I just play ball

Chapter 485
Iguodala shook his head, "LeBron is too powerful. If we want to completely block the basic possibility, we have to do our best to prevent his teammates from scoring as we did last year. Did you get emotionally affected after being dunked? You must keep calm .”

Li Yue was stunned for a moment, then nodded in agreement. The referee was biased towards calling the penalty, and LeBron's mental state was indeed a little unbalanced. He almost forgot that winning the game was the primary goal. LeBron should be arrogant. .

After thinking about it, LeBron added a penalty and hit the iron, and then he was replaced by Mike Miller to rest.

The Cavaliers' lineup became seriously lacking in defense. Kobe soon began to score recklessly, while Irving and Shumpert shot one after another and failed to score a point. The Lakers completed the overtake in a blink of an eye. After the first quarter of the game, they actually led 39 to 32.

In such a situation, how could LeBron still sit still, and immediately appeared on the field after the second quarter started.Li Yue then appeared on the stage, and the two led the second team respectively. They played back and forth, but the scoring efficiency was low, and they hit the iron many times in a row.

In the middle of the second quarter, the two teams re-distributed the main lineup, but the low efficiency still failed to change. After the second quarter, the Lakers led 67 to 61, with 21 to 6 assists and 22 to 15 rebounds.

The whole team returned to the locker room. D'Antoni analyzed the reason for the low efficiency in the second quarter. The main reason was that there were too many turnovers. The reason for the too many turnovers was that the Cavaliers made a lot of defensive moves. Some foul referees did not call penalties, so we need to pay special attention in the second half .

Nick Young echoed and complained about the referee's whistle, emphasizing that the blocking foul should be an offensive foul. Gasol and Landry joined the ranks of complaints, and Kobe suggested that the Lakers can also take fierce defensive actions.

The whole team unanimously agreed that since the referee has raised the whistle-blowing standard, try to adapt.

The Lakers returned to the court with such thoughts, and executed them immediately after the start of the third quarter. The referee really let go of some not-so-serious fouls, and the Cavaliers did not stop. The game turned into a hand-to-hand fight. point.

But in the second half of the third quarter, Irving started the pure singles mode without any scruples and scored consecutively. However, the scoring efficiency of the Lakers was still very low. Lost 11 points.

From leading by 6 points to trailing by 5 points, the situation quietly changed. During the timeout between quarters, assistant coach Walton proposed to give up the aggressive defensive strategy, because the Lakers are not good at doing that, and forcing it would affect their state.

Li Yue and Kobe shook their heads and objected at the same time. The two had the same idea. Since they did it, they must do it to the end. Making changes is more likely to cause problems.

After returning from behind, Li Yue still rested according to the routine rotation, and did not reappear until Clarkson made a foul.

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The announcer announced loudly, and there were bursts of cheers in the arena. Li Yue walked to the right 45 degrees, gave Davis a high five, and then looked up at the central big screen. At this time, there were 9 minutes and 30 seconds left before the end of the game. The Lakers are 93 to 97 behind.

The four teammates of the Lakers are Clarkson, Iguodala, Covington and Landry, while the Cavaliers lineup is Irving, JR, LeBron, James Jones, and Love, a purely small lineup.

The referee whistled, and the Cavaliers kicked off from the right wing of the frontcourt.

LeBron put his back against Li Yue to catch the ball and slowly brought it to the top of the arc.At the same time, Jones started from the short corner on the left, used the cover of Love to get rid of Covington's entanglement, and rushed to the 45-degree three-point line on the left. Landry judged that he did not switch defenses to catch up.

LeBron immediately passed the ball, and Li Yue slid forward to defend, but Jones took the ball and made a quick three-pointer.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, 93 to 100.

All the Cavaliers' benches stood up and cheered, and Rihanna shouted wantonly from the sidelines, and the situation seemed to be drastically reversed.

Li Yue received the ball in the back court, slowly brought it to the top of the arc, and with the help of Landry's cover, he broke through on the right.

