stadium ambition

Chapter 381 Success and Kobe Defeat
Among the top point guards in the NBA, Paul may be the one who uses the least left hand to finish.

As long as he uses it, it means that he has decided to go all out and will start to play the game according to his own ideas.

Taking this into consideration, Su Yang decided to re-use the full-court close strategy against Paul, and must delay his personal rhythm.

With such a decision, Su Yang took the ball and ran to the frontcourt, sent an assist neatly, and then ran to Paul.

Who would have thought that Kobe took the initiative to screen for Paul, and the two no longer cared about any tactical arrangements. They continued to play pick-and-roll cooperation at the top of the arc, fully implementing the superstar basketball style, and only occasionally handing the ball to Gasol for excessive play. Work hard.

After halftime, the Clippers led the Lakers 55-51.

After a short break, the two teams returned to the court early to warm up for shooting as if they had made an appointment.

When the third quarter started, the situation started from the first attack, and it became a rhythm of hand-to-hand combat.

The referee's whistle blew frequently. After three quarters, the Clippers got 11 fouls and the Lakers got 13 fouls.

The overall shooting efficiency of the two teams was greatly affected, and only Su Yang and Kobe maintained the average level.

After the start of the fourth quarter, Su Yang and Kobe sat on the sidelines to rest until the Lakers fouled for the second time.

The Lakers arranged for Kobe to appear on the court, and Su Yang also appeared on the court at the same time. After a few rounds of fighting, the two teams sent out the strongest lineup.

The rhythm of the hand-to-hand fight has not changed, and the shooting efficiency of the two teams is low. Su Yang only scored 3 points by making fouls and free throws in nearly 2 minutes, but Kobe sent 5 points and 1 assist.

In this way, the game reached the last 5 minutes and 54 seconds. With Jordan's defensive foul, the Clippers requested a timeout.

Su Yang turned and walked to the sidelines, casually glanced at the scoreboard, and the Clippers led 90-87.

Back on the bench, Van Gundy gathered everyone around, emphasizing details, and even encouraging chicken soup for the soul.

When the whistle sounded at the end of the timeout, Van Gundy rushed to say: "We have played against them many times. I am sure they have no hole card strategy. The rest of the time will be the stage of superstars. Please stick to it."

Su Yang took the lead in responding, and the whole team formed a circle, raised their fists together, and shouted for support.

The referee's whistle blew immediately, and the Lakers kicked off from the bottom line in the backcourt to launch an offense.

Paul ran to the top of the arc with the ball and passed it to Odom on the left wing. Kobe ran from the free throw line to the left waist simultaneously.

The basketball was passed from the left wing to the waist. Kobe caught the ball and stepped forward directly, carrying Gordon to turn over and shoot a jumper.

The shooting speed was extremely fast, and the right hand that caught the ball did not move the elbow joint throughout the whole process, relying solely on the strength of the big arm to push and shoot.

The basketball hit the iron, Kobe also fell to the ground, and Gordon easily grabbed the rebound.

Su Yang stepped forward to take the ball and led the team to counterattack, ran to the top of the arc and used Jordan to cover him, and went right to the inside. Seeing that Gasol did not go up to grab, but stayed in the paint to defend, he immediately combined the ball and scored. Take off with one step, press your wrist and throw a mid-range shot.

The basketball crashed into the net, and the Clippers led 92 to 87.

On the commentary seat, Barkley sat up straight, put away his smile and said, "It's started, the battle of superstars..."

"My brother Kobe is about to take over the game, you just wait and see!" O'Neal said confidently, "In the past, he was always double-teamed by opponents without any scruples, but now he has CP3 as a helper, and his power is even more terrifying. "

As soon as the words fell, Kobe started at the top of the arc with heavy shoulders, covered by Gasol, and reached the free throw line in the blink of an eye.

Gordon and Jordan pinched back and forth, but Bryant jumped up sideways and threw the ball sideways to the basket.

