I just play ball

Chapter 473 Chapter 473

Timeout, Lakers bench.

The players stood in a circle, and D'Antoni said loudly: "Next, they will definitely strengthen their defense. According to their usual method in the past, they must start double-teaming and then rotate at a high speed, so we need to deal with offense faster next time. If we can play Play fast break, try to wear down his fighting spirit, and strive to maintain a 10-point lead at halftime."

There have been too many fights in the past two years, and everyone understands what D'Antoni said. Li Yue nodded with his hands on his hips, and then raised his hands to signal for cheering. Kobe took the lead in responding.

The whistle sounded, the timeout was about to end, and the Clippers arranged for Jamal Crawford to replace Barnes.

The referee blew the whistle, and the Clippers kicked off from the sideline of the backcourt. Paul received it and slowly moved forward.

The live announcer shouted for guidance, the audience shouted for defense in unison, and the whole player was full of sound waves.

Paul dribbles to the left wing, raises his hand and pretends to coordinate with Redick in the corner, pulls the ball back and runs to the top of the key with Griffin covering, and at the same time, Redick rushes to the basket and across the paint , With the help of Jordan to cover the outside cut.

In the blink of an eye, Redick rushed to the 45° three-point line on the right, reached out to receive the pass from Paul, and made an emergency stop.

This time the shot was particularly reluctant, almost against Iguodala's interference, but luckily, the basketball crashed into the net, and the Clippers chased 54 to 62. Redick finally didn't waste the tactics specially designed around him. Breathe a sigh of relief.

This is the case when chasing points behind by more than 10 points. Once it shrinks to single digits, the pressure in my heart drops sharply.

The Lakers attacked, and the audience cheered.

Kobe received the ball in the backcourt, faced Paul's frontal harassment, and advanced single-handedly, all the way to the right wing of the frontcourt.

At this time, the entire Lakers team took advantage of the Clippers' strategy of expanding the defensive line, and settled in a 5-out and 0-in formation. The paint area was as empty as the Antarctic ice sheet, and it could be said that there was no possibility of interference on both sides.

Kobe paused for a moment, crossed strides suddenly, suddenly lowered his center of gravity, and dribbled the ball with his left hand against Paul to break through.

Paul twisted his hips in a hurry, stepped on a sliding step to catch up, and kept his strength with reservations, as if he was worried that Kobe would stop suddenly, but Kobe was like a bull seeing a red cloth, full of anger and went straight to the basket, ignoring the other members of the Clippers Help defend, take three steps.

boom!The basketball hit the board and rebounded into the net, 64 to 54.

Griffin picked up the basketball and stood out of bounds. Paul caught the ball and ran forward, crossing the center line in two seconds.

Jordan set up a wall at the top of the arc as a screen, and Paul took the opportunity to shift to the left. The speed was extremely fast, but he failed to get rid of Kobe.

In a hurry, Paul stopped in his crotch and changed hands, and then used Jordan as a cover to completely get rid of Kobe. He took off with the ball at a 45-degree position on the left side, raised his hand and made a shot on the three-point line, eliminating all possibilities for Kobe. interference.

when!The basketball bounced off the hoop.

Landry caught the rebound, Li Yue got the ball nearby, the Lakers counterattacked, and the audience cheered.

All the way to the left side of the frontcourt at 45°, Li Yue observed and brewed for a moment, suddenly heaved his shoulders and accelerated, and rushed to the left wing with the help of Davis' cover. Facing the delay of Jordan's defense change, he casually changed direction with one hand IN-OUT, and instantly diverted to rush to the free throw line.

Jordan gritted his teeth to catch up, Griffin moved laterally to intercept from the short corner on the right side, and Redick also wanted to shrink from the short corner on the left, but Li Yue decisively twisted his hips and cut inward, took two strides in a row, raised the basketball with his right hand, and the whole People glide in the air, drift and throw.

boom!The basketball hit the circle and was caught at high speed, 66 to 54.

"The situation is very bad for the Clippers." Van Gundy said, "What kind of goals do they need beyond conventional understanding, like before the Cavaliers beat the Clippers, Irving's crazy three-pointers, otherwise it will be the end of boiling frogs."

"In the past few seasons, when the Clippers beat the Lakers, almost every game was a narrow victory." Jackson said, "In the games where someone won the Clippers, there were many games that were defeated by a large score, and there were many garbage time situations. "

"To be honest." Brin laughed dryly, "I don't want to see too many redick tactics around the bottom line, it's too easy to guess..."

On the court, Paul took the ball to the right wing, patted and waited on the spot, and waved his teammates to move.

Griffin was soon alone in the right half of the court, and Paul lobbed the ball and rushed to the free throw line.

Griffin took the ball and turned to face the basket, hugged it with both hands and held it high, with his left foot as the axis, and his right foot stepped forward to try.

