Chapter 165: The playoffs are about to begin
On April 14, 2001, after a few days of truce, the 2000-2001 NBA playoffs were fully opened, a total of four games were played on this day, two games in the east and west, the Los Angeles Lakers vs Utah Jazz game, the day in the Staples Arena took the lead in kicking off, after four quarters of efforts, the Utah Jazz still regrettably lost to, the Los Angeles Lakers who fought at home, 0:1 behind, the next day later, they will be played at the Staples Arena, The second contest of this series. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
On April 15th, the second day of the playoffs, there will also be four games, two each in the east and west, and today's Staples Arena will belong to the Los Angeles Clippers, the No. 1 team in the regular season league, will play the finale today, facing the Portland Trail Blazers at home, 1 hour before the start of the game, the Staples Arena is already full, and a large number of Los Angeles fans chose to come to the scene to support the Los Angeles Clippers who are fighting at home, many of them, He also brought homemade posters, most of which were in support of Tiger Washington.
The commentary booth on the scene is also full of broadcast media from all over the world, they will be on the spot, bring the game picture back to their own country, the NBA has supporters all over the world, this time China also sent a huge news team, the rise of the Clippers this season, let them see hope, but also increased the coverage of the NBA playoffs, hoping to witness Wang Zhizhi win the championship, promote this, may become the first Asian to win the NBA championship.
Andy attaches great importance to this playoffs, invited stars to sing on the spot, and the mascot of the Clippers, Captain Tiger also kept interacting with the audience, and today also arranged a new round of lottery activities to give back to the fans for their support throughout the season. Tide point, as the lights of the whole court are turned off, everyone knows that the game time is coming soon, the Clippers held a special appearance ceremony today, when the whole court fell into darkness, the appearance ceremony began, Jermaine O'Neal was the first to play, the audience shouted his name, kicking off the feast, Tiger finale appeared, pushing everything to the highest point.
The most excited people today are Jason Green and Michael Reed, Jason Green is a person who has seen a big scene, the scene of the NCAA Finals is definitely more popular than this scene, Jason Green has been used to big scenes during the NCAA period, but today Jason Green still can't help but beat faster, this is his third NBA season, he finally stood on the playoff court for the first time, childhood dreams, countless training, will be released here. Michael Reed's rookie rookie this year, he's not the only lucky one who can touch the playoff floor in his first season, but he's definitely one of the few, at least he's much luckier than Jason Green.
The Clippers players gathered together and shouted their slogan with folded hands: No Brothers, No Basketball! Then stride into the arena, their dreams really start from this moment, the old powerhouse of the Portland Trail Blazers, the Western powerhouse who has made the playoffs for several years in a row, let's turn you over today to break some of the order of the league and start a crazy playoffs.
Players from both sides gathered in the middle line, Jason Green and Sabonis jumped the ball, the game kicked off, Jason Green jumped the ball to win, Tiger Washington completed the first offense for the Clippers, and a similar image appeared on the court, as in the previous meetings of the season, the Clippers used it from the beginning of the game. The 37-year-old Sabonis is not only in terms of speed, but also in terms of speed, he is also suppressed by the young and strong Jason Green, and Rasheed Wallace and Jermaine O'Neal are entangled and cannot take advantage of anything at all.
Portland Trail Blazers' offensive playmaker Scott Pippen, was focused on defense on the outside, although the Clippers still used a 3-2 defense, but always maintained the defensive pressure on Pippen, even if Steve Smith was empty, he didn't give Pippen a little gap, the game entered the control of the Clippers from the first second, Coach Michael Dunleavy kept walking on the sidelines, anxiously trying to find a way to crack it, but he helplessly found that this time it was more insoluble than the previous tactics around the front, At least the current Portland Trail Blazers don't have the ability to crack.
"Maybe, I'm not a good fit for this Portland Trail Blazers team, and everything I've been doing on this team has been useless and wrong because my character isn't strong enough." Michael Dunleavy looked at the field, ran quickly, and once again completed the center fast down Jermaine O'Neal, and then turned his head to look at Bill Fitch, who was sitting on the stool plainly, regret continued to permeate his heart, this is not the first time he regretted it, when he let go of Jermaine O'Neal, but it was the first time he had the idea of leaving the Portland Trail Blazers, thinking of some of Bill Fitch's coaches, Michael Dunleavy was even more suspicious of his style of doing things.
After the start of the second quarter, the Portland Trail Blazers seemed to have a chance to counterattack, because the Clippers replaced the full lineup, and the team's speed slowed down, but in fact, it was given a heavy blow to the Portland Trail Blazers again, Bruce Bowen used a catfish-like defense to completely freeze Pippen, Ragabel also made the little flying squirrel Stoudemire suffer, the Portland Trail Blazers' outside began to be in a hurry, the interior line did not get the support it deserved, the offense stalled, and the score was stretched again.
When the Clippers in the third quarter replaced an all-small lineup composed of Tiger Washington, Stephen Jackson, Billups, Ginobili, Michael Reed, and five people, the Portland Trail Blazers only supported for 5 minutes, and reluctantly announced their surrender, and the Clippers' lineup raised the fast offense to a new level, in the words of Rick Barry and Charles Barkley in the broadcast: This is a Los Angeles airplane team that flies in the air and carries out rapid bombing.
In the first game, the Los Angeles Clippers easily won the game, and unexpectedly occupied the headlines of major newspapers again, and even occupied half of the top ten balls of the day, this round is considered to be the most suspenseless, and the most uninteresting series, because Bilfitch kept changing the formation in the game, attracting a large number of spectators, although the one-sided game, lack of highlights, but the Clippers' endless wonderful offense, but gave people a different visual experience. (To be continued.) )