Chapter 275: Powerful Opponent! (3/3)
Cole was a little disappointed with Li Feng's initial performance.
So he was replaced during the timeout.
Recently, Li Feng's scoring ability has become less strong.
This made Kerr start to look forward to Thompson's return.
Livingston: "Coach, did you tell me to replace Curry?" ”
Cole: "No, it's to replace Li Feng"
Livingston: "Huh? ”
Cole: "What's wrong?" Any comments? ”
Livingston: "No, no ......"
Unlike Coach Wharton, Kerr will not take special care of Li Feng on the court because he has a good relationship.
At the beginning of this season, it was Li Feng himself who performed well in scoring ability, so Kerr would give him more playing time.
Now that he has limited points, it is natural to control his playing time.
But he noticed that Livingston was not the only one on the bench, and he looked surprised.
It's like Li Feng is the main force of the Warriors and shouldn't go down to rest so early.
Green came back from the game feeling a little more stressed. Unlike the Clippers and other opponents right now, the Warriors can't afford to be too much of a drain on them.
They met again with the Clippers some time ago. At that time, the Warriors still maintained an invincible attitude.
But soon lost.
In the subsequent game against the Clippers, the Warriors relented.
But it's clear that their team can't compete with the Clippers in terms of power......
Sure enough, if you want to talk about which team in Los Angeles is the best, everyone immediately thinks of the Clippers instead of the Lakers......
The Warriors have been waiting for this game for a long time.
Curry received a pass from Livingston and quickly rushed to the front court, before being caught by the opponent. Green got his pass and hit a jumper with a 2-pointer on the line.
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35:19! At the end of the first quarter, the Clippers cooled down the Warriors fans today......
It's hard to imagine that it was the Warriors who scored only 19 points in a single quarter.
For the sake of face, Kerr did not have to take a timeout for the rest of the game in the first quarter.
Cole: "That...... Li Feng went up and played in the second quarter of the game. Livingston, I asked you to go up mainly to give you more time. Curry comes down, and Clark replaces Curry's place.
The first game after the return. Cole wasn't going to have to win, either.
It's good to get acquainted with it. Now to say that the two teams are also not coordinated in terms of lineups. They have wounded, the opponents don't.
That's not a small gap.
In terms of personal ability, Thompson is much better than Li Feng in terms of defense, movement and shooting.
After seeing Curry go down, the Clippers basically relaxed a lot.
They knew that if they could maintain the first quarter in the first half, the Warriors would basically have the same result.
Redick receives a pass from Paul and hits a three-pointer shortly after facing Clark!
This season, the Warriors really didn't think too much about who the Clippers would win if they made the playoffs and became opponents of their own team.
Because in previous seasons, either the main team of the Clippers was injured and could not enter the playoffs, or some players were injured in the playoffs and were eliminated in the first round.
It's a similar situation on their side to the Warriors. The management is all about reorganizing the team.
This situation is bound to make the players of a team go crazy to play! Trying to play a good score as soon as possible, the management of the Clippers is not very demanding.
Enter the West Final, and you're good to go.
Li Feng took the basketball, Paul followed directly in front of him, Green came over to clear the siege, and finally Clark got Green's pass and hit a three-point jumper!
Cole, who was on the sidelines, nodded slightly.
Now, although Clarke's impression on his teammates and coaches in the team is still the third substitute last season, his performance this season is very good in terms of statistics!
Clarke's average per game this season is currently the fourth best on the team!
But the average time played is indeed the fifth-lowest on the team.
Paul's speed was fast, and Jordan Jr. finally caught the ball in the air and dunked to score points!
Li Feng pretended to be entangled with Paul, but he knew that he couldn't fight for long in front of Paul, and the other party had a lot of experience.
Eventually, the basketball came to Barnes, who jumped a three-pointer and hit a hollow shot!
At this time, the Clippers immediately raised their vigilance. In this quarter, efficiency on the Warriors' side began to pick up.
Paul played a through ball to Griffin after half-time, who singled out Green.
