Thanos

Chapter 68 Continue to Fight
The Lakers attack.

Kobe broke through, and the other four opened up space.

The Lakers' lineup has a good shooting ability. Atkins and Cook made nearly 40% of their three-pointers, and Odom made 31%.Ye Heping didn't have a three-pointer, but the mid-range shot was even more terrifying.

The Suns can only defend out, leaving no one guarding the basket.

Kobe easily caused Marion's supplementary foul and made two free throws.

30: 26.

After playing for a minute and a half, the Lakers pulled the score closer with a wave of 7:0.

But D'Antoni didn't call a timeout, and the Suns still had the last chance to attack and open the score.

Nash chose to count the seconds outside the three-point line, leaving only 8 seconds to attack, not giving the Lakers a chance.

The timer hit 8, and Hunter came out for a pick-and-roll.

Ye Heping, who followed Hunter, gave up Hunter directly and cooperated with Atkins to double-team Nash.

As for singles Joe, Odom can also defend.

The bold choice made the Los Angeles fans tremble for a while, but when they calmed down, they had to boast that they were peaceful, bold and careful.

Hunter's scoring ability...sorry, he doesn't have it at all, and he can't even make a slight mid-range shot. His scoring depends on picking up misses.

And Nash encountered a double team and lost the opportunity to make a phone call. He was originally the most stable point in the Suns.

But facing Ye Heping, who was 15 centimeters taller than him, he was a little helpless.

However, Nash didn't stop the ball and handed the ball to the singles Joe. After the singles Joe broke through, he distributed it to the air-cut Barbosa.

All the Lakers players defended, this is a good opportunity.

Barbosa rushed to the basket like lightning, exploded, and bombed the basket with both hands.

"careful!"

Nash's shout sounded in Barbosa's ear, but it was a step too late.

The golden No. 24 soared into the sky, chased the cap, and slammed the basketball on the backboard.

Snapped!
Beep beep!

The whistle at the end of the first quarter sounded at the same time, and the score was still 30:26.

Los Angeles fans are crazy.

In the last 2 minutes, Ye Heping played phenomenal defense, not to mention the double-teaming of Nash, but 1 steal and 1 block is real.

The best part is that the blocks and steals are all for Barbosa, the hateful bastard who provoked before the game.

The Lakers teammates also gathered around Ye Heping to celebrate.With Ye Heping's supplementary defense and assisted defense, everyone really relaxed a lot, and such steals and blocks really boosted morale.

"Ye, are you targeting that guy on purpose?"

Atkins asked excitedly.

"No, what I want to guard against is Joe and Nash. As for Barbosa, it's just convenient!"

Ye Heping said gently.

That's right, it's just a matter of making up the defense, which is the truth.

But Barbossa's face turned red when he heard this, and he couldn't lift his head.

He wanted to do something to increase his attention, but he obviously found the wrong person.

Some people you can't afford to mess with.

……

The game continued in the second quarter.

Stoudemire came back again, and D'Antoni really used the main force as livestock. If something went wrong, he immediately sent all of them back.

You must know that Stoudemire has only rested for 2 minutes so far.

After a season, apart from the top five starters, none of the Suns' substitutes averaged more than 20 minutes per game, which is amazing.

This is why the team he coaches has been suffering a lot of injuries. Next season, Stoudemire will be reimbursed for the season...

In addition, Barbosa was also replaced by Casey Jacobson. The German coach is also not a patient person, and Barbosa's performance at the end of the first quarter...

It's actually not bad, but it's a pity that I met Ye Heping.

D'Antoni is really ruthless. He feels that he doesn't want Nash, singles Joe, and Marion to rest in this game.

The Lakers have also undergone certain changes: Grant, Cook, Ye Heping, Kobe, Vujacic.

Recently, Tang Shuai has been uncharacteristically open-minded, and frequently tries new styles of play: Kobe plays point guard, Atkins plays shooting guard, Ye Heping and Odom swing at the 3 and 4 positions, Ye Heping and Cook swing at the 3 and 4 positions... Even Vujacic, who could only play in garbage time before, began to get opportunities.

An old-school coach who is uncharacteristically open-minded, but that's good for the Lakers.

The first is that the Lakers have a good record and can withstand this kind of toss.The second is to toss the substitute players to get more opportunities. The competition is fierce and no one dares to water ski (except Odom).

Before playing, Ye Heping took the initiative to approach Vujacic and said in a low voice, "You mainly defend Nash's shooting. If you can't keep up with the speed, I will delay it for you. You follow up immediately."

It was indeed difficult for Vujacic to defend Nash, and Ye Heping offered to help share it.

Vujacic was taken aback, he didn't expect Ye Heping to do this.

At the beginning of the season, the relationship between the two was tense, almost antagonistic, and Vujacic repeatedly found fault.

Recently, Ye Heping has become a stable rotation for the Lakers, while Vujacic can only play in garbage time, and the pride in his bones has gradually smoothed out.

How was the first round pick?So what about talent? The most indispensable thing in the NBA is this kind of person.

Now, Ye Heping even offered to help regardless of past suspicions.

"Thank you!"

Vujacic had thousands of words in his heart, but in the end he only said 2 words.

Ye Heping smiled: "Don't think too much, because we have the same goal."

"what?"

Vujacic was taken aback, what target.

"Win!"

Ye Heping said firmly, then turned and went on stage.

Vujacic suddenly realized and clenched his fists. Who doesn't like victory?

Beep beep!

The second quarter of the game officially started.

Ye Heping looked serious, and the real challenge began at this moment.

The Suns have the ball and Nash advances.

(The team that wins the jump ball takes the lead in the 1st and 4th quarters, and the loser takes the lead in the 2nd and 3rd quarters.)
As soon as he was close to the three-point line, Vujacic pounced on him fiercely, looking like he was about to eat Nash.

Nash was taken aback for a moment, but his subordinates kept on trying to break through and shoot and failed.

Vujacic was even more vicious than imagined, making Nash unable to make a shot for a while.

Nash followed the Sun's non-stop ball strategy and quickly passed the ball to the nearest singles Joe.

Joe faced Ye Heping in singles, and couldn't find a chance. He was at a disadvantage in height, wingspan, and speed. If he played low-post singles, he would be fine, but the fast pace of the Suns today will not give a chance to play low-post slowly from the outside.

Singles Joe couldn't find a chance and immediately passed to Jacobsen.

It was Kobe who guarded Jacobson, so Jacobson... made the pass again.

Seeing this scene, Tang Shuai nodded with satisfaction.

If other teams pass the ball so patiently, it is definitely not a good thing.

But on the Suns, it means that the Lakers' defense has succeeded.

The sun's normal attack time does not exceed 7 seconds, and the ball passes through the hands of no more than three people in one round.

And passing the ball so frequently is because they have not been able to find a chance to make a shot, which is not good for the Suns.

Sure enough, Marion made a mistake after taking the ball again, and was forced by Kobe who was assisting in the defense, and the possession of the ball changed hands.

(End of this chapter)