The basketball rebounded with a thud and flew backwards. Kobe quickly bent his knees and wanted to jump to fight for it, but Randolph flew out from the side, grasping the basketball firmly with both hands like a vise, and immediately bent over to hug the protection tightly after landing.

Kobe Bryant failed to try to press down, immediately turned around and retreated to defend, and the rest of the Lakers followed suit.

Su Yang caught the ball and took it to the top of the arc. Seeing that Kobe took the initiative to switch defenses, the idea of ​​a one-on-one duel flashed in his mind.

Such thoughts were suppressed in an instant, and he waved his hands as a cover instead, and then Jordan stepped up to the hanging wall.

Perhaps it was frightened by the emergency stop, but this time, he accelerated and chose to rush ahead and delay.

Su Yang didn't care about that much. Taking advantage of the relatively empty right half, he dribbled the ball to the elbow area, stopped suddenly and changed hands, and then used the withdrawal step to move laterally, suddenly throwing away Gasol by nearly two positions , Before standing still, he jumped with one foot and made a mid-range shot.

Gasol hurriedly flew to block the shot, and the basketball went into the net with a bang, knocking Su Yang to the ground.

"AND ONE..." Many Clippers fans shouted that a penalty should be added and booed at the referee.

The referee ignored it, the two teams switched offense and defense, and the Lakers kicked off the bottom line from the backcourt to launch an offense.

Su Yang defended Paul closely, Kobe had to stay in the backcourt to respond, and Gordon also chose to apply pressure in advance.

It's a pity that Kobe's level of ball control is excellent, and the Clippers lead the defense all over the court, which only plays a role in delaying the rhythm.

The basketball quickly moved to the right waist. Gasol caught the ball and hit Randolph with his back.

With a bang, the basketball smashed into the basket and hit the iron. Su Yang took off as if stepping on a ladder cloud, and grabbed the rebound steadily.

The Clippers took advantage of the situation to launch a counterattack. Gordon received a long pass from the center line, rushed to the right wing in a few steps, and then turned around and passed to the top of the arc.

Randolph turned to the left, and Su Yang happened to be stuck in the left elbow area with his back, and the basketball was passed in immediately.

The space on the left side of the court opened accordingly. Su Yang turned around and faced the basket in a three-threat pose. With a tentative cross step, he caught Paul with the advantage of his long legs, and went directly to the free throw line to enter the paint area, completely ignoring Aum. Multiple lateral moves to help defend.

Gasol quickly retracted and intercepted, Su Yang saw this and stood up, ready to throw a throw.

But at the moment of the shot, his waist was suddenly attacked by an external force training, his body's center of gravity was out of balance, and he turned backwards into a lying down.

The basketball clanged like iron, Su Yang stabilized his figure, turned around and rushed forward, and had no time to appeal to the referee.

Gasol grabs the rebound, Kobe catches the ball and goes off quickly, and the two cooperate with screens on the center line.

With such a sudden strategy, the Clippers were not prepared for a while, and Jordan could only switch defenses and chase Kobe.

But the big man defended against the small man, the speed gap was a bit big, and Jordan was thrown away in the blink of an eye.

Seeing this situation, George shrinks from the right corner to defend, and Kobe immediately passes the ball to Barnes who is in the open.

George hurried back to defense, but it was a pity that the three-pointer was hollow and the Lakers chased 90-94.

Cheers broke out in the arena, and George shrugged helplessly and embarrassedly.

Su Yang stepped forward to get the ball, and then gave a few words of encouragement, emphasizing that the defensive strategy is fine, but it is hard to predict that Kobe will choose to pass the ball. After all, Kobe had already grabbed the space at that time, and he did not choose to pass the ball when facing double-teams before, which is a small probability event.

In a blink of an eye, Su Yang brought the ball to the top of the arc, raised his hand and passed it to George who came out of the baseline with the help of a screen.

Randolph ran up to the wall to cover at the same time, but the two cooperated for a long time and failed to make a substantial breakthrough.

