stadium ambition

Chapter 333 Evenly matched opponents

24 p.m. on the [-]th, Staples Center.

It was the NBA's annual Christmas game, and all 68 seats were filled.

The Clippers' opponent is the Heat who came to challenge. TNT is responsible for the national live broadcast, and Barkley's trio came to explain the game.

The commentary seat is arranged next to the technical table, occupying a position with the boss, and the three of them are discussing with smiles.

Ernie Johnson said: "I ran into Baron Davis in the player tunnel just now, and he excitedly showed me the Christmas gift that Su Yang gave him this year. It turned out that Su Yang personally wrote a biography for him, mainly introducing his career. .”

"Wow, the other players also received the same gift?" Kenny Smith was surprised. "Compared to those Beats headphones or Rolex watches, this gift is more creative and thoughtful."

Barkley said: "But what about those players who have just started their careers? Like Paul George?"

"This is exactly what I want to mention..." Ernie said, "For rookies like Paul George, Su Yang wrote it in a fictional way. I heard that George's version was the best rookie this year, and he grew into The top five levels in the same position."

Barkley curled his lips: "It sounds a bit exaggerated. George has to compete with LeBron, Durant, Anthony and others. Even if they are rookies in the same class, Gordon Hayward and Wesley Johnson performed well. Su Yang really Dare to think."

"He's always been so daring..." Ernie shrugged, "Let's take a look at the starters of the two teams..."

On the field, as the announcer Ralph Lawler shouted, Su Yang ran out from the player channel.

The huge beam of light shone on him and followed him all the way to the center of the field before stopping, making him the only focus of the audience.

The audience cheered wave after wave, Su Yang picked up the microphone and waved his hand to signal a pause, and the audience fell silent.

"Good evening, thank you for coming here to support us on this special day. As a member of the Los Angeles Clippers, I am very honored to announce that we will start a long-term and continuous social feedback activity plan starting tonight. Part of the profits from the game will be used to improve children’s education and other issues. And for myself, every time I make a three-pointer, I will donate 1000 US dollars to the foundation to promote the development of children’s basketball in backward areas and other causes...”

After about 2 minutes, Su Yang finished his speech, and all the audience stood up and applauded.

Amidst the cheers, Su Yang walked to the sideline audience, shook hands with Jessica Alba and his wife, famous Clippers fan Billy Crystal, WNBA legend Larry Leslie and others, and by the way, LeBron's die-hard fan Rihanna group photo.

Su Yang walked to the TNT commentary booth again, high-fived with the Barkley trio, and chatted a few jokes.

After finishing a lap, he walked back to the Clippers bench, interacted with his teammates before the game, and cheered by the way.

George was quite excited, bouncing and beating his chest, as if it was because of the league's number one small forward LeBron.Su Yang smiled lightly, he had already thought about how to comfort him after the game, George still had no idea what he was about to face.

drop! ! !The long whistle sounded, and the announcer reminded the two teams to start their positions.

Su Yang strode to the technical stage, had a close chat with the oncoming LeBron for a while, then walked into the court, and gave high-fives to Wade, Arroyo, Bosh, and Big Z, the four starting players of the Heat one by one. .

For the Clippers, the other four starters are Gordon, George, Randolph, and Jordan Jr.

drop!The short whistle sounded, the referee held the ball and walked to the middle circle, and the game came to the jump ball.

Little Jordan and Big Z bent their knees and squatted slightly to wait. The referee raised his hand and tossed the ball up lightly, and the two jumped up.

Snapped!The basketball flew toward the Clippers half court.

Su Yang Xiao ran picked up the basketball, and the audience immediately cheered and shouted, and the Clippers attacked first.

Gordon and George hurriedly ran to the left and right corners, preparing to follow the defensive strategy formulated before the game to separate Wade and LeBron, the Heat's strongest perimeter defenders, by a long distance, thereby weakening the Heat's pincer attack and leaving space in the middle .

