I just play ball

Chapter 450 Relay Race
Back from the timeout, the shooting percentages of the two teams dropped and the scores took the lead alternately.

With 4 minutes and 05 seconds left in the first quarter, D'Antoni arranged for Li Yue to rest.

Seeing this situation, Cavaliers head coach Brandt arranged for LeBron to rest, and the game between the two teams became a stage for Kobe and Irving.

At the end of the first quarter, taking advantage of the free throw time, D'Antoni arranged for Li Yue to play again, and the Cavaliers immediately arranged for LeBron to play, but the time was short, the score remained unchanged, and the Lakers led 31-30.

Li Yue scored 10 points and 4 assists, and the number of ball possessions and ball possession time were much less than usual.

During the intermission, the whole team gathered in a circle to discuss.

D'Antoni believes that everything is fine with the team and will continue to hold on, waiting for the opponent to make a mistake.

Everyone chatted a few words, the whistle sounded, and the game continued.

Li Yue walked into the court with Jokic on his arm, encouraging him to be decisive when opportunities arise, and Iguodala nodded in agreement.

According to the results of the opening jump ball, in the second quarter, the Cavaliers first attacked.

Dellavedova rushed to the top of the arc, raised his hand and threw it to Shumpert on the left wing, striding diagonally to cut the right half.

At this time, Li Yue was squatting in the left corner. Seeing Della rushing towards him, and Thompson standing at the free throw line, he immediately guessed that the Cavaliers were going to set a double screen for LeBron.

Making up his mind, he bent his knees and lowered his center of gravity. ,

Sure enough, Della rushed to his side and set up a human wall to cover his back.

LeBron sprints, he twists his hips and chases after him, blocking the way first.

The tactical movement failed, and LeBron slammed on the brakes and set up a wall to block Price.

Della took the opportunity to go around the 45-degree three-point line on the right, raised his hand to receive the return pass from Shumpert.

'TT' Tristan followed up the screen on the wall, wide, thick, and powerful, Price couldn't squeeze past the screen to catch up, Della took the opportunity to pull the ball to the right, along the sideline Kill to the inside.

Jokic quickly switched defenses and delayed, TT turned around and strode in, and no one was guarding the basket.

Landry hastily shrunk and intercepted from the left corner, but TT rushed to the basket in the blink of an eye, jumped up to catch the pass from Dela, and aimed at the ring with a powerful dunk with both hands, trying to return to the defense. Keech stared blankly.

The Cavaliers did not run far, LeBron raised his hand to direct the press, and Li Yue shouted to remind him to change and catch the ball.

Landry understood, raised the ball and threw it to Iguodala, and the Lakers moved forward.

Running across the center line, the basketball passed to the top of the arc, Jokic caught the ball sideways, and then passed to the left wing.

Li Yue picked up the ball from the bottom corner and took advantage of the situation to put on a three-threat posture. Seeing that Landry was stuck with his back and the opponent was basically defenseless James Jones, he decisively raised the ball above his head with both hands, intending to find an angle to hang the pass .

Unexpectedly, Jones made a strong move forward, relying on his wingspan to interfere with the passing route, and Landry did not change a few times.

The offensive clock ticked, and Li Yue weighed it for half a second, stepped down the ball, and broke through along the sideline.

LeBron slid his feet to catch up close to him, Jones gave up going around the front, and the two attacked with both hands.

Li Yue rushed to the short corner, and out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Landry popping out, and he stopped and turned to pass the ball.

Landry raised his hand to catch the ball, and there was no defense in front of him. TT hurriedly made up for it.

Jokic's eyes flickered, and he rushed straight to the hoop like the wind, received a pass from Landry, and gently wiped the board for the layup.

The basketball rebounded into the net, and the loud shouts of the audience stopped abruptly. Nick Young picked up the towel thrown on the floor, raised his head and shouted at Jokic: "When you dunk, why are you so gentle? That's the basket , not your girlfriend!"

Laughter erupted from the Lakers bench, Jokic blinked with his face covered in circles, and ran forward slowly.

The Cavaliers attacked, LeBron dribbled the ball to the left wing, without any slowdown, directly charged.

Li Yue quickly lowered his center of gravity, and when he saw LeBron stepping to the right, he turned slightly sideways subconsciously.

It was thought that LeBron changed direction in front of his body, switched from right hand to left hand, and made three strong steps with the ball.

