Chapter Ninety-One: Those Who Insult Others Will Be Humiliated Forever!!
On the Clippers' side, after the Reeds advanced to the frontcourt with the ball, they were immediately met with Simmons' airtight defense.
Although Simmons is the core of the 76ers' backcourt at this stage, he is such a high-quality point guard, and he does not have the ability to shoot.
But on the defensive end, he's definitely a big shot.
Simmons has a strong individual defense, moves fast, covers a lot of area, and has a good sense of defense, and he often defends the opposing team's number one star in games, and is the strongest defensive player in the team's backcourt.
I saw Simmons spread his hands out, expanding the defensive area as much as possible, and not giving the reeds any chance to break through.
Reed was well aware of his strength, and he didn't force a breakthrough this time, but handed the basketball to Harris on the left side of the three-point line.
At present, Li Yang is not on the court, as the strongest offensive point on the court, the Clippers' first offense is naturally handed over to Harris to complete.
Harris took a tentative step forward with his left foot as the axis after receiving the ball, dribbled a shot, and then retracted his right foot with lightning speed, and quickly broke through from the other side.
Covington managed to be shaken off by Harris and completely lost his defensive position.
Harris managed to break through Covington's defense and went straight to the basket.
When Harris rushed to the basket and was about to jump to the basket, Embiid stretched out his big hand like a millstone head-on and slapped the basketball in Harris's hand!!
This volleyball-style adventure shows Embiid's frame-protecting ability to the fullest!!
Covington was quick and immediately made a forward pounce to steal the floor ball, and then the 76ers launched a quick counterattack.
After Covington held the ball to the frontcourt, he braked in time and threw a chase three-pointer from the three-point line!
Invisible pretending, the most deadly!!
This three-point shot flew straight into the net bag as if it were loaded with precise positioning.
In the opening stage, the 76ers who were playing away from home played a wave of 5:0 offensive attacks.
The home fans at the Staples Center instantly sand sculpted, this script is not right, the current form is not what they want to see when they come to the scene!!
At this time, there were already many radical fans in the stands, and they began to shout loudly to replace Li Yang.
However, Clippers head coach Doc Rivers just frowned, still unmoved, had no intention of substitution, and continued to believe in the five players on the court.
Li Yang continued to rest off the court, but the Clippers' offense seemed to have lost its backbone, and every player hesitated, not knowing how to run.
On the offensive end, Harris was once again in a single-handed situation.
The defender against Harris is Covington.
Covington was an undrafted pick four years ago, and three years later, Covington is one of the league's top wing defenders.
Last season, he hit career highs in shooting percentage, three-point percentage, offensive and defensive efficiency, PER and points per game — and he played minutes less than last season.
Covington was named to the All-Defensive Team last season, and his ability to be a regular for the 76ers is mainly due to Coach Brown's emphasis on his outside shooting ability and defensive skills.
Using this player to defend Harris in opposition is simply to lock Harris completely, and sure enough, this arrangement is extremely effective in restricting Harris.
Although Harris was still able to break through Covington's outside defense, Embiid always had a way to intercept Harris under the basket when it was difficult for Harris to get rid of the opponent and continue to carry the ball to the basket.
In addition, the 76ers also have a Simmons who can be used to defend at any time, and as long as Harris breaks through to the three-point line, it will be difficult for him to score.
In addition, Harris's shooting touch tonight is also a cliff plunge compared to the previous game!!
Whether it's a pull-out, a back-to-back single, or even a three-point catch-and-shoot shot, Harris, who is all-round offensive, can't score for a while!!
Harris suffered a serious scoring drought, and the other main players on the Clippers' side did not step up and take the initiative to take on the offensive load.
Players such as Beverley and Gortat do not have too strong independent offensive ability, and the Clippers can only score through constant passing to find gaps during this time!!
But the 76ers players are quite focused, and it is even harder for the Clippers to find scoring opportunities than to climb to the sky!
Finally, Rivers couldn't hold his breath anymore.
He walked up to Li Yang and said to Li Yang helplessly: "Yang, the training is over early, it's time for you to play." ”
"Remember, when you get on the field, you can connect the team's offense!" Rivers patted Li Yang on the shoulder and said.
"Don't worry, coach, you can rest assured that I will do something." After Li Yang showed a confident expression, he walked straight to the field and replaced the reed.
