Chapter 853: The Battle of Los Angeles (Part II)
Jordan Jr., who brushed up two goals in rotation time, was by no means the protagonist of the game, and with the Pickle Girls and the Heat Big Three back on the court, the game went into hell mode once again.
In the middle and late stages of the second quarter, both sides focused on defense, with Bosh giving Paul a cap on the defensive and two bulls delivering a hot pot to D. Wade under the basket, not to mention the whistles, fouls, elbows and dashes throughout the court.
The Heat have no way out, they have calculated from before the start of the game, they must win back a city in G6, because when it comes to the tie-break, even if the Clippers have home-court advantage, they will lose the advantage of bias because of the focus of the world's attention.
James was locked up by the two bulls and was never able to play to the average level of the entire Eastern Conference playoffs.
Although D. Wade actually broke Leonard, Kawaii's defensive skills have also improved rapidly, and more importantly, the strength of the cheek gang has indeed declined significantly, and knee injuries have always bothered him, and he is no longer the omnipotent Flash.
As for Bosh, it's still the same old opinion, it's really unfair to him to insist that he was blocked by Allen, a giant who doesn't have the ball, and it's actually no different from a role player.
Originally, Bosh was injured and James became more efficient in playing the No. 4 position, which was a surprise for the Heat, but unfortunately, they met the Clippers led by Ruan Erniu in the finals, which made the offensive system that the Heat had grown up all the way to the playoffs encounter major setbacks and tests.
At that time, the Heat's proud defensive counterattack lineup was met by the Clippers who could not only play against them, but also blow them up on the rebound, which immediately made the Miamins feel extremely painful.
In the final minute and a half of the second quarter, Nguyen Er Niu once again showed his superstar qualities, hitting two consecutive three-pointers from beyond the three-point line, and then stealing Bosh's pass in defense.
Switch between offense and defense!
Erniu carried the ball into the front court, and after making a continuous hand-to-hand pass with Paul, he immediately threw the ball high, jumped high from the kawaii that was inserted at high speed, and poured a two-handed basket to deliver the best teamwork goal of the game.
At 23:30, the Clippers ended the second quarter with a seven-point lead.
By halftime, the score had reached 52:65, and the Clippers had extended their lead to 13 points.
Objectively speaking, tonight's referee Dan Crawford's blow is relatively fair, at least it is not clearly biased towards the side of the home team's Clippers, and the Heat are behind their opponents in the score, completely because they themselves failed to find a way on the court.
Nguyen Er Niu was interviewed by Doris Burke in the midfield, and ESPN's mature female reporter has often met Kraft Nguyen in the finals in recent years, and this year is no exception.
So, before Erniu could reply, Burke took the initiative to say, "Kraft, I didn't see you last year, so I interviewed Dirk here, and then he won the championship!"
Erniu smiled: "Is this a prophecy for me? If so, thank you very much!"
"What do you think of your performance in the first half?" Burke asked officially.
"I was acting normally and my team-mates were playing well. Erniu said with a smile.
"So 26 points in the half, 21 boards, a big double-double stat can only be considered your normal performance?" Burke shot back, pretending to be forced.
Well, that's right, in fact, with the increasing development of the Internet, we have heard many similar incidents of pretending.
"Then set a small goal first and earn him 100 million!"
"I'm not interested in money!"
"I didn't know if she was pretty!"
Well, and so on, take your own seated one by one.
Ruan Erniu's response to this was: "Okay, slightly better than normal!"
Burke's time was limited to questions, and she finally asked, "What tactics will you use to deal with the game in the second half?"
Erniu said seriously: "Tougher defense, more resolute attack, we will forget that we are ahead of the opponent, everything starts from scratch, until the referee blows the whistle at the end of the game." β
For the two teams that reached the finals, the chicken soup that should have been poured has already been poured, and during the halftime break, the coaches of both sides are only dismantling some details in detail, and the players can do it on their own.
In the locker room of the Clippers, after Thibodeau explained the specific tactical requirements, Ruan Erniu smiled and said to everyone: "I know what you are all looking forward to, but I am not going to say anything grandiose to you, there are two quarters left in the game, play these two quarters well, we have to sprinkle champagne together!"
