basketball pope

Chapter 267 [A strong wave, the victory is in hand]

The Raptors attacked, Billups brought it to the frontcourt and passed it to Miller, moved to the right, and screened with Detrev to the left corner without the ball.

Miller used the ball frame to observe the movement of his teammates. Hawley followed Detrev on the left, Fisher chased Billups in place, Kobe followed Carter in the bottom corner, and Rice defended McGrady as an opportunity.

Miller passed the ball to McGrady, who was running in response, and the latter turned to face the frame with a step inside the three-point line on the right, posing a three-threat pose.

Carter made a cut to the right low, leaned back against Kobe, and McGrady hoisted the ball from close range.

Carter leaned on Kobe, turned around forcibly in the middle, held the ball with both hands for a moment, Kobe's center increased, raised his hands to interfere, Carter took another step forward, leaned on Kobe to jump, and hit a one-handed throw from close range.

39 to 38, the score overtakes.Kobe Bryant didn't get out of position, but it was difficult to block Carter's close-range shot, and he couldn't stop Carter from turning.

The Lakers attacked, Fisher passed the ball to Rice, who hung it to O'Neal.

Miller tried his best to defend, O'Neal squeezed twice and turned to the bottom line. Miller predicted the correct position. O'Neal pressed Miller and stepped on the penalty area line to make a one-handed throw. .

Detrev grabbed the rebound, held it in his arms and waited for the defender to respond.

In the same position as before, Miller held the ball in the middle and passed it to McGrady on the right.

Carter made an empty cut from the bottom line on the right and entered the penalty area in a deep position. Kobe kept following the top defense.McGrady passed the ball, and Carter turned around and took off with all his strength when he received the ball from a distance. 41 to 38.

Zhang Lili sighed: "Kobe made the All-Defensive Team this season, but he was good at defending perimeter players who attacked the face frame. Today Carter used his physical advantage to eat hard. His strength and jumping are better than Kobe."

Sun Zhengping smiled and said, "Less defended Carter before, but he chose to break through. His speed was faster than that of Rice. It was too comprehensive."

The two are about the same height, Carter weighs 100 kilograms, Kobe 93 kilograms, and Carter is dominant in explosive power and strength.Bryant's advantage lies in lateral speed and flexibility, and anti-low position is not very useful.

At this time, Kobe swore in his heart that he would practice hard to gain weight in the summer.

In Yang Rui's previous life, Kobe gained 2002 kilograms of muscle in the summer of 7, and then reached his peak. His arms were thicker than many power forwards, and his ability to fight inside was significantly enhanced.Now Kobe's upper body is still very slender, and there are not many ways to face the storm.

The Lakers attacked, and Kobe wanted to return the ball from the outside, but he was facing McGrady.

Bryant made a difficult breakthrough and passed it to Rice, who just took a step and turned around and Carter reached out and stabbed the basketball.

Carter knew that Rice's first choice was definitely to pass the ball to O'Neal, so he always turned sideways to find space, and his protection of the ball was average.

Carter picked up the basketball and made a fast break. The Lakers only had Kobe to defend in place, 2-1 in the frontcourt. Kobe chose a compromise position to prevent the two from playing alleys.

Carter brought it to the front court, and suddenly grabbed a three-pointer from 70 degrees on the left side. McGrady immediately snapped a rebound when he saw it, and Rice chased the defense and blocked a step slower from behind. There was no interference in front of Carter, and the ball went in! 44 to 38.

Carter was happy after the goal, and when he returned to the defense, he put on a motorcycle-riding action, proud of his speed to get rid of Rice.

Yang Rui stood up and applauded Carter. This season, his performance has exceeded expectations, and his defense has also improved a lot, so he doesn't jump around much.

In Yang Rui's previous life, many people said that Carter's eyes were defensive and so on. It was pure nonsense. He was definitely qualified by the standards of ordinary players, but it was a little worse when measured by the standards of superstars.

Kobe retired at the age of 37. In the last few years, the defensive end was to "direct traffic" on the court. At the age of 40, Carter can still keep up with many young people and can defend the power forward in the low position.The most amazing thing is that in the 17 playoffs, he started for the Grizzlies against Leonard, the core of the Spurs. He played 33 minutes per game, and he was still a qualified starter. The efficiency on both ends of the offense and defense was not low.

