I just play ball

Chapter 458

On the evening of the [-]th, Staples Center.

"Can you feel it!" Accompanied by the roar of music, Li Yue led the whole team to run out of the player channel, deafening cheers came, dozens of thick beam lights cruised around the stadium, and the entire arena Turn into a carnival scene.

On the giant screen in the center of the stadium, the wonderful moments of the Lakers this season were scrolled, including Kobe's lore, Li Yue's dunk, fans standing up and shouting, and D'Antoni punching and roaring. The final scene was fixed at the championship ring receiving ceremony.

"Everyone, the following is coming from Los Angeles, California, the team with the most championships and the longest history, who will play at home tonight, and your favorite - the Los Angeles Lakers. First, I will introduce you to the 6-foot-7 forward..." The announcer shouted at the top of his voice, Li Yue waved his hand, and the cheers in the arena reached their peak.

Pau Gasol and others then appeared on the field, and all the lights in the arena were turned on. There were more than 9000 seats, and most of the fans were wearing purple and gold jerseys. The central large screen lens focused on the VIP seats on the sidelines. , popular superstar Robert Downey Jr., football player Beckham and others responded with smiles. Jennifer Lawrence was wearing a T-shirt with four Chinese characters "I love Li Yue" printed on it. Unfortunately, the camera was never aimed she.

The performance of the national anthem followed, and a group of veterans from the Navy from Inglewood came on stage to sing and brought a country-adapted version. As a result, the whole process was out of tune, and some people sang the wrong lyrics and hiccupped. The audience laughed and the ceremony ended in a hurry.

The long whistle sounded, and Li Yue entered the field directly. There was no laughing and dancing in the playoffs.

The starting players of the two teams entered the field one after another, point guard Price against Rondo, shooting guard Kobe against Ellis, small forward Li Yue against Parsons, power forward Gasol against Nowitzki, center Davis To Chandler, coach D'Antoni to Carlisle.

Li Yue raised his hand to give Parsons a high-five, but he turned his head and ignored him. Fortunately, Nuo Tianwang helped relieve the embarrassment.

The referee, Joe Crawford, held the basketball under his arms and ran to the middle circle with small steps, sweating profusely.

The short whistle sounded, the basketball flew into the air, Gasol jumped up, touched the ball first, and swung it back vigorously.

The basketball was forced to fly to the Lakers half court, Price trot picked it up, bowed forward, and pushed forward slowly.

"LETS GO LA!" The announcer shouted loudly, and the audience echoed in unison, and the volume became louder and louder.

The Lakers are 3 high and 2 low. After the basketball is passed along the three-point line, Kobe catches the ball at the top of the arc. waist position.

Chandler chased for a long time, the speed slowed down visibly, and Nowitzki hurriedly blocked from the contraction.

Kobe stopped and turned around, raised his hand and threw the ball to Davis who cut in the middle.Seeing this situation, Li Yue started running from the left corner, strode to the left elbow, used Gasol's cover to get rid of Parsons, and continued to rush to the free throw line.

Davis blocked Chandler and Nowitzki with his back and handed over the ball.The moment Li Yue received the ball, he kicked the ground and retreated. As expected, he avoided Parsons' flying pounce, and raised his hand to make a mid-range shot.

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

Li Yue took the lead first, and there was applause.

The Mavericks attacked, Rondo took the ball to the right wing, and there were three people standing under the basket.

Ellis crouched in the left corner, hunched over, his hands on his knees, his face full of reluctance.

After some running, Nowitzki circled from the basket to the short corner on the left, took the basketball and immediately passed it to the basket.

Chandler kicked off the ground to catch the ball, and as soon as he got it in his hand, Li Yue slapped him off and fell to the floor.

The basketball flew to the right sideline, Ellis rushed to catch it, and raised his hand to aim at the basket. The fake action was very realistic.Kobe was tricked into jumping, Ellis dribbled away, Li Yue stepped forward to defend, and did not give half a breath.

Ellis had no choice but to dribble the ball to the top of the arc, and with the help of Nowitzki to cover and escape, he was singled out on the 45-degree three-point line on the right. Unfortunately, there was not much time left in the attack. Stop and go jump shot.

The basketball hit the circle and rebounded, Davis stuck Chandler close to him, and Li Yue easily got the defensive rebound.