Seeing this, Su Yang rushed to the top of the arc, raised his hand to catch the basketball, twisted his hips and rushed to the basket, colliding head-on with Paul.

Beep!The referee whistled for a foul and gave Su Yang two free throw opportunities.

"My God, my God..." Paul held his head in his hands, his eyes were burning with anger, and he bowed his hands and knees in a hurry, like a child who had let a big mistake go, falling into deep self-blame and remorse, Dai Put on a pain mask.

Such a foul is too low-level, almost equal to giving away two points for nothing. In terms of Paul's fighting spirit, it is naturally unacceptable.

Boos and MVP shouts competed, and Su Yang stood at the free throw line sweating profusely and scored two goals in a row.

96 to 90, with 3 minutes and 10 seconds left before the end of the game, the Lakers kicked off from the baseline.

In view of the delay before the offensive rhythm, Odom is responsible for advancing the ball, but Randolph is also pressing like Su Yang.

In short, resolutely do not give the Lakers a chance to quickly settle, and must interfere with all their offensive plans.

Perhaps aware of this, Omdo possessed the "left-handed magician" in an instant, changed hands behind his back, stepped and dashed around Randolph, as if stepping on an electric pedal, and rushed forward in three seconds. The 45-degree three-point line on the left side of the field.

But he rushed too fast, completely ignoring the Clippers around him, and boldly stopped.

Su Yang rushed over immediately, reached out from behind Odom, and vigorously moved the ball forward.

The basketball was forced to fly forward, and it happened to fall between Gasol, Jordan Jr. and George.

The three hurriedly reached out to grab it, and the basketball rolled to the left again, falling in front of Randolph and Barnes.

During the scramble, the whistle sounded suddenly, and the referee whistled Randolph for raising his elbow and gave Barnes free throws on both sides.

Cheers and boos suddenly filled the arena. Su Yang raised his head to look at the large central screen with some doubts, and found that after Barnes obviously failed in the fight, he lay down and flopped, while Randolph just picked up Stand up straight and lift your elbows naturally.

Van Gundy stomped his feet and roared angrily, asking the referee to watch the replay and whistle again, but he didn't get any heed.

The Clippers had no choice but to admit defeat, watching Barnes stand at the free throw line and hit twice in a row.

The point difference came to 4 points again, with 3 minutes left, the two teams switched offense and defense.

The Clippers passed the ball, and Su Yang caught the ball at the 45-degree three-point line on the left to face Paul.

I wanted to single out boldly, but considering that the success rate should be prioritized at the critical moment, I raised my hand and called for cover.

Seeing this, Little Jordan stepped up and set up a human wall to block Paul. Su Yang took the opportunity to start and break through in the direction of the top of the arc.

Gasol didn't switch defenses, but Barnes moved laterally from the right elbow to help defend, and Paul squeezed through the screen to catch up.

Su Yang didn't hesitate, raised his hand and passed the ball to the right 45-degree three-point line, where there was a big gap temporarily.

George caught the ball and took off, flew towards Barnes and made a three-pointer, and his whole body was scratched and brought down.

And the basketball slammed and got stuck between the ring and the backboard. The referee hesitated for a moment and whistled for a mid-circle scrimmage.

Su Yang was dumbfounded, he didn't understand why he was bragging so much, he just stood still like the opening scene.

The center forwards of the two teams were in charge of the jump ball, cheers rang through the arena, and there were 2 minutes and 42 seconds left.

The referee gestured left and right to signal the centers of the two teams to leave space, and then lightly tossed the ball upwards.

Snapped!Little Jordan touched the ball first, swung it back vigorously, and the basketball flew directly into Su Yang's hands.

The Clippers launched an offense and automatically chose a V-shaped formation according to the opening tactical arrangement.

Su Yang rushed to the top of the arc, used the pick-and-roll cover to break through from the left, and was double-teamed by the Lakers.

