Chapter Ninety-Three: I Can Defend My Opponent, But I Can't Guard My Coach--Dog Rivers!!
At the beginning of the second quarter, the Clippers side was played by Li Yang and Harris with four bench players, Li Yang + Alexander + Reed + Harris + Harrell.
Gallinari and Beverley returned to the bench to rest.
On the 76ers' side, it is still Embiid who stays on the court to control the overall situation, plus four pitchers, a one-star and four-shot combination, Covington + Shamet + Redick + Fultz + Embiid.
After the start of the second quarter of the game, the 76ers' offense first hit the inside, after all, Simmons has returned to the bench to rest, and now the 76ers' offensive firepower is Embiid on the inside + Redick on the outside.
After Embiid got the ball, he completely used his physical advantage to crush Harrell, the Clippers backup center, and scored with both hands after turning around!!
"If only I could prevent it." Clippers fans are deeply saddened.
When Marjanovic is on the court, although he doesn't have a good way to attack Embiid, at least it can still have some effect, and when he is off the court, the Clippers interior line is not Embiid's opponent at all.
However, the Clippers players were expressionless and unaffected, Harris quickly ran to the frontcourt, Li Yang advanced with the ball, and the speed was very fast, but in a blink of an eye, he had already reached the frontcourt, and quickly distributed the ball to Reed, and Reed took the ball to make a breakthrough.
Seeing the reed break through, the 76ers players quickly pounced, and at the same time, two people surrounded the reed, and Li Yang took the opportunity to slip to the baseline position.
The next moment, Lu Wei quickly divided the ball and passed it to Li Yang.
As soon as the ball arrived in Li Yang's hand, Li Yang was about to make a move, but suddenly a figure flashed in front of him, and Fultz pounced quickly, reacting so quickly that Li Yang was a little surprised.
In fact, Fultz kept an eye on Li Yang, and when he saw Li Yang walking towards the baseline, he knew that Reed would most likely pass the ball to Li Yang, so he left his defender Alexander and quickly followed Li Yang.
Seeing Fultz standing in front of him, Li Yang thought about it and quickly made a decision, suddenly making a false move to change direction and break through, and when Fultz retreated half a step, he retracted his right foot that stepped out, jumped up quickly, leaned back slightly, and shot resolutely and decisively.
"Don't think!" Fultz was not slow to react, and quickly stepped forward and flew to block it.
However, Li Yang's shots are the same as Curry's, they are very fast, and Li Yang is five centimeters taller than him, and he is backwards, even if Fultz reacts quickly, it is impossible to touch the ball after all, so he can only reach out to cover Li Yang's eyes and try to interfere with Li Yang's shooting.
But for a shooter in Li Yang's realm, this trick is not so useful.
I saw the basketball arc over the arena, like a precision-guided missile, and pierced the net with a bang.
Li Yang made a three-pointer when he was blindfolded!!
Fultz shook his head, he was also very helpless, he didn't expect that even if he covered the other party's eyes, Li Yang would be able to throw in.
This is a microcosm of the first half of the second quarter of the game.
The 76ers found the most suitable way to attack, Embiid continued to use his individual ability to create damage to the Clippers inside, and Redick occasionally made cold shots on the outside.
However, during this period of time, the Clippers will widen the score gap between the Clippers and the 76ers!!
Although Embiid scored very the inside, he couldn't stand the Clippers from scoring more, and Li Yang and Harris also showed hot shooting touch on the outside.
At the beginning of the second quarter, Li Yang and Harris combined to shoot 5 of 7 from the outside, with a shooting rate of more than 70 percent!
Li Yang and Harris's 5 three-pointers instantly blinded the 76ers!
Directly widened the difference from 3 points to 10 points!
Li Yang's three-point attribute value is already as high as 95, and in the case of confrontation, it is not particularly outrageous to shoot four out of five.
For 76ers head coach Brown, he had to call a timeout to rearrange the team's defensive strategy.
Less than five minutes into the second quarter, Coach Brown redeployed his full lineup.
Simmons, Fultz and other players have taken the court.
However, now the 76ers' defensive alignment has also changed slightly, Covington did not go to the position of Li Yang, and now it is Simmons who defends Li Yang.
Compared to before, Simmons is a little more defensive than before.
However, after the game restarted, the 76ers still had no way to effectively limit Li Yang's scoring.
After Li Yang gets the ball on the outside, as long as he has a little space to shoot, then his shot will basically hit the basket.
Over time, Li Yang would be caught as long as he shot outside the three-point line, so in the final stage of the second quarter, Li Yang did not make strong shots, but began to focus on passing.
Li Yang strengthened the number of times he broke through inside, but the purpose of Li Yang's breakthrough was not to force a layup, but to distribute the ball to his teammates who were in the open position.
