I'm not a basketball bully

Chapter 501

Both sides are under great pressure from the outside, and at the same time, the inside is not to be outdone.

It wasn't until the last minute of the first quarter that the head coaches of both teams replaced the starters and let the substitutes come on for rotation.

The scores on both sides were tight.

Throughout the first quarter of the game, in addition to the high-intensity offense and defense, the rest was just goals between the two sides.

One goal for the Knicks, one goal for the Lakers.

Such a tense atmosphere made all the fans watching the game feel that the game had passed in just a moment.

Entering the second quarter, the intensity of both sides still did not drop.

Even the Lakers are beginning to put pressure on the Lakers.

In one offensive possession in the second quarter, the Knicks led by two points.

In just four consecutive rounds, the Lakers failed to score points on the Knicks.

In the last round, relying on Su Ye's constant pressure from the outside, Stephenson successfully scored two points with a layup.

If we can now open the score to four points and maintain it.

A huge lead for sure in this close game.

Facing such a crucial round, the Knicks also taught Su Ye the ball.

In the camera, Su Ye stood inside the two-point line, taking a sideways three-threat pose.

Artest, who had already suffered a loss, was obviously more careful this time than before.

Ever since Su Ye passed him and dunked on Dayao's head, Artest had accomplished good restraints against Su Ye in subsequent encounters.

Su Ye was restricted, which is undoubtedly a very headache for the Knicks.

The resident commentator also frowned at this moment and kept talking to the audience.

"Artest does a great job of limiting the floor."

"At least from the current perspective, if he can maintain this state, it will be a big problem for the Knicks."

"Although Su Ye put a lot of pressure on the Lakers from the outside, the Lakers also have Kobe Bryant."

"If Su Ye cannot find some breakthroughs on the offensive end, then in the next game, Kobe will complete a real offensive explosion."

"The Knicks must find a way to open up the score in the third quarter. This situation is not conducive to their crazy attitude in the third quarter."

The fans also clenched their fists and talked a lot while watching the matchup between the two people on the field.

"It's not easy. Su Ye was so ineffective in beating Artest today?"

"14-for-5 is indeed a bit low, but the opponent's score is not that high either."

"Indeed, Kobe is only 13-for-4 right now, and he's not feeling much better today."

"It's hard to say. The second quarter has just started. We'll see later."

"Su Ye had a lot of assists tonight. He already had five assists in the second quarter?"

"There's nothing we can do, the Lakers don't dare to let Su Ye score!"

Not far away on the Lakers bench.

The Zen master frowned, crossed his arms, and kept his eyes on Su Ye.

Their tactics tonight are very simple.

The first quarter was a little less stressful.

Let Artest target Su Ye and give Kobe some more breathing room.

This will allow Kobe to focus more on the offensive end.

This tactic is very effective.

After entering the second quarter, Su Ye took five shots and only hit once.

But what worries Jackson is the Knicks' restrictions on Kobe.

Completely different from the Lakers, they let Stephenson chase Kobe and then others help defend.

This will allow Kobe to force his shots and lower his shooting percentage.

"It's probably going to be very difficult tonight..."

The Zen master sighed helplessly.

In any case, both sides restricted the other party's star player.

Now it depends on which star breaks out first. As long as the breakout takes off, the game may be open to points.

At this moment, Su Ye moved on the field.

He first used a triple threat to confront Artest on the spot, and then he pulled up and shot.

After these three threats, Artest shot quickly, and Su Ye had already thrown the ball as soon as his hand reached Su Ye.

Fortunately, Su Ye feels very stable in the mid-range.

The basketball passed the hoop.

There was a bit of regret in Artest's expression.

He glared at Su Ye fiercely, not expecting that the other party would be so difficult to deal with.

In this case, you can also hit two points.

The Knicks opened up the score to four points.

Fortunately, in the next round, the Lakers relied on internal and external cooperation and successfully recovered two points.

Only this time, the situation inside and outside is different.

Everyone on the Knicks stood outside and gave Su Ye a chance to play singles directly and decisively.

"Again?"

The Laker had an incredible expression on his face.

No one expected that Su Ye would play singles for two consecutive rounds.

But this time, Artest was much more serious.

He decisively confronted Su Yeshang directly, not wanting him to use the triple threat to cause too much offensive trouble.

But he didn't notice that there was a faint smile on Su Ye's lips.

The moment the other party came closer, Su Ye's body gradually relaxed.

As soon as Artest and Su Ye confronted each other, his expression suddenly changed.

Something is wrong!

Why didn't I feel any hindrance?

Artest's expression became a little ugly.

Needless to say, he had already guessed it, and his opponent did not put too much pressure on him.

He didn't even give himself any strength to resist.

In the past, when he fought against Su Ye, every time he bumped into each other, he felt like he was running into a wall.

But this time, he felt the moment when he was confronting Su Ye.

It was as if the whole person was encased in cotton.

The next second, Su Ye staggered two steps on the field, and the referee's whistle sounded directly next to him.

"Defensive foul on the Lakers!"

"The Knicks serve again!"

Artai looked at Su Ye with a confused expression.

