I just play ball

Chapter 389 Brilliant Suggestion
Li Yue knew that Bazemore wanted to perform well on the court, because Bazemore signed a two-year $2 million contract in the summer. As the third choice of the Lakers' shooting guard, he must seize every opportunity to win a big contract.

In the past or in the future, he will not rush to appear on the field. After all, he is the head player and has a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars.

D'Antoni looked thoughtful, then nodded and said: "Alright, our style of play is fine, but our shooting percentage is low."

Iguodala just came to the bench, smiled when he heard this, raised his hand and shrugged slightly.

D'Antoni quickly concluded, Li Yue made some additions, and the whistle for the end of the timeout sounded.

The Rockets made personnel adjustments. Ariza, who played continuously for [-] minutes, rested temporarily, Josh switched to the small forward position, Papanicolaou served as the power forward, and Beverly also appeared to replace the three-pointer Daniels. .

According to the result of the opening jump ball, the Rockets attacked first, and Beverly, who re-appeared, received the ball in the backcourt and advanced.

The audience shouted defense in unison, and Beverly rushed across the center line and stuffed the ball to Howard, who was standing at the top of the arc.

Clarkson chased closely along the left baseline. Beverly suddenly stopped and retreated. out of space.

According to the strategy formulated before the game, Clarkson hurriedly bypassed the interception, fast and without reservation.

It was too fast and too fierce. Beverly pulled the ball in front of his body to change direction, diverted to the left and broke through, but the strong inertia made Clarkson unable to catch up. Gobert stayed at the free throw line and did not dare to step forward. Beverly made an emergency stop Take off, and make a mid-range shot in a smart way.

Swish!Hollow into the net, 34 to 36.

Clarkson raised his hand to signal a mistake, Li Yue went up to pull his hand down, and said with a smile: "You didn't make a mistake, but you have to learn to judge the situation, sometimes you need to be reserved, sometimes you need to go all out, learn more Practice more."

Clarkson nodded sincerely, and the two ran forward side by side, while Li Yue stopped at the top of the arc to observe.

The basketball passed through several times and returned to the 45-degree three-point line on the right. Clarkson held the ball with both hands and looked dazed.

Seeing this situation, Li Yue shook his head towards Jokic in the left elbow area, and then ran to Clarkson, setting up a wall as a cover.

Clarkson immediately moved to the left, and continued to dribble to the left under the cover of Jokic. Jokic finished the screen, continued to run to the right, and set up a wall to block Josh. Li Yue took the opportunity to get rid of the interference and turned to go Run left.

Papanicolaou, who was in charge of the Rockets' defense switch, had difficulty catching up, and the space for catching and shooting suddenly appeared. Kobe and others waved towels on the sidelines and shouted reminders. Clarkson reacted and quickly handed over the ball.

Li Yue caught the ball, stopped the brakes suddenly, raised his hand and shot.

Boom!The three-pointer hit the circle and entered the net, 39 to 34.

Li Yue was knocked down and fell to the ground. Seeing that the referee didn't blow his whistle, he turned over and got up, gave Clarkson a thumbs up, and then raised his head to Jokic. The two cooperated with him just now to form a classic high double block Tactics are commendable.

The Rockets attacked, and Beverly rushed to the top of the arc with the ball, wandering around and waiting.

Josh tried to use the outer cut several times, but every time Li Yue blocked the way in advance, and the attack time was lost in vain.

McHale yelled to guide, Beverly threw the ball to the free throw line, and Howard observed with a one-handed snatch.

It's a pity that there is still no good opportunity, Beverly rushed up to receive the pass back, and took advantage of the cover to break through.

Gobert switched defenses and intercepted, Clarkson followed closely to catch up, and Beverly chose to hit the ground to score the ball.

Howard received the ball from the free-throw line and hadn't yet entered the attacking distance. Gobert calmly returned to the defense to intercept, but still couldn't withstand Howard's strong attack.

Seeing this, Li Yue decisively retracted the flanking attack, and Howard immediately scored the ball towards the top of the arc.

Seeing Josh catch the ball, Li Yue made a little calculation, knowing that it was too late to pounce back, so he simply rushed down ahead of time, and as soon as he took two steps, he heard the dull sound of the basketball hitting the basket, subconsciously accelerated his sprint speed, and came to the frontcourt in the blink of an eye three-point line.

