play for it

Chapter 142 Xiaosheng
At the beginning of the fourth quarter, in order to allow Parker to get an effective rest, Popovich called Yang Ke to the sidelines and prepared to let him play.

"Yang, I just got the news that the Knicks beat the Lakers away. Jamie Lin scored a career-high 38 points and sent 7 assists."

Remembering something, Popovich pulled Yang Ke back with one hand, lowered his head, and whispered in his ear.

Because he was pulled back suddenly, the training clothes that had not been taken off were put on his arms. Hearing what Popovich said, Yang Ke was taken aback for a moment, and then said happily: "Really? This is good news!"

Popovich still paid attention to the news before the game, so he reached out and patted Yang Ke on the shoulder, and said earnestly: "Yang, he has proved himself to the outside world, now it's up to you. Remember not to deliberately To imitate Rondo's style of play, you must follow your own habits."

"understand!"

Yang Ke nodded solemnly, and immediately agreed, then took off his training clothes, walked to the technical stage in a few steps, and waited for the opportunity to play.

Sending Yang Ke away, Popovich turned back to the coach's bench, and said with his head sideways: "Borrego, after the game, the two of us will collect some information and game videos of Jamilin to see his skills." Features."

"I think so too."

Looking at the inquiry on the phone, Borrego agreed without raising his head. He was able to lead his team to beat strong enemies in a row, and the statistics were excellent, which showed that Jeremy Lin still has strength, at least he has his own good technical characteristics.

This season, the Spurs aim to win the championship, so as a coach, any opponent must conduct in-depth investigation and research, regardless of whether they have the strength to meet the Spurs in the finals.

After a while, Yang Ke relied on the opportunity of the Celtics free throw to replace Parker.When playing, Yang Ke observed the lineups of both sides. On the Spurs side, he, Leonard, Jefferson, Bonner and Blair.

As for the Celtics, apart from Pierce, who was holding the lineup, of the other four players, only Kenyon Dooling, who was blown up by Parker in the first half, had a little impression.Moments later, Pierce made two free throws without being disturbed by the home fans, scoring two more points for the team.

Offensive and defensive transition, as the only point guard in the current lineup, Yang Ke did his part to control the ball in his hands, and slowly pushed across the half court.

Stopping outside the three-point line, Yang Ke dribbled the ball unhurriedly. The sound produced when the basketball hit the floor kept hitting Du Lin's eardrums, forcing him not to be distracted in the slightest.

Staring at Du Lin blankly, Yang Ke remembered his performance in the first half, and it seemed that his defense was not good. Thinking of this, Yang Ke was going to try Du Lin single-handedly.

Taking small steps with both feet, Yang Ke lowered the center of gravity of his body significantly, lowered his hands, and continuously dribbled the ball under his crotch, gradually approaching Du Lin.

Facing the pressing Yang Ke, Du Lin licked his thirsty lips, his body trembled slightly, and he was a little nervous. On both sides of his forehead, sweat flowed down like particles.

As the attacking time passed, the players on both sides had already realized the emergence of a singles situation, and the eyes of the audience were all focused on Yang Ke and Du Lin for a moment.

Grinding the ball in front of Du Lin, when the ball stopped in the palm of his right hand, Yang Ke controlled the stretch of his right arm to the upper right and pushed the ball to the upper right.

At the same time, Yang Ke's shoulders were visibly shaking, with his left foot as the pivot foot, his right foot stepping up to the right, and his left hand also swinging to the right.

This is, to break through from the right?
Staring at Yang Ke's movements, Du Lin had the illusion that Yang Ke would break through to the right. Being extremely nervous, he didn't think carefully, but directly began to move his body's center of gravity.

At this moment, Yang Ke's eyes flashed, his right foot was quickly retracted, and he dribbled with a change of hand under his crotch, and the basketball came to his left hand in an instant.

The right foot immediately changed direction, moved to the front left, and lowered his head to block Du Lin's abdomen with his shoulders, and then started, taking advantage of Du Lin's inability to continue to exert defensive pressure on himself.Yang Ke easily passed him, quickly went inside, and made a layup with a change of hands.

"Beautiful change of direction!"

"Yang, beautiful!"

Seeing a wonderful attack, the home fans stood up and applauded excitedly.

The game was not affected and continued. The offense and defense switched, the Celtics attacked, Pierce asked for the ball, and then prepared to single Leonard, but Yang Ke didn't give him a chance, and the defense was very timely.

Seeing this situation, Pierce directly passed the ball back to During. Surprisingly, facing the open space, During did not choose a safer mid-range shot, but shot from the three-point line.

boom!
The basketball bounced out of the basket, and the defensive rebound was taken by Bonner. The Celtics' offense returned in vain, and Dooling's poor shot selection also caused Pierce's dissatisfaction.

In the next 2 minutes, facing Du Lin's defense, Yang Ke couldn't help but hit two three-pointers, raising his personal score to 15 points, and also received an assist.

In desperation, Rivers had to replace Rondo and Ray Allen. Seeing this, Popovich waved his hand and replaced Ginobili. Parker and Duncan were still sitting on the bench to rest. .

Another 2 minutes later, with 5 minutes left before the end of the game, as the score was still tight, the two teams unanimously switched to the full main lineup.Yang Ke was also replaced because of this. Relying on a two plus one, his score in this game was finally fixed at 18 points.

The game was played until the last moment, and the Celtics made fatal mistakes in the last few rounds due to physical problems.Everyone in the Spurs seized this opportunity and opened up the score. In the end, the Spurs won the game by 6 points.

Rivers was very depressed about this victory. During the interview after the game, facing the reporter's question, Rivers said enviously: "The Spurs are currently the team with the best record in the league. It has the best team in the league. With the deepest lineup, the strength of the main force and the substitutes is not much different, so it is not surprising that we will lose the game.”

A TNT reporter stood up and quickly asked: "Coach Rivers, since this is the case, what do you think is most needed to defeat the Spurs?"

"Great point difference advantage!"

Without even thinking about it, Rivers replied directly, "If you want to beat the Spurs, you must draw the score with them. Once the score is close, you will be worn out by the deep lineup of the Spurs, just like what we are today..."

After the game, apart from Parker, who was going to attend the post-game press conference with Popovich, the rest of the Spurs immediately disbanded and went home.Since we have to gather at the arena early tomorrow morning and prepare to take a plane to start the three-way trip before the All-Star weekend, there will be no group activities tonight.

(End of this chapter)