The Lakers attacked in the triangle, Kobe received the ball from the outside, faced McGrady forcibly breaking through, and reached the basket in the middle, Miller made up the defense, Kobe attracted defensive points, and O'Neal scored with a one-handed dunk on the right. 44 to 40.

Billups slowly dribbled the ball to the frontcourt, and Miller pulled it out and reached for the ball.

Fisher thought Billups was going to pass the ball again, but he suddenly pulled a three-pointer from 80 degrees on the left side.Fisher, who is 185cm tall, reacts half a beat slower, and only reaches out to interfere slightly.

The Raptors didn't grab a rebound, and Billups still shot very resolutely, with a good rhythm and hit! 47 to 40.

The Lakers attacked, O'Neal took the ball low and singled out Miller, turned to the middle and stopped for a meal, attracting Miller to raise his hands to increase the height of the center of gravity, took a step forward and jumped up, smashed the ball with one hand and knocked Miller out of the baseline . 47 to 42.

CCTV5 Zhang Lili smiled and said, "Yang Rui likes attacking too much. It is torture to let Miller defend O'Neal alone. At this time, you can consider sending Cato. The team clearly has a big man who can resist."

Sun Zhengping smiled and said: "Indeed, O'Neal couldn't easily make a dunk in the face of Cato. Yang Rui didn't let him go, it must be because he can't shoot."

In fact, Yang Rui wanted to compress Cato's playing time under the premise of winning the series.If Cato's performance is average, it will be better to renew in the summer.

The big men who can resist people in this era are inexplicably valuable. Yang Rui doesn’t want a team to offer Cato a high salary in the Osterta format in the summer. If the team matches, it will be a garbage contract.

The Raptors attacked, Billups dribbled the ball to the frontcourt without passing, and played a pick-and-roll with Miller in the middle to get rid of Fisher, made a breakthrough on the left, and made an emergency stop at the horn, which attracted O'Neal to switch defense, and the ball was passed to the middle.

Miller took the ball with both hands in front of the frame, made a fake in front of Fisher, as if to pass the ball to the basket, and then shot from the three-point line in the middle.

Fisher took a fake and went after Billups. He turned his head and didn't interfere with Miller at all. O'Neal was too far away, so he only had time to step forward and stretch out his hand.

This ball Miller has a very good sense of rhythm, and the hollow enters the net. 50 to 42.

The boos in the Lakers audience suddenly stopped. The goal was a big blow to morale. Everyone realized a serious problem. The core of the Raptors is not blue-collar, and everyone is not easy to deal with.

The Lakers are behind the Raptors in every three-point shot, which is the main reason for the loss. The efficiency of scoring two-pointers is lower than that of three-pointers. They must ensure that the overall shooting rate is more than [-]% in order to win the game.

Rice received the ball from the outside and was caught close by Carter. It was not easy to hang it to O'Neal. It was distributed to Kobe who was running. Kobe failed to get rid of McGrady on the left, and did not attract double teams. He made a stop jumper and forcibly missed.

The ball bounced to the right, and Miller took the rebound. No matter how heavy O'Neal was, it would be difficult to grab a rebound outside.

After landing, Miller gave it to McGrady, and McGrady passed Carter for a fast break.

Carter leaned on Rice to lower his head and rushed forward. Billups and Detrev pulled away from left to right, standing outside the three-point line to attract defense, and no one dared to double-team Carter.

He rushed into the penalty area and forced a layup. Rice couldn't jump up, and the foul didn't let Carter throw the ball.

Carter's free throws in the playoffs were particularly good, with a hit rate of 87.1%, better than the regular season's 79.1%, and he made two free throws steadily. 52 to 42.

The score widened to double digits, and the Lakers players began to get impatient.

PS: There are two new alliance leaders, thank you for "riding ants and pressing elephants" and "Dream Nayi", but I don't have any manuscripts in hand now, and the outbreak does not move, and the quality is the main thing.I will try my best to add more manuscripts when I have them, thank you for your support.

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