For the Grizzlies, this game is important to keep the Clippers out of the seven-tie hopes.

The smell of gunpowder on the court gradually became stronger, and with 38.7 seconds left in the third quarter, when Griffin made free throws, Gasol Jr. rushed to Evans and blocked him with his forearm.

Evans was whistled for a foul, sending Gasol two points and the Grizzlies led 66-64. The Clippers missed their final shot, and the two sides went into the final quarter with a two-point difference.

At the intermission, Negro was called away by the assistant coach and never returned to the sidelines, and Huang Yu came to the bench with Shi Shiran, and Paul was stunned! Then he seemed to think of something, and his face suddenly relaxed a lot.

Although Huang Yu was banned, only Clippers insiders knew about it, and although the media kept talking about the ban, they had no evidence. Although the Grizzlies head coach saw Huang Yu on the bench, he didn't think he would play, so he didn't let Tony Allen play.

At the beginning of the fourth quarter, Huang Yu did not play, and the scores of the two teams rose alternately, but once the Grizzlies defense improved, the Clippers' scoring stagnated, so the Clippers directly called a timeout, Paul divided the tactics from the new, and Huang Yu also took off his coat and prepared to play.

After Huang Yu came on the court, the Grizzlies' defensive pressure suddenly increased, and after receiving Paul's pass, Huang Yu easily faced Mayo and hit a three-pointer, and then the Grizzlies attacked Huang Yu rewarded Gasol Jr. with a big hat, and when he counterattacked quickly, he directly caused Mayo's defensive foul, Huang Yu made three free throws, and Mayo was also replaced at the end of the second free throw, and Tony Allen stood in front of Huang Yu.

But even if Tony Allen is on the inside, Paul and Huang Yu worked together to make the Grizzlies' outside line dumb, and halfway through the quarter, Guy shot when his body was out of balance, and the Grizzlies trailed by 6 points at 73-79.

Although Griffin was frequently repaired by Gasol Jr. and Randolph on the inside, but after all, the talent was there, and it was impossible to suppress it for a long time.

With 2:57 left in the game, Randolph finally used the help of the pick-and-roll, jumped up and dunked inside the free throw line, but the Clippers still led 81-87.

The Grizzlies saw that the point difference was getting wider and wider, and the head coach also wanted to play a game, so he actually replaced Randolph and replaced Arenas, who had not played for a long time! But the Grizzlies coach obviously miscalculated, Arenas instead of helping the Grizzlies score points, but instead fouled the defense and offense once, and directly gave the Clippers four free throws, directly extending the difference between the two teams to double digits.

57 seconds before the end, the Grizzlies shot a three-pointer by Guy to narrow the gap to 8 points, but then Huang Yu touched Tony Allen, shot and hit 1 free throw, and then Guy wanted to repeat the old trick, but was recognized by the old spicy Butler, although the jump was not very high, but it was very timely, the ball had not yet shot He had already predicted to jump, directly at the bottom of the ball, Griffin rushed to grab the rebound and threw it to Paul, the speed was a little fast Paul barely received the ball, dribbled and jumped directly and threw the ball to the Grizzlies' rebound.

"Bang!"

The ball bounced off the rebound, Huang Yu didn't know when he was stupid enough for the grizzly bear to go in, he jumped up and grabbed the rebounding basketball with one hand to make up for the dunk, Tony Allen wanted to stand outside the reasonable rush area before Huang Yu jumped, but before he could stand firmly, he was knocked out, and Huang Yubang dunked.

"Tick!"

Tony Allen, who fell to the ground, was relieved when he heard the referee's whistle, and the offensive foul ball was invalid! But then I heard the fans booing wildly, and Tony Allen thought that it was the Clippers fans who were dissatisfied with the referee's decision, but who knew that after Conley came to pull him up, he saw that it was not at all.

I was actually blown to block the foul, and Huang Yu scored not to be punished! Gasol Jr. stopped Arenas, who was chattering with the referee, who was misplaced and didn't look favorably on Paul just now, so Paul passed the ball out, feeling ashamed, he kept telling the referee that Paul was walking.

Huang Yujia hit a free throw, the Clippers quickly retreated, there were 32 seconds left, the Clippers led by 15 points, this game has been stabilized, although the next game is on the road, but at least see the opportunity to enter the next round.

You must know that before Huang Yu didn't play, although the Clippers didn't fall behind in points, others couldn't see it clearly, and the Clippers' players couldn't see it clearly, the team had been at a disadvantage, and Huang Yu changed a lot immediately after he came on the court.

