stadium ambition

Chapter 342
In the Staples Center, the game between the Clippers and the Lakers continued.

As predicted, until the end of the first quarter, the two teams did not dare to make large-scale rotations.

After the start of the second quarter, Van Gundy and Phil Jackson turned into Thibodeau, the main player who likes dead grass. They didn't dare to let the second team play for too long. Playing in a hurry, Paul was also beaten three times by Su Yang because of Blake, and returned to the court before his butt was hot, while Kobe was forced to rest.

After halftime, with Kobe playing for 22 minutes, the Lakers were able to draw with the Clippers.

In terms of statistics, the Clippers had only 10 assists in the half, which was far below the season average. The Lakers had only 9 assists in the half, which was lower than before when Paul joined. There are winners and losers.

When the Lakers went to the player channel, they rarely interacted with the audience, and the atmosphere was quite tense.

The Clippers went back to the locker room and did not relax as comfortably as they did against other teams before. They kept discussing the offensive and defensive gains and losses of the halftime in front of the video, but because many rounds were singled out, there was not much room for improvement.

After summarizing everything, Su Yang led the team back to the court early and found that the Lakers were warming up by shooting.

Faced with such a desperate opponent, the Clippers naturally did not dare to be careless, and took the time to warm up.

This situation has caused a lot of discussion. Some fans posted on Twitter that it is much more difficult for Western teams to advance to the finals than the Eastern Conference. It is very likely that the Western teams will fight with injuries, and the Eastern teams will have a great advantage. .

This statement has been reposted a lot, and the west is strong and the east is weak is brought up again, but fans still pay more attention to the game.

Amid wild cheers from the audience, the third quarter started.

According to the traditional style of play, the two teams first searched for opportunities by covering and running, but the result was the same as in the first half.

After three quarters, the Clippers led by only three points, and Su Yang rested in accordance with the rotation requirements.

On the Lakers side, Kobe refused the coaching staff's mandatory rest request and continued to lead the team.

Van Gundy frowned and watched the two rounds, and could only send Su Yang to the field again, and the game entered the final showdown ahead of schedule.

In this way, as George broke through for a layup and caused Walton to foul, the referee whistled to stop the game.

Su Yang gasped for breath, stopped immediately when he heard the whistle, looked up at the large central screen, and found that there were 4 minutes and 59 seconds left before the end of the game, and the Clippers were temporarily behind the Lakers by two points, and the number of fouls dominated Advantage.

The whistle sounded simultaneously, and the announcer announced loudly: Barnes of the Lakers came on the field to replace Walton.

The audience cheered and applauded, free throws followed, and George shook his head and walked to the free throw line.

The cheers suddenly turned into boos. George caught the ball expressionlessly and hit the basket for the first free throw.

Seeing the end of the first free throw, the players of the two teams quickly put up their defensive postures and prepared to deal with the next changes.

The boos sounded again, George slightly adjusted the arc of his shot, and the basketball slammed into the net with a hollow sound.

The two teams tied at 95, and the players on both sides breathed a sigh of relief and briefly lifted the high pressure.

But Paul immediately retreated to the bottom line to catch the ball, and the Clippers retreated quickly, and the atmosphere suddenly returned to a high-pressure state.

The shouts of "Go Lakers" sounded in the arena. Paul slowly dribbled the ball forward and reached the top of the arc in five seconds.

Kobe started running from the short corner on the right bottom corner, with the help of cover all the way to the top of the arc, standing on the right side of Su Yang as a cover.

Tucker followed and rushed to the left. Seeing that Paul started to break through to the left, he hurriedly stepped up to cover.

But at the same time, Odom mentioned 45 degrees to the left, set up a wall to block Tucker, and made a second screen.

George was forced to switch defenses and intercept, facing Paul on the left wing, and facing Paul, he bowed and accelerated his breakthrough.

In a hurry, George twisted his hips sideways, stepped on broken steps and raised his hands, following closely all the way.He was not completely blocked. First, he didn't want to foul, and second, he wanted to guide Paul into the interior, which would make it easier to control the offensive and defensive rhythm of the Lakers.

That thought, Paul stopped suddenly to pull the ball and turned around, retreated to the sideline without hesitation, and was not fooled.

