I just play ball

402 - The highest courtesy

The Pelicans attacked and Evans took the ball to the right wing.

Bryant bent his knees to intercept, and Evans dribbled behind his back and strode toward the top of the arc.

Asik went up to cover, Gobert followed up to intercept, and the other three Pelicans cooperated with off-ball screens on the baseline.

Bryant seized the opportunity to bypass the screen and block Evans' path again.But Evans didn't choose where to pass the ball, but raised his hand and threw the ball 45 degrees to the right, where there was Asik who was about to cut inside.

Pelicans coach Monty stood up suddenly, shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, as if asking Evans: Why didn't he pass the ball to Holiday?
At the same time, Asik caught the ball and twisted his hips, sideways against Gobert to the top of the arc, and passed back hand to hand.

Half of the offensive time was wasted, Monty hugged his bald head with both hands in a hurry, Gordon waved his hand at the right bottom corner to signal the team to move, Davis stared wide-eyed, and stood blankly on the edge of the paint, as if acting The outsider is generally indifferent, but Evans catches the ball and often takes a big step to the right. Seeing that Kobe bypasses the screen and intercepts, he immediately changes hands behind his back and walks to the basket.

Gobert moved laterally to intercept, and with 8 seconds left on the offensive clock, Evans made a sudden stop and made a mid-range shot that seemed to drop a frame.

when!Smashing the basket and rebounding.

Asik took off and jumped, and actually touched the falling basketball a little earlier, when he was falling.

Gobert raised his hand at will, easily caught the ball in his hand, turned around and handed it to Kobe next to him, and the Lakers launched a counterattack.

The audience shouted for defense in unison. Li Yue was in the left corner. Seeing that Kobe was shouting tactics from the right wing, he immediately ran to the right along the bottom line. Kobe raised his hands high and passed to Landry on the left waist, making a big cut. Insider.The two were like two non-parallel straight lines on the plane. After running for a long distance, they successfully met under the basket. Kobe decisively set up the wall as a screen.

Li Yue took the opportunity to get rid of Gordon and successfully reached the bottom corner on the right.

At the same time, the basketball also flew from Landry's hand to the right 45 degrees. Clarkson caught the ball and immediately turned to the right corner and then divided.

Gordon sprinted wildly, but the basketball flew faster. Li Yue received it, aimed at the basket for a second, and shot steadily.

Swish!Hollow into the net, 11 to 0.

The Pelicans requested a short timeout.

Li Yue high-fived with all his teammates, returned to the bench and stood with his hips on his hips, waiting for D'Antoni to explain the arrangement.

According to the coaching staff's speculation, the Pelicans' return from a timeout will inevitably strengthen the inside offense, because Davis's huge height and wingspan advantage against Landry has not been brought into play in the past 2 minutes.

The solution is very simple, that is to go around and flank, the Lakers did this last season.

Especially when Gordon is in a relatively poor receiving position, he can boldly double-team.

After all, the current lineup of the Pelicans only includes Gordon as a three-point shooter.

The 20-second pause ended in a blink of an eye, the whistle sounded, and the players of the two teams entered the field.The central large screen shows that the Pelicans arranged for Ryan Anderson to replace Evans, Gordon switched to shooting guard, and Holiday switched to point guard.

Walton leaned back on the chair and said with a smile: "Coach Monty reacts quickly enough, and the Pelicans have enough impact from the outside. In comparison, Holiday is more suitable for organization. Dadi helps Davis create more space for low-post singles, but Anderson's speed to defend Li Yue, I'm not bragging, it's basically equal to sending points..."

Nash nodded and said with a smile: "Then there is no way. Compared with losing points, zero points are more embarrassing and unacceptable. They need to score."

The referee whistled, the Pelicans kicked off from the backcourt, and the audience cheered in unison.

Holiday took the ball to the top of the arc, covered with Davis, strode to the right, and cut diagonally to the paint.Kobe bypassed the screen and successfully intercepted. Holiday pulled the ball back, retreated beyond the three-point line, borrowed Davis to cover, and broke through to the left instead.

Such a strategy is a change of medicine. Kobe easily bypassed the screen and completed the interception again, but Davis turned around and cut in, continuing to set up a wall in the elbow area as a screen, while Anderson took the opportunity to run to the 45-degree three-point line on the right.

Holiday passed the ball, and Anderson received it, bent down and hit the ground immediately, then passed to Davis on the right side, and then strode to the bottom corner, creating a threat of slipping the bottom line.

Li Yue chased after him close to him, and when he passed by Davis, he slammed on the brakes and stopped, and teamed up to double-team.

At the same time, Landry stretched out his hand to press down, and it was about to form a scrimmage when Davis suddenly fell forward.

The referee blew his whistle and called Landry for a push foul, with only 5 seconds left on the offensive clock.

The audience cheered and applauded. Landry wanted to talk to the referee, but he stepped forward and stood still, shaking his head helplessly.

Li Yue stepped forward and patted his shoulder, indicating that it didn't matter, and Kobe also waved his hands from a distance to comfort him.