The tempo was so fast that Li Yue didn't have time to follow, and jumped up to interfere.

This is only to prevent LeBron from making an emergency stop and throwing shots, and the defense behind him is handed over to his teammates.

It was thought that LeBron took off strongly, confronted in the air, and threw the ball with his left hand to hit the board.

boom!The basketball bounces off the backboard and into the net.

Immediately the referee's whistle sounded, calling for a foul against the cylinder and giving an additional penalty.

There were boos in the arena, and Li Yue curled his lips slightly, knowing that he made a mistake just now-LeBron should not be underestimated.

After all, he is a player who has won 4 MVPs. He has the highest breakthrough efficiency in history. He must make a choice when defending. Moreover, LeBron's coordination is also very good. Absolutely no problem.

Additional penalty hits, 33 to 35.

The Lakers attacked, and Price dribbled the ball to the left wing.

Li Yue stepped up to catch the ball, then used Jokic as a cover, and strode to the top of the arc.

Before LeBron arrived, TT quickly stepped up to grab, and Jokic turned around and cut inside.

Li Yue saw it, and immediately threw the pass high. Jokic raised his hand to catch it, and ran forward slowly.

"It's over!" Li Yue muttered in his heart, and was about to shout to remind him that Jokic had already raised the ball for a layup.

The speed of this layup is too slow and the height is too low. For the changing defense to catch up with LeBron, it is simply tantamount to nothing.

boom!Pegboard hat.

The basketball rebounded and flew upside down, TT took off and grabbed it, and threw it to LeBron nearby, and the Cavaliers started a fast break.Shumpert received a long pass from the left sideline. Facing the misplaced defense of Price, he did not hesitate to sink his shoulders.

Price didn't hesitate either, blocking the right and putting the left to get stuck in the shot, Shumpert made an emergency stop and retreated, and made a shot.

when!Smashing the basket and rebounding.

Li Yue jumped up, raised his hand to grab the rebound, landed and ran forward along the middle, and the two teams ran back and forth like this, the defensive formation was completely messed up, Jones was in charge of the defense, and LeBron was far away from the left sideline.

Li Yue rushed to the top of the arc. Seeing that Jones took the initiative to retreat, he immediately collected the ball and took off. He raised his hand and scored two long points.

Boom!Hitting the circle and entering the net, 35 draws.

The Cavaliers attacked, Della took the ball to the left wing, and with the help of TT cover, shifted to the left 45 degrees.

LeBron runs over, catches the pass, and strikes a triple-threat pose.

Li Yue followed closely, stepped up to grab, blocked the left and put the right.

TT raised the wall to cover, LeBron stepped forward with heavy shoulders, and Li Yue saw the timing and reached out behind his back.

The basketball fell to the ground under force, LeBron bent down and grabbed it, and started a three-step layup.

Jokic, who was in charge of changing defenses, chased from the free throw line to the basket, raised his hand and took a snap.

Snapped!There was a crisp beating sound.

Beep beep!The referee whistled continuously, called Jokic for a foul, and gave two free throws.

LeBron rushed out of the court clutching his nose and knelt on one knee, seemingly unable to slow down.

Li Yue looked up at the large central screen, and it turned out that Jokic slapped LeBron's nose.

Nick Young showed surprise on his face, as if to say: "This kid hits people harder than he hits the basket..."

Jokic walked up with a guilty face and wanted to apologize, LeBron waved his hand to signal that everything was OK.

The audience waited quietly, LeBron stood on the free throw line and hit two goals in a row.

The Lakers attacked, Li Yue ran to the left corner and waited.

Seeing that Price dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, Li Yue started and ran to the basket, set up a wall to block Shumpert, and then continued to run to the bottom corner on the right, observing the movement of the basketball and the movement of his teammates.

With the help of a screen, Iguodala trekked to the left wing, received a pass from Price, and raised his hands.

Shumpert crouched close, and Iguodala didn't grab the shot and wanted to throw it to Landry.Jones stepped up to grab very wittyly, teamed up with Shumpert to double-team, forcibly used artificial barriers, and blocked the passing space in a large area.

Iguodala dribbled back, quickly got rid of the double-team, turned around and passed the ball back.

Price took the ball and threw it to the left corner, but Li Yue raised his hand to catch the ball, took advantage of the trend, and accelerated his shoulders, and grabbed LeBron with one step, and then used Jokic as a cover to completely get rid of LeBron's interference, and rushed two steps to the Under the basket, kick the ground to take off, and split the dunk with one hand.