There is no hope of breaking through, and passing the ball is also very difficult. After thinking for a while, he chose to pull the ball and retreat to the sideline.At the same time, Jordan disassembled and ran into the paint, erected a wall to block Odom, and Randolph took the opportunity to rush to the left elbow to get an open spot.

Su Yang immediately raised his hand, and the basketball passed through the gap between the double-teams and flew precisely into Randolph's hands.Odom scrambled around the screen to catch up, holding his hands high to interfere with the shot, but Randolph stepped forward, met Barnes to catch up, and lobbed the board.

boom!The basketball rebounded and was caught, 98 to 92.

Offensive and defensive transition, Kobe catches the ball and pushes forward, Gordon intercepts at the center line ahead of time.

Paul shouted and waved, indicating that he could pass the ball, but Kobe bowed and lowered his center of gravity, changing hands and changing directions under his crotch.

That once thought, the basketball was dribbled to his feet, rebounded and rolled back, and Gordon immediately bent over and swooped when he saw this.

Kobe turned around in a hurry, also bent down and rushed towards the basketball, but neither of them succeeded, and the basketball continued to roll.

In a hurry, the two straightened their backs and switched to normal postures to catch up. Other players from the two teams followed suit one after another.

Suddenly, Gordon bent down and pounced on the basketball again, but unfortunately he still failed to succeed. Fortunately, he made the ball farther away from Kobe.

Kobe immediately accelerated his dash, bent down to pick up the basketball quickly, turned around and dashed forward.

Perhaps because he was worried about the eight-second violation, he started very fast, but his heels couldn't keep up with his head. The center of gravity of his whole body was suddenly out of balance. He staggered and barely managed a few steps, and fell to the sideline. Out of bounds violation.

Sighs and cheers immediately filled the arena, and Kobe sat on the floor panting, refusing to get up for a long time.

It was a kind of competitive spirit, the competitive spirit of being angry for his own mistakes, surging in Kobe.

After the three referees finally confirmed that the Clippers had the ball, Kobe stood up with his hands on the ground and walked into the court with his head held high.

The two teams switched offense and defense, the Clippers kicked off from the left sideline of the frontcourt, and Su Yang used the screen to catch the ball at the top of the arc.

The formation of one high and four low was then established, and he forcibly overwhelmed the time for the last seven seconds, sinking his shoulders and slowing down to break through to the left.

At the moment Paul slid to intercept, he slammed hard, changed hands back and forth, and stopped and retreated to make a jump shot.

bass!The basketball went into the net hollow, 100 to 92.

With 1 minute and 48 seconds left before the end of the game, the Lakers got stuck on the baseline in the backcourt, and the Clippers started pressing.

After a lot of tossing, Kobe took the ball at 45 degrees on the right side of the frontcourt, made a strong dash to the waist, blocked Jordan's supplementary defense, sacrificed a European step to the basket, and carried the threat of George and Randolph , Forced to take off and hit the board.

boom!The basketball rebounds and falls.

George grabbed the rebound, Su Yang caught the ball and pushed forward, took the center and continued to bend and pat to compress the time.

He waited until there were 8 seconds left in the attack time before he used Jordan's lift to cover and start, went right into the paint area, faced Gasol's defense and took off to throw a throw. He successfully caused a thug foul and got two free throw opportunities.

Boos and cheers sounded at the same time, Su Yang stood on the free throw line and made two consecutive hits with ease.

The Lakers immediately made a fast break. Kobe started from the backcourt and went to the frontcourt one by one.

The basketball hit the board and fell, Kobe scrambled for the rebound and pushed Randolph for a foul, automatically giving the Clippers two free throws.

Despite the boos, Randolph hit two free throws without pressure and the Clippers led 104-92.

With only 59 seconds left in the game, the Lakers' situation was over, and Kobe left the game early to rest.

No one expected that the game would be anxious for the whole game, but because of Kobe's mistake, two consecutive strikes, and a foul, it ended hastily, but Kobe was the player who helped the Lakers to bite the score through his personal strong performance in the second quarter. .

(End of this chapter)