In a blink of an eye, the referee was set up, and the Pelicans kicked off from the sideline of the frontcourt.

The whistle sounded, Asik descended from the right at 45 degrees, set up a wall to block Kobe, and Holiday took the opportunity to rush from the bottom line to the three-point line.At the same time, Davis moved laterally from the left elbow, set up a wall to block Clarkson, and Gordon took the opportunity to rush from the left sideline to the free throw line.

I saw Holiday took the pass, turned around and scored the free throw line, Gordon received it, and rushed forward.

Landry switched defenses to intercept Gordon, Davis took the opportunity to make an air cut, leaped high, faced Kobe's interference, and dunked the ball.

The Pelicans finally scored 2 points!
The Smoothie King Center resounds with cheers!
The Lakers attacked, and Kobe dribbled the ball to the right wing, patted and observed on the spot, and after a while, he raised his hand and lobbed a pass to the right elbow.

Gobert catches the ball, holds it high and waits, while Bryant rushes to the short corner on the right and sets up a wall to block Anderson.

Li Yue kicked off the ground and started running. Before he could accelerate much, he threw away several meters from Anderson, easily rushed to the right 45 degrees, received a pass from Gobert, and shot a three-pointer in a one-step motion.

Boom! The basketball crashed into the net, leading 14 to 2.

"Whoa, 14 points in a row, he seemed to be hot tonight, and he wanted to attack. I guess those stupid commentators pissed him off, and he's going to slap those who think he doesn't deserve the MVP ranking. Second guy!"

"Suddenly remembered that last All-Star Weekend was held in this arena, and he won the three-point contest."

The Pelicans attacked, and the audience shouted for cheers.Holiday slowly dribbled the ball across the center line, raised his hand and threw the ball to Gordon on the left wing, accelerated to the free throw line, and set up a wall to block Gobert.

Davis took the opportunity to cut in from the left, Landry and Kobe made a communication error, and at the same time stepped forward to catch up, and Holiday ran out in a hurry.

Gordon passed the ball back, and Kobe pulled back to play it back, but Holiday, who had a poor three-point shooting percentage, didn't make a shot immediately, but used Asik to cover and break to the right.

This invisibly gave time. Kobe rushed to the horse and teamed up with Gobert to double-team. Holiday had no way out for a while, but Gordon happened to cut in from the left at this time.

Monty Williams shouted in a hurry, Davis used Gordon's inadvertent cover to go around, received Holiday's take-off pass, took advantage of the opportunity to turn around and kicked off the ground, and took advantage of his height and wingspan to face Kobe and Clarkson. double

Flying, forcibly making a difficult mid-range shot.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Gobert grabbed the rebound and handed it to Kobe next to him. The Lakers launched a counterattack and fast break.

Seeing this, Li Yue ran wildly and rushed to the front paint area alone. Seeing Kobe's long pass flying over, he took a deep breath, aimed at the position, took two steps back, jumped up, and caught it with both hands.

Boom!The basketball went into the net, 16 to 2.

The Lakers' lead continued to expand. Monty Williams paced back and forth restlessly, seemingly worrying about how to break the game, and the audience gave up and forgot to cheer.

In the blink of an eye, Holiday dribbled the ball to the right wing.Asik stepped up and set up a wall on the left side as a screen. Davis also moved across from the top of the arc, which was clearly a double-screen starting position on the flank.

But who would have thought that Holiday walked in along the sideline, voluntarily gave up the double cover, and rushed in with the double team.

Monty stomped his feet angrily, as if complaining loudly: Why didn't they fight according to the designed tactics?

Holiday rushed to the short corner and had nowhere to go, so he had to stop and pass the ball out.

Asik received the ball at the elbow, and seeing Holiday rushing up, he handed back the pass.

Come and go, the attack time wasted 8 seconds, Holiday failed to get rid of Kobe, and threw the ball to the top of the arc.

Davis received the ball and was too far away from the basket. He was not good at the shooting position, so he had to shift to the left, and also handed over the ball.

Gordon received the ball, twisted his hips directly to accelerate, took two big strides, surrounded the Lakers on three sides, forced a jump, and glided in the air to pick the basket.

when!The basketball hit the front edge of the rim, rebounded and fell.

In the chaotic scramble, Gordon almost succeeded twice, but was eventually snatched by Kobe, and the Lakers launched a fast break again.

Li Yue followed up along the left sideline, all the way to the left corner, and Anderson, who was in charge of defense, couldn't catch up at all.

Kobe made another quarterback-like long pass. Li Yue received it, held it up high and pretended to shoot, sideways avoided the flying Gordon, bent down and rushed the ball to the waist, facing Davis to intercept it, he stopped and jumped , Leaning back in the shot.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 18 to 2.

"Crazy!" Wharton stood up and clapped his hands. "Scored 18 points in a row. In his state, he can try to break his scoring record in a single quarter."

"It's possible." Nash laughed. "But I guess he's not that interested. He'll probably end up on time and leave time for the rookies."

