The world of basketball

Chapter 72
The point difference was quickly smoothed out, and with the last 5 minutes left in the fourth quarter, Mu Xiaobei sat on the bench panting and used the timeout to recover as soon as possible.

After a season of tempering, Mu Xiaobei thought that his physical fitness had improved a lot, but he didn't expect that it was still not enough.

The confrontation in the playoffs is definitely not at the same level as the regular season, and the Lakers' defense in the playoffs suddenly became tougher as if they had changed a team or a group of people.

Didn't it mean that James, an old man in his thirties, only pinches his waist to watch when defending?

Didn't it mean that Ingram basically has no defensive enthusiasm, and when defending, he can push away and get out of the open space?

Didn't it mean that the Lakers' defense was only supported by the old boxing champion in the paint?

How did everything change once the playoffs came?Is it different?

Mu Xiaobei has already had three blocks, one from James, one from McGee, and one from Ingram.

He didn't know how James hit behind him and slapped his ball away accurately after he had already swayed McGee.

Didn't he know that he had already pushed McGee?His arm seemed to be able to stretch, he just rubbed his ball abruptly and changed the trajectory.

Even Ingram, who has been criticized for not being active defensively, can block himself?
Seeing that Mu Xiaobei was a little downcast, Ade suppressed his frustration and ran over to comfort Mu Xiaobei.

He's a big brother, he needs to be more mature.

In fact, James and DeRozan's sudden outbursts in the second half and the increased strength of the Lakers' overall defense made Adelaide a bit confused.

But now he is the absolute leader of the team, and he wants to stabilize the morale of the army.

"Hold on, Mu, the intensity of defense just now plus their constant desire to speed up forcibly consumes a lot of their physical energy. The final stage of the game is a competition of willpower, so we must be steady. "Ade came over and patted Mu Xiaobei on the head.

Jeremy Lin also ran over to fight for Mu Xiaobei, and Mu Xiaobei's elder brother Kuzma also enlightened his rookie younger brother.

At the last moment of the game, Popovich took Mudiay and Lonnie Walker, but used Jeremy Lin and Belinelli. He is such a person. If you get up, Popovich will not hesitate to replace you.

But the two of them were too strong just now, and the continuous strikes gave the Lakers a chance to counterattack and equalized the score.

In the last 5 minutes, Mu Xiaobei returned to the court.

Without a pick-and-roll, Jeremy Lin handed the ball directly to Aldridge, and Aldridge ate James with his back, but he was not in a hurry to shoot immediately.

Mu Xiaobei pulled Chandler to the perimeter, but the Lakers had no help defense, and they were confident in James' ability to defend alone.

After Aldridge turned back and made a fallback jumper, the ball swiped around the basket and still failed to score. Kuzma went into the empty inside and grabbed the rebound from James first.

Mu Xiaobei turned sideways in the high position, Belinelli moved, and DeRozan was caught.

Kuzma played the ball very quickly, and Belinelli took the ball without any adjustments and shot directly.

Bang——

The ball still missed, this time James withstood Kuzma to protect the rebound.

"Get back to defense, come back to defense." Popovich shouted loudly from the sidelines.

James went to the front basket like a little rhino from the backcourt, DeRozan landed in the bottom corner, and James watched the two people in front of him score the ball to the top of the arc.

DeRozan continued his previous touch and got up to make a shot.

Swah——

The Lakers counterattacked and hit a high three-pointer, overtaking the three-pointer.

"Pick-and-roll, put the ball to the wood, play the pick-and-roll," Popovich yelled, unafraid that his words would be heard by the defenders.

Mu Xiaobei made a high pick-and-roll for Jeremy Lin at the top of the arc, and Jeremy Lin threw off Brother Ball in a disguised form and went to the basket to kill.

Belinelli in the bottom corner ran to a 45-degree angle, Jeremy Lin hit the ground and passed to Belinelli, but DeRozan followed closely, and Belinelli did not have a good chance after an emergency stop.

But Belinelli distributed the ball to the bottom corner, and it was Jeremy Lin who received the ball under the basket, and Adelaide blocked Ball and James alone, and Jeremy Lin made a three-pointer.

Swah——

The Spurs tied the score.

"Strike Jeremy Lin, this tactic looks familiar, Director Zhang." Yu Jia said.

"Well, this seems to be a very standard Warriors tailor-made tactic for Curry, but I didn't expect it to be used by the Spurs." Zhang Weiping said.

The purpose of the Spurs' offense is to create opportunities through continuous passing and cutting, but the Warriors have made this more specific.

DeRozan held the ball at a 45-degree angle on the left side and did not want to pick and roll. Singles have always been his strength, whether it is singles with misplaced or matchups.

The 32-year-old Italian Cannon is not too young, especially defense is not Belinelli's strong point.

The 2.01 DeRozan is five centimeters taller than Belinelli. After taking a cross step, DeRozan then accelerated to the right to get rid of Belinelli, and suddenly made a sudden stop about one step away from the three-point line.

Swah——

Going forward, DeRozan's hand feels hot today.

Mu Xiaobei received the ball back from Jeremy Lin at the top of the arc and made a fake shot. Well, this can no longer fool Chandler.

No, wait, it wasn't a feint, Mu Xiaobei shot directly over Chandler's head.

Bang——

The ball hit the front of the basket and James grabbed the rebound again.

"What are you doing? We are only two points behind, and there is still a lot of time! Go back to the defense first, and don't do it again next time! Otherwise, I will replace you!" The reluctant shot of the ball made Popovich very upset Angry, he growled loudly.

After halftime, James handed the ball to DeRozan. DeRozan took a three-threat tentative step with the ball and tapped Belinelli's center of gravity, and then accelerated to throw away half of his body. Keeping up with the position, DeRozan directly pulled out.

Swah——

Still in!

Mu Xiaobei punched James with his back in the low position, but did not move after two pushes, then turned around and was about to shoot.

Snapped--

The ball in Mu Xiaobei's hand was cut off by James again. James held the ball and ran straight towards the frontcourt. He went to the waist and looked at Kuzma and Belinelli in front of him. James turned around and flicked his big hand directly. Crossing, the ball fell into the hands of DeRozan in the bottom corner.

DeRozan raised his sword and hit a three-pointer again.

"Beep—" The Spurs requested a timeout.

"Lonnie, Paul, when the two of you play, Marco, you have done a good job. As for Mu, you just sit down and think about how you should play, and remember how you played."

The point difference came to seven points, and Mu Xiaobei sat on the sidelines dejectedly watching his teammates play.

Without Mu Xiaobei, the Spurs lost a barrier on the inside, a person who stuck Chandler, and a person who helped defend. After all, Gasol's speed is no longer there.

In this way, the Spurs failed to score twice in a row, and the Lakers succeeded twice in a row. By the last minute of the game, the score had reached eleven points.
It was already hard to catch up. Mu Xiaobei looked at his struggling teammates on the court, he really wanted to play, he secretly looked at Popovich's furious face, and didn't say much.

He covered his face with a towel, the lights were a bit dazzling, the team was about to lose a home game in the playoffs, and he didn't know what to do.

(End of this chapter)