I just play ball

Chapter 69
The game started quickly in the second quarter. The Nuggets relied on Brewer and Miller to lead the team to recover 8 points, but when the Lakers returned to the main force, the efficient performance of the two was unsustainable. The two teams entered the first half of the first quarter. battle rhythm.

At halftime, the Lakers led 50-40.

After the start of the third quarter, the rested Nuggets miraculously ignited their fighting spirit. Lawson scored 9 points in a row from inside and outside shots, but Li Yue on the Lakers side responded every time. The two teams fell into a tug-of-war again. Rhythm.

In the second half of the third quarter, the Nuggets did not arrange for the Nuggets' main players such as Lawson and Iguodala to rest, while the Lakers implemented a regular rotation, and the main players such as Li Yue and Howard went to rest.

In this way, the main lineup of the Nuggets continued to chase points against the second team of the Lakers, but the generals of the Lakers were not nervous at all. out of the camera.

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With the referee's whistle blowing, the game entered an official timeout, with the Lakers leading 85-81.

TNT commentary seats.

O'Neal held the stat sheet in his hand, "The Lakers led by 14 points in the second half of the third quarter. Why did they replace the main force and give up the pressure? Now that the Nuggets are gaining momentum, there is a high probability that the game will be dragged to the last moment."

"Personally, the Nuggets may be more concerned about whether they can retain the last hope, while the Lakers focus on the entire playoffs. With Kobe Bryant's overworked injury case in front, they may be more inclined to implement regular rotation." Miller said.

"There are 8 minutes and 32 seconds left in the game, let's enjoy the final battle!" Marvin said.

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On the field, the Lakers bench.

D'Antoni clapped his hands to attract the attention of the whole team, "The opponent's main players have been playing for 16 consecutive minutes, and the fuel tank is close to bottoming out. Now we can use their best methods to win the victory, run, attack ferociously, and kill them!"

All the generals of the Lakers nodded one after another, Li Yue stepped forward and stood in the middle, raised his right hand high, "Take them away with one wave!"

Howard followed suit, and Kobe also echoed in the audience. The whole team formed a circle and shouted for cheers in unison.

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The time-out is over and the game continues.

The Lakers made lineup adjustments, Blake changed to point guard, Artest played small forward, Clark served as power forward, Li Yue changed to shooting guard, and the Nuggets switched back to the starting lineup.

"Beep..." The referee whistled, Howard served from the baseline, and the Lakers launched an offense.

Li Yue settled on the right wing, received a pass from Blake, and assumed a three-threat posture. After two tentative steps, he saw Iguodala move his body backwards, and immediately slammed the ball down to the left, and rushed to the free throw line in just two steps. , ignoring McGee's supplementary defense threat, riding a horse and shooting an arrow.

bass!The basketball is hollow into the net.

After landing, Li Yue ran to Iguodala's side, started defending directly from the backcourt, and followed the left wing of the frontcourt in a blink of an eye.In just two seconds, Lawson brought the ball to the top of the arc, and Iguodala turned around and ran up, making it clear that he had to cooperate hand-to-hand.

He was the first to make eye contact with Blake, and the two exchanged positions tacitly, but Iguodala did not hesitate or think at all, took the basketball and immediately lowered his center of gravity and sprinted towards the basket with big strides.

He quickly twisted his hips to turn, and moved his right foot laterally to catch up as if he was stepping on a pulley, while lowering his hands to interfere with the pass.

That thought, Iguodala stopped abruptly and turned around to pull the ball, and immediately threw away a body distance, and jumped sideways to throw.

Li Yue didn't have time to take off to block the shot, but when he heard the sound of "Dang", he immediately stepped forward.

He turned his head to observe from the midline position, and found that Howard got the rebound and shouted decisively.

"Pass the ball, pass the ball!" Several spectators on the sidelines also followed up to remind, and the Nuggets players rushed after them.

Howard reacted, bent over, lowered his shoulders and swung his arms, exerting force like throwing a shot put.

The basketball roared through the air, and Li Yue stepped back and adjusted his position frequently when he saw the direction of flight. Turn and dribble to start.

Under the nervous gaze of the fans at the scene, he jumped from the free throw line and pushed the ball with both hands to hit the board.

boom!The basketball bounces into the net.

Before the fans cheered and celebrated, Iguodala served from the bottom line, and Lawson received the ball and advanced like a whirlwind.

