stadium ambition

Chapter 380 Paul's Left Hand

After the first quarter, the Clippers led 32-19.

Van Gundy arranged for Su Yang to rest, and Phil Jackson also arranged for Kobe to stay on the court to watch the game.

After a brief intermission, the game continued, and the two teams used the second team to face off.

I once thought that Brown broke out suddenly, hit two consecutive three-pointers on the offensive end, grabbed two rebounds on the defensive end, and just relied on his own strength to carry the banner of the Lakers' offense and defense. In one and a half minutes, he led the team to an 8-0 victory. offensive.

The Clippers tried their best to break the scoring shortage in the face of the Lakers' shrinking defense and quick replacement, but Russell Barrett was not good at breaking through. McGrady wanted to break through but couldn't break through the encirclement. cast.

Fortunately, the Clippers made timely adjustments, using local three defenses and two defenses to restrict Brown's performance, and successfully reduced the Lakers' scoring efficiency.

In this way, in three and a half minutes, the Clippers were beaten 11-0, with only 2 points left in the lead.

The hearts of the Lakers fans hanging in the air suddenly fell, and they even began to clamor that the Clippers were nothing more than that, and it was nothing to be behind.

Van Gundy was forced to request a timeout, but he only arranged for Jordan Randolph Jr.'s two main players to appear.

Su Yang continued to rest off the court, occasionally explaining the Lakers' tactics selection tendency to George.

"In the attack just now, Paul found that our large team retreated to the right side, so he rushed to the left with the ball and played a waist match with Odom very directly. It was difficult for our other players to make timely help defenses. Lose two points in the blink of an eye."

George Hanhan nodded: "I'm working hard on this reading of defense, but I still can't understand why they can play an 11-0 offensive climax, it's like a third-rate bad movie, and forcefully balance the results of the two team battles .”

"It does seem a little incomprehensible, but the fact is that, their defenders suddenly hit two three-pointers in a row, laying the foundation for that wave of offensive climax, which is an emergency. We defended hard, but there was no way..."

Su Yang shrugged slightly, "It's like we hit three-pointers in a row before, so leading by 20 points is nothing."

George nodded in agreement, and while the two were chatting casually, Tucker hit a short corner mid-range shot.

The Clippers led 38-36, the Lakers requested a timeout, and there were 5 minutes and 56 seconds left at the end of the second quarter.

In the commentary seat, O'Neal looked relaxed: "Let me tell you, the Lakers are an extremely tough team. As long as my brother Kobe leads the team, even if the Pacific Ocean is dry, it can be filled with water. Los Angeles will always belong to the Lakers."

"In fact, the Lakers were able to reduce the score through the attack wave and stabilize the situation after the Clippers paused and adjusted. It was purely luck, and the price was that Kobe played nearly 2 minutes more than Su Yang..."

"It could have a more profound impact, especially towards the end of the half," Barkley said.

"I think Su Yang's rest time is too long..." Kenny said, "He should have appeared on the field with Kobe's team logo 2 minutes ago. Now it is estimated that his buttocks are cold, and it may also affect the fiery touch before. The risk is slightly greater .”

Inside, the timeout ends.

Su Yang and other main players reappeared, and the Lakers also arranged for Paul to play. The two teams basically returned to the starting matchup.

As the referee whistled, the Lakers fans cheered in unison, and the Clippers fans shouted in unison for defense.

Kobe caught the ball from the bottom line in the backcourt, took it all the way to the right wing of the frontcourt, and took advantage of the opportunity to sit back and hit Gordon.

I thought it would be footwork teaching, but Kobe just hit it, and immediately stepped forward and turned around, leaning back with one foot to make a mid-range shot.

The basketball crashed into the net, and the Lakers chased 38 to 38. Nicholson and others stood up and applauded excitedly.

The Clippers immediately launched an attack. Su Yang dribbled the ball to the 45-degree three-point line on the right. to transfer.

