I just play ball

Chapter 111 Textbook Defense
With the sound of sighs all over the court, Howard missed two free throws, Jordan got the rebound, Paul caught the ball and advanced quickly, and went straight to the frontcourt along the middle, Griffin and Crawford followed up on both sides, the Clippers Get off the third line.

Seeing that Gasol was a bit slow and difficult to catch up, Li Yue ran towards Griffin decisively, keeping a distance of half a body.

The players of the two teams came to the three-point line in a blink of an eye. Paul slowed down and braked at the top of the arc, turned around and pushed his hips against Nash, and handed the ball behind him.

Griffin received it and rushed to the inside to the right. Li Yue bypassed the screen and intercepted diagonally.The two met at the top of the free throw coil, Griffin continued to charge, Li Yue stopped suddenly, crossed his hands to protect his crotch, and put himself in a position to make an offensive foul.

That thought, Griffin suddenly turned around and dribbled the ball, slipped to the basket in one step, jumped high and dunked with one hand.

The Clippers caught up to 9 to 11, and the live DJ played dynamic music to cover up the boos of the audience.

Howard raised his hand a little depressed, voluntarily admitting that it was because of his poor free throws that the Clippers quickly scored. The Lakers shook their heads and expressed that there was no need to blame themselves. Li Yue ran to his side and whispered encouragement, discussing an alley-oop cooperation.

The Lakers attack, Nash catches the ball and advances in the backcourt, and the other V-shaped formations in the frontcourt fall.

When he crossed the center line, Li Yue went up to catch the ball, turned around and used Howard's high position to cover, and went straight into the Clippers inside like a bullet.

Jordan intends to switch defenses and delay, but his footsteps are too slow to catch up. Barrett also struggles to keep a distance. Griffin shrinks to the basket in a hurry. Seeing this situation, Li Yue stops to stabilize his figure and throws the ball to the basket with his left hand circle above.

Howard was the one who suffered the most. This time, he gained experience. When he saw the basketball flying out, he immediately followed suit.

Griffin has already committed a foul, how dare he block him when he is aggressive?

With a bang, the basketball hit the hoop and hit the net. Cheers and applause sounded at the same time. The Lakers led 13 to 9.

Griffin picked up the basketball and retreated out of bounds, glanced left and right, and threw it vigorously to the right sideline.

Paul took the ball and pushed quickly, and the Clippers went down the third line again. Butler and Crawford followed up from the center and left respectively.

Li Yue strode to catch up, and at the same time pondered in his mind, he decided that Paul was very likely to come by himself, after all, Nash's defense was poor.

With this in mind, he deliberately adjusted his running posture, facing the right sideline in advance, and changed his footsteps to cross movements, so as to avoid losing his defensive position by accident, and also avoiding being too late to react.

It is quite difficult to move in this way. If it is not worried about Paul's breakthrough, and at the same time keep chasing Barrett, there is no need to do this at all, but before the playoffs are divided, every attack is crucial.

In a blink of an eye, players from the two teams came to the frontcourt.

Paul did not choose to pass the ball, but accelerated to break through Nash and headed straight for the hoop.

Seeing this, Li Yue rushed forward. When Barrett was delayed, he used special steps to turn around and blocked Paul under the basket. It was like an iron fence that appeared out of thin air. It was tall and hard and had to be diverted!
Paul immediately gave up the layup, and instead rushed along the baseline to the right half, making an emergency stop and hitting the ground behind him to pass the ball.

Li Yue turned around following the passing movement, and when he saw Barrett receiving the basketball, he rushed over grinning.

At this time, he was already standing in the reasonable collision zone and could not make an offensive foul, but he still kicked off the ground and raised his right hand high!
boom!The basketball hits the backboard and flies upside down.

In the same way, Li Yue retreated under the force, staggered, hit the ball rack with a bang, and almost sat on the floor.

Seeing that Griffin, who was following up, grabbed an offensive rebound, and at the same time there was no one defending the basket, Li Yue exerted strength on his back, rebounded with the help of the ball rack, and rushed up like a death squad, facing Griffin flying in the air, and went straight to the ground. rise.

LeBron said that no one on this planet can stop Griffin from dunking, and he won't try.

But Li Yue tried!

Snapped!Li Yue's right hand completely covered the basketball.

