NBA: Top 3D talents to start

Chapter 378 Isn't This Guy Tired?
第一节比赛，快船队的伦纳德8投6中砍下14分，而詹姆斯7投3中也有8分3助攻入账。

The Clippers scored 29 points in the first quarter relying on their dual-core performance, but the Lakers scored 34 points in the first quarter.

王峰4投5中，其中三分球4中3，砍下12分，同时送出5次助攻。

Butler made 6 of 4 shots and scored 10 points. Ingram and Lopez each scored 6 points. The difference in offensive firepower between the two starters is obvious.

In the second quarter, the Clippers replaced two substitutes, Louis Williams and Harrell, in order not to widen the point difference.

Although these two came off the bench, they are even more outstanding in terms of offensive ability, especially Louis Williams, who has the top speed of a guard and also has good outside shooting ability.

With the help of the two, the Clippers stabilized the situation, but they failed to narrow the point difference, because even if Louis and Harrell played together, they were inferior to the Lakers in terms of lineup strength, especially the combination of the two. Although the offensive ability is very strong, it is notoriously a colander in defense. It is even more difficult for the Clippers to defend the Lakers' offense.

The two teams fought until 36:35 in the second quarter. The Lakers won by 1 point in a single quarter, and at the same time expanded the point difference from 5 points to 6 points. Both sides are more satisfied with this result.

For the Lakers, being able to take the lead on the court and suppress the Clippers' top dual-core performance is considered a success.

From the perspective of the Clippers, in the case of a weak starting lineup, it is enough to keep the point difference within double digits in the half. Get back the point difference, and then end the game with the performance of two superstars in the final quarter.

Both sides have their own wishful thinking, and the game continues.

At the beginning of the second half, the main players of the two teams rested off the court. The Clippers successfully equalized the point difference by relying on the depth of the lineup on the bench. Under the circumstances, the main force is still the top player. Even if the playing time is longer than the regular season, if the physical fitness is a little weak, they will barely hold on to the fight.

Just like Wang Feng played almost the entire game in the first half, and he only took a rest of about 5 minutes in the third quarter before appearing on the field. This is to prepare for the next game without any rest, playing for more than 40 minutes in the whole game.

For the Lakers, Butler is about the same as Wang Feng, and he plans to play at least 40 minutes.

As for the Clippers, Leonard may be able to carry it, but James can't.

The current James is no longer the peak James who played more than 40 minutes casually in previous seasons and was still alive and well.

So far in the playoffs this season, James has averaged about 36 minutes per game, and his current physical fitness can almost only support him to maintain a high efficiency during this time period.

Therefore, when Wang Feng, Butler, Leonard and others began to appear on the court one after another, James was still resting off the court.

The original intention of the Clippers coach Rivers is to let James rest for a while. Leonard has Louis Williams and Harrell to assist him. There should be no major problems in a short time.

But he was wrong.

As soon as Wang Feng and Butler made their debut, they teamed up to score 8 points in a row, 4 of which were scored by counterattacks and fast breaks.

The point difference that was finally equalized has a tendency to be opened again in a blink of an eye.

Rivers had to call a timeout urgently and let James come on the field to stabilize the situation.

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"The offensive firepower of the Lakers is very fierce. After three quarters, the Clippers are always behind. They only briefly tied the score at the beginning of the third quarter, but they were quickly taken advantage by the Lakers. !"

"However, the Clippers did not allow the point difference to widen too much, and it has always been maintained at around 5 points. The third quarter is about to end, and the two teams will also enter the final competition with a 5-point difference. .”

"It is conceivable that the last quarter of the game must be a fierce battle between dragons and tigers."

As Director Yu said, both teams regard the final fourth quarter as a moment of competition!

At the beginning of the game, the Clippers accelerated their offensive rhythm. James faced Wang Feng with the ball, used his teammates' pick-and-roll to go straight to the basket, forced a layup and successfully scored 2+1.

Wang Feng can handle ordinary pick-and-rolls now, but this time James used the extreme move of double pick-and-rolls.

After successfully scoring, James came to the inside to catch the ball again, singled Wang Feng with his back, and made a back-and-forth shot, scoring 5 points in a row.

On the other side, Leonard also made mid-range shots against Butler's defense.

The Clippers, with both stars working hard at the same time, tied the point difference and even overtook it by 2 points.

But the Lakers didn't just sit still. Wang Feng immediately fought back. With the help of his teammates' pick-and-roll cover, he hit a super long-range three-pointer one step beyond the three-point line, and then broke through Leonard's defense with the ball and rushed to the basket. After attracting the Clippers to double-team the defense, the pass assists Lopez for a dunk.

The physical fitness of 99 plus the physical consumption reduction effect of the powerful Terminator badge allowed Wang Feng to still have relatively abundant physical energy even in the fourth quarter.

"Damn, isn't this guy tired?"

On the sidelines, Clippers head coach Rivers looked at Wang Feng, who was running at the same speed, and couldn't help cursing secretly.

In fact, this is not the first time he has encountered this situation.

A few years ago, when the Boston Celtics were coaching the Big Three, James played like this.

Especially in those years during the Heat period, James averaged at least 44 minutes per game in the series against the Celtics, and he only rested for 1 minute in each quarter. There were times when he played the entire game for 48 minutes.

How many years have passed. LeBron, who was full of physical strength and flew into the sky and escaped from the ground, has now become his general, but because he is nearly 36 years old, he is no longer as magnificent as before.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, James got up and scored 5 points in a row, but then under the defense of Wang Feng, his offensive efficiency quickly dropped.

There was no way around this. In the first three quarters, James supported more than [-]% of the Clippers' offense, and the defensive end had to be forced to pick and roll to defend Wang Feng, which consumed a lot of energy.

And even so, until now, James has scored a triple-double of 28 points, 11 rebounds and 12 assists. At this time, there are still about 5 minutes before the end of the game, and he can definitely win the big 30+10+10 Three pairs.

(End of this chapter)