rpbooks Chapter 627 Do Your Best
Chapter 627 Do Your Best
Chapter 627 Do Your Best
In the second quarter, the Clippers continued their state in the second half of the previous quarter.Although it was not able to reverse the disadvantage directly, at least it was in a stalemate with Thunder.
I have to say that the Thunder's bench lineup really looks bad in front of the Clippers.Even if Donovan left An Luo and Grant on the court, it would only be [-]-[-].After all, their defense has dropped by more than one notch.
In this quarter, the Clippers actually hope to tie the game.Harrell, who was not particularly brilliant in the last game, broke out in those few minutes.In the area inside the free throw line, he scored four goals in a row, directly chasing the score to only 3 points.But at this moment, An Luo stood up.The Clippers defended his shots from beyond the three-point line very tightly. However, it was not difficult for An Luo to score against Lu Wei, who was not very defensive.
When the Clippers approached the point difference to 5 points, Donovan let An Luo play early.Originally, in this game, he put Paul George back in the rotation in the second quarter.After all, Paul George is in pretty good shape.It's a pity that the Clippers directly adopted the strictest defense against him, and almost all the perimeter defensive power was concentrated on Paul George.The performance of other Thunder players is not very good!
Although An Luo had only rested for a few minutes, it did not affect his performance.After playing, he received a basketball from his teammates outside the three-point line on the right.Lu Wei directly stuck to it, with An Luo on his chest, his hands wide open to prevent him from shooting.Seeing the opponent's appearance of "you don't want to let you shoot a three-pointer even if you rush in", An Luo didn't hesitate, bowed his head, accelerated his feet, and rushed to the inside.
When An Luo rushed in, Lu Wei chased after him calmly.He got stuck on An Luo's left side, preventing him from getting close to the basket.An Luo didn't force himself to squeeze into the middle. When he was close to the bottom line, he stopped suddenly, turned to the back right and swayed past Lu Wei.The latter rushed over, but An Luo kicked hard on the floor with his right foot, and he immediately returned to his original position.It was too late for Lu Wei to take it back at this time, he could only symbolically jump up on An Luo's left side, and stretch out his hand to interfere.
An Luo, who turned back, jumped up with all his strength, flicked his right hand lightly, and threw the ball.
"Shh!"
The basketball crossed the sky and entered the net hollow!
Thirty seconds later, An Luo received a pass from Paul George in the left corner.He raised his hand to shake Lu Wei away from Noelle's pick-and-roll, and then opened his hand and blasted a three-pointer into the basket.
With An Luo's scoring, Harrell and Lu Wei's offense caused much less damage to the Thunder.By the end of the second quarter, the Thunder still maintained a 13-point lead.
In this section, the two sides played a 30:30.I have to say that if the two sides are separated and play against each other, the Clippers are still very powerful.However, their defense does have a lot of problems.Perhaps the reason why Lu Wei and Harrell could not go further is not just because of the team's tactics.
At halftime, the Chesapeake Energy Arena put on some fantastic warm-up performances as usual.At this time, the mood of Thunder fans is very relaxed.Compared with the last game, the situation of tonight's game is very comfortable.The home team has always been in the lead, and the away team does not look like there is any sign of a comeback.
After winning this game, the Thunder can go to Los Angeles with a 2:0 advantage.For the entire series, this is already a very big advantage.The goal of the Thunder is to defend the title, and it is crucial to save some energy in the first two rounds.
But if the Clippers lose this game, it will be very uncomfortable!Therefore, they are bound to launch an extremely violent counterattack in the second half.
In this regard, Donovan vaccinated the Thunder players during the intermission.As a head coach, he knows what Rivers thinks very well.No head coach wants to see his team lose the game, even if it is a situation of disparity in strength.What's more, the teams that can reach the playoffs are all the best in the past season.No one wants to go further!Even if it is only a theoretical possibility, we will do our best.
In the third quarter, they changed sides and fought again.Rivers directly "all the main players out".Lu Wei Harrell took Gallinari, Alexander and Beverly.This is not their strongest offensive combination. Shamet can top the No. [-] position, and his shooting ability is still quite good.But Rivers still let Beverly play. When Lu Wei and Harrell are both on the court, Beverly's defense is very critical.The Thunder's excellent perimeter offense is a huge threat to the Clippers and needs some deterrence from the defensive end.
The same is true for the Thunder. The Big Three plus Adams and Grant have both offense and defense.
The Clippers took the lead in attacking.Beverley tried to get ahead, but Westbrook's defense dispelled his thoughts.In the end, the basketball was passed to Lu Wei.He rushed into the free throw line with Harrell's screen, Adams moved quickly, and immediately switched over.His defense still put a lot of pressure on Lu Wei. The latter took it in and immediately passed the ball back to Harrell who was down.
This is the most classic tactic of the Clippers.After Harrell received the ball, he pressed An Luo and rushed over.Although An Luo's defense is not bad, but in this case, there is really no good way.Harrell rushed to the basket, took a round with his right hand, and pressed the ball directly into the basket.
An Luo didn't dare to resist!Let’s not talk about whether we can bear it or not, but if it becomes two plus one, it won’t be worth it!
Looking back, Beverly slapped Westbrook's layup to the basket again and slapped it out of bounds.Although his stature is not big, but under the desperate situation, the impact is still very shocking.
Although the ball is still on the Thunder's side, there is not much time left.After kicking off the ball, Paul George's three-pointer hit the iron, giving the Clippers a chance to continue to close the score.Moreover, they also seized this opportunity!After receiving the pass from Harrell, Lu Wei rushed to the basket with his head buried, and with a European step, Westbrook, who had returned from the defense, swayed away and scored the ball.It looks very easy!
It was the Thunder's turn to attack again.This time they were more patient.The basketball was transmitted back and forth between the players, and finally came to An Luo's hands.At this time, there are only 3 seconds left!After An Luo received the ball, there was no time to hesitate!He threw the ball directly against Lu Wei's defense.Fortunately, it's Lu Wei!An Luo hit the ball directly.
This round, the Clippers' defense was very good.It can be seen that they worked very hard on the defensive end.Do your best to win the game, not just talk.
(End of this chapter)