I just play ball

Chapter 438 Christmas Battle
Seven p.m., Staples Center.

In the TNT commentary booth, O'Neill's quartet gathered, each wearing a Christmas-themed brooch.

After Ernie finished his opening remarks, he turned to look at O'Neill: "Shaq, do you have any special memories of the Christmas game?"

"It must be after I joined the Heat in 04 and returned to the Staples Center on Christmas Day." O'Neal laughed. Brother Wade stepped forward and successfully helped us beat the Lakers, so that even though Kobe scored 6 points, no fans remembered it."

"It was a particularly exciting game. Unfortunately, in tonight's game, Kobe was sidelined due to injury, and you have retired." Ernie said, "What do you think may be interesting tonight?"

"Of course it depends on whether Jimmy Butler can limit Li Yue." Kenny said, "This is the second consecutive season that Jimmy has more personal steals than fouls, and his scoring average has also increased from 13.1 to 22.3. Maybe there will be more opponents." Biao scene."

"I would like to see if Derrick Rose can tear the Lakers' perimeter defense through a breakthrough." Barkley said, "Kobe is absent tonight, and the Lakers' perimeter defense has seriously declined. They should be prepared for a long time without Kobe."

"OK, let's see how the game will develop..."

...

Inside, the national anthem was played.

As a representative of the team, Kobe walked to the middle circle to give a speech, thanking all the fans for coming to watch the game.

The speech was finished in half a minute, the lights in the arena were turned on, Li Yue got up and walked to the technical stage, and danced with Nick Young before the game.

The two were dancing high, butler ran over to join, and then it turned into a full-court dance.

When the long whistle sounded, Li Yue and Butler high-fived and walked into the field side by side.

Two starting lineups, point guard Price vs. Rose, shooting guard Bazemore vs. Barrett, small forward Li Yue vs. Dunleavy, power forward Davis vs. Boozer, center Gobert vs. Noah. Referee Joe Crawford.

This arrangement is to ensure that Iguodala and other players can be replaced one by one, and there are always two strong points on the court.

Li Yue stared at Deng Lewei carefully, thinking that this guy is considered a veteran. As a pure white guy who participated in the draft only in his junior year, he was able to get the third pick in the first round, and he was able to play in the NBA for more than ten years. Excellent player.

It's a pity that he came back early before he recovered from the knee injury, which made the injury more serious and had to transform.

The pre-match video analysis clearly shows that Dunleavy’s off-ball coverage is excellent, and he often scores points through running positions. So far in his career, his three-point shooting percentage is as high as 38.83. There are only about 4 shots, otherwise it will take a lot of energy to defend, and it will easily cause one thing to lose sight of another.

After thinking about it, the short whistle sounded, and the referee held the ball to the middle circle, gestured left and right, held it with both hands and threw it upwards lightly.

Snapped!Noah touches the ball first, then flips back, Boozer jumps to catch it, and the Bulls attack.

Rose dribbled the ball across the center line, and with the help of Noah's cover, he did not speed up the breakthrough, and slowly shifted to the left.

At the same time, Butler used Boozer to cover and circled along the baseline to the left corner.

Rose immediately held the ball high with both hands, and passed it to Boozer who ran to the left waist after the screen was completed.

"Go double-team, go double-team!" Walton yelled loudly, after a special analysis beforehand, Butler rarely shot three-pointers.

Bazemore immediately retreated after hearing the words, and other Lakers players also shrank to the basket, making it clear that they would not give the inside a chance to score.

Boozer turned his head to observe again and again, and quickly raised his hand to throw the ball to the top of the arc. Butler stepped on the ball to catch the ball. Instead of making a three-point shot immediately, he motioned to the right side and looked at the ball in the bottom corner. rose.

Price stepped back to the defense, cutting off the passing lane, and Bazemore took the opportunity to run to the top of the key to defend.

The Bulls' offense fell into a semi-stalled state, and Thibodeau shouted loudly: "Respond! Go up and respond!"

Why did Boozer mention the elbow area, receive a pass from Butler, turn around and divide the position on the left wing.Dunleavy just used Noah's cover to go around the left wing, took the basketball and took off, and threatened Li Yue's flying, and forced a three-pointer.

when!The basketball hit the basket and rebounded and fell. Noah continued to jump and grab points, but still failed to match Gobert's long arm.

