Chapter 250: Fighting the Demons Alone

Intimidated by the power of Yi Feng's individual offense, the Clippers began to change their strategy, offering a package and a defense. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info

In contrast, the Lakers have not made any defensive adjustments to Redick, who has hit all of his shots so far.

Because Scott knows that although Redick was the Clippers' first point of attack at the beginning of the game, he was never the most important point of attack in the Clippers' tactics.

Sure enough, then the Clippers began to play pick-and-roll, and the pick-and-roll of Paul and Griffin was also a tricky tactic for the league's teams.

Paul's passing skills are not mentioned, and although his three-point ability is not as good as that of his teammate Redick, he is not bad, and he can often be seen shooting three-pointers directly through Griffin's pick-and-roll.

If Paul is left alone, there are many ways to put the ball in the basket. And if Griffin is left alone after the pick-and-roll, he also has many ways to put the ball in the basket.

In their respective positions, both are in the top five of the league, and letting them go would be tantamount to suicide.

In the face of Paul and Griffin's pick-and-roll, the Lakers' strategy is to switch defenses.

But the change of defense is easy to be targeted by the opponent, and the misplaced offense, whether it is Paul beating Nance Jr., or Griffin playing Clarkson, it is a misposition that can be easily won.

After this blocking, in the face of Nance Jr.'s change of defense, Paul chose to attack by himself.

After two cross-steps, Nance Jr. found himself caught up in the rhythm of the other party, swaying from side to side with him!

Paul suddenly shifted to the left, passed Nance Jr., and headed straight inside.

Hibbert sits on the inside, but in the face of the attacking Paul, he doesn't dare to make too many moves, first, the experienced Paul is easy to cause fouls on the inside player, and secondly, there is Jordan Jr. behind him who is ready to take off at any time, if he pounces on Paul with Nance Jr., then as long as he can't stop Paul's pass, Jordan Jr. can easily abuse the basket.

Paul and Nance Jr. chased after me, the two went deep into the restricted area, the basket suddenly squeezed together, Paul had no room to shoot and pass, and after going around the basket and then turned out with the ball.

Nance Jr. saw that he had temporarily defended against a wave of attacks from the other party, and he was slightly relieved, and his movements under his feet were also a beat slower, and he didn't keep up with Paul in time.

Unexpectedly, at this time, Paul, who had just walked out of the penalty area, suddenly turned around and pulled up a shot.

He shot as steadily as a dog, so he naturally hit the ball.

Although it is suspected of stealing chickens, as long as you can put the ball in the basket, it is a perfect offense.

The score between the two sides became 9-12, and the Clippers still held the lead at home.

Looking back, Yi Feng singled Redick again, this time Bamot came over to help defend faster, and Yi Feng did not hesitate to divide the ball.

The ball was guided twice from the outside, and finally Bryant made a three-point shot in the bottom left corner.

This was Kobe's first shot in the playoffs after three years, but unfortunately it didn't score. He only made his first shot after the opening, and it was normal that he didn't feel it.

The Lakers failed to attack, and the Clippers quickly advanced after winning the defensive rebound, chasing the Lakers into an offense, and the score came to 9:14, and the Lakers temporarily trailed by 5 points.

Scott asked for a timeout.

"We need more breakthroughs to get on the inside!"

Scott found that the Lakers had been floating outside shots since the opening, and none of them really hit the basket.

Although Yi Feng plays in the low post from time to time and can attract the pack, such a simple routine has no way to tear apart the Clippers' defense, and the Lakers need more and more three-dimensional offense to destroy the opponent's defense.

After the timeout, the Lakers stepped up their breakouts, with Clarkson and Yi Feng repeatedly hitting the basket, and even Nance Jr. played a breakthrough that Griffin didn't expect.

As the Lakers stepped up their offense, the score was quickly rewritten to 17-19, and they only fell behind by two points.

Just over halfway through the first quarter, both teams scored close to 20 hands, indicating that their offensive efficiency was high today. However, it also has to do with the fact that both teams are grasping each other's soft underbelly.

The Lakers started with the No. 2 position, and the Clippers didn't let Griffin bully Nance Jr., a rookie.

The Clippers attacked, Griffin was in the left corner to get in position, and Paul hoisted the ball in.

