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Chapter 779 I Can't Control Myself



Chapter 779 I Can't Control Myself

Amidst the cheers of the audience, the king's generals returned to the bench and stood in a semicircle around Su Yang one after another.

Su Yang raised his hand and scanned the whole team, and found that Tatum was in a state of confusion as a rookie, and the three veterans, including Curry and Antetokounmpo, were also in a state of confusion. The tailwind was outrageous, and Adele's two three-pointers were not high-end tactics. It was nothing more than Leonard's breakthrough to attract double-teams, and then passed to the open Aldridge.

"We're playing okay so far..."

"It's my fault for falling behind. After the Spurs scored consecutive baskets, I should request a timeout in time. I was careless..."

"The Spurs have home court advantage. In the past two games, Aldridge has a high probability of not being able to hit the two three-pointers just now. They may continue to enjoy the home court advantage. It may be difficult for us to overtake or tie the score. What we have to do is to grit our teeth and persevere, and wait for the opportunity to appear, after all, even the ZONE moment of the whole team will have a duration..."

Su Yang took the initiative to take the responsibility and encouraged the whole team not to panic. Sometimes the state will be poor, just like the Spurs in the second game, Leonard was brutally double-teamed, how the others shot and hit the iron, the home court advantage is a product of metaphysics , may actually exist.

Several people in Curry nodded in agreement, and the whole team clasped hands and fisted shoulder to shoulder, and shouted 123 kings in unison.

The timeout ends and the game continues.

The King's backcourt was launched from the bottom line. Brogdon received the pass from Curry at the top of the frontcourt, took advantage of the opportunity to face Danny Green, who was on defense, and rushed to the paint area in two steps. Then turned around and took off to throw a throw, and scored 2 points with difficulty.

Turning to the Spurs to attack, Leonard broke through again, attracting three double-teams, and then divided Aldridge who was 45 degrees wide open on the left. Attract the encirclement, and then pass the follow-up Curry.

It's a pity that Curry hit the iron with a three-pointer.

The Spurs took the opportunity to launch a counterattack. Antetokounmpo strongly capped Gay who was holding the ball and rushing to the basket, but Alder picked up the rebound and made a mid-range shot.

Ed is crazy!

Seeing Su Yang's temples throbbing violently, he wondered if Ade had suddenly returned to his peak, or had he really hit the ground running?

The game continued on the court, between you and me, the king played a wave of 6-0, catching up to 13-18, but soon fell into a scoring drought, that is, three-pointers and two-pointers hit the iron consecutively, Cousins ​​​​attacked two points in the low post Once, he was double-teamed and forced to pass the ball, and once he turned around and rushed to the basket and failed to score. The Spurs were defending the inside line. The strategy was almost the same as that of the Kings. It all depended on who could withstand the pressure.

After the first quarter, the Kings trailed 21 to 30.

The rhythm of the game did not change much in the second quarter. The Spurs resolutely attacked the inside line, not only causing the Kings 7 fouls, but also scoring four three-pointers by passing the ball outside. The Kings were not bad here, scoring five three-pointers. , narrowing the two-point gap.

The halftime score was fixed as the Kings 51 to 58 Spurs.

During the break, when he returned to the locker room, Su Yang glanced at the statistics and found that the Spurs fouled 13 times, 2 times more than the Kings. It was a little surprising. After a closer look, the Spurs also got 6 fouls in the second quarter. 5 fouls in the second half of the quarter.

"Too cruel..."

Su Yang couldn't help sighing, with the Spurs' defensive strength, it's no wonder that the Kings' team's shooting percentage was off.

Just thinking about how to crack it, assistant coach Mike Brown leaned over mysteriously, and whispered: "The scouts just sent unconfirmed news, and Leonard on the Spurs side may have injured his knee. The reason for the suspicion is that Leonard Nader was supposed to make a fast break dunk once, but he jumped into the air but chose to put it down instead, with obvious pain on his face, and no replay was given at that time."

"And this thing?"

Su Yang checked the statistics subconsciously and found that Leonard made 8 of 4 shots and 7 of 6 free throws in the first half, scoring a total of 15 points and 5 assists. However, in the second quarter, he did not take the ball to attack for a full 5 minutes. There were no rebounds or assists, and those 5 minutes came after Leonard completed a fast-break layup. After a little speculation, the scouts' suspicions were indeed reasonable.

