867 Lu Bu fights the three heroes!
Wang Yi drove inside twice in succession, causing the Suns' defense to focus on him. Only then did he wave to Danny to play a pick-and-roll with him.
After playing the pick-and-roll, he quickly drove inside.
Danny took two steps back and bounced outside the three-point line.
At this time, the Suns small forward who was guarding Danny did not go after Danny, but came to the inside to help defend Wang Yi.
Wang Yi didn't look at anyone at all, and directly backhanded the ball with his right hand and passed it to the ground behind his back.
The impartiality passed right into Danny's hands.
Danny didn't hesitate at all, he pulled it out and threw it.
Whoosh!
Three point hit!
This is Danny.
Every time the team needs him at a critical moment, he will step up.
There were Denny fans at the scene holding the collars of their jerseys with both hands.
Shouting: "You can always trust Danny! You can always trust Danny!"
The footage of the scene was given to Danny.
However, after Danny hit the three-pointer, he did not celebrate at all, but returned directly to the backcourt and retreated to his defensive position.
He was waiting for the opponent's attack with a focused look on his face.
In society, I am Brother Dan, a person who is ruthless and doesn't talk much.
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Everyone thought that Danny's step forward would change the trend of this game.
However, he never expected that in the next few minutes, Danny missed three consecutive shots.
This is very rare for Danny.
Seeing that Wang Yi failed to open the second firepower point, he could only grit his teeth and carry on.
In the end, in this quarter, Wang Yi single-handedly defeated Paul and Devin Booker.
Moreover, he was able to hold on to two people and still not fall behind.
While he was shouldering the task alone, he also found time to provide a few assists to drive other teammates forward.
At the end of the first half, the Kings trailed the Suns by just one point.
During the halftime break, in the Tencent NBA live broadcast room.
Wang Meng kept pounding the table: "Oh, Danny, please be more careful. You are so anxious, at least you can get one!"
"The Kings also need to be more alert to others. The Suns did improve their defensive intensity in the second quarter, but you can't just point at Wang Yi."
During halftime, inside the Kings locker room.
After D'Antoni arranged the play style and tactics for the second half to the players, he continued to feed the players chicken soup.
"Stick up and defend. What we lack now is defense! We have to guard Paul and Devin Booker of the Suns."
In fact, everyone knows that what the Kings lack now is defense.
The Kings lineup of Beverley, Tucker, and Capela-Barnes is the strongest defensive team.
But with this lineup, the offense can only rely on Wang Yi alone.
This is the drawback caused by the imbalance of offense and defense in the starting lineup.
If a team wants to be strong, you must have a balance between offense and defense.
The Kings' lineup is okay in the regular season, but in the more targeted playoffs, the opponent will use various tactics and arrangements to target you, so the more unbalanced the offense and defense are, the harder it will be to win.
What the Kings need now is Danny and Joe. Their offense is fine, but their defense has some problems.
Wang Yi frowned and then made a suggestion to the coach.
"Just use the lineup we use in the regular season and defend first."
The assistant coach heard this and asked: "What about the offense?"
"Leave the offense to me!"
As soon as Wang Yi said this, everyone's eyes fell on him.
Wang Yi now has to carry the team forward alone.
This is how he plays this season.
As soon as you come up, give the ball to your teammates first.
Let your teammates attack first.
But when his teammates fail to score and the team is in crisis, Wang Yi will always stand up and carry the team forward.
All the players looked at Wang Yi and nodded solemnly.
The third quarter of the game between the two sides started 15 minutes later.
O'Neal understood when he saw the Kings lineup:
"The Kings have set up a defensive lineup to hold down Paul and Devin Booker, but this means that Wang Yi has to carry the team forward again."
Pippen tilted his head and said: "In the regular season, this style of play is feasible, but in the playoffs, they still use this style of play, especially when facing the Suns led by veterans, their style of play is unavoidable.
It's a bit too naive. Leave the defense to others and only leave the offense to Wang Yi. In a game like the Western Conference Finals, it sounds like a joke."
O'Neal glanced at Pippen next to him: "But you have to know, he is Wang Yi."
"What about Wang Yi? Wang Yi must also comply with the objective laws of things. No matter how strong Wang Yi is, he cannot forcefully find two guards of the same level as Paul and Booker."
Pippen's analysis seems reasonable.
But O'Neal next to him shrugged: "Who knows, maybe he can not only attack two, but also three."
"Ha ha ha ha……"
Pippen smiled.
It's ridicule.
"I know you have always taken good care of him, but this is a stadium and we have to rely on facts, not favors."
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At this time on the court, the Suns serve.
Beverley came to pester Paul, and Wang Yi defended Booker.
Capela is obsessed with Ayton.
It's up to Tucker to defend Crowder.
It was naturally impossible for Paul to get past Beverley, so he called Ayton to cover.
Ayton covered him.
This lineup of the Kings changes every time the screen is covered.
It was switched to Capela to guard Paul.
So Paul took a step back and pulled Capela out of the three-point line.
Paul's unique skill is the classic small fight against the big one.
There are countless big men in the league who Paul pulled out to train alone.
Paul faced Capela and dribbled to the right.
Then change direction to the left.
Then another cross changed direction and broke through to the right.
It broke directly into the three-point line.
But among the big men, Capela's footsteps are very fast.
He quickly followed up and chased after Paul, making Paul afraid to take action.
Paul could only slow down his rhythm, slow down, and let Capela move in front of him again.
When Capela returned to him and had yet to stand firm, he suddenly took a big step to the right and made a bowing motion, as if he was about to shoot.
Capela also followed Paul and moved a big step to the right, jumped up and blocked Paul.
But Paul quickly lowered his center of gravity and pulled the ball one step to the left.
By the time Capela was about to hit the ground, he had already taken off.
However, at this moment, behind Paul, a sinful black hand stretched out.
He pressed down on the ball and directly dribbled the ball, knocking Paul to the ground.
The referee immediately blew the whistle and extended his two thumbs to make a gesture of scrambling for the ball.
Everyone then went to see the owner of the evil hand. It was none other than Mad Dog Beverly.
This is the defensive ability of this Kings lineup.
Not only does everyone have outstanding individual defense capabilities, but they also have very strong assistive defense capabilities.
Beverley was guarding Ayton just now, but when he saw that Paul was about to take action, he suddenly gave up guarding Ayton and rushed to guard Paul.
Chapter completed!