The Staples Center, a star-studded place.

Even before the Western Conference Finals began, the stadium was already full of spectators, including many Hollywood superstars.

The fact that Jack Nicholson, a veteran Lakers fan, can even be seen in the audience through the TV footage, is not enough to prove that the hardcore Lakers have defected, but it is also enough to prove that the Clippers' influence in Los Angeles is growing.

Even if the Lakers are eliminated early, the people of Los Angeles still want to be able to continue to watch the playoffs live.

At this time, the players of the two teams were warming up on the court in twos and threes.

Erniu did not make any phone contact with his friend Wei Shao before the game, and the big war was imminent, and both sides had to hold their breath and compete for internal strength.

Erniu's face was as usual, and it was the fourth time in his short career that he had encountered such a big scene.

Interestingly, Paul was a little unnatural.

"What's wrong, don't tell me you're nervous?" said Erniu, patting Paul on the shoulder.

Paul barely made an awkward smile and took a deep breath before gradually relieving himself and replied, "You may not believe it, and I don't know why, I actually have the urge to kiss and touch the floor!"

Ruan Erniu: "......"

The big-hearted Paul gradually eased up, but Erniu was a little worried about the other players in the team, especially Kawaii and Thomas Jr.

These two rookies are also indispensable to the team, and their performance will directly affect the normal operation of the team.

It's always hard to see the expression on the face of the kawaii, but little Thomas seems to be eager to try, and in general, looking at the two from the perspective of a rookie, they are still the type of teenagers and old-fashioned.

Thomas is okay, anyway, in the rotation time, he will be in the opposite position with the old fish, no matter how Er Niu thinks about it, he feels that Chairman Yu can't keep up with the speed of the little assassin, and what is really worrying is Kawaii's defense of Durant.

On a stage like the Western Finals, it takes courage to use a rookie to play the starting No. 3 position, but Erniu finally overrode the crowd in the team meeting and let Kawaii get the starting position.

Steve Kerr questioned, "So what should Harden do?

Under normal circumstances, most people's solutions are to use Battier to supplement the defense, but Ruan Erniu gave a different opinion: "Sean needs to take turns with Kehuai to consume KD, as for Harden, let Nick deal with him!"

Don't try to strangle the opponent completely on the defensive end, we have to try to achieve a balance between offense and defense, as long as Nick can maintain concentration on the defensive end, his individual defense ability is not bad, and his scoring ability will also make the opponent fearful!"

Cole smiled and said, "So, offense is the best defense?"

Erniu shook his head and said, "No, it should be said that we always try to deal with the game in the most appropriate way. ”

"Bai Haozi Soldiers" said: "A good general uses soldiers, if a good doctor treats a disease, the disease will change, and the medicine will also change." ”

It's the same in basketball, always trying to use the same tactics or tactical concepts to beat the world, which is sometimes extremely ridiculous.

Looking at the history of basketball, all famous coaches have not only constantly changed their tactics, playing styles and even concepts according to the players in their hands.

In the face of the Jazz and Grizzlies, the Clippers must have no big mistakes on the defensive end, and they can basically guarantee to win the series if they remain stable on the offensive end, but in the face of the talented OKC, the Clippers must give the opponent a big enough threat on the offensive end.

Back at the game site, through negotiation, Erniu was interviewed by the imperial court station before the game, and Yu Jia and Zhang Lili were responsible for tonight's live broadcast.

In addition to the simple questions and answers on the scene, Yu and Zhang should have mentioned the upcoming 12 London Olympics.

Although the list of the new Olympic men's basketball team has been announced, with Erniu's current status, as long as he is willing to announce his return, I believe that the leaders of the Basketball Association will also be happy to lie down and win political achievements.

But even if he asked a question privately, Erniu also started Tai Chi and did not answer this question directly.

Get back?

What about going back?

The domestic league continues to reverse, and the competitive state of the 08 generation has declined significantly.

Da Yao retired, Sun Yue failed to stay in the NBA this season, and even a Lian in the team has to be interfered with by the country from time to time, how can such a national team have achieved any outstanding results in 12 years?

It's easy to go up and hard to come down, Erniu finally succeeds and retreats, so why bother to go back to the troubled waters.

After a short opening ceremony, the DJ began to introduce the line-ups of the two teams.

On the Thunder side:

c Kendrick Perkins

Pf Serge Ibaka

SF Kevin Durant

SG Sapo Soflosa

Pg Russell Westbrook

For the Clippers:

c DeAndre Jordan

Pf Nguyen Er Niu

SF Kawhi Leonard

SG JJ Reddick

PG Chris Paul

With Jordan Jr.'s victory over Perkins in the jump ball, the G1 game officially began.

