I just play ball

Chapter 52

Kobe is a person with a strong opinion, which is an important reason for his success in his career.

Moreover, in the last Lakers game against the Trail Blazers, Kobe scored a season-high 24 points on 17 of 47 shots, causing more than [-] fans on Twitter to announce their upcoming trip to Staples through the hashtag #一个年届# The center watched his last three regular season games this season, and TNT and other media made special reports.

In this case, the difficulty of wanting Kobe to take a complete rest is basically equivalent to that of the sun revolving around the earth.

Li Yue's first reaction was to let Kobe sit on the bench to rest with peace of mind by leading by a big score like he did against the Cavaliers before, and occasionally play a game to satisfy the fans' wishes, but the three opponents of the Warriors, Spurs and Rockets are all tough.

For now, the only way is to take over the heavy responsibility of offense and defense and reduce the pressure on Kobe Bryant when he plays.

Thinking of this, Li Yue expressed his thoughts.

Phil Webber said that he would discuss with D'Antoni. Just as Nash was absent due to muscle tension in his legs, Li Yue could take on more organizational tasks. As long as he had the ball in his hands, Kobe could play less.

The training ended quickly, and the coach canceled the pre-game video analysis meeting due to the second match against the Warriors in a short period of time.

Li Yue drove back to the apartment, put down his backpack and turned on the TV, while listening to ESPN sports news, while frying steak.

The host mentioned that apart from the Lakers, the rankings of other teams in the Western Conference are still pending. The Thunder may retreat to second place due to their three-game losing streak. The Spurs still have the hope of hitting the top spot. Leading to drastic changes in the rankings, the Rockets and the Jazz will fight to the bottom for eighth in the West.

In general, the entire Western Conference is in a mess, and any game can affect the final matchup distribution.

Li Yue was not surprised. This kind of situation in the West is a routine operation. Compared with the Warriors' 07 wins in the 08-48 season and their failure to enter the playoffs, the chaos at the end of this season is completely pediatric.

After the news broadcast, the steak was cooked.

Li Yue had lunch, took a shower and took a nap, and set off for the Staples Center at two o'clock.

It was exactly three o'clock when we arrived, and Kobe and his team had already arrived ahead of schedule and were talking and laughing for shooting practice.

Li Yue came forward to say hello, chatted a few words and began to warm up, and then asked Artest to imitate Harrison Barnes to practice singles with the ball.

...

[-] p.m., Staples Center.

After the pre-match ceremony was completed, all the lights in the arena were turned on, and the DJ played "Call Me Maybe" to warm up the scene.

Li Yue got up from the bench and walked towards the technical stage, ready to play the opening high-five with Goodlock as usual.

"Hey, young man, wait a minute." Nicholson put the beer under the chair, stood up slowly, raised his finger and pointed to the seat next to him, "I want to introduce you to a few friends, they are all loyal Lakers fans who have recently become your fans, maybe you can have some pleasant exchanges."

Li Yue stopped and bowed slightly, "It's a great honor, but please forgive me, I have to complete the interaction with my teammates first."

"Of course, you can do whatever you want." The surprised expression on Nicholson's face flashed away.

Li Yue nodded, walked to the technical platform and gave Goodlock high fives, and then hurried back.

"Let's move on, it's great to meet new friends, thank you for coming to watch the game."

Nicholson smiled: "This is Denzel Washington, you may have seen the movies he starred in."

"Of course, your performance in "Training Day" impressed me deeply." Li Yue stretched out his right hand.

The corner of Denzel Washington's mouth was slightly raised, he stood up and held out his hand, "Will you stay at the end of the season?"

"Eh..." Li Yue scratched his head when he heard the words, the question was too abrupt, "I like Los Angeles very much, as long as everything is right."

"Mickey will definitely give you the biggest contract." Nicholson patted Li Yue on the shoulder, then pointed to another person, "This is Curtis Jackson, stage name 50 Cent, you may have heard of him songs sung."

"Of course, I can sing that song "My Life", and I really like the lyrics in it." Li Yue stretched out his right hand again.

Curtis didn't get up, sat on the chair and raised his hand to touch casually, tilted his head and curled his lips, "Then you can sing a few lines?"

Being so contemptuous, his airs are bigger than the film king, Li Yue was about to go back, and the whistle sounded continuously.

"I'm not free now, let's talk about it next time."

Li Yue turned around and stepped into the stadium. He stood at least four meters away from the seats on the sidelines, but he could still hear Curtis and Nicholson talking, and the voice was so loud that he didn't worry that he would notice it at all, as if he was deliberately provocative.

"Look at that brash look, he almost didn't think he was the boss. If he was really good, he scored 47 points like Kobe Bryant."

"What if I get you? The opponent is the Golden State Warriors. Their offensive rhythm is very fast..."

"If he really can score 47 points, I will crawl out of the arena and crawl into the arena to watch the game in the future."

...

On the court, players from both teams were all in position.

In terms of lineup, point guard Blake vs. Curry, shooting guard Kobe vs. Thompson, small forward Li Yue vs. Barnes, power forward Gasol vs. David Lee, center Howard vs. Azeri, head coach D'Antoni vs. Mark Jackson .

The referee threw the ball into the air, and Howard took the lead to push the ball back by virtue of his bullet speed advantage.

Blake rushed to the frontcourt with the ball and cooperated with Howard in the pick-and-roll. One broke through to the left, and the other opened and ran to the basket.

The Warriors resolutely shrink the basket, and Blake's breakthrough is blocked and he throws the ball to the top of the arc.

Gasol received the ball and raised his hands to pass to the basket, but Ezeri went around to intercept, and David Lee interfered closely.

After observing for a moment, Gasol dribbled the ball sideways to the right, Kobe rushed up to make a screen, ran back and retreated to catch the ball.

