sjar 452 - Playing on your knees!
452 - Playing on your knees!
Kobe's shot cannot solve the team's current predicament.
The Clippers, on the other hand, did not stop their offensive offensive.
After Gordon brought the ball up the court, he immediately passed it to Su Hao, who was already positioned under the basket.
"Stop him!" The Lakers' head coach on the sidelines shouted hoarsely at Bynum under the basket.
Seeing his head coach angrily shouting at him, Bynum had no choice but to bite the bullet and go up to defend Su Hao.
Even though he knew it was an impossible task, he couldn't just do whatever he wanted anymore.
The only thing to do is to do everything possible to prevent Su Hao from scoring under the basket.
"What's going on? Is this how you defend?" Barkley sat up abruptly in the commentary booth, staring in astonishment at what was happening on the court.
It turns out that in order to stop Su Hao from scoring, Bynum actually knelt down in front of Su Hao with a "thud".
And you know what? This trick actually worked.
Su Hao was completely bewildered by the scene before him and instantly forgot that he was supposed to dunk.
Holding the ball in one hand, he looked at Bynum kneeling on the ground and asked in confusion, "What are you doing? Defending while kneeling?"
"Su Hao, put the ball in the basket right now!" Su Hao heard Curry shouting at him from afar, but he didn't move!
"I have no other choice, how about I kneel down to keep you from seeing? If that doesn't work, I'll kowtow to you!" Bynum said, about to kowtow to Su Hao!
This action amused Su Hao, but fortunately, Su Hao remained rational and gestured for a timeout to the referee before stopping his actions.
"What is Bynum up to? Is he trying to become an apprentice?"
"I think this guy's legs went weak from being scared by Su Hao's aura! He actually knelt down!"
"Ugh, a grown man kneeling before an opposing player on the field! Shameful!"
"So what? Didn't we successfully stop Su Hao's attack?"
"That makes sense. If he hadn't knelt down like that, Su Hao would have actually scored that goal!"
The spectators on the sidelines began to stir.
Everyone was talking about what had just happened.
"I already called a timeout, and you're still kneeling on the ground?" Su Hao looked at Bynum, who was still kneeling on the ground!
"I... my legs are shaking..." Bynum stammered.
"Hey Kobe, come help your teammate out!" Su Hao said with a smile to Kobe, who was standing not far away.
"No need to pull him, he'll get up on his own!" Kobe walked back to the bench without looking back.
Su Hao smiled helplessly and returned to the locker room with his teammates.
This scene just now became a small episode in the game.
After Su Hao walked away, Bynum immediately stood up and jogged back to the bench.
"Coach, how was my defense just now? I didn't let you down, did I? I successfully defended against Su Hao!" Bynum smiled at the head coach, wanting to receive praise from him.
The Lakers' head coach sighed, "What can I say to you? You managed to defend it!"
Upon receiving praise from the head coach, Bynum's demeanor immediately changed.
They always walk on tiptoe.
"Su Hao, why did you stop just now? You finished your dunk!" Gordon asked Su Hao, puzzled.
"Yeah, they weren't really shocked by Bynum kneeling like that, were they?" Curry chimed in.
Su Hao took the water cup handed to him by a staff member, took a couple of big gulps, and said, "Do you think I'm the kind of person who would be surprised? I just don't want to dunk so easily! That's too easy!"
Hearing Su Hao's answer, his teammates knew that if Su Hao wanted to dunk, even if all the Lakers players stood in front of him, it would be difficult to stop him.
How could it be possible to defend against Bynum just by kneeling down so casually?
"As long as we play steadily, nothing unexpected will happen in the game. Everyone has worked hard!" Mike Dunleavy said with a smile to the players.
"They wanted to turn the game around, and we actually agreed! There's no time left for them to do so!" David Lee said.
The pause ended as they were talking.
The players entered the field, and the game continued.
The audience at the scene and the fans watching on screen were still talking about what had just happened.
The Lakers still didn't dare to substitute any of their key players, as they wanted to make one last push in the game.
Strive to win the game.
The Clippers replaced Curry and Gordon with Paul Joe and Aldridge.
From this perspective, the Clippers' overall player height has increased significantly.
With Aldridge's arrival, Su Hao was completely freed up from the inside.
No more battling it out with the opposing team's interior players under the basket.
David Lee inbounds the ball from the outside, and Paul George receives it at the top of the arc, beyond the three-point line.
After receiving the ball, Su Hao dribbled it a few times and then took the basketball from Paul George's hands by hand.
The moment Su Hao gets the ball, the entire Lakers team tenses up.
Due to the Clippers' lineup change, the Lakers had to match up Gasol against Su Hao.
Seeing his teammate Gasol defending Su Hao, Bynum, who had just knelt down to defend Su Hao, was overjoyed.
He thought to himself, "Let's see how Gasol handles Su Hao's frontal attack this time."
In the blink of an eye, just as everyone was anticipating Su Hao's next attack, he surprisingly chose to pass the ball.
And he passed the ball to Aldridge in the paint.
After receiving a pass from Su Hao, the latter faced Bynum's defense.
A quick hook shot, and the ball went in.
"This is outrageous! Bynum got outplayed by a rookie? What kind of joke is this?!" Barkley exclaimed.
"I thought Su Hao was going to attack this time, but I didn't expect him to pass the ball to a rookie player. It's really surprising. Bynum's performance has been truly disappointing!" Miller said.
Kobe was almost unable to stand up straight as he watched the Clippers' rookie players score under his basket.
It was initially thought that Su Hao pulling out to the perimeter would be an opportunity for the Lakers.
I never expected that a rookie who hadn't played many games could score over me.
Bynum was in an extremely bad mood at that moment.
"This is so tough! First, Su Hao keeps scoring over me! Then, rookie players keep scoring over me! I've become their ATM!" Bynum shook his head and muttered to himself.
Seeing this, Kobe called a timeout before the Lakers' head coach could even call one.
The number of timeouts called by both teams increased significantly in this quarter.
Aldridge, who had just scored a goal with an assist from Su Hao, immediately ran up to Su Hao and gave him a high-five to express his gratitude!