Because of the fast break, the Lakers' defensive formation is a bit scattered. Both Howard and Clark are near the center line. If they rotate in the normal way, they will inevitably be caught by the Nuggets.

Li Yue made a decisive decision and shouted loudly that the audience was pressing, while the other four teammates executed it as if they didn't need to react.

Lawson rushed all the way to the bottom line close to Blake, and the insiders of the two teams followed closely to the basket.

Lawson didn't dare to make a shot, and dribbled the ball around to the short left corner. It seemed that he wanted to slow down and observe to reorganize the attack, but Blake was like a Spanish bullfight who had been provoked, and continued to press close to him without giving up any respite. space,
If it is changed to the top area of ​​the arc, Lawson can [-]% avoid it by dribbling, but the space in the short corner area is limited. After several changes of hands, he seems a little embarrassed.

Farid hurried forward to erect the wall, but made a mistake in his haste, blocking the space to go outside and leaving the bottom line to Lawson.

Clark joined the press when he saw this, and Lawson was blocked by three people on three sides, and he couldn't call a timeout, so he could only throw it out.

The basketball is like a failed sky-shooting cannon, rising a short distance before falling to the left elbow.

At this time, Li Yue was standing at the top of the arc, subconsciously stepping forward to fight for it, his eyes glimpsed that Howard and McGee were closer, and Iguodala beside him was not slow, so he immediately changed his route and rushed to McGee. Set spot-up off-ball screens for Howard.

boom!Li Yue was knocked into the air by McKee, and he took several steps back, staggering to stabilize his figure.

Beep!The referee whistled and called McGee for a foul, and the Lakers got the ball in the backcourt.

"DAMN!" Iguoda exhaled fragrantly, and slapped the basketball he had snatched hard.

The Lakers kicked off from the bottom line, and Blake advanced quickly.

Li Yue stood on the right wing, raised his hands high after receiving the pass, then sub-divided Howard in the low post, and then ran to the top of the arc to take away the threat of assisting defense.

Howard didn't play tricks with the ball, so he turned sideways to push McGee hard, step by step towards the basket.

McGee was hard to resist. After taking five steps back in a row, he went around and took the ball. The speed seemed to be slowed down by 0.25 times.

Howard took advantage of the situation and turned back, took off on the spot with a small hook, and the basketball rebounded twice and fell into the net.

The referee whistled, the Nuggets requested a timeout, and the Lakers played a wave of 6-0, leading to a [-]-point lead.

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TNT commentary seats.

O'Neal smiled, "It seems that I was too worried before. The performance of the Lakers in the past two minutes or so is simply a replica of the second half of the first quarter. They are so strong that they don't have to worry about overturning."

Marvin nodded slightly, "After the timeout, what adjustments might the Nuggets make?"

"The two may pursue extreme speed, otherwise it will be difficult for them to even out the difference." Miller said.

O'Neill curled his lips slightly, "Whatever! The difference in hard power cannot be shaken by tactics!"

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Pause ends.

The Nuggets replaced McGee, Faried served as center, Wilson moved to power forward, and Brewer replaced small forward.

Grabbing the rhythm as soon as the game started, Lawson brought the ball to the frontcourt in three seconds, and quickly shot after a simple screen.

But the shooting percentage is mediocre, and the pressing and defensive effect of the audience is too poor, and the Lakers' lead is gradually expanding.

With 2 minutes left in the game, the Lakers led by as much as 16 points, and the Nuggets still did not replace the main players.

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As Howard hit the iron with a free throw and the basketball bounced off the basket, the third game of the first round of the playoffs between the Lakers and the Nuggets ended.

The long whistle sounded at the end of the game, and the score of the two teams was fixed at 107 to 93 for the Lakers.

Ribbons were sprinkled in the Staples Center to celebrate the victory, and the audience stood up and applauded, and the atmosphere seemed to have advanced.

After all, never in NBA history has a team been able to comeback with three consecutive innings.

After Li Yue accepted the post-match interview in a hurry, he ran to the player tunnel, raised his hands high and interacted with the audience on both sides.

He rushed all the way outside the locker room, saw Kobe bumping shoulders with his teammates, and went up to participate.

The crowd gathered together, and Kobe smiled and said: "I just finished the examination, and the doctor said that my injury is recovering well, and I can resume running training tomorrow. If there is no deterioration, I can come back next week to catch up with the second round! "

(End of this chapter)