For a while, Gasol didn't dare to let him go, and Jordan took the opportunity to cut to the basket again, and Paul was forced to run in.

The dislocation duel was thus formed. Su Yang changed hands and swayed under his crotch, and suddenly moved half a step in parallel, making a one-step movement to rush to shoot.

The basketball slammed, and Odom jumped high to catch the rebound and walked straight to the right wing of the frontcourt.

Paul mentioned that he took the ball at 45 degrees, turned around randomly, and signaled to launch tactics around the right waist.

But just as the Clippers shifted their defensive focus, he turned around again, raised his hand and threw the ball to the top of the arc.

Kobe received the ball, stepped up and stepped up, jumped up to face Gordon, and threw a fadeaway three-pointer with great confidence.

The basketball slammed into the board and rebounded, and flew to the free throw line at an extremely fast speed, and the players of the two teams scrambled into a ball in an instant.

The whistle blew, and the referee whistled George for a rebounding foul and gave the Lakers the right to the ball in the frontcourt.

George was quite puzzled by this, and chased the referee for an explanation, but did not get any reply.

Su Yang watched with his hips on the side, surprised at Kobe's style of play, how he made two consecutive shots so crisply.

Is it intentional to change the style of play?
Before he could think about it, the referee finished setting up, and Kobe stood outside the bounds to get the ball and wait.

The whistle blew again, Paul went up to catch the ball at the top of the arc, turned around and threw it to Odom, who also went up to the right 45 degrees.At the same time, Bryant ran into the field and blocked Jordan with a wall on the left waist, and Gasol took the opportunity to run across the paint to the right.

The human ball moved at the same time, and Gasol took the ball on the right waist in a blink of an eye, and took advantage of the opportunity to sit back and hit Jordan.

But he exerted his strength twice in a row, but he couldn't squeeze Jordan, so he could only bite the bullet and turn over and shoot a jumper.

The basketball smashed the basket and hit the iron, the Clippers protected the rebound, and the Lakers fans immediately booed and interfered.

Su Yang received the ball and moved forward, while observing the direction of the Lakers players. Seeing that the Lakers players were piling up on the road, and seemed to continue the previous defensive strategy, he beckoned to make a 45-degree three-point line cover, and was going to break up the formation first.

Seeing his gesture, George went up to the wall to block it, then turned and ran to the left corner.

At the same time, Gordon circled out from the short corner on the right with the help of a screen and got a better chance to catch the ball.

Su Yang immediately raised his hand to pass the ball, and Randolph immediately moved up to the 45-degree three-point line on the right, setting up a wall to block Kobe.

Odom was forced to follow, and the Lakers' defensive formation instantly changed to positions around the four corners of the paint area, with a large gap in the middle.

Gordon took advantage of the opportunity to dribble the ball to the right corner, suddenly stopped and jumped, and made a long pass towards the right corner.

The basketball fell directly into George's hands, and Barnes hurriedly started back from the paint, but the distance was too far.

Boom!George made a steady three-pointer from wide open, and the Clippers led 41 to 38.

"The Lakers' reaction is always half a beat..." O'Neal shook his head slightly dissatisfied, "They used to defend in the center and successfully restricted the Clippers' second team from long horizontal passes, but now they are facing the Clippers' first team... "

Before the words fell, Kobe used the cover to break through from the right, faced Randolph to make up the defense, and fell back to strike the iron.

But Gasol grabbed the offensive rebound, slammed it high, and put the ball lightly into the basket.

"Why did Kobe suddenly adjust his style of play?" Barkley asked, "He seems to be chasing the ball and making quick shots. He has done three consecutive shots. It took less than 8 seconds from the ball to the shot, faster than the Suns running and blasting the storm. I am very curious. "

On the court, Su Yang was on the left 45-degree three-point line, using Randolph's cover to break through the sideline.

Seeing that the Lakers started to pinch, he hit the ball to Randolph who ran out of space.

