new lord of the rings

Chapter 235 The Clippers' Premeditation

game day.

National live broadcast, sports media from all over the world, celebrities, fans packed Staples Center, cheers, boos, everything, Staples was full of voices.

In this Golden State Warriors away game against the Los Angeles Clippers, even if there is no winning streak, it is attractive enough. The Clippers had a record of 19 wins and 8 losses before this game. This is a very good record, ranking in the West Fourth, the momentum of the Clippers this season is also very good.

Needless to say, the Warriors have won 26 consecutive victories, ranking third in the history of winning streaks, and they are also the creators of the best start in history!
The Warriors abused the second and third in the Western Conference, and the audience also wanted to see if they would continue to abuse the fourth, or the Clippers interrupted the Warriors' winning streak, allowing the Warriors to stop at 26 consecutive victories!

Game start.

The Clippers' starting lineup is Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, DeAndre Jordan, JJ Redick, and Matt Barnes.

The Warriors' starting lineup is Zhang Xin, Stephen Curry, Klay Thompson, Draymond Green and Andrew Bogut.

After all, Jordan's bouncing speed was better than Bogut's. After winning the jump ball, Chris Paul looked serious and dribbled the ball steadily across the frontcourt.

Chris Paul called for a pick-and-roll as soon as he arrived in the frontcourt. When Jordan blocked, Paul broke through. Bogut delayed, and Jordan made a roll, but Paul did not throw an empty cut. When Curry chased and came over, he braked. Li didn't stop bumping into Paul's body, and Paul took advantage of the opportunity to throw the ball, his body distorted exaggeratedly.

"Beep!" The referee blew a foul.

Curry felt aggrieved, and went to ask the referee to argue, but Paul smiled quietly.

Paul made two free throws.

Green quickly served the ball, Curry gritted his teeth and dribbled the ball to pass the frontcourt, Paul gritted his teeth and went up to defend, Chris Paul's low center of gravity, fast speed, and many hand movements kept harassing Curry, Curry wanted to quickly In the middle of the halftime, the strength in his hands became stronger, and Paul fell to the ground along the way!

"Beep!" The referee hurriedly called a foul again!
The referee called Curry for an offensive foul.

Curry: ...?
Curry was in a hurry, and hurried over to argue with the referee, but the referee ignored him. Zhang Xin went to pull Curry away. Today's situation is very clear. Paul used fouls to force Curry off the court first. Here comes the opportunity!

When Chris Paul faced Curry, he often used such small gestures to lure Curry to foul.

In order to protect Curry, Cole quickly replaced Curry and replaced Livingston.

The generals of the Warriors looked at each other with solemn expressions: Today's game is not easy!

With the Clippers' possession, Paul dribbled the ball across the frontcourt and directed his teammates to make room for Griffin. Griffin still had an advantage against Green.

Paul lobbed the ball to Griffin, and Griffin stuck Green. After receiving the ball, he did not play back, but chose to play face-to-face.

Griffin's face-up singles are very powerful. With a tentative step, he forced Green back and shot straight up. This is Griffin's unique move. He uses this move better than many small forwards. Green can't interfere with the bounce at all, it can only depend on Griffin's own touch.

Griffin's hand looks good today, and he made a direct hit!

Fans at Staples Center cheered, they saw a chance to beat the Warriors!

Curry was fouled by Paul and Griffin made a hit as soon as he came on the court. It is really possible to win today.

Zhang Xin became serious. Curry's end brought many problems. First, there was a problem with the Warriors' rotation, but the Warriors' space became worse. When Curry was around, the Warriors' space would be widened. Stone is a capable point guard, but his ability to get out of the space is so poor, this may cause some problems!
Sure enough, Livingston dribbled the ball for halftime, and Zhang Xin started to move. The Clippers' lineup was very small. Except for Thompson and Zhang Xin, everyone else was empty at the three-point line!

Bogut didn't have a three-pointer, Green's three-pointer was too weak, Livingston never shot a three-pointer, Zhang Xin felt like he couldn't run away inside, there were too many people!
Thompson received the ball in one step from the right-wing three-point line. Time was running out, so he had to make a quick shot and hit the iron.

Griffin controlled the rebound, Paul dribbled the ball halfway, Jordan helped Paul pick and roll in the high position, Paul broke through, Jordan went down, Paul threw a high throw and Jordan directly dunked!

The Clippers have three killer features: one is the high pick-and-roll with Paul and Griffin, the second is the high pick-and-roll with Jordan, and the third is Griffin's inside singles. This is a trick they often use, simple but powerful!
The Warriors' starting lineup lacked Curry as a restraining point. There were three people on the court who didn't shoot three-pointers. The space became extremely poor, and scoring became stumbling. pause.

Cole made two adjustments. One was to replace Livingston with Barnes, and the other was to let Zhang Xin control the ball.

Pause ends.

Zhang Xin held the ball, and Bogut quickly came up to the high pick-and-roll. Zhang Xin first moved across to face Jordan, and then he was not in a hurry to break through. He first observed the Clippers' defense, with Harrison Barnes in the corner position , The warrior's space instantly opened up.

Bogut went down, Matt Barnes did not follow Bogut, he came up directly to double-team Zhang Xin, Zhang Xin smiled, kept his hand, and directly put the ball over Matt Barnes' head to Bogut, Bogut Te didn't dribble, and started in three steps. Griffin was caught by Green, and Bogut made a light dunk.

Chris Paul frowned, this time it was not easy to defend, the ball was in Zhang Xin's hands, and Zhang Xin had countless ways to put the ball into the basket.

Chris Paul looked thoughtfully at Cole, who was standing on the sidelines, and since he couldn't defend, let's attack!

Paul quickly dribbled the ball across the half court and observed the Warriors' offense. Paul decided to give the ball to Griffin, and Griffin had a lot of confidence in playing Green.

Griffin still plays Green face-up, and Green can hold Griffin, but if Griffin plays face-up, there are too many options, he can break through, shoot, and pass.

Griffin made three threats and took a tentative step. Green was unmoved. Griffin swayed from right to left. One step, put the ball in gently.

Staples fans applaud loudly!
Griffin played this ball so beautifully, with a beautiful breakthrough and skilled footwork, even a defender like Green was shaken, which shows that the movement is indeed very good.

(End of this chapter)