stadium ambition

Chapter 341 Who Is The Head-Up King
Timeout, Clippers bench.

Van Gundy gathered Su Yang and several people to surround him, clapped his hands with a smile, and said, "We did a good job! We made full use of the defensive weaknesses of Artest and Barnes, making it difficult for Kobe and Paul to play a strong defense. They should find a way respond."

Su Yang nodded in response, and Van Gundy said, "Based on my research on their game video, it is most likely that Odom will be on the field to increase the speed of offense and defense in an all-round way, and temporarily abandon the low post as a pivot, and instead play double guard pick-and-roll."

Su Yang nodded again. Kobe and Paul were playing pick-and-rolls in high positions, especially in the top area of ​​the arc. It was very troublesome to defend, because both of them had various basketball skills, and it was difficult to grab the rhythm through prediction.

"Our defensive strategy is to ignore the three-pointers and uniformly go around the screen to block the breakthrough..." Van Gundy said, "Because the two of them made three-pointers at a much lower level than Ray Allen, unless they can hit many times in a row. "

"As for the offensive end, Randolph was off the court to rest, and Tucker was on the court as a small forward. We tried our best to cut the battlefield, and launched more offenses from the side without Kobe, so as to minimize the power of the Lakers' joint defense and auxiliary defense..."

Replacing Randolph is mainly to match Odom's speed. George's switch to power forward is the best choice.

After Van Gundy finished speaking, he raised his right hand to signal, Su Yang and others raised their hands to catch up, and the whole team shouted 123 in unison.

At the end of the long timeout, the whistle sounded, and the game continued between the two teams. The announcer loudly announced the personnel adjustment of the two teams. The Lakers replaced Artest with Odom and Barnes with Walton. While replacing Randolph with Tucker.

The referee blew the whistle to count the time, Paul received the ball from the bottom line in the backcourt, and the audience applauded and cheered.

Su Yang stood at the LOGO position and waited. Before Paul brought the ball to the position, he hurriedly turned his head to look at the Lakers' formation. Dom stands at the top of the arc.

Such a positioning is a typical triangle offensive formation, and Kobe's eyes are still burning with strong fighting spirit.

"It seems to be to create singles opportunities for Kobe. After all, the Lakers need to score to stabilize the situation..." Su Yang guessed subconsciously, feeling in his heart that even with Paul, Kobe still has to take on the team's key scoring responsibility.

While thinking about it, Paul dribbled the ball to the center line.

Su Yang put away his thoughts, bent his knees and lowered his center of gravity, and stepped forward with small steps.

As expected, Paul slid the ball straight to the left wing and then strode to the three-point line.

At the same time, Gasol moved across the wall to cover, and Paul took the opportunity to throw Su Yang a body away, and went straight to the left corner.

"Switch, switch..." Su Yang gave up chasing directly, but Tucker turned around and started to chase Paul.

In an instant, Tucker blocked Wharton's return route, and Paul had no chance to directly divert to the basket.

Wharton instinctively stopped, then turned to the right and raised his hand, ignoring the interference of Su Yang's raised hand, rushing to pass the ball.

Odom received the ball and turned to the right, but Gordon seemed to have expected this, and stepped forward to intercept the passing route.

But Kobe immediately turned around and sank to the bottom, staring at Odom's defense line, kneeling and squatting slightly, ready to take off at any time.

Such an alley-oop cooperation is too obvious. Sitting on the sidelines, Matt Damon clenched his fists and looked expectant.

I thought that George seemed to have expected it a long time ago, and actually raised his hands to interfere, making it difficult for Odom to pass the ball.

The chance for an alley-oop dunk suddenly disappeared, Materda sat down unwillingly with his face masked, and the Lakers reorganized their offense.

Paul used the cover to go around the bottom corner, but Tucker didn't catch up closely, and Su Yang took the initiative to switch defenses and follow up.Odom turned around and passed the ball to Paul, and ran over to set up a wall as a cover. Su Yang gave up chasing again, and George took over the defense.

The dislocation duel was thus formed, and it was still the most classic small fight big. Matt Damon once again showed a look of expectation.

However, although George is a big man, his lateral speed is not bad. He was swayed by Paul several times and forced to use his height and footwork to return to the correct defensive position. Paul chose to lower his shoulders and charge forward with his straight-line speed advantage.

George hurriedly followed up sideways, but without thinking, Paul made a sudden stop and retreated, leaned back, and forced a two-pointer.

The basketball flew over George's palm, crashed into the net with a bang, and the 24-second whistle sounded at the same time.

"Bravo!" Matt got up and applauded, and gave Paul two thumbs up to show his praise. Ben Affleck, who was sitting next to him, looked at him blankly. He didn't seem to understand why, and he smiled and applauded foolishly. .

On the commentary table, Marvin praised: "CP3's goal this time is a classic case of small hits."

Miller shook his head: "I think the Lakers made a mistake in their offensive strategy. They continued to focus on Gasol's low-post tactics, or let Paul initiate pick-and-rolls in the high post and re-use the triangle offensive tactic. The scoring efficiency is too low."

