I just play ball

Chapter 49

After the first quarter, Li Yue scored 14 points and 6 assists. Howard scored 8 points and 5 rebounds. Kobe and Nash also played brilliantly. The four teamed up to help the Lakers lead the Celtics 37-27.

Due to foul troubles, after the start of the second quarter, Li Yue rested for as long as 5 minutes, but Artest, who came off the bench, made it more difficult for Pierce to attack. When Li Yue reappeared, the Celtics still failed to close the score.

In this way, the two teams drew in a single quarter, and the Lakers led 65 to 55 into the second half.

Back from the halftime break, Doc Rivers adjusted the Celtics' tactical strategy, changing to Garnett's main attack, using the flexibility of his footwork to bully Howard in the high position, but after three consecutive times, D'Antoni saw his tricks and used them. Clarke put on hard resistance.

The two teams increased their defensive intensity at the same time, the pace of the game was greatly slowed down, and the referee whistled more frequently.

By the end of the third quarter, the Celtics had five fouls and the Lakers had six fouls, and Li Yue had two fouls. As a result, the total playing time in a single quarter was only 6 minutes, and it was still divided into three stages. .

Fortunately, with Jamison's two-pointer and 4-for-3, Howard reproduced his wonderful performance in the first quarter. He scored 3 goals in a row at the basket, helping the Lakers lead by 5 points in a single quarter, and entered the final quarter with 90 to 75.

D'Antoni didn't explain too much, but Kobe took the initiative to remind him not to be careless. He also took the 08 finals leading 24 points and was overturned as an example, emphasizing that he must win this game, so that he can surpass the Warriors and rank sixth in the Western Conference .

Considering that the Celtics are also striving for a place in the playoffs, and it is a classic yellow-green battle, the opponent will not give up easily. The coaching staff discussed again and again, arranged for the main players to appear in advance, and prepared to use the first 5 minutes to fully establish the result of the game.

With the sound of the short whistle, the inter-section timeout ends and the game between the two teams continues.

Lakers lineup, Nash, Kobe in the backcourt, Li Yue, Clark, Howard in the frontcourt.

Celtics lineup, Bradley, Courtney in the backcourt, Pierce, Jeff Green, Garnett in the frontcourt.

The referee blew the whistle, and Bradley received the ball from the backcourt and advanced, rushed to the top of the arc and passed the ball to Garnett in the left elbow area, then turned and ran to the right, and slipped to the sideline under the cover of Green.At the same time, Pierce started from the right corner and went straight to the basket.

Garnett took the ball and quickly turned to face the basket. The three-threat action pretended to break through, but actually distributed the ball to Courtney who came to the top of the arc, and then moved down to cover the side for the rushing Pierce.

Li Yue encountered delays and had difficulty catching up, so he could only ask Howard to switch defenses and intercept, reminding the defense not to shoot.
But Pierce received the pass, immediately turned around and passed it to Garnett, and stepped back to the top of the arc to leave space for singles.

Li Yue took a deep breath, put his elbow on his waist with his right hand, bent his knees and kicked the ground with almost all his strength.

Garnett was unhurried, turned around halfway back at will to test, and then turned all the way around suddenly, leaned back and shot.

Li Yue jumped up to interfere, but Garnett was tall and long, so he couldn't touch the basketball at all.

Swish!Hollow into the net.

The Lakers attacked, Nash took the ball to the frontcourt, observed for a while, and passed it to Howard at the top of the arc.

Seeing that Kobe was successfully blocked, Li Yue rushed to the basket and took Pierce to the left half.

The entire right-wing area was vacated in the blink of an eye, and Howard immediately passed the ball to Kobe.

Kobe took the ball with his back and headed twice, Courtney remained motionless, and the basketball returned to the top of the arc.

The Celtics took the opportunity to expand the defensive area. Garnett stepped forward to press Howard, Green and Bradley went around to intercept the passing route, and Courtney also blocked Kobe in front of him. So many situations happened at the same time, Howard was at a loss.

Li Yue made a brief analysis, turned around and ran to the basket, with his back against Pierce, shouting for the ball.

Howard seemed to see a savior, and pushed hard with both hands, as determined as throwing a cannonball.

Li Yue caught the ball and turned around, took off with one foot, and wiped the board with his backhand.

boom!The basketball bounces into the net.

The Celtics were easy to attack, Bradley caught the ball and advanced, and the fans chanted BeatLA.

After running several times in a row, he once again used off-ball screens to form Garnett's dislocation singles against Li Yue.

It is also the position of the left elbow area. Li Yue learned from the previous lesson and no longer used his elbows to make a strong push, but rushed around to press forward abruptly.