The Lakers counterattacked fast, Kobe caught the ball across the center line, raised his hand and threw it to the left wing, Price caught the ball and immediately split the top of the arc.Li Yue followed up to catch the ball in the middle, and Parsons, who was in charge of defending him, ran to the basket for some reason, and decisively joined the ball and raised his hand.

Long moved sideways to make up for the defense, but Li Yue completely ignored it, jumped up like a spring, and steadily threw a three-pointer.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 5 to 0.

The Mavericks attacked, Rondo took it to the left 45 degrees, handed it to Chandler, and cut the short corner in a big step.

Chandler caught the ball and turned to the right, and Ellis rushed to the top of the key to catch the ball.At the same time, Rondo set up a human wall in the short left corner to block Davis. Nowitzki took the opportunity to slip to the bottom line, ran to the low position on the right, and stood on the fixed wall with both feet.

Ellis received the ball from the top of the arc and waited, Parsons used the screen to run to the left half, Chandler slanted into the right elbow from the top of the arc, just when the Lakers were dazzled, Nowitzki used money Dele raised the screen, received the pass and rushed to shoot for two points.

bass!The basketball is hollow into the net.

Li Yue knew in his heart that this is the routine used by the Mavericks. Nowitzki and Ellis or Parsons set up screens for each other. All three of them can shoot. defense.

However, now that the Mavericks have Rondo, the Lakers can have one more man to limit most of the time.

In a blink of an eye, Price ran across the center line with the ball, raised his hand and threw it to the top of the arc.

Davis received the ball and turned around, handed it to Li Yue, speeded up and ran to the short corner on the left, and set up a wall to delay Ellis.

Kobe took the opportunity to run to the left waist, turned his back and raised his hand, bent over to catch the pass from Li Yue, Ellis stepped up and prepared to defend, but unfortunately the height difference was a bit big, Kobe turned over and fell back. Cast, ignoring the blind eye cover.

The basketball crashed into the net, 7 to 2.

The Mavericks attack, Parsons catches the ball at the top of the arc, uses Dirk Nowitzki and Chandler to get rid of the defensive interference, rushes all the way from the 45-degree three-point line on the left to the elbow on the right, facing David who is changing defense Si suddenly stopped and took off and made a strong two-pointer.

The basketball hit the basket and hit the iron. Li Yue rushed to catch the rebound, landed and turned to move forward.

Davis set up a wall at 70 degrees on the left to cover. Li Yue took the opportunity to throw off Parsons and rushed to the left elbow with two strides. , resorted to a strange move with the back of the basket, and suddenly hit the ground to pass the ball.

Davis bent over to pick up the ball, jumped to the basket in one step, faced the unguarded basket, jumped high, and dunked with both hands!
The cheers in the arena suddenly exploded, and the Lakers led 9-2. Carlisle yelled to pay attention to the open space.

This is the manifestation of the fact that the Mavericks' defense is far inferior to the year they won the championship. There is only supplementary defense and assistance defense in some areas, and there is no full rotation. The wide open is like the sun hanging in the sky, and it is difficult not to be discovered by the opponent.

The Mavericks attacked, Rondo dribbled the ball to the right wing, and used Chandler to cover and break through.

Price calmly bypassed the interception, completely unafraid of the threat of Rondo's shooting, and abruptly blocked the breakthrough space.

Rondo had no choice but to stop the ball, changed hands under the crotch and retreated to the three-point line, raised his hand and threw the ball to the top of the arc.

Nowitzki reached for the ball, immediately turned to the left, threw the ball to Parsons, and ran up to set a screen.

Considering Nowitzki's strong long-range shooting ability, Li Yue and Gasol switched defenses tacitly, while Parsons seemed to feel that facing Gasol's defense had a great advantage, and rushed to shoot three-pointers without warning. .

The basketball swished out of the basket, Davis grabbed a defensive rebound, and Kobe caught the ball and launched a counterattack.

Li Yue ran wildly and rushed to the bottom corner on the right.

Bryant rushed to the left 45 degrees with the ball, with the help of Gasol to cover the breakthrough, facing the Mavericks, lob the ball.

Gasol received the ball and went straight to the unguarded basket. Parsons saw this and shrank his defense, and Li Yue was emptied.Gasol seemed to have predicted it in advance, raised his hand and threw the ball to the right corner, Li Yue caught the ball and took off, making a steady three-pointer with a wide open.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, 12 to 2.

The referee blows his whistle and the Mavericks request a timeout.

The big screen in the center showed Mark Cuban, who was sitting on the sidelines, with a sad face.

(End of this chapter)