Chapter 514: Winning by Difficulty
In the face of Jefferson's supplementary defense, Ye Xuan was also in a mess, using his own air to toss and turn in the sky, and hit the ball with the last lever, as if he singled out the entire defense line of the Spurs, in fact, the reason for this has to be said to be Leonard's body, Leonard After evolving into the offensive and defensive core of the Spurs, because he had to devote more energy to the offense, his concentration on the defensive end was slack, and this time the offense was caused by a chain reaction because Leonard was simply passed by the opponent.
But the Spurs didn't play slowly, after Parker brought the ball back to the frontcourt, the team began to use off-ball running to help teammates create opportunities, and finally the basketball came to Jefferson's hands after four passes, and Randle, who defended Jefferson, was already drawn to the outside to make up for the defense because of his lack of experience, and remembered that Jefferson only needed a sudden backrun, and then received the pass and easily hit the ball.
I have to say that in the current basketball environment, the Spurs can be regarded as playing their own style, not only continuing to adhere to this slow style of play, but also allowing him to play so vigorously in this era when small ball is in charge, I have to say that Mr. Zhuge is indeed a ghost among basketball coaches. The most important thing is that the Spurs play very patiently, and the tactical arrangement is also very ingenious, which not only has basic tactical running, but even some in the middle are even related to psychology, and Zhuge Vic's tactics can pass the ball to this blind corner of the heart, if the reaction is not particularly fast, it is easy to be led by the Spurs in defense.
In fact, the current Lakers and the Pacers at that time were all a group of individuals with outstanding defensive ability, but when it came to overall defense, their cooperation was still a little worse, especially the Lakers' interior line did not have the Pacers' Hibbert as the defensive gate at that time, so the defense was even worse, but the combat effectiveness of this Lakers team was much better than that of the Pacers at that time, except that Ye Xuan was much better than at that time. Gasol's ability to open up space on the inside also provides the Lakers with a lot of tactics.
So looking back, the Lakers immediately made a comeback, after Ye Xuan came to the frontcourt, he immediately beckoned to Gasol to help block and dismantle, and then turned back to look at the moon and passed the ball back to Gasol, Gasol held the ball in a high position, and immediately wanted to break through after shaking it for a while, but he didn't expect to shake Jefferson away easily, and Ade on the side immediately came over to make up for the defense, but he didn't expect Gasol's passing skills to be not bad, and he shook his hand and sent the ball to the vacated Randle. Randle catches the ball and pulls it up as a mid-range shot. The basketball bounced on the basket a few times and then slid in.
After the start of the game, the success rate of the Lakers was very good, three consecutive attacks hit the ball, and the Spurs were immediately ready to use the advantage of the interior to attack again, but this time their luck was not as good as the last time, although Jefferson still received the pass, but Wade on the side was quick-eyed, and when Jefferson had not had time to get stronger, he directly shot his ball off, and the Lakers got an excellent counterattack opportunity.
Ye Xuan's side is also very unpolite, just run away, Wade's passing in this kind of fast attack is also very accurate, and the ball was sent directly from Parker and Leonard to Ye Xuan, who was running wildly in front, Ye Xuan easily changed hands behind and dunked the ball, and after landing, Ye Xuan was also happy to high-five Wade.
And Zhuge Vic was obviously very angry, immediately called a timeout, and then started his own hair dryer on the sidelines, not only Leonard, who was responsible for defending Ye Xuan, was sprayed with blood, but even Parker was educated a few words. The temper of the old man Zhuge is also rare in the league, and it is rare for a coach to directly call a timeout in the opening two minutes, and then spray the main force wildly.
However, after the pause came back, Ye Xuan also clearly felt the change in the opponent, and the Spurs also changed their lax attitude just now, and the conduction speed on the offensive end instantly rose a notch. And the Lakers also encountered a lot of trouble on the offensive end, Ye Xuan's side first hit the iron with a three-point shot, and then Gasol's side also turned his back on the inside hook and popped out of the frame, and then Wade's breakthrough also failed, and after a few rounds, not only the four-point advantage in front of him was gone, but he was now 4 points behind.
Ye Xuan had to admit that the coaching skills of the old man Zhuge were still very powerful, the so-called military strategy, the Spurs team that the old man Zhuge is now coaching is actually more about winning on strategy, but Ye Xuan feels that basketball still needs to look at hard power in the end, since you play tactics with me, then I will use my strength to break through the tricks and defeat you with hard power, so Ye Xuan also directly entered the system at the stall of a dead ball, and then bought a scope, and then retreated instantly after using it.
The Lakers served on the sideline, Ye Xuan came to the front court after receiving the basketball and directly pulled up a three-point shot, at this time, Ye Xuan's position was almost three steps away from the three-point line, and the distance between him and the three-point line was farther than the distance between him and the middle line, so Leonard did not come forward to press, but he didn't expect Ye Xuan to choose to shoot directly here, and he hit it decisively.
Encouraged by Ye Xuan's ultra-long three-point shot, the Lakers also boosted their morale, and in the subsequent confrontation in the first quarter, the two teams were also inseparable, the Lakers still relied on Ye Xuan's personal ability and Gasol's continuous opening of space to involve the opponent's energy to play, while the Spurs' offense on the Spurs' side became more of an inside high and high and inside and outside cooperation, and the painting style suddenly returned to the beginning of the two thousand years.
At the end of the first quarter of the game, Ye Xuan played the whole first quarter of the game, scoring a total of 14 points, plus 4 assists and 3 rebounds, the data looks quite good, but it also handed over two mistakes in a single quarter, which were all caused by Leonard's defense and the trap laid by Old Man Zhuge Vic, so although the Lakers barely guaranteed that the score would not be pulled away under Ye Xuan's outburst, they still lost to the Spurs by 4 points in a single quarter. In fact, although the Spurs' offensive rhythm is not too fast, they still scored 31 points in the first quarter, mainly because they had a relatively high offensive success rate in the first quarter of the game.
