Chapter 98 Strong Play, the Only Attack Point

After being blocked by Zhao Yue, the basketball fell to the bottom line, and the Lakers attacked. Gasol received Pierce's ball at a high position and shot directly, and the ball fell into the basket again.

2:12, 3 minutes and 12 seconds after the opening, the Lakers have scored 12 points. The Suns not only scored one goal, but also only prevented one attack by the Lakers.

Relaunched the attack, Zhao Yue once again mentioned the high position to block Dragic. This time, Bynum and Gasol did not wrap Zhao Yue again, and some tricks could be used once. Without being clamped, Dragic's ball was also successfully passed to Zhao Yue.

Half a step inside the free throw line to get the basketball, Zhao Yue hit the ball on the floor, and then rushed to the basket.

Zhao Yue rushed to the left, and Bynum was busy moving his footsteps to stop Zhao Yue's forward direction. Seeing that Zhao Yue was about to hit Bynum's body, his right foot was the axis, and his body quickly turned to the right. Zhao Yue had already dodged to Bynum's side.

His right foot moved forward quickly, Zhao Yue threw Bynum away, and he jumped to the basket with the ball in his arms. Gasol, who had defended Channing Fry, jumped up from the left side and raised his hand to go to the racket in Zhao Yue's hand.

He grabbed the ball with his right hand and pulled it back, and then suddenly sent it forward. During this stretch, Zhao Yue had avoided Gasol's block and moved his fingers. Zhao Yue picked the ball to the basket. The ball flew up with a spin. After hitting the rebound, it rebounded into the basket and hit two points.

I took the ball from Gasol under the basket, and Fisher rushed to the other half with the ball. Today's Lakers advanced very fast on the offensive end, but they wanted to fight back like the sun. Rushing outside the three-point line, Fisher did not mean to stop. After adding to the right, he suddenly pulled the ball to the left. The change of direction between the march shook Dragic away, and the man rushed into the basket.

Fly, who returned to the half first, was busy returning to the basket to make up for the defense, jumping up and leaning on Fry. Fisher's ball revolved behind him and passing the ball behind him to Gasol, who was running to the bottom line. Seeing Gasol catch the ball and shoot, Zhao Yue was busy rushing forward and jumping high to interfere.

"Bum!" Gasol's shot was finally disturbed, the ball bounced out of the basket, and Fry grabbed the backcourt rebound.

Zhao Yue rushed forward quickly, and the ball in Fry's hand also quickly threw it to Dragic on the outside line. During the pause, Gentry once specifically urged Dragic to speed up the progress and strive for a counterattack. At this time, in the face of Fisher's defense, Dragic also gritted his teeth and rushed forward against Fisher.

Dradzic's running speed is far less than his passing speed. When he ran to the three-point line, Zhao Yue, who was not stuck to him, had also crossed the three-point line. After pushing the ball through Fisher, Dragic sent the ball to Zhao Yue.

"Bum!" After receiving the ball, he took two big steps forward, and Zhao Yue split the ball heavily into the basket with one hand.

12:6, the difference between the two teams was narrowed to 6 points, and the Lakers called a timeout. In fact, the Lakers still performed very well in this period, but in a key game like today, Jackson is obviously extremely cautious.

When the pause came back, the Lakers' attack was immediately completed, and Kobe cut into the basket and received Gasol's pass. After a wave of 4:0, the Lakers once again narrowed the gap to 10 points.

It was not until this time that the Suns scored another person other than Zhao Yue, and Anthony turned around and hit two points in the low-level singles Artest.

The game lasted 6 minutes and the Suns only got 8 points. The Lakers' defense today did put great pressure on the Suns. The time in the first quarter is getting less and less, but the Lakers' defensive strength does not seem to decrease. There is only one minute left in the first quarter. The score of the two teams is 15:28, and the Suns trailed by 13 points.

In the 15 points of the Suns, Zhao Yue scored 9 points alone. The Suns also realized that Zhao Yue was the best player in the team today. When he came to the almost impeccable defense against the Lakers at half-time, the players' eyes fell on Zhao Yue again.

Without mentioning the external line block, Zhao Yue squeezed Gasol and kept moving under the basket. Behind Zhao Yue, Gasol gritted his teeth, but was still successfully stuck in the three-second zone by Zhao Yue. Seeing that Zhao Yue was stuck, the ball in Dragic's hand was immediately thrown out and handed over to Zhao Yue's hand.

"The Sun's ball was still handed over to King Zhao. King Zhao became the Sun's only attack point in the first quarter and scored again. King Zhao hit Paul Gasol two points inside."

After receiving the ball, he leaned against Gasol, and the man turned around and jumped up. Zhao Yue threw the ball to the basket with one hand and got two points.

Turning around and throwing under the basket is a common move after Zhao Yue's attack is improved. He uses his perverted power to suppress his opponent and can't jump. When Zhao Yue jumps, he will basically not be disturbed. When he uses this move, he usually catches the ball within three seconds, and does not dribbles at all after receiving the ball.

"King Zhao is in excellent condition today. Although the Lakers' defense is very tight today, it seems that he has not been affected at all."

