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As soon as Yang said that he did it, a three-point shot was his response to repay the trust of his teammates.

Although the Pelicans are now behind, the atmosphere at the Smoothie King Center is very lively, with fans dancing with posters in their hands and shaking their jerseys as if the home team is now leading.

Paul holds the ball to organize the team's offense, and since he came to the Clippers, the Clippers have turned from a bad team with a sparse style of play to a well-known city in the sky. The explosive air connection dunk attracted the fans very much and also pleased the fans.

This turn, Paul still intends to use their familiar aerial connection. Because Yang Yi is like a mountain in front of Paul, no matter how sudden he is, he can't break through.

In the past, when Yang Yi did not transform his body through the physique transformation potion, his lateral movement speed was very slow, and he did not fully understand the top point guard, so he was easily dizzy by a rhythmic master like Paul.

But after the physical transformation, his speed has improved a lot on the original basis, and the integration of top point guard consciousness is getting higher and higher, and his understanding of basketball is becoming stronger, so he is not very good at Paul.

The most important thing is that once his extra-long arm span is unfolded, not to mention a big living person like Paul, even a fly will never want to fly over.

If a fan looks down from mid-air, the Clippers are playing their tricks again.

Odom stepped forward to block for Paul, and while he blocked Yang Yi, Paul took the opportunity to slip away; Griffin slipped from the inside to the outside, seemingly to block and dismantle for Paul and let Paul score inside, but in fact, he shook a shot, used the reverse run to get rid of Anderson, and killed himself to the basket when Anderson went to defend Paul, and then flew up and connected with Paul to complete the air relay.

Bang dang!

The Clippers are not imperfect, with the players doing their part and scoring in the field. It's a pity that this ball is a little far away, no, can't say far! If it's Jordan Jr. who works with Paul, this empty connection is 100% complete. It's just that Griffin's arms are a little short, plus Lopez interferes under the basket, and a good air connection is dunked by him.

Perfect fit, but unfortunately ruined at the last step.

Griffin's dunk ball bounced off the basket and bounced towards the midfield, and this is when Yang Yi's data eye came into play.

From the time Griffin dunked, he roughly calculated through the eye of data that the ball would dunk and bounce back, but he didn't know where it was.

Even so, he had a one-point head start over the players on the court, as he was one step ahead of the other players when the ball bounced off the basket, grabbed the ball in his hands before Odom arrived, and ran toward the Clippers basket with the ball.

Odom is in hot pursuit, but he is no longer the talented teenager and champion player he used to be. After coming to the Clippers, although he is still a starter, he is far from the state he was in when he was in the Lakers, and he sees that the distance between himself and Yang Yi is getting farther and farther.

Just as he was about to give up the pursuit, he found that Yang Yi, who was running wildly with the ball, suddenly stopped near the three-point line at the top of the arc.

"Haha, this guy is just doing death!" Odom didn't stop and quickly chased after Yang Yi.

He knew that Yang Yi was going to stop and shoot three points, but he didn't take the steady two points, but he wanted to take the three points that were not very reliable, didn't he give himself a chance?

As long as Yang Yi didn't hit a three-pointer, he had a chance to scramble for a rebound.

Speaking of which, Yang Yi is also a master of the arts, and when he saw that there were no defenders in front of him, he relaxed and adjusted his state a little, and threw the ball in his hand.

Swish!

The basketball passed through the basket at the speed of light, and Odom, who had just arrived behind the fat man, was dumbfounded. Nima, this trip is for nothing!

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Paul looked at the strange and familiar scene in front of him, and his heart was quite uncomfortable. This team is no longer the Hornets of New Orleans, it has changed dramatically since Yang took over, and the aura of the whole team, including the mentality of the fans, has completely turned Paul's mind upside down.

Paul used to be eager to leave New Orleans when he was in the Hornets, and at that time he applied to the team many times, but he didn't get it through once, because the Hornets belonged to the league trusteeship at the time, and once he left, the Hornets may not exist, which is something that the league's president, David Stern, cannot tolerate.

It's just that as soon as he left on the front foot, the Hornets radiated infinite vitality and overturned all the teams in the league. And this season, he changed his name to the Pelicans just after the end of the regular season, obviously to erase the brand he left before.

Truth be told, Paul has been in New Orleans for five or six seasons, and it's impossible to say that he doesn't have a little affection for the Pelicans, the former Hornets. But he himself knew that there was no going back. This season the Pelicans not only won the championship in the regular season, but also won 34 consecutive victories, breaking the league's longest winning streak for more than 40 years, and the limelight overshadowed all teams in the league.

Paul held his breath before returning to New Orleans, and in the regular season, his Clippers and Young Pelicans had a total of three confrontations, and the Clippers were knocked out twice, and the only victory was when the Pelicans were out of staff and in poor form, and they only won at home.

Although he didn't want to show off in front of his former home team, he also came with the goal of taking victory from New Orleans. While the Pelicans swept the Lakers in the first round and were the first team to advance to the second round, Paul was confident of taking at least one win from New Orleans.

Why! In fact, it is very simple, everyone knows that the Lakers who lack Kobe Bryant are the tigers who lack claws and fangs, although they look terrible, their spirit has been dispersed, and they are useless like paper tigers.

Another reason is that the Pelicans are completely new in the playoffs and have no background at all. They don't have a superstar who shines in the playoffs, they don't have an experienced veteran, and what can they do with a bunch of smashing youngsters and a Williams who doesn't have a lot of coaching experience?

In other words, if Kobe Bryant hadn't been injured, maybe the Pelicans would have been killed by the Black Eight!

And what about the clippers!

Paul has never been a proud man, but he's one of the league's superstars and has been through a lot of playoff games big and small. plus Griffin and Jordan Jr., it can be said that there are people on the outside, boards on the inside, and no shortage of playoff experience.

Therefore, he is sure that the Clippers will be able to defeat the Pelicans in this series and meet the Spurs in the Western Conference Finals.

The opening performance proved his speculation, Yang Yi was not as fierce as in the regular season, and the Pelicans' shooting rate was relatively low, leading by 11 points just after halftime, and Yang Yi did not have the momentum to kill all sides in the regular season.

It's just that Yang Yi, who came back to his senses, didn't have the previous chaotic state, and when he came back from a pause, he hit a three-point shot while he made a mistake, and two accurate three-pointers narrowed the difference between the two sides to 5 points.