The Warriors' side is fast in transition between offense and defense! Wharton was already working on that this season before Kerr even returned.
The main thing is to improve the tacit understanding of offensive and defensive conversion!
Li Feng took the ball through the half court by himself, and at this time, the Clippers were the closest to him only Stephenson, but before he could defend Li Feng, the Asian player in front of him had already shot!
The basketball scored three points after cutting a somewhat flat parabola in the air!
Paul was talking to the manager on the sidelines.
The Warriors were playing like this made him panic a little.
Doug looked back at his son, then continued to watch the game. He won the first two games against the Warriors, and he has to win this game too!
The previous games also confirmed that they still have the ability to beat the Warriors!
But what you have to do is to be very cautious about going to the game! Because the Clippers' bench lineup is not as good as the Warriors' side.
They only have to keep their main players on the field long enough to basically win the game.
Although the main force is a little tired, it is still worth it. If the playoffs meet, then it will be more intense.
But Doug doesn't care, as long as he can win!
Paul dribbled as he watched Li Feng come to the frontcourt.
This player is a player that the Clippers have not been able to figure out.
In fact, it's not just that they haven't studied it. The entire league felt that Li Feng had no rules to follow when he came to power on the field.
Take Griffin, for example. What he is good at is all kinds of dunks, which is also easy to knock down the atmosphere of their home court.
Then the corresponding strategy for this other team came up with a strategy, and it was very effective.
But Li Feng's point is strange.
He can sometimes do things you don't think you can come out with.
Stephenson finally got the ball and faced Barnes' defense and passed the opponent directly before Green received a foul! Then 2 free throws were all hit!
Clark was beside Li Feng at this time, nodded a few times as if he had been ordered, and then ran away.
Cole: "......"
Cole, who came back from the hospital, felt that Li Feng seemed to be the boss of this team at this time. Instead of Curry and Green, they ......
The whole team attaches great importance to Li Feng. Including those players on the bench off the field.
Li Feng: "When I was with the Bucks last season, what I heard the most was what our coach said at that time to reduce turnovers.
The opponent is doing it now. We do the same. At this time, the strong team of the game may be the most advanced!
But as long as we are better than the opponent in terms of efficiency, and the opponent makes a few more mistakes, then our chance will come out!
Clark, and Green! We're just going to make sure the Clippers don't understand our tactical play, and at the same time, we have to be efficient, as I just said, ......."
The volume was not loud, but the teammates around him heard it.
Green now trusts Li Feng. He knows that the player's awareness and ideas in the game are very good.
The team needs players like that, it used to be Curry, and now the team has more players like that.
Clark: "I'm all about scoring. Because maybe if I'm dual-minded, the number of mistakes may increase."
Li Feng: "No problem. Now it's up to me, Green, and Speights to organize the game. Any three of us can become organizers right away! ”
The defensive intensity of the Clippers has also come up, and Li Feng has not gone over a few times, and directly chose to pass the ball next to Redick.
Green got the basketball and immediately let Griffin get a foul and hit 2 free throws!
The Clippers are also fast! When the Warriors' players quickly returned to defense, Redick and Paul dribbled the ball to Stephenson in the front court, and the latter hit a three-point shot!
Green went to the sideline and didn't pass the ball to the nearest Clark. Instead, he threw the basketball straight out!
After receiving the ball, Li Feng almost went out of bounds with the basketball......
In the end, under Griffin's defense, Li Feng was directly pushed out!
Basketball Zero Degree Angle Hit! Griffin gets two offenses! Then Li Feng went to the free throw line and hit the ball!
One round of the Warriors, here Li Feng got 3+1!
Doug began to take a deep breath from the sidelines. This scene is very similar.
The difference in points on the spot has begun to close.
Stephenson's shot missed, and Clark came directly to the Warriors to score three points! 47:37!
The Clippers are asking for a timeout.
The Warriors then replaced Vallejo for Green. Crawford on the Clippers' side!
At the beginning of the game on the Clippers' side, Crawford came directly to the unreasonable three points!
Now Doug has to do a simple job, which is to keep his team ahead of the opponent by more than 20 points!
