I just play ball

Chapter 400 Perfect Restraint
On the court, the Grizzlies attack.

Conley dribbled the ball to the left 45 degrees, and with the help of Randolph's screen, he strode to the right to break through.

Clarkson dragged his small body and squeezed past 'Black Bear' Randolph with difficulty. He had already been thrown at least two meters away, while Daga chose to stay at the free throw line. Conley easily rushed to the right elbow area, within two meters of his body Inside, unguarded.

Seeing this, Li Yue shrank and intercepted from the sideline, but before he could reach out, Conley stopped suddenly and took off, shooting from the left hand.

when!The basketball hit the hoop and fell.

Xiaojia sprinted forward, jumped across his brother, grabbed the offensive rebound abruptly, landed and turned around and threw it to Allen who was beyond the three-pointer, and then turned his back to resist Dajia.

Allen hit the ground back, and Xiaojia held the basketball with his right hand and waited. At the same time, Allen rushed to the right elbow and blocked Clarkson with a wall, while Conley went straight to the basket.

Seeing that the perfect coordination was about to be completed, some spectators cheered in advance, but Kobe jumped to the basket like a flash, raised his hand and took a snap.

Snapped!Conley suffered a big hat.

The basketball fell, and Kobe caught it in his hand, turned around and threw it to Clarkson, and strode forward.

Li Yue received the ball from the center line and pushed forward slowly. When he saw the playback of "Black and White Two Heroes" as if he had [-] catties of sandbags tied to his feet, he immediately thought of a clever plan.

In the past few seasons, the Spurs can be said to be the team that can play the Grizzlies best. Their strategy is to target the slow-footed Randolph and destroy the Grizzlies' defensive system in every possible way.

The Lakers also learned this trick last season, but their efficiency was not as high as that of the Spurs. The reason was that they focused on dynamic offense at the time, and they didn't fight to the death like the Spurs did, and because they could win, they didn't think too much.

Xiaojia is not in such a good state now, so he can try this trick again and expand it, directly destroying the Grizzlies' defensive system without pulling out cocoons.

After two seconds to make up his mind, Li Yue raised his hand to call for the wing-swing double-block tactics, and all his teammates immediately responded when they saw this.

In the blink of an eye, Clarkson stood in the left corner, Kobe stood in the right corner, and Dajia and Gobert stood side by side at the 45-degree three-point line on the right.In such a position, the three-second zone is completely cleared, the inside defensive capabilities of the black and white duo basically fail, and the overall rotation system of the Grizzlies has also been cut to pieces.

In addition to Tony Allen's strong single defense ability, other Grizzlies players can easily get rid of the defense through screens.

Li Yue took the ball to the left 45-degree three-point line, bowed and patted and waited.

At about the same time, Clarkson kicked off the ground, stood on the baseline and went straight to the right half, while Kobe went up to the right wing, and continued to rush to the top of the arc with the help of Dajia and Gobert.

Seeing Allen forcibly catch up with Kobe, Li Yue immediately dribbled the ball to the right. Kobe came up to cover very tacitly, and Dajia also ran over, setting up a human wall as a double screen.

Courtney was unable to catch up, and the Grizzlies could only arrange for Randolph to switch defenses.

Compared with Li Yue, Korandolph's traversing speed is like a tortoise and a rabbit.

Li Yue twisted his hips and hit the free throw line. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Xiaojia's intention to help defend. He decisively joined the ball and raised his hand.

The Grizzlies attacked, and Courtney picked up on the left wing. With the help of Randolph's cover, he twisted his hips and went inside.

Dajia switched defenses and grabbed, Randolph made an air cut, Li Yue did not catch up, but teamed up to attack.

Courtney quickly hit the ground to pass the ball, raised his leg subconsciously to interfere, and kicked the ball out of bounds.

The referee blew his whistle, whistled for a violation, and gave the Grizzlies the right to the sideline. The topic of the two in the TNT commentary turned to the Lakers.