Many Suns fans did not expect that Zhao Yue would be the best player since the start of this game. After all, he is just a rookie. In the extremely stressful game of grabbing seven, many Suns fans are extremely worried about their performance. However, Zhao Yue's condition looks very good, but the Suns fans are not happy. Even if Zhao Yue's attack this time, the Suns still lagged behind by 11 points.

Steve Blake dribed the ball to Kobe after half-court, and Kobe quickly handed the ball to Gasol.

Although he lost the last game, Jackson had a new discovery. When Gasol and Lamar Odom played at the same time, Zhao Yue's threat on the defensive end was significantly reduced, so he replaced Odom in the first quarter of the game. At this time, Odom and Gasol pulled to the outside line at the same time, which also made Zhao Yue have to stay away from the basket.

Zhao Yue pulled away from the basket, and the Lakers' outside players looked for an opportunity to rush to the basket and began to rush to the right three-point line from the left three-point line. Kobe suddenly ran back when he was about to rush to the right three-point line, and the man turned around and rushed to the basket. Although Dudley, who closely followed Kobe, also reacted and rushed to the basket, his speed was obviously slow by half a beat. Gasol, who had been staring at Kobe, immediately found his teammate's cut in. The high ball quickly threw it out and handed it to Kobe, who cut into the basket.

stopped in front of Gasol. While Gasol threw the ball out, Zhao Yue also rushed to the basket.

"This guy came so fast?" As soon as he rushed into the three-second zone after receiving the ball, Kobe found that Zhao Yue was not one step away from him. He was immediately shocked. Kobe was very impressed by Zhao Yue's sealing ability and realized that he would not escape Zhao Yue's clutches in this way. Kobe quickly withdrew the hand he had wanted to raise and pushed it towards Gasol on the free throw line.

"Hmm?" Suddenly saw the ball in Kobe's hand pushing out in the rush, Zhao Yue turned into a retreat, stopped his inertia of rushing forward, and suddenly jumped back.

"This..." Seeing Zhao Yue quickly approaching the basketball, Kobe's expression was immediately stunned.

"Bang!" When the basketball was about to fly over his head, Zhao Yue grabbed the ball in his hand with his raised right hand and landed. The ball in Zhao Yue's hand was also quickly thrown out and sent to Anthony in front of him.

Anthony's speed was much faster than Matt Barnes. After receiving Zhao Yue's pass, he went straight to the other side of the basket. Anthony shook off Matt Barnes and successfully made a layup.

19:28, at the end of the first quarter, the difference between the two teams stayed at 9 points. The Sun's attack today was indeed greatly affected, and 11 out of 19 points came from Zhao Yue.

Taking advantage of the end of the first quarter, both teams are carrying out tactical arrangements.

"If you run more actively, no matter how tight the defense is, there will be loopholes and disrupt their defense line with running. Zhao, pay attention to the position of your teammates when rushing to the basket. If there is a chance on the outside, give the ball to the outside teammates..." Gentry is very dissatisfied with his team's performance outside the three-point line today. In the first quarter, the Suns only got three three-point shots and all failed.

Like Gentry, Jackson kept yelling at the players: "Change the defensive strategy against Zhao, cut off the contact between the rest of the Suns and him, and prevent him from receiving the ball as much as possible. Once he catches the ball, Andrew's single defense, limit the rest of the people and don't let that guy's ball return to the outside line."

Isolating Zhao Yue, this is the Lakers' defensive strategy in the second quarter. In order to defend the outside line of the Suns, the Lakers can even tolerate Zhao Yue's continuous scoring. Jackson saw the opportunity to completely strangle the outside line of the Suns. After entering the seventh game, the Suns players obviously did not play the previous few games easily. Without the mentality of letting go, they were greatly affected on the offensive end. If the outside line of the Suns could be completely restricted, even if Zhao Yue got it. 100 points is still a success for the Lakers.

"King Zhao singled Andrew after receiving the ball, broke through the layup and hit it."

"The Sun's attack still had to be handed over to King Zhao, hit Andrew, turned around and smashed again!"

"King Zhao took the ball to attack again, rushed into the basket along the bottom line, made a backhand layup, and scored two points."

Entering the second quarter, Zhao Yue still kept scoring, while Anthony was dumb in the face of the two strong defensive players, Artest and Barnes. At present, only 11 points have been scored. After the end of the second quarter, Zhao Yue's score has risen to 23. However, except for him, only Anthony of the Suns scored double, and the rest of them scored pitifully little.

40:53, after half a game, the difference between the two teams narrowed to 13 points, which also meant that the Lakers' defensive tactics were very successful.

Zhao Yue didn't want to give the ball to his teammates, but the Suns' players were all guarded by the Lakers, and he couldn't find a chance to pass the ball. Although his passing ability improved after a season in the Suns, this is not what he is good at after all. It is not his ability to let him hold the ball and find the Lakers' defensive loopholes, so all he can do is attack. However, it is not easy to get 23 points and 9 rebounds after halftime. Today, he obviously tried his best at Bynum on the defensive end.