I just play ball

Chapter 83 Playing Spurs Can't Be Too Reasonable
After some ideological struggle, Li Yue chose not to adopt Kobe's suggestion for the time being.

After the timeout ended, he followed D'Antoni's arrangement and continued to focus on breakthrough tactics.

However, the Spurs team strictly implemented the defensive strategy of 'putting inside double-teams and cutting off the passing route'. Although the Lakers did not make many mistakes, they had to conduct transmission carefully every time, resulting in very low offensive efficiency.

Then he played off the ball again, using screens and running positions to create space for himself to receive the ball, but the Spurs switched defenses very quickly, and Leonard and Green gave priority to filling him, and always kept someone defending him.

In this way, after the first quarter, the Lakers trailed 27 to 34, and Li Yue scored 18 of them.

During the intermission, D'Antoni repeated those words again, intentionally or unintentionally implying that losing is normal.

The reasoning is so true, but Li Yue is quite uncomfortable hearing it. There is no hope of winning if this fight continues, and there is really no solution. The loss of two core players at once will greatly damage the tactical execution and defensive strategy.

Just as he was frowning, Kobe came over from behind the bench to massage his shoulders again.

"Have you seen the tape of the five games against the Spurs in 08?" Bryant said.

Li Yue nodded when he heard the words, and after a little thought, he thought of the key point, "You mean to make more shots?"

In 08, the Lakers met the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals.

The regular season records of the two teams were only one game apart, but the final result of that round of the series was that the Lakers swept the Lakers 4-1.

The only game the Spurs won was when Manu Ginobili exploded off the bench and scored 30 points, plus Zen Master Phil Jackson made a strategic error at the beginning of the fourth quarter and suddenly opened up the point difference. Otherwise, it was very likely to be 4-0.

In that round of the series, Kobe averaged 53.3 points per game with a shooting percentage of 29.2%. In the five games, he only took 24 three-pointers and hit 8 times, and made only 11 free throws.

"Yes! You should be clear about this. The Spurs like to single-handedly defend against inside pincers very much. The efficiency of the mid-range shot is too low and is often ignored by them. Don't hesitate to let you break through now, otherwise it will be wasted to spend so much time training one-step shooting. "

Kobe said firmly.

"Then it's unreasonable to play..." Li Yue only half-spoken, worried that other teammates would easily fall into a negative state if they couldn't get the ball.

"Playing the Spurs can't be too reasonable, because they are too reasonable, and the execution of the defensive strategy is almost perfect." Bryant shook his head.

Li Yue didn't respond immediately, but turned his head to look in the direction of the coaching staff, showing embarrassment.

"I support you." Gasol, who had been sitting on the right side listening, said suddenly.

"Me too, and I will always believe in you." Artest, who was sitting on the left, echoed.

Li Yue knew that the two were somewhat dissatisfied with D'Antoni, especially because Gasol had been on the bench for a long time because he wanted to make room for the inside line, which was entirely a decision-making error by the coaching staff.

"What are you talking about?" Howard, who was sitting far away, raised his head and asked after hearing several people talking.

"I want to enable unlimited firepower, do you support it?" Li Yue said.

"You asked me if I support it... Just remember to pass me a few lobs!" Howard laughed.

"Okay!" Li Yue's tone seemed to be reassured, and he planned to use the CIC to force the Spurs to change their defensive strategy.

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The second quarter started.

Both teams followed the usual practice, leaving only one main force to lead the team, and the other main players stayed off the court to rest.

The Spurs were relatively strong off the bench and scored consecutively under the leadership of Ginobili. The Lakers relied on Gasol and Blake to play pick-and-rolls to close the gap. When the official timeout came, the Lakers trailed 36-45.

Li Yue suggested that he stand at the basket or the short corner first like Kobe did, and use the inside double towers to cover and cut out depending on the situation. In fact, it was Kobe's style of play against the Spurs in 08. D'Antoni thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.

The timeout ended quickly, and the two teams dispatched their troops, and all changed back to the starting lineup.

The Lakers attack, Blake advances with the ball, and raises his hand to direct the team's running tactics.

Li Yue ran to the basket ahead of time, saw Gasol catch the ball from the left wing, and immediately moved his feet to move there.

The Spurs hurriedly shifted their defensive focus to the left, and Green went around ahead of time to intercept the passing route.

But ask Sol to pass the ball back to the top of the arc, and walk slowly towards the basket by himself.

