When the timer above Staples Center went up, there were 5 minutes left in the game.
Li Kaiming, who was running on the court, felt the familiar hot touch.
He stood inside and directed his teammates to move. This round belonged to the Lakers.
Gasol mentioned the free throw line, and Li Kaiming followed.
The Lakers' tactical intention is very obvious, which is to move the Wizards' inside line out.
However, this tactic is a conspiracy. Even if Li Kaiming knows what the opponent wants to do, he cannot ignore Gasol's outside bomb.
After all, Gasol is not the kind of person who becomes a court experiencer after leaving the penalty area. If he let one go, I'm afraid the latter's gums would laugh out loud!
Gasol's elevation created opportunities for the rest of the Lakers. Without Li Kaiming as a barrier to protect the basket, the Lakers used a signature triangle offense to transfer the ball.
Artest once again used his strong physical fitness to become the terminator of this offense.
Sun Yue obviously couldn't resist Artest's strong attack, although under the guidance of Li Kaiming, he had begun to improve his physical fitness, especially gaining weight and muscle.
But after all, it has only been two months, and basketball players cannot take large doses of drugs like bodybuilders. So even though Sun Yue trains very hard, his physical fitness is still not as good as Artest.
After all, the latter's body, some media even said that he may be second only to LeBron James among small forwards in history.
Needless to say, James' physical fitness is exaggerated. Being able to receive this praise is enough to show how powerful Artest is.
Artest's layup brought the score to 109-105.
The Wizards sent a baseline ball to Hinrich. After halftime, while No. 1 and No. 5 were picking and rolling, the two people in the corner crossed and moved, and the remaining person moved from a 45-degree position to the arc. top.
This is a very basic tactic, but as the saying goes, the heavy sword has no edge, no skill, no craftsmanship, and the simplest tactics often have the best results.
Li Kaiming and Hinrich's pick-and-roll drew the Lakers' outside perimeter to shrink inward. This time, Sun Yue at the top of the arc was let go again!
Hinrich is too short. After dribbling inside, he can't see who is in the open position. Even if he can see it, with his passing height and technique, he will most likely be intercepted.
So Hinrich passed the ball to Li Kaiming without hesitation. Of course, the latter could see Sun Yue being emptied at the top of the arc, so the basketball didn't stay in his hands for a second, and he passed the ball directly behind his head. In the hands of Sun Yue on the outside.
Of course, the ball was passed very thrillingly, and the intensity of the pass was not well controlled with his back turned. When Sun Yue received the ball, he had no way to take action directly.
After Artest realized that his opponent had a chance to take action, he turned around without hesitation and reached out his hand, rushing towards Sun Yue.
When Sun Yue held the ball firmly and prepared to shoot, Artest had already rushed in front of him!
Joel Myers in the commentary box yelled, "Ron's defensive speed is very fast, and the Chinese people's shooting space is blocked!"
Just when everyone thought that with Sun Yue's courage, he would not dare to take action against a perimeter defender like Artest.
Sun Yue, who was on the outside, gently tapped his feet to pull up on the spot, calmly shot a three-pointer, and with a swish, he raised the knife and scored 3 points!
109 to 108!
Li Kaiming, who was in a crazy melee position with Gasol in the paint, had a happy smile on his face after seeing the basketball go into the basket!
This guy Sun Yue, if nothing else, just dares to fight!
Artest, who was defending Sun Yue, had a violent momentum coming out of him!
This Chinese person responded to his empty talk again and again. If I don't show this guy a little bit of color, where will I put my charity for world peace?
So, after the goal was scored, Artest glanced viciously at Sun Yue who was celebrating, and was ready to teach the latter a lesson next time.
When the Lakers attacked, Odom held the ball inside the three-point line. Facing the defense of the elderly Lewis, he feinted and started the ball directly. Taking advantage of his young and strong speed, he hit the basket and forced a layup.
However, Li Kaiming had been waiting under the basket for a long time. The ball was successfully interfered by him, and an exciting battle for rebounds immediately began under the basket.
Since Odom has not gone out after the layup, the competition for rebounds at this time is between Li Kaiming and Gasol and Odom.
If you want to ask why Lewis is not a human being, then it depends on what he is comparing to.
Compared with three-pointers, Lewis is the best among power forwards in history. Whether it is the number of shots or shooting percentage, Lewis is at the top.
But if compared to rebounding ability, Lewis is a scumbag.
Any of the active power forwards in the NBA are better at rebounding than him.
As a tall forward with a height of 208, he only averaged 4.4 rebounds in 32 minutes per game last season. Even in his peak season of 2001-02, he only averaged 36 minutes per game. 7 rebounds.
