I was determined to be bad, but I went straight to the Basketball Hall of Fame

Chapter 469 Security!security guard! (Second more)

Relying on George's excellent performance in the second quarter, the Clippers ended the first half at 60:55, leading the Thunder by 5 points.

At the end of the second quarter, George also hit a three-pointer at the buzzer. He scored 12 points in a single quarter.

Created his single-quarter scoring record since entering the NBA, and he also contributed a dunk that may become the best goal of the season.

In short, regardless of the outcome of this game, it is definitely of great significance to George.

A lot of rising rookies have those meaningful, confidence-building games.

After this kind of game, they will realize, "It turns out that the NBA is nothing more than that. It turns out that I can also play those players who look good. It turns out that I am also pretty good."

Once there is such confidence, the player's performance on the court will change.

They will play better and better, gain the trust of the coach, get more time, play better, and form a positive cycle.

Of course, not all young players will continue to grow in such a positive way, and there are many short-lived examples.

How to face one's excellent performance and how to face the next game with a good attitude determines the final height of a player.

During the intermission, in the Clippers locker room, Tyronn Lue encouraged Paul George, thinking that he played very well in the second quarter.

"Paul, you put on a great show, congratulations on a great job. There's another second half, I don't think you want this show to end well, do you? Keep up the good work in the second half!"

Tyronn Lu encouraged George while spurring him. Young people need such guidance.

From this point of view, Tyronn Lue is actually very suitable for this team.

Elsewhere, in the Thunder locker room, Brooks was dissatisfied with the team's defense.

Especially inside defense.

In fact, the Clippers' outside shooting performance tonight is very average.

Curry and Harden didn't fully open their three-pointers, and the others had mediocre shooting percentages.

Because the Thunder's defensive pressure on the outside is in place, it puts a lot of pressure on the Clippers shooter.

But the inside rim protection that the Thunder has always been proud of has been opened up. This is the main reason why the Thunder fell behind at halftime.

Brooks specifically reminded Perkins, "Show a bit of a fierce attitude, don't let your opponent score casually in your penalty area, you know? Make your opponent dare not come in again!"

Brooks has clearly reminded Perkins not to be limp and give the Clippers some color.

Perkins nodded with a stern poker face, looking as if he had figured it out.

But Brooks immediately said: "The attitude can be fierce, but the method should be smarter. After all, this is an away game. If you move too much, you will be sent off. I don't want to see that kind of situation. So, you still have to control it and pay attention to it. scale. Only by staying on the field can we make more contributions.”

Perkins nodded again, still with a poker face, as if he understood again.

Perkins is too important to the Thunder's inside defense, and there is currently no substitute in the Thunder team.

Brooks sometimes discusses with manager Presti that they need an inside backup center to protect the rim.

Presti acquired Muhammad in free agency, but his performance so far this season can only be described as so-so.

Didn't meet the standard of a good rim-protecting center, maybe Presti needs to pick and choose in the draft.

After all, the draft is his forte.

The halftime break ends and the third quarter begins.

As soon as the third quarter came up, Gasol Jr. responded in a high position, covering Curry and passing the ball hand-to-hand.

Curry caught the ball and made a direct three-pointer!
The third quarter belongs to Curry's time.

His three-point shooting is getting faster and more sophisticated.

Whether it is shot selection or shooting percentage, starting from this season, Curry's three-pointers have begun to widen the gap with most three-pointers in the league.

His three-point quality is already approaching the mid-range of many players.

However, the amount of points scored by a three-pointer is 1.5 times that of a two-pointer.

Durant wanted to return a three-pointer at the top of the arc, but the shot was a bit hasty and missed.

Gasol took the backcourt rebound and passed the ball to Curry. Curry wanted to push back and was cut off!
Westbrook successfully steals the ball, the situation is reversed, and Westbrook hits the ground to Gordon.

Gordon caught the ball and yelled and went to the basket for a layup!
But his screams did not get the sympathy of the referee, and no foul was given.

Little Gasol didn't reach out at all, what are you yelling.

Westbrook's steal and assist alleviated the danger of the Thunder's possible continuous beating at the beginning of the third quarter.

