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On May 6, the second round of the playoffs was held at the Smoothie King Center, the Pelicans' home stadium.

The four teams in the second round of the Western Conference are: Pelicans, Thunder, Spurs and Clippers. Among them, except for the Clippers, who are among the following offenses and defeated the Nuggets who are ranked higher than themselves in the regular season, the other three teams completely beat their opponents to the north.

Of course, compared to other teams, the Pelicans are a trick. Because the Lakers' team spirit has been injured, their resistance is much worse than in the regular season.

The Pelicans' opponent in this round is the Clippers, and head coach Williams has analyzed it well, and after the Clippers won the battle of Tianwang Mountain, they defeated the Nuggets at home in one go, ending the first-round series with a record of 4:2.

Due to the league rules, the Pelicans' opponents became the Clippers, Thunder vs Spurs.

This is completely good news for the Pelicans, who are far less stressed than the Spurs and the Thunder, despite their predestined opponents.

However, the Spurs have picked up a bargain this time, Westbrook retired injured in the previous game, and the Thunder are currently supported by a small schoolbag, if nothing else, the Spurs will definitely wait for the next opponent in the Western Conference Finals.

Thunder, after losing the Divine Turtle, is like a giant with a broken leg. No matter how tough he is, he can't escape the fate of being hunted in the face of the old and spicy hunters.

Compared with the uneven game between the Spurs and the Thunder, the confrontation between the Pelicans and the Clippers is much more interesting. First of all, the two teams have grievances, as long as fans who have watched the game between the two teams this season know that when Staples fought, Yang Yi almost fought against the entire team of the empty city alone. Moreover, the strength of the two teams is almost the same, and the real fight must be the performance of Mars hitting the Earth.

At the Smoothie King Center, the two teams are battling.

However, the Clippers were in surprisingly good shape today, shooting 10 of 13 in the opening game, including 3 of 3 three-pointers and 7 of 10 two-pointers, scoring 23 points; The Pelicans only scored 12 points on 5-of-12 shooting, 2-of-4 from three-point range and 3-of-8 from two-point range.

Williams had no choice but to stop the game.

Maybe it's because of the Clippers' non-stop game, they are in very good shape, and their shooting percentage is surprisingly high; Or maybe they are holding their breath and want to avenge their original revenge through the playoffs. All in all, so far, their goal has been achieved, and the Pelicans have been dropped by a full 11 points.

After Yang Yi found out that the Pelicans had a low shooting percentage, he activated the Eye of Data, and he wanted to narrow the gap between the two teams through the Eye of Data.

However, when he actually used it, he realized that the Data Eye was far from being as easy to use as he thought. He can easily spot player flaws with his eyes on the team, but it's different when he plays against the Clippers.

After four or five days of confrontation, he already knows about the statistics of the players in the team, so he has no disadvantage to launch the eyes of data, and he is often hand-to-hand. But now the role of the Eye of Data is not very big for the Clippers, or he is not very familiar with the application of the Eye of Data, and many times he is dizzy by the Clippers' change of formation, and his own attention is also distracted a lot.

Otherwise, if he had focused on the game, he would not have let the Clippers drop his team by 11 points.

No, manager Williams asked him questions at the timeout.

"The One, are you feeling unwell today and are a little inattentive!" After the timeout, Williams didn't rush to lay out the tactics, but asked the fat man first.

It's also a shame to say that the team with the best record in the league has to rely on a young man under the age of 20. If Yang Yi had some small accident, the Pelican collapse was not a joke. If Yang Yi is still as inattentive as before, the difference between the two teams will only widen.

Although the rest of the team has grown a lot this season, they have all relied on Yang Yi's wings. If something happens to Yang, the Pelicans' young team will definitely collapse.

Just like Kobe Bryant is to the Lakers, Yang Yi is now the banner of the Pelicans, the backbone of the Pelicans, and if he falls alone, 100% will make the Pelicans, a tree that looks extremely lush, collapse.

For the above reasons, Williams is concerned about Yang Yi's situation.

In fact, Yang Yi didn't have much of a problem, he just focused too much on the Clippers players and relaxed his own offense. Coupled with the fact that his teammates' shooting percentage was a little low today, it led to the situation of falling behind by 11 points now.

"It's okay, Monty, maybe it's been a long time since I had an opponent, and my brain is a little down, but it's definitely going to be a lot better next." Yang Yixiang reassured the head coach.

Although the level of confrontation and intensity in the playoffs is not comparable to that of the regular season, Yang Yi has too many secret weapons, and it is not a big deal to catch up with the Clippers.

Besides, isn't it just over halfway through the first quarter? 11 points is not a big deal for him!

Also, the Clippers' hot hand can't last forever, and they will definitely have a cool-down period. When the time comes, oh, it doesn't have to be at that time, he just needs to take back the energy he put on the data eye and focus on the offense, will it be difficult to catch up with the Clippers?

Yang Yi's prestige in the Pelicans is not blown, and the players may not believe the head coach's words, but for Yang Yi, he must obey his words. This is the prestige that he has earned from the court bit by bit, and no one on the Pelicans can compete with it.

So after he said that, Williams breathed a sigh of relief and the players got excited.

To be honest, after trailing the opponent by double digits at home, there have not been three times this season, and now it is the third time and the first time in the playoffs, and the players are still a little nervous. Yang Yi's words undoubtedly gave them a dose of tranquilizer and calmed down their impetuous hearts.

Yang Yi dared to say that sentence, which was because he had great confidence in himself.

Can the previous queen bee stop the fat man? The answer is no!

Although Paul was able to lead the team to a double-digit lead over the old owner in the face of the old master, there was still a big gap between him and Yang Yi. Peak Delong's famous saying is to eat and sleep to beat Paul, how could Yang Yi let Delong monopolize this title.

Trample! Trample! Trample!

The sound of the basketball colliding with the floor was like the rhythm of heavy metal, knocking on Paul's chest bit by bit.

Swish!

Three points, Yang Yi's best weapon!

He relied on the cover of Aminu, jumped up from Paul and Odom to make a three-pointer, and the basketball flying in the air was like a missile with a navigation system, accurately commanding the center of the basket, and bringing real net flowers.

It was the first round back from the timeout, and Yang used his ultra-accurate three-pointer to pull the margin back to single digits.