Chapter 162: Upset
"At the end of the third quarter, the Clippers had a one-point lead over the Suns at 78:77!" Mike Brin said in surprise at the end of the third quarter between the two teams.
"That's right, this result was not only unexpected by us, but also by the fans present, and even more so by the media!" Van Gundy said with a smile.
"Well, most of the media before the game were optimistic about the Clippers, they thought that the Clippers could win the Suns 4:1 and 4:2 at most in this round of the series, but they didn't expect that the Suns would have the upper hand until now!" Nash laughed too.
"Yes, Steve is right, don't look at the score now, the Clippers are 1 point ahead of the Suns, you have to look at the situation of the Clippers on the court, Griffin and Paul played again in the middle of the third quarter, and DeAndre Jordan didn't take a minute off in the third quarter!" Brin's serious words gave the Clippers fans present a bad feeling.
"Yes, Jordan Jr. only had less than 5 minutes of rest in the middle of the second quarter, you look at the camera now to him, he is obviously not in good shape now, the Suns in the third season are like the whole team is on a pulley, they can't stop at all, if it weren't for Rivers replacing Paul in time to control the rhythm, the score of the two teams will definitely not be like this!" Van Gundy nodded.
"On the contrary, everyone is looking at Li Mojie, who has not appeared in front of the camera for a long time, he has not played since the end of the third quarter after halftime, and I think Li Mojie must be ready in the next fourth quarter!" Nash looked at Li Mojie on the sidelines with a relieved expression.
Staples Arena Away Bench, "Well done guys, haha, we're the strongest, to hell with those media!" Li Mojie excitedly high-fived his teammates. Li Mojie is very excited at this time, you must know that the Suns have changed from the bottom of the West last year to the sixth place in the playoffs now, and the media has evaluated him as the strongest post-90s, succeeding James, the first person in the league in the next ten years.
What would he be called if he could not only make the Western Conference playoffs in sixth place this year, but also go down to the Clippers and upset the Clippers? Jordan, James, Kobe Bryant, who had him in his rookie season? I'm afraid that only the old magician who won the MOP in his rookie season can compete with him!
While everyone was talking, the fourth quarter began.
The Clippers fielded: a combination of Jamal Crawford, Redick, Danny Granger, Griffin, and Ryan Hollins.
The Suns, on the other hand, fielded a combination of Archigood Dwin, Chris Middleton, Lee Mojie, Channing Frye, and Rudy Gobert.
The Suns took the lead in the third quarter, and Archiy Goodwin naturally did not have the right to control the ball and organize the offense, and he honestly gave the ball to the core of the team, Li Mojie, as soon as he passed the half.
Li Mojie took the ball and stood at the top of the arc, and then directly called Channing Fry out to block and dismantle, Channing Frye as a spatial power forward, blocking and dismantling is the guy he eats, familiar with the door, 211cm, with a mid-range shot, can shoot three points, how dare Griffin put it, and immediately withdrew from the inside.
However, this ball Frye did not shoot in the face of Granger, who switched defenses, but chose to make another pass, and he passed the ball to Li Mojie, who had already cut to the inside.
"This ball, Fry should have shot, but he still chose to pass! Li Mojie catches the ball, does he want to shoot in the face of Griffin? No, his pass went past Griffin and threw it to the basket, oh my god, empty catch! ”
The audience on the court saw Gobert holding the ball high and pressing down with both hands!
"Bang!"
With a not-so-loud sound, Gobert slammed the ball into the basket with both hands!
There was an uproar at the scene, accompanied by the scolding of Clippers fans.
"Oh shit, I thought Blake was going to be able to stop that ball."
"Are we in the air or are we them, our baskets have been ravaged by their Marc Jaiers, Green, Gobert and others in this game!?"
"Hey man, remember to jump up and steal me next time!" Li Mojie deliberately stared at Griffin's short arm and smiled at him.
"This damn rookie, does he know that scolding people doesn't expose their shortcomings and slapping people doesn't slap their faces?" Griffin said angrily, short arm span has always been a hard injury for him, so he never hangs his hands when taking pictures, but always has to find a basketball to grab to feel at ease, and now this rookie actually doesn't let go of this!
Then Griffin angrily wanted to return one, holding the ball high to break through Fry, Frye was nervous, but his movements were not affected, and when he saw Griffin dribbling the ball to the right side, he immediately moved his feet to top it.
Just as Griffin didn't dare to let Frye go too far, Frye didn't dare to let this Griffin, who already had the ability to shoot too far.
