Chapter 464: Doing It Yourself
The Bulls called a timeout, and they had to call a timeout to interrupt the rhythm of Li Yang's scoring streak, otherwise Thibodeau really didn't know if Li Yang would continue to hit the game. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info
Moreover, Thibodeau called a timeout to disrupt Li Yang's rhythm, he didn't adjust his defensive strategy, he never thought there was anything wrong with his team's defensive strategy, he was betting, betting that Li Yang's hand could not continue, betting that Li Yang would not be able to kill the bull by himself.
Reappeared on the court after a pause, Li Yang found that the Bulls' defensive strategy had not changed, and he still chose to defend other players, while there was only one Butler next to him, and the corners of his mouth immediately raised slightly, he felt that he had to hit the Bulls until it hurt.
Thibodeau is right, with Li Yang's score alone, you can't beat the Bulls, so what Li Yang has to do is to use his attack power to hit the pain, and hit the Bulls until the Bulls are forced to change their defense, so that other Celtics players can get a chance.
Holding the ball outside the three-point line, Li Yang called his teammates to block and dismantle, Butler didn't dare to go around the defense from behind at this time, Li Yang used such an opportunity to shoot before, so at this time he chose to squeeze through from the front.
At this time, Li Yang suddenly accelerated, dribbled directly forward, and killed the basket!
Li Yang's sudden acceleration not only made Butler, who was following the defense, unable to keep up with the pace, but also caught Noah in front of him a little unprepared.
Li Yang hit five consecutive shots after six shots before, and all of these shots were shots, giving the Bulls players an illusion that Li Yang would continue to shoot while his hand was hot, but he didn't expect that Li Yang chose to break through this ball!
Fortunately, Noah also shrank near the three-second zone at this time, and when he saw Li Yang rushing over, he immediately moved his steps to help prevent it.
Li Yang didn't pay attention to Noah at the moment, and with his excellent speed, he jumped up in front of him and jumped up, Li Yang forced a layup!
At this time, Noah naturally didn't want to watch Li Yang easily make a layup in front of him like this, he quickly jumped sideways and raised his hand to interfere with Li Yang's shot.
Finding that Noah next to him was jumping and interfering, Li Yang did not panic in the slightest, but took the initiative to lean towards the other party's body.
It is not a good choice to blindly dodge defenders in the process of layup, which is easy to be blocked by the opponent, and once there is physical contact, it can greatly interfere with the opponent's defense, of course, the premise is that the layup first has a good physical confrontation ability, and can still score the ball under physical contact.
Li Yang obviously didn't have to worry about this problem, and he took the initiative to lean on Noah to find physical contact in the air.
It's just that as soon as he leaned on Noah, Li Yang immediately felt a force acting on him, and this kind of power obviously exceeded the normal physical confrontation.
Knowing that Noah was making a small move, Li Yang stabilized his body slightly, pulled out his right hand and picked the ball to the rebound, and then his body fell to the floor along Noah's power.
"Tick!"
The referee, who was staring at the air against the two, immediately blew the whistle after seeing Li Yang being squeezed into the air by Noah, and almost at the same time as the whistle sounded, the basketball rebounded and fell into the basket!2+1!
"Oh God!2+1! hit again, Young scored again, he hit a layup and caused a foul on Noah!"
âMVP! MVP!â When Li Yang stepped on the free throw line, the audience rang out with the shouts of MVP, and in such a shout, Li Yang steadily hit the ball and scored the 13th point of the game.
In the following round, Li Yang once again chose to block and continue to break through to the basket, Butler followed the ball more closely, he was close to Li Yang's side, and when Li Yang rushed into the three-second zone, Noah finally couldn't help but step forward to defend.
Seizing this momentary opportunity, Li Yang passed the ball to Whiteside, who appeared in the three-second zone, although Pau Gasol also quickly appeared inside to make up the defense, but could not stop Whiteside's violent dunk.
Li Yang's performance made the Bulls not know how to defend, without pinching, Li Yang scored directly, and once he pinched Li Yang, he would share the ball.
So at this time, the Bulls can only continue to follow Thibodeau's previous established strategy, Butler tries his best to block Li Yang on the outside, if Butler's defense is broken, the rest of the Bulls' players will pinch Li Yang on the inside, and then consciously release players with poor shooting ability like Smart and Whiteside.
Thibodeau always believed that the Bulls' defensive strategy was the most correct choice, but the effect of such a choice never met his expectations.
In this quarter of the game, Li Yang's offensive state was too good, whether it was a mid-to-long-distance shot or a strong attack that broke into the interior, Li Yang almost made a shot.
Although Smart missed both three-point shots, and despite the contributions of the rest of the Celtics' players in the quarter, the Celtics still scored 29 points in the quarter, stretching the gap between the two teams to double digits.
Among them, Li Yang scored 22 points in a sudden throw!
"The firepower of Lee Yang is so surprising, he scored 22 points in a single quarter, 24 points in the first half, God, Yang is now facing the Bulls, who have limited opponents to the league first in scoring this season, and directly opposite Jimmy Butler. â
As the players from both teams walked to the locker room, Mike Breen, who was sitting on the sidelines, shook his head and sighed.
Jeff Van Gundy also said with emotion: "This is undoubtedly a superstar-level performance, in the second quarter of the game, Yang almost single-handedly widened the difference to 10 points, which is really amazing!"
At the same time, the fans sitting in front of the screen also started a heated discussion about Li Yang's performance at this moment.
"Young is an MVP-caliber player, there's no doubt about it, and I think he'll probably be able to score more than 40 points in this game. â
"No, it's not absolute, this guy had too many points in the second quarter, and it's hard for him to guarantee that touch in the second half, especially against a defensive powerhouse like the Bulls. â
"I prefer to believe that Young can continue to perform like this in the second half, and although it may seem very difficult to score 40 points against a defensive powerhouse like the Bulls, Young has had three 40+ performances this season, and he has the ability. â......
This game is broadcast live in the United States, and many fans who watched the game were not only Celtics fans, but also many other fans, many of whom even watched Li Yang's game completely for the first time this season, and Li Yang's performance in the first half of the game obviously shocked them, and also made them look forward to Li Yang's performance in the second half of the game.