NBA human tank

Chapter 275 Paul's Pain Points

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Bang!Bang!Bang!
The sound of the ball hitting the floor echoes through the Smoothie King Center.

The first quarter is almost over, and the score between the two sides is still within 26 points.The current score of the two teams is 24:[-]. If there is no accident, the final score of this game will not exceed one hundred.

This is the difference between the playoffs and the regular season.The regular season focuses on offense and statistics, and everything is offensive; while the playoffs focus on defense, and everything is defensive.

Phil Jackson said: Defense wins championships.This sentence is true. Looking at the entire playoff history of the league, teams with strong defensive capabilities will definitely be the final winners of the playoffs.

Now is not the era when the Warriors died five times, and Jackson's words are still regarded as a famous playoff quote.Although the league's game rhythm is becoming faster and faster, and there are fewer and fewer positional battles and tug-of-war, but for two well-matched teams, if they can suppress each other defensively, their winning rate will be greatly improved.

This is what the Clippers are using now.Everyone knows that Yang Yi is the soul of the Pelican. If he can be blocked, the Pelican will at least lose a leg and an arm and become a strong man who cannot function normally.

Although no team can really block Yang Yi so far, as long as there is a slight chance, they will not let it go.

Compared with other Pelicans players, the Clippers are more willing to focus on Yang Yi.This season, they were heavily abused by Yang Yi. None of the other four starting players of the Pelicans made them feel afraid. Only Yang Yi was a serious worry.

At the end of the first quarter, the main players of both sides left the court to rest one after another, and handed over the position to the substitute players, letting them fight on the court.Compared with a little time at the end of the quarter, they care more about the next three quarters.Only by resting well can we maintain our state in the more intense and intense playoffs.

Yang Yi was no exception. Like other players, he obediently left the court to rest.Now he is no longer a superman with unlimited physical strength, but a normal player, who will get tired just like everyone else, and his movements will deform when he is tired.

Therefore, to be able to have a wonderful performance in the remaining games, rest is very important.

Of course, he can buy medicines to restore his physical fitness from the system, but it costs points.If you can defeat your opponent without wasting points, wouldn't you kill two birds with one stone?
The substitutes played impressively on the court. Although the Pelicans players are a little weak, they are young and powerful while moving; while the Clippers players are experienced, but they are all too old guys, such as Grant Schiller. you.This guy was hailed as Jordan's successor at the beginning, but unfortunately his injury ruined everything. Now he came to Los Angeles to retire and wanted to get a championship ring by the way.

"Haha, Kenny, Hill is really old and strong. He played brilliantly with a group of Clippers substitutes." Seeing Hill assist Chauncey Billups to hit a mid-range shot, Barkley couldn't help laughing.

Both Hill and Billups were influential figures in the league. Unfortunately, with the passage of time, they have gradually faded out of the fans' sight, and have become drinking fountain players for each team to guide rookies. If you are lucky, you can mix one championship ring.

"Yeah, old and strong, but now it's the world of young people. Grant and the others have become a thing of the past. Now the post-[-]s and post-[-]s are in charge of the league." Smith answered Barkley's words, his tone full of melancholy.

The NBA is a business league. When you are good, it can make you infinitely good, but when you are down, you can’t see the shadow of the league (not everyone can retire from the league like Kobe, and Rose this year is even more impressive. Unfortunately, the glory of No. 1 only exists in people's memories and video recordings).

Not to mention the comments of the two in the live broadcast room, but the confrontation on the field was going on like a raging fire.

The main players played equally, and so did the substitutes.Their states are different, but their desire for victory is the same.Therefore, even if they can't stay on the field most of the time like the main players, they still use [-]% of their strength to fight.

However, the reason why the substitutes are substitutes is because they do not have the power of the main players.From the end of the first quarter to the beginning of the second quarter, there was almost 5 minutes, and they scored 36 or 35 points.When the main players of both sides appeared on the field, the score of the two teams was [-]:[-], and the Clippers led by one point.

Of course, the low scoring efficiency has strength factors, and the defensive strength in the playoffs cannot be ignored.Originally, the strength of the substitutes was poor, and the high-intensity defense in the playoffs cost them their lives. They can still score in high-intensity confrontations, which is already very good!

"Chris, how does it feel to revisit the old place? The former queen bee fought against the old master. It's exciting to think about! Why, look at your momentum, do you want to take away the victory from New Orleans? Or, do you want to enter the Western Conference Finals? ?” Standing in front of Paul who was organizing the attack with the ball, the fat man suddenly talked trash to Paul, in order to disturb Paul’s mind.

Yang Yi's strategy has achieved certain results. Paul is one of the best boys in the league, and he is rarely heard talking trash.Although many times he used his body to bully players whose physique was not as good as his, but that was based on his personal ability, not mentally beating others like Fatty now.

Paul frowned, Yang Yi's words ignited his pain point.Although he is one of the four major point guards in the league, he performed worse than Yang Yi in New Orleans, and he has not touched the floor of the Western Conference Finals so far.Even though he knew that Yang Yi was talking to him, there was still a trace of anger lingering in his heart.

What the hell, little fat man, you are too deceptive!

But he was just thinking about it in his heart, he was not used to talking trash on the field like Yang Yi, but Little Jordan glared at the fat man after hearing what the fat man said.

Paul didn't answer Yang Yi's words, but it didn't mean he wasn't angry.It's just that he turned his anger into a forward force, focused on controlling the ball, and added strength to the team's victory.

Griffin stepped forward to pick and roll, blocked the fat man who was chattering at Paul, and gave Paul a chance to get inside with the ball.

Griffin's pick-and-roll, Paul's drive with the ball, Griffin's reverse run, and Paul's facing the defender and passing the ball to Griffin have already formed a routine in Fatty's mind.Therefore, after realizing that he was blocked by Griffin, Yang Yi did not rush to chase Paul, but secretly grabbed Griffin's clothes corner while the referee was not paying attention, and successfully avoided the camera.

Don't say that the fat man has a lot of small moves. Such small moves are common on the court. Basically every player uses them. The only difference is whether they are caught or not.As long as you successfully avoid the camera and the on-duty referee, no matter what you do, it is considered a success.

(End of this chapter)