I just play ball

Chapter 444
Seven p.m., Staples Center.

The entire arena was full of seats, and even the standing tickets that had just started selling recently were bought.

As the last note fell, the performance of "The Star-Spangled Banner" ended, and the center of the stadium was brightly lit. Dozens of huge beams of light were cruising back and forth in the stands area. .

Nick Young made a speech on behalf of the team, thanking all the audience for their support, and finally led the audience to shout for victory.

Li Yue got up and walked to the technical stage, and danced with Nick Young who was leaving the stage. Beckham came to join him.

The sound of the long whistle followed, and the announcer reminded the players of the two teams to enter the field. Li Yue stepped to the lower left of the center circle and stood still.

The starting players of the Pacers were in place one after another. Li Yue scanned the circle carefully, wondering why he lost the game before, and it was a big defeat, because the opponent's lineup was really bad, even if Kobe was not in good condition, even if the team played back to back He should be able to defeat the Pacers, who have a clear gap in hard power, and they have to study the video of that game carefully when they go back.

After all, the Pacers' starting point guard, Donald Sloan, was undrafted in 10 years. The former Guangdong Hongyuan star averaged 2.3 points per game last season. CIC does not have a CIC, so the body is still relatively strong. With a height of 191 cm, there will be no defensive loopholes, but it cannot deal with speed guards.

If George Hill and CJ Watson hadn't been injured successively, Sloan would have never been able to start the game, and the Lakers coaching staff decided to arrange for Clarkson to deal with it through video analysis.

As for the starting shooting guard Rodney Stuckey, it is even more awesome. At the beginning, the Pistons wanted Iverson to play as a substitute for him. As a result, the Pistons gave up the contract extension in the new season, and the Pacers chose to give up the hero Lance in order to get Stuckey. Stephenson.

It's like when they gave up Granger back then, the showmanship was simply jaw-dropping, I didn't know that I thought I didn't want to win.

George is injured, the starting small forward is Solomon Hill, a 13-year rookie, averaged 1.7 points per game last season, and 8.9 points per game this season, basically no three-pointers, the ball-handling ability is more eye-catching, the defensive ability is fair, and the air-cut scoring awareness Excellent.

David West and Roy Hibbert are old acquaintances. The Lakers coaching staff arranged for Davis and Gobert to deal with it. The former used heavy weight to carry the back and hit the back, and the latter used the height and wingspan to limit the pie or grab the rebound.

When Li Yue was thinking, Kobe standing beside him suddenly frowned and said, "Why did we lose before?"

This is obviously also a puzzle in my heart. Li Yue smiled and didn't answer. The Lakers also lost to the underdog Timberwolves last year, and the 72-win Bulls also lost to the Pacers twice. become.

Of course, the Pacers' defense is really good. Although the two core players are injured and absent, they still rank fourth in the league in points lost.

The referee holds the ball to the middle circle, gestures left and right, and throws the ball upward with his left hand.

Snapped!Hibbert touched the ball first, and then made a vigorous move.

Hill took off to grab the ball, landed with his hands raised high, subconsciously turned his head to look for someone.

Li Yue was already preparing to retreat, but when he saw this movement, he stopped the movement decisively and flew forward.

Snapped!Slap the basketball with one palm.

There were no Lakers players in the backcourt. The basketball rebounded and moved forward. West rushed over, but as a power forward with a meat shield, his speed was not half as fast as Li Yue. to hand.

Li Yue bent down to grab the basketball, stood up to observe, and saw Stucky shrinking to the collision zone ahead of time.

Obviously wanting to create an offensive foul, Li Yue stopped decisively to collect the ball, and pulled out his hand to shoot.

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

The Lakers scored two points first, applause rang out in the arena, and Li Yue quickly turned around and retreated.

The Pacers attacked and Sloan ran to the left wing with the ball.

Stuckey started running from the bottom corner, pretending to cross the paint, but in fact made an emergency stop and ran back. With the help of Hibbert's cover, he rushed to the 45-degree three-point line on the left, raised his hand to receive the pass from Sloan, turned around and split to the right West at the 45-degree three-point line, then accelerated to West's side, took over and passed back, and by the way, with the help of a screen, he walked straight to the basket from the waist.

