Harden made a long pass from the bottom line.

Beverly received the ball from the waist position in the frontcourt, and almost made a mistake. After holding it firmly, he ran quickly. With the help of Anthony's cover, he twisted his hips and entered the inside line. However, Covington chose to switch defenses in advance. Divide the ball.

Harden received the ball, dribbled the ball with his left hand and went left, along the middle of the free throw line, and went straight to the basket.The momentum was so fast that the Lakers had to attack from three sides. Harden made an emergency stop and passed the ball to the left, but Anthony, who was going down at the same time, was unprepared and flustered and did not catch it securely.

The basketball fell to the ground and rolled, Li Yue rushed up when he saw it, bent down to grab it in his hand, got up and ran forward.

The audience cheered loudly, and Li Yue looked at three directions, rushed across the center line and immediately hit the ground to pass the ball.

Marshall received the ball from the 45-degree three-point line on the right, and immediately pulled out his hand to shoot.

Swish!Hollow into the net, the Lakers lead 26 to 14.

McHale shook his head again and again, got up and raised his hand to call a timeout, but Harden caught the ball from the center line and rushed straight to the basket.

Li Yue chased after him, approaching the free throw line, and jumped at the same time as Harden.

boom!Pegboard hat.

The cheers at the Staples Center burst, and Li Yue caught the basketball and ran forward again.

Seeing that Marshall was just at the 45-degree three-point line on the right and was still unguarded, he passed the ball decisively.

Swish!Amidst the cheers of the audience, Marshall hit a three-pointer again, and the Lakers led 29 to 14.

McHale rushed into the arena to request a timeout, and the Staples Center became a carnival scene.

"Why did the Rockets suddenly lose power?" Barkley looked puzzled, "And Harden made 7 of 0 shots..."

(End of this chapter)