"The horn tactics of the Lakers just now are really full of retro taste. In a trance, I thought I was watching a college basketball game."

"Yeah, continuous execution of double-block screens to minimize the defensive ability of the opponent's big man. The Warriors have also played this season. They use it better than the Lakers."

"Not necessarily. If the Lakers arrange pitchers to appear on the field, they can also maximize the lethality of this tactic."

"It suddenly occurred to me that this tactic is the most suitable for the Cavaliers. Love and TT are responsible for the screens. One can shoot three-pointers and the other can cut dunks. It is a perfect match for LeBron."

In the arena, the referee has finished setting up, and the whistle is blown to start timing.

Randolph mentioned the left wing, received the ball and passed it back immediately.

Allen took the ball to the top of the arc, bent over and prepared to pass again, and the target would be the right waist.

Gobert went around to interfere, and Xiaojia was in a poor position to catch the ball. Allen hesitated for a moment, then turned and passed the ball to the left.

Courtney caught it at 45 degrees, and with the help of Lando's cover, Li Yue was thrown off, twisted his hips and rushed to the free throw line.

With a great lateral interception, Gobert also shrank to the basket, Li Yue was still chasing behind, Courtney couldn't cope with it, jumped up and threw the ball to the left corner.Conley caught the ball and raised it high, and Clarkson immediately followed suit.Li Yue chuckled when he saw this, Clarkson really had more than passion, but far from experience, this foul was decided.

Unexpectedly, Conley didn't jump head-on, looking for a collision, but bent over to avoid it, stepped down the ball, and rushed towards the hoop.

In any case, I really don't shoot three-pointers!
Li Yuemeng circled for half a second and strode laterally to intercept, while Conley stopped abruptly and took off, throwing with his left hand.

when!The basketball hit the hoop and fell.

Gobert grabbed it, and the Lakers launched a counterattack.

Kobe dribbled the ball across the center line, raised his hand to call, and continued to implement the double-block tactics on the flanks.

Li Yue ran straight to the left corner and stood still. Seeing that Kobe was positioned at 45 degrees on the left, he immediately kicked off and ran straight to the right corner.

As soon as he arrived at the position, Gobert also arrived from the right side at a 45-degree angle and successfully set up a wall to block Courtney. At the same time, Kobe successfully rushed to the right elbow with the help of double screens.

Everything is perfect, except that Tony Allen is still clinging to Kobe like a dog's plaster.

Li Yue didn't stop on his feet, and rushed along the sideline to the right wing, just in time to see Kobe throwing the ball over.

He received the hand, bent sideways to avoid Courtney's flying pounce, readjusted his posture, aimed at the basket and took off, and calmly threw a three-pointer.

Swish!Hollow into the net, the Lakers lead 11 to 6.

The Grizzlies attacked, Conley dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, moved to the left with the help of Xiao Jia's cover, twisted his hips at a 45-degree position to accelerate, and broke through double-teaming against Gobert and Clarkson.He walked to the short corner, suddenly stopped the brakes, and hit the outside line to pass the ball. Xiaojia, who was left unattended for the time being, easily caught the ball, and then took off and made a shot.

Boom!Hitting the circle and entering the net, 11 to 8.

The Lakers attacked and the audience chanted defense.

Li Yue advanced with the ball and continued to call for flanking double-block tactics.

Grizzlies coach Joerger yelled loudly and asked the Grizzlies players to sacrifice 23 defenses.

If you can't play, then don't play!
"This coach is really good. The key is to let go of face and work hard towards winning."

Li Yue applauded in his heart, and at the same time dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, suddenly dropped his shoulders and accelerated, dodging Courtney and went straight to the inside.

Seeing Xiaojia shrink and intercept, Gobert sank to the bottom very excitedly, and he decisively threw the ball to the hoop.

Randolph rushed to the basket to intercept in just one second, but Gobert jumped high and dunked vigorously with both hands to score, and it only took 0.5 seconds.