George headed forward to catch up, and the Lakers all ran to the right one after another, leaving a lot of room for maneuver.

The singles situation appeared again. Matt Damon on the sidelines stood up and pumped his fists to cheer, and yelled at George to interfere.

Paul swayed left and right with the ball, suddenly pulled low and swept in front of his body, and suddenly changed hands behind his back to try and step up. The feints were full, but George frequently adjusted his pace to respond, and never messed up his body's center of gravity, allowing the attack time to pass quickly.

With only six seconds left in the blink of an eye, Paul slammed the ball together and took off, flying towards George to make a strong three-pointer.Perhaps in order to avoid blocking, the shooting angle of the basketball is almost vertical, and it flies out entirely by the power of the wrist swing, and the overall flight arc is particularly high.

when!The basketball hit the edge of the basket, and the players of the two teams scrambled into a ball. The basketball was forced to fly 45 degrees to the left.

George was the closest, caught the basketball with a big stride, pushed forward, and directly launched a fast break.

The players of the two teams started to catch up with all their strength. Kobe and Odom pinched George from left to right, and the momentum was quite fierce.

"Look for someone! Find someone!" Van Gundy shouted to remind him, so anxious that a lock of hair on his head stood upright.

George seemed to hear the shout, and immediately stopped, holding the ball in both hands and turning around to observe.

Kobe and Odom decisively withdrew, went straight to the defensive position and stood still, without wasting even a second.

Su Yang stepped forward to get the ball, slammed twice vigorously to control the rhythm, and at the same time observed the Lakers' defensive formation.Unexpectedly, looking at this, he found that the closest player was actually center Gasol, who immediately took off with the ball and rushed to make a long shot.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, and the Clippers regained the lead 97 to 95.

The Lakers generals were stunned, Zen Master and other coaches were stunned, and the audience sighed or shouted with complicated emotions.

Brian Shaw raised his hand, the referee blew his whistle to stop the game, and the Lakers requested a 20-second timeout.

On the commentary table, Marvin smiled and said, "What's the situation, the Lakers' defense didn't pay attention to Su Yang?"

Miller shook his head slightly: "It is estimated that the physical exertion is too serious, which leads to a short-term distraction, or it may be that the rhythm is too fast and there is no time to adjust. After all, Paul George was dribbling the ball in a fast break before, and suddenly Su Yang was holding the ball."

Cole nodded slightly: "The Lakers used a swinging double-screen tactic in the previous offense, forcing Su Yang and CP3 to separate, resulting in the failure to re-align the two when returning to defense, while Paul defended nearby, and the others did not change accordingly. "

"That should be a lack of running-in. This is the first time Paul has joined the Clippers..."

On the field, the short timeout ends.

The game continued, the Lakers kicked off from the bottom line in the backcourt, and Paul took it all the way to the left side of the frontcourt at 45 degrees.

Odom went up to the wall as a screen, Paul moved the ball to the top of the arc, and George switched defenses again to intercept.

The other players of the Lakers covered the running position at the same time, but they didn't make a good chance. Paul simply stopped at the top of the arc.

It was a one-on-one situation, and the excitement of the audience soared, and Matt Damon pulled Ben and punched together to cheer.

I saw Paul make an operation, suddenly lowered his center of gravity and rushed to the right, and rushed to the basket in the blink of an eye.

George failed to react in time, and jumped up in a hurry to try the back cover, and the referee whistled a foul at the same time.

"Black whistle, black whistle!" Baron Davis shouted excitedly in the audience in a suit. George turned his head to look at the referee after landing on the ground, as if he was very puzzled by the call. After all, he had no physical contact at all. How could he foul?

I once thought that the referee didn't blow him, but that Jordan under the basket raised his elbow when he was stuck.

George breathed a sigh of relief, thankfully he didn't let Paul get a free throw, but the Lakers re-attacked.

Paul was very dissatisfied with the result of the penalty, emphasizing that he took off first and should execute the free throw.

The referee ignored it, so Paul had to stand and wait obediently, and then used the cover to go around and get the ball.

With just 14 seconds left on the second shot, Bryant went straight up from the short corner on a screen and caught the ball at the free throw line.

Tucker's defense was quite fierce, but Kobe didn't seem to be affected, and it was a backlash when he pulled it up.

when!The basketball hit the rim, rebounded and hit the board, and flew to the left sideline.