Love switched defenses and intercepted, and LeBron squeezed through the wall to chase. The two teamed up to form a pincer attack, which looked very dangerous, but Li Yue calmly slowed down, put his back against LeBron, and at the same time lowered his center of gravity to protect the basketball. Click left to divide the ball.

Landry catches the ball at the free throw line, lifts it over his head, jumps with two strides, and glides for a dunk.

The basketball hit the net, the Lakers chased 95 to 100, and the arena burst into applause.

"Li Yue didn't panic at all. The way he dealt with the double-team just now is worth learning from our young domestic players."

"Actually, from LeBron's 7 of 1 shots in the third quarter, it can be seen that the Cavaliers' style of play with very few assists is too exhausting. Don't look at Irving scoring consecutively in the second half of the third quarter. There were so many strikes before."

Cavaliers attack, Irving dribbled the ball to the left side of the front court at 45 degrees, observed for a while and then sank his shoulders to speed up. point.

boom!The basketball hit the back edge and went into the net, 95 to 102.

The Lakers attacked, Li Yue brought the ball to the top of the arc, slowly controlled the ball for a moment, and then used Landry's cover to break to the right.

Love stepped up to grab, blocking the breakthrough route, LeBron followed closely, and the two pressed on step by step.

Li Yue looked up and found that Landry's inward cut route was not good. If the risk of passing the ball was too high, he immediately pulled the ball back and quickly left the double-teaming range, then changed his right hand behind his left hand, diverted and rushed back to the top of the arc, and at the same time shouted for cover .

Covington rushed to the wall, but Jones ran directly out of the three-point line for a delay.Seeing this situation, Li Yue pulled the ball back again, then dribbled with his left hand, and with the help of Landry's cover for the second time, he strode into the three-point line and went straight to the basket.

Love couldn't catch up in time, Li Yue rushed to the basket in the blink of an eye, took off against Jones' defense, and gliding and pulling the bar for a layup.

boom!The basketball hit the board and fell, and the referee followed up with a whistle to call the thug for a foul and awarded two free throws.

"NO! OH, NO!" Jones yelled, spreading his hands, extremely puzzled by the call.

The referee didn't care about it at all, and arranged the free throw position on his own. The Lakers arranged for Kobe to replace Clarkson.

MVP cheers sounded in the arena, and Li Yue made two free throws, 97 to 102.

Cavaliers attack, Owen dribbled the ball to the right 45 degrees, raised his hand and threw it to Love on the right wing, cut into the three-point line with LeBron's cover, and Love immediately threw the ball to LeBron, and then rushed to the short corner frame on the right Build a human wall and meet Owen head-on.

Irving took the opportunity to circle back to the right wing, received a pass from LeBron's base, and rushed directly to the basket with his shoulders down.This kind of tactical coordination is quite awesome, but Kobe's defense is also awesome. He was not even half a body behind, and Irving hurriedly scored the ball towards the right corner.

After Love's pick-and-roll ends, he disassembles the outer corner in advance, bends down to pick up the basketball, and takes advantage of the momentum to take off.

when!The basketball bounced off the hoop.

The Lakers were four-on-one under the basket. Kobe easily got the defensive rebound, landed and advanced quickly, rushing all the way to the 45-degree three-point line on the left side of the frontcourt. Taking advantage of the fact that the Cavaliers' defensive formation has not yet been fully established, he directly forced Jones.

LeBron decisively shrunk the defense, Kobe forcefully took off for a layup without fear, and the two confronted in the air.

The basketball hit the basket and rebounded several times, but unfortunately failed to fall into the net. Jones grabbed the rebound and the Cavaliers launched a counterattack.

LeBron dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, Irving received the ball from the right wing and divided it into the right corner, and Love made a second three-pointer from the same position.

when!The basketball bounced off the hoop.

