Chapter 396: Pressure by Paul's Hand
Clippers fans are puzzled by Huang Yu's return to Los Angeles alone, the repatriation of players who are not sick or sick, according to the previous urine of the Clippers, it must be a prelude to trading that player!
However, some people say that this has changed owners, and it can't be the same as before, and it is estimated that Huang Yu is really absent from the game due to injury.
But conspiracy theorists don't believe it at all, what is that video? Although the people of the United States love to spoof, this is not a festival, nor is it a show! This is a crucial game for the Clippers to claim a first-round win in the playoffs.
There are different opinions on the Internet, but everything is suppressed, after all, the Clippers are winning now, and once the Clippers start to lose, then everything will be reversed.
In the last game, the Clippers made 30 free throws, but only hit 17, and missed consecutive free throws in the last moment, almost being overturned, and Guy missed the whistle at the last moment, so the Clippers did not overturn.
After the start of the fourth game between the Clippers and the Grizzlies, Randolph and Gasol Jr. grasped the weakness of the Clippers' interior height and hit the basket with a fierce attack, although they did the same in the first three games, but this one was particularly aimed at the interior, and the Grizzlies started the game with a wave of 10-2.
After 4 minutes and 20 seconds of the game, the Clippers shot a ball, at this time the black hand Butler who went viral on the Internet took the first 8 points of the Clippers, although he was injured but he was in good shape, Griffin also gradually got better, although he lost his position on defense, but he could not slack off on offense, and the Clippers quickly pulled the score to 14-14.
The two teams then began to fight for three-pointers, with Conley and Guy hitting three-pointers in quick succession, while Paul and Butler also returned the favor to make four three-pointers in 55 seconds.
Although the nickname of the Clippers is not as loud as in previous lives, Griffin and Kenyon Martin have also played wonderful boards. With 3:45 left in the first quarter, Kenyon Martin took the ball straight from Guy while defending, and then he immediately joined the offense, receiving a pass from Paul in the air and dunking.
And Guy was still complaining about being blocked and the referee just now, maybe with Rondo in front, the referee was worthy of him, felt that his mouth was not clean, and directly gave a technical foul, the Grizzlies sent another 1 point, and the Clippers exceeded 23-20. The Clippers led 32-26 in the first quarter.
The Clippers took a lot of free throws in the first game, so they practiced before the game, and it seems to be working so far, hitting 7 of 7 free throws in the first quarter, but free throws are not something that can be practiced overnight, and from the second quarter, they have problems with free throws, creating more obstacles for themselves.
Halfway through the second quarter, the Grizzlies tied the score at 36-39, Griffin scored a layup, and then a dunk in the air, scoring six points in a row, and the Clippers extended their advantage to a double-digit lead at one point. The Clippers failed to score in the final 2:43 of the quarter, and the Grizzlies tied the score at 45-51.
The Clippers made 13 free throws in the third quarter, but only made four free throws, and it looked like the Clippers still had a long way to go, and Griffin also missed five consecutive free throws, and he finally hit one of two free throws with 6:37 left in the quarter.
The Grizzlies seem to have noticed the shortcomings of the Clippers' missed free throws, and their moves gradually became bigger, although they kept sending opponents to the free throw line, but also made the Clippers players miserable, and the Grizzlies took advantage of the opportunity to miss the Clippers' free throws to close the gap. At one point, the gap between the two sides was only three points, and after three quarters, the Clippers led 69-64.
With 5:16 left in the fourth quarter, Nick Young and Mo Williams hit back-to-back three-pointers to give the Clippers an 82-72 lead after scoring 11 straight points. However, after Griffin received his fifth foul, he was only given a sideline break, and the Grizzlies took the opportunity to fight back, and after Conley hit a three-pointer, the Grizzlies only trailed 81-84.
Griffin returned to the court, but missed the shot, Paul's shot was also blocked, and in the last four minutes, they scored just one point from the free throw.
The two sides entered a life-and-death battle, and Paul flew out of the court with his whole body in a steal, and fell to the audience, but the ball was still awarded to the Grizzlies. Gay hit a jumper with 35.5 seconds left in regulation time to tie the score at 85-85.
The Clippers have failed to hit the field for nearly five minutes. The crucial ball was handed to Paul, and the whole team opened up space for him to play alone. Paul lived up to expectations, dribbling past Allen and scoring a layup with 26.9 seconds left before the end of the quarter to give the Clippers the lead again. However, Randolph also withstood the pressure and made two free throws to make it 87-87.