Landry held his position, and Griffin strode like a bull, shoulders slumped.

Landry twisted his hips to one side, stretched out his chest and slid to catch up, staggering under the huge impact.In a blink of an eye, Griffin rushed into the paint, took two slow steps after catching the ball, kicked off the ground forcibly, and raised the ball to hit the board with a roar.

boom!The basketball rebounds and falls.

Griffin took off on the spot and stretched out his hand to grab it. The speed and bounce were amazing, but it was a pity that he was separated from Landry and his own arm was short. Bullies steal candy from children.

Li Yue received the ball from the three-point line, turned around and pushed forward. Seeing that only Crawford was approaching him, he immediately accelerated and rushed to the right side of the frontcourt at 45 degrees. Ford defends.

As soon as he rushed to the right waist, Redick moved across from the short corner on the left again, standing in advance to block.

This kind of sideways that want to create offensive fouls can only be used to deal with players who can rush without stopping, or who can rush without changing direction.Li Yue saw it, switched his right hand to the left, and performed a "Wade-style" European step, brushing shoulders past Redick, leaping high like a roc spreading its wings, aiming at the basket with a powerful strike The split buckle.

Boom!The basketball went into the net, 68 to 54.

The cheers in the arena were like hundreds of fireworks exploding at the same time, and Li Yue went crazy!

"OMG!" Van Gundy exclaimed in a low voice, "He went from receiving the ball to dunking in only 5 seconds, and he ran from the backcourt three-point line to the basket, and broke through two defenses in the middle, like Barry the Flash in the center The city is free to shuttle!"

Redick picks up the basketball and steps out of bounds, and Paul catches it and pushes it forward, all the way to the free throw line upfield.

The Lakers' defense was chaotic, and Kobe was still on the center line, so Li Yue quickly posted to change defense.

Paul made an emergency stop to pull the ball back, turned around and threw the ball to the left 45° three-point line, Redick received it, faced Kobe's defense, turned around and divided the left corner again, but after Crawford received the ball, Get super big slots.

Iguodala rushed to make up the defense, but it was too late, and Crawford made a steady three-pointer.

when!The basketball hits the hoop and crosses the bridge.

Maybe the shot was too simple, or maybe the shot was too formal, Crawford was not that used to it.

Kobe rushed to get the rebound, turned around and pushed forward, raised his hand from the center line and made a long pass, while Li Yue quickly received the ball on the right wing of the frontcourt. Seeing that the closest defender to him was Jordan, he decisively lowered his shoulders and accelerated his charge. .

I thought I could get rid of it easily, but I was entangled by Jordan. He quickly changed hands behind his back and dribbled the ball into the paint with his left hand, but he was flanked by Redick.

In line with the principle of being a good man who suffers less immediate losses, Li Yue stopped the ball urgently and turned around to leave it to Iguodala who followed up.

Iguodala catches the ball and rushes to the basket, jumps high, faces the threat of Jordan's block, and passes the ball back.

Li Yue retreated after receiving the ball, used Iguodala to cover the ground, kicked off the ground vigorously, and rushed to shoot two points.

bass!Hollow into the net, 70 to 54.

The Lakers lead extended to 16 points!
The fast break strategy formulated by the coaching staff has achieved good results. Not only did the Clippers fail to play an oppressive defense, but their own offensive rhythm was also diverted. I am afraid that except for Paul, other Clippers players are now in a state of confusion.

Paul took the ball across the center line, Rivers got up and waved, and the Clippers asked for a timeout again for a short time.

In the ESPN commentary seat, Breen asked: "What adjustments do you two think the Clippers can make?"

Van Gundy shook his head slightly: "The biggest disadvantage of the Clippers lineup is at the small forward position, while the biggest advantage of the Lakers' lineup is at the small forward position. With such a combination of one high and one low, the Clippers' disadvantage is infinitely magnified, and they can only learn from the Mavericks to compete offensively. But they don't have a lot of players who can run the whole game and it's really difficult."

"They need to do the best they can at the moment," Jackson said, "do a good job of every defense, try to seize every opportunity, and at the same time try to reduce turnovers and wait for the god of luck to be on their side."

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The time-out is over and the game continues.

The Clippers did not make personnel adjustments. Paul stood outside the left wing of the front court with a serious face, picked up the basketball and waited.

The referee blew the whistle and Redick used Griffin to cover and catch the ball from the left corner to the right wing.

After passing the ball, Paul stepped onto the court, also covered by Griffin, and strode to the baseline.

At the same time, Redick dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, raised his hand and passed it to Crawford, who was coming up, twisted his hips, turned around and ran to the left waist, set up a wall to block Landry, and Gerry Fin took the opportunity to run to the right elbow.

Crawford raised his hand to pass the ball, and Griffin took the ball and jumped sideways to face Landry.

when!The basketball bounced off the hoop.

