stadium ambition

Chapter 383 Feng Shui takes turns

NO.16 Evening, Staples Center.

The second game between the Clippers and the Lakers started as scheduled, with a total of more than 9000 spectators queuing up two hours in advance to enter the arena. Hundreds of security personnel were responsible for maintaining order on the scene, but fans of the two teams continued to have various minor frictions .

After all the audience with tickets entered the venue, the venue organizer Anschutz Group moved out a super large LCD screen TV and set it up outside the venue to satisfy those audiences who could not buy tickets, and also updated Twitter discussions simultaneously.

In this way, the match between the two teams started amidst the high expectations, and TNT also assumed a live broadcast commentary station outside the court.

O'Neal once again joined Ernie's trio as a special guest for discussion. Their first topic was how to view Kobe's previous public promises. By the way, compare Su Yang's previous promises to see who said more do it.

O'Neill said that was Kobe's words, and it was his self-urge to fight with all his strength. It doesn't matter if he can't achieve it. Everyone has times when they can't keep their promises, but he believes that Kobe can do it. After all, he only lost one game in the last game. little bit.

Barkley said that betting and making promises are high-risk investments. If they can be done, the momentum will increase, but if they can’t, it will be an avalanche. In fact, Kobe doesn’t need to do that. After all, the game is the result of the joint action of ten players.

Kenny felt that it didn't matter. He thought that Kobe's promise to win the game was nothing more than a media conference at the beginning of each season. When a player was asked what his goal for the new season was on that occasion, he would naturally say that the goal was the championship. As for whether it can be achieved in the end, that is another matter, as long as you give your best in the process, that sentence should be regarded as a goal.

While the Ernie quartet was discussing, the national anthem was being played at the Staples Center.

In order to pursue a big scene, Clippers owner Sterling specially spent money to invite a famous choir and equipped an orchestra to perform on the spot. As a result, after the performance, the staff took a lot of time to move the instruments, which made the game slightly delayed.

Taking advantage of the delay of the game, Van Gundy seized the time to pull the Clippers and emphasized the defensive strategy: no double-teaming in the first three quarters, but use the wingspan and footwork to interfere with the Lakers as much as possible, and at the same time actively return to defense, giving up many offensive rebounds .

The advantage of such a strategy is that it can prevent the Lakers from looking for opportunities to play the 11-0 attack wave on the field, and it can also control the rhythm of the game, strive to expand the lead or narrow the point difference in the second team confrontation stage, and finally focus on flanking.

But such a strategy also has a downside, that is, if Kobe feels hot, he hits a lot of shots.

However, weighing the pros and cons, it is more important for the second team to gain an advantage, and it is acceptable for Kobe to score more.

After emphasizing, the staff also cleaned up the venue, followed by the sound of the whistle.

Su Yang led the team to the stage, and happened to catch a glimpse of Snoop Dogg, a diehard Lakers fan, who actually came to watch the game wearing gangster logo costumes. He also threatened the Clippers players with various eyes and made gangster gestures, as if he wanted to give some mental oppression .

Although he knew that the other party was pretending, Su Yang ran to Snoop Dogg and performed a disco dance.

The atmosphere of the scene was instantly distracted by him. The fans of the two teams cheered, shouted and cursed, and they were extremely excited.

At the start of the game, the Lakers won the jump ball and directly hit a Chin Spain, but it was a pity that Barnes made a shot.

George grabbed the rebound and quickly made a cross pass with Gordon in the frontcourt, but failed to make a shot.

Turning around, Gasol failed to hit the back with the ball in the waist, but Artest grabbed the offensive rebound. After Gasol received the ball, he immediately passed it to Kobe who ran out of the space, successfully blocking the pursuit of Gordon, and Kobe took the ball and rushed Basket, steady layup.

Su Yang immediately commanded the whole team to play tactics around Randolph, patiently prepared for more than ten seconds, and pulled out a large open space.

Randolph lived up to expectations and made a hit, but the Lakers changed sides to attack, and the Clippers strictly defended for 20 seconds. As a result, in the 21st second, Kobe escaped with the help of Paul's cover, and was also scored a three-pointer, which directly increased the Lakers' momentum significantly.

The two teams switched offense and defense, and the Lakers also put up a strong defense. Kobe even defended Su Yang himself, and showed the attitude of competing for the starting lineup in the team when he was a rookie. The two sides struggled for a long time. Su Yang reluctantly passed the ball to George. .

It's a pity that George made a good shot, Kobe grabbed a rebound, rushed all the way down to the front three-point line, and pulled up without hesitation.

The basketball hit the basket and hit the iron, but Gasol followed up and grabbed an offensive rebound. After observing for a while, he hit the ground again and passed back.

Kobe caught the ball forcefully, jumped up against Jordan at the waist, and hit the shot arrogantly.

Changing the Clippers' offense, it still aimed at the Lakers' defensive weakness, allowing Randolph to pass through the height singles in the low post, and Artest tried to interfere with the front, but Su Yang chose to hang the pass backwards, and Randolph caught the ball and went to the bottom line to make a layup. .