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Despite the intense half-time battle, the Clippers players did not feel the slightest fatigue as they were about to touch that supreme honor.
Nguyen Er Niu was the penultimate to walk out of the locker room, while the last person to walk out was Chauncey Billups.
Mr. FMVP stopped another FMVP and said, "Kraft, thank you for allowing me to lie down and win my second championship trophy." β
FMVP smiled and turned back to FMVP and said, "There is still half a time to decide, but I will never let you down." β
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Players from both sides returned to the field and the game officially began.
On the offensive end of the Heat, James held the ball high and lowered his center of gravity to prepare for a strong inside.
Ruan Erniu didn't shoot at all, James forced the inside line, but failed to put the ball in the basket under Erniu's interference.
Bosh and Yi Jian grabbed the backcourt rebound at the same time and flew the basketball, and Paul cleverly won the backcourt rebound.
Quickly dribbled the ball into the front court and distributed the ball to JJ Redick next to him.
"Bang!"
Unguarded Reddick makes a quick stop and shoots!
Caron Butler protected the backcourt rebound and passed the ball to Chalmers.
Chalmers carried the ball into the halfcourt, put the ball in the hands of D. Wade, and the cheeks faced Kawaii's close guard and chose to cross the step.
Kawaii's defense was not out of position, and the two of them fought together to the baseline.
Allen stepped forward to make up for it, but was whistled for a blocking foul, and D. Wade walked to the free throw line and hit both free throws.
On the offensive end of the Clippers, Paul responded by hitting a step-back jumper at 17 feet with the help of Erniu's block in the high post.
After a tentative attacking round at the start of the second half, the two sides quickly entered into soaring form.
James played more aggressively in this quarter, and even if Ruan Erniu's defense was tight enough, he also tried to score points directly with the ball on the offensive end.
James himself knows very well that Bosh has no ball in his hands, and he was interfered with by another Celestial Empire, and he played at all, and D. Wade's state is also declining, coupled with the Clippers' strategy of preventing breakouts and not shooting on the cheeks, which has greatly reduced the scoring efficiency of the Flash.
Counting and counting, the Heat found a stable scoring point that they could rely on at critical moments, and he was the only one.
"Brush!", "Brush!", "Brush!"
James continues to hit mid-range jumpers, objectively speaking, James's shooting ability is actually underestimated, he is indeed not a top shooter, but his shooting percentage is definitely above the league level.
James played well, and Erniu immediately responded on the offensive end of the Clippers.
The Chosen One chose to end the attack with a mid-range shot because the interior line was firmly occupied by the brute bull, but the Eastern Tyrant had all kinds of demands on the inside.
Whenever it comes to critical moments, Ruan Erniu always prefers to finish games in the low post, which is also his most efficient means of killing, even if his three-point shot is now a historical existence.
"Bang!", "Bang!"
Ruan Erniu is the existence of Kendrick Perkins who can top the green Kai meat shield in his rookie season, although James has strong athletic talent, but he wants to withstand Erniu's back and chisel, it is still too reluctant.
Take a big step, turn sideways, feint and sway, shake up, lean forward, and then throw a throw.
"Brush!"
"Toot!"
Two points, plus a penalty!
The perfect combination of strength and skill, if James hadn't been deceived just now, Erniu would have strode directly past people and directly attacked the basket.
Unsolvable low-post skills, Ruan Erniu's strength on the offensive end lies in this.
The opponent knows that he wants to shoot three points, but he just can't prevent it; the opponent knows that he wants to attack the basket, but he still can't prevent it; the opponent knows that he wants to eat in the low position, but he still can't prevent it!
Erniu adjusted his breath to stand on the free throw line and hit the free throw line steadily.
Since adjusting the free throw method this season, his free throw shooting rate has soared from less than 85% to more than 90%, and Erniu's free throw level is now also the top in the league.
Judging from his personal offensive skills alone, Erniu is already a super player with no obvious shortcomings.
At this point, he clearly outperformed Michael Jordan, and His Majesty Flyers shot only 85.7% of his free throw percentage at his peak, and in the three-point field, it was even more obvious that he was one of the few black spots.
