Basketball boy, starting to shine from the slam dunk

"ball."

James stood on the right side and asked for the ball. After the ball was passed to him, he lowered his center of gravity, half turned his back to the basket, and started to play one-on-one with his back to the basket.

He took two steps back and looked around. No one came to help defend, but the Lakers' inside players were ready to come up and defend. James immediately took a step back, landed on one foot, and made a "one-legged" jump shot.

Swish!

The ball goes in.

Although breaking through is James's sharpest and most unsolvable way of scoring, he is not only good at breaking through, but can also shoot. It's just that compared to those players who focus on shooting, his shooting is not that outstanding.

Turning around, the Lakers attacked.

After reaching the frontcourt, Zhuang Yu took the ball and then decisively played one-on-one without any hesitation, competing against James.

It is actually very simple to deal with the current Clippers. You just need to target James.

Of course, it is easier said than done.

Everyone knows that to defeat the Clippers, you just need to defend James, and as long as you defend James, you can defeat the Clippers.

But is there any team that dares to say that it can definitely defend James?

No, none at all.

Looking across the entire league, no team dares to say that it can defend James.

The Lakers are not good either. Even before Lopez was injured, the Lakers still found it difficult to defend James. It is even more difficult for the Lakers to defend James now.

But in addition to defending James, there is another way, that is, someone can stand up and compete with James to offset the damage caused by James.

As long as someone can stand up to offset the damage brought by James, then James's role will be sharply reduced, which is equivalent to restricting the Clippers.

Of course, even this is something few teams can do.

There are not many people in the entire league who can compete with James and not lose to him.

In terms of scoring alone, there are indeed a few who are good at it, but James is not just strong in scoring, he is also strong in other aspects, his control over the game, his passing ability, his leadership of the team, his defensive and rebounding abilities are not comparable to ordinary people.

For example, in terms of scoring ability alone, Kevin Durant is definitely not worse than James. Many people even think that his scoring ability is worse than James. However, Durant is obviously not as good as James in other aspects.

For example, Curry and Harden.

In terms of scoring ability alone, neither of them is worse than James.

After all, both Curry and Harden have averaged 30+ points per game, and Harden has averaged a terrifying 36 points per game this season, which is very strong.

But in other aspects, they are obviously not as good as James, especially in dominance of the game.

Before, when James was in the Heat and the Cavaliers, he had all-star players around him, so it was difficult to deal with James' team. But now that he is in the Clippers, without the support of all-star players, everyone thinks it is much easier to deal with him.

But the result was not like this, because it is too difficult to find someone who can compete with James and not be inferior to him in scoring, organization, defense and other aspects.

Looking at the entire league, how many are there?

When facing the Clippers, more teams still have to rely on better lineup configurations. If they can't find someone who can go head-to-head with James, then use two or three people.

However, the Lakers are an exception because they have someone who can rival James - that is Zhuang Yu.

Zhuang Yu is also very clear about this. He needs to compete with James without losing the upper hand. As long as he can do this, the Lakers will not fall into a disadvantage.

So when James scored again, Zhuang Yu quickly retaliated by pretending to break through, then suddenly took a step back, then stood up and shot from mid-range.

Swish!

Also enter.

After a while, Zhuang Yu and James fought back and forth, and neither of them could gain an advantage, and the Lakers still had other players.

In the previous twenty or so regular season games, the Clippers had a pattern.

When James performs well and overpowers the opponent's star players, the Clippers will have the upper hand and his teammates will also perform well.

But if James is not in good shape, then his teammates around him will often play poorly as well.

James performed very well today, but Zhuang Yu also performed very well, offsetting the damage caused by James.

Under this circumstance, the performance of other Clippers players was not as good as that of the Lakers.

Before they knew it, the Lakers had gained the upper hand, not only leading their opponents, but also gradually widening the gap.

On the sidelines, Coach Rivers frowned.

He called a timeout.

After several players came off the court, Coach Rivers spread out the tactical board and said, "We have to strengthen our defense against Zhuang Yu, wait..."

After some arrangements, the pause ended.

When both teams returned to the court, the Clippers strengthened their defense against Zhuang Yu and began to increase assist defense and double-teaming. The purpose was simple, which was to limit Zhuang Yu so that James could gain the upper hand in the duel between ace players and thus drive the entire team.

However, the Clippers clearly underestimated Zhuang Yu.

"Hey, the double team has begun."

When Zhuang Yu got the ball again, the Clippers quickly double-teamed him.

Zhuang Yu was not panicked at all. He smiled calmly, took a step back, and then swung the basketball with one hand. The basketball passed through the gap between people and fell into Anderson's hands.

