Chapter 366: Breaking the Defense Line
After Li Yang stood on the free throw line and took a moment to hit two free throws, James's previous emotions that were close to rage because of Li Yang's breakthrough calmed down a little. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
But it was only a little bit, and after the Heat sent the ball to him, James immediately ran with the ball to the other side.
At this time, James was like an enraged lion, especially when he saw Li Yang stopping in front of him, he rushed straight up.
Li Yang's previous successive breakthrough successes made James feel embarrassed, so at this time, he can only regain some face by fighting back on the offensive end.
I have to say that James' physical fitness is indeed very, very good, and when he starts to rush up from the backcourt, it is very difficult for even Li Yang to block it.
Although Li Yang tried very hard to stop in front of James, he still let the energetic James rush into the three-point line.
James, who gained the breakthrough space, suppressed Li Yang and rushed into the basket with the advantage of strength, Duncan appeared in time to assist in defense, and at this time, James, who was ruthless, was forced to make a layup by Duncan.
Duncan and Li Yang's interference caused James' layup to go out of the basket, but the intense physical contact still caused the referee on the baseline to blow the whistle.
James won two free throws, which finally made him look better on his face, after all, these two free throws were also won in Li Yang's defense.
However, James's mentality did not seem to be particularly calm at this time, and he failed to hit the first free throw, and the adjusted second free throw was hit.
At 13:23, James's two free throws and one hit Li Yang just hit a three-pointer and widened the gap to 11 points, barely narrowing to 10 points, but the difference remained in double digits.
When Li Yang once again controlled the ball to the halfcourt, the Heat didn't care whether Li Yang would continue to break through this time, and after Duncan lifted the block, the Heat immediately chose to wrap Li Yang and forced Li Yang to pass the ball out.
Duncan, who received the ball, tried to attack one, but it didn't work, and it gave the Heat a chance to close the margin to single digits.
The Heat seized this opportunity, James broke through with the ball and encountered the bag and split the ball, Wade received the ball and broke through again, and the basketball was sent to Bosh in the high post, assisting Bosh to hit a big two-pointer.
“go!spurs!go!”
In the shouts of the fans at the scene, Li Yang once again came to the half court with the ball, this time, he did not give the opponent a chance to wrap up directly, but passed the ball to Duncan early, and then began to run in the half.
James followed closely behind Li Yang, and he did not let his guard down because Li Yang passed the ball, and the first ball before, Li Yang broke through his defense by running without the ball and receiving Duncan's pass.
James's concern was not unreasonable, because after a turn in the half, Li Yang once again received the ball in his hand, and at this moment, he did not receive the pass from Duncan's hand, but from Ginobili's hand.
Ginobili broke through after receiving a pass from Duncan, and after encountering a defense, passed the ball to Li Yang on the run.
Catching the ball while running, Li Yang broke through and rushed forward again, and rushed to the basket again, in fact, this kind of running to catch the ball and break through is far more effective than starting a breakthrough on the spot.
For example, at this time, even if James has been following closely by his side, and he is very aware that Li Yang will break through, but when Li Yang accelerates forward, James can only follow the side.
"Young caught the ball again and rushed to the basket!" Mike Brin raised his voice, Li Yang in the past few minutes, but after four successful breakthroughs through James's defense, now Li Yang's every breakthrough with the ball is enough to mobilize the nerves of everyone on the field.
Everyone referred to here, including the Heat players on the court, immediately chose to shrink the defense after seeing Li Yang rushing to the basket with the ball again, and James seemed to be really unable to stop Li Yang.
Whether it is to prevent the score from being easily pulled away, or to help James complete the defense against Li Yang, the Heat players at this moment do not have any hesitation when shrinking the defense.
It's just that Li Yang is paranoid, but he is definitely not stupid, in the past few minutes, he has used his breakthrough to fight back against those doubts before the game, and he will not think at this time that he must score directly every time he breaks through James.
Although Li Yang has scored a lot in this game, Li Yang has not forgotten that his position on the court at this time is actually a point guard.
After attracting the Heat's pinch, the timing was right, and the ball in Li Yang's hand was quickly thrown out and sent to Ginobili outside the three-point line.
Young passed the ball in the middle of the clip, Manu received the ball, and the three-pointer was ...... The Spurs hit four three-pointers in less than a quarter of the game, and all of those three-pointer assists came from Young!"
Li Yang did not score again, but he still received applause from all the fans at the scene. Four assists helped the Spurs hit four three-pointers, and Li Yang smashed all the criticism after the previous game in most of the quarter.
Li Yang's ball shattered not only the criticism from the outside world, but also broke the defense formed by the Heat in the first quarter of the game, and the Heat was forced to call a timeout again.
When the Spurs' tactics were well executed and executed very successfully, the Heat's defense was extremely fragile, and the first quarter of the game had only played for more than eight minutes, but the difference between the two teams had widened to 11 points.
The only thing that reassures the Heat a little is that after this timeout, Popovich replaced Li Yang, who played a magical game in the first quarter.
"Young was undoubtedly the best player on the court in the first quarter, and if the Heat want to win this game, they will have to find a way to limit Young's breakout, but the Spurs' outside touch today is so good that it will obviously be difficult for the Heat to juggle both sides of the defense. ”
After the first quarter, Mike Brin and Van Gundy chatted about the game that had just ended, and Li Yang was the inevitable topic of conversation.
In the first quarter of the game, the Spurs were able to score 36 points in a single quarter and gain an advantage of 11 points, which is inseparable from Li Yang's performance.
In this quarter of the game, Li Yang made three shots and three free throws, scoring 9 points, and all these 9 points came from the killing of the three-second zone, which was the best response to those who doubted before the game whether Li Yang could still rush into the interior in the face of James' defense, not to mention that Li Yang also sent four assists to help the Spurs hit four three-pointers.