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Chapter 353 I'm going to stand up for Curry today
"Let's Go La!"

Seeing that the score was overtaking, some spectators followed the DJ and shouted loudly.

Although the Clippers are also at home in Los Angeles, everyone on the scene knew that those shouts were cheering for the Lakers.

It's like Boston Celtics fans chanting BEAT LA, and they also default to the Lakers. The Clippers are not as good as Manchester City.

Snoop Dogg, a die-hard Lakers fan, once said that among all the professional basketball teams in Los Angeles, the Lakers ranked first, the UCLA basketball team ranked second, the WNBA Sparks ranked third, USC basketball ranked fourth, and the Westchester Comets ranked No. five…

As for the Clippers, they can only rank ninth among all basketball teams in Los Angeles, not as good as the street basketball teams in Venice Beach.

The shouts were like sound waves, rushing from all directions of the arena to the court, the momentum was quite strong, and it became the shouts of the whole audience in a blink of an eye.

In that scene, Sterling was quite upset, and he pulled his assistant and yelled for the Clippers to refuel, like a pig whose hair was blown to pieces.

The offensive and defensive transition on the court, Curry ran across the center line with the ball, and asked Kobe if he wanted to play, after all, this was MVP night.

Kobe shook his head slightly, then ran to the left wing, like a role player, earnestly implementing the team's tactical arrangements.

Curry turned his head to look at the coaching bench again, his eyes seemed to ask if he could play singles, while Su Yang smiled and gestured OK.

Seeing Su Yang's permission, Curry no longer hesitated. He was double-teamed by Paul and forcibly intercepted before, so he had to respond this time.

After making up his mind, Curry shook his head and declined Gasol's cover, bowed suddenly to lower his center of gravity, and stepped forward with his right hand to pull the ball forward.

Perhaps afraid of Curry's three-pointer, Paul did not immediately turn to retreat, but adjusted his center of gravity to the right and prepared.

Curry saw it, and immediately stopped and shook his shoulders and exerted strength. He pushed the ball in front of his right hand and switched to his left hand, kicked the ground vigorously, and rushed forward.

In a hurry, Paul had no time to adjust his center of gravity, so he could only watch Curry break through and kill the basket, but he didn't forget to shout for defense.

When Jordan heard the sound, he immediately shrank and intercepted under the basket, while Curry put his hands together and begged for the ball, holding the basketball high as if he was about to dunk.

"Ouch? Golden State LaVine?"

Su Yang thought in a daze that Curry was preparing for a violent dunk, and Jordan might have the same idea, jumping high to block the shot.

That thought, Curry paused in the air, carried Jordan to interfere with all his strength, changed the lever up and down, and finally picked the basket with low hands and hit the board.

boom!The basketball rebounded into the net, 15 to 14.

"Yeah! Amazing!" The Lakers bench stood up and cheered, as if it was rare to see Curry layup like that.

"Curry is not limited to three-pointers..." Su Yang reminded everyone with a smile, knowing that the main thing is that Curry's three-pointers have too much impact on people.

The offensive and defensive transition on the court, Paul dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, and after thinking for a while, he raised his hand and hit the ground to Griffin for a one-on-one.

After all, they are the team's second-in-command. The Clippers first looked for Butler in the previous few offensive positions, and only played fast breaks for Griffin. .

I saw Griffin taking the ball and turning to face the basket, like a defender in a three-way move, but he didn't start the offense for a long time.

That technique is obviously a bit rough, Griffin in the second grade can't post up, and the mid-range shot is only a poor 25%.

Mike Roberts, who was in charge of defense, knew that there was no need to fight hard, so he resolutely followed Su Yang's arrangement, blocking his right hand and going up the line sideways.

The space on the left hand and the bottom line suddenly appeared. As a playoff recruit, Griffin was completely unable to resist the temptation and rushed to the basket.

Mike Roberts chased closely all the way, and strictly followed Su Yang's arrangement, only raising his hand to interfere with the space, not jumping to block the block.

Gasol, Curry and others also contracted under the basket, and Griffin had nowhere to go for a while, so he jumped up and jumped off the court to pass the ball.

Butler was forced to pass the ball from the bottom line once before. Griffin may have learned from experience. Instead of passing from a high place like Butler, he chose to hit the ground and pass from a low place, but that is not the same. Use it, and pass it to Curry's feet.

Joyous jeers erupted from the Staples Center as Curry bent over to pick up the basketball, turned and sped forward.

This time, he didn't ask Kobe if he wanted the ball, and he didn't ask Su Yang if he could play singles and go straight into the paint area of ​​the frontcourt.

Kobe followed up from the sideline, 2V2 with Curry in the frontcourt, and faced Paul and Jordan of the Clippers. The scene looked evenly matched.

In the blink of an eye, Curry collected the ball and turned to face Kobe. Kobe raised his hand to catch the ball, and Paul followed suit.

I once thought that Curry made a layup with a fake fax. Not only Kobe and Paul were cheated, but even Jordan let down his vigilance.

When Jordan reacted, he hurriedly raised his hands to try to interfere, but Curry pulled the bar with his backhand, and the referee's whistle sounded simultaneously.

Jordan was fouled by a thug and Curry got two free throw opportunities. The audience applauded and lamented that Curry was a bit hardworking.

Kobe walked over to give Curry a high-five, and said with a smile: "You are really there. To be honest, I was also deceived by you."

Curry spat out his braces with a smile, turned around and looked in Su Yang's direction and said, "The coach told me that their centers are prone to fake moves."

Kobe also looked at the coaching bench. Assistant coach Mike Brown smiled at Su Yang: "They are plotting to turn you into a puppet..."

Snyder and the others chuckled when they heard this, and McMillan said, "When Su Yang and I were in Portland, I always saw people say that about me."

Su Yang looked at Brown with some concern, thinking that Brown hadn't come out of the evaluation of "LeBron's puppet".

After thinking about it, Curry made two free throws, 17 to 14.

The offensive and defensive transition on the court, Paul ran the ball across the half court, passed it to Butler, and then shifted to the left with the help of a screen.

That kind of operation is obviously intended to let the other Clippers handle the offense, but the basketball passes the ball, can't get into the inside, and has no chance outside, and finally returns to Paul's hands, and the attack time is only seven seconds left, which belongs to the It was all the staff who blamed Paul.

Paul calmly started with three threats, but he didn't take a tentative step. Instead, he pulled out abruptly and made a strong three-pointer against Kobe.

bass!A three-pointer went into the net, 17 draws.

All the members of the Clippers bench stood up and cheered, but the Lakers fans on the scene were a little depressed. Kobe even defended like that, but he still made it.

Su Yang didn't care too much about it. Playing like Paul was a serious overdraft of physical strength, which would be of great benefit to the Lakers.

After thinking about it, the Lakers counterattacked.

Curry dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, also without a pick-and-roll, easily passed Paul with a hesitant step, and strode to the free throw line.

Griffin and Jordan hurriedly contracted to close the siege, but Curry took off with the ball and hit the high board, and the basketball bounced into the net with a bang.

The encirclement between Griffin and Jordan became lonely. Curry didn't give them a chance to make physical contact. The Lakers led 19 to 17.

"Why does Curry have so many tricks I haven't seen?" Mike Brown said pretending to be surprised, "Before, he was very good at handling double-teams calmly, but now he still hesitates step by step, changing the lever up and down, fake fax shots, high Board throwing..."

"Curry is more than a three-pointer..."

Su Yang smiled and repeated the previous sentence, mainly to cooperate with Mike Brown, knowing that Brown wanted to flatter him. After all, some teams and media before Curry regarded him as negative equity, and he was no longer able to play healthily. Tom went to trade Curry.

During the conversation, the Clippers started in a bullhorn formation.

Paul passed the top of the arc to Jordan on the right elbow, and Jordan took the ball and turned inside, preparing to pass it to Griffin.

But Gasol did a very good defense, Griffin failed to get stuck, and the risk of receiving the ball was extremely high. Jordan could only turn around.

There was not much time left in the attack, Paul took the ball again at the top of the arc, and Jordan stepped forward to set up a wall pick-and-roll, quickly turned and cut inside.

Paul raised his hands at the same time, looking like he was about to hit the ground and pass to Jordan, who was cutting inside, but the basketball flew 45 degrees to the right inexplicably.

Griffin, who just came out of the circle, caught the ball and turned to face the frame. Before Gasol could chase him out, he raised his hand and scored two points.

The basketball slammed into the net and the score was tied again.

"Paul's fake moves are so fucking realistic..."

Su Yang sighed to himself, but he also lamented that Paul believed in Griffin at the critical moment, and he even lamented that Griffin is amazing. He actually shot 38.2% from long-distance two-pointers, which is much higher than 25% from mid-range two-pointers. This style of play is more like a defender..."

While thinking about it, Curry dribbled the ball to the right 45 degrees, directly attacked in advance, and with the help of Gasol's cover, he broke through at the top of the arc.

As usual, Jordan switched defenses and delayed the lateral movement. Seeing this, Curry switched his left hand behind his back and switched his right hand, but Paul, who was chasing closely, stretched out his hand suddenly.

Slap!The basketball fell to the ground under force.

"Oh..." The audience exclaimed very substitutingly, as if it was me who was controlling the ball, and it was very likely to make a mistake.

At that time, Curry didn't look back, as if he knew the basketball was rolling to the left, he quarreled with his left hand on the phone, and started to rush to the basket again.

This time there was no interception by Jordan, only Paul was chasing after him, but the defensive pressure given by Paul was greater than that of Jordan.

In a hurry, Curry took off with the ball, twisted his body, completely lost his balance, and lay in the air toss the ball and hit the board.

boom!The basketball rebounded into the net, 21 to 19.

"I'm good!" Su Yang got up and applauded along with the audience, thinking that Curry's core strength was not in vain for so long.

"I have never seen Curry's move just now!" Mike Brown was excited, revealing the fact that he was flattering before.

After the offensive and defensive transition on the court, Griffin took the ball in the elbow area again, but this time he changed hands directly under his crotch and broke through like a guard.

But Mike Roberts didn't care about anything, and firmly followed Su Yang's arrangement, blocking the right hand and the upper line, and only giving space to the left hand and the bottom line.

Griffin's coquettish maneuvers were useless, and he still walked the bottom line resentfully, stopped and jumped in a hurry, and made an awkward mid-range shot.

The basketball slammed into iron, Gasol took off and caught the rebound, and handed it to Curry as soon as he landed, and the Lakers launched a fast-break counterattack immediately.

Players from the two teams quickly ran to the frontcourt, and Mike Roberts tacitly set up the wall as a cover to help Curry fight for space at the top of the arc.

Paul hurriedly adjusted his center of gravity toward the top of the arc, but Curry gave up the cover with a glance and forcibly walked to the right sideline to break through.

Griffin quickly started to catch up, catching up to the basket in the blink of an eye, while Curry took off with one hand and gliding in the air with a backhand layup.

The basketball slammed into the net, and Curry scored 10 points in a row, but was also knocked down by Griffin, who was trying to block a shot.

The referee didn't blow the whistle. Su Yang, who was about to applaud and celebrate, saw the situation and immediately shouted: "WTF! Where's the foul?"

While shouting, he rushed to the referee Joe Crawford, ready to make a good theory, and forcibly put aside Brown's blocking.

McMillan then tried to stop: "Forget it, forget it, that referee is not easy to mess with, you are prone to technical fouls!"

"Can't count!"

Su Yang knew in his heart that he had to start from this round of the series to help Curry get the correct call, and he could not be killed or whistled.

(End of this chapter)