Griffin, as a new generation of power forwards, has a lot of skills, and most of them are face-frame type. Every time he asks for the ball with his back, he will turn around and attack with his face when he gets the ball.

Thanks to his explosiveness, he was able to break through quickly and was able to get past most of the league's No. 4 spots in one step. Coupled with his top-notch dribbling skills among interior players, even if he plays like a defender, he will rarely make mistakes.

On the other side, although the draft template is Griffin, to be honest, there is still a gap between Griffin and the Fauvist Griffin in terms of explosiveness.

However, compared to Griffin, Nance Jr. still has his own advantage, that is, his reach.

Griffin is nicknamed "Short-Hand Fen" because of his official height of two meters and six meters, and his arm span is only about two meters and ten. Originally, this was not a very bad statistic, but Griffin was often ridiculed for this, and over time it became a "short-handed Fen".

Nance Jr. can despise Griffin in terms of arm span, the two are about the same height, but Nance Jr.'s arm span is seven or eight centimeters more than Griffin. Although compared to the long-armed monsters in the NBA, Nance Jr.'s height and arm span ratio is not exaggerated, but it can be regarded as excellent.

Therefore, when defending, Nance Jr. also flexibly uses his long arms. He put his arms in front of Griffin's eyes like a defender.

For Griffin, who is extremely skilled in the face-frame offense, it is not impossible to suddenly pull up and shoot. After a few meetings in the regular season, Nance Jr. knows a lot about Griffin.

Griffin leaned over and slammed the ball back and forth left and right in front of him with both hands, exactly like a defender's attack.

Looks like it's going to break through!

Little Nance had a prediction in his mind, and stepped back a little.

However, according to Nance Jr.'s defensive reaction, Griffin immediately straightened up, raised his center of gravity, and made a look of preparing to shoot.

Little Nance had just taken half a step back, and immediately approached.

However, these defensive reactions of his played into Griffin's hands.

Griffin suddenly jerked to the right, and Nance Jr., who had just come up, knew that he had been fooled, but he had no intention of giving up his defense. Forcibly adjust the center of gravity of the body and control the body to move to the left, trying to block Griffin's breakthrough route.

However, Griffin's strong face frame offensive ability is not so easy to defend.

Breaking through to the right, he suddenly leaned on Little Nance and turned his back! This turn is not only sudden, but also fast! Directly stuck Little Nance behind him!

After turning past Nance Jr., Griffin accelerated with two strides and went straight to the basket, and Hibbert saw that the situation was not good, and gave way to avoid becoming the backdrop for Griffin's tyrannical basket.

"Boom!"

Griffin grabs the ball with his right hand and smashes it into the basket!

Although Griffin is not like Westbrook, every dunk is hideous, as if he has some deep hatred for the basket.

But as a representative of the violent aesthetics of slam dunk, Griffin's dunk is also full of adrenaline rush factors.

Tonight's Staples Center, although there are not as many Clippers fans as Lakers fans, but because of Griffin's dunk, they are boiling!

They roared and cheered!

This is their home turf!

After Griffin's dunk, the Clippers' whole momentum was different. However, the Lakers' side has not been affected much, and those who play professional basketball have never seen what kind of dunk they have ever seen, and there is nothing to make a fuss about.

Even Nance Jr., who defended Griffin, was only a little annoyed by his poor defense this time and let the opponent's slam dunk succeed, and he didn't look frustrated because of the opponent's slam dunk.

With just over five minutes left in the first quarter, Griffin dunked to make it 17-21 and turn the team's lead to four points.

Griffin was excited because of this ball, and the next three attacks of the Clippers were all played by him, and he hit two jumpers from mid-to-long range, as well as a layup after a breakaway, and scored 8 points on 4-of-4 shooting in two minutes.

And in those two minutes, the Lakers only scored two points from Kobe Bryant's free throws.

With Griffin's own 8-2 spurt, the Clippers managed to extend their lead to double digits.

19:29!

With 3:41 left in the first quarter, the Lakers' requested timeout ended and the game resumed.

Originally, just after the halfway point of the first quarter, the Lakers scored 17 points, which is a good score. Unexpectedly, only a few minutes passed, and the situation immediately changed!

Although they couldn't prevent Griffin's sudden outburst, the Lakers did make mistakes on defense. But after so long without scoring, it is true that there are problems in attack.

