In the first two games of the Clippers and Grizzlies series, Paul averaged 23.5 points, and the Clippers won very easily, but when it came to the Grizzlies' home court, Paul only scored 8 points and 4 assists in the last game.

Paul, who watched the video after the game, was very dissatisfied with his performance, especially the lack of a free throw in the whole game, which made it difficult for him to accept. Paul's final conclusion is: you have to be more aggressive, you have to break through! As for whether Paul's self-inflicted drama will affect the normal operation of the team, he still knows in his heart as a point guard.

Billups repeatedly emphasized before Game 4 that rebounding was the key to victory over the Grizzlies, and the first two games were well protected by rebounding, and the Clippers won easily.

But in the last game, the Grizzlies had a 45-33 advantage in rebounds, and Randolph and others also controlled their foul counts and did not let the Grizzlies get into trouble again, so the Clippers played very hard, especially in the last 2 minutes, if it was not for a high shooting percentage, there was even a possibility of capsizing.

And today's game is very important for the Clippers, if the Clippers win, then they will be the first to advance, have enough time to rest, and can train for a few days, once they are dragged by the Grizzlies, lose one game 3-1, two games will be 3-2, although the Clippers cannot lose four games in a row, but the longer it drags on, the more disadvantageous.

However, no one expected that Prince, who had a mediocre performance in the first three games, only scored a total of 10 points, and even sat on the bench at the last critical moment in the third game.

But he started today and was in good shape, with 3:30 left to play, he hit three shots and scored seven points to give the Grizzlies a 14-6 lead.

The Clippers failed to play several times in a row, so Huang Yu chose to go it alone, and realistically faced Tony Allen with a dry three-point shot, and then sneaked up behind when the Grizzlies blocked and dismantled, knocked out the basketball in Conley's hand, and hit a long-range shot outside the three-point line on the fast break, scoring 6 points in a row to help the Clippers stop the bleeding.

Paul strengthened the breakthrough as he wanted, but he was blocked, the Clippers were beaten back, and Paul, who had been covered countless times, certainly did not have a psychological shadow because of this little thing, but then was stealed by Conley, and the Grizzlies were blocked and dismantled, and soon the Grizzlies expanded their advantage to 20-8.

Huang Yu directly asked for the ball in the first half of the court, and did not estimate Paul's face, the first two games were actually very good, and if you have to change the offensive rhythm of the Clippers, it will be disrupted.

Huang Yu also unreasonably made a long-range three-pointer, but the Grizzlies' Hollins then scored a "three-pointer", and then the rest of the Clippers gradually got into the groove, but they still trailed 25-33 at the end of the first quarter.

The bench was the strength of the Clippers, with Hinrich, Crawford and Barnes hitting back-to-back shots as the Clippers started the second quarter 6-0 and quickly closed the gap. After the main team returned, the Clippers continued to chase hard, and with 2:47 left in the quarter, Paul scored a fast-break layup to put the Clippers up 41-42.

After that, Huang Yu scored three more times, two three-pointers and a whistle-blowing turnaround jumper, and single-handedly scored the last 8 points of the Clippers in the quarter, helping the Clippers to overtake 47-46, and the Grizzlies only scored 13 points in this quarter.

Griffin can only be said to be decent on the defensive end of the Clippers, and his short arm is the biggest hard injury, but he is very good on the offensive end, and in addition to the crazy dunk on the inside, his girlfriend has changed too much and let him gradually add some weapons to himself.

In less than 5 minutes of the third quarter, he hit three shots and scored 8 points to give the Grizzlies a 56-54 lead. The two sides alternated leads several times, and after Gasol hit a buzzer-beating shot in the quarter, the Grizzlies took a slight advantage at 71-69.

Poundcaster is a player that many people may not know, but he averaged 11 points per game off the bench in the series against the Clippers, and this game hit a three-point shot shortly after the start of the fourth quarter, and one person scored five straight points to give the Grizzlies a 76-67 lead.

The Clippers made a layup by Hinrich and Kenyon Martin Jr., and Crawford hit a three-pointer to tie the score at 72-78, but then Griffin hit two shots during that period, and with 8:04 left in the quarter, the Grizzlies attacked Conley for a layup, and they opened up again at 82-72, forcing the Clippers to call a timeout.

After the timeout, Huang Yu also returned to the court, facing Tony Allen to build a foul and score 3 points with free throws, and then Butler fouled Randolph and made one of two free throws, Hinrich quickly served the baseline ball, and Huang Yuqiang also hit a three-pointer to narrow the gap to 5 points.

Then Huang Yu took over the ball possession of the Clippers, and before the start of the fourth quarter, the assistant coach received a call from the general manager to don't let Paul play in the fourth quarter, and Paul completely made the Clippers lose their rhythm in this game.

