I just play ball

Chapter 119 Epic Battle

The intersession break ends soon.

Li Yue wanted to strike while the iron was hot and continue to lead the bench players to play. D'Antoni also thought so, but the Heat did not arrange for LeBron to appear on the court. In order to ensure sufficient physical fitness, he stayed off the court to rest.

The Lakers had no impact without him, but the Heat lost LeBron and were hit wildly, falling behind by 8 points at one point.

But Ray Allen made two consecutive difficult three-pointers with his defense in place, quickly narrowing the point difference.

When LeBron reappeared, the two teams fell into a tug of war.

Sibo's ingenious tricks came out frequently, and D'Antoni's star was hard-nosed. The two were fighting each other, and no one had an advantage. All the main players of both sides played normally, and the role players had their own bright spots.

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The game reached the last 5 minutes of the fourth quarter, the Heat passed the ball out of bounds, and the referee took the ball to the baseline to arrange.

Li Yue walked forward slowly, looked at the Heat's lineup, and thought about Spoelstra's intention for such an arrangement.

Currently 'Birdman' Anderson is playing center, LeBron is power forward, Wade, Ray Allen, and Chalmers are in the backcourt. The ultimate small lineup.

The referee's whistle brought back his thoughts, and Nash caught the ball from the baseline and rushed in. The Lakers led 113 to 109 at this time.

The team fell into a V-shaped formation, and several consecutive high-position pick-and-roll attempts failed without success. Nash hovered around the top of the arc while controlling the ball.

Howard went up to the wall again to make a side screen, Nash started to dribble to the left, and 'Birdman' Anderson was delayed in switching defenses.

Howard disassembled and went down, Nash raised his hands and wanted to pass the ball, but Anderson pulled back and returned to the defense, and Chalmers followed.

With only 8 seconds left on the offensive clock, the rhythm stagnated. Nash observed for a moment and threw the ball to the right.

Li Yue took the ball at 45 degrees and didn't think too much about Wade's defense. He first crossed left and then right to break through.

Wade twisted his hips and turned sideways, gliding sideways to catch up. Li Yue retracted his waist and started three steps, gliding in the air to pick the basket.

Snapped!Anderson's big hat slapped.

The basketball hit the board and rebounded and fell. LeBron picked it up in his hand, turned around and pushed forward. ,

The Lakers retreated quickly, but the speed was a little slower. LeBron rushed to the three-point line in the frontcourt, stopped and smashed the ball.

Chalmers caught it firmly at the bottom corner, and immediately raised his hand to aim at the basket. Li Yue had to give up flying to defend.

But Chalmers kept his body shape, dropped the ball forward and hit the rim, made an emergency stop and started Howard, and started to slip to the baseline again.

Kobe shrunk and intercepted, Chalmers jumped up and passed the ball out, Ray Allen got the ball wide open, and the audience cheered in advance.

It was thought that Gasol, who came late, jumped up behind him, his big hat flying.

The basketball just flew into the hands of Chalmers in the bottom corner, and before he could hold it firmly, Kobe reached out and took it out, and hugged it tightly.

The Heat stared wide-eyed and turned back to defense for a moment in a daze. Kobe slowly moved forward.

Take it across the center line, pass to Nash, and continue running to the left corner.

Nash and Howard cooperated in a single split, one broke through to the top of the arc, and the other turned around and went down.

Anderson and Chalmers teamed up to double-team, Nash twisted and jumped up and passed the ball to the left.

Kobe took off to catch it, but before it landed, he had already thrown the ball to the low post on the left.

Howard took the ball, took advantage of the situation and turned forward, ignoring LeBron's defense as nothing, and forced a hook shot.

when!Basketball hits the basket and hits the iron.

LeBron took off and caught it, and passed it to Allen on the ground, and the Heat launched a counterattack.

The audience cheered and applauded. Li Yue looked up at the basket and found that there were only 4 minutes and 02 seconds left before the end of the game.

The basketball was transmitted several times, and Wade received it at a 45-degree angle on the right side, changing hands and directions continuously.

Considering that Wade's shooting is average, he is good at making big changes and breakthroughs, and he likes European step throws, Li Yue decisively took half a step back, and incidentally raised his hand as a 'please' gesture, with a faint mocking expression on his face.

But Wade has been on the battlefield for a long time, and he has never seen any scenes, so he completely ignored it, bent over and pushed the ball to the left to break through.

Li Yue retreated with the rhythm, and gradually approached close to him.

Wade stopped abruptly and turned around, trying to change direction to the right, but was blocked by Howard, so he could only turn around again.

Li Gao raised his right hand and rushed forward, Wade had no choice but to jump up and pass the ball.

Chalmers caught it from the bottom corner and forced a three-pointer against Nash. The basketball hit the upper left corner of the backboard and rebounded and fell.