The Nets overturned and the score was tied at 37.

TT picked up the basketball and retreated out of bounds, and quickly threw it to Della. The Cavaliers launched a fast break. LeBron caught the ball on the left center line, rushed into the paint against Price, and double-teamed against Iguodala, ignoring Li Yue Threatened by chasing the cap, forced to put the basket.

Beep!The referee blew his whistle for a foul and awarded two free throws, and the arena was booed everywhere.

This is the third time LeBron gets a free throw opportunity, and the number has reached five, and the second quarter has just lasted 2 minutes. This is LeBron's impact.
Price had an irritable expression on his face, as if he had been raped by someone taking advantage of his body twice in a row.

The referee ordered a free throw, Kobe waved his hand, Li Yue walked to the sidelines, and the two exchanged gestures.

In a blink of an eye, two free throws were made and the score was 37 to 39.

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

Li Yue raised it from the short corner on the right, catching the ball in a three-threat pose, thinking of the conversation with Kobe before, he immediately lowered his shoulders, without any extra movements, just dribbled the ball and walked off the line, leaning on his body LeBron breaks through and grabs!

After rushing to the paint area in two steps, Li Yue slammed the basketball to use his strength, gritted his teeth and held his breath, and confronted LeBron head-on.

boom!The two are like sparks hitting the earth, but Li Yue has an acceleration advantage.

LeBron leaned back uncontrollably, immediately retracted his figure, and clinged again.

Li Yue stopped and combined the ball urgently, and threw with his right hand.

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

The audience cheered, Kobe gave a standing ovation, and Nick Young opened his mouth exaggeratedly: "Is it too fierce?"

The two teams drew again, and then LeBron rushed to attack and hit the iron, and Li Yue counterattacked and also struck the iron.

...

The game continued. With 8 minutes and 41 seconds left before the end of halftime, the Cavaliers arranged for LeBron to take a rest. Li Yue did not leave the field. Although Irving led the team to play well, the Lakers still played a 9-4 attack Wave.

Seeing that the score came to 48 to 43, LeBron took the initiative to apply to play again, and the rest time was only 2 minutes.

Kobe then appeared on the court, and Li Yue went off to rest, and the Lakers kept leading by about five points.

With Della fouling, the Lakers led 4 to 28 with 52 minutes and 47 seconds left in the half.

D'Antoni raised his hand and waved, and Li Yue appeared on the stage according to the rotation arrangement, which was also a 2-minute break.

The two teams all changed back to the starting players, and they wanted to grab points very tacitly, trying to return to the locker room with a good mood.

The referee whistled and the Lakers kicked off from the left sideline.

After conducting several consecutive runs, Kobe got a chance at 45 degrees on the right side and made a quick three-pointer.

That thought, the basketball didn't even touch the net, LeBron picked up the basketball, and the Cavaliers launched a counterattack.

Irving received the ball from the center line, flew to the top of the arc, faced the defense of 'Xiao Ke' Clarkson, stopped in front of him and changed direction.

Xiao Ke twisted his hips to catch up, Irving rushed to the free throw line, and without warning, he threw the ball high.

The basketball hit the basket and rebounded, collided back and forth and caught the net. The Cavaliers chased 49 to 52.

"This guy has found his touch." Also as a top player, Li Yue is clear in his heart that Irving's shooting is not a forced shot, but a sense of position, and he can do whatever he wants, not to mention that Irving has made two shots in a row before.

The Lakers attack, Kobe rushed to the left wing with the ball, with the help of Gasol's cover, he got rid of JR's emergency stop jumper.

The basketball went into the net, cheers erupted in the arena, and Kobe scored his 17th point.

The Cavaliers attacked, Irving took the lead, and the front right wing slowed down and stood sideways against Price.

Mozgov moved laterally to cover the wall, but Owen ignored it, turned around and charged.

Xiao Ke's speed and strength are not dominant, and he can only barely catch up with him, while Irving rushed to the bottom of the basket along the baseline, jumped up to meet the defending Davis, gliding in the air, and hit the board with a backhand.

boom!The basketball bounces into the net.

Beep!The referee whistled at the same time to call for a foul.

Price took the initiative to raise his hand to claim the foul. He pulled his clothes when Irving took off.

