I just play ball

Chapter 442

With only 1 minute and 56 seconds left in the first quarter, Thibodeau's request for a timeout was not to adjust tactics, but to roar at the Bulls with excitement. Looking at it from a distance, it was like the boss accusing the employees of why they didn't hold on to their jobs for 23 minutes. Hours, and at the same time, the work tasks that were originally planned to take half a month but were compressed to a week can be done with quality and quantity.

Li Yue did not continue to appear on the court, and Nick Young served as a small forward. Although the Bulls still did not make a substitution, they only scored 5 points in total, while the Lakers relied on Beasley and Iguodala to score 4 points. 35 to 25 lead.

According to the rotation practice, after the second quarter of the game, Li Yue continued to stay on the court to rest.

Also as a head star, Butler does not have the same treatment, and has to continue to play with the Bulls' bench.

Fortunately, the big man Mirotic has excellent shooting skills. He not only helped the team open up space for breakthroughs, but also scored 4 of 2 three-pointers. In addition, the Lakers were called for two offensive fouls. Waiting for Li Yue to reappear, the score difference It was almost equal.

Regrettably, Butler played for nearly 17 minutes in a row. He encountered a high degree of confrontation and defense throughout the whole process.

In order to ensure that someone can hold the ball on the outside, Thibodeau also replaced Rose.

The Lakers adopted the strategy of 'blocking the inside and staring at the three-pointer'. Rose succeeded in only one of five breakthroughs.

Through defensive counterattacks, the Lakers re-established their lead.

But Butler only rested for 4 minutes before re-entering the game. The Bulls' offense returned to the orderly state at the beginning of the game. The Lakers could only score points, but fortunately they could always respond.

半场比赛打完，湖人队63比52领先，李越拿到29分8个助攻9个篮板。

The whole team returned to the locker room, and Kobe distributed Christmas gifts, each with a customized version of the new IPHONE6 mobile phone.The one that Li Yue received had the two traditional Chinese characters '天神' engraved on the back, and it was packaged in a leather bag instead of a paper box.

Everyone chatted happily, and returned to the stadium in a blink of an eye, but they couldn't warm up in advance. The venue was being used to perform Christmas special programs. Several staff members dressed as Santa Claus were holding launch guns, dancing and handing out gifts.

D'Antoni led the crowd to discuss, and decided to directly dispatch the strongest combat force and use the most fierce style of play to defeat the Bulls in a wave of scrambling. The key point is that the Lakers have often done this in the past.

Even if you can't make it, you have to use a small lineup to fast-pace and consume a lot of Bulls' energy.

With the distribution of the last gift, the performance finally ended, the whistle sounded, and the game continued.

Players of the two teams entered the position, Price vs. Rose, Iguodala vs. Butler, Li Yue vs. Dunleavy, Landry vs. Boozer, Davis vs. Noah. According to the results of the opening jump ball, the Lakers Attack first.

Price dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, raised his hand and passed it to Li Yue, who was 45 degrees to the left, and strode into the paint.Meanwhile, Davis ran from the right free throw line to the top of the key and set up a set screen on the wall.

Li Yue took advantage of the trend to break through to the right, twisted his hips and reached the three-point line, while Davis split and went down.

Noah, who was staying at the free throw line, wanted to step and intercept, but was blocked by Price, who had rushed to the paint area before.

Although he only blocked for almost a second due to the disparity in strength, Li Yue had already come to the collision zone. Facing Rose who was more than ten centimeters shorter than himself but wanted to make an offensive foul, he decisively stopped and took off to throw a throw.

bass!The basketball was caught hollow, 65 to 52.

The Bulls attacked, Rose ran the ball across the center line, and raised his hand to Noah at the top of the arc.

Dunleavy mentioned that he received the ball at a 70-degree position on the right and immediately passed back to Rose who ran to the top of the arc.

Rose held the ball to observe for a moment, bent down and hit the ground to pass to Noah who ran to the left elbow, and rushed to the left sideline.

Butler started running from the left corner, with the help of Rose's off-ball cover, temporarily got rid of Iguodala and rushed to the 45-degree three-point line on the left, reached out to receive the pass from Noah, stopped and pulled the ball to change direction, and did not go to the top of the arc , but to break through the elbow area.

Iguodala retreated in a hurry, butler changed hands behind his back and changed direction, using Noah's mobile cover to get rid of it.

This is an illegal action, but the referee didn't call the penalty, and let the Lakers' bench remind him frantically.

But Iguodala still circumvented the screen as much as possible and successfully blocked the breakthrough route. Butler immediately took off and made a throw.

when!The basketball bounced off the hoop.

Davis jumped up high and caught the rebound, but unfortunately he didn't grasp it firmly and was slapped away by Noah.

The basketball landed and rolled, Rose picked it up from outside the three-point line, and while there was no one defending for the time being, he rushed to shoot a three-pointer

This typical long-range shooting action belonging to Curry or Lillard obviously does not match well with Rose.

The basketball hit the rim and rebounded. Davis jumped again to catch the rebound and threw it to Li Yue nearby.