In the end, the Grizzlies didn't even use foul tactics, and directly finished the last time, and the game ended, the Clippers defeated the Grizzlies by 13 points, and the two sides entered a tiebreaker.

Griffin had 17 points, six assists and grabbed just five rebounds, Chris Paul had 19 points, nine assists and five rebounds, Butler had 10 points, Kenyon Martin had 10 points, and Huang Yu, who came on in the fourth quarter, had 15 points, five rebounds and two blocks in eight minutes.

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The Clippers' press conference was hosted by the shooting coach, and Negro has gone back to rest if he is unwell.

Huang Yu said that as long as he loses, he will be released from class, although this one wants to make him feel like a savior, but the danger of the Clippers is not very obvious.

As for whether he broke up peacefully with Negro, it doesn't matter, Huang Yu sat in the box and had already talked to the CEO on the phone, as long as Negro didn't talk nonsense, the rest of the salary Clippers would pay him in one lump sum, if he couldn't control his mouth, then the Clippers wouldn't mind a lawsuit with him, privately ban the team's main players, destroy the team's record, and damage the team's interests, just such a sin, the Clippers can fire him without spending a penny, and even sue him to make him lose money!

Because Huang Yu had already explained before, Negro should have been allowed to leave at the end of the final game, but after the end of the third quarter, the CEO directly asked the staff to call Negro and the assistant coach, and then went to the locker room to wait.

After a few brief words with Negro, although Negro was reluctant to fight for it, but the CEO directly made a killer move, and finally Negro nodded helplessly, entered the locker room and left the stadium directly with his bag.

In fact, the content of the conversation between the two is nothing, nothing more than being fired, if you don't want to eat a lawsuit, be honest and hold a press conference tomorrow to announce your resignation!

Negro fought a little, after all, as long as he won this game, there was still a chance to steal seven, and if he led the Clippers to defeat the Grizzlies and successfully advance to the next round, the Clippers management would definitely change this rude decision.

But I didn't expect to give him a chance at all, the CEO just lightly told him that the Clippers would pay the fine for missing the post-game press conference, and then stopped talking, and told Negro with a very clear attitude, you don't have to go tonight!

The assistant coach has a good ear, and when he heard that Negro might be fired, he felt that his opportunity had come, that he was going to take the Clippers to the next round, and that he could coach a team.

But he obviously thought too much, and the CEO directly ordered the shooting coach to go to the post-game press conference, and there was no matter about him as the first assistant coach at all.

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The Clippers have missed the opportunity to advance twice, and Paul has played the seventh game of life and death for the second time in his career, so he doesn't have too good advice, but he asked Huang Yu to talk about his experience in the locker room, after all, only a few of the current Clippers roster have participated in the playoffs, and Huang Yu can be said to be the most senior guy, three championships are eye-catching, and Paul doesn't dare to think about FMVP and the like.

But what kind of experience does Huang Yu have, he can only blow it according to the cat and the tiger, there is a saying, defense wins the championship! In the face of the Clippers who are in a tie-breaker, this sentence is more applicable.

With Huang Yu's involvement, the Clippers' offensive tactics are more changeable, although Paul acts as a coach and makes the shooting coach very embarrassed, but the fact is that you let him teach shooting is no problem, tactics! Apparently he can't.

Negro had already announced his resignation as head coach of the Clippers the day before the game, and soon the official website of the Clippers also announced that the assistant coach would act as the head coach, which made many people scratch their heads?

Isn't the head coach stepping down generally the first assistant coach on top? How do you get a shooting coach to lead the team? Although the Clippers announced that they were the assistant coach acting head coach, anyone with a discerning eye could see that the person the Clippers were talking about was the shooting coach, not the first assistant coach! Even the information in the coaching staff below hasn't been removed!

Huang Yu was banned for no reason, which made many conspirators begin to sing about the Clippers, and some guys who were unhappy with Huang Yu also began to spray Huang Yu, and they could only change teams if they couldn't get the coach away in other teams, and finally got the head coach away in the Clippers.

However, Huang Yu didn't pay attention to this remark, after all, it was a fact, he always rumored that this matter was a rumor, and most of the fans would be skeptical, but as long as Huang Yu took over, the fans would be easily misled.

So until the day of the game, Huang Yu didn't make any response, and the whole league was waiting for the Clippers and Grizzlies to tie seven, who made them the latest!

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In the opening game, the Grizzlies' defense was very strong, Huang Yu was very close to Tonaren, and there was no good opportunity to shoot, so he didn't rush to shoot, but the game played for nearly 3 minutes, and both teams failed to shoot, and each scored 2 points each by free throws.