The Clippers still have 20 seconds of offensive time, Paul was once again strictly defended by Allen, it is no wonder that Huang Yu no longer Tony Allen is dedicated to defending the Clippers arrows, from the No. 1 position to the No. 4 position, he dares to defend, if it is not for the weight gap is too big, maybe Griffin can try it, this time he defended Paul and caused the opponent to make a mistake and lose the ball, and the two sides entered overtime.
Paul became the hero of overtime in overtime, he tore through the Grizzlies' defense again and again, turned the tide and collapsed, and 44.5 seconds before the end, Paul hit a pull-up jumper and scored four points in a row, and the Clippers led 99-93. Grizzly bears fight to the death.
Gasol and Conley scored back-to-back points to tie the score at 97-99 with 10.1 seconds left in the game.
It was time to test the Clippers' free throws again, Griffin missed two free throws at the critical moment, and the Clippers led 99-97 with 7.2 seconds before the end, and Guy once again carried the burden of the Grizzlies, hitting a three-point shot in the final moments, and the Clippers' normal efforts were reduced to ashes.
The Grizzlies beat the Clippers 100-99 in overtime at home to tie the score at 2-2 in the first round.
Paul scored eight points in overtime and contributed 27 points, nine rebounds and seven assists. Although Griffin contributed 30 points, 7 assists and 5 rebounds, he missed free throws at key moments, and these 30 points also looked bleak, Butler scored 14 points, and Mo Williams had 9 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds.
Conley scored 25 points, 8 assists and 7 rebounds for the Grizzlies, Gay had 23 points and 7 rebounds, Randolph had 12 points and 9 rebounds, and Gasol had 8 points and 5 rebounds.
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On the morning of the second day after the game, Huang Yu came to the training hall, and the Clippers returned to Los Angeles overnight yesterday and would only gather for training in the afternoon, so there was no one in the stadium.
Huang Yu at the apex and at the zero degree angle on both sides, three points put three boxes of balls, the basketball continued to pass through the net, a series of hollow into the net, and the basket net that continued to roll up was very pleasing to the eye.
After throwing the last ball, close your eyes and exhale a breath of turbidity, which is not Huang Yu pretending to be 13, but adjusting the breathing rhythm according to the training method given by the system.
"Beautiful!"
Huang Yu opened his eyes and looked back to see Paul standing there tilting his head to look at Huang Yu.
"Wake up so early!"
There is no bad feeling for Paul Huang Yu, in his previous life, he said that Paul interfered with Rivers' tactics and even excluded his teammates, Huang Yu believed it, but it was Rivers Jr. who was rejected, and Huang Yu felt that it was no problem! And Rivers is not a great coach, even Popovich's tactics are often changed by Ginobili, although he is scolded, he is still happy, Rivers's tactics are not omnipotent, the form on the field is changing rapidly, and the tactics of ball control are not very normal!
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"I got up at four o'clock in the morning when I lost the game next door, and it's almost 8 o'clock now!"
Paul said with a smile, and by the way, he hacked the Lakers.
It's no wonder Paul did the same, and the Lakers lost again, losing again to the Nuggets after returning to Los Angeles from a 3-1 lead.
Kobe Bryant scored 43 points in this game and almost eliminated the Nuggets, but the result was very different, and the Nuggets' bench went berserk, which directly made all Kobe Bryant's efforts go to waste.
The Lakers have long had an open secret. Bryant drew the defense in the final moments, and then the perimeter player made a key shot.
Despite being well known, all the teams still didn't dare to give up on Kobe Bryant and still gave the outside a chance. Fisher and Huang Yu both received Kobe Bryant's pass at a critical moment, and in the current lineup, Sessions and Blake have also become the executors of the Lakers' last shot, but they can only say that the executor is far from the terminator that Huang Yu and Fisher have done this to kill!
The Lakers have been falling behind since the beginning of the game, even though Kobe Bryant played well, scoring 29 points in the first three quarters, but the Lakers have not been able to catch up, and even opened the maximum point difference to 11 points in the third quarter.
Then in the fourth quarter, the Lakers' porous defense made the Nuggets catch it with a hard beating, and the difference was stretched to 15 points, although Kobe Bryant once again bravely hit three points to narrow the difference, but the Lakers' defense can no longer be described as a loophole, it is simply useless, even McGee dared to break through directly with the wrong dribble and dunk in front of Bynum!
At this time, even if he was said to be alone, Kobe Bryant had to step up, hitting three consecutive three-point shots in 90 seconds, and with 59.1 seconds left in the game, he immediately shot after receiving the ball in the right corner, and after hitting the three-point shot, the Lakers only fell behind 96-98.
