Chapter 304: It's a little more difficult

On June 3, the first game of the Finals, the Clippers were caught off guard by the Green Shirts on the road, and they gave the opponent a 10-0 at the beginning of this game, after which the Celtics firmly controlled the situation on the court, and finally defeated the Los Angeles Clippers 95-85, with a total score of 0:1, and the Clippers lost the expected game. οΌ»

In the first game of the finals held at TD North Shore Garden, the Clippers, nicknamed the "Titanic" by American fans, were dismantled by the Boston Big Three. Billups was completely scrapped.

In yesterday's game, Billups only scored a measly 7 points on 2-of-9 shooting and 1-of-5 three-pointers in 33 minutes of playing time. What's worse is that he also failed in his main business - threading the needle and organizing the tandem, and only handed out 4 assists in the whole game.

The Clippers thought they had an absolute advantage at the No. 1 spot before starting the game against the Celtics. Billups will surely beat Rajan. Rondo. But after losing the opening game, the Clippers don't seem to have a clear advantage in this position. Although in this game, Billups's poor table was because a breakthrough layup in the first quarter was maliciously pushed off the court by Perkins, Mr. Key landed unsteadily, and it seemed that some old injuries had recurred, and after returning to the locker room for a short treatment, although Billups returned to the court, his table plummeted.

Still, Rajan. Rondo didn't get nervous in the first Finals game of his career, grabbing 6 points, 6 rebounds and 6 assists, and many Chinese fans said that you are really smooth! And Billups. One has 117 playoff games. A super veteran who has won the MVP of the Grand Finals. In the whole game, he only had 7 points, 4 assists and 3 rebounds.

After the game, Rondo excitedly said: "I felt great, I wasn't very nervous, I just tried to see the game as a normal playoff game. But I know it's going to be more intense, it's going to be more crazy and I'm glad we got the win. ”

Garnett was also full of praise for his little brother's cousin after the game: "I think he has the demeanor of a big man and in the second half of the season he integrated better into the team. The playoffs have also been a steady output, and throughout the season, you can see that he is getting more and more mature. ”

Thunder. Allen agrees with Garnett: "Rondo's table is like he's played a lot of playoff games, and for him, it's not a big picture at all. He did a good job and commanded the team to win. ”

On the other side, if only Billups did not play well, the Clippers may not have the power to fight back, but Ji Guoyi languished under Garnett's watch, and the little fox fell into a foul crisis in the first half. The shooting touch was also a mess, with only 1 of 7 shots. He made 0 of 3 three-pointers and 1 of 3 free throws, and he was a difficult brother to Billups.

Ji Guoyi only scored 3 points and 3 rebounds in the first half, and he did not recover in the second half, and he got a pitiful 8 points and 5 rebounds in the whole game. When half of the Clippers' four small giants are restricted, it would be tantamount to a fool's dream to win in the Finals, and the Celtics Big Three are not good-looking.

The Clippers were able to wrestle with the Green Shirts in the first game for three quarters, and there was still hope of overtaking in the final quarter, which was completely Ji Guoqiu's rampage in the first half and the fourth quarter, and Brother Panda cut 18 points and 10 rebounds on Perkins in the first half, and got a playoff high 30 points and 19 rebounds in the whole game, especially when he scored 7 points in a row in the final quarter of the chasing stage, which allowed the Clippers to die a decent death in the first game.

In fact, if you look at the number of JΓΉ alone, Artest, the four small giants, did not perform well throughout the game, shooting 4 of 12 from the field, 1 of 4 from three-point range, and got 12 points and 7 rebounds. But Artest's value is that he can play like crazy and can't score a goal, but he also keeps the opposing Pierce on the same level as himself. Therefore, he has fully completed his task in the game, and if Billups and Ji Guoyi can show XiΓ n better, the outcome of the game may have to be rewritten.

In this game, Ji Guoqiu finally got 30 points, 19 rebounds, 4 assists, 4 blocks and 3 steals, Ji Guoqiu 8 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 1 block, Billups 7 points and 4 assists, Artest 12 points and 7 rebounds, Mobley 13 points, Posey 7 points, Garcia 4 points, Tim. Thomas 5 points.

Kevin. Garnett 18 points, 10 rebounds, 3 assists, 3 blocks and 2 steals. Allen 24 points, 5 rebounds and 2 assists. Pierce had 14 points, 6 rebounds and 3 assists. Rondo had 6 points, 6 assists and 6 rebounds. Thorton 16 points, Kassel 12 points, Glenn . Davis 6 points.