After they lost to the Warriors this season, Doug directly demanded more from his players.
From 10 points in the past, it has now increased to more than 20 points!
Only in this way will their team be more confident when they play against the Warriors.
Wharton was not present for today's game, and the players were a little uncomfortable seeing Kerr on the sidelines.
Compared to Wharton's lightheartedness, Cole is much more serious.
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69:50 in the second quarter! The third quarter was 93:86! In the third quarter of the game, Curry led the team to chase points like crazy!
Doug expected such a situation. In the first two games against the Warriors, this was the case on one occasion.
Opponents chase the difference to within 10 points, especially the Warriors, and the result is not certain.
In the fourth quarter, the Clippers Redick and Crawford returned.
The main players are back on the field. Little Jordan felt a little tired at this time, but he still didn't say anything and went on the court.
On the Warriors' side, Li Feng and Curry played at the same time, and the rest of the players, Vallejo, still failed to return.
Kerr found that although Li Feng's shooting accuracy has decreased in the game, his role on the court is still very important.
The first thing that impressed him was that Li Feng now had obvious progress in confrontation.
Paul: "Wait until I win this game and see how I embarrass the Warriors players!" ”
Jordan Jr.: "Just like the last game~"
The players on the Clippers' side laughed at this point. Although they didn't play that efficiently in today's game.
But until now, the Clippers have been pressing the Warriors to play. With their combat power, Li Feng had problems with scoring again.
The Warriors' players on the floor now have also discovered that no matter what tactics they use, even if they switch tactics on the court, the Clippers have a way to deal with them.
It can be seen that the Clippers did a lot of research on their Warriors before the game!
As Li Feng said, the two teams are now evenly matched, and the final test is which team has fewer mistakes.
The Warriors had the most turnovers in the first quarter of today's game, but as the game progressed, their form got better and better.
On the contrary, the Clippers, who won the first two games, became a little slack at this time.
As the head coach of the Clippers, there is nothing Doug can do, and if he talks about his players at this time, the command makes the players resistant.
It doesn't work at all.
In the final quarter, he hoped the team would win. But because this game is not a playoff either. They have no problem getting into the playoffs with their current record.
Doug was ready to lose, but out of obsession with winning the game, he never went back to rest, but insisted on standing on the sidelines and watching the game.
When Crawford got the basketball, he hit the ground and passed it to Paul.
Griffin caught the ball and dunked it straight away......
This dunk is a big move! It seems that Griffin wanted to put on a show, but it didn't work out.
Green got the basketball and passed to Barnes, and Li Feng received the basketball in the half but didn't shoot.
After Curry came over, the basketball was in hand and he hit a long-range three-point shot!
Although the players on the Clippers' side wanted to concentrate at this time, they found that their form in this game was not as concentrated as in the previous two games.
Paul was the first to sober up, he saw that his team's defense was loose at this time, and then he took the initiative to pass Curry for a layup to score points!
Li Feng was immediately caught by the Clippers three!
After passing the ball out in front of him, Green dribbled to the front court on his own. I didn't choose to continue passing, I got up and scored three points myself!
95:92! Doug signaled for the last short timeout of the game.
Doug: "See? The Warriors chase points, and it's always been like this. Before we even noticed, they were already catching up. This is the advantage of the opponent.
Now, if we defend seriously, maybe we still have a chance to ......."
At this time, many Clippers players on the floor also woke up. Isn't that the attitude of Coach Doug in the first game of the season against the Warriors?
He was much more excited then than he is now. Said a lot of ugly things. But they still lost that game.
Paul: "Defensively up to the highest level!" I'll figure it out when I attack! ”
Paul said to his teammates when he returned from the game.
Curry was staring at the Clippers. The players over there felt a chill in their backs when they saw Curry's eyes......
Curry in the regular season, there weren't many performances like this. When the team can win easily, Curry can just play around and get some data on the court.
But when you meet a strong team and both sides want to win, Curry gets excited! And Li Feng's scoring ability in this game doesn't seem to be as lacking in scoring as he imagined......
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