The referee whistled and whistled for a 24-second violation. The Lakers won the ball in the backcourt with 3 minutes and 51 seconds left in the game.

Li Yue strode forward, thinking that the two teams are now crazy and making mistakes. As long as the goal leads by 6 points, they can break the current situation and force the Heat to request a timeout. In addition, the Heat now only have two timeouts left, so they must find a way whole one.

After making up his mind, he settled on the right wing. Seeing that Nash ran across the center line with the ball, he took the initiative to ask for the ball.

After getting it in his hand, he took advantage of the situation and then used the cover to rush to the top of the arc and hit Chalmers in a misplaced single.

Relying on his size advantage, he didn't do too many technical moves, and directly grabbed two points in one step.

Swish!The basketball is hollow into the net.

The Lakers led 115 to 109, and the Heat requested a timeout.

Li Yue got his wish, smiled and gave Nash a high-five, and walked to the bench with Kobe on his arm.

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ESPN commentary seats.

"Currently, LeBron has achieved a triple-double with 29 points, Li Yue has 28 points and 18 assists, and Kobe has 36 points. Tonight's game is destined to be recorded in NBA history. It is not 23V24 or two No. 23 duels, but three era stars. They each have unique skills, they are unstoppable, no matter what the result is, it belongs to the arrangement of the basketball god." Breen spoke excitedly.

"I fully agree. The level of competition in this game is very high, which is very rare in NBA history."

"This is an influential series, and the winner's historical status has soared!"

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Pause ends.

Li Yue got up and walked into the court, saw Bosh and Mike Miller playing, and Anderson and Chalmers sat on the bench.

Seeing that the opponent's lineup was as he expected, Li Yue was glad that he made a suggestion during the timeout. In order to deal with the Heat's small lineup, the Lakers had replaced Nash with Clark, and reversed with a big lineup to suppress.

With such an arrangement, Li Yue and LeBron also play point guards, and it is certain that the Heat can only open up space by breaking through the ball.

The referee blows his whistle and the Heat attack.

Wade dribbled the ball to the top of the arc, Allen stepped forward to make a screen, and Kobe went around and intercepted.

Although it was short, Wade did not make a shot, but broke through to the left under the cover of Bosh.

Kobe squeezed to catch up, blocked the way on the left, and Wade could only turn around and score the ball to the right.

LeBron took it from the right wing, and also used Bosh to cover and break through, before Li Yue and Howard double-teamed, he hit the ground and passed the ball.

Down Bosh received his hand, took a step forward, facing Gasol take-off throw.

The basketball rebounded and fell, but LeBron rushed to make a tip-up and scored two points steadily. The Heat chased 111 to 115.

With 3 minutes and 03 seconds left in the clock, Li Yue caught the ball from the baseline, rushed to the frontcourt and passed it to Kobe, and ran sideways to the baseline.

Kobe picked up the three-threat posture, feinted a shot and passed it to Howard, and then turned and ran to the baseline.

Seeing this, Li Yue made an emergency stop and ran back, using Kobe's positioning to cover to get rid of LeBron, and returned to the left wing to receive a pass from Howard.

LeBron swooped in, but Li Yue shot first, the basketball crashed into the net, and the Lakers led 117 to 111.

The Heat attacked, Wade's breakthrough was blocked, and the basketball was shot out of bounds by Gasol, so he had to reorganize.

On the second attack, the breakthrough was still blocked, and the basketball fell into the hands of LeBron on the right elbow after several transmissions, with only 8 seconds left.

Li Yue took half a step back, intending to make a shot, but LeBron made a decisive move, and the basketball crashed into the net.

There are 2 minutes and 29 seconds left in the time, and the point difference is still not 4. The audience saw hope and shouted defense in unison.

Li Yue received the ball from the bottom line, rushed to the right wing of the front court, and used Howard's cover to break through to the inside.

Seeing that Bosh's defense was delayed and McMiller moved laterally to intercept, thinking that LeBron was chasing behind, Li Yue didn't dare to give up, and was about to retreat to the three-point line to make a trade-off, but he caught a glimpse of Kobe in the open space. Quickly toss the ball to the right.

Kobe took off to catch the ball, and Miller, who was closest to him, had at least three seconds to shoot without any scruples.

Swish!Hollow into the net, the Lakers lead 120 to 113, with 2 minutes and 12 seconds left.

The audience chanted LETS GO HEAT, and Wade dribbled the ball to the top of the arc.

After many passes, LeBron dislocated the right wing and singled Howard, standing up and cheering with all his strength.

LeBron continued to step up and try, suddenly took a step to the left, passed Howard and collected the ball directly, hugged his hands and forced a layup, rushing like a heavy truck driving at high speed, ignoring any obstacles.