Li Yue grabbed the offensive rebound and strode to the right wing of the frontcourt. Seeing LeBron defending head-on, he immediately changed direction with one hand in-out, easily killed the paint area, ignored the interference of JR's defense, and scored a layup.

"The situation is getting better, 99 to 102, only three points away, and Li Yue is about to lead the Lakers to overtake."

"This time period is the easiest to open the score, because there are nearly 8 minutes before the end of the game, and the players have not yet established the concept of the last moment. It is easy to relax in defense and offense. It depends on who can focus more."

The Cavaliers attacked, and Irving took the ball to the left wing of the frontcourt, trying to use Love to cover and break through.

Kobe decisively pressed close to the body, but Irving failed to start in time, so he could only retreat and dodge continuously, but there was not much space on the sideline, and finally jumped up and passed the ball to Love, which was considered to be out of the predicament.

Love took the ball and turned to the right, and LeBron caught the ball at the top of the arc, keeping his eyes on the left wing.

Li Yue was curious, and quickly glanced at the left wing, just in time to find that Irving used the cover of Love to go around, and immediately reached out to block the passing path, thinking of delaying the rhythm of LeBron's passing and helping Kobe to catch up.

At that time, Irving suddenly stopped and ran back, rushing into the paint like a water snake, and LeBron raised his hand and threw the ball to the basket almost at the same time.

But Kobe has always kept up with the state, and also took off at the same time as Irving, raising his hands to block the block.

boom!The two collided in the air.

Irving fell to the ground, Cavaliers head coach Blatt yelled a foul, but the referee did not blow his whistle.

The Lakers launched a counterattack. Kobe took the ball to the top of the arc, stopped suddenly and wanted to throw it to Landry in the paint. Unfortunately, James Jones reacted very quickly and jumped with his hands up, blocking the pass abruptly.

The basketball was blocked and flew backwards. Kobe landed and bent over to grab it, and took off from the spot to make a strong three-pointer.

boom!The basketball hit the board and fell, not touching the basket at all.

Landry and Love stretched out their hands to fight, and they both fell to the ground, while Li Yue and LeBron waited beside them.

In the chaos, Le Fucheng succeeded, LeBron caught the ball and ran forward, and the Cavaliers launched a fast break.

I saw LeBron rushing to the top of the front court like a speeding Hummer, suddenly raised his hand and made a long pass to the right corner, JR took the ball and took off, facing Iguodala and made a three-pointer, the basketball hit the basket The front of the basket rebounded and flew upside down.

Li Yue and LeBron rushed to the basketball, but Jones took the first step, and Covington reached out and grabbed it.

Beep!The referee blew the whistle to punish the thug for a foul, and gave the Cavaliers the right to the ball on the sideline of the front court, and boos sounded in the arena.

"Let's be honest, the referee whistled a little biased today. There is no need to whistle for this kind of competition."

"Maybe it's too nervous, after all, it's a game watched by millions of people at the same time."

On the field, the Cavaliers are set up, the referee blows the whistle and counts, LeBron catches the ball at the top of the arc, bows and pats and waits.

Owen used the cover to go around continuously, rushed to the top of the arc and set up a wall to block Li Yue, and Kobe chose to switch defenses.The heads-up situation was formed, and it was still LeBron vs. Kobe. The audience stood up and booed to help interfere.

LeBron brewed for a moment, swapped his right hand for his left hand, lowered his shoulders, lowered his center of gravity, and walked left.

Kobe twisted his hips and kept catching up all the way, but he couldn't cause any interference.

LeBron rushed to the basket unhurriedly, leaned against Kobe to kick off the ground, and wiped the board steadily.

The basketball rebounded into the net, 99 to 104, and D'Antoni called for a timeout with 6 minutes and 57 seconds left in the game.

"Looking at the situation, the decisive battle is coming, but I didn't feel nervous at all. The audience seemed to feel the same way. This is the finals. What is the source of our confidence?"

(End of this chapter)