Chapter 519 Spurs Rhythm
The Clippers and the Spurs are both preparing for tomorrow's fourth battle, and the Cavaliers and Celtics in the East are ready to continue the third game tonight.
The Celtics played the dominant power of both offense and defense in the last game, crushing the Cavaliers throughout the game, without giving the Gorillas any chance. The total score became a 0-2 that made Cavaliers fans feel desperate.
At this moment, the Cavaliers players are undoubtedly desperate...
But David Stern was angry...
Therefore, in the third game between the two teams, all three referees enforced the law were replaced by the league's loyal dog, Dick Bavita, as the referee of this game.
The referee who blew the Kings to death was responsible for enforcing the law in this game. The question arises, what will happen in the third game? I think the Celtics, as a giant team, should have already expected it.
To be fair, the Celtics are now better than the Cavaliers. If the referee can be more fair, there may be no suspense in the game.
The NBA's star strategy is the league's consistent unspoken rule, and there is nothing to say. Celtics fans are no longer unfamiliar with the special care James has received, and they don't care so much. After all, their team is already leading 0:2.
However, for the sake of fairness of the game, the league plans to continue to indulge James' five-step layups?
Before the game, the Boston media criticized James' influence, and the fouls of other Cavaliers players were always ignored by the referees. All of this showed that David Stern still wanted to sacrifice the Celtics so that James and the Animal Brothers could meet in the finals.
The reason is James' global appeal, even Anderson Valaijo can be without any scruples when attacking. And at the moment of physical contact, you can fall to the ground and cry boldly. The referee will send whistles in a timely manner under the instructions of the president to make up for the embarrassment of the Cavaliers in cracking the Celtics' defense.
That's right, the Boston media said nothing, it's all right!
Because of the third game, the shameless referee did this. If the Celtics fans were still standing in the position of the winner in the first two games, then at home, they really want to scold their mother.
In the third game, Boston TD North Shore Garden Stadium. The referee turned a blind eye to a large number of four-step layups, and the fake fall was awarded as an offensive foul. The Wolf King finally played only 28 minutes in 6 fouls, and Pierce's malicious foul may be suspended... Everything indicates that the league has decided to completely avoid b-face in order to get the Cavaliers to advance.
However, this year's Celtics are really strong. In addition to the five players' lineup, the Cavaliers also have secret help from three referees, but these cannot stop Garnett from still dominating the inside in his limited playing time, as well as Ray Allen, Pierce and Rondo's execution ability at critical moments, and repeatedly hit key goals. They let the league see their determination. They played two overtimes against the Cavaliers of the 7 players, and fought for three players to cramp. Three players were sent out before they lost.
With the support of the league and the help of the referee, the Cavaliers finally won a valuable victory away. James once again got a super data of 40+8+8, but this could not hide the glorious process. The misjudgment of this game could no longer be counted. The league gave up everything for the ratings at the last moment.
This game is undoubtedly ugly, but it has to be mentioned that this year's NBA playoffs saw a significant decline in ratings compared to last year. What is the reason?
The reason is that the Spurs and the Celtics played even more ugly, but they played ugly, but they both reached the division finals.
Of course, the Clippers are easy to say. They are one of the few teams in the league that play well and can win, so they are naturally the most popular teams in the league.
However, fans said that if you see too much of the Clippers, you will still be aesthetically exhausted and they need a topical opponent.
Among the 30 teams in the league, except for the Clippers, the only ones who can be talked about are probably the Lakers and the Cavaliers, but the Purple Gold Noble has been killed by the damn Spurs, and the Cavaliers can't be eliminated anyway. Who wants to watch the game between those three old men and Durant's girlfriend?
The entire Clippers also watched the Eastern Conference Finals at night. Ji Guomo was of course mocking the victory against the Cavaliers.
"They can win one game like this, but I don't believe the league will help them advance."
After Ji Guomeng finished speaking, he thought, wouldn't it be better if the Clippers met the Cavaliers? They would be easier to deal with than the Celtics.
"We will kill the Spurs first. Only when we win the next game will we be eligible to consider the final."
Ji Guochou felt that he thought too early, and the Spurs were not so easy to kill.
On May 26, today is the fourth game of the Western Conference Finals, and the Spurs are still playing against the aggressive Clippers at home.
Although the Clippers were defeated by their opponents in the first home court, they successfully rebounded in the second and third games. The two brothers' outstanding performance and Billups' stable performance, coupled with the excellent defense of the entire team in the third game, they successfully grabbed a victory away.
This away victory allowed the Clippers to regain their home advantage in the series, and they regained the initiative in the Western Conference Finals. If they win another game today, they will get the match point.
