Chapter 112: Shake down Kobe Bryant and get the match point!
Kobe's arrival meant that the situation was back in Popovich's control, and he even replaced Ginobili and Leonard at this time, and put on the team's most impactful lineup. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
The Lakers have not fully realized the Spurs' strategy in the second half, and when the Spurs picked up the speed, D'Antoni, who already likes to play fast, did not ask the team to slow down to reduce physical consumption, but the Lakers followed suit.
In the blink of an eye, there were only two minutes left in the fourth quarter, and at this time, the score on the court was 101-94 and the Spurs led by seven points.
In a timeout just now, Popovich made adjustments to the lineup, Duncan, Leonard, Li Yang, Green, Ginobili were on the court, and it was clear that in the last two minutes, Popovich wanted defense, and even pressed Parker off the court for this.
Li Yang's body was close to Kobe, and from the frequency of the other party's breathing, Li Yang could feel the fatigue of the other party's body.
But it's normal to think about it, Kobe Bryant took a minute off in the last game, and this game only rested for less than two minutes, even the physical fitness of many young players will have problems, not to mention that Kobe Bryant's age is no longer young, and Kobe Bryant has a lot of offense with the ball in the game, which consumes more physical strength than ordinary players.
However, Li Yang also knew that Kobe Bryant would definitely attack next, so he did not relax in the slightest.
Sure enough, after Nash came to the halfcourt, Kobe Bryant, who was stuck with Li Yang, reached out again to ask for the ball.
In the middle distance of the right waist, Kobe Bryant took the ball and leaned his back against Li Yang, unlike in the first half, Popovich asked not to hit Kobe Bryant in this section, but to let Kobe play alone.
While most of the time, it wasn't a very wise choice to give Bryant a chance to play solo with the ball in the final stages of the game, Popovich was clearly the right one given Bryant's fitness and the fact that he still had two minutes to play.
"MVP!MVP!" After seeing Kobe get the ball, the fans at Staples Arena shouted again, hoping that Kobe Bryant could lead the team to a comeback victory at the end of the game.
However, the real situation is only clearer than Li Yang and Kobe Bryant on the court.
Kobe, who got the ball, began to dribble with his back against Li Yang, but Kobe Bryant couldn't squeeze Li Yang at this time.
Although Li Yang played a lot of time in this game, it only added up to about 20 minutes, and for young him, his physical fitness is very abundant now.
But Kobe Bryant is different, he is now not playing with his body in the court, but playing with his will, and his physical fitness has declined, and he is even much worse in strength confrontation.
After finding that Li Yang couldn't squeeze him, Kobe Bryant immediately picked up the ball, his shoulders swayed from side to side, and he tried to interfere with Li Yang's judgment and let Li Yang show his flaws.
But at this time, Li Yang was not fooled, what he had to do now was not to stop Kobe's shot, but to let the opponent shoot, but to give the opponent the biggest defensive interference.
So Li Yang didn't rush to make a move, and it wasn't until Kobe turned around and jumped up that Li Yang jumped up quickly, and his long arm reached out to the top of the opponent's head.
After a few games, Kobe Bryant was also very aware of the perversion of Li Yang's physical fitness, in order to avoid Li Yang's blocking, at this time, Kobe Bryant's backward tilt after turning around was also forced to increase.
However, Kobe Bryant's physical strength has dropped seriously, and such a large backlash, coupled with Li Yang's defensive pressure, the result is ......
"Bang!"
The arc of the ball was noticeably low, and the ball smashed directly into the front of the basket, and at the same time, a large sigh rang out from the sidelines.
"Ahh
Duncan got the rebound, and at this time, Li Yang was already rushing to the other half, even at this time, Li Yang did not forget to let Kobe run as much as possible to consume the opponent's physical strength.
And this is one of the reasons why Popovich chose to let Li Yang go to Kobe Bryant at this time, Li Yang's performance on the defensive end was recognized by Popovich, which is naturally on the one hand, and on the other hand, Li Yang's impact is also very important to Kobe's killing.
Li Yang rushed across the half court to the three-point line, and the ball fell into Li Yang's hands at this time, and the Spurs' transmission speed was undoubtedly very good.
After receiving the ball, there was no pause, and Li Yang dribbled and started to break through.
There was no change of direction, no change of rhythm or fancy dribbling, Li Yang once again showed his excellent speed and explosiveness!
He is bullying Kobe Bryant for not being physically strong now, and he is bullying Kobe for slowing down his movement now!
Kobe Bryant very much wanted to stop Li Yang's breakthrough, because he knew that if Li Yang was allowed to rush over, it might mean the end of the game, but it was one thing to think about it, and it was another thing to be able to do it.
Even Kobe Bryant in the period of full physical strength, in the face of Li Yang's starting breakthrough, he also needs some buffer distance to move and block, let alone Kobe Bryant at this time.
"Whoosh!"
Moving quickly, before Kobe Bryant moved his feet to block, Li Yang rushed past the opponent!
Turning sideways, Kobe Bryant tried hard to move and stick to Li Yang, but his legs and feet did not listen to him at this time.
The body staggered, and Kobe Bryant fell directly to the floor!
"Wow!"
Seeing Li Yang's breakthrough and directly shaking Kobe Bryant, the Lakers fans at the scene were in an uproar!
"Kobe Bryant was shaken down by that guy?" "Kobe Bryant fell?"
In this uproar, Li Yang rushed into the three-second zone, facing Gasol, who stepped forward to make up for the defense, he picked up the ball and took two steps forward, rushed past the opponent's side, and then jumped up from under the basket and drilled out from the right side of the basket, reversively layup, and hit a two-point shot!
At 103:94, Spurs lead by 9 points!
Kobe Bryant, who was lying on the ground, got up, he ran to the basket to catch the ball, and he still looked scrappy, but everyone knew that the Lakers had no chance of winning this game.
“............”
The Lakers' home court is a little quiet at this time, and the expressions on the faces of the fans are very complicated, can Kobe Bryant turn the tide again in this game? The answer is obviously, no!
With a 9-point difference, Kobe Bryant has obviously reached the limit of his physical fitness, and the rest of the Lakers players can't count on their scoring ability at the last moment, while the Spurs are strong and physically strong at the other end, and the outcome has been revealed.
It is true that although Kobe Bryant made a free throw to score 2 points in the face of Li Yang's defensive forced offense, such 2 points are undoubtedly a drop in the bucket for the Lakers.
At 109:98, at the end of the game, the Spurs defeated the Lakers by 11 points, leading 3:1 and winning the match point.
In this game, Li Yang's performance was still good, in the whole game, Li Yang got 14 points, 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals, 2 blocks, and because most of the offense was completed in the counterattack, the shooting rate was also quite impressive, 7 of 9 shots, and the shooting rate reached 78%.
At the same time, he also did a good job on the defensive end, when he was in the middle of the court, Li Yang spent most of his time against Kobe, although Kobe still scored 30 points in the whole game, but the opponent shot 10 of 26, and the shooting rate was less than 40%.