Bryant was delayed, opted to go around the interception, but was a little slower to make it

Seeing this, Gobert shrunk his defense and took off against Stuckey, who was refusing to pass or shoot, and insisted on a layup. He raised his right hand high and aimed at the basketball. Knock Stucky to the ground.

The Pacers bench yelled a foul, but the referee didn't blow his whistle. Kobe picked up the basketball and led the team to launch a counterattack.

Li Yue rushed to follow up, rushed to the top of the arc first, and set up a human wall as a positioning cover.

It's a pity that the Pacers overthrew quickly, and Stuckey even chased to the top of the arc, and the fast break plan fell through.

Kobe observed for a moment, raised his hand to signal to open the space in the middle, and then dribbled the ball to the top of the arc.

Hill chose to move half a step ahead of time, as if he wanted to pre-empt the delay, and invisibly drive the center of gravity of the body.

Li Yue saw it, and immediately turned around and cut in. Kobe threw a high pass, and the tacit understanding between the two was full.

Boom!The basketball exploded into the net, and Li Yue caught the dunk empty-handed with one hand, and the cheers in the arena went straight to the ceiling.

The essence of the Pacers' defense is that they rarely lose their position. Relying on long men increases the difficulty of shooting three-pointers, and occasionally uses partial flanking. This is mainly due to Vogel's ability to lead the team. The strategy is to play fast and give the reaction time as much as possible. .

Hibbert picked up the basketball and stood out of bounds. Sloan took the ball across the center line and passed it back to the top of the arc.

Hibbert catches the ball and splits to the left wing, then turns and runs to the left elbow to set up a wall for Sloan.

At the same time, Hill caught the ball and threw it to the left corner, and Stuckey just rushed there with the screen.

Kobe reached out to obstruct, Stuckey stepped forward, the basketball hit the palms of the two, and after a flick, it flew out of the boundary.

The referee blew his whistle and gave the Lakers the right to the ball in the backcourt. The Pacers did not complain.

Because according to the replay on the central big screen, Stuckey made a movement of pushing Kobe, which seemed to be very strong, but Kobe didn't follow the trend and fell back. Even if he didn't do it intentionally, he could call a foul. possession of the ball

But the Pacers decisively sacrificed the proportion of the audience and wanted to increase the difficulty of serving and receiving the ball. Kobe ran directly to the other side of the court.

Kobe dribbled the ball across the center line, raised his hand to signal the formation of one high and four low, and Li Yue and the others responded like lightning.

Moments later, Gobert mentioned a 45-degree wall on the right as a screen.

Seeing that Gobert was in place, Li Yue started running from the short corner on the left and shifted to the right with the help of Davis.At the same time, Kobe got rid of Stuckey and rushed to the top of the arc, attracting most of the Pacers' defensive attention.

Li Yue successfully reached the low price on the right, and at the same time threw off Hill by at least three positions.Kobe made an emergency stop at the free throw line, raised his hand and threw the ball over. Li Yue caught the ball, calmly aimed at the basket and raised his hand, and jumped up steadily to shoot a nearly open three-pointer.

bass!Hollow caught, 7 to 0.

The Pacers attacked, Sloan took the ball to the right wing, raised his hand and threw it to the top of the arc.

West catches the ball and lifts it straight to the left waist. Hibbert puts his back against Gobert to receive the ball. On the right side at 45 degrees, Stucky starts with a bow and pretends to run to the top of the arc to open up space. Stop and run back and cut inward along the elbow.

Hibbert hit the ground and passed the ball, and stepped in front of him to delay Kobe, suspected of moving the screen.

Gobert hurriedly switched defenses to intercept, Stuckey did not dare to continue the header, and chose to make an emergency stop and take off to make a mid-range shot.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Li Yue rushed to get the rebound, turned around and pushed forward. Davis covered the top of the arc and went straight to the free throw line, but West went to the collision zone to shrink, and Sloan also moved laterally from the right to intercept, clearly making a double-team.

In an instant, Li Yue stopped pulling the ball and retreated, forcibly throwing away Hill and Sloan, and rushed to shoot from outside the three-point line.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 10 to 0.

The cheers in the arena were like tens of thousands of fireworks blasting off at the same time, and the Pacers asked for a timeout.

Some spectators shouted from the sidelines: "Give me a hard beating and let them understand what a championship-level team is."

Li Yue left the field with a smile, scoring so easily, it was a bit boring.

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