Double stars shine in Los Angeles

Chapter 199

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With less than half the game left, it is unrealistic for the Clippers to recover more than 20 points.Although the offensive ability of the Lakers' second team is not as strong as that of the first team, the second team is obviously more defensive than the first team.

The Clippers continued to struggle for about 2 minutes, and finally announced their surrender and replaced all the main players.The Lakers saw that the Clippers had softened, and then they also carried out personnel rotation, and the game officially entered garbage time.

In the end, the city battle between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Clippers ended with the Lakers winning at home, with a final score of 116 to 99.
The Lakers at home scored in double figures with six points.Li Yifeng had 22 points, twelve rebounds, two assists and three blocks, Pau Gasol had [-] points, nine rebounds and six assists, Lin Fengzhe had seventeen points, four rebounds, five assists and two steals, Kobe Bryant had ten Nine points, two rebounds and three assists, Yao Ming [-] points and [-] assists, Tracy McGrady [-] points and [-] assists.

After the real game, although the Lakers have many star players, the Lakers play more team.On the contrary, although the Clippers only have two All-Star players, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, the Clippers hardly cooperated with the whole team except for the first quarter. Relying on the players' personal offensive ability, especially when the pick-and-roll tactics are difficult to destroy the Lakers' defense, makes them even worse.

Although Blake Griffin and Chris Paul are both All-Stars, Chris Paul was called a lone hero after the game, because Blake Griffin was in the playoffs just like last season. He disappeared again during the game, completely failing to show his All-Star level strength.

The most intuitive reaction to Blake Griffin's performance on the court is that at the beginning, Josh McRoberts could not adapt to both offense and defense, but in the second half, Josh McRoberts was already able to play at a certain level. Limit Blake Griffin to a certain extent.As a result, Blake Griffin was once again criticized by the media, and some media even directly pointed out that Blake Griffin was just a regular season player, not a playoff player.

Such reports annoyed Blake Griffin very much. You must know that he had dunked Pau Gasol and made him a man in the background!However, the media did not bring up this kind of thing again. Everyone knew that it was just Pau Gasol's bad luck.What Blake Griffin needs to do now is to prove himself in the next game, whether it is performance or statistics on the court.

At the press conference after the game, a reporter asked Lakers coach Mike Brown, "Coach Brown, does the Lakers beat the Clippers in the first game of the series? Maintain this momentum in the next few games and go directly to the finals?"

Mike Brown's face was full of smiles, "Only by winning four games can we win the series. We will try to play every game well. This is the only thing we can do. The court is always changing, isn't it?" ? However, we have full confidence in advancing to the finals."

Mike Brown himself suppressed first and then rose. Although he didn't say it clearly, what he said meant that the Lakers would inevitably defeat the Clippers and enter the finals.

The reporter turned to ask Kobe Bryant, "Bryant, what do you think is the reason for the team's big victory today?"

Kobe Bryant is in a good mood. As long as he can win the championship this year, he can surpass Michael Jordan in the total number of championships. This is his long-cherished wish. "We won as a team, as we saw in double figures with six of our team. Also, we gave the basketball to the right person at the right time to finish the final shot, which made our game Easy.

The second game is still the home of the Lakers.Li Yifeng won the jump ball again. It seemed that Li Yifeng had never lost a jump ball.Under the organization of Steve Nash, the Lakers are running very actively.

Lin Fengzhe received the pass from the left position and singled Lamar Odom with his back.Lin Fengzhe pushed past Lamar Odom again and turned around to make a false pass and hit the basketball to Li Yifeng at the basket.After receiving the pass, Li Yifeng turned around and easily completed the attack with a small hook.

The Clippers attacked, and Li Yifeng kept up with Blake Griffin as in the previous game, and Kobe Bryant was responsible for defending Chris Paul. The Lakers had to cut off at the beginning of the game The starting point of the Clippers' offense restricts Chris Paul's passing. It can be said that the Clippers are almost half disabled.

The Lakers didn't cherish their physical strength at all on the defensive end, and adopted a half-court defensive approach.The only advantage the Clippers have on the floor right now is Caron Butler, who is playing against Steve Nash.However, Caron Butler's hand feeling is not good. After throwing off Steve Nash, he missed the open mid-range shot, and this shot was actually an air ball. Pau Gasol at the basket directly took the basketball in the bag.

