NBA: I just want to play soy sauce, you let me win the championship

Chapter 277 Adding a pause out of thin air

After Ginobili made a layup, he wanted to look back and see the wonderful moment when the basketball went into the basket, but he never expected that what he saw was a moment of despair.

His layup was hit by Lu Yuanzhi who appeared out of nowhere and was firmly pressed on the backboard.

"MVP!"

"MVP!"

"MVP!"

After the Arco Arena erupted into huge cheers, it gathered into those three letters.

Both Duncan and Webb's faces froze involuntarily, but they quickly recovered.

After Lu Yuanzhi got the rebound, he looked at the timer and saw that there were still 48 seconds left. He did not rush to start a fast break. Instead, he stood there and waited for Bibby to come up and catch the ball.

Bibby is also young and mature, so he naturally understands what Lu Yuanzhi means: don't rush, wait until there are more than 30 seconds left to end the attack, so that the Kings will have two stable offensive opportunities, while the Spurs can only attack once.

The entire Spurs team retreated quickly, while Bibby controlled the ball near the midline and slowly waited for time to pass.

When the time reached 36 seconds, Bibby began to call for cover.

If Duncan doesn't come out at this time, whether Webb or Divac comes out to cover, Stephen Jackson will follow.

This is not good news.

The important thing about the 14 pick-and-roll and the 15-pick-and-roll is that there is a huge size difference. If the defender switches defenses, both players on the team will have an absolute matchup advantage.

But if Stephen Jackson is defending, he can still guard Bibby after coming over. On the other side, although Parker cannot guard Divac and Webber, with Duncan sitting inside, you still can't punish the small guard very well. .

Therefore, Bibby called Lu Yuanzhi to come over and cover him this time.

It’s about maxing out the offensiveness.

The Spurs recognized that Lu Yuanzhi was more threatening than Stojakovic, so at this critical moment, they asked Bowen to guard Lu Yuanzhi and Ginobili to keep an eye on Stojakovic.

Although rumors of Bowen being dirty have circulated in the league, he has always been honest in front of Lu Yuanzhi. Although there are many small tricks, they are all within the scope of basketball confrontation.

Although Bowen often acted under the protection of Popovich, he did not dare to offend Lu Yuanzhi at all.

I just got a 355 million contract, and the good times have just begun. Who would mess with that murderous god Lu Yuanzhi?
If I piss him off and he beats me to the point of retirement, who will pay me my salary?
I haven’t earned enough for my retirement allowance yet!
It can only be said that evil people are only afraid of being tortured by evil people. Bowen, who likes to do small tricks, does not dare to offend the real alliance villain.

Parker knew that although Lu Yuanzhi was attacking the defender, he was not small in size and had excellent cover effect. He did not dare to be careless at all. He communicated with Bowen in advance and shouted to help delay.

But Lu Yuanzhi was uncharacteristic of the pick-and-roll this time. He didn't want to pick-and-roll well at all, but pretended to go to that station. When the pick-and-roll was about to happen, he suddenly sneaked away and rushed to the inside.

Parker and Bowen were stunned.

In their impression, Lu Yuanzhi's cover quality has always been very good, and he has always been diligent in covering. They have never seen Lu Yuanzhi sneak away.

Just like that, he was stunned by Lu Yuanzhi and was thrown away by two positions.

The two of them could no longer pose the slightest threat to Lu Yuanzhi.

Lu Yuanzhi laughed in his heart: Idiot, it turns out that I don’t dare to sneak. I don’t know how to dribble. I don’t know how to handle the ball when I receive it in the middle distance.

Now that I can dribble, of course I can sneak in occasionally and enrich my pick-and-roll tactics.

After getting rid of Parker and Bowen, Lu Yuanzhi's eyes widened and he dribbled the ball straight to the basket.

Upon seeing this, Weber immediately started a hand-to-hand fight with Duncan, blocking Duncan tightly and preventing him from having a chance to help defend.

Seeing this, Lu Yuanzhi no longer hesitated, accelerated a second time, and went straight to the basket.

Duncan was entangled and unable to come over to help defend, but Ginobili on the other side rushed over and jumped to intercept.At the same time, Duncan also successfully got rid of Webber. As long as Lu Yuanzhi is delayed by Ginobili, he can keep up with the second defense.

But Lu Yuanzhi didn't bother with them at all. He pushed the ball directly to the side. Stojakovic, who followed Ginobili into the three-point line, was unguarded at this time. He received the pass and easily scored two points.

At 107:109, the Kings led by 2 points in the final moments of the game, and the timer stopped at 32 seconds.

Pretty!

In this way, no matter how the Spurs attack, the Kings will definitely have another chance to attack.

And if the attack time is controlled well, the Spurs will only have one chance to attack.

The Kings are basically invincible.

The Spurs quickly called a timeout to arrange the next attack.

This was also the Spurs' last timeout in regular time.

"Nice job!"

Adelman high-fived the Kings players who came off the court one by one, and then without letting them sit down, he directly gathered in a group and began to arrange the next defense.

The main players of the Kings were fully rested, and no one wanted to sit down at this time, so they just stood aside and listened to Adelman's arrangements.

"For the next ball, we still need to prevent our opponent from scoring quickly."

"Yes, although there are only 32 seconds left, if the Spurs can score quickly within a few seconds, they still have a chance to attack again."

"We must not give them this chance!"

"I need your full attention!"

Sure enough, the Spurs refused to give up. After the serve, Ginobili took a quick shot against Lu Yuanzhi's defense. The ball hit the neck of the basket and bounced out, but was pocketed by Duncan.

This is not good news.

Duncan got the ball, made a feint shot, shook Webb away, and went straight to the basket. After Divac came over to defend, Duncan scored the ball and Stephen Jackson scored 2 points.

109: 109!

Duncan was a little surprised that Weber and Divac were a bit amateurish in defending this ball, so why was it so easily shaken up.

But when he looked up at the scoreboard, everything became clear.

The time stays at 25 seconds.

In other words, if Webber doesn't jump and is scored by Duncan with a direct shot, there will be close to 28 seconds left in the game, and the Spurs will probably have another chance to attack.

But now, due to the interference of Webb and Divac, the Spurs' offense has been delayed for 3 seconds, which is very easy for the Kings to handle.

As long as the ball is thrown out at the buzzer, regardless of whether it is scored or not, without a timeout, it is impossible for the Spurs to launch an attack from the backcourt within one second.

Really good calculation!
The Kings also had no timeout, but Adelman stood confidently on the sidelines holding a water glass, staring at what was happening on the court, and the corners of his mouth moved slightly. The assistant coach next to him didn't seem to notice Adelman and bumped into him. As a result, the water in the cup spilled directly onto the court.

"Doo-doo-doo-"

The referee on the side saw this situation and quickly blew the whistle, signaling the ball boys on the sidelines to come over and clean up the court, while the players from both teams were driven back to the bench.

Seeing that no one was paying attention, Lu Yuanzhi softly said something awesome to Adelman.

Can you add a pause out of thin air like this?
learnt!learnt!
(End of this chapter)