Wade and LeBron chased the two and ran, but stopped at the short corners on the left and right sides, and kept their eyes on the middle.

Obviously, the two want to give the threat of help in the middle area, and they are confident in returning to the bottom corner.

Su Yang dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, scanned the half-court position, and beckoned for a cover.

Seeing him beckoning, Randolph stepped up from the free throw line on the left and set up a wall to block Arroyo.Meanwhile, Jordan strides down from the right free throw line, sets up a screen in the short corner, and George runs along the baseline.

Such a tactical start is intended to initiate a breakthrough to the right and divert LeBron's short angle to help defend against threats.

Unexpectedly, LeBron did not follow George to run, but stayed in the short corner on the right to defend the zone defense.

"Defending the zone defense is an excellent tradition of the Heat. Riley likes it, and his apprentices also like it..."

Su Yang's shoulders sank and he accelerated, he rushed to the elbow area with two big strides, stopped abruptly and turned over to pass the ball outside.

Randolph received the ball at the top of the arc, took a step forward, ignored the big Z's defense, and raised his hand for a long mid-range shot.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

Snapped!LeBron jumped high to grab the rebound, landed on the ground and rushed forward.

The Clippers team retreated quickly, and also put on a three-two defensive formation, focusing on the left half.

The fans at the scene followed the DJ and shouted for defense in unison. LeBron took the ball to the left wing and turned across the top of the arc.

Wade catches the ball and moves to the right. With the help of the big Z cover at the 45-degree position, he instantly twists his hips and cuts inward.

At the same time, LeBron walked the sideline and went straight to the basket with Arroyo up the screen.

For the Heat's typical "Janeway connection" running position, the Clippers have already dealt with it before the game. Except for Wade's Gordon and Jordan, Su Yang, Randolph, and George have all gone to the game. The direction of the paint area shrinks.

There are two purposes, to prevent Wade from breaking through, and to prevent Wade from passing the ball to LeBron.

The five people are like five fingers close together, and the entire paint area is as difficult to break through as a metal bucket.

But who would have thought that Wade aimed at such a small gap, he just hopped with the ball and rushed into the paint forcibly.

Seeing this situation, Su Yang squeezed the space again, and together with Randolph, restricted Wade for a layup.

But Wade made a sudden stop and rose from the ground, twisted out in the air, and threw the ball 45 degrees to the left abruptly.

The eyes of the players of the two teams shifted, and they saw Arroyo receiving the ball in a wide open position, jumping up steadily to make a shot.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, and the Heat took the lead, leading the Clippers 2-0.

"Awesome..." Seeing Wei Dehao turning around, Su Yang felt emotional.

Wade deserves to be the player who can break through the Pistons' iron barrel formation. His move suddenly lowered the center of gravity, followed by the instant lateral movement and change of direction without worrying about his knees being scrapped, and finally used his big butt to make a second start. It is truly NBA. Cut off.

Ordinary people defending, they can't think of a breakthrough like Wade's meeting, and it is difficult to react in time.

In short, if we only talk about breakthroughs, Wade ranks second in history, and only the peak Tony Parker can challenge.

While thinking about it, Su Yang dribbled the ball across the center line, and Arroyo directly stuck to the defense, blocking the direction of his right hand.

Su Yang took advantage of the situation to look to the left, and found that LeBron and the others had already set up a formation and waited for him to fall into it.In an instant, multiple plans popped up in his mind, he weighed them a bit, lowered his weight by sinking his shoulders, and accelerated to rush over.

The players of the two teams moved accordingly, and the Heat also shrank to the inside, with roughly the same defensive strategy.

Amidst the cheers, Su Yang rushed to the left elbow, suddenly stopped and turned around, and passed the ball 45 degrees to the right.

The incident happened suddenly, and the Heat had no time to intercept it, but the basketball flew directly out of the sideline, and the referee whistled for a violation.

The audience sighed, George quickly raised his hand to signal that he made a mistake, and the offense and defense of the two teams switched.

