I just play ball

Chapter 434 Team Breaking Record

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After the timeout came back, the two teams returned to the state of scoring alternately, and the half game was over in a blink of an eye.Kobe scored a full 29 points, and Li Yue also increased the number of assists to 14.

At the end of the intermission, in order to help Kobe achieve his goals, the Lakers team tried every means to help Kobe make the ball.

Perhaps it was because of the aggressive performance in the second half of the second quarter, which caused the feeling to enter the cooling stage. After the third quarter, Kobe only made 11 of 3 shots and zero free throws. one cent.

The number of Li Yue's assists only increased to 18, and the Lakers' scoring was affected by this. In addition, the Kings played steadily and Mike Malone's showy moves one after another, and the two teams actually tied.

Although the opportunity to break the record was right in front of him, Kobe still followed the regular rotation and chose to rest at the beginning of the fourth quarter. Li Yue, as a supporting helper, also stayed on the sidelines to observe. The Lakers were led by Iguodala.

Following Gay's foul, the referee whistled for a timeout, with 6 minutes and 49 seconds left before the end of the game.

The Lakers led 91 to 89. Kobe and Li Yue got up, took off their jackets, and stepped into the court side by side.

The king also arranged for the main players to appear on the stage, and the game entered the decisive stage.

The whistle sounded, the Lakers kicked off in the backcourt, and the audience cheered and shouted, 'Give the ball to Kobe'.

But Kobe himself waved his hand to signal that he didn't need it. Li Yue took the ball to the left wing. Covington who is defensive.

Cousins ​​hurriedly shrunk and intercepted towards the basket, and Covington chose to give the ball to Gasol.

when!CIC strikes iron.

Cousins ​​got a defensive rebound and the Kings counterattacked.

Collison took the ball across the center line, McClemore circled the bottom line with the help of a screen, and went up to the right to receive the ball at 45 degrees.

Facing Kobe's aggressive defense, he didn't dare to dribble too much, and simply took two shots before raising his hand and passing the waist.

Cousins ​​caught the ball with his back, turned around and walked to the baseline, dribbled the ball with his left hand and broke through, and the basketball flew out of bounds.

The referee whistled for a violation and gave the Lakers the right to the ball in the backcourt.

Li Yue didn't realize what was going on, and subconsciously raised his hand to look at the big screen, and found that it was Cousins ​​who hit the ball on his foot. It was a good idea to turn around and walk to the bottom line, but it was a pity that his hand skills were too poor.

Mike Malone waved his hand, and the Kings took advantage of the situation to set up a man-to-man press in the backcourt.

Li Yue retreated to the center line decisively, turned sideways to the owner Gay, received a long pass from Gasol, turned and moved forward.

The Kings team quickly returned to defense, and the Lakers team settled in a V-shaped formation.

Covington received the ball from the top of the arc from the left wing, and by the way, used the screen to get rid of Collison, rushed to the right 45 degrees, and then used the Davis screen to completely shake off. At the same time, Kobe came from the bottom corner on the right Take off, stride to the right wing.

The two met on the right wing, Kobe caught the ball and continued to run to the top of the arc, suddenly stopped and took off for a three-pointer.

That action was very similar to facing Wade's lore against the Heat. The difference is that no one blocked it this time, but perhaps because the difficulty was too low, the basketball bounced off the basket with a 'dang' sound, and there were sighs in the arena. The audience's expectations were dashed.

Covington and Cousins ​​jumped up and competed at the same time. Cousins ​​fell to the ground and fell, and the basketball flew out of the court.

The referee blew his whistle and called for a rebound foul, and the Kings got the ball in the backcourt.

The audience booed, but it can be seen from the video playback that Covington pushed his waist.

It's not intentional, but the height is at a disadvantage, and it's purely instinctive to take advantage of it.

Collison took the ball across the center line, bent over and hit it to Guy on the left elbow, and rushed to the free throw line.

