I just play ball

Chapter 68
The chants of 'defend, defend' rang out in the Staples Center, one after another, getting louder.

Lawson dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, slowed down and controlled, turned his head to look around for a moment, and raised his hand to call for a pick-and-roll.

Seeing this, McGee lifted diagonally from the right elbow area, and set up a wall to block Nash who was in charge of defense.Lawson took the opportunity to dribble to the right to break through. Howard, according to the habit of the first two games, still waited at the free throw line area, but adjusted his orientation accordingly.

At that moment, McGee turned and ran to the hoop, passing Howard in the blink of an eye.

Lawson threw the pass high suddenly, and Howard subconsciously jumped up to intercept it, but he couldn't even touch it.

Fortunately, McGee couldn't touch it either. The arc of the basketball's flight was too high, and it flew out of bounds.

The referee whistled, and the Lakers got the ball from the sideline of the backcourt.

Seeing the team's successful defense in the first round, the audience cheered 'ohhhh', as happy as witnessing the victory.

In a blink of an eye, Nash took the ball across the center line, and the Lakers settled in a V-shaped formation in the frontcourt.

Standing on the right wing, Li Yue started running suddenly and accelerated. With the help of Howard's cover, he slipped to the top of the arc, accepted a pass and went inside, and then used Gasol's second cover to successfully reach the left waist. Germany, do it!

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

There was a sigh at the scene, but Howard, who also rushed to the basket with the help of Gasol's cover, leaped high, firmly grasped the backboard with both hands, and threw the ball towards the left waist while he was still in the air.

The audience exclaimed, and Li Yue received it firmly in his hand, and kicked off the ground again to take off and shoot.

Swish!Live up to expectations, hollow hit!
"The Lakers played very well this time. Gasol provided cover for Li Yue and Howard successively to help the team get two offensive opportunities in a row. He also played a great role. I hope all fans can pay attention." O'Neal said .

"If Li Yue's breakthrough was blocked just now, Gasol can still play a supporting role." Reggie Miller said.

The Nuggets attack, and Lawson takes three seconds to bring the ball to the top of the arc and throws it to Wilson Chandler without stopping.

Li Yue followed closely, but when Iguodala blocked him with a wall, he had to let Blake switch defenses.

Wilson used his physical advantage to force a breakthrough, rushed all the way to the basket along the space left by McGee and Faried, facing Howard and Gasol, and rarely completed a pull-bar backhand layup.

The basketball rebounded and hit, Howard and Gasol looked at each other at the same time, shrugged and pouted.

The two seem to be saying, if we really want to play this high difficulty every time we attack, we agree!

Turning to the Lakers to attack, the team opened up space and let Gasol attack with his back on the left waist.

The audience applauded and cheered, as excited as celebrating a victory in advance.

The Lakers bench was also jubilant. Goodlock and Thackeray raised their hands at the same time, as if they were only waiting for Gasol to score.

As a second-year rookie, Farid is at the stage when a newborn calf is not afraid of tigers. How can he admit to being cowardly?
So, one of the two took advantage of their height and experience to try slowly, and the other used their strength to push wildly. The whole scene seemed very strange, but the players on both sides paid close attention to the movement.

The two were fighting fiercely, and Li Yue, who was standing on the top of the arc and watching, suddenly sped up and shot straight into the basket like a sharp arrow.

Gasol seemed to have expected it and passed the ball casually.

Li Yue received it in his hand, took advantage of the situation, lowered his center of gravity and took two big steps, kicking off the ground suddenly.

BOOM!
The basketball exploded, and Li Yue slid and dunked with one hand!
In the Staples Center, deafening cheers suddenly exploded!
David Beckham and Nicholson applauded together, Charlie Theron's eyes widened in surprise, while Megan Fox looked up at the big screen, as if preparing to enjoy the wonderful replay again.

"Do you feel it? The air is full of the smell of a championship!" O'Neal closed his eyes and took a deep breath intoxicated.

"It can be seen from this attack that the main team of the Lakers has been very smooth. I can't wait to watch the game after Kobe's return!" Reggie Miller nodded frequently.

Nuggets offense.

Lawson dribbled the ball to the right wing, beckoning for a back screen, and McGee immediately went up to the wall.

Li Yue immediately shouted for delay, because the back screen means a strong breakthrough inside. Judging from Lawson's mid-range shooting performance in the first two games, it is absolutely necessary to defend, and it is not so troublesome and laborious to expand to the three-point line.

As soon as he finished speaking, Howard had already rushed in front of Lawson, blocking the way and blocking the space like a guard in an exhibition hall.

Lawson turned to pull the ball to change direction, and ran along the baseline to the left half. Nash hurried forward to catch up.

