Chapter 115: Life Without Rest
The players on both sides returned to the court to rest, and Lakers head coach D'Antoni looked at Kobe Bryant, who was sweating on the bench after three quarters, and finally said: "Kobe, you go to rest." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info"
In the first few games, D'Antoni didn't want Kobe Bryant to rest, but because of the score, Kobe refused to rest every time.
This time, after hearing D'Antoni's words, Kobe Bryant finally did not refuse again, but nodded, he himself was very aware of the lack of physical fitness at the last moment of the last game, since the team was still leading by 6 points at this time, he was also ready to take a break off the court, so that his physical fitness could be guaranteed at the last moment of the game.
In fact, compared to the previous game, Kobe Bryant's physical exertion today is a little less, and today because of his excellent shooting touch, his offense relies more on shooting than on breaking, which reduces his physical exertion.
On the defensive end, Bryant didn't have as much pressure as he did in the previous game, where he rarely played against Spurs players with the ball.
While D'Antoni was arranging, on the other end, Popovich was also making a tactical set-up.
"Tim, Danny, play, now the score is their lead, Kobe Bryant should be out of the game, this is our chance to tie the score. ”
Popovich adopted almost the same strategy as in the last game, since the Lakers want Kobe Bryant to rest, all he has to do is take the opportunity to score points and force Kobe Bryant to play without a good rest.
To that end, Popovich sent Duncan and Danny Green two starters, replacing Split and Bonner.
D'Antoni is also well aware of Popovich's arrangement, so at this time, he sent Howard, Ci Shiping, and Nash three starters, hoping that the team can hold up for a few minutes and give Kobe Bryant time to rest.
The Lakers took the lead in attacking, Nash controlled the ball until the half, and Jamison immediately stepped forward to block it.
With the help of Jamison's blocking, Nash controlled the ball and entered the three-point line, Li Yang did not choose to change the defense, he asked Joseph to continue to follow Nash, and he fell outside the three-point line to prevent the ball from passing to Jamison.
Jamison has an outside shot, and Li Yang can't afford to be unguarded.
The Lakers' offense was still successful, Nash took advantage of the change of rhythm to find offensive opportunities from Cerf's defense and rushed into the three-second zone, taking advantage of Duncan's defense, Nash assisted Howard to hit a dunk.
But on the other end, the Spurs' offense was similarly successful, with Ginobili and Duncan playing pick-and-roll, and after returning the ball to Duncan, Duncan hit a two-point shot with his trademark 45-degree angle.
The Lakers continued to attack, and Nash played another pick-and-roll, and this time, Li Yang flashed out from behind Jamison to delay, and Nash immediately passed the ball back into Jamison's hands.
After getting the ball, Jamison opened his hand and wanted to shoot, but at this time, Li Yang had already rushed back quickly.
When Jamison saw that Li Yang was rushing back so quickly, the action that was originally going to shoot was quickly retracted, and he began to impact the basket with the ball.
If he is an inside player, Jamison can find a good offensive opportunity with this suddenness, but he faces Li Yang, who has super fast reactions.
Although he was almost about to jump, after seeing Jamison put the ball down, Li Yang immediately suppressed his body that was about to jump, and after Jamison began to dribble, Li Yang immediately turned sideways and stuck to it.
Jamison's dribbling is also good among the interior players, but to say that the dribble breaks through Li Yang, he is still a little close, rushing forward, and after almost being cut off by Li Yang, Jamison is busy holding the ball.
"Yang, it's beautiful!"
On the sidelines, Spurs fans shouted into the court from time to time, almost giving Jamison the urge to throw the ball directly, but in the end he endured it, and under Li Yang's defense, the ball was really not a good opportunity to shoot.
After Jamison's dribbling breakthrough was forced to stop by Li Yang, the Lakers' offense stalled, and Nash was busy catching the ball and shooting from the outside.
Throughout the series, Nash, who returned from injury, did not perform too well on the offensive end, which is one of the reasons why the Lakers are very passive so far in the game, such as now, under the interference of Joseph, Nash's shot is once again bounced out of the basket.
The Lakers' offense failed, but the Spurs' offense was completed, Duncan responded with a high position, and Danny Green shook off Ci Shiping's defense after running without the ball and hit a shot from beyond the three-point line.
At 85:82, there are only 3 points left between the two teams!
After relaunching the offense, the Lakers did not continue to use pick-and-roll, but let the two interior players fall to the low post.
Howard fell to the low post to play Duncan, and although he wanted to be realistic, Nash's ball was in Jamison's hands.
Jamison hit Li Yang with his back in the low post, which is the most obvious misalignment of the Lakers on the court, and if this can be opened, it will be a big test for the Spurs' lineup.
The Spurs players were well aware of this, and when Jamison dribbled and squeezed Li Yang towards the basket, Danny Green quickly stepped forward to pinch him.
Jamison was a little anxious at this time, and when he saw Danny Green rushing up, he quickly picked up the ball and turned to hook his hands when he didn't want to fall into the bag.
"Bang!"
Jamison's shot was a little hasty, and coupled with Li Yang's final interference, the ball bounced directly out of the basket.
“suprs!go!go!”
Duncan grabbed the backcourt rebound, and at this time, the Spurs fans on the scene began to shout neatly, the difference between the two teams was only 3 points, and if the Spurs could complete this offense, the difference would be further narrowed.
"Yang, attack, break through, blow that guy!"
After the Spurs players came to halftime, the neat shouting of the scene disappeared, but many Spurs fans were still shouting.
Ginobili controlled the ball to the halfcourt, and the ball was handed over to Li Yang, who was one step inside the three-point line, and Jamison hit Li Yang was misplaced, and Li Yang played Jamison.
Seeing Li Yang get the ball, Jamison was also nervous, after all, Li Yang's breakthrough ability is not ordinary, and after a few games, they know this very well.
Holding the ball with both hands, his right foot poked forward violently, Li Yang looked like he was going to break through directly from the right side, seeing this, Jamison's center of gravity involuntarily tilted slightly to the right.
But at this time, Li Yang's right foot, which had just taken a step, was suddenly retracted.
Li Yang's step was just a tentative step, and Jamison quickly reacted and hurriedly shifted his center of gravity back.
At the same time, Jamison was also preparing to move to the left, because Jamison thought that after Li Yang's tentative step, it was very likely that he would break through from the left, and this tentative step was just confusing.
Li Yang's tentative step was indeed confusing, and his right foot was quickly withdrawn, and Li Yang immediately began to break through.
It's just that unlike what Jamison imagined, Li Yang did not break through to the left side, and the right foot that had just been withdrawn quickly poked out, and Li Yang suddenly started to rush forward and kill to the right side!
Even with a short distance buffer, because of a misjudgment, Jamison couldn't stop Li Yang from rushing forward, and only had time to turn sideways. And this is still under the condition that Li Yang deliberately controls the speed.
Leaning on Jamison, Li Yang did not fully exert his speed and directly break through the opponent's defense, but maintained a breakthrough speed that allowed the opponent to keep up, but would not let the opponent easily stick to his own strength.
The two had rushed outside the three-second zone in the blink of an eye, and at this time, the Lakers did not have players to step forward to help defend, because from outsiders, Jamison did not follow well at the time, and he could follow Li Yang closely without losing his position.
Howard and the others didn't dare to step forward to help defend at will, for fear that Li Yang would pass the ball out.
Li Yang wanted this effect, rushing outside the three-second zone, Li Yang, who was originally suppressing the speed, suddenly accelerated, suddenly took a big step forward, rushed out directly from Jamison's side, and entered the three-second zone.
"Coax!"
Looking at this scene on the field, the Spurs suddenly erupted in cheers at home! This is Li Yang's chance to score!
Li Yang's sudden acceleration caught Jamison off guard, and the other Lakers players were unable to react, and when they realized that Li Yang had broken through the defense and wanted to make up for it, Li Yang had already jumped up and made a layup.
The basketball hit the rebound and bounced into the basket and hit a two-point shot, 85-84, and the difference between the two sides was only one point.
The Lakers paused, Kobe Bryant stood up at this time and took the towel off his body, the game was played to this point, he had to play, this round of the series, he really didn't have a rest.