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Chapter 196

"necessary!"

"Right on my mind!"

As Ginobili's voice fell, the players immediately responded with certainty.They didn't forget that before Alice passed away, they hoped to see them beat the Lakers with their own eyes.

At that time, they lost to the Lakers and failed to fulfill Alice's wish.Today, they have the home court advantage, and they must not let Alice down again. In this game, they can only win but not lose.

At the last moment, Popovich, who was also wearing the special white suit, came out from behind, looked at the players who were gaining momentum, and said with a complicated expression: "Boys, this game depends on your performance." Don’t let the fans and audience down again!”

Recalling the game he lost with his own hands, Yang Ke clenched his hands into fists, met Popovich's gaze, and said firmly: "Coach, don't worry! We won't fall twice in the same place. !"

"I have always had confidence in you!"

Popovich smiled slightly, put his hands unconsciously on his sides, looked at his players, spit out three words, and then ended his speech, "let's begin..."

"win!"

Accompanied by the final high-pitched and orderly shouts, the players who formed a circle dispersed and stood in a neat row.The admission ceremony of the Lakers has ended amidst the boos resounding through the sky, and now it's time for them to appear on the stage.

Amidst the cheers and cheers from the audience, starting with Leonard and ending with Yang Ke, the Spurs soldiers stepped onto the field one by one in a very orderly manner.

After a while, the game officially started. Under the organization of the on-duty referee, the starting players of the two teams stood near the center circle, ready to start the ball.

Spurs lineup: Yang Ke, Leonard, Green, Diaw and Blair partner inside.Lakers here: Steve Black, Kobe, Matt Barnes, Gasol and Bynum.

Gasol and Blair performed a halftime jump ball. When the referee blew the whistle and the basketball flew into the sky, the two jumped up at the same time.

Pau Gasol, who has overall superiority in strength and experience, handled it better at this moment. He successfully picked the ball from Blair's head to his teammate's side.

Barnes is a very active player. After seeing the basketball being pulled out, he directly ran towards the trajectory of the basketball.Stretching out his right arm, he jumped up gently, and took down the basketball steadily.

Bang!
After the players on both sides began to run to get in position, Barnes passed the ball directly to Black, and the latter took it to the frontcourt alone to organize the offense.

Standing on the three-point line with a calm face, when he saw Black take a step outside the three-point line with the ball, Yang Ke went straight out, opened his arms, and pressed against Black tightly.

The reason why Yang Ke did this was entirely because he learned from the information provided by the team that Black was a floor-type point guard.His shooting is average in the league, but due to lack of power and speed, his breakthrough is not threatening.

So sad!
Facing Yang Ke's close defense, Black felt a sense of oppression that was difficult to fight.He originally wanted to create enough personal space for himself by controlling the ball, speeding up and changing direction, so as to organize the offense.

However, due to the weak physical confrontation, Black couldn't get rid of Yang Ke's close body at all. In desperation, he chose to take a big step back and moved away from the three-point line very passively.

"ball!"

Seeing Blake blocked, Bryant was not surprised, but the offensive time can not be wasted like this.So he raised his arm and signaled to Black to pass the ball over so that he could choose to attack.

A second later, Bryant received the pass.Holding the basketball with one hand in his right hand, his right arm was naturally placed horizontally behind his back. Looking at Leonard in front of him, he said with a smile: "I thought it would be Yang who would mark it, but I didn't want to meet you."

After finishing speaking, Kobe also knew that Leonard would not make any reply, looked at the attack time with only 12 seconds left, and immediately launched an offensive with the ball.

On the defensive end, Leonard is good at using his height and wingspan to try to change the rhythm of offensive players so that he can occupy a good position.

For Kobe, who often plays difficult balls, he is very good at using his footwork and super skills to create a little space in the offense and complete the shot in that fleeting space.

Therefore, after a few seconds of frontal entanglement, Kobe retreated through the feint on the way to the breakthrough to find a space to make a move.In front of Leonard, he chose a jumper.

At this time, Leonard's phenomenal big hand showed a huge effect.The fingertips, which are many centimeters longer than ordinary people, interfered with the trajectory of the basketball, and eventually prompted this jump shot to be rejected by the basket.

Is the wingspan too long?
Seeing that the rebound was firmly won by Blair, Kobe recalled the scene of the offense just now after retreating to the defensive half.It seems that every time I shoot in front of Leonard, I need to add a little back every time.

Bang!Bang!
Offensive and defensive transition, took the basketball from Blair, Yang Ke just ran across the midfield, Kobe posted it very face-saving.After all, Yang Ke's quick three-point ability has attracted the attention of many teams after the rookie challenge.

Facing Kobe's close body, Yang Ke's facial expression did not change at all. He learned this trick from Leonard.

Holding the ball steadily with his right hand, Yang Ke lowered his body's center of gravity, leaned forward slightly, and lowered his head halfway.Through this set of movements, even if he is being defended close to him, Yang Ke can stretch out freely.

"call!"

The best way to break the close defense is often to break through or take one step.Yang Ke let out a sigh of relief. Under Kobe's pressing pressure, he had the option of attacking.

Holding the basketball tightly with both hands, facing Kobe head-on, Yang Ke pouted his buttocks and stepped his right foot forward to the right.Watching Yang Ke's movements, Kobe narrowed his eyes.

In Kobe's view, this stride distance is too short, and it is likely to be a fake move, but because Yang Ke's speed is very fast, he has to make defensive preparations.

Kobe made a decision in a blink of an eye, and moved his body a small step to his left in an instant, in case Yang Ke suddenly accelerated and broke through from his left.

But just when Kobe had just moved, Yang Ke suddenly used his next move. He quickly kicked the inside of his right foot on the ground, forcibly changed direction, and took a big step forward to the left.

At the same time, the body is slightly turned to the left, and the right shoulder is connected with a downward movement, and at the same time, the center of gravity of the body moves forward to the left.

There was movement under his feet, and Yang Ke's hands never stopped. By changing hands and dribbling, he transferred the basketball to his left hand.Immediately afterwards, he put his right foot against Kobe's body, lifted his left foot, and took a big step forward to the left, bringing himself and Kobe to shoulder level.

(End of this chapter)