Chapter 389: Unexpected Intensity
Staples has probably never been more downtrodden, and the last time Angela made Angelenos so nervous was two years ago. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć infoBut at that time, although the Thunder and the Lakers played a tiebreaker, all Los Angeles fans still firmly believed in their hearts that it would definitely be the Lakers who advanced to the Western Conference Finals!
But at this moment, when An Jie completed the 20-point reversal alive in front of this group of guys, Los Angeles fans lost confidence in their hearts.
3-0, in the history of the NBA, no team has ever completed a legend of 3-0 down in the playoffs. However, the Los Angeles Clippers will have to pull off a miracle to advance to the second round. Unfortunately, even Clippers fans don't think Chris Paul and Griffin will be the ones who can do miracles.
Blake Griffin and Chris Paul didn't leave the court after the game, just stupidly staring at the Trail Blazers celebrating in Staples and on their turf.
The battle between the two sides is indeed not over yet, but the Clippers must win four games in a row to have a chance of qualifying. For the Clippers, who have lost to the Trail Blazers three times in a row, this is simply an impossible task.
Haunted to admit it, Griffin and Chris Paul have to contend with the fact that their playoff journey is almost at an end......
Anjie, the name Blake Griffin will never forget. When he was still in his rookie period, An Jie was the tall back in front of him. This back is like Jordan was to Kobe Bryant, and Olajuwon was to O'Neal.
In Griffin's opinion, Anjie is so untouchable, but it is also a mountain that he must climb. As long as Anjie is still in the west, Griffin will inevitably meet him again. If he can't overcome the trouble Anjie has brought to him, then the Clippers and his career will not achieve breakthrough results.
"It's just two years longer than me......" Griffin clenched his fists, he was unwilling to be defeated by An Jie. But the score of 3-0 was bloodily placed on the table.
Maybe, maybe years later, Griffin and the Clippers will be able to beat Angel. But at least for now, Anjie has already decided to eat this series!
"The series is over. Wu Hua looked at Griffin and Paul, who were depressed in the field, and the fighting spirit of these two guys had been exhausted. If a team has given up on even its star player, what else can this team rely on to turn the tables around?
Wu Hua hurriedly raised the camera and froze the depressed expressions of Paul and Griffin in the photo. Another powerful opponent fell to An Jie's men. Anjie's career has become more and more brilliant as a result.
"This game was a demonstration by Coach George Ricard and Ann for the whole league! Steady positional battles are the truth to victory!" After the game, NBA legendary center "Gorilla" Patrick Ewing also tweeted on the Internet to express his views on the game.
"Gorilla" Ewing can be called a textbook for the position of the center, because among the four centers of the year, Olajuwon's footsteps are not understood by ordinary people. Only a big man like Anjie, who has both basic skills of flexibility and coordination and a soft hand, can really learn the essence. David Robinson is an atypical center, not to mention O'Neal, who simply doesn't have anyone else to play like him. Only Patrick Ewing, who seems to have the least distinctive characteristics, can be called the textbook of the center. Because his characteristics are exactly what a traditional center forward should have, and not as unconventional as the other three.
Therefore, what comes out of this guy's mouth, and what he says about the league's style of play, is definitely very weighty!
As soon as Ewing tweeted it, it was wildly retweeted by fans all over the world. Of course, his remarks also sparked a big debate among two groups of fans on the Internet.
Some people think that Ewing is right, and that traditional play is the only way to win. Some fans believe that basketball is also a sport that must evolve and develop, and the current trend that can make a team better is a small lineup and a fast pace. They threatened that the old-fashioned ideas adhered to by Ewing and Anjie and others were destined to be defeated by the new basketball model.
Ewing may not have imagined that a casual tweet from him would cause such an uproar.
But that's okay, Ewing's attention has soared again. And for the NBA, the game between the Clippers and the Trail Blazers is in the spotlight, which is also a good thing.
So, even though the outcome is decided, the number of fans following Game 4 between the Trail Blazers and Clippers is still very high.
Of course, the Los Angeles fans who came to Staples to watch the game that day were far less than the first three games. However, more neutral fans decided to watch the game on TV or online in order to see how Ewing said the Trail Blazers were playing.
And Anjie and Paul, under the expectation of this much-anticipated battle, may be the last fight!
"I said, our goal is to take the win away from Los Angeles! Don't worry, you don't have to save the win for Portland, Portland fans definitely want to see you advance now! The Clippers have only one last breath left to crush them!" George Ricard's passionate shout before the game brought the positive emotions of the Trail Blazers players to the top. And the Clippers fans who heard all this did not react to it as much as before.
What else can they do? Seeing that the Clippers are about to fall, and they are still fighting Rickard, isn't that boring.
The Trail Blazers are aggressive, but around the Clippers bench playing at home, there is a backwater.
Previously, Vinnie De Nagro racked his brains and only brought the Clippers a half-time victory.
Blake Griffin and Chris Paul tried their best, but they couldn't break through the Trail Blazers' defense.
After working hard, I found that I was still powerless, and this is the most demoralizing thing. As a result, the Clippers' mood was not high in this game.
"A bunch of fucking cowards!" Just as the game was about to start and the Clippers starters were about to get on the court, there was a burst of scolding from the bench behind Paul.
Everyone turned their heads to look and found that Kenyon Martin, the oldest and oldest power forward on the Clippers lineup, was the culprit who cursed that sentence.
"Yes, we're probably going to be eliminated. It can't be helped, who let us not withstand the pressure in the first three games, but giving up now is probably too cheap for the arrogant boys on the other side!" Kenyon Martin became more and more agitated as he spoke, pointing a finger at the Trail Blazers' bench on the other side of the court.
"Look at the guys who came here today, look at them! Do you think they don't know we're going to be out? But these people, still under huge traffic and even financial pressure, bought tickets to watch our game. And one by one, you're going to deal with them like this?" Immediately after, Kenyon Martin pointed to the audience behind him.
"Even if we're going to get out, we're going to have to do everything we can to give the fans here a win!" The Trail Blazers thought they had won, and we reminded them with a ferocious offense that this was only the fourth game in seven games!" Kenyon Martin shook his fist hard, not really trying to get the Clippers to win by inspiration, but he really couldn't stand this kind of team atmosphere anymore.
The Clippers starters listened and said nothing, turned around and walked onto the court. But the hearts of this group of men have long been shocked by Kenyon Martin's words just now.
Yes, maybe the Clippers can't make up for the huge disadvantage of falling behind 3-0. But it's not impossible to deliver a win for the Los Angeles fans!
What a damn positional warfare and fast-paced, what a damn small-ball era and the onslaught of traditional ideas. Even Patrick Ewing, who has been retired for many years, has to join in the fun.
Fuck, there's no mistake. This is the first round of the Western Conference playoffs, the fourth matchup between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Portland Trail Blazers!
All that mess is! Los Angeles Clippers, not out yet!
"LaMarcus. Seeing the Clippers' starting five Tigers walking onto the court menacingly, An Jie couldn't help but shout Aldridge's name.
"What's the matter, Ann?" Aldridge looked at Anjie's line of sight, and naturally noticed the changes in the Clippers players.
"This game may be more difficult than we thought. If we want to win in Los Angeles, we're going to have to work hard. Anjie knows what that look at the Clippers players means. The final step of the first round of the series is destined to be very difficult.
No one can get to the top of the mountain in just one step, even if the Trail Blazers are not far from the summit right now. But in the end, the Trailblazers will have to put in the same effort as before......