Chapter 237: The Battle of the Sixth Man
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The Spurs' game is very popular in China, and the live broadcast has naturally increased, although the game is not broadcast live on CCTV5, but it is broadcast live on the online platform. At this time, two commentators from Sina were chatting about the first quarter of the game that had just passed.
At 29:31, after the first quarter, the Spurs trailed by 2 points, the first time since the start of the new season, the Clippers played extremely well in the first quarter, although Paul only scored 2 points on 1-of-3 shooting under Danny Green's defense, but he handed out 7 assists in the first quarter.
Led by Paul's assist, Blake Griffin scored nine points in the first quarter and the team's pitcher J.J. Redick scored 10 points.
The first quarter of the game was extremely intense, and the fans of the two teams poured into the live broadcast room, and their popularity continued to rise.
At this time, Li Yang was listening to Popovich's tactical arrangement with his teammates.
"Chris Paul is going to be off the court when the second quarter starts, and that's our chance, Young, you go play against the opponent's sixth man and get him, whether it's offensive or defensive!"
Listening to Popovich's words, Li Yang immediately nodded, Popovich said that the sixth man of the Clippers is Jamal Crawford, a player who once won the NBA Sixth Man of the Year in the 09-10 season, last season Jamal Crawford was the second most voted in the Best Sixth Man selection, and this season, he is also one of the strong contenders for the Best Sixth Man.
Li Yang has set the goal of being the best sixth man this season, and now that he has met such a guy, there is no need for Popovich to emphasize, and Li Yang does not intend to make the opponent stay too comfortable on the court.
When the whistle blew in the second quarter, the Clippers replaced Chris Paul with two starters on the court, center Andrew Jordan and small forward Jarred Dudley, as well as three backup guards, Jamal Crawford, Willie Green and Darren Collison.
On the Spurs side, there is only one starter, and that is Split, in addition, Li Yang, Ginobili, Belinelli, and Mills are all substitute players.
The Spurs took the lead in attacking, but at this time it was not Crawford who was against Li Yang, but Dudley, and Crawford went to fight against Belinelli.
Taking advantage of Crawford's poor defense, Belinelli ran aggressively and took a pass from Ginobili from beyond the three-point line to shoot. It's a pity that Belinelli, who has just come on the court, has not yet found his touch, the ball bounces out of the basket, and the ball is picked up by Jordan Jr.
Li Yang stepped back and kept his eyes on Crawford, and after half-time, he stood in front of Crawford.
The ball of the Clippers was really handed over to Crawford, and Crawford, who was holding the ball, suddenly started to break through after continuous dribbling on the outside, Li Yang judged the direction of Crawford's breakthrough and quickly stopped it, but he didn't expect Crawford's reaction to be very fast, and a change of direction was to rush over from the side.
Of course, Li Yang couldn't let the opponent break through his defense so easily, and quickly turned sideways, and he clinged to the opponent's side.
In terms of strength, Crawford is certainly not Li Yang's opponent, under Li Yang's defense, Crawford can only reluctantly rush forward, and it seems that there is no offensive opportunity at all.
"Squeak!"
Seeing that it was difficult for Crawford to dribble under Li Yang's squeeze, Crawford suddenly made a stop-and-go jump shot and threw the ball out.
When Crawford shot, his body was crooked and he looked unstable, but the result was a little surprising to Li Yang, the ball smashed on the basket and fell into the basket.
Muttering in his heart, Li Yang immediately ran to the other side, at this time Crawford tried to switch defenses with Dudley and re-follow Belinelli, but Li Yang refused, not because Crawford had just shot a goal under his defense, but because Crawford's defense was very poor, and Popovich hoped that Li Yang could find a breakthrough from him.
So when Crawford stepped back, Li Yang followed directly, and the Spurs' advance speed was fast, when Crawford came to the half, he saw that it was Li Yang who was standing in front of him, and the ball had already reached Li Yang's hands at this time.
"Hell, how did I get up to him?" Crawford was amazed at this time.
Li Yang is no longer the unknown rookie, last season's performance in the finals, coupled with Li Yang's performance in the first three games of this season, Li Yang is now a little famous in the league, at least the team that wants to play against the Spurs will not ignore Li Yang.
Because of this, Li Yang's breakthrough ability is very strong, and Crawford also understands it, so he will sigh like this in his heart at this time.
Crawford knows that it's not a good thing for him to play against Li Yang on the defensive end, because his own defense is not good, and he is still self-aware of that.
And this is indeed the case, it is almost the same breakthrough action as Crawford's before, and after Li Yang starts, he has already rushed to Crawford's side.
Unlike before, Crawford can't keep up with Li Yang's pace.
Seeing Li Yang break through Crawford and rush up to the inside, Jordan Jr. immediately stepped forward to make up for the defense.
However, now Li Yang has become more and more experienced in dealing with the opponent's interior defense, unless there are more defensive players on the inside, it is difficult to stop his attack, especially when the defenders next to him are completely unable to interfere with him.
In the face of Jordan Jr.'s supplemental defense, Li Yang shook and made a feint to change direction, which immediately interfered with Jordan Jr.'s judgment, and then played a time difference to win a rebound from the left side.
Back at the other end, the ball of the Clippers was really in the hands of Crawford again, and at this time, Li Yang directly pasted Crawford outside the three-point line.
For Li Yang, Crawford's shooting is lethal, and as for his breakthrough, Li Yang did not pay attention to it.
At this time, Crawford chose to break through, after he saw Li Yang sticking to himself, his first thought was to break through, he leaned on Li Yang half, trying to rush directly into the three-point line.
Crawford did rush forward, but he kept moving along the three-point line.
Li Yang not only clinged to the opponent, but also stuck the opponent's breakthrough route, Crawford couldn't find the space to break through at all, if you change to a physically strong player, you can try to force a breakthrough through Li Yang's defense at this time, but it is clear that Crawford's confrontation can not do this.
Seeing that he couldn't break through Li Yang's defense, Crawford took a step back, wanting to open up some space with Li Yang, but Li Yang immediately followed.
In desperation, Crawford made a quick stop to dribble behind his back, flashed to the left, and pulled out his hand directly after flashing a little space.
It's just that the difficulty of this ball is too great, and with Li Yang's interference on the side, the ball smashed directly on the basket.
At this time, Crawford's face did not become too good, not because he missed his shot, but because he found that the Spurs launched a counterattack, and he had no time to change the defense, and he actually faced Li Yang again on the defensive end.
Moreover, at this time, Li Yang had already received a pass and began to counterattack. (To be continued.) )