Chapter 475: See 23 vs. 24 Again
Under the leadership of Ye Xuan, our Yang Shaoxia really played very enjoyable, not only did he hit Russell twice by mistake after receiving the ball in the running position, but also received Ye Xuan's empty catch in Ye Xuan's steal and fast attack and directly deducted Russell who was back on the defensive, and directly knocked Russell to the ground, the most pitiful thing is that after he fell to the ground, no one else on the Magic team went to pull him, so Russell raised his hand in embarrassment and waited for five or six seconds before he got up by himself.
Russell should be the first player to be hostile to both opponents and teammates. But then his brainless performance made people a little unbearable him, after being crossed by Ye Xuan again, he made a meaningless move with some unbalanced mentality, that is, stretched his legs to mix Ye Xuan, but this clumsy revenge plan was actually avoided by Ye Xuan cleverly, evaded the plot, and then threw the ball in, Ye Xuan naturally would not swallow his anger like this, while provoking Russell two sentences, he walked towards the referee, complaining about the opponent's unprofessional action just now, The referees also attach great importance to this kind of action, especially last season Lefu was injured by Olynyk's near-wrestling action, which caused a lot less fun in the Eastern Conference playoffs, so this season the referees are very strict about this kind of thing. After reviewing the footage, Russell was decisively given a technical foul.
Russell wanted to argue with the referee, but Scott Skels didn't give him this chance at all and directly replaced him. And in the end of this game, he didn't get another chance to play. But I have to say that Russell is indeed self-sacrificing, Ye Xuan not only brushed up on the triple-double data again through this game, but also unexpectedly got a good relationship with Yang Shaoxia, although Yang Shaoxia is actually a little bit of a brainstorm sometimes, but his spirit of not admitting defeat is exactly what the current Lakers team needs. In fact, in Ye Xuan's plan, there are probably only five people in the entire team who can stay, first of course, himself and Lao Ke, and then Yang Shaoxia's nerve knife, - Smith found out in the process of getting along, in fact, if this nerve knife can exert its own strength, then it will be a very powerful combat power.
In addition, the remaining two seats, one is naturally for the only reliable interior line of the current Lakers, Randle. If Randle returns him to the power forward position, although he is not as strong as Draymond Green, he is still better than the likes of Cunningham, so it is still good to be a qualified starter, and he is still last year's rookie, and now it is also cheap.
The last spot is Jordan Clarkson, who was the same 2014 draft pick as Randle, Clarkson can be said to be a windfall for the Lakers, a second-round pick, and played the effect of a lottery show in the team, maybe because he has a Jordan in his name, right? And he is also one of the few defensive leaders on the team, so he naturally wants to stay, but the only embarrassment is that his contract for the second-round pick expires this year, and it is estimated that it will cost a lot to keep him next season.
Since Russell was replaced, the Magic's offense has played much smoother, Vucevic has also won many singles on the inside, plus Payton and Fournier, but also with the Lakers back and forth, but unfortunately although they have a certain strength, but there is no one who can make a final decision, at the decisive moment of the fourth quarter, Ye Xuan suddenly broke out, and played 2+1 with the ball in a row, instantly stabilizing the point difference at more than 10 points, and finally seeing that there was no hope of chasing points, Scott Skels also replaced all the main players and announced his surrender.
At the end of the game, the Lakers finally relied on their powerful offensive power to win the second game in the last three games at Staples Arena, with a high score of 124 points, which was as conspicuous as the high score of 117 points. Ye Xuan's data in this game is a cool one, with a super high score of 39 points, and because all the offensive initiation points are Ye Xuan, he still has 16 assists, and this super data also proves to the world once again that last season's regular season MVP is still like this, and it has not been affected by injuries in the slightest. It's a pity that Ye Xuan has missed too many games this season, so he has missed these season awards, otherwise, with Ye Xuan's current average data and performance, he will still be able to win the scoring champion and the regular season MVP and the like.
After the end of this game where the two teams collectively 'bullied' Russell, the Lakers will immediately welcome another super team - the Cavaliers. Although the Cavaliers still performed very average in the regular season this season, everyone knows that when it comes to the playoffs, they will make their efforts, so they dare not be careless when playing against them.
And before this game, the media had already been excited, after all, this game was not only the first time Ye Xuan played against Lao Zhan after his comeback, but it was also very likely to be the last time Lao Ke played against James in his career, so I don't know who mentioned it, and this game was defined as the 23VS24 ultimate version.
Time flies, and soon it came to the eleventh, and it was still at home, which was relatively convenient. At the beginning of the game, Randle unexpectedly lost the jump ball again, the basketball was slapped by Tristan Thompson to George Hill, Hill immediately passed the ball to James after controlling the ball to the front court, in the face of Clarkson's defense, Lao Zhan directly chose to force a breakthrough, although Clarkson's defensive skills are good, but the body is still too weak, and was directly pushed back into the penalty area by Lao Zhan, and Lao Zhan also hit the ball with a stop-and-go jump shot one step inside the free throw line.
Looking back, Ye Xuan also immediately wanted to return the opponent, so he had to force Hill to single after half the court after controlling the ball, but after a sweep, Lao Ke actually took the initiative to ask for the ball again very rarely, it can be seen that the effect of this 23VS24 hyped by the media has still been achieved, which successfully aroused the desire to fight in Lao Ke's heart, Ye Xuan naturally will not give face, and directly passed the ball over, defending Lao Ke, it was Owen who wanted to find Lao Ke to fight alone.
While controlling the basketball, Lao Ke began to brew this offense, and suddenly, he started, this speed made people go back to 06 in a trance, at that time, Lao Ke often forced his opponent to play alone, after two steps inward, Lao Ke made an emergency stop, dribbled the ball behind his back and handed the ball to his left hand, and then started again, Owen was able to barely keep up, but Lao Ke didn't give him a chance, and before Owen reacted, he directly stopped and pulled up a jump shot, the ball.