Garnett almost lost the ball, so he could only pass it to Pierce, and then continued to receive the pass back, but there were only four seconds left in the attack time, so he could only make a hasty attempt at the last fake move, then hurriedly turned forward, and faced the Li Yuefei saved his shot.

The basketball hit the front of the rim and missed. Nash picked up the rebound and moved forward quickly, with Kobe following.The two rushed to the right wing in four seconds, and skillfully used the tail to cooperate. Kobe caught the ball and took off, and distributed the ball in the air to Nash who slipped to the bottom corner.

Bradley swooped in, Nash divided the ball to the low post on the right, Howard took the ball and turned directly forward, carrying Garnett to interfere with the face basket and jumping up, roaring a hook shot.

bang bang bang!The basketball bounced back and forth and finally fell into the net.

Pierce catches the ball at the basket and rushes quickly. After slowing down and observing at the top of the arc, he throws the ball to the left sideline.

Bradley received the ball sideways, raised his hands high, and then made a low pass to the left.

Green received the ball, misplaced his back and hit Kobe, relying on his height and weight advantage to crush.

Everyone knows that it is difficult to resist, but Kobe refused to retreat easily, he just clenched his teeth and resisted, and the ball was booing wildly.

Green still squeezed out space, but it was very difficult. His whole body was staggering like a candle flickering in the wind. In the end, he could only throw the ball to the top of the arc and voluntarily gave up trying.

Pierce received the hand, facing Li Yue's defense, he did not dare to make a strong shot, and moved to the right instead.

Garnett moved laterally to make a wall, but Howard rarely defended and was delayed, and the attack time was running out, so Pierce had to rush to shoot.

when!The basketball hit the back edge of the rim and missed.

Nash picked up the rebound and passed it to Li Yue in the middle. The Lakers started three quick plays.

In a blink of an eye, he rushed to the frontcourt, Li Yue also played a trailing screen, Kobe caught the ball and hit Bradley with his back, which was also a misplaced single.

In terms of height and weight, the gap between Bradley and Kobe is bigger than the gap between Kobe and Jeff Green.

Half-turning, swaying, and leaning back, Kobe's three movements went from simple to difficult in one go, and the basketball was hollowed out to wipe the net.

The Lakers led by 19 points, and the atmosphere in the North Shore Garden was tense, as painful as going to work during the holidays, but seeing Pierce catch the ball and advance in the backcourt, BeatLA's shouts sounded at the right time, which was still a familiar rhythm.

In a blink of an eye, Pierce dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and dribbled to the left with a screen from Garnett.

Li Yue turned over and squeezed through the screen to catch up, forming a containment with the delayed defense or Howard.

Pierce continued to dribble to the left, and suddenly stopped and reversed the throw, but Howard reacted quickly, and immediately pulled back and returned.

Garnett received the ball and passed the ball, and his mobile phone skills were mediocre, and then he divided the right wing.

Green took the ball, faced Clark's strict defense, turned around and Courtney thugs handed over to cover.

Bryant quickly chased and completed the interception at the top of the outer circle of the free throw line.

Courtney turned to throw the ball to Green. Before he could make a shot, the whistle sounded when the 24-second shot clock ran out.

The referee blew his whistle to punish the violation, and the sound of sighs scattered in the North Shore Garden.

The Lakers attacked, Nash advanced with the ball, and the other four players settled in a V-shaped formation.

Li Yue stood on the right wing as usual. Seeing Pierce's calm face, curiosity arose in his heart, and he wanted to ask if there was really a way to restrain himself, or if he was just talking casually to give him some psychological pressure.

After much deliberation, he finally didn't ask, and waited for Nash to reach the top of the arc, and decisively stepped forward to cover with hand-to-hand.

Perhaps the Celtics had studied the Lakers' previous tactics. After the two completed the handover, Garnett went around to defend, as if trying to prevent Nash from going down with Howard's cover.

Seeing this situation, Li Yue did everything he could and passed the ball back without hesitation.

Nash was also unambiguous, and then used the screen to go in, rushed to the free throw line to face Green Pierce for an interception, made an emergency stop, changed direction and went down, and against the interference of the two Celtics defensive players, he started a three-step layup like a textbook.

boom!Rebounded and caught.

The Lakers led by 21 points, and the Celtics requested a timeout.

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Li Yue returned to the bench. After listening to D'Antoni's tactics, he subconsciously looked up at the Celtics bench.

Rondo, who was wearing a suit, was gesticulating excitedly with Rivers. Pierce and Garnett nodded frequently, and there was a hint of excitement on their faces. They seemed to approve of the conversation between the two, as if they had found a good way to reverse the situation.

"It seems that they still don't give up." Howard said with a smile as he handed over a glass of Gatorade.

Li Yue nodded and was about to answer when Kobe suddenly said, "Then beat them until they are convinced."

　After the finals today, I officially announce the Lakers championship next year.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)