Cole said: "The Lakers may just want to make a few balls for Kobe and stabilize the situation first. It doesn't necessarily mean that they will focus on the triangle offense throughout the whole process. Of course, the Clippers are indeed very familiar with how to defend the triangle offense."

On the field, Su Yang dribbled the ball to the center line, and raised his hand to indicate the formation of one high and four low.

Jordan and the others followed suit, and Su Yang stopped the ball at the top of the arc, bowed and patted it, while observing the Lakers' defensive strategy.

In a blink of an eye, George started running from the bottom corner on the right and circled out with the help of Tucker's cover. The Lakers Barnes switched defenses and chased.At the same time, Gordon started running from the left corner, using Jordan's cover to go around, and Kobe of the Lakers squeezed through the cover to catch up.

Barnes and Kobe are both very fast, and it is difficult to tell which side is better to pass for a while.

Su Yang thought for a moment, raised his hand and threw the ball to the right wing, then strode into the three-point line and rushed to the bottom corner.Tucker understood and rushed towards him head-on, making it clear that he was going to screen off the ball. Odom quickly retreated to leave room for Paul to circle the screen.

Seeing this situation, Su Yang hurriedly stopped and stood still, and erected a wall for Tucker in the opposite direction, blocking Odom from chasing space.

Tucker understood in seconds and started to rush to the three-point line without hesitation, but Paul also stopped abruptly and turned to switch defenses to catch up.

George passed the ball in a hurry, and Tucker caught it at 45 degrees. Facing Paul's close pressing, he dared not make any moves.

Perhaps it was because Paul's reputation as the king of steals was too dazzling, or maybe because he knew what Paul was capable of as a good brother, Tucker didn't dare to play the ball, but just turned around and passed the ball back to the right wing, and then rushed up to set up a wall to block Barnes.

But Paul seemed to have expected this, leaving space in advance, and Barnes easily bypassed the screen to intercept George.

Kobe and Gasol then shrank from the left side, trying their best to suppress the space in the paint area, completely denying a breakthrough opportunity.

George hesitated on the spot, vacillating between passing to Gordon and repassing to Tucker, and the offensive clock flew by.

Van Gundy shouted in a hurry, George heard the sound and passed the ball to the right wing, Tucker caught the ball and turned to face the bottom corner.

Su Yang stretched out his hand to catch the ball, turned his head to see that there were 6 seconds left in the attack time, and facing Odom's defense, he was also playing small and big.

The rest of the Clippers ran to the left to open up space, and the situation was exactly the same as Paul's last round.

A few spectators stood up and booed wildly, and waved their fists at Su Yang in an attempt to intimidate, saliva flying around.At the same time, Su Yang changed his left hand from his right hand to his crotch, started off with heavy shoulders and rushed to the bottom line, his center of gravity was extremely low, like a spinning top attached to the ground.

Odom twisted his hips and turned sideways, but he didn't catch up at full speed for the first time, but observed with his height and wingspan advantage.Su Yang was slightly aware of it, and immediately took a big stride forward with the ball, forcibly throwing off his body, followed by vigorously kicking the ground to take off, and throwing the board high.

Gasol leaps to try to block the shot, but the basketball flies too fast and bounces into the net with a bang.

"What are you hesitating for?" Several spectators on the sidelines asked Odom, with incredible expressions on their faces.

Lakers assistant coach Brian Shaw was also full of doubts, staring at Odom's confused expression and shaking his head again and again.

At the commentary table, Marvin asked: "At the same time, it's a small fight against a big one. Who can handle it better, Su Yang or Paul?"

Miller said: "It is impossible to compare, because the two have different ideas. Paul thinks about how to play, and then achieves the goal through technical moves, while Su Yang first makes a test to see how the defenders deal with it, and then thinks about it temporarily. "

Cole said: "Su Yang can also handle it like Paul. He is now in a labor-saving mode."

On the court, offense and defense transition.

The Lakers once again set up a triangle offensive formation. Paul ran across the center line with the ball and turned to the left wing position. As he was about to pass the ball, Kobe suddenly shouted and beckoned for the ball.Without hesitation, Paul quickly dribbled the ball to the top of the arc and made a direct pass.

Such a strategy saves a lot of running time, but it is too obvious, and Gordon's top defense is extremely fierce.

Kobe walked all the way out, didn't stand up to catch the ball until the edge of the three-point line, and turned around to face the frame to pose a three-threat.

Gordon did not hesitate to block the upper line space sideways, allowing Kobe to break through the bottom line casually, while other Clippers players turned to face the basket, ready to shrink and intercept at any time, while the Lakers players continued to expand and stretch the space.

Kobe grinned softly, stepped down the ball and forced it to the baseline, stopped and jumped at the short corner, and made a mid-range shot with a fallback.

Gordon leaped forward and reached out with all his strength to try to block the shot. The basketball flew past his fingertips and sank into the net with a thud.

Cheers exploded in the arena, and the large central screen reminded the audience: Kobe is currently feeling hot.

Jordan picked up the basketball and retreated out of bounds. Su Yang approached to get the ball, turned around and pushed forward quickly.

After rushing to the top of the arc, Su Yang once again signaled the whole team to form one high and four low formations, but did not require movement.