The audience at the scene was also very excited, not to mention that this season may be the last season of Lao Ke, so many of them came for Lao Ke, let's just say that this opening made them see the long-lost 23VS24, which alone is worth it. And the next plot is as they thought, and the two top superstars began to fight each other.
Lao Zhan received the ball directly from the backcourt, and after controlling the ball to the front court, he chose to play alone again, and this time he still chose to force a breakthrough to complete the attack, although he was a little uncomfortable by Clarkson's defense halfway, but this time he chose to impact the basket, so in the end he carried a defender or hit the ball in.
On the other hand, Lao Ke was also very unkind, and immediately used his own low-post offense to beat Owen a ball, this ball Owen had no chance to fight back, when he was facing head-on, Owen still had a little chance, but when Lao Ke hit him in the low post, it was really crushed, although the current low-post technology in basketball games has been gradually forgotten, but it does not mean that this technology has no effect. The back hit the ball, and the score of the two teams came to 4:4.
It is very strange that both sides also know who the opponent is to attack with the ball, but they do not go to the bag, and the two actually do not directly collide head-on, and do not directly defend against each other, but the two have always been competing against each other on the offensive end, so it is very cool for both Lao Ke's fans and Lao Zhan's fans to watch the scene.
This strange situation,It has been a stalemate until the third minute of the game was broken,Owen finally couldn't stand being forced to single by Lao Ke in a row,At the beginning, he was full of confidence to go to Lao Ke to go heads-up,Although it was rejected later,But he always thought that Lao Ke was timid,But now this feeling of being constantly scored by the opponent on the head,Let him understand that Lao Ke just didn't want to bully him at that time,The weight of the two was not in the same magnitude class at the beginning,As long as Lao Ke used low technology and he played, Basically, you can guarantee that you are undefeated. So Owen decided to find his way back on the offensive end and wanted to prove his strength on the offensive end.
So after coming to the front court again, Owen finally reached out to ask for the ball, Lao Zhan shot 5 times in a row in more than two minutes, and the physical consumption was relatively high, so he saw Owen asking for the ball, so he immediately passed the ball over, Owen had to break through Lao Ke directly after receiving the ball, but Lao Ke's defense was not covered, although now Lao Ke, his legs and feet are not as flexible as before, but the defensive skills are still there, and the dead stuck position did not let Owen break through. Seeing that this offense was about to fail and end, Owen had a flash of inspiration, a step back to open a little distance, and then once again the Buddha action accelerated to break through, this time he finally threw out a little gap, and then it didn't matter so much, he directly pulled up a drift shot, the ball bounced a few times in front of the basket, and finally fell into the basket unwillingly.
Ye Xuan saw that Owen had started to attack, and he immediately couldn't suppress his desire to attack, after controlling the ball again and coming to the front court, Ye Xuan didn't give the opponent a chance to react, and pulled it up directly outside the three-point line to make up for a three-point point, and the sudden shot in this conversion also directly disrupted the opponent's defensive rhythm, and it was too late to make up for it, Ye Xuan's shot this time went directly into the net, which was also the first three points of the game, and it was also this three points that made the Lakers take the lead for the first time.
After Ye Xuan hit this goal, the game finally gradually got back on track, and there was no more that kind of personal heroism heads-up, but the protagonists of this game were still Lao Ke and Lao Zhan, Ye Xuan's side broke through the point after the point was generally Lao Ke, and Lao Zhan's offensive desire was also unprecedentedly strong, constantly holding the ball to force breakthroughs, and from time to time there was an empty cut, and he was very happy.
The first quarter of the game soon came to the time of the TV pause, the Lakers due to the emptiness of the inside, so there is no good way to defend Lao Zhan when breaking through, although Buss and Randle go to the bag from time to time, but the effect is not very ideal, but their offensive end is indeed more powerful after Ye Xuan began to exert force, not only the five people on the court have at least one three-point account, but also their first quarter of the game in addition to the 6 points scored by Lao Ke in a row at the beginning, There were only two balls that weren't three-pointers, and this efficient three-point strategy also gave the Lakers a four-point lead over the Cavaliers in the first six minutes of the game.
After the timeout, the Cavaliers replaced George Hill and replaced it with Dellavedova, which made Ye Xuan very unhappy, trying to curb the Lakers' offense. In fact, the Cavaliers are still too inertial thinking today, and the Lakers have been playing outside offense with you from the beginning, playing heads-up with you, in order for you to compete with him in the field he is good at. And the Cavaliers really followed the rhythm of the Lakers like this, and it can only be said that the level of their new Coach Tyronn Lue is really average.
But fortunately, the Cavaliers didn't remember that they actually had an All-Star level power forward who was a coolie on the court, so the ball was still mainly distributed to the outside players, of course, this also had a certain relationship with the team's status, in the Cavaliers, the old nature is undoubtedly James, and the second position, Irving is naturally the best, after all, Irving was the boss of the Cavaliers, so Lefou's natural ball and voice power are lower than the other two giants.
But the overall strength of the Lakers team is still too poor, after the opponent replaced Dellavedova, Ye Xuan's offense was affected a little, and the Lakers' offensive efficiency dropped suddenly, if it weren't for Lao Ke still present at this time and helped Ye Xuan share some of the pressure, then the Lakers estimated that they would have suddenly collapsed at this time. In the tenth minute of the first quarter of the game, Lao Ke and Ye Xuan were replaced to rest, which was also the first time that the two were replaced together, at this time, Lao Ke's single-quarter score had come to 17 points, which was his highest single-quarter score this season, and it was also a peak in recent years.