Dunleavy Sr. fired after the game: "Lose? I don't care about that, I care more about the fact that Al. Thorton made 12 free throws in just 24 minutes of playing time, how could he make more free throws than our entire team? I think that's ridiculous, the Celtics had a 18-5 ratio of free throws to us in the first half, so how can you play? ”

In this game, the Clippers were interrupted by the referee's whistle every time they were close to the score, so that it was only at a timeout in the second quarter that the elder Dunleavy left the player and went directly to the referee, the damn big bald head to negotiate. And in the third quarter, even the real core of the Clippers, the Panda Hero, couldn't hold it back, but this time his communication with the referee was exchanged for a technical foul, but fortunately, this was the first technical foul in the Panda playoffs.

However, the reason why it became a topic of conversation after the game was that Ji Guoqiu's technical foul was shown by the bald Crawford, in fact, Ji Guoqiu's protest was not fierce, but Crawford did not hesitate to show a technical foul directly to the giant panda. This makes people think, could it be that Brother Panda is called Little Duncan to cause trouble?

Since words can only be exchanged for a ruthless whistle, the fox brother knows that he will be suspended again if he gets another technical foul, so he can only use the angry referee and use the "eye killing" method to protest. Especially with 1 minute and 50 seconds left in the final quarter, Ji Guoyi thought that he was fouled by a thug during a jump shot and should have made a free throw, but the bald referee was indifferent again.

Dunleavy Sr. noted after the game that Clippers players have been fouled far more than the stats show on the table. "I can cite some facts," he said. But I'm not going to dwell too much on the minutiae. Because now there is no point in arguing about those. The Clippers coach tried to express his frustration in a tactful way: "They tried to create an illusion, and the referee's decision tonight turned into an illusion. Our players went to scramble for the ball and it looked like it had a thorn in it, because they had to keep a decent distance from the ball to make a good impression on the referee, and that's how the referee blew the penalty tonight. ”

Panda tried to find the positives in this encounter: "Because we are a young team, the players learned a lot tonight, and I think it shows that we still have a lot to play. ”

On the Celtics side, Ray. Allen's outburst is undoubtedly good news for the Eastern Conference three-round series. Thunder. Allen has been criticized by Boston fans and the media alike, but today in the all-important Finals, he was the best player for the Green Shirts. Ray Allen's erratic movement left Posey and Artest with little to do, and in fact, against this kind of flexible projection, the Clippers might be able to achieve better defensive results with Garcia.

Thunder. Allen scored 24 points in the game, including 9 points on 3-of-4 three-pointers in the final quarter, and it was his two life-winning three-pointers at critical moments that made the Clippers' comeback fall short.

At the post-match press conference, Ray. Speaking to reporters, Allen said: "The way I feel now is no different from how I felt when I scored 10 points in a game. We won the game and it was a great feeling. Victory is the one thing that brings me the most joy. And it's not my personal expression of good or bad. ”

Los Angeles Times reported after the game: The Clippers trailed by as many as 20 points in the game to only five points in the final five minutes, but were unlucky to lose to the Celtics.

Boston Globe post-match report: The Big Three finally got a result last night - they dominated the game and claimed their first win in the Grand Finals. Kevin. Garnett blocked the super-newcomer who was in the limelight, which also included 2 blocks in the final quarter; Thunder. Allen made 6-of-7 three-pointers as the Celtics now lead the series 1-0 and are one step closer to winning another championship.

The Clippers didn't return to Los Angeles the next day, staying in Boston for Game 2. Dunleavy Sr. faced overwhelming media coverage and strictly forbade players to watch TV and newspapers. Speaking of which, the elder Dunleavy is also a tough coach, and often forcibly prohibits players from doing some things, which is very undemocratic!

Old Dunleavy did this, of course, it was not an idle egg, and most of the media reports were about Ji Guosha and Billups's sluggish state, and they were basically critical in nature. Considering that the Clippers lost, for now, such a report would be considered good, at least without direct criticism of their waste. But if they lose the second game, then these media should blame and attack the ...... Even spitting reports smashed at Clippers players.

So, simply don't watch TV and don't read newspapers to avoid being affected.

