Chapter 257: A Change of Mindset
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At the beginning of the second quarter, the Clippers' benches still had nothing to do with Randolph, and after being demoted to the bench, it aroused the fighting spirit of the black bear.
And after Tang Shuai entered the starting lineup, Booker was moved to the position of the first backup point guard, and he lacked some experience, the Clippers looked very chaotic on the court, and when the Clippers entered the rotation, the Grizzlies came from behind, but with 38:28, the difference was stretched to double digits.
The Clippers were on a much earlier rotation than usual at this time, and it was clear that Cassel was not satisfied with the performance of the bench.
The Grizzlies only brought on Allen and the rest of the bench was still a set, and Jogle's intention seemed to be to take the opportunity to give the main players some rest.
Tang Shuai came on the field again at this time, stretched out his hand and patted his chest, his mentality had fundamentally changed from before.
Just now, because it was the first start and against Allen, he only shot once, and even he couldn't adapt to this change in role, but after Billups's words, his thoughts have changed now.
When he needs to score when he comes off the bench, then he will score like crazy, but now that Allen has made it clear that there are very few scoring opportunities, then he simply doesn't take scoring as the first purpose, anyway, Paul has an advantage over Conley, as long as he pulls Allen away enough, it is already a deterrent on the offensive end. It also played his due role.
After Tang Shuai came on the field, Allen's style of play was the same as just now. He still kept fighting against him, but he wasn't impatient at all.
At this point, Paul and Griffin are ready to misplace and single Jeff Green after the pick-and-roll. He simply ran to the bottom corner and pulled Aaron far away, not giving him any chance to help defend.
Paul is one of the best players in the league at playing small and big, and when he faced sophomore Jermael Green, he was naturally very sure of it, and after a few consecutive shakes, he easily hit a mid-range shot.
Aaron was being pulled from a distance at this time, and he could only watch because the distance was too far. Even if he has super defensive ability, he is completely powerless to deal with this situation.
On the defensive end, Tang Shuai gave up more completely, he directly gave a big step to Allen, feeling that if you want to shoot, please feel free.
The Grizzlies also knew Allen's strengths and weaknesses, so they didn't mean to pass the ball to him to shoot, and were still ready to give Randolph a strong beating.
Tang Shuai noticed that he didn't mean to give the ball to Allen, so he went directly to help Griffin help defend.
Randolph's single Griffin is a dozen and one accurate, but Tang Shuai's bag comes up. He immediately felt elbowed everywhere, especially when he could feel that Tang Shuai's strength was not much worse than him.
Under the double bag, Randolph did not choose to pass, but chose to shoot backwards.
Tang Shuai saw Randolph's choice. The blindfolded defense went up in advance, and Randolph couldn't see the basket with this shot, completely by feeling. After all, it's not a defender, and the crosshair is naturally gone.
After the rebound was grabbed by Jordan Jr. The Clippers took advantage of the momentum and pushed forward.
Tang Shuai was at the front when he was advancing, but he was waiting for the ball to pass to him. He didn't speed up and rush forward at Aaron, but slowly slowed down and put it back into Paul's hands.
Paul was almost the same as he had just been, and he hit Green again, and Aaron was still watching from afar, completely helpless.
Joggle saw that the momentum was not right at this time, and finally changed all the starters, and he also made adjustments on the defensive end, letting Allen defend Paul and Conley to defend Tang Shuai.
Tang Shuai saw that Aaron didn't defend himself anymore, and finally breathed a sigh of relief.
Conley is a point guard above the league average, even on the defensive end, and the purple defensive bag is a testament to that.
But Tang Shuai is obviously more confident in dealing with him than against Allen, and after changing the defense, he directly asked for the ball in the low post to beat Conley.
Conley's defensive ability is very good, but after all, he is not the kind of player who plays with his body, the blue power pack, if it is against Tang Shuai before the power pack is upgraded, it is still no problem, but after Tang Shuai's power pack is upgraded to purple, the gap in strength is not so easy to make up.
As soon as Tang Shuai took the ball and singled, Conley found that he couldn't defend himself.
Tang Shuai was not reasonable at all, and used pure strength to directly press Conley to the basket, and after some distance from the basket, he shook his hand and caught the hook hand of the guard Ping Bryant with a general step.
The Grizzlies have Gasol Jr. under the basket, and he doesn't dare to get too close, otherwise Gasol Jr. will come over and not be able to cope with his current passing package, so his principle is to settle the fight near the three-second zone.
Conley was suppressed by Tang Shuai's strength, and he couldn't jump up if he wanted to, so he could only watch Tang Shuai make a move.
Tang Shuai's connection action is very many times in usual training, and it is not used less in the game, at this time it is very coherent and free, and the results can be imagined.
"Huh!"
With a crisp sound, the basketball hit the rebound and bounced into the net bag.
After the goal, Tang Shuai looked very excited, and when he ran back, he beat his chest with his hand, held it for a whole section, and finally opened.
The moment the ball was scored, the fans at the scene also cheered!
With Tang Shuai's hook hit, the main force of the Clippers came up and played a wave of 6:0 attack waves, narrowing the difference to 4 points at once, especially Tang Shuai's awakening made fans extremely excited, after all, this is Tang Shuai's first start in the real sense, and a good start is very important.
Paul's physical strength was huge before this game, so after seeing that Tang Shuai was able to beat Conley at this time, he was very willing to signal his teammates to pull away and play him.
Tang Shuai played Conley 4 rounds in a row, scored 2 goals, and caused a foul, and scored 6 points so simply and directly.
When Tang Shuai pressed the score again, Conley angrily slammed the ball to the floor, looking very annoyed.
At this moment, Qiao Ge on the sidelines couldn't sit still, standing on the sidelines pacing back and forth looking very anxious, after all, there was only one Aaron, and he couldn't sit down if he wanted to restrict two people at the same time.
As the game continued, the Grizzlies failed to make a wave of offense, and Tang Shuai turned around and started his fifth singles round against Conley in the low post.
The Grizzlies still don't have any intention of helping defense.
Conley was holding back his strength.
After Tang Shuai reached the three-second zone, he turned around and pressed Conley for a straight layup, Conley wanted to block it, but the strength was insufficient, and the whistle on the sidelines also sounded when he was pushed away.
Conley's third personal foul!
Qiao Geyong rubbed his face with both hands, and finally couldn't stand it anymore, and reached out to summon Arun to his side, asking him to go back and defend Tang Shuai again. (To be continued.) )