Unfortunately, the ball failed to fly.

Griffin held on tightly, and neither of them would let go, and they fell to the floor almost at the same time.

Just about to make a hard grab, the referee whistled and whistled for a jump ball.

"It's blocked, it's blocked!" Howard shouted loudly, and the audience behind the ball frame followed suit.

Soon, shouts of 'blocked' sounded throughout the arena one after another.

Griffin spat out his braces, took two hard bites, and walked to the free throw line in a huff.

Li Yue twisted his neck and followed suit.

The players of the two teams took their positions, and the referee walked between the two, holding the ball with both hands and tossing it lightly.

The two took off one after another, with a time difference of only 0.1 seconds. They touched the basketball at the same time, but neither of them grabbed it.

The basketball was forced to fly to the left, and Jordan took advantage of his position to grab the ball and throw it directly to the center line.

Paul received the ball, raised his hand and shouted tactics, the Clippers reorganized their offense, and settled in a 1-high and 4-low formation.Seeing this, Li Yue reminded loudly that it might be a singles. After Nash, who had his back to the crowd, heard it, he turned sideways and stuck on the left side decisively, not letting go.

But Paul's ball-handling skills are superb. He retreated sideways to get rid of Nash, then accelerated his dribble, rushed into two steps inside the three-point line, collected the ball without hesitation and took off, ignoring the threat of Li Yue's flying pounce, aiming at the rim was one shot. Remember the super long shot.

Boom!The basketball hoops into the net.

The Clippers caught up to 11 to 13, only 2 points behind, and D'Antoni requested a timeout.

It's not that I'm afraid of being beaten, but that I'm about to reach the mandatory timeout anyway, so I don't use it for nothing, and I can stop the rhythm if I use it.

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TNT commentary seats.

Marvin smiled and looked at Thomas, "Let's go back to the previous topic, why do you think this is the last resistance of the Clippers?"

"I'm also curious," Miller interjected, raising his hand. "The Clippers do play more singles, but they don't necessarily use them all."

"The reason is very simple." Thomas tapped the table lightly, "Crawford starts, and the Clippers lack offensive firepower from the bench."

"Just leave Paul and Griffin alone," Miller said. "The playoffs are a long game."

"Don't forget, Griffin still suffers from an ankle injury," Thomas stretched out his index finger to emphasize, "Paul also suffers from a finger injury, too long playing time is extremely disadvantageous to the two of them, and it is not possible to rely on mental support to carry it through. "

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The timeout ended and the game continued. The Lakers replaced Nash with Blake, Gasol with Clark, the Clippers replaced Jordan with Ryan Hollis, and Caron Barrett with Lamar Odom.

The Lakers attack and Blake advances with the ball.

Go to the right wing, hand over the ball, and run to the bottom corner.

Li Yue took the ball to the top of the arc, borrowed Clark's cover, and rushed to the left with Griffin who was changing defense and Omdo who was chasing him. At the same time, he kept paying attention to the basket. Jump up and pass the ball to the right elbow.

When Howard received it, the point guard's instinct showed, and he lowered his center of gravity and rushed to the basket.

Hollins hurriedly turned around to intercept, but Howard did not force the shot, but handed it to Clark with a low hand.

With a bang, dunks scored, the Lakers led 15 to 11, and there were sparse applause in the arena.

It's not that it's not exciting enough, but the Lakers have dunked many times in this game, and the audience is a little tired.

In order to prevent the Clippers from attacking, Li Yue reminded loudly to return to the defense.

As soon as the words fell, Paul caught the ball from the right sideline and pushed it hard.

The whole Lakers chased frantically, forcibly stopped the Clippers, and forced them to settle down.

Paul threw the ball to the top of the arc, turned and ran to the bottom corner, and Odom held his hands high and waited for the run.

With his back to the basket, Li Yue didn't know how the Clippers would act, and his heart was as anxious as thousands of ants scratching.

Between the entanglements, he quickly turned his head to check.

It was thought that Odom seized this fleeting opportunity, gave up passing the ball, and instead stepped down the ball to break through.

Li Yue came back just in time to see that it was too late to step back and intercept, so he bit the bullet and started to catch the ball, just like a child who made a mistake, who was about to be beaten and had to force himself to defend himself, purely by chance and wanted to get away with it.