Seeing this situation, Odom stepped forward to grab it, but Su Yang was the closest and got it first.

Odom subconsciously moved to intercept, Su Yang pushed the ball forward, and the other side passed.

Odom froze in place immediately, but Su Yang took the ball again and ran like a hot wheel.

Boos exploded in the arena, Su Yang took the ball to the left wing in two seconds, faced Barnes' defense, made an emergency stop and changed hands behind his back, thinking for half a second, diverted to the top of the arc, paused again, and then Use the cover of Jordan to accelerate the breakthrough.

Gasol hurriedly switched defenses to intercept, Su Yang switched his left hand to his right, easily staggered his position, and went straight to the basket.

Odom quickly shrunk to intercept from the short corner, Gasol took the opportunity to catch up, but Su Yang passed the ball behind his back.

Following up, Jordan took the ball and jumped up, raised his right arm against Gasol, and tried to dunk.

Gasol also raised his right arm to resist, the referee's whistle sounded, and Jordan got two free throw opportunities.

"Wuuu..." Boos broke out in the arena, and the audience was quite unhappy with the result of the penalty.

Su Yang put his hands on his hips, looked up at the big screen, and found that there were 3 minutes and 44 seconds left in the game. He personally scored 36 points and the team scored in double figures. On the Lakers side, Kobe and Paul scored 57 points together. Scored 15 points.

In general, the Clippers have a more balanced distribution of points, and the Lakers have a bit of a Big Three taste.

Amid boos, both free throws were hit, and the Clippers led the Lakers 99-95.

In the transition between offense and defense, Paul dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, used Kobe's cover to transfer, and then used Odom's cover to break through.

Su Yang tried his best to go around the screen to intercept, Odom fell forward without warning, and the referee's whistle sounded at the same time.

Judging from the hand gesture, it was whistled for a charge and foul, but it was obviously Odom's flop, so Su Yang could only spread his hands to show his helplessness.

The Lakers re-kick-off from the sideline, Paul used the cover to catch the ball, and then moved to the top of the arc to observe.

Odom stepped forward as a cover, blocking Su Yang firmly, with his hands still pulling.

Su Yang was unable to catch up for a while, George hurriedly switched defenses and delayed, and then bounced back to defend Odom.

In this way, Su Yang chased Paul, but Odom went up to the wall again to cover.

Su Yang continued to circle the screen subconsciously, and suddenly caught a glimpse of Paul looking up, and Ibaka opened the inside cut at the same time.

In such a situation, most likely he wanted to pass the ball in, Su Yang stopped instinctively and raised his hands to intercept.

Snapped!Paul threw the basketball inside, hit Su Yang's palm, diverted to the right and flew.

George grabbed the basketball and passed it to Su Yang who had already rushed to the center line. The Clippers launched a counterattack.

In two seconds, Su Yang rushed to the top of the frontcourt, teamed up with George and Tucker, and faced Odom, forming a three-on-one situation.He raised his hand and threw the ball to the waist on the right. Tucker caught the ball and rushed to the basket.

George caught the ball and rushed to the basket, but he hesitated a little, and was chased by Kobe and Barnes.

"Go!" Su Yang yelled to remind him, George jumped up on the spot when he heard the sound, and released the basket with a double pinch on his shoulders.

Beep!The referee blew his whistle, called Barnes for a thug foul, and gave George two free throw opportunities.

There were boos again in the arena, and Paul put his hands on his knees and shook his head again and again, as if he blamed himself for the mistake.

Kobe stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, bowed his head and lowered his head to communicate with his ear, his expression seemed less serious.

In the commentary booth, Miller stared at the large central screen: "Actually, strictly speaking, the pass just now cannot be regarded as a CP3 error. few."

"Physical strength was also a factor, which caused him to be a little bit edgy and more obvious," Kerr said.

On the court, George made two free throws and the Clippers led the Lakers 101-95.

The two teams switched offense and defense. Paul played a pick-and-roll with Odom at the top of the arc, but he never got a chance.

After being entangled for a long time, Kobe used the screen to go around and catch the ball, twisted his hips and cut inward, causing a foul by Jordan.