In the third quarter, the real trouble for the Clippers was that Allen received his fifth foul in the second half of the quarter, but he had to go off early.
Jordan Jr. was ordered to face Bosh again, but the Heat also keenly seized this opportunity, and the ball immediately shifted to Bosh.
As a result, Bosh shot 4-of-4 in the second half of the final quarter, leading the team to a wave of 12:2 attacks, which quickly narrowed the score of the two teams.
Fortunately, Paul was not soft at the critical moment, and he scored consecutive assaults on the Heat basket to help the team stabilize the situation again.
At the end of the third quarter, the two teams scored 35:29 in the first quarter, and the Heat recovered 6 points in the first quarter, bringing the total score of the two teams to 87:94.
Before the final quarter of the game began, the difference between the two teams narrowed to single digits.
Jordan Jr. is also depressed, if the Clippers restrain the Heat as a whole, then Bosh undoubtedly restrains him in individual confrontations.
The most important thing is that he himself lacks confidence in the confrontation with Bosh, while the Heat desperately feed the former with cannonballs as soon as they see Bosh and Jordan Jr. in the opposite position.
This is also the true rule of the playoffs, find a weak point of the opponent and attack to the death.
Ruan Erniu did not give any reprimand to Jordan Jr. during the interval, and it was up to him to see who could bite the last step in the game.
In the final quarter of the game, whether it was the Big Three of the Heat or the Clippers' pickled girl combination, they all chose to play the whole final quarter without any rest.
Speaking on the TNT commentary bench, Charles Barkley said: "This may be the final quarter of the 11-12 season, and the current lead is still the Los Angeles Clippers.
I'd also like to announce an incredible record of Kraft Nguyen's 34 rebounds tonight, and if he grabbed six more rebounds in the final quarter, he would be able to tie Bill Russell's 1962 record of 40 rebounds in a single game in the Finals.
Hey, Bill, say a few words!"
Billy Russell: "What else can I say, there's a guy who's already going to set a new record, we just need to keep my eyes open." β
The Lord of the Rings couldn't help but burst into foul language, which shows how shocking Erniu's data is.
In the framework of modern basketball, there are really people who can directly challenge those terrifying ancient data, and the most important thing is that when people see the bull doing this, they take it for granted.
In the final quarter of the game, the two sides once again raised the banner of defense, and the game once again fell into the ugly process of wrestling.
Thankfully, this will only drop the scoring stats of both sides, and will not affect Erniu's ability to scramble for every rebound that could change history.
Especially on the offensive end, Ruan Erniu, who has already grabbed 11 offensive rebounds tonight, doesn't seem to have any intention of stopping.
JJ Redick misses a shot, grabs the frontcourt rebound on the second bull point, wins the ball and passes to Kawaii.
The latter chose to shoot from a distance again, but still missed, and Erniu grabbed the rebound in the front court again and passed the ball to Paul.
Paul's long-range shot still missed, and this time Erniu, who rose up in the crowd, directly came to split Huashan, faced James' defense in the air, and forcibly dunked the ball into the basket.
As game time continued to slip, the Heat never managed to close the score, and the 5-7 point difference became a chasm.
Whenever the Heat launch a counterattack with the intention of playing a wave of ** on the offensive end, the Clippers can always have someone to step up in time to stop the opponent and stabilize the lead.
Especially Sean Battier, who came off the bench, the Batman saved the Clippers again, when the two bulls and three shots were focused on defense by the Heat, and Nick Young missed his shot tonight, he alone carried the offensive firepower on the Clippers' bench.
After making N mistakes in this game, Thibodeau finally made the right substitution at the last minute, replacing Kawaii with Battier, on the one hand, maintaining the overall defensive intensity of the Clippers, and on the other hand, increasing the Clippers' outside offensive firepower.
"Brush!"
A crucial three-pointer came with 44 seconds left in the game.
At this time, Ruan Erniu happened to win the frontcourt rebound and distributed the ball to the outside, while Battier did not hesitate to face the defense of the cheeks, and raised his hand to hit a three-point shot.
The score came to 103:113, and the two sides played the most tragic quarter.
The Heat then started grabbing two three-pointers, but ultimately didn't change the game.