I just play ball

Chapter 392 Classic Teaser
[-] p.m., Oracle Arena.

The announcer ruthlessly announced the appearance of the Lakers players, and boos instantly rang out from all around the arena. After the central screen gave the Lakers starting list, the boos reached its peak, and some fans shouted: "The Lakers despise us! Let them come back at a price. !"

Li Yue walked to the bench and sat down, just in time to hear the shout, chuckled and shook his head.

Fans may think that the Lakers deliberately arranged rookies to start. How could they have imagined that such a starting lineup is a strategy that they stayed up all night watching the video. The coaching staff still spends time discussing it, which is more important than the Rockets.

For about half a minute, the live announcer shouted passionately, and the entire Warriors team ran out of the player channel led by Curry.

The audience cheered and screamed, and the Warriors' starting five consisted of Curry, Thompson, Luol Deng, Green, and Bogut.

In a blink of an eye, it was time for the national anthem to be played. In the ESPN commentary booth, the host Breen routinely read out a welcome speech, then turned to look at Mark Jackson: "Do you think the Warriors may have an advantage in the starting lineup?"

"Of course it is the point guard and power forward position." Jackson said, "Curry has developed the first three-point shooting skill in NBA history last season. The scoring rate is relatively poor, and this game will definitely go all out, and it happens that Clarkson is not good at defense."

"What about the power forward position?" Breen asked.

"Covington is actually a small forward. The Lakers arranged him as a power forward. The purpose must be to increase the overall speed," Jackson said. "But he can't limit Green on the defensive end, so I don't think this strategy is rational."

"Are you more optimistic about that side?" Brin asked, turning his head.

Van Gundy laughed: "I am more optimistic about the Lakers because they have Li Yue."

"Are you serious?" Brin asked with a smile.

"Just kidding, but I am more optimistic about the Lakers." Jackson put away his smile. "Their lineup is extremely targeted. They should have done a lot of research before the game. The problem that Mark mentioned is probably not a difficult problem."

"Okay, let's take a look at how the Warriors will face the defending champion..."

As soon as the words fell, the performance of the national anthem just ended, the lights were turned on, and the whistle was played.

Li Yue took Jokic and Clarkson to give a final explanation, mainly to encourage them not to panic, and then stepped into the court, walked to the Warriors side, gave Curry and others a high-five, and chatted incidentally Two greetings.

Finally it was Green's turn, and he said with a straight face and coldly: "I will definitely complete my revenge tonight."

Seeing that Green didn't intend to reach out, Li Yue shrugged and spread his hands, turned around and walked to the lower left of the middle circle to settle down.

The on-duty referee held the ball and came to the middle circle, gestured left and right, held the ball with both hands and tossed it lightly upwards.

Snapped!Jokic jumped up and touched the ball with half a palm first, but he slapped the ball towards the Warriors half court.

The audience laughed, Jokic showed embarrassment, and Li Yue waved his hand in the air to indicate that there is no need to be nervous.

Green picked up the basketball, turned around and passed it to Curry, and the Warriors launched the first attack.

Curry rushed to the right wing, turned and threw the ball to the top of the arc, and Bogut caught the ball and split it 45 degrees to the left.

Luol Deng received the ball and waited. At the same time, Curry ran to the top of the arc with the help of Bogut.

Clarkson was a little slow to bypass the screen, and Curry often broke through to the right immediately after receiving the ball, so that Jokic could only switch defenses and intercept.

When Clarkson caught up again, Curry passed the ball from the top of his head to Bogut, who was temporarily unguarded.

Jokic hurried back to defend, and just blocked the way, Bogut stepped down the ball and rushed to the right.

Jokic was bad at moving laterally, but now he is restrained by inertia, so he can only watch helplessly.

Seeing this, Kobe shrank and intercepted from the short corner on the left, but Bogut seemed to have regained the confidence he had in the draft. He jumped directly with both feet on the ground, raised the basketball with both hands, ignored Kobe, and gliding dunked.

0 to 2, the cheers of the audience resounded throughout the arena, and Warriors coach Cole looked up and applauded.