The basketball fell from the net and hit Randolph's head heavily, followed by a dull sound, and Randolph's face was covered in circles.

"It's good to be young! Jumping around, flying around, the veteran can only run close to the floor. The Grizzlies' strategy is worse than going to extremes. It happens that the Lakers only have Li Yue as a three-pointer."

"I think it's feasible. The area is flanked, the inside line is rotated, and the inside line can be defended. Otherwise, the inside and outside lines will be attacked at the same time."

The Grizzlies attacked, and Conley rushed to the right wing with the ball, handed it to Courtney, and ran to the bottom corner with the screen.

Courtney catches the ball, turns to face the top of the key, and Randolph heads toward him.

Li Yue subconsciously went up to grab, Courtney turned around again, and stepped down the ball to hit the ring.

Clarkson moved laterally to interfere from the bottom corner, Da Jia shrank and intercepted from the free throw line, Li Yue chased from behind, and surrounded on three sides.

Courtney made an emergency stop and sent the ball out. Randolph caught it at the top of the arc, then turned and threw it to the left corner.

Kobe saw the replay, but was blocked by Xiaojia. Gobert hurried forward to defend, and Tony Allen had already made a shot.

But offense is not Allen's strong point, and the Grizzlies also lack the three-point bonus, and the basketball hits the basket and rebounds.

The audience sighed, but the basketball rebounded and flew to the left. Allen had quick eyes and quick hands, grabbed it first, and rushed to the basket.

Li Yue was dumbfounded, and thought that it would be fine for this guy to grab defensive rebounds all the time tonight, why would he temporarily imitate a master offensive player with the ball?
Want to win too much?
As expected, the basketball hit the board far away, Kobe jumped up and caught it, and the Lakers reacted with a fast break.

It was still a flanking double-block tactic. Li Yue was in the left corner. Seeing that the Grizzlies had no time to put up a defensive formation, they immediately rushed to the right corner.Kobe stopped at 45 degrees to the left and did not move. With the help of a cover, he circled all the way to the top of the arc, took the basketball, and took advantage of the trend to break through on the left.

Li Yue accelerated and dashed away, throwing Courtney far away, like a sharp arrow piercing the heart of a grizzly bear.

Panting, Randolph rushed to the basket first, and before he had time to stand on his feet, Li Yue had already thrown the ball to Dajia who was running down at the same time. Courtney wanted to switch defenses, but he was not tall enough, so he had to Watching another open mid-range shot.

Swish!The basketball went into the net hollow, and the Lakers led 15 to 8.

The Grizzlies attack, Courtney dribbles the ball to the left wing, hand to hand.

Conley held the ball with his hands up and waited. Xiao Jia proposed to set up the wall on the left, but Conley chose to take the ball to the right.

Clarkson bowed to the top of the key, Conley lobbed the ball to Gasol, and then used the screen to accelerate and dash.Clarkson was stunned for a moment, then crossed the free throw line and went straight to the basket, just in time to catch up with Conley who slipped to the baseline.

At the same time, Xiaojia's pass also arrived.

The two raised their hands to fight at the same time, and the basketball flew out of bounds. The referee blew his whistle to suspend the game and gave the Grizzlies the right to the sideline.

Seeing Clarkson's excited face, Li Yue stepped forward and patted his shoulder to encourage him, knowing that he was excited because he prevented Conley from running without the ball.

But to be honest, it is normal to be able to prevent Conley from running without the ball, because Conley is a very, very traditional point guard.

The creation of opportunities for shooting guards is written in Conley's mind like a code, which leads to Conley's extremely high lower limit and average upper limit. If there is no shooting, the lethality will be greatly reduced.

The referee finished setting up in a blink of an eye, and the whistle began to count.

Conley started from the left bottom corner, used Randolph to cover to the left wing, received a pass from Allen and shifted to the right, rushed to the top of the arc and then used Xiaojia to cover, but did not break through.

