Chapter 566: Elbows Flying All Over the Sky
The audience at the scene saw that their players were broken by the opponent's nose, and immediately booed, and the sound of shouting for the referee to give a technical foul was not small, but the referee carefully studied the video, and finally did not give Randle a technical foul, not even an ordinary foul, after all, Randle's movements were normal at that time, and Green jumped up to find it. Here, Green also went to the sideline to deal with his nose a little, and then returned directly to the court.
After seeing the referee's gesture to the Lakers' baseline serve, the boos in the audience were even louder, but this did not affect the Lakers. After Ye Xuan received the serve in the backcourt, he quickly controlled the ball and came to the front court, and then immediately called Randle to help block and dismantle, and then immediately sent the ball back to Randle's hands near the top of the arc with a hit that did not look at the pass, Randle did not consider it, and directly pulled it up is a long-distance two-point shot, a simple tactic, which is very suitable for the moment when you need to calm down the mood of double release, but Randle's mid-range shot is not very stable after all, and in the end the ball can only end in iron.
Looking back, Green was ready to grab the backcourt rebound and attack directly, so he didn't notice that there was still a Ye Xuan behind him, so the moment he won the basketball, Ye Xuan next to him suddenly jumped out and directly stabbed the basketball in his hand upward, and then he quickly jumped in the air and directly completed the shooting action.
Green was already about to be blown up by this time, but thinking that he still couldn't make that kind of inappropriate action now, he could only forcibly swallow this breath. The Warriors served in the backcourt, Kerr was also a little angry on the sidelines, complaining to the referee that Ye Xuan's steal just now was suspected of a foul, and at the same time said that the opponent's elbow just now should be a technical foul or something, but the referee on the sideline didn't bother to pay attention to him, directly ignored Kerr, and then ran to the Lakers' half court with the ball.
This time, the Warriors did not disappoint their home fans again, after Curry controlled the ball and came to the front court, he immediately chose to call for a pick-and-roll, and then used the fast down after the block to hand over the ball to Iguodala, Iguodala received the ball and broke through again, finding Green, who had been waiting at the top of the arc, Green received the ball and shot three-pointers, hit again, and hit three points in two consecutive rounds, and the morale of the Warriors has also been improved to a certain extent.
On the Lakers' side, because Gasol is still resting off the court, he can only rely on Ye Xuan's offense to maintain the existing lead, fortunately, Ye Xuan's state today is indeed good, after coming to the frontcourt, he made a simple cross run with Nick Young, and then broke through directly to the inside, Curry next to him could only choose to follow Ye Xuan, but his defense was obviously too weak for Ye Xuan's body, and he almost didn't feel Curry's interference, Ye Xuan steadily used a pull-up layup to dodge Iguodala's block and hit the ball, while Curry's defense this time looked so embarrassing, he obviously chased all the way, but the opponent didn't even give him a chance to foul.
However, the Lakers scored two two-pointers in these two rounds, and after the Warriors hit two three-pointers in a row, the morale of the whole team was improved, and they immediately had to continue their outside offense, but fortunately, the Lakers' side did a very good job in the outside round of the switch, including Nick Young, and the players did not give the opponent an empty three-point opportunity, and in the end, the Warriors could only hit the basket and shoot by Iguodala when the offensive time was about to run out.
But it's a pity that this layup was finally chased down by Solomon Hill, and Green was ready to fight back on the spot, but because the Warriors' shot was almost overwhelming, and they didn't touch the basket, the referee directly blew a 24-second offensive violation, which made Green, who almost succeeded in the spot counter-robbery, even more unhappy.
Taking advantage of the dead ball opportunity of this offensive violation, the Warriors also made some personnel adjustments, and the Lakers also replaced Gasol and Wade, who had rested for a while, and Randle and Nick Young were replaced. The Lakers served on the sideline, and after Ye Xuan controlled the ball and came to the front court, he suddenly changed his tactics, and after passing the ball to Wade, he began to run.
Wade held the ball at the top of the high arc, and in the face of Klay Thompson's defense, he did not choose to play alone, but with the help of Gasol's blocking, he went smoothly to the inside, the Warriors naturally did not want to give the Lakers the opportunity to impact the basket, but Wade's offense was actually just a false shot, after breaking through to the inside, Wade suddenly threw the ball to the basket, and then began to raise his hand to celebrate, and over there saw Ye Xuan suddenly fall into the sky, directly grabbed the ball in the air with one hand, and then pressed it into the basket, This dunk also ended up causing Durant's foul, because Durant had physical contact with Ye Xuan, and one of his feet had stepped on the line of the restricted area.
This penalty was booed by the audience again, this is the home court of the Warriors, your referee actually made consecutive unfavorable decisions for the Warriors, and the Warriors players were also very dissatisfied, Durant and Curry and others came over one after another, looking for the referee theory, and Ye Xuan's side was not as comfortable as he imagined, when he completed the dunk, he felt a stuffiness in his chest, and after landing, he rubbed his chest, feeling that the dunk just now seemed to be elbowed by the opponent.
After being questioned by several players of the Warriors, the referee simply came to the sidelines and watched the video, Ye Xuan only saw it at this time, it turned out that Durant's hand that was raised to grab the board just now happened to hit his chest, although he didn't know whether the opponent was intentional or unintentional, but this made Ye Xuan a little unhappy, and the players of the Warriors didn't say anything after seeing the defense, pretending that nothing had happened, and went back to wait for Ye Xuan's free throws.
Ye Xuan walked to the free throw line and easily hit the free throw, less than 4 minutes into the second quarter of the game, Ye Xuan's score had unconsciously come to nearly 20 points, it seems that as long as he plays the Warriors' game, Ye Xuan's super high score is almost inevitable. In the next few rounds, the Lakers' hand gradually declined, and most of the shots, including Ye Xuan, ended up playing iron, and the Lakers only scored 5 points in three minutes, while the Warriors took the opportunity to play a wave of 12:5 small highs, narrowing the difference to less than 5 points.
The Lakers were also forced to call a timeout to adjust the state of the players on the court. After the pause, the Lakers temporarily replaced Ye Xuan and replaced him with Clarkson, because after the empty catch just now, Ye Xuan's state seemed to be somewhat affected, and he was replaced at the end of the first quarter of the game, and he has played for eight minutes in a row until now, and he took a break for a minute or two, and by the way, let the team doctor check Ye Xuan's chest, which is also just right.
Ye Xuan actually didn't need the team doctor to check it so troublesomely, after he walked off the field by himself, he sat on the stool and immediately dived into the system to start checking, and the results showed that there was no injury, after all, the opponent didn't have the action of swinging his elbow to exert force, so the damage caused to Ye Xuan was limited, and he withdrew from the system at the moment, and then Ye Xuan drank a drink on the sidelines to replenish the electrolytes.
The situation on the court seems to be changing rapidly, first the Warriors' consecutive shots narrowed the gap to only 3 points, and then turned around, the Lakers side by Clarkson and Gasol teamed up for three rounds to contribute eight points, expanding the difference to 7 points again, and before the Lakers could breathe a sigh of relief, the Warriors hit two more three-pointers to narrow the gap to one point. As a result, when the Warriors were about to make efforts to overtake the score, they were interrupted by Wade's performance, a steal and a dragon plus two plus one after a breakthrough, and the bonus point difference was instantly stretched to 6 points.
The time of the game also came to the last minute of the first half in a blink of an eye, and the Lakers used Wade's two plus one to replace Ye Xuan again, replacing Solomon Hill, Wade hit a free throw, and the Warriors served in the backcourt.
Curry slowly controlled the basketball to the frontcourt, and then handed the ball to Durant, compared to Solomon Hill, Clarkson can give less pressure when defending Durant, so this time Durant didn't have much effort to hit the ball directly.
However, Ye Xuan did not show weakness, and wanted to have a quick counterattack after serving directly in the backcourt, if it wasn't for Thompson's quick enough reaction and stopped Ye Xuan, the Warriors who were a little distracted just now would have been attacked by Ye Xuan, but now it is not impossible to play, Ye Xuan stopped in the front court, waited for his teammates to settle down, and then decisively handed the ball to Clarkson, who was in charge of Curry's defense.
In fact, at the beginning, Curry should have defended Solomon Hill due to the change of defense, but because Hill's offensive ability with the ball is relatively average, the Warriors' move is quite reasonable, at least it can be regarded as a good cover for Curry's defensive hole, but Clarkson is different from Solomon Hill, although they are both defensive players, but Clarkson has been playing a role like a sixth man with the Lakers, so his ability to attack with the ball is very good.
Therefore, Ye Xuan is also ready to let Clarkson hold the ball and play Curry alone, even if he can't score, he must make the opponent disgusted. And after Clarkson got the opportunity to play alone, he was naturally very excited, and directly signaled his teammates to pull away, and then began to prepare to break Curry, although Curry's defense is indeed not very good, but he is not like an ordinary person, you can play singles if you say singles. Clarkson's first few steps broke through the card owner who was successfully succeeded by Curry, but fortunately, Clarkson's own state was not bad, and he immediately changed hands under the crotch after an emergency stop to successfully open the distance between him and Curry, and then immediately killed the opponent's hinterland again, but at this time, Iguodala came over and directly pulled Clarkson who was about to dunk fiercely.
At this time, the Lakers will stop doing it, and immediately surround it, and the scene was chaotic, but fortunately, the referee immediately ran over to control the court, and first blew Iguodala an unnecessary foul, which means that this is at least a technical foul, and then the referee went to watch the video, and finally confirmed that again and again, the referee still only gave a first-degree malicious foul, although there will be some fines after the game, but at least it will not be sent out like a second-degree malicious foul.
Clarkson walked to the free throw line, made two free throws, and after hitting two free throws, the Lakers served on the sideline in front of the court, and at this time there were 22 seconds left in the first half of the game, and the ball was handed over to Ye Xuan, Ye Xuan controlled the time of the game without hurrying, obviously preparing to run out of time and not give the opponent a chance to attack.
When there were 9 seconds left in the countdown, Ye Xuan began to move, facing the defense of Clark who had just been replaced with his back, Ye Xuan's change of direction after two consecutive crotch changes successfully shook Clark away, and then broke through two steps inward, facing Green who came over to make up for the defense, Ye Xuan had an idea, turned around and cleaned the opponent, and then threw the ball to the basket directly with his left hand to the basket, the light was on, and the ball went in.
At the end of the first half, the Lakers finally temporarily got an 8-point lead, but the first half of the game made the league's top brass a little dissatisfied, after all, it was the Western Conference Finals, which attracted a lot of attention, and as a result, there were two elbow strikes in the second quarter plus a malicious foul that pulled the offensive player down from the air, which is also a discredit to the image of the league, but they don't know it now, Ye Xuan is now thinking about how to use his ultimate iron elbow to teach his opponent a profound lesson in the second half, I don't know how they will feel after seeing Ye Xuan's elbow in the second half.
At halftime, the Lakers' side was significantly better than the previous game, and the atmosphere in the locker room of this game was obviously much better, even Matt Barnes, who had not said much, and Gerald Green were talking and laughing beside them, while the Warriors were a little gloomy, after all, they were pressed and beaten by the opponent in the first half, which made the Warriors very unhappy, plus those few unfavorable penalties for the Warriors, which led to their anger today.
Fortunately, Steve Kerr's experience is relatively sophisticated, so at halftime, he also poured chicken soup into several main players of the Warriors, and at the same time rearranged the tactics and some 'secret operations' in the second half.