new lord of the rings

Chapter 236 Counterattack!Two big hats!
The Clippers failed to guard the Warriors, but the Warriors also failed to guard the Clippers. With Paul and Griffin, they had many choices. Cole replaced Zhang Xin in the half quarter, but he was still unwilling to disrupt the Warriors' rotation.

The Warriors' offense stagnated as soon as Zhang Xin touched, and the Clippers took the opportunity to hit a 12:4 spurt. The score in the first quarter was 22:39, and the Clippers led by 17 points!
In the second quarter, Zhang Xin played with a rotation, Andre Iguodala, Drummond Green, David Lee and Harrison Barnes.

The Clippers have Chris Paul, Blake Griffin, Jamal Crawford, Glenn Davis and JJ Redick.

Although the Clippers have led by so many points, Paul still has not settled down in his heart. He knows how powerful the Warriors' explosive scoring is!
Zhang Xin used his brains. The hole dug in the first quarter was a bit big. If the hole is not filled in the second quarter, if the Clippers still break out in the second half, then today’s game will be difficult, and we cannot always count on it. In the third quarter, Curry fell into a foul situation today, and his mentality may change, so trying to get the score back in the second quarter is the kingly way!
It’s just that the current lineup of the Clippers is very strong. There are Paul, Crawford, and JJ Redick on the outside, Griffin and Davis on the inside.

Zhang Xin dribbled the ball across the half, and Jamal Crawford was facing him, huh?Where is Paul?
Zhang Xin saw that Paul was looking at Barnes from the bottom corner. Zhang Xin made a gesture to tell Barnes to go to the low post. Now the Warriors lineup is full of forward players. Whoever plays Paul will be misplaced!
Iguodala, Green, David and Lee all evacuated to give Barnes space. Barnes went down to the low post against Paul, and Paul desperately moved forward. Defend.

Seeing that Griffin was attracted by the dislocation between Barnes and Paul, Zhang Xin made a through pass to David Lee. David Lee moved quickly and dunked successfully!
Chris Paul's defense is good, and his small defense is also at the top level among defenders, but this is a misplacement after all. No matter how strong Paul's defense is, he is also a back position. This is a natural gap, so when Paul is exposed to the opponent's gun When the mouth is under the mouth, it will inevitably involve other teammates to come over to defend.

Therefore, playing Paul is just a way to attract double-teams. Of course, if they don't help defend, then resolutely play the wrong position!
Davis quickly served the ball, Paul quickly dribbled the ball across the half, Zhang Xin went to match Griffin, Paul looked at Zhang Xin who was defending Griffin, and was a little hesitant, Griffin also tried to play Zhang Xin a few times before. Believe, but the effect is not very good.

Paul thought about it, and decided to give it a try. The command made space for Griffin, and then threw the ball to Griffin.

When Griffin received the ball, he didn't dare to face the frame. His painful memory told him that it was easy for Zhang Xin to hit the ball when he hit the frame face-up. This time, he wanted to use his own weight to hit Zhang Xin. Griffin sat back hard. A strong force came from behind, and Griffin was a little startled: Zhang Xin's power has risen again!
This is a very reasonable thing. After all, Zhang Xin is only 20 years old, and he is still far away from the peak of his power. The past few years have been the period when his power has grown by leaps and bounds.

Zhang Xin was struggling a bit, but it was obviously much easier than when he faced Griffin last time. Zhang Xin was more confident and raised his left hand high. With height and wingspan, he couldn't beat himself at all.

Griffin carried it a few times, but didn't find a suitable turning opportunity, so he had to turn around forcefully and shake the ball, trying to shake Zhang Xin in a bad position and cheat a foul.

Zhang Xin was unmoved and just raised his left hand. Griffin had no choice but to shoot. He tried his best to increase his release point, trying to avoid Zhang Xin's cover, but he was too close, and Zhang Xin's bounce was not as good as Griffin is poor, his wingspan is much longer than Griffin, and he slapped the basketball out at once!
The Warriors' bench exploded with a "buzz", and Curry and others covered their faces with exaggerated expressions!

Zhang Xin was expressionless. This is the home court of the Clippers. Curry and the others can celebrate, but he had better not.

Griffin blushed. He was always the only one who slapped others. He didn't expect to be slapped by Zhang Xin today. He was still in front of the fans at home. Griffin was angry and annoyed, but Zhang Xin was just defending normally and blocked the shot. After that, he didn't even move to celebrate, and he didn't know where to spread his fire.

The Clippers still have the ball when the ball goes out of bounds, but there are only 4 seconds left.

Crawford sent the ball out of bounds, Paul received the ball and rushed to hit the iron under the defense of Barnes.

Iguodala controls the ball and advances to the frontcourt. With Paul in the wrong position, Zhang Xin still directs Barnes to play in the bottom post. Zhang Xin receives the pass from Iguodala and transfers it to Barnes who is stuck in the position. s.

Barnes was not in a hurry to play the ball with both hands and looked back to see if other people came to help defend. Seeing that there was no help to defend, Barnes sat down decisively. Barnes was 203cm tall and weighed 102KG. Chris Paul was only 183cm tall and weighed less than 80KG. As soon as Barnes sat down, he took two steps back inside. Barnes protected the ball and turned around for a layup.

Paul had no choice but to take out the ball at the moment Barnes turned around. When Barnes protected the ball, he could only watch as Barnes made a layup.

Paul dribbled the ball over half court, this time Griffin went up to the high pick-and-roll, and Griffin went up to the pick-and-roll when Jordan was not on the court. The big baby Davis's finishing ability is not strong, so he is not suitable for pick-and-rolls.

Zhang Xin signaled to switch defenses directly, Barnes went to carry Griffin's down, and Zhang Xin faced Paul directly.

Zhang Xin is 20cm taller than Paul. From this perspective, this is also a misplacement.

Paul dribbled the ball quickly, dribbling the ball under his crotch like dense drumbeats, constantly changing directions, Zhang Xin sank his center of gravity, and opened his hands to prepare for the battle.

With his left hand on his crotch, Paul broke through two steps to the right. Zhang Xin hurriedly followed. Although he was tall, but his footsteps were tight, Paul couldn't help but secretly praised him.

Paul pulled the ball back with his right hand, turned his hand and rushed to the left, Zhang Xin raised his hand high, and kept up with his footsteps, Paul made another sudden brake, and rushed to the right, Zhang Xin turned his hips urgently to follow.

With the ball in his right hand, Paul took two quick steps to distance himself from Zhang Xin, a retreat step and a backward mid-range shot!
This is Paul's trick to fight big with small players. He uses constant changes of direction to make the big man's footsteps unable to keep up, and then he uses a retreat step and a backward lean. It is basically difficult to defend, and some big men are even directly shaken. It can be said that it is a nirvana.

But Zhang Xin is not an ordinary big man. He is a tall point guard who can play point guards. Paul's small and big players are also his usual tricks against big men. Paul's few times are not very useful to him.

Zhang Xin saw Paul stepping back and stepping back to pick and shoot, he adjusted his footsteps a little, took a big stride, jumped up, and reached out to fish out the ball that Paul had adjusted as high as possible!
(End of this chapter)