Su Yang turned around and retreated, and gestured an OK gesture at George. The main reason was that he didn't communicate in advance. He originally thought that he would go left and rush in, attracting the Heat's defense to shrink. George took the opportunity to cut from the weak side corner to get the ball .

But George is probably too focused on dealing with LeBron, even forgetting the basic running position.

In a blink of an eye, Arroyo ran across the center line with the ball, raised his hand and passed the ball to Wade, striding towards LeBron.

Wade made a three-threat move with the ball, and didn't call for a cover, but suddenly burst into a strong burst.

Gordon intercepted sideways, his footsteps were a little messy in a hurry, and he bumped into Wade with a bang, and Wade raised his hand in an instant to make a move.

Beep!The referee blew his whistle to indicate a foul and gave two free throw opportunities. Wade stood on the free throw line with a smile.

Several spectators on the sidelines booed in protest, Rihanna yelled at them to shut up, and the two sides began to exchange words.

Wade turned his head and looked at it curiously, followed by free throws and smashing the basket, and cheers resounded throughout the arena.

The second free throw went into the net, and the Heat led 3-0.

Offensive and defensive transitions, the Clippers' V-shaped formation settled, Su Yang brought the ball to the top of the arc, and played pick-and-rolls safely.

Randolph first picks and then rolls, then receives a pass from Su Yang and hits a long shot at the free throw line.

With just such a move, the Heat's defensive formation cannot run smoothly. If you only watch the video, you will think that the two teams are pecking at each other, but before the shot, the two teams have had many contests and insisted on each other. The strategy formulated before the game.

On the commentary seat, Barkley shook his head slightly: "In the next few years, inside players, especially the power forward position, will inevitably develop in a space-oriented direction, just like Zach Randolph just now catches and shoots from the high post, but he is most powerful in the low post. beat."

Kenny said with a smile: "When you have an outside player like Su Yang, this style of play is the most efficient way of attacking. If there is no double-teaming, then Su Yang will make an emergency stop to shoot, and a traditional center like Big Z will gradually marginalized."

"I read an article that in the next few years, basketball games will gradually return to the 50s and 60s." Ernie said, "A lot of off-ball moves, a lot of fast break conversions, a lot of singles with the ball..."

Before the words were finished, LeBron forcibly broke through George on the left wing, rolling him away like a bulldozer.

Su Yang quickly retracted his defense from the top of the arc, and LeBron decisively distributed the ball to Arroyo, who was temporarily unguarded.

Gordon hurriedly rotated to make up the defense, saw Arroyo turn to the right, and stopped to prepare to return to defend Wade.

But Arroyo just feinted, and then stepped forward to close the ball, facing Su Yangfei and throwing in his hands.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net and the Heat led 5-3.

Su Yang turned around and walked towards the baseline to catch the ball. Seeing George's bewildered face, he almost couldn't help laughing.

It is too difficult to defend LeBron. Many skills can be said to be useless in the face of LeBron's powerful rushing power, not to mention that LeBron still has certain ball-handling skills and is more than [-] meters tall. He is like a human tank.

After receiving the basketball, Su Yang took it all the way to the top of the frontcourt, then found Randolph as a cover, and broke through to the left.

This time, Big Z did not rush to change defenses, but moved around in the paint and waited. Only Arroyo chased him.

Su Yang didn't think too much, he stopped and jumped with the ball at the elbow area, and ONEMOTION made a quick shot for two points.

when!The basketball hit the rim and bounced to the right.

Wade ran and took off, grabbed the basketball, landed and dashed forward, as fast as lightning.

The Clippers team hurriedly retreated, did not deliberately intercept Wade, and still let him rush to the top of the frontcourt single-handedly.After entering the paint area, Su Yang yelled to remind him to encircle, and directly blocked Wade, leaving only a trace of space for a layup.

Wade has no intention of retreating, but hastily resorted to the European step, and made a large lateral move to throw the board.