Artest followed the right elbow and ran to the right wing to receive the ball, and the Spurs shifted their defensive focus to the right.

At this moment, Li Yue accelerated his sprint, used the double cover of Gasol and Howard to get rid of Green and rushed to the left wing, received a long horizontal pass from Artest, flew towards Green and Splitter, and pulled out a three-pointer !

When D'Antoni saw this, he folded his hands on his chest and showed nervousness, but he burst into laughter the next second!
The basketball hit the board and rebounded into the net, and the Lakers narrowed the point difference to 6 points.

The Spurs attacked, and Green took the ball with his left elbow in a three-threat pose.

Leonard ran up from the baseline to take over the pass, and took advantage of the momentum to step into the three-second zone.

Seeing that Green moved to the right corner after the handover, Li Yue still turned around and changed defenses, double-teamed Leonard with Artest, and at the same time reminded Howard to pay attention to interception, because Leonard's shooting is relatively poor, in his own way Also treat the person's body.

As he expected, Leonard did not dare to make a move in the face of the double-team, but stopped and jumped to the right.

Because it had been predicted, he jumped almost at the same time, holding his hands up like a volleyball player to intercept.

boom!The basketball hit his hands and fell to the floor. Artest picked it up and turned around and strode forward.

The Lakers landed in the frontcourt, and Li Yue squatted under the basket.

The Spurs suffered a loss in the last round and obviously didn't want to give the two players another chance to cover. Parker put pressure on Blake first.

Realizing that the opponent intends to disrupt the offensive rhythm, Li Yue voluntarily gave up the screen and cut 45 degrees to the left alone to receive the pass.

With a smile on his face, Green stood to the left to make way for the space on the right, his eyes full of hints of 'you rush'.

Li Yue took advantage of the situation and rushed into the three-second zone in two consecutive steps. Facing the contraction of the Spurs inside, he stopped suddenly and pulled out his hand for two points.

Boom!The basketball hits the hoop and into the net.

Duncan's eyes widened with confusion, as if to say, 'Why is this guy different from the previous routine? '

The Spurs attacked, and the basketball flew to the low post on the left after several conductions. Duncan received a single in his hand.

First he turned to face the basket, then made fake moves, and finally rushed to the basket with his left hand to make an emergency stop and flew Gasol. It rises from behind.

Snapped!Nailing the big hat, Gasol picked up the basketball, and the Lakers launched a counterattack.

Li Yue ran to the short corner position on the right, concentrating on the pick-and-roll cooperation between Gasol and Blake at the top of the arc.

After some tossing, Blake failed to complete the breakthrough, but Gasol still ran to the short corner and set up a wall to block Green.

Although the quality of the cover is average, when is it better to not run at this time?
Li Yue kicked off the ground, caught the ball at the elbow and rushed to the free throw line, facing Green and Splitter.

The choice is very unreasonable. If you play 2KMC mode, the system will definitely judge it as a bad shot choice. '

But the basketball hit the board and rebounded into the net, and the Lakers narrowed the point difference to only 2 points.

The Spurs attacked, Parker stopped the ball two steps away from the center line in the frontcourt, and Duncan ran up quickly.

Howard followed all the way, and the defense was delayed in advance.

Seeing this situation, Li Yue secretly exclaimed that it was terrible.

Duncan immediately removed the back screen, and after catching the ball sideways, he strode towards the hoop.

At this time, the Lakers only had one Gasol under the basket, and they had to prevent Duncan from passing the ball to Splitter. The situation was quite anxious. Several thoughts flashed through Li Yue's mind, and then he slid laterally to intercept and decided to release the ball with a lower shooting percentage. three-pointer.

Duncan stopped, turned around and passed the ball to Green, who made a wide-open three-pointer.

when!Smashing baskets and striking iron.

The basketball rebounded and flew upside down, Li Yue grabbed it and strode forward like a shooting star.

Green clings to the left, Leonard echoes on the right, Parker stares in front of him, and the Spurs encircle.

Li Yue rushed to the three-point line in the frontcourt, faced Green and Parker's attack, and dribbled the ball in Leonard's direction without warning.

In the eyes of the audience, this is simply looking for blocks or mistakes.

But after Li Yue got rid of it, he took a step inside the three-point line and took off without hesitation to shoot two points.

Where did the Spurs trio have time to react?

The basketball went into the net hollow, and the Lakers tied.

The scene was so quiet that it seemed that I suddenly put on sound-proof headphones.

(End of this chapter)