But Bryant's shooting percentage wasn't always that high, and the next two missed shots allowed the Nuggets to seize the opportunity to widen the difference, Lawson and Harrington each hit one free throw, and the Nuggets led 100-96 with 19.2 seconds left before the break.
Sessions hit a three-pointer with 14 seconds left to close the gap to one, and the Lakers used foul tactics and after Miller hit two free throws to put the Lakers up 99-102 and have a last-ditch shot.
The Lakers directly chose to shoot three points, Kobe missed a three-point shot, and after grabbing the rebound, Sessions also shot from a distance, but unfortunately he didn't hit and lost, and the Lakers lost to the Nuggets 99-102 at home, and the big score was pulled to 3-2.
Bryant scored 14 points in the final quarter, hitting four magic three-pointers in a row to almost achieve a comeback, contributing 43 points, six rebounds and five assists, but still failed to bring victory to the team, Bainer had 16 points and 11 rebounds, Gasol had nine points and 10 rebounds, and Barnes had 11 points.
Nuggets Afflalo scored 19 points and Gallinari had 14 points and five rebounds. McGee, who came off the bench, contributed 21 points and 14 rebounds with seven dunks, and Miller Sr. had 24 points and eight assists.
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"Kobe Bryant will definitely enter the second round, as for whether he has a chance to meet him, it depends on whether the Lakers give him or not!"
Huang Yu said as he picked up the ball.
"What the hell is going on with you and the management, the ban at a critical moment, it has a big impact on the team!"
Paul couldn't hold back the doubts in his heart.
"You should ask the management, Negro, even the assistant coach, or even the person who leaked the video, I now wonder why I was banned from the team for no reason, and it was two games, the pressure given by the team, the team is not in harmony with the team, and I am so annoyed now, if TM lets me play for nothing this season, I can say it directly, it's great to sit on the bench until the end of the season and leave."
Huang Yu didn't target Paul, but the roar could probably be heard outside the training hall.
"Ahem! ~Cough! ~Cough! ~”
Huang Yu's throat was a little uncomfortable, a little too hard, but looking at Paul's expression, his acting skills were not bad, Huang Yu was not pretending to be pitiful to win sympathy, and now this is the case.
"Then why did you go back to Los Angeles in the last game, if you are in the game, you won't lose!"
Although Paul was shocked by Huang Yu's acting skills, he didn't forget what he was here to do today, after all, he is now the leader of the team, and if the team doesn't get along with him, he will have to take measures, so he wants to hear what Huang Yu said, and now many people in the locker room are dissatisfied with Huang Yu, thinking that Huang Yu's team is still in Memphis is irresponsible.
"Even if I'm here, can you guarantee that I'll play the fourth game? Can't you get on, do you want me to wear a fight and cheer you on the sidelines? If you guys lose the third game, maybe in the fourth game you can talk about the Negro guy, but if you win, do you think he's going to play a player who doesn't give him face? ”
Huang Yu's series of rhetorical questions made Paul stunned, and after thinking about it carefully, after winning the third game, Negro seemed to be really high-spirited, and he almost took all the credit on himself.
"It's useless to say anything now, the Clippers are 2-2, I can play and make sure I'm in shape, but do I have a chance? I wish you all the best of luck, I've decided to find a home. ”
Huang Yu put all the balls in the basket, pushed them to the sidelines and turned around and walked out of the stadium, as soon as he closed the door, Huang Yu covered his chest and couldn't help but praise himself.
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Huang Yu's words made Paul stunned, and then his face was very embarrassed, you must know that the Clippers are because there are talented inside and outside combinations, although the inside line still needs time to grow, but the outside scorer has matured, and a qualified blue-collar interior has a great chance to win the championship!
But there was so much mess in this short season that Paul thought about it and left the arena.
Paul said in an interview that night that he didn't need you to point fingers on the court if the Clippers management was dirty! This statement made the Clippers management miserable, and the most powerful thing about the media is to spread rumors, directly branding them as Sterling's undercover agents and deliberately sabotaging the existence of the Clippers.
"Am I going too far?"
Huang Yu looked at Abby and said.
"It's excessive! If you compensate him for two championships, I guess he will feel better if he knows the truth! ”
Abby nodded Yellow Rain's nose and received it.
"That's what you said, as soon as I renew my contract, then today's things will be properly revealed, and I will definitely make Paul very angry when I let Paul use the media to put pressure on the Clippers management."
Huang Yu said bluntly, although Paul's contract can be traded, but if you want to find someone with similar ability, it is simply difficult to reach the sky! If it really happens, it seems that Paul should be comforted before the situation leaks out, at least to make him feel that he is short-handed.
(End of chapter)