At this moment, he finally came to his senses. The other party was inducing him to fight hard.

This is what Su Ye has been waiting for.

When the ball resumed, Artest bit his lip, anger flashing in his eyes.

The fans were confused and had no idea what was happening.

They were also shocked as to why Su Ye was pushed away by Artest.

Usually, Su Ye was the only one who knocked people away, no one else could knock him away.

At this time, in the CCTV studio, teacher Zhang Weiping praised loudly.

"Su Ye's skill is so good!"

"Perfectly grasped the referee's psychology."

"With just this one goal, the Lakers defense is going to make changes."

Yu Jia also had a surprised expression on his face.

At this moment, many fans frowned when they saw Teacher Zhang Weiping showing off.

"What's so high? Are you just guessing on purpose?"

"I don't think there's anything special about this ball."

"How well does Teacher Zhang Weiping know Su Ye? How well do you know him?"

"What's the noise? Let's listen to what the teacher said."

In the CCTV studio, Teacher Zhang Weiping took a deep breath and then spoke slowly to the audience.

"You see, Artest's defense is obviously much better for the Lakers this year than last year."

"Last year, Artest alone couldn't restrain Su Ye."

"But after gaining weight in the offseason, Artest now has enough strength to withstand Su Ye's impact."

"As we have seen now, he can limit Su Ye's shooting very well."

"And in order to restrain Su Ye, he had to confront Su Ye."

"If this goes on for a long time, Su Ye's physical exertion will no longer be able to keep up."

After saying this, everyone nodded.

From the beginning of the first quarter to the present, Su Ye has really not been able to get good results from Artest a few times.

This guy's two pairs of unicorn arms can always forcibly intercept Su Ye before Su Ye is about to finish.

Sometimes Su Ye clearly wanted to finish, but was dragged down by this guy's arm and lost his jumping speed. In the end, he lost an inch of strength to reach the penalty area, allowing Dayao to successfully interfere.

It can be said that the person who is most effective in defending Su Ye on the court now is Artest on the court.

Teacher Zhang Weiping suddenly smiled and continued to explain to the audience.

"This is where Su Ye excels."

"Don't you like confrontation? If I don't resist, what will you do?"

As soon as these words came out, the audience suddenly realized as they recalled the way Su Ye was knocked away by Artest just now.

Teacher Zhang Weiping placed his eyes on Artest and sighed aloud.

"It's a little difficult for Artest now."

"If he doesn't defend Su Ye hard, the opponent will score easily."

"But who can tell whether Su Ye is going to fight you or whether he is standing up to shoot normally."

"Once the intensity is too much, it is easy to get fouled."

"Now Artest can only restrain himself a little when facing Su Ye."

On the court, just as teacher Zhang Weiping said.

Artest's next actions were somewhat timid.

He wanted to stop Su Ye, but he didn't dare to make any big moves.

But he didn't need to move too much, and he couldn't withstand the brute force of Su Ye's attack.

After this back and forth, Artest himself couldn't find the rhythm of defense.

Taking advantage of Artest's chaotic rhythm, Su Ye continued to engage in singles tactics.

In just three minutes, Artest scored a full 8 points.

In such a close game, it is very difficult not to score a goal, and it is difficult to score efficiently.

These eight points made the difference between the two teams widen to 6 points for the first time in this game.

When Artest caused another foul and knocked Su Ye away.

The Zen master directly called a timeout.

The current Lakers must make adjustments.

Otherwise, Su Ye would have no way to suppress this point.

On the bench, Kobe looked at Artest, who was looking sad, and spoke directly to the Zen master.

"I'll switch with him, and I'll defend Su Ye."

Artest himself wanted to agree, but was rejected by the Zen master next to him.

"No, he'll be fine."

Master Zen was drawing out the next tactics on the tactical board while giving instructions to Kobe.

"I need you to attack more efficiently and leave the defensive responsibility to him. He will definitely be fine."

"Listen to me."

"Next we have to change our defensive strategy."

"Su Ye, this point!"

"We let him go inside and focus on guarding his outside shooting. He had a hot touch tonight and we need to kill his touch."

"Dayao, Bynum."

"If Su Ye enters the inside, the task of defending him will be left to you."

Dayao and Bynum nodded sharply.

At this time, Shanshan turned around and put his hand on Artest's body, giving instructions in a gentle tone.

"I don't need you to restrain Su Ye to death."

"I just need you to limit his outside shooting."

"I believe you."

Artest's expression was obviously much more relaxed.

Since the start of the finals, he has been thinking about locking Su Ye down.

Now we are faced with another dilemma.

Hearing what the Zen Master said, he also felt that he was a bit over the top.

As the number one player in the league, how could Su Ye be locked up so easily?

With many years of offensive experience as the core, Su Ye easily resolved the situation in front of him.

Back on the field again.

The Lakers reorganized their defense, which brought the game back to the situation in the first quarter.

Players from both sides kept fighting, but the offensive efficiency was not that high.

And after the adjustment, Artest also focused all his attention on defending Su Ye's shooting.

This gave Su Ye a headache.

