stadium ambition

Chapter 159

Chapter 159

Seven p.m., Staples Center.

As the opening ceremony ended, the whistle sounded in the arena, indicating that the game was about to start.

In the ESPN commentary seat, Breen said: "The Clippers lost to the Spurs twice before. What do you think is the reason?"

Jackson said: "The main reason is that the Clippers can't solve Duncan's point, and the Spurs are patient enough. Every time Duncan takes the ball to support him in a high position, Parker and other players run around casually, and the Clippers' defensive rotation will be chaotic."

"So, this is a matter of experience?"

"Part of the reason is that they don't have enough lethality inside, but since the 40-point loss to the Lakers, the Clippers' style of play has changed dramatically. Taking the past seven consecutive away as an example, Randolph averaged more points per game than Su Yang. high."

"So, do you think the Clippers can rely on Randolph to open up the game?"

"Of course, but Randolph is the one who maintains the score. At the critical moment, it depends on Su Yang..."

In the arena, the central big screen is playing the video of Popovich's pre-match interview.

"Compared to Tim in his rookie year, Su Yang is more mature and wise, and his scoring ability is also much higher. If the two of them participate in the draft in the same year, I will definitely choose Su Yang without hesitation. I have been unhappy with Tim for a long time..."

After the words fell, the audience roared with laughter. This is a typical Popovich-style self-sarcasm.

Su Yang looked up at the big screen when he heard the sound, and Popovich said again: "I have seen many legendary point guards, and Su Yang is the most special one. He is omnipotent on the offensive end and has Payton-level strength on the defensive end. I believe he will become the face of the league in the future, and may even break Jordan's achievements in basketball, and it is our honor to win him now."

After the words fell, there were boos in the arena. This is a typical Popovich is poisonous milk.

At this moment, the big screen in the center cuts to the inside of the arena, and the camera is aimed at Popovich, who is sitting on the Spurs bench, but he has a serious face, as if he has some resentment, and suddenly turns to Su Yang. Make a smiley face with two thumbs up.

The audience suddenly burst into laughter, and Su Yang also gave two thumbs up in response.

Amidst the cheers of the fans, the short whistle sounded, and the starting players of the two teams entered the field.

In terms of lineup comparison, point guard Su Yang vs. Parker, shooting guard Gordon vs. George Hill, small forward Barnes vs. Jefferson, power forward Randolph vs. Duncan, center Jr. Jordan vs. Antonio McDyess.

Su Yang glanced around the Spurs players and realized that this was the Spurs' full starting lineup. George Hill was on the bench before, and Popovich had obviously studied the recent changes in the Clippers. He must be worried that Bogans and Blair could not meet the requirements. .

But George Hill is obviously not a defensive champion, and the task of starting the game must be to score.

Thinking of this, Su Yang pulled Gordon and whispered for a while.

During the conversation, the referee held the ball and walked to the middle circle. After a short pause, he held the ball with both hands and threw it up.

Cheers sounded at the same time, and Jordan took the ball first and swung it back vigorously.

Su Yang trotted to receive the basketball and took it to the right side of the frontcourt at 45 degrees in two seconds. Seeing that the basket was temporarily unguarded, he decisively threw the ball to Randolph at the top of the arc, and then strode towards the basket, trying to hit the most Simple pass and cut coordination.

Parker chased after him, his height and speed were at a disadvantage.McDyess hurriedly yelled to shrink, and the Spurs moved to the center one after another, instantly showing the typical Spurs defensive routine of "block the center and let the side go".

Seeing that the encirclement was formed, Su Yang stopped suddenly and ran back. With the help of Jordan, he went down to cover and returned to the right 45 degrees.

He received a pass back from Randolph, raised his hand to aim at the basket, and found that Parker was flying towards him. Si is a dry pull.

Boom!The basketball hits the hoop and into the net.

There was applause in the arena, and Breen said: "Just now I almost thought it was Kobe who made the mid-range shot."

Jackson said: "There is a feeling that it is mainly the shot selection, which is very crisp."

In the transition between offense and defense, Parker dribbled the ball to the right wing, then threw it to Duncan at the top of the arc, and strode towards the baseline.

McDyess set up a wall in advance to set up a positioning cover. Su Yang saw that he chose to go around half a step, but he was delayed by George Hill after chasing the basket, so he simply chose to squeeze through the wall to intercept him, and was thrown away by two bodies bit.

Parker successfully received the pass back at 45 degrees on the left, and he didn't intend to fight himself at all, but turned his head to look to the right.At the same time, Duncan also moved to the right after passing the ball, covering the wall for George Hill who came out.

The quality of Duncan's screen is excellent, and it is obviously too late for Gordon to squeeze or bypass.

Su Yang subconsciously turned the position of his toes to the top of the arc. Seeing that Parker passed the ball as expected, he kicked off the ground and started running. In the blink of an eye, he blocked George Hill who was catching the ball, and made a close attack.

Hill didn't expect that there would be a supplementary defense at all, and it was so fast, he was a little flustered for a while.

Gordon seized the opportunity to catch up and stick to Hill again, and Su Yang immediately started to catch up with Parker.

The basketball returned to Parker's hands. Su Yang adopted the Spurs' routine to block the center and lay aside, but Parker cut along the sideline without hesitation, and used McDyess to cover in the short corner, trying to get rid of Su Yang's interference.

Jordan took the lead in stepping and attacking. Parker stopped and pulled the ball and turned to run without panic. Wire.

Seeing this situation, Gordon shrank from the top of the arc to steal the ground pass, while Jordan blocked the high altitude.

Parker hesitated for half a second, raised his hand and passed the ball to the top of the arc, and Hill caught the ball and threw it against Gordon.

The basketball hit the basket and hit the iron, and Randolph grabbed the rebound.

Su Yang stepped forward to catch the ball, walked to the sideline to launch a fast-break counterattack, and brought it to the left wing of the frontcourt in two seconds.

Little Jordan ran over to set up a wall to cover, Su Yang reached the elbow area in two steps, stopped suddenly and jumped to shoot two points.

Parker stopped in his tracks, with an unbelievable expression on his face, watching the basketball go into the net the whole time.

The Clippers led 4-0, and the opening offense was very smooth, and there were bursts of applause in the arena.

Brin said: "Su Yang's style of play is different from all previous games. Could it be that he is especially targeting the Spurs?"

Jackson said: "It is indeed different, and it can even be said to be unreasonable. There are better opportunities both times."

The Spurs attacked, Parker ran the ball to the left 45 degrees, raised his hand and threw it to McDyess at the top of the arc, then ran along the free throw line, shifted to the right 45 degrees in a wide range, bowed and received the return pass , instantly assumed a three-threat pose.

After McDyess passed the ball, he strode to the left waist and set up a wall to block Randolph. Duncan took the opportunity to shift to the left and right waist, received the pass from Parker with his back, and faced back to the back. Randolph caught up.

The two faced each other for a while, and Duncan pulled the ball back and turned around, throwing his iconic rebound shot.

boom!The basketball bounced and hit the hoop and rolled down.

Jordan grabbed the rebound, Gordon took the ball nearby and advanced, and the Clippers launched a third-line offense.Su Yang catches the ball from the center line on the right, strides to the 45-degree area, breaks through Hill with a feint swing, and takes off from the three-point line to make a long shot.

The basketball crashed into the net, and the Clippers led 6-0. The big central screen switched to Su Yang's pre-match interview.

"I called Kobe yesterday to ask for advice on how to play the Spurs. He told me to create damage in the middle and long-range areas where the Spurs' defense is weakest. Don't hesitate before making a shot, and shoot when you have the opportunity..."

(End of this chapter)