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Chapter 200 Take Advantage
The game continues and the Lakers have the offensive ball.Yang Ke, who had just appeared on the stage, directly approached the Lakers' point guard, Ramon Sessions.

The boundary free throw was not disturbed much. Jordan Hill sent the ball very quickly. Sessions, who was standing one step outside the three-point line, just tiptoed and won the basketball.

As soon as he saw Sessions holding the ball, Yang Ke posted it very face-saving.He wanted to give Sessions a huge sense of oppression, so that he could not hand the ball to Kobe very easily, causing some trouble from the root.

Facing Yang Ke's close defense, Sessions had difficulty controlling the basketball, not to mention finding opportunities, even his defense was difficult to get rid of.

Jordan Hill, who was running back, saw this scene and made a pick-and-roll for Sessions.Use your tall body to temporarily hinder Yang Ke for it.

Taking advantage of this fleeting time, Sessions slapped the basketball, ignoring Dior's false blocking, and directly stepped into the three-point line.

"Don't think too easily!"

Just when Sessions was about to charge up, Yang Ke, who chose to defend from the back, relied on his own quick step to kill Sessions directly from the side.

Once again, Yang Ke used his body and arms to squeeze Sessions' offensive space, and tried his best to interfere with his ball control rhythm.

Finally, after a few seconds, Sessions, who was busy coping and busy, finally showed his flaws.In a routine action of changing hands, the handling was not safe, exposing the basketball to the air.

NBA officials once counted a statistic that when an offensive player holding the ball exposes the basketball to the defensive player's field of vision for 0.95 seconds, [-]% of the ball will be intercepted.For some players who react quickly, this time will be shortened.

Snapped!
His eyes were shining brightly. Yang Ke would not let the great opportunity slip away. Without even thinking about it, he stretched out his right hand and intercepted the basketball very easily.

Bang!
Controlling the basketball with his right hand, Yang Ke stepped forward from Sessions' side and quickly rushed up, raising his speed to the highest in an instant.

Leaving everyone far behind, Yang Ke only took two seconds to rush to the front court.However, this time the frontcourt is not alone.

Kobe, who chose to retreat early, has retreated to the three-point line in the frontcourt at this time, and is slowly retreating towards the basket as Yang Ke approaches quickly.

Good defensive awareness!
Looking at the last obstacle in front of him, Yang Ke couldn't help expressing his sincere admiration for Kobe's defensive ability.However, that doesn't mean he's going to back down.

squeak!squeak!
Taking a big step forward, the right foot that stretched out first landed directly ten centimeters in front of the three-point line, in the eyes of everyone in disbelief.Yang Ke first pressed his back heels against the ground, then pressed his front soles to the ground, and suddenly stopped his figure.

Stepping up with his back foot to keep up, Yang Ke instantly sent his body into the air with the help of the remaining forward inertia of running and the force of the soles of his feet.

In the air, Yang Ke clenched the basketball with both hands and lifted it up very naturally. When his upper arm and forearm were at 90 degrees, he used his fingers to push the basketball out.

Swish!
Because Yang Ke's three-pointer was so fast and sudden, Kobe, who had already retreated to the free throw line, had no time to react. He could only stand on the floor and watch the basketball cross a beautiful arc and fall into the net.

In the commentary booth of TNT TV station, an unknown commentator shook his head and exclaimed: "It's unbelievable, what a terrible emergency stop three-pointer, and it must be among the top five goals of the day. When did Yang's three-pointer ability reach this level?" !"

Hearing his words, Reggie Miller, the guest commentator, shook his head in disapproval.As a former three-point marksman, he has a different view on this, and quickly said:
"It's not that his three-pointers are really superb. It should be said that Yang played with confidence! He thinks he must score, and it can even be said that no matter how he shoots, he thinks the same."

"makes sense."

The commentator nodded thoughtfully, and after thinking about it carefully, Yang Ke actually chose to stop and shoot a three-pointer when the frontcourt was one-on-one.I have to say that the average player really dare not make such a decision.

The point difference was pulled to 9 points, but Kobe still didn't feel any panic or surprise. He just pulled up the corner of his clothes and wiped the sweat from his head.

In view of Yang Ke's pressure on Sessions in the previous round, Kobe directly acted as a point guard, steadily brought the ball across the half court, and stopped two meters beyond the three-point line.

Due to the distance, Leonard did not choose to pull his head out to cling to him.This allowed Kobe to have some free time to observe the situation on the court.

Not dominant!
Kobe gradually frowned as he looked at the teammates who were struggling to get stuck in positions. It was not surprising that after Odom and others left, the Lakers' substitutes were really not good.

Seeing such a situation, Kobe immediately put away his organizational thoughts, controlled the basketball, slowly approached the three-point line, and once again found Leonard head-on.

boom!
After more than ten seconds of fierce entanglement, Kobe relied on his nimble steps to gain a weak personal space, and without a doubt made another forced shot.After being severely interfered by Leonard, the basketball was still rejected by the basket.

Kobe once said that he would rather make 30-for-0 shots than 9-for-0 shots, because once you give up and continue shooting, it means that you have lost confidence in yourself, and you must not lose confidence in the game!

From this sentence, most people can see Kobe's paranoia and self-confidence, and it is not an exaggeration to say that he is very independent.The only thing to remember is that no matter what the outside world thinks, Kobe will always vote according to this sentence.

In the subsequent games, the Spurs played brilliantly with the exquisite cooperation of Yang Ke and Leonard.On the other hand, for the Lakers, since Sessions was locked up by Yang Ke, Kobe completely took the ball into his hands.

Time and time again, Leonard played head-on singles. I don't know if the former's defense is too good, or the basket doesn't help Kobe.Rejecting every shot from Kobe made him an embarrassing 8-of-0 shot.

At the end of the second quarter, the score of the two teams was 57:42, and the Spurs led the Lakers by a big score of 15. Such a difference made the media and professionals surprised.

As far as the entire first half is concerned, Yang Ke, who scored 17 points and 7 assists, was outstanding.But apart from the Asian fans, Leonard is the most dazzling person in the eyes of others.

It's just because since Kobe entered the peak of his career, how long has there been no player who can limit Kobe to such a degree!How can this not surprise them, as if they suddenly saw the rise of a top perimeter defender!

(End of this chapter)