Chapter 332: Death Entanglement
Although the basketball touched Li Yang's body and fell out of the bottom line, because of Li Yang's two consecutive blocks, the basketball did not touch the basket, and there was not much offensive time left for the Thunder at this time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
The ball was handed to him Durant, Durant shot against Green's defensive whistle, the ball failed to hit, and after the Spurs protected the rebound, Mills controlled the ball to the halfcourt, and the ball was directly handed over to Li Yang.
Li Yang did not choose to attack with the ball at the moment, and after seeing that Leonard had fallen to the low post with his back to Durant, Li Yang immediately passed the ball over.
In this series, because Durant is really in good shape, and Li Yang has no more responsibilities to defend Durant, Leonard is under a lot of pressure, and he also puts more energy into defense.
However, before the start of this game, Popovich asked Leonard to take the initiative to attack more in the game and put pressure on Durant, so Leonard would take the initiative to attack from time to time in this game.
At this moment, after getting the basketball, Leonard also immediately started to play alone, leaning back, using his strength to push Durant back a small step, and Leonard immediately turned around and jumped.
There are not many young players like Leonard who practice back-to-back and turn-around jumpers when they first enter the league, and more young players like to take the ball and attack head-on, such as Li Yang, who is now seven tricks to play back.
So Leonard's style of play has attracted the attention of many old fans, and when the league has fewer and fewer outside players playing with their backs on the baseline, Leonard has become a new hope for this part of the fans.
From Leonard's body, these people see the shadow of the older generation of outside players such as Jordan and Kobe, and in fact, his actions are indeed somewhat similar to these two legendary stars.
Leonard's turn back is not as large as Jordan and Kobe, but his excellent height and arm span make his turn and jump shot very difficult to defend.
The basketball followed a not too high arc, landed firmly in the basket, and hit a two-point shot.
The difference between the two teams came to 8 points, but with the Thunder's offense on the end, the difference quickly returned to 6 points.
Neither side was able to play the next two rounds, and the ball returned to Spurs after Ibaka's shot missed.
Leonard, who didn't ask for the ball after two rounds, fell to the low post again, but this time, after getting the ball, he didn't choose to turn and jump directly, but turned around after hitting the back and tried to squeeze Durant into the basket.
The inside attack originally prepared for Li Yang was used on Leonard's body at the moment, and Leonard, who encountered the bag, was not reluctant, and quickly passed the ball out and sent it back to Li Yang.
Receiving the ball outside the three-point line, although the defender was also one step away at this time, Li Yang still decisively chose to shoot.
This was Li Yang's first attempt at three points today, but after the ball was just shot, he realized that something was wrong, and the shot was obviously off.
"Rebound!" Although he shouted anxiously and could tell which side the basketball was on, Li Yang didn't dare to rush to grab the rebound.
At this time, Li Yang is on the outermost periphery, and he must actively retreat, because only in this way can he ensure that he has the first line of defense when the Thunder attack.
At this time, Li Yang suddenly saw a guy in black jumping up in the white crowd of thunder, although he didn't jump the highest, but the accurate landing point judgment and the super long arm span directly grabbed the basketball.
"Well done, Kehuai!"
Li Yang, who was about to retreat, immediately stopped, and while running to the empty space to receive the ball, Li Yang shouted at the same time, and Leonard grabbed the rebound in the front court!
Leonard really passed the ball, and Li Yang, who got the ball, raised his hand again to shoot, Westbrook quickly pounced, and at this time, Li Yang was a cat waist, and he had rushed to the basket with the ball.
The Thunder's defense line at this time was undoubtedly chaotic, and they had just lost the frontcourt rebounds and they did not form a complete defense line at all, so as soon as Li Yang rushed outside the three-point line, three people immediately surrounded him.
With a slight flick of his eyebrows, Li Yang, who had just rushed to the free throw line, shook his right hand violently, and with a tricky ground-hitting pass, the basketball passed through the middle of the two Thunder players and appeared in the three-second zone.
"Beautiful! Beautiful pass! Young made a Manu Ginobili pass that Kawhi Leonard picked up in the three-second zone...... bang!!”
Amid Mike Brin's high-pitched shouts, Leonard appeared in the three-second zone, received Li Yang's pass and dunked easily.
"Hey, buddy, well done!" As he stepped back, Li Yang shouted as he high-fived Leonard, who didn't say much about Li Yang's praise, he just nodded slightly.
Of course, Li Yang didn't think this was Leonard's rudeness, once this guy entered the stadium, his mouth was simply sewn up.
Although there were not many words, Leonard's performance on the court was real, and Westbrook was entangled by him at this time.
Westbrook, who carried the ball to the half court, tried to use his speed and dribbling to break through Leonard's defense directly, but before he could start, Leonard had already taken the first step, his long arms reached out, and his big hands continued to press the basketball, completely disrupting Westbrook's dribbling rhythm.
Although his hands kept attacking, Leonard's body was not out of position, so Westbrook could not directly rush past Leonard's side, he could only constantly dribble to avoid Leonard's defense.
However, even so, he was not able to dodge.
"Smack!"
Just as Westbrook pulled the ball to the left and tried to dodge it again, Leonard's big hand landed directly on the basketball.
"yes, Death Entanglement!" Li Yang shouted as he ran wildly towards the other half.
Death entanglement, this is Li Yang's name for his and Leonard's defense, both of them are very good at steals, and in the team's training, the two did not break each other's balls.
When Li Yang saw Leonard touch the ball, Li Yang began to start running towards the other half of the court, and he knew that the ball would definitely be taken by Leonard.
At this time, Westbrook did not pester Leonard anymore, but rushed forward almost side by side with Li Yang, because he knew that Leonard's ball would definitely be handed over to Li Yang, and it was obvious that Caron Butler could not keep up with Li Yang's pace.
Indeed, Li Yang almost took two steps forward to pass Butler, and when he rushed into the three-point line on the other side, Leonard's ball was already in his hand.
Li Yang kept rushing forward with the ball, and Westbrook was also gritting his teeth and approaching, hoping to stop Li Yang, even if it was a foul.
It's just that Westbrook didn't even have a chance to foul at this time, and when he just rushed to Li Yang, the ball in Li Yang's hand was directly thrown up and thrown to the rebound.
The basketball hit the rebound and rebounded, and at this time, Leonard also happened to have arrived, jumped up and took the rebounding basketball and pressed it to the basket!
"Bang!"
"Yang and Kehuai completed a beautiful cooperation again, Kehuai launched a fast attack after a steal, Yang Ban hit the board and assisted Kehuai to complete the dunk, 10 points, and the Spurs brought their lead to 10 points!"
Well, Mike Brin is thrilled again. (To be continued.) )