Huang Yu felt that he should step up, so in the first 10 and a half minutes of the first quarter, Huang Yu stepped up and hit a turnaround jumper in the face of Tony Allen's defense, but just a minute later, the Grizzlies also hit a shot.

The two sides were locked in a bitter battle from the first second, with the Clippers and Grizzlies scoring in double figures at the end of the first quarter with two minutes left, with the Clippers taking the lead in the rotation and Paul and Griffin coming out.

Williams and Huang Yu led the bench to continue the battle, Huang Yu rested for a few games, full of momentum, and with three minutes left in the quarter, Huang Yu scored seven points to help the Clippers lead 22-16 in the first quarter.

But Randolph didn't break in the second quarter, he scored four points in a row at the start of the second quarter, and the Grizzlies saw that the score was equalized, but Huang Yu still had three points, and the Clippers Roda took the lead.

With 6:41 left in the quarter, Huang Yu received a pass from Paul and the 24-second offensive time was approaching, and he did not hesitate to hit a three-point shot, and then he received a pass from Paul and made a shot, scoring five points in a row, and the Clippers extended their advantage to 27-20.

This is not because Huang Yu feels good Paul passes the ball one after another, Huang Yu's first three-point shot is because Paul chose to make a mistake, playing the inside line Griffin was suppressed by Gasol Jr. and couldn't beat it, Huang Yu happened to be in a good position after the hard pass, and it was a position with a relatively high hit rate, so Paul threw it directly to Huang Yu, if it wasn't for Paul to explain a little, Huang Yu thought Paul would have thrown the pot.

The interior was indeed a big problem for the Clippers, Gasol Jr. made consecutive strong baskets, Guy also broke through several times to score, and the Grizzlies trailed by only one point after the second quarter, 37-38.

The Grizzlies were more aggressive under the basket, especially after the start of the second half, when Conley and Guy made layups to give them a 48-45 lead. The Clippers relied more on Huang Yu's shooting, and with 29.4 seconds left in the quarter, the Clippers took a 55-54 lead after Paul and Huang Yu hit two shots, and after Guy also scored a one-pointer, the Grizzlies maintained their advantage and went into the final quarter 56-55.

Huang Yu prepared to play at the beginning of the fourth quarter, and then played until the end, Paul and Griffin were off the court, and the ball was concentrated in Huang Yu's hands, so two shots were made shortly after the start of the fourth quarter, including a three-pointer, Huang Yu led the Clippers' benches to start the quarter with an 11-2 run, and Kenyon Martin often completed a dunk, and they took a 66-58 advantage.

The bench was so good that even when the Grizzlies called a timeout, they all stayed on the court until the halfway point of the quarter, when the Clippers brought Griffin on the court, but Griffin couldn't blend in with the bench and couldn't easily catch the ball when he turned around inside.

After the Clippers extended their advantage at 71-61, they were unable to score for the next three minutes, and the Grizzlies trailed the score to 65-71. With 4:05 left in the game, Griffin was back on the pitch. However, he didn't play much of a role, and was replaced by Martin in less than 2 minutes, unable to play on the offensive end, and unable to defend on the defensive end, which made Griffin embarrassed.

The fierce defense reduced the shooting percentages of both sides, and the Grizzlies attacked the basket several times without success. Both teams failed to hit the ball in the final 2:41, and Mayo hit one of two free throws with 44.4 seconds left before the end of the game, and the Grizzlies still trailed 70-76.

The two teams battled it out at the free-throw line, with Paul and Huang hitting four consecutive free throws to extend the Clippers' advantage at 82-71 with 22.7 seconds left in the game. The Grizzlies still failed to shoot and hit only one of their two free throws, giving up.

The Clippers won the tiebreaker, beating the Grizzlies 82-72 on the road to advance to the Western Conference semifinals with a 4-3 aggregate score.

The Clippers pulled back from the precipice and became the last team to advance in the first round, which is also the third time in their history that they will enter the second round, and the next opponent is the long-awaited Spurs.

Paul had 19 points, nine rebounds and four assists, and Huang had 27 points, eight rebounds and two assists, and they were the only players to start with a double-double. Griffin spent most of the crucial fourth quarter watching from the sidelines, scoring just eight points and four rebounds on 3-of-11 shooting. Butler also scored eight points. Kenyon Martin came off the bench with 11 points and 10 rebounds, and Mo Williams had nine points.

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