The second quarter of the game began quickly, and the Spurs' bench lineup, except for Patty Mills and Ginobili, Ye Xuan's old opponents, were all soy sauce players, although there was a demon knife to lead the team, but the efficiency of the demon knife this season was also affected by age and plummeted, so this is one of the reasons why the Spurs will lose to the Cavaliers in the game - the bench is inefficient.
And this is also the opportunity for the Lakers, although the Spurs have David Lee and Diamond to guard the inside, and the outside is the Demon Knife and Mills, but the Lakers' benches, under the leadership of Wade, still played a wave of 11:4 in just four minutes, not only erasing the difference, but also overtaking the opponent by 3 points. The Lakers also took advantage of the situation and replaced the benches with the main team, but kept Nick Young on the court because Wade was going to take a break.
The game continued, the Lakers side was chasing points from the benches, and the momentum was also improved to a certain extent, and Ye Xuan finally began to break out when he returned to the court again, first using the non-deceleration to change direction to break through and widen the distance between him and Leonard, and then used the emergency stop to retreat back to the three-point line to score a three-point shot, and then rewarded Parker with a big hat on the defensive end, no wonder Ye Xuan, in the face of Ye Xuan's defensive old sports car, he actually chose to force a breakthrough, Ye Xuan also pretended to be passed by the opponent, and immediately chased back after the wrong body, pressed the ball to the rebound the moment Parker was ready to go to the basket.
After that, the game gradually entered a stalemate, but the Lakers maintained a lead of about 5 points until halftime. Ye Xuan's side actually didn't play very well in the second quarter of the game, only 6 points scored, and only 3 assists, but he did largely curb the rotation of the Spurs' backcourt on the defensive end, and the running tactics that should have been cut inside disappeared after Ye Xuan's block, and Tie Lin, as a veteran who has followed Zhuge for many years, suddenly became invisible on the court, quite a bit like when he played the finals with the Pacers.
At the end of the intermission, the third quarter of the game officially kicked off, but the Lakers' starting lineup suddenly changed into a fast-break play, in addition to Ye Xuan, Wade and Gasol, the other two people on the court were Speights and Nick Young. But it was this sudden change that made the Spurs a little flustered, and the Lakers also took advantage of this opportunity to stretch the difference to double digits.
I have to say that the old man Zhuge is still very decisive, and immediately called another timeout, replaced Jefferson directly, and replaced him with Ginobili, this substitution, the Spurs instantly changed like a team, and the offensive rhythm went up in an instant, I have to say that although the old sports car is not very good at physical strength now, but the ability to control the rhythm on the court is still very good, can be fast and slow, can advance and retreat, I have to say that the Spurs' GDP trio is indeed a precious asset given to the Spurs by God.
Ye Xuan naturally couldn't watch the opponent simply control the situation again, so in the middle of the third quarter, Ye Xuan decisively started his ball-holding singles show again, first using the block to hit a mid-range shot, and then using the butterfly step plus the stepback step to hit a three-point shot, Leonard, who defended Ye Xuan, was a little dizzy by Ye Xuan's fancy movements.
Of course, the most critical goal of this game came in the last twenty seconds of the third quarter, after the Lakers were hit by the opponent, there were only the last twenty seconds left in the third quarter of the game, Ye Xuan slowly pressed the rhythm from the backcourt, and at a glance he knew that he was going to throw a whistle ball, but the Spurs obviously knew your intentions, so Ye Xuan's defense was also very tight, and in the last ten seconds of the countdown, Ye Xuan suddenly started, first with a large pull as a starting hand, Then he used the butterfly step to open up the space between himself and Leonard, and then took a step back, which reminded Leonard of Ye Xuan's three-point goal before, so he was also very clever and pounced on it and was ready to block, but Ye Xuan didn't directly pull it up and throw it this time, but waited for Leonard to jump up, lightly hit the opponent, and then pushed the ball out of his hand.
At this time, the referee's whistle had already sounded, there was no way, this obvious cheating foul action, the referee was definitely going to blow it, but it was so good that it didn't die, the basketball that Ye Xuan pushed out spun in the air and fell directly into the basket, 3+1! Ye Xuan scored this 3+1 in the last moment of the third quarter of the game, and this goal instantly exploded the entire away team's bench, and the Lakers players were full of momentum in an instant, and the difference between the two teams was reopened to 12 points, which also became a trench, making the Spurs unable to catch up in the fourth quarter.
In the end, although the Spurs once played a wave of 7:2 in the fourth quarter to close the score, but in the end they still could not win the game, the Lakers won 109-100 on the Spurs' home court, and at the same time won the focus of this battle between the top teams in the West, but also helped the Lakers consolidate their rankings. After the whole game, Ye Xuan got a total of 31 points plus 11 assists, of course, there were 2 steals and 2 blocks, but Ye Xuan also had some points that were complained about in this game, first of all, Ye Xuan sent 7 mistakes for the first time in this game, which has almost never happened before, which is why the Lakers finally won so hard, and secondly, Ye Xuan floated on the outside many times today to shoot three points, so there were only 3 free throws in the whole game, and one of them was a cheating 3+1 free throw, did not cause any damage to the opponent's inside, resulting in the opponent's inside line playing very comfortably, which has also become a point of complaint by the media. But they didn't think that Ye Xuan had this style of play in the first two seasons, and this game opened the scope, of course, he had to do more projection, could it be that he would continue to impact the inside line, and then walk on the one-point line?