Gay did not attack with the ball. Instead, Collison used Cousins ​​to cover and run back and returned to the top of the arc to receive the ball. However, Collison did not attack with the ball. Instead, he raised his hand and threw the ball to the free throw line. Cousins ​​immediately hit back after receiving the ball.

Covington immediately retracted from the top of the arc to pinch, Cousins ​​bent down and lowered his center of gravity to avoid it, then joined the ball and took two steps in a row. Relying on his physical advantage, he took off against Kobe and threw a small throw at the basket.

The basketball hit the rim and bounced off the net, and the Kings tied the score.

Gasol picked up the basketball and stood out of bounds as the fans chanted 'give the ball to Kobe'.

Gasol raised his hand and was about to give it, but Kobe ran forward without paying attention.

Li Yue continued to push forward with the ball, at a 45-degree position on the right side of the frontcourt, handed over the ball, and set up a wall to cover by the way.

Kobe rushed to catch the ball, got rid of the defensive interference in one step, ignored Gay's threat of switching defenses, and made a sudden stop to take off and shoot.

Boom!Long two points hit the circle and enter the net.

Kobe scored 37 points and finally reached his goal. There were shouts like a tsunami in the arena.

The referee whistled, the game entered an official timeout, and the central big screen began to play congratulatory videos from various celebrities.

Li Yue and Kobe greeted each other with high fives, and Nick Yang and others rushed up to celebrate together.

Kobe waved to the audience, with only a faint smile on his face, and he didn't seem to care too much.

The timeout ends quickly and the game continues.

The king attacked, Collison ran to the right wing with the ball, waited for a long time, and finally got the opportunity to pass the waist.

Cousins ​​received the ball with his back, charged up for a second and hit his shoulders hard, rolled Gasol into the paint area, kicked off the ground to put the basket.

Gasol raised his hands to try to block the block, and the palm hit Cousins' arm, and the referee whistled for a foul.

There was no booing from the audience for a real foul, and Cousins ​​made two free throws.

The scores of the two teams were tied again. Li Yue took the ball to the top of the arc and raised his hand to call for low post tactics.

Two consecutive passes, Gasol took the ball at the waist, punched Cousins ​​with his back, hit the basket with a hook and hit the iron.

The King got the defensive rebound, Collison took it to the top of the arc, bent over and hit the ground to Gay.

Still the same tactic as before, Collison rushed to the free throw line after passing the ball, used Cousins ​​to cover and suddenly ran back, received a pass back and then divided Cousins ​​on the right waist, but Covington saw it ahead of time and double-teamed faster than before.

Cousins ​​didn't dare to make a strong play, and raised the basketball and threw it to the left corner. McClemore jumped up immediately after catching the ball, and made a strong shot to Kobe head-on.

Boom!The basketball hit the circle and entered the net, and the Kings overtook the score 96 to 93.

Kobe grinned and shook his head, took the initiative to catch the ball and moved forward, and the audience cheered in unison.

Li Yue raised to the top of the arc, received Kobe's pass, and immediately passed it back to Kobe who rushed to his side.

McLemore chose to squeeze through the screen to catch up, but Kobe would not give so much time to react, and made an emergency stop to shoot a three-pointer.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net and the Lakers tied the score.

"Attention all fans, Li Yue has already got 20 assists." Van Gundy said, "Maybe he may complete the record-breaking goal we mentioned at the beginning, let us cheer for him together!"

The Kings attack, Collison runs the ball across the center line, and hits the ball toward the left elbow.

It was still the same running route as before, but this time, Collison did not return to the top of the arc, but set up a wall to block Li Yue. Gay took the opportunity to get rid of the defense and rushed to the free throw line with big strides. , Covington, who is close to the defense and makes a breakthrough.

With such a small range, Covington suffered a loss in weight and strength, and it was really hard to resist.

Gasol subconsciously shrunk to the basket to intercept, but Gay suddenly threw the ball over the rim.

Cousins ​​jumped up, caught the ball with one hand and slashed down. The basketball exploded into the net and almost completed a dunk.

