Chapter 550: The Next City First
In the next two rounds, the Lakers' offense also began to hit the iron, first Wade's throwing after the breakthrough, and then Ye Xuan came directly to a quick counterattack after grabbing the backcourt rebound, but unfortunately he was interfered with by Leonard when he made the last shot, so he was not able to score points, but fortunately, the Spurs' offense also had problems, Danny Green's three-point shot hit iron, and after defending Ye Xuan's fast break, Leonard turned around and wanted to force a single shot, The result was also played under the interference of Solomon Hill, but this time the Spurs won the frontcourt rebound, and after Jefferson grabbed the frontcourt rebound, he quickly handed the ball to Aldridge, and Ade did not relentless this time, and directly hit the shot, erasing the difference.
At this time, Wharton Jr. also took the initiative to call a timeout, he knew that this game would definitely not be won as easily as the game with the Grizzlies, and judging from the opponent's feeling today, maybe it would be a protracted battle, so he needed to make personnel adjustments in advance to be ready for a protracted battle, so this time he directly replaced Solomon Hill and Wade, and replaced Clarkson and Nick Young, who had a more accurate three-point shooting percentage.
The Spurs also made personnel adjustments, replacing Parker with another veteran - Ginobili, Ginobili actually did not perform very well in the first round of the game with the Rockets, and even scored only two points in the first three games, but in the crucial fourth game, he suddenly broke out and scored 17 points, and gave Harden a hot pot at the last moment, which completely made the Rockets lose the opportunity to turn the tables, so the old man Zhuge Vic trusted Ginobili very much.
The substitution is over, the game restarts, the Lakers serve on the sideline, this time the Lakers' lineup is more flexible than the starting lineup, first of all, naturally because the two people who are replaced have the ability to hold the ball alone, and the three-point shooting rate will be higher, but the reason why they are pressed on the bench is mainly because their defense and team cooperation are indeed worse.
Ye Xuan received the serve, immediately called Randle to step forward to block the dismantling, and then quickly rushed inward after two steps, and distributed the ball to Clarkson, who was waiting on the left side.
Although the Spurs' lineup is good in combat, but their physical strength is obviously a huge problem, after the game played for less than three minutes, the Spurs had to use a dead ball opportunity to replace Jefferson, who was already tired enough, and their bench lineup was also all on the field, after Mills and others came on the court, the overall strength of the Spurs actually dropped a notch, and unlike the fierce firepower of the Lakers, their firepower of this lineup was really a little weak, It's basically all about grinding the time on the bench, and in the Rockets' games, their bench lineup loses by an average of 7.7 points per game.
After the substitution, the Spurs' loophole was really found by the Lakers, and the Lakers were also very decisive, directly replacing Speights and Larry Nance Jr., and forcibly playing the opponent's interior conversion, the Spurs' interior line is indeed having some problems now, David Lee seems to have supplemented the vacancy after Jefferson was replaced, but in fact, his slow pace has become the focus of the Lakers. As a result, the opponent's interior defense completely disappeared, and when the first quarter was about to end, the Lakers easily took an 8-point lead when Ye Xuan played the first quarter, of course, the Spurs did not get any good rest, Leonard's mission is still the same as the last playoff meeting, staring at Ye Xuan all over the court, but now Ye Xuan's offensive means are more comprehensive, and the technology is more comprehensive, so in the case of one-on-one, although the offensive efficiency will be affected, But it's not like his rookie season, where Leonard scored more than ten points in one game.
The second quarter of the game began quickly, the Lakers side was led by Wade Gerard Green and Raymond Felton and others to play on the court, while the Spurs side had Parker with the bench to play, the duel between the two veterans, Wade is older than Parker, but obviously the old Wade is still in very good shape now, holding the ball twice in a row to play the opponent, instantly helping the Lakers expand the difference to double digits, and the Spurs seem to have been affected by the home audience, The feeling began to decline, the most obvious point was that Jonathan Simmons made two consecutive shots, and they were shots in the same position, one was actually a three-no-stick, and the other was too much power and popped out of the frame.
Of course, this is not the most important part of the Spurs, they are now also experiencing a crisis on the rotation, the bench lineup has only scored a total of 5 points so far, and the Lakers have unknowingly scored 13 points, which is unacceptable to the Spurs, so the old man also replaced Leonard, who had only rested for more than two minutes, without saying a word.
However, since it is an advantageous period on the Lakers' side, they will naturally not disrupt their substitution plans because of the opponent's temporary adjustments, so they have not made any adjustments except for replacing Gasol, who has been resting for more than five minutes, and now the Spurs are both Aldridge and Leonard on the court, and on the Lakers' side, Ye Xuan still did not come back, but the Lakers still occupied the initiative on the court, because at this time Felton suddenly broke out, First, he controlled the ball by himself, and suddenly hit a three-point sneak attack when Parker was not close to him, and then received Wade's ball in the bottom corner, and after gently shaking and pounced on Green, who was defending, he pulled it to the side, and shot three points again, and the ball hit.
Two consecutive three-pointers also successfully helped Ye Xuan win almost two minutes of rest, so the Lakers did not replace Ye Xuan until four minutes into the second quarter of the game, when the Spurs chased the score back to ten points left.
first used his feints to deceive Leonard's second foul when attacking with the ball, and then gave the old sports car a big hat again on the defensive end, this block also successfully made the Lakers play a quick counterattack, the Spurs side in the second quarter after Ye Xuan was replaced on the court, the momentum of chasing points is obviously a lag, a few rounds down, if Green and Leonard each hit a three-point to barely maintain the difference at about ten points, then it is estimated that the Spurs can now leave work early.