During this time, Reed became the player who benefited the most.
With the help of Li Yang, Reed scored 10 points in a row and continued to help the Clippers extend their lead.
At the end of the first half, the Clippers led the 76ers by 12 points at 64-52 and went into halftime.
It seemed like another game without suspense, and at least from the second quarter, the 76ers couldn't fundamentally limit the Clippers' scoring, no matter what they did.
When Embiid and the others returned to the visiting locker room, the expressions on their faces were all filled with helplessness and depression.
"Yang's shooting is simply too accurate!!"
"Yang is really strong, he is definitely the most talented Asian player I have ever met!!"
"The Clippers may really make it to the Western Conference Finals this season!"
"The 76ers' offense is too single, and it is impossible to win just by relying on Embiid to score!!"
In the Staples Center arena, every fan was talking about the performance of both teams in the first half.
Of course, most of them are boasting about Li Yang's performance.
Rivers, as the head coach of the Clippers, is also extremely satisfied with the team's performance in the first half, and after having Li Yang, the Clippers team basically does not need Rivers to command.
Li Yang seems to be the coach on the court, and his passing and organization are even more effective than Rivers' command.
After the start of the third quarter, the 76ers were still playing with the main team, and Embiid and Simmons were still on the court.
Coach Brown actually wants to give Embiid and Simmons a break, but now the 76ers are in a backward situation, plus the entire team basically needs to rely on Embiid for offense, and the organization needs Simmons.
Therefore, Embiid and Simmons must stay on the court and continue to fight, and they must carry the burden of the team as the leaders of the 76ers.
Since the Clippers built up a lead in the second quarter, on the Clippers' side, Rivers did not let Li Yang continue to play, but put Li Yang on the bench to watch the game.
The current lineup of the Clippers is Beverley and Gallinari leading the three bench players, while Li Yang and Harris are resting on the bench.
But soon, the Clippers' lineup was blown up by the 76ers.
When Beverley didn't have a pass from Li Yang, he basically lost his ability to score, and the reed was in terrible form tonight!
In less than three minutes, the 76ers shortened the gap to within three points.
Rivers originally wanted to give Li Yang and Harris a good rest, but after seeing the game form deteriorate instantly, he could only let Harris put on the game again.
Li Yang, on the other hand, continued to watch the game from the bench.
Harris replaced Reeds, while center Gortat also came on.
But the appearance of these two main players did not have much effect. The problem for the Clippers right now is that they can't limit Embiid effectively on the defensive end!
After Harris came on the court, he could indeed help the team on the offensive end, but on the defensive end, the Clippers interior players could only watch Embiid's continuous baskets perform fantastic steps and dunk successfully!!
Although the Clippers sent the Polish Hammer Gortat, the old Hammer did not have any advantage in the confrontation with Embiid!!
Basically, every time I fight, Embiid is strong and nimble, and he uses tonnage and technology to blow up!!
The shortcomings of the Clippers are also evident in this game, although the Clippers defeated the Thunder in the last game, but when the Clippers meet a team with a super strong interior line, they will basically be at a disadvantage.
Just like tonight's game.
Five minutes into the third quarter, Embiid finally led the 76ers to complete the comeback in the score!!
At the beginning of the third quarter, the Clippers' offense was collectively dumb and once again fell into a circle where no one could shoot.
Clippers: I vote, I vote, I vote!!
Basket: I block, I block, I block!!
There was a bell in the bell, and the basket was almost smashed for a while!!
At this time, there were already many Clippers fans on the sidelines who began to shout Li Yang's name loudly.
When the team is in a disadvantageous situation, the first person who appears in the subconscious of Clippers fans is Li Yang, who has conquered all Clippers fans.
"Hurry up and let Yang play! Rivers has a hole in his head, and he hasn't changed Yang yet, he's messing with hair! ”
"If you don't let Thigh Yang play again, the Clippers will collapse!!"
"Sure enough, the Clippers without Yang don't deserve to win!!"
"Hey, if the Clippers want to win the championship, it seems that they need to bring in a high-quality interior lineman!"
"Embiid deserves to be the No. 1 center in the future, and his dominance on the inside is simply too strong!!"
There are already many Clippers fans who are panicking, and with the current state of the Clippers, this victory that should have been in hand is likely to slip away.
Rivers was also stubborn, and he didn't let Li Yang play for a minute in the third quarter.
It is estimated that it is to give Li Yang a warning, and it was very dangerous for Li Yang to detain Covington in the last section, and he almost didn't scare Rivers into a crotch, and his soul was sublimated!!
At the end of the third quarter, the 76ers led the Clippers by four points at 90-86 heading into the fourth quarter.
The pressure came to the Clippers, whether it was the Clippers players or the assistant coaches on the sidelines, their faces were full of anxiety.