For such a result, the Lakers did not feel worried at all, but immediately launched a fast break.

Gasol and Paul cooperated hand-in-hand, but Gasol feinted, taking advantage of the delay of Randolph's attack, stopped giving the ball and started to rush to the basket. Score with a hand split dunk.

Immediately afterwards, in the next round, Gasol grabbed a defensive rebound and passed it to Kobe to start a fast break.

As a result, Kobe hit the iron with a three-pointer, and the Lakers failed to push the momentum higher. It seemed that the screen suddenly got stuck while watching the film.

But even so, Gasol's wonderful performance of 4 points, 3 rebounds and 2 assists in the opening game also made Lakers fans cheer.

The commentator Kenny believes that it is because of Phil Jackson's adjustment of his style of play, which has greatly increased the proportion of Gasol's tactics.

O'Neal thought it was because Kobe took the initiative to reduce the time he held the ball, and he should have played like that before.

Unexpectedly, the game entered the mutual strike stage in a blink of an eye.

The two teams played for more than one minute and had a total of eight offensive rounds, with zero points.

It wasn't until Su Yang broke through and was double-teamed and gave the ball to George to slip to the bottom line that the Clippers broke the scoring shortage first.

The Lakers failed to respond, the Clippers took the opportunity to narrow the point difference to 1 point, and Gasol seemed to be cooling off.

Just like that, the scoring efficiency of the two teams has always remained below the average line. With about 2 minutes left in the first quarter, the Clippers led 21 to 19. Van Gundy requested a timeout to start arranging the second team, and Phil Jackson followed suit.

After the first quarter of the game, the Clippers led the Lakers 25 to 23, which was very different from the first game.

For such a result, the four commentators had different opinions, and they only agreed that Su Yang's performance was not impressive enough.

The second quarter kicked off quickly, but I didn't expect that the second team, which had given the Clippers high hopes, was severely beaten by the Lakers' second team. The defensive end could not limit the Lakers, allowing Odom and Shannon Brown to make 9 of 5 shots.

The Clippers' lead was gone in the blink of an eye, and Van Gundy could only arrange for Jordan and Randolph to start in advance.Su Yang waited until there were more than seven minutes left in the second quarter before appearing on the court, but encountered the Lakers' double-teaming, so he could only help the Clippers by passing the ball.

The embarrassing thing is that Gordon's shooting rate was abnormal. The four made 14 of 5 shots and three turnovers.

Fortunately, Bryant did not play strong, halftime, the Clippers trailed 44 points 53 to 9.

Back in the locker room, Van Gundy first pointed out that the shooting was not firm enough, and asked that no matter what the situation in the second half, as long as there was an open shot, he must shoot firmly, otherwise the Lakers would be more unscrupulous about Su Yang's double-teaming.

Gordon took the lead in agreeing, and Van Gundy pointed out that the team's rebounds were blown up, and they lost 9 to the Lakers in the half. Although they emphasized giving up some offensive rebounds before the game, their defensive rebounds were relatively poor, and the Lakers actually grabbed 5. .

The other is that foul control is not good enough, especially when defending Kobe, try not to foul without the ball.

While the Clippers team was discussing, Twitter and other social media also sparked heated discussions.

Su Yang's performance of 10 points and 5 assists in the halftime became the focus of fire. Those who had been raving about Kobe before turned to criticizing him. In just 5 minutes, he rushed to the top of the hot chat list. The major media questioned whether he could Lead the team to reverse.

At the same time, Su Yang's theory of fear of double-teaming has revived again, and many fans suggested that the Lakers coaching staff stick to it.

The major casinos in Las Vegas also bet on "whether Su Yang can score 35 points" as a bet. The odds of betting on "no" are as high as nearly 10 times, and it only takes 3 minutes to attract thousands of people to participate. , It was also posted and discussed on the basketball forum.

The intermission ended in a blink of an eye, and the game between the two teams continued. The Clippers were the first to attack.

Who would have thought that Barnes steals Su Yang spiritually, and scores two points with a fast break dunk, directly detonating the audience.

Turning his head, Gordon was intercepted by Kobe again, which indirectly caused Randolph to block the foul while defending.

Despite a foul and a turnover, the Clippers couldn't stop Gasol from scoring at the rim.

To make matters worse, when the Clippers changed sides to attack, Kobe stole Gordon again and quickly made a three-pointer.

In this way, the Lakers started the second half with a 7-0 offensive, extending their lead to 16 points.

Van Gundy decisively asked for a timeout, but did not criticize any players. He only reminded that the Lakers are more determined and more daring. If they want to keep their home court advantage, they must show the same attitude, otherwise the game will enter garbage time early.

With a reminder, the Clippers will return to the court, but the first tactical move still failed to complete.

Fortunately, Jordan was desperate and grabbed two offensive rebounds in a row, which eventually caused Gasol to foul.

Unfortunately, that foul was just an ordinary foul and no free throws were given.