With only one point left in the lead, Li Yue catches the ball and advances slowly, runs across the center line and suddenly raises a long pass to Kobe at the 45-degree three-point line on the left, then accelerates and rushes over, intending to do a hand-to-hand screen Cooperate and take the opportunity to break through the sideline.

Guy chose to go around Kobe first to intercept. Li Yue made a move, stopped and retreated, and strode towards the top of the arc.

Kobe knew how to pass back, and then immediately turned around and cut inside. At this time, Gay and McClemore made a communication error, and the two rushed to the top of the arc at the same time, causing Kobe to be temporarily unattended. What's worse, the King's basket was unguarded.

Seeing this situation, Li Yue raised his hand to throw a pass. Kobe caught the ball in the short corner on the left and started a layup.

Cousins ​​​​intentionally defended, but it was too late, the basketball rebounded and was caught, 98 to 95.

The Kings attacked, Collison dribbled the ball across the center line, sideways faced Covington to protect the basketball, patted on the spot and waited.

With the help of a screen, McLemore lifted the top of the arc from the free throw line, received the pass, turned around and passed to the waist.

Li Yue was squatting at the bottom right corner at this time. Seeing the king's tactics, he felt that Mike Malone was still so close to being a top coach. The coquettish tactics he had been working on for so long ended up putting all his treasures on Cousins.

McClemore played so well, and if he designed a few more tactics, the Kings would definitely play much better.

But I can understand it when I think about it. After all, I want to win too much because I am playing against the undefeated champion in the league.

Just when he was feeling emotional, Collison suddenly used Thompson to cover an inside cut. Covington was delayed and failed to catch up in time. Davis reacted and it was too late to catch up. The Lakers watched Collison easily rush to the basket .

This is to turn the initiative into a passive, to prevent Cousins ​​from getting into double-team troubles.

Cousins ​​gave the ball decisively, and Collison received it and directly underhanded the basket.

when!The basketball hit the basket and rebounded and was caught, 98 to 97.

The Lakers attacked, Li Yue took the ball to the top of the arc, bowed and patted and waited.

Kobe stuck his back in the left elbow area, suddenly turned back and cut in, and the Kings' defense immediately shrank.

Seeing that Cousins ​​was far away, Li Yue decisively threw the ball to Gasol.

Gasol didn't hesitate, raised his hand and scored two points, the basketball went into the net, 100 to 97.

The referee blew his whistle to stop the game. With 3 minutes and 02 seconds left before the end of the game, the two teams returned to the bench.

"Attention! Li Yue has already got 22 assists." Van Gundy said, "The chance of breaking the assist record in the history of the Lakers is infinitely approaching 100%. I don't know how the magician sitting on the sidelines feels at this moment."

"Happy!" Jackson laughed, "Imagine your name is at the top of Twitter's trending list?"

The timeout ended in a blink of an eye, the Lakers arranged for Iguodala and Landry to replace Covington and Gasol, Davis changed to the center position, and the Kings replaced Derek Williams and replaced Jay Sen Thompson.

The referee blew his whistle, and the Kings were ready to kick off from the bottom line of the backcourt. The audience, led by the announcer, shouted for defense in unison.

The Lakers resorted to man-to-man pressing tactics, the basketball was sent to McClemore, Collison used Gay's cover to throw off Iguodala, and flew to the baseline, but Li Yueyu hesitantly switched defenses and chased, always Even half a body space.

McClemo didn't dare to hand over the ball, and took the ball forward by himself, but Kobe blocked the left and Iguodala blocked the right.

Faced with two best defensive first-team players, McClemo, who was at a disadvantage in height and size, had no choice but to take off. He jumped up in a panic, and lifted the ball up with both hands, seemingly trying to pass the ball.

Unexpectedly, Iguodala reached out like lightning, slapped the ball off, grabbed it, and threw it to the basket.

Li Yue received the ball, faced Gay, McClemore, and Collison to surround and fight, and decisively passed the ball back.