"Don't talk about it..."

Su Yang thought about it for a moment, and decided not to speak out the speculation, and let the Kings play normally. First, the speculation was not confirmed, but it may affect the mentality of the whole team, just like the Rockets after Durant was injured and left the field. Instead, the team's offense and defense collapsed.

"OK!" Mike Brown nodded.

Su Yang turned to sum up the gains and losses in the half, and encouraged Cousins ​​and Tatum, who made 13 of 2 shots in total, not to worry, and joked that Curry and Antetokounmpo only made 13 of 6 shots, and they needed to continue to shoot confidently in the second half to attract the whole team Finally let out a relaxed laugh.

The third quarter started in a blink of an eye.

The offensive and defensive strategies and rhythm of the two teams have not changed.

But the Spurs' defense was still passable, and their offensive efficiency fell off a cliff, mainly because Leonard did not explode visibly to the naked eye.

Leonard can't rush, and there is no familiar breakthrough to attract double-teams and then split the ball. The Spurs can only rely on Paul and Alder to play the pick-and-roll, and the efficiency is average, but Gay is very good at it. 3, but the defense also lost 3 points.

After three quarters, the Kings narrowed the gap by 5 points and were only 2 points behind entering the fourth quarter, but they were unable to tie for a long time.

Too many fouls and strikes.

Antetokounmpo directly accumulated 5 fouls, and Brogdon also received 4 fouls, which made the offensive and defensive operations of the two people change. Curry only fouled 3 times, but the Spurs double-teamed wildly, even in off-ball areas Double-teaming, while Tatum and Cousins ​​crazily hit the iron, and Covington couldn't do it either. Instead, Sabonis and McGee, who came off the bench, scored by relying on their size advantage.

Fortunately, the Spurs' offense was enough to stretch the hips, Leonard couldn't start the situation, the others stared blankly, and Alder's miraculous performance disappeared.

The game went to the last minute in a blink of an eye.

The Kings are still 4 points behind.

But in turn, Mills hit the iron with a three-pointer, Antetokounmpo got a rebound to push a fast break, and assisted Tatum to score a dunk.

The Kings were only 2 points away from catching up. The Spurs did not call a timeout.

The two teams switched offense and defense, Curry hit a three-pointer, the Spurs got a rebound and counterattacked, Su Yang hurriedly called a tactical foul.

Cousins ​​immediately hugged Gay, and the referee's whistle sounded at the same time. With only 7.4 seconds left, the Kings trailed by 2 points.

Guy gets two free throws.

More than 8000 people in the ATT Center stood up and watched.

In the ESPN live broadcast, Van Gundy said: "It's hard to imagine how much pressure Rudy Gay will be under at this moment!"

Mark Jackson chuckled: "Actually, as long as one free throw is made, it is very stable. Gay made 77.6% of his free throws this season. Oh, this shooting rate is a bit dangerous. If he fails to make two free throws, the King will hit a three-pointer after a timeout ..."

On the court, Guy stood on the free throw line, bent over to receive the pass from the referee, stuck out his tongue and licked his lips, took a deep breath, raised his head and opened his mouth to let it out, his cheeks trembled slightly, bent down to look at the floor, and slapped the ball Twice, he bent his knees and squatted, stood up and raised his hand to make a free throw.

when!The basketball rebounded by smashing the basket and hitting the iron.

"what!!!!!!!"

Cries of pain erupted in the ATT center. Su Yang raised his hand at the referee to signal a substitution. Sabonis and McGee came on the stage, replacing Tatum and Curry, and formed a trio with Cousins, Covington and Antetokounmpo. The strongest rebounding lineup.

When the players appeared on the field, Su Yang suddenly had a feeling, and pulled Sabonis to order, emphasizing that if there is a chance, he should play fast break.

The main kings don't have an upper back, and it is easy to paralyze the opponent. If there is a chance, calling a timeout will have a negative effect.

The Spurs made the same adjustments. Danny Green came on to replace Mills, and Popovich yelled to pay attention to fast breaks.

Hearing Bobo's shout, Su Yang's heart was a little cold.

After a short gap, free throws continued.

The more than 8000 fans at the scene looked different, but almost all stopped shouting and waited quietly for the result.