Gordon couldn't keep up with the rhythm, but Wade's shot was too difficult, and he deliberately increased the arc, and the basketball hit the board and fell.

Jordan raised his hand to catch the rebound, Su Yang turned around and ran forward when he saw this, and the Clippers launched a fast break counterattack.

Cheers followed in the arena. Su Yang received a long pass from the center line, looked up and scanned the running positions of both sides, and rushed to the basket with his head buried.At the same time, LeBron also buried his head and started to rush, and the two were about to meet at the basket like a straight line.

"Is it LeBron chasing the hat, or Su Yang dunking?"

In the expectant eyes of the audience, Su Yang went to the basket, suddenly stopped and passed back.

LeBron, who was about to jump high, was taken aback, and hurriedly slowed down, braked and turned around, while Su Yang jumped up.

The cheers suddenly grew louder, and George, who caught the ball, threw the ball to the basket, and LeBron turned around again.

bang!Su Yang dunked on LeBron's head with both hands, and the cheers in the Staples Center burst.

Several spectators on the sidelines taunted Rihanna crazily and imitated LeBron's classic crying expression.

Rihanna was very angry, but pretended not to notice and didn't care, only exhaled with her nostrils wide open.

Su Yang didn't think there was anything wrong, so he cooperated with an alley-oop. The starting point was still that he didn't want to directly confront LeBron.

"People always say that the average age of the Celtics is too high..." Barkley said. Chase Su Yang."

"That's why Coach Spoelstra always said that the Heat's offensive rhythm is not fast." Kenny said, "It makes the fans feel too fast, only because LeBron and Wade cooperate more with long passes, but those rounds only occupy a very small part."

Amidst the cheers, Arroyo dribbled the ball to the left wing, passed it to Bosh at the top of the arc, and rushed to the bottom corner.

Bosh took the ball and turned to the right, ready to play hand-to-hand with Wade, but when Wade lifted up from the corner with the help of the big Z cover, he couldn't completely shake off Gordon, and it was difficult for Bosh to catch the ball for a while. Turn left instead.

At this time, LeBron happened to come out with the help of Arroyo's cover, received the basketball and put on a three-threat posture.

George didn't hesitate to block the right and put left, and LeBron didn't hesitate to start and break through to the left at an extremely fast speed.

The Clippers closed the siege as usual, LeBron passed the ball to Wade who cut outside, and the Clippers' defensive formation spread out again.

After coming and going, the Heat still couldn't find an easy breakthrough opportunity, so Wade simply passed the ball to the top of the arc.

With little time left in the attack, Bosh catches the ball and dashes sideways, sticking to Randolph to the right side of the backboard, stopping and hooking.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 4 to 7.

Jordan picked up the ball and retreated out of bounds. Su Yang caught the ball and pushed forward, all the way to the right 45 degrees.

Randolph waited on the wall at the top of the arc, Su Yang threw the ball over, and then rushed over, ready to hand in hand to cooperate.

Arroyo's defense was very tight, and there was no space to catch the ball for a while, and Big Z also set up a delaying posture in advance.

Su Yang made a decisive decision and ran out to give up the ball. Randolph would turn around and press his shoulders to break through.

The Heat's defensive focus immediately concentrated on the paint area, Arroyo followed suit, and Su Yang took the opportunity to run to the left.

Suddenly, Randolph made a sudden stop and turned to the left. He raised his hand and made a cross, and the basketball flew straight to the left wing.

Su Yang stepped on his feet slightly to catch the ball, stood still and shot immediately, making a three-point shot in a one-step motion.

In the blink of an eye, Arroyo reacted quickly, but she didn't have time to return to the defense, so she simply turned around and ran forward to prepare for a fast break.

But the basketball went into the net with a bang, and the two teams tied 7-7.

In the commentary seat, Kenny said: "As expected of the media's rehearsal of the finals, the two teams are evenly matched..."

Barkley shook his head: "The Heat are far behind. Wade was forced to give full play at the beginning of the game. LeBron should handle the ball more."

(End of this chapter)