Chapter 18: Defeat in Los Angeles
The second game between the Warriors and the Clippers was almost a slaughter, and by the end of the first half, the Warriors had already trailed by as many as 26 points at 41:67! The entire second half was almost reduced to garbage time, the Clippers' Blake Griffin scored 21 points on 6-of-9 shooting in the first half, and scored 35 points and 6 rebounds on 13-of-17 shooting in the whole game, leading the Clippers to slaughter the Warriors 139-98, excluding Griffin, the Clippers also had six people score double-doubles, showing the terrifying bench thickness, and the Warriors only Curry played a normal game, he scored 24 points and 8 rebounds on 9-of-17 shooting, but it is clear that it takes everyone to work together to win a strong team like the Clippers, Curry alone wasn't enough, Klay Thompson, David Lee, and Draymond Green all played more than 20 minutes before leaving work early......
In the third game, the Clippers won another game 98-96, the process of this game is far less intense than the result, in fact, the Clippers have been pressing the Warriors throughout the game, the Warriors set off a counterattack in the final quarter and finally lost a glimpse, there is 1 minute left in the game, the Clippers lead by six points, Curry "snapped" a three-pointer, Griffin hit one of two free throws, Curry "snapped" another three-pointer, Paul made one of two free throws, in the last four seconds of the game, Curry snapped - this time did not score, the game was over.
In this game, Blake Griffin once again played a dominant game, scoring 32 points and 8 rebounds on 15-of-25 shooting, Chris Paul scored 15 points and 10 assists, DeAndre Jordan scored 14 points and grabbed 22 rebounds, Klay Thompson scored 26 points on 10-of-22 shooting on the Warriors' side, Curry scored 16 points and handed out 15 assists on 5-of-12 shooting, David Lee, Andre Iguodala, Jermaine O'Neal and Draymond Green all scored double-doubles, But in the end, it didn't get a win for the team.
In the first three games, the Warriors fell behind 1:2, and in the fourth game, they relied on Stephen Curry's god-level play to win this game, he scored 33 points, 7 rebounds and 7 assists on 10-of-20 shooting, leading the Warriors to defeat the Clippers 118-97, and at the same time equalizing the big score, Andre Iguodala and Harrison Barnes' efficient performance was also the key reason why the Warriors were able to win this victory, Iguodala scored 22 points and 9 assists on 6-of-8 shooting, Barnes had 15 points and four assists on 6-of-7 shooting, Griffin had 21 points and six rebounds, Paul had 16 points and six assists, and Jamal Crawford off the bench had a great game, scoring 26 points on 8-of-18 shooting, but he couldn't beat the Warriors alone.
In the first quarter, the Clippers led by DeAndre Jordan who scored 10 points on 4-of-4 shooting, led by 31:21 to the Warriors, the Warriors did not erase the difference throughout the game, and finally the Warriors lost 103:113, Jordan scored 25 points on 8-of-10 shooting and grabbed 18 rebounds in normal games, Paul sent 20 points, 7 assists, 6 rebounds and 5 steals, Griffin scored 18 points and 7 rebounds, Jamal Crawford on the bench became the biggest enemy of the Warriors' loss, he scored 11 points in a single quarter in the fourth quarter, whenever the Warriors needed to score, Crawford would always stand up and take over the game, and suppress the momentum of the Warriors with unreasonable jump shots again and again, he scored 19 points in the game, Warriors Klay Thompson scored 21 points, 5 rebounds and 4 assists, David Lee scored 18 points and 10 rebounds, Iguodala scored 18 points, 8 rebounds and 8 assists on 7-of-15 shooting. Curry finished with 17 points, three rebounds and four assists on 5-of-10 shooting.
The Warriors lost to the Los Angeles Clippers in the crucial Game 5 and fell behind 2-3, and they will have to go all out in the next game and play a wonderful team basketball!
With 10 minutes and 10 seconds left in Game 6, Crawford received a powerful dunk from DeAndrew-Jordan to put the Clippers up by just two points, and then Barnes made two free throws from Redick and made all of them, extending the Warriors' lead to four points with one minute left in the game! Then in the next round, Klay Thompson blocked Chris Paul's key shot, but then Paul stole Stephen Curry and successfully won a valuable ball for the Clippers, Darren Collison hit the iron, Crawford grabbed the offensive rebound and shot a three-pointer, hit the iron, Matt Barnes grabbed the offensive rebound and passed to the outside Darren Collison, hit the iron, Matt Barnes grabbed the offensive rebound again, and hit a three-pointer himself, but there were only 3 seconds left in the game, although Curry missed two free throws, But Draymond Green grabbed the offensive rebound and declared the Warriors victorious.