The Clippers reacted and ran to the sides or corners to leave space, while slightly bending their knees to get ready to catch the ball.

The intention of singles was revealed, Paul took a deep breath, boos erupted from the audience, and insults followed.

Su Yang pulled the ball back and took the initiative to retreat three steps away, then bowed down to lower his center of gravity, and began to shake his crotch from hand to hand.

On a whim, he imitated Paul's previous figure-eight scrambling, faster, and looked like a street juggler.

As an old driver, Paul was too familiar with that routine, so he just stopped and waited calmly.

Suddenly, Su Yang raised his right shoulder, raised his head to aim at the basket, and raised his left hand up, as if he was trying to catch the ball.

Perhaps considering his three-point shooting percentage, Paul didn't dare to watch and wait like Odom, and jumped up and reached out in a hurry.

That thought, Su Yang stopped raising his shoulders, and instead exerted force to the left, cross-stepping and breaking through.

The action of worshiping Buddha was completed, the boos of the audience on the sidelines stopped suddenly, and all the members of the Clippers bench stood up and watched.

bass!The basketball went into the net, and Su Yang easily hit two points, and the boos of the audience stopped.

In the commentary seat, Cole was a little surprised: "How do you feel that the two teams have entered the heads-up mode?"

Miller chuckled: "I guess the Lakers are because the triangle offense is too easy to be defended. Instead of spending effort to pass the ball, it is better to fast forward to the final singles. Kobe and Paul have that ability, Odom and Gaso I can also execute it, and the Clippers seem to want to avoid the strong defense of the Lakers lineup, and the one-on-one is naturally the best choice."

On the field, the offense and defense switch.

Kobe took the ball on the left wing again, facing Gordon alone to defend, and the other four Lakers players were far away.

This time, Gordon chose to block the bottom line and put it on the line, trying to guide Kobe to a crowded area.

Without the slightest hesitation, Kobe stepped down the ball and rushed to the free throw line in the blink of an eye.

The Clippers surrounded and intercepted, Kobe jumped up without fear, and made a mid-range shot with an extreme fallback.

when!The basketball bounced off the hoop.

Gasol jumped high and caught it, landed and threw it to the right wing, Paul caught the ball and faced Su Yang.

The other four Lakers players shifted to the left to make room, and the audience cheered for Paul.

I saw Paul's left foot as the axis, bowing down to lower his center of gravity, with the basketball on his waist, and his head straightened to the right.

Su Yang bent his knees and squatted slightly, standing still on the spot, only stretching out his hand to interfere with the movement of the ball.

Suddenly, Paul raised his hand suddenly, as if he was going to lift the ball around the top, or he was going to shoot a shot.

In the blink of an eye, Su Yang remained motionless, only raising his hand to follow the basketball track.

That thought, Paul kicked off the ground, swung his wrist vigorously, and rushed to throw the ball.

Because Su Yang was not ready to take off, his movements were slow and did not keep up with the rhythm, so he could only turn his head to observe.

bang bang bang!The basketball hit the hoop and bounced several times in a row, and fell into the net with the cheers of the audience.

"Bravo!" Matt Damon jumped to his feet and pumped his fist, as excited as if he hit that [-]-pointer.

At the transition of offense and defense, Su Yang caught the ball from the bottom line and led it all the way across the center line, his eyes signaled the audience to pull away.

Such an action was clearly intended to continue singles, so Paul quickly bent his knees and straightened his back, preparing to defend alone.

Su Yang swayed forward in small steps, and it seemed that he might break through to the left or to the right.

Paul retreated one after another, always keeping a body distance, ready to take off and block shots at any time.

The two reached the free throw line in a blink of an eye, and the other players were still ready to fight for rebounds, and the space became smaller and smaller.

Su Yang kept walking, but suddenly pulled the ball back, took two big steps back and forth, and stood directly on the three-point line.

Paul only took one step after him, then froze in place, and quickly stepped forward to reach out his hand.

But Su Yang took off with one foot on the ground, raised his hand and scored a three-pointer, and the basketball crashed into the net with a bang.

"Go, go!" Matt Damon gestured to the referee to remind him, but did not get any response.

The Lakers launched a fast break, and Kobe dribbled the ball to the right 45 degrees one-stop, assisting Odom to slip the bottom line and score a dunk.

Before the cheers fell, the Clippers also rushed into the fast break. Su Yang single-handedly entered the paint area, facing Odom, Gasol, and Paul. George hit a long two-pointer from the bottom corner.

"After the timeout, after a few rounds of offense and defense, the point difference between the two teams has not changed." Marvin said, "They may need the last moment to decide the winner, and it may be a lore. What do you two think about this? view?"

"It's hard!" Miller shook his head. "The Clippers have a strong bench, and the Lakers' current lineup is difficult to deal with. If the Lakers want to continue to maintain the point difference or overtake, then Kobe and Paul need to play for a long time."

"I guess the Clippers don't dare to use the second team for too long..." Cole said, "Because Kobe has the kind of abnormal physical strength that plays the whole game, I guess there will be a lot of heads-up matchups that can be determined. Who is the king of L.A. heads-up."

(End of this chapter)