Double stars shine in Los Angeles

Chapter 91
In the derby series between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Clippers in the second round of the playoffs, the Lakers took the lead and beat the Clippers by 23 points.Six players of the Lakers scored in double figures. The two major stars of the Clippers, Chris Paul and Blake Griffin, performed poorly. Due to their hand feeling and physical strength, they did not give the team enough help.

In addition, at the post-match press conference, Clippers head coach Vinny Negro also stood up and took the initiative to attribute the loss of the game to his unreasonable tactical arrangements before the game. Team members can relieve some psychological burden.

After the Lakers won a big victory, the head coach Mike Brown also fulfilled his promise, and invited all the players to have a good meal on the second day of the game. Since there was still a game on the second day, everyone did not Drinking, but the lively atmosphere of a bunch of people is also good.During the meal, head coach Mike Brown told his players that the Lakers will continue to win and sweep the Clippers in this series.

Somehow, Mike Brown's words were spread, or there were media reporters at the time, but they didn't pay attention.In short, in the news that night, the Lakers announced that they would sweep the Clippers and advance to the Western Conference Finals.When the reporter interviewed the Clippers coach Vinny Negro about what the Lakers coach said to sweep the Clippers, Vinny Negro replied:

"First of all, I admit that the Lakers are an excellent team. Coach Mike Brown is also a coach worthy of people's respect. Secondly, our Clippers are also an excellent team. Every one of our players is very good. Yes, I am very confident in my team. As for the sweeping issue, I prefer to speak with facts instead of just relying on my upper lip to touch my little lip. The NBA is a world full of miracles, and every time There are miracles happening in every moment, things are always changing on the pitch, and we will prove everything with facts.”

However, the taste of these words in the mouth of the media is a little different. "The Clippers Bishop Said the Clippers Are Greater Than the Lakers", "Nigero mocked Brown for playing with his mouth" and other exaggerated news were rushed by the media. come out.

Fortunately, there was no reaction from the parties involved, and they just let the media be happy there, which can also attract more attention to their team, so why not do it?

Not to mention the media hype.The general manager of the Lakers, Mitch Kupchak, is sitting in the boss chair behind his desk, looking at the report just sent by his staff. Ticket sales for the Lakers in the second round of the playoffs have dropped sharply, and fans are buying them. Clippers tickets instead of Lakers tickets, after all, Clippers tickets are much cheaper.

Since the two teams share the same arena, in this round of competition, the two parties each underwrote half of the tickets.Compared with the Clippers' ticket sales, the Lakers' sales are significantly lower.Faced with this situation, Mitch Kupchak could only shake his head helplessly, and he had no good way to solve this kind of thing.

After a day off, Game 108 of the series continued at the Staples Center.The Lakers won another victory with an unusually easy score of 90 to 2, and the big score between the two sides became 0 to [-].

Judging from the current form, it seems that there is no difficulty for the Lakers to sweep the Clippers.

Before the game, Chris Paul said in an interview with reporters that he was not efficient enough in the last game, and he will do well in this game.Blake Griffin also said that although the knee has affected him, he will still try his best to play.

In the opening game, the Lakers attacked the inside line first, and Andrew Bynum made a dunk, and the Lakers took the lead in breaking zero.Then the Lakers led the Clippers by four points with a [-]-[-] start.Since then, Blake Griffin and Caron Butler have succeeded in attacking one after another, overtaking the Lakers by two points. This is the only time the Clippers have taken the lead in the entire game.

Since then, Tracy McGrady and Kobe Bryant have sent wonderful offenses one after another. World Peace hit two three-point long shots from the left corner and 45 degrees on the right. The Lakers scored 25 to 28 in one fell swoop. , achieved an eleven-point lead.At the end of the first quarter with one and a half minutes left, Tracy McGregor borrowed the cover of his teammate World Peace on the right side to throw off the defensive player and forced a breakthrough in the face of DeAndre Jordan's supplementary defense.DeAndre Jordan didn't dare to make a move for fear of being fouled, so he could only watch Tracy McGrady rushing towards the basket.Tracy McGrady, the last line of defense facing the Clippers. Blake Griffin receives the ball in the air after a fake layup to trick the opponent, and sends the ball through Blake Griffin's waist. Kobe Bryant, who made an air cut from the other side, dunked with both hands, and the Lakers led [-] to [-].The Clippers scored six points in a row with two-plus-one and three-pointers in the last mobile phone game, before narrowing the score gap to nine points.