Curry scored 24 points and 9 assists on 9-of-24 shooting in the whole game to lead the Warriors to a 100-99 victory over the Clippers, dragging the series to a tiebreaker, Draymond Green was promoted to the starter, with 14 points, 14 rebounds, 4 assists and 5 steals, and Maris Speights off the bench scored 12 points and 6 rebounds, and the Clippers' Paul and Griffin did not play well, the highest scorer was Matt Barnes's 18 points, and he also grabbed 11 rebounds, including 7 frontcourt rebounds, DeAndre Jordan had nine points, 19 rebounds and four blocks, and Jamal Crawford had 19 points.
The Clippers relied on a strong interior combination and the deployment of the outside line, while the Warriors relied on a variety of unreasonable three-point shots, with 2 minutes and 22 seconds left before the end of the game, Curry hit the basket and caused Paul's foul, and hit both free throws to lead the Warriors by one point at 109:108, and then, Griffin hit a shot under the basket, the Warriors were one point behind, and at the critical moment, the Clippers still relied on the inside, Griffin's side just scored, DeAndre Jordan immediately gave Curry a block on the defensive end, Griffin hit two points again under the basket, expanding the score to 3 points, Draymond Green did not shoot three points, and Paul did not shoot in the offensive and defensive transition, but DeAndre Jordan grabbed the rebound in the front court and dunked it, the Warriors fell behind by 5 points, and the situation was precarious!
With 1 minute and 12 seconds left before the end of the game, Curry hit the basket and caused a foul on Crawford, and the Warriors only trailed by 3 points after hitting both free throws, but Griffin shot again, he held the ball and hit the basket under the waist of Draymond Green, a carp made a straight move and the ball was sent to the basket and caused Green's foul, but the free throw was not scored, and with 55 seconds left in the game, the Warriors were still trailing by 5 points at 111:116, Curry missed the shot, Draymond Green grabbed the rebound in the frontcourt, and the strong attack caused Griffin's foul, one of two free throws, and the Warriors trailed by four points at 112:116, and then JJ Redick ran perfectly and received a pass from Paul to hit a key shot! The Warriors trailed by as many as six points with 36 seconds left in the game! Then Curry made a three-point shot on the right side of the free throw line, missed, but the whistle blew, and the referee determined that Paul had committed a foul! Curry gets three free throws! Curry didn't waste a single opportunity, hitting all three free throws steadily, and with 30 seconds left before the end of the game, Griffin caught the ball quickly and made an empty pass for Jordan, who jumped up and smashed the basket in the air! With 22 seconds left in the game, the Warriors trailed by five points, and at the critical moment, the Warriors poured back consecutive back-to-back shots for Draymond Green to pour an open three-point opportunity, who lived up to expectations and hit the fifth three-pointer of the game, and with 13 seconds left in the game, the Warriors chased the score to 118:120 and only fell behind by two points!
2 points, it doesn't seem like much, but it's like a trench, Redick hit both free throws, Chris Paul made all four free throws and didn't give the Warriors a chance, although Curry hit a three-pointer with 3.0 seconds left in the game, but it was too late, and finally the game ended, the Warriors lost to the Clippers 121:126, and were eliminated by the Los Angeles Clippers with a big score of 3:4.
In this game, Curry played the best game of the series, with 33 points, 5 rebounds, 9 assists and 3 steals on 7-of-17 shooting, Draymond Green hit 5 three-pointers on 9-of-13 shooting and scored 24 points, 7 rebounds, 3 assists, 2 steals and 2 blocks, Klay Thompson scored 15 points on 4-of-11 shooting and handed out 7 assists, David Lee scored 13 points and 13 rebounds, while the Clippers Griffin shot 10-of-18 for 24 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, 3 steals and 3 blocks. Chris Paul had 22 points and 14 assists and four steals, JJ Redick scored 20 points on 7-of-13 shooting, DeAndre Jordan had 15 points and 18 rebounds on 6-of-6 shooting, and Crawford scored 22 points on 6-of-6 shooting.
In this round of the series between the Warriors and the Clippers, in fact, the Clippers are deeply affected by Sterling's racist remarks, and the overall team's winning atmosphere is not too good, but Rao is like this, the Clippers still give full play to the advantage of the inside, Griffin and Jordan Jr. can score 35 points per game, grab 21 rebounds and send 5 blocks, super six Crawford has become the team's third firepower point, and the shooting efficiency is quite high, Paul averaged 17.4 points per game and was able to deliver as many as 9.0 assists, on the other hand, the Warriors, the proud three-point shooting ability did not play much role under the strong defense of the Clippers, Curry and Thompson's three-point shooting rate is not as good as the regular season, the newly introduced Iguodala is seriously degraded on the offensive end, although the shooting rate is very high, but the key is that he can't shoot a few times, the inside David Lee performance is slightly abnormal under the pressure of the Clippers, and Boggart, who was reimbursed for injury, has become the fuse of the Warriors' defeat? But the NBA has no ifs, no illusions, this is sports, this is the charm of the NBA.