During that time, Bryant took four shots and missed none of them.

As a veteran with extremely rich playoff experience, Kobe Bryant's performance tonight was indeed a bit out of the ordinary. However, as a thirty-eight-year-old "old man", in a playoff game with such intensity, it is normal for the hand to be inaccurate.

Of course, this was only the first quarter, and he couldn't have done it all the time.

In the first quarter of the game, so far, the Clippers let Redick attack first, and then let Griffin score consecutive points. It is the continuous scoring tide on both ends that has created the current lead of the Clippers.

For such a situation, the Lakers are actually helpless.

Although the Clippers really have only one point to dominate the ball, that is, Paul, if the opponent has no way to strangle this point, the Clippers will launch an organized and powerful offense under Paul's organization.

Reddick, Griffin, and even Jordan Jr. all jumped out to dunk two balls!

Previously, Redick used tactics to make continuous long-range shots, which was beyond the reach of Yi Feng's personal defensive ability; Then Griffin used his personal ability to eat Nance Jr., and as a teammate, Yi Feng could only be in a hurry.

After Scott asked for a timeout, he made arrangements for Griffin's forced singles with his individual ability, but Yi Feng felt that the Clippers would definitely make a change accordingly.

Although Doug Rivers is an opinionated coach and has a mediocre on-court response, with Paul on the court as the commander, the Clippers will make the safest and most appropriate choice.

The timeout came back and was first attacked by the Lakers.

Some time ago, the Lakers fell into a scoring drought, and everyone couldn't shoot. Whether it's Kobe, Clarkson, or Hibbert, even if the ball is put in the basket, it still has to fall out after rolling around.

The same is true for Yi Feng, who is always a little worse in shooting.

But even so, in such a difficult situation, the Lakers still chose to give the ball to Yi Feng and let him break the deadlock.

I don't know when it began, Yi Feng gradually replaced Kobe Bryant and became the most trustworthy one in the minds of all the Lakers players. Everyone believes in him and will be able to hit the key ball at the crucial moment.

This is an offense that desperately needs to score and boost morale, and Yi Feng chose a more secure breakthrough - although the Clippers have Jordan Jr. on the inside, the breakthrough seems to be the most unsafe option.

With the help of Nance Jr.'s blocking, Yi Feng got rid of Redick and faced Griffin, who was switching defenses.

Facing Griffin's way, Yi Feng passed the big man with the top movement ability among interior players in two cross-steps, and then went straight to the inside.

Deep inside the Clippers, it is natural to keep Jordan Jr., who is the team's defensive gate, to guard.

Although Jordan Jr. has never won a single-season block title, he is also a blocker that is intimidating to all the league's attackers.

Nice height (211cm), exaggerated and terrifying long arms (228cm reach), and the top bounce ability among interior players!

has such good physical conditions, but Jordan Jr. still went through three or four years of polishing before finally becoming a reliable defender. Because in addition to having a good body, he didn't have a bright enough head at the same time.

And this innate flaw is the reason why Yi Feng dares to face Little Jordan.

With Jordan Jr. in front and Griffin chasing after him, Yi Feng was already embattled when he hit the basket.

However, the more critical the situation, the more you can't panic.

When Yi Feng was still one step away from Little Jordan, he suddenly slowed down, changed from movement to static, and his style changed so quickly that it was difficult for Little Jordan to adapt.

Then Yi Feng squatted down, grabbed the ball with his right hand and raised it up, making a feint of throwing.

Little Jordan didn't want to rise directly from the ground, his right hand was raised high, like an angry King Kong, wanting to slap Yi Feng flat.

Because he was disgusted by Yi Feng's sudden stop, he felt as disgusting as swallowing a fly alive, and Little Jordan jumped as fast as possible this time, almost reaching the highest in history.

However, this is Yi Feng's feint, the faster Little Jordan jumps, the happier Yi Feng is in his heart.

However, after shaking Little Jordan away, Yi Feng was still in a situation where there were chasing soldiers behind. When Yi Feng was feintging, Griffin also stopped behind him, ready to wait for an opportunity.

Seeing Yi Feng pull the ball back with one hand, Griffin was glad in his heart, fortunately, he didn't have the impulse just now. (To be continued.) )