The moment Li Yang came on the court, the entire Staples Center Arena erupted in a tsunami-like cheer!
“wow! Yang is finally on the field! It's just amazing! ”
"The Clippers' counterattack starts now!!"
"Li Yang will definitely give the Clippers a new offensive look!"
"Rivers is simply too stubborn, what tactics are playing, is this digging a hole for Yang?!"
"It's finally time to play, and I came to the scene just to witness Yang's supreme demeanor!"
In addition to exciteing the Clippers fans on the court, it also reassured the Clippers players.
Li Yang walked straight up to Harris and said, "Tobias, I'll help you get Joel's defensive attention in a while, and then you take advantage of the situation to find an opportunity to make a layup." ”
Harris nodded slightly at Li Yang.
In fact, on the bench, Li Yang is not out of the world, he has been observing the game situation and seriously thinking about how to tear apart the opponent's defense.
After the start of the game, Li Yang came to the front court with the ball.
In front of him the defender is Sidge Simmons.
There is still a big difference between Li Yang and Reed's playing style, although Reed is also very sharp in breaking through, but the efficiency can only be said to be above average, not to mention that Simmons has excellent talent and good defensive instincts, and his defensive skills are very good.
But Li Yang is different, he has no shortage of explosiveness and speed.
After Li Yang took the ball, he took a little foot and dummered a shot, and immediately forced an overtake from Simmons' left side.
In an instant, Li Yang used his super explosive power to successfully shake off Simmons' distance.
After Li Yang hit the inside, after avoiding Simmons' defense, he rushed to the basket without hesitation and made a posture to prepare for a dunk!
After Embiid saw Li Yang's movements, his expression instantly became nervous.
Before the start of this game, 76ers coach Brown had already emphasized to the players that Li Yang was terrible.
So when Embiid saw that Li Yang was about to dunk, he hurriedly made defensive moves to intercept.
At the moment when Li Yang jumped, Embiid and Simmons also jumped immediately, one after the other, reaching out to block Li Yang's dunk.
But the moment people jumped, they realized that they had been fooled.
Li Yang's goal is not to shoot at all, but to pass!!
After Li Yang took off, his eyes were aimed at the basket just to confuse his opponent, in fact, he already knew where Harris was.
The basketball eventually came to Harris's hands.
Harris took the ball on the left baseline and hit the basket directly.
At this time, Embiid and Covington had just landed, and there was no time to make a second interception.
Harris makes an easy layup!!
The Clippers finally relied on beautiful passing and cutting to break the scoring drought, and Li Yang made an immediate change to the team as soon as he came on the court.
In addition to helping the team on the offensive end, Li Yang is also very active on the defensive end.
After all, the mission goal of this game is to defeat the Double Emperor Combo, and the difficulty is not ordinary!!
So on the defensive end, Li Yang also has a strong output and shows a very positive attitude.
This time, the player Li Yang defended was the veteran Covington.
As Li Yang's use of close-knit tight defense, he was completely enraged.
That's when it happened.
A shrill and provocative voice came.
Black people love to perform, and black athletes are no exception.
Covington scolded Li Yang angrily: "You skinny yellow-skinned monkey, let's go back to your Huaxia, this is not something you can play!" ”
"Sooner or later you're going to pay for your cheapness, that's what I said!" Li Yang stared at him coldly, like a fierce beast.
"Next, you won't get a point tonight.
The emotions of the two people reached their peak in an instant! The smell of gunpowder in the game was instantly solemn.
After Covington was insulted by the young man, he was naturally annoyed and angry.
At this moment, he must teach this rampant rookie a good lesson.
Covington kicked his feet and started at high speed, hoping to pass Li Yang through the change of rhythm.
But Li Yang was unmoved, he always leaned against Covington with his body and did not lose his defensive position.
Covington could only score a layup, but Li Yang didn't give him a chance at all.
At the moment when he made a shot, Li Yang gave him a big hot pot with a head and face!
"Bang!!"
The basketball was shot out of the bottom line by Li Yang!
"As I said, you're not going to get a point tonight."
Li Yang's words were like a sharp dagger that plunged directly into Covington's heart.
"Damn!!"
Although Covington was quite angry, he didn't have anything to do with Li Yang!!