basketball kingdom

Chapter 97
Facing an empty frontcourt, Nick Young jumped up with both hands and smashed the ball violently into the basket.

Skiles scratched the hairline that almost moved to the middle of his head, and after the player sent the ball, he actively requested a timeout.

95-92, the Lakers lead by 3 points!
The Lakers' offensive and defensive tactics worked very well. They didn't make any adjustments. They just replaced Nance Jr. at the power forward position and used Louis Williams to play in the final stage.

Holding the tactical board, Skiles first drew the running routes of the defenders and strikers, and finally arranged tactics for Vucevic, "Nicolas, Roy (Hibert) moves slowly, and it is difficult to defend. You have to go to the line to cover more, if he doesn't follow you, you can use the middle distance to finish the attack, there is no need to decide the winner in the penalty area."

Vucevic has a good level of mid-range shooting and nodded to accept the coach's arrangement.

The Magic also made substitution adjustments, Elfrid Payton replaced CJ Watson, and competed with the Lakers with a younger lineup.

Tobias Harris served from the bottom line to Elfrid Payton, and he dribbled the ball across the half court to organize the team's offense at the top of the arc.

Payton is a player with good physical talent, but his shooting ability can only be described as a disaster, his organizational ability is not outstanding enough, and he is less of an offensive threat than CJ Watson.

Oladipo used Harris' cover to come outside the three-point line, received a pass from Payton, and called Vucevic inside to pick and roll at the top of the arc.

Hibbert followed Vucevic vigilantly and started defending from the outside.

The center has always been the tallest player on the basketball court, and it is the ideal position to execute pick-and-roll tactics, and the quality of the screen can also reflect the center's level from the side.Although the quality of Vucevic's screen is not top-notch, it still blocks Clarkson firmly.

Oladipo saw Hibbert outside the free throw line, rushed into the penalty area, and dunked with one hand to end the offensive round.

95-94, time 1 minute 26 seconds.

Director Zhang was explaining in the Tencent live broadcast room. Seeing Hibbert's defense, he sighed and said: "Hibbert's defensive choice this time is unreasonable. He moves very slowly. In addition, the Lakers are now only big. Going to the perimeter to defend is tantamount to allowing a small breakthrough on the opposite side. If the Lakers continue to play like this, it’s hard to say who will win and who will lose.”

Duan Ran is today's host, and following Director Zhang's words, he said: "Hibert's choice this time is indeed a bit problematic, but as long as the offense can score, the Lakers have a great chance of winning."

Director Zhang was silent for a moment before responding to Duan Ran's words.At the same time, Xu Tian had already dribbled into the inside.

Vucevic, Harris and Hezonia surrounded Xu Tian, ​​leaving two of the Lakers' three perimeter players free. Xu Tian passed the ball behind the arc to Louis Williams at the top of the arc.

Louis Williams is 185 cm tall and has a thin body. The defensive end is basically equal to a colander. The ability to win the NBA's best sixth man award depends more on his scoring ability.In comparison, his offensive grasp is higher than Nick Young and Clarkson.

Oladipo was wary of Louis Williams. The moment he saw Xu Tian's passing route, he had already started to move, and quickly jumped to interfere with Louis Williams' shot.

Xu Tian and Hibbert are stuck with the opponent's two inside players, preparing to compete for possible defensive rebounds to ensure that the team has the final chance to win.

Louis Williams's shot is unreasonable, and the goal is even more unreasonable.

THREE POINTS!
98-94, time 1 minute 09 seconds.

Payton received the serve and quickly pushed across the half court, organized an offense before Hibbert had time to retreat, and passed the ball to Vucevic who ran faster to the frontcourt.

Vucevic saw Harris and Oladipo under the basket, did not adjust outside the three-point line, and shot directly.

With a wonderful spin, the basketball passed the net gracefully.

ANSWER BALL!

98-97, 1 minutes and 01 seconds.

Xu Tian slowly dribbled forward to ensure that Hibbert, who was weak in mobility, could land in a good position before attacking the Magic with the most complete formation.

Hibbert first stopped at the top of the arc, crossed his hands in front of his body, and firmly blocked Harris with a pick-and-roll with a little moving screen, creating a good breakthrough space for Xu Tian.

Xu Tian made sure that the referee didn't blow the whistle, dribbled the ball and broke behind Harris. With his left hand, he got rid of Elfrid Payton who was defending, and continued to move towards the inside.

As the saying goes, capture the thief first and capture the king first.Vucevic understood that Xu Tian was the king of the Lakers, so he lowered his center of gravity and followed up to defend.

Xu Tian dribbled the ball deftly, slowed down the breakthrough speed to attract the Magic's defense, and took advantage of the situation to find open teammates.

After the pick-and-roll, Hibbert slid down. Although he was not sure if Xu Tian could see it, he pointed his right hand to the sky and asked for an alley-oop pass.

Vucevic noticed Hibbert's movement, and decisively let go of Xu Tian for half a step, blocking Hibbert's advancing route.

Xu Tian naturally saw Hibbert's request for the ball, but taking advantage of Vucevic's defensive gap, he lightly flicked the fingers of his left hand and pushed the basketball out.

High toss, steady into the net.

100-97, time 43 seconds!
Skiles folded his arms over his chest, watching the Magic's offense nervously.He had only one last short timeout left in his hand and wanted to wait until the play was over before calling.

Oladipo received a pass from Payton at the top of the arc, dribbled the ball and continued to play pick-and-roll cooperation with Vucevic, trying to use Hibbert's defensive weakness to attack.

Xu Tian predicted the Magic's offensive tactics, gave up the defense against Payton in advance, and came to Oladipo to delay.

Oladipo's basic dribbling skills are not bad, but under Xu Tian's strict marking, he still made a mistake. The basketball hit his foot and rolled out.

Xu Tian picked up the basketball with his left hand, dribbled the ball behind his back to avoid Oladipo's counter-grab, and prepared to push a fast break counterattack.

Seeing that he couldn't get the ball back, Oladipo reacted quickly and fouled Xu Tianxia, ​​which stopped the game.

Xu Tian made two free throws!

102-97, 30 seconds left.

Skiles called a 20-second timeout, arranged a quick three-pointer strategy, and then continued the game.

Elfrid Payton served from the sideline of the front court and passed the ball to Oladipo who came out of the right pocket, and he executed the quick three-point tactics arranged by the coach.

Oladipo didn't make any adjustments, and took a confident three-pointer from outside the three-point line, trying to save the team from the fire.

The basketball marched halfway and was ruthlessly stopped by an unexpected defender.

Nick Young ran to Oladipo's side early, blocked his desperate three-pointer with his left hand, and made great contributions to the team.

Clarkson fell to the ground and scrambled, successfully getting the ball from Nick Young, forcing the Magic to foul.

Clarkson stepped to the free throw line and made one of two free throws.

103-97, time 27.6 seconds!
There was no timeout for the Magic, and the serve from the backcourt quickly advanced to the frontcourt, and Oladipo made a three-pointer again.

clang!
The hopes of the Magic were shattered, and the basketball fell into Xu Tian's hands.Xu Tian got the rebound and dribbled the ball slowly across the half court, spending the last 22 seconds.

The final score, the Lakers 103-97 Magic.

(End of this chapter)