Li Yue put his hands on his hips, turned his head to look at Kobe, and his eyes suggested to change the defense. With Owen's current touch and state, he is simply the peak Chris Paul. Price is completely irresistible, and continuing to defend is absolutely useless.

Kobe pondered for a while, shook his head slightly, raised his finger to LeBron, and then gestured the number '0'.

Li Yue thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. Instead of letting Irving score, don't let LeBron score. After all, so far in Irving's career, the highest score is 44 points against the Bobcats, and his stability is low.

There were boos all over the court, and Irving made an extra free throw.

The Lakers attack, Kobe dribbles the ball to the left wing, slowly sideways to JR.

It looked like a singles move, but Gasol suddenly ran over to set up a wall to cover. Kobe took the opportunity to speed up and shake off JR, and rushed to the free throw line with two strides. The signature lean-back mid-range shot.

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

The Cavaliers attacked, Irving slowly dribbled the ball forward, and the team settled in a 1-high and 4-low formation.

After Mozgov covered the free throw line, he immediately went up to the top of the arc to set up the wall and screened on the left side.

Owen dribbled the ball on the left side, immediately lowered his shoulders and accelerated, and Xiao Ke hurriedly bypassed the screen.

I once thought that Owen stopped suddenly and changed hands behind his back, took off on the spot, and raised his hand to score a super long three-pointer.

This is after making consecutive shots, the self-confidence is bursting, as long as you dare to shoot, you must dare to shoot!
bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, and the Cavaliers chased 55 to 56. After Irving came on the court, he scored 14 points in a row.

The entire arena fell into a brief silence, and JR waved his hands excitedly, as if he scored by himself.

D'Antoni got up and walked to the front of the technical table, with a thoughtful expression on his face, and did not ask for a timeout.

The Lakers attacked, Xiao Ke dribbled the ball to the right wing, and used Gasol to cover and break through.

The speed was very fast, but Mozgov stayed in the paint and followed up with his left hand high.

Xiao Ke didn't dare to make a shot, and slowly dribbled the ball to the left 45-degree three-point line, forming a dislocation advantage.At the same time, Gasol backed up against LeBron on the left waist, which also formed a dislocation advantage, and seemed to have greater confidence.

Xiao Ke immediately raised both hands, and before he had time to hit the ground to pass the ball, LeBron swirled around the front and got stuck, bent his knees and made a strong push, so that Gasol couldn't move, he turned around and cut in, but was also thrown by LeBron's arm live.

Seeing that the pass was hopeless, Xiao Ke twisted his hips and turned around, raised his hand and threw the ball to the top of the arc.

Seeing the basketball flying over, Li Yue stepped forward in a hurry, but unfortunately he was still a step too late, and the passing action was too obvious.

Owen rushed out like lightning, intercepted the pass halfway, and led the Cavaliers to launch a fast break.LeBron sprinted to follow up and caught the ball in the 45-degree third line on the left side of the frontcourt. Before Li Yue could defend him, he turned around and threw it to the left corner without even looking at it.

But there was no one in the left corner, the basketball flew out of bounds, the referee blew his whistle to pause, and there were 2 minutes and 38 seconds left before halftime.

LeBron showed annoyance, stomped his feet anxiously, and yelled at JR beside him: "Why didn't you move?"

JR shrugged his shoulders and spread his hands, with an expression of 'I don't know what's going on', and walked back resentfully.

Li Yue smiled knowingly. LeBron has a super high ball quotient, but he encountered JR's nerve knife. If JR followed the basic requirements of the fast break and went straight to the bottom corner as a shooter, then it was LeBron's top ten shots just now. .

...

After the timeout, Li Yue started to score, while Irving continued to feel hot, taking all the points for the Cavaliers.

The halftime game ended quickly, the Lakers led 64 to 62, and the audience applauded to see them off.

In the TNT commentary seat, Kenny said: "Irving has entered the ZONE mode. He is unstoppable and will definitely bring great trouble to the Lakers. What do you think the Lakers might do in the second half of the game?"

Barkley pondered for a moment, then shook his head slightly and said, "This is a top-notch relay match. Li Yue handed over the scoring responsibility to Kobe, and Kobe handed it back to Li Yue, but after LeBron handed it over to Irving, Irving didn't hand it back..."

Kenny looked puzzled: "As long as you score, what's the difference?"

(End of this chapter)