The audience cheered loudly, Li Yue turned his head to observe, and Gobert happened to make a long pass.

The basketball flew through the air, Li Yue aimed at the position, and lightly jumped to catch it in his hand. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Clarkson rushing over, and suddenly decided to imitate Jokic on the spur of the moment, and swiped the ball with his hands while still in the air.

Josh and Beverly failed to pinch, Clarkson caught the ball and went straight to the hoop, jumping up against Papanikolaou for a layup.

Beep!The referee blows his whistle, whistles the thug for a foul, and gives two free throws.

The audience cheered, Clarkson took the initiative to give high fives, and Li Yue patted his shoulders to encourage a good job.

Taking advantage of free throw time, the Rockets made personnel adjustments. Harden came on to replace Terry, Anthony came on to replace Josh, Motel came on to replace Howard, and Kobe on the Rockets came on to replace Covington.

Li Yue walked to Kobe's side and said in a low voice, "The defensive strength on the opposite side has been greatly reduced."

Needless to say, Kobe nodded tacitly. The Lakers currently have twin towers, and they just seized the opportunity to fight to the death.

Moments later, Clarkson also hit the second free throw, and the Lakers led 41 to 34.

The Rockets attacked, Harden took the ball to the right 45 degrees, and used Papanikolaou to cover and break through.

Jokic took the lead and moved laterally to intercept, Kobe dodged and squeezed through the screen to catch up, and the two teamed up to form a flank.

Papanicolaou made an inward cut, but Harden hit the ground and passed the ball, the strength was still too weak, so he could only bend down to catch it.Seeing this, Jokic also bent down to grab it, and his speed and agility were superior. While catching the basketball, he knocked Papanikolaou to the ground.

Kobe took the basketball, turned around and ran forward, and Li Yue followed along the left sideline.

The two were like parallel trains, rushing to both wings of the frontcourt at the same time. Li Yue cut diagonally to the basket, received a pass from Kobe and took away the two Rockets players. The gliding dunk was successful.

43 to 34, the Lakers led by 9 points, McHale looked puzzled.

Before he could relax, Beverly made a long pass from the baseline, and the basketball flew straight from the crowd to the frontcourt.

Anthony, who hadn't returned to defense before, received the ball on the left wing, lowered his center of gravity, stepped past Jokic, and went straight to the basket.

Gobert moved laterally to intercept, Anthony jumped and stopped, and passed the ball to the basket hand-to-hand.

Motel took the ball and took off on the spot, and put the basket with one hand.

when!The basketball hit the basket, rolled half a circle and fell down, and Gobert reached out and caught it.

"Give it to me, give it to me!" Li Yue shouted loudly at the top of the arc, and the basketball flew over immediately.

He received the hand and turned around and ran wildly. Seeing that the right wing was defending empty, he decisively passed the ball behind his back.

The Rockets lost their target for a short time, and when they regained their basketball position, Clarkson had already taken off and shot a three-pointer.

Boom!Hitting the circle and entering the net, 46 to 34.

The Rockets asked for a timeout, cheers resounded in the Staples Center, and Li Yue took the initiative to ask the two rookies to high-five.

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TNT commentary seats.

"Do you have any doubts about the Lakers' three consecutive championships?" O'Neal was full of confidence. "The two rookies not only have great potential, but also have excellent combat power. Except for the defensive deviation of the point guard, the team has almost no weaknesses and is invincible!"

Buckley showed disdain and ignored it. Kenny smiled awkwardly and pretended not to hear.

Ernie said: "OK, let's discuss why after Anthony scored 8 points in the opening game, he knew the long pass just now, and he only attacked with the ball for the second time, why the Rockets suddenly fell into a power outage, and what did they need to do? ?”

"I have a wonderful suggestion." Barkley said, "That is to temporarily abandon Harden. When he attacks with the ball, he seems to only use his teammates as a cover tool, and never considers how to assist his teammates. Lack of understanding, just take the pass just now as an example, why did you pass it to a teammate with such poor agility by hitting the ground?
And it is still passed softly. Is it because the Lakers are worried that it will be difficult for the Lakers to complete the steal? "

(End of this chapter)