You know, the German tank Dirk Nowitzki, who has always been said to be a softie, averaged more than 8 rebounds per game all year round, and at his peak averaged 9.9 rebounds per game.
It can be seen that in terms of rebounding, Lewis is softer than most people imagine.
Especially this guy's positioning awareness is simply ridiculously bad!
From this round, it stands to reason that he is the defensive side, and he is closer to the basket than Odom.
If there were no accidents, after Odom shot, he only needed to turn around and jam Odom behind him to help Li Kaiming reduce one competitor.
But after Odom made the shot, Lewis froze in place for a while like a robot, as if it took some time to change the target because the processor was too lagging.
Odom took advantage of this opportunity and broke through Lewis' blockade, successfully helping the Lakers win the rebounding competition!
After getting the ball, Odom threw it directly to Artest on the outside.
The latter didn't hesitate to take the ball and directly dribbled into the inside with Sun Yue.
After arriving in the penalty area, Artest directly put his hands together with the ball, jumped, and then held back his strength and hit Sun Yue hard in the abdomen with a big elbow!
Artest's elbows are notorious, whether it was during his rookie season that he broke Jordan's ribs during team training, putting the latter's comeback plan on hold.
Still in the following season, he celebrated excitedly after dunking, and used a powerful and heavy elbow to teach Harden in his rookie season how to behave.
It can be seen from these actions that Artest is very violent and cruel to his core.
After receiving a deliberate elbow from Artest, no matter how tough Sun Yue was, he couldn't pretend that nothing happened!
After all, Artest's elbow hit the softest part of the human body, the abdomen!
Sun Yue only felt a burning pain in his abdomen, which made him unable to breathe!
And because of the excessive pain, he curled up and lay on the floor like a shrimp that was put into the pot!
However, the referee at the bottom line did not make any comment. He neither stopped the game nor called a foul on Artest.
Artest also took advantage of this opportunity and successfully scored at the basket.
Sanders, standing next to the Wizards bench, immediately used up a timeout.
The Wizards players gathered around him, and the team doctor quickly ran over with a small medicine box to check Sun Yue's condition.
After a period of elimination, Sun Yue was helped to the bench. The team doctor did not find any fractures or internal bleeding, but he still let Sun Yue rest for a while just in case.
Artest repeatedly used such non-basketball moves to target Sun Yue, which completely angered Li Kaiming.
Sun Yue is his compatriot, and as the only person who can give him protection in this place, he naturally will not sit idly by.
So after the players from both sides returned to the court, Li Kaiming looked directly into Artest's eyes and said, "You need to be mentally prepared before doing some things."
Artest stopped expressionlessly, "What preparations?"
"Be prepared to pay the price!" Li Kaiming passed by Artest.
The score between the two sides is now 111 to 108, and the Wizards serve a baseline kick.
After Sun Yue came off the field, he was replaced by Trevor Booker.
When he reached the frontcourt, Li Kaiming directly reached for the ball, and then asked Booker to come over and pick and roll.
Because Artest had long known that Li Kaiming was going to cause trouble for him, but he didn't take it seriously.
I can even cut off the ribs of the God of Basketball, why are you so crazy in front of me, a little rookie?
If you really want to have a chance with me, I, Artest, wouldn’t mind grabbing the ribs of another No. 1 pick tonight!
So when Artest saw that Li Kaiming was going to use a pick-and-roll to force a switch, he directly told Odom to switch!
Li Kaiming faced Artest from beyond the three-point line. The rest of the Lakers believed in the latter's defensive ability. After all, he was the best defensive player!
Under the spotlight, Li Kaiming started dribbling, and Artest quickly followed up and got close to Li Kaiming's body.
Artest is not someone who likes to be passive. Since the opponent is coming, he naturally strikes first!
However, Li Kaiming had already been prepared for Artest's move. He propped up the ball protector's elbow, and while moving toward the basket, the ball protector swung back, taking advantage of Artest's absence. Pay attention to an elbow hitting the latter's chest!
boom!
The tip of the elbow hit the chest and made a dull sound!
Artest only felt a tearing pain in his ribs, and it hurt even to breathe!
Li Kaiming took advantage of this opportunity and went directly to the inside, and then passed the ball to Lewis in the bottom corner after Gasol assisted in defense.
The latter caught the ball and made a three-pointer!
111 tied, 2 minutes left in the game!
Artest endured the pain in his ribs, glared at Li Kaiming viciously, and then ran toward the frontcourt in silence.
Although Artest is an irrational person when he is full of anger, the fight with Li Kaiming has just begun. He will not ignore the court rules and go up to fight in the first match!
The corners of Li Kaiming's mouth curled up. When did Artest's temper become so tolerable?
Since you can endure it so much, then endure it more...