In the second quarter of the game, the Clippers' bench improved compared to the previous game. Before the main players came on the field, they only trailed the Lakers by 46 points 34-22.At halftime, the Lakers led the Clippers by [-] points.In the second half of the game, the Clippers launched counterattacks many times but were all strongly suppressed by the Lakers.In the fourth quarter, Lin Fengzhe and Kobe Bryant hit three-pointers one after another. When the game was less than three and a half minutes away, the Lakers led their opponents by [-] points, and they replaced all the main players.Then the Clippers also replaced the main players and announced their surrender.

The average playing time of the main players of the Lakers is less than 25 minutes, and the six players of the team scored in double figures.The Clippers Chris Paul did not make changes as he said before the game. He only got 22 and [-] assists and [-] turnovers.Blake Griffin scored [-] points but had just three rebounds.In the last game, the Clippers' cavalry Eric Bledsoe was completely lost in this game.

After two days of rest, the third game of the series began.This time the floor decals at the Staples Center were replaced with the Clippers logo.This shows the benefits of team battles in the same city, without having to endure long-distance travel.But there is also a bad point, that is, except for the stickers on the floor that have changed but it is still the Lakers' home court, Lakers fans occupy most of the arena.

At the beginning of the game, the Lakers made a 10-0 start, and then the Clippers made adjustments and started scoring.After the first quarter, the Lakers led the Clippers by four points 26 to 22.After coming off the bench in the second quarter, Mo Williams of the Clippers broke through one after another, and at the same time hit a three-pointer from the outside, without further expanding the point difference.When the Clippers replaced their main players, the Lakers were still on the field with Lin Fengzhe and Li Yifeng leading the Lakers' bench.Chris Paul has been plagued by injuries, but can still deliver great passes.At 8 minutes and 50 seconds of this quarter, Chris Paul broke through a feint and suddenly distributed the ball to Blake Griffin who came in from the wing.Blake Griffin took a big stride from the pass, held the ball in the air with both hands, and dunked through Josh McRoberts.

Afterwards, the Clippers once made the backup call only two points away, but they always missed shots before the critical moment.The Lakers stepped up their offense and ended the first half with a 48-39 lead of nine points at halftime.

After the start of the third quarter, without waiting for the Clippers to launch their efforts, the Lakers played a 6-0 spurt, including two dunks, which greatly affected the momentum of the Clippers.What made the Clippers even worse was that for nearly 4 minutes in the third quarter, the Clippers didn't score a point, and the Lakers seized the opportunity to directly expand the score gap to 22 points.In the fourth time, the main players of the Lakers were replaced in less than 3 minutes.Morale dropped further when Clippers starting shooting guard Chauncey Billups twisted his ankle on a drive and was carried off the court by his teammates.In the end, the Clippers defeated by 30 points, creating the largest point difference so far in the playoffs this season.

After the game, the official website of the Clippers announced the injury of Chauncey Billups. Chauncey Billups tore his ligament and will begin a months-long recuperation life.

In the fourth game of the series, in order to avoid being swept by the Lakers, the Clippers broke out with unprecedented fighting power. They fought with the Lakers until the third quarter, and the point difference between the two sides still did not widen.Chris Paul broke out in this game, scoring 27 points and 9 assists in the first three quarters, and Blake Griffin also sent 25 points and 10 rebounds.However, due to the fact that the main players played too much time in this series, their physical strength was unsustainable, and they showed fatigue in the second half of the third quarter.In the end, the Clippers, who were entangled with the Lakers for three quarters, collapsed in the fourth quarter and only scored 15 points, while the Lakers scored 24 points and won by a score of 102 to 93.

The Lakers defeated the Clippers in the same city [-]-[-] to advance to the Western Conference Finals, and they were also the first team to enter the conference finals.

The other two semi-final teams in the West, the San Antonio Spurs played against the Oklahoma City Thunder. The Spurs remembered that they had won two consecutive victories at home and then ushered in two consecutive losses on the road.The Spurs, who returned to the home court again, failed to win, losing 108 to 103. The Thunder led by a big score of [-] to [-] and won the match point.

The Thunder host the Spurs the day after the Lakers made the cut.The Spurs are already standing on the edge of a cliff. If they win, they will have a tiebreaker. If they lose, they will bid farewell to the playoffs.The desperate Spurs went completely crazy in the first half, Tony Parker had 21 points and 10 assists in the half.Tim Duncan had 25 points and 14 rebounds in the game, Stephen Jackson came off the bench and scored 23 points on six of seven three-pointers, and Manu Ginobili scored 10 points, but the Spurs' physical strength declined in the second half and was finally defeated by the opponent. Overtake, win the game, and advance to the Western Conference Finals.The Spurs led their opponents by up to [-] points and once beat the young Thunder team. However, the Spurs were limited by physical factors and were reversed by their opponents. They were eliminated by the Thunder team with a big score of [-]-[-] and bid farewell to the playoffs.

(End of this chapter)