Jordan jumped up to fight, but Davis grabbed the defensive rebound first, and the Lakers launched a counterattack.

Kobe received the ball and advanced, quickly rushed to the 45° three-point line on the right side of the frontcourt, patted on the spot and waited.

The Lakers set up a 2-high and 3-low formation. Landry went up to the wall to cover. Paul and Griffin immediately double-teamed, but Kobe turned around and threw the ball to the left 45° three-point line. Iguodala Catch the ball, sink your shoulders and speed up.

Redick is a very traditional shooting guard, and he is also a white guard. He was completely unable to withstand the stormy impact of Iguodala. He retreated again and again. Rivers shouted reminders from the sidelines. .

Crawford was one of the interceptors. Li Yue was completely emptied in the right corner. He subconsciously bent down and stretched out his hand to prepare. Iguodala passed the ball tacitly. The rest of the Clippers were unable to take turns to defend. , the audience cheered in advance.

bass!A three-pointer went into the net, 73 to 54.

The Lakers led by 19 points, the Staples Center was boiling, and Nick Young cheered wildly from the bench.

The Clippers attacked, and Redick ran to the right wing with the ball, used the screen to bypass the top of the arc, and handed the ball hand to hand.

Paul received the ball and then split the top of the arc. Griffin took the ball and turned to the right and passed it to Crawford, who went up to the wall to cover.

The Clippers' offense was a bit chaotic, with continuous useless conduction from the outside, wasting a lot of time. When Paul regained the ball, there were only 11 seconds left. Griffin ran up to the wall to cover, and finally formed a dislocation situation.

Paul changed hands under his crotch for a long time, then suddenly shrugged with the ball, and raised his hands to the basket.

Landry jumped up to block the block, but Paul didn't jump up, but got close to him, and the two hit each other.

Beep!The referee whistled for a foul and gave Paul two free throws, and the audience booed everywhere.

Li Yue walked to the paint area and waited, and made eye contact with Kobe, knowing that the game was basically won, because Paul was also confused, otherwise, with the state of Paul in the first quarter, the ball just now would never have been chosen. Foul.

Paul hit the first free throw steadily, the Clippers caught up to 55 to 73, and hit the basket with the second free throw.

Davis grabbed the defensive rebound, Bryant caught the ball and moved forward, and the Lakers launched a counterattack.

Li Yue strode to the right corner of the frontcourt. Before the attack started, he looked up at the timer and found that there was 1 minute and 16 seconds left before the end of the halftime game. He thought it best to get a 20-point lead and enter the second half. .

Just thinking about it, Kobe dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and the team settled in a 1-high and 4-low formation, with a huge space in the paint.

Davis stepped up and lifted, and before he could set up a wall to cover, Kobe accelerated with his shoulders down, and went left to force Paul.

Apart from protecting the basketball, there were no other technical moves. It was purely a competition of speed and strength. In the end, Kobe won by a narrow margin.

75 to 55, the Lakers lead officially reached 20 points.

The Clippers attacked, Paul took the ball to the left wing, handed it to Griffin, and cut inside along the baseline.

At the same time, Crawford started from the right corner and used Jordan to cover to get rid of Li Yue's interference.

With such an action, it was obvious that he wanted to pass the ball to Griffin. Li Yue decisively shouted for a change of defense, and Davis immediately stepped forward to grab it.As expected, Crawford received the pass and immediately raised his hand and threw it to the basket. Jordan jumped high and smashed the basket with both hands.

The rim buzzed from the impact, and the basketball was slapped from behind by Li Yue, landing just in the hands of Kobe in the short corner on the left.

The Lakers launched a counterattack, Kobe dribbled the ball to the right side of the frontcourt at 45 degrees, took advantage of the situation to hold Paul with his back, and sat hard.

Paul is considered a strong point guard, but it is a pity that he is still too weak against a heavy shooting guard like Kobe. It is difficult to resist Kobe's penetration with all his strength. Jordan hurriedly double-teamed from the free throw line, but Kobe raised his hand to split the ball.

Davis received the ball at the bottom of the free throw circle, with no defense two meters around him, and the audience cheered and encouraged.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, 77 to 55.

Staples Center is boiling again.

The referee's whistle sounded, the Lakers requested a timeout, and Li Yue went off to rest.

The halftime game was over in a blink of an eye, and when the chorus came back from a break, the Clippers failed to make changes. The Lakers continued to maintain a large lead. The fourth quarter was completely garbage time, and Griffin even left the arena early.

In the end, the Lakers won 127-111, leading the series 1-0.

Just after the game, Twitter sparked a heated discussion. Many fans discussed that the Warriors and the Rockets could bring more trouble to the Lakers. Fans wanted to see a seven-game series that was evenly matched, rather than the Lakers crushing the Clippers. .
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PS: I will write this game in detail for the series with the Clippers.

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