So Billups also expressed his helplessness after receiving the order, but fortunately, Paul felt a little uncomfortable in his knee when he left the court in the third quarter, so he directly asked the team doctor to take Paul to the lounge.

This also gives Billups room to operate, and no one who can block a point guard is a fool, so let the assistant coach tell the team doctor, make the condition more serious, and believe that Paul will make the right choice in his career and a series that will determine the victory.

Sure enough, Paul gave an answer in less than two minutes, he chose to believe his teammates, but poor Paul didn't know that he was designed, which was also helpless, in order not to provoke the conflict between Paul and the Clippers, white lies were still needed, even if Paul knew later, it would not have caused a mess at such a critical moment, of course, Sterling was the anger of the public.

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After Huang Yu took over the game, the offensive end of the Clippers replaced Scola with Mor Williams, and at present, the Clippers have Gasol Jr., Butler and Scola on the inside, which can be said to be on par with the speed of the Grizzlies, and the Clippers decided to play with the Grizzlies!

Huang Yu, who has doubled his attributes, can be said to be the most terrifying in the league as long as he doesn't wave and do those super difficult moves, the hit rate can be said to be the most terrifying in the league, facing Tony Allen, although his defense is the best, but it's just a piece of kraft candy, the Clippers play position, Huang Yu doesn't run, his defects appear, as long as Huang Yu has his back to exert force, Tony Allen can't bear it at all!

In this way, the two teams were deadlocked until the last 1 minute and 30 seconds, and the Clippers Grizzlies, who were still trailing by 3 points at this time, Huang Yu repeated his old tricks and directly pushed Tony Allen next to him and sent him to the free throw line.

Although Tony Allen was annoyed, sending me to score like this was because he thought I had a low shooting percentage!

"Whew! Swish! ”

hit two free throws, Huang Yu didn't say anything, directly received the ball in the backcourt, rushed across the half court against Tony Allen, and shot with his hands open.

"Huh"

Three-point shot, one step ahead of the halfway line.....

Huang Yu, who hit the shot, pounced on Tony Allen again.

Huang Yu didn't foul at all in the first three quarters, and the one just now was just the first foul of the game, and there was still a lot of time to play.

The Grizzlies led by 3 points, and with the addition of Tony Allen's free throws, they were instantly wiped out by Huang Yu's three-pointer and three-pointer, and with 10 seconds left in the final game, the Clippers and Grizzlies had reversed their positions, and the Clippers led by one point!

The Grizzlies are at an extremely low point at this time.

"Bang!"

Griffin missed the first free throw, and Griffin, who was a little impatient, suppressed the anger in his heart a little.

"Bang!"

The second ball shot Griffin felt that it was wrong, so the ball shot directly accelerated and started, intending to make up for a dunk, but Huang Yu received the ball in his arms before him, a long throw!

Hinrich didn't know when he had rushed past halfcourt, received the ball and made a solid layup, and the Clippers led by 3 points! There are 5.8 seconds left in the game.

The Grizzlies coach decided to grab the three points, as for the shooters!

"Smack!"

Huang Yu fanned the basketball in Griffin's hand, and the referee had no reason to blow the whistle cleanly!

"Why would you think I'm that shooting spot!"

Griffin still has a face, and he didn't say anything about the lore point! After all, they only went into overtime.

"How long have you been away from the Clippers, I still remember your three-point shooting percentage, you won't stop practicing when you get to the Grizzlies!"

Although Huang Yu didn't have any provocation when he spoke, the corners of his mouth were upturned, Griffin wanted to hit someone, but he couldn't help it, if he did it now, it would be a loss and a loss!

Griffin's new "black and white double" (Griffin is black, but who makes the parents white) Griffin scored 24 points and 13 rebounds, Randolph scored 24 points and 9 rebounds, combined to cut down 48 points and 22 rebounds, Prince also contributed 15 points and 6 rebounds, Conley had 15 points and 13 assists, and Pound Dexter had 10 points.

And the Grizzlies had a 45-31 advantage in rebounds, but were defeated by the Clippers 102-99 and swept out of the tournament 4-0, ending their playoff journey.

For the Clippers, Paul got 15 points and 6 assists, but did not play in the fourth quarter, Huang Yu scored 19 points, 8 rebounds and 3 assists in the first three quarters, but got 23 points and 3 rebounds in the fourth quarter, and a total of 42 points, 11 rebounds and 3 assists in the whole game, becoming the biggest contributor to the victory of the game, the Clippers bench except for Crawford scored 15 points, the rest did not play double-doubles, the starting Scola got 8 points and 7 rebounds, and Gasol Jr. got 9 points and 9 rebounds!