The Lakers attacked, and Kobe caught the ball from the baseline and brought it all the way to the 45-degree three-point line on the left side of the frontcourt.

Clarkson used the screen to go around the left wing, and stood and waited for the pass. At the same time, after the pass, Kobe rushed to the short corner on the left, used Jokic to cover, came to the basket along the baseline, and set up a wall Position cover.

Covington took the opportunity to get rid of Green, strode to the short corner on the left, received the pass, turned around after taking advantage of the trend, and picked the basket with a hook.

Swish!Hollow into the net, 2 to 2.

Bogut picked up the basketball and retreated out of bounds. Curry caught the ball and pushed forward. As soon as he reached the center line, he suddenly made a long pass.

Luol Deng received the ball from the 45-degree three-point line on the left side of the frontcourt, and immediately broke through sideways to the left, pushing Kobe inside.

But Kobe was very strong in confrontation, and he didn't lose his footsteps. He couldn't rush to the paint area in a daze, so he turned around and dribbled out.

Bogut catches the ball at the top of the key, moves sideways to the right, and passes hand to hand.

Thompson received the ball, twisted his hips to lower his center of gravity, and took a big step into the inside.

Li Yue squeezed through the screen to catch up, Jokic intercepted in front, and Thompson underhanded the basket without fear.

The basketball hits the front of the rim, rebounds, reloads, and finally falls.

The players at the basket of the two teams reached out to grab it almost at the same time. In the chaos, the basketball rolled out of bounds.

The referee blew the whistle and gave the Lakers the ball in the backcourt. Green spread his hands and muttered: "They touched it, they..."

Amidst the boos of the audience, Clarkson took the ball to the right wing of the frontcourt, turned and threw it to the top of the arc, and continued to run to the bottom corner.

Covington received the ball and divided it 45 degrees to the left, and then strode towards the left elbow area, standing with both feet to set up a human wall, while Kobe started running from the bottom corner on the right, with the help of Clarkson and Covington successively Covered and rushed to the top of the arc smoothly.

At this time, Li Yue held the ball with both hands, saw Kobe arrived, passed the ball decisively, and then used Jokic to cover to get rid of Luol Deng, cut inside obliquely, and hit the temporarily unguarded Warriors basket.

Kobe tacitly lobbed back a pass, and Li Yue took the ball and took two steps forward, kicked off the ground, and hit the board with his backhand.

boom!Rebound into the net, 4 to 2.

Luol Deng picked up the basketball and retreated out of bounds, quickly sent it to Curry, and the Warriors rushed to attack.

The audience cheered, Curry rushed to the free throw line in the blink of an eye, made a sudden stop, turned around, and forced a throw to meet Clarkson.

when!The smashing basket fell.

Kobe picked up the rebound, turned around and ran forward, but the Warriors retreated very quickly and had to stop at the top of the arc.

Clarkson received the ball from the right wing and waited with his arms around his waist. At the same time, Kobe, who was rushing to the left sideline, suddenly ran back to the top of the arc with the help of Jokic, and Thompson, who was in charge of defense, was thrown away by at least three bodies. bit.

Clarkson hurriedly passed the ball, Kobe received it, and confidently pulled back a three-pointer.

when!The basketball hit the front of the rim and bounced high.

Jokic jumped up and barely pulled the ball out of Bogut's hands. Covington grabbed it first, turned around to observe for a moment, and threw it directly to the right wing. Clarkson caught the ball and pretended to shoot, and suddenly passed it to the right corner.

The high position is a little low, Li Yue bends his knees to catch the ball, takes advantage of the momentum to take off, and raises his hand to hit a wide open three-pointer.

Luol Deng gave up the dive and turned his head to watch, the basketball went into the net hollow, and the Lakers led 7-2.

"Very good, very good. I thought that Clarkson would not organize. After three rounds, he did a very good job of timing the pass and off-ball screens. It can be seen that the Lakers have spent a lot of time training." Van Gundy said , "In comparison, the Warriors' tactical execution is also very good, and it is very likely that there will be a classic matchup tonight."

(End of this chapter)