The ball was given at the right time, leaving Anderson with space in front of him.

Anderson grabbed the basketball and dribbled forward a step, then grabbed the basketball with his right hand, jumped on one foot, flicked his wrist, and made a lob shot.

Swish!

The ball goes in.

In the next few rounds, Zhuang Yu took advantage of the opponent's targeted defense and used his excellent passing ability to make wonderful passes to his teammates and create opportunities.

For a time, the Clippers were depressed.

When they strengthened their defense against Zhuang Yu, their defense against other players would inevitably weaken. Zhuang Yu's passing was very good and he could always get the ball to the most suitable position.

The other players of the Lakers were also strong. They seized the opportunity and scored all the goals. Even though Zhuang Yu did not score, the Lakers' offense was still on track.

"Hey......"

Coach Rivers smiled bitterly.

This is actually not surprising. Like James, Zhuang Yu not only has strong scoring ability, but is also very comprehensive and has strong passing ability.

If James is double-teamed, he will pass the ball. He will use his influence on the game and his ability to organize and pass the ball to allow the team to play in multiple areas.

same.

When the Clippers double-teamed Zhuang Yu, Zhuang Yu was able to do the same.

......

In a blink of an eye, the second quarter came to an end.

This was when the Clippers were still leading the Lakers by 7 points and had their last chance to attack, and the ball was given to James in the frontcourt.

James glanced at the timer, silently calculating the time, and waited until there were only a few seconds left in the offensive time before taking action. He suddenly changed direction and accelerated, heading straight for the basket.

The Lakers tightened their defense and launched a siege.

James first took two steps forward, then turned around with the ball, and then raised the ball.

An arm suddenly stretched out from behind, it was Zhuang Yu.

This ball must be played by James. In addition, there was not much time left in the game, so Zhuang Yu decisively left Harris, who was on his side, and returned to the inside, intending to block James.

Zhuang Yu certainly does not have an advantage in terms of height, wingspan, and jumping ability, but he has a predictive ability that surpasses ordinary people and is almost like a cheat. He can seize the slightest opportunity when James is about to shoot and give James a hot pot unexpectedly.

This time the timing was perfect. At the moment when James turned around and made a layup, others had already jumped up and had nowhere to gain leverage.

At this moment, Zhuang Yu suddenly rushed out with his arms waving. How could he escape?

However, at this moment, James suddenly took the ball back. With nowhere to gain leverage in the air, he didn't even see Zhuang Yu. It was as if he had eyes behind his head and he took the ball back before Zhuang Yu's palm fell.

Snapped!

Zhuang Yu's hand slapped the backboard. He couldn't help but raise his eyebrows, a little surprised. He didn't expect that James could actually dodge it.

What surprised Zhuang Yu even more was that James not only dodged the block, but even when he was exhausted, he was able to control his body and throw the ball towards the basket...

The basketball bounced on the rim and fell into the net the moment the timer came on.

"Wow..."

The whole length was in uproar.

It was unexpected and exciting that this goal was scored.

"This ball..." Zhuang Yu frowned, thinking back to the moment just now, and couldn't help but sigh, "If it were someone else, they would definitely not be able to dodge it. James' physical fitness is too strong, and his ability to control his body is far beyond that of ordinary people."

Zhuang Yu had a very good timing for this ball, and his block was almost a sure kill, but his opponent was James. Relying on his strong physical fitness, basketball IQ, and experience, James managed to avoid the block and threw the ball away in a flash.

As for the final goal, it was probably half due to strength and half due to luck.

But no matter what, it’s in.

It was a good goal as long as it went in, and the score difference was narrowed to 5 points.

“A 5-point difference is not bad.”

"LeBron played really well today. He almost scored 30 points in the first half."

"Yeah, thanks to LeBron, otherwise the difference would probably be ten or even fifteen points. To be honest, the other players on the Clippers are indeed a little behind."

"Zhuang played well today, also with 20+. Judging from this, Zhuang should be able to get 30+ today."

"For Zhuang Yu, it's not difficult to get 30+ points in a game. Even points is easy..."

During the half-time break, the fans were discussing.

Both teams played very well in the first half, especially James and Zhuang Yu, who both scored more than 20 points. The competition between the two was really exciting for the fans.

......

In a blink of an eye, the second half begins.

After entering the second half, the Clippers' role players suddenly exploded.

First of all, Harris and Harrell, one made consecutive hits from the outside, and the other performed two consecutive dunks in the inside, which actually helped the Clippers to overtake the score.

This surprised people a little, and Coach Scott frowned. He called a timeout and replaced Korver with Rose.