The Lakers counterattacked, and the cheers of LETSGOLA sounded in the arena.

Price dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, Li Yue ran over, took over the pass, and then divided Gobert at 45 degrees to the left.

Li Yue himself used Davis to cover the inside cut, but just after running to the free throw line, he saw Bazemore receiving the ball and didn't know how to deal with it. Lett rushed to the top of the arc.

Bazemore passed the ball, Li Yue received it, took advantage of the situation and stepped forward, making a 'McGrady-style' hesitant step.

Butler, who had just rushed to the top of the arc, hurriedly turned his hips and turned sideways. Seeing this, Li Yue stopped his steps and rushed to shoot a three-pointer.

when!The basketball hit the basket and rebounded, Noah took off to catch it, raised his hand and threw it to the right wing.

At this time, Price was standing on the three-point line, seeing the basketball flying towards Rose, he flew to grab it.

At that thought, Rose's wrist shook, the basketball flew upwards, and Price was completely missed.

And Rose stepped forward, caught the basketball, bent over and rushed, forming a 4-on-3 advantage.

Li Yue thought for a moment, gave up the impulse to defend, and followed his teammates into the inside triangle position.

But Rose made an emergency stop at the 45-degree three-point line on the right and pulled out his hand for two points.

Boom!The basketball hits the hoop and into the net.

"Since the new season, Derek's jump shooting skills have improved significantly. This may be because he wants to change his style of play. After all, he has suffered many serious injuries before, and his physical strength has been difficult to support him to complete those explosive moves."

The Lakers attacked, and Price dribbled the ball to the top of the arc.

Li Yue started from the short corner on the right, raised the 45-degree three-point line with the help of Davis's screen, and took the pass to assume a three-threat posture.At the same time, Bazemore used Gobert's cover to circle to the left 45-degree three-point line, leaving Dunleavy two positions away.

Li Yue raised his hand and crossed, Bazemore caught the ball and rushed to shoot, the basketball hit the basket and rebounded and fell.

Boozer grabbed the rebound and handed it to Butler, and the Bulls launched a counterattack.

Noah blocked Li Yue with a wall at the left elbow area of ​​the frontcourt, and Barrett took the opportunity to rush to the free throw line. Gobert, who was intercepted by the switch, took off with one foot, raised his right hand high and threw the ball.

The Lakers attacked, Price dribbled the ball to the left wing, raised his hand to Gobert at the top of the arc, and strode to the bottom corner.

Davis picked up the ball from the free throw line, bowed to protect and waited, while Li Yue started from the left bottom corner, used Price and Gobert to cover, and rushed all the way to the left 45-degree three-point line.

Davis passed the ball immediately, Li Yue caught the ball and made a quick shot, and was almost knocked down by Barrett in the air.

The referee didn't whistle, the basketball hit the basket and rebounded, Noah picked it up, and the Bulls launched a counterattack.

Rose took the ball across the center line, changed hands under the crotch to observe, then threw it to the left half court and accelerated to the free throw line.

Dunleavy Chaha ran to the position with the help of Boozer's cover, borrowed the basketball and immediately turned around and passed to the left wing, stepping down.

Boozer received the ball and waited. At the same time, Butler started running from the right corner, used Rose and Noah to cover continuously, got rid of Li Yue's interference, and rushed across the paint to the left waist, forming a cooperation opportunity .

Amidst Thibodeau's eager shouts, Boozer hit the ground and passed the ball, and Butler caught the ball and turned around for a jumper.

Li Yue followed the jump and reached out to block the shot, and almost knocked Butler down. When he landed, he quickly reached out to grab Butler's jersey to prevent the opponent from being injured, but he never thought that the referee's whistle sounded at the same time, and the basketball then hit the board and rebounded into the net.

If you score, you will be fined!
"Why?" Li Yue felt annoyed, clapped his hands and shook his head violently. Why did he do the same thing, but he wanted to call himself a foul?

Beep!Crawford blew his whistle again and called Li Yue for a technical foul.

There were boos in the arena, and Li Yue reacted, holding back his anger and walking to the sideline.

In the TNT commentary seat, Ernie said: "Do you think a foul should be called?"

"It doesn't make much sense to discuss whether to call a foul." Barkley shook his head. "I want to discuss the Bulls' exquisite conduction running position. That may be the reason why they won 8 of their past 7 games. The Lakers must not be careless."

(End of this chapter)