Odom returned to the defense in a hurry, and Randolph swayed past the basket with a raised hand, and dribbled the ball straight to the basket.

Already ready to defend against Gasol, he immediately rushed up with big hips and stretched his hands directly to the basketball.

Just at this time, Randolph was about to take off, the basketball happened to be in his arms, and the rhythm was suddenly disturbed.

In a hurry, he instinctively raised his hand to make a foul, but Gasol withdrew his hand like lightning, allowing him to create an air. The screen pushes the ball out.

when!The basketball slammed into iron, Gasol grabbed the rebound, turned around and threw it to Kobe on the sideline.

Amidst the cheers, Kobe took the ball to the right wing of the frontcourt, changed hands directly under the crotch, and then changed direction before touching the body.

It's a pity that Gordon didn't hesitate, Kobe hesitated for a moment, and chose to throw the ball to the top of the arc.

Odom held the ball high and immediately went straight to the direction of Gasol in the paint, but the action was too obvious.

Little Jordan stepped forward, raised his left hand and aimed at the basketball, roaring and slapping the basketball like a mosquito.

Snapped!The basketball was forced to fly to the left wing.

Su Yang reached out to grab the ball, turned around and ran forward, rushing to the front court free throw line in three seconds.

Kobe moved laterally to intercept, directly bowed around the back, and grabbed the basketball with his right hand like lightning.

Su Yang had expected it a long time ago, he jumped with the ball almost at the same time, aiming at the basket was a horseback throw.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 43 to 40.

"OH, NO! I GOT FOUL!" Kobe shouted loudly, holding his head in his hands to express his shock.

Su Yang landed on the ground and turned around. Seeing such a scene, he was stunned and didn't realize what was going on.

Looking up at the big screen again, it turned out that Kobe had a hidden side action with his left hand, and he should call a foul in advance.

But the referee didn't blow the whistle at the time, so the goal would be counted as a point, so Kobe was so angry. After all, an unsuccessful steal is a tactical foul.

The referee ignored it, and the Lakers had to accept the reality. Paul caught the ball and slowly moved forward.

Kobe took the ball one step ahead of the center line, turned around and passed to the left wing, and Odom immediately faced the left corner after receiving the ball.Paul just arrived at the bottom corner, reached out to catch the return pass, immediately bent down and hit the ground to split Gasol, and started running along the baseline to the right.

Omdo cut into the inside simultaneously, crossed the free throw line and ran to the right, virtually blocking Gordon's sight.

The right waist was left empty in a blink of an eye, but Gasol did not hit back hard, but threw the ball to the top of the arc.

Kobe raised his hand to catch the ball, crossed and strode across the trend, and before he broke through, Gordon took another big step to the free throw line, then kicked the ball together and jumped off the ground, ignoring the encirclement of the three Clippers, facing Randolph to make up the defense , jumped high and smashed the ball vigorously.

Boom!The basketball exploded into the net, and Kobe dunked Randolph.

Cheers resounded in the Staples Center instantly, and all the members of the Lakers bench jumped up to celebrate. Even Phil Jackson, who seemed to have been squinting his eyes before, slightly raised the corners of his mouth, showing a flash of a smug smile.

In the transition between offense and defense, Su Yang ran across the center line with the ball, and asked Randolph if he wanted to play a response ball.

After all, he was dunked from the front, which was a little embarrassing, so he had to do something to regain his position and improve morale by the way.

Perhaps because he didn't care about those nonsense for a long time, Randolph shook his head slightly, signaling to play according to the normal rhythm.

Su Yang immediately turned to the right, and his eyes signaled Gordon to come up to cover, ready to forcibly face Kobe.

As a veteran, it doesn't matter if Randolph is indifferent, but he wants to give some response and kill Kobe and even the Lakers in advance.

Gordon reached the 45-degree three-point line on the right in the blink of an eye, and Su Yang took the opportunity to get rid of Paul and break through from the sideline.

