The strongest unicorn in basketball

Chapter 324 Advancing to the Western Conference Finals
Paul lifted the ball lightly, Giannis took advantage of the trend and flew, and then Paul broke through into the penalty area with the ball, attracted Lee Pu's defense, and passed the ball to Jordan behind him.

Jordan catches the ball and gets up and dunks, but at this moment, Giannis behind him rushes over and caps Jordan's must-have goal from behind!

Li Pu received the rebound and passed it to Bledsoe. Bledsoe made a fast break all the way to the front and made an easy layup, helping the Kings continue to widen the point difference.

This ball is almost the epitome of tonight's game, and the Clippers were once again lost in the Kings' defense.

On May 5, the fourth game of the two-team series continued in Los Angeles.

Tonight's game is very important for both teams. If the Clippers win, they can chase the big score of the series to 2:2, and if the Kings win, they can rewrite the score to 3:1. match point.

Therefore, for both teams, this is a game that cannot be lost.

However, after the start of the game, the Clippers lost the three-pointer of the previous game, and the Kings also changed their defense and began to shoot for the Clippers.

Just like the ball just now, Giannis pounced, and Paul's mid-range shot forced Paul to continue to move deeper into the penalty area, thus falling into the Kings' defensive trap!
And like this ball, there have been countless times in tonight's game!

At this time, the game has entered the second half, the score on the court is 83:72, and the point difference has come to 11 points.

In the first half, the Clippers could still rely on good mid-range shots to maintain the score and control the point difference to 5 points.

But in the second half, as the Kings made efforts, the point difference came to 10 points in an instant.

And this is just the beginning!
It was the Clippers' turn to attack again.

Right now, the Clippers are in a very difficult situation.

In the game against the Kings, their fault tolerance rate was very low. If they want to win, they must not only achieve the ultimate on the defensive end and not make mistakes, but also on the offensive end to ensure that the three-pointer feels overwhelming without making mistakes and controlling mistakes.

As long as there is one thing that is not done well, the team will be at a disadvantage in an instant.

For example, right now, just two missed three-pointers and one blocked dunk, the point difference has already reached more than 10 points. If they still fail to score, the game is likely to be lost again.

Paul dribbled the ball, put his big ass in front of him, separated himself from Bledsoe, and watched the situation on the court.

The teammates were under strict defense at this time, and the dead man was entangled by Butler, and he was not given a chance to catch the ball at all.

As for Griffin, although he can push Giannis to get to the position with strength, it is not easy to play, because Li Pu sits at the basket, and Giannis only needs to prevent Griffin from making a mid-range shot and drive him to the inside. Will fall into the defensive trap of the Kings.

This is the reason why the Kings' defense will improve so much this season. They no longer just rely on the individual defensive ability of the players, but build a three-dimensional defensive system to maximize the defensive ability of each player. Plus one can be greater than two.

So, after some observation, Paul also had to admit that he did not notice any flaws, so he could only call Griffin to play the pick-and-roll.

This is the reason why the Clippers have been restricted from becoming a top team.

They lack the strength to solve positional warfare hard.

Paul is an excellent organization master, but limited by his height, he cannot have a stable one-on-one singles ability, nor can he have a strong offensive ability.

Facing the two-person pick-and-roll, the Kings' defensive strategy is also very simple, that is, while Bledsoe squeezed through the screen, Giannis moved up, forming a strong delay or even a pincer attack on Paul.

In this way, as long as Paul can't get the ball out immediately, Giannis can immediately chase Griffin back and prevent Paul from passing the ball to Griffin to directly attack the basket.

Of course, Paul also understood that he immediately dribbled back, trying to widen the distance between himself and Griffin, and then suddenly hit the ground with a through ball, which was accurately passed to Griffin.

After Griffin got the ball, he couldn't attack the basket. After all, Li Pu's ability to protect the basket was terrible, and he had no chance of winning.

So Griffin could only choose a mid-range jumper and complete the shot before Li Pu blocked the shot.

Although Griffin evaded Lip's block on this ball, he was still disturbed, and the basketball bounced out of the hoop and missed!
Li Pu came to the basket non-stop again, protecting the rebound from Jordan's head.

The Clippers still can't score!
On the defensive end of the Clippers, Li Pu just singled out Jordan and scored easily with a throw.

The Kings scored easily and freely, and the Clippers scored hard, but they didn't make it!
How is this played?
In the next few rounds, the Clippers only scored 2 points with a tip-up, and they still didn't score in the rest of the rounds!

On the other hand, for the Kings, Middleton hit 2 consecutive three-pointers, and the point difference came to 20 points in an instant.

In this way, the Kings scored 43 points in the third quarter and beat the Clippers by 43 points in a single quarter 25:18.

As a result, the entire fourth quarter was reduced to garbage time.

In the fourth quarter, although the Clippers did not start, they left Crawford on the court for a while, trying to see if they could recover some points.

But it is a pity that this year's best sixth man is on the King's side.

Thomas Jr. shot from inside and outside and scored 8 points in a row. The point difference between the two teams not only did not narrow, but expanded!
So, after playing for half a quarter, Rivers finally chose to admit defeat, replaced Crawford, and announced his surrender.

In the end, the whole game was 128:95. The Kings made another victory in the away game. The big score in the series has come to 3:1, basically declaring the death penalty for the Clippers.

In this campaign, the Clippers have used everything they can to the extreme.

However, the gap in strength between the two teams made it impossible for the Clippers to win no matter how hard they tried, or even narrow the score.

For the Clippers, this battle was not just a loss, but more like knocking out all the hearts of the Clippers!
Two days later, the two teams moved to Saskatchewan for their fifth match.

In this game, the Clippers' performance on the court was disappointing.

The players don't work hard, it looks like: I lie down, you can do whatever you want!
In this case, the Kings are not polite, the score is leading from beginning to end, there is no suspense at all!

In the end, at 124:103, the Kings won another victory.

Although the point difference between the two teams in this game is smaller than the previous game, in fact, the Kings didn't play well. It is estimated that they played well for one and a half quarters.

However, this casual situation still humiliated the Clippers.

But in any case, the Clippers stopped in the semifinals again this season and were eliminated by the Kings 1:4.

(End of this chapter)