Amidst the cheers, the Lakers kicked off from the sideline to reorganize the offense, and Kobe directly received the ball at 45 degrees on the right.

Tucker chose to defend close to the body, and Kobe stepped forward to grab the space and scored a layup against Jordan.

It was quite difficult and physically exhausting, but it broke the scoring panic and helped the Lakers stabilize the situation.

Changing the Clippers to attack, Su Yang dribbled the ball across the center line, passed it to George on the left wing, and then cut across the three-point line.

The basketball passed to the top of the arc and returned to Su Yang's hands. The other Clippers players shifted to the left to make room.

The singles situation was formed, and boos broke out in the arena, but Gordon quietly used the cover to go around and catch the ball.

Barnes hurried to catch up, but the speed was not enough, Paul could only move laterally to help defend.

Gordon immediately passed the ball back, and Su Yang took the ball and went straight to the basket, causing the three Lakers to shrink and intercept.

And Tucker got a wide open in the left corner, received the pass and took off steadily, facing Kobe's defense and shooting a three-pointer.

when!The basketball bounced off the hoop.

Cheers suddenly sounded. Paul picked up the basketball and turned around and rushed. He reached the free throw line in three seconds.

97比101，湖人追到只差4分，距离比赛结束还剩2分28秒。

At the transition of offense and defense, Su Yang dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, signaled the formation of one high and four low, and then bowed to press the rhythm.

With boos all over the court, there were only 9 seconds left in the attack time, and George stepped up to the top of the arc as a cover.

Su Yang took the opportunity to start a breakthrough, kicked twice and rushed to the right waist. Seeing that Gasol moved laterally to intercept, he immediately distributed the ball to Jordan, who was temporarily unguarded. Throw the ball toward the free throw line.

Because Paul and Odom chased Su Yang at the same time, George got a wide open and raised his hand to make a mid-range shot.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 103 to 97.

The Lakers immediately launched an attack. Paul rushed to the top of the arc with the ball and used Gasol to cover and break through on the right.

Jordan stayed in the paint and waited, the Clippers activated the zone defense, and George moved laterally from the left side.

Paul slammed on the brakes, raised his hand and threw the ball to the left, and there was an open Odom on the sideline.

Who would have thought that Gordon, who failed to catch up with Barnes, took advantage of the opportunity to burst out from the short corner and raised his hand to steal the basketball.

The two teams switched offense and defense in an instant. Gordon took the ball and ran wildly, surpassing Odom by virtue of his speed advantage. exclaimed.

In the chaos, Su Yang ran and jumped to catch the basketball, and made a tip-in in the air.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 105 to 97.

Paul stomped his feet hard, walked to the bottom line to catch the ball, turned and pushed forward, and it took a full seven seconds to cross the center line.

Bryant took the initiative to beckon the ball, and then with the help of Odom's cover, he went to the right and quickly killed to the elbow.

The Clippers started the siege, Kobe jumped up and threw the ball to the left wing, but Barnes was not prepared at all.

The basketball flew out of the sideline, the referee blew his whistle and called for a violation, and the Clippers got the ball from the sideline of the backcourt.

There were sighs at the Staples Center, and Cole curled his lips slightly regretfully: "If there is no miracle, the game will end with the Clippers winning. Kobe and Paul played too many singles, resulting in lack of physical strength and causing many mistakes."

"It's too difficult to beat the Clippers!" Miller sighed, "After the Lakers got Paul, their strength has been greatly improved, but in this game, Odom failed to play at a normal level, resulting in only three main players. .”

On the court, the Clippers were still attacking in a one-high and four-low formation. Su Yang deliberately reduced the attack time to only seven seconds, and then used George to lift up to cover and strode into the paint to attract Gasol to defend. Assisted Jordan to score a dunk.

The Clippers bench cheered, celebrating the 10-point lead, while the Lakers requested a timeout.

After a timeout, only 1 minute and 07 seconds left, the Lakers went all out to attack and grab points, and the Clippers went all out to defend and press the rhythm.

In the end, the Clippers won 109 to 104.

　Sorry, the update is very late these days, mainly to simulate Paul and Kobe playing together, which is quite exhausting.I wanted to pursue rationality and create dramatic conflicts, but I didn't write well, so I'm very sorry.

　　
　
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