Serving from the backcourt, Curry handed the ball to Harden. Harden broke through with the ball at 45 degrees on the left side, suddenly stopped, retreated and made a mid-range jumper, and hit!
With simple and crisp goals, Harden's mid-range is becoming better and better.

Durant immediately fought back, and after breaking through, he made a throw and hit the board with two points.

The younger generation of stars on both sides have brought their personal abilities, speed, and rhythm to a very high level.

You come and go on both sides, and there is no feeling of slow, tentative offense at the beginning of the first quarter, where you pass me and pass him to move.

If you have a chance, you can throw it, and you can shoot it. The coordination is simple and neat, and the game process becomes more vigorous and beautiful, and it becomes exciting all of a sudden.

The atmosphere became hot and anxious in an instant, and the scores of the two sides rose all the way.

Halfway through the third quarter, the two sides 76:73, the Clippers still lead the Thunder by 3 points!
Min Congda was fascinated by the game, eating the popcorn faster and faster.

A big bucket of popcorn is about to bottom out.

When he reached out and couldn't catch it, he found that he had finished eating?

"It's gone? Damn, it's too fast to use. Lu Yuan, I'll give you another 5 yuan, how about you go buy a bucket of popcorn?"

Two people eat much faster than one.

And this kid Lu Yuan eats a lot.

Lu Yuan nodded again and again, expressing that he was happy to take the job.

After taking the money to buy popcorn and the 5 yuan for running errands, Lu Yuan hurried to buy popcorn again.

At this time, the Clippers broke through the basket, and Perkins blocked it early, pushing Harden out of bounds.

This is an intentional foul, pushing people out of the field, which is a bit disgusting, but not a malicious foul.

After the referee blew the whistle, Perkins pretended to be innocent and spread his hands at the referee, saying that he never touched Harden at all.

Harden went out of the baseline by himself, I didn't push, I just followed.

Perkins' defense was of course useless, the referee still blew the block, you didn't push the ball, you used your fat body to squeeze Harden's fat body out!
The ball may not necessarily go out of bounds if Curry is to be replaced, and Harden will fly out properly.

In this gap of the out-of-bounds dead ball, the Clippers made a substitution, and Tyronn Lue replaced Ricky Davis with Paul George.

George couldn't wait to stand up from the bench. He has been waiting for a long time. He is in a hot state tonight. He has to play to reverse the situation and help the Clippers widen the point difference.

But he didn't know that at the moment he appeared on the stage, Perkins had already set his sights on him.

Harden served from the baseline, George and Randolph made a cross-screen cooperation, turned back and cut to the basket to catch the ball!
This is a very thief's tactical move, which hit the Thunder's inside players with a black light.

Do you think I'm going to run to the outer circle to catch the ball and organize the offense?

As a result, an empty cut was made, and the serve was almost hand-in-hand to George.

Just under the basket, he can layup directly after catching the ball. As a result, Perkins slapped George with a round circle from behind!

This slap not only knocked off George's ball, but also hit George's head by the way.

One must score, the ball flew, the George almost flew, and got hit on the head.

The referee blew his whistle again and called Perkins a thug foul, but he didn't call a technical foul or malicious foul.

The referee believes that although the defensive action of the ball is big, it is aimed at the ball and hit the ball.

The hit on the head was just a lack of control of the movement, resulting in collateral damage, subjectively there was no intention to hit the head.

At this time, Min Congda had already stood up on the sidelines. When he saw that the referee only gave ordinary fouls, he was instantly excited.

"If you use a little more force with this ball, George's head will be blown away, and you won't call a technical foul! Do you want me to give you one too! If you don't feel pain, you call an ordinary foul! See if I don't call you hit your head so hard that you can see your buttocks!"

The referee Fitzgerald listened to Min Congda's roar, just shook his head again and again, ignored him, and insisted on his own penalty.

At this moment, Lu Yuan trotted back all the way, holding a bucket full of popcorn in his hand, and said, "I bought the popcorn."

Min Congda snatched the popcorn and threw it at the referee. A large bucket of star-studded corn bombs was thrown onto the field, hitting Fitzgerald on the head.

Fitzgerald finally got angry and yelled, "Security, security!"

(End of this chapter)