Li Yang walked onto the court, at this time, the fourth quarter of the game had begun, and the third quarter of the game did not go exactly as Popovich envisioned. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Kobe Bryant's shooting touch in the third quarter was very good, and the Lakers' overall offense was okay, so the Lakers narrowed the gap to only 2 points at one point.

However, Popovich's tactical adjustments were really in place, so the Spurs regained a seven-point lead just before the third quarter.

It was only at the end of the third quarter that Kobe Bryant hit a three-pointer at the buzzer, narrowing the gap between the two teams to 4 points at once.

At 78:74, the difference between the two teams was 4 points before the fourth quarter, which was a different from Popovich's original point difference.

I don't know if it was because the point difference narrowed, or because he was too tired to play and needed to rest, Kobe Bryant finally didn't play again after the start of the fourth quarter.

At this time, Li Yang and others received the task of Popovich to pull the score apart and force Kobe Bryant to play!

Popovich made up his mind today to let Kobe get down on his stomach, so naturally he would not easily change his strategy.

In the fourth quarter of the game, the Lakers took the lead in attacking, and the Lakers' lineup on the court at this time was Howard, Jamison, Ci Shiping, Blake, and Nash.

On the Spurs' side, Split, Li Yang, Green, Ginobili, Parker.

Widening the score difference and bringing up the rhythm are both pursued by Popovich, so at this time he sent a large and four small lineup.

And because Dio did not come back, the Spurs did have some tightness in the interior rotation.

After Nash dribbled to the halfcourt, Howard began to step forward to block and pick-and-roll, and after a few games, Nash and Howard did not play very well in blocking and pick-and-roll, far less efficient than Nash and Stoudemire in the Suns before.

On the one hand, this is because Howard does not have mid-to-long-range shooting, as long as he plays a pick-and-roll, the Spurs interior players choose to shrink to the basket, and it is difficult for Howard to get a chance to attack the basket directly.

On the other hand, Nash's athleticism and threat on the offensive end have dropped significantly this season due to injuries, and he has not been able to contain the Spurs' defense.

For example, at this time, after the two played the pick-and-roll, Nash and Howard did not get a chance to attack the basket, and Nash could only pass the ball to Howard, who was back in the interior position.

Howard singled Split, if it was placed two or three years ago, even if Split is now good in defense under the training of the Spurs coaching staff, such a position is completely weak, but in the past two seasons, injuries have affected Howard's lethality.

Of course, now Split is still struggling to defend Howard's strong eat.

Howard squeezed Split to move towards the basket, then picked up the ball after entering the interior line, and was ready to turn around and squeeze Split away for a layup or dunk.

"Be careful!"

At this time, Howard suddenly heard the shouts of his teammates, and realized that someone might be coming forward to attack, so he immediately hugged the ball and lifted it up.

But he is fast, and Li Yang, who stepped forward to attack, is faster!

From the right side of the mid-range attack, Li Yang came very fast, and at the same time as Howard turned around, he stepped directly over in two steps, and then reached out and cut directly at the basketball that Howard was holding in his hand.

"Smack!"

Li Yang's palm slapped heavily on the basketball, and the huge force shook Li Yang and Howard's hands.

Although Howard increased his strength to hold the ball at this moment, he couldn't concentrate the strength of his whole body on his hands after all, and Li Yang had an advantage with the power of his arm swing.

The ball fell straight out of Howard's hand, and then was grabbed by Li Yang in his hand and stealed!

In these games, because the Lakers' defense is not as overall as possible, the Spurs have played a lot of counterattacks, and the effect is also very good.

Right now, for example, Howard, the only one of the Lakers' five players on the court with better athleticism, is still asking the referee to foul the referee, while the other four are clearly unable to stop the Spurs' fast break.

Li Yang, who grabbed the ball, ran to the other half with the ball, taking advantage of the Lakers' retreat and a little chaotic, Li Yang directly scored under the basket and made a layup.

At 80:74, the difference between the two teams reached 6 points.

Relaunching the offense, Nash did not give the ball to Howard again, but put it in Jamison's hands, using Li Yang to defend Jamison's misalignment, allowing Jamison to turn around and hook his hands on the baseline to complete an attack.

The Spurs continued to speed up the offensive tempo, and after Li Yang served from the baseline, Parker rushed to the other half with the ball, and with the help of Split's block, Parker hit a two-point jumper from the middle range.

In the previous round, Jamison attacked Li Yang in a wrong position, which obviously gave the Lakers a taste of sweetness, and they seemed to find a loophole in the Spurs lineup, and after coming to halftime, Jamison fell to the low post again to receive the ball.

Behind Jamison, Li Yang lowered his center of gravity, thinking about how to complete this defense, as long as this defense is successful, the Spurs will fight back again, and the difference will be able to widen to 8 points.

Once the margin reaches 8 points, the first task assigned by Napopovich should be completed, and Kobe Bryant will definitely play.

While Li Yang was thinking, Jamison had already begun to dribble with his back against Li Yang.

Li Yang's strength has increased a lot during this time, so at this time, being behind Jamison can still bring some trouble to the other party, but after all, Li Yang is on the defensive side, and under Jamison's squeeze, Li Yang is still forced to retreat.

Moving his steps backwards, Li Yang was calculating the frequency of Jamison's force, after Jamison completed a backrest, and was about to exert his strength again, Li Yang suddenly leaned out half of his body from behind Jamison, and reached out to the ball in Jamison's hand.

At this time, Jamison happened to exert his back against him, and Li Yang behind him suddenly flashed out, so that he suddenly had no support, and he completely lost his center of gravity with this force, and sat down directly on the floor, and the ball rolled to the floor on the side.

This is exactly the result Li Yang wants, his flash direct steal is fake, and the withdrawal makes Jamison lose his center of gravity is true!

It's just that in order to avoid the referee thinking that he was intentional and being whistled for a foul, Li Yang chose to use the action of steal as a cover.

The referee didn't blow the foul, so Li Yang quickly bent down and picked up the ball.

"That guy steals again?" The Lakers fans at the scene looked at Li Yang on the court with hateful teeth, but soon they didn't have time to think about it.

"Retreat!

On the sidelines, Lakers fans shouted to remind the team to quickly return to defense, but this still could not prevent the Spurs from completing the counterattack.

Grabbing the basketball, Li Yang quickly pushed the ball forward and sent it to Danny Green, who had already played a fast break in front of him.

One-on-one in the frontcourt, although Danny Green's offensive ability with the ball is not very good, but in the face of Blake's defense, he still has a certain certainty.

In desperation, Blake could only stop it with a foul.

Danny Green made a free throw, and at this time, Kobe Bryant stood up from the bench, and after Green made a free throw, the difference between the two teams would reach 8 points, and Kobe Bryant couldn't sit still off the court.