The two brothers tried their best in the third game, but they had no physical problems. In the last quarter of the last game, neither of them played. Today, the Spurs may be hit harder by the two brothers.
"That's of course. We just have to use the impact to deal with the Spurs. As long as they let us rush up, we can continue to win."
Ji Guoxiong asked a reporter before the game and was full of confidence. He got rid of the sluggishness of the previous game in the third game and scored 32 points in the whole game, which was the main contributor to the team's victory.
Dunleavy, the old man said: "The substitutes performed very well in the last game. If they continued to play like this, I would definitely give them more opportunities."
Then he mentioned Crawford, and Dunleavy said: "The most important thing on our bench is Jamal. He must have better offensive performance and put more pressure on his opponents with breakthroughs. The most important thing is that he must figure out which are good shooting opportunities and cannot just shoot forcibly."
Ji Guoqiu's answer before the game is consistent with his usual characteristics - he must not offend others.
"In our next game, the key to winning is offense and vitality. We need to be disturbed by noise such as booing away, as well as excessive physical contact from our opponents. In any case, the team needs to do one thing, that is, win the game."
In the fourth game between the Clippers and the Spurs, Dunleavy did not continue to use a small lineup. Facing **Vic, the so-called surprise victory is limited to one game. Continue to use the third game tactic. The Spurs will definitely make them feel bloody today.
Old Dunleavy still arranged heavy troops in the middle lane today, but at the same time, he did not relax the defense in other positions.
On the offensive end, the Clippers follow the steps, do not deliberately attack quickly, minimize mistakes, fight more positions and cooperate, and play more cutting and pick-and-roll.
In the first quarter, the Clippers continuously used pick-and-roll offenses to try to break the Spurs' defense line, but the effect was not good. The Spurs also strengthened the defense in the middle, and the Clippers had few chances to come out after pick-and-roll at high positions.
The Spurs' offensive end strengthened the interlude of the bottom line. Duncan took on more important tasks in the middle today. Jamison also pulled the outside line and pulled the Clippers' defense in the inside line.
**Vic's arrangement is somewhat similar to the commonly used tactics of the Clippers. The inside line pulls out and shoots long shots and supports, while the back line is responsible for offense and breakthroughs.
Neither team broke through each other's defense in the first quarter, but the Spurs still received some support when they played at home, with a higher shooting percentage and leading 20:22 in the first quarter.
Old Dunleavy was very dissatisfied with the team's only scored 20 points in the first quarter, which is a typical Spurs game.
The most important thing is that if the Clippers don't score 80 points, they rarely win games.
Yes, the Clippers' defense is top in the league, but the Clippers are different from the Spurs. The latter can completely use defense to win games, but the Clippers cannot.
The Clippers need to use offense to drive their defense. On the defensive end, young players rely on vitality, momentum, and rapid offensive and defensive transformation...
But if the Clippers stabilize and focus on defense, they cannot do it. Only when the Clippers play the offense first can they have excellent defense follow closely.
**Vicy took the Clippers' pulse today and influenced the Clippers with a crazy slow rhythm as soon as he came up. When both teams were trapped in the quagmire, the Clippers would definitely be in trouble, but the Spurs' old men were very comfortable.
The second quarter was still in such a rhythm that Old Dunleavy wanted Crawford to quickly make a few shots to speed up the game.
It’s not that the Clippers don’t want to be fast, but the pace is not good. If you just keep hitting fast, the result will definitely be a lot of mistakes.
In the second quarter, the Clippers made this mistake. They blindly accelerated and made more mistakes. Instead, the Spurs seized the opportunity to hit an attack wave and opened the score.
At the end of the half, the score became 40:50, and the Clippers were ten behind.
In this quarter, the Clippers did get faster, but they died quickly and their scoring did not rise at all. Instead, the Spurs were slow and scored 28 points in a single quarter.
"Ginger is still so spicy!" **Vicci didn't mention it in his mouth, but he said in his heart.
"Why can't you get up?" Old Dunleavy took a break and couldn't figure it out after 20 minutes.
This game was very weird. They were like they were released with slow magic, and they made mistakes when they got faster.
"Missue?"
Old Dunleavy thought of the key point. They made 8 mistakes in the first half, and even Billups had three, which is a very rare situation.
"First of all, we need to adjust our mentality. There is nothing to do with a 10-minute gap. We still have a chance, but we can't be in a hurry. First control the mistakes in the second half!"
Old Dunleavy had a halftime break, although he knew what to do, whether he could do it depends on the performance of the players on the court.
In the first half, Ji Guochou scored 5 points, 6 rebounds, 2 assists and 1 block, Ji Guomo 7 points, 5 rebounds, 1 assist and 1 block, Billups 10 points, 2 assists, and Crawford 6 points.
Chapter completed!