As expected, Kobe chose to switch defenses strongly, and between the short corner and the elbow area, he took a long stride and stood still.

Su Yang swayed his shoulders, followed by a hesitant step, and swayed backwards, trying to join the ball to shoot for two points, but seeing Kobe stepping forward slightly, he immediately crossed the ball vigorously, and at the same time stepped up with his right foot to get stuck. Stick to Kobe Bryant.

In the blink of an eye, Kobe instinctively twisted his hips to intercept, and hit Su Yang with his shoulder.

Su Yang raised his hand to pick the basket at the same time, and the referee blew his whistle immediately, calling for Kobe to block the foul.

when!The basketball hits the hoop, bounces and jumps, and falls into the net.

The referee raised his hand to indicate that the two points are valid, and an additional free throw opportunity was added.

The Lakers fans shouted wildly to express their dissatisfaction, but Kobe didn't say anything, and went straight to stand outside the three-point line.

Su Yang and his teammates high-fived, and quickly stood on the free-throw line. MVP cheers gradually resounded throughout the audience.

There were occasional small-scale boos, but they were quickly submerged. The momentum that the Lakers had just established collapsed.

bass!Adding a penalty to enter the net, the Clippers lead 45 to 42.

Offensive and defensive transition, Odom catches the ball and advances, takes it all the way across the center line, and goes straight to the left wing.

Kobe caught the ball and put it on his waist, watched for a moment, and rushed to the top of the arc with the help of a screen.

Paul took the ball at 45 degrees on the right side, pretended to pass the ball to Gasol on the right side, but suddenly passed the ball back to the top of the arc.

Kobe took the ball and bowed in a three-threat position, tried it out, and then stepped down the ball and forced it to the left.

Gordon retreated again and again, and Jordan and the others also shrank to the basket, but Kobe suddenly stopped and took off, throwing two points.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, 45 to 44.

At the transition of offense and defense, Su Yang dribbled the ball and ran across the center line. Seeing that the left side was relatively empty, he raised his hand to signal to run there.

Gordon kicked off immediately, and with the help of Jordan Jr. and Randolph in succession, he walked the bottom line and circled to the left wing.

Seeing this, Su Yang gave the ball, Gordon caught the ball and turned around, hit the ground and passed it to the left waist, Randolph caught the ball and charged back.

To Su Yang's surprise, Paul directly shrunk to the left waist, teamed up with Odom, and unscrupulously started double-teaming. It seemed that he was not afraid of Randolph passing the ball, allowing him to get a wide open three-pointer Opportunity.

If you have to find the reason, it can only be that Paul is confident that he can return to the defense, or that Barnes can make up the defense.

Thinking of this, Su Yang turned and ran to the right, making off-ball screens with George.

Barnes started to catch up with George, virtually blocking Paul's return route, and Su Yang immediately shouted to pass the ball.

Randolph raised his hand and threw it violently. Su Yang caught the ball and took off directly, easily shooting a wide open three-pointer.

Boom!The basketball crashed into the net, 48 to 44.

In the transition between offense and defense, Paul ran the ball across the center line and cooperated with Kobe on the right wing.

Gordon made a slight delay in the rush, and Su Yang bypassed the screen to intercept, but Paul suddenly dropped his shoulders and started to charge.

It was almost starting on the sideline, and the risk of going out of bounds was very high, and Gordon never expected that to happen.

For a while, Su Yang didn't have time to intercept him, so he could only let Gordon twist his hips to catch up, and he was thrown away in the blink of an eye.

Randolph hurriedly moved laterally from the left side to cover the defense, and Paul took off with the ball without fear, and directly hit the basket with his left hand.

48 to 46, the Lakers clinging to the score, the Lakers fans cheered excitedly.

Su Yang raised his head to look at the big screen, feeling in his heart: "To see Paul's left hand ending, he is fighting hard..."

(End of this chapter)