The Lakers counterattacked, Li Yue scanned the audience, rushed to the top of the arc, jumped up slightly, and raised his hand towards the basket.

Landry just rushed to the basket, and among the Bulls' three defenders, Dunleavy and Noah were attracted to turn around.

But Li Yue stopped his action and instead threw the ball to Iguodala who followed up at the 45-degree three-point line, blocking Butler by the way.

The Lakers bench raised their hands in advance to celebrate, and Iguodala made a decisive three-pointer that was almost open.

Boom!The board rebounded into the net, 68 to 52.

Noah picked up the basketball and stood out of bounds for the serve.

Rose catches the ball and runs all the way to the short corner on the left side of the frontcourt, followed by Price.

Perhaps because of serious injuries, Rose's speed is not as good as before, but Price, as a veteran who entered the league in 05, really tried his best. When he stopped, he could see his chest heaving violently.

The fast break failed, Rose had to hold the ball and wait on the spot, and Noah hurried up to set up a wall as a screen.

Rose took the opportunity to break through the inside cut, facing Davis to switch defenses and intercept, make an emergency stop, take off and throw.

when!The basketball bounced off the hoop.

Iguodala picked up the rebound from the short corner on the right and passed it to Price, and the Lakers launched a counterattack.

Li Yue received the ball from the center line, lingered in a small area for a while, raised his hand and passed it to Iguodala with the help of a screen.

Iguodala made a fake shot and flew to Butler, leaned sideways and pressed his shoulders to the three-point line. Facing the flanking attack waiting for you, he decisively passed back.Li Yue received the ball, saw that there was a lot of space in front of him, immediately stepped forward to adjust his posture, jumped up to face Dun Levy, and rushed to shoot a three-pointer.

when!The basketball bounced off the hoop.

Davis sprinted to take off and made a tip-up with one hand. The Lakers led 70 to 52.

The lead is very likely to reach 20 points. Thibodeau is shown on the big screen in the center, and his face looks like the pepper in "Plants vs. Zombies".

The Bulls attacked, Rose dribbled the ball to the left wing, and with the help of Noah's cover, he directly dropped his shoulders and rushed forward.

Price was unable to catch up, and Davis raised his left hand high and followed closely with sliding steps.

Rose rushed to the basket in a blink of an eye, took off and glided, and hit the board with his backhand, which was really reluctant.

boom!The basketball rebounds and falls.

Li Yue followed up and picked up the basketball, turned around and ran forward. The Lakers launched a fast break and rushed to the free throw line in the frontcourt in the blink of an eye. Li Yue saw Landry follow up, and Dunleavy was standing next to him, and immediately threw the ball into the air .

Boom!Landry scored a dunk dunk, the Lakers lead 72 to 52, cheers wave after wave in the arena.

The Bulls attacked, Rose took the ball across the center line, looked up at the bench, and seemed to ask whether to time out.

Thibodeau was stern and unresponsive, Rose turned and passed the ball to the left wing.

Butler received the ball, set up a three-threat position with his left foot, and then used Noah's cover to get rid of Iguodala.

Perhaps because he thought he needed to grab points, Barrett did not choose to take the opportunity to break through, but instead made an emergency stop and took off to shoot a three-pointer.

when!The basketball bounced off the hoop.

Li Yue picked up the rebound at the free throw line, flew to the top of the arc, and used Davis to cover and break through.

At this time, the Bulls' defensive formation was chaotic, and Rose was in charge of intercepting. Li Yue had an idea, and instead of pressing his shoulders, he put his back on Rose, walked in slowly, and resorted to Harden's signature "face-to-basket back" beat'!
Rose's small body couldn't handle it at all, Li Yue easily rushed to the top of the free throw coil, facing the threat of Noah's extended hand, raised his foot to jump and throw, but unfortunately the arc of the shot was low, and Noah just let Noah's fingers reach it.

But the basketball still smashed the basket and was caught. The Lakers led 74 to 52, and the Bulls' momentum plummeted.

Thibodeau finally asked for a timeout, but instead of shouting loudly, he arranged tactics in a soft voice.

It's a pity that the Bulls rank No. 16 in the league in three-point shots, and rank 6.3 in the league in steals with 28 per game. Except for the Lakers' continuous thighs and their own consecutive goals, they have no ability to quickly chase points.

The referee no longer made biased whistles, and until the end of the third quarter, the Bulls still trailed by as many as 19 points.

When the two teams came off the bench, the Lakers controlled the rebounds through the two-tower lineup composed of Gobert and Gasol, and once again expanded their lead, while the Bulls failed to resist and completely lost hope of a comeback.

In the end, the Lakers defeated the Bulls 113 to 97 and easily won the Christmas game.

Li Yue played 33 minutes and scored 39 points, 13 assists and 14 rebounds.

Li Yue returned to the locker room and distributed Christmas gifts to his teammates one by one, each with a customized Ferrari backpack.

After simply celebrating Christmas, the team flew overnight to Dallas for back-to-back away games against the Mavericks.

(End of this chapter)