When he came on the court, Wang Yi said to the Kings players, "Okay. Have you seen Mad Dog Beverley play?"
All the players looked at each other and nodded to Wang Yi.
Wang Yi said no more.
The players already understood what he meant.
So on defense after the timeout, the Kings showed a completely different defensive intensity than before.
Westbrook advanced with the ball, and Wang Yi led the defense.
Magic Johnson saw it and shook his head with a smile: "Wang Yi really wants to win this game. I can understand his mood, but as the sole core of the team, the entire offensive responsibility of the team falls on you alone. You should
Save energy on the defensive side. Now you are leading the whole game to defend Westbrook, which consumes a lot of energy. In the fourth quarter, do you still have energy?"
O'Neal thought for a moment and said: "I think as the boss of the team, he may want to set an example for the whole team. As the only core of the team, he must show his fighting spirit to win in order to drive other teammates, otherwise I'm afraid
There’s no fourth quarter at all.”
The magician paused and nodded: "Indeed, there is no other way."
Westbrook faced Wang Yi and wanted to speed up.
But at this time Wang Yi paid full attention and showed off his lateral speed.
Westbrook tried to use his speed to get past him, but he always fell short.
But when Westbrook wanted to use his body to squeeze Wang Yi away, he found that he couldn't squeeze this guy away at all.
This makes Westbrook a little depressed. This guy looks obviously thinner than himself, but why does he seem to be much stronger than himself?
Since he couldn't speed up the start, he could only slowly advance to the frontcourt with the ball.
After coming to the frontcourt, he made several hip changes, trying to break through again.
But Westbrook's breakthroughs usually rely on speed, and now Wang Yi's lateral speed has reached its peak.
It is still difficult for him to break through Wang Yi with his speed.
He could only pass the ball to James in the left half.
Defending James is rookie Danny.
This is definitely a rhythm that will be crushed.
But the moment James got the ball, Mitchell rushed over to double-team James with Danny.
But his double-team wasn't really a double-team, it was just a false shot.
Because James has excellent passing vision and passing ability, if he is really double-teamed, he will quickly distribute the ball.
Sure enough, when he feinted the shot, James had already passed the ball to Anthony next to him.
Anthony just took the ball and tried to shoot a three-pointer, but Hield was already close to him on defense.
Although Hield is not as tall as Anthony, he is very close and Anthony cannot force a shot against him.
And with Anthony's current speed, it's simply impossible to get past Hield.
After all, he is no longer the melon he was back then.
So he passed the ball to thick eyebrows who were in the low post.
Having thick eyebrows and staying in the low post is a very threatening style of play for the Lakers.
The threat of this style of play is not only due to his high efficiency in singles in the low post.
What's more, when he is positioned here, he will definitely attract double teams, and at this time, the air cuts of James, Anthony Westbrook and others will be extremely lethal.
Sure enough, as soon as the thick eyebrows fell down, Bagley and Wang Yi came to double-team him.
At this time, Westbrook, who was unguarded, cut directly in from the center.
But rookie Danny has already stepped in to defend.
Although Wei Shao received the ball, he had no space to take action and could only pass the ball to James, who was unguarded on the outside.
But as soon as James caught the ball, Bagley came over again.
He dribbled past Bagley in one step, and Wang Yi came over again.
He had to pass the ball to Westbrook again.
Just like this, the Lakers kept passing the ball, and the Kings were like crazy, everyone was trying their best to defend.
Their defense came quickly.
Every time the Lakers had a chance, their defense was already in place.
The Lakers always lose shot opportunities quickly.
When Nong Mei turned his back again, Wang Yi and Bagley double-teamed.
He wants to pass the ball to James.
The buzzer at the scene suddenly sounded: beep——
The red light at the scene also suddenly turned on.
Attack 24 seconds violation!
"Wow——"
The 17,500 spectators in the Golden 1 Center Arena suddenly burst into huge cheers.
“Oh ho ho ho ho—”
O'Neal let out that surprised but funny exclamation.
"This defense is simply airtight and suffocating! We defended the Lakers for 24 seconds once. I am an old Laker, and my heart still favors the Lakers, but I have to say that this defense is really amazing. And it is so tight.
The airtight defense actually appeared on the Lakers, which amazes me even more."
Magic Johnson was also quite surprised: "When they defended this time, the five players on the field all went crazy to attack the Lakers players. They were like mad dogs. No matter who got the ball, there would immediately be players who would bite the ball like crazy."
I think this is Wang Yi’s leading role in leading the defense throughout the game.”
"I have to say that at least on the court, he is a very good leader."
"In the eyes of us old-school basketball people, this kind of defense is what basketball should be like. There are many teams in the league with pleasing offenses, but few people know that defense can also be pleasing to the eye, as was the case with the Kings in this round just now.
"
O'Neal was convinced.
"Just to see if the Kings can maintain this kind of defense. It's impossible to maintain this kind of defensive intensity for a whole game, but at least they have to maintain it for a period of time, so that they have a chance to resist the Lakers' Big Four.
"
The Kings soon gave them their answer.
In the next three minutes, each of the five players on the Kings team looked like they were risking their lives. As long as a Lakers player got the ball, they would go crazy and pounce on the Lakers players.
The Lakers have a characteristic.
Their players' personal abilities are very strong.
But this leads to a weakness, they pass the ball slowly.
Just think about it, I am very capable. When facing an opponent, of course I want to be 1 on 1, and naturally I don’t want to pass the ball.
Precisely because they passed the ball slowly, the Kings rotated very quickly at this time and pounced very fiercely.
Therefore, before the Lakers form a truly threatening offense, they can always form a double-team on the Lakers ball carrier.
And they don't just double-team and that's it.
They are like mad dog Beverley, who keeps reaching out when double-teamed, interfering with your dribbling, interfering with your passing, and even trying to grab the ball.
This caused great disruption to the Lakers' players.
Therefore, in these three minutes, the Lakers players did not score any goals in sports games.
Only relying on free throws to score two points.
As for the Kings, Wang Yi led the entire defense on the defensive end, leading his teammates to attack like mad dogs.
On the offensive end, Wang Yi shouldered the responsibility.
His touch tonight was really explosive, from the beginning to now in 8 minutes.
Made 5 of 5 3-pointers.
4-for-4 on two-pointers.
3 of 3 free throws.
Chapter completed!