Steve Nash passed the basketball to Kobe Bryant in the right bottom corner on the way to break through. After the fake action shook Caron Butler, Kobe Bryant killed along the baseline as soon as he was short. To the Clippers' basket.Kobe Bryant faced DeAndre Jordan's defense for a backhand layup, and at the same time rubbed his hand on DeAndre Jordan's hand, and the referee's whistle sounded at the right time.

However, the basketball circled inside the blue frame and fell out. Kobe Bryant got two free throw opportunities and failed to make a three-pointer, but let DeAndre Jordan carry one shortly after the start of the game. Fouls are also good.Kobe Bryant made two free throws.

Chris Paul used Blake Griffin's pick-and-roll to reach the inside and then dropped the throw after an emergency stop to allow the Clippers to successfully break zero.And the next few offenses of the Clippers were scored by Chris Paul himself, and the Clippers got off to a bad start.

At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers trailed by five points 26-20 away, thanks to Jamal Crawford hitting two three-pointers and relying on a breakthrough to make Pau Gasol Defensive fouls and three-pointers successfully scored nine points in a row to make the Clippers only behind by six points after the first quarter.The Clippers only scored in the first quarter, Chris Paul and Jamal Crawford.

Compared with the predicament of the Clippers, the Lakers can be said to be more blooming. Through the fast passing of the basketball and the pick-and-roll cooperation between outside players, it is easy to get shooting opportunities. .

In the second quarter, the Clippers kept two starters, Blake Griffin and Caron Butler, on the court, along with Chauncey Billups and Jamal Crawford , and Matt Barnes, a lineup of one big and four small.The Lakers put on a full bench lineup.

Matt Barnes made a contribution on the field, hit a long three-pointer, and then defended Steve Blake with Chauncey Billups, succeeded in stealing and then made a fast break layup, scoring five points in a row. Chase the score to only one point.

Tracy McGrady of the Lakers took over the players in the backcourt and pushed the ball into the frontcourt by himself. Facing Caron Butler's defense, he missed a three-pointer after changing speed and dribbling. Fortunately, Rebound rebound by Josh McRoberts.Josh McRoberts, who got the offensive rebound, did not blindly choose to attack by himself, but passed the basketball to Yao Ming in the high post.Yao Ming, who was open to catch the ball, just flipped his toes lightly before throwing the basketball, and the jump shot was hollow.The Lakers still lead the Clippers by three points.

In the first half of the second quarter, the second team of the Clippers and the Lakers played vigorously, the score rose alternately, and even took the lead once, but it was soon lost by World Peace with a three-pointer from the bottom corner. Pull the score apart.Seeing that the second team of the Lakers is not in good condition today, Clippers coach Vinny Negro replaced Chris Paul and Lamar Odom at 50 minutes and [-] seconds of the second quarter. Off Jamal Crawford and Blake Griffin, who has not yet rested.

In the third quarter, the Lakers lined up their three musketeers, and Tracy McGrady replaced Pau Gasol in the second half.The lineup of the Lakers has become one big and four small, but the offensive power cannot be underestimated. The five players on the field are all capable of three-pointers.

Matt Barnes, who played well in the first half of the Clippers, continued to stay on the court, cut in the middle to receive a pass from Chris Paul, and made an emergency stop throw, turning his personal score into [-] points .

Kobe Bryant responded with two points on a pull-up jumper off a pass from Steve Nash.The Lakers' offense at this time relies more on the super personal abilities of the stars.But even so, it is not something the Clippers can stop.

The score was quickly stretched to [-] points, and Vinny Negro immediately called a timeout, but after the timeout, the Clippers did not close the score, but kept the score from being further opened.

Eager to prove himself in this game, Blake Griffin is destined to fail. So far his statistics are [-] shots, [-] shots, [-] rebounds and [-] fouls. As an inside player, his shooting percentage is really horrible.If Blake Griffin can't improve his efficiency in the remaining time, he will inevitably usher in more fierce criticism after the game.

Only 5 minutes into the fourth quarter, the point difference has been widened to [-] points, and there is a trend of further widening.The starting players of the second half of the Lakers have all sat on the bench, and the substitute lineup composed of Pau Gasol and Yao Ming's partner inside mainly continued to widen the point difference after playing.

"Beep!" The final whistle sounded, and the score was 112 to 91. The Lakers were behind the former Clippers. The Lakers had two consecutive victories at home, leading [-]-[-].

(End of this chapter)