The basketball fell into Erniu's hands, and then it was passed to Paul.

Paul carried the ball into the halfcourt, and Redick made a roundabout run, with the help of Jordan Jr. and Erniu's double cover, shook off Soflosa's defense outside the three-point line, and shot out in the open space.

"Brush!"

Hit!

The Clippers played extremely decisive in the opening stages, and they knew that if they wanted to beat the Thunder team who eliminated the Spurs, they would have to suppress their opponents in offensive firepower.

On the offensive end of the Thunder, Westbrook held the ball across the half court and sent the ball to Durant as soon as possible.

The kawaii defense is very good, and both men have long arms, but Leonard pays considerable attention to Durant's arm loop, either directly to the body or simply to put him aside.

Anyway, before the series, the facial paralyzed cutie had already studied countless times with the help of Natalie Nakase on videotape how Tony Allen defended the big tarantula last year.

Against Durant, you first have to consume him before he catches the ball, and then you need to use your body to put pressure on him to shoot at any time.

"Bang!"

Durant was obviously not in a good mood after the opening, and he shot iron.

Erniu won the backcourt rebound, and immediately started the "Brute Bull Sprint", and the offense and defense were converted!

3vs4 in the frontcourt, the Thunder's retreat is faster, they are young enough to have the energy to fight with the Clippers.

Ruan Erniu, who was in the high position, had to stop this fast attack and delivered the ball to Paul in the high position.

Paul used Erniu to cover a continuous pendulum swing, and Wei Shao hesitated and was blocked by Erniu.

CP3 is misplaced inside and eats Perkins, who is easily passed, and the three shots overshoot layup and hit the board.

The Thunder, who had lost back-to-back points, had to call a timeout, but Thunder head coach Scott Brooks didn't come up with a good solution.

Because even though the Thunder are more focused on the defensive end, they still can't find a shooting touch in the first quarter of the G1 game in the Western Conference finals.

Dewey's constant striking of iron is the fundamental reason for their backwardness.

When Du Shao shot 2 of 6 in a single quarter, Wei Shao shot 1 of 6 in a single quarter, and Harden shot 0 of 4 in a single quarter, the Thunder fell behind the home team 18:31 in the first quarter, which was a matter of course.

Especially in the rotation time at the end of the first quarter, Harden, who was prevented by Nick Young, was even more stumbling.

It is said that Yang Shaoxia has no defense, but when it comes to working hard, Yang Shaoxia's defense is far more reliable than most people imagine.

Ball black hole = no defense?

This concept is indeed taken for granted.

trailing by 13 points in a single quarter, this is not a small blow to the Thunder.

In fact, before the start of the Western Conference finals, in the eyes of most media, the Clippers won far better than the Thunder.

Because in the regular season, the Clippers had an absolute advantage with a total score of 3:1.

But the Thunder's performance in the past two rounds of the playoffs has also been remarkable.

Especially after they hammered the Spurs to death with three less rounds of hammers again, it made them see the possibility of this team hitting the championship.

The scary thing about the Thunder is that the opponent knows that they are hammering, and the opponent knows very well that you are playing superstar basketball, but you just can't stop it.

The integrity of the Spurs, but anyone who has watched the game will not question it, but they still can't stand the hammer of the Thunder, until the Thunder meets the Clippers, who are both overall and better at wheel hammering, they don't know what a mountain and a mountain are high.

Yes, the current king of the hill in the NBA must be Kraft Nguyen, and the Celestial Empire is the real dizzy hammer master.

Ruan Erniu shot 5 of 6 in the first quarter, including 2 of 2 three-pointers and 4 of 4 free throws, and quietly scored 16 points.

didn't look at what kind of five-ball offense he completed in the first quarter, and easily got nearly 20 scoring data.

The Thunder couldn't shoot three times, but the Clippers always maintained the suppression on the offensive end under the leadership of Er Niu.

It's no wonder that during the break, Thibodeau faced the camera and said in an interview: "We did a good job defensively, but we did a better job offensively. ”

By the time Thibodeau returned to the players' box, Ruan Erniu had already arranged the rotation of players during the second quarter rotation time.

As is customary, Nick Young on the Clippers' side will lead the team's attacking arrows, but the ball is controlled by Thomas Jr., who will finally face Fisher.

Erniu put his arm around Isaiah Thomas's shoulders and said, "Isaiah, it's time to prove yourself. Don't forget, we turned down Derek because of you. ”

At the beginning of the second quarter, the Thunder had the ball.

Lao Yu held the ball over the half court and passed the ball to Harden, who did not force a shot when he had a bad hand, but sent the ball back to Lao Yu.

