Chapter 52: The Arrogant Noah (2/3, 2nd Update)
The Chicago Bulls called a timeout again, they were already trailing by four points, and in the last three minutes, the Spurs had played a 12-0 mini-high. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 info”
At 41:45, after Mills scored this goal, the Spurs took a four-point lead.
From trailing by eight points to leading by four points, the Bulls have played a wave of 12-0 in the past three minutes, forcing the Bulls to call a timeout again. After this timeout, the Bulls finally stabilized the situation.
Back on the court, Luol Deng broke through to a one-handed throw from close range to score 2 points, and finally stopped the Bulls' scoring drought.
In addition to breaking the deadlock on the offensive end, the Bulls have also strengthened on the defensive end, whether it is the speed of the retreat when switching between offense and defense or the defense in the half, which is better than before, in this situation, the Spurs' offense is naturally not as easy as before.
At 45:49, there were only 47 seconds left in the second quarter, and the difference between the two teams was still 4 points.
Li Yang remained on the court at this time, and the Spurs made lineup adjustments before, but did not replace him, but replaced Duncan by Ginobili.
At this time, the Spurs attacked, and the ball was not in Li Yang's control at this time, but in the hands of Ginobili.
After the Spurs continued to attack, the Bulls began to use Rohr Deng to defend Li Yang, and paid great attention to the help defense when Li Yang was impacted on the inside, not only interfering with Li Yang's layup, but also actively cutting off the connection between Li Yang and his teammates.
Li Yang's passing skills and vision are not too good right now, and he has already made a mistake under the Bulls' pressing defense.
Popovich then replaced Ginobili, and the task of organizing the attack was put in Ginobili's hands.
Ginobili controlled the ball, the other Spurs players did not stop, Split went to cover for Ginobili, and Li Yang and others were actively running.
In Popovich's offensive system, special emphasis is placed on people moving the ball, in fact, almost all offensive systems, whether it is the King's gorgeous Princeton or the Lakers' triangle offense, emphasize people moving the ball, because only in this way can it be easier to find offensive opportunities.
Ginobili broke through with the help of the pick-and-roll, and did not have a good offensive opportunity in the face of Belinelli and Noah's sandwich, and threw the ball in the hands of Mills, who was running near the three-point line on the right.
The Bulls' defense was very good, and Ginobili, Mills, and Leonard took turns to break through the impact, but they didn't get too good opportunities.
The ball was handed over to Ginobili again, dribbling into the free throw line, facing Noah's supplement, Ginobili had to pass the ball out again, this time, the ball passed to Li Yang's hand.
Running to the top of the arc outside the three-point line on the right side to get the ball, Li Yang rushed forward and rushed to the basket with the ball.
Li Yang's sudden start after receiving the ball did give him a chance to break through, but Luo Deng's defense was also very good.
Although he was unable to stop Li Yang's start, relying on his excellent judgment, he still posted it in time and stuck in Li Yang's right front.
If he was just stuck to the side by Luo Er Deng, Li Yang could use his excellent explosiveness to shake off the opponent, but now, Luo Dang stuck in front of Li Yang's side, and it would not be so easy for Li Yang to directly break through the opponent's defense, after all, Luo Er Deng's strength confrontation is also very good.
Leaning on Rohr Deng and rushing to the basket, Li Yang's eyes swept around, and found that his teammates did not have a good chance at this time, perhaps because he saw that Rohr Deng's defense was very good, the Bulls did not have other players to help defend this round, and Li Yang had no teammates who could pass the ball in his sight.
On his own, seeing that his teammates were all blocked by the Bulls, and he was only facing a defensive player, Li Yang made a decision immediately.
Leaning on Luol Deng to rush into the three-second zone, leaning towards the opponent, Li Yang jumped up for a layup with the force that rebounded from the opponent's body.
On Li Yang's side, Luo Er Deng didn't try to jump up to block Li Yang's shot, and quickly topped it, and he re-attached Li Yang who was about to pull away.
Affected by the previous physical confrontation with Rohr Deng, coupled with the interference of Rohr Deng at this time, Li Yang's layup failed to hit, and the ball spun around the basket and then fell out again.
"Rebound!"
When he shot, Li Yang vaguely felt that there was something wrong with his shot, so he jumped up immediately after landing and reached out to grab the rebound.
The correct judgment made Li Yang grab the basketball that fell from the basket in his hand and land on the ground, taking advantage of the fact that Luo Er Deng, who jumped up and grabbed the ball, had not completely landed, Li Yang held the ball and jumped up again and put it towards the basket.
"Yang, be careful!"
When Li Yang jumped, he vaguely heard a teammate shouting, but he didn't realize what was happening.
"Smack!"
It wasn't until a palm suddenly appeared on the basketball and a force came from the basketball that Li Yang understood that it was covered.
Although Li Yang tried hard to hold the ball in his hand to complete the basket, under the destruction of the power from the palm, the ball still inevitably came out of his hand and fell to the bottom line.
"Ahh
At the same time, an excited shout rang out.
Turning his head, Li Yang saw Noah shouting with excitement on his face, and this guy made both hands into a pistol shape at this time, and quickly inserted them into his waist, as if he was telling Li Yang with such an action, I just killed you, and now I put away the gun.
Although he knew that this was Noah's celebration, it was difficult for Li Yang to ignore it, especially when he had just been blocked by the other party.
"It's really arrogant. Exhaling softly and licking his slightly dry lips, Li Yang whispered a sentence in his heart, and at the same time added the other party's name, "Joaquin-Noah." ”
After a deep look at Noah, Li Yang retreated to the other half, and the referee ruled that the ball flew out of his hand in the final moments, and the Bulls won the ball on the final attack of the second quarter.
In the final round, the Bulls had plenty of time to attack, but their offense was also unsuccessful, as Rohr Deng's mid-range pull-up jump shot bounced off the basket under Li Yang's interference.
Although Split got the rebound, the Spurs didn't have time to launch an offense.
As the halftime whistle blew, the score was fixed at 45:49, and the Spurs still maintained a four-point lead.
Through his own efforts to defend and prevent the Bulls' last attack, Li Yang felt a little better, at least, did not let the difference between the two teams narrow at halftime because of his own cover.
However, until he walked into the locker room from the players' tunnel, Li Yang's heart was still thinking about the scene where Noah covered himself before.