Sometimes I finally get space from the pick-and-roll.

Just as he was jumping up with his front foot to take action, Artest grabbed Randolph's waist with his back foot and came right in front of him.

The next two shots were interfered by Artest, but neither allowed the team to score.

With only 3 minutes left in the second quarter, Deron was panting and leaning on his hips, complaining to Su Ye beside him.

"This kid is too desperate!"

"You can break through! I won't vote for you, right?"

"Boss, why don't you try one?"

Su Ye frowned and said nothing.

It's not that he doesn't want to break out.

While on the outside, he noticed that Dayao and Bynum's eyes had been locked on him.

Now I am afraid that if I break into the inside, I will definitely face the tough defense of these two people.

It's okay if you only carry one person, but if you add two of them together, it's actually not much different from shooting from the outside.

But Su Ye noticed the expectant looks of his teammates around him and could only nod.

He didn't want to dampen the team's morale just because of this situation.

In the next offensive round, Su Ye stepped forward with the ball.

At this moment, Artest stood there and deliberately stood to the right of Su Ye, revealing a gap into the left area.

This gap is undoubtedly tempting Su Ye to attack to the left and penetrate inside.

The most subtle thing is that the person on Artest's left who can help him defend happens to be Kobe.

If Su Ye goes to Artest's left side to try for a mid-range shot, he will inevitably face the defense of two people.

If you're lucky, you might be able to score a goal.

But if he is unlucky, Su Ye is likely to make a mistake under the defense of two people.

To put it bluntly, the Lakers have already thought about it.

If you dare to go to the left, everyone will hunt you down.

If you dare to go to the right, you must take action forcefully.

But now Su Ye's choice has become very simple.

Breakthrough on the left and shooting on the right.

He has no third option at all, because the Lakers will not give him any chance.

"High."

"It's really high."

"You forced me like this?"

Su Ye sneered twice.

At the top of the arc, he looked at Artest and did two crotch movements in a row.

What follows is a powerful blast.

Seeing this starting action, the commentary booth in the distance roared excitedly.

"Here we come! Su Ye is holding the ball and beating Artest in singles!"

"Crotch! Activate!"

"It's so fast, Artest doesn't seem to be able to react!"

"One step over!"

"Su Ye breaks into the inside line!"

On the field.

Su Ye relied on his advantage of starting speed and Artest's deliberate position to get directly into the paint.

However, Artest still provided enough interference when he broke through.

It made him not as fast as usual.

However, in the inside position, Bynum had already stood up in advance and relied on position selection to block Su Ye's best starting positions.

When Su Ye saw Bynum, he jumped up from the side, trying to complete a layup.

But at the moment Su Ye took off, the fans screamed around the field.

Under the Lakers basket.

Yao, who had been waiting for a long time, took a step across and reached the side basket.

The iron wall formed by him and Bynum directly locked all offensive areas on the right side of the basket.

Dayao's big hand that covered the sky and the sun fanned towards Su Ye's position.

The two of them moved in tandem, determined to make Su Ye suffer.

But at this moment, Su Ye pulled back the basketball he originally wanted to take.

In the air, Su Ye quickly made a gesture of switching his right hand to his left hand, pulled the lever with his left hand and threw the ball directly towards the backboard.

Dayao and Bynum in front of Su Ye had expressions of astonishment on their faces.

Neither of them expected that Su Ye could help them pull the lever at this time.

This powerful waist and abdominal ability allowed Su Ye's body to stretch extremely in the air.

Switching from right hand to left hand, the goal was scored in front of him.

As soon as the goal was scored, the entire audience burst into excitement.

The cry of "mvp" resounded from every corner of the venue.

Over there in the CCTV studio, Yu Jia was also shouting excitedly.

"Look at this ball, watch the replay."

"Oh, this waist and abdomen ability, this Su Ye's body control."

"Look, this can give you a pull-up layup."

"Just look at Bynum's little expression, can you get in?"

There is no doubt that Su Ye's ball ignited everyone.

But after landing, Su Ye gasped sharply.

This wave of attacks consumed a lot of his energy.

Everyone around them was very excited, but Su Ye and Prosser were the only ones who frowned.

One as a client and one as a coach.

They knew very well that Su Ye could not score such a difficult goal with every ball.

Every time he scores a difficult goal, Su Ye's physical strength will be severely reduced.

Even the two of them had to admit it.

The defensive tactics of the Lakers are very effective.

Although they lost two points, the Knicks obviously lost more.

On the court, the Lakers players were not discouraged by the ball.

Instead, everyone became even more excited.

If this continues, Su Ye will exert his strength in the third quarter, but will not have much strength to deal with the offense in the fourth quarter.

As long as we survive the third quarter, victory will be within easy reach.

Sure enough, after this ball, the Knicks did not let Su Ye attack with the ball, but continued to maintain a six-point difference.

The midfield whistle sounded and both sides entered the break time.

The Knicks ended the first half with a six-point advantage.

The commentators were also discussing tonight's game.

"The Knicks played really well today."

"Yes, compared to the last game, they are obviously in better shape than the Lakers this time."