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The Clippers ended the first round of the game, and they were waiting for the winner between the Thunder and the Rockets, but for now, the Rockets are no match at all, and the Thunder are already 3-0 ahead!

Rocket, like a grizzly bear, came to the edge of the cliff!

The first game between the two teams, the Thunder's home court, this is also Harden's first playoff return here, under the leadership of Harden and Jimilin, the Rockets average 106 points per game, third in the league, it can be said that the efficiency is very good, but in addition to Harden, there are only a few veterans on the team who have some playoff experience.

At the beginning of the game, the Rockets attacked quickly, but the effect was not good, frequently missed shots, and failed to score in the first 6 minutes of the athletic battle. The Thunder were passionate and consistent, hitting a 13-2 attack wave from the start. With 5:46 left in the quarter, the Rockets finally scored a layup by Harden. After that, the rocket slowed down and found a slight feeling. Harden hit a three-pointer with 35.4 seconds left in the quarter, followed by two more free throws to put the Rockets up 19-24. Jackson hit the final shot for the Thunder to give him a seven-point lead in the first quarter.

In the second quarter, the two teams took the lead in the exchange of fire, not to mention! The Rockets are all good players, and they made contributions when they came up, and soon narrowed the point difference, and even played to 40 draws, the Thunder saw that the substitutes could not be suppressed, and the main forces came on the court one after another, but the Rockets also replaced Harden and Jimilin at this time, and the two took advantage of the Thunder's unstable foothold to win the score, and Harden also made two fouls and two free throws when he broke through, and the Rockets led by 4 points at this time.

But before they could rejoice a little longer, the Thunder went on a 14-1 run, and although Harden scored a layup at the end of the second quarter, they still trailed by 13 points at halftime.

In the third quarter, the Thunder started aggressively and continued to extend their advantage, and soon Jimilin was off the court early for four fouls, which made the Rockets' offense even more difficult, and with 4:28 left in the third quarter, the Rockets had a 22-point lead at 81-59.

The Rockets couldn't find a sense from the outside, hitting only one three-pointer in the quarter, and couldn't close the gap again. With 5.6 seconds left in the quarter, Westbrook made a quick attack and needed just five seconds to get to the Rockets basket and make a layup to give the Thunder an 89-66 lead.

After less than 3 minutes of playing in the fourth quarter, the suspense of the outcome was completely lost. Durant started the quarter with a 3-pointer on consecutive free throws, and after Fisher hit back-to-back three-pointers, the Thunder led by 33 points at 102-69. The Rockets had to give up, and with 8:24 left in the quarter, they removed Jeremy Lin, leaving an all-bench lineup. Durant also went off the court, and the Thunder also had an all-bench lineup, and the game went into garbage time early.

The Thunder, who won 1-0 at home, took advantage of the situation to chase, and the second game was intended to chase after the victory, but who would have thought that it almost capsized, Jimilin as a starter only played half the game and went down due to injury, and he was disappointed by the media comments when he originally played only 4 points, you must know that his score is 10 points less than that of the regular season, a complete rookie performance.

In the second game, Jimilin also wanted to prove himself, he played well off the bench in the first two quarters, but before the start of the third quarter, he didn't know why, he couldn't return to the court when he walked to the locker room, and he was replaced by the starting point guard Mad Dog Beverley!

This player can be said to be spelled out at the moment, and the Rockets are only three years of base salary, and then they were sent to the NBDL! Taking advantage of the injury of the main control Jimilin, he was recalled, and successfully stood firm, becoming the starting backup point guard of the Rockets, and actively fighting for the defense, so he had the nickname of mad dog in the regular season!

In the second quarter, he was also disgusted by Westbrook because he hit Wei Shao in a short period of time, and even refused to let him reach out to pull his hand, and it was precisely because of his existence that the Thunder began to break the offensive tide in the third quarter, and he always gave you a three-pointer or foul when the Thunder was about to score continuously!

When the Rockets trailed by 15 points in the fourth quarter, the Rockets once overtook the lead, but unfortunately fell short, and Beverley scored 16 points, 12 rebounds and 6 assists! Harden had 36 points, 11 rebounds and six assists, Frank Fox had 17 points and seven rebounds, Delfino had 11 points, and Jimilin played only the first half with seven points, four rebounds and three assists.

For the Thunder, Durant had 29 points and nine assists, Westbrook had 29 points, five rebounds, four assists and four steals, Serab Ibaka had 12 points, 11 rebounds and six blocks, and Sephorosa had 11 points and seven rebounds. Martin also has 10 points.

Although the data are good, but as the thunder of the strong team in the west, today's game process is very thrilling, although the victory, but the process should attract their attention, otherwise it will be a matter of time before the boat capsizes in the gutter.

(End of chapter)