The two quickly came to the short corner on the left, and continued to move forward with only the sideline left. Lawson turned around and hit the ground with a little reluctance.

Howard stood watching as McGee caught the ball at the free throw line, seemingly unfazed.

But Li Yuefei went forward to defend him. He knew that McGi had mid-range shots this season. He averaged 6.7 of 3.8 shots per game, with a probability of hitting 57.5%. interference.

bass!The basketball brushed past Li Yue's fingertips.

when!The basketball rebounded and fell to the front of the rim.

Howard caught it, and immediately showed a fluke look on his face. He hurriedly cast a grateful look at Li Yue, and passed the ball along the way.

The Lakers launched a counterattack, and Li Yue slowly brought the ball to the top of the arc, observed left and right for a while, and then passed it to the basket.

Howard ran back to catch the ball, put his hands on the board and hit the basket, but unfortunately failed to hit.

McGee grabbed the rebound and Lawson caught the ball in the backcourt and slammed it.

Li Yue and Blake finished the defense early, but even so, the Nuggets still did not slow down the rhythm and attack. Lawson blocked Li Yue with the ball in the front court, and Iguodala grabbed two body spaces without hesitation. The ground is three points.

The basketball smashed the basket and hit the iron, but the Lakers' defensive formation was in chaos, and McGee rushed to get an offensive rebound.Godala stepped forward to catch the ball, carried Li Yue to the basket, and forced a three-step layup.

Li Gao raised his hands to follow closely, and took off at the same time with the last step, but he knew that his defense was very good, so he forcibly resisted the desire to block shots to avoid fouls, while Iguoda twisted his body like a twist, and shot in the air with extremely difficult postures.

The two battled wits and courage, like a pas de deux in the air, and the audience screamed excitedly when they saw the clue.

Sure enough, after the basketball was shot, it didn't even touch the net, and rolled out of bounds as if discouraged.

The referee blew the whistle and punished the Lakers to get the ball in the backcourt, and there was another round of cheers at the Staples Center.

...

The two teams attacked and defended each other for several rounds. The defensive end adopted the strategy of shrinking the basket, coupled with the rapid defensive rotation and fierce close combat. No score was scored for a long time. In comparison, it was a bit boring, and the frequent cheers from the audience disappeared temporarily.

With only 6 minutes left in the first quarter, the Lakers led 8-6, which is much less than the previous two games at the same time.

Just when Gasol fouled McGee, D'Antoni requested a timeout, and the audience applauded warmly.

The Lakers returned to the bench, and D'Antoni put aside the tactical board handed over by assistant coach Phil Weber, and with an almost crazy voice, like an angry marshal, he gestured excitedly with his fingers and shouted.

"At this point in time, we need to give up some teamwork!"

"Li Yue and Howard, I ask you two to build up our victorious momentum through individual singles!"

"Don't give the Nuggets any hope of winning, let them accept defeat completely, and give up resistance psychologically. We must completely defeat them from the mental and physical levels, and never go to the Denver Plateau again. We must celebrate the promotion at home! "

"Do you understand?"

"Yeah!" All the Lakers nodded one after another. Indeed, no one wants to go to the Pepsi Center to feel suffocated or lack of oxygen.

Li Yue followed suit and began to think about how to execute singles efficiently. After all, there are only 6 minutes left.

D'Antoni replaced Gasol with Clark as power forward, replaced Nash with Meeks as shooting guard, and Blake switched to point guard.

The timeout ended soon. The Lakers replaced Gasol with Clark as the power forward, Nash with Meeks as the shooting guard, Blake returned to the point guard, and the Nuggets did not make any adjustments to the lineup, and the game continued between the two teams.

McGee went to the free throw line, and a spectator behind the hoop yelled loudly: "George Karl is very unfair to you, you deserve more playing time, your personal ability is far more than that, you are the future star of the Nuggets !"

when!McGee made the first free throw.

Li Yue laughed out loud, lamenting that the fans are so talented in their trash talk. At the same time, he looked at the Nuggets bench and found that George Karl's face was black.

Seeing that the plan took effect, the audience hurriedly shouted: "They don't know your talent, come to the Lakers, play for Los Angeles and retire like your mother, start a new chapter in your life here, and write your own legend!"

bass!The basketball is hollow into the net.

McKee shook his head at the audience, muttering something as if trying to reason.

Seeing this situation, Li Yue immediately picked up the basketball and retreated out of bounds, and vigorously passed it to Blake.

The Lakers took the opportunity to launch a fast break. Because McGee retreated slowly, they formed a 5-on-4 frontcourt advantage in a blink of an eye.

After several basketball passes, Li Yue finally received a pass back and scored two points with an air cut layup.