Unexpectedly, with a snap, the ball was actually broken!
It can be described as silently inserting willows!
Li Yue was stunned for 0.3 seconds, reacted and rushed towards the basketball, grabbed it in his hand, and strode forward.

Odom put his head down and chased wildly, and the two came to 45 degrees to the left of the three-point line in the blink of an eye, and the other players were far away.

Li Yue slammed on the brakes, switched his right hand to his left, shook Odom away, and jumped up and shot.

boom!Basketball rebounds and falls.

Odom grabbed the rebound, turned around to observe for a moment, turned slightly sideways, and swung his arm for a long pass.

The idea is very powerful, but the strength cannot be controlled accurately. The basketball floated two meters above Griffin's head, flew to the audience outside the court, and accidentally hit a Clippers fan wearing a Paul jersey.

The referee blew his whistle to call a violation, and the Lakers got the ball in the backcourt. Clippers coach Vinnie was so depressed that he put his head in his hands.

Soon, the referee set up.

Blake received the ball from the backcourt and advanced, Howard and Clark divided the left and right waists, and Kobe and Li Yue separated the left wings. The whole team showed an inverted V-shaped position in the frontcourt, and it was obvious that they would play a basket screen.

Seeing this, Paul hurriedly said, "Be careful to block the back door, and be careful to walk the bottom line on the other side."

As soon as the words fell, Blake brought the ball to the top of the arc, and Li Yue and Kobe ran towards each other at the same time.

As soon as the two reached the basket, Howard and Clark immediately went up to the top of the arc and set up a human wall as a double screen.

Paul could only go around and catch up. Blake easily went inside and took off to shoot in the face of Hollins who switched defenses.

Boom!The basketball hit the circle and entered the net. The Lakers led 17 to 11, and the difference between the two teams widened.

Paul signaled Hollins to continue to grab the serve, then turned around and ran after receiving the pass, like a shooting star chasing the moon.

Seeing this, the fans booed, and several on the sidelines chanted "no effect", but Li Yue knew that Paul's move seemed to be unbelief, but in fact he was going to fight a protracted war, wanting to fight from start to finish. Consume the Lakers' strength.

After all, the Lakers have many veterans, and using this seven-injury boxing routine is very likely to help the Clippers win.

Just as he was thinking, Paul slowed down, braked and stopped on the left wing, took the initiative to attack, raised his hand to direct his teammates to move, waited for Griffin to catch Clark with his back on the left waist, immediately gave the ball in, and then ran to the top of the arc. Go Blake.

The other three Clippers players also walked away, leaving the entire left half and the basket for Griffin to play singles.

The boos sounded again. Griffin was not affected at all. He turned around and patted the basket twice. He bent down suddenly and lowered his center of gravity. He headed towards the free throw line, grabbed the ball with his right hand and made a big breakthrough, like a king carrying a tripod, one step at a time .

Such a powerful set of combos, even if there is interference, there is a 98% chance that they will be forcibly completed.

Li Yue decided to take a gamble, immediately gave up guarding Odom, and went straight to the free throw line.

Perhaps the threat of double-teaming had an impact, Griffin took off early, threw the ball outside in the air, and did the 2%.

Odom didn't hesitate to catch the ball, and immediately scored the top of the arc, but he didn't dare to shoot an open three-pointer.

At this time, there are only 10 seconds left before the attack time, and it is obviously difficult to reorganize the attack. After receiving the ball and waiting for a while, Paul pulls the ball back two steps, and raises his hand to signal the audience to open.

Paul continued to change hands and dribble forward, while Blake bent his knees and stepped back.

The two seemed to be cooperating with one another, and they came to the free throw line in a blink of an eye. Blake stretched out his right hand abruptly, and Paul took advantage of the situation to hug the basketball and lift it up. One wanted to steal and the other wanted to make a foul.

In the blink of an eye, Blake raised his right hand, and Paul leaned back without any physical contact.

The referee didn't blow the whistle, Paul quickly passed the ball back, and Omdo jumped up to face Li Yue and made a three-pointer.

At 24 seconds, the whistle sounded for an offensive violation, the basketball crashed into the circle and went into the net, and the referee waved his hands across to indicate that it was invalid.

Several spectators on the sidelines panted and slapped their chests repeatedly, showing expressions of almost being shocked.