Clay was tricked out of position, but immediately turned his hips back, blocking Kobe again.

The basketball returned to Gasol, with only 8 seconds left in the attack time, Li Yue waved at Blake, ready to run to the top of the arc under cover.

Not yet arrived, Gasol encountered strict defense and made a mistake and smashed the ball on his feet.

Curry picked it up and took it to the frontcourt, waited three seconds and then passed it to Thompson who came out of the baseline.

Kobe flew to the defense, shot like iron, Li Yue grabbed it, and the Lakers launched a counterattack.

Still in the V-shaped formation in the frontcourt, Li Yue signaled with his eyes to give up the pick-and-roll and asked to go directly to the basket.

Howard rushed forward knowingly, received a pass and jumped against Azeri's defense, hitting the board and scoring a goal.

Warriors attack.

Curry rushed to the right wing with the ball, leaned sideways on Blake and walked in, suddenly retreated, and took off against the defense to make a mid-range shot.

The basketball hit the front basket and hit the iron. Azeri jumped high to grab the offensive rebound, and immediately passed to Curry after landing.

Swish!Three points hit the net.

The Lakers attack, Howard waits with the ball at the top of the arc, and throws it to the short corner on the right after a while.

Kobe caught the ball in a three-threat pose, walked to the bottom line and forcibly broke through Klay, and took two strides for a backhand dunk.

Ezeri and David Lee jumped up to block the shot at the same time, but it was the basket that completed the shot.

Li Yue saw it, shook his head and lamented that the years are ruthless. Kobe scored this kind of ball when he was surrounded by three Spurs.

Before thinking too much, Barnes grabbed the rebound and turned around to charge, Li Yue turned around and chased after him.

The two rushed to the basket on the other side in 2.6 seconds. Barnes combined his hands to throw the ball high and hit the board. Li Yue jumped up at the right time.

boom!Pegboard hat.

Blake, who followed up, picked up the basketball and made a long pass directly to the left wing of the frontcourt.

As soon as Kobe received the ball, Curry, Azeri, and David Lee formed a double-team situation.

Bryant observed the left and right, seeing the Warriors' two insiders shrinking, he immediately distributed the ball to Blake who was rushing up.

Curry couldn't defend two, Blake made an open shot, and the basketball hit the basket and hit the iron.

The two teams went through two fast breaks, and the defensive formation was completely disrupted. Howard was still on the center line, and Ezeri easily grabbed the rebound.

Curry received the ball and advanced quickly, rushed to the frontcourt and went straight to the basket, and faced Gasol with a one-foot jump and throw, the basketball was hollow into the net.

The Lakers attack.

Blake rushed to the left wing with the ball, Li Yue reached out to catch the ball, and immediately passed it to the basket.

Howard embraced with both hands and made a strong push, but Ezeri fouled.

Howard made two free throws and then missed.

The two teams huddled together in the three-second zone, and the basketball was forced to fly outside.

Curry grabbed it, slowly took it to the right wing, and moved to the top of the arc under the cover of Barnes.

Li Yue switched defenses early, but Curry pulled the ball in the opposite direction, dodged to break through Blake, and rushed to the waist to stop and throw to hit the board.

No one was defending inside, mainly because he didn't react, the basketball rebounded into the net, and Curry scored 7 points in a row.

The Lakers attack.

Blake dribbled the ball to the left wing, Li Yue stepped forward as a screen, pretended to take over the pass, but turned around and cut inside.

Curry and Azeri were deceived at the same time, and the two subconsciously retreated to intercept, Blake immediately shot a three-pointer, and the basketball went into the net hollowly.

Warriors attack.

Curry took the ball to the frontcourt, used David Lee's high screen to get rid of Black, and made a sudden three-pointer.

Boom!The basketball hits the hoop and into the net.

10 points in a row!
Draymond Green jumped up from the Warriors' bench, circling with his hands up, seemingly quite proud.

The Lakers attacked, Li Yue played a pick-and-roll with Howard on the right wing, and cut to the basket after passing the ball.

I thought, Howard did not pass back, but rushed to the basket with the ball, as if returning to the time when he was a point guard when he was a child.

Ai Zeli had never seen such a scene before, and he was wiped clean in an instant, so he quickly grabbed the foul with both hands.

But Howard had already played the ball, and the referee whistled for a shooting foul.

Two more serves, lost first and then hit, the Lakers chased 7-10.

Warriors attack.

Curry received the ball from the backcourt and advanced, Blake began to put pressure on the center line, and the two battled wits and courage.

Curry swayed continuously, and it took a lot of effort to rush to the right wing and use Azeri's cover to kill to the free throw line.

Howard's defense was delayed, Blake stretched out his hand to catch up and intercept, Curry dribbled the ball and retreated, retreated to the top of the free throw circle three times in a row, leaped high and skilfully as if drinking water, aiming at the hoop was a shot Get two points.

The basketball hit the basket and rebounded several times, and finally fell into the net. Curry scored 12 points in a row and only missed the first shot.

Easy to attack the Lakers, Li Yue received the ball from the right sideline, faced Barnes' defense with continuous step-ups, and made a dry shot.

bass!The three-pointer went into the net, and the Lakers chased 10 to 12.

The Warriors attacked and Curry caught the ball and advanced.

While stepping back to defend, Li Yue said to Blake, "We will team up to double-team him later."

Blake hadn't responded yet, and Kobe next to him said, "I'll defend Curry, and you'll defend No. 11."

Hearing this, Li Yue suddenly felt a headache. He originally planned to take over the heavy responsibility of offense and defense and let Kobe take a good rest. Who would have thought that he would encounter Curry who ran away at the beginning of the game.

　After today's trade, the Lakers championship can be expected, but it's a pity that Ingram will definitely become a talent.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)