The audience cheered loudly, and George Karl threw his fists and roared angrily.

After finally getting 1 point, the Lakers scored 2 points before the heat, are you angry?
Faried hurriedly retreated out of bounds, held the basketball in his right hand, bent sideways, and swung his arms for a long pass!

McGee, who had just arrived at the center line, received the basketball and turned around to advance as fast as Iverson. It seemed that the long-hidden talent of a guard had been awakened by the audience behind the ball rack, but he staggered like a drunken reckless man.

Blake chased after him like a whirlwind, and didn't do much, but simply stood in front of him.

McGee felt as if he was facing a formidable enemy, and hurriedly pulled the ball in front of him to change direction!

It's a pity that he is not Durant, there is a huge gap in coordination and flexibility!

With a snap, McGee fell to the ground, and the basketball rolled up and down on the floor like a kite with a broken string.

Blake grabbed it and pushed hard with both hands.

Li Yue received the hand, turned around and glanced at it, just in time to see Howard running back to make an air cut and decisively passing the ball.

Iguodala jumped up and interfered to no avail, and the basketball flew right above the rim like a homing missile.

BOOM!

Howard blew up the basket with both hands.

Cheers erupted in the Staples Center.

When the Nuggets were on the other side of the offense, Lawson stopped the ball on the right wing and cooperated with Iguodala as a hand-to-hand screen.

Blake switched defenses to catch up, Howard and Clark shrank to the basket, and Meeks moved to the right corner.

Considering that it is too difficult to break through from the right, Li Yue, standing at 45° to the left, adjusted his face to the top of the arc calmly.

Four seconds later, Iguodala ended his test and really made a breakthrough from the top of the arc.

Li Yue rushed forward to force him.

Although they didn't say a word, the other four teammates understood in seconds. Clark also raised his hands and rushed forward. Blake blocked the retreat from behind.

Iguodala stopped jumping suddenly, raised his hands in the air, and threw the ball abruptly to the left.

Li Yue had expected it earlier, and slid back as if he was stepping on a moonwalk, and jumped at the same time as Wilson before the basketball fell.With the preparation one second in advance, he grabbed the favorable position more accurately and successfully caught the ball in his hands.

Blake took the lead and rushed to the frontcourt. Li Yue landed and passed the ball directly and followed up. The Lakers quickly went down the double line.

Iguodala, Wilson, and Lawson chased each other separately, and the audience cheered and cheered.But Li Yue's right wing received the pass back, and faced Wilson's defense, he did not attack. Instead, he shook his head and waved his hands to signal to slow down, and spread his five fingers facing the top of the arc, demanding to land.

Wilson let go of his guard, and there was a heavy breathing sound from his nostrils, as if he was relieved.

Upon hearing this, Li Yue guessed that the opponent would have difficulty responding at this time, so he decisively adopted Curry-style shooting moves.

This shot was like accidentally pressing the shooting button while playing a 2K game. Not to mention the opponent, even his own people were fooled.

The other ten people on the court, including the referee, were stunned for a moment, and then watched helplessly as the basketball flew towards the hoop.

"This offense should focus on the basket...Huh? A goal?" O'Neal stroked his bald head blankly.

"Yes, a three-pointer." Miller's expression was also full of surprise, and he looked at the big central screen.

The audience hesitated for a while, confirming that the referee had not called a foul before, and applauded after the goal was valid.

The Nuggets attacked, Lawson used the screen to get rid of Blake, and made a two-point shot from the three-point line.

It's a pity that this time he didn't feel as hot as he did in the opening game of G2, and the basketball smashed the basket and hit the iron.

Howard got the rebound, the Lakers launched a counterattack, and Blake quickly caught the ball from the center line.

Li Dawei followed up like a shooting star. After receiving the ball from the right wing of the front court, Wilson made a three-pointer to chase and defend, and then passed the ball to Clark who was under the basket in an air cut in the middle. The latter dragged Faridella to hit the board. goal.

The referee whistled for a foul, and Clark stood on the free throw line and made an extra penalty steadily.

The Lakers hit a 10-1 offensive climax, and George Karl requested a timeout.

...

The first quarter of the game was over in a blink of an eye, and the Lakers took a 27-14 lead by virtue of their wonderful performance in the second half.

The team returned to the bench, and D'Antoni continued to emphasize that the Nuggets should not be given a chance to breathe.

While listening carefully, Li Yue glanced at the Nuggets bench on the other side of the field, and found that George Karl was arranging tactics excitedly, but Lawson, Wilson, Faried and other main players all had blank eyes and drooped their heads. Shrugging his shoulders, he looked at the tactical board weakly and inconsistently, as if he had given up resistance.

(End of this chapter)