The Clippers organized a second attack, and there were only 5 seconds left. Su Yang quickly formulated a countermeasure, commanded the whole team to play a FLAT tactic, and directly stood on the baseline and sent the ball to Randolph, who was cutting to the basket with the help of a screen, to help the latter play a FLAT tactic. Into 2+1.

Then, he used the screen to break through and assisted Jordan to score a dunk.

Then, he avenged his revenge by forcibly stealing Barnes and assisting George to score a layup.

Then, he received a long pass from the center line, and Gordon, who assisted quickly, hit a three-pointer, leading the team to a 12-2 attack wave.

Seeing that his momentum was too fierce, Kobe stood up and responded. First, he made a mid-range shot and then stole Gordon.

The two teams entered into a hand-to-hand defensive battle. After a full minute and a half, they also failed to score a point.

The commentator Kenny said with a smile that the performance of the two teams is the evidence of the recording and broadcasting of NBA games. This time they got the same script in the first and second half. Biao orgasm.

I thought, with Su Yang assisting Randolph to make a hit, the game really entered the rhythm of scoring against Biao.

On the Lakers side, Kobe received an assist from Paul and scored a mid-range shot, a one-on-one breakthrough and an emergency stop and hit a two-pointer. 7 of 4 shots, the efficiency exploded.

On the Clippers side, Su Yang assisted George to hit a three-pointer, assisted Jordan to score an alley-oop dunk, grabbed an offensive rebound, intercepted Paul's pass from behind, and made a three-pointer with double-team action. ,omnipotent.

In this way, after the third quarter, the Clippers caught up to 71 to 78, retaining hope of reversal.

Van Gundy once again dispatched a second team with high expectations, and this time, Foye teamed up with Tucker to lock the Lakers' backcourt through athletic ability. O'Neal and Tracy McGrady, with their rich experience, greatly delayed the Lakers' forward attack.

After a wave of 10-4 attacks, the Clippers narrowed the point difference to 1 point, and the Lakers quickly requested a timeout.

But Kobe did not appear on the court after the timeout ended, and the Clippers did not send Su Yang. The two teams waited for the decisive battle tacitly.

Su Yang taught George some experience of double-teaming Kobe off the court, that is, when he has no choice, give Kobe more opportunities to break through and attack the basket, so that even if Kobe finally completes the layup, it will consume a lot of energy and will not lose. too much.

During the discussion between the two, there were more than six points left in the game, and Van Gundy received an order to play at the same time.

On the Lakers side, Kobe and Paul also appeared on the stage, and the two teams entered the final decisive battle.

Su Yang sent an assist first, and Gasol immediately assisted Kobe to score in response.

Immediately afterwards, Randolph and Odom took turns singled out each other, and the two teams took the lead alternately.

In this way, the game reached the last 1 minute and 20 seconds, and the Clippers fell behind the Lakers 89 to 92.

Jordan immediately sent a block, Su Yang grabbed the rebound and went off quickly, assisting George to sneak from the bottom line and make a sneak attack.

Kobe immediately responded with a mid-range shot, but Randolph also made a strong mid-range shot from the free throw line to bite the point difference.

Just when the audience thought they were about to see a timeout, Kobe made another ultra-low-level dribble error. Gordon completed a steal on him again. Van Gundy immediately asked for a timeout to arrange tactics, and many Lakers fans collapsed.

Twitter and other social media criticized Kobe like a storm, and quickly accumulated more than [-] posts.

When the timeout came back, the Clippers executed tactics around Randolph, and Su Yang assisted him to successfully catch the basketball.

Odom fouled in a hurry, but Randolph stood on the free throw line with boos and made consecutive hits to help the Clippers go ahead by 1 point.

The Lakers followed up with a request for a timeout. After returning, they arranged tactics around Gasol, and Su Yang fouled and destroyed in advance.

With only three seconds left for the Lakers, Phil Jackson rearranged his tactics and continued to play around Gasol.

But Su Yang saw through the tactical intention first, did not chase Paul, and suddenly retreated and stole Gasol.

With only 2.8 seconds left, Gasol could only make a foul to stop it. Su Yang stood on the free throw line despite boos and MVP chants.

But he never expected that the free throw that he is usually best at, the first free throw actually hit the iron.

Whether the second free throw needs to be intentionally missed has become a tangled issue. He pondered for a long time and chose to hit it steadily.

The Lakers hurriedly requested a timeout, then continued to use the previous tactical formation and sent four shooters.

After the referee whistled, the Lakers moved in various positions, but the basketball was passed to Gasol, and Su Yang was responsible for the misplaced defense.

But he made a mistake in his position selection, and in a rush to defend, Gasol scored 2 points and fouled.

Despite all reluctance, he could only watch Gasol hit a free throw to help the Lakers beat the Clippers.

The moment the whistle sounded at the end of the game, countless basketball fans began to criticize Su Yang on a large scale on social media such as Twitter. No respect for the fans.

(End of this chapter)