However, in terms of the physical operation of the players, the Lakers have obviously taken a certain lead, and in terms of the score of the game, the lead is also the Lakers, plus the Lakers team led by Ye Xuan who controls the rhythm of the game, so the Spurs in this game is completely a passive situation, and this situation also makes the old man Zhuge very embarrassed, and this embarrassing situation was finally broken in the second half of the second quarter, and the Spurs were replaced by Jefferson again. However, the Lakers replaced Wade, who had played more than half a quarter, and replaced Clarkson, a lineup with Solomon Hill and Clarkson, which was obviously meant to suddenly strengthen the defense.
And this time the substitution was most directly affected, it was Leonard and Parker, the old sports car was embarrassed enough by Ye Xuan's two big hats today, but not long after this substitution, he was directly stealed by Solomon Hill after the change of defense, this mistake directly caused the Spurs to be hit by the Lakers again A fast break three-pointer, expanding the difference to 15 points, after which Leonard wanted to play a low single, but was not only interfered with by Solomon Hill, who led his defense, And Clarkson and Randle on the side also made moves from time to time to come over to make up for the defense, which made Leonard's offense also play poorly.
After that, the Spurs tried to open the situation with an interior offense, and Jefferson was also very competitive with the inside line to single Gasol two balls in a row, but I didn't expect the Lakers to call a timeout directly and decisively, replaced Hibbert, and replaced Gasol, anyway, Gasol was replaced at about the same time as Wade, and now it's time to come down and rest for a while, after this substitution, the Spurs are completely dumb on the offensive end, only Aldridge can barely have a voice, And his offensive efficiency today wasn't good enough.
The second quarter ended with the Lakers taking an eight-point lead in the first quarter and another eight-point lead in the second quarter, and at the end of the first half, the Lakers led their opponents by 16 points heading into the break. The atmosphere in the Lakers' locker room is peaceful, after all, being able to take so many leads in the playoffs, whether it is psychologically or situationally, it is a huge advantage for the Lakers, and the Spurs are different, originally the old man felt that the team's configuration was very average after Duncan left the team, although he finally barely got together and built the team quite decently, but now it seems that the trick of using Leonard alone to fight against Ye Xuan has lost its power, and now Ye Xuan has grown up, single defense is no longer enough to solve him, which also makes the Spurs' game situation more unfavorable, but he doesn't have many cards in his hand now, unless he uses a yin move, it is difficult to find a breakthrough, but using a yin trick makes the old man think of the scum incident, and the alliance can see Ye Xuan's protection of Ye Xuan, so the yin move is likely to backfire, which also makes the old man have no way.
The second half of the game began quickly, the Lakers entered the third quarter with a huge lead of sixteen points, for the Spurs, they can no longer hold the ball steadily, and can only send a more gambling lineup to chase points, so they did not play Jefferson, but Aldridge, Simmons, Leonard, Danny Green and Ginobili, but the Lakers did not get carried away because the opponent was 16 points behind, Instead, they still sent a relatively strong lineup to deal with it, Ye Xuan, Wade and Gasol still appeared in the middle of the court, and the other two positions were Matt Barnes and Speights, Speights's three-point shooting ability and ability to make up for the defense and wrapping are still very good, and he can help Barnes fill in when he recklessly goes to pounce.
And this lineup also makes the Spurs very uncomfortable, because the opponent's scoring ability is too strong, and after they don't have Jefferson on their side, the interior defense has become a problem, although Simmons can have some deterrence, but Ye Xuan and Wade should still burst out, go to the basket when they should go to the basket, and they didn't take Simmons' threat into account at all, and even Ye Xuan sent an aerial relay, and Barnes, who had just been on the court, completed this cooperation.
The Lakers are playing more and more happily, but the morale of the Spurs is obviously more depressed, and finally in the third quarter of the game played less than 4 minutes, the Lakers stabilized the point difference at more than 20 points, and then replaced Ye Xuan and other main players, this substitution, in fact, basically means that the Lakers feel that this game has entered garbage time.
However, the Spurs have obviously not given up yet, after the Lakers substitution ended, the Spurs still wanted to seize this opportunity to chase the score, and still let Leonard and others continue to play on the court, and they successfully narrowed the gap to 13 points when there were more than two minutes left in the third quarter, but the Lakers waved their hands at this time and replaced Ye Xuan and Gasol again, on the one hand, Ye Xuan and other main players with full physical strength, and on the other hand, the Spurs senior troops who had been fighting for ten minutes, the result is naturally conceivable. With the successful suppression of the Spurs' counterattack this time, the Lakers basically won the game.
The entire fourth quarter of the game basically became garbage time, and in the end, the Lakers also relied on their excellent performance in the first two quarters of the game, as well as Ye Xuan's all-round performance at both ends of the offensive and defensive ends, with 113:98, easily defeated the Spurs on their home court, and the entire disparity in the score and the disparity in the game situation also made many people not expect, they did not expect that the Spurs, who could easily eliminate the Rockets, would be so powerless in the face of the Lakers. And Ye Xuan's 31 points, 3 rebounds, 8 assists plus 3 blocks and 2 steals also surprised the media, after all, he only played 24 minutes in this game.