The Pelicans attacked, Holiday took the ball to the left wing, and Asik and Davis made a double screen.

This time, Holiday honestly followed the tactical design and reached the top of the arc with the help of a double cover.

He slowed down to observe for a while, and suddenly threw the ball to the right sideline. At the same time, Anderson used Gordon's cover to get rid of Li Yue, rushed to the right wing to catch the basketball, lunged against Kobe, and forced a jump shot.

Swish!The basketball is hollow into the net.

The Pelicans scored another 3 points, and there was sporadic applause in the Smoothie King Center, and many spectators did not react.

The Lakers attacked. Li Yue got the ball in the backcourt ahead of time and rushed all the way to the top of the arc. Seeing that the free throw line was open, he cut inside with the help of Kobe's cover. The Pelicans double-teamed. , offering a Kareem-style skyhook.

when!Smashing baskets and striking iron.

Asik grabbed the rebound, the Pelicans launched a counterattack, and the audience applauded and cheered, as if to celebrate Li Yue's finally missed shot.

Holiday dribbled the ball to the left wing, suddenly accelerated to sprint, and seemed to want to rely on speed to force a breakthrough.

Kobe flipped his feet and stepped frequently to catch up, but he didn't give even half of his body space.

Asik moved across and set up a human wall on the right side as a cover, but Holiday gave up again, feinted, and continued to walk the bottom line.

Kobe didn't relax at all, still standing in front of him like a goalkeeper, Holiday was desperate, and in a hurry, he stopped and tried.

when!The basketball hit the rim and rebounded, flying directly over the edge of the backboard and out of bounds.

The referee blew his whistle and gave the Lakers backcourt rights. D'Antoni raised his hand to apply. Iguodah replaced Kobe for the first game. On the Pelicans side, head coach Monty caught Holiday and sprayed wildly.

"Haha, Coach Monty is angry." Walton laughed, "They came back from a timeout before, and Davis only got one offensive opportunity in total. Holiday still played a few times without following the tactics. I couldn't bear it. Living."

"They lack organization and are good at playing fast breaks. This is a common feature of young teams." Nash said, "But our shooting percentage is too high, and it is difficult for them to take advantage of it. The situation has become what it is now."

The whistle sounded, and the Lakers kicked off in the backcourt.

Clarkson took it to the top of the arc, turned around and passed the ball to the left, Iguodala received it, changed hands and hung the left waist.

Li Yue stepped on his feet and reached out, caught the ball and turned to face the basket, raised his right leg with his left foot as the axis, bent down and pulled down to sweep, crossed and stepped on the ball.Anderson retreated sideways subconsciously, Li Yue stopped to pull the ball suddenly, and turned forward in the 'Anthony' style.

He completed the breakthrough in one step, took off in another step, glided in the air, and put the basket with one hand.

bass!The basketball was caught, 20 to 5.

The Pelicans attacked, Holiday took the ball to the left wing, raised his hand to Gordon, and strode towards the paint.

Gordon took the ball, immediately sank his shoulders and accelerated, used Davis to cover the baseline, and went straight to the basket.

The Lakers shrunk and intercepted, Gordon passed the ball in the air, Holiday stepped up against the defense, and put the ball into the basket with difficulty.

The Pelicans scored another 2 points, and Monty was still pacing back and forth on the sidelines. This annoying rhythm was like squeezing a stick of soft toothpaste. Toothpaste.

The Lakers attacked, Clarkson dribbled the ball to the right wing, passed it to Gobert at the top of the arc, ran straight to the bottom corner, and blocked Anderson with a wall.

Li Yue took the opportunity to rush to the 45-degree three-point line on the right, received a pass from Gobert, ignored Holiday's defense, and made a quick shot with a one-step movement.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, and Li Yuehou lay down on the ground.

The referee blew his whistle and raised his hand to indicate that the three-pointer was valid on the technical table. At the same time, he whistled Holiday for a foul and gave him an additional penalty.

Li Yue pulled Gobert and Clarkson to get up, clapped their hands and walked to the starting line to stand still. After receiving the pass from the referee, the expected boos did not appear. Instead, there was a shout of 'MVP', which was only a small one at first. In an instant, it turned into cheers from the audience.

Nash exclaimed: "My God? Being called MVP in the away game? Li Yue completely convinced all the Pelicans fans!"

Walton shrugged: "Of course, he has scored 23 points in a row, but it's a pity that he didn't hit [-]% of the shots."

As soon as the words fell, Li Yue made a shot, and the basketball went into the net. The Lakers led 24 to 7.

Cheers resounded in the Smoothie King arena, and in the high-level stands, the Lakers fans who had been surrounded before swung wantonly in celebration.

Li Yue turned and ran to the frontcourt, and Nick Young shouted from the sidelines: "You are 14 points away from breaking your own record, come on!"

"Do you want to make a move?" Li Yue asked himself, breaking records and cultivating young people is not a choice, "Since the opportunity is in front of you, let's go!"

(End of this chapter)