Iguodala caught the ball and jumped up, put the basket lightly with one hand, and fell into the net with a bang.

102 to 97, Li Yue got his 23rd assist.

The central screen shot was shown to the magician, and he was smiling all over his face.

The Kings kicked off from the bottom line, and the Lakers continued to press hard.

The referee blew the whistle and Collison started running from the center line, and rushed to the bottom line to catch the ball with the help of layers of screens.

After many twists and turns, Collison finally brought the ball to the center line, but made a mistake and stopped the ball in the corner of the sideline.

Davis rushed forward to team up with Iguodala for a double-team, and Collison jumped up and threw the ball over his head to the middle.

Cousins ​​threw the ball to the right wing immediately after receiving the ball. McClemo ignored Kobe's defense and shot a three-pointer.

when!The basketball bounced off the hoop.

Li Yue soared into the air, reached out to grab the rebound, landed and looked up, and saw that Davis had rushed to the top of the frontcourt.

In such a situation, it still needs too much consideration. He directly swung his arm and made a long pass, and the basketball landed on the free throw line accurately.

104比97，距离比赛结束还剩2分39秒，李越拿到24次助攻。

The Kings asked for a short timeout, and there was thunderous applause in the arena. Li Yue walked to the sidelines and bumped shoulders with the magician.

The central big screen plays a video, the content is the 1984 Lakers Western Conference Finals against the Suns, the magician got 24 assists.

The 20-second timeout ended in a blink of an eye, the Kings kicked off in the backcourt, and the Lakers carried out man-to-man pressing as usual.

Collison received the ball in the right corner, rushed to the frontcourt in the middle of the three-man encirclement, and quickly gave the ball to Cousins.

This approach is excessive, and Cousins ​​​​passed back casually, and by the way set up a wall at the top of the arc as a screen.

Collison has been brewing for a long time, pulling the ball to the right to break through, Iguodala made a misjudgment and chose to block the left, and Davis remained at the free throw line, Li Yue quickly moved laterally from the left wing to defend, Collison decisively passed the ball Pass to Guy who is temporarily unguarded.

Gay immediately took off to grab the shot after receiving the ball, but his shot was still interfered by the flying Iguodala.

when!The basketball hit the basket and bounced back to the free throw line. Li Yue raised his hand to catch it, turned around and ran forward.

The Lakers quickly went down the third line. Kobe rushed to the right elbow of the frontcourt first, received a quarterback pass from Li Yue, and took off in two steps. McClemore, who was in charge of catching up, did not play any interference because of the disadvantage of the confrontation.

boom!The basketball rebounded into the net, and the Lakers led 106 to 97, with 1 minute and 56 seconds left before the end of the game.

The king had only one timeout left, and Mike Malone didn't dare to call again, so he could only wave his hand to signal to serve quickly.

Cousins ​​swung his arm and made a long pass, and the King rushed to attack.

Gay received the ball on the center line, rushed to the top of the front arc at full speed, made an emergency stop and then passed to the right bottom corner.Derek Williams received the ball and sideways avoided Landry who jumped up and tried to block the shot. Amid the roar of Mike Malone, he made a slightly hesitant three-pointer.

The basketball hit the basket and rebounded, Li Yue rushed to catch it, brought it to the frontcourt like lightning, and used Davis to cover and break through.

Cousins ​​and Gay teamed up to attack, Davis took the opportunity to turn around the point guard, and Li Gao threw the ball.

Boom!Alley dunk.

The Lakers led 108 to 97, and Li Yue got his 26th assist.

The Kings asked for a timeout again, and the Lakers seriously discussed what kind of press to use.

But after returning from the timeout, the king withdrew his main force ahead of time and took the initiative to surrender.

But the tactics have been arranged, and the Lakers fully implemented them. Li Yue made a steal and assisted Landry to score a layup and get another assist.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Kings 114 to 101, winning 22 consecutive victories.

Li Yue scored 27 assists, tying Stockton and tied for third in the history of assists in a single game.

(End of this chapter)