At this time, the inside interception was not ready, and the outside pursuit and defense were not in place. It was possible to start the three-step, but Conley still chose to follow the tactical arrangement, making an emergency stop and passing the ball to the left.

Allen, who followed closely, received the ball and immediately passed it to the left waist.Xiaojia received the ball, with little time left in the attack, turned around in a hurry, and offered a 'Duncan' style hit.

boom!The basketball rebounded and fell, Gobert grabbed it, and the Lakers launched a counterattack.

The Grizzlies retreated very quickly this time, and put up a 23-zone defense formation in advance.

Li Yue received the ball from the right wing, used Kobe's cover to throw off Courtney, and rushed to the 45-degree three-point line. Relying on his height advantage, he made an emergency stop and pulled up.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the ring and was caught, 18 to 8.

Allen grimaced, as if annoyed that he hadn't been able to interfere effectively.

Li Yue turned around to play back, and saw Joerger get up and walk to the sidelines, obviously to call a timeout, just waiting for Conley to bring the ball across the center line.

"The whole audience is pressing!" Li Yue shouted with a sudden movement.

Clarkson immediately intervened close to him, and Kobe also stepped forward in an instant. The two teamed up to attack, and each stretched out a hand to press the basketball.

The incident happened suddenly, and Conley had just realized that the two had already held the basketball tightly.

Joerger hurriedly called for a timeout, but the referee didn't blow it. He waited for four full seconds before blowing his whistle, and a foul ball was awarded.

There were bursts of boos in the arena, and the players of the two teams settled down. The Lakers arranged for Marshall and Jokic to appear, Clarkson and Gasol, while the Grizzlies arranged for Carter to appear and replace Courtney.

The referee stood in the middle of the free throw line, briefly explained the precautions, and threw the ball up with both hands.

Gobert stepped slightly, slapped the ball to the top of the arc, Kobe picked it up, took off and shot a three-pointer.

when!The basketball hit the basket and rebounded, and fell into the net under the extremely unhappy eyes of the audience.

21 to 8, in the FedEx Arena, there was a brief loss of noise.

It wasn't until the referee blew his whistle to announce the suspension of the game that the voices of complaints and sighs sounded one after another.

"Obviously, the Lakers' offensive tactics perfectly restrain the Grizzlies' defensive strategy," Thomas said, "It's not that the Grizzlies players are not working hard enough, but their lineup dominated by big men can't keep up with the rhythm of the Lakers."

"I agree! Even if they shoot three-pointers, it will be difficult to get the effect again. After Marshall came on the court, the Lakers' outside three-pointer strength has greatly increased." Miller said, "Plus Jokic also has a certain three-point ability, and the Grizzlies' defense is great. Like a hornet's nest - full of holes!"

"It's hard for them to break through the ceiling with this lineup," Miller said. "I remember coach Lionel Hollins wanted to speed up, but that style of play couldn't match the Grizzlies' current lineup. Get out of class."

"So, we mentioned at the beginning that the Grizzlies' style of play is a memory of the last era. Now, the era has changed!"
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Back from the timeout, the Grizzlies pinched the inside and put in a three-pointer.

Li Yue, Kobe, Marshall, and Jokic took turns to punish them.

The Grizzlies' lack of offensive routines were predicted by various methods. At the end of the first quarter, the Lakers led by 20 points.

When the two teams competed on the bench, Iguodala and Landry directly led the team to blow up.

The main force headed by Li Yue returned to the field and firmly held the advantage. At the end of the half, the Lakers led by 31 points.

In the third quarter, the Lakers did not relax and still entered the final quarter with a big lead.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Grizzlies 119 to 92 and won seven consecutive victories. Li Yue sent 15 assists and Kobe scored 31 points.

On the bus to the airport, D'Antoni announced that the first MVP rankings were released, and Kobe and Li Yue took the top two.

The single-season MVP battle rarely occurs on the same team, and both have a high probability.

(End of this chapter)