The basketball hit the board and rebounded into the net. The Heat chased 115 to 120, and the scene chanted MVP.

Li Yue catches the ball from the bottom line and pushes forward, walks to the left wing and uses the cover to break through, waits for Howard to go down, and then hits the ground and passes it in.

The Heat double-teamed the two, and Howard split the ball out.

But the timing was too late, the route was obvious, the strength was lacking, and the height was low, so Ray Allen intercepted it halfway.

Ray Allen took the ball to the three-point line in the front court, suddenly stopped and jumped, and Kobe jumped up immediately.

Snapped!The thug sounded, the referee whistled for a foul, and Ray Allen got three free throws.

The audience cheered loudly, but Kobe ignored the referee and went straight to the center line to wait.

雷阿伦3罚3中，热火追到118比120，时间仅剩1分18秒。

Li Yue catches the ball from the bottom line and pushes forward, slows down to a stop at the top of the arc, waits for Howard to get in position, and immediately gives it in.

Howard played hard, Bosh was hard to resist, forced to beat the ball, and the referee whistled for a foul.

The audience booed wildly, but Howard miraculously made two consecutive free throws, and the Lakers' lead returned to 4 points.

Easy to attack the Heat, LeBron forced a breakthrough, turned around the free throw line and scored, and Bosh made a three-pointer with the help of a shot.

The basketball crashed into the net, and the Heat caught up to 121 to 122. The Lakers requested a timeout with 48 seconds left.

Li Yue returned to the bench, took the towel and put it on his shoulders, sat down and listened carefully to the tactics.

D'Antoni drew a high pick-and-roll turn-out tactic. The team has played many times and is familiar with it.

Then assistant coach Clifford drew another set of defensive positions, predicting that the Heat will arrange for LeBron to break through.

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The time-out is over and the game continues.

Li Yue received the ball in the backcourt and pushed forward, wandered to the top of the arc and waited. The whole team had 1 high and 4 low positions, and they played singles.

The audience all stood up, booing, taunting, and swearing one after another, LeBron bent his knees, fully alert.

Waiting until the last 7 seconds, Kobe went up to cover, and Li Yue kicked the ground and broke through to the right.

Miller quickly switched defenses, Li Yue retreated and swayed one after another, then started to rush, and made an emergency stop at the free throw line.

when!The basketball hit the basket and hit the iron, rebounded and flew upside down, and fell into LeBron's hands.

The Heat didn't ask for a timeout, and LeBron took the ball and sprinted with all his might.

Li Yue chased to the left elbow area of ​​the frontcourt. Seeing that there was no one guarding the basket, he made a tactical foul without hesitation.

The referee blew his whistle in time, and with 22 seconds left before the end of the game, the Heat requested a timeout.

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ESPN commentary seats.

Van Gundy shrugged and spread his hands, pretending to be puzzled, "I'm a little confused, why did the Heat ask for a timeout?"

Jackson shook his head and chuckled, knowing that the opponent was flattering him, "They need to plan how to deal with the Lakers' offense. The situation may be extremely complicated due to the free throw result and the Lakers' choice, so multiple plans must be prepared."

Brin was emotional and trembling: "LeBron has achieved a 30+ triple-double, Li Yue is one assist short of a 1+30 super double-double, Kobe is one point short of 20 points, no matter what the result is, I will regret it .”

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Pause ends.

LeBron stood at the free throw line, and MVP chants rang out from the American Airlines Center arena.

The first free throw was easily hit, and the Heat tied.

The second free throw bounced and was caught, and the Heat overtook by one point.

The Lakers did not request a timeout, Howard picked up the basketball and exited the baseline, and the Heat immediately pressed the audience.

With the help of Gasol and Clark, Li Yue ran back to the right sideline twice in a row, received the pass and advanced rapidly.

The Heat returned to defense across the board, Li Yue took time to control the ball at the top of the arc, and LeBron showed cannibalistic eyes.

Waiting until there were only 7 seconds left, Kobe went up to cover, Li Yue sank his shoulders and made a breakthrough towards the right.

Miller hastily switched defenses, Li Yueqiang broke through the inside, and LeBron and Bosh teamed up to double-team.

Li Yue continued to sprint, but very stealthily threw the ball from his crotch back to the top of the arc. Kobe caught the ball and pulled out his hand for two points.

Swish!Hollow into the net.

Red lights lit up around the backboard, and the whistle sounded at the end of the game at the same time. The Lakers won 124 to 123.

Li Yue got a 30+20 super double-double, Kobe scored 40 points, and LeBron hit a 35+ triple-double.

Brin stood up from the commentary booth, raised his hands and shouted: "Friends! This is an epic battle!"

(End of this chapter)