Chapter 48: Buckle on the field!
"Stephen, do you know what you're doing on the court? strong shots, missed shots, mistakes, you bastard still don't know how to play, even if the little wolf (Spurs mascot) is on the court, he can play smarter than you. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info"
"Go and sit at the very edge of the bench, tonight you won't get any more chances, not a minute. ”
Sure enough, after the Spurs came to the sidelines, Popovich unceremoniously scolded Stephen Jackson.
Whether Popovich was angry because of Jackson's performance just now, or took the opportunity to vent his dissatisfaction with Stephen Jackson for a while, but now Popovich is angry, which everyone in the Spurs can see and think.
The difference between the two teams was six points, and if Nate Robinson had both made free throws, the difference would have been eight, and Danny Green had picked up his third personal foul of the first half.
Jackson's face turned unusually ugly by Popovich's scolding, and he seemed to want to retort, but was quickly pulled away by the assistant coach.
Popovich doesn't take Jackson's feelings into account at this time, and when the players on the team don't perform well, he will unceremoniously scold, even Duncan, let alone Jackson.
After scolding Jackson, Popovich immediately began to adjust the lineup and tactical arrangement, Stephen Jackson and Danny Green, who committed three fouls, were to be replaced, and Ginobili had just been replaced to rest, and after his eyes turned around the players, he named Duncan and Li Yang.
After the timeout, the players from both sides returned to the court, and the Bulls' lineup was their starting lineup, with center defensive interior Joakim Noah, power forward Carlos Boozer, former Jazz power forward, and the Rockets' bitter master. Small forward Roel Deng, shooting guard Marco Belinelli, a shooter from Italy, and point guard Nate Robinson Jr.
The Bulls' starting point guard was originally Richard Hamilton, a former Pistons Five Tigers, but Hamilton was also unable to play due to injury.
The Spurs' lineup in the court at this time has become Split, Duncan, Leonard, Li Yang, and Mills.
Li Yang didn't expect that after getting the opportunity to play in the second quarter of the last game against the Nets, this game got such an opportunity again.
Moreover, in Popovich's tactical set-up, let him hold the ball.
Mills took the ball from Li Yang's hair, but when it came to half-time, he immediately returned the ball to Li Yang's hands.
"Bill, that young man named Li Yang is on the field. On the sidelines, Spurs' on-site commentator Sean Elliott saw Li Yang holding the ball and immediately said to his partner Bill Rand on the side.
And, Greg Popovich seems to be letting him play with the ball. ”
Bill Rand was also a little surprised at this time and said: "It looks like this young man has gained some trust from the Spurs coaching staff. ”
Outsiders were surprised that Popovich suddenly sent Li Yang when the team was behind, and handed over the task of ball organization to Li Yang, but Li Yang in the field knew that the real organizer on the court at this time was not him, but Duncan.
After receiving Mills' pass, he dribbled to outside the three-point line, Li Yang pressed the rhythm slightly, and Duncan immediately stepped up to block at this time.
With Duncan's blocking, Li Yang dribbled the ball into the three-point line, Li Yang's breakthrough speed at this time was not too fast, he controlled the speed that almost threw Belinelli away, but was able to keep up with the opponent.
In this way, Li Yang's breakthrough not only brought Belinelli to the top, but also attracted Carlos Boozer's defense.
Attracting the defense of the two, Li Yang, who rushed forward, immediately turned around and pushed the ball back into Duncan's hands.
Li Yang's pass at this time naturally can't be compared with Parker and Ginobili and others, in order to be on the safe side, he deliberately turned around and passed, which delayed a little, but the ball was safely delivered to Duncan's hands, fortunately, Li Yang's ball was not directly passed to Duncan to shoot, and this time delay was not so important.
Duncan took the ball, Split was in the left midfield, and Li Yang, who had just passed the ball out, was in the right midrange, both of whom were covering Mills and Leonard.
Mills and Leonard started moving almost at the same time, Leonard, who had been on the left side of the three-point line at the top of the arc, began to move towards the left corner, while Mills slipped from the left corner along the baseline to the right.
The Bulls' defense was very tight, and Split's cover barely interfered too much with Nate Robinson, who was following Mills, who was only slightly disturbed when Mills rushed past Li Yang, but quickly rushed past Li Yang.
Duncan had already turned his body around by this time, his face facing the direction Mills was running, as if he was just waiting for Mills to go around the right side of the arc and pass the ball over.
On the other side, Leonard, who had just run to the left angle, began to move to the line again, and Split also pulled closer to the perimeter to cover Leonard.
Almost everyone's attention was on Mills and Leonard at this time, however, no one noticed that when the four Spurs players, including Split, moved outward, Li Yang became the only exception.
According to Popovich's arrangement, Mills and Leonard moved on the outside, looking for shooting opportunities while also widening the Bulls' defense, and Split wanted to take Noah away from the three-second zone as much as possible, and after all this happened, if Mills and Leonard did not get the opportunity to attack, then the burden of attacking this time fell on one person, that is, Li Yang!
Just as Mills rushed to the outside of the three-point line and Split took Noah to cover for Leonard, Li Yang, who was originally standing in the middle distance on the right side, began to act.
The arm gently pushed Belinelli's body, and then with a wrong step, Li Yang flashed out from Belinelli's side and went straight to the basket!
"Yang cuts in, chance!"
"Tim, pass!"
On the sidelines, the commentators, Bill Rand, clearly watched the scene on the field and immediately shouted, as if as long as they shouted like this, Duncan on the court could hear the immediate pass.
In fact, Duncan didn't need anyone's reminder at all, and when Li Yang rushed out of Belinelli, Duncan immediately turned back and faced the basket.
"Oops!" Belinelli and Noah, who was looking back, shouted almost at the same time, and both immediately rushed towards the basket, but they were either too far away or too late to start and couldn't get back to the basket in the first place.
"Young cuts to the basket and Tim passes the ball ......"
The commentator on the sidelines clearly told everything that happened on the field, Li Yang rushed into the three-second zone and jumped up, and Duncan also passed the ball over for the first time!
Facing the basket close at hand, Li Yang naturally would not be the slightest polite.
Grabbing the ball from Duncan with both hands, Li Yang stuffed it directly into the basket!
"Bang!"
The air relay is a two-handed buckle!
That's why I want Spurs to keep Li Yang, the young player's impact is so good that he and Thiem did a beautiful aerial relay as soon as he came on the pitch!"
On the court, Li Yang pulled the basket hard before falling to the floor, and to the cheers of the Spurs fans, Bill Rand had to raise the volume to ensure that his voice could reach the ears of the fans watching the live broadcast through the microphone.