However, in the face of the media, Dunleavy took over the task, and he told the media: "We are participating in the finals for the first time in history, and we have never been so close to the championship ring, let alone the players, and even I, the coach, are extremely nervous." In the first game we didn't show our true quality at all, that's not our real level. My players and I can't wait for the next game to come, every team can be beaten by their opponents, it's just that we lost the first game. ”

Sterling, the bastard owner, also came forward the next day and said that he didn't think the Clippers had a chance to win the championship, and the team still had one day to prepare for the next game, and there would definitely be a game at that time!

The second game between the Los Angeles Clippers and the Boston Celtics will be played on June 5, and the Clippers have almost two days to prepare.

In fact, the current situation of the Clippers is not too bad, it is already difficult to play on the road, and they also lost the first game of the Western Conference Finals to the Lakers. Two away games, as long as they can win one, the Clippers will be considered to have overfulfilled their task. They will have three home games in a row, win one away, and then the passive will be Celtic.

Ji Guozhi was not strong in the first game, and the results shrank after the game, and he spared words like gold at the post-game press conference, and he couldn't see his figure the next day.

Taylor. Swift comforted her boyfriend on the phone, and the hour-long phone porridge made Ji Guozhi feel a lot better. Then, he didn't expect that he would actually receive Emma, who had returned to England. Watson's phone call, little Hermione could not continue to stay in the United States to watch the game because of the filming of the Harry Potter films.

Ji Guoyan himself didn't know how he could be with Emma again. Watson talked on the phone for half an hour on the phone, could it be that little Hermione's British accent sounded?

"Well, it must be so!"

During the two days that the team rested, Dunleavy Sr. and his coaching staff were not idle, except for eating and sleeping, they were either watching videos together or having a meeting to study how to deal with the Celtics in the second game. After two days, these coaches all have hairstyles that look like street writers on the domestic Biquge www.biquge.info website, and it is estimated that they can bring back a few five-cent coins when they walk around the street.

The Clippers players are characterized by their youth, fearlessness is the biggest characteristic of this Clippers team that enters the Finals for the first time, and the average age of the team's starters is only 23 years old, while the Celtics are as high as 28 years old. Allen and Garnett are both over 30, and the Clippers' oldest Billups is only 32.

Speaking of Billups, he injured his ankle again in the first game, but fortunately, it was found that there was no problem after the fact, and he was already able to train against him the next day, which should not affect his second game.

The two brothers knew that in the original time and space, Billups had been in poor physical condition in this year's playoffs, and it could be said that he played with an injury. At this time, Billups did not seem to avoid the impact of injuries on him, and in the first game against the defensive Celtics, an ankle injury caused by that malicious foul affected his first game.

Regarding his loss to rookie Rondo in his first game, Billups didn't say anything, but he was very aggrieved in his heart! He certainly didn't think he would lose to Rondo, a sophomore rookie, in his normal state, so in the second game, Billups held his breath and was bound to blow up Rajan on the court. Rondo proves that he is not old.

Among the Clippers players, Ji Guoyi, who has the same mentality as Billups, was blown up by Garnett, who is still athletic, on both ends of the offensive and defensive ends in the first game, and still feels unrecognizable.

In fact, these two people are on the body element, Ji Guoyi still has a slight advantage at this time, after all, he is young, but Garnett is over 30 years old, and the body is beginning to enter the downhill slope. However, Garnett is much more experienced than him, so to speak, very cunning, and Garnett looked more like a fox in the first game.

The most important thing is that the wolf king also has an absolute advantage in strength, and his speed and pace are only a little worse, coupled with the old way of moving and defensive timing, this has formed a crushing posture for Ji Guoyi, which makes the little fox feel like he can't do it, and in the end, even his head is a little bit unbright, he knows that it is the feeling of being stunned.

In short, Ji Guosha faced Garnett and found that it was completely different from the previous treatment of Duncan, Boozer, and Gasol.

The first round against Duncan, it was a wheel battle between him and Ji Guoqiu; The second round against Boozer was the anti-bone boy who did not give himself strength this year; Against Gasol, it was the Spaniard who was implicated by his pig teammates; But in the finals, it was the turn of another star to go head-to-head with him, but this opponent made Ji Guosha feel like he couldn't start.

Garnett is no worse than him in terms of comprehensive physical qualities, and he is extremely experienced, he is more able to use his body than him, and technically he crushes Ji Guosha, who can only shoot three-point shots and shoot with his back, and he still has one last trick - trash talk. However, the wolf king is also a good player in this move, and he is completely immune to the little fox's mouth cannon.

The little fox said that he couldn't handle such an opponent for the time being, and it seemed that the difficulty was too high. (To be continued......) R527