"But I'm not alone!" Frye glanced at Gobert behind him with his peripheral vision and suddenly felt very relieved, although Gobert is also a rookie this year, but Gobert is nearly 24 years old, he has already played in the European League in the NBA League, although he is now very bad offensively, but in defense, his defensive gate attributes have begun to take shape!
So Fry made up his mind and fought and retreated, Griffin was not able to directly break through Frye's defense, but at the same time, in the face of Griffin's rapid impact, Fry also couldn't stop it.
The two of them leaned on and rushed to the inside line.
Frye is on the side, and Gobert is on the inside to make up for the interference at the right time, this kind of defense is a specially formulated tactic for the Suns for Griffin, an interior beast with explosive athletic ability!
Leaning on Fry, Griffin kept moving closer to the basket, and the two scrambled into the three-second zone, while Gobert was ready to move forward.
"Smack!" A shocking hat!
"My God, at the beginning of the fourth quarter of the Suns, Gobert took the lead in standing up, he first blew the horn of the Suns' fourth-quarter counterattack, and now there is an All-Star power forward in the Big Hat League, this guy, from an objective point of view, I can only say that he did a very beautiful job!" Brin complimented in surprise.
"Well, but just when everyone was still reminiscing about Gobert's big hat, Li Mojie jumped up and picked up the fanned rebound, and then a long pass to the clever Archigood Dwin, while Archiy Goodwin scored 2 points, Li Mojie has a double-double in assists in this game, and he has now scored 17 points, 10 assists and 6 rebounds." Nash said.
"There's one more thing that people may not have noticed." Van Gundy looked at Archigudwin on the field and suddenly said mysteriously.
"Huh? What the? Brin asked.
"The fourth quarter game is so critical, the Suns actually sent 3 rookies this year!" Van Gundy then laughed.
"Hey, really!" When the audience on the sidelines heard it, it was really like this, at this time, the Suns' Li Mojie, Gobert, and Archiy Goodwin were all rookies this year!
"How dare this guy?" Rivers on the other end looked at Hornacek in disbelief and thought: Are all the current coaches so floating?
Then the two teams started a defensive battle, and in the fourth quarter, when the score was deadlocked, neither side wanted to lose, so the defensive intensity also followed.
After the Clippers completed an offense, the Suns launched an attack, and Li Mojie did not ask for the ball in the half court because the Clippers defended very tightly at this time, but ran to Middleton outside the three-point line to ask for the ball from Middleton, who was one step inside the three-point line on the wing.
After receiving Middleton's pass, Li Mojie immediately motioned for Frye to step forward to block the pick-and-roll.
Frye blocked, Li Mojie dribbled the ball and rushed directly into the three-point line, Danny Granger, who had been prepared, had already come around from behind Frye at this time, stuck on the side, and at this time, Ryan Hollins did not pull very far outside.
Such an opportunity was not too good for Li Mojie, so after dribbling two steps, Li Mojie passed the ball back to Fry.
Seeing Frye holding the ball in the high post, Griffin immediately followed from the inside, and Griffin left from the inside, which made the space under the basket larger, and Li Mojie, who passed the ball, also accelerated and rushed directly to the basket.
"Rookie, do you want to get rid of me? Still want to play this trick? "Granger is also angry in his heart, Lao Tzu used to be brilliant, and now you can be beaten casually by a rookie?
Granger did not let his guard down after Li Mojie passed the ball out, and blocked the middle of Li Mojie and Frye for the first time, blocking Frye's passing route.
However, Li Mojie cleverly rushed to the basket and turned around, and he originally rushed down from the left side of the three-second zone, and he turned to rush back from the right side of the three-second zone to the high position.
Frye, who was holding the ball in the high position, immediately put the ball down after seeing Li Mojie rushing back, and was ready to pass the ball to Li Mojie.
Just when the Clippers were about to be stunned by the Suns, Frye took the ball and didn't pass, and directly hit a three-pointer!
"What should I do?" Rivers patted his big bald head and said, Li Mojie, this guy is too difficult, he will actually do off-ball cover for other teammates?
The next time completely entered the rhythm of the Suns, under the leadership of the energetic Li Mojie, the Suns played vigorously, Rivers was replaced by Paul, and the Suns were not able to stop the morale of the Suns, and finally the Suns won by eight points at 32:24 in the fourth quarter, defeating the Clippers 109:102 away, and blowing up a big upset in the first round of the playoffs! Reading a book and finding the latest chapters by yourself? You're out, WeChat attention Beauty editor helps you find books! It's really a good book to flirt with girls!