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After the first game, the two teams rested for a day and then started the second game between the two sides at the Ford Center Arena, Yao Ming was left off the court by the coach with a leg muscle strain in the previous game, at least these two games are not able to play.
Collison replaced Yao Ming's position and entered the starting lineup, without Yao Ming Thunder's inside line, it seems to be a loss, Ibaka and Collison on Griffin and Jordan Jr. Obviously, there is a big gap in height, the Clippers took advantage of Yao Ming's inability to play and began to attack the interior line fiercely, Ibaka could barely keep up with Griffin, but Collison was completely blown up by Jordan Jr., and after a quarter, Jordan Jr. got 12 points, 6 rebounds and 3 blocks on Collison, and Coach Brooks kept frowning.
Chen Junhao has no way to do this, the lack of Yao Ming in the interior of the Thunder team is really quite weak, even if he and Durant feel hot today, they are still passive, at the beginning of the second quarter of the game, Durant and Chen Junhao also began to impact the Clippers' interior line, hoping to put pressure on the Clippers' interior line, but every time Chen Junhao found Jordan Jr. to make a foul, he was dodged by Jordan Jr., I have to say that after the last game, Jordan Jr. became much smarter.
The Thunder team continued to impact the Clippers' interior line, but Paul and Crawford also began to open up on the outside, Crawford's two three-pointers made Durant dare not let him shoot, which also limited Durant's defense, Chen Junhao had a headache for Paul, and he felt so good today that Chen Junhao could only focus more on defense. After Chen Junhao watched Paul, the Clippers' inside line came out to make trouble again, Griffin and Jordan Jr. played inside the inside unscrupulously, without Yao Ming's suppression of Little Jordan, the point was alive, Chen Junhao and Durant didn't dare to let Crawford and Paul do whatever they wanted on the inside at this time. Yao Ming could only be anxious when he sat off the court, and secretly blamed himself for his carelessness, the score had been stretched to 13 points by the Clippers at the end of the first half, if it weren't for the hot hands of Durant and Chen Junhao today, I wouldn't have known how many points they would have been pulled away by the other party. Coach Brooks replaced Collison with Harden, it seems that he has given up the interior defense and is ready to start stealing points, the Thunder has become a small lineup in the second half, Chen Junhao, Wei Shao, Thompson, Durant, Harden five, this lineup is the Thunder's bombardment lineup, Thompson is now the Thunder's most stable three-point player, and this lineup is obviously telling the other side that the Thunder is going to steal points. No matter how the Thunder change the lineup, the Clippers still choose to play steadily, Paul and Billups both choose to play the ball inside, I have to say that this strategy is correct, after Ibaka left the court, Griffin was completely liberated, and it seemed easy to beat Thompson and Durant with his height and physique. The Thunder team continued to score but still lost to the inside, and finally the game ended 103-91, the total score of the two sides became a draw, the next game Thunder team will fly to Los Angeles to challenge the Clippers at the home court of the Clippers, Yao Ming still can't play in the next game, how the Thunder without Yao Ming will deal with the next game It depends on Coach Brooks' arrangement, after the game, Coach Brooks also frowned and walked into the locker room.