Gay caught the ball again, put his head down and dribbled twice, slightly bent his knees and squatted, and raised his hand for another free throw.

when!The basketball hit the front basket, rolled forward and hit the back basket, rebounded and fell, and Sabonis stood up and grabbed the ball in his hands.

Sighs and painful wailing suddenly resounded through the arena. Sabonis turned around and raised his hands, looking at Su Yang while observing the frontcourt, as if he didn't know how to deal with it.Seeing this, Su Yang waved his hands violently to signal for a long pass, and Brother Antetokounmpo started to rush at the same time.

Popovich roared and shouted to retreat, the Spurs quickly retreated, and the basketball flew across the center line in an instant.At the same time, Antetokounmpo used Covington's back screen to get rid of Leonard, and quickly rushed to 45 degrees on the right side of the frontcourt, but Leonard did not catch up with a painful face.

Seeing that Antetokounmpo was about to catch the ball, Paul suddenly appeared in the middle of the basketball flight path, subconsciously waved his hand casually, and even touched a little bit of the basketball, but the basketball's flight trajectory changed under force, avoiding Antetokounmpo and went straight to the outside, the mistake seemed to be somewhere Inevitably.

Su Yang breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that at least he could control the ball, and he was ready for a challenge, in case the referee made a misjudgment.

I thought, in a flash, Antetokounmpo flew out of the right-wing boundary and returned the ball to the court.

The basketball fell right in front of Danny Green who was chasing him, but before Danny Green could react, Covington grabbed the basketball.

With only 5.3 seconds left, Covington subconsciously raised his hand to request a timeout, and turned to look at the Kings bench.

Su Yang saw that Covington got a wide open, Danny Green was still far away, and McGee was standing under the King's basket, and it was very possible to grab a rebound in the situation of hitting the iron. A bold idea burst out in an instant, and his blood pressure soared , Shouting arrogantly: Vote!
Covington was dumbfounded.

In the blink of an eye, Leonard and Danny Green surrounded them, and the opportunity to grab a shot disappeared, and it would be difficult to pause again.

In a hurry, Covington passed the ball to Antetokounmpo who returned to the court, and the three-pointer was lifted into the air, and it went hollow into the net.

The Kings overtook the Spurs 97 to 96.

With 2.1 seconds left, the Spurs requested a timeout.

"Grass! Grass! Grass!"

Almost behind the whole game, they finally overtook.

Su Yang completely lost control of his emotions. He clenched his hands into fists and roared angrily. He leaned back slightly and pushed his hips and buttocks. He was scheduled to be fined 25000 US dollars.

The King's bench was also crazy, scoring a three-pointer in such a dramatic way, and Antetokounmpo beat his upper left chest frantically.

"Calm down, boss, calm down..." Becker, the media director at the back of the bench, reminded repeatedly.

Mike Brown and others were the first to react, hugging the excited Su Yang, shouting that the game is not over yet.

Su Yang took a deep breath, forcibly suppressed the soaring adrenaline, and beckoned the whole team to surround him: "Mikal, Covington, Brogdon, Giannis, Sabonis, you five defend the last round, man-to-man Standing position, once there is a screen, change defense directly. If you really can't keep up, or there is a loophole, all the staff will block the inside line and let them make difficult long shots.

Also, Giannis, you have to pay attention, you have 5 fouls now, they may try to break through from your position..."

The whistle sounded at the end of the pause.

The game continues.

On the Spurs side, Paul, Mills, Green, three guards, plus Leonard, and Gasol who served out of bounds, the team cleared the left half of the field, presenting an inside and four outside formation, which looks like it is going to the left Side half runs, but more like inducements.

The referee whistles the ball to time it.

Leonard immediately started from the right waist and ran across the paint to the left, but the person who actually received the ball was Paul who circled to the top of the arc after being covered by Green's cross block at 45 degrees on the right. Nader made a sudden stop and turned back, heading straight for the top of Paul's arc.

There is no complicated tactic, it is clearly a partial pick-and-roll 2V2 of Leonard and Paul, and it is inevitable to rush to shoot a three-pointer.

In an instant, Paul misplaced and faced the Antetokounmpo who was on defense, stopped suddenly and made a super high-arc shot, and the basketball hit the board and hit the iron.

The whistle sounded at the end of the game, and the Kings defeated the Spurs 97-96, leading the Western Conference Finals series 3-0.

 It is quite difficult to write a lot of lore, and it is quite difficult to make new tricks.

  
 
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