The old fish facing little Thomas is a dry pull.

"Brush!"

Hit!

Obviously, Chairman Yu is also holding his breath to prove himself, his original first choice, but the Clippers, not to mention that this is still the Staples Center he is familiar with.

On the offensive end of the Clippers, Thomas held the ball across the half court, and Yi Jianlian and Martin raised the cover at the same time.

Thomas didn't use any cover, flanked in, and a single acceleration cleared Fisher.

Thunder bench interior Nick Collison couldn't make up for it and could only watch Thomas make a layup and hit a 2-pointer.

Erniu applauded Thomas off the field, did not recruit the old and spicy Fisher, and insisted on using the little assassin also needed to bear a lot of pressure, but Erniu still insisted on giving rookies a chance, this is the grace of knowing the encounter.

However, Thomas and Fisher don't have many chances, because the Thunder's main shot is in the hands of Harden, and Harden's performance tonight is really sluggish.

"Bang!", "Bang!", "Bang!"

That is, after shooting 0 of 4 in the first quarter, Harden shot 1 of 5 in this quarter.

Yang Shaoxia's defense is serious, but it is not good to say that Hu Zizi went to the nightclub last night.

With Allen and Battier hitting back-to-back three-pointers from the perimeter, the scores of the two teams were further opened.

Even Nick Young knew how to create opportunities for his teammates with consecutive breakaway shots, and the game went even further in favor of the Clippers.

The Thunder were stopped, and head coach Scott Brooks had to disrupt the rotation and bring on Durant and Westbrook early.

Fortunately, the Thunder did not carry forward the bad hand in the first half, and they gradually got used to the Clippers' pressing defense in the second quarter and gradually found their touch.

The second bull and the third cannon returned to the court during normal rotation time and led the Clippers to block the Thunder's counterattack and stabilize the score advantage.

At the end of the second quarter, at 29:31, the Clippers still led the opponent by 2 points in the first quarter.

47:62, in an NBA-level confrontation, 47 points in the half is actually not low, but the Clippers' offensive firepower is obviously beyond the Thunder's prediction.

In the half-time interview, Nguyen Er Niu talked about his thoughts on the game: "We played more aggressively tonight and the opponent was not prepared, they will definitely launch a counterattack in the second half, but I don't think they will have a chance to overtake the score. ”

The Clippers then proved the idea of the team leader with practical actions.

In the third quarter, both sides did not hesitate to choose to strengthen the confrontation on the defensive end.

In the meat grinder-like arena, there are all kinds of unconventional actions from the inside to the outside.

If the penalty is blown according to the scale of the regular season, the game will enter the boring scene of mutual free throws early.

Westbrook, under Paul's interference, gradually entered brainless mode, and once again threw an embarrassing statistic of 1 of 5 shots in a single quarter.

Although people like to say that Wei Shao defended Du Shao, judging from the actual situation of the Thunder, without Wei Shao's breakthrough, it is more difficult for Durant to get space to shoot.

The real reason why Wei Shao has been criticized by countless people should be his stability at critical moments and low offensive efficiency, in short, he can't shoot.

Throughout Westbrook's career, this season, the 11-12 season, 45.7% shooting percentage has been the most accurate season for the Turtles.

At this point, Erniu couldn't defend his son Tangyuan's godfather.

is also a backcourt player, Kobe Bryant has had many seasons with a shooting rate of more than 46%, and in this regard, Westbrook is too inefficient not to mention compared with Erniu and James, but also compared with Kobe.

At 24:28, as Erniu led the team to play an 11:5 attack wave in the second half, the third quarter of the game also came to an end.

At the end of the third quarter, the score of the two teams came to 71:90, a difference of nearly 20 points, which made the Thunder basically lose the possibility of reversal.

In the final quarter of the game, James Harden finally woke up like a dream and hit three-pointers on Nick Young's head in a row.

It was too late, and there were also people on the Clippers' side who stepped up, and Sean Battier suddenly entered a burst of seeds, and a wave of three-point rain on the wing quickly killed Kenneng of the Thunder's point chase.

In the second half of the final quarter, the Pickle Girl Combination and the Thunder Ershao returned to the state of the court, which was more like a routine.

After each side hit a few goals, the two sides went off the pitch, but the game had already entered garbage time.

At 27:39, Battier made 4 of 4 three-pointers and 2 of 2 free throws in the single quarter, scoring a team-high 14 points in the final quarter and helping the home team win G1 in the Western Finals.

The red indicator light came on, and with the referee's whistle, the Clippers ended the first game with a 1-0 overall lead over the Thunder.

98:129,31 points difference is hopeless.

If it is only a single game, the Thunder has no chance of advancing to the finals!