I just play ball

Chapter 129 Impressed
[-] p.m., Staples Center.

The DJ shouted loudly, and Li Yue ran out of the player tunnel first, waving his hands under the lights, and cheers resounded in the arena.

He high-fives the cheerleaders one by one, then stands at the end of the line and joins the audience in welcoming his teammates.

The second one to run out was Clark, who started the game as a substitute for Gasol.

D'Antoni's arrangement is in response to the Heat's change of mentioning Mike Miller to the starting lineup and Bosh directly as the center.

Followed by Nash and Howard, Kobe finally ran out, and the cheers in the arena reached their peak.

Kobe ran straight to the end, hugged Li Yue vigorously, patted his shoulder and whispered, "Come on."

Li Yue nodded silently, the lights in the arena dimmed, and the DJ announced that he was going to play the national anthem.

As a foreigner, Li Yue didn't participate. He stood on the sidelines and waited, subconsciously looking around.

Same as G3, the audience uniformly wore yellow and white Lakers home T-shirts, but there were more signs and headshots, including a photo of LeBron kneeling and crying, which seemed to be taken from the photographer after the Heat defeated the Celtics Close-up, clearly used as a mockery.

Chenxi and Nicole sat in the player's relatives area behind the bench, and they clenched their fists to cheer him on.

Perhaps in order to set up a super big scene to set off the atmosphere, the leader who sang the national anthem was actually the legendary DIVA "Sister Niu" Mariah Carey, and after playing, she bluntly said that she hoped that the Lakers would win the championship and wish Kobe Bryant another FMVP.

The big screen in the center immediately showed Rihanna, LeBron's big fan, who came to the sidelines, with disdain on her face.

...

In the TNT commentary seat, Ernie, O'Neill, Barkley, and Kenny are seated separately from left to right.

"Have you noticed all the FMVP-related arguments over the past two days?" Ernie asked.

"Of course, I've never seen an argument like that, and my brother Kobe is the victim," O'Neal said.

Barkley looked puzzled, "Why?"

"I know!" Kenny quickly replied, "It doesn't matter who gets the FMVP at all, it just uses Kobe as a weapon. Some hope that the Lakers will fight among themselves, some hope that Li Yue will be embarrassed, and some hope that Kobe will be embarrassing."

"If you only watch the past three games, who do you think is more qualified?" Ernie asked again.

"My brother Kobe is very good, but for this round of the series, I support Li Yue more. He has a lot of contributions that cannot be reflected by statistics. For example, G1 scored 16 points in a row against Biao LeBron, and G3 led the bench to expand the lead miraculously. , Even if G2 loses, there are only two turnovers, and the team has the highest plus-minus." O'Neal said.

Kenny nodded in agreement, "I almost think the same way, but I am more willing to fulfill Kobe's 6 championships and 3 FMVPs, so that he can make up for the regret of only winning 1 MVP and have a chance to hit the top two in history."

Barkley shook his head, "I also support Kobe, but Li Yue is the future of the Lakers, and Kobe will definitely think so."

...

As Niu yelled the best note, the performance of the national anthem officially ended, and the lights on the scene gradually brightened.

The long whistle sounded at the same time, and Li Yue stepped into the court and interacted with the Heat's starters one by one.

The referee entered the court with the ball, clapped his hands fiercely, and threw it upwards gently. Howard and Bosh took off one after another.

Snapped!Howard took the lead to touch the ball, swung it back hard, and the basketball flew towards the Lakers half court.

Nash trotted forward to catch the ball, slowly advanced forward, and raised his hand at the center line to direct the running tactics.

The typical moving pick-and-roll process is very simple. Li Yue quickly rushed to the right sideline and settled near the bottom corner. At the same time, he thought in his heart that if he wants to win the FMVP, he must play a visual stimulus to impress the fans and the media.

Just thinking about it, Nash took the ball to hit the right wing, Li Yue decisively turned his face and prepared to start.

As expected, Nash passed the ball to Clark at the top of the arc and ran towards him.

Li Yue started off, got rid of Miller with the help of an off-ball screen, rushed to the right wing to catch the ball, chased Chalmers from the side and took off, and shot a three-pointer without hesitation.

Swish!The basketball went into the net hollow, and the Lakers led 3 to 0.

There was thunderous applause at the scene, Li Yue turned back to defend, heaved a sigh of relief, and silently clenched his fists to celebrate.

"Huh? He seems to intend to change the way of attack?" Barkley raised his eyebrows and said, "Could it be that he has other ideas?"

"In the first three games, 72.45% of his shots were within the three-point line." Ernie slid his fingers left and right on the IPAD, "but his three-point shooting rate is as high as 54%. I don't know why he made so few shots."

"Because the Heat's perimeter defense is very strong, he must maintain a success rate. Those shots rarely ignore the defense as before." Kenny shrugged, "But today the Heat used Mike Miller to defend at the beginning, and they definitely suffered."

"Maybe this is his response to those belittlings." O'Neill smiled, his eyes full of appreciation.

The Heat attacked, and Chalmers took the ball to the frontcourt, passed it to Wade on the right, and stopped at the top of the arc to wait.

Bosh lifted up as a screen, Wade stepped away from Kobe, crossed to the left free throw line, and made an emergency stop.

Howard flew head-on, his right hand raised high like an iron whip, Wade gave up his shot and threw the ball to the left half instead.

LeBron took the ball, squatted with his back against Clark, lowered his shoulders, and made a strong push.

Clark had no intention of carrying it hard, and stepped back instantly, taking off the force directly.

LeBron lost his rhythm in a panic, staggered and almost fell to the ground, and quickly threw the ball outside.

Miller received the hand, raised his head and hands to aim at the basket, and bent his knees and squatted slightly, his fake movements were quite realistic.

But Li Yue had studied it before the game, and he was unmoved at all. Miller passed the ball back in embarrassment.

LeBron turned around and faced the basket in a three-threat posture, with his left foot as the axis and his right foot stepping forward.

Li Yue glanced at the top of the backboard and found that the attack time was only 9 seconds left, so he decided to help defend and press down.

LeBron seemed to be aware of it, and immediately turned around and started hitting back. Twice in a row, he suddenly turned back and went straight to the hoop.

Clark's defense was too strong, and his whole body was thrown forward, and it was too late to stop and catch up.

Seeing this, Li Yue twisted his hips and turned sideways, took two consecutive steps, started the maximum speed, and jumped at the same time as LeBron, covering the basketball with both hands.

In the blink of an eye, LeBron held the ball with both hands and lowered it, changing a dunk to a pick, and the action was extremely fast.

But in the end it was the second change. Even Howard, who came late, was able to keep up with the rhythm.

Snapped!Howard gets the big hat from the head-on.

The basketball hit the ground and rebounded, Li Yue picked it up, jumped to the right, and got rid of LeBron in just one second.

He was like a dead fly with no brakes, sprinting along the right sideline.

No one in the Heat team could catch up close to him. LeBron loudly reminded him to shrink to the basket, cut in diagonally, and tried to take a shortcut to intercept.

Seeing this situation, Li Yue took it into consideration and decided to take a big gamble!
He stopped to collect the ball in four steps outside the three-point line, and shot a super long three-pointer like Curry.

The basketball flew like a shooting star, and under the watchful eyes of more than 8000 people, it hit the board and bounced into the net.

The Staples Center exploded!

"Maigard, I will never forget this shot in my life!"

(End of this chapter)