The Lakers served from the bottom line, Blake slowly took it to the right wing, handed it to Li Yue, and ran to the bottom corner.

Li Yue took the ball, moved to the top of the arc with the help of Howard's cover, and was about to use Clark's cover to continue to the left, but found that Griffin took a step ahead of time to delay, and immediately raised his hand to indicate a reverse cover.

Clark understood in seconds, and immediately turned to block Griffin, while Li Yue dribbled to the right in the opposite direction.At the same time, Howard also turned around and set up a human wall, blocking Omdo and Hollis alone. Li Yue easily got rid of it and returned to the right wing without defense.

Seeing this, Paul stepped forward to defend, Blake took the opportunity to slip to the basket, and Li Gao threw a pass.

Blake received it, faced Crawford to defend, and then divided the left sideline.

Kobe received the ball and was unattended two meters in front of him. Griffin, who was the closest, gave up trying. He took off calmly and shot a three-pointer.

Swish!The basketball buzzer hit the net, and the Lakers led 20-11.

The cheers at the scene became more violent, and Sterling was shown on the central big screen, and his face was full of depression.

The Clippers still took the lead, and Paul dribbled the ball across the center line, beckoning for a double screen.

Griffin and Hollins trotted forward, but this time, Clark and Howard also followed and delayed. Paul failed to complete an easy breakthrough. Six players from the two teams huddled together in the LOGO area, and the scene was extremely chaotic.

Paul directed Griffin and Hollins to retreat, and Clark and Gain followed suit, and the situation became Kobe's single defense again.

The audience booed and cheered wildly, Paul suddenly slumped his shoulders and turned sideways, without any fancy moves, he forced his way to the right.

Kobe twisted his hips and turned sideways, sliding sideways to catch up, and stuck firmly like 520 glue.

The two came to the right 45 degrees in an instant, Paul stopped the basketball and turned around, diverted to the left.

Kobe turned around to intercept again, but unfortunately he was a little slow and knocked Paul backwards.

The referee blew his whistle, but Kobe took the initiative to reach out to collect the foul before he made any gestures.

With 11 seconds left in the attack time, the Clippers served from the sideline.

After a pass to cover the run, Crawford took the ball from the right sideline, near the center line, and singled out Li Yue.

Thinking of the defensive experience discussed with Kobe before, Li Yue blocked the left side in advance without waiting for the ball, forcing Crawford to go to the sideline, trying his best to disrupt his dribbling rhythm, and strive to cause mistakes.

Crawford bowed forward, but Li Yue didn't follow up immediately, but deliberately delayed by half a body, forcibly preventing Crawford from retreating and turning around, killing him so as not to give fancy dribble opportunities, and at the same time Countdown silently.

Crawford accelerated and rushed, and Li Yue also accelerated to catch up. Counting to the last two seconds, he suddenly jumped up and raised his hands, just at the same timing as Crawford's take-off time, almost completely blocking the shooting space.

But after all, Crawford is the king of 3+1, and he doesn't know what method to use, so he forcibly threw the ball out.

It's a pity that the trajectory was relatively biased. Not only did he not touch the basket, but it fell into Howard's hands.

Seeing this situation, Li Yue landed and turned around, and immediately ran sideways, received a long pass from Howard at the three-point line, led Crawford straight to the basket, rushed to the free throw line to collect the ball and took off, and forcibly changed hands in the air to pull the bar.

The movements are not as graceful as Jordan, the momentum is not as strong as Wade, the flexibility is not as extreme as Kobe, the range is not as exaggerated as the doctor, and the air is not as long as LeBron, but it causes fouls while hitting.

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TNT commentary seats.

"The Clippers have been stunned and don't know what to do." Thomas looked at Miller, "What do you think?"

Miller nodded, "The Lakers' two defenses just now are at the textbook level, and they have two more offensive points than the Clippers. They have too many advantages on both ends of the offense and defense. I hope that the Clippers' substitutes can play a role in the future, otherwise it will be very difficult."

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Amid the cheers of the audience, Li Yue made a hit and added a penalty. The Lakers led 23 to 11, and the Clippers requested a timeout.

Li Yue walked to the bench, passed by the audience, and subconsciously looked at Chen Xi's position, but the two of them were nowhere to be seen.

(End of this chapter)