Chapter 75: 20 Points?
"Li Yang performed really well today!"
"I really don't understand, Li Yang has always performed well as long as he plays, why didn't Popovich let him play before?"
At the end of the first half, after the players of the two teams entered the locker room, the Spurs fans in front of the screen immediately began to discuss the game in the first half, and Li Yang was naturally the main object of their discussion. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
In the first half of the game, Li Yang showed the results of his special training for a period of time, taking advantage of the opponent's unfamiliarity with himself after a period of time, he continuously rushed into the basket and scored 7 points, although Li Yang was replaced by Popovich after more than three minutes, and the score did not rise, but after returning to the court in the second quarter, Li Yang had a performance again.
In the second quarter, Li Yang returned to the court after about three minutes of play, and then played the entire second quarter.
In 9 minutes of playing time, Li Yang made 3 of 4 shots and 2 of 4 free throws to score 8 points. In this way, at the end of the first half, Li Yang scored 15 points, and this score was also the highest in the team.
Of course, this is related to the lack of offensive firepower of several of the team's main players in the off-season, and it is also related to the fact that the Nuggets are not familiar with Li Yang and the defense is not targeted, but Li Yang's progress is definitely one of the most important factors.
After all, Li Yang's several layups were done under the tight defense of the Nuggets players.
The shooting percentage of 6-of-7 shooting in the first half was definitely very good, of course, the free throw shooting was a bit poor, he got a total of 6 free throws in the first half, but only hit 3 of them, and the shooting percentage was not even 60% of his normal level.
Li Yang's performance in the first half of the game couldn't help but make the fans in front of the screen have more expectations, 15 points in the first half, Li Yang in the second half, is it possible to score a few more points, let his score rise to 20?
20 points, Li Yang has never scored such a score in the previous game!
"Li Yang should be able to do it in the second half, as long as Popovich will not suppress his playing time......" This is the only worry for Spurs fans, after all, Li Yang was also pressed on the bench by Popovich when he performed well before.
As it turned out, the fans' worries were really unnecessary, and after the start of the second half of the game, Li Yang and his teammates quickly reappeared on the field.
In this game, the rotation of personnel in the Spurs team was extremely tight, and Li Yang's performance Popovich was also in his eyes, so it was naturally impossible for him to sit on the bench and control the playing time as domestic fans feared.
In fact, Popovich and others were also a little surprised by Li Yang's performance in the first half of the game, although from the feedback results of several assistant coaches and the usual team training, Popovich also knew that Li Yang's training effect was good and the improvement was still great, but Li Yang was able to adapt to his level so quickly in the game, which undoubtedly made the coaching staff very satisfied, which is also a talent of the players!
In this case, Popovich not only did not limit his playing time, but even encouraged Li Yang to attack actively.
No, as soon as the third quarter of the game began, Li Yang scored.
Parker's breakthrough attracted the Nuggets' defense, and Parker, who didn't find an offensive opportunity on the inside, went around in a circle and pulled back to the outside, and at this time, Li Yang quickly cut to the basket.
Parker, who found Li Yang cutting, passed the ball out as soon as possible and assisted Li Yang to make a layup to score 2 points.
"17 points!" Seeing that Li Yang's score had risen at the beginning of the second half of the game, domestic fans couldn't help but chatter, and they realized that it didn't seem very difficult for Li Yang to score 20 points.
However, in the next few rounds, Li Yang did not get a chance to score, Parker broke through to the basket, Green hit a three-point shot, Dio hit a strong inside, the Spurs blossomed more, and played very smoothly on the offensive end, but the Nuggets obviously strengthened their defense against Li Yang, which made domestic fans who were looking forward to Li Yang scoring 20 points and could only wait with peace of mind.
On the court, the game continued, the Spurs' continuous offensive play gave the Nuggets more pressure, and after the first half of the game, the difference between the two teams was 5 points, and at this time, the difference between the two sides had reached 8 points.
Andre Iguodala controlled the ball, Lawson was not on the court, and Iguodala took on the responsibility of organizing as one of the league's top offensive playmakers in the second and third positions.
Wilson Chandler was on the move at this point, as Gallinari, the team's best pitcher, was not playing, and he was the most lethal player on the perimeter in this lineup, and he wanted to find offensive opportunities on the perimeter through his running.
However, it is clear that Wilson Chandler's idea has failed, his off-ball running skills are not very good, and with such a run, it is difficult to shake off Li Yang, who is very close.
Seeing that Chandler wasn't able to run and get his chances, Iguodala began to let Faried step forward to block and then dribble the ball inside the three-point line.
The ball quickly went into the hands of Farid, who moved inside after the block, and at this time, it was Dio who was facing Farid.
In terms of movement speed and impact, Dio is obviously inferior to Faryd, however, Dio's weight and confrontation do not shrug off each other, sticking to Faried's side, Dio constantly interferes with his strength, but does not let Faried directly break through the defense.
Seeing that although Dio was pasted with Farid, he could not completely prevent the opponent's breakthrough, Li Yang, who was defending Chandler on the baseline, immediately moved slightly towards the basket.
Farid naturally saw Li Yang's movement, but he didn't care too much, he knew that Li Yang must still be worried about sharing the ball with Chandler at this time, so he didn't dare to come over directly to make up for the defense.
Farid was not wrong in his guess, Li Yang was indeed worried that the other party would directly distribute the ball to Chandler at this time, so that the latter would get a chance to make a three-point shot, so he moved his steps slightly, while he kept observing, waiting for the best opportunity.
At this time, Farid had already leaned on Dio and rushed outside the three-second zone, picked up the ball, and Farid continued to rush forward against Dior, ready to push Dior to the basket.
At this moment, Li Yang rushed over!
After seeing Farid pick up the ball, Li Yang immediately realized that the best time for his defense had come, and immediately no longer hesitated and quickly rushed over.
At this time, Farid was doing a physical confrontation with Dior, and the ball had already been raised, so it was impossible to have more room to move, and Li Yang had completely blocked the previous passing route of Farid and Chandler when he rushed over, so at this time, Li Yang was not worried that Farid would pass the ball at all, because he couldn't pass it at all!
Farid is also very aware of this, at this time, what he can do is to seize the opportunity and complete the attack before Li